A documentary feature about the French writer-director Michel Gondry is in the works, according to an exclusive story in Variety. To be directed by François Nemeta, Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself will be an 80-minute film about the acclaimed director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It also will focus on Gondry’s latest film,…
Former CNN journalist and producer Lisa Ling has been hired by CBS, says Neeraj Khemlani, the president and co-head of CBS News and Stations. Ling is best known as the host and producer of CNN’s series This is Life With Lisa Ling, until she was let go as a cost-cutting measure. She had also hosted…
@Ke Huy quan in American Bron Chinese Ke Huy Quan, the Saigon-born actor who won an Oscar for his supporting role in A24’s juggernaut film Everything Everywhere All at Once has signed up with the United Talent Agency (UTA) to represent him in future casting negotiations. He will continue to be represented by Cohen &…
As the music world celebrates the golden jubilee of Queen, it’s being reported that the band’s catalog might be selling to the tune of a billion dollars–a queen’s ransom by most standards. Based on reports from an informed source, CNN says that discussions are “well underway” for Universal Music Group to acquire the rights to…
@Gary Kent in Satan’s Sadists. Legendary Hollywood stuntman Gary Kent died Thursday at an assisted care facility in Austin, Texas. The actor and director, who was 89, began his half-century career by appearing in many B-films over the years, including Battle Flame (1959), The Black Klansman (1966), and The Savage Seven (1968). He was born…
James Cameron @Avatar A new Terminator film is in the works, but director James Cameron has revealed that he’s not going to release it until he first sees how moviegoers are responding to the phenomenon of artificial intelligence (AI). Speaking at the Dell Technologies World 2023 confab, Cameron was quoted as saying he was “holding…
@Jeffrey Katzenberg on American Masters Three years after the demise of the streaming service Quibi, its founder Jeffrey Katzenberg says he is still proud of what he did. In an interview with LinkedIn’s CEO Ryan Roslansky, the former Disney/Paramount/DreamWorks executive said, “I’m humbled by the failure. But I’m proud that what we tried was a…
The latest news from Cannes is that Todd Haynes and Joaquin Phoenix are set to collaborate on a gay love story set in Los Angeles of the 1930s. As the acclaimed indie filmmaker told Eric Kohn of IndieWire this week: “I have more features planned. I have also episodic projects coming that are planned, that…
After thirty-some years, Martin Scorsese is telling the world why he turned down the possibility of directing Schindler’s List, the acclaimed Holocaust-themed film that was ultimately done by Steven Spielberg. In a recent interview with Deadline, Scorsese said that his decision to turn the project over to Spielberg was prompted after the response to his…
After thirty-six years of providing news and commentary oriented toward younger audiences, MTV News is being pink-slipped as part of a cost-saving move by Paramount Global. Chris McCarthy, who heads Paramount Media Networks, MTV and Showtime, told his staff last week that he company continues to “feel pressure from broader economic headwinds like many of…
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