EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the plan for the 2024 Leeds International Film Festival (LIFF). The 38th edition of the fest will run from November 1-17 at venues across the UK city, with screenings held at the Everyman Leeds, Vue Leeds in the Light, Hyde Park Picture House and Howard Assembly Room. A full program will be announced […]
Tokyo-based Kino Films has struck a deal with Lionsgate and GK Films to distribute Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, in Japan. Lionsgate is releasing domestically, with Universal set to handle international markets, save Japan where Kino Films expects to release in 2025. The North American release is slated for April 18, 2025. The announcement of the Japan deal […]
Top British journalist Emily Maitlis has been told she “needs her head examined” by a Donald Trump ally who refused to back down on her repeated claims of election interference. Maitlis was in the U.S. for her News Agent podcast when she sat down with former news anchor and Arizona state senate candidate Kari Lake, […]
Viaplay Results: Focus On Core Ops Working Slowly Viaplay’s focus on doing what it does best willed out in its latest quarterly results, with total turnover down slightly but turnover in core operations increasing by a similar margin. Since the exit of former CEO Anders Jensen amidst financial turmoil last year, the Scandi outfit has been focused […]
The Boys Season 4 finale has dropped — and it comes with a health warning after the attempt on Donald Trump’s life over the weekend. As the episode dropped at midnight on July 18, Amazon Prime Video released a statement making clear that any similarities between the storyline and events in Pennsylvania were coincidental. “The […]
EXCLUSIVE: Gary Oldman says that that the nine Emmy nominations, including for Outstanding Drama Series, received by the wry spy drama Slow Horses “puts an added boost and a spotlight on the show.” Slow Horses first trotted onto Apple TV+ in April 2022, gathering audiences as it cantered into second and third seasons. Now it’s galloping into a fourth […]
EXCLUSIVE: After starring in the BBC and HBO TV adaptation, Ruth Wilson is set to narrate new audiobook editions of Philip Pullman’s classic novels His Dark Materials. Produced and published by Penguin Audio, the third installment in the trilogy (made up of Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass) will feature a conversation between Pullman and Wilson, recorded […]
The cast of Netflix’s Cobra Kai celebrated its sixth and final season’s part 1 premiere on Wednesday night in Los Angeles and all your favorites were in the house. Cast in attendance included Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Martin Kove, Xolo Maridueña, Jacob Bertrand, Mary Mouser, Tanner Buchanan, Peyton List, Gianni Decenzo, Courtney Henggeler, Vanessa Rubio, […]
Warner Bros Discovery is reportedly looking to break up its streaming and studio businesses from its linear networks to energize its falling stock price. WBD closed at $8.34, +0.34%, however, the media company is down from its 52-week high of $14.76 with a $20.3 billion market cap. WBD CEO David Zaslav is apparently weighing myriad […]
20th Century and Imagine Entertainment are in early development on a feature adaptation of the hit Fox series 24. The studio could not be reached for comment. Created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran for Fox, 24 originally ran for nine seasons between 2001 and 2014, and spawned a television film called “Redemption” in 2008. […]
In 2018, Prime Video was the first streamer to land an Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and then repeated as winner in the top comedy category with Fleabag the following year. After cracking the Outstanding Drama Series field with a nomination for The Boys in 2021, Prime Video had a drama […]
J.D. Vance, formally accepting the Republican nomination for vice president tonight, gave a speech that aimed over key swing states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, as he shared heartwarming and sometimes amusing biographical details of his life. But in his first address on the national stage, he was surprisingly low key, less fiery in delivery […]
Lesley Freeman is joining AGBO as their Chief Legal Officer. Most recently, VP of Legal at Amazon MGM Studios, Freeman will oversee all aspects of the Joe and Anthony Russo studio’s business and legal affairs around the world as the company expands its global physical production, virtual production, gaming, and immersive technology footprint. Partners DonaldMustard […]
The novelty popcorn bucket brigades have a new contender. Joining buckets from Dune and Deadpool & Wolverine is a new design from the forthcoming Alien: Romulus. Cinemark have unveiled the popcorn bucket, which is a Xenomorph head, including the long protruding back of the head. The popcorn is loaded in the top and the moviegoer […]
Caitlin Clark made her reputation as a scorer. But she can also dish it out. Clark set the WNBA record for the most assists in a single game tonight, recording 19 against the Dallas Wings. The record previously was held by Courtney Vandersloot, who had 18 in 2020. Clark had a chance to get 20 […]
TV producer/writer Bob Booker, who spent 75 years working in television, radio, film, and the recording industry, died July 12 at his home in Tiburon, California, at age 92 from heart failure, according to his daughter, Laura Booker. Booker was best known for the Grammy Award-winning album, The First Family, In 1963, Booker, with partner […]
Ron Howard’s Jim Henson Idea Man led all comers in the documentary categories as the nominations for the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced, racking up eight altogether, three more than the next most-nominated doc. Among its nominations are Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special, Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program for Howard, recognition for writer […]
Even Ozzy Osbourne – the man who once bit the head off a bat — feels Britney Spears constant viral dance videos are a bit much. Osbourne recently spoke about Spears on the July 16 episode of The Osbournes Podcast. The Osbourne family was answering listener questions when one asked Kelly Osbourne whether she would ever […]
The creators of Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV say they’re open to making a follow up to the series, which scored two Emmy Nominations today, including Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series. The five-part Investigation Discovery series documented alleged abuse suffered by stars of Nickelodeon series when they were children, including Drake […]
J. Michael Cline, a founding investor and former chairman of online ticketing service Fandango, died Tuesday after falling from the window of a high-rise hotel in midtown Manhattan. The New York Post had the news first. The NYPD confirmed to Deadline that a man of that name and age, 64, fell from the Kimberly […]
In a recent interview with Jimmy Kimmel Live guest host Anthony Anderson, former Friends star Lisa Kudrow recalled a moment when Sandra Bullock called her by her character’s name. “I just love this. I was at a big party and I was talking to Sandra Bullock — name-dropping, I have to, but it’s true,” Kudrow said. “And we […]
Only 90 minutes from LA., this Santa Barbara bedroom community offers status, privacy and unfussy summer luxury. Here are some of the Montecito haunts favored by locals such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Costner and Dick Wolf. Summer Friday Lunch: Tre Lune is Situated conveniently on the main artery of Coast Village Road. Coffee: Venture out to […]
Actor and executive producer Matt Bomer has earned his second Emmy nomination, this time for his role as the lovelorn State Department official Hawk Fuller on Showtime’s Fellow Travelers. Created by Ron Nyswaner, based on Thomas Mallon’s novel, Fellow Travelers is a love story and political thriller, chronicling the clandestine romance of two very different […]
EXCLUSIVE: The stars and filmmaker of Borderlands aren’t planned to attend San Diego Comic-Con, but at least you can live the movie if you’re at the fanboy confab, or on your way. The movie, which stars Cate Blanchett, Haley Bennett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramirez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu and Gina […]
Jane Lynch earned her 14th Primetime Emmy Award nomination this morning for her work on NBC’s The Weakest Link under the “Outstanding Game Show Host” category. The series revival is an adaptation of the British TV series of the same name hosted by Anne Robinson— a personality whose approach Lynch admired—premiered in 2020 with Lynch […]
