Palm Springs ShortFest Gets Back Into Gear
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The Palm Springs International ShortFest will mark an in-person return to the California desert oasis from June 21-27, showcasing 300 short films in 51 different curated programs. If that seems like a markedly high number of films considering all of the disruptions in both the film production and festival space over the past two years, interim festival director Sudeep Sharma has an explanation.“On...
Jude Law’s Riff Raff Entertainment Secures Multimillion Dollar Investment and New CEO
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Jude Law and co-founder Ben Jackson’s Riff Raff Entertainment has landed a multimillion dollar investment from Calculus Capital and will bring on Stephen Fuss as CEO to fuel the company’s growth across film and television production.The deal comes a year after the Oscar-nominated “Fantastic Beasts” actor signed a first-look deal with New Republic Pictures.Fuss, a former media attorney and founder...
‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ Director Cooper Raiff Is Your Typical 20-Something… With a 15 Million Movie Deal
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Cooper Raiff has been embracing a nomadic lifestyle, crashing with friends in Los Angeles and traveling to national parks while he’s in between jobs. But the lack of a permanent residence does have its drawbacks. He moved into a new sublet in Queens — where he’s preparing to shoot a movie — late last week and opened the door to a disaster zone, the kind of mess that compels one to immediately wash...
Jude Law’s Riff Raff Entertainment Scores Multi-Million Dollar Investment, Names New CEO
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Jude Law’s Riff Raff Entertainment landed a multi-million dollar injection from venture capital firm Calculus Capital, giving the production company a financial boost to hire additional executives and acquire new projects.Along with its recently inked first-look deal with New Republic Pictures, the investment provides Riff Raff with significant firepower to bid on buzzy material and court writers...
Blumhouse TV and Paper Pictures to Adapt ‘Blind Spot’ By ‘Girl on the Train’ Author Paula Hawkins (Exclusive)
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Blumhouse Television has acquired the rights to Paula Hawkins’ 2022 novella “Blind Spot,” Variety has learned exclusively. Blumhouse and Paper Pictures will develop the thriller as a streaming movie, with a search for talent currently underway.“Blind Spot” follows Edie, Jake and Ryan, friends with an unbreakable bond. Since childhood, it’s been the three of them against the world. When Jake is bru...
Mayim Bialik Reacts to Covid Diagnosis: ‘Vaccinated, Boosted People Get Covid’
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Mayim Bialik, who announced Monday she has Covid, says she’s “feeling better.”In her latest Instagram video update on her Bialik Breakdown account, Bialik confirmed she was vaccinated and boosted, but said she always understood there was a possibility of getting Covid.“Vaccinated, boosted people get Covid,” she said in her nine-minute video posted on Tuesday. “That’s totally clear.”As she continue...
Magnolia Buys Quentin Dupieux’s Cannes Film ‘Smoking Causes Coughing’ From Gaumont (Exclusive)
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Magnolia has acquired North American rights to Quentin Dupieux’s wild comedy “Smoking Causes Coughing” rolling off its world premiere at Cannes festival’s Midnight section. Gaumont co-produced the film and is representing it in international markets.The deal reteams Dupieux with Magnolia which previously released two of the French director’s most successful films “Mandibles” and “Rubber.”As other...
‘House of the Dragon’ Merch Gives Targaryen Fans a Sneak Peek of the ‘Game of Thrones’ Spinoff
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Click here to read the full article.If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission.If a 2.2 million Fabergé dragon egg is beyond your measly smallfolk budget, fear not, House Targaryen devotees. Ahead next month’s House of the Dragon premiere, fans can get a taste of the Game of Thrones prequel...
‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Delivers on That Season-Long Tease
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Click here to read the full article.[This story contains spoilers for the series finale of Obi-Wan Kenobi.]It took a lot of patience on the part of viewers, but Obi-Wan Kenobi delivered on a season-long tease fans hoped would come to fruition.Qui-Gon Jinn played by Liam Neeson returned to the franchise for the first time since 1999’s Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. The moment was shorte...
Brad Pitt Says He’s on the ‘Last Leg’ of His Film Career: It’s ‘This Last Semester’
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Brad Pitt won an Oscar in 2020 for his performance in Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and is fronting a major studio tentpole later this summer with Sony’s “Bullet Train,” and yet the 58-year-old actor isn’t setting himself up for some kind of late career resurgence. Quite the contrary. Speaking to GQ magazine, Pitt said he views his film career as winding down and entering its...
Tom Hanks Explains His Love of Crashing Weddings: ‘It’s My Ego Unchecked’ (Video)
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Tom Hanks has developed a bit of a habit of crashing weddings over the years. So, on Tuesday night, Seth Meyers got to the bottom of why exactly that is.During his appearance on “Late Night” in support of “Elvis,” the actor was complimented by Meyers for being “a man of many hats.” But among those hats is being the guy who shows up weddings, “invited or not.” Hanks took the jab in good spirits tho...
Paul Haggis Denies Rape Allegation, Tells Italian Judge Sex Was Consensual
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Paul Haggis appeared Wednesday in an Italian court where he denied raping a woman he encountered at a film festival they were attending, telling a judge that the two engaged in consensual sex, according to multiple reports.Haggis and his Italian attorney met for several hours with a judge who will decide later Wednesday whether to let him go free while the investigation continues, or keep him unde...
James Rado, Co-Creator of Groundbreaking ‘Hair’ Musical, Dies at 90
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Click here to read the full article.James Rado, co-creator of the groundbreaking hippie musical Hair, which celebrated protest, pot and free love and paved the way for the sound of rock on Broadway, has died. He was 90.Rado died Tuesday night in New York City of cardio respiratory arrest, according to friend and publicist Merle Frimark.Hair, which has a story and lyrics by Rado and Gerome Ragni an...
‘Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile’ Trailer Shows Shawn Mendes as a Singing, Dancing Reptile (Video)
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What exactly is “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile?” It’s a kids musical about a crocodile! He wears a scarf, and he can sing! And he’s voiced by pop artist Shawn Mendes.On Wednesday, Sony Pictures released the first trailer for “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile,” which is a live-action movie featuring Mendes as the singing, dancing, CGI reptile based on the children’s book series by Bernard Waber.The film follows the P...
‘Back to the Future’ Broadway Musical Set for 2023
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Click here to read the full article.Broadway is heading back to the future in 2023 with a stage adaptation of the iconic ’80s film.On Wednesday, the Back to the Future franchise’s official Twitter published a teaser trailer for the show, which is slated to debut sometime in 2023. “Synchronize your watches,” the video begins, before a camera captures two actors — representing Marty McFly and Emmett...
