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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...
Donald Trump Speech Powers Most-Watched RNC Coverage, Peaking at 28.4 Million Viewers
The 2024 Republican National Convention hit its highest viewership on its final night, averaging 25.4 million viewers across networks on Thursday. Viewership peaked at 28.4 million from 10:45 to 11:00 p.m, on the early side of a 90-minute speech made by former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump.Donald Trump Became a Reality TV Star Again With His Rambling Convention Speech As with the previous nights of the convention, Fox News Channel’s coverage was the most-watched, and in fact set a record for the most-watched cable news convention coverage in history. During the 10:30 p.m to 11:00 p.m. window, the channel...
How to Watch the WNBA All-Star Game 2024 Online Without Cable
We’re into the halfway point of the 2024 WNBA season, and the league is heading into an extended break with the WNBA All-Star Game Weekend. It’s also going to be the first time that rivals Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese will play on the same team, as teammates on Team WNBA.MLB All-Star Game 2024 Livestream: How to Watch The National League vs. American League Online Free The two-day event livestreams on ESPN for the skills competition and 3-point contest on Friday, July 19, and then on ABC for the All-Star Game itself on Saturday, July 20. watch WNBA All-Star GAME 2024 with...
Best Portable Laptop Chargers: Here’s Where To Get Battery Packs From Anker, Belkin, Mophie and More Online
Although laptops and mobile devices are great for getting work done, browsing the web and enjoying streaming entertainment, they have one fatal flaw — all devices require electricity to work. And when you’re away from your desk, out-and-about around town or just traveling from destination to destination, finding a power outlet can be a challenge.Xbox Series X/S Deals: The Consoles Are Discounted for Prime Day However, a trusty portable laptop charger can provide you some much needed juice to make an important deadlines or get you through a long 12-hour flight. We rounded up the best portable laptop chargers from across the...
Schoolboy Q Suggests Opening Night of His Tour Was Canceled Over Drake and Kendrick Lamar Beef: ‘Low-Key Hilarious’
TDE rapper Schoolboy Q believes the opening night of his “Blue Lips Weekend” tour — a 18-date trek in support of his sixth studio LP — in Toronto was purposefully canceled due to his allegiance to Kendrick Lamar in his public battle with Drake. Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' Returns to No. 1 on the Hot 100 Schoolboy has been a part of TDE and Lamar’s camp for years, and naturally, he appeared in Lamar’s recent video for his widely popular Drake diss track, “Not Like Us.” Not only that, Schoolboy also appeared as a special guest for Lamar’s Juneteenth concert...
Oracle CEO Safra Catz Exits Disney’s Board
Disney announced that Safra Catz, CEO of Oracle, is departing its board of directors after six years.Five Years After Fox Deal, Disney's Unprecedented Emmy Nominations Haul 'Validates' Its High-Wire TV Act Disney and Catz did not provide an explanation for why she stepped down from the Mouse House’s board. With Catz’s departure, the size of Disney’s board has been reduced from 12 directors to 11. According to a Disney filing with the SEC, Catz informed the company on Thursday (July 18) that she would leave the board. Disney’s board was in the spotlight earlier this year when activist investor Nelson Peltz tried...
Jack White Surprise-Releases New Solo Album, Available Only at Third Man Record Stores
Jack White has stealth-released a new solo album that is only available at retail outlets of his Third Man Records in Detroit, Nashville and London.Diana Ross, Eminem, Jack White and Many More Light Up Detroit's 'Concert From Michigan Central' The album, which comes in an otherwise blank sleeve stamped with the letters “NO NAME” in White’s signature shade of blue and bears the catalog number TMR-1000, is being given for free with any purchase, as reported by Detroit’s Metro Times. The paper noted that the album “sounds more stripped down and guitar-heavy” than White’s most recent releases, “Fear of the Dawn”...
‘Suits L.A.’ and ‘Grosse Pointe Garden Society’ Land Series Orders at NBC
It’s official: “Suits” is back. The spinoff, “Suits: L.A.,” led by Stephen Amell, has received a series order pickup by NBC. NBC Reveals Fall Premiere Dates, Starting With 'The Voice' and Zachary Quinto's 'Brilliant Minds' on Sept. 23 Produced by UCP and Hypnotic, original show creator Aaron Korsh returns as writer and executive producer. Per the official logline, “Suits: L.A.” follows Ted Black (Amell), “a former federal prosecutor from New York, has reinvented himself representing the most powerful clients in Los Angeles. His firm is at a crisis point and to survive he must embrace a role he held in contempt his...
‘Hello, Dolly!’ Review: Imelda Staunton Is Marvelous in a Strikingly Sincere West End Revamp
Famous for many things, not least Carol Channing playing the title role more than 5,000 times, “Hello, Dolly!” is, happily, one of Broadway’s brashest, splashiest star vehicles whose relative lack of subtlety is heralded by the title’s exclamation point. Purists seeking yet another rehash of Gower Champion’s original blueprint may consider London’s hotly anticipated revival as more of a case of “Hello, Dolly?” No-one expected plush glamor to be replaced by honesty and sincerity but that’s what a strikingly tender cast, led by a marvelously no-nonsense Imelda Staunton, delivers in director Dominic Cooke’s increasingly joy-filled rethink.Mike Leigh Says Peterloo Gatherers...
‘The Acolyte’ Shot an Ending Where Osha and the Stranger Kiss, but a ‘Sensual Moment’ Didn’t Feel Appropriate and Got Cut: ‘It May Have Not Been Too Earned’
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “The Acolyte” finale.'The Acolyte' Star Manny Jacinto Got All of His Lines Cut From 'Top Gun: Maverick': 'It Wasn't Shocking to Me ... Tom Cruise Is Writing Stories for Tom Cruise' The first season of the Disney+ television series “The Acolyte” ends on a triumphant moment for the Sith. Manny Jacinto’s Sith Lord known as the Stranger (or Qimir as he’s called before his Sith reveal) has successfully gained a student to teach in all things the dark side. The heel turn is that his student is Osha (Amandla Stenberg), who started the series with...
Anchor Bay Entertainment Acquires Worldwide Rights to Horror Film ‘Cursed in Baja’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Anchor Bay Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to the horror film “Cursed in Baja,” which will see its world premiere Aug. 23 at FrightFest Film Festival in London. Anchor Bay Entertainment Buys Global Rights to Sci-Fi Film 'Daddy' (EXCLUSIVE) The film follows Pirelli, an ex-lawman who travels to Mexico to search for the heir to a Los Angeles fortune, while also confronting his own complicated past. Barbara Crampton (“You’re Next) and Jose Conejo Martin (“The Tax Collector”) star in the film alongside Jeff Daniel Phillips. Phillips also directed, produced and penned the screenplay for the film. Phillips is known for his...
Maria Menounos and Husband Keven Undergaro Launch Production Company ‘We Heart Holidays’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Power couple Maria Menounos and Keven Undergaro are leaning into the holiday spirit in a big way. The duo have cofounded We Heart Holidays, a holiday movie production company that will create quality films about the holiday season.Maria Menounos to Launch New Talk Series and Game Show on ReachTV (TV News Roundup) With a full slate of ideas, scripts and talent lined up, they will begin moving titles into production as early as next year. They just helped to complete their first feature, “Christmas at Plumhill Manor,” led by Menounos and directed by Brian Herzlinger. “If you know my story with...
‘High Potential’ Showrunner Todd Harthan Signs 20th Television Overall Deal (EXCLUSIVE)
Todd Harthan has signed a new multi-year overall deal with 20th Television, Variety has learned exclusively. 'The Resident' Exec Producer Todd Harthan Takes Over as Showrunner on Kaitlin Olson's New ABC Series 'High Potential' The news comes roughly a month after Harthan was named the showrunner and executive producer of the upcoming ABC procedural “High Potential” starring Kaitlin Olson, which is produced by fellow Disney-owned studio ABC Signature. Harthan took over the role from Rob Thomas, who exited the show earlier in June. Harthan has a relationship with 20th TV going back a decade. He previously collaborated with the studio...
Armie Hammer Denies Robert Downey Jr. Paid for His Rehab, but Says Actor Gave Him Advice: ‘Sit Down, Shut Up and Everything Is Going to Be OK’
Armie Hammer continued his recent press tour with an appearance on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” on Friday, where he discussed the aftermath of the sexual abuse allegations brought against him in 2021.Oscar Winners Robert Downey Jr. and Da'Vine Joy Randolph Continue 2024 Awards Run With Emmy Noms -- Could They Win Both Prizes in One Year? As a result of the allegations — which included rape, engaging in cannibalism fantasies and coercing partners into BDSM scenarios — the “Social Network” and “Call Me by Your Name” actor exited several projects, was dropped by his publicist and agent and became the subject of...
Netflix Is Racing to Close Its Advertising ‘Gap,’ Co-CEO Greg Peters Says
Netflix shined its crown as the reigning sovereign of the premium streaming-video world in the second quarter of 2024. It turned in another enviable report, packing on 8 million new subscribers (a record Q2 gain) to stand at 277.7 million worldwide. Netflix topped sales and profit targets, too, and upped full-year 2024 revenue and margin forecasts. The cherry on top: The streamer crowed about its whopping 107 Emmy nominations, leading this year’s field.'Star Trek: Prodigy' Is the Perfect Show for Trekkies -- Now They Need to Watch It “This is what winning looks like,” Pivotal Research Group analyst Jeff Wlodarczak wrote...
Donald Glover Closes the Book on Childish Gambino With the Masterful ‘Bando Stone and the New World’: Album Review
Donald Glover doesn’t do anything by half, and the massive multifaceted project he’s launched for what he says is the final statement from Childish Gambino, the long-running alter-ego he rode to musical stardom, is no exception. “Bando Stone and the New World” is an album, a film and a sprawling world tour, which were all announced simultaneously back in April (along with another album, a finished version of “Atavista,” the nearly-complete set he’d quietly rush-released in the early days of the pandemic and re-released last May).Donald Glover Hosts Intimate Listening Party for Final Childish Gambino Album 'Bando Stone,' Featuring His...
NBCUniversal Won’t Quantify Overall Ad Commitments in Upfront Market
Did Madison Avenue fill NBCUniversal’s coffers or not during this year’s decidedly difficult “upfront” market? The answer is hard to discern.NBA Finalizes Massive Rights Deals With NBC, Amazon, ESPN, Setting Up Possible Warner Showdown The Comcast-backed media conglomerate on Friday acknowledged that it had wrapped negotiations in the TV industry’s annual upfront, when U.S. TV companies try to sell the bulk of their commercial inventory ahead of their next cycles of programming. “NBCUniversal can confirm growth in our Total Cash Commitments for our 2024-25 Upfront, driven by our by key priority business areas including audiences, live programming and streaming,” said Mark Marshall,...
Sundance Reveals Six Possible Cities for 2027 Festival Location, Including Louisville and Cincinnati
The Sundance Institute has selected the finalist cities for the location of the 2027 Sundance Film Festival. Sundance Prizewinner 'In the Summers' Finds U.S. Distribution With Music Box Films (EXCLUSIVE) In addition to the possibility of remaining in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, the cities that made the next round are Atlanta; Cincinnati; Boulder, Colo.; Louisville, Ky.; and Santa Fe, N.M. The Sundance Institute looked at the infrastructure and event capabilities of each city, and the cities were required to show how they would welcome and foster the diverse Sundance community and culture of independent creativity, according to the institute....
Sharon Stone on How Movies Have Changed Since ‘Basic Instinct’: ‘Films Are Less About Men Writing About Their Fantasies of the Way Women Are’
Sharon Stone, who was at the Taormina Film Festival Friday to receive the Golden Cariddi Lifetime Achievement Award, spoke about her battles with ill health, her fears for the future of her country, and the changes happening in the film industry.'Quir' Director Nicola Bellucci on His Documentary About a Palermo Handbag Shop and the LGBTQ+ Community Who Gather There (EXCLUSIVE) “The world has changed dynamically since 1992. When I made ‘Basic Instinct,’ it seemed like a scandal,” Stone said. “The studios have changed dramatically. They’ve changed from making a variety of movies to making really these gigantic $100 million and $200...
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