On Monday, a day after apologizing for 2012 Tweets that many considered sexist, 5 Seconds of Summer guitarist Michael Clifford denied an accusation of sexual misconduct that were made from a since-deleted Twitter account early on Monday, saying that they are “BEYOND untrue.” A poster using the handle @knowyoureta claimed that Clifford, now 24, “used to
Month: June 2020
The Television Academy has canceled this year’s three post-Emmys Governors Balls and has also announced plans to rethink the Creative Arts Emmys as a series of virtual events. The decision to scrap the trio of Governors Ball dinners (which normally take place after the two Creative Arts Emmys ceremonies, as well as the Primetime Emmys
The mission and shortcomings of “Love, Simon” were laid bare in its very first line. “I’m just like you,” says Simon (Nick Robinson), an affable white high school kid who promptly introduces us to his happily married parents and upper middle-class home. The thing that sets him apart, he continues, is that he’s secretly gay.
Munich-based TV sales company Beta Film is launching an extended virtual sales pitch, titled Beta Summer Insights, which will stream live on June 18 from 10.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. (CEST). Guests will be able to take a look inside Beta’s upcoming productions, which come from across Europe and cover a variety of genres, from
At a time when Madison Avenue appears to be picking a fight with the nation’s TV networks, NBCUniversal says it won’t take the bait. The Comcast-owned company in a Monday letter to ad buyers and agencies urged advertisers to tackle bigger issues than a shift in TV’s annual “upfront” ad sales marketplace, a move for
Channel 4’s hit format “The Circle” has been greenlit for a coronavirus protocol-friendly third season, while a celebrity version of the show is also on the way. The Studio Lambert-produced format — which was picked up by Netflix in 2018 — will now be pre-recorded as opposed to airing live on certain days, and the
The bad news for Quibi continues, as the struggling Jeffrey Katzenberg-founded video startup is in danger of massively missing its first-year target for paying subscribers based on slowing app-download figures, according to a Wall Street Journal report. An unflattering piece published Sunday by the Wall Street Journal detailed infighting between Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman
U.K. digital channel BBC Three has acquired “Canada’s Drag Race.” Twelve Canadian drag artists will compete for the title of ‘Canada’s First Drag Superstar’ in the 10 x 60′ show that has elements of the popular “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and “Drag Race U.K.” The three permanent judges include Brooke Lynn Hytes, an alumni of “Drag
Multi-territory streaming platform Viu, and regional pay-TV operator HBO Asia Monday begin airing a second localized season of Endemol Shine Group’s crime series “The Bridge.” The Asian adaptation of Nordic noir “The Bridge” (aka “Bron,” aka “Broen”) is produced by Viu in association with HBO Asia. The 10-part Asian second season is directed by returning
The U.K. Cinema Association has published safety guidelines for the re-opening of drive-in cinemas, which are allowed to open in England from Monday. Although there are only a reported 20 drive-in cinemas in the U.K. and the concept has not taken off as in the U.S., their reopening is being seen as the first step
WestEnd Films has launched international sales on “Lamya’s Poem,” an animated feature by Alexander Kronemer, which will be part of Annecy’s Works in Progress panel at the digital version of the world’s largest animation festival and market that begins Monday. WestEnd builds on an established reputation representing prestigious independent arthouse animated features, such as Oscar-nominated
Turkey, which hosts the largest number of migrants in the world, is launching the International Migration Film Festival that aims to boost awareness of their plight and will also serve as a primer of global cinematic output on this timely topic. There are currently an estimated roughly 4 million migrants in Turkey, most of whom
Celebrated Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan, winner of the Cannes Palme d’Or in 2014 for “Winter Sleep” among many other accolades, is known to be rather reclusive. But he had no hesitation in accepting to preside over the jury of the International Migration Film Festival’s first edition, thus contributing significantly to its launch. He took questions
For its first edition the International Migration Film Festival has assembled a diverse lineup of eight titles tackling the plight of refugees and migrants around the world and running the gamut from feelgood comedy to gut-wrenching dramas and docs. They will vie for a best feature film award worth €15,000 ($16,800) and also a prize for
Gaumont U.K. — the British operation of the French studio behind “Narcos” and “Arsène Lupin” — has optioned a new biography of wartime Vogue editor Audrey Withers. The project, entitled “Dressed For War: The Story of Audrey Withers, Vogue Editor Extraordinaire From the Blitz to the Swinging Sixties,” is based on a biography by researcher
As the Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival deals with the benefits and struggles of going digital, perhaps no American studio has backed 2020’s online version more than Netflix, which will host three highly-anticipated panels for upcoming projects, among them a masterclass from stop-motion master Henry Selick and his composer Bruno Coulais. An unannounced surprise, the
COVID-19 looks set to accelerate the biggest paradigm shift in French animation in the last two decades: Global streaming platforms’ ever larger presence in finance and distribution. How France’s auteur-driven animation movie and TV industry dovetails with the market interests and industry practices of Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Warner Media and Apple TV Plus
Sandcastle Studios’ “Jungle Beat: The Movie,” produced in collaboration with South Africa’s Sunrise Productions, had big theatrical plans for its post-festival life. But all that changed when the world went into lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “When the pandemic came, we realized theatrical wasn’t going to happen, so we started thinking about putting
Whether in “I Lost My Body,” a boy-girl love story which takes place as the suitor’s severe hand crawls towards its owner, or with “The Summit of the Gods,” an epic account of two crazed climbers’ attempt to scale Everest’s South-West face in winter without oxygen, France is pushing back the boundaries of animation as
The ban on British travellers entering the United States is likely to last for months, according to Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s chief expert on infectious diseases. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Fauci warned that the U.K. travel ban would last for “more likely months than weeks”. The ban could last until a
After selling her attractive Los Feliz home to Oxycontin heiress Madeleine Sackler, prolific pop music songwriter Ali Tamposi has has abruptly shifted residential gears, trading the hipster-approved chicness of L.A.’s Eastside for the relaxed surfer bro vibes of Malibu’s heavily celebrified Point Dume neighborhood. Property records reveal the 30-year-old Florida native has paid nearly $4
Korean pop group BTS broke a virtual attendance record with “Bang Bang Con: The Live.” The show took place on Sunday afternoon Korean time (5 a.m. ET and 2 a.m. PT) and was presented by BTS’ management company Big Hit Entertainment with a cloud-based remote production studio Kiswe Mobile — from Seoul, South Korea. According to
A court in Manila on Monday found Maria Ressa, journalist and editor of online publication Rappler, guilty of cyber libel. She has been a consistent critic of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa and Reynaldo Santos, the journalist who wrote the original article, potentially face a jail term of between six months and six years. They
Ben Whishaw has signed on for the lead role of the upcoming BBC Two–AMC co-production “This Is Going to Hurt,” based on the Adam Kay memoir of the same name. In addition, Lucy Forbes has signed on to the series as the lead director and producer. Whishaw is set to play the fictional version of Kay,
San Bernardino Police gunned down what’s been described as a homeless man, who they say waved what might have been a handgun at them … but it’s not clear if he was actually armed. The shooting occurred Saturday night at a gas station, where cops were responding to reports of a man brandishing a gun
Singer Barbra Streisand has helped make George Floyd’s 6-year-old daughter Gianna Floyd a Disney shareholder. Gianna posted a photo on her Instagram account holding her Disney shares certificate and thanked Streisand in the caption. “Thank you Barbra Streisand for my package, I am now a Disney Stockholder thanks to you,” she wrote. The 10-time Grammy
Beyoncé wrote a letter to the Kentucky Attorney General demanding justice for Breonna Taylor and charges brought against the three police officers involved in her death. On March 13, Taylor was shot and killed in her home after police officers used a no-knock warrant. Since her death and the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests, the
“Little Women,” the coming-of-age period drama directed by Greta Gerwig, is nearing the $100 million mark at the international box office as movie theaters start to reopen. Overseas, “Little Women” generated $760,000 this weekend from 13 markets. That takes its foreign haul to $99.5 million. A majority of those ticket sales came from Japan, where
Beverly Hills issued an emergency order on Saturday that bans gatherings of more than 10 people at night in residential areas. Enacted on Saturday night, the new rules lasts between 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. each night until further notice. The city of Beverly Hills’ Twitter account shared the message as well, and the full
Rather than celebrate President Trump’s birthday on Sunday, many Twitter users used the day to honor President Obama with the hashtag “All Birthdays Matter.” Several phrases began trending on Twitter early on Sunday, including “Obama Day June 14th,” “Obama Appreciation Day,” “Obama Day USA” and “Happy Birthday Obama,” in addition to “All Birthdays Matter.” Some
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