Real moviegoer energy has always made the Toronto International Film Festival a good measuring stick for not just what might catch on during Hollywood’s awards season but what will click with audiences.

Polly Holliday, known for her role in the CBS sitcom “Alice,” has died at 88.

Robert Benton, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who helped reset the rules of Hollywood as co-creator of “Bonnie and Clyde,” and later wrote and directed the sensitive domestic dramas “Kramer vs.

The annual AFI Life Achievement Award presentation is always a starry night in Hollywood, but Saturday’s ceremony at the Dolby Theatre brought together legendary stars from a seemingly bygone era of cinema to honor Francis Ford Coppola.

One of the greatest American actors of the 20th century was voted “least likely to succeed” by his first theater school, wasn’t a star until he was 40 and possessed a face he once described as “your everyday mineworker.”.

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman has been found dead at his home.

Actor Dustin Hoffman and Super Bowl winner Patrick Mahomes were among the celebrities watching Carlos Alcaraz play Frances Tiafoe in the third round on Centre Court at Wimbledon.

Defending Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz has come back to eliminate Frances Tiafoe 5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2 to reach the fourth round.

It’s been 25 years since “Run Lola Run” was released in the United States.

Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in “9 to 5” and the nasty TV director in “Tootsie,” has died.

As Universal Pictures prepared for a big night at the Academy Awards with “Oppenheimer,” the studio also celebrated the No. 1 debut of “Kung Fu Panda 4,” which collected $58.3 million in domestic theaters over the weekend.

Jeffrey Wright has played Jean-Michel Basquiat, Martin Luther King Jr. and Muddy Waters.

They both carved out sterling reputations as military and political leaders over years of public service.

Publicist Bobby Zarem has died at 84.