Month: February 2025

Patricia Arquette recently told “Severance” co-star Adam Scott during a game of “Hot Ones Versus” that her actor ex-husband once screwed her over after they made a pact about doing sex scenes in movies and television shows. “I was married to somebody at the time and we were very young and impressionable people,” Arquette said.
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A star-studded movie musical about the childhood of Pharrell Williams has been permanently shuttered and will not see release in any capacity, Variety can report exclusively. The project in question is “Golden,” originally titled “Atlantis,” and was directed by Michel Gondry (“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”). It was set for wide theatrical release from Universal
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SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 4 of “Severance,” streaming now on Apple TV+. The sky’s the limit, literally, for our intrepid macrodata refiners. The fourth episode of “Severance’s” second season, “Woe’s Hollow,” drops the Mark (Adam Scott), Irving (John Turturro), Helly (Britt Lower) and Dylan (Zach Cherry) into some unfamiliar
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SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 4 of “Severance,” streaming now on Apple TV+. In the latest episode of “Severance,” the innies go outside. Transported into a vast, icy woodland, Mark (Adam Scott), Helly (Britt Lower), Dylan (Zach Cherry) and Irving (John Turturro) have been sent by Lumon (with their outies’
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Backstage Production Team Image Credit: Michael Becker Back row (seated): Baz Halpin (Silent House production design), Tabitha D’umo (producer), Alex Papa (producer), Kristen Merlino (art director), Jody Kolozsvari (producer), Hilary Gladstein (supervising producer) Front row: Raj Kapoor (co-executive producer), Patrick Mention (co-executive producer), Eric Cook (co-executive producer), Jesse Collins (co-executive producer), Jeannae Rouzan-Clay (co-executive producer)
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Following the passing of its longtime president Josh Welsh on Dec. 31, Film Independent has established interim leadership changes as it begins a search for a new executive to lead the organization. Brenda Robinson has been named acting president of Film Independent, while board vice chair Eric d’Arbeloff will fill her role as acting board
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Parenting isn’t easy — whether you’re a top-of-the-line robot or an Oscar-nominated composer. It’s a lesson Lupita Nyong’o’s Roz learns the hard way in “The Wild Robot,” DreamWorks’ three-time Oscar-nominated animated adventure film. In addition to nods for best animated feature and best score, “The Wild Robot” was also nominated for best sound, making the
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“Gladiator II” production designer Arthur Max is no stranger to working with costume designer Janty Yates. Over the years, they have worked on a dozen movies together, going all the way back to the first “Gladiator” film in 2004. It’s a partnership which Max affectionately calls “a serious level of collaboration.” From “Kingdom of Heaven”
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Whoopi Goldberg and “The View” co-hosts came to Travis Kelce‘s defense ahead of Super Bowl LIX, where the Kansas City Chiefs tight end will be facing off against the Philadelphia Eagles. Kelce generated backlash ahead of the big game for telling press that it’s “pretty cool” Donald Trump will be in attendance at the Super Bowl
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The use of AI in best picture contender “The Brutalist” recently grabbed headlines and ignited controversy, but it isn’t the only Oscar contender to use the advancing technology. High-profile films such as “A Complete Unknown,” “Dune: Part 2” and “Emilia Pérez” have also used AI in large or small ways, and the growing popularity has
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Bill Skarsgård (“Nosferatu,” “It”), Murray Bartlett (“The White Lotus,” “Welcome to Chippendales”) and Noah Jupe (“A Quiet Place,” “Honey Boy”) have joined the cast of “The Death of Robin Hood.” The trio of actors join previously announced stars Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer for a film that charts the outlaw’s “last days” that’s written and
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I’m talking to Guy Fieri a few days after Diplo revealed during a live interview with Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper on CNN’s New Year’s Eve special that he was under the influence because he had just done some LSD. The celebrity chef and cooking show star is promoting his annual Guy’s Flavortown Tailgate Super
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Kendrick Lamar’s ascension to the top of the rap game has no parallel. Equally lauded for his lyrics, songwriting, creativity and perspective, Lamar has amassed a catalog that nimbly balances self-reflection and analysis of the world around him. Whether rapping about addiction, violence, class, his family, Compton, or how he really hates Drake, Lamar contorts
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The FX comedy series “English Teacher” has been renewed for Season 2, Variety has learned. The series originally debuted on FX and Hulu back in September 2024 to positive reviews. Brian Jordan Alvarez created the series and also stars. Along with Alvarez, the cast includes Stephanie Koenig, Enrico Colantoni, Sean Patton and Carmen Christopher. “’English
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The world loves a good “rise of” story — one that captures the first months of a now-superstar artist’s meteoric rise, whether it’s Elvis or the Beatles or Madonna or Prince or Nirvana (that sound you hear is keyboards clicking on “Rise of Chappell Roan” biopic scripts). It’s an undeniably compelling premise: seeing how and
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European sales banner Newen Connect has boarded “Haunted Minds,” a psychological thriller directed by Belgian filmmaker Lucas Belvaux (“This Is Our Land”) on the eve of the European Film Market in Berlin. “‘Haunted Minds” is led by a sexy cast, including Niels Schneider and Ramzy Bedia, who both starred in Xavier Giannoli’s acclaimed limited series
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“Outer Banks” star Madelyn Cline is joining Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz in the upcoming action thriller “Day Drinker.” The Lionsgate movie is set to be directed by Marc Webb (“The Amazing Spider-Man,” Disney’s live-action “Snow White”), and follows a cruise ship bartender who meets a mysterious day drinker — only for both of them
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The U.K. and Ireland box office kicked off 2025 with a robust £94.1 million ($116.6 million) in January, marking a 10% increase from January 2024’s £85.2 million ($105.6 million) and a 12% rise from January 2023, according to numbers from Comscore. Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu” led the month’s releases, haunting its way to $15.6 million, establishing
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Released just a few months after the 45th anniversary of Ridley Scott’s “Alien,” “Alien: Romulus” brings the franchise roaring back to life after a seven-year hiatus. Director and co-writer Fede Álvarez leveraged its complex mythology by staging his installment between the events of the original film and its 1986 follow-up “Aliens.” But just as important
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Minnesota Timberwolves player Anthony Edwards — currently making headlines for posting his own thoughts on the L.A. Lakers’ Luka Dončić trade (sending Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks) — is launching the sports docuseries “Year Five,” which premieres next week on Edwards’ YouTube channel. “Year Five” is a collaboration between Edwards’ Three Fifths Media and
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Kanye West is being condemned by the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee after posting an antisemitic rant on X in which the rapper declared “I’m a Nazi,” called Hitler “so fresh” and wrote that “he loves when Jewish people come to me and say they can’t work with me,” among other racist posts.
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