James Lew, the Hollywood stuntman and martial artist, died from congestive heart failure ... TMZ has learned. We obtained Lew's death certificate from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, which shows he died August 23 at an assisted…
Read full articleRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Ella Rumpf (“Raw,” “Couture”), Júlio Andrade (“Under Pressure”) and Ana Flávia Cavalcanti (“Baby”) are set to star in Andrea Štaka’s “Ibicaba: O Paraíso Prometido.” The new film by the Golden Leopard-winning director will be produced under Brazil’s MyMama Entertainment banner in co-production with Switzerland’s Cinédokké Sagl and Brazil’s MMM Carioca. […]
When people say live-action Disney movies, they alwaysssss mean the remakes. View Entire Post ›
EXCLUSIVE: FREEAgent, the podcast series hosted by creative entrepreneur Kenny Annan-Jonathan, returns today for its second season. In its first run, the pod became known for its high-profile guests, with names across fashion, business, and sports joining Annan-Jonathan to discuss their careers. Guests included Naomi Osaka’s longtime agent Stuart Duguid and veteran executive Rich Kleiman. […]
Amazon MGM Studios exec Philip Pratt has jumped ship to Disney+ where he will oversee original production for Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Currently head of original productions at Amazon, he is set to join the Mouse House early next year as a VP, reporting to EMEA content boss Angela Jain. “As we grow our local […]
EXCLUSIVE: SC Films International has started production on Gnome Alone: Game of Gnomes, the sequel to its animated family movie from 2017. Peter Lepeniotis (The Nut Job) is returning to write and direct. SC Films is producing and will launch worldwide sales at the American Film Market next month. The film marks the first collaboration […]
“Schitt’s Creek” star Dan Levy is calling out Shane Gillis’ “Saturday Night Live” monologue, saying that “more men need to be standing up in opposition to it.” Gillis, who hosted “SNL” over the weekend, has generated heated backlash for his comments about women in his opener. “I haven’t been to the gym in so long, […]
Unpopular opinion, but Ariel's blue dress was wayyyy better than that Pepto-Bismol mess! View Entire Post ›
Chile’s Quijote Films, behind Cannes Un Certain Regard prizewinners “The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo” and “The Settlers,” is venturing into scripted series with the launch of a new in-house series development arm. Based out of Chile and Los Angeles, the company has already invested up to $250,000 in development ahead of Mipcom, which Quijote […]
EXCLUSIVE: The new-look Skydance is worth just $29B due to its huge debt pile, according to media analyst Evan Shapiro. The former NBC, Participant Media and IFC exec, who now maps the media landscape through his ESHAP business, said the valuation was down to both the $81B debt that Skydance assumed on day one of […]
Fred Kogel, chief executive of Leonine Studios, Germany’s leading independent distribution and production company, is upbeat about the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, now part of Skydance. Variety spoke to him about how the merger is likely to affect the film and TV landscape in German-language territories. One of the commitments made by […]
A new live solo album and concert film by Paul Thomas Anderson document the droll, and divisive, charms of the singer-songwriter and frontman of the band Geese.
Joey Arias and Basil Twist have resurrected their trippy 2008 hit, “Arias With a Twist.” Just don’t call it drag.