Comedians Kate Berlant and John Early, who made "Would It Kill You to Laugh?" and co-starred in "Search Party," will host the 42nd Film Independent Spirit Awards. The ceremony celebrating independent film and TV takes place Saturday, March 6, 2027, in Los Angeles.
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Actor Stacy Keach, known for playing private eye Mike Hammer, outlaw Frank James in "The Long Riders" and Sgt. Stedenko in "Up in Smoke," died Tuesday at his family's home in Poland at 85 after heart failure, his wife Malgosia said. The Yale-trained actor also played Hamlet on stage several times and narrated documentaries for National Geographic and PBS.
Louis Clichy's animated feature "Iron Boy," winner at Annecy and of a Cannes Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize, has a new trailer. It gets a one-week awards-qualifying U.S. run in December, then opens in select cities on Jan. 22, 2027; Clichy worked at Pixar on films including "Wall-E" and "Up."
Regal Cinemas' theatrical run of the first season of the hockey romance "Heated Rivalry," with HBO Max and Crave, pulled in about $1.4 million on just over 1,000 screens last weekend. That came as "Godzilla Minus Zero" topped the box office with a $30.5 million opening.
Disney+ subscribers with a Meta Quest 3 or 3S in select countries can now stream select movies in 3D and watch from virtual settings themed to Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar. The experience will expand to Meta VR Glasses when they launch in spring 2027.
