CAPTAIN AMERICA, a.k.a. American Hollywood actor Chris Evans, is Smart’s endorser for its “Live Smarter for a Better World” campaign.

Federico Fellini’s 8 1/2 (1963) is one of the most gorgeous black-and-white films ever made, not to mention one of the most influential: it’s inspired at least one terribly expensive (and terrible, period) musical (Rob Marshall’s Nine), one great dance musical (Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz), a royal flush of filmmakers (Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, David Lynch, among many many others). If I admire it I admire it for the way the camera —  like its protagonist filmmaker Guido — dances nimbly past all the men and women in his (its) life attempting to lay claim to his (its) attention. It’s a heady swirl of delicate Prosecco and robust Chianti —  of the elusively enigmatic and appealingly intimate, of the immediately personal and yearningly metaphysical.

NEW YORK —  Mariah Carey’s older brother on Wednesday sued the singer over her recent best-selling memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey, accusing her of defamation and inflicting emotional distress.

BERLIN —  The past year has been challenging for filmmakers, who had to battle coronavirus travel restrictions and social distancing rules to participate in what is ordinarily a team activity. But one film in this year’s Berlin Film Festival line-up embraced the spirit of the pandemic like no other: American director Natalie Morales’s Language Lessons is a drama enacted via Zoom, revealing new artistic possibilities in the process.

NEW YORK —   Writer and director Eddie Huang hopes his first feature film, Boogie, will help shift expectations about the type of Asian-American stories shown on the big screen.

NEW YORK —  More than 30 years after Prince Akeem Joffer and his sidekick Semmi first traveled to the United States to find a royal bride, Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall reprise their roles in comedy sequel Coming 2 America.

LOS ANGELES —  The TV audience for the virtual Golden Globes ceremony crashed by some 60%, according to ratings data on Tuesday, making the 2021 edition the least watched since 2008.

NEW YORK —  Six children’s books written decades ago by Dr. Seuss were pulled from publication because they contain racist and insensitive imagery, the company formed to preserve the deceased author’s legacy said on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI —  Amazon.com, Inc.’s Prime Video streaming service on Tuesday issued a rare apology to its Indian viewers for some scenes in its original political drama series Tandav which allegedly offended Hindu religious beliefs.

INSTITUTO Cervantes de Manila celebrates Women’s Month by presenting the online film cycle “Pioneras,” a tribute to the first Spanish female filmmakers.

THE EMERALD Isle is renowned for its lack of snakes (thanks to St. Patrick), leprechauns (and their pots of gold), people with the gift of gab (it is, after all, the home of the Blarney Stone), and music (Enya, The Cranberries, and U2). And if Bord Bia market specialist Jack Hogan has his way, it will be renowned for its meat. 

RESTAURANT bookings normally go crazy when a chef wins three Michelin stars.