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 ...

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 ...

When “Joker: Folie à Deux” premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday, the audience erupted into a standing ovation that lasted 11 minutes, according to Variety. The Hollywood Reporter clocked ...

A social media video claims to show Boston Red Sox fans giving a standing ovation to outfielder Jarren Duran’s return from a two-game suspension for using a homophobic slur. But the video was altered.

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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 ...

If standing and clapping for more than 15 minutes sounds a bit tiring then you might want to steer clear of film festivals, where standing ovations are becoming increasingly epic affairs. The Venice ...

Have you ever heard of the U.S. Supreme Court justices giving a lawyer a standing ovation? The rare spectacle happened last week in Washington, as Deputy Solicitor General Edwin S. Kneedler, a 1974 ...

(CNN) — Angelina Jolie had a moving experience at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday. The Oscar-winner attended the Venice Film Festival premiere of her upcoming film “Maria” and was greeted by such ...

London (CNN) — Catherine, Princess of Wales, received a standing ovation from the Centre Court crowd as she attended the Wimbledon men’s singles final on Sunday alongside her daughter Princess ...