Denis Villeneuve in February 2024.Photo:Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images ADuneset is no place for cell phones or social media, according to directorDenis Villeneuve. In a new and wide-ranging interview with theLos Angeles Timespublished Thursday, Dec. 26, the filmmaker, 57, explained why cast and crew on his projects are not encouraged to bring certain devices on set. “Cinema is an act of presence,” the Academy Award-nominated director said. “When a painter paints, he has to be absolutely focused on the color he’s putting on the canvas....

Mark Acheson and Will Ferrell in 2003’s ‘Elf’.Photo:New Line Cinema New Line Cinema This meme-able line inElfalmost didn’t happen.Mark Acheson, the actor who is aptly credited as “Mailroom Guy” in the 2003 holiday classic, exclusively tells PEOPLE about working on the movie — and the one line that fans can’t stop talking about.Acheson, 67, says that he was only supposed to have one line in the scene in which Buddy the Elf (Will Ferrell) is sent into the mailroom at his father’s job....

Meleys the rescue dog in November 2024 on a stretcher (left) and Meleys during her recovery.Photo:Twenty Paws Rescue Twenty Paws Rescue Meleys the rescue dog, named after a dragon inHouse of the Dragon, has the heart of a powerful fighter. Twenty Paws Rescueof New York City and the tri-state area first met the pup during one of her weakest moments. “She was brought into the shelter on a stretcher because she was too weak and thin to walk or stand,” Rachel, the co-founder and president of Twenty Paws, tells PEOPLE....

Jacques Audiard accepts the film not in the English language award for Emilia Pérez on stage during the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025 at The Royal Festival Hall on Feb. 16, 2025 in London; Karla Sofía Gascón arrives for the European Film Awards 2024 at Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre on Dec. 7, 2024 in Lucerne, Switzerland.Photo:Stuart Wilson/BAFTA/Getty; Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Stuart Wilson/BAFTA/Getty; Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Emilia Pérezdirector Jacques Audiard thanked his film’s controversial star Karla Sofia Gascón after his BAFTA Film Award win....

The couple had taken out a lease on the nine-bedroom guesthouse and had been hosting guests at the property, according to U.K. newspaperThe Times. TheTimesreported in a story published on Saturday, Jan. 25, that Vietnamese police confirmed Els and Otteson — who moved to the country in February 2024 and had gotten engaged three weeks before their deaths — died from methanol poisoning, likely from contaminated alcohol after consuming tainted “homemade” limoncello bought from a local restaurant on Christmas Eve....

Lilly Jay and Ethan Slater on Nov. 5, 2018.Photo:Mike Coppola/WireImage Mike Coppola/WireImage Ethan Slater’s ex-wifeLilly Jayis reflecting on the confusing time prior to their split. They share a son, whom they welcomed in August 2022, and Slater is now datingWickedcostarAriana Grandeafter she alsoseparated from her ex-husband Dalton Gomez. Ethan Slater, Lilly Jay and Ariana Grande.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic; Amy Sussman/WWD/Penske Media via Getty; Bruce Glikas/WireImage Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic; Amy Sussman/WWD/Penske Media via Getty; Bruce Glikas/WireImage...

Lilly Jayis reflecting on the fallout after her marriage withEthan Slaterended. Much of Jay’s words also address her life as a mom to her and Slater’s2-year-old sonin the contextof their divorce. As she explained, “Motherhood, I have learned, fills your time but not your mind.” “In the countless hours I spend rocking my son to sleep, pushing his stroller, marveling at his sweaty little hands grasping a crayon, I work diligently on my private project of accepting the sudden public downfall of my marriage,” Jay continued....

Eddie Swartzentruber was raised in an Amish community in Minnesota but ran away at 17. Now, he’s shedding light about what his previous lifestyle was like — on TikTok.The Rochester, Minn., manfled his homein the middle of a “brutally cold” night on January 8, 2014, he said in one of his videos. In the clip, he explained that he made the decision while throwing down hay one night, and thinking to himself, “this is just not necessary....

Salmon will do whatever it takes to make some baby . They ’ll even flit across oncoming traffic , apparently . Amazing footagecaptured originally this workweek shows some chum salmon near the Skokomish River in Washington state literally crossing the route . Chum Salmon River usually start spawning in November , using the river to get hold of streams where eggs can be laid and fertilise . In this age of man messing with everything , roads have become a path to reach these spawning grounds ....

Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.Photo:John Shearer/WireImage John Shearer/WireImage After 27 years of marriage,Faith HillandTim McGraware one of country music’s most loved-up power couples.“We were young and silly and goo-goo-eyed in love,” McGraw told PEOPLE of their initial spark in the 1990s. The pairfirst met in 1994 at a show in Nashvillewhile they were both seeing other people, though in 1996, after Hill served as McGraw’s opening act on tour that year, the “Don’t Take the Girl” singer got down on one knee....

The Shargi Family.Photo: Shargi Family Hannah Shargi has always sought out her dad for advice about everything from job prospects to relationships. “He’s a great listener and a great sounding board,” Hannah, 24, tells PEOPLE. “I value his opinion so highly.” She still asks her dad, Emad Shargi, 58, what he thinks about “big life things and small things,” but these days he is doling out his special brand of fatherly advice from the notoriously dangerous Evin prison in Iran, where he’s been held since 2018....

Farrah Abraham.Photo:Jon Kopaloff/Getty Jon Kopaloff/Getty Farrah Abrahamis opening up about her decision to leave the suburbs when her daughter was young. The formerTeen Momstar, 33, opened up to SiriusXM’sThe Bonfirehosts Big Jay Oakerson and Robert Kelly about the reason she had to move out of the suburbs. Abraham, who appeared on the show to discuss her upcoming comedy debut, made the decision to leave when people were talking to her daughterSophia, 16, who was only 5 years old at the time, about her adult film life....

Peter, left, and Loughlin Devlin, right, who died in a crash in Northern Ireland days after Christmas.Photo:Martin Kelly Funeral Directors Martin Kelly Funeral Directors A father and son in the U.K. have died in a car crash just days after Christmas, according to multiple news reports. The two men died on Friday, Dec. 27, after an Audi and a Mercedes collided outside the village of Killylea in Northern Ireland, theBBCreports....