STXfilms has bought the worldwide rights to “Queenpins,” a comedy starring Kristen Bell that was inspired by the true story of the largest coupon counterfeit scam in U.S. history. “Queenpins” will center on the story of a suburban housewife, fed up with being dismissed and overlooked by her husband and society. She decides to take
Exclusive Tamar Braxton‘s boyfriend is running to court asking for protection against her in what he describes as a domestic violence situation … TMZ has learned. The singer’s BF, David Adefeso, filed for a restraining order Tuesday in L.A. seeking to prevent DV … and he’s asking a judge to grant him one against Tamar.
The Apple TV app — including access to Apple TV Plus — is now available on Vizio’s SmartCast-enabled TV sets to users in the U.S. and Canada. The pact between Apple and Vizio, the top-selling TV brand in the U.S., continues the tech giant’s strategy of bringing the Apple TV streaming-video app to third-party over-the-top
An anthology series on the history of the NFL is in the works. Game1, the sports content studio founded by Greg Economou, Basil Iwanyk and Michael Smith, is teaming with Gifford Media Group to adapt Frank Gifford’s bestselling memoir “The Glory Game: How the 1958 NFL Championship Changed Football Forever” into a series. Gifford, the
Unless you’ve been in the right place in Los Angeles at the right time over the past several years, Fiona Apple performances have been as rare as Bigfoot sightings. While she hinted that she might tour behind “Fetch the Bolt Cutters,” her first album in eight years, which dropped in April, the pandemic has put
Singer-songwriter-actress-activist Janelle Monáe has released “Turntables,” her first new song since her Grammy nominated 2018 album “Dirty Computer.” The song was written for and featured in the upcoming Amazon Studios documentary, “All In: The Fight for Democracy,” premiering in select theatres nationwide on Wednesday (September 9) and then streaming exclusively via Amazon Prime Video starting Friday, September 18.
Club Fattoush is a real-life bar and arts space in the Israeli port city of Haifa: a kind of bohemian, liberal-minded gathering point for a broad array of residents, be they Israeli or Palestinian, Jewish or Arabic, gay or straight, and so on. Veteran Haifa-born filmmaker Amos Gitai is sufficiently enamored of the venue to
Sweden’s Plattform Produktion is teaming up with Dutch production group Lemming Film on director Ena Sendijarević’s colonial drama “Sweet Dreams.” The film, which is set to shoot on location in Southeast Asia next year, follows tumultuous events triggered by the death of a Dutch sugar plantation owner who ends up leaving his Indian Ocean island
Joy Jorgensen’s Berlin-based Killjoy Films and Nadia Turincev and Omar El Kadi’s Paris shingle Easy Riders are partnering on “Runner,” a relationship drama set in the American Midwest from director Marian Mathias. “Runner” follows Haas, an 18-year-old girl dealing with the sudden death of her father and whose life takes an unexpected turn when she
Switzerland’s Cognito Films has re-teamed with German shingle Elemag Pictures on a human drama about a group of pit workers coming to terms with the closure of Germany’s last coal mine. “Once We Were Pitmen” accompanies five miners on a bittersweet journey against the backdrop of climate change, Germany’s energy transition away from fossil fuels
The Bible, according to Milo Rau, “is a book about a guy losing his fight against state power,” but who ultimately prevails by establishing a movement. It is that struggle that he depicts in his new film, “The New Gospel.” The documentary project is a kind of political Passion Play in which Cameroonian activist Yvan
The Coca-Cola Company has spent decades making soda, iced tea, fruit juice, water and something that may not be as easy to get in front of consumers in days to come: commercials. Coca-Cola struck a chord in pop culture dozens of times over the years with clever TV ads featuring singers on a hilltop or
Warner Music Group announced that Kareem Chin has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Head of Investor Relations, effective immediately. Chin comes to WMG from iHeartMedia, Inc., where he held the same title. In his new post at WMG, Chin will be based in New York and report to EVP & Chief Financial Officer
Gina Rodriguez is set to star alongside Karla Souza in the road trip comedy “Like it Used to Be.” The project, from Broken English Production, is being introduced to buyers this week at the Toronto Film Festival. Based on Bernardo Cubria’s screenplay, “Like it Used to Be” centers on four female best friends going for
Lupita Nyong’o shared a moving tribute to her “Black Panther” co-star and friend Chadwick Boseman, who died on Aug. 28 at the age of 43 from colon cancer. Nyong’o posted a photo of her and Boseman laughing, with the caption “For the beloved Chadwick Boseman. #TakeYourTimeButDontWasteYourTime.” It’s the first time she’s spoken publicly about Boseman’s
Celebrated Azerbaijani filmmaker Hilal Baydarov has won international acclaim for a fast-growing body of work that has included seven films in the past two years while also attracting high-profile collaborators. Baydarov is making his Venice debut with the competition title “In Between Dying,” a film he produced with Elshan Abbasov and co-producers Joslyn Barnes of
Writer-producer Bruce Miller is among the millions of readers who have been profoundly affected by Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel “The Handmaid’s Tale.” More than 30 years after the book’s publication, Miller adapted it as a series for Hulu and serves as executive producer and showrunner. He knew that the novel’s underlying message — that environmental
“The Singapore Grip,” a new drama from ITV, is facing intense scrutiny over its depiction of colonialism, with British East and Southeast Asian media advocacy group BEATS calling the series “harmful (non)representation” and “deeply upsetting.” Adapted from Booker Prize-winning author J.G. Farrell’s 1978 novel by Oscar winner Christopher Hampton (“Dangerous Liaisons”), “The Singapore Grip” is
Epic Games is making live music performances a regular part of “Fortnite.” But because of its current legal fight with Apple, the concerts on the game’s Party Royale island will not be available on iOS or Mac devices. The new “Fortnite” Spotlight concert series will kick off with singer-rapper-songwriter Dominic Fike, who will perform songs
Armie Hammer brings Lily James to Manderley in the first trailer for “Rebecca,” a modern take on Daphne du Maurier’s classic gothic thriller novel. The Netflix film, directed by Ben Wheatley, follows a newly married woman (James) as she arrives at the English estate of her wealthy husband Maxim de Winter (Hammer). What begins as
Check out the official Rebecca Trailer starring Armie Hammer! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Visit FandangoNOW: http://www.fandangonow.com/?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: October 21, 2020 Starring: Armie
Check out the official Nomadland Trailer starring Frances McDormand! Let us know what you think in the comments below. ► Visit Fandango: http://www.fandango.com/?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: December 4. 2020 Starring: Frances
Derek Hough has joined “Dancing With the Stars” as a judge for the show’s upcoming season. Hough, a professional dancer on the show, will replace Len Goodman, who is exiting his longtime judges-table role due to circumstances surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. Goodman, is expected to participate in another capacity in the new season of the
Two high-profile nonprofit organizations, Global Citizen and HeadCount, are teaming up for a voter registration campaign that is bringing in pop stars like Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Usher and DJ Khaled to urge fans to get on the rolls. The nonpartisan “Just Vote” drive will have the musicians offering “rewards” to elect fans who use
The Rolling Stones will open their first “flagship” store, “RS No. 9 Carnaby,” on Wednesday at 9 Carnaby Street in London’s Soho district. The new store, created in partnership with Bravado, Universal Music Group’s merchandise and brand management company, features all of the hallmarks of the iconic band and includes exclusive new fashion label “RS
Downtown Music Publishing announced the signing of global publishing administration agreements with Wu-Tang Productions, and owners Robert “RZA” Diggs and Mitchell “Divine” Diggs, to represent the iconic hip-hop group’s interest in songs from its back catalog of classic albums, as well as select works co-written or produced by individual Wu-Tang Clan members for solo releases,
Tim Connolly, formerly a senior executive at Quibi and Hulu in charge of partnerships at each of those companies, has joined Apple’s video group. Connolly’s hire by the tech giant was first reported by the Telegraph, which cited an update to his LinkedIn profile that says he recently joined the Apple “video business” based in
“Law & Crime Daily,” a new first-run daily newsmagazine that examines the day’s most interesting court cases and true-crime events, is set to launch in syndication on September 14, the latest move by entrepreneur Dan Abrams to extend his company’s coverage of legal matters to new media venues. Litton Entertainment and Abrams’ Law & Crime
Before she moved to the U.K. to take an M.A. in filmmaking in 2010, Ana Rocha left behind a long and respectable acting career in her native Portugal. This year sees the first fruits of that career change with her directorial debut “Listen,” which premieres Tuesday at the Venice Film Festival, competing in the Horizons
ViacomCBS Networks International has signed a three-year deal with the National Football League (NFL) to bring Monday Night Football to free-to-air broadcaster Channel 5. Monday Night Football, an iconic TV sports series, will be broadcast from Channel 5’s studio in Los Angeles, where presenter Kirsten Watson will be joined by former All-Pro Jacksonville Jaguars running