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- Isabel Castro Discusses Her Debut Doc Feature ‘Mija’ and Immigration Issues It Raises
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 06:20 PMIsabel Castro’s feature documentary debut, “Mija,” turns the standard music documentary on its head by instead focusing on the people behind the scenes, in this case 23-year-old music manager Doris Muñoz.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘Gentle’ Review: A Hushed And Heartsore Diary Of A Hardbody
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 07:00 PMYou might assume the title is ironic, given that Anna Eszter Nemes and László Csuja’s film is set in the strange, cloistered world of grit, muscle and sinew that is elite women’s bodybuilding.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Columbia Becomes First Label in History With a 20-Week Run at No. 1 at Top 40 Radio
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 07:46 PMWith no small assist from Adele, Columbia Records has made staying at the top of the charts look “Easy” — not just with her indomitable smash but major hits from the Kid Laroi and Lil Nas X, too.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘Tick, Tick… Boom!’ Choreographer Breaks Down Andrew Garfield and Robin de Jesús’ ‘No More’ Dance Sequence
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 08:29 PMFor “Tick, Tick… Boom!” choreographer Ryan Heffington, coming up with the steps for “No More” — the musical’s duet between Jonathan (Andrew Garfield) and Michael (Robin de Jesús) — was a collaborative process.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New Zealand to Build Digital Screen Campus at Christchurch (EXCLUSIVE)
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 03:01 AMThe Christchurch, New Zealand-based University of Canterbury is to build a Digital Screen Campus, developing skills and talents necessary for a more converged media future. The development is expected to be the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Call My Remake: U.K. Adaptation of French Hit is ‘All Inspired By True Events’
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 04:00 AMFrench comedy “Call My Agent!” was a domestic hit after it launched on France’s TF1 network in 2015 but it wasn’t until later, when it got picked up by Netflix, that the series about a fictional Parisian talent agency found a global audience.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Documentaries on the Holocaust, Zimbabwe and College Applications Among New Slate of BBC Storyville Films
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 06:50 AMThe BBC’s Storyville strand, which sets out to showcase the world’s best international documentaries, has picked up a new slate of eight films. They will be screened on BBC Four and iPlayer over eight weeks starting Jan.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Nielsen Ratings: ‘Daredevil’ Blazes Hot Again on Netflix Following ‘Hawkeye’ Kingpin Reveal
Thursday - 01/20/2022 - 04:00 PM“Daredevil” is done hiding in Hell’s Kitchen and is back on your screen. The gritty series about Marvel’s blind crimefighter and attorney, Matt Murdock, is blazing hot again on Netflix more than three years after its Season 3 finale.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Issa Rae’s Raedio Inks Multi-Project Development Deal With Audible
Thursday - 01/20/2022 - 04:43 PMAnother day, another megadeal for multihyphenate creator Issa Rae, as the “Insecure” mastermind and her “audio everywhere” company Raedio have inked an exclusive development deal with Audible.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Cate Blanchett on Her Double Oscar Buzz, Skipping ‘Ricardos’ and New Pedro Almodovar Movie
Thursday - 01/20/2022 - 05:19 PMCate Blanchett delivers two outstanding performances that are both in the awards conversation this year: “Don’t Look Up” and “Nightmare Alley.” The star shepherds grace and a hypnotic trance that has the viewer hanging on every single word she releases.
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- Women of Awards Season: Artisans and the Women Who Inspired Them
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 06:45 PMThere are a wealth of women working behind the scenes on the major awards contenders this season.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ana de Armas Fans Sue Because She Was Cut Out of ‘Yesterday’
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 07:05 PMTwo fans filed a federal class action lawsuit on Friday alleging they were duped into renting the 2019 film “Yesterday” because Ana de Armas appeared in the trailer.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Oscar’s Foreign Accent Dates Back to the Birth of Cinema
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 08:15 PMThe public considers the Academy Awards as a Hollywood event. True, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences is headquartered in Southern California, and most of the best pic contenders are American and/or in the English language.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘Mars One’ Review: A Starry-Eyed, Soft-Hearted Brazilian Family Drama With More Bounce Than Bite
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 01:35 AMWe have only just settled into the genial rhythms of Gabriel Martins’ “Mars One,” meeting one by one the loving, yearning family of four at its heart when, like capable, brassy matriarch Tércia (Rejane Faria), we get a shock to the system.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ed Sheeran, Liam Gallagher, Doja Cat, Dave, Little Simz to Perform at COVID-Safe 2022 Brit Awards
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 03:31 AMDave, Doja Cat, Ed Sheeran, Holly Humberstone, Liam Gallagher and Little Simz are among the first wave of performers revealed for this year’s Brit awards, one of Britain’s biggest music events.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ITV Sets ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ Spinoff ‘Fastest Finger First’ From Sony’s Stellify Media
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 04:11 AMSony Pictures Television-owned independent production outfit Stellify Media has created a new spin-off format from “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” titled “Fastest Finger First.” The show will expand on the first round of “Millionaire,” where contestants have to put their answers to a multiple-choice question in a specific order.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Aimee Lou Wood on Working With Bill Nighy in Sundance Drama ‘Living’ and What’s Next for ‘Sex Education’
Thursday - 01/20/2022 - 03:35 PMWhen Aimee Lou Wood would tell people that she was starring in “Living,” a re-imagining of Akira Kurosawa’s classic story of a terminally ill bureaucrat’s quest for meaning, the response she received terrified her.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Netflix Falls Short of Q4 Subscriber Target, Stock Tumbles on Weak Forecast
Thursday - 01/20/2022 - 04:10 PMNetflix ended 2021 with a slightly lower-than-expected subscriber gain in the fourth quarter, and its stock took a steep dive with a weak Q1 outlook. The streaming giant reported a net gain of 8.28 million subscribers for Q4, again driven by markets outside North America, to reach 221.8 million total worldwide.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Netflix Acknowledges Streaming Rivals Are ‘Affecting Our Marginal Growth’
Thursday - 01/20/2022 - 05:08 PMNetflix confirmed in its fourth-quarter 2021 earnings report that the boom in streaming competition over the past two years is having an impact on the platform’s growth.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Reese Witherspoon Becomes Latest Celebrity to Read a Bedtime Story to British Kindergarteners
Thursday - 01/20/2022 - 05:30 PMIn addition to Academy Award winner, Reese Witherspoon can add the utmost honor of becoming the first best actress Oscar winner to deliver a bedtime story for British kindergartners. Witherspoon is set to read a children’s book for BBC children’s channel CBeebies, which targets kids aged six and under.
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- Ahsoka Tano Disney Plus Series Adds Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 06:25 PMMary Elizabeth Winstead has signed on for a role in the upcoming Ahsoka Tano live-action series at Disney Plus, Variety has confirmed.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - From ‘Zombieland’ to Sundance: Jesse Eisenberg on Teaming With Emma Stone for ‘When You Finish Saving the World’
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 07:43 PMFor Jesse Eisenberg’s feature directorial debut, “When You Finish Saving the World,” he crafted a quirky family dramedy about a woman Evelyn (Julianne Moore) and her “oblivious” son Ziggy (Finn Wolfhard) as they struggle to connect.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Terry Tolkin, Veteran A&R Exec for Elektra Records and Others, Dies at 62
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 07:49 PMTerry Tolkin — a veteran A&R executive for Elektra Records, Touch and Go Records and his own No. 6 label, who signed or worked closely with such acts as Luna, Afghan Whigs, Stereolab, Scrawl and Nada Surf — has died, a rep for his family confirmed to Variety.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘The Tiger Rising’ Review: A Beastly Children’s Homily
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 01:37 AM“The Tiger Rising” spells out its entire plot and overarching theme from the get-go, bluntly articulating its inspirational modus operandi so viewers can remain perpetually ahead of its action.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Meat Loaf, ‘Bat Out of Hell’ Singer and Prolific Actor, Dies at 74
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 03:15 AMThe singer Meat Loaf, whose “Bat Out of Hell” album is among the best-selling and most enduring rock albums of the 1970s, died on January 20 at the age of 74.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The World Mourns — And Sings Along With — Meat Loaf, Rock Icon of the 1970s
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 04:45 AMThe outsize personality of U.S. rock singer Meat Loaf, who died age 74, was cherished and mourned across Europe where news of his passing dampened many a breakfast table on Friday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘Poldark’ Producer Karen Thrussell Joins ‘A Very British Scandal’ Outfit Blueprint Television
Friday - 01/21/2022 - 07:10 AMKaren Thrussell has joined “A Very British Scandal” producer Blueprint Television as head of television. She will oversee the development and production of all series. Thrussell replaces Dominic Treadwell-Collins, who now runs Happy Prince, a new drama label under ITV Studios.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - FKA Twigs Talks ‘Caprisongs’ Mixtape, Working With the Weeknd and ‘Learning to Turn Pain Into Joy’
Thursday - 01/20/2022 - 04:27 PMWith her just-released “Caprisongs” mixtape and a fresh affiliation with a new label, Atlantic, British singer-songwriter-producer FKA Twigs ups the ante on her eerily experimental sound and intimately nuanced lyrics and goes big.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Godzilla and the Titans Live-Action Series Set at Apple
Thursday - 01/20/2022 - 05:00 PMApple has ordered a live-action Godzilla series from Legendary Television, Variety has learned.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tearful Adele Postpones Las Vegas Residency Due to Covid-Related Delays
Thursday - 01/20/2022 - 05:46 PMAdele has postponed her Las Vegas residency indefinitely due to Covid-related production delays, she said in a tearful Instagram post. The residency was scheduled to begin tomorrow (Jan.
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