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Monique, known online as @mynameismonique, gained notoriety for… well, eating a printout of actor Powell’s face. She hadn’t yet appeared in any of his films, but after 140 days of this unusual habit, she stopped at the premiere of Running Man in November 2025, dramatically eating his face printout right in front of him. In a video from the event, Powell appears gracious, playfully saying, “Now it’s a premiere!” after she takes a bite. However, he later admitted he was caught off guard. He explained that he only learned about Monique’s habit while walking the red carpet. “Someone told me ‘the girl who eats your face is here,’ and I had no idea what they were talking about!” he said.

Movies often serve as a way for filmmakers to work through their own experiences with loss. Every director and writer handles this sensitive topic differently, bringing their unique perspective. Some films explore death indirectly, using animals or animation to represent loss, while others focus on how characters cope with grief – showing it as feelings of guilt or loneliness, and challenging any shame associated with those feelings. And some movies even delve into what might happen after death, both realistically and imaginatively.

Peter Jackson won’t be directing the new Lord of the Rings films, The Hunt for Gollum and The Shadow of the Past, but he’ll still be heavily involved as an executive producer. Andy Serkis, famous for playing Gollum, will direct The Hunt for Gollum and reprise his role as the character. The Shadow of the Past will be directed by Stephen Colbert and his son, Peter McGee. Longtime writers Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh are also returning to work on the stories.

In 2022, Condal experienced firsthand how intensely negative some Game of Thrones fans could be, reacting strongly even to small details they didn’t like within the show’s world.

The film Bitter Christmas opens in 2004, introducing Elsa (Bárbara Lennie), an advertising director who previously directed two films that gained a dedicated, though small, following. She lives in a beautiful, brightly decorated Madrid apartment with her caring boyfriend, Bonifacio (Patrick Criado). Though successful, Elsa suffers from increasingly severe migraines, leading to a recent emergency room visit – at a hospital she once used for a film shoot. The story quickly reveals that Elsa’s life feels intentionally disjointed, as if she’s inhabiting someone else’s experience. This is because she’s a fictionalized version of a character being written by Raúl (Leonardo Sbaraglia), a filmmaker in 2026 who is crafting the story of Elsa and Bonifacio as his new screenplay.