During his 80th birthday party, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani was served with a legal notice from Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes‘ office. On Friday, Giuliani celebrated his birthday at the home of Caroline Wren in Palm Springs, California. The party hosted around 200 guests.
Outside Wren’s home, two officials from Mayes’ office approached Giuliani with a notice of his indictment. Giuliani was involved in an alleged ploy to overturn Arizona’s 2020 presidential election results. The event caused panic among some guests. Some screamed while a woman cried. Giuliani, however, appeared calm during the ordeal.
Ted Goodman, spokesperson for Giuliani, stated, “The mayor was unfazed by the decision to try and embarrass him during his 80th birthday party. He enjoyed an incredible evening with hundreds of people who love him—from all walks of life—and we look forward to full vindication soon.”
Before Giuliani was served, the...
Outside Wren’s home, two officials from Mayes’ office approached Giuliani with a notice of his indictment. Giuliani was involved in an alleged ploy to overturn Arizona’s 2020 presidential election results. The event caused panic among some guests. Some screamed while a woman cried. Giuliani, however, appeared calm during the ordeal.
Ted Goodman, spokesperson for Giuliani, stated, “The mayor was unfazed by the decision to try and embarrass him during his 80th birthday party. He enjoyed an incredible evening with hundreds of people who love him—from all walks of life—and we look forward to full vindication soon.”
Before Giuliani was served, the...
- 5/19/2024
- by Ann Hoang
- Uinterview
Mayor of Kingstown Season 3 is upon us, and fans are eagerly waiting to see how the McLusky clan and the people of Kingstown fare as the story takes a new turn. Jeremy Renner is the lead star of the story, based on a town whose main occupation is incarceration. But other than Renner, other cast members and their stories are equally important to the show’s progress.
A still of Jeremy Renner from Mayor of Kingstown (2021-2023) | Paramount
Tobi Bamtefa, who plays Bunny in Mayor of Kingstown, is one of the more popular characters from the show. This portrayal of the fan-favorite character has given Bamtefa a platform to showcase his skill better, and wow people with his talent.
Mayor of Kingstown Star Tobi Bamtefa Talks About America’s Prison System
As a theatre actor, it comes as no surprise that Tobi Bamtefa likes to study his characters, their backgrounds,...
A still of Jeremy Renner from Mayor of Kingstown (2021-2023) | Paramount
Tobi Bamtefa, who plays Bunny in Mayor of Kingstown, is one of the more popular characters from the show. This portrayal of the fan-favorite character has given Bamtefa a platform to showcase his skill better, and wow people with his talent.
Mayor of Kingstown Star Tobi Bamtefa Talks About America’s Prison System
As a theatre actor, it comes as no surprise that Tobi Bamtefa likes to study his characters, their backgrounds,...
- 5/19/2024
- by Swagata Das
- FandomWire
Spoiler Alert: This article contains details about the narrative of Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis.
Exclusive: One of the many talking points to emerge from this week’s Cannes Film Festival screening of Francis Ford Coppola’s epic Megalopolis is whether distributors will be able to replicate the film’s ‘fourth wall moment’.
As most reviews for the film detail, at a certain point in Wednesday’s world premiere a performer walked onto the stage in front of the cinema screen and engaged with Adam Driver’s character in a device known as “breaking the fourth wall.”
Is it plausible that distributors would replicate such a moment in every screening? Unlikely. But at least one will give it a good shot.
Jean Labadie, who runs the film’s French distributor Le Pacte, told Deadline: “We certainly will do a lot of such performances. With four screenings a day in many...
Exclusive: One of the many talking points to emerge from this week’s Cannes Film Festival screening of Francis Ford Coppola’s epic Megalopolis is whether distributors will be able to replicate the film’s ‘fourth wall moment’.
As most reviews for the film detail, at a certain point in Wednesday’s world premiere a performer walked onto the stage in front of the cinema screen and engaged with Adam Driver’s character in a device known as “breaking the fourth wall.”
Is it plausible that distributors would replicate such a moment in every screening? Unlikely. But at least one will give it a good shot.
Jean Labadie, who runs the film’s French distributor Le Pacte, told Deadline: “We certainly will do a lot of such performances. With four screenings a day in many...
- 5/19/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman, Zac Ntim and Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Through the series Maestro in Blue, streaming on Netflix, we get introduced to the very beautiful little town of Paxos. But while the town is beautiful, the people certainly are not, especially Charalambos. From the get-go, he is clearly the villain of the series. Honestly, if you ask me, I’d call him that. Throughout the whole season, we get hints that someone might murder him. Not going to lie, his death kind of saved some people’s lives, I think, but on the other hand, it ruined others’ lives as well. But what was the motive behind his murder? Was it premeditated or was it sudden? We will get to know it from this article.
Spoilers Ahead
What kind of man was Charalambos?
Charalambos’ character was the most disgusting in the series, in my opinion. Honestly, I hate the man so deeply that his death felt like a blessing in disguise.
Spoilers Ahead
What kind of man was Charalambos?
Charalambos’ character was the most disgusting in the series, in my opinion. Honestly, I hate the man so deeply that his death felt like a blessing in disguise.
- 5/19/2024
- by Sutanuka Banerjee
- Film Fugitives
Leading producer Martin Moszkowicz, who recently moved away from his role as CEO of German giant Constantin to focus on producing, was honored with the Carl Laemmle Producer Award in Laupheim for his multifaceted and extensive work as a filmmaker and producer. The veteran producer and exec has been behind major projects such as Monster Hunter, Fack Ju Goëth 1-3, Resident Evil and more recently, the Nibelungen adaptation of Hagen and Those About To Die.
Laemmle is a German producer of Jewish origin, who emigrated to the U.S. in 1886 and founded Universal Pictures in 1912 and became famous as a great cinematic visionary and one of the founding fathers of Hollywood.
The award was presented by the Alliance of German Producers of Film and Television (Produzentenallianz) at a festive gala in Schloss Großlaupheim, Laupheim, the birthplace of Laemmle. The event, which was hosted by German presenter Nina Eichinger, was attended...
Laemmle is a German producer of Jewish origin, who emigrated to the U.S. in 1886 and founded Universal Pictures in 1912 and became famous as a great cinematic visionary and one of the founding fathers of Hollywood.
The award was presented by the Alliance of German Producers of Film and Television (Produzentenallianz) at a festive gala in Schloss Großlaupheim, Laupheim, the birthplace of Laemmle. The event, which was hosted by German presenter Nina Eichinger, was attended...
- 5/19/2024
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Following Jeremy Renner’s snowplow accident last year, many feared that his acting career would be cut short, as his doctors initially said that it’d take him years to get back on his feet again. But thanks to the Hawkeye star’s resilience, the actor was walking within three months and is now set to mark his return to acting with the third season of Mayor of Kingstown.
But despite being in high spirits, the actor wasn’t immune to pain during the four-month production of the upcoming season. However, his costar Emma Laird recalled that Renner didn’t let the issues bring him down and was professional throughout.
Emma Laird Was Astonished by Jeremy Renner’s Professionalism
A still of Jeremy Renner from Mayor of Kingstown | Paramount Plus
Adjusting to work after experiencing such a traumatic accident was always going to be a challenge, but Jeremy Renner stood up to it.
But despite being in high spirits, the actor wasn’t immune to pain during the four-month production of the upcoming season. However, his costar Emma Laird recalled that Renner didn’t let the issues bring him down and was professional throughout.
Emma Laird Was Astonished by Jeremy Renner’s Professionalism
A still of Jeremy Renner from Mayor of Kingstown | Paramount Plus
Adjusting to work after experiencing such a traumatic accident was always going to be a challenge, but Jeremy Renner stood up to it.
- 5/18/2024
- by Santanu Roy
- FandomWire
Jeremy Renner is still recuperating from his tragic accident that occurred on New Year’s Day last year, but that would not stop the actor from getting back to work. In fact, he officially returned to filming for Taylor Sheridan’s Mayor of Kingstown.
Jeremy Renner in Mayor of Kingstown / MTV Entertainment Studios
After sustaining several injuries, including 30 broken bones and wearing metal plates on his face, the actor had a setback on the set due to exhaustion and length of work hours.
Jeremy Renner Collapsed While Filming Mayor of Kingstown
Speaking with the Los Angeles Times, actor Jeremy Renner admitted he pushed himself a bit too much when he returned to filming for Taylor Sheridan’s Mayor of Kingstown series.
They go, ‘And action!’ And I was out. We realized they worked me too hard, too many hours, too many days in a row. What I’m willing to do is everything,...
Jeremy Renner in Mayor of Kingstown / MTV Entertainment Studios
After sustaining several injuries, including 30 broken bones and wearing metal plates on his face, the actor had a setback on the set due to exhaustion and length of work hours.
Jeremy Renner Collapsed While Filming Mayor of Kingstown
Speaking with the Los Angeles Times, actor Jeremy Renner admitted he pushed himself a bit too much when he returned to filming for Taylor Sheridan’s Mayor of Kingstown series.
They go, ‘And action!’ And I was out. We realized they worked me too hard, too many hours, too many days in a row. What I’m willing to do is everything,...
- 5/18/2024
- by Ariane Cruz
- FandomWire
Now that the second season has dropped, I think it’s time to get familiar with the interesting characters of the Greek drama series Maestro in Blue. Well, I don’t know if ‘interesting’ is the right word to describe these characters in the series, maybe ‘shady’ would fit better. Paxos, the small town where they live, is quite beautiful, but their lives are far from it. Anyway, enough of my blabbering; let’s see what you think of the characters after getting to know them through this cast and character guide of Maestro in Blue, streaming on Netflix.
Orestis
Orestis, played by Christopher Papakaliatis, is the “maestro” of the series, around whom the story revolves. Orestis is our main protagonist. He came to the island of Paxos from Athens to organize a music festival since he was a music teacher. Little did Orestis know that he would fall in love,...
Orestis
Orestis, played by Christopher Papakaliatis, is the “maestro” of the series, around whom the story revolves. Orestis is our main protagonist. He came to the island of Paxos from Athens to organize a music festival since he was a music teacher. Little did Orestis know that he would fall in love,...
- 5/18/2024
- by Sutanuka Banerjee
- Film Fugitives
The contributions of Black artists to country music have been marginalized, minimized, and, in some cases, wholly erased from the genre’s history. A group of songwriters, singers, activists, and journalists aimed to set the record straight on Wednesday during a live panel discussion in Nashville. Dubbed “Act III: A Conversation Around ‘Three Chords and the Actual Truth,’” the event was presented by the Black Music Action Coalition and the org’s co-founder, president, and CEO, Willie “Prophet” Stiggers.
Scholar and songwriter Alice Randall, who co-wrote Trisha Yearwood’s 1995 Number...
Scholar and songwriter Alice Randall, who co-wrote Trisha Yearwood’s 1995 Number...
- 5/18/2024
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
In November, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura filed a federal lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs in New York federal court. Her lawsuit includes graphic claims of sexual assault, physical abuse, and an allegation that Combs, her ex-boyfriend, would force her to have sex with male sex workers while he watched. Ventura’s claims are among the worst, but not the first controversy that the music mogul and entrepreneur has been alleged to be involved in.
Combs has attempted to rebrand himself as “Brother Love” in recent years, even changing his middle name to Love,...
Combs has attempted to rebrand himself as “Brother Love” in recent years, even changing his middle name to Love,...
- 5/17/2024
- by Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
If you dove head first into Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, you would get a concussion. The filmmaker’s supposed opus––a glitzy, gargantuan, long-gestating project that he conceived of in the late ‘70s, attempted to make more than once in the ‘80s, rewrote countless times over the last four decades, and eventually self-financed for $120 million due to lack of external support––has had cinephiles like myself drooling over its scope and potential for years. Alas, there is no deep end in this pool.
Don’t let that deter you though. Receive it with a healthy dose of doubt and let it reshape (and perhaps healthily lower) your expectations. Because, at the end of the day, for better and for worse, in awe and in tired confusion, Megalopolis is a garish wonder to behold.
Coppola recently said that “[his] first goal always is to make a film with all [his] heart,” and...
Don’t let that deter you though. Receive it with a healthy dose of doubt and let it reshape (and perhaps healthily lower) your expectations. Because, at the end of the day, for better and for worse, in awe and in tired confusion, Megalopolis is a garish wonder to behold.
Coppola recently said that “[his] first goal always is to make a film with all [his] heart,” and...
- 5/17/2024
- by Luke Hicks
- The Film Stage
An iconic woman needs an apt setting.
So, to mark its 100th anniversary, Columbia Pictures has teamed with the Municipality of Cannes to put the studio’s instantly recognizable Torch Lady and roster of legendary actresses on full display as part of a free photographic exhibit in the historic city’s town square, just off the Croisette and with the Palais and Mediterranean Sea serving as a backdrop.
The exhibit, dubbed “Lighting the Way: From the Torch Lady to Leading Ladies,” includes outdoor installations emblazoned with Columbia’s longstanding symbol as well as more than 30 rare photographs from the studio’s archive spanning Hollywood’s Golden Age through present day, The photographs include ones of Katherine Hepburn, Deborah Kerr, Claudette Colbert, Ann-Margret, Meryl Streep, Viola Davis, Julia Roberts, Michelle Yeoh, and, naturally, “Gilda” star Rita Hayworth. A restored version of that film is screening this year as part of the festival’s Cannes Classics program.
So, to mark its 100th anniversary, Columbia Pictures has teamed with the Municipality of Cannes to put the studio’s instantly recognizable Torch Lady and roster of legendary actresses on full display as part of a free photographic exhibit in the historic city’s town square, just off the Croisette and with the Palais and Mediterranean Sea serving as a backdrop.
The exhibit, dubbed “Lighting the Way: From the Torch Lady to Leading Ladies,” includes outdoor installations emblazoned with Columbia’s longstanding symbol as well as more than 30 rare photographs from the studio’s archive spanning Hollywood’s Golden Age through present day, The photographs include ones of Katherine Hepburn, Deborah Kerr, Claudette Colbert, Ann-Margret, Meryl Streep, Viola Davis, Julia Roberts, Michelle Yeoh, and, naturally, “Gilda” star Rita Hayworth. A restored version of that film is screening this year as part of the festival’s Cannes Classics program.
- 5/17/2024
- by Tatiana Siegel
- Variety Film + TV
Days of Our Lives (Dool) spoilers for Friday, May 17 indicate some interesting moments in Salem as fans head to the weekend.
Next On Days Of Our Lives
One person goes to a higher power to make a request, while another is on a search for more information, and someone lends a helping hand.
What is set to unfold during Friday’s show? Time to dive right in!
Stefan Dimera Makes A Major Request To Paulina Price
Dool spoilers for Friday, May 17 hint that Ej Dimera (Dan Feuerriegel) nixed the idea of re-opening Li Shin’s (Remington Hoffman) case to clear Gabi Hernandez’s (last played by Camila Banus) name. New evidence has surfaced, but Ej fluffed it off during Wednesday’s show.
Trending! Days Of Our Lives Spoilers: Rafe Manages To Save Gabi’s Life
As such, Stefan Dimera (Brandon Barash) will decide to take this to a “higher power...
Next On Days Of Our Lives
One person goes to a higher power to make a request, while another is on a search for more information, and someone lends a helping hand.
What is set to unfold during Friday’s show? Time to dive right in!
Stefan Dimera Makes A Major Request To Paulina Price
Dool spoilers for Friday, May 17 hint that Ej Dimera (Dan Feuerriegel) nixed the idea of re-opening Li Shin’s (Remington Hoffman) case to clear Gabi Hernandez’s (last played by Camila Banus) name. New evidence has surfaced, but Ej fluffed it off during Wednesday’s show.
Trending! Days Of Our Lives Spoilers: Rafe Manages To Save Gabi’s Life
As such, Stefan Dimera (Brandon Barash) will decide to take this to a “higher power...
- 5/17/2024
- by Dorathy Gass
- Soap Opera Spy
Francis Ford Coppola shared his thoughts on the current studio system during the Cannes Film Festival press conference for his self-financed epic “Megalopolis,” saying that they might not be around much longer.
“I fear that the film industry has become more of a matter of people being hired to meet their debt obligations because the studios are in great, great debt. And the job is not so much to make good movies, the job is to make sure they pay their debt obligations,” Coppola said in response to a question from Variety. “Obviously, new companies like Amazon and Apple and Microsoft, they have plenty of money, so it might be that the studios we knew for so long, some wonderful ones, are not to be here in the future anymore.”
The presser also veered into the political, with Coppola being asked if the film is a commentary on Donald Trump,...
“I fear that the film industry has become more of a matter of people being hired to meet their debt obligations because the studios are in great, great debt. And the job is not so much to make good movies, the job is to make sure they pay their debt obligations,” Coppola said in response to a question from Variety. “Obviously, new companies like Amazon and Apple and Microsoft, they have plenty of money, so it might be that the studios we knew for so long, some wonderful ones, are not to be here in the future anymore.”
The presser also veered into the political, with Coppola being asked if the film is a commentary on Donald Trump,...
- 5/17/2024
- by Matt Donnelly, Ellise Shafer and Tatiana Siegel
- Variety Film + TV
After months of speculation, the critical book has finally been opened on Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis. The early word? Predominantly positive, with some very high highs and inevitably a few low lows.
Below, we run through some of the first reactions.
Deadline’s Damon Wise praised the movie, calling it a “mad modern masterwork that reinvents the possibilities of cinema”. He said the film is “something of a mess; unruly, exaggerated and drawn to pretension like a moth to a flame. It is also, however, a pretty stunning achievement, the work of a master artist who has taken to Imax like Caravaggio to canvas. It is a true modern masterwork of the kind that outrages with its sheer audacity.”
He continued: “Halfway through, there’s a very audacious gimmick that tears down the fourth wall in ways younger filmmakers can only dream of. Coppola breaks many of the cardinal...
Below, we run through some of the first reactions.
Deadline’s Damon Wise praised the movie, calling it a “mad modern masterwork that reinvents the possibilities of cinema”. He said the film is “something of a mess; unruly, exaggerated and drawn to pretension like a moth to a flame. It is also, however, a pretty stunning achievement, the work of a master artist who has taken to Imax like Caravaggio to canvas. It is a true modern masterwork of the kind that outrages with its sheer audacity.”
He continued: “Halfway through, there’s a very audacious gimmick that tears down the fourth wall in ways younger filmmakers can only dream of. Coppola breaks many of the cardinal...
- 5/16/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The most awaited film this year at the Cannes Film Festival, Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, had its world premiere Thursday night, with the dystopian epic decades in the making landing a seven-minute standing ovation.
Coppola, the 85-year-old director and five-time Oscar winners, bowed as the lights came up inside the Grand Theatre Lumiere. He was congratulated by his Cotton Club star Richard Gere and got a hug from Cannes boss Thierry Fremaux as the ovation carried on.
Said Coppola to the crowd finally: “Thank you all so much — it is impossible to find words how I feel.” He then introduced those around him — including his granddaughter and son and collaborator Roman Coppola and sister Talia Shire. He called his cast “family” and emphasized the movie’s end message: “We should pledge allegiance to our families…that children should inherit a beautiful world from us.”
Coppola gives a speech after...
Coppola, the 85-year-old director and five-time Oscar winners, bowed as the lights came up inside the Grand Theatre Lumiere. He was congratulated by his Cotton Club star Richard Gere and got a hug from Cannes boss Thierry Fremaux as the ovation carried on.
Said Coppola to the crowd finally: “Thank you all so much — it is impossible to find words how I feel.” He then introduced those around him — including his granddaughter and son and collaborator Roman Coppola and sister Talia Shire. He called his cast “family” and emphasized the movie’s end message: “We should pledge allegiance to our families…that children should inherit a beautiful world from us.”
Coppola gives a speech after...
- 5/16/2024
- by Nancy Tartaglione, Anthony D'Alessandro and Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Some 45 years ago, the Cannes Film Festival invited Francis Ford Coppola to bring his latest project to the French Riviera for a special “work-in-progress” screening. The movie’s production had already achieved a mythic status as an example of Murphy’s Law made manifest, from last-minute actor replacements to monsoons to storylines being added, subtracted and rewritten on the fly. Coppola had sunk a lot of his own money into the project, since the studios had been reluctant to finance what seemed like a huge folly. The director had staked...
- 5/16/2024
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
“When we leap into the unknown, we prove that we are free,” says Cesar Catalina, the futuristic architect at the beating heart of Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis (to give it its full title), a mad eco-sci-fi blockbuster some 40 years in the making. Catalina says it several times, and it’s one of the more succinct aphorisms that he spouts in a script that is stuffed with seemingly random literary allusions from the likes of Petrarch, Crassus and Marcus Aurelius to Goethe, Shakespeare, H.G. Wells and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Watching Anthony Mann’s The Fall of the Roman Empire and eating cheese afterwards would be the only way to replicate its fever-dream grandeur, a series of stunning images, carried along by the loosest of plots, that pontificate on the self-destructive nature of humankind, the only species capable of civilizing itself to death.
True to the advance gossip, Megalopolis is something of a mess — unruly,...
True to the advance gossip, Megalopolis is something of a mess — unruly,...
- 5/16/2024
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
The Cannes Film Festival hosted the world premiere of Megalopolis, the latest film from director Francis Ford Coppola. This star-studded ensemble cast marks Coppola’s return to the Croisette, where he previously premiered both Apocalypse Now (1979) and The Conversation (1974), winning the prestigious Palme d’Or for each film.
Related: ‘Megalopolis’ Review: Francis Ford Coppola’s Mad Modern Masterwork Reinvents The Possibilities Of Cinema – Cannes Film Festival
Coppola was joined by the stars of the film including Adam Driver, Shia Labeouf, Aubrey Plaza, Laurence Fishburne, Grace Van der Waal, Chloe Fineman and Giancarlo Esposito who all walked the red carpet at the Grand Théâtre Lumière, Thursday, May 16.
Related: ‘Megalopolis’ Debuts At Cannes With 7-Minute Standing Ovation
Other guests who attended the gala included Jury Members Omar Sy, Nadine Labaki and President of the Jury Greta Gerwig, Teyana Taylor, Zaho de Sagazan, Sergei Loznitsa, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Yseult, and Irène Jacob.
Related: Cannes 2024 in Photos: Parties,...
Related: ‘Megalopolis’ Review: Francis Ford Coppola’s Mad Modern Masterwork Reinvents The Possibilities Of Cinema – Cannes Film Festival
Coppola was joined by the stars of the film including Adam Driver, Shia Labeouf, Aubrey Plaza, Laurence Fishburne, Grace Van der Waal, Chloe Fineman and Giancarlo Esposito who all walked the red carpet at the Grand Théâtre Lumière, Thursday, May 16.
Related: ‘Megalopolis’ Debuts At Cannes With 7-Minute Standing Ovation
Other guests who attended the gala included Jury Members Omar Sy, Nadine Labaki and President of the Jury Greta Gerwig, Teyana Taylor, Zaho de Sagazan, Sergei Loznitsa, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Yseult, and Irène Jacob.
Related: Cannes 2024 in Photos: Parties,...
- 5/16/2024
- by Robert Lang
- Deadline Film + TV
It had been reported earlier that Francis Ford Coppola’s newest movie, Megalopolis, was going to be a tricky sell for distributors because, even though there is a definite commercial appeal, there was also an artsy quality to it that might make it seem less accessible to sell to general audiences. However, as the first clip and the teaser trailer have shown, the new film from the Apocalypse Now director has stunningly dynamic cinematography and some very cinematic special effects sequences. It has the look of a grand sci-fi epic, and The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that it will be getting the treatment of a grand cinema epic as the film will be screening in IMAX globally.
IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond addressed the press Thursday as Cannes about Megalopolis. He stated, “The film is going to get an IMAX release. One of the things that we pride ourselves on is being filmmaker-friendly.
IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond addressed the press Thursday as Cannes about Megalopolis. He stated, “The film is going to get an IMAX release. One of the things that we pride ourselves on is being filmmaker-friendly.
- 5/16/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Last year, a creative overhaul saw The Punisher's Dario Scardapane replace Matt Corman and Chris Ord as Daredevil: Born Again's showrunner. Now, all signs point to the Marvel Studios series delivering the take on the Man Without Fear we've been waiting to see in the MCU.
TV Line caught up with Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio at the Upfronts in New York yesterday and asked the former whether the retooling has brought Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk more in line with Netflix's Daredevil.
"Not exactly the same, but much closer," Cox teased. "And potentially much improved."
D'Onofrio added, "It’s hard to comment because I want to say so much about both the [Netflix] show and this show, and the change that happened, but in the end, the last few months of work we did was written beautifully and directed beautifully. Personally, I think it’s as intense as we’ve ever been.
TV Line caught up with Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio at the Upfronts in New York yesterday and asked the former whether the retooling has brought Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk more in line with Netflix's Daredevil.
"Not exactly the same, but much closer," Cox teased. "And potentially much improved."
D'Onofrio added, "It’s hard to comment because I want to say so much about both the [Netflix] show and this show, and the change that happened, but in the end, the last few months of work we did was written beautifully and directed beautifully. Personally, I think it’s as intense as we’ve ever been.
- 5/15/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
Francis Ford Coppola has poured his passion and finance into his longtime project, Megalopolis. Set in the fictional modern America, the sci-fi drama movie is set to have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this Thursday.
Francis Ford Coppola (via Wikimedia Commons/Bernard Gotfryd)
As the movie makes rounds for its concept and the iconic filmmaker’s comeback in the industry, a new report questioned his on-set behavior amid concerning allegations. In response to his alleged behavior, the film’s executive co-producer expressed his point of view, reflecting that he was “never aware” of any complaints during the production.
Megalopolis Producer Defends Francis Ford Coppola’s Alleged On-Set Behavior
Francis Ford Coppola is back with his self-financed long-time passion project, Megalopolis, which is set in a fictional modern America. Ahead of its world premiere, The Guardian published a report on the film’s production in which several crew...
Francis Ford Coppola (via Wikimedia Commons/Bernard Gotfryd)
As the movie makes rounds for its concept and the iconic filmmaker’s comeback in the industry, a new report questioned his on-set behavior amid concerning allegations. In response to his alleged behavior, the film’s executive co-producer expressed his point of view, reflecting that he was “never aware” of any complaints during the production.
Megalopolis Producer Defends Francis Ford Coppola’s Alleged On-Set Behavior
Francis Ford Coppola is back with his self-financed long-time passion project, Megalopolis, which is set in a fictional modern America. Ahead of its world premiere, The Guardian published a report on the film’s production in which several crew...
- 5/15/2024
- by Priya Sharma
- FandomWire
General Hospital (Gh) spoilers tease for the last twenty years or so, Heather Webber (Alley Mills) has terrorized Port Charles with violence and terror.
Most recently, Heather was revealed the be “The Hook” serial killer who took the lives of several Port Charles residents including Brando Corbin (Johnny Wactor) and Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud) among others.
Even before that, Heather was always devious but she definitely got worse in the last two decades.
General Hospital Spoilers – Heather Webber Suffered From Cobalt Poisoning!
During a recent trip to Port Charles, doctors there discovered that she had been suffering from cobalt poisoning from a defective hip replacement approximately twenty years ago.
Mayor Laura Collins (Genie Francis) noticed a marked difference in Heather’s behavior once she had defective hip replaced.
That has led Laura to wonder just how responsible Heather was some of her more violent crimes in recent years.
She even...
Most recently, Heather was revealed the be “The Hook” serial killer who took the lives of several Port Charles residents including Brando Corbin (Johnny Wactor) and Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud) among others.
Even before that, Heather was always devious but she definitely got worse in the last two decades.
General Hospital Spoilers – Heather Webber Suffered From Cobalt Poisoning!
During a recent trip to Port Charles, doctors there discovered that she had been suffering from cobalt poisoning from a defective hip replacement approximately twenty years ago.
Mayor Laura Collins (Genie Francis) noticed a marked difference in Heather’s behavior once she had defective hip replaced.
That has led Laura to wonder just how responsible Heather was some of her more violent crimes in recent years.
She even...
- 5/15/2024
- by Matt Crider
- Soap Opera Spy
Ever thought about what happens when a legendary director’s relentless pursuit of authenticity collides with cutting-edge technology and a stellar cast? In the newest film from The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola, Adam Driver portrays Caesar Catillina, an architect trying to rebuild New York into a science fiction city after it is destroyed.
A recent article by The Guardian described the dramatic behind-the-scenes action on the set of Coppola’s much-awaited flick, Megalopolis, including a riveting account of Driver’s first day on the set. It seems that the director’s disdain for digital effects led him to make some questionable choices when it came to creating certain visual effects for the film.
Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis
Digitally creating that particular effect would have been quick and easy, according to one of the crew members. Nevertheless, Coppola devoted “half of a day” to an activity that could have been completed in ten minutes.
A recent article by The Guardian described the dramatic behind-the-scenes action on the set of Coppola’s much-awaited flick, Megalopolis, including a riveting account of Driver’s first day on the set. It seems that the director’s disdain for digital effects led him to make some questionable choices when it came to creating certain visual effects for the film.
Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis
Digitally creating that particular effect would have been quick and easy, according to one of the crew members. Nevertheless, Coppola devoted “half of a day” to an activity that could have been completed in ten minutes.
- 5/15/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
Days of our Lives spoilers report that top cop Rafe Hernandez gets new evidence to clear his sister Gabi Hernandez of murder charges. However, first, he must convince Da Ej Dimera that it’s enough to charge Clyde Weston with ordering his goon, Gil, to stab Li Shin to death. Li’s blood on the little black book sprung the commissioner into action to get to the bottom of the murder mystery. However, when Salem’s Police Commissioner can’t convince the smarmy District Attorney to reopen the case, Stefan Dimera pleads with Mayor Paulina Price. Will Madame Mayor set the record straight and order the legal eagle to do the right thing to set his sister-in-law free? Find out this week on the long-running NBC Peacock exclusive.
Days of our Lives: Rafe Hernandez Takes New Clues to Ej Dimera
Dool spoilers reveal that Rafe Hernandez (Galen Gering) brings new...
Days of our Lives: Rafe Hernandez Takes New Clues to Ej Dimera
Dool spoilers reveal that Rafe Hernandez (Galen Gering) brings new...
- 5/14/2024
- by Jaye Mack
- Soap Dirt
Just one crazy shot from the Megalopolis teaserScreenshot: Francis Ford Coppola/YouTube
If you saw a bacchanal of film connoisseurs and terminally online people running through the streets and shouting “We’re so back!” this morning, there’s a good reason for it. After 40-odd years, a couple of vineyard sales,...
If you saw a bacchanal of film connoisseurs and terminally online people running through the streets and shouting “We’re so back!” this morning, there’s a good reason for it. After 40-odd years, a couple of vineyard sales,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Emma Keates
- avclub.com
The second season of Netflix’s Maestro in Blue is set to release on Netflix on Friday, the 17th. It’s a pretty lengthy show with long episodes so we thought it would be a perfect time to give you a recap of Season 1 so you can catch up with the next season without any hustle. Maestro in Blue’s story is set in the beautiful town of Paxi, where a musician named Orestis comes to organize the local music festival. Fanis, the mayor of the town, throws the festival to boost the town’s morale and attract more tourists before the upcoming election. However, as you get to know these characters, you will realize they lead a double life. They pretend to be perfect in front of everyone, but deep down, they are dealing with their own secrets and dilemmas. But, during the festival, something terrible happens when Charalambos,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Sutanuka Banerjee
- Film Fugitives
Soundside Music Festival, formerly known as Sound on Sound Festival, will take place September 28th-29th at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The newly announced 2024 lineup features headliners Foo Fighters and current Consequence cover star Noah Kahan, along with Queens of the Stone Age, Fleet Foxes, Norah Jones, and more.
The single-stage festival also promises performances from Goo Goo Dolls, Norah Jones, Boyz II Men, Teddy Swims, Grace Potter, The Kills, Lisa Loeb, The War and Treaty, and Madi Diaz. Check out the lineup poster below.
Tickets for Soundside will first become available via a pre-sale that will be open on Thursday, May 16th, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Et. For access to the pre-sale, sign up with your mobile number on Soundside’s website. General on-sale will open after 12:00 p.m. Et on Thursday.
Speaking about Soundside, Bridgeport mayor Joe Ganim said, “I am very...
The single-stage festival also promises performances from Goo Goo Dolls, Norah Jones, Boyz II Men, Teddy Swims, Grace Potter, The Kills, Lisa Loeb, The War and Treaty, and Madi Diaz. Check out the lineup poster below.
Tickets for Soundside will first become available via a pre-sale that will be open on Thursday, May 16th, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Et. For access to the pre-sale, sign up with your mobile number on Soundside’s website. General on-sale will open after 12:00 p.m. Et on Thursday.
Speaking about Soundside, Bridgeport mayor Joe Ganim said, “I am very...
- 5/14/2024
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
A (sorta) new music festival has entered the chat: On Tuesday, Soundside Music Festival announced that Foo Fighters and Noah Kahan will headline its first-ever festival in Bridgeport, Connecticut this September.
Soundside replaces Connecticut’s previous Sound on Sound with a new name, and new promoter, C3 Presents, which helms festivals such as Austin City Limits, Lollapalooza, and Governors Ball in New York City.
The two-day festival is set to take place at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sept. 28 and 29, and features performances from Queens of the Stone Age, Goo Goo Dolls,...
Soundside replaces Connecticut’s previous Sound on Sound with a new name, and new promoter, C3 Presents, which helms festivals such as Austin City Limits, Lollapalooza, and Governors Ball in New York City.
The two-day festival is set to take place at Seaside Park in Bridgeport on Sept. 28 and 29, and features performances from Queens of the Stone Age, Goo Goo Dolls,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
After a tantalizing teaser clip that showed Adam Driver precipitously balanced on the edge of a skyscraper, Francis Ford Coppola has dropped an even more tantalizing full teaser for his $120 million self-funded epic, Megalopolis.
The trailer opens with a striking image of what might be rockets or asteroids falling toward a New York City-esque city that’s actually called The City of New Rome. As Laurence Fishburne’s character says, “When does an empire die? Does it collapse in one terrible moment? No, no. But there comes a time when...
The trailer opens with a striking image of what might be rockets or asteroids falling toward a New York City-esque city that’s actually called The City of New Rome. As Laurence Fishburne’s character says, “When does an empire die? Does it collapse in one terrible moment? No, no. But there comes a time when...
- 5/14/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Adam Driver has played a city-dwelling seducer before — think: “Girls” at the very least — but this time, the actor has transformed into a slick harbinger of chaos for Francis Ford Coppola’s epic “Megalopolis.”
Driver stars as artist and city planner Cesar Catilina, once again adjacent to faux Italian-ness for the screen. Cesar’s biggest opponent is Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito), who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare per the official synopsis. Yet when Cesar begins an affair with Franklyn’s socialite daughter Julia Cicero (Nathalie Emmanuel), Cesar’s determined path to forge a new city begins to falter.
Aubrey Plaza, Shia Labeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, Kathryn Hunter, Grace VanderWaal, Chloe Fineman, James Remar, D.B. Sweeney, and Dustin Hoffman also star.
Coppola writes, directs, and produces the epic feature which had an estimated budget of $120 million-plus.
Driver stars as artist and city planner Cesar Catilina, once again adjacent to faux Italian-ness for the screen. Cesar’s biggest opponent is Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito), who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare per the official synopsis. Yet when Cesar begins an affair with Franklyn’s socialite daughter Julia Cicero (Nathalie Emmanuel), Cesar’s determined path to forge a new city begins to falter.
Aubrey Plaza, Shia Labeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, Kathryn Hunter, Grace VanderWaal, Chloe Fineman, James Remar, D.B. Sweeney, and Dustin Hoffman also star.
Coppola writes, directs, and produces the epic feature which had an estimated budget of $120 million-plus.
- 5/14/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Francis Ford Coppola is arguably one of the greatest directors in the industry. Having delivered classics that have shaped Hollywood like The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, the director has made a lot of films that have defined generations of Hollywood filmmaking. However, the director has gone on record to say that his best film is yet to come, talking about his upcoming masterpiece, set to premiere at Cannes this month.
A still from The Godfather
Francis Ford Coppola has spent the last 40 years coming up with and producing his latest masterpiece, Megalopolis. The director has regarded it as the best project that he has had the privilege to preside over, which is a bold statement given the director’s filmography and tenure in Hollywood.
Work on the Megalopolis screenplay first started in the 1980s A still from Megalopolis | Vanity Fair
The original idea for the film was allegedly conceived in...
A still from The Godfather
Francis Ford Coppola has spent the last 40 years coming up with and producing his latest masterpiece, Megalopolis. The director has regarded it as the best project that he has had the privilege to preside over, which is a bold statement given the director’s filmography and tenure in Hollywood.
Work on the Megalopolis screenplay first started in the 1980s A still from Megalopolis | Vanity Fair
The original idea for the film was allegedly conceived in...
- 5/14/2024
- by Anuraag Chatterjee
- FandomWire
Even though we’ve had set photos, teasers and a confirmed premiere date, it’s still awfully hard to believe that Francis Ford Coppola is finally unleashing Megalopolis to the world. Ahead of its debut at the Cannes Film Festival, we have another trailer that gives us a better look at the world Coppola has had in his head since the days of Apocalypse Now.
In the teaser, we hear a voiceover ponder, “When does an empire die? Does it collapse in one terrible moment? No, no. But there comes a time when people no longer believe in it…” From there, we have statues brought to life, a Roman chariot race, a lavish party, a protest, and oh so much more, all of which give us a better idea of just what Coppola has been up to with Megalopolis. He, too, noted in the description of the video, “Our new...
In the teaser, we hear a voiceover ponder, “When does an empire die? Does it collapse in one terrible moment? No, no. But there comes a time when people no longer believe in it…” From there, we have statues brought to life, a Roman chariot race, a lavish party, a protest, and oh so much more, all of which give us a better idea of just what Coppola has been up to with Megalopolis. He, too, noted in the description of the video, “Our new...
- 5/14/2024
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Francis Ford Coppola has revealed the first look at Megalopolis, his self-funded sci-fi epic starring Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia Labeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, Kathryn Hunter, Grace VanderWaal, Chloe Fineman, James Remar, D.B. Sweeney, and Dustin Hoffman.
A project decades in the making, Coppola financed much of the $120 million film himself. The film is set to premiere at Cannes in May, but has yet to secure a US release.
Megalopolis is described as “a Roman Epic fable set in an imagined Modern America. The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina, a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero, the mayor’s daughter, whose love...
A project decades in the making, Coppola financed much of the $120 million film himself. The film is set to premiere at Cannes in May, but has yet to secure a US release.
Megalopolis is described as “a Roman Epic fable set in an imagined Modern America. The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina, a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero, the mayor’s daughter, whose love...
- 5/14/2024
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Film News
The latest teaser trailer for Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis has been released (via SFFGazette.com), offering our best look yet at the legendary filmmaker's "Roman epic fable."
Showcasing a society in chaos, we see here that Coppola is essentially telling a classic Ancient Rome fable in a modern version of America. The visuals are undeniably gorgeous and the director clearly hopes this will be his magnum opus.
However, Megalopolis - which Coppola began writing in 1983 - still doesn't have distribution. Following a recent screening attended by studio and streaming executives, one distributor said, "There is just no way to position this movie," with the implication being that it's likely to struggle in theaters.
As a result, this one may end up on VOD/streaming.
Megalopolis is a Roman Epic fable set in an imagined Modern America. The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver...
Showcasing a society in chaos, we see here that Coppola is essentially telling a classic Ancient Rome fable in a modern version of America. The visuals are undeniably gorgeous and the director clearly hopes this will be his magnum opus.
However, Megalopolis - which Coppola began writing in 1983 - still doesn't have distribution. Following a recent screening attended by studio and streaming executives, one distributor said, "There is just no way to position this movie," with the implication being that it's likely to struggle in theaters.
As a result, this one may end up on VOD/streaming.
Megalopolis is a Roman Epic fable set in an imagined Modern America. The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver...
- 5/14/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani appears at a political event in 2019. (Photo by Gage Skidmore)
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani asked the owner of a local radio station for more money and airtime several days before he was suspended for violating an on-air conduct policy.
This week, Wabc (770 Am) owner John Catsimatidis said Giuliani made the demand via text message on Tuesday, May 7, two days before Catsimatidis suspended him for making conspiratorial comments about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election.
The comments violated an internal policy issued by Red Apple Media earlier this year and re-stated in writing last week by Catsimatidis himself, according to a statement sent to The Desk on Monday. The policy cautioned Giuliani and others from making unfounded claims about the 2020 Presidential election in on-air broadcasts. The letter sent by Catsimatidis warned Giuliani specifically against the practice.
Related: Rudy Giuliani loses Wabc-am...
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani asked the owner of a local radio station for more money and airtime several days before he was suspended for violating an on-air conduct policy.
This week, Wabc (770 Am) owner John Catsimatidis said Giuliani made the demand via text message on Tuesday, May 7, two days before Catsimatidis suspended him for making conspiratorial comments about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election.
The comments violated an internal policy issued by Red Apple Media earlier this year and re-stated in writing last week by Catsimatidis himself, according to a statement sent to The Desk on Monday. The policy cautioned Giuliani and others from making unfounded claims about the 2020 Presidential election in on-air broadcasts. The letter sent by Catsimatidis warned Giuliani specifically against the practice.
Related: Rudy Giuliani loses Wabc-am...
- 5/14/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
In just three days' time, Francis Ford Coppola's self-funded passion project Megalopolis — a film over forty years in the making — will make its world premiere at the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. But whilst most of us sadly won't be living it up with Coppola and co on the Croisette this week, we are at least starting to glimpse the fruits of The Godfather filmmaker's labours. Last week we got a first clip of the film, and yesterday — following the news that the mega-budget epic has finally secured UK distribution — Coppola dropped a brand new teaser trailer for his opus. Check it out below:
Missiles raining over the Statue of Liberty. Laurence Fishburne's inimitable tones asking, "When does an Empire die?" Aubrey Plaza eating fruit on a chaise longue like Cleopatra reincarnate. Ben-Hur-evoking chariot racing and Blade Runner-esque cyberpunk tech. Adam Driver serving brooding looks over epic,...
Missiles raining over the Statue of Liberty. Laurence Fishburne's inimitable tones asking, "When does an Empire die?" Aubrey Plaza eating fruit on a chaise longue like Cleopatra reincarnate. Ben-Hur-evoking chariot racing and Blade Runner-esque cyberpunk tech. Adam Driver serving brooding looks over epic,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Jordan King
- Empire - Movies
The Cannes Film Festival officially kicks off today with the latest from Quentin Dupieux, but Francis Ford Coppola has decided to truly begin the festivities with a bang. After a brief, enticing tease earlier this month, he’s now debuted the epic first trailer for Megalopolis, chock full of jaw-dropping images that has us counting down the hours until Thursday’s world premiere. “Our new film Megalopolis is the best work I’ve ever had the privilege to preside over,” notes Coppola with the trailer.
Along with French distribution from Le Pacte, the film was also picked up by Constantin Film for Germany and all German-speaking territories, including Switzerland and Austria; Eagle Pictures for Italy; Tripictures for Spain; and Entertainment Film Distributors Limited for the U.K., per Deadline. A U.S. deal has yet to be announced, but here’s hoping it comes during the festival.
“My first goal...
Along with French distribution from Le Pacte, the film was also picked up by Constantin Film for Germany and all German-speaking territories, including Switzerland and Austria; Eagle Pictures for Italy; Tripictures for Spain; and Entertainment Film Distributors Limited for the U.K., per Deadline. A U.S. deal has yet to be announced, but here’s hoping it comes during the festival.
“My first goal...
- 5/14/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
“Our new film ‘Megalopolis’ is the best work I’ve ever had the privilege to preside over,” reads a quote attributed to iconic director Francis Ford Coppola attached to the official trailer for his new epic film.
The picture, which will premiere in competition on Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival, has been a project many years in the making for the director. He first began work on the screenplay in the 1980s.
The legendary filmmaker behind “The Godfather” and “Apocalypse Now” has invested $120 million of his own money into the film.
The trailer starts with a voice-over musing about the decline of empires – “when does an empire die? Does it collapse in one terrible moment? No, no. But there comes a time when people no longer believe in it” — before cutting to a Roman chariot race, a metropolitan skyscape and scenes of protest.
According to the official synopsis, “‘Megalopolis...
The picture, which will premiere in competition on Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival, has been a project many years in the making for the director. He first began work on the screenplay in the 1980s.
The legendary filmmaker behind “The Godfather” and “Apocalypse Now” has invested $120 million of his own money into the film.
The trailer starts with a voice-over musing about the decline of empires – “when does an empire die? Does it collapse in one terrible moment? No, no. But there comes a time when people no longer believe in it” — before cutting to a Roman chariot race, a metropolitan skyscape and scenes of protest.
According to the official synopsis, “‘Megalopolis...
- 5/14/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
As a #MeToo wave looked to rock the 77th Cannes Film Festival with rumors swirling that filmmakers with films at the event would be tagged, Thierry Frémaux emphasized his event isn’t about polemics, rather the picture that’s on the screen. If there are controversies during Cannes “we try to avoid them” he said today during an afternoon presser.
“Last year, as you know, we had a few polemics, and we realized it, and so this year we decided to host a festival without polemics to make sure that the main interest for us all to be here is cinema,” Frémaux said. “So if there are other polemics, it doesn’t concern us.”
“It’s about the movies and whether they deserve or not, in aesthetic or artistic terms, to be there,” Frémaux said. “There is no ideology guiding the selection committee.”
“We would like to have a festival without polemics,...
“Last year, as you know, we had a few polemics, and we realized it, and so this year we decided to host a festival without polemics to make sure that the main interest for us all to be here is cinema,” Frémaux said. “So if there are other polemics, it doesn’t concern us.”
“It’s about the movies and whether they deserve or not, in aesthetic or artistic terms, to be there,” Frémaux said. “There is no ideology guiding the selection committee.”
“We would like to have a festival without polemics,...
- 5/13/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Cannes mayor David Lisnard has published a blistering critique of media coverage of #MeToo in France, suggesting that investigations into cinema figures accused of sexual harassment were not dissimilar to those of East Germany’s secret police into political dissidents.
Lisnard made the comments in an article published in French newspaper L’Opinion over the weekend, written in response to recent speculation in the local media and film industry that a bombshell #MeToo exposé was poised to drop during the Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off this Tuesday.
The rumor mill went into overdrive last week following a report in Le Figaro newspaper that the festival had hired a crisis management PR firm to help it navigate the potential impending storm.
“Just a few days ago, a rumor surfaced promising shattering revelations about ten well-known actors, producers and directors accused of sexual assault. That was all that was needed to...
Lisnard made the comments in an article published in French newspaper L’Opinion over the weekend, written in response to recent speculation in the local media and film industry that a bombshell #MeToo exposé was poised to drop during the Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off this Tuesday.
The rumor mill went into overdrive last week following a report in Le Figaro newspaper that the festival had hired a crisis management PR firm to help it navigate the potential impending storm.
“Just a few days ago, a rumor surfaced promising shattering revelations about ten well-known actors, producers and directors accused of sexual assault. That was all that was needed to...
- 5/13/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis has sold to key independent buyers in Europe’s top five territories, we can reveal.
Ahead of its anticipated world premiere at this week’s Cannes Film Festival the movie has sold to Constantin Film for Germany and all German-speaking territories, including Switzerland and Austria; Eagle Pictures for Italy; Tripictures for Spain; and Entertainment Film Distributors Limited for the U.K. A deal with Le Pacte for France was announced last week.
The movie debuts on May 16 in Cannes with cast Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia Labeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, Kathryn Hunter, Grace VanderWaal, Chloe Fineman, D.B. Sweeney, and Dustin Hoffman set to tread the red carpet.
Related: ‘Megalopolis’: What The Critics Are Saying
Coppola’s longtime lawyer, Barry Hirsch, and Goodfellas President Vincent Maraval brokered the new Megalopolis deals with Constantin Film’s Oliver Berben...
Ahead of its anticipated world premiere at this week’s Cannes Film Festival the movie has sold to Constantin Film for Germany and all German-speaking territories, including Switzerland and Austria; Eagle Pictures for Italy; Tripictures for Spain; and Entertainment Film Distributors Limited for the U.K. A deal with Le Pacte for France was announced last week.
The movie debuts on May 16 in Cannes with cast Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia Labeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, Kathryn Hunter, Grace VanderWaal, Chloe Fineman, D.B. Sweeney, and Dustin Hoffman set to tread the red carpet.
Related: ‘Megalopolis’: What The Critics Are Saying
Coppola’s longtime lawyer, Barry Hirsch, and Goodfellas President Vincent Maraval brokered the new Megalopolis deals with Constantin Film’s Oliver Berben...
- 5/12/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman and Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
British royal family news divulges that Prince Harry is in London for the 10-year anniversary of the Invictus Games. Harry was aided in developing the Games by for wounded veterans by Sir Keith Mills.
The two discussed the project at London’s Honourable Artillery Company, and the prince shared that he had his doubts about getting the Games off the ground. Harry was inspired to form the Games after attending the US Department of Defense’s 2012 Wounded Warrior Games. Of that moment Harry was “Sport was the magic that I witnessed.
Having just come back from Afghanistan myself, seeing the wounded, injured and sick and seeing the effect this was having on all the families, and just the weight—the load on defense and on the individuals and on the rehabilitation programs. There just wasn’t enough being done.”
Royal Family News – Harry Was Inspired By The Wounded Warrior Games
Give Harry his props,...
The two discussed the project at London’s Honourable Artillery Company, and the prince shared that he had his doubts about getting the Games off the ground. Harry was inspired to form the Games after attending the US Department of Defense’s 2012 Wounded Warrior Games. Of that moment Harry was “Sport was the magic that I witnessed.
Having just come back from Afghanistan myself, seeing the wounded, injured and sick and seeing the effect this was having on all the families, and just the weight—the load on defense and on the individuals and on the rehabilitation programs. There just wasn’t enough being done.”
Royal Family News – Harry Was Inspired By The Wounded Warrior Games
Give Harry his props,...
- 5/12/2024
- by Tanya Clark
- Celebrating The Soaps
In April, the Sundance Institute announced its intentions to consider alternative locations for its film festival outside of Park City, Utah starting the year 2027 and beyond. Since then, multiple bids have been entered by cities hoping to take over hosting duties including huge metropolises like Atlanta, San Francisco, and Chicago, and even smaller cities like Buffalo and Santa Fe. However, Utah isn’t going down without a fight. This week it was reiterated that the Sundance Institute is allowing the state of Utah to go forward as a viable option for the festival, though a specific city has not been selected yet.
Plans to keep the festival in Utah were spearheaded by state leaders Gov. Spencer Cox, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall, Park City Mayor Nann Worel, Utah Film Commission Director Virginia Pearce and Park City Chamber of Commerce CEO Jennifer Wesselhoff, all operating under the banner of the...
Plans to keep the festival in Utah were spearheaded by state leaders Gov. Spencer Cox, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall, Park City Mayor Nann Worel, Utah Film Commission Director Virginia Pearce and Park City Chamber of Commerce CEO Jennifer Wesselhoff, all operating under the banner of the...
- 5/11/2024
- by Harrison Richlin
- Indiewire
Elizabeth confronts an unwelcome figure from her past in the May 12 episode of When Calls the Heart. But who is Thomas Higgins, and why does his arrival in Hope Valley unsettle the schoolteacher so much?
Elizabeth confronts Thomas Higgins in ‘When Calls the Heart’ Season 11
In When Calls the Heart Season 11 Episode 6, Elizabeth crosses paths with a man who will be familiar to long-time viewers of the show.
Last week, Elizabeth learned that a plan to merge Hope Valley with the neighboring town of Benson Hills meant that her school would come under the jurisdiction of the larger school district. She’s fought to maintain her independence in the past but now says she’s willing to give up that freedom for the good of the town. (The merger would allow a plan to build a larger resort that would bring jobs and new residents to the town to move forward.
Elizabeth confronts Thomas Higgins in ‘When Calls the Heart’ Season 11
In When Calls the Heart Season 11 Episode 6, Elizabeth crosses paths with a man who will be familiar to long-time viewers of the show.
Last week, Elizabeth learned that a plan to merge Hope Valley with the neighboring town of Benson Hills meant that her school would come under the jurisdiction of the larger school district. She’s fought to maintain her independence in the past but now says she’s willing to give up that freedom for the good of the town. (The merger would allow a plan to build a larger resort that would bring jobs and new residents to the town to move forward.
- 5/11/2024
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
General Hospital spoilers claim Avery Corinthos (Grace Scarola) has been delighted to live under one roof with both her mother and father.
Seeing Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Ava Jerome (Maura West) get along so swimmingly has helped the three of them blend their way into being a family — something they’ve never really experienced with each other before.
Sonny has welcomed Ava with open arms, and she’s taken advantage of that situation by trying to push Nina Reeves Corinthos (Cynthia Watros) completely out of the picture and inserting herself in her place.
But Ava may be blind to the real concerns everyone else has about how things turn out when Sonny isn’t properly medicated — a truth Ava stumbled upon but hasn’t shared. So when he starts behaving rather recklessly and his actions put their daughter in danger, will Ava stand by him, or protect her daughter...
Seeing Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Ava Jerome (Maura West) get along so swimmingly has helped the three of them blend their way into being a family — something they’ve never really experienced with each other before.
Sonny has welcomed Ava with open arms, and she’s taken advantage of that situation by trying to push Nina Reeves Corinthos (Cynthia Watros) completely out of the picture and inserting herself in her place.
But Ava may be blind to the real concerns everyone else has about how things turn out when Sonny isn’t properly medicated — a truth Ava stumbled upon but hasn’t shared. So when he starts behaving rather recklessly and his actions put their daughter in danger, will Ava stand by him, or protect her daughter...
- 5/11/2024
- by Dani Lasher
- Soap Opera Spy
Get ready for an adventure-packed morning with the lovable pups of Adventure Bay in the latest episode of “Paw Patrol,” airing this Saturday at 10:30 Am on Nick Jr. In “Pups Save a Talkative Mini Patrol; Pups Save the History of Adventure Bay,” viewers are in for double the fun as the pups embark on two exciting missions.
First up, Alex dreams that his Mini Patrol animals can talk, leading to a wild and talkative adventure as the animals take the Bookmobile for a joyride. With their newfound ability to communicate, the Mini Patrol animals bring a whole new level of excitement to their rescue efforts.
But the fun doesn’t stop there! Mayor Humdinger has his paws on an ancient book containing the history of Adventure Bay, and it’s up to the Paw Patrol to save the day and retrieve the stolen artifact. Join Chase, Marshall, Skye, and...
First up, Alex dreams that his Mini Patrol animals can talk, leading to a wild and talkative adventure as the animals take the Bookmobile for a joyride. With their newfound ability to communicate, the Mini Patrol animals bring a whole new level of excitement to their rescue efforts.
But the fun doesn’t stop there! Mayor Humdinger has his paws on an ancient book containing the history of Adventure Bay, and it’s up to the Paw Patrol to save the day and retrieve the stolen artifact. Join Chase, Marshall, Skye, and...
- 5/11/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) said the city’s corrections officials “will be ready” to hold former President Donald Trump at the notorious Rikers Island prison, known as one of the worst in the United States, should the judge in his hush-money case send him there.
“Our amazing [Department of Corrections Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie], she is prepared for whatever comes on Rikers Island,” Adams said when asked about Trump’s possible incarceration. “I’m pretty sure she would be prepared to manage and deal with the situation.”
“As you see with Harvey Weinstein, we have to adjust,” Adams said, in reference to the Hollywood mogul who was held for medical treatment at Bellevue Hospital.
Adams acknowledged that while dealing with hypothetical situations is not ideal, the city’s law enforcement entities must be prepared for any possibility. Trump currently faces trial in Manhattan on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to alleged hush money...
“Our amazing [Department of Corrections Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie], she is prepared for whatever comes on Rikers Island,” Adams said when asked about Trump’s possible incarceration. “I’m pretty sure she would be prepared to manage and deal with the situation.”
“As you see with Harvey Weinstein, we have to adjust,” Adams said, in reference to the Hollywood mogul who was held for medical treatment at Bellevue Hospital.
Adams acknowledged that while dealing with hypothetical situations is not ideal, the city’s law enforcement entities must be prepared for any possibility. Trump currently faces trial in Manhattan on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to alleged hush money...
- 5/11/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani appears at a political event in 2019. (Photo by Gage Skidmore)
Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has lost his daily radio talk show after being suspended by the broadcaster over policy violations.
The suspension came after Giuliani received repeated warnings to not offer unsubstantiated views about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election. Giuliani is one of several figures who painted the outcome of the election as fraudulent, and has been criminally charged in two states for allegedly helping then-incumbent Donald Trump overturn certain election results. Trump lost the election to then-Senator Joe Biden.
Giuliani’s show was one of several hosted by right-of-center personalities as part of a strategy to develop Wabc Radio into a conservative powerhouse under the guidance of the station’s current owner, Red Apple Media founder John Catsimatidis.
But Wabc is not an outlet where anything goes, Catsimatidis said...
Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has lost his daily radio talk show after being suspended by the broadcaster over policy violations.
The suspension came after Giuliani received repeated warnings to not offer unsubstantiated views about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election. Giuliani is one of several figures who painted the outcome of the election as fraudulent, and has been criminally charged in two states for allegedly helping then-incumbent Donald Trump overturn certain election results. Trump lost the election to then-Senator Joe Biden.
Giuliani’s show was one of several hosted by right-of-center personalities as part of a strategy to develop Wabc Radio into a conservative powerhouse under the guidance of the station’s current owner, Red Apple Media founder John Catsimatidis.
But Wabc is not an outlet where anything goes, Catsimatidis said...
- 5/10/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
Rudy Giuliani’s refusal to stop pushing election conspiracies has already cost him plenty, and on Friday the former New York City mayor and Trump sycophant was dealt another blow — this time through the cancellation of his radio program.
Wabc, the radio station that hosted Giuliani’s program Rudy Giuliani, suspended the host and canceled the show after he repeatedly refused to comply with a station policy barring on-air claims disputing the legitimacy of the 2020 election.
According to a New York Times interview with John Catsimatidis, the billionaire Republican who owns the station,...
Wabc, the radio station that hosted Giuliani’s program Rudy Giuliani, suspended the host and canceled the show after he repeatedly refused to comply with a station policy barring on-air claims disputing the legitimacy of the 2020 election.
According to a New York Times interview with John Catsimatidis, the billionaire Republican who owns the station,...
- 5/10/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
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