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Elizabeth Gillies on Watching ‘Quiet on Set’ With Ariana Grande Over FaceTime, Reprocessing ‘Victorious’ and How Empowering New Movie ‘Spread’ Tackles the Porn Business
For the better part of the last 15 years, Elizabeth Gillies has made a career out of playing sassy, snarky, strong-willed women on television. After rising to fame in her mid-teens as the mercurial Jade West on the hit Nickelodeon sitcom “Victorious,” Gillies made the transition to playing similarly rebellious adult characters, co-starring as Denis Leary’s daughter in his FX musical comedy “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll” and reimagining the role of Fallon Carrington in the CW’s modern-day reboot of “Dynasty.”Nielsen Streaming Top 10: 'Quiet on Set' Debuts in Third Place With 1.3 Billion Minutes Watched, Max's Biggest...
Neon Buys ‘Shelby Oaks,’ Horror Film From YouTube Creator Chris Stuckmann
Fresh off the success of last weekend’s “Longlegs,” Neon announced Tuesday that it has acquired worldwide rights to the “Shelby Oaks,” which was written and directed by filmmaker and YouTube creator Chris Stuckmann. It marks Stuckmann’s feature directorial debut. The film is described as a documentary-found footage crossover. It will have its world premiere at Fantasia Festival on Saturday. Neon will release the film theatrically in the U.S. and handle international sales.How 'Longlegs' Shocked the Box Office to Become the Summer's Breakout Horror Hit “Shelby Oaks” stars Camille Sullivan (“Hunter Hunter”), Brendan Sexton III (“Don’t Breathe 2”) and Sarah Durn (“Where...
Adele Plans ‘Big Break’ From Music: ‘I Want to Do Other Creative Things, Just For a Little While’
Adele is planning to take a step back from music following the conclusion of her “Weekends With Adele” residency in Las Vegas later this fall.Adele Tells Off Audience Member Who She Thinks Yelled 'Pride Sucks' at Las Vegas Show: 'Are You F---ing Stupid?' The singer broke the news in a recent interview with German broadcaster ZDF. Adele reiterated she won’t be releasing a new album anytime soon, a sentiment she first widely shared during a January concert, and said she hopes to take a “big break” to explore other creative outlets, “just for a little while.” “I don’t have any plans for...
‘Merchant Ivory’ Doc Scores Theatrical Release (EXCLUSIVE)
Cohen Media Group will give “Merchant Ivory,” a documentary about the professional and personal partnership of director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant and their production company — Merchant Ivory Productions — a theatrical release on Aug. 30 in select markets, including New York and Los Angeles, before expanding to theaters nationwide in September. The film will will debut at the Quad Cinema in Manhattan at at various theaters in Los Angeles, including Laemmle’s Royal. Visions du Réel Jury Prize Winner Nelson Makengo Boards Kinshasa-Set Documentary 'Nzonzing' (EXCLUSIVE) Directed by Stephen Soucy, “Merchant Ivory” chronicles the pair’s road to success and how...
‘The Challenge 40’ Trailer Features Tears, Blood… and CT Being Carried Out by Medics: ‘It’s War’ (EXCLUSIVE)
The all-vets season of “The Challenge” is officially here. In the exclusive first trailer for Season 40, “Battle of the Eras,” host TJ Lavin returns to present new twists and tougher competition than ever. 'The Challenge: USA' Season 2 Winners Reveal Toughest Part of the Final Was Edited Out “Era I started it all. Era II introduced Fresh Meat,” Lavin says in the video below. “Era III elevated rivalries and romances, and Era IV brought the game global.” This season, kicking off on Wednesday, August 14, at 8 p.m. ET, features four groups of competitors from the past 39 seasons of the...
Ice Cube’s Cube Vision Expands Relationship With Paramount, Sets First-Look TV Deal
Ice Cube and his Cube Vision production company are expanding their relationship with Paramount Global. Pixar, Nickelodeon and Netflix Among Animation and Motion Design Collision Awards Winners (EXCLUSIVE) Cube, his producing partner and Cube Vision COO Jeff Kwatinetz, and Paramount are already partnered on Cube’s Big3 basketball league, which airs on CBS. Cube Vision also produces the unscripted series “Hip Hop Squares” for VH1, while Cube lent his voice to the recent Paramount animated film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. With the new deal, Cube Vision now has a first-look TV deal with Paramount, under which the company will develop...
Greta Gerwig to Receive Pioneer of the Year Award From the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation – Film News in Brief
Greta Gerwig is set to be honored with the Pioneer of the Year Award by the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation.Cannes Film Festival President Iris Knobloch on France's #MeToo Movement, Women Representation and Political Protests: It's a 'Great Moment of Transformation' The “Barbie” writer and director will receive the award at the Pioneer of the Year Dinner, set for Sept. 25 at The Beverly Hilton. The event benefit will honor Gerwig and raise proceeds for WRMPPF’s Pioneers Assistance Fund, a charity that provides financial assistance and supportive counseling to individuals in the motion picture distribution and exhibition community in times...
Skip Bayless Set to Exit Fox Sports’ ‘Undisputed’
Looks like there will soon be room for argument on Fox Sports 1’s signature program “Undisputed.”Sound Problems Mar the Telecast of High-Profile Argentina-Colombia Copa América Soccer Game Skip Bayless, the longtime sports commentator who left a role on ESPN’s hot-talk showcase “First Take” in 2016 to co-anchor a similar concept at Fox Sports, is expected to leave the network sometime after the end of the summer, according to a person familiar with the matter. Fox Sports declined to make executives available for comment. The New York Post previously reported Bayless’ expected exit. Bayless’ departure comes a little more than a year after the...
‘The Deliverance’ Trailer: Andra Day, Glenn Close and Mo’Nique Face Their Demons in Lee Daniels’ Exorcism Thriller for Netflix
Netflix has released the trailer for its upcoming horror thriller “The Deliverance,” starring Andra Day, Glenn Close, Caleb McLaughlin, Mo’Nique and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor. The film follows a family living in Indiana who are plagued by supernatural and demonic occurrences that lead them and their community to believe their house is a portal to hell. Blumhouse TV's 'Worst Roommate Ever' Expands to Franchise With 'Worst Ex Ever' at Netflix; Studio Teases Halloween Competition Series (EXCLUSIVE) “The Deliverance” marks the second collaboration between director Lee Daniels and Day, with their first being the 2021 drama “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.” Day went...
Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘The Room Next Door,’ Starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton, Eyeing Venice Film Festival Debut (EXCLUSIVE)
Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature film, “The Room Next Door” — starring Oscar winners Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton — will likely launch from the Venice Film Festival, which is putting the final touches on a stellar lineup ahead of its official announcement next week.Venice Film Festival Jury: Andrew Haigh, Agnieszka Holland, James Gray and More Join President Isabelle Huppert “Room Next Door” is Almodóvar’s follow-up to 2021’s “Parallel Mothers,” which bowed at Venice and scored the fest’s best actress Volpi Cup for Penelope Cruz’s performance. Almodóvar’s latest is also believed to be in competition at the festival, according to several...
George Miller, Mandy Walker to Lead FilmLight Color Awards Jury (EXCLUSIVE)
The FilmLight Color Awards have named “Mad Max” saga director, writer and producer George Miller as jury guest of honor and Oscar-nominated cinematographer Mandy Walker (“Elvis”) as jury president.'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' Releases on Digital and Blu-ray The awards honor feature and TV colorists and are handed out annually at international cinematography film festival EnergaCamerimage, which this year takes place Nov. 16-23 in Torun, Poland. “Just as slow-drying oil-based paint allowed renaissance art practice to become more iterative, so have the digital tools of the colorist expanded the plasticity of each frame of moving image,” said Miller. Walker added that colorists help the...
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