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Prosecutors say a high-profile entertainment marketing consultant was targeted by a woman who had been stalking one of his friends, a film director, before she fatally shot him inside his Los Angeles home

Colman Domingo has a commanding physical presence, an expressive face and soulful eyes

The mother of Taraja Ramsess -- the Black Panther stuntman killed alongside three of his kids -- is opening up.

"There is evidence that, by opting to portray Fairstein as the series villain who was intended to embody the perceived injustices of a broader system, defendants reverse-engineered plot points to attribute actions, responsibilities and viewpoints to Fairstein that were not hers and are unsupported in defendants' substantial body of research…

Emma Stone goes wild in a zany Victorian fantasy, Woody Allen gets one of the biggest laughs of the week, Carey Mulligan turns in a career-best performance – and the Golden Lion should go to Agnieszka Holland’s searing Green Border

Academy Award winning director was speaking at Venice film festival, where she is the first African American woman to compete in its 91 year history

It covers an important and fascinating subject and is based on a highly respected book, but this laboured film is a real disappointment

There are solid performances in this dramatisation of Isabel Wilkerson’s attempt to explain racism as an aspect of the caste system, but it may have been better as a documentary

Filmmaker is making history as the festival’s first African American woman to compete

Support for the Hollywood strikes is evident as festival hopes its strong line-up makes up for lack of glamour

As the festival turns 80, it may be short on American A-listers, but there’s still a buzz