Month: October 2020

TCB Media Rights boss Paul Heaney and partner Dina Subhani have launched co-production and distribution company BossaNova Media, just months after stepping away from their former business. The new outfit will unite producers and buyers in an integrated hub that can fast-track commissioning and dealmaking, speaking to Heaney and Subhani’s unique strengths in navigating producer
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Asif Kapadia, Oscar-winning “Amy” director and BAFTA winner for “Senna” and “The Warrior,” will debut in the XR (extended reality) and immersive filmmaking space with “Laika.” Adapted from Nick Abadzis’ eponymous 2007 graphic novel, “Laika” will tell the story of planet Earth’s first voyager into space, an unwanted stray who survived the streets of Moscow
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Regal Cinemas owner Cineworld Group has confirmed the temporary suspension of its U.S. and U.K operations from Thursday, confirming reports that first emerged Saturday. In a statement released Monday, the group said: “In response to an increasingly challenging theatrical landscape and sustained key market closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cineworld confirms that it will
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The ACLU SoCal’s annual Bill of Rights Gala usually includes the presentation of several awards to celebrities, politicians and others for their support and advocacy of social justice at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. However, this year’s event skipped the awards ceremony. Instead, the gala was an hour-long virtual program on Sunday that celebrated the work
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Though “Gilmore Girls” may seem like a simple sitcom about a mother-daughter duo; at it’s core, the show truly caters to music lovers. That’s probably because creator Amy Sherman-Palladino is one herself and therefore made sure to include the classics — including XTC and David Bowie — in the soundtrack, as opposed to peppering it
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Kenzo Takada, fashion designer and founder of the brand Kenzo, has died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, from COVID-19. He was 81. Takada’s death was confirmed Sunday morning by a post on the Kenzo brand Facebook page. “For half a century, Mr. Takada has been an emblematic personality in the fashion industry – always infusing creativity and
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Megan Thee Stallion did not squander her opportunities as the musical guest on “Saturday Night Live,” using the spot to make a direct statement about violence toward Black women. During her performance of “Savage,” her hit single of last spring, the words “Protect Black Women” appeared on the screen behind her, along with quotes from
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The moment comedy fans have long-been waiting for has finally arrived: NBC late-night sketch series “Saturday Night Live” returned for its 46th season on Oct. 3, jumping right into the political news of the times with a cold open sketch about the first presidential debate, which took place on Sept. 29. “We thought it was
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In “Red, White and Blue,” the fifth and final film of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology (and the third to be shown at this year’s New York Film Festival, after the lilting reggae house-party movie “Lovers Rock” and the wrenching social-protest courtroom drama “Mangrove”), Leroy Logan (John Boyega), a British research scientist, figures that he’s
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The final season of the award-winning sitcom “Schitt’s Creek” has arrived to Netflix a few days earlier than planned. “Schitt’s Creek” creator and star Daniel Levy tweeted out the news early Saturday morning alongside a Moira gif, writing: “Surprise! Season 6 & the Best Wishes, Warmest Regards documentary just dropped early on Netflix! Have a
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In today’s Global Bulletin, Channel 4 releases a first look trailer and still for Russell T Davies’ “It’s a Sin,” Acorn TV commissions a “Whitstable Pearl” series adaptation, “Two Buddies and a Badger 2 – The Great Big Beast” posts Norway’s best opening weekend box office, and Jackson Wild announces 2020 award winners. FIRST LOOK
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As Old Dolio Dyne in Miranda July’s “Kajillionaire, Evan Rachel Wood is feral. The character, a Los Angeles 26-year-old who has been bred by her parents, Robert and Theresa (Richard Jenkins and Debra Winger), to help them carry out their small-scale scams, has never known life outside of their distorted, cold worldview.  But after the family meets the charismatic
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