EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video is rounding out cast for Obsession, a thriller series produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Atomic Monster, starring Dove Cameron and Avan Jogia. Patch Darragh (Long Bright River), Kira Guloien (The Good Doctor), Celeste Oliva (Julia), Jesse James Keitel (Big Sky) and Matt Murray (Snowpiercer) are set for recurring roles, written and executive produced by Lisa […]
The Supreme Court overturned a 40-year-old precedent that gave deference to federal agencies in interpreting ambiguous statutes as they create and enforce regulations. The court’s six conservative justices all voted to overturn what has been known as the “Chevron doctrine,” rooted in a 1984 case and impacting everything from the enforcement of clean air and […]
EXCLUSIVE: As it preps for the release of notable titles like Nickel Boys, production company Louverture Films has added a handful of key execs and collaborators, including two principal partners and a chief financial officer. As those new arrivals come aboard, co-founder Danny Glover has announced he is stepping down as CEO but will remain […]
Several documentaries in production are leaving Sunny Side of the Doc – the world’s biggest nonfiction film marketplace – with renewed momentum and exposure. Sunny Side wrapped Thursday with an awards ceremony announcing winners of the Pitch Sessions in multiple categories. Winning Best History Pitch was Our Sister Angela: Black Power in the GDR, a […]
J.K. Rowling is embroiled in a fresh row with another Harry Potter actor over transgender rights. Following exchanges of fire with Daniel Radcliffe and others, Rowling has blasted David Tennant after the Goblet of Fire star voiced strident views on those who speak out against trans rights. During an appearance at the British LGBT Awards […]
DanceOne is partnering with Julianne and Derek Hough to create a global ballroom dance convention and competition tour. The tour will feature multi-genre, international ballroom dance, with events that offer innovative dance training and competition programs led by experienced dancers and choreographers. The Hough’s will help curate the faculty, technical and commercial workshops, and elite […]
Saint Clare starring Bella Thorne will open this year’s Taormina Film Festival. The July fest has unveiled gala lineup, including action title Twisters directed by Lee Isaac Chung starring Daisy Edgar-Jones; psychological thriller The Surfer by Lorcan Finnegan starring Nicolas Cage and Il giudice ed il boss, which comes from the director of Placido Rizzotto, […]
Tony Hale and Sheryl Lee Ralph have been tapped to announce the nominees for the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards. The live ceremony is slated for Wednesday, July 17, at 8:30 a.m. PDT/11:30 a.m. EDT. It will stream live from Hollywood’s El Capitan Theatre on Emmys.com/nominations. Television Academy Chair Cris Abrego will join Hale and Ralph […]
Dominique Boutonnat has been given a three-year prison sentence, one of which will be custodial, after being found guilty of charges of sexually assaulting his godson and has quit his role as head of France’s National Cinema Centre (CNC). Per local media reports, Boutonnat will not serve time in jail but is expected to live […]
Arnaud Lagardère Returns To CEO Duties After Ban Is Lifted Arnaud Lagardère has returned as CEO and Chairman of Lagardère after the partial lifting of a management ban imposed in April. He had been indicted on embezzlement charges and provisionally banned from holding executive-level roles, but has now been unanimously reappointed to his previous roles. […]
EXCLUSIVE: The Gotham Group has signed Singaporean writer and director Nelicia Low ahead of the world premiere of her debut feature Pierce at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The thriller will be the first ever Singaporean feature to compete in the main Crystal Globe Competition of the Czech festival, running from June 28 to […]
Here we are Insiders, the sun is shining and Max Goldbart is present to guide you through the week’s headlines. Read on, and sign up here. German Deep Dive From ‘CSI: Berlin’ to nothing at all: The Munich Film Festival kicks off this morning, almost a year to the day that it emerged Sky Deutschland would […]
Sigourney Weaver has been awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the upcoming Venice International Film Festival. Venice chief Alberto Barbera called the thrice Academy Award-nominated Alien star “an actress with few rivals.” “Strengthened by her significant theatrical training, she won over the great film-going public with Alien, directed by Ridley Scott, soon becoming […]
EXCLUSIVE: Narrative Pictures has wrapped production on Christmas at Plumhill Manor, a rom-com set in the heart of the UK countryside. Maria Menounos (The Holiday Dating Guide, Entourage, Fantastic Four) leads the cast with Brian Herzlinger (My Date with Drew, The Holiday Dating Guide) directing. Menounos stars as Margot Stone, a powerhouse modern architect from […]
EXCLUSIVE: Rapman utilized a superpower of his own — one that didn’t require him to don figure-hugging spandex tights and a cape — to survive the setbacks he encountered making the earthshaking new Netflix drama Supacell that began streaming Thursday. “My superpower is discipline,” he declares. Having an indomitable will comes in handy, too. Rapman required his superpower […]
The Biden vs Trump debate took place in the small hours of the morning in many parts of the world but one only needed to watch a few clips and glance at headlines within minutes of waking up to get a feel for what had happened. Unsurprisingly, the majority of the global press focused on […]
A decade-long love story of two young men is the subject of Netflix’s latest Asian series, Soul Mate. The drama stars Japanese actor Hayato Isomura and Korean singer-actor Ok Taec-yeon from boyband 2PM, and will follow their enduring relationship despite the distance. It begins when Rye Narutaki (Isomura), who left everything in Japan, is saved […]
EXCLUSIVE: Sweden’s Arvet Agency has acquired media rights to Finnish-Swedish author Kjell Westö’s book ‘Dusk 41.’ The story delves into the darkest years of Finnish history during 1940 and 1941, when Joseph Stalin’s Russian invaded Finland under the guise of a military drill. Young couple Molly and Henry from the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland, have […]
During an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Vice President Kamala Harris ackowledged that President Joe Biden had a “slow start” during tonight’s debate but insisted that it was a “strong finish.” Cooper repeatedly pressed Harris on Democratic concerns over Biden’s performance, in which his raspy voice and halting delivery contrasted to the robust-if-factually dubious style […]
It’s no secret that Hollywood is a largely liberal town. But the optimism that was flashed before tonight’s debate began has apparently given way to a largely glum outlook in the wake of the Biden-Trump battle. A few of the early reactions:
“This cannot be real life. It just can’t,” said an animated and live Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. The Comedy Central show was airing live after the Presidential Debate between President Biden and former President Trump, and Stewart didn’t hold back his disappointment about the evening. “We just watched what you watched,” he said […]
If there was any winner in tonight’s first presidential debate, it was CNN. If there was a loser, it was absolutely Joe Biden. Throwing the already tight race into a tailspin for the faltering incumbent almost from the very beginning, the most memorable line maybe Biden’s inability to finish some of his own sentences. Otherwise, […]
A former American Ninja Warrior champion has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for having a sexual relationship with a teenage girl. After prison, Andrew Drechsel, age 35, must additionally serve 15 years of supervised release and pay the victim $100,000 in restitution, Chief U.S. District Judge Renée M. Bumb ruled in […]
UPDATE: “It was a game changing debate in the sense that right now, as we speak, there is a deep, a wide and a very aggressive panic in the Democratic Party,” CNN’s John King said immediately after the debate ended. President Joe Biden got more energetic and direct as the debate went on, but he […]
The iconic Los Angeles punk band X is issuing what it is calling its final album, Smoke & Fiction, and has detailed plans for a U.S. tour. The quartet of vocalist Exene Cervenka, vocalist/bassist John Doe, guitarist Billy Zoom and drummer DJ Bonebrake said they will end following a farewell tour supporting their ninth and […]
