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Review: DiCaprio holds star-studded 'Don't Look Up' together

Fred Hawson
Posted at Jan 01 11:42 PM

This new film written, directed and produced by Adam McKay is a disturbing dark comedy and biting political satire against the US government. Read more »

Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence try to stop the world from ending in 'Don’t Look Up'

Yong Chavez | TFC News Hollywood
Updated as of Dec 21 01:25 PM

'Don't Look Up' tells the story of scientists who face power-hungry leaders, a complicit media, and a fact-denying population when they discovered an inconvenient truth. Read more »

DiCaprio calls 'Don't Look Up' a 'unique gift' to climate change fight

Jill Serjeant, Reuters
Posted at Dec 08 10:02 PM

"We'd been wanting to get the message out there about the climate crisis, and Adam (McKay) really cracked the code with creating this narrative," he said. Read more »

Thailand plots sustainable comeback for DiCaprio beach

Sophie Deviller and Thanaporn Promyamyai, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 07 12:02 PM

While travel stopped and the world locked down, in the dazzling blue waters of Thailand's idyllic Phi Phi islands, a gentle renaissance was under way. Read more »

Oscar winners assemble for comedy 'Don't Look Up'

Alicia Powell, Reuters
Posted at Dec 06 11:24 PM

NEW YORK — Director Adam McKay has assembled an all-star cast brimming with Oscar winners to give a humorous warning about climate change in new movie "Don't Look Up". Read more »

Leonardo DiCaprio invests in lab-grown meat startups

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 23 04:32 AM

Alternative meat advocates characterize such ventures as a critical component of addressing climate change. Read more »

Lawrence, DiCaprio try to save Earth in 'Don't Look Up'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 11:43 AM

Netflix on Thursday finally unveiled the first teaser trailer for the much-anticipated movie “Don’t Look Up” featuring an all-star cast. Read more »

DiCaprio, Katy Perry urge Biden to refuse Brazil environment deal

Jake Spring, Reuters
Posted at Apr 21 01:17 PM

Dozens of US and Brazilian celebrities, including film actor Leonardo DiCaprio, pop star Katy Perry and musician Gilberto Gil, released a letter on Tuesday urging US President Joe Biden not to agree to any environmental deals with Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro. Read more »

JK Rowling, Steve Jobs: 20 millionaires, billionaires who went from rags to riches

South China Morning Post by Business Insider
Updated as of Jan 17 02:18 PM

These celebrities and entrepreneurs made it big after coming from nothing – from the seedy streets of LA to the middle-income Bayview projects.   Read more »

Dwayne Johnson, DiCaprio headline Netflix's US slate of 2021 movies

Lisa Richwine, Reuters
Posted at Jan 13 03:29 AM

LOS ANGELES - Netflix Inc said on Tuesday it will release more than 70 movies this year to its US customers across comedy, drama, family and other genres, a lineup that underscores the streaming service's growing prominence in the film business. Read more »

Leonardo DiCaprio in 'Romeo + Juliet' inspired Amanda Seyfried to act

Jan Janssen, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 09 01:10 PM

The "Mamma Mia!" and "Ted 2" star reflects on her anxiety, motherhood, mindfulness and crocheting. As a child, the Hollywood actress was inspired by musicals like "Cats" and "Les Misérables" – now, when she isn’t juggling acting projects, she’s getting into charity work with husband Thomas Sadoski or crocheting on her farm in upstate New York. Read more »

Brazil's president accuses Leonardo DiCaprio of financing Amazon fires

Marcelo Teixeira and Eduardo Simões, Reuters
Posted at Nov 30 11:49 AM

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed on Friday that Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio financed fires being set in the Amazon rainforest, without presenting any evidence, the right-wing leader's latest broadside in casting blame over forest fires that have generated international concern. Read more »

Review: ‘Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood’ is Tarantino at his warmest and most vulnerable

Andrew Paredes
Posted at Aug 27 05:13 PM

His latest film exposes the Pulp Fiction auteur as a former enfant terrible looking back on the glory days — and trying to get a feel if he still owns the cred that once put him in the Hollywood pantheon. Read more »

Leonardo DiCaprio urges government action on Amazon fires 'tragedy'

Megu Jones, Reuters
Posted at Aug 27 06:47 AM

TOKYO (Reuters) - A crisis over burning forest in the Amazon is “incredibly tragic”, actor Leonardo DiCaprio said on Monday, urging governments to do more, amid growing international outrage over the damage to the world’s largest tropical rain forest. Read more »

Could Jack have fit? A ‘Titanic’ question for Leonardo DiCaprio

Emily S. Rueb and Derrick Bryson Taylor, New York Times
Posted at Jul 18 08:25 AM

As the frozen lovers Rose and Jack clung to a bobbing slab of timber in the icy Atlantic waters during the final moments of “Titanic,” audience members believed their love should have gone on. Read more »