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- Guitarist Al Di Meola Thanks Fans for ‘Outpouring of Love and Support’ After Suffering Heart Attack on Stage, Plans to Resume To
Saturday - 09/30/2023 - 01:49 PMGuitarist Al Di Meola has announced his plan to resume touring in 2024 after suffering a heart attack during a performance in Romania on Wednesday. The musician posted a statement on Thursday addressing the incident: “I wanted to take a moment to express my deepest gratitude for the incredible outpouring of love and support that […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Power Book IV: Force’ Director Says ‘Nobody Is Safe’ This Season After Those Three Character Deaths
Saturday - 09/30/2023 - 02:27 PMSpoiler Alert: This interview contains spoilers for “Crown Vic,” Episode 5, Season 2 of “Power Book IV: Force,” now streaming on Starz. With the shocking deaths of four characters in the latest episode of “Power Book IV: Force,” the tides have turned for the Flynn family and the CBI organization.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Canelo vs. Charlo Livestream: How to Watch Tonight’s Boxing Fight Online
Saturday - 09/30/2023 - 05:21 PMUndisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez, arguably boxing’s biggest superstar, will return to the ring on Saturday night to defend his title against Jermell Charlo. The pay-per-view event kicks off at 8 p.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Box Office: ‘PAW Patrol’ Claws Control as ‘Saw’ Rolls to Second, ‘The Creator’ Tapers in Third
Saturday - 09/30/2023 - 11:00 AMThere was one key question gripping the box office heading into this weekend: would audiences be PAWing, or would they be Sawing? In a crowded September capper with four new wide releases, Paramount’s “PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie” looks to come out on top.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- U2’s Full Sphere Setlist: ‘Achtung Baby’-Centric, but With a Secret Songs (or Secret Album) Segment
Saturday - 09/30/2023 - 02:44 AMThe first date of U2’s 25-night run at Las Vegas’ Sphere is on the books, and for anyone who doesn’t mind spoilers, the makeup of the setlist can be revealed — although there is a mid-section that, judging from what Bono said, may be different each night during the run.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- How Netflix’s ‘Strong Black Summer’ Campaign Formalized Black Hollywood’s Cultural Calendar
Friday - 09/29/2023 - 10:04 PMIt might officially be fall, but Netflix had a “Strong Black Summer.” At least, that was the name of the streamer’s warm-weather months campaign promoting a string of TV, film and documentary projects fronted by Black talent.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Every Legacy ‘Star Wars’ Cameo on ‘Ahsoka,’ Ranked by Impact and Joy
Friday - 09/29/2023 - 05:42 PMAlong with the core cast of the “Star Wars” Disney+ series “Ahsoka” — Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson), Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo), Hera Syndulla (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and the loyal droid Huyang (David Tennant) — the show’s creator and sole writer, Dave Filoni, has welcomed a regular procession of legacy “Star Wars” characters from the movies […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How to Watch the Chiefs vs. Jets Online This Weekend
Friday - 09/29/2023 - 06:19 PMAccording to a rep for StubHub, since Taylor Swift made her notable appearance at the Chiefs game last weekend (amid circulating rumors of a budding romance with Travis Kelce), the Jets have sold more than double the tickets for this Sunday’s game against the Chiefs than any single day since the season started. If you […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Deliver Us’ Directors on How to Make Your Low Budget Film Look Hypnotic and Gorgeous — Horror Film School
Friday - 09/29/2023 - 07:37 PMHorror Film School is a new feature in which talent in front of and behind the camera share the ins and outs of creating the biggest onscreen scares. Creative duo Lee Roy Kunz and Cru Ennis wrote and directed the religious indie horror film “Deliver Us,” which was just released in select theaters and VOD.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Aerosmith Postpones All Tour Dates to 2024: Steven Tyler’s Vocal Injury ‘More Serious Than Initially Thought’
Friday - 09/29/2023 - 12:30 PMAerosmith has pushed their 2023 tour to next year after Steven Tyler suffered an injury that led to “bleeding vocal cords,” and has now been revealed to be “more serious than initially thought.” In a statement shared on social media, the band said Tyler’s doctor “he fractured his larynx which requires ongoing care,” adding that […]
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- Beyonce in Final Talks to Release ‘Renaissance’ Concert Film Through AMC Theatres Following Taylor Swift Deal (EXCLUSIVE)
Saturday - 09/30/2023 - 02:10 PMA film based on Beyonce’s smash hit Renaissance World Tour is in advanced talks to distribute directly to AMC Theatres, sources with knowledge of the project told Variety. Mega-agency CAA held preliminary talks with major studios and streamers two weeks ago, another source added, urging the players to be ready to bid on a project […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - San Sebastián Native Jaione Camborda’s ‘The Rye Horn’ Wins Top Prize At San Sebastian
Saturday - 09/30/2023 - 04:38 PMA predictably spectacular sunset spreads streaks of pink and orange across a northern Spanish late September sky, heralding the end of another packed edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival, where at the closing gala, “The Rye Horn” the second feature from Spanish director Jaione Camborda has just been handed the Golden Shell, the festival’s […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Quizzes Replace Traditional Ads in Disney’s Streaming ‘Toy Story’ Football Game
Saturday - 09/30/2023 - 09:30 AMOn Sunday, Allstate is trading in its famous Mayhem character for chaos of a different sort. The big insurance company is testing a sponsorship of a new kind of sporting event that will feature some of Pixar’s best-known animated characters tackling a real-life NFL game.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Turkey’s Antalya Film Festival Canceled Due to Censorship of Controversial Doc About Fallout of Failed Coup
Saturday - 09/30/2023 - 11:19 AMTurkey’s Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, the country’s top international film event, has been canceled due political pressure following a storm of controversy prompted by the presence of an explosive documentary in the lineup.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Natalie Portman Sex Soap Opera ‘May December’ Opens New York Film Festival as Epic Rainstorm Drenches the City
Friday - 09/29/2023 - 09:16 PMThe show must go on! New York Film Festival opened its 61st edition with “May December” as planned, despite a massive rainstorm that’s left streets and subways flooded across the five boroughs.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Bill Maher Offers Mild Praise for WGA in ‘Real Time’ Post-Strike Return: Thanks Union for ‘Expediting the Paperwork’ to Get Show
Friday - 09/29/2023 - 10:59 PMBill Maher returned to the airwaves with HBO’s “Real Time” for the first time since the strike with only mild praise for the Writers Guild of America for settling the five-month strike.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘The Golden Bachelor’ Delivers Solid Premiere in Linear Ratings
Friday - 09/29/2023 - 06:12 PMABC’s “The Golden Bachelor” seems to have reenergized “The Bachelor” audience as the show opened to solid ratings on Thursday night, delivering the strongest debut performance from a “Bachelor” franchise series since 2021.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Kristen Bell and Animal Experts Alike Gush About Furry Friends on New Pet-Focused Podcast
Friday - 09/29/2023 - 06:35 PMThis article first appeared as part of Jenelle Riley’s Acting Up newsletter – to subscribe for early content and weekly updates on all things acting, visit the Acting Up signup page. For all her work on stage and screen, Kristen Bell might best be known as the woman who cried over a sloth.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Why ‘Dumb Money’ Editor Cut a Second Anthony Ramos ‘Savage’ Dance Sequence From End Credits
Friday - 09/29/2023 - 12:30 PMSPOILER ALERT: This story contains major spoilers for ‘Dumb Money’ Director Craig Gillespie knew he wanted Anthony Ramos to dance in “Dumb Money” but he wasn’t quite sure how it would work.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Spanish Master Victor Erice Receives Standing Ovation at Press Conference for his San Sebastián Donostia Award
Friday - 09/29/2023 - 12:55 PMSAN SEBASTIAN — Legendary Spanish writer-director Victor Erice received a standing ovation from a packed press conference on Friday, ahead of receiving the festival’s Donostia Award tonight. The award ceremony for San Sebastian’s accolade for career achievement follows on from the San Sebastian screening this morning of his first feature film in 30 years, “Close […]
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- U2 Takes to Playing in the Round (the Very, Very Round) at Las Vegas’ Sphere With Spectacular Results: Concert Review
Saturday - 09/30/2023 - 02:00 PMSpectacle is underrated. This is pretty much the antithesis of any accepted, traditional rock ‘n’ roll orthodoxy. It is also the natural human reaction to just about any or all of “U2:UV Live at Sphere Las Vegas,” the greatest-show-on-earth that opened Friday night in an enormous dome just off the Strip.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- How Often Does Francis Ford Coppola Think About the Roman Empire? ‘Quite a Lot,’ Says Director: It ‘Was the Inspiration’ for ‘Me
Saturday - 09/30/2023 - 04:48 PMFrancis Ford Coppola is joining the Roman Empire TikTok trend by asking himself the viral question: “How often do you think about the Roman Empire?” “How often do I think of Ancient Rome?More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘Nyad’ Co-Developer Zurich Avenue Explores Wirecard’s Shady Dealings in ‘Bad Company,’ German Colonialism in ‘Hansen’
Saturday - 09/30/2023 - 06:12 AMZurich Avenue, headed by producers and former Zurich Film Festival execs Karl Spoerri and Viviana Vezzani, has quickly amassed an impressive slate of projects since launching last year, including Annette Bening starrer “Nyad.” Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi’s film, which chronicles the attempt by 64-year-old swimmer Diana Nyad to swim from Cuba to Florida, […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Greta Lee Discusses Initially Losing ‘Past Lives’ Role and How She Was Inspired to Pursue Acting by 1997’s ‘The Saint’: ‘Being V
Saturday - 09/30/2023 - 12:00 PM“This was not planned. I think the way you know is I walked in here covered with my child’s seaweed snack all over my sweatshirt.” Greta Lee is infectious and is so damn grateful this breakout moment is happening to her when she’s 40.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Film Academy Executive Patrick Harrison Joins Frank PR to Launch Awards and Events Division
Friday - 09/29/2023 - 08:28 PMPatrick Harrison, the top New York executive at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has partnered with Clare Anne Darragh and Lina Catalfamo Plath of Frank PR to start a new strategic awards division.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Golden Globes Predictions: Six-Nominee Expansion Adds Opportunity For More ‘Barbenheimer’ Actors
Friday - 09/29/2023 - 05:37 PMThe Golden Globes have plenty of movies to sift through and consider for its upcoming 81st annual awards ceremony. With “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “Maestro” on the drama side, and “The Color Purple” and “Poor Things” in comedy, alongside the buzzy summer double-feature “Barbenheimer,” a star-studded event is surely awaiting viewers.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘Puan’ Review: The Personal Gets Political in a Sly, Delightful Argentinian Academia Comedy
Friday - 09/29/2023 - 05:46 PMAnyone familiar with the often disquieting solo work of directors María Alché and Benjamín Naishtat may be put on high uneasiness-alert by the opening scene of “Puan,” their first co-directed feature.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Sony Pictures and CAPE Announce Return of Program to Uplift AAPI Animation Creatives
Friday - 09/29/2023 - 06:52 PMIn collaboration with Sony Pictures, the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) announced the return of the CAPE Animation Directors Accelerator. The initiative aims to identify and equip the next generation of AAPI animation professionals with the skills to become directors in feature film and episodic animation.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Top Comedians React to New Golden Globes Stand-Up Category: ‘It Should be Called the Ricky Gervais’
Friday - 09/29/2023 - 08:06 PMThe comedy community is just grateful to be nominated. Top professional funny people have weighed in on this week’s news that the annual Golden Globe awards have introduced two new categories, one honoring best Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Hot Finnish Teemu Nicki Adventure Comedy ‘Snot & Splash’ Unveils Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
Friday - 09/29/2023 - 01:00 PMIn the lead up to its January theatrical release in Scandinavia and in Italy next Spring, Finnish adventure comedy “Snot & Splash: The Mystery of Disappearing Holes” (“Räkä ja Roiskis”) is sharing its trailer exclusively in Variety.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share