Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. To keep up with our latest features, sign up for the Weekly Edit newsletter and follow us @mubinotebook on Twitter and Instagram.NEWSOrlando.The Cinema for Gaza Auction has raised over $100,000 so far for Medical Aid for Palestinians (Map). The auction, which features such donations as a bedtime story read by Tilda Swinton and Mubi’s entire catalog of Blu-rays, closes April 12. As SAG-AFTRA lobbies for legal limits on digital replicas of actors, IATSE negotiates for “some of the spoils of artificial intelligence” as part of their next contract. Across the US, historic cinemas are being restored (and sometimes repurposed) by celebrities, foundations, and unlikely corporations.CANNESFrancis Ford Coppola’s self-funded, much-ballyhooed Megalopolis (2024) will premiere in competition at Cannes, while the first part of Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga (2024) will premiere out of competition.Andrea Arnold will...
- 4/10/2024
- MUBI
Olivia Rodrigo may be one of the modern princesses of pop, but the 20-year-old singer has been getting a taste of the ’80s as of late by attending Depeche Mode and The Cure concerts with her dad, as she shared in a new interview with Vogue.
While at A-1 Record Shop in the East Village with writer Jia Tolentino, Rodrigo ruminated over an album by The Cure she found during her crate dig. “I’m going to see them in two weeks with my dad,” she said at the time. “He’s introducing me to all the bands he went to see when he was my age,” adding that Depeche Mode was on the list of legacy acts they’ve recently seen on stage.
Elsewhere in the profile, Rodrigo expanded upon how her parents played a big part in rooting her musical influences. They weren’t just fans of ’80s gothy new wave,...
While at A-1 Record Shop in the East Village with writer Jia Tolentino, Rodrigo ruminated over an album by The Cure she found during her crate dig. “I’m going to see them in two weeks with my dad,” she said at the time. “He’s introducing me to all the bands he went to see when he was my age,” adding that Depeche Mode was on the list of legacy acts they’ve recently seen on stage.
Elsewhere in the profile, Rodrigo expanded upon how her parents played a big part in rooting her musical influences. They weren’t just fans of ’80s gothy new wave,...
- 7/6/2023
- by Cervanté Pope
- Consequence - Music
Rina Sawayama publicly rebuked Matty Healy during her set at Glastonbury on Saturday.
Though she never identified Healy by name, the singer reference The 1975 singer’s recent controversies while introducing her performance of “Stfu”.
“I wrote this next song because I was sick and tired of these microaggressions,” Sawayama explained “So tonight, this goes out to a white man that watches ‘Ghetto Gaggers’ and mocks Asian people on a podcast.
He also owns my masters,” Sawayama continued. “I’ve had enough!”
To underscore her point, Sawayama’s performance of “Stfu” incorporated elements of Korn’s “Blind” and Limp Bizkit’s “Break Stuff.” Watch footage of her remarks and performance below.
In February, Healy appeared on an episode of The Adam Friedland Show podcast, during which he, host Friedland, and producer Nick Mullen debated Ice Spice’s ethnicity, took racist jabs at the rapper’s appearance, and mocked Chinese and Hawaiian accents.
Though she never identified Healy by name, the singer reference The 1975 singer’s recent controversies while introducing her performance of “Stfu”.
“I wrote this next song because I was sick and tired of these microaggressions,” Sawayama explained “So tonight, this goes out to a white man that watches ‘Ghetto Gaggers’ and mocks Asian people on a podcast.
He also owns my masters,” Sawayama continued. “I’ve had enough!”
To underscore her point, Sawayama’s performance of “Stfu” incorporated elements of Korn’s “Blind” and Limp Bizkit’s “Break Stuff.” Watch footage of her remarks and performance below.
In February, Healy appeared on an episode of The Adam Friedland Show podcast, during which he, host Friedland, and producer Nick Mullen debated Ice Spice’s ethnicity, took racist jabs at the rapper’s appearance, and mocked Chinese and Hawaiian accents.
- 6/25/2023
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Some curious minds are thinking that Taylor Swift’s recent “Karma” remix with Ice Spice is just PR damage control following some incendiary comments the pop star’s rumored beau, Matty Healy, made about the rapper. But the 1975 frontman has evidently — ahem — shaken off the haters hating, telling The New Yorker in a new profile that he thinks people are “a bit mental for being hurt” about the ordeal.
To catch you up to speed: In February, Healy appeared on an episode of The Adam Friedland Show podcast, during which he, host Friedland, and producer Nick Mullen began debating Ice Spice’s ethnicity, taking racist jabs at her appearance, and mocking various accents. (The episode has since been removed from streaming.) Understandably, this upset some Swift fans once she became romantically linked with Healy not too long after.
Healy, however, seems unbothered: “It doesn’t actually matter,” he told The...
To catch you up to speed: In February, Healy appeared on an episode of The Adam Friedland Show podcast, during which he, host Friedland, and producer Nick Mullen began debating Ice Spice’s ethnicity, taking racist jabs at her appearance, and mocking various accents. (The episode has since been removed from streaming.) Understandably, this upset some Swift fans once she became romantically linked with Healy not too long after.
Healy, however, seems unbothered: “It doesn’t actually matter,” he told The...
- 5/30/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Matty Healy is addressing backlash he faced after seemingly mocking rapper Ice Spice’s ethnicity earlier this year.
The 1975 frontman’s explanation of what went down when he appeared on Adam Friedland’s podcast in February seems to come after Taylor Swift, who he’s rumoured to be dating, released a remix of her track “Karma” featuring Ice Spice last week.
During a new interview with The New Yorker‘s Jia Tolentino, Healy admitted that he purposefully provoked some of his fans by laughing along with Friedland and co-host Nick Mullen’s efforts to guess the Bronx rapper’s ethnicity, in which the hosts mocked several different accents.
“But it doesn’t actually matter,” Healy said, explaining: “Nobody is sitting there at night slumped at their computer, and their boyfriend comes over and goes, ‘What’s wrong, darling?’ and they go, ‘It’s just this thing with Matty Healy.’ That doesn’t happen.
The 1975 frontman’s explanation of what went down when he appeared on Adam Friedland’s podcast in February seems to come after Taylor Swift, who he’s rumoured to be dating, released a remix of her track “Karma” featuring Ice Spice last week.
During a new interview with The New Yorker‘s Jia Tolentino, Healy admitted that he purposefully provoked some of his fans by laughing along with Friedland and co-host Nick Mullen’s efforts to guess the Bronx rapper’s ethnicity, in which the hosts mocked several different accents.
“But it doesn’t actually matter,” Healy said, explaining: “Nobody is sitting there at night slumped at their computer, and their boyfriend comes over and goes, ‘What’s wrong, darling?’ and they go, ‘It’s just this thing with Matty Healy.’ That doesn’t happen.
- 5/29/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
In a letter addressed to The New York Times, celebrities and LGBTQ+ organizations are calling for an overhaul in the publication’s approach to covering transgender people, calling their current practices “dangerous.” Gabrielle Union, Judd Apatow, Tommy Dorfman, Jonathan Van Ness, Margaret Cho, Jameela Jamil, Lena Dunham, Joey Soloway, Wilson Cruz, and more are among the signees.
“The Times has repeatedly platformed cisgender (non-transgender) people spreading inaccurate and harmful misinformation about transgender people and issues,” the letter published by GLAAD reads. “This is damaging to the paper’s credibility. And...
“The Times has repeatedly platformed cisgender (non-transgender) people spreading inaccurate and harmful misinformation about transgender people and issues,” the letter published by GLAAD reads. “This is damaging to the paper’s credibility. And...
- 2/15/2023
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Big Joanie send up conmen in their new single, “Confident Man.” Among sparse guitar and fuzzy synths, frontwoman Stephanie Philips sings about what it takes to “matter” and how “I could be a confident man.” The song’s video, made by Rachel Amy Winton, combines family photos from Big Joanie’s members, archival footage of the Caribbean in the 1950s, and performance footage with colorful animations. The song will appear on the trio’s upcoming album, Back Home, out Nov. 4.
“The song was inspired by Jia Tolentino’s book, Trick Mirror,...
“The song was inspired by Jia Tolentino’s book, Trick Mirror,...
- 9/20/2022
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: The Flight Attendant‘s Zosia Mamet has signed on for a role in S.J. Clarkson’s Sony Pictures film Madame Web, based on the Marvel comics by writer Denny O’Neil and artist John Romita Jr. She joins an ensemble led by Dakota Johnson, which also includes Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Emma Roberts, Celeste O’Connor, Tahar Rahim, Mike Epps and Adam Scott, as previously announced.
Madame Web is the next entry and first female character to be developed within the Sony Pictures Universe Universe of Marvel characters. Depicted in the comics as an elderly woman suffering from the autoimmune disorder myasthenia gravis, who is therefore connected to a life-support system resembling a spider web, Madame Web is a clairvoyant whose psychic abilities allow her to see within the spider world. The film will be an origin story of the character. Details as to the role Mamet is playing haven’t been disclosed.
Madame Web is the next entry and first female character to be developed within the Sony Pictures Universe Universe of Marvel characters. Depicted in the comics as an elderly woman suffering from the autoimmune disorder myasthenia gravis, who is therefore connected to a life-support system resembling a spider web, Madame Web is a clairvoyant whose psychic abilities allow her to see within the spider world. The film will be an origin story of the character. Details as to the role Mamet is playing haven’t been disclosed.
- 8/3/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
And just like that—Candace Bushnell admitted she isn't feeling the woke direction of the Sex and the City reboot. During a recent conversation with Jia Tolentino for The New Yorker, the real-life inspiration behind Carrie Bradshaw said she was "startled" by the decisions that were made in the show's revival to showcase the characters becoming more in tune with their privilege as white women. "You know, it's a television product, done with Michael Patrick King and Sarah Jessica Parker, who have both worked with HBO a lot in the past," the author said. "HBO decided to put this franchise back into their hands for a...
- 2/17/2022
- E! Online
Living in the modern world is hell.
That’s the point made, over and over, in the new anthology series “The Premise,” an FX on Hulu original. This show’s five half-hour vignettes, each written or co-written by show creator (and former “The Office” actor/writer) B.J. Novak, examine concerns of this historical moment: Topics include bullying and income inequality, the general public’s relationship with fame, the self-serving nature of allies to social-justice movements, and addiction to social media.
It’s this last one that gives the game away. Most of the episodes feature lengthy, clumsy bits of dialogue or monologue that feel ripped from the daily concerns — and the ranty, discursive way of talking at, not to, one’s followers — of social media. And one, about a woman (Lola Kirke) who can’t figure out why she’s attracted a troll who comments negatively on her seemingly perfect Instagram posts,...
That’s the point made, over and over, in the new anthology series “The Premise,” an FX on Hulu original. This show’s five half-hour vignettes, each written or co-written by show creator (and former “The Office” actor/writer) B.J. Novak, examine concerns of this historical moment: Topics include bullying and income inequality, the general public’s relationship with fame, the self-serving nature of allies to social-justice movements, and addiction to social media.
It’s this last one that gives the game away. Most of the episodes feature lengthy, clumsy bits of dialogue or monologue that feel ripped from the daily concerns — and the ranty, discursive way of talking at, not to, one’s followers — of social media. And one, about a woman (Lola Kirke) who can’t figure out why she’s attracted a troll who comments negatively on her seemingly perfect Instagram posts,...
- 9/9/2021
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
FX released a new trailer for “American Horror Story: Double Feature,” the 10th season of “American Horror Story,” which premieres on FX on Aug. 25 at 10 p.m.
Each season of the horror anthology series follows new characters in a new setting, and this “Red Tide” trailer sees a struggling writer (Finn Wittrock), his pregnant wife (Lily Rabe) and their young daughter move to an isolated beach town with mysterious residents for the winter.
The series is executive produced by creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, along with Alexis Martin Woodall, John J. Gray and Manny Coto. Watch the trailer below.
Also in today’s TV news roundup:
First Looks
CBS Media Ventures released a trailer for “The Rachael Ray Show” premiering on Sept. 13. The trailer features Capital Cities’ song “One More Minute.” and clips of Ray garnishing dishes, drinking wine and laughing in her kitchen. Guests include Jessica Alba, Cameron Diaz,...
Each season of the horror anthology series follows new characters in a new setting, and this “Red Tide” trailer sees a struggling writer (Finn Wittrock), his pregnant wife (Lily Rabe) and their young daughter move to an isolated beach town with mysterious residents for the winter.
The series is executive produced by creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, along with Alexis Martin Woodall, John J. Gray and Manny Coto. Watch the trailer below.
Also in today’s TV news roundup:
First Looks
CBS Media Ventures released a trailer for “The Rachael Ray Show” premiering on Sept. 13. The trailer features Capital Cities’ song “One More Minute.” and clips of Ray garnishing dishes, drinking wine and laughing in her kitchen. Guests include Jessica Alba, Cameron Diaz,...
- 8/13/2021
- by Selome Hailu and Jennifer Yuma
- Variety Film + TV
B.J. Novak’s previously untitled comedy anthology series for FX now has a title and fresh lineup of stars set to appear. Created, written and hosted by Novak, The Premise adds Ben Platt, Tracee Ellis Ross, Daniel Dae Kim, Lola Kirke, Soko, Jermaine Fowler, Ayo Edebiri, Eric Lange to its cast.
Set to debut on FX on Hulu with two episodes on Thursday, September 16, The Premise is a new series that uses comedy to engage with the biggest issues of our unprecedented modern era. The series combines comedic premises with dramatic performances, creating a new tone for a new time. Previously announced cast members are Lucas Hedges, Kaitlyn Dever, Jon Bernthal, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Ed Asner, George Wallace, Boyd Holbrook and Beau Bridges.
Executive producers for The Premise are Novak and John Lesher. The series is produced by FX Productions.
In addition to unveiling the series’ title and the latest cast members,...
Set to debut on FX on Hulu with two episodes on Thursday, September 16, The Premise is a new series that uses comedy to engage with the biggest issues of our unprecedented modern era. The series combines comedic premises with dramatic performances, creating a new tone for a new time. Previously announced cast members are Lucas Hedges, Kaitlyn Dever, Jon Bernthal, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Ed Asner, George Wallace, Boyd Holbrook and Beau Bridges.
Executive producers for The Premise are Novak and John Lesher. The series is produced by FX Productions.
In addition to unveiling the series’ title and the latest cast members,...
- 7/26/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Never underestimate the power of a woman’s intuition.
Amber Tamblyn explores this familiar concept in Listening in the Dark, a new anthology of essays featuring leading feminist voices.
Park Row Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, has acquired Tamblyn’s book, which will include entries written by Amy Poehler, America Ferrera, Jia Tolentino, Samantha Irby and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley. Tamblyn will also contribute to the collection and edit essays.
The essays featured in Listening in the Dark will center on exploring and celebrating the myriad of facets of women’s intuition with each contributor sharing personal experiences while detailing how intuition has shaped their lives and ...
Amber Tamblyn explores this familiar concept in Listening in the Dark, a new anthology of essays featuring leading feminist voices.
Park Row Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, has acquired Tamblyn’s book, which will include entries written by Amy Poehler, America Ferrera, Jia Tolentino, Samantha Irby and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley. Tamblyn will also contribute to the collection and edit essays.
The essays featured in Listening in the Dark will center on exploring and celebrating the myriad of facets of women’s intuition with each contributor sharing personal experiences while detailing how intuition has shaped their lives and ...
- 7/15/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Never underestimate the power of a woman’s intuition.
Amber Tamblyn explores this familiar concept in Listening in the Dark, a new anthology of essays featuring leading feminist voices.
Park Row Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, has acquired Tamblyn’s book, which will include entries written by Amy Poehler, America Ferrera, Jia Tolentino, Samantha Irby and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley. Tamblyn will also contribute to the collection and edit essays.
The essays featured in Listening in the Dark will center on exploring and celebrating the myriad of facets of women’s intuition with each contributor sharing personal experiences while detailing how intuition has shaped their lives and ...
Amber Tamblyn explores this familiar concept in Listening in the Dark, a new anthology of essays featuring leading feminist voices.
Park Row Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, has acquired Tamblyn’s book, which will include entries written by Amy Poehler, America Ferrera, Jia Tolentino, Samantha Irby and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley. Tamblyn will also contribute to the collection and edit essays.
The essays featured in Listening in the Dark will center on exploring and celebrating the myriad of facets of women’s intuition with each contributor sharing personal experiences while detailing how intuition has shaped their lives and ...
- 7/15/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[Editor’s note: The following post contains spoilers for “Black Widow.”]
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has always attempted — often, with mixed results — to be at the forefront of talks on diversity, but the MCU’s latest feature, Cate Shortland’s prequel “Black Widow,” sets an unexpected new mark for prescient, timely human drama. Like many people, I’ve been left angry and at times demoralized by the way women are treated in this country. Being a disabled woman adds an additional layer, which has only intensified in the wake of recent claims from pop icon Britney Spears’ that allege abuse and control at the hands of those overseeing her conservatorship, including her own father. Shortland’s film unintentionally illustrates why Spears’ case affects all women and especially disabled women.
As the film opens, its audience is lulled into a false sense of security. We see a young Natasha Romanoff (Ever Anderson) and her sister Yelena (Violet McGraw) playing in...
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has always attempted — often, with mixed results — to be at the forefront of talks on diversity, but the MCU’s latest feature, Cate Shortland’s prequel “Black Widow,” sets an unexpected new mark for prescient, timely human drama. Like many people, I’ve been left angry and at times demoralized by the way women are treated in this country. Being a disabled woman adds an additional layer, which has only intensified in the wake of recent claims from pop icon Britney Spears’ that allege abuse and control at the hands of those overseeing her conservatorship, including her own father. Shortland’s film unintentionally illustrates why Spears’ case affects all women and especially disabled women.
As the film opens, its audience is lulled into a false sense of security. We see a young Natasha Romanoff (Ever Anderson) and her sister Yelena (Violet McGraw) playing in...
- 7/10/2021
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Larry Rudolph, the longtime manager of Britney Spears, has resigned as more controversy swirls over the pop singer’s restrictive conservatorship.
“It has been over 2 1/2 years since Britney and I last communicated, at which time she informed me she wanted to take an indefinite work hiatus,” Rudolph, who has been Spears’ main manager since the early years of her career in the mid-1990s, wrote in a letter Monday sent to Spears’ co-conservators Jamie Spears and the court-appointed Jodi Montgomery. “Earlier today, I became aware that Britney had been voicing her intention to officially retire.”
He added, “As her manager, I believe it is in Britney’s best interest for me to resign from her team as my professional services are no longer needed.” (See the full letter below.)
This latest twist in the Spears saga comes days after co-conservator Bessemer Trust jumped from assisting and overseeing the performer’s career and $50 million-plus fortune.
“It has been over 2 1/2 years since Britney and I last communicated, at which time she informed me she wanted to take an indefinite work hiatus,” Rudolph, who has been Spears’ main manager since the early years of her career in the mid-1990s, wrote in a letter Monday sent to Spears’ co-conservators Jamie Spears and the court-appointed Jodi Montgomery. “Earlier today, I became aware that Britney had been voicing her intention to officially retire.”
He added, “As her manager, I believe it is in Britney’s best interest for me to resign from her team as my professional services are no longer needed.” (See the full letter below.)
This latest twist in the Spears saga comes days after co-conservator Bessemer Trust jumped from assisting and overseeing the performer’s career and $50 million-plus fortune.
- 7/6/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Courtney Love performed an acoustic rendition of Britney Spears’ 2000 hit “Lucky” as part of the singer’s ongoing covers series Saturday.
Love’s cover came just hours after the publication of the New Yorker’s investigation into the Spears conservatorship as well as the events leading up to the controversial arrangement; for the article, Love spoke to writers Ronan Farrow and Jia Tolentino about her controversial former manager Sam Lutfi — a “street hustler,” Love told the New Yorker — who also played a similar role for Spears in 2007.
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Love’s cover came just hours after the publication of the New Yorker’s investigation into the Spears conservatorship as well as the events leading up to the controversial arrangement; for the article, Love spoke to writers Ronan Farrow and Jia Tolentino about her controversial former manager Sam Lutfi — a “street hustler,” Love told the New Yorker — who also played a similar role for Spears in 2007.
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- 7/4/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Britney Spears called 911 to report conservatorship abuse one night prior to presenting her testimony in court, according to a New Yorker exposé published on Saturday by Ronan Farrow and Jia Tolentino.
“Members of Spears’s team began texting one another frantically,” Farrow and Tolentino wrote, in describing the events that followed. “They were worried about what Spears might say the next day, and they discussed how to prepare in the event that she went rogue.”
A source close to the Ventura County, CA-based pop star confirmed word of her 911 call to the investigative journalists. Law enforcement officials in the County also verified that it happened. But while emergency calls are typically made accessible to the public, the County has sealed that of Spears, citing an ongoing investigation.
The 39-year-old pop star was was first placed in a comprehensive conservatorship in 2008, following a series of public incidents and hospitalizations. On June...
“Members of Spears’s team began texting one another frantically,” Farrow and Tolentino wrote, in describing the events that followed. “They were worried about what Spears might say the next day, and they discussed how to prepare in the event that she went rogue.”
A source close to the Ventura County, CA-based pop star confirmed word of her 911 call to the investigative journalists. Law enforcement officials in the County also verified that it happened. But while emergency calls are typically made accessible to the public, the County has sealed that of Spears, citing an ongoing investigation.
The 39-year-old pop star was was first placed in a comprehensive conservatorship in 2008, following a series of public incidents and hospitalizations. On June...
- 7/4/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
News details continue to emerge about Britney Spears' ongoing fight to end her 13-year conservatorship. On Saturday, July 3, The New Yorker reported that the pop star allegedly called 911 the night before her court hearing, in which she gave a bombshell testimony on Wednesday, June 23. According to the article, which was written by Ronan Farrow and Jia Tolentino, a person close to Britney, as well as law enforcement in Ventura County, Calif., told the outlet that the musician "called 911 to report herself as a victim of conservatorship abuse." Moreover, People confirmed the Ventura County Sheriff's Department was called before Britney's hearing, stating that police...
- 7/3/2021
- E! Online
Exclusive: Viking Penguin has out-bid the competition for actress, writer and producer Zosia Mamet’s first two books. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The initial offering, My First Popsicle, is an anthology that explores intensely felt moments and the foods and dishes we associate with them, with contributions from a spectrum of actors, musicians, writers, comedians, chefs and creators, including Jia Tolentino, David Sedaris, Patti Smith, Rosie Perez and Patti LuPone.
The anthology is currently slated to publish in Fall 2022. The second book, scheduled to publish in Fall 2023, is a collection of personal essays that will touch upon body image, bullying, relationships, and the time Mamet almost got into a fist fight with Axl Rose.
“The anthology Zosia is curating is like an enviable dinner party—a spectrum of insightful contributors exploring the intersections between food and life,” said Meg Leder, Viking executive editor. “And we’re...
The initial offering, My First Popsicle, is an anthology that explores intensely felt moments and the foods and dishes we associate with them, with contributions from a spectrum of actors, musicians, writers, comedians, chefs and creators, including Jia Tolentino, David Sedaris, Patti Smith, Rosie Perez and Patti LuPone.
The anthology is currently slated to publish in Fall 2022. The second book, scheduled to publish in Fall 2023, is a collection of personal essays that will touch upon body image, bullying, relationships, and the time Mamet almost got into a fist fight with Axl Rose.
“The anthology Zosia is curating is like an enviable dinner party—a spectrum of insightful contributors exploring the intersections between food and life,” said Meg Leder, Viking executive editor. “And we’re...
- 7/1/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Patricia Lockwood's first novel, No One Is Talking About This (out Feb. 16), isn't what it first seems. It begins with the main character spending her days pinging around "the portal," a stand-in for social media platforms, where she's gained some fame for blasting out half-formed thoughts about Chuck E. Cheese and parroting internet-approved joke formulas, like this one:
"I have eaten the blank
That were in the blank
And which you were probably saving for blank
Forgive me
They were blank
So blank
And so blank."
While 300-odd pages spent swimming around in Lockwood's satirical Twitter-verse would be a delight, the book pulls a sharp U-turn partway through when tragedy rips the protagonist out from the safe meaninglessness of the portal and back into the "real" world. Her sister's pregnancy - at first joyful news - becomes a painful gut-punch to the whole family after doctors discover the unborn child's rare medical condition.
"I have eaten the blank
That were in the blank
And which you were probably saving for blank
Forgive me
They were blank
So blank
And so blank."
While 300-odd pages spent swimming around in Lockwood's satirical Twitter-verse would be a delight, the book pulls a sharp U-turn partway through when tragedy rips the protagonist out from the safe meaninglessness of the portal and back into the "real" world. Her sister's pregnancy - at first joyful news - becomes a painful gut-punch to the whole family after doctors discover the unborn child's rare medical condition.
- 2/2/2021
- by Lisa Peterson
- Popsugar.com
UTA announced today that Jason Richman will co-lead its Media Rights Group, which represents an expansive roster of authors, books, articles, podcasts, journalists, estates and life rights. Richman will co-run the division alongside long-time motion picture literary partner Keya Khayatian, who has helped lead the group since 2017.
“I am thrilled to co-lead the Media Rights division with Keya Khayatian,” Richman said in a statement. “We share a dedication to ensuring the artists we represent at UTA have the broadest opportunities to develop and adapt their work for the screen, particularly in this moment when the world needs the comfort of great content more than ever. I’m incredibly proud to be a part of UTA, which does this work on behalf of artists better than anyone in the creative community, and look forward to helping lead this team forward in this new position.”
Richman has worked at UTA since 2010, with...
“I am thrilled to co-lead the Media Rights division with Keya Khayatian,” Richman said in a statement. “We share a dedication to ensuring the artists we represent at UTA have the broadest opportunities to develop and adapt their work for the screen, particularly in this moment when the world needs the comfort of great content more than ever. I’m incredibly proud to be a part of UTA, which does this work on behalf of artists better than anyone in the creative community, and look forward to helping lead this team forward in this new position.”
Richman has worked at UTA since 2010, with...
- 1/12/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Jason Richman has been named Co-Head of UTA’s Media Rights Group, and he will run the division with longtime motion picture lit partner Keya Khayatian, who has helped lead the group since 2017.
The Media Rights department represents a roster of authors, books, articles, podcasts, journalists, estates, life rights and thought leaders, and it has closed over 250 deals in the past 12 months, and nearly 200 since the beginning of the global pandemic, the agency said. That includes a Netflix deal for film adaptations of Tanya Smith’s memoir Ghost In The Machine, with Issa Rae and David Heyman producing, and Jesse Q. Sutanto’s novel Dial A for Aunties; Hulu’s series adaptations of Charles Yu’s National Book Award-winning novel Interior Chinatown and Zakiya Dalila Harris’ upcoming novel The Other Black Girl; Amazon’s series adaptation of National Book Award winner Kacen Callender’s novel Felix Ever After; SunnyMarch’s...
The Media Rights department represents a roster of authors, books, articles, podcasts, journalists, estates, life rights and thought leaders, and it has closed over 250 deals in the past 12 months, and nearly 200 since the beginning of the global pandemic, the agency said. That includes a Netflix deal for film adaptations of Tanya Smith’s memoir Ghost In The Machine, with Issa Rae and David Heyman producing, and Jesse Q. Sutanto’s novel Dial A for Aunties; Hulu’s series adaptations of Charles Yu’s National Book Award-winning novel Interior Chinatown and Zakiya Dalila Harris’ upcoming novel The Other Black Girl; Amazon’s series adaptation of National Book Award winner Kacen Callender’s novel Felix Ever After; SunnyMarch’s...
- 1/12/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
On the heels of her new album Fetch the Bolt Cutters, Fiona Apple will perform at this year’s New Yorker Festival, held virtually from October 5th through the 11th.
On October 10th, Apple will perform and take part in conversation with the magazine’s staff writer Emily Nussbaum, who won a Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 2016. Nussbaum recently wrote a feature on Apple last March, in which she went to the singer’s Venice Beach home and discussed Fetch the Bolt Cutters.
The festival also includes Margaret Atwood in conversation with writer Jia Tolentino,...
On October 10th, Apple will perform and take part in conversation with the magazine’s staff writer Emily Nussbaum, who won a Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 2016. Nussbaum recently wrote a feature on Apple last March, in which she went to the singer’s Venice Beach home and discussed Fetch the Bolt Cutters.
The festival also includes Margaret Atwood in conversation with writer Jia Tolentino,...
- 9/8/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Whenever she’s working on an essay, Jia Tolentino pretends nobody will read it. “I don’t know if it’s a self-protective impulse, or like a chip missing, but I tend to only think about making myself happy,” she says. “The reward is satisfying whatever itch made me write in the first place.”
But as an increasingly high-profile essayist for The New Yorker and the bestselling author of 2019’s Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion — a now-seminal text for millennials stumbling through late-stage capitalism and social media malaise — it’s...
But as an increasingly high-profile essayist for The New Yorker and the bestselling author of 2019’s Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion — a now-seminal text for millennials stumbling through late-stage capitalism and social media malaise — it’s...
- 3/8/2020
- by Andrea Marks
- Rollingstone.com
While by no means a tell-all, Miss Americana, Taylor Swift's new Netflix documentary, opens up on topics the musician has long kept private, from her relationship with Joe Alwyn to her eating disorder. It's a political project as well, showcasing her growing commitment to speaking out against injustice. But as a long-time Swiftie who's excited about her political awakening, one moment in the documentary worried me: Taylor's confession about her aging stardom, particularly her acceptance that she probably doesn't have much time left as an artist. She seemingly nails down this message with "Only the Young," her new anthem about the power of the youth to enact change - to "run."
"Women in entertainment are discarded in an elephant graveyard by the time they're 35."
"We do exist in this society where women in entertainment are discarded in an elephant graveyard by the time they're 35," Taylor candidly narrated. She explained...
"Women in entertainment are discarded in an elephant graveyard by the time they're 35."
"We do exist in this society where women in entertainment are discarded in an elephant graveyard by the time they're 35," Taylor candidly narrated. She explained...
- 2/9/2020
- by Stacey Nguyen
- Popsugar.com
Former President Barack Obama has released the list of his favorite books of 2019, with the selections ranging from fiction to a look at the history of Native Americans.
“This has become a fun little tradition for me, and I hope it is for you, too. Because while each of us has plenty that keeps us busy—work and family life, social and volunteer commitments—outlets like literature and art can enhance our day-to-day experiences,â€. Obama wrote Saturday on Instagram.
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Over the next few days, I’ll be sharing my annual list of favorites — books, films, and music — with all of you. This has become a fun little tradition for me, and I hope it is for you, too. Because while each of us has plenty that keeps us busy—work and family life, social and volunteer commitments—outlets like literature and art can enhance our day-to-day experiences.
“This has become a fun little tradition for me, and I hope it is for you, too. Because while each of us has plenty that keeps us busy—work and family life, social and volunteer commitments—outlets like literature and art can enhance our day-to-day experiences,â€. Obama wrote Saturday on Instagram.
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Over the next few days, I’ll be sharing my annual list of favorites — books, films, and music — with all of you. This has become a fun little tradition for me, and I hope it is for you, too. Because while each of us has plenty that keeps us busy—work and family life, social and volunteer commitments—outlets like literature and art can enhance our day-to-day experiences.
- 12/29/2019
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSProlific title designer Wayne Fitzgerald, who created the titles for films like The Godfather, Touch of Evil, and even Beverly Hills Ninja, has died. You can find the many infamous title cards designed by Fitzgerald on Annyas. Recommended VIEWINGThe official trailer for Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, as introduced by Robert De Niro on Jimmy Fallon. Read our review of the film from the New York Film Festival here. The 4K restoration of Béla Tarr's slow cinema masterpiece, Sátántangó (1994), about a collective of Hungarian villagers seeking refuge during the fall of communism. Kazuo Hara's latest, Reiwa Uprising, follows "Ayumi Yasutomi, a cross-dressing candidate, who is also a Tokyo University professor, as she embarks on a national campaign for a seat in Japan's Upper House." For Sight & Sound, critic Charlie Lyne delves into...
- 10/1/2019
- MUBI
Amy Schumer is loving being a new mom — even if parenting can be a little crazy at times.
Over the weekend, the comedian, 38, posted a photo of herself and husband Chris Fischer, which was taken after the pair played “doubles volleyball” together.
“Three months after a C playing doubles volleyball for 90 minutes!” she captioned the selfie. “I feel so strong!”
Schumer went on to list of some of the top things she’s recommending these days, including New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino’s new book Trick Mirror and Quentin Tarantino’s film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which she described as “very fun.
Over the weekend, the comedian, 38, posted a photo of herself and husband Chris Fischer, which was taken after the pair played “doubles volleyball” together.
“Three months after a C playing doubles volleyball for 90 minutes!” she captioned the selfie. “I feel so strong!”
Schumer went on to list of some of the top things she’s recommending these days, including New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino’s new book Trick Mirror and Quentin Tarantino’s film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which she described as “very fun.
- 8/10/2019
- by Maria Pasquini
- PEOPLE.com
It is perhaps only fitting that two documentaries about the disastrous Fyre Festival, one of the most high-profile fraudulent failures in history, would arrive during the same week — a fitting cap on a tragicomedy of errors that, as both films outline in excruciating detail, unfolded like a slow-motion plane crash in the spring of 2017. Far from the luxury accommodations and celebrity-chef-prepared meals promised by its chief producers — entrepreneur Billy McFarland and rapper Ja Rule — and the multiple “influencers” who were paid to promote it, concertgoers were met with flimsy tents, boxed lunches, near-total disorganization, a cancelled concert and long waits for flights to return to the mainland.
A compare/contrast between the two documentaries — “Fyre Fraud,” which was surprise-released on Hulu earlier this week, and Netflix’s “Fyre,” which arrived today — has been more than capably handled by Variety’s Daniel D’Addario in his review of both docs. While...
A compare/contrast between the two documentaries — “Fyre Fraud,” which was surprise-released on Hulu earlier this week, and Netflix’s “Fyre,” which arrived today — has been more than capably handled by Variety’s Daniel D’Addario in his review of both docs. While...
- 1/18/2019
- by Jem Aswad and Roy Trakin
- Variety Film + TV
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