“When you guys put somebody in the car, please don’t be too nice,” President Trump is seen telling an assembly of police officers at the beginning of a recent MeidasTouch video. That clip is immediately followed by his spokesperson saying the president was “making a joke,” then by footage of police roughing up protesters last
Month: October 2020
Matthew Sweet is “At a Loss” for words, as he tells it, in the hard-rocking first single from his upcoming album. You might even imagine that it’s the cat that’s got his tongue, looking at the seemingly menacing feline on the cover of the forthcoming “Catspaw,” which comes out January 21, 2021. The debut track
Mexico’s Manolo Caro, the creator, director and writer of “The House of Flowers,” may have another Netflix Original hit on his hands with the dark family thriller “Someone Has to Die” (Alguien Tiene Que Morir). Director of five movies and a documentary since 2013’s feature debut “I Don’t Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or
Berklee College of Music has appointed Erica Muhl its new president. Muhl becomes the first woman to hold the title in the school’s 75-year history and arrives from University of Southern California’s Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation, where she served as the dean and founding executive
AETN U.K.’s and Comcast’s Sky History channel has canceled controversial woodworking program “The Chop: Britain’s Top Woodworker” after a raging controversy around a participant allegedly sporting Nazi tattoos. The participant, Darren Lumsden, has the number 88 tattooed on his cheek. Since 8 is the eighth letter of the alphabet, it is considered a numerical code
The Cannes Film Festival closed out its three-day mini-festival in elegiac fashion on Thursday, as France grieved the terror attack in Nice and readied itself for a one-month lockdown due to go into effect early Friday morning. Outside the Palais des Festival, a mournful black tarp draped the red carpet, while inside, Cannes director Thierry
Estonia is the latest country to select its entry for the International Feature Film category of the Oscars with the Nordic Western “The Last Ones,” directed by Veiko Õunpuu, flying the flag for the Baltic country. The film will world premiere as part of the Baltic Competition program of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, which
“Queen & Slim” star Jodie Turner-Smith will star as the Tudor-era queen, Anne Boleyn, in a three-part psychological drama for ViacomCBS-backed U.K. broadcaster Channel 5. Boleyn was the Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII. Their tempestuous marriage, and her execution for treason, made her one of
How much do you know about donuts? According to guilty-pleasure doc “The Donut King,” on average, Americans eat 31 of the deep-fried confections per year. Taken as a whole, the donut industry generates somewhere on the order of $8 billion annually. An effortlessly educational first feature from Chinese American cinematographer Alice Gu, “The Donut King”
Retired British soccer player David Beckham, designer and former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham and their young family are set to be the subject of a £16 million ($20.6 million) fly-on-the-wall Netflix documentary. David Beckham’s rise to fame will be documented through personal photographs and video footage of family celebrations and recollections from friends, family and
Alicia Keys and Brandi Carlile surprised viewers of a voter turnout special Thursday night with a duet performance of a new song, “A Beautiful Noise,” which they immediately released as a single following the premiere on “Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy.” Keys co-hosted the CBS special along with Kerry Washington and America Ferrera.
The Busan International Film Festival concluded its 25th edition on Friday with the announcement of prizes across its multiple sections. The competitive New Currents section saw the top prize shared between “A Balance” from Japanese director Harumoto Yujiro and “Three,” a Kazakhstan-Korea- Uzbekistan co-venture directed by Pak Ruslan. The festival operated a hybrid format, with
In the stratosphere of cinephiles, the anticipation for a new David Fincher film is palpable. Unveiled by Netflix before a crowd of film critics and journalists on Thursday night, his 11th feature film “Mank” is both personal and technically proficient. It’s been a decade since Fincher received a nomination for best director for “The Social
“True Mothers” by Kawase Naomi has been selected as Japan’s nominee for a best international feature film Academy Award. The Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, which supervises the selection process, made the announcement on Thursday. Based on a novel by Tsujimura Miyuki, film focuses on a couple (Nagasaku Hiromi and Iura Arata) who adopt a
In today’s TV news roundup, the CW announced premiere dates for upcoming dramas including “Walker” and “Batwoman” Season 2, and Bravo announced “The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s” return date. CASTING CBS All Access announced that Lana Parrilla, B.K. Cannon, Jordane Christie, Matthew Daddario and Veronica Falcón have been cast in the second season of “Why Women Kill.” They join the
Ludwig Göransson, who won an Emmy last month for composing the music to season 1 of “The Mandalorian,” is predictably coy about the show’s return, beginning tomorrow on Disney Plus. But this much is certain: those bass recorders, the distinct and lonely theme for the helmeted bounty hunter, will be back. “There will be a
YouTube superstar FaZe Rug stars with members of FaZe (the professional esports and entertainment organization) in the new horror film “Crimson,” directed by “Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension” director Gregory Plotkin. The film, which is streaming starting Thursday at 6 p.m. PT / 9 p.m. ET only on Inviz.tv, follows FaZe Rug who plays himself
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We’ve been conditioned — mostly thanks to corruption, greed and a steady abuse of power — to mistrust politicians. For many, skepticism is such a deep-rooted emotion when it comes to the government, even being too trustworthy becomes suspicious. But you need not worry, that isn’t that case for Hugh Laurie’s Peter Laurence, the center
Sacha Baron Cohen has donated $100,000 to “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” babysitter Jeanise Jones’ community in Oklahoma. As first reported by People, the money will be distributed by the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Oklahoma City at Jones’ request, to provide shelter and food to community members. Jones, the 62-year-old favorite in “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” signed onto
The latest, sure-to-be-sold-out collection from Beyoncé and sportswear giant Adidas is officially on the way. Yesterday, the official Ivy Park social media channels shared first-look images of Beyoncé modeling the newest gear, and in traditional Bey fashion, she looked absolutely stunning in the series of campaign photos. Keeping her makeup fresh and neutral and her
Twitter beat Wall Street financial forecasts for the third quarter of 2020, but anemic user growth for the period and an uncertain advertising forecast for Q4 amid U.S. elections sent the company’s stock tumbling more than 16%. The social-media company reported a net gain of 1 million monetizable daily active users for Q3, to 187
“Songbird,” a feature-length thriller produced under quarantine, has sold key international territories for theatrical distribution. Produced by Michael Bay and Invisible Narratives, the film features “Riverdale” star KJ Apa among a large ensemble and tells of a fight for love amidst the end of the world. Adam Mason (“Into the Dark”) directs from a script
Disney’s Searchlight arm has bought rights to Claire Foy’s horror-thriller “Dust,” four months after the project was unveiled at the Cannes Virtual Market. Foy will portray a woman who becomes increasingly traumatized in 1930s Oklahoma amid the region’s horrific dust storms and convinces herself that a mysterious presence is threatening her family. She then takes
In its examinations of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign and the power players surrounding her throughout her life, “The Crown” has long brought viewers behind the British royal family’s gilded closed doors. But in its upcoming fourth season, which drops Nov. 15 on Netflix, the drama is tackling two of the most famous British women in modern
Veteran rapper Kid Cudi has joined forces with longtime collaborator and writer-producer-director Ian Edelman and software engineer Jonathan Gray to launch a new “mobile-first live music experience,” Encore, that enables artists to directly monetize, engage and grow their fanbases. According to the announcement, Encore offers an all-new format that encourages collaboration between artists and makes it easy for up-and-coming and
Big tech companies continue to prosper in the time of COVID. Facebook, Alphabet (Google’s parent) and Amazon each reported solid growth for the third quarter of 2020 — results that reflect how people worldwide have upped their usage of internet giants’ services during the pandemic. The trio each posted revenue and earnings that topped Wall
Apple raked in record revenue of $64.7 billion for the September 2020 quarter, although that was up just 1% year-over-year. The tech giant’s Service business revenue rose 16%, to $14.55 billion in the period, also a record. However, sales of Apple’s flagship iPhone plunged in the quarter — down 21% — ahead of the rollout
Laurie Strode, the teen-babysitter-turned-avenging-grandmother portrayed by Jamie Lee Curtis, is back with a vengeance in “Halloween Kills,” the latest sequel in the slasher franchise. In a new clip released Thursday, Strode is seen battling Michael Myers as her family is forced to confront the psychotic and murderous masked serial killer yet again. John Carpenter’s original
Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Rachel Bloom is adding boy band aficionado to her resume. The co-creator of hit series “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” has signed on to write the script for a movie about two *NSYNC superfans at Sony Pictures label TriStar. Based on an idea by band member and producer Lance Bass, Bloom is
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