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EXCLUSIVE: With the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike entering its second month in the U.S., writers and filmmakers around the world are taking note of how these issues play out in their own countries. In India, home to several big film industries and an OTT production boom, local talent agency Tulsea and data firm […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/TblOn04

The Season 3 (and presumed series) finale of Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso brought closure for most of the characters, including Phil Dunster’s reformed bad boy Jamie Tartt. After one more squabble with foe-turned-friend and mentor Roy Kent over who can date Keeley — a dilemma she easily solved by throwing both of them out of […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/4R8EnCQ

Emma Heming Willis has told her online followers that a clinical trial searching for a cure for frontotemporal dementia – a debilitating brain disease affecting her husband, Bruce Willis – has ended. Bruce Willis retired from acting at age 68 earlier this year because of the disease’s progress. “Yesterday I read that Wave Life Sciences […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/CEBKZbG

As one of reality TV’s royal family crossed the line, striking film and television writers joined forces on Wednesday in New York City with another group of culture workers involved in a pay dispute: musicians.  While a five-piece band played bopping brass and percussion music, members of the Writers Guild of America, in their fifth […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/qQjJa9D

Sergio Calderón, the actor recognizable from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Men In Black and The Ruins and many other projects over course of his six-decade career in films and television, died this morning surrounded by family, his spokesperson confirmed to Deadline. He was 77. In At World’s End, Calderón played one of […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/GdrZtx4

SPOILER ALERT: The following reveals major plot points from the Season 3 finale of Apple’s Ted Lasso. The biggest question about the Season 3 finale of Apple TV+’s hit Ted Lasso is whether or not it would serve as the comedy’s series finale. Top to bottom, the episode titled “So Long, Farewell” feels like a […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/qZomNFG

Sia is opening up about being diagnosed with autism, two years after the controversy over the depiction of the neurological disorder in her 2021 film Music. During an appearance on Rob Has a Podcast, a show that breaks down Survivor, the “Chandelier” singer revealed she was “on the spectrum.” “For 45 years, I was like, […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/JlSk0iV

Amazon’s Alexa will no longer sound like Samuel L. Jackson and Melissa McCarthy. The e-commerce giant has stopped sales of celebrity “personalities” for Alexa. In a note on the product pages for the available celebrity voices, Amazon indicates that they are no longer available for purchase. “Melissa McCarthy’s Alexa voice is no longer available for […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/Ix9u5mW

A group of SAG-AFTRA members, including Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jean Smart and Bob Balaban, has released a video urging their fellow performers to approve the strike authorization that’s currently out for a vote of the guild’s eligible members. The vote comes in advance of the guild’s upcoming negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/lNkKf7u

The Flash director Andy Muschietti is opening up about wanting to work with Ezra Miller again in a potential sequel where they would reprise their role as Barry Allen. “If [a sequel] happens, yes,” Muschietti said during an appearance on The Discourse podcast (via The Playlist). “I don’t think there’s anyone that can play that […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/bAGnCQp

Sasha Calle, who plays Supergirl in The Flash, got Henry Cavill’s stamp of approval after she met the actor. “I met him actually after the movie was done, months later,” Calle told EW. “I gave him a big hug. You know, it’s Henry Cavill, man! Our Man of Steel. He is kind and very proper, […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/F4kMpIa

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has threatened to preemptively remove films and TV shows from its UK library to avoid falling foul of new streamer regulations being introduced by the British government. Ministers in the UK want media regulator Ofcom to police streaming giants in a similar way to traditional broadcasters, meaning the likes of Netflix and Amazon […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/1CTElSs

EXCLUSIVE: Taost Entertainment, a London-based media production startup, has picked up Chinese distribution rights to the star-studded animated feature 10 Lives. Taost acquired the rights to the pic, which features an expansive voice cast, including Zayn Malik, Simone Ashley, Mo Gilligan, Sophie Okonedo, Bill Nighy, and Jeremy Swift (Ted Lasso) from the Chinese-based outfit Original […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/ye5kBU9

The Karlovy Vary Film Festival has unveiled the official selection for its upcoming 57th edition. The lineup comprises 31 films across three sections and a host of world and international premieres. Scroll down for the full list. Among the lineup is Les chambres rouges (Red Rooms), the latest pic from Canadian filmmaker Pascal Plante, who […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/4qQ9juX

Paloma Faith, a singer and actress in shows like Pennyworth and Dangerous Liaisons, watched The Little Mermaid over the weekend and is calling out the storyline. “As a mother of girls I don’t want my kids to think it’s ok to give up your entire voice and your powers to love a man,” Faith shared […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/GIKJe8p

Lisa Rinna announced back in January that she was exiting The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills after eight seasons. The Days of our Lives alum is now revealing that getting “death threats” from some viewers also weighed on her to make the decision to leave the Bravo reality series. “I think the world itself has […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/jbVdlYT

Elon Musk’s Twitter platform could potentially be banned in Europe if it doesn’t follow the disinformation rules. The threat comes from France’s Digital Minister Jean-Noël Barrot who recently talked about the importance of following guidelines to combat fake news on social media. “Disinformation is one of the gravest threats weighing on our democracies,” Barrot said […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/mylZRS3

After revealing at the Succession Season 4 premiere that she was, indeed, pregnant with her first child, Sarah Snook took the occasion of the show’s finale as an opportunity for a full-circle moment in which she announced the birth of that same child. Sharing a photo to Instagram of herself settled in to watch the […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/1IVEruJ

Prime Video is expanding its global slate of Korean dramas with vampire-themed fantasy romcom HeartBeat, starring Ok Taec-yeon.  Produced by Korean broadcaster KBS, the series will be available on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide outside of Korea starting Monday, June 26. New episodes of the 16-episode series will be available […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/pqjDFgC

Keanu Reeves reunited with his rock band Dogstar at the 2023 BottleRock Napa Valley festival. The star of The Matrix played bass with the group for the first time in public in more than 20 years. His bandmate Robert Mailhouse gave Reeves some advice ahead of performing in front of a live crowd. “He was just […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/uHoQgwq

SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains details from the series finale of HBO‘s Barry. “Wow.” Not only is this the title of the Barry series finale, written and directed by co-creator and star, Bill Hader. It’s also, naturally, the sentiment with which we, as an audience, are left. By the end of the episode, Hader’s […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/09MhFzk

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains spoilers for the series finale of HBO’s Succession. It’s the end of an era. Succession wrapped its final season on Sunday, revealing once and for all who would prevail as the new CEO of Waystar Royco. Episode 10, titled “With Open Eyes,” opens with Kendall (Jeremy Strong) still trying to […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/EIS8YrP

Stephanie Mills is opening up about her experience playing Dorothy in the Broadway musical The Wiz and all the “hate mail” she received for playing a character that a white woman played before. Mills compares the negativity that Halle Bailey is now experiencing as the star of the live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid. “As […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/ZxbdEYm

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of tonight’s Succession series finale. In the end, heavy is the sycophant head that wears the crown, as the series finale of Succession proved tonight. “You fi*ckin’ grabbed the crown, the two of you,” proclaims Shiv Roy (Sarah Snook) as she sticks another blade into her hapless brothers in […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/QaT7C1q

When you hear the name Tony Stark the actor that comes to mind is Robert Downey Jr. as he played him in the MCU starting with 2008’s Iron Man. However, Downey was not always going to play the billionaire philanthropist and was in talks to play a whole different character. “I remember you had all […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/RgGL1CQ

Winners of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival awards, including the coveted Palme d'Or, were revealed at a glamorous ceremony in Cannes, France this weekend. The awards included many of my favorite films at the festival, though my top pick didn't end up with the Palme. French filmmaker Justine Triet took home the top prize - her new film Anatomy of a Fall won the Palme d'Or this year, following up Ruben Ostlund's second Palme win for The Triangle of Sadness last year . A number of other critics picks also won awards: The Zone of Interest won the Grand Prix (second place) though it really should've taken home the Palme instead. Aki Kaurismäki's delightful romantic charmer Fallen Leaves won the Jury Prize. My favorite win of the night went to the Japanese actor Kōji Yakusho , who is transcendent in the poetic drama Perfect Days . All-in-all a solid amount of best of the fest winners this year. View all the Cannes 2023 awards below. //  Continue Reading › from

"I will take you where you need to go." Madman Films has released an official trailer for an anthology film titled We Are Still Here , opening for release in Australia later in 2023. Spanning over 1000 years into the past, present and future, We Are Still Here interweaves eight tales of Indigenous struggle, to tell a sweeping story of hope and survival. The film premiered at Australian film festivals last year, and also played at TIFF, plus the San Diego, Hawaii, and Minneapolis St. Paul Film Festivals in the US. Created as a response to the 250th anniversary of the Second voyage of James Cook to Australia in 1772, the project consists of a number of linked short films by a selection of Indigenous Australian + Māori filmmakers about the impact of settler colonialism on the region's indigenous cultures. A different mix of short films that take us from the past to the present, telling powerful stories of Indigenous people & their history. "Come together and go f

Kelly Clarkson is opening up about the reason she is relocating her eponymous daytime talk show to New York City after four seasons in Los Angeles. The American Idol winner was interviewed by Nancy O’Dell for TalkShopLive where the singer said she told the staff about her decision in January. “I talked to them because […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/Ee3cY1d

George Maharis, the Route 66 actor that left the series during the height of its popularity, died on Wednesday, May 24. He was 94. “George is well known for his stardom in Route 66, stage productions, singing, artist, and above all a great guy would do anything for anyone. My dear friend, you’ll be terribly […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/aC26N7X

The White House and House Republicans reached an agreement in principle on Saturday to raise the debt ceiling and avert a default. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that after speaking with President Joe Biden, they had “come to an agreement in principle that is worthy of the American people.” He told reporters that he planned […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/C7HPeDz

The Writers Guild of America is asking members that are nominated for the Tony Awards not to attend the ceremony on June 11, sources confirm to Deadline. While the WGA is asking its members that are also nominated for the Tonys not to attend the award show, it has allowed them to pre-tape an acceptance […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/FTAmjvB

Ken Loach still has more to say against The Man in society with his cinema, that was clear coming away from the Cannes press conference for his latest movie The Old Oak. We asked Loach if the reports are true; whether The Old Oak is truly his finale. Answered the director, “One day at a […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/l6VohTf

John Stamos was a big Disney fan. But he felt there was something wrong with that – until he met Ryan Gosling at a dinner party. Stamos talked about the moment on Keke Palmer’s Baby, This Is Keke Palmer podcast. The host is herself a big Disney fan, so she felt his vibe. The actor […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/S8ANF6o

The Writers Guild of America West received the most robust support from their sister unions in Los Angeles at the “Unions Strike Back” Rally on Friday evening. In solidarity with WGAw President Meredith Stiehm stood Hollywood Teamsters Local 399 secretary-treasurer and chief negotiator, Lindsay Dougherty; SAG-AFTRA national executive director and chief negotiator, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland; UTLA President, Cecily […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/BLDaqu9

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros Discovery promised to give writers and directors proper credit on its Max streaming service, but don’t expect the fix to happen anytime soon. “This could take weeks with all the data that needs to be transferred, checked, finalized,” said one studio insider of the May 23 streamer launch SNAFU that attracted outrage […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/Tp8jmvH

Edward James Olmos has spoken out about his battle with throat cancer on Mando Fresko’s   podcast, “Mando & Friends.” The 76-year-old Olmos said he finished chemotherapy and radiation in December. “I sit here saying now to you, Mando and friends, that one thing that I’m very grateful for was that I was in condition to […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/kTPnUwf

UPDATE: Beyoncé’ is keeping the memory of Tina Turner alive. At her Paris concert tonight, she confessed that she “wouldn’t be on this stage without Tina Turner.” See the Twitter video below. EARLIER: Beyoncé’ has added her thoughts on today’s death of Tina Turner, who passed at age 83. “My beloved queen. I love you […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/WFuCn2V

Prime Video is training for 99, a documentary series about Manchester United’s historic treble-winning season in the later 1990s. The iconic team featured the likes of David Beckham, Gary Neville and Roy Keane and won the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League across pivotal days in 1999 at the culmination of the 1998/99 season. […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/LTrKj9I

EXCLUSIVE, late Thursday PM: Sources are telling us that Disney’s Rob Marshall directed The Little Mermaid is singing some high notes tonight of $10M+ in previews. Should that figure exceed $10.8M it will rep the 6th highest preview performance among PG and G rated titles in motion picture history. Tracking pegged the Halle Bailey movie […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/IxzC5tS

Ed Ames, whose long career included hit recordings, TV stardom, and Broadway roles, died May 21 in Los Angeles at 95. No cause was given. Ames began his career in the 1950s as part of the singing Ames Brothers quartet, joining with his brothers Vic, Joe, and Gene. The group had a hit with “Rag […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3lxFMqw

The Television Academy has abruptly canceled its planned May 31 Television Academy Honors. “After discussions with the WGA and out of deference to those impacted by the ongoing labor dispute, the Television Academy is canceling next week’s planned Television Academy Honors reception,” a TV Academy spokesperson said in a statement. “We appreciate everyone’s understanding. The […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/q302A9U

NBC drama series The Blacklist, now in its 10th and last season, is moving into its final weeks with some changes ahead. Beginning June 1, the show, which currently airs on Sundays at 10 pm, will move to Thursdays. Back-to-back episodes will air that night, June 1, at 8 pm and 9 pm, with subsequent episodes […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/hNqduA3

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains spoilers from the series finale of The CW’s The Flash. Reverse-Flash returned to Central City for the final installment of The CW series’ four-part finale on Sunday, bringing the series full circle as The Flash faced off against his original nemesis once more. Tom Cavanagh told Deadline he’d been expecting […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/D0aEecP

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the series finale of The CW’s The Flash. The Flash came to an end Wednesday night after nine seasons, wrapping up a four part series finale that spanned the entire month. Wednesday’s episode, titled “A New World: Part 4,” opens with Team Flash developing a plan to defeat […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/S31nvsu

SPOILER ALERT: The following reveals major spoilers from NBC’s Chicago Med’s Season 8 finale. NBC’s Chicago Med is saying goodbye to another original cast member, it was revealed tonight in the Season 8 finale. This person’s departure follows that of Brian Tee whose character Dr. Ethan Choi rode off into the sunset earlier this season […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3c8Soqv

New autopsy results have come out and reveal that DJ Stephen “tWitch” Boss did not have drugs or alcohol in his system when he died by suicide late last year. Boss was age 40 when he died by suicide on Dec. 13. Entertainment Tonight reported the latest autopsy results. His wife, Allison Holker Boss, said in […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/7rWJLmn

Cordon bleu is the warmest color in Tràn Anh Hùng’s long but surprisingly light soufflé of a movie, a highly watchable Aga saga that’s so artful, charming and non-boat-rockingly old-school that it might make you wonder, even in a non-ironic way, what Lasse Hallström has been up to lately. In Cannes film festivals gone by, […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/sgtyL8r

" Eating is not merely a material pleasure... Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship." –Elsa Schiaparelli. This is the first major masterpiece premiere at Cannes that I've encountered this year (so far) after watching 21 films at the festival. The Pot-au-Feu is Vietnamese-French director Anh Hung Tran's latest feature, an exquisite voyage through the world of French cuisine and gastronomy. It's bliss. Food heaven. I spent two hours in heaven and returned to tell the tale. There isn't a single shot in it that isn't perfect composed. There isn't a single scene I would change. It deserves a perfect score - the only one I've given so far in Cannes. The only issues that have come to mind since it ended have been dismissed after further analysis and discussion (will save this for another time as most of it involves spoilers that I won't publish now). This is one of the most magn

Jodi Benson, the actor that gave voice to Disney’s animated film The Little Mermaid, is showing her support for the live-action adaptation starring Halle Bailey. “When you look at our film, we started in the studio in 1986 and we were released in 1989. Times change, people change, cultures change,” Benson told People. “What matters […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/ZRxuMaC

EXCLUSIVE: With the clock ticking and writers out on the picket lines all over town, the Directors Guild of America and the studios are far from even the framework of a deal. Two weeks into their negotiations, the Lesli Linka Glatter-led union and the Alliance of Motion Picture Producers and Television Producers haven’t “agreed on […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/tH1zm3L

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of the winner of The Voice Season 23. The Voice crowned its winner tonight as Blake Shelton also said goodbye to the NBC competition series after 23 seasons. Five contestants made it to the finale, Grace West and NOIVAS from Shelton’s team, D.Smooth from Kelly Clarkson’s team, Sorelle from […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/YX1i2yc

A new American Idol was named this week and a past winner resurfaced. Samantha “Just Sam” Diaz, who won the ABC competition series in Season 18, recently opened up about having to return to performing in New York City subways. “Back in 2021, I was super embarrassed to be going back to the trains. I […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/YIoXmwv

Cory Shields has stepped down as Amazon’s VP Global Media and Entertainment after more than three years at the streamer. There will be no immediate replacement. In the interim, all of Shields’ direct reports will report to Drew Herdener, SVP Worldwide Communications at Amazon. Shields, a veteran NBCUniversal executive, quietly joined Amazon Studios in early […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/E2eDXg4

In the early ’90s, Japan’s Takeshi “Beat” Kitano was on a roll, with a superb string of nuanced crime movies that stood in stark contrast to the good-vs.-evil bullet operas that were coming out of Hong Kong at the time. Kitano’s darkly funny cynicism (who else could have made Violent Cop?) made him stand out […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/KbeJMSU

“This was not planned,” says stand-up comedian Sebastian Maniscalco about his auto-biopic comedy About My Father making it to the screen. “This is not something I had on my vision board,” he tells us on today’s Crew Call. About My Father, directed by Laura Terruso, and written by Austen Earl and Maniscalco, follows the stand-up […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/dOYKCly

Jeff Bridges is sharing an update on his health following a cancer diagnosis and a grave case of Covid-19 at the beginning of 2021. The Old Man star recently recalled his first season filming the show during an interview with AARP saying that he had been “doing those fight scenes for the first episode” not […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/sSlm4IJ

EXCLUSIVE: New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) and Jordan’s Royal Film Commission (RFC) are teaming up on a training and mentorship scheme aimed at aspiring female filmmakers in the country. The U.S. Embassy in Jordan funded initiative is bannered “Hakayaha: Stories of Women in Jordan” and will aim to fund, develop and produce […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/tLKcPf3

Chinese streamer Youku is teaming with Beijing-based producer-distributor Hishow Entertainment to produce high-end drama series My Dearest Stranger, starring Wang Luodan and Bosco Wong.  The 16-part suspense drama will be directed by Golden Horse Award-winning Taiwanese filmmaker Lin Yu-Hsien Hsien (Jump! Boys, Exit No. 6).  Based on Fan Shu’s best-selling novel Secret Love and adapted […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/rAu2o5D

In a surprise move following the series finale of CBS’ NCIS: Los Angeles, LL Cool J (born James Todd Smith) will reprise the role of Sam Hanna as a recurring guest star in Season 3 of NCIS: Hawai’i. He first appeared tonight in the Season 2 finale of the Vanessa Lachey-led series. In the episode […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/uPUImSq

It’s hard to know what to say about Sam Levinson’s already controversial HBO series except that it says quite a lot about the increasingly attention-grabbing antics of the Cannes Film Festival that space was made at the prestigious Grand Théâtre Lumière for the first two episodes of a cable TV show. In a case of […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/P5y29iz

James Cromwell, nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1995 for his role in Babe, expressed solidarity today for the WGA members who are out on strike. “It begins with the words. Nothing happens without them,” wrote the actor on Twitter. He then linked the assertion to his own recent work in Succession, where […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/b9VH08I

EXCLUSIVE: EST Studios has entered into a partnership with New York and Bangkok-based N8 Studios to represent a slate of Asian films at global markets including the Marche du Film at Cannes.  The two companies will focus on international sales of Thai, Korean, Chinese and Indonesian titles. “The goal is to bring Asia to the […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/1iRZetl

Seoul-based sales agent Finecut has sold Hong Sangsoo’s In Our Day to France’s Capricci, Spain’s L’Atalante Cinema and Ama Films for Greece.  The film, which premieres in Directors Fortnight on May 25, follow a woman in her 40s, temporarily living at the home of a friend, and a man in his 70s living alone, who […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/L4bd0J5

After four seasons, the HBO series Succession comes to an end. The premium cable network dropped a preview for the series finale and has many dissecting every frame. Check out the preview in the video posted above. “I know that we’ve said the worst things but I just wanted to get a few things straight,” […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/gPIbLyr

It was time to say goodbye to Logan Roy during Sunday’s penultimate episode of Succession. Episode 9, titled “Church and State,” puts Logan to rest with a massive affair that takes place inside a Manhattan cathedral. It’s 80 minutes that are heavy with a mix of emotions as the Roy siblings are finally confronted with […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/TBf5vIi

Rachel Bilson is opening up about losing out on a job after she talked about sex on a podcast. “This is the first time it’s ever happened to me in my professional life that I lost a job this week because of things that were said,” Bilson said on her Broad Ideas podcast. “A job […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/xXr0fTy

Instagram suffered an outage on Sunday, May 21 causing users to flock to Twitter and ask if the social media platform was down. “We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing Instagram. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and we apologize for any inconvenience,” a Meta spokesperson said […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/BWO3wyu

May December, Todd Haynes’ film that received an eight-minute standing ovation at Cannes late on Saturday evening, is a film all about transgression, Julianne Moore told the press on Sunday.  Asked to explain the title, Haynes said it referred to an English expression for an “age-gap relationship.” He paused before quipping, “In France, they call […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/ofzAwkD

EXCLUSIVE: Egyptian-U.S. company Ambient Light has acquired North American sales rights for Sudanese director Mohamed Kordofani’s Cannes Un Certain Regard title Goodbye Julia. Egyptian producer and director Ali El Arabi’s Cairo and L.A.-based company Ambient Light is one of a number of co-producers on the film alongside lead producer Amjad Abu Alala, who works under […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/a0z1JUL

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy award-winning Indian producer Apoorva Bakshi (Delhi Crime) has boarded The Glassworker, Pakistan’s first ever Hayao Miyazaki-style animated feature, as an executive producer.  Bakshi, who is producing through her Awedacious Originals banner, joins a growing team of supporters of the ground-breaking 2D hand-drawn project, directed by Pakistan’s Usman Riaz and produced through his Karachi-based […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/XzMIjxR

Miley Cyrus scored a hit single earlier this year with “Flowers” but don’t expect the former Disney star to sing it on tour anytime soon. The singer seemingly has no desire to go on tour and singing in front of thousands of fans. “It’s been a minute,” Cyrus told British Vogue. “After the last [headline […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/EoAisVt

Harrison Ford is defending the de-aging process he underwent for a flashback sequence in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The fifth installment of the James Mangold-directed film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival where the star got a five-minute standing ovation. During a press conference, Ford talked about the technology used for the […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/cIRDK4N

Ariana Madix was at the center of #Scandoval on Vanderpump Rules Season 10 and is opening up about whether she wants to return for another season. The Bravo reality star had been in a relationship with co-star Tom Sandoval for close to 10 years. However, things changed when she found out he had been having […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/ubzgvla

Louis Theroux is not comfortable with the disruptor moniker. He almost recoils at the notion, sitting back in his chair, chewing over the word and its literal, historical and symbolic connotations. “It has become a cliché; it’s definitely a cliché,” he eventually says. But then comes one of the pensive expressions Theroux is famed for. […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/8wfdsjn

In a startling video released on Friday, veteran YouTube personality Hank Green told his three million subscribers that he has Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Green has been around since YouTube’s early days, active since 2007. He also hosts podcasts with his brother John Green, author of “The Fault in Our Stars.” “So there have been a bunch of […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/iToYmbf

There was come old-school writer cred on the picket line outside the Fox lot in Century City today. David E. Kelley, he of the 11 Emmys and 30 nominations, is a veteran of multiple WGA strikes going back to 1988. Introducing himself as “David E. Kelley, old writer,” the Love & Death creator — whose […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/wBr4cbZ

In the same week that Disney Parks & Resorts boss Josh D’Amaro announced the company was abandoning a new $1 billion employee campus in Orlando, the president of Disneyland Resort Ken Potrock hosted an OCForum meeting with local business and political leaders in Anaheim to discuss DisneylandForward, the company’s 30-year plan for expansion and innovation […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/Wn1vE2A

UPDATED: Maybe it’s the surprise visits from politicians, or the free pizza from Flavor Flav. Either way, the inspiration to craft the perfect sign remains strong on the picket lines. And we’ve got the proof below! “You want the funny? Look at your streaming residual model,” says one. “I can’t fix greedy buttholes in post,” […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/nzKu1qN

In a bold reaction to market trends, Korean entertainment powerhouse HYBE Corporation — best known as the home of K-Pop superstars BTS — is more bullish than ever, expanding out of its core record label, talent management and concert production business into several other areas, and now bills itself as a global entertainment lifestyle platform. […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/mQJvyOo

We all know the Holocaust is an atrocity and there have already been hundreds of films made about it. The only other recent film to offer something new and different was the Cannes 2015 feature Son of Saul , which ended up winning the Oscar after premiering at the festival. After years of working on his project, British director Jonathan Glazer brings his latest film to Cannes - The Zone of Interest . It is another Holocaust film, very clearly that and not much else, telling a profoundly unsettling and hard-to-watch story about a German family living right next to a concentration camp. It is overpowering in its clarity and simplicity as a film - never showing any of the atrocities happening at the camp, focusing solely on this German family and nothing more. It is the cinematic epitome of the iconic phrase "the banality of evil," originally coined by writer Hannah Arendt after her investigations into the Holocaust and Nuremberg trial. It boldly eschews the caricature-esque d

“Freedom of expression” will be front and center of Ofcom’s thinking when the UK regulator draws up the new code governing the streamers, according to chief Melanie Dawes. The Ofcom boss used her appearance at yesterday’s Deloitte & Enders Media and Telecoms 2023 & Beyond Conference to allay fears that the new code, which is […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/O78qQkr

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has snapped up U.S., Canada and key international for Studiocanal and Heyday Films’ threequel Paddington in Peru. Sony, which has a long history with live-action kids movies, i.e. Lyle Lyle Crocodile and Goosebumps, always wanted in on this franchise, and now they’ve notched it. When the North American rights for Paddington 2 […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/t6Lmf4E

EXCLUSIVE: Tyler Labine (New Amsterdam), Ella Rae Rappaport (Alone In Space), and Arvin Kananian (Triangle of Sadness) have signed on to star in Egghead Republic, the latest feature from Swedish directing duo Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja (Aniara). Labine and Rappaport will play the two leads in the pic, which is currently shooting on the […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/dJ6fWrF

UPDATE: The first volley back at Montana lawmakers has come from five TikTok content creators. They argue the law banning the app’s deployment is an unconstitutional violation of free speech rights. The Montana residents filed their complaint on Wednesday in federal court in Missoula. They also argued that the state doesn’t have authority over national security issues. EARLIER: […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/aIugJi7

All charges have been dropped against Alec Baldwin over the fatal shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October 2021, and a resurrected version of the film has almost completed filming in Montana, but the legal battle could be far from over. As Baldwin is off the hook for now, the person who was responsible […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/XtsBhoT

It was a great night for Disney as Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny had a smash debut in its World Premiere Thursday evening at the Cannes Film Festival where the June 30th release received a warm 5 minute standing ovation, especially for Harrison Ford in his swan song in the title role he […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/W9vu2kd

Katie Couric has spent a good deal of her career getting to know those who walk the power corridors of the media business. On Wednesday, she put that knowledge to use, sharing her views on the actions of former NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell, who left that company in April after acknowledging his role in a […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/rO7ckAa

SPOILER ALERT: The coveted “Golden Mask”‘ award was on the line tonight for the remaining contestants in Season 9 of The Masked Singer. It was “Medusa” versus “Macaw” in a showdown for the ages, and only one could triumph. It’s been quite a year for show host Nick Cannon and celebrity panelists Robin Thicke, Jenny […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/Wx7ao5l

Just a short time ago, it was “Seacrest out.” But on Thursday, it will be “Seacrest in,” as the iconic broadcaster returns to his recently vacated daytime seat with Kelly Ripa for a few promotional spins. Seacrest will make a guest appearance on Thursday’s Live with Kelly and Mark, the new version of the show […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/06AxYmC

YouTube drew a round of applause from advertisers at its annual Brandcast event by announcing it would let them run 30-second commercials that can’t be skipped by viewers on connected-TVs. The feature will be available via YouTube Select, a curated platform for top-end advertisers Introduced several years ago. The new 30-second initiative will affect 70% […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/pklMVsz

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell made a rare appearance at a non-league media event Wednesday night, taking the stage at YouTube’s Brandcast to tout the strengthening ties between the NFL and the tech giant. After nearly 30 years on DirecTV, NFL Sunday Ticket is moving to YouTube as a stand-alone package and an add-on to YouTube […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/By6PWwZ

With just the CW left tomorrow, the near-talent-free upfronts are winding down, and shows are still being shuttered in New York City, while on the picket lines in LA there was Mariachism, tacos, tunes and some Mandalorians to galvanize the troops. On the 16th day of the Writers Guild strike, picket signs were up near […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/ZBIlLwo

Jeff Probst is opening up about returning Survivor to have live reunion shows at the end of the season. Pre-Covid, the CBS reality show reunited the Survivor cast months later to read out the names voted to be the winner of the season during a live broadcast. However, with Covid protocols and uncertainties, the votes […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/3aLv1xd

Iranian director Ali Abbasi has responded to Russia’s unexplained ban of his serial killer thriller Holy Spider just days after its theatrical release. The move comes amid growing military and economic ties between Russia and Iran with both its ruling regimes currently isolated on the world stage. “By banning Holy Spider, the Russian government is […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/qUt4J03

EXCLUSIVE: Jessica Alba (Sin City), Russell Harvard (Fargo), and Daniel Durant (CODA) are attached to star in sports feature film Flash Before the Bang, inspired by the true story of an all-deaf high school track and field team in 1980’s Oregon. The film heralds from deaf writer-director Jevon Whetter, on whose experience the story is […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/AMW12ly

Tom Hanks is talking about AI technology that could potentially make it possible for him to continue appearing in new films even after his death. “What is a bona fide possibility right now, if I wanted to, [is] I could get together and pitch a series of seven movies that would star me in them […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/YR4fsTz

UPDATED: It’s a sign … that no one’s creativity is letting up after 15 days on the picket line. Protesting over past and future lost wages is serious business, but leave it to Hollywood scribes to find the levity in the most depressing of situations. Along with the impromptu flash mobs and surprise appearances (that’s […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/VQUvsB0

Timothée Chalamet is gearing up to showcase his multiple talents on Wonka, a prequel musical film based on the characters from Roal Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. “To work on something that will have an uncynical young audience, that was just a big joy. That’s why I was drawn to it,” he told Vogue. […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/FgYWyrL

It was a tale of two coasts today, as WGA picketers and their allies targeted Disney’s upfront presentation in New York and also the company’s Burbank lot in Los Angeles. And the two scenes were very different. This morning at the Disney upfront, pickets were being kept a solid two blocks away from the venue on […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/V9WFpUi

Hirokazu Kore-Eda is back in Cannes Competition after winning the Palme d’Or for Shoplifters in 2018 and last year presenting Korean-language Broker, which won best actor for Song Kang-ho. His new title, Monster, reteams him with Shoplifters actress Sakura Ando and is the last film to be scored by Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, who Ryuichi […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/PtwYlki

EXCLUSIVE: Normal People and Where the Crawdads Sing star Daisy Edgar-Jones is the latest star attached to Oscar winner Ron Howard’s next movie Origin Of Species, which is a hot project at the Cannes market. The in-demand Jones is in talks to join the buzzy project which — as we told you on Sunday — […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/La1tiZ9

Michelle Yeoh doesn’t play it safe when it comes to her career which ultimately led her to nabbing the Best Actress Oscar award for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once. Now, the Academy Award-winning star is saying that taking on the role in the Wicked musical was a “risk.” “I’m trying something new […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/AUodDhB

EXCLUSIVE: Showtime’s hit drama The Chi, which films entirely in Chicago, has paused production on its upcoming sixth season, effective today. The decision was made Monday after a second consecutive day of shooting was disrupted by WGA strike-related picketing. Eight episodes from Season 6 have been completed. I hear The Chi, whose seasons have consisted of 10 […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/Mvm0AQf

Amazon Games has announced they are working on a new massively multiplayer online (MMO) game based on The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, the MMO adventure will feature stories from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings literary trilogy. Amazon Games Orange County is leading the development after the […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/ZPaFkxd

A school teacher is under investigation by the Florida Department of Education after she showed the class the Disney animated movie Strange World. Jenna Barbee, a teacher at Hernando County’s Winding Waters K-8 school, went viral on TikTok sharing her story on the social media platform. “I am the teacher that’s under investigation with the […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/YTpaC08

The ongoing Writers Guild strike “could be costing about $30 million a day in lost studio output,” according to WGA East Vice President Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, who said in a message sent today to WGA members that that’s “based on prior estimates.” That estimate, the guild says, “came from WGA West Research Department.” If that’s […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/sYr6wlF

EXCLUSIVE: Django Unchained and Captain Marvel star Samuel L. Jackson has been set to star in death-row drama Last Meals, joining the previously announced Boyd Holbrook (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Narcos). Jackson will play Walter, a disgraced White House chef who finds himself many years later working in a maximum-security prison cooking […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/598V3ox

EXCLUSIVE: Seven-time Oscar nominee Mike Leigh (Secrets & Lies) is underway on his secretive new film in London, we can reveal. Filming began today on the project which we’re told will explore family relationships in the post-pandemic world. After over a decade spent making period films Mr.Turner and Peterloo, a source close to the project […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/nUl918Y

Maren Morris was honored at the 2023 GLAAD Media Awards New York with the Excellence in Media Award. The singer-songwriter took the stage to accept the award and recalled her feud with former Fox News star Tucker Carlson. It was back in September 2022 that Morris found herself in the middle of a feud with […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/BFh3zSo

As American Idol gets ready to crown its Season 21 winner, a star-studded cast has been lined up for the night of celebration set to take place on Sunday, May 21. The three-hour finale episode is set to air live from coast to coast starting at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT. During tonight’s episode, […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/rgaxGq1

Kiefer Sutherland is ready to go on down the Rabbit Hole again but is not sure where Paramount+ stands on picking up the series for a second season. In a new interview, the actor opened up about wanting to do a second season of the series created by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra. “I absolutely […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/xTqKa46

S Club 7 reappeared on social media one month after the death of group member Paul Cattermole. The pop singing group announced that the reunion tour would continue in memory of their bandmate. “It’s been a while since you’ve heard from us but in all honesty, we’ve been in a bit of shock,” Jon Lee […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/2Bpl5Nc

So the 67th Eurovision Song Contest was a game of two halves for the UK: stepping up as host nation in place of Ukraine, it delivered a flawless extravaganza, perfectly walking the tightrope between paying solemn tribute to Ukraine’s current plight and presenting an undiluted celebration of the unity of music with all the humour, […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/7lKbmrv

Simon Pegg has revealed how he previously hid his alcoholism from cast and crew on the film set of Mission Impossible.  The actor, who plays IMF technical field agent Benji Dunn in the longtime franchise, told the BBC’s Desert Island Discs radio interview programme that he had suffered a mental health episode during the filming […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/QVov1ge

Tom Holland and Dwayne Johnson are opening up about mental health battles they have experienced in life. The Spider-Man: No Way Home star has been transparent about the importance of mental health. In August 2022, Holland announced he was taking a break from social media as he “spiraled” from reading negative comments about him on […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/1TrlmHP

Shonda Rhimes, the creator of Grey’s Anatomy and Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, is opening up about the differences between working for a network like ABC and a streaming platform like Netflix. “They’re completely different engines,” Rhimes told Vulture in an interview. “ABC was a very powerful, very storied institution. There’s a ton of bureaucracy. […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/biVjT0B

GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) announced recipients for 18 of this year’s 33 categories for the 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. Maren Morris received the Excellence in Media Award, introduced by Cynthia Lee Fontaine and Alyssa Edwards, and Jonathan Van Ness received the Vito Russo Award, presented by ALOK at the star-studded ceremony […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/ih95YbQ

Elon Musk named Linda Yaccarino as the new Twitter CEO and the former NBCUniversal advertising executive is finally breaking her silence on the social media platform. “I’ve long been inspired by your vision to create a brighter future. I’m excited to help bring this vision to Twitter and transform this business together!” Yaccarino tweeted in […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/bQfX6GC

As Prince Harry prepares to become next month the first senior British royal to enter a courtroom witness box for 130 years, his case is being slammed by his legal opponents.  Harry is suing the Mirror Group of newspapers in the UK, claiming they performed unlawful activities to gather stories about him between 1991 and […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/1dQB6Vl