The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office told a judge on Wednesday that it is ready to bring Harvey Weinstein to trial within four months on charges of rape and sexual assault. Weinstein is still in prison in upstate New York, where he has been fighting his extradition since April. A judge in Buffalo, N.Y.,
Month: July 2021
I don’t know about you, but expectations have a way of interfering with my enjoyment of a film, so I try my best to set them aside and approach each new movie with an open mind. Still, I must confess that as soon as the 2021 Cannes Film Festival lineup was announced, one selection set
For years, I’ve been longing for someone to make a documentary about the Velvet Underground. They are, along with the Beatles and the Stones, one of the three seminal groups in the history of rock ‘n’ roll. So surely they deserve to be captured and memorialized in a film that does them justice. There’s a
Sometimes the peace-and-love message has to be celebrated in near-drive-by status, at least when there’s still a pandemic going on and you’re a Beatle trying not to draw a crowd. And so Ringo Starr’s annual birthday celebration happened in somewhat furtive fashion Wednesday, as he met with press and posed for photos in front of
Creative Artists Agency announced that it has signed all six members of New Edition: Ronnie DeVoe, Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ralph Tresvant and Johnny Gill. The company will represent the group in all areas worldwide, including touring, theatre, literature, TV/film, production, composing and others. Since 1984, the group has released six studio albums and
Disney Streaming Services tapped Ajay Arora, previously Netflix’s director of product innovation for growth, as senior VP of product, commerce and experimentation. In the new role, Arora will oversee and build out the Disney Streaming group’s commerce and experimentation teams in San Francisco, where he will be based, as well as in New York and
When it comes to moviegoers, there are few that assemble as forcefully as the ones who pledge allegiance to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Yet for the past two years, superhero enthusiasts have been deprived of Spandex-filled theatrical offerings as the pandemic forced studios to postpone “Black Widow,” “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Shang Chi and the
SUN VALLEY, Idaho — Stacey Bendet Eisner, CEO and creative director of fashion brand Alice + Olivia, has attended the annual Allen & Co. conference at this mountain resort for more than 10 years. But this time around, she’s coming as the leader of a tech startup. Bendet Eisner is the founder of Creatively, an
European film-TV powerhouse Studiocanal and The Picture Company are developing “Bedroom Window,” adapting the novel that inspired Curtis Hanson’s 1987 movie, with scribe Abby Ajayi set to write the script, the latest project from one of the most productive of Europe-U.S. film production alliances. Hanson’s original movie forms part of the nearly 6,000-title film library
Director Joshua Zeman never forgot the first time he saw a whale. He was a teen then, humbled by the majestic sight, reminded of the earth’s awe-inspiring power. With “The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52,” he harnesses the cavernous passion he formed for the ocean and marine life at an impressionable age and pours
Paul Verhoeven has made a career out of pushing cinematic boundaries, particularly when it comes to depicting sex or violence on screen. In films like “Basic Instinct” and “Showgirls,” he battled the ratings boards, while blockbusters like “Total Recall” and “Robocop” popularized R-rated action. All that changed in the aughts, as Hollywood abandoned those projects,
With the Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard film “Annette” premiering in Cannes, brothers Russell and Ron Mael, better known as Sparks, may have an early original song contender on hand with “So May We Start.” Directed by Leos Carax, the film centers around Henry (Driver), a stand-up comedian with a fierce sense of humor, who
MPI Media Group has acquired U.S. and international sales rights, outside the U.K. and Latin America, to award-winning sci-fi thriller “Minor Premise,” making its market debut at this year’s Cannes Marché du Film. MPI has already closed sales in three key territories: France to Koba Films, the Middle East to Phoenicia Pictures Intl. and in
SPOILER WARNING: Do not read if you haven’t seen Season 1, Episode 5 of “Loki,” now streaming on Disney Plus. I think it’s when Alligator Loki ate President Loki’s hand that I realized I was in love. To be sure, I was always into “Loki,” Marvel Studios’ third Disney Plus series and the first devoted
Britney Spears’ court-appointed conservator told the court on Wednesday that she has been getting death threats ever since Spears spoke out against the conservatorship last month. Jodi Montgomery asked the court to allow Spears’ conservatorship estate to pay for the cost of round-the-clock security at Montgomery’s home. In the motion, Montgomery also said Spears wants
Diplo‘s being sued by a woman who claims he coerced her into performing oral sex, and recorded it — but the DJ’s attorney tells us the whole thing is BS, and the woman’s accusations are almost identical to those made by her alleged friend. According to the docs, obtained by TMZ, the alleged victim claims
The Hatfields versus the McCoys. Thomas Edison versus Nikola Telsa. DC versus Marvel. Dogs versus cats. … Well, maybe dog people versus cat people. Great rivalries can inspire creative competition, breed history-making moments and teach those watching the rivalry play out a lot about themselves in the process. All too often, they also cause people
Greetings Upper East Siders, Gossip Girl here, your one and only source into the scandalous lives of Manhattan’s elite. Rumor has it there’s a new Gossip Girl in town, so it’s only fitting that I remind you of your roots. Get in losers, we’re going back to 2007. With HBO Max’s revival of the iconic
Top Russian producer Alexander Rodnyansky, who was Oscar nominated for Andrey Zvyagintsev’s films “Leviathan” and “Loveless,” is reteaming with Zvyagintsev for his first English-language film, and with Kantemir Balagov, who directed “Beanpole,” best director winner in Cannes Un Certain Regard in 2019. Rodnyansky will also co-produce a documentary by Godfrey Reggio alongside Steven Soderbergh. Rodnyansky
Alcon Entertainment Taps Striker Entertainment for Consumer Product Licensing Alcon Entertainment has tapped Striker Entertainment to handle consumer product licensing for the “Blade Runner” franchise with an emphasis on “Blade Runner: Black Lotus” and “The Expanse,” the sci-fi series based on the novels of the same name by James S.A. Corey. “Alcon has showcased the
Check out an official Jungle Cruise Behind the Scenes Featurette starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt! ► Sign up for a Fandango FanAlert for Jungle Cruise: https://www.fandango.com/jungle-cruise-213311/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to date. US Release Date: July
Check out an Official Black Widow Featurette starring Scarlett Johansson! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Buy tickets for Black Widow: https://www.fandango.com/black-widow-2020-221823/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to date. US Release Date: July
Robert Downey Sr., director of the countercultural satire “Putney Swope” and the father of actor Robert Downey Jr., died Wednesday in New York. He was 85. Downey Jr. posted about his father on Instagram, writing “Last night, dad passed peacefully in his sleep after years of enduring the ravages of Parkinson’s…he was a true maverick
Bill Condon, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind “Chicago,” “Dreamgirls” and Disney’s remake of “Beauty and the Beast,” is taking on another famed movie musical. Condon has signed on to direct “Guys and Dolls,” an adaptation of Frank Loesser’s Broadway smash. TriStar Pictures, which operates under Sony, acquired rights in 2019 to Damon Runyon’s original short stories
The long-awaited Academy Museum’s opening on Sept. 30 is getting closer, and it has announced that timed advance admission tickets will be available beginning on Aug. 5 at 9:00 a.m. PT. The museum will also be offering free admission to visitors 17 and under after reaching a milestone from supporters and the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation,
London and Los Angeles-based independent studio The Ink Factory (“The Night Manager”, “Fighting with My Family,” “The Little Drummer Girl”) and Endeavor Content are developing C. Pam Zhang’s acclaimed debut novel “How Much of These Hills is Gold” for television. A sweeping adventure tale told through a multi-cultural revisionist lens, the book follows Chinese-American siblings,
BTS will takeover NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on July 13 and 14. On July 13, the K-pop sensation will present the American television debut of the upcoming song “Permission to Dance” and will sit down with titular host Fallon to discuss everything going on with the band. The next night, BTS will
Hulu released a trailer for “McCartney 3,2,1,” premiering on July 16. The six-episode series features an intimate conversation between Paul McCartney and legendary producer Rick Rubin, who explore McCartney’s music and life from The Beatles to Wings to his over 50-year career as a solo artist. In the trailer, McCartney and Rubin discuss the stories
Matt Mauser, the singer who lost his wife in the same helicopter crash as Kobe Bryant, gave an emotional performance of “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” by Phil Collins on “America’s Got Talent.” “You know if I had it my way, I would have my wife and I’d be supporting her,
Check out The Addams Family 2 Official Trailer starring Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz and Oscar Issac! ► Sign up for a Fandango FanALERT for The Addams Family 2: https://www.fandango.com/the-addams-family-2-2021-224124/movie-overview?cmp=MCYT_YouTube_Desc Want to be notified of all the latest movie trailers? Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to stay up to date. US
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