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In a strange bit of pop-culture déjà vu, the two names back on everyone’s lips this summer are Madonna and Michael Jackson. Antoine Fuqua’s Jackson biopic Michael, starring nephew Jaafar Jackson, has just delivered a huge global opening for a musical biopic. Madonna, meanwhile, is back in circulation, coming off Coachella appearances and teasing new…
[This story contains spoilers for Apex.] Silver linings during the pandemic were few and far between. But in the case of screenwriter Jeremy Robbins, receiving an involuntary breather from the breakneck pace of TV writers’ rooms provided him the runway to write a spec feature script called Apex. What also began as a way for…
Disney+ added another buzzy K-drama title on Thursday to its steadily expanding slate of originals from East Asia. The streamer announced the launch of principal photography on The Miracles of the Namiya General Store, a Korean-language series adaptation of Japanese author Keigo Higashino’s 2012 bestseller, which has sold more than 13 million copies worldwide. The…
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. Whether you’re eager to binge Taylor Sheridan’s The Madison or Paramount’s latest true crime offering, My Killer Father: The Green Hollow Murders, a Paramount+ subscription is a non-negotiable. And while the streaming…
California gubernatorial frontrunner Steve Hilton is preparing to announce an ambitious plan to save Hollywood productions and jobs,The Hollywood Reporterhas learned. The Republican candidate will support a film tax-credit plan that could go as high as 60 percent for some productions and would never go lower than 40 percent. Currently, the ceiling in California usually…
“One tiny spark becomes a night of blazing suspense!” That tagline from 1974’sThe Towering Inferno could easily have been slapped on Renny Harlin’sDeep Water. Maybe combined with “You’ll Never Go in the Water Again!” fromJaws. EvenThe Poseidon Adventure’s classic “Hell, upside down!” might apply to a scene or two. While the director’s last studio hit,…
NXT‘s PLEs, fka PPVs, are headed to The CW, fka The WB; more acronyms and ALL-CAPS TK (“to come” in journalism parlance). WWE and The CW announced this morning NXT’s premium live events will now air exclusively on The CW, which already has the WWE minor leagues’ weekly episodic show each Tuesday. The CW was…
In a year where airports have become vortexes of time-consuming frustration and the number of canceled flights is on the rise, it might be understandable to choose to staycation this summer. That said, the luxury side of air travel is becoming more enticing than ever, with companies increasingly catering to the highest net-worth travelers. At…
In August 2019, Sholonda was back in the studio for the 19th time to film for Maury — but this time, she wasn’t the one who would run. She received the typical boos and thumbs-downs from the studio audience at the Rich Forum in Stamford, Connecticut when the host revealed how many times she’d graced…
Laura Linney is returning to Broadway next season in the world premiere of the new play Montauk. Linney will star in the play, written by David Hare and directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan, in spring 2027 at the Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Additionally, the nonprofit theater named Linney as its…
