Marlon Wayans Soulja Boy Beef’s Inspiring New ‘Scary Movie’ Role … Need a ‘Creth-Head’!!! Published February 12, 2025 9:47 AM PST Play video content TMZ.com Marlon Wayans is currently entangled in a gnarly war of words with Soulja Boy … but being the comedic veteran, he’s the one giving out last laughs at the rapper’s
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Season 14 of the ATX TV Festival has added a new screening and panel, a live late-night show and an honor for Christine Baranski to their lineup. Taking place May 29-June 1 in Austin, Texas, the festival will present actor and producer Christine Baranski with the 2025 Achievement in Television eXcellence Award. The presentation will
In the early 1980s, when cable TV was young and music videos were on the cutting edge, Doug Herzog used to fly coach for his job as a junior MTV programming executive. When he traveled, Herzog would make a point of wearing something with the familiar logo, and he would pack a generous amount of
The new documentary “Sly Lives, aka the Burden of Black Genius,” which focuses on the life and career of the brilliant but troubled musician Sly Stone and his group Sly and the Family Stone, is both a conventional documentary and an extremely unconventional one. Like its predecessor, the Oscar and Grammy-winning “Summer of Soul” —
Sean “Diddy” Combs has filed a $100 million defamation lawsuit against NBCUniversal, Peacock TV and Ample Entertainment for defamatory statements published in the documentary “Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy.” The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in New York, asserts that these media companies “falsely, recklessly, and maliciously” accused Combs of serial murder and sex trafficking,
The Boston Red Sox, one of the most storied franchises in baseball, is getting the documentary treatment, and Variety has your first look at the immersive Netflix series. “The Clubhouse: A Year With the Red Sox” is directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker Greg Whiteley (“Cheer,” “America’s Sweethearts,” “Last Chance U”) and marks the first time Netflix
Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Amy Schumer and more are set to perform at Next for Autism‘s Night of Too Many Stars comedy event on Monday, March 31 at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. Jon Stewart of “The Daily Show” is returning to host the event, with additional performers including Ronny Chieng, Alex Edelman,
Fox Corp. is boasting a record haul in ad sales for Super Bowl LIX, which aired on Fox and was streamed for free on Tubi, of more than $800 million in gross revenue across all platforms. For the 2025 Super Bowl — the most-watched NFL championship game to date in which the Philadelphia Eagles decisively
NBC Sports will broadcast the next Winter Olympics from Milan, Italy, but the proceedings are going to have more than a soupcon of plans used recently in Paris, France. The Comcast-backed outlet plans to make every contest available to view on the company’s Peacock streaming hub, while broadcasting at least five hours of coverage every
The Backstreet Boys will become the first pop act to play at the Sphere in Las Vegas: the long-running group has announced a July 2025 residency at the immersive new venue called “Into the Millennium.” Produced by Live Nation, the event will feature nine performances on July 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26
Microsoft Gaming‘s Kayleen Walters has been promoted to head of the company’s Stockholm-based “Minecraft” maker, Mojang Studios, as current chief Åsa Bredin exits the Swedish video game developer. Per Microsoft Gaming leadership, Bredin made the decision to step down “to focus on personal goals outside of work.” She joined Mojang Studios in 2021 and was
The night the third “Bridget Jones” novel, “Mad About the Boy,” came out in October 2013, author Helen Fielding was taking a walk in London when she passed her local pub and was accosted by a tipsy patron. “You’ve killed Colin Firth!” they shouted dramatically. “Well the truth is, I didn’t ever intend to actually
“Vigdís,” the four-part biopic about Iceland’s iconic former president Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, widely known as the world’s first democratically elected female head of state, will bow Feb. 17 at the Berlinale Series Market Selects, courtesy of REinvent International. The show – which chronicles Finnbogadóttir’s journey from 1948, when she finished secondary school, up until her presidential
Spanish content powerhouse Secuoya Studios has entered into a strategic first-look development and production partnership with London-based BlackBox Multimedia to co-produce premium series for U.K. and Spanish streamers and broadcasters. The collaboration, forged in Madrid’s Content City, marks a major step forward for Secuoya and its first foray into the U.K. market. The alliance is
The list of 14 performer nominees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2025 includes eight candidates who appear on the institution’s ballot for the first time — including some surprises that range from the previously overlooked “Twist” popularizer Chubby Checker to the Latin rock group Maná to the jam band Phish.
ICON Eviatar Ozeri is an actor and social media creator from Israel who makes videos with his famous Chihuahua Niki, his other family members and the dogs they have. Eviatar shares his love of animals with his followers, while using his talent to make crazy and funny videos. Eviatar and Niki have become viral all
Prolific Spanish filmmaker Isabel Coixet (“The Secret Life of Words”) will next direct “Tre Ciotole,” a drama starring Italian A-listers Alba Rohrwacher and Elio Germano. The film is based on the bestselling book of the same name by late great Italian writer Michela Murgia. Cameras are set to roll March 3 in Rome on Coixet’s
Director Karan Tejpal, whose debut “Stolen” (2023) premiered in Venice’s Horizon’s strand before screening at BFI London Film Festival, Zurich Film Festival, and SXSW Sydney, has boarded Indian psychological horror feature “Ummeed” (Hope). The project, selected for the Berlin European Film Market‘s Fiction Toolbox Program at Berlinale 2025, is aiming for a November production start.
Taiwan is making a strong showing at the Berlin Film Festival with four features in official selection, anchored by queer crime thriller “Silent Sparks” and cross-border pic “Dreams in Nightmares” in the Panorama strand. The Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) is meanwhile mounting an aggressive market push, bringing 99 titles from 45 companies to the
Food and lifestyle media company Tastemade is expanding its partnership with Fremantle, snagging three premium series featuring culinary powerhouse Jamie Oliver for its streaming platforms. The new deal, which marks the second collaboration between the companies within a year, brings Oliver’s latest venture “Jamie Oliver: Seasons” exclusively to U.S. audiences through Tastemade’s streaming service. The
In the mid-2010s, there was a funny Twitter account called @ModernSeinfeld, which floated ideas for “Seinfeld” episodes as if the show had lasted into the 21st century. (Sample episode: “Jerry’s GF texts in the movies but acts like it’s okay because she sits in the last row.”) At this point, you could almost imagine devising
Dark Star Pictures has swooped in to acquire North American rights to “Heads or Fails,” the sophomore feature from Belgian directing duo Harpo and Lenny Guit. The deal marks a continued partnership between the indie distributor and the Guit brothers, whose midnight sensation “Mother Schmuckers” made waves at Sundance 2021. The acquisition was finalized between
Netflix has unveiled its Japanese content slate for 2025, headlined by “Last Samurai Standing,” a period drama featuring 300 samurai warriors gathered at Tenryuji Temple in Kyoto, lured by the promise of a 100 billion yen prize. The series stars Junichi Okada, who serves as lead actor, producer and action choreographer. “When most people think
Koji Fukada is set to direct “Love on Trial,” a film inspired by real cases in Japan where J-Pop idols have been sued for violating “no relationship” contracts. “Love on Trial” reteams the renowned Japanese filmmaker with MK2 Films for the fourth time. They previously collaborated on “Love Life,” which competed at Venice in 2022,
In a tough Nordic market that is slowing recovering from the downfall of Viaplay and streamers scaling back on commissions, Miso Film, the Fremantle-owned Nordic powerhouse behind Tobias Lindholm’s “The Investigation” and “Those Who Kill,” isn’t just hanging in there; it’s thriving. The banner is still helmed by its founding duo Peter Bose and Jonas
The Berlin Film Festival prides itself on being a political event, which dates back to its inception in 1951 as a beacon of democracy in West Berlin, surrounded by Communist East Germany in the Cold War era. This year’s edition, the festival’s 75th, takes place in the final two weeks of a federal election in
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” won the top Visual Effects Society Award for outstanding VFX in a photoreal feature at the 23rd Visual Effects Society Awards. Yet Tuesday at the Beverly Hilton, the Society spread the wealth, awarding three trophies, the most in the live-action feature categories, to “Dune: Part Two.” In “Kingdom,”
Marvel’s “Captain America: Brave New World” has been unveiled for members of the film press, and the first reactions toward the comic book tentpole are coming in lukewarm. Washington Post entertainment reporter Herb Scribner praised “Brave New World” on X, calling it an “Absolute blast. All-in on the story. It just checked so many boxes
Several dozen pro-Palestine protestors gathered Tuesday outside the Hollywood premiere of “Captain America: Brave New World” and called for a boycott of the film over its inclusion of the Israeli superhero Ruth Bat-Seraph, aka Sabra, played by Shira Haas. Protestors held signs that read “Sabra has got to go,” “Disney supports genocide,” “Boycott ‘Captain America’”
“Hey, that was a Beatles scream!” Paul McCartney said, responding to a female audience member’s shriek midway through his exuberant surprise concert at New York’s Bowery Ballroom on Tuesday night. “Okay girls, let’s get it over with,” he mock-sighed. “Let’s hear your Beatles screams.” A huge percentage of the audience complied, producing a credible impersonation
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