Actor and media entrepreneur Luti Fagbenle (Maxxx, Robyn Hood), the younger brother of actor O-T Fagbenle (The Handmaid’s Tale) has launched TV production company Osun Group with bases in the U.K. and U.S. Producer Sheila Nortley (Netflix’s Harlan Coben series Stay Close and hit drama Supacell) will lead the company’s TV slate as head of drama […]
Two years after SAG-AFTRA indicated that it wanted to bring intimacy coordinators into the union, the labor group has taken a first step towards making that goal a reality. On Wednesday the performers’ union said it had filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board. SAG-AFTRA is seeking to bargain […]
The nearly five year-long and 330-concert worldwide Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour marked the forty-ninth, and final, concert tour by English musical legend Elton John. And while the performances officially concluded on July 8, 2023 in Stockholm, Sweden, the musician’s journey continues with his release of Farewell Yellow Brick Road: Memories of My Life on […]
Paul Schrader, at the age of 78, is getting a bit philosophical, a trifle introspective and if the truth be told, he is extremely pessimistic about the future. The legendary former film critic turned screenwriter-director — his long list of credits include, as screenwriter, Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver (1976) and Raging Bull (1980) and, as […]
Searchlight Pictures is celebrating a milestone anniversary with … T-shirts! The studio has teamed up once again with buzzy Los Angeles brand Hiro Clark to honor its 30th year in business. (The two previously partnered on “Hello Stranger” shirts after the success of the critically acclaimed All of Us Strangers from Andrew Haigh.) In doing […]
Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix had fans in and around London’s Leicester Square in ecstasy for the Wednesday U.K. premiere of Joker: Folie à Deux from director Todd Phillips and Warner Bros. The follow-up to the critical and commercial smash hit film Joker premiered at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month. The movie stars Phoenix as […]
A new Robocop series is looking more and more like a reality for Amazon Prime Video. The streamer just nabbed two key producers for the developing serialized spin on the sci-fi action franchise. The perennially busy James Wan (Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom) and his Atomic Monster shingle will executive produce alongside Michael Clear and […]
We Will Dance Again, a 90-minute documentary about the victims and survivors of the massacre at the Nova music festival, one of the sites in Israel that was attacked by Hamas a year ago, got a special preview screening in London on Tuesday evening courtesy of the BBC, whose Storyville doc strand is debuting the […]
Oscar race contenders Justin Kurzel’s The Order, Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist and Tim Fehlbaum’s September 5 have joined the lineup for the Austin Film Festival, which has unveiled the first wave of screenings for its 31st edition. The Order, the neo-Nazi crime thriller starring Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult, will be a Centerpiece Film presentation, […]
Chappell Roan clarified her comments about not endorsing Kamala Harris in a social media post on Wednesday, telling followers: “Voting is all we have right now.” Roan said recently she doesn’t “feel pressured to endorse someone,” adding, “I have so many issues with our government in every way. There are so many things that I […]