An Israeli documentary about the civilian death toll from the war in Gaza has sparked a fierce backlash in Israel after being awarded the special jury prize at the Venice International Film Festival.

An ad campaign featuring actor Sydney Sweeney has sparked backlash from female athletes who say it sexualizes women in sports.

“Woman Unknown,” directed by May el-Toukhy, wins the Golden Lion at the 83rd Venice Film Festival.

Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor are premiering their documentary “NAZA” at the Venice Film Festival Thursday.

John Malkovich has canceled a planned performance in Israel after promoters circulated a false quote attributed to him.

A new documentary about Elon Musk uses a CGI avatar and artificial intelligence voice syncing to simulate an interview with the SpaceX and Tesla CEO using things he’s really said in interviews.

The Gallagher brothers bring rock star energy to the Venice Film Festival with their documentary “Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger.”.

The Venice Film Festival is set to kick off the fall film festival season with its 83rd edition.

Tech giant Meta has agreed to pay $17 billion as part of a settlement to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction, state attorneys general announced Wednesday.

George Clooney is returning to the Venice Film Festival this year to receive a lifetime achievement award.

Dozens of artists at this year’s Venice Biennale are threatening legal action if their names aren't removed from a visitor voting ballot.

Flamingos are flocking to the Venetian Lagoon in record numbers as ecological efforts restore damaged wetlands.

U.S. artist Alma Allen had just months to prepare his exhibition for the Venice Biennale after a fraught selection process came down to the wire.

The international jury of the Venice Biennale has resigned.

The Venice Biennale has lost 2 million euros ($2.3 million) in funding due to its decision to allow Russia to participate in the 61st contemporary art show.

The inclusion of Russia in the line-up of the 2026 Venice Biennale art fair has sparked international outcry.

France's government is defending its decision to grant citizenship to George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney, citing their contributions to France's international influence and cultural outreach.

Britons ranging from Hollywood stars Idris Elba and Cynthia Erivo to a 102-year-old judo instructor have been named in King Charles III’s New Year’s honors list, an annual tradition that recognizes people for their contributions to U.K. public life.

Les DeMerle, Bonnie Eisle and hisjazz ensemble will perform a special New Year’s Eve Show at Story and Song Center for Culture and Arts from 5 - 7 pm.

Some prominent Hollywood figures have signed onto a pledge to boycott certain Israeli film institutions.

The 82nd Venice Film Festival has wrapped up, but the buzz continues.

Jim Jarmusch's film “Father Mother Sister Brother” has won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival.

Kim Novak has made an emotional return to the spotlight at 92.

Kathryn Bigelow tackles geopolitics in her new film “A House of Dynamite.”.

Singer Halsey says the cause of the amfAR Venezia fundraiser on Sunday could not be closer to home.

Jude Law transforms into Vladimir Putin in “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” which premiered Sunday at the Venice Film Festival.

Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi walked the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival for the world premiere of Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein.”.

Julia Roberts has made her Venice Film Festival debut with the psychosexual drama “After the Hunt.”.

Yorgos Lanthimos's new film “Bugonia” premiered Thursday evening at the Venice Film Festival.

George Clooney stars in “Jay Kelly,” playing a movie star on a self-reflective journey through Europe.

The Venice Film Festival is kicking off amid protests and calls to boycott Israeli actor Gal Gadot.

Hollywood's biggest stars are heading to Venice, Italy, for the 82nd Venice Film Festival.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry condemned Woody Allen for speaking at a Russian film festival, calling his participation in the event “a disgrace and an insult” to the victims of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The Venice Film Festival is showcasing an impressive lineup this year.

Art restorers have removed a deteriorating piece of graffiti by the street artist Banksy titled “The Migrant Child” from the side of a building overlooking a Venetian canal.

Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Emma Stone, Dwayne Johnson, Adam Sandler and Idris Elba are just some of the celebrities headlining films at the Venice International Film Festival.

The Milan-Cortina Olympics are the first games with two host cities in the name.

Kismet, the megayacht owned by billionaire Shahid Khan, was recently spotted in Venice, drawing attention from yacht enthusiasts and locals alike.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez have invited celebrity friends like fellow space traveler Katy Perry, Oprah Winfrey, Mick Jagger and Ivanka Trump for their Venice nuptials later this month, but the couple hopes to put a spotlight on Venice’s own traditions during the celebrations.

Authorities in the Italian city of Venice say that foreign tourists are among a dozen people injured when a 50-year-old tree fell next to a bus stop.

Venice has started charging day-trippers to the famed canal city an arrivals tax for the second year, in a measure aimed at combating the kind of overtourism that put the city’s UNESCO World Cultural Heritage status at risk.

Fifteen years after publishing the classic memoir “Just Kids,” Patti Smith has a lot more to say about her life.

The city of Venice has confirmed it will host the wedding of multi-billionaire Jeff Bezos and fiancée Lauren Sanchez, denying reports the famous Italian city would be invaded by hundreds of celebrities and possible disruptions for citizens and tourists.

Using satellite trackers, scientists have discovered the whereabouts of young sea turtles during a key part of their lives.

Venice will extend its day-tripper tax through next year, increasing the number of days and doubling the fee to 10 euros for last-minute visitors.

“Disclaimer” pulls the rug out from the audience before they’ve had the chance to get settled.

Ever wonder how data is gathered and collected for a hurricane? The USGS is deploying 13 wave sensors between Venice and Panama City, prior to Hurricane Helene’s landfall.

Former Spice Girl Mel B is among dozens of Black Britons urging Parliament to update the country’s equality laws and prohibit Afro hair discrimination.

Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door” won the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion award Saturday.

Five years after “Joker” won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, director Todd Phillips can’t help but be a little nervous about returning with its sequel.

Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar is returning to the Venice Film Festival with stars Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore.

“The Brutalist,” a three-hour post-war epic about a Holocaust survivor architect rebuilding a life in America, is a fantasy.

Jude Law plays an FBI agent investigating the violent crimes of a white supremacist group in “The Order,” which premiered Saturday at the Venice Film Festival.

Alfonso Cuarón is the first to admit that he does not know how to make a television series.

The 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival has begun, with major Hollywood films and stars arriving in Italy.

Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars are getting ready to descend on the Venice Film Festival this week, from George Clooney and Angelina Jolie to Lady Gaga, Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman and Joaquin Phoenix.

The Angelina Jolie-directed war film “Without Blood,” a documentary about Bruce Springsteen and Mike Leigh’s contemporary tragicomedy “Hard Truths” will have their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival this fall.

Venice city officials say the day-tripper tax netted 2.4 million euros during a test phase this summer, and that decisions on how to proceed would be made in the fall after a full analysis of the data.

Venice is wrapping up a pilot program charging day-trippers a 5-euro entrance fee.

Actor Willem Dafoe, a frequent red-carpet star at the Venice Film Festival, was named artistic director Monday of the Venice Biennale’s theater department.

Pope Francis has met with women prisoners in Venice who are the protagonists of the Vatican pavilion at the Venice Biennale art fair.

Outsider, queer and Indigenous artists are getting an overdue platform at the 60th Venice Biennale contemporary art exhibition.

A pair of nude feet — dirty, wounded and vulnerable — are painted on the façade of the Venice women’s prison chapel.

The artist and curators representing Israel at this year’s Venice Biennale have announced they won’t open the Israeli exhibition until there's a cease-fire in Gaza and an agreement to release hostages.

The first drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s hit the U.S. market over a year ago, but sales have lagged and diagnosis and treatment remain complicated.

Day-trippers to Venice who fail to pay 5 euros ($5.43) to enter the lagoon city’s historic center during a time-limited pilot program launching later this month will face steep fines.

The former Gucci designer Alessandro Michele has been named the new creative director at Valentino, following the sudden departure last week of Pierpaolo Piccioli after 25 years.

Authorities are trying to help a sperm whale that beached on a sandbar off Florida’s Gulf Coast, but conditions in the water are preventing crews from getting near it.

Sandra Milo, an icon of Italian cinema who played a key role in Federico Fellini’s Oscar-winning “8½” has died.

The Italian city of Venice has announced new limits on the size of tourist groups.

Federal drug officials are warning Georgia to shelve its plans to be the first state to allow pharmacies to dispense medical marijuana.

Venice authorities have rolled out a pilot program to charge day-trippers 5 euros ($5.45) apiece to enter the fragile lagoon city on peak weekends next year.

Georgia soon will become the first state in the nation to offer medical marijuana products at independent pharmacies.

Italy’s transport minister is questioning the spread of electric vehicle technology following the fiery crash of a fully electric shuttle bus that killed 21 people in mainland Venice.

Italian authorities say at least 21 people have been killed and 18 injured in a bus crash in Venice.

“The Nun 2” and “A Haunting in Venice” virtually tied for the No. 1 spot in U.S. and Canadian theaters over the weekend, with a slight edge carrying the horror sequel over the Hercule Poirot mystery.

“Poor Things,” a film about Victorian-era female empowerment, has won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

A leading member of Poland’s conservative government has sharply criticized a film that explores the humanitarian disaster affecting migrants along the Poland-Belarus border.

Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein drama “Maestro,” Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla Presley movie, Michael Mann’s “Ferrari,” David Fincher’s “The Killer” and Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” will be making their world debuts at the Venice International Film Festival this fall.

Craig Robinson and his kind-hearted, python-hunting character on “Killing It” are returning to television next month.

The Venice Film Festival is serving up one of the year’s buzzier films as its opening night selection in Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers.”.

The family of actor Julian Sands has released its first statement five months after he disappeared while hiking in California.

Authorities say the latest search for missing actor Julian Sands on Southern California’s massive Mount Baldy was unsuccessful.

Police in Venice are investigating the source of a phosphorescent green liquid patch that appeared Sunday in the city’s famed Grand Canal.

Scottish-Ghanaian architect Lesley Lokko is giving voices that have long been silenced a platform at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale.

Meryl Streep has won one of Spain’s most prestigious awards in the arts for her long career of acting excellence.

Takeshi Kitano’s new film, premiering at the Cannes Film Festival next month, is a samurai story without heroes, mercilessly portraying human greed, betrayal and cruelty.

Police say the bodies of two men and two women have been recovered following a small plane crash just off Florida's Gulf Coast.

A new National Academy of Science study says that 13 years after a massive BP oil spill fouled the Gulf of Mexico, regulators and industry have reduced some risks in deep water exploration in the gulf but some troublesome safety issues persist.

Some of Venice's secondary canals have practically dried up due a prolonged spell of low tides linked to a lingering high-pressure weather system.

“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” Laura Poitras’s epic documentary about photographer Nan Goldin and her activism against the Sackler family and their art connections has been awarded the Golden Lion for best film at the 79th Venice International Film Festival.

The 79th edition of the Venice International Film Festival is starting to wind down, but they’ve saved one of the most anticipated films of the slate for last.

Harry Styles will never be just a singer-songwriter, he's now an actor and a fashion powerhouse as well.

Martin McDonagh has returned to the Venice International Film Festival with “The Banshees of Inisherin,” which is having its world premiere Monday night in competition.

Harry Styles already has an enviable acting resume for a newcomer, from “Dunkirk” to the upcoming “Don’t Worry Darling” and “My Policeman.”.

Olivia Wilde’s "Don’t Worry Darling" had its world premiere Monday night a the Venice International Film Festival.

Brendan Fraser is having a moment at the Venice International Film Festival.

The cannibal romance "Bones and All” is having its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where it is among the competition titles.

Catherine Deneuve is not that fond of reminiscing, even as she prepares to collect a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Venice International Film Festival.

For director and actor Olivia Wilde, the dream of the Venice International Film Festival was woven into the fabric of her new film, “Don’t Worry Darling.”.