“Green Book” actor Frank Vallelonga Jr. has died at the age of 60, Variety has confirmed. The NYPD responded to a call early Monday morning just before 4 a.m. in the Bronx and found Vallelonga Jr. laying unconscious and unresponsive on the ground. Following the arrival of EMS to the location, the actor was pronounced
Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy have signed an overall TV deal with Amazon under their Intrepid Pictures banner, Variety has confirmed with sources. Intrepid was previously under an overall deal at Netflix. While there, the company put out multiple hit shows in the horror genre, including both “The Haunting of Hill House” and “The Haunting
FX has placed a pilot order for “The Trenches,” an animated series from Drew Goddard. According to the network, the half-hour comedy will follow a modern family of monster hunters. Goddard, who the creator and executive producer behind Netflix’s “Daredevil,” wrote the pilot and will serve as executive producer alongside Sarah Esberg for Goddard Textiles.
Billy Porter is three decades into a career he was repeatedly told would never happen. A Black, queer artist with a booming voice and indelible screen and stage presence, Porter has ascended to extraordinary heights by defying those expectations. “It’s been a wild, unexpected, glorious ride to get to this place of knowing and living
“The Mandalorian” officially has a Season 3 premiere date. The third season of the “Star Wars” series will debut on March 1 on Disney+, the Mouse House has announced. It had previously been reported that the series would debut on February 2023, but no official date had been announced prior to this. The third season
As the Saudi market continues to take shape, cultural activity finds surer footing once more in Beirut and innovative young voices cast new trails across the international landscape, the Arab film industry finds itself at an auspicious moment. As it showcases recent gems from the Middle East and North Africa, this year’s Red Sea Film
Kanye West went on a horrific antisemitic tirade during an appearance on Alex Jones’ “Infowars” talk show in which the controversial rapper praised Hitler. It’s the latest in a string of controversial media appearances for West, who has been dropped by brands such as Adidas due to his antisemitic remarks. West told Jones that Hitler,
The nighttime soap, with its amped-up rivalries and luxurious trappings, may be somewhat out of fashion on broadcast TV right now. In the years since “Empire,” there hasn’t been a new show with commensurate vivid ambition, or such a shameless desire to thrill. Which has created an opening for streamers. Earlier this year, the Kerry
David Decker will take on the role of president of content sales at Warner Bros. Discovery, effective January 2, 2023, replacing longtime executive Jim Wuthrich, who plans to retire from the company at the end of this year. Decker will report to Bruce Campbell, the company’s chief revenue and strategy officer. Decker will b e
The “Dune” prequel series at HBO Max has added Mark Strong, Jade Anouka, and Chris Mason to its cast. Currently titled “Dune: The Sisterhood,” the series is set 10,000 years before the events of “Dune” and is based on the novel “Sisterhood of Dune” by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. Per the official logline,
As tradition would have it, director James Gunn released an all-new mixtape across digital streaming platforms marking the Nov. 25 premiere of “The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special” on Disney+. Set to an assortment of Christmas tunes hand-selected by Gunn, the holiday special follows Mantis (Pom Klementieff) and Drax (Dave Bautista) on a quest
The Museum of the Moving Image’s will receive $5 million in state funding to advance the non-profit’s educational work in film, television, and digital media. The grant was secured by Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris who will be on hand at the organization’s annual Moving Image Awards Gala. This year’s honorees include acclaimed filmmaker Sarah Polley,
Madelaine Petsch, the star of The CW’s hit teen drama “Riverdale,” and Mena Massoud, who brought Aladdin to life in Disney’s blockbuster remake, instantly clicked when they met first time as guests on the talk show “A Little Late With Lilly Singh.” So, it felt like a natural fit to play (eventual) love interests in
The prosecutor in the Harvey Weinstein trial urged a jury on Thursday to find him guilty on seven counts of rape and sexual assault. “We know the despicable conduct the defendant engaged in,” said Deputy District Attorney Marlene Martinez. “We know he thought he was so powerful that people would excuse his behavior. ‘That’s just
Angela Yee is one of the most famous women in radio, earning multiple Gracie Awards and a place in the Radio Hall of Fame, thanks largely to her status as one of the three hosts of “the World’s Most Dangerous Morning Show” — Power 105.1’s Breakfast Club. That status is about to change, as the
The first phase of the awards season will be fully underway starting in the Big Apple. Beginning with the Gotham Awards where “Everything Everywhere All at Once” triumphed, the New York Film Critics Circle will be the first major group of film journalists to reveal its winners on Friday, Dec. 2. Members of NYFCC will
Angela Bassett will be honored with the Montecito Award at the 38th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. She will receive the award on Thursday, Feb. 9 during an in-person conversation about her career leading up to her performance in director Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” “Ms. Bassett has had an illustrious career as
Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans” is set to receive the Vanguard Award at this year’s Palm Springs International Film Awards. The award will be presented to Spielberg and cast members Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Gabriel LaBelle and Judd Hirsch. “’The Fabelmans’ is an achievement not only as a deeply personal portrait of Steven Spielberg’s
Check out the official Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Trailer starring Anthony Ramos! ► Visit Fandango: https://www.fandango.com/?cmp=Trailers_YouTube_Desc Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to be notified of all the hottest trailers: http://bit.ly/2CNniBy US Release Date: June 9, 2023 Starring: Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, and Luna Lauren Vélez Directed By: Steven Caple Jr.
Who are the people responsible for birthing — and breaking — the biggest songs of the year? Variety’s list of 2022’s Hitmakers includes the creators, executives and connectors in the music industry who can spot a magical combination of talents and turn it into a smash. The 25 Most Consumed Songs of 2022 How we
Almost two years after Discovery+ debuted, the nonfiction streaming service is now available on DirecTV’s satellite and online platforms. Under the pact reached between Warner Bros. Discovery and DirecTV, customers of DirecTV and DirecTV Stream can now subscribe to Discovery+ to access its lineup of more than 70,000 episodes of original series and library content
L.A.-based Outsider Pictures has boarded Jonás Trueba’s “You Have to Come and See It” and “The Romantic Exiles.” Both films – produced by Madrid-based Los Ilusos Films – will be released in the U.S. in late Spring 2023. “Outsider Pictures has already released [Trueba’s previous film] ‘The August Virgin’ in the U.S. in 2020,” points out
Autobots, roll out! Paramount Pictures has released the first trailer for “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts,” the seventh installment of the Hasbro film franchise set to release June 9, 2023. The latest movie introduces the animal-themed Maximals, Predacons and Terrorcons. Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback star in the upcoming action film from director Steven Caple
The Cannes Festival will have for the first time ever a Fantastic Pavilion, a significant booth and exhibition space located at the Cannes Marché du Film in the Palais des Festivals. Conceived by Pablo Guisa, Grupo Mórbido CEO, Bernardo Bergeret, Ventana Sur co-director, and Daniel de la Vega, co-ordinator of Ventana Sur’s Maquinitas video game
When “Fire Island” star Matt Rogers was putting together his new Showtime holiday special, “Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas?,” he sent an email to Mariah Carey inviting her to be on the show. “I do not think it reached her, which is totally fair,” Rogers tells me, laughing, on this week’s “Just for
The Red Hot nonprofit has been one of the music industry’s most important organizations in support of AIDS relief for more than three decades, releasing a series of unique tribute albums and other endeavors in support of research and treatment. In observance of World AIDS Day (today, Dec. 1) and the 20th anniversary of its classic
When Cory Litwin joined Neil Jacobson’s writer-producer management agency, Hallwood Media, as executive VP two years ago, he brought with him a known quantity: Canadian hitmaker Murda Beatz, whose enviable streak of success in hip-hop includes production work with Drake, Migos and Cardi B. That Beatz cut his teeth while staring down a computer screen
Following the worldwide success of Netflix’s Spanish-language YA romance “A través de mi ventana,” Wattpad Webtoon Studios has announced the film adaptation of “Sigue mi voz,” author and influencer Adriana Godoy’s more recent Wattpad webnovel hit. Directed and written by Inés Pintor and Pablo Santidrián, of Netflix’s Spanish TV series “El tiempo que te doy,”
With the launch of Artist Equity, his new studio with Matt Damon and RedBird Capital Partners, Ben Affleck is hoping to create a production model that stands on the opposite end of Netflix’s onslaught of content. Affleck attended The New York Times’ DealBook Summit on Nov. 30 and said Netflix operates similar to an “assembly
Before donning the red suit, David Harbour was hesitant to play the not-so-jolly Santa Claus in “Violent Night.” “My initial thoughts were like, ‘What the hell is this? I don’t know what you guys are talking about,’” Harbour told Variety at the red carpet premiere of “Violent Night” on Tuesday. “It was pitched to me