Kino Lorber’s acquired U.S. rights to Milcho Manchevski’s “Willow,” which will represent North Macedonia in the Oscars’ international feature film race. “Willow” premiered at the Rome Film Festival and went on to win a best director award at Raindance. Reel Suspects is handling worldwide sales on the movie. “Willow” tells the heartfelt tale of three
Month: January 2021
“You’ve been commissioned to write a 90-page screenplay, not ‘War and Peace.’” With these airy words, in the opening minutes of “Blithe Spirit,” exasperated trophy wife Ruth (Isla Fisher) admonishes her first-time screenwriter husband Charles (Dan Stevens) as he twitchily battles writers’ block. Then she adds a kicker: “How can it be so difficult to
We’ve all seen sacred U.S. government buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C., being attacked and destroyed via spectacular special effects in blockbuster movies like director Roland Emmerich’s “Independence Day” and “White House Down.” And we witnessed heavily armed terrorists launching a daytime attack on the White House in Antoine Fuqua’s 2013 action thriller “Olympus Has
More than half a decade ago when Stephen King’s 1979 post-apocalyptic tome “The Stand” was being considered for a big-screen adaptation, visual effects supervisor Jake Braver joined the team to figure out how they would bring to life not only the physical manifestation of the virus that killed 99.4% of the population within the story,
“Queen Sugar” has been renewed for Season 6 at OWN. The news comes ahead of the Season 5 premiere, which is slated to debut on Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. ET. Season 4 began airing last summer. “What a joy and an honor to continue the stories of ‘Queen Sugar’ with our partners at OWN
“Animal Kingdom” has been renewed for Season 6 at TNT, which will also be the show’s last. News of the final season comes ahead of the Season 5 premiere of the crime drama, which is set to launch this summer on TNT. The series stars Shawn Hatosy, Ben Robson, Jake Weary, Finn Cole, Leila George, Rigo
HBO Latin America veterans Luis S. Peraza, president of networks, and Roberto Rios, corporate vice president of original production, will depart at the end of February, WarnerMedia Latin America announced Thursday. Peraza (pictured, left) is part of the founding team that launched HBO in Latin America in 1991 and is a pioneer of the local
“No Man’s Land,” “Fauda” and “False Flag” producer Maria Feldman is teaming with “Tel Aviv on Fire” writer-director Sameh Zoabi on a new identity crisis series “Inheritance,” which offers a fresh, comedic take on the Israel-Palestine conflict, breaking new ground for scripted TV. Created by Zoabi, Alma Ganihar and Leora Kamenetzky, a writer on “Fauda”
As general manager of three major television stations in Honolulu, Rick Blangiardi oversaw the market’s most-watched newscasts for nearly two decades. But over the past year, Blangiardi began making headlines of his own. Blangiardi took office earlier this month as the new mayor of Hawaii’s capital — winning in a landslide after a blistering 11-month
Ariana Grande announced that she will be dropping a remix of her song “34 +35” tonight featuring two of the most prominent featured artists of the past year: Megan Thee Stallion and Doja Cat. The song, produced by the team of Tommy Brown, Steven Franks, Peter Lee Johnson and Travis Sayles, is the second track
“Music is a character in this film because a good portion of it is silent,” says director George Clooney about his movie “The Midnight Sky.” “Not just highlighting moments of sadness or terror, but also to carry the emotion all the way through.” Composer Alexandre Desplat wrote more than 90 minutes of music for the
Big Loud Management has landed a big gun in the form of former Maverick/Live Nation president Greg Thompson, who is moving to the Nashville-based firm as president and partner, effective immediately. He joins fellow partners Seth England, Joey Moi and Craig Wiseman but, unlike his Nashville cohorts, will continue to be based in Los Angeles,
Voting for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, which are vitally important to an Oscar campaign and its trajectory, officially opened on Jan. 11. Since the guild began handing out statuettes in 1994, they have become a strong barometer for the Academy Awards in the best acting and picture categories. Among performers, only three actors have
In past years, the SAG Awards would be gearing up now for its big show, which has been held in January since the 12th edition in 2006. Obviously, the COVID-19 pandemic has rewritten all the rules, and in line with kudosfests including the Academy Awards, the annual program honoring actors has shifted later and will
Nurse Mildred Ratched from “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” is one of the most-recognized and iconic movie villains of all time. But prior to Net ix’s “Ratched,” the audience only knew her during one distinct slice of her life. When Sarah Paulson set out to shape who the woman was before she worked at
“Pieces of a Woman” has garnered a lot of awards buzz for Vanessa Kirby’s fearless performance as Martha, a woman grieving the loss of her baby in childbirth. Since premiering at the Venice Film Festival in September, talk has also centered on a scene that depicts the birth — which was filmed in one 24-minute,
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These could be some of the last weeks at CNN with Jeff Zucker at the helm. And true to form, they are noisy. “This is violence that has been inspired by President Trump, by President Trump’s supporters,” said Jake Tapper, speaking last week during CNN’s breaking-news coverage of insurrectionists piling into the U.S. Capitol in
Idina Menzel has moved into her 11-year-old son Walker’s treehouse. The Tony winner is hosting a children’s show, “Idina’s Treehouse,” from the arboreal. The program, which streams on Menzel’s YouTube page and is shot entirely on iPhones, features an infectious theme song and Menzel singing (of course) and reading books. “I feel like we can
Atlanta rapper YFN Lucci, who is wanted on a murder charge, turned himself in at the Fulton County Jail in Georgia late Wednesday and is currently in police custody, a police spokesperson confirmed to Variety. The 29-year-old rapper, whose real name is Rayshawn Bennett, is wanted on a murder charge in connection with the Dec. 10
Cardi B has scored her first leading role in a movie. The hip-hop icon is set to star in Paramount’s upcoming film “Assisted Living.” “Assisted Living” is being described as a “raucous comedy” with “tremendous heart,” in the vein of classic funny films like “Tootsie,” “Sister Act” and “Mrs. Doubtfire.” It follows Amber (Cardi B),
Jamia Bigalow, an alum of Fox, Disney and NFL Network, is joining Amazon’s Entertainment Devices and Services division as head of partner marketing. In the newly created role, Bigalow will support joint marketing efforts between Amazon and content providers like Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max and Discovery Plus across streaming video, gaming, music and education
One of Gabby Giffords’ priorities for 2021 is to forge relationships with writers, producers, celebrities and decision-makers in Hollywood who can leverage their powerful platforms to speak out against gun violence, call for commonsense laws and support local community efforts to raise awareness about gun safety. The 50-year-old former Arizona congresswoman-turned-gun safety activist has started
At a time when there’s no shortage of things to wish for, Adele’s long-awaited fourth studio album is high on the list. She said early last year that it was coming in September but then said it wasn’t, she hosted “Saturday Night Live” in October and sang snippets of some of her hits in a
BMG announced that it has acquired “outright” Fleetwood Mac co-founder Mick Fleetwood’s interests in the band’s recordings. The deal gives BMG Fleetwood’s royalty interest in over 300 recordings, including the hits including “Dreams” — which enjoyed a massive resurgence due to recent popularity on TikTok — “The Chain,” “Go Your Own Way” and “Landslide” from albums including the multiplatinum albums
Samsung took the wraps off its next-generation Galaxy S21 smartphones, as the powerhouse maker of Android devices continues to train its sites on battling chief rival Apple. The trio of 5G phones, announced at the Korean consumer-electronics giant’s Galaxy Unpacked event Thursday, are the Galaxy S21 (with a 6.2-inch screen), S21 Plus (6.7 inches) and
Abramorama has acquired North American theatrical and digital distribution rights for Maya Zinshtein’s “‘Til Kingdom Come.” The documentary pulls back the curtain on the bond between Jews and evangelical Christians in the U.S. and Israel. It follows the Binghams, a dynasty of Kentucky pastors, and their Evangelical congregants in an impoverished coal mining town, who
The election of Joseph R. Biden and Kamala Harris was already one for the history books, even before they were set to take office after the attempted coup on Jan. 6 orchestrated by their predecessor, Donald J. Trump. Biden and Harris received 81 million votes, more than any previous presidential ticket, and the California senator
In my view, one of the few bright spots in this very dim year, but in many ways the brightest, was the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. The grown-ups will be back in charge, and we’ll all feel safer with the end of four years of ego, petulance, divisiveness and insanity. For so
Siegfried Fischbacher, who worked with Roy Horn to create the famous animal training and magic duo of Siegfried & Roy, has died, according to the Associated Press and German outlets. He was 81. Fischbacher died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. His death comes eight months after Horn died due to COVID-19 on May 8,
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