Winner of the Week

For the first time in the quintessential New York director’s career, one of his films — Celebrity, starring Kenneth Branagh and Leonardo DiCaprio — will open the prestigious New York Film Festival.

Loser of the Week

Debbie Reynolds

The actress/Las Vegas mainstay was forced to sell her hotel-casino (worth a reported $22 million) at a bankruptcy auction for a paltry $9 million. The buyer? The World Wrestling Federation.