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Ke Huy Quan, ‘Everything Everywhere’ Co-Star, Signs Up with United Talent Agency

@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 &…

Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘How Do You Live’ is 125 Minutes

We are only 2 month away until the Japanese theatrical release of a highly anticipated Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film, “How Do You Live?” which is 10 years after his last film, “The Wind Rise. Now, according to World of Reel, Studio Ghibli head Toshio Suzuki has confirmed that the film will be 125 minutes long. …

Martin Scorsese Meets Pope Francis, Plans to Make a New Film about Jesus

@Life Itself After a highly anticipated premiere of Martin Scorsese’s latest outing, “Killers of the Flower Moon” at the Cannes Film Festival, an American auteur stayed in Europe and went to Italy over the weekend and attended the Rome conference at the Vatican where he met with Pope Francis and announced that he will make…

Queen’s Music Catalog May Fetch a Billion, According to Published Reports

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…

Hollywood Stuntman Gary Kent Who Inspired Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ Dies at 89

@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…

Japanese Actor Koji Yakusho Won Best Actor at Cannes for “Perfect Days” by German Director Wim Wenders

Director Justine Triet’s courtroom drama, “Anatomy of a Fall” won the Palme d’Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival.  “Anatomy of a Fall” is only the third film directed by a woman to win the Palme d’Or, following Julia Ducournau, who took the Palme for “Titane“ in 2021. Jane Campion was the first-ever female Palme…

Quentin Tarantino Reveals New Details on His Next Movie, ‘The Movie Critic’

Quentin Tarantino revealed new details about his next movie, The Movie Critic, during an interview with Deadline this week at the Carlton Hotel in Nice, France during the Cannes Film Festival. The two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter confirmed during the interview that the project will be about a movie critic from the 1970s. Tarantino also noted that…

MoviePass Launches Nationwide at 4,000-Plus Theaters

The resurrected company will let MoviePass members choose from more than 4,000 theater locations across the U.S., including those operated by AMC Theatres, Regal Cinemas and Cinemark. Plans cover 2D standard screenings. Gone is the unsustainable $9.95-per-month for one movie-per-day deal. Instead, the service is using a new four-tiered, credit-based system to offer different options…

James Cameron Working on New ‘Terminator’ Installment, If AI Approves

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…

‘Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ Tina Turner Has Passed Away at 83

@Tina Turner The legendary singer, Tina Turner, has passed away peacefully Today at the age of 83 after a long illness in her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland. “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock on November 26, 1939, in the rural Tennessee community of Nutbush. Her father worked on…

Jeffrey Katzenberg: Still Proud of Quibi’s Abortive Moonshot

@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…