“One Night in Miami” director Regina King carries a jump rope to set, keeping it in her backpack until those particularly tense moments when everything goes haywire behind the scenes — like when an actor needs a pep talk, the crew has a tech issue or the weather shuts down production. In these instances, the
Month: February 2021
In a normal year, it’s easy to gauge the buzz at Sundance simply by eavesdropping on filmgoers waiting in line or riding the shuttles around Park City. Festival organizers tried to shift the energy online this year, packing nearly 20 world premieres a day into a tightened schedule, and while a record-breaking acquisition ($25 million
Priyanka Chopra Jonas has announced that her latest film “The White Tiger’ is on track for 27 million viewers in its first month on Netflix. Chopra Jonas stars in and executive produced Ramin Bahrani’s “The White Tiger,” which debuted on the streamer Jan. 22. Since then, according to Chopra Jonas’ social media post, the film
Fox Business Network has cancelled Lou Dobbs’ long-running program, marking an abrupt end to one of its best-watched shows and the latest in a series of programming changes taking place at Fox News Media. “As we said in October, Fox News Media regularly considers programming changes and plans have been in place to launch new
Studio Ghibli has been making animated features for over four decades since being co-founded by Hayao Miyazaki, director of “My Neighbor Totoro” and the Academy Award-winning “Spirited Away.” The studio’s latest release is “Earwig and the Witch” now streaming on HBO Max, and an awards contender for animated feature. The story is based on the
Mahershala Ali’s turn as “Blade” is one step closer to the big screen. “Watchmen” writer Stacy Osei-Kuffour has been tapped to write the upcoming Marvel Studios film, Variety has confirmed. Marvel Studios announced that Ali, a two-time Oscar-winner, would portray the vampire hunter at San Diego Comic-Con in 2019. Ali first stepped into the Marvel fold
Marilyn Manson’s longtime manager, Tony Ciulla, has dropped him as a client, according to a report in Rolling Stone. Since Monday, Manson’s record label has severed ties with him and his agency CAA dropped him. Starz’s “American Gods” is editing him out of episodes and Shudder’s “Creepshow” is killing them entirely. Ciulla did not respond to a
Legendary actor Christopher Plummer died at the age of 91, and the heart of the cinematic world has a hole in it. He won many accolades, including two Tonys, two Emmys and an Academy Award for best supporting actor for his performance in 2011’s “Beginners” from writer and director Mike Mills. At 82, he became
Anthony King has signed on as showrunner and executive producer for Season 2 of “Woke” at Hulu, Variety has learned exclusively. He takes over from Season 1 showrunner Jay Dyer. In his new role, King will work alongside series co-creators Marshall Todd and Keith Knight, with Knight’s life and art serving as the inspiration for
Syfy female-driven supernatural western “Wynonna Earp” is officially concluding its run after the end of its current and fourth season. The remaining six episodes will air starting on March 5 and will end with the fourth season finale on April 9. “I’d like to thank our wonderful cast and crew, all of whom were instrumental
In 2012, Jack Osbourne began experiencing numbness and what he thought was a pinched nerve in his leg for about three months. At about the same time, he went to see a doctor about an inflamed optic nerve. It turns out his leg and eye problems were related. At age 26, Osbourne was diagnosed with
A “Yellowstone” prequel series is set at Paramount Plus under an extension of series co-creator Taylor Sheridan’s overall deal with ViacomCBS. The prequel, “Y: 1883,” follows the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. It is described as a stark retelling of
The Black Forum label — founded by Berry Gordy and the Motown Corporation in 1971 — will relaunch in 2021, “providing a platform to a new generation of writers, thinkers and poets,” according to the announcement. In addition to newly recorded releases, Black Forum will reissue six of the historic albums that established its legacy, beginning with Dr. Martin
The war of words between Ryan Kavanaugh’s Triller and Universal Music Group escalated Friday, after UMG pulled its catalog from the video-sharing app citing Triller’s failure to pay licensing fees for songs used on its service. Early Friday, Universal Music said it was removing its music from Triller — which positions itself as a rival
Cathy Yan, fresh off her success with “Birds of Prey,” will write and direct “The Freshening,” an adaptation of Rachel Khong’s short story. FilmNation, the company behind “Promising Young Woman” and “Arrival,” acquired rights to the story and will back the feature. Here’s the official description: “Khong’s short story is set in a near future
“Sweat,” which is screening at the Rotterdam Film Festival and the Göteborg Film Festival this week, has attracted additional sales, New Europe Film Sales has reported. The film, which was selected by Cannes last year, had been previously been sold widely. Magnus Von Horn’s “poised, impressive drama,” as it was called in its review in
February is shaping up to be something special. In response to a pandemic-extended awards season, the sort of films that used to crowd the release calendar just before New Year’s in an effort to Oscar-qualify while also still maintaining some measure of last-minute/latest-thing freshness are now arranging to come out over the coming weeks. Think
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com SAG-AFTRA Prez and ‘90210’ alum Gabrielle Carteris knows Donald Trump resigned to dodge punishment from the union, but says he could still get a rude awakening. Gabrielle joined “TMZ Live” Friday to address the former President’s letter to her, which as we reported contained the typical Trump beats — petty
A scripted GameStop film is in development at HBO. The project hails from executive producers Andrew Ross Sorkin of TBTF Productions, Len Amato of Crash&Salvage, and Jason Blum of Blumhouse Television. The film is described as exploring how a populist uprising of social media day traders beat Wall Street at their own game, turning the
The Emmy “For Your Consideration” season is back. A year after the Television Academy put a halt to officially sanctioned campaign events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, network and studio execs met this week to participate in a lottery that would determine dates for this year’s crush of mostly virtual FYC events. The Academy has
Nominations for BIPOC performers were up year to year at both the 2021 Golden Globes and SAG Awards, but nowhere near parity. Twenty-eight percent of the 2021 SAG television and film nominees announced Thursday are BIPOC, nearly double the amount of BIPOC individuals recognized in 2020 (16%). On the film side of race, BIPOC performers
Ben Stiller is set to direct “Bag Man,” a big-screen adaptation of Rachel Maddow’s hit podcast. The film is being developed at Focus Features. In addition to directing duties, Stiller is also co-writing the script with Adam Perlman and Mike Yarvitz. The latter executive produced the podcast, which debuted in 2018, and later penned the
For a few days last October, ongoing COVID-19 complications made it seem like Super Bowl LV might not take place as planned this Sunday — or lead commercial music supervisors to take on a more somber tone harkening back to the early-quarantine days where seemingly every commercial featured morose piano music. However, the NFL’s successful bubble
Following French-Tunisian designer Azzedine Alaïa’s death in 2017, the Alaïa ship has sailed on as best as it could to keep the legendary name alive. Now, Pieter Mulier is signing on as captain. Announced today, February 5, Alaïa has officially named Mulier as its newest designer. Mulier cut his teeth as an intern for Raf
Composer Alexandre Desplat has made seven films with George Clooney, either as producer or director — including the Oscar-winning “Argo” and the Oscar-nominated “Syriana” — but creating music for “The Midnight Sky” may have been the their biggest challenge to date. “Music is a character in this film because a good portion of it is
Christopher Plummer, the Canadian-born Shakespearean actor, died peacefully at his home in Connecticut Friday morning. The Oscar winner was best known for his roles in “The Sound of Music,” “Beginners” and Rian Johnson’s recent film “Knives Out.” He was 91. Following the news of Plummer’s death, the actor’s co-stars and other prominent entertainment figures shared
“Minari” director Lee Isaac Chung’s own experiences inspired costume designer Susanna Song in creating the wardrobe for the semi-autobiographical A24 film, named for the green vegetable that plays a central role in the story. Song says she had just two weeks for costume prep and only one short day for fittings. Here, she breaks down
For a brief moment, Aiden and his friends believed that they were investing gods. Aiden is a 20-year-old business student at San Diego State University. In recent months he and his friends have been drawn to the Reddit group WallStreetBets, where users trade stock tips and brag about their “diamond hands.” They bought GameStop and
President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground Productions, has set a slate of new projects under their deal with Netflix. The new slate encompasses both TV and film projects, including a film adaptation of Mohsin Hamid’s critically-acclaimed novel “Exit West” and a biopic on Tenzing Norgay, who was the first person to
Disney Television Studios has formed a new division solely dedicated to acquiring and packaging intellectual property for development for ABC Signature and 20th Television. The creative acquisitions department, as it will be known, is set to be led by Elizabeth Newman and Jordan Moblo, and will focus on identifying and securing rights to forthcoming and
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