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Chloe Coleman has joined the cast of F.A.S.T., the Taylor Sheridan-written action feature being made by Warner Bros. Pictures. Ben Richardson,the main director of Sheridan’s1923show and a renowned movie cinematographer in his own right, is helming the feature starring Brandon Sklenar. F.A.S.T.concerns a former special forces commando, down on his luck after he returns Stateside,…
The Los Angeles Lakers have entered their Revolve era. The iconic NBA team announced today a multiyear sponsorship with the fashion retailer and premium lifestyle brand, marking a marriage of Southern California entities. It marks the first NBA sponsorship deal for Revolve, which is wildly popular among millennial and Gen Z female consumers. Per an…
[This story contains spoilers for the Oct. 16 episode of Grey’s Anatomy, “We Built This City.”] For Grey’s Anatomy viewers left wondering after Thursday night’s episode if beloved Dr. Amelia Shepherd has truly taken a leave of absence from Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, the answer is both bad and good: Yes, veteran star Caterina Scorsone…
Quinta Brunson got her start a decade ago posting skits on Instagram. Now she’s taking Abbott Elementary into its fifth season. More recently, Benito Skinner hit it big on TikTok with his celebrity parody videos; he went on to create and star in Hulu’s Overcompensating. Hollywood has long been the top of the mountain, the…
When A Little Prayer debuted at Sundance nearly three years ago, it instantly emerged as one of the festival’s breakout hits. Praise went to writer-director Angus MacLachlan’s humane filmmaking, the powerhouse performances from David Strathairn and Jane Levy, and the authentic portrayal of family life in Middle America. Sony Pictures Classics bought the drama within…
Directing legend John Carpenter has come on board to executive produce a horror anthology series for Elevation Pictures. Created and showrun by Michael Amo (Pure, The Listener) and Will Pascoe (Orphan Black, Absentia), the new series, John Carpenter Presents, during season one will be set in the remote wilderness of Alaska. As a diverse group…
An investigation from British media regulator Ofcom has found that the BBC documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone broke broadcasting rules for being “materially misleading” to audiences. Ofcom released its findings —described as a “serious breach” of Ofcom rules — Friday, and demanded the BBC broadcast a live statement on the investigation results in…
A girl moves around a Chinese restaurant, talking to her working mother in Under the Wave off Little Dragon, a short film from Luo Jian, which is featured at the69th editionof theBFILondon Film Festival(LFF). The Mandarin-, English- and Welsh-language movie is 14 minutes long and part of an LFF collection of shorts screening under the…
A new Simon Rich comedy is coming to Broadway with a cast of rotating stars, including Jon Stewart, Mike Birbiglia, Heidi Gardner and Jim Gaffigan. The show, All Out: Comedy About Ambition, will see the cast read stories by Rich about ego, envy and greed, with original music played by the band Lawrence. This follows…
Who needs mainstream marketing and advertising when you have a cell phone, a TikTok account and a personable CEO to be the face of the brand? That’s exactly what went through Sammy Nussdorf’s mind when he launched his TikTok page, aka Brokeback Contessa (which he says his friend came up with because he describes himself…
