The FIA has announced that Mohammed ben Sulayem has won a second term as head of motorsport's governing body, in an election ...

At most film festivals, any standing ovation stirs excitement. Not so at the Cannes Film Festival, where audiences will stand up and applaud for literally anything — even for films they also booed. To ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Ask A&L Theatergoers and other performing-arts lovers are noticing the practice seems to have become the rule, not the exception. By Michael Paulson ...

Every year we do it, without fail, even though fans and critics moan about it, and it’s quite clearly a reductive way of measuring a movie’s impact. However, we simply just can’t seem to help ...

The applause at premieres like “Mission: Impossible” or “The History of Sound” is often timed and reported breathlessly. But there’s more to the story. By Kyle Buchanan For decades, the Palme d’Or was ...

The record for the longest standing ovation at Cannes is held by Guillermo del Toro’s (Pan’s Labyrinth) with 22 minutes of applause. Other films with lengthy ovations include Fahrenheit 9/11 (20 ...

At the end of “The Tempest”, Prospero steps forward to solicit applause. Shakespeare’s magician will be marooned on her island, unless she is freed “with the help of your good hands”, pleads Sigourney ...

THE SIGHT of a mediocre play in London’s West End receiving a standing ovation inspired our Back Story columnist to remark upon the rise of “ovation inflation”. Many readers responded with their ...

After a weeks-long trial that gripped pop culture fans everywhere, Sean “Diddy” Combs got a relatively light conviction that reportedly earned him a "standing ovation" from fellow inmates. The music ...