A dozen years ago, Netflix started a global media revolution in a Norwegian ski resort. Lilyhammer a fish-out-of-water series set in Lillehammer, Norway featuring ex-Sopranos star Steven Van Zandt as a mafioso on witness protection was the streamer’s first entry into the original series business. A year later came a little show called House of […]
Travis Kelce is revealing his guilty pleasure show. On Wednesday’s episode of New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end admitted he was a fan of Gossip Girl growing up. Toward the end of the conversation, the brothers fielded questions from fans, one of which asked what guilty pleasure show […]
Disney has officially launched its password and account-sharing crackdown, rolling out what it is calling its “paid sharing program” to users in the U.S. and in many regions around the world this week. The company had teased the changes in earnings calls earlier this year, but with the launch, it now has an official policy […]
Eduardo Xol, a designer on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, has died. He was 58. Xol, a resident of Palm Springs, California, died at the Desert Regional Medical Center on September 20, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, following injuries from a reported stabbing on September 10. TMZ reports that the Palm Springs Police Department […]
There was much enthusiasm but little optimism regarding the contemporary film market at San Sebastian’s third-annual Creative Investors’ Conference, which wrapped this afternoon. Hosted at San Sebastian’s imposing, hipster-coded contemporary arts center Tabakalera, the conference runs for two days and features onstage Q&As with execs from the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Attendees include MUBI’s Bobby […]
EXCLUSIVE: Director Sophia Banks and producer Damiano Tucci have launched Getaway Entertainment, a new production company committed to great storytelling across all mediums. Getaway already has a robust slate of projects, including the Cary Joji Fukunaga helmed Blood On Snow starring Tom Hardy and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Oh Canada from Paul Schrader starring Richard Gere, Uma […]
EXCLUSIVE: Lifetime has given a green light to A Very Merry Beauty Salon, a new original movie starring and executive produced by Tia Mowry, the final installment of Mowry’s three-picture deal with the network. RonReaco Lee, Donna Biscoe, Cocoa Brown and Ashli Auguillard also star. The movie follows the lively women of an Atlanta beauty salon owned […]
EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-nominated Gaby Hoffmann, best known for her work on Amazon’s Transparent and HBO’s Girls, has signed with Gersh for representation in all areas. Hoffman earned three Emmy nominations, two for Supporting Actress on Transparent for her role as Ali Pfefferman, and a Guest Actress nomination for her performance as Adam’s erratic and mesmerizing sister Caroline on Girls. She was most recently seen […]