Month: November 2018

“Green Book,” which Universal releases Nov. 16, centers on the unlikely real-life friendship between Jamaican-American classical pianist Don Shirley and his driver Tony Vallelonga, a laid-off New York nightclub bouncer, during a 1962 tour of the Midwest and the racially tense South. The film premiered at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival in September and has surged
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The audience that witnessed DOC NYC’s Monday world premiere of the moving and soulful Aretha Franklin church concert doc “Amazing Grace,” captured on film by Sydney Pollack in 1972, was fortunate indeed. But for actress Gina Gershon and the late Queen of Soul’s nephew Vaughn Franklin, the screening at Manhattan’s SVA Theatre was something far
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The writer of an inflammatory interview with Ennio Morricone, in which the composer allegedly badmouthed Quentin Tarantino, has admitted to making “terrible mistakes” in the piece, including the use of quotes taken from previous stories in other outlets, Playboy in Germany said Wednesday. The magazine called it “an intolerable breach of journalistic ethics” that did
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November 14, 2018 10:03AM PT “A Star Is Born” cinematographer Matthew Libatique, who received an Oscar nomination for 2010’s “Black Swan,” was reportedly arrested on Tuesday for assaulting public officials in the city of Bydgoszcz, Poland. Libatique, who was in town attending the Camerimage Film Festival, allegedly attacked paramedics and police at a hotel where
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National Research Group (NRG), which caters to movie studios and others in the entertainment industry, hired Ben Rogers as president of platform and technology clients. Rogers, a market-research veteran with 20-plus years of experience, most recently was at Ipsos as executive VP, head of media development. At NRG, he will lead the company’s technology practice across
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Check out the official Dumplin’ Trailer starring Jennifer Aniston! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Buy Tickets to Dumplin’: https://www.fandango.com/dumplin-215784/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to date. US Release Date: December 7, 2018
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November 14, 2018 9:38AM PT Preeminent soprano saxophonist Kenny G, known for his schmaltzy, smooth jazz stylings, has listed a gated property in the foothills above Coldwater Canyon in Studio City, Calif., at a smidgen less than $4 million. The kinky-haired, 16-time Grammy-nominated musician purchased the half-acre hillside property in 2007 for $2.85 million. Invisible
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iHeartMedia has announced the Board of Directors that will take effect when the company emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The Board will include current chairman and CEO Bob Pittman as well as executives who have worked with Disney, MGM and Goldman Sachs, among others. “We are excited about both the depth and range of our
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After going from 8-bit zero to arcade hero during his original outing, Wreck-It Ralph levels up in a big way with “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” an ambitious, all-around satisfying sequel to Walt Disney Animation’s wonderfully outside-the-box smash that ranks among the studio’s very best toons: It’s a poignant buddy movie that’s sincere in all the
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Just about any crime story can find an audience if it’s told with enough drama and intrigue. Though the true crime genre has been exploding in recent years thanks to podcasts (“Serial”) and documentary series (“The Jinx,” “Making a Murderer”), the widespread fascination with what makes people turn on each other — and how to
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Multiple news outlets, including Fox News, said they would endorse CNN’s legal effort to regain correspondent Jim Acosta’s White House credentials, a circling of the wagons among major media outlets the Trump administration continues to portray news organizations as “enemies of the people.” ABC News, NBC News, The New York Times, The Associated Press, Bloomberg, First
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Check out the official Wonder Park Teaser Trailer starring Jennifer Garner! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Buy Tickets to Wonder Park: https://www.fandango.com/wonder-park-212923/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc US Release Date: March 15, 2019 Starring: Brianna Denski, Jennifer Garner, Ken Hudson Campbell Story By: Josh Appelbaum, Robert Gordon, André Nemec Synopsis: A story of a
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UPDATED: Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu’s new album, “Antares,” has debuted at No. 100 on the latest Billboard chart amid allegations of fraudulent sales that drove tracks from the album to the top of iTunes earlier this month. A representative for Nielsen Music, Billboard’s official data partner, said that some of the singer’s sales could
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November 14, 2018 5:00AM PT TV network execs have long complained that Nielsen’s TV ratings undercount audiences because the measurement firm doesn’t always account for consumers watching shows on digital apps. Now, internet viewing on Comcast’s Xfinity Stream app and website will be integrated into Nielsen’s official linear TV ratings, under an expanded pact between
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