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It’s another bummer of a weekend at the summer of box office, where overall domestic revenue looks to be down 69 percent — no, not a typo — from a year ago as Hollywood and theater owners continue to grapple with a lack of big event pics. And year-to-date revenue is now down 24 percent over last year.
For some, there is reason to smile. Alcon and Sony’s The Garfield Movie easily purred past George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga to top the weekend chart with an estimated $14 million for a domestic tally of $51.6 million. Alcon fully financed the $60 million film, which crossed the $100 million mark overseas for a global tally of $152.2 million.
Furiosa, costing a pricey $168 million to produce, fell a steep 59 percent to $10.75 million, dashing hopes that it could rebound after a disappointing Memorial Day opening. The dystopian epic is also stalling overseas, where it took in only...
For some, there is reason to smile. Alcon and Sony’s The Garfield Movie easily purred past George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga to top the weekend chart with an estimated $14 million for a domestic tally of $51.6 million. Alcon fully financed the $60 million film, which crossed the $100 million mark overseas for a global tally of $152.2 million.
Furiosa, costing a pricey $168 million to produce, fell a steep 59 percent to $10.75 million, dashing hopes that it could rebound after a disappointing Memorial Day opening. The dystopian epic is also stalling overseas, where it took in only...
- 6/2/2024
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“3 Body Problem” will end with its third season on Netflix.
The sci-fi adaptation, which launched its first season in March, is officially set to air second and third installments before coming to a close, offering clarity to the streamer’s previous statement that it would return “with all-new episodes to take viewers through the full journey of this epic saga.”
The news was announced during the show’s Netflix Fysee panel on Friday.
The update comes less than a month after “3 Body Problem” was renewed mid-May during Netflix’s upfront presentation in New York City. However, the extent of that renewal was previously unclear.
“We’re thrilled that we get to tell this story through to its epic conclusion,” creators David Benioff, D.B. Weiss and Alexander Woo said in a joint statement at the time. “Ever since we read the last page of Cixin Liu’s magnificent trilogy,...
The sci-fi adaptation, which launched its first season in March, is officially set to air second and third installments before coming to a close, offering clarity to the streamer’s previous statement that it would return “with all-new episodes to take viewers through the full journey of this epic saga.”
The news was announced during the show’s Netflix Fysee panel on Friday.
The update comes less than a month after “3 Body Problem” was renewed mid-May during Netflix’s upfront presentation in New York City. However, the extent of that renewal was previously unclear.
“We’re thrilled that we get to tell this story through to its epic conclusion,” creators David Benioff, D.B. Weiss and Alexander Woo said in a joint statement at the time. “Ever since we read the last page of Cixin Liu’s magnificent trilogy,...
- 6/1/2024
- by Loree Seitz, Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
During the latest episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver joined the list of Hollywood notables who have reacted to Donald Trump’s guilty verdict in his New York hush money trial.
On Thursday, a jury found the former president guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records after weeks of testimony from a former tabloid publisher, a Hollywood fixer, Trump’s former lawyer and a porn star. It was also a historic day, as Trump also became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes.
“A New York businessman got into some legal trouble, which was undeniably fun to watch unfold live,” Oliver said at the beginning of the show.
The comedian proceeded to play a clip from NBC News’ live coverage of the verdict reading, where senior legal correspondent Laura Jarrett verbally read “guilty” for each individual count.
“She did that for all 34 different counts and...
On Thursday, a jury found the former president guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records after weeks of testimony from a former tabloid publisher, a Hollywood fixer, Trump’s former lawyer and a porn star. It was also a historic day, as Trump also became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes.
“A New York businessman got into some legal trouble, which was undeniably fun to watch unfold live,” Oliver said at the beginning of the show.
The comedian proceeded to play a clip from NBC News’ live coverage of the verdict reading, where senior legal correspondent Laura Jarrett verbally read “guilty” for each individual count.
“She did that for all 34 different counts and...
- 6/3/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ahsoka stars Rosario Dawson and Hayden Christensen sat down for an Emmys For Your Consideration conversation in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon, reflecting on the scenes between Ahsoka Tano and Anakin Skywalker in the show’s fifth episode, “Shadow Warrior.”
The episode serves as a reunion between Anakin and his former Padawan, as well as features a flashback to the World Between Worlds, with Ariana Greenblatt appearing as a younger version of Ahsoka. And after Christensen appeared in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series as his character’s Darth Vader side, this storyline brought him back as a Jedi.
At the event, he noted that creator Dave Filoni asked him if he knew about the World Between Worlds on their first phone call about the show, “and I said, ‘Yeah, I do.’ I was just instantly really excited because it just creatively opened us up a lot in terms of what we could do with the character.
The episode serves as a reunion between Anakin and his former Padawan, as well as features a flashback to the World Between Worlds, with Ariana Greenblatt appearing as a younger version of Ahsoka. And after Christensen appeared in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series as his character’s Darth Vader side, this storyline brought him back as a Jedi.
At the event, he noted that creator Dave Filoni asked him if he knew about the World Between Worlds on their first phone call about the show, “and I said, ‘Yeah, I do.’ I was just instantly really excited because it just creatively opened us up a lot in terms of what we could do with the character.
- 6/3/2024
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dancing with the Stars alum Cheryl Burke is revealing why romances sometimes spark between pro dancers and their celebrity partners on the hit ABC show.
On a recent episode of her Sex, Lies and Spray Tans podcast, the professional dancer confirmed she had three “showmances” during her time on the series after being asked why so many pairs start to date.
“It’s an arranged marriage. … And it is black and white. Either love each other or hate each other for real,” she explained.
Burke, who left Dancing with the Stars in 2022 after 26 seasons, said relationships forming are partly due to contestants having to constantly be “vulnerable” as well as the demanding rehearsal schedule, which requires the pairs to spend an “insane” amount of time together.
“It’s so intimate, and you’re stuck with this person … you better try and make it work at least,” she said. “You get close in so many ways.
On a recent episode of her Sex, Lies and Spray Tans podcast, the professional dancer confirmed she had three “showmances” during her time on the series after being asked why so many pairs start to date.
“It’s an arranged marriage. … And it is black and white. Either love each other or hate each other for real,” she explained.
Burke, who left Dancing with the Stars in 2022 after 26 seasons, said relationships forming are partly due to contestants having to constantly be “vulnerable” as well as the demanding rehearsal schedule, which requires the pairs to spend an “insane” amount of time together.
“It’s so intimate, and you’re stuck with this person … you better try and make it work at least,” she said. “You get close in so many ways.
- 6/3/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sally Buzbee has stepped down as executive editor of The Washington Post, the newspaper announced on Sunday.
In the newsroom restructuring, Matt Murray, former editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal, will replace Buzbee until the 2024 U.S. presidential election in November, after which Robert Winnett, deputy editor of The Telegraph Media Group, will take on a newly-created editor role.
“Sally is an incredible leader and a supremely talented media executive who will be sorely missed. I wish her all the best going forward,” William Lewis, CEO and publisher of the Post, wrote in a statement.
Buzbee, who joined the Post in 2021, was the first woman to lead the nearly 150-year-old newspaper. Under her leadership, they won significant awards, including the recent Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting.
Murray, who steps into the position immediately, said in a statement, “I’m deeply honored to join such a storied news institution with its long,...
In the newsroom restructuring, Matt Murray, former editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal, will replace Buzbee until the 2024 U.S. presidential election in November, after which Robert Winnett, deputy editor of The Telegraph Media Group, will take on a newly-created editor role.
“Sally is an incredible leader and a supremely talented media executive who will be sorely missed. I wish her all the best going forward,” William Lewis, CEO and publisher of the Post, wrote in a statement.
Buzbee, who joined the Post in 2021, was the first woman to lead the nearly 150-year-old newspaper. Under her leadership, they won significant awards, including the recent Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting.
Murray, who steps into the position immediately, said in a statement, “I’m deeply honored to join such a storied news institution with its long,...
- 6/3/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” maintained a narrow win at the South Korea weekend box office in its second week of release. The highest new release was local crime drama “The Plot.”
Total weekend revenues in Korean cinemas were a modest $8.91 million. That figure keeps a post-covid recovery on course, but progress is slow and incomplete.
“Furiosa” earned $2.24 million between Friday and Sunday, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). That gives it a 12-day cumulative total of $7.90 million.
With some thematic resemblance to Soi Cheang’s celebrated Hong Kong film “Accident,” the story of “The Plot” involves a gang who design murders to look like everyday occurrences. The gang takes a job to kill a prosecutor, but its leader is worried that he is being gaslighted.
The film opened on Wednesday, as is the norm for most titles in Korea, and...
Total weekend revenues in Korean cinemas were a modest $8.91 million. That figure keeps a post-covid recovery on course, but progress is slow and incomplete.
“Furiosa” earned $2.24 million between Friday and Sunday, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). That gives it a 12-day cumulative total of $7.90 million.
With some thematic resemblance to Soi Cheang’s celebrated Hong Kong film “Accident,” the story of “The Plot” involves a gang who design murders to look like everyday occurrences. The gang takes a job to kill a prosecutor, but its leader is worried that he is being gaslighted.
The film opened on Wednesday, as is the norm for most titles in Korea, and...
- 6/3/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety - Film News
Joel Kim Booster is sharing why his focus is not on becoming a trailblazer.
The comedian-actor has established his name in the entertainment industry in recent years, notably with his 2022 Netflix stand-up special Psychosexual, Hulu’s gay romantic comedy Fire Island, which he wrote and starred in, and his role in the TV series Loot.
“It’s difficult because I am not somebody who went into this wanting to be an advocate or a trailblazer or anything — I just wanted to make people laugh,” he recently explained to People magazine. “All the rest of it is a byproduct. You cannot prioritize it. You cannot be mission first, joke second and be successful.”
Booster said it actually makes him “really uncomfortable” when people call him a “trailblazer” as he feels the term should be used for comedians who helped pave the way for others. And particularly those who came before him...
The comedian-actor has established his name in the entertainment industry in recent years, notably with his 2022 Netflix stand-up special Psychosexual, Hulu’s gay romantic comedy Fire Island, which he wrote and starred in, and his role in the TV series Loot.
“It’s difficult because I am not somebody who went into this wanting to be an advocate or a trailblazer or anything — I just wanted to make people laugh,” he recently explained to People magazine. “All the rest of it is a byproduct. You cannot prioritize it. You cannot be mission first, joke second and be successful.”
Booster said it actually makes him “really uncomfortable” when people call him a “trailblazer” as he feels the term should be used for comedians who helped pave the way for others. And particularly those who came before him...
- 6/3/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
You could say that Kate Hudson is extremely famous as an actor and almost famous as a singer. That last part is changing as the public gets a gander of the promotional appearances she’s been doing for her debut album, “Glorious,” everywhere from the “Voice” finale to Howard Stern’s show. There’s a nearly universal reaction: “Wow, you can sing… really sing” — which maybe shouldn’t come as such a great surprise after her vocal appearances in the musical films “Nine” and “Music” and a prominent guest spot on “Glee,” and yet, maybe there was a suspicion in those instances that some sort of studio trickery was helping out a slumming movie star.
Now that she’s been doing live TV appearances and making her public performance debut at a star-filled L.A. show, it’s clear that she’s the real deal, as a rocker, and could...
Now that she’s been doing live TV appearances and making her public performance debut at a star-filled L.A. show, it’s clear that she’s the real deal, as a rocker, and could...
- 6/2/2024
- by Chris Willman
- Variety - Film News
You could say that Kate Hudson is extremely famous as an actor and almost famous as a singer. That last part is changing as the public gets a gander of the promotional appearances she’s been doing for her debut album, “Glorious,” everywhere from the “Voice” finale to Howard Stern’s show. There’s a nearly universal reaction: “Wow, you can sing… really sing” — which maybe shouldn’t come as such a great surprise after her vocal appearances in the musical films “Nine” and “Music” and a prominent guest spot on “Glee,” and yet, maybe there was a suspicion in...
- 6/2/2024
- by Chris Willman
- Variety - TV News
Katy Perry released a re-edited version of Harrison Butker’s controversial commencement speech on Sunday, splicing his words together to create a message of female empowerment in opposition to what the football player originally said.
“Fixed this for my girls, my graduates, and my gays,” Perry wrote on Instagram. “You can do anything, congratulations and happy Pride.”
The Kansas City Chiefs player was slammed on social media following his commencement speech at Benedictine College last month, where he condemned abortion, euthanasia, IVF, surrogacy and the LGBTQ community, as well as suggested that women should embrace being a “homemaker.” He also denounced the “diabolical lies told to women,” suggesting that enforcing traditional gender roles is the better route.
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In Perry’s heavily edited version, Butker’s speech reads as follows: “For the ladies present today, congratulations on an amazing accomplishment.
“Fixed this for my girls, my graduates, and my gays,” Perry wrote on Instagram. “You can do anything, congratulations and happy Pride.”
The Kansas City Chiefs player was slammed on social media following his commencement speech at Benedictine College last month, where he condemned abortion, euthanasia, IVF, surrogacy and the LGBTQ community, as well as suggested that women should embrace being a “homemaker.” He also denounced the “diabolical lies told to women,” suggesting that enforcing traditional gender roles is the better route.
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In Perry’s heavily edited version, Butker’s speech reads as follows: “For the ladies present today, congratulations on an amazing accomplishment.
- 6/2/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Could “Suits” be a movie? It’s not out of the question, said star Patrick J. Adams during Sunday’s reunion panel at the Atx TV Festival.
Following a retrospective panel with Adams, Sarah Rafferty, Dulé Hill, Amanda Schull, Abigail Spencer and executive Jeff Wachtel, a fan asked if the cast or creators would ever be interested in a reunion movie. While creator Aaron Korsh couldn’t be there — and is working on the spinoff — he’s interested in it, according to Adams.
“I am a person of no power or authority, but obviously, there’s a ‘Suits: LA‘ show that is being made.
Following a retrospective panel with Adams, Sarah Rafferty, Dulé Hill, Amanda Schull, Abigail Spencer and executive Jeff Wachtel, a fan asked if the cast or creators would ever be interested in a reunion movie. While creator Aaron Korsh couldn’t be there — and is working on the spinoff — he’s interested in it, according to Adams.
“I am a person of no power or authority, but obviously, there’s a ‘Suits: LA‘ show that is being made.
- 6/2/2024
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety - TV News
Maya Hawke Is Ok With Being a Nepo Baby: ‘I’m Comfortable With Not Deserving It and Doing It Anyway’
Maya Hawke is fine with being called a “nepo baby.”
Hawke, the daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, recently admitted to the Times of London that she believes her family ties influenced her casting in Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” as Flower Child, one of Charles Manson’s followers.
“I’ve been wildly made fun of for this clip when I said, on the red carpet, that I auditioned,” Hawke said of “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” “I never meant to imply that I didn’t get the part for nepotistic reasons — I think I totally did.”
Hawke got her big break playing Robin Buckley in the Netflix series “Stranger Things,” and her other credits include “Do Revenge,” “Asteroid City” and “Maestro.”
While talking about if she deserves the opportunities she’s had, Hawke said, “‘Deserves’ is a complicated word…there are so many...
Hawke, the daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, recently admitted to the Times of London that she believes her family ties influenced her casting in Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” as Flower Child, one of Charles Manson’s followers.
“I’ve been wildly made fun of for this clip when I said, on the red carpet, that I auditioned,” Hawke said of “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” “I never meant to imply that I didn’t get the part for nepotistic reasons — I think I totally did.”
Hawke got her big break playing Robin Buckley in the Netflix series “Stranger Things,” and her other credits include “Do Revenge,” “Asteroid City” and “Maestro.”
While talking about if she deserves the opportunities she’s had, Hawke said, “‘Deserves’ is a complicated word…there are so many...
- 6/2/2024
- by Lexi Carson
- Variety - Film News
The ninth season of Suits will head to Netflix on July 1, the streamer announced on Sunday. The final installment of last year’s viral phenomenon was previously only available on Peacock.
The news came as cast members Patrick J. Adams, Sarah Rafferty, Dulé Hill, Amanda Schull, Abigail Spencer and former USA Network president Jeff Wachtel reunited on Sunday for a reunion panel presented by Tudum at the Atx TV Festival in Austin, Texas.
Suits, which originally premiered on USA Network from 2011 to 2019, followed Mike Ross (Adams), a college dropout with a photographic memory who is hired at a New York law firm by Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht). The show’s first eight seasons debuted on Netflix last year to great success — by the end of 2023, it was the most streamed show of the year.
Following the newfound success of the series, NBC ordered a pilot for spinoff show Suits: L.A. earlier this year.
The news came as cast members Patrick J. Adams, Sarah Rafferty, Dulé Hill, Amanda Schull, Abigail Spencer and former USA Network president Jeff Wachtel reunited on Sunday for a reunion panel presented by Tudum at the Atx TV Festival in Austin, Texas.
Suits, which originally premiered on USA Network from 2011 to 2019, followed Mike Ross (Adams), a college dropout with a photographic memory who is hired at a New York law firm by Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht). The show’s first eight seasons debuted on Netflix last year to great success — by the end of 2023, it was the most streamed show of the year.
Following the newfound success of the series, NBC ordered a pilot for spinoff show Suits: L.A. earlier this year.
- 6/2/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jac Venza, the PBS producer who pioneered programs such as Great Performances and Live From Lincoln Center, has died. He was 97.
Venza died on Tuesday at his home in Lyme, Connecticut, his spouse, Daniel D. Routhier, told the New York Times on Sunday.
Venza began work designing sets at CBS in 1950, before going on to lead cultural programming at National Education Television (Net) in 1964. That network later became The Wnet Group, home of New York’s flagship PBS station, Thirteen.
“I realized,” Venza told Nyt in 1982, “that the finest artists had not been asked to join television in a major way. To succeed, public television needed performances.”
Venza launched the Emmy-winning Great Performances in 1972, which also included Live from Lincoln Center, Theater in America and Dance in America. Over the years, he worked with the likes of George Balanchine, Martha Graham, Leonard Bernstein, Tennessee Williams and more. Dustin Hoffman appeared...
Venza died on Tuesday at his home in Lyme, Connecticut, his spouse, Daniel D. Routhier, told the New York Times on Sunday.
Venza began work designing sets at CBS in 1950, before going on to lead cultural programming at National Education Television (Net) in 1964. That network later became The Wnet Group, home of New York’s flagship PBS station, Thirteen.
“I realized,” Venza told Nyt in 1982, “that the finest artists had not been asked to join television in a major way. To succeed, public television needed performances.”
Venza launched the Emmy-winning Great Performances in 1972, which also included Live from Lincoln Center, Theater in America and Dance in America. Over the years, he worked with the likes of George Balanchine, Martha Graham, Leonard Bernstein, Tennessee Williams and more. Dustin Hoffman appeared...
- 6/2/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Simpsons is no underachiever when it comes to Emmy Awards, having notched 37 wins over its run that spans 35 seasons and counting.
Two of its victories came in the outstanding original music and lyrics category — and in back-to-back years. The Fox animated series, one of few weekly shows to be scored with a full orchestra, topped the category in 1997 with the tune “We Put the Spring in Springfield” from the season eight episode “Bart After Dark.”
The song — in which the staff of a burlesque house pitches the town on why it deserves to exist, much to Marge’s chagrin — featured music by series composer Alf Clausen and lyrics by then-producer Ken Keeler. The following year, Clausen and Keeler won again for “You’re Checkin’ In (A Musical Tribute to the Betty Ford Center),” a faux Broadway tune feting the celebrity-favored rehab facility for the show’s season nine premiere,...
Two of its victories came in the outstanding original music and lyrics category — and in back-to-back years. The Fox animated series, one of few weekly shows to be scored with a full orchestra, topped the category in 1997 with the tune “We Put the Spring in Springfield” from the season eight episode “Bart After Dark.”
The song — in which the staff of a burlesque house pitches the town on why it deserves to exist, much to Marge’s chagrin — featured music by series composer Alf Clausen and lyrics by then-producer Ken Keeler. The following year, Clausen and Keeler won again for “You’re Checkin’ In (A Musical Tribute to the Betty Ford Center),” a faux Broadway tune feting the celebrity-favored rehab facility for the show’s season nine premiere,...
- 6/2/2024
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Next week, on June 7, the entertaining and highly acclaimed geek-goes-undercover-as-contract-killer screwball romantic thriller “Hit Man,” starring It Dude of the moment Glen Powell, drops on Netflix. But this weekend, in case you hadn’t noticed, the movie opened “in theaters.” How many theaters? If you use your hands and feet to count, you’ll have most of them covered.
Netflix, the company that did for streaming what McDonald’s did for fast food (made it everyone’s new normal), always likes to make a big show of when it’s playing a movie “in theaters.” It has long amused me to see entertainment journalists get suckered into this public-relations gambit, for the simple reason that so many of them live in New York and L.A., where the tiny number of theaters occasionally playing a Netflix movie tend to be. A film opens five blocks from your house, and you think,...
Netflix, the company that did for streaming what McDonald’s did for fast food (made it everyone’s new normal), always likes to make a big show of when it’s playing a movie “in theaters.” It has long amused me to see entertainment journalists get suckered into this public-relations gambit, for the simple reason that so many of them live in New York and L.A., where the tiny number of theaters occasionally playing a Netflix movie tend to be. A film opens five blocks from your house, and you think,...
- 6/2/2024
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety - Film News
Don’t call it a rewatch. The upcoming “Suits” podcast will be titled “Sidebar: A Suits Watch Podcast,” Variety can exclusively announce — not a “rewatch” podcast.
The SiriusXM podcast will be hosted by actors Patrick J. Adams and Sarah Rafferty, who portrayed Mike Ross and Donna Paulsen, respectively, on the USA drama. Together, they will watch the series for the first time and share new behind-the-scenes stories. They will frequently be joined by special guests who starred on the show or worked behind the camera over the nine-season run, as well as friends and fans of the show. More information...
The SiriusXM podcast will be hosted by actors Patrick J. Adams and Sarah Rafferty, who portrayed Mike Ross and Donna Paulsen, respectively, on the USA drama. Together, they will watch the series for the first time and share new behind-the-scenes stories. They will frequently be joined by special guests who starred on the show or worked behind the camera over the nine-season run, as well as friends and fans of the show. More information...
- 6/2/2024
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety - TV News
Adele paused her Las Vegas show on Saturday to respond to a homophobic heckler in the crowd.
Per footage on social media also obtained by SkyNews, an audience member at Adele’s June 1 show could reportedly be heard yelling, “Pride sucks!” as the singer chatted with the audience between songs. The day marked the first day of Pride Month, an annual celebration for the LGBTQ community.
“What was that? Did you just say, ‘Pride sucks?’” Adele responded. “Did you come to my fucking show and just say that Pride sucks? Are you fucking stupid? Don’t be so fucking ridiculous.”
She added, “If you got nothing nice to say, shut up, all right?”
The singer’s comments were met with cheers from the rest of the audience.
Other fans online later debated whether the heckler yelled “Pride sucks”or “work sucks.”
Adele has long been a supporter of LGBTQ and women’s rights,...
Per footage on social media also obtained by SkyNews, an audience member at Adele’s June 1 show could reportedly be heard yelling, “Pride sucks!” as the singer chatted with the audience between songs. The day marked the first day of Pride Month, an annual celebration for the LGBTQ community.
“What was that? Did you just say, ‘Pride sucks?’” Adele responded. “Did you come to my fucking show and just say that Pride sucks? Are you fucking stupid? Don’t be so fucking ridiculous.”
She added, “If you got nothing nice to say, shut up, all right?”
The singer’s comments were met with cheers from the rest of the audience.
Other fans online later debated whether the heckler yelled “Pride sucks”or “work sucks.”
Adele has long been a supporter of LGBTQ and women’s rights,...
- 6/2/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“The art was bold, powerful and colorful with a bit of a street vibe, so I knew that the house would need to radiate that same warmth and energy,” says 22 Interiors designer Lucie Ayres, recalling her first visit to the Spanish-style Studio City home of Benjy Grinberg — founder of Rostrum Records, one of rap’s biggest independent labels (Wiz Khalifa, Fat Nick) — and his wife, Ellen.
Client and interior designer had originally met in New York in 2003, soon after Grinberg had left Arista (where he’d worked under L.A. Reid) to found Rostrum Records. At the time, Ayres was designing the websites of musicians, including Mariah Carey and Nsync, making their first forays onto the web; it wasn’t until she moved to Los Angeles a few years later that she made the pivot to interior design. Grinberg had also found his way to the West Coast. The former...
Client and interior designer had originally met in New York in 2003, soon after Grinberg had left Arista (where he’d worked under L.A. Reid) to found Rostrum Records. At the time, Ayres was designing the websites of musicians, including Mariah Carey and Nsync, making their first forays onto the web; it wasn’t until she moved to Los Angeles a few years later that she made the pivot to interior design. Grinberg had also found his way to the West Coast. The former...
- 6/2/2024
- by Abigail Stone
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“The Garfield Movie” clawed its way to first place, overtaking last weekend’s champion “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” at the domestic box office.
This weekend (unlike last) wasn’t a nail-biter as “Garfield” effortlessly pulled ahead with $14 million from 4,108 theaters in its second weekend of release, while “Furiosa” trailed in third place with $10.7 million from 3,864 venues in its sophomore outing. Now, Sony’s “The Garfield Movie” has grossed $51.5 million in North America and $152 million globally to date. It’s a solid showing for the $60 million-budgeted film. “Furiosa,” the fifth entry in Warner Bros. and director George Miller’s post-apocalyptic “Mad Max” series, has generated $49.6 million domestically and $114 million worldwide. With a $168 million price tag, the R-rated tentpole has a much steeper path to profitability.
Though “Garfield” gets first-place bragging rights, it’s another terrible weekend at the box office with ticket sales a staggering 65% behind the same three-day period in 2023. As a result,...
This weekend (unlike last) wasn’t a nail-biter as “Garfield” effortlessly pulled ahead with $14 million from 4,108 theaters in its second weekend of release, while “Furiosa” trailed in third place with $10.7 million from 3,864 venues in its sophomore outing. Now, Sony’s “The Garfield Movie” has grossed $51.5 million in North America and $152 million globally to date. It’s a solid showing for the $60 million-budgeted film. “Furiosa,” the fifth entry in Warner Bros. and director George Miller’s post-apocalyptic “Mad Max” series, has generated $49.6 million domestically and $114 million worldwide. With a $168 million price tag, the R-rated tentpole has a much steeper path to profitability.
Though “Garfield” gets first-place bragging rights, it’s another terrible weekend at the box office with ticket sales a staggering 65% behind the same three-day period in 2023. As a result,...
- 6/2/2024
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety - Film News
The president of IATSE told members Saturday that he is hopeful that a deal will be reached “soon” with the studios on a new agreement for 23 local unions around the country.
The union has been bargaining for the last three months on two contracts — the Basic Agreement and the Area Standards Agreement — that together cover about 70,000 crew workers nationwide.
The last two weeks of talks have been focused on the Area Standards Agreement, which covers about 20,000 workers in 23 locals, including major production centers like Georgia and New Mexico. Those talks wrapped up on Saturday without a tentative agreement — but more...
The union has been bargaining for the last three months on two contracts — the Basic Agreement and the Area Standards Agreement — that together cover about 70,000 crew workers nationwide.
The last two weeks of talks have been focused on the Area Standards Agreement, which covers about 20,000 workers in 23 locals, including major production centers like Georgia and New Mexico. Those talks wrapped up on Saturday without a tentative agreement — but more...
- 6/2/2024
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety - TV News
The president of IATSE told members Saturday that he is hopeful that a deal will be reached “soon” with the studios on a new agreement for 23 local unions around the country.
The union has been bargaining for the last three months on two contracts — the Basic Agreement and the Area Standards Agreement — that together cover about 70,000 crew workers nationwide.
The last two weeks of talks have been focused on the Area Standards Agreement, which covers about 20,000 workers in 23 locals, including major production centers like Georgia and New Mexico. Those talks wrapped up on Saturday without a tentative agreement — but more negotiation days are expected to be added later in June.
“I want to thank the Asa Negotiating Committee for their thorough work to prepare for these negotiations,” Matt Loeb, the international president of IATSE, said in a statement. “Their contribution helped ensure we have the momentum we need at the table.
The union has been bargaining for the last three months on two contracts — the Basic Agreement and the Area Standards Agreement — that together cover about 70,000 crew workers nationwide.
The last two weeks of talks have been focused on the Area Standards Agreement, which covers about 20,000 workers in 23 locals, including major production centers like Georgia and New Mexico. Those talks wrapped up on Saturday without a tentative agreement — but more negotiation days are expected to be added later in June.
“I want to thank the Asa Negotiating Committee for their thorough work to prepare for these negotiations,” Matt Loeb, the international president of IATSE, said in a statement. “Their contribution helped ensure we have the momentum we need at the table.
- 6/2/2024
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety - Film News
Revered Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova and ace Indian soccer player Bhaichung Bhutia are among the subjects of projects selected at the inaugural edition of India’s Doc Film Bazaar.
The Bazaar has unveiled 15 projects that will participate in its Co-Production Market and the five films selected for its Work-in-Progress Lab.
As revealed by Variety, the market is a documentary-focused sister edition of the Film Bazaar that takes place in Goa annually in November. It will take place within the Mumbai International Film Festival for documentary, short fiction and animation (Miff). The Indian government-run Miff, which began in 1990, is separate from the privately managed Mami Mumbai Film Festival.
The 15 projects that are part of the Doc Bazaar all have a South Asian focus, but originate from various countries, including India, U.K., U.S., Russia, Switzerland and Nepal. The selected filmmakers will pitch their projects to international and Indian producers, distributors,...
The Bazaar has unveiled 15 projects that will participate in its Co-Production Market and the five films selected for its Work-in-Progress Lab.
As revealed by Variety, the market is a documentary-focused sister edition of the Film Bazaar that takes place in Goa annually in November. It will take place within the Mumbai International Film Festival for documentary, short fiction and animation (Miff). The Indian government-run Miff, which began in 1990, is separate from the privately managed Mami Mumbai Film Festival.
The 15 projects that are part of the Doc Bazaar all have a South Asian focus, but originate from various countries, including India, U.K., U.S., Russia, Switzerland and Nepal. The selected filmmakers will pitch their projects to international and Indian producers, distributors,...
- 6/2/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety - Film News
Michael Keaton is opening up about the “surreal” process of returning to his beloved character for the upcoming Beetlejuice Beetlejuice sequel.
The actor, who debuted the ghoul Betelgeuse in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice in 1988, recently told Empire magazine that he had to look past the pop culture aspect of his character and find the quirky source ahead of filming.
“There’s been so much merchandising of it, I had to drop back to where it started,” Keaton explained. “I had to go, ‘What was my unusual imagination even thinking about when I was developing it in the first place?’ As opposed to seeing a coffee mug or a golf club cover [featuring Betelgeuse’s face].”
The actor admitted that watching his character enter the mainstream merchandising world was a “fucking weird” experience.
“To be honest with you — I’m being very frank — it was off-putting, to look and go, ‘I don’t want to...
The actor, who debuted the ghoul Betelgeuse in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice in 1988, recently told Empire magazine that he had to look past the pop culture aspect of his character and find the quirky source ahead of filming.
“There’s been so much merchandising of it, I had to drop back to where it started,” Keaton explained. “I had to go, ‘What was my unusual imagination even thinking about when I was developing it in the first place?’ As opposed to seeing a coffee mug or a golf club cover [featuring Betelgeuse’s face].”
The actor admitted that watching his character enter the mainstream merchandising world was a “fucking weird” experience.
“To be honest with you — I’m being very frank — it was off-putting, to look and go, ‘I don’t want to...
- 6/2/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hulu, NBC, Netflix, Black and Missing, Hachette Books and CBC Podcasts were among the winners on Saturday night at the CrimeCon convention’s annual Clue Awards.
Among top prizes, Dateline NBC’s “The Murdaugh Murders: Inside the Investigation” was named outstanding docuseries, while Huly’s “Me Hereafter” was top episodic series and Netflix’s “Cyberbunker: The Criminal Underworld” was top documentary film.
“America’s Most Wanted” host and creator John Walsh accepted the “Crimefighter of the Year” prize, handed to him by last year’s recipient, The Gabby Petito Foundation. Also, the “America’s Greatest Detective” honor was given to Laura Tierney,...
Among top prizes, Dateline NBC’s “The Murdaugh Murders: Inside the Investigation” was named outstanding docuseries, while Huly’s “Me Hereafter” was top episodic series and Netflix’s “Cyberbunker: The Criminal Underworld” was top documentary film.
“America’s Most Wanted” host and creator John Walsh accepted the “Crimefighter of the Year” prize, handed to him by last year’s recipient, The Gabby Petito Foundation. Also, the “America’s Greatest Detective” honor was given to Laura Tierney,...
- 6/2/2024
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety - TV News
Maya Hawke has accepted the term “nepo baby.”
The Stranger Things star, daughter of actors Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, recently opened up to The Times of London about her path to Hollywood, acknowledging that she’s had an advantage because of her parents.
While considering whether she deserves the success she’s received in the industry, Hawke said, “‘Deserves’ is a complicated word. There are so many people who deserve to have this kind of life who don’t, but I think I’m comfortable with not deserving it and doing it anyway. And I know that my not doing it wouldn’t help anyone. I saw two paths when I was first starting, and one of them was: change your name, get a nose job and go to open casting roles.”
Hawke said she’s “comfortable” choosing the second option and embracing her nepotism, even if it leads to jokes.
The Stranger Things star, daughter of actors Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, recently opened up to The Times of London about her path to Hollywood, acknowledging that she’s had an advantage because of her parents.
While considering whether she deserves the success she’s received in the industry, Hawke said, “‘Deserves’ is a complicated word. There are so many people who deserve to have this kind of life who don’t, but I think I’m comfortable with not deserving it and doing it anyway. And I know that my not doing it wouldn’t help anyone. I saw two paths when I was first starting, and one of them was: change your name, get a nose job and go to open casting roles.”
Hawke said she’s “comfortable” choosing the second option and embracing her nepotism, even if it leads to jokes.
- 6/2/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Gaby Hoffmann has learned a lot about herself over the years, having grown up as a child actor and eventually leaving the industry only to return years later.
The Emmy-nominated actress recently opened up to The Independent about her comfort with nude scenes in movies and TV shows as well as the surrounding discourse compared to violence on screen.
“I’ve always been very comfortable being naked. So long as a woman is not being made to feel uncomfortable or isn’t being exploited, it shouldn’t be a big deal,” Hoffmann said. “I’m always shocked that nudity is such a big topic when it seems like in every other film someone gets their head blown off. Do we really need to talk about tits and vaginas? Let’s talk about AK47s, pistols, and the kind of absolutely revolting violence that is not just normal, but expected.”
She continued,...
The Emmy-nominated actress recently opened up to The Independent about her comfort with nude scenes in movies and TV shows as well as the surrounding discourse compared to violence on screen.
“I’ve always been very comfortable being naked. So long as a woman is not being made to feel uncomfortable or isn’t being exploited, it shouldn’t be a big deal,” Hoffmann said. “I’m always shocked that nudity is such a big topic when it seems like in every other film someone gets their head blown off. Do we really need to talk about tits and vaginas? Let’s talk about AK47s, pistols, and the kind of absolutely revolting violence that is not just normal, but expected.”
She continued,...
- 6/2/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
IATSE and major Hollywood studios and streamers have paused negotiations over the union’s Area Standards Agreement after the two parties did not reach a deal in their previously allotted time.
The crew union updated members on Saturday that the two sides did not come to an agreement in their two-week bargaining period, and that additional negotiations dates were expected to be scheduled for later in June. “I want to thank the Asa Negotiating Committee for their thorough work to prepare for these negotiations,” IATSE international president Matthew Loeb said in a statement. “Their contribution helped ensure we have the momentum we need at the table.”
Loeb continued, “I’m hopeful that we will soon reach a tentative agreement that members will want to ratify.”
The Area Standards Agreement covers around 20,000 members across the U.S. who work outside of Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and San Francisco, spanning 23 Locals.
The crew union updated members on Saturday that the two sides did not come to an agreement in their two-week bargaining period, and that additional negotiations dates were expected to be scheduled for later in June. “I want to thank the Asa Negotiating Committee for their thorough work to prepare for these negotiations,” IATSE international president Matthew Loeb said in a statement. “Their contribution helped ensure we have the momentum we need at the table.”
Loeb continued, “I’m hopeful that we will soon reach a tentative agreement that members will want to ratify.”
The Area Standards Agreement covers around 20,000 members across the U.S. who work outside of Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and San Francisco, spanning 23 Locals.
- 6/2/2024
- by Katie Kilkenny
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mitchell Block, the executive and Oscar-nominated documentarian who was behind such powerful films as Poster Girl, Big Mama and The Testimony, has died. He was 73.
Block died Thursday night of natural causes at his home in Eugene, Oregon, his daughter, Anja Block, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Block was a consultant for Sheila Nevins at HBO for about a decade, and he received his Oscar nom (shared with director Sara Nesson) for producing the network’s Poster Girl (2010). The 38-minute film follows the struggles of Robynn Murray, who battled Ptsd after returning from the Iraq War.
Earlier, he was an executive producer on the Oscar-winning short documentary Big Mama (2000), about Viola Dees, an 89-year-old woman fighting to retain custody of her rebellious grandson, Walter.
Two other short documentaries he worked on, The Testimony (2015), about the largest rape trial in the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Women of the...
Block died Thursday night of natural causes at his home in Eugene, Oregon, his daughter, Anja Block, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Block was a consultant for Sheila Nevins at HBO for about a decade, and he received his Oscar nom (shared with director Sara Nesson) for producing the network’s Poster Girl (2010). The 38-minute film follows the struggles of Robynn Murray, who battled Ptsd after returning from the Iraq War.
Earlier, he was an executive producer on the Oscar-winning short documentary Big Mama (2000), about Viola Dees, an 89-year-old woman fighting to retain custody of her rebellious grandson, Walter.
Two other short documentaries he worked on, The Testimony (2015), about the largest rape trial in the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Women of the...
- 6/1/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Martin Starger, the first president of ABC Entertainment who went on to produce such films as “Sophie’s Choice” and Robert Altman’s “Nashville,” has died. He was 92.
Starger died of natural causes Saturday in his Los Angeles home, his niece, casting director Ilene Starger, announced.
Starger was born May 8, 1932, in the Bronx, N.Y. He attended the City College of New York, where he received a degree in motion picture techniques. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1953 and was assigned to the Signal Corps Motion Picture Location. He served as a motion picture photographer at the U.S. Army’s film production studio. He was sent to U.S. Army Headquarters in Honolulu, Hawaii, and worked there in all phases of motion picture production. He wrote, directed, photographed and edited documentary and feature films for television, the Department of Defense and newsreels.
After his service, Starger spent several...
Starger died of natural causes Saturday in his Los Angeles home, his niece, casting director Ilene Starger, announced.
Starger was born May 8, 1932, in the Bronx, N.Y. He attended the City College of New York, where he received a degree in motion picture techniques. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1953 and was assigned to the Signal Corps Motion Picture Location. He served as a motion picture photographer at the U.S. Army’s film production studio. He was sent to U.S. Army Headquarters in Honolulu, Hawaii, and worked there in all phases of motion picture production. He wrote, directed, photographed and edited documentary and feature films for television, the Department of Defense and newsreels.
After his service, Starger spent several...
- 6/1/2024
- by Selena Kuznikov
- Variety - Film News
Spoiler Alert: This story discusses major plot points, including the ending for “Young Woman and the Sea,” currently playing in theaters.
While Joachim Rønning read the script for “Young Woman and the Sea,” he made little notes as he went along. When he reached the end, his first thought was, “This is amazing.” His next thought was: How could he possibly capture what he had just read on screen?
“Young Woman and the Sea” tells the story of Trudy Ederle, played by Daisy Ridley, who in 1926 became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. But a case of measles – which nearly killed her and left her with severe hearing loss, stood in her way, along with sexism. Yet, she overcame the odds. Rønning’s challenge was balancing backstory with motivation, going on the journey with the character, and then being there as she achieves that goal.
The filmmaker...
While Joachim Rønning read the script for “Young Woman and the Sea,” he made little notes as he went along. When he reached the end, his first thought was, “This is amazing.” His next thought was: How could he possibly capture what he had just read on screen?
“Young Woman and the Sea” tells the story of Trudy Ederle, played by Daisy Ridley, who in 1926 became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. But a case of measles – which nearly killed her and left her with severe hearing loss, stood in her way, along with sexism. Yet, she overcame the odds. Rønning’s challenge was balancing backstory with motivation, going on the journey with the character, and then being there as she achieves that goal.
The filmmaker...
- 6/1/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety - Film News
Thirty years after her murder, Nicole Brown Simpson’s loved ones are honoring her life in an exclusive documentary.
Airing over two nights, The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson premieres tonight and tomorrow on Lifetime. Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman, were found stabbed to death in her home in Los Angeles on June 12, 1994. In what was dubbed the “trial of the century,” Simpson’s ex-husband, former NFL player O.J. Simpson, was acquitted in both murders but was later found liable for their deaths in a civil suit and ordered to pay $34 million to the victims’ families.
At a Glance: How to Watch The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson
When June 1 and 2 at 5 p.m. Pt/8 p.m. Et Channel Lifetime Stream online DirecTV Stream, Frndly, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV, Philo, Sling
“People are actually going to hear her voice,” Nicole’s younger sister Tanya Brown tells The Hollywood Reporter.
Airing over two nights, The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson premieres tonight and tomorrow on Lifetime. Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman, were found stabbed to death in her home in Los Angeles on June 12, 1994. In what was dubbed the “trial of the century,” Simpson’s ex-husband, former NFL player O.J. Simpson, was acquitted in both murders but was later found liable for their deaths in a civil suit and ordered to pay $34 million to the victims’ families.
At a Glance: How to Watch The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson
When June 1 and 2 at 5 p.m. Pt/8 p.m. Et Channel Lifetime Stream online DirecTV Stream, Frndly, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV, Philo, Sling
“People are actually going to hear her voice,” Nicole’s younger sister Tanya Brown tells The Hollywood Reporter.
- 6/1/2024
- by Danielle Directo-Meston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Martin Starger, who shepherded Roots, Happy Days and Rich Man, Poor Man as the first president of ABC Entertainment before producing such films as Robert Altman’s Nashville and Peter Bogdanovich’s Mask, has died. He was 92.
Starger died Friday at his home in Los Angeles, his niece, New York-based casting director Ilene Starger, announced. “He was a brilliant, elegant, remarkable man and had wonderful taste in projects,” she noted.
As an executive producer, Starger worked on films including Stanley Donen’s Movie Movie (1978), Ingmar Bergman’s Autumn Sonata, The Muppet Movie (1979) and The Great Muppet Caper (1981), Mark Rydell’s On Golden Pond (1981), The Last Unicorn (1982) and Alan J. Pakula’s Sophie’s Choice (1982)
He received Tony nominations in 1987 and 1989 for producing the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Starlight Express and the comedy Lend Me a Tenor, respectively,
Starger was born on May 8, 1932, in the Bronx, New York. After graduating from City College,...
Starger died Friday at his home in Los Angeles, his niece, New York-based casting director Ilene Starger, announced. “He was a brilliant, elegant, remarkable man and had wonderful taste in projects,” she noted.
As an executive producer, Starger worked on films including Stanley Donen’s Movie Movie (1978), Ingmar Bergman’s Autumn Sonata, The Muppet Movie (1979) and The Great Muppet Caper (1981), Mark Rydell’s On Golden Pond (1981), The Last Unicorn (1982) and Alan J. Pakula’s Sophie’s Choice (1982)
He received Tony nominations in 1987 and 1989 for producing the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Starlight Express and the comedy Lend Me a Tenor, respectively,
Starger was born on May 8, 1932, in the Bronx, New York. After graduating from City College,...
- 6/1/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Amid pouring rain, Demna Gvasalia’s latest Balenciaga collection was staged at nightfall in Shanghai on May 30 on the banks of the Huangpu River. Held on the rooftop of Shanghai’s Museum of Art Pudong (Pam), the runway event saw brand ambassador Michelle Yeoh, Sophie Marceau and singer Juyeon of The Boyz sheltering under large black umbrellas.
Held independently of the Paris fashion show calendar — and following the Pre-Fall 2024 fashion presentation held on a street in Los Angeles last December — Balenciaga’s new Spring 2025 collection came to light among the skyscrapers of the bustling Chinese metropolis. The mood: very theatrical, almost somber, visually impactful, provocative and offbeat. It is atypical for spring with Balenciaga putting mostly black in place of the colors of the beautiful season, with looks poised between surrealism and glamour.
On the runway, there was a parade of nightmarish figures, elongated silhouettes wearing super-high boots with Xxl platforms,...
Held independently of the Paris fashion show calendar — and following the Pre-Fall 2024 fashion presentation held on a street in Los Angeles last December — Balenciaga’s new Spring 2025 collection came to light among the skyscrapers of the bustling Chinese metropolis. The mood: very theatrical, almost somber, visually impactful, provocative and offbeat. It is atypical for spring with Balenciaga putting mostly black in place of the colors of the beautiful season, with looks poised between surrealism and glamour.
On the runway, there was a parade of nightmarish figures, elongated silhouettes wearing super-high boots with Xxl platforms,...
- 6/1/2024
- by Pino Gagliardi
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“The Regime” showrunner Stephen Frears is a man of few words when it comes to music — at least according to award-winning composer Alexandre Desplat. But that wasn’t a bad thing. The two had previously collaborated, and Desplat liked that approach, as it gave him free reign to come up with compositions that he could bring back to the director.
Recruited for HBO’s “The Regime,” starring Kate Winslet as the chancellor who reigns over an unnamed Central European country, Desplat looked to Winslet’s acting, design and costumes for inspiration. “The music needed to be charged with humor, but not too much,...
Recruited for HBO’s “The Regime,” starring Kate Winslet as the chancellor who reigns over an unnamed Central European country, Desplat looked to Winslet’s acting, design and costumes for inspiration. “The music needed to be charged with humor, but not too much,...
- 6/1/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety - TV News
Chris Carmack and his Grey’s Anatomy co-stars brought Kenergy to the set to celebrate the show’s season 20 finale.
The actors reenacted Ryan Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken” Oscars performance, with Carmack, who plays Dr. Atticus “Link” Lincoln in the ABC series, donning sunglasses, a faux fur coat similar to Gosling’s now-iconic white ensemble in Barbie, and a rainbow cowboy hat.
In a video posted to his social media, Carmack enlisted fellow stars Camilla Luddington, Natalie Morales, Jake Borelli, Anthony Hill, Kevin McKidd, Niko Terho, Harry Shum Jr. and James Pickens Jr for their take on the performance that took the Academy Awards for a storm. Together, they lip-synced the lyrics to the Oscar-nominated song.
Gosling performed the hit track onstage at the awards show in March, taking the stage with his fellow Kens, portrayed by Simu Liu, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Ncuti Gatwa and more, in hot pink tails and top hats.
The actors reenacted Ryan Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken” Oscars performance, with Carmack, who plays Dr. Atticus “Link” Lincoln in the ABC series, donning sunglasses, a faux fur coat similar to Gosling’s now-iconic white ensemble in Barbie, and a rainbow cowboy hat.
In a video posted to his social media, Carmack enlisted fellow stars Camilla Luddington, Natalie Morales, Jake Borelli, Anthony Hill, Kevin McKidd, Niko Terho, Harry Shum Jr. and James Pickens Jr for their take on the performance that took the Academy Awards for a storm. Together, they lip-synced the lyrics to the Oscar-nominated song.
Gosling performed the hit track onstage at the awards show in March, taking the stage with his fellow Kens, portrayed by Simu Liu, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Ncuti Gatwa and more, in hot pink tails and top hats.
- 6/1/2024
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In building the world of Netflix’s “Ripley,” production designer David Gropman needed to incorporate grand Italian train stations and works of art from the early 1960s.
The series, shot in black and white, is based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” about a con artist named Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott), who befriends a wealthy shipping heir, Dickie Greenleaf, played by Johnny Flynn.
Gropman began his plunge into designing the look of the show by studying photography books with images of the time and place. “Neo Realismo: The New Image in Italy 1932-1960” was his style bible.
The series, shot in black and white, is based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” about a con artist named Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott), who befriends a wealthy shipping heir, Dickie Greenleaf, played by Johnny Flynn.
Gropman began his plunge into designing the look of the show by studying photography books with images of the time and place. “Neo Realismo: The New Image in Italy 1932-1960” was his style bible.
- 6/1/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety - TV News
John Legend is addressing the sexual assault and abuse allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs, with whom he collaborated on a song last year.
In an interview with CNN, the “All of Me” singer noted he was “horrified” by the several allegations that had come out about Combs even before the news outlet released a video of the music producer physically assaulting former girlfriend Cassie Ventura at a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.
“I was horrified by the descriptions that I read before the video evidence came out,” Legend said of the allegations made against Combs by Ventura and several other women. “And absolutely, it’s something that needs to be brought to light when it happens.”
The video, obtained by CNN, sees the music producer run out of a hotel room in a towel as a woman, who appears to be Ventura, heads for the elevators. Combs then grabs her by the back of the neck,...
In an interview with CNN, the “All of Me” singer noted he was “horrified” by the several allegations that had come out about Combs even before the news outlet released a video of the music producer physically assaulting former girlfriend Cassie Ventura at a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.
“I was horrified by the descriptions that I read before the video evidence came out,” Legend said of the allegations made against Combs by Ventura and several other women. “And absolutely, it’s something that needs to be brought to light when it happens.”
The video, obtained by CNN, sees the music producer run out of a hotel room in a towel as a woman, who appears to be Ventura, heads for the elevators. Combs then grabs her by the back of the neck,...
- 6/1/2024
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The team behind “Girls5eva” has gotten used to being texted song demos out of the blue. Series creator Meredith Scardino regularly sends music supervisor (and fellow executive producer) Jeff Rich- mond and his team voice memos singing her lyrics to the show’s latest absurd songs, such as “Home Alone Doorknob” or “Sweet’N Low Daddy.”
By season’s end, Sara Bareilles also gets in on the fun. It is a tradition that the Grammy winner, who stars as Dawn, writes a song to emotionally punctuate each finale. In Season 1, as Dawn began to harness her own songwriting dreams, Bareilles...
By season’s end, Sara Bareilles also gets in on the fun. It is a tradition that the Grammy winner, who stars as Dawn, writes a song to emotionally punctuate each finale. In Season 1, as Dawn began to harness her own songwriting dreams, Bareilles...
- 6/1/2024
- by Hunter Ingram
- Variety - TV News
Netflix has unveiled the premiere date for the animated series “Tomb Raider: The Legend Of Lara Croft,” based on the iconic action-adventure video game franchise.
The show hits the streamer Oct. 10 with Hayley Atwell taking on the titular role of the intrepid British archaeologist.
According to an official logline, the series picks up after the events of the “Survivor” trilogy of games when “Lara Croft has abandoned her friends to embark on increasingly more perilous solo adventures. But she must return home when a dangerous and powerful Chinese artifact is stolen from Croft Manor by a thief with an uncanny personal connection.
The show hits the streamer Oct. 10 with Hayley Atwell taking on the titular role of the intrepid British archaeologist.
According to an official logline, the series picks up after the events of the “Survivor” trilogy of games when “Lara Croft has abandoned her friends to embark on increasingly more perilous solo adventures. But she must return home when a dangerous and powerful Chinese artifact is stolen from Croft Manor by a thief with an uncanny personal connection.
- 6/1/2024
- by Jack Dunn
- Variety - TV News
Ken Jennings was initially stumped by the national attention that his record-setting Jeopardy! run garnered 20 years ago.
Now the Jeopardy! host, Jennings was a software developer at a health care staffing facility in Salt Lake City when he and his former college roommate drove to Los Angeles to audition for the long-running game show that Jennings has loved since childhood.
It wasn’t until a year later that Jennings learned he had earned a spot to compete and was expected to film in three weeks. “There were reruns on in our market, so I could watch Jeopardy! 12 times a week, and I went into this very serious Rocky training mode where I would stand up behind a recliner that I pretended was a contestant podium,” he tells The Hollywood Reporter.
In between his audition and his call-up, Jeopardy! had dropped its rule that contestants must exit after five victories — meaning...
Now the Jeopardy! host, Jennings was a software developer at a health care staffing facility in Salt Lake City when he and his former college roommate drove to Los Angeles to audition for the long-running game show that Jennings has loved since childhood.
It wasn’t until a year later that Jennings learned he had earned a spot to compete and was expected to film in three weeks. “There were reruns on in our market, so I could watch Jeopardy! 12 times a week, and I went into this very serious Rocky training mode where I would stand up behind a recliner that I pretended was a contestant podium,” he tells The Hollywood Reporter.
In between his audition and his call-up, Jeopardy! had dropped its rule that contestants must exit after five victories — meaning...
- 6/1/2024
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In the upcoming Lifetime docuseries “The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson,” audiences will get to hear from O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole, who was found murdered alongside Ronald Goldman in 1994 outside her Brentwood condominium, in ways most viewers have not before. Most of the nation associates her voice with the 911 call she made in October of 1993 to tell a dispatcher that Simpson had broken into her home. In “The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson,” however, audiences will hear Nicole speaking to her children Sydney and Justin, her father, Lou Brown, as well as friends including Kris Jenner.
- 6/1/2024
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety - TV News
It was not lost on Paul Walter Hauser that previous film representations of the Fantastic Four did not exactly set the world on fire.
During a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, the in-demand actor reveals that those poorly received movie adaptations of Marvel’s superhero team made him give some extra thought before joining director Matt Shakman’s Disney film that is set to hit theaters July 25, 2025. Hauser, who recently earned an Emmy for his role in Black Bird, will play a not-yet-disclosed role in the project that features Pedro Pascal (Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby (Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn (Human Torch) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Thing).
“Don’t think that didn’t weigh in as I was deciding whether or not to take the job,” Hauser says of the property’s checkered Hollywood past. “That movie has not fully been nailed just yet.”
He continues, “But I really do think the combination of the screenplay,...
During a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, the in-demand actor reveals that those poorly received movie adaptations of Marvel’s superhero team made him give some extra thought before joining director Matt Shakman’s Disney film that is set to hit theaters July 25, 2025. Hauser, who recently earned an Emmy for his role in Black Bird, will play a not-yet-disclosed role in the project that features Pedro Pascal (Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby (Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn (Human Torch) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Thing).
“Don’t think that didn’t weigh in as I was deciding whether or not to take the job,” Hauser says of the property’s checkered Hollywood past. “That movie has not fully been nailed just yet.”
He continues, “But I really do think the combination of the screenplay,...
- 6/1/2024
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There is a wealth of period costumes cross the categories for Emmy voters to think about this season.
In limited series, Oscar-winner Colleen Atwood built 200 to 300 leather jackets for AppleTV+’s World War II drama “Masters of the Air.” “It took six months to get them built,” Atwood says. Procuring the right elements was a global process that included getting era-specific zippers from Japan and sheepskin from Scotland and England.
Atwood also explained the unconventional aging process of the garments, saying that “once they were built, we had to shear the inside so they weren’t as thick, and then...
In limited series, Oscar-winner Colleen Atwood built 200 to 300 leather jackets for AppleTV+’s World War II drama “Masters of the Air.” “It took six months to get them built,” Atwood says. Procuring the right elements was a global process that included getting era-specific zippers from Japan and sheepskin from Scotland and England.
Atwood also explained the unconventional aging process of the garments, saying that “once they were built, we had to shear the inside so they weren’t as thick, and then...
- 6/1/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety - TV News
Chip and Joanna Gaines’ beloved home renovation series “Fixer Upper” is turning 10 and the couple is celebrating with the launch of a new special edition season, “Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse.”
Premiering Sunday on the Gaines’ Magnolia Network (part owned by Warner Bros. Discovery) and HGTV, the original home of the “Fixer Upper” franchise, and streaming same day on Max and Discovery+, the six-episode “Lakehouse” follows Chip and Jo as they take on a unique mid-century modern lakehouse flip near Lake Waco, a new neighborhood for the home reno couple based in Waco, Texas.
“Chip found a set of plans in...
Premiering Sunday on the Gaines’ Magnolia Network (part owned by Warner Bros. Discovery) and HGTV, the original home of the “Fixer Upper” franchise, and streaming same day on Max and Discovery+, the six-episode “Lakehouse” follows Chip and Jo as they take on a unique mid-century modern lakehouse flip near Lake Waco, a new neighborhood for the home reno couple based in Waco, Texas.
“Chip found a set of plans in...
- 6/1/2024
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety - TV News
The second half of “Outlander” Season 7 has set its premiere date at Starz.
The final eight episodes of the season will premiere on Nov. 22. New episodes will be available each week on Friday at midnight Et on the Starz app and on all Starz streaming and on-demand platforms ahead of their linear premiere at 8 p.m. Et in the U.S. and Canada. The announcement was made as part of “World Outlander Day.”
The official description of the remaining episodes states: “Coming off of the first half of ‘Outlander’ season seven, viewers find Claire (Caitríona Balfe), Jamie (Sam Heughan) and...
The final eight episodes of the season will premiere on Nov. 22. New episodes will be available each week on Friday at midnight Et on the Starz app and on all Starz streaming and on-demand platforms ahead of their linear premiere at 8 p.m. Et in the U.S. and Canada. The announcement was made as part of “World Outlander Day.”
The official description of the remaining episodes states: “Coming off of the first half of ‘Outlander’ season seven, viewers find Claire (Caitríona Balfe), Jamie (Sam Heughan) and...
- 6/1/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety - TV News
Historically Black Los Angeles has one less landmark that speaks to its cultural heritage. The iconic “Welcome to Black Beverly Hills” billboard, once proudly stationed near the neighborhood of Ladera Heights, has come down.
The creator of the billboard, Robert China Berry, says that he was forced to take down and move the billboard multiple times and is now seeking more permanent signage elsewhere in the area.
Berry trademarked the term “Black Beverly Hills” in 2012 for his clothing brand, which honors the history and cultural importance of the Black community in the region. But the legacy of Black Beverly Hills goes back decades.
During the 1950s, amid a backdrop of segregation and systemic racism, the area encompassing Baldwin Hills, Ladera Heights, View Park and Windsor Hills emerged as a sanctuary for Black professionals, artists and entrepreneurs in Los Angeles. These neighborhoods became synonymous with prominence and achievement and were soon...
The creator of the billboard, Robert China Berry, says that he was forced to take down and move the billboard multiple times and is now seeking more permanent signage elsewhere in the area.
Berry trademarked the term “Black Beverly Hills” in 2012 for his clothing brand, which honors the history and cultural importance of the Black community in the region. But the legacy of Black Beverly Hills goes back decades.
During the 1950s, amid a backdrop of segregation and systemic racism, the area encompassing Baldwin Hills, Ladera Heights, View Park and Windsor Hills emerged as a sanctuary for Black professionals, artists and entrepreneurs in Los Angeles. These neighborhoods became synonymous with prominence and achievement and were soon...
- 6/1/2024
- by Lilly Workneh
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lamorne Morris’ three-year-old daughter is getting used to seeing her dad’s face all over town. Morris is the spokesperson for Bmo bank, which recently arrived in Southern California with an advertising blitz — all with Morris’ face on it.
Now, the actor says she’s ready to start her creative career as well. Sort of. He tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast that whenever his daughter gets in trouble at school, they send her home a bit early and she gets to join her dad at work. And that’s where the fun begins.
“She’s now quite accustomed to being on set,...
Now, the actor says she’s ready to start her creative career as well. Sort of. He tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast that whenever his daughter gets in trouble at school, they send her home a bit early and she gets to join her dad at work. And that’s where the fun begins.
“She’s now quite accustomed to being on set,...
- 6/1/2024
- by Selena Kuznikov
- Variety - TV News
If the summer box office is ever going to heat up, it’ll have to wait a while longer. In a weekend being led by holdovers, Sony’s “The Garfield Movie” looks to overtake “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” for first place on domestic charts.
The marketplace continues to be dire overall, but Sony is doing well for itself. The studio is also putting out the manga adaptation “Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle” through its anime banner Crunchyroll. Playing in 1,086 locations (including showtimes in a few Imax auditoriums), the high school sports film earned $1.9 million across Friday and preview screenings and looks to take sixth place on domestic charts. It’s just the latest example of how anime has found a niche but dedicated theatrical audience in North America. Not that stateside will make or break “Haikyu!!,” which released in its native Japan back in February and stands as the second-highest...
The marketplace continues to be dire overall, but Sony is doing well for itself. The studio is also putting out the manga adaptation “Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle” through its anime banner Crunchyroll. Playing in 1,086 locations (including showtimes in a few Imax auditoriums), the high school sports film earned $1.9 million across Friday and preview screenings and looks to take sixth place on domestic charts. It’s just the latest example of how anime has found a niche but dedicated theatrical audience in North America. Not that stateside will make or break “Haikyu!!,” which released in its native Japan back in February and stands as the second-highest...
- 6/1/2024
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety - Film News
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