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American Pulitzer prize-winning conflict photographer Lynsey Addario is profiled in Love + War, a rock-solid documentary feature and the latest collaboration between filmmakers Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, who made doc Free Solo and the biographical drama Nyad together. Assembled from the rich pickings of Addario’s own still photography plus material shot by photojournalists she…
One word consistently was mentioned among the stars attending Thursday’s Kering Foundation Caring for Women Dinner at New York’s The Pool restaurant and event space — hope, a word and emotion many declared was more vital than ever. “It’s really special to be in a room full of people who are optimistic about the change…
In Whose Name?, a new documentary from first time filmmaker Nico Ballesteros about the life and tumultuous times of Kanye “Ye” West, features appearances by one huge name after another. It’s an A-list parade as Beyoncé, Jay Z, Lady Gaga, LeBron James, Rihanna, Chris Rock, Drake, ex-wife Kim Kardashian and Diddy all have cameos, and…
British screenwriter and playwright Jack Thorne, best known for Adolescence and His Dark Materials, has been elected president of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB). Thorne, who also wrote Help, This Is England ’90andHarry Potter and the Cursed Child, steps into the role vacated by Sandi Toksvig at the union, which represents professional writers…
Mumbai — Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar has confirmed that his upcoming film Jee Le Zaraa is still on the cards, but hinted that it might move forward without Alia Bhatt, Priyanka Chopra, and Katrina Kaif in the lead roles. The project was originally announced in 2021 with the three stars attached, but production delays and scheduling…
Digital content creator and actor Nolan Hansen has signed with CAA for representation. Hansen secured viral fame as the quirky underdog character on MrBeast’s YouTube challenge channels, or the heavily-subscribed online channels run by Jimmy Donaldson as part of his MrBeast empire. That led to Hansen becoming a series regular on Amazon’s competition reality series…
CNN is expanding its live news hours, bringing on Elex Michaelson to anchor a new program from Los Angeles from 12-2 a.m. ET. Michaelson joins CNN from KTTV, Fox’s L.A. station, where he garnered widespread acclaim for his coverage of this year’s devastating wildfires. He had been with KTTV since 2017. While at KTTV, Michaelson…
Ricky Gervais is going to play a “fat, lazy, rude, opinionated creature with fangs, who’s not as smart or brave as he thinks he is” in upcoming Netflix adult animated comedy series Alley Cats. “Quite a stretch,” the comedian called his newest role. Good one — so Alley Cats will be that kind of humour….
The Westwood offices of filmmaker and manager Steven Paul are crowded with mementos of an idiosyncratic journey in the business. On one wall, there is a framed 1971 New Yorker “Talk of the Town” piece that profiles Paul as a 12-year-old actor in a Kurt Vonnegut play and an adolescent playwright himself. On another is…
The newspaper’s headline was brutal: “Where Have You Gone, Mark Hamill?” asked The Pittsburgh-Post Gazette in 1999. The story’s answer practically jeered: “Luke Skywalker doing a voice on The Woody Woodpecker Show? A supporting voice? Yep.” Yet the biggest blow was yet to come: Hamill, star of the world’s biggest sci-fi franchise, would continue to…
