January 7, 2019 6:41AM PT U.K. box office receipts totaled £1.277 billion ($1.6 billion) in 2018, down fractionally from the £1.279 billion recorded in 2017 but still an impressive result for a World Cup year, according to the U.K. Cinema Assn., citing figures from Comscore. The 2018 admissions numbers have not yet landed but are
January 7, 2019 6:34AM PT Surprise wins by “Bohemian Rhapsody” and star Rami Malek, along with Sandra Oh’s trophy for actress in a TV drama, captured the top social buzz from Sunday night’s 76th annual Golden Globe Awards. The “Bohemian Rhapsody” win for drama film and actor Malek, for his portrayal of Queen frontman Freddie
Fandango’s FandangoNow will become the first U.S. digital retailer to sell Imax Enhanced films released to home video, expected beginning in the second quarter of 2019 on Sony’s Bravia TVs. Imax Enhanced establishes specs for content producers and consumer-electronics makers for Imax’s digitally remastered 4K HDR and DTS audio content — a proprietary encoding layer on
January 7, 2019 5:45AM PT Joseph Carozza has been promoted to Republic Records’ executive vice president of media and artist relations, effective immediately, as announced today by the label’s founder and chairman, Monte Lipman. He will continue to be based in Republic’s New York headquarters and report to Lipman. According to the announcement, in his
Swedish director Björn Runge, whose latest film “The Wife” earned its star Glenn Close a Golden Globe for best actress, is set to direct “Stardream.” Written by Felix Harrison (“Far Edge of The World”), “Stardream” is a post-apocalyptic film following the journey of a hundreds of thousands of humans who board a spaceship to escape
January 7, 2019 5:02AM PT Starz’s SVOD service Starzplay is the new U.K. home of brothel drama “Harlots.” The streaming service, which is available via Amazon’s channels platform and the Virgin Media cable service in the U.K., will add the eight-episode first season of the drama on Jan. 18 before then adding the second eight-installment
Golden Globe winners “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Green Book” were among the nominees for this year’s American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards, it was announced Monday. In the dramatic field, members of the organization voted “BlacKkKlansman,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “First Man” and “Roma” alongside Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga’s celebrated remake. In comedy, “Crazy Rich Asians,” “Deadpool 2,”
Florence + The Machine, Tyler, The Creator, The Strokes, Lil Wayne, SZA, Nas, The 1975, Kacey Musgraves, Major Lazer, Brockhampton, Louis The Child, Mitski are among the 70 artists slated to perform at the 2019 Governors Ball, Founders Entertainment announced today. The ninth annual edition of the festival will take place from Friday, May 31
January 7, 2019 4:31AM PT Anchors on “CBS This Morning” became the first CBS News employees to take to the network’s own air to discuss the naming of Susan Zirinsky as the new president of CBS News. The four anchors – Gayle King, Norah O’Donnell, John Dickerson and Bianna Golodryga – unsurprisingly praised their new
Paramount’s “Transformers” spinoff “Bumblebee” flew to the top of the Chinese box office in its opening weekend, raking in $58.8 million. While nothing to scoff at, the figure marks the lowest opening for the franchise in years in China, where other “Transformers” installments have broken ticketing records. Meanwhile, the first “Rocky” franchise movie ever to be
January 7, 2019 2:27AM PT “Departure,” starring Archie Panjabi (“The Good Wife”) and Christopher Plummer (“All the Money in the World”), will be on the Universal TV channel in the U.K. and Germany and 13th Street in France and Spain after NBCUniversal pre-bought the upcoming drama series. It will also be on Universal TV in Africa and
January 7, 2019 12:44AM PT “Manhunt” has tracked down a raft of international sales, with buyers in Australia, France, and Scandinavia snapping up the U.K.-produced crime miniseries. “Doc Martin” star Martin Clunes plays detective Colin Sutton in the thriller, which is made by Clunes’ shingle Buffalo Pictures. His character leads a team investigating the horrific
Moschino USA Sued Your Manager’s Racist … Calls Black Clients ‘Serenas’!!! 1/7/2019 12:40 AM PST EXCLUSIVE An employee at Moschino USA has a code name for black clients who don’t look like ballers — “Serenas” … so claims an ex-employee who’s suing the company. Shamael Lataillade is suing the Italian luxury clothing company, claiming her female supervisor
Picture Tree Intl. has picked up sales rights to “The Boy Needs Some Fresh Air” (Der Junge muss an die frische Luft), directed by Oscar-winner Caroline Link. The film, which was released by Warner Bros. on Dec. 25 at more than 700 locations across Germany, has garnered a box office of €10.6 million ($12.1 million)
The Golden Globe Awards started out with promise for Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born,” largely considered this year’s Oscar frontrunner with phase-one Academy balloting already underway. The year’s biggest movie ballad, “Shallow,” roped a prize for Lady Gaga and company early on, but that was to be the film’s final happy moment as Alfonso
Golden Globe winning director Alfonso Cuarón was not having it backstage at the Golden Globes Sunday night. The “Roma” director issued a defiant response to a question from Deadline reporter Anthony D’Alessandro, which addressed some independent distributors’ concerns that “Roma’s” success this awards season — which had a combined release between Netflix and theaters, rather than
Diversity was once again front and center at the Golden Globe Awards as multiple winners used the kudocast as a bully pulpit to advocate for greater inclusion efforts throughout the entertainment industry. Regina King, who won supporting film actress for her work in “If Beale Street Could Talk,” pledged that she would insist that at
In an era in which awards-show moments are parsed within an inch of their life, maybe it makes a certain sort of sense to lean on niceness. Opening the Golden Globes on Sunday night, co-hosts Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg delivered their versions of roasts to the guests in attendance — pleasant compliments delivered with the
WASHINGTON — This year at the Golden Globes, there was no Meryl Streep calling out Donald Trump for his attacks on journalists and mocking of the disabled. There was no Oprah Winfrey, offering up an inspirational contrast to the rhetoric coming out of the White House. In fact, there weren’t all that many references to
Sandra Oh is no stranger to the Golden Globe stage. In 2006, the Grey’s Anatomy alum won a Golden Globe for best supporting actress in a drama for her role as Christina Yang in the cult-favorite medical drama. But this year, not only is Oh back at the Golden Globe (she already walked away with
January 6, 2019 8:03PM PT Executive producer Brad Simpson accepted 2019 Golden Globe for limited series/TV movie for FX anthology drama “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” and used his time on stage to ask those in the industry and beyond to “resist.” The series was centered on famed fashion designer Gianni Versace’s
All eyes were on the stage at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif. Sunday night as Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh hosted the 2019 Golden Globe awards, the first award show of the new year and the one that has become known for fun atmosphere, political statements in speeches and unexpected honorees. On
Chris Pine introduced the Cecil B. DeMille tribute to his “Hell and High Water” co-star Jeff Bridges at the 69th Golden Globes by referencing Bridges’ most iconic movie role, the Dude in “The Big Lebowski.” “Well, far out man, your dudeness. He’s made eccentric characters truly iconic. And yes, I am talking about el dude.” Bridges, who has been
There’s always one color that seems to prevail on every major red carpet and for the 2019 Golden Globes it was all about nude. And not nude in the sheer, barely-there sense. For this year’s ceremony, celebrities reached for shades of nude, beige, pink, and cream. Ahead, 14 of the best nude looks from the
Christian Bale had one unconventional figure to thank in his acceptance speech after winning best actor in a comedy or musical for “Vice” at Sunday night’s Golden Globes. “Thank you to Satan for giving me inspiration for playing this role,” he said about his character of Dick Cheney in the political satire. The line got a positive response for
January 6, 2019 7:15PM PT To avoid the sound of clinking cutlery on television, dinner at the Golden Globes is largely served before the evening’s telecasted event, leaving many actors stranded on the red carpet. But this year, “Can You Ever Forgive Me” star Melissa McCarthy refused to let anyone around her go hungry. Her solution?
David Rhodes will step down as president of CBS News after an eight-year tenure and will be replaced by veteran producer Susan Zirinsky, CBS announced Sunday night, a maneuver executives and anchors alike no doubt hope will end an era of turmoil at the famous news division. Zirinsky will become the first female chief in
Patricia Arquette apologized for dropping an f-bomb while accepting her Golden Globe for lead actress in a limited series for Showtime’s “Escape at Dannemora.” “I didn’t plan that. It was an unplanned f-bomb,” she said. “I’m so sorry.” She held up her trophy and joked: “You can’t take it back, can you?” Arquette won for
Samsung doesn’t exactly know how the TV of the future will look like — but the South Korean consumer electronics giant wants to be prepared for every possibility. That’s why Samsung is doubling down on modular MicroLED displays that can be freely combined to all kinds of shapes, and screens of up to 219 inches
Carol Burnett paid emotional tribute to the medium that made her famous as she accepted the inaugural Golden Globe kudo for achievement in television at the 69th awards. But she also made a point of calling out major networks for failing to invest in high-end variety shows such as “The Carol Burnett Show,” which ran