Month: August 2019

Calvin Klein’s newest #MyCalvins campaign is really hot. Like, Naomi Campbell, Bella Hadid, Odell Beckham Jr., hot. Yes, the campaign features fire photos of said hot people posing in their CK intimates, but also features “stripped back” versions of the celebs, raising the questions: “How do you do sexy? Perfectly filtered or IRL raw?” Naomi
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“The Kitchen” couldn’t take the heat. Burned by negative reviews and pitched competition, Warner Bros. and New Line’s heist thriller — starring Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish and Elisabeth Moss — opened with a dismal $5.5 million when it debuted in 2,765 theaters. The people who did venture out to see the film this weekend weren’t
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Emmy-nominated roles among the leading actress categories have never been so diverse or realized, nor have they ever been so intimate. From assassins and ambitious presidential hopefuls to standup comedians, business owners and grieving mothers, the women gracing the ballot box represent an array of formidable characters that embody vulnerability, flaws and a movement away
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It was a very good year for VFX in television, as evidenced by the five nominated shows in the special visual effects category. “Game of Thrones,” “The Man in the High Castle,” “The Orville,” “Star Trek: Discovery” and “The Umbrella Academy” all showcased truly cutting-edge, imaginative storytelling elements added by artists during the post-production process.
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August 12, 2019 8:00AM PT The third annual Tribeca TV Festival is set to unspool next month with the premiere screening of “Transparent’s” musical finale episode and a 25th anniversary “Friends” reunion event. Tribeca’s TV fest runs Sept. 12-15 at Lower Manhattan’s Regal Battery Park. Other highlights of the lineup include the series premieres of
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Apple has released a first look at its upcoming drama, “The Morning Show,” starring Jennifer Aniston, Steve Carell and Reese Witherspoon. The series, showrun by Kerry Ehrin, is a fictional look at the goings-on of early morning television. Apple also said Monday that the show will debut exclusively on Apple TV Plus this fall. In
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August 12, 2019 7:00AM PT Breaker, the blockchain-enabled entertainment platform, is getting into the television game. The company has added six-part miniseries “Bad Banks” to its library of film and music titles. The series is directed by Christian Schwochow, who previously oversaw episodes of “The Crown” and backed by Kino Lorber. It aired in Germany
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Galician filmmaker Eloy Enciso returns to Switzerland’s Locarno Festival after seven years with his third film Longa Noite (“Endless Night”), the only Spanish feature in the main international competition. Fílmica Galaika, the production company behind it, has just released a trailer – days ahead of its premiere at Locarno. Accompanied once again by the filmmaker
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Iraqi actress and filmmaker Zahraa Ghandour, who stars in the Locarno Festival screener “Baghdad in My Shadow,” by Iraqi-born Swiss filmmaker Samir, is making her first independent feature documentary about one of Iraq’s leading women’s rights advocates. The film will explore the life of Hanaa Edwar, known as a fearless champion of human rights in
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August 12, 2019 2:15AM PT Production has started on German crime drama ‘Dark Woods,’ based on the 1989 disappearance of a woman who was the sister of a high-ranking German police officer. It will star Matthias Brandt (“Babylon Berlin”), Karoline Schuch (“Hanna’s Journey”), and August Wittgenstein (“Das Boot”). Silke Bodenbender (“Vater Mutter Morder”) and Nicholas
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August 11, 2019 5:19PM PT Jeffrey Epstein’s autopsy results are “pending further information,” according to a statement from the New York City Medical Examiner’s office. “Today, a medical examiner performed the autopsy of Jeffrey Epstein. The ME’s determination is pending further information at this time,” chief medical examiner Dr. Barbara Sampson said in the statement.
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