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Jerry Fuller, Songwriter-Producer Whose Dozens of Hits Include ‘Young Girl,’ ‘Travelin’ Man’ and ‘Show and Tell,’ Dies at 85
Jerry Fuller, a songwriter and producer whose No. 1 hits included Ricky Nelson’s “Travelin’ Man,” Gary Puckett & the Union Gap’s “Young Girl,” Al Wilson’s “Show and Tell” and the Knickerbockers’ U.K. chart-topper “Lies,” has died at 85. He died at home in Sherman Oaks Thursday night, where he was said to have been surrounded by family and loved ones; the cause was complications from lung cancer.Estate of Pop Star Rick Nelson Slams Sony With Class Action Lawsuit The Texas-born Fuller also had a short career as a recording artist himself, releasing a lone solo album and several modestly charting singles...
Who Is Pretending Carrie Bradshaw Got Hit by a Citi Bike in Fake ‘And Just Like That’ Filming Notices?
And just like that… Carrie Bradshaw was hit by a Citi Bike? 'And Just Like That' Season 3 Casts Logan Marshall-Green, Mehcad Brooks and Jonathan Cake A series of fake filming notices for Max’s “And Just Like That” have been recently popping up in New York City. These notices, which are circulating on social media, feature bogus plot details about the upcoming third season of the “Sex and the City” reboot. “AFTER GETTING HIT BY A CITIBIKE, CARRIE RETAINS FLETCHER REEDE (JIM CARREY) FROM ‘LIAR, LIAR’ AS HER LAWYER,” one filming notice reads. Another includes a fake plot about Carrie (Sarah...
Kate Hudson Says She and Matthew McConaughey Are ‘Both Totally Open’ to a ‘How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days’ Sequel: ‘All That Matters Would Be the Script’
Kate Hudson said she and Matthew McConaughey are both open to starring in a sequel to the 2003 rom-com “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.”Matthew McConaughey Stopped Acting for Two Years and Thought About Becoming a Teacher or Wildlife Guide Due to Rom-Com Fame: 'It Was Scary' During an appearance on “Watch What Happens Live” on Wednesday, Hudson revealed that she and McConaughey have spoken about returning to the love-torn streets of Manhattan for an encore, saying, “I think they [studios] are always thinking about that.” Hudson stressed that she’d only consider taking on the role if there was a...
Emmy Nominees Analysis: Diving Deeper Into the Sleeper Hits and Bizarre Landscape Ahead of the Second 2024 Ceremony
Peak TV may be over, but the television landscape is hardly at a standstill. In fact, this Emmy season has delivered the most eclectic list of nominees from the widest variety of platforms in TV history. The lineup of contenders runs the gamut from the spectacle of “Shōgun” to the slow burn of “Slow Horses” to the out-of-nowhere sleeper stalker story of the year, “Baby Reindeer.”Maya Rudolph Is Emmys MVP, 'The Simpsons' Gets a 'The Bear' Halo -- and Other Trivia From 2024's Nominations By any definition, nominations for the 76th annual Emmy Awards, unveiled July 17, were well outside...
Anna Faris Would Return to the ‘Scary Movie’ Franchise Under Two Conditions: ‘Money’ and Regina Hall
Anna Faris would reprise her role as Cindy Campbell in the “Scary Movie” franchise, so long as a few conditions are met.'Scary Movie' Franchise Getting Rebooted by Paramount, Miramax and 'Sonic the Hedgehog' Producer Neil H. Moritz In an interview with People, Farris was asked what it would take for her to return to the franchise for a new installment, to which she emphatically replied, “Well, money!” She went on to say that she’d “love to reprise her role” if she could star alongside her former “Scary Movie” co-star, Regina Hall, who played Brenda in the horror parody film series. “I would...
Bob Newhart’s ‘Hilarious’ Memoir Returns to Charts Following Comedy Icon’s Passing
Bob Newhart’s 2006 memoir has returned to the bestsellers chart, following the actor and comedian’s passing on Thursday.Bob Newhart, Comedy Icon, Dies at 94 Originally released by Hyperion Books, “I Shouldn’t Even Be Doing This” is currently the number-one title on Amazon’s Kindle charts for comedian biographies, and in the the top five of Amazon’s television biographies chart. BOB NEWHART BOOK "I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This" $18.09 $19.99 10% off Buy Now On Amazon $19.99 Buy Now ON TARGET The 256-page book was released by the comedian in 2006, shortly after he began a memorable guest arc on “Desperate Housewives.” With the full title, “I Shouldn’t...
‘The Long Game’ Dethrones ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ as No. 1 on Netflix: Why it Matters for Latinos and for Hollywood (Guest Column)
There’s been a lot of media commentary recently about an independent film called “The Long Game” that unseated “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” from its No. 1 slot on Netflix in the U.S. “The Long Game,” a period feel-good drama starring Jay Hernandez, Cheech Marin and Dennis Quaid, has also grabbed attention by ranking as Nextflix’s sixth most popular film on a global basis.HarbourView Equity Partners Invests in 'The Long Game' Producer Mucho Mas Media: 'This Audience is Under-Penetrated,' Says CEO In my view, none of the various headlines spurred by “The Long Game” really understood the data aspect that drove...
How Chris Stuckmann Went From YouTube Film Critic to Making His Own Horror Movie — Courting Neon and Mike Flanagan in the Process
Perhaps it’s due to his love of horror, but Chris Stuckmann has been fearless in the production of his film, “Shelby Oaks.” Days away from its Fantasia Festival world premiere, he admits, with a laugh, that thinking about the crowd reactions has “been on my mind for, probably, five years.” Luckily, he has crafted a bold feature that can stand alongside many of his favorites.Neon Buys 'Shelby Oaks,' Horror Film From YouTube Creator Chris Stuckmann A lifelong filmmaker — he directed his first feature at 15, and it was “about a magical baseball diamond, inspired by ‘Field of Dreams'” — Stuckmann gained fame...
‘Twisters’: How Filmmakers Rigged Glen Powell’s Tornado Chaser Truck To Be the Ultimate Survival Vehicle and Endure 130 MPH Winds
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Twisters,” now playing in theaters.Box Office: 'Twisters' Spinning Ahead of Forecasts With $32.2 Million Opening Day In “Twisters,” Glen Powell’s Tyler Owens — a YouTube superstar who chases tornadoes for clicks and notoriety, as well as for the thrill of riding out his fears – drives a Dodge Ram truck was built to withstand winds of up to 130 miles per hour. Daisy Edgar-Jones stars as Kate Cooper, a meteorologist and ex-tornado chaser who is haunted by a major storm from her past, who along with her colleague Javi (Anthony Ramos), goes up against...
Box Office: ‘Twisters’ Spinning Ahead of Forecasts With $32.2 Million Opening Day
“Twisters” is twirling, twirling, twirling toward one of the five biggest domestic debuts of the year. The sequel whizzed past projections on opening day with $32.2 million from 4,151 locations across Friday and preview screenings.'Twisters': How Filmmakers Rigged Glen Powell's Tornado Chaser Truck To Be the Ultimate Survival Vehicle and Endure 130 MPH Winds Outlook for the opening weekend of the natural disaster thriller is now at $74 million — way north of the industry estimates for $50 million to $55 million earlier this week. That puts it in competition with fellow Universal release “Despicable Me 4” ($75 million) for the...
‘The Surfer’ Director Lorcan Finnegan on Why Nicolas Cage Kept a Rat in His Pocket, and Why You Shouldn’t Tickle a Snake
Lorcan Finnegan’s “The Surfer,” screening at Taormina Film Festival following its premiere at Cannes, promises to be one of the year’s cult films. A bizarro mix of Kafka and Ozploitation, the film boasts a late phase Cage performance and a psycho-comedy that appears all the darker for its sunbaked setting. The Irish director of “Vivarium” and “Nocebo” spoke with Variety as the Mediterranean glittered tantalizingly in the distance.Sharon Stone on How Movies Have Changed Since 'Basic Instinct': 'Films Are Less About Men Writing About Their Fantasies of the Way Women Are' Were you familiar with surfing culture before making the film? I...
Luminate Streaming Ratings: ‘Descendants: Rise of Red’ and ‘Love Island USA’ Lead With 1.1 Billion Minutes Watched Each July 12-18
The two most-watched streaming originals in the U.S. during the week of July 12-18 were Peacock’s “Love Island USA” Season 6 and Disney+’s “Descendants: The Rise of Red,” topping Luminate’s TV and film charts, respectively, with 1.1 billion minutes watched.'Hillbilly Elegy' Viewership Jumps 1,000% After J.D. Vance Named Trump's Vice President Pick, Hitting 164,000 Views This was the second week at No. 1 for "Love Island." Season 6 viewership improved slightly from last week's 919 million minutes watched after the release of Episodes 28 through 33. "The Rise of Red" debuted on the the first day of this viewing window, giving...
‘Touch’ Director Baltasar Kormákur on Working With Novelists, the Influence of His ‘Traumatic’ Divorce, Casting His Son: ‘I Don’t Want to Hurt My Child’
At the Taormina Film Festival, Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur spoke to Variety about romantic drama “Touch,” his adaptation of the novel by Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson. The film was released last week in the U.S. by Focus Features, earning rave reviews and a 93% Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes.'Downton Abbey 3' Gets September 2025 Release Date Previously Kormákur has filmed Idris Elba versus a lion in “Beast,” and Jason Clarke and Jake Gyllenhaal versus a mountain in “Everest,” but in some ways this story of an old man, Kristófer, reconciling with a lost love as he faces early-onset dementia was just as...
‘Winter’s Bone’ Director Debra Granik to Head Venice Horizons Jury, Taylor Russell Joins First Works Jury Panel
Oscar-nominated U.S. director Debra Granik (“Winter’s Bone”) will preside over the jury of the Venice Film Festival’s Horizons (Orizzonti) section dedicated to more cutting-edge works.Venice Film Festival's XR Section to Feature 19 World Premieres, Seven International Premieres Granik will be joined on the Horizons jury by Iranian writer, director and producer Ali Asgari (“Terrestrial Verses”); Syrian film director and screenwriter Soudade Kaadan (“The Day I Lost My Shadow”); Greek director, screenwriter and producer Christos Nikou (“Apples”); Swedish actress and director Tuva Novotny (“Britt-Marie Was Here”); Hungarian filmmaker Gábor Reisz (“Explanation for Everything”); and Italian screenwriter and director Valia Santella (“I Can See It in Your Eyes”). “Winter’s Bone” won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance...
South African Industry Ponders Its Future as Challenges Mount: ‘We’re Not Cultivating a New Generation’
The Durban FilmMart began Friday in South Africa with the spirited, hopeful, often contentious representatives of the host nation weighing in on the highs and lows of its screen industries three decades into democratic rule.Mad Solutions Takes World Rights to 'Dear Tarkovsky,' Palestinian Filmmaker Firas Khoury's Follow-Up to Fiery Cairo Fest Winner 'Alam' (EXCLUSIVE) “I think this industry has always reflected a combination of anger and courage. You see the demand. The numbers are there. You see the beautiful work. You see the potential,” said Onke Dumeko, head of operations at South Africa’s National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF). “The challenge is...
Mad Solutions Takes World Rights to ‘Dear Tarkovsky,’ Palestinian Filmmaker Firas Khoury’s Follow-Up to Fiery Cairo Fest Winner ‘Alam’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Arab distributor Mad Solutions has taken world rights to Firas Khoury’s “Dear Tarkovsky,” the Palestinian filmmaker’s follow-up to his fiery Cairo Film Festival winner “Alam” (The Flag). Khoury will be introducing the project to prospective partners this week at the Durban FilmMart.Durban FilmMart Head Magdalene Reddy on Africa's Financing Boom, Transformative Power of Cinema and How to 'Create a New Vision' for the Continent The director’s sophomore feature follows 35-year-old Farouk, a resident of Ramallah who dreams of making his first film, “A Bridge to Jaffa,” a period piece about a Palestinian resistance fighter. A graduate of Russian film school and...
‘Bad Genius’ Director Baz Poonpiriya Launches BASK Venture With Thailand’s ‘Grandma’ Studio GDH
Nattawut ‘Baz’ Poonpiriya, the director of 2017 pan-Asian hit “Bad Genius,” has joined forces with Thailand’s leading film studio GDH559 to launch new production company BASK.Why Thailand Holds an Enduring Attraction for Online Video Players GDH, a subsidiary of the GMM group, is currently riding another wave of regional success with comedy-drama “How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies” breaking box office records in Southeast Asian countries including Singapore, Vietnam and The Philippines. Earlier this week, the company unveiled a powerful production and releasing slate covering the next year. Co-headed by GDH producer, Vanridee Pongsittisak, BASK says it will work alongside top...
‘Cobra Kai’ Villain Alicia Hannah-Kim on Singing Taylor Swift Songs With Peyton List on Set and How Kylo Ren Inspired Kim Da-Eun
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for Season 6, Part 1 of “Cobra Kai,” now streaming on Netflix.'Those About to Die' Star Iwan Rheon on Why Tenax 'Created a Monster,' and How His 'Game of Thrones' Villain Ramsay Bolton Would Fare in the Roman Colosseum While Kim Da-Eun — Alicia Hannah-Kim’s character in “Cobra Kai”— was one of the main antagonists last season (and seemed to be done for good), you shouldn’t have counted her out. Kim is back, and teaming up with Kreese (Martin Kove) to take their new generation of Cobra Kai fighters to the next level in the worldwide...
Donna Berwick, ‘Da 5 Bloods’ Costume Designer, Dies at 66
Donna Berwick, a costume designer who worked on films including Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods,” “Donnie Darko” and more died, July 14 of breast cancer. She was 66. Berwick was nominated for best contemporary film by the Costume Designers Guild for her work on “Da 5 Bloods,” a Vietnam War veterans drama starring Delroy Lindo, Chadwick Boseman, Jonathan Majors and Clarke Peters. The 2020 Netflix original film follows four veterans that return to Vietnam searching for the remains of their squad leader and the fortune he helped them hide. She also designed the costumes for Lee’s “Inside Man,” starring Denzel Washington...
Sean Kingston Facing Decades in Prison Following Indictment Over Wire Fraud Charges
Sean Kingston and his mother were indicted in Miami federal court today in connection with a $1 million wire fraud scheme. If convicted, both face up to 20 years in prison for each of the six charged counts.Sean Kingston Facing 10 Charges in Florida, Including Defrauding Jeweler for $480,000 and Grand Theft The 34-year-old singer, born Kisean Anderson, appeared in court with his 61-year-old mother Janice Turner after their arrest in May. Today, they were charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and five counts of wire fraud charges from their involvement in a scheme to defraud victim...
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