Georgia’s legislative session is a wrap, burying with it a tortured bill on state film and television production tax credits — to the relief of Hollywood, indie producers and Georgia sound stage owners. “Georgia is open for business and continues as a premier destination for film and television production. After much study and debate, the […]
Sam Taylor-Johnson isn’t shading her answers when it comes to rumors that her husband, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, could be the next James Bond. Speaking on The Johnathan Ross Show, she talked about the flurry of talk surrounding a possible 007 nomination for her other half. Sam Taylor-Johnson was the Fifty Shades of Grey director. “You mean […]
Appearing on the Meghan McCain Has Entered The Chat podcast, 47-year-old Melissa Joan Hart is the latest former Nickelodeon star to comment on the shocking documentary Quiet On Set, which detailed allegations of abuse. Hart appeared in Nickelodeon’s Clarissa Explains It All in 1991. She said that she had no horror stories on her experiences […]
Jennifer Leak, the first wife of Tim Matheson who met when they played step-siblings in the 1968 film Yours, Mine and Ours, has died at 76. She died March 18 at her home in Jupiter, Florida. Leak was dealing with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare neurological disease, in her final years. Matheson posted a tribute […]
UPDATE: Protesters interrupted President Joe Biden’s conversation with his predecessors, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, a signature feature of the blockbuster fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall. The disruption isn’t all that surprising, given that many of Biden’s events have seen hecklers calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. This time, according to a […]
The Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival is coming off a successful — and at times turbulent — 26th edition, wrapping “amidst an explosive ambiance with episodes of violence and intolerance.” In a post-festival report, TiDF says 66,000 spectators and visitors participated in the event this year, an increase of 16 percent over 2023. The festival ran […]
Marcello Hernández tried to inject the comedy rule of three into this week’s Thursday SNL promo, as he was joined by Ramy Youssef and Travis Scott. “A Latino guy, an Egyptian guy and a Black guy walk into a bar…” Hernandez started. He was immediately shut down by Youssef and a somber Scott. Hernandez acknowledged […]
Certainly one definition of great music might include an ability to meet the present – and the future – head-on and come out unbruised, even triumphant. By that standard and many more, The Who’s Tommy, opening tonight on Broadway, is thrilling proof that the premiere concept album of 1969 is great music indeed. Gloriously directed […]
In all of the exorbitant fallout from Michael Kassan’s exit from UTA earlier this month even the lawyers are getting shrapnel now. Following a Deadline article of March 25 in which the agency’s outside counsel Bryan Freeman called the ex-MediaLink CEO a “pathological liar,” Kassan is now aiming his ire at the Hollywood heavyweight attorney […]
EXCLUSIVE: Some 20 years after it took root in the imagination of Francis Ford Coppola, Megalopolis screened this morning for the very first time. Held at the Universal CityWalk IMAX Theater, the epic film screened for buyers, and had every distributor in attendance. Also in tow were family friends and filmmakers, a list that included […]
Coming off a well-deserved first-ever Oscar nomination, Bill Nighy has a new worthwhile movie to add to his highly impressive filmography. The Beautiful Game is, on its surface, another well-worn story of a ragtag team of misfits coming together for validation not just in their football (i.e. soccer) skills but, more importantly, in their lives. […]
When twin brothers Bill and Hal find their father's old monkey toy in the