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Film in 2024: ‘Barbie’ Early Awards Nods, Delayed Movies Top Releases 

Margot Robbie attends the European premiere of "Barbie" in London, Britain July 12, 2023. (Reuters)
Margot Robbie attends the European premiere of "Barbie" in London, Britain July 12, 2023. (Reuters)
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Film in 2024: ‘Barbie’ Early Awards Nods, Delayed Movies Top Releases 

Margot Robbie attends the European premiere of "Barbie" in London, Britain July 12, 2023. (Reuters)
Margot Robbie attends the European premiere of "Barbie" in London, Britain July 12, 2023. (Reuters)

From delayed sci-fi sequel "Dune: Part Two" to the held-up third "Deadpool" movie, 2024 will see some major movie releases as the industry recovers from this year's twin Hollywood strikes which halted film production.

Awards season kicks off the year, with smash hit "Barbie" leading the Golden Globe nominations with nine nods. Historical drama "Oppenheimer", which featured in a summer box office clash with "Barbie" dubbed "Barbenheimer," has eight nominations.

Gothic comedy "Poor Things," which triumphed at the Venice Film Festival, and love story "Past Lives" are also strong contenders, as is Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon", about the 1920s murders of American Indians in Oklahoma.

"It's early days but ... you have already seen that 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' are going neck to neck," said Leo Barraclough, director of international features at Variety.

"One film that's come up just recently is 'Anatomy of a Fall' which is the French film that won at Cannes ... 'Past Lives' is a favourite with a lot of people and (historical drama) 'The Zone of Interest' is certainly gonna be there."

Among next year's releases are films pushed back from 2023, like the big-budget "Dune" sequel and tennis drama "Challengers," as studios readjusted schedules because of the four-month long actors' strike, which ended in November.

"Deadpool 3", whose production was halted by the strike, had its release date moved from May 2024 to July 2024.

"There's a double effect. Firstly, production was held up, so films like 'Gladiator 2' (have) been delayed in terms of shooting and, so now the release is gonna be towards the end of next year," Barraclough said.

"Other films got pushed into next year in terms of releases partly because of the need to promote them."

Also on the 2024 slate are spy movie "Argylle", origins story "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga," stuntman action flick "The Fall Guy,Beetlejuice 2" and sci-fi drama "Mickey 17" by Oscar-winning "Parasite" director Bong Joon-ho.

For younger audiences, family movie releases include "Despicable Me 4,Kung Fu Panda 4" and "Inside Out 2."

A survey by ticket-seller Fandango showed the top 10 most anticipated 2024 movies were mainly sequels and spin-offs, with "Deadpool 3" at No. 1.

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Kim Kardashian Will Testify in Paris Trial About Jewelry Heist That Upended Her Life 

US socialite Kim Kardashian arrives for the 4th Annual Academy Museum Gala at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, October 19, 2024. (AFP)
US socialite Kim Kardashian arrives for the 4th Annual Academy Museum Gala at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, October 19, 2024. (AFP)
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Kim Kardashian Will Testify in Paris Trial About Jewelry Heist That Upended Her Life 

US socialite Kim Kardashian arrives for the 4th Annual Academy Museum Gala at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, October 19, 2024. (AFP)
US socialite Kim Kardashian arrives for the 4th Annual Academy Museum Gala at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, October 19, 2024. (AFP)

The last time Kim Kardashian faced the men that police say robbed her, she was bound with zip ties and held at gunpoint, and feared she might die. On Tuesday, nearly a decade later, she returns to Paris to testify against them.

One of the most recognizable figures on the planet is expected to take the stand against the 10 men accused of orchestrating the 2016 robbery that left her locked in a marble bathroom while masked assailants made off with more than $6 million in jewels.

Kardashian is set to speak about the trauma that reshaped her life and redefined the risks of celebrity in the age of social media. Her appearance is expected to be the most emotionally charged moment of a trial that began last month.

Court officials are bracing for a crowd, and security will be tight. A second courtroom has been opened for journalists following via video feed.

Kardashian’s testimony is expected to revisit, in painful detail, how intruders zip-tied her hands, demanded her ring, and left her believing she might never see her children again.

Twelve suspects were originally charged. One has died. Another has been excused from proceedings due to serious illness. Most are in their 60s and 70s — dubbed les papys braqueurs, or “the grandpa robbers,” by the French press — but investigators insist they were no harmless retirees. Authorities have described them as a seasoned and coordinated criminal group.

Two of the defendants have admitted being at the scene. The others deny any involvement — some even claim they didn’t know who Kardashian was. But police say the group tracked her movements through her own social media posts, which flaunted her jewelry, pinpointed her location, and exposed her vulnerability.

The heist transformed Kardashian into a cautionary tale of hyper-visibility in the digital age.

In the aftermath, she withdrew from public life. She developed severe anxiety and later described symptoms of agoraphobia. “I hated to go out,” she said in a 2021 interview. “I didn’t want anybody to know where I was ... I just had such anxiety.”

Her lawyers confirmed she would appear in court. “She has tremendous appreciation and admiration for the French judicial system,” they wrote, adding that she hopes the trial proceeds “in an orderly fashion ... and with respect for all parties.”

Once dismissed in parts of the French press as a reality TV spectacle — and lambasted by Karl Lagerfeld for being too flashy — Kardashian now returns as a key witness in a case that has forced a wider reckoning with how celebrity, crime, and perception collide.

Her lawyers say she is “particularly grateful” to French authorities — and ready to confront those who attacked her with dignity.