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Lauryn Hill, Red Hot Chili Peppers Draw Fans to Rainy Central Park Aid Fest

Lauryn Hill performs with Pras Michel and Wyclef Jean of the Fugees at the Global Citizen Concert in New York, US, September 23, 2023. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
Lauryn Hill performs with Pras Michel and Wyclef Jean of the Fugees at the Global Citizen Concert in New York, US, September 23, 2023. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
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Lauryn Hill, Red Hot Chili Peppers Draw Fans to Rainy Central Park Aid Fest

Lauryn Hill performs with Pras Michel and Wyclef Jean of the Fugees at the Global Citizen Concert in New York, US, September 23, 2023. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
Lauryn Hill performs with Pras Michel and Wyclef Jean of the Fugees at the Global Citizen Concert in New York, US, September 23, 2023. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs

Lauryn Hill, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jungkook drew tens of thousands of fans to Central Park on Saturday despite torrential rains, as part of a marathon concert urging global development aid.

Majestic rap icon Lauryn Hill graced the stage as her seminal album "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" turns 25, performing her smash single "Doo Wop (That Thing)" and reuniting The Fugees during the Global Citizen festival in New York.

The legendary hip-hop trio performed tracks including "Killing Me Softly" and "Ready Or Not."

"Africa needs to control their own natural resources. Haiti needs to control their own natural resources. The world, we need to stop famine," said member Wyclef Jean to cheers, as fans waved their lit phones.

The message was in line with the aims of the day, which marries musical performance with calls to increase funding against global ills including poverty and climate change.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers closed out the night with a set throwing back to their classics including "Can't Stop," "Scar Tissue," "Dani California," "Snow (Hey Oh)" and "Californication."

And Jungkook had the poncho-clad crowd screaming and swaying along as he serenaded them with hits including "Still With You."

Wearing acid-wash jeans and a brown shirt, the megastar told fans it was necessary to "make an impact together to make sure everyone, everywhere has access to their basic rights like food and education."

He wasn't billed as a headliner but Jungkook was a major draw of the night: many drenched concertgoers streamed out of the park just after his set ended, even though the evening at that point was scheduled to continue for another three hours.

Earlier Anitta brought her impressive twerks and dance party of a show to the stage, performing hits including her recent "Funk Rave."

Brazil's biggest pop star called attention to the importance of protecting the Amazon rainforest, reminding fans it's "the lungs of our planet."

Just prior to kicking off her booty-shaking set, she said that governments must do more to "protect the people there, the indigenous people, the communities there... whose only reality is the Amazon."

Rappers including Busta Rhymes and Common put on a tribute to the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, one of many the city has hosted in recent months.

Taking place since 2012 as world leaders gather in New York for the UN General Assembly, Global Citizen distributes free tickets to supporters who pledge to take actions such as sending letters to their governments in support of development aid.

Pledges came from leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron, who announced via video message a $150 million commitment to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), AFP reported.

"We have to fight together against poverty, climate change and for biodiversity," Macron said. "This is why we want to take our part as well."

The Rome-headquartered IFAD is an arm of the United Nations aimed at addressing poverty and hunger in rural areas of developing countries.

Along with Macron, the organization said Norway had pledged $90 million to IFAD.

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Bollywood Actor Tiger Shroff Shot at in Mumbai, Three Suspects Held

Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff at the screening of 'Ikkis' in Mumbai in December 2025. Sujit JAISWAL / AFP/File
Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff at the screening of 'Ikkis' in Mumbai in December 2025. Sujit JAISWAL / AFP/File
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Bollywood Actor Tiger Shroff Shot at in Mumbai, Three Suspects Held

Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff at the screening of 'Ikkis' in Mumbai in December 2025. Sujit JAISWAL / AFP/File
Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff at the screening of 'Ikkis' in Mumbai in December 2025. Sujit JAISWAL / AFP/File

Indian actor Tiger Shroff was shot at in Mumbai on Sunday, police said, adding that three suspects have been detained.

Shooters opened fire at the 36-year-old actor as he was leaving a private event in the city's upscale Juhu area on Sunday evening, according to Police official Mohit Garg.

Aside from being India's financial capital, Mumbai is also the heart of Bollywood, the country's Hindi-language film industry, said AFP.

"Tiger Shroff is safe and Mumbai police has deployed different teams to investigate further," Garg told reporters.

Two people were injured in the incident, including the actor's driver, though Shroff did not sustain gunshot wounds, police said.

Three suspects have been rounded up in Rajasthan, another Indian state.

"Preliminary questioning revealed that two of them have one case each against them, one related to theft and the other under the Arms Act," police official Tejaswani Gautam told reporters.

Police have yet to establish a motive for the shooting.

Shroff is known for action films including the "Baaghi" franchise and "War".

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Jesse Eisenberg, Julianne Moore Bring Curtain Down on London Film Festival with ‘The Debut’

US actors Jesse Eisenberg (L) and Julianne Moore (R) attend the premiere of "The Debut" and the closing night of the BFI London Film Festival 2026 in London, Britain, 18 October 2026. (EPA)
US actors Jesse Eisenberg (L) and Julianne Moore (R) attend the premiere of "The Debut" and the closing night of the BFI London Film Festival 2026 in London, Britain, 18 October 2026. (EPA)
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Jesse Eisenberg, Julianne Moore Bring Curtain Down on London Film Festival with ‘The Debut’

US actors Jesse Eisenberg (L) and Julianne Moore (R) attend the premiere of "The Debut" and the closing night of the BFI London Film Festival 2026 in London, Britain, 18 October 2026. (EPA)
US actors Jesse Eisenberg (L) and Julianne Moore (R) attend the premiere of "The Debut" and the closing night of the BFI London Film Festival 2026 in London, Britain, 18 October 2026. (EPA)

Actor-filmmaker Jesse Eisenberg said he wrote the lead role in his musical comedy "The Debut" with Julianne Moore in mind, praising the Oscar-winning star as "the greatest actress in the world" as the film closed the London Film Festival on Sunday.

"I just thought, this is Julianne Moore, and I will write every scene with her in mind and what she likes to do and what she's great at," Eisenberg, who wrote the screenplay and directed the film, told Reuters on the red carpet.

Moore stars as Mona, a shy New Jersey housewife who is thrilled ‌to land a ‌role in a community theater musical.

Drawn to the experience ‌by ⁠a longing for ⁠something missing in her life, Mona finds purpose and community through the show.

"She's moving towards something, knowing that there's something that she needs in her life," Moore said. "Then that thing leads you towards yourself and towards community, which is really the most valuable thing of all."

The film, which marks Eisenberg's latest directing effort following his BAFTA-winning screenplay for "A Real Pain", features seven original songs written by the filmmaker. The numbers appear in the fictional stage ⁠production "Nosy Neighbors", a deliberately light-hearted, 1990s-inspired musical performed by a cast ‌including "The Little Mermaid" star Halle Bailey.

"I love songwriting, I ‌love musical theater music and I wrote these songs in earnest," Eisenberg said.

Mona's early struggles ‌on stage test the patience of director Jerry, played by "The Holdovers" star Paul Giamatti, prompting ‌her to adopt an increasingly committed method acting approach.

Eisenberg said Moore's interpretation of Mona allowed him to make a "weird movie" that still felt grounded.

"She is so unusual, she's so strange," he said. "It allowed me to make a movie that wasn't realistic."

While Mona takes method acting to ‌extremes, the "Now You See Me" star said all actors, including himself, draw on some version of the technique.

"I always wind up ⁠feeling whatever the ⁠character feels," he said. "So if my character is miserable, I spend the shoot just miserable. But I don't realize it's for the character. I just think, 'Oh God, I must be doing terribly in the movie'."

Eisenberg, who plays a minor role in "The Debut", said the story was inspired by his own childhood experiences in community theater, where he discovered "a family and a home and a life" he liked.

Patrick Fabian, who plays Mona's husband in the film, said theater offers something increasingly rare: a chance for people to connect in person with one another.

"It brings people together, and these days, it gets them out of their screens and into the dark together to watch whatever is going on," Fabian said. "I think that's a real bonding thing."

"The Debut" brought the curtain down on the 70th London Film Festival, where Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa's "Imperium" won Best Film in the Official Competition.

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Box Office: Elizabeth Holmes Movie ‘You Can See Everything’ Is Now a Hit in Theaters Too

“You Can See Everything” made an extraordinary $15 million from only 855 screens, with over 2,000 sellout showings over the weekend, according to A24. (A24)
“You Can See Everything” made an extraordinary $15 million from only 855 screens, with over 2,000 sellout showings over the weekend, according to A24. (A24)
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Box Office: Elizabeth Holmes Movie ‘You Can See Everything’ Is Now a Hit in Theaters Too

“You Can See Everything” made an extraordinary $15 million from only 855 screens, with over 2,000 sellout showings over the weekend, according to A24. (A24)
“You Can See Everything” made an extraordinary $15 million from only 855 screens, with over 2,000 sellout showings over the weekend, according to A24. (A24)

North American movie theaters were flooded with new films this weekend, including a video game reboot, a big budget survival thriller and a Jane Austen adaptation.

While Paramount’s “Street Fighter” took the first-place spot, earning $31 million from 3,575 theaters according to studio estimates on Sunday, most of the attention and cultural discourse was elsewhere: On the nearly three-hour Elizabeth Holmes documentary, “You Can See Everything.”

Buzz and box office don’t always line up, but “You Can See Everything” made an extraordinary $15 million from only 855 screens, with over 2,000 sellout showings over the weekend, according to A24. It also had the biggest opening for a film playing on under 1,000 screens since “Borat” opened to $26.5 million in 2006, and the biggest non-music documentary opening in two decades, since “Fahrenheit 9/11” made nearly $24 million from 868 theaters. Those numbers do not account for inflation.

Like other hits this year, like the Gen-Z driven “Backrooms” and “Obsession,” ticket sales for “You Can See Everything” were driven by a largely younger audience. Over 70% of the opening weekend crowd was under 35.

The film, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, was made in secret over three years. Fielder spent over a month with the disgraced Theranos founder and her family, including two young children and partner Billy Evans, in her final days before reporting to federal prison. The reviews have been extremely positive, with 99% on Rotten Tomatoes and 99 on Metacritic. It also got an unprecedented 91% “definite recommend” from audiences, according to PostTrak exit polls.

“You Can See Everything” reportedly cost under $7 million to make and less than $10 million to market.

“Everybody underestimated the movie, because on paper this is like, wait, a three-hour documentary?” said Paul Dergarabedian, the head of marketplace trends for Rentrak. “But he (Fielder) is a huge draw, and he has a huge following on social media, and then Elizabeth Holmes is just a character that you couldn’t even make up. It’s stranger than fiction, and that’s really compelling.”

‘Street Fighter’ knocks out ‘Whalefall’

“Street Fighter” topped the charts as expected with a $51 million global opening, including $20 million from international showings. The movie starring Callina Liang, Noah Centineo and Andrew Koji cost a reported $82 million to make, not accounting for marketing and promotion. Audiences were 69% male.

Both “Street Fighter” and “You Can See Everything” may have contributed to “Whalefall’s” relative failure this weekend. The $60 million survival thriller starring Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin made $8 million from 3,065 locations in the US and Canada, despite being better reviewed than “Street Fighter.” With $9.5 million from international showings, the Disney release had a $17.5 million global launch.

“Whalefall” opened in fourth place, behind the Jessica Chastain horror “Other Mommy.” The Universal Pictures release added $8.4 million in its second weekend, bringing its domestic total to $44.9 million.

Fifth place went to “Sense and Sensibility,” which earned an estimated $7.3 million from 2,545 theaters. The well-reviewed Austen adaptation starring Daisy Edgar-Jones drew a predominantly younger (58% between the ages of 14 and 18) and female crowd (84%). It also got the strongest CinemaScore of the week (A-).

Warner Bros. Clockwork also released a restored presentation of Ken Russell’s 1971 film “The Devils” in 350 locations, where it made $1.6 million. It’s the first release from the studio’s specialty label.

‘Musk’ documentary facing advertising blocks

Alex Gibney's Elon Musk documentary “Musk” also expanded to 472 screens in the US and Canada, where it made $306,702. The film, which runs nearly four hours, has faced issues advertising on major social media platforms including X, which Musk owns, and TikTok, according to distributor Bleecker Street, who said TikTok this weekend permanently suspended the film’s ad account.

According to Rentrak, the weekend overall generated about $101.6 million in ticket sales, up 45% from the same weekend last year. The year to date stands at $8.2 billion, which is up almost 20% from 2025.