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Emma Stone to Star in Black List Script ‘Letters From Rosemary’ (Exclusive)
13 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Emma Stone is attached to star in the Black List spec script “Letters From Rosemary.”
The script tells the story of Rose Marie “Rosemary” Kennedy, the first born daughter to Rose Fitzgerald and Joseph Kennedy, Sr., and the eldest sister of President John F. Kennedy and senators Robert F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy. After displaying behavioral problems that caused her to fall behind accolades of her siblings due to a mental disability that was long kept secret, Joseph Kennedy arranged one of the first prefrontal lobotomies for her at age 23.
The procedure failed and left her permanently incapacitated. The spec, written by first timer Nick Yarborough, will take a look at broad look at the moments leading up to the procedure and how it affected the family going forward.
Steve Golin and Doug Wald of Anonymous Content, whose “Spotlight” just took the top prize at the Oscars, will produce the project. »
- Justin Kroll
‘Revenant,’ ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Mad Max’ Among Winners at Empire Awards
20 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
London — “The Revenant” won best film at the Empire Awards in London Sunday, but it was “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” that ruled overall, taking five prizes, including director for J.J. Abrams, visual effects, sci-fi/fantasy, and male and female newcomer for stars John Boyega and Daisy Ridley, who were both present to accept their trophies.
“Mad Max: Fury Road” was close behind with four awards, including soundtrack, costume design, make-up and hairstyling, and production design.
Among the stars honored at the ceremony included Matt Damon, who was in attendance to receive the actor award for his performance in “The Martian.” Director Paul Greengrass, who has recently reunited with Damon on the upcoming “Jason Bourne,” presented the award to him on stage. Alicia Vikander was crowned best actress for “The Danish Girl.”
“Spectre” won best British film and best thriller, with the awards collected by director Sam Mendes.
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- Leo Barraclough
'Allegiant' Opens Short of $30M, 'Zootopia' Tops $200M and 'Bronze' Bombs
20 March 2016 9:18 AM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
It's another #1 finish for Disney's Zootopia as the animated hit crossed $200 million this weekend, topping all newcomers. Coming in second was The Divergent Series: Allegiant, with an opening that was down over 44% from its predecessor, and in third was Sony's latest faith-based feature, Miracles from Heaven, which over-performed the studio's conservative expectations. In all, the top twelve was down just a hair compared to the same weekend last year with a combined gross of $119 million, of which Zootopia accounted for nearly 32%. Dropping only 25.9%, Zootopia took in an estimated $38 million this weekend, bringing its overall cume to $201.8 million domestically, the third highest domestic total for a Walt Disney Animation Studios title (not adjusted for inflation). Additionally, it brought in another $64.8 million internationally, bringing its worldwide cume to $591.7 million, which places it just behind the $591.8 million Tangled brought in globally over the course of its entire run back in 2010. In second, with an estimated $29 million, »
- Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
‘Top of the Lake’ Season 2 Confirmed With Elisabeth Moss, Gwendoline Christie
8 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Elisabeth Moss is returning for a second season of “Top of the Lake” for SundanceTV and BBC Two. The “Mad Men” alum will be joined in Season 2 by new cast member Gwendoline Christie of “Game of Thrones” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”
Jane Campion will return to direct Season 2 of the crime mystery drama, joined by co-director Ariel Kleiman. Campion is co-writing the new season with Gerard Lee.
“I’m so excited to be back in Australia working with Jane on exploring this wonderful character. I can’t wait for audiences to see where we take Robin’s journey!” Moss said in a statement. Moss won a Golden Globe in 2014 for actress in a television movie or miniseries for her performance in the series’ first season, in which she played a police detective investigating the disappearance of a 12-year-old girl. The new season will find Moss’ character investigating a »
- Daniel Holloway
Lily Collins to Star in Marti Noxon’s Anorexia Comedy ‘To the Bone’
13 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
British actress Lily Collins will star in Marti Noxon’s dark comedy “To the Bone,” with Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn and Karina Miller producing.
“To the Bone” is inspired by Noxon’s own struggles with anorexia. Variety reported on March 15 that she would direct from her own script.
“I’m incredibly honored to be part of such a powerful story of love, self-doubt, and the courage it takes to fight for survival. I believe this film has the potential to shine a light on something that’s becoming more prevalent within our society every day and let those suffering know they’re not alone,” said Collins.
Lynn and Curtis of Mockingbird Pictures will produce along with Miller, who is also financing through her company Sparkhouse Media. Principal photography will commence at the end of March in Los Angeles.
Sparkhouse Media is a newly launched Los Angeles-based production and finance company »
- Dave McNary
‘American Horror Story’: Ryan Murphy Reveals Who Will Be Back Next Season
20 March 2016 9:59 PM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Ryan Murphy revealed that every actor who took the Dolby Theater stage for the “American Horror Story” Paleyfest panel would be back next season on Sunday.
That includes cast members Finn Wittrock, Cheyenne Jackson, Wes Bentley, Matt Bomer, Angela Bassett, Denis O’Hare, Kathy Bates and Sarah Paulson, who all attended the Paleyfest event. Executive producer Tim Minear and creators Brad Falchuk and Murphy joined the cast onstage.
“I will tell you that every darling person up here that wants to come back can come back,” said Murphy.
While Murphy did not announce the title and/or theme of the new season, he did say they have been working on two ideas.
“I think the show has always felt to me like an opera,” said Murphy. “So, I think both of the things we’re writing right now will have a certain feel. But, I think I know what the winner is. »
- Lamarco McClendon
Taiwan’s Catchplay Launches Asian Movie Streaming Service
49 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Taiwan-based film distributor and producer, Catchplay is launching a video-streaming service that it hopes will take on rival platforms in Asia and reverse piracy. Its Catchplay On Demand service launches initially in Taiwan, with Singapore and Indonesia set to follow in the second quarter of the year.
The company, which through a deal with New Regency, is one of the financiers of “The Revenant,” says the new service has a mix of content that has more new releases than rival platforms and delivers them quicker. It will be available in transactional video on demand and subscription VoD modes.
“In recent years, Catchplay has quietly and purposefully expanded its business from theatrical distribution to film financing and production, aggregating digital content for many leading digital platforms and the operation of our own movie channel,” said Harvey Chang, Catchplay chairman in a statement. “Today we launch our new digital platform that extends »
- Patrick Frater
Film Review: ‘Thank You for Playing’
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Ryan and Amy Green designed their video game “That Dragon, Cancer” with a highly unusual purpose in mind: not to amuse or entertain, but rather to capture and demystify what it’s like to care for a terminally ill child. That experience is accessed on an even more intimate level in David Osit and Malika Zouhali-Worrall’s “Thank You for Playing,” a documentary that works as both an emotional portrait of a slow-motion family tragedy and a slippery inquiry into the therapeutic properties of making art. Raising, but not always answering, difficult questions about the advisability of coping with grief through the creative process, this alternately poignant and perplexing film is presently in limited theatrical release, and is set to air on PBS’ “Pov” series later this year.
One would have to play it to be sure, but based purely on the abundant footage we see here, “That Dragon, Cancer »
- Justin Chang
Jake Gyllenhaal and Jimmy Fallon Get Messy at the ‘Point Pleasant Police Department’ (Video)
2 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
We all know Jake Gyllenhaal from blockbuster films such as “Brokeback Mountain,” “End of Watch,” “Nightcrawler” and “Southpaw” — but do you remember “Point Pleasant Police Department”? Probably not, as we’re pretty sure that the Jimmy Fallon and the Oscar nominated actor made up the ’80s cp show set in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. “We played two detectives who couldn’t see eye to eye,” Fallon told viewers on Monday’s “Tonight Show.” Also Read: Jake Gyllenhaal Lands Lead in Sci-Fi Movie 'Life' as Ryan Reynolds Takes Smaller Role “I’ve had some pretty intense roles, but this was the most intense, »
- Debbie Emery
Olympic Gold Medalist Tara Lipinski Teams Up With Equinox to Develop New Workout
2 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Olympic gold medalist and NBC Sports analyst Tara Lipinski is taking her skills and grace on the ice to Equinox Fitness clubs around the country. The former World Champion has developed a new workout with the luxury fitness chain called “Gold Barre,” which is based on the foundations and physical challenges of figure skating. “It was something I had thought about doing for a long time because of my background as an athlete, I love staying fit and healthy — so I was always trying to find something that gave me that same workout as skating,” Lipinski told TheWrap. Also Read: NBC Sports Chairman Mark Lazarus. »
- Debbie Emery
Inside Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Kate Hudson’s Intimate Fashion Huddle (Photos)
3 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Three weeks to the night after Hollywood’s most stylish event — the Oscars red carpet — Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, The Weeknd, Kate Hudson, Jeremy Scott and other fashion heavyweights huddled at the Sunset Tower in West Hollywood, California, Sunday for an intimate 200-person post-awards season, post-European fashion week season salute to designers, models and stylists making waves in the industry. Unlike the SXSW festival that just wrapped in Austin, Texas, nobody uttered the word “disrupter.” Which was ironic, since the stripped-down, principals-only gathering for “The Daily Front Row’s Fashion Los Angeles Awards” refreshingly deviated from other Sunday night trophy handout tropes. »
- Mikey Glazer
'Dancing with the Stars' season premiere shockers: Is Nyle Dimarco, Wanya Morris or Ginger Zee the new frontrunner?
3 hours ago | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
Did you correctly predict who would come out on top during the season 22 premiere of "Dancing With the Stars"? If so, you should be taking part in our weekly prediction contest. Hurry -- make your "Dancing with the Stars" predictions for a chance to top our famous leaderboards. It's fun and easy, so start now by scrolling down to predict which celeb will be eliminated next. -Break- Subscribe to Gold Derby Breaking News Alerts & Experts’ Latest Emmy Predictions As predicted by our exclusive Gold Derby odds, there was no elimination in the season premiere episode – this week's judges' scores will be combined with viewer votes to determine who stays and goes next week. We had forecast a 59% chance of a non-elimination round (2/3 odds), but that doesn't mean there were no surprises in the first night of competition. The big surprises came from how well the celebs did as a whole. »
Critic's Notebook: Trump Hits Clinton on "Stamina," Sanders Criticizes Israel in CNN 'Final Five' Special
4 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
After Donald Trump declined to lend his marquee value to a planned Fox News Gop debate that was subsequently canceled, CNN cannily took advantage of the vacuum. They hastily scheduled their own event, billed as "The Final Five" (it's not too long ago that it could have been "The Hateful Eight"), featuring in-depth interviews with those still standing. To which it can only be said: Thank God the candidates are finally getting some media attention! The evening was the political television equivalent of an all-you-can-eat presidential candidate buffet, sparing lazy viewers the difficult task of toggling
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- Frank Scheck
ComScore Teams With Adobe In Media-Measurement Battle
4 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
ComScore may have moved another inch in its effort to dominate the media industry’s yardstick.
ComScore, which in recent months has become more aggressive in its bid to unseat Nielsen as the predominant arbiter of measuring audiences around media content, said it will tap new metrics from software and analytics firm Adobe Systems. The effort is aimed at helping to measure consumption of video content across multiple screens, ranging from TVs to tablets.
“When people look at their audiences, they don’t have the entirety of the viewership,” said Manish Bhatia, chief product officer of ComScore, in an interview. “TV comes from one place. Ott comes from another,” he said, referring to so-called “over the top” content viewing that is done with streaming video and a broadband connection. “How many people are you reaching? It’s a basic question, but it becomes a very hard question for media companies to answer. »
- Brian Steinberg
'Get a Job': Film Review
4 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
There are some very fine films about emotionally and/or financially flailing college grads — think Reality Bites, The Last Days of Disco, Funny Ha Ha, Adventureland and Tiny Furniture. Get a Job, an unfortunate new comedy starring Miles Teller and Anna Kendrick, isn't one of them. To put things in starker context: The mediocre recent How to Be Single, in which Dakota Johnson and Rebel Wilson gal-palled around Manhattan, positively sparkles in comparison to this dimwitted and grindingly tedious chronicle of millennial angst. Get a Job was shot in 2012 and you can feel those four dust-collecting years
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- Jon Frosch
Fifth Harmony Set to Perform at WWE’s Wrestlemania
4 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Girl group Fifth Harmony are ready to take on the big boys. WWE announced Monday that the pop sensations will perform “America the Beautiful” to kick off WrestleMania on Sunday, April 3 in front of a sold-out crowd at At&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Legendary artists such as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and John Legend have previously had the honor to open the WWE’s biggest annual event. Also Read: Wrestling Legend Sting to Retire From WWE (Report) “We are so excited to be a part of this year’s WrestleMania!” the group said. “It’s such an honor to »
- Debbie Emery
Bernie Sanders Slams ‘Bad’ Israel After Skipping Aipac Convention
5 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Just hours after skipping the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) meeting on Monday, Bernie Sanders — the only Jewish presidential candidate in the race for the White House — said the U.S. government consistently turns a blind eye whenever Israel does “bad things.” Speaking to CNN’s Anderson Cooper Monday evening, Sanders said there could be no real peace in the Middle East until the U.S. stops giving the Jewish state a free pass. “Overwhelmingly the United States time and time again has looked aside when Israel has done some bad things,” Sanders said, calling Israel’s settlements expansion in Palestinian territories “unacceptable. »
- Itay Hod
‘Better Call Saul’ Writer Breaks Down The Latest ‘Breaking Bad’ Connection
5 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Spoiler alert: The following interview includes plot details from “Better Call Saul” season 2, episode 6, titled “Bali Ha’i.”
“Better Call Saul” is looking a lot like “Breaking Bad” lately. After Mark Margolis reprised his Emmy-nominated role of don Hector Salamanca last week, he continues the story in “Bali Ha’i” and brings his menacing twin nephews — better known as “The Cousins” — with him. Played by twins Daniel and Luis Moncada, the Cousins (a.k.a. Leonel and Marco Salamanca) were lethal enforcers in Season 3 of “Bad,” before meeting their dramatic demise at the hands of Hank Schrader. Now we get to see their origins in the “Saul” timeline (which is taking place about six or seven years prior to the start of “Breaking Bad”), as they threaten to make Mike’s (Jonathan Banks) life miserable, unless he gives in to Hector’s demands.
Variety spoke with Gennifer Hutchison, a “Breaking Bad »
- Geoff Berkshire
Review: On 'Better Call Saul,' Mike and Kim struggle with half-measures
5 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
A review of tonight's Better Call Saul coming up just as soon as I lay down my new Welcome mat... "You knew what you wanted, but I got in the way." -Kim For the second week in a row, Jimmy disappears for long stretches of his own show. (Other than his performance of the episode's title song, "Bali Ha'i" from South Pacific, he doesn't appear at all between when he pulls out of the nail salon parking lot and when Kim calls him to announce she has a fish on the line.) And, for the second week in a row, the stories involving Kim and Mike are so compelling that the show does just fine leaving its leading man to suffer off-screen mortification at the hands of Erin. For the second week in a row, the Mike subplot had me giddily renouncing all previous beliefs that Saul should take its »
- Alan Sepinwall
'Breaking Bad' Grad Michael Slovis Talks 'Better Call Saul' "Homecoming" and Helping Shape 'Preacher'
5 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
[This article contains spoilers for the Monday's episode of Better Call Saul, "Bali Ha'i"] As a cinematographer, Michael Slovis' work on Breaking Bad earned five Emmy nominations and helped establish the template for one of the most visually distinctive shows in television history. Taking occasional breaks from shooting the AMC series, Slovis became one of the show's standout directors as well, helming episodes including "Cornered," "Live Free or Die" and "Confessions." Slovis has continued to build a reputation as a top-shelf drama director working on shows like The Walking Dead, The Affair and Game of Thrones, though
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- Daniel Fienberg
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