Новости за 01.05.2022

Vortex — which opened this weekend to a full house at NYC’s IFC Center — has an unusual star, Dario Argento. Here’s how the film’s helmer Gaspar Noe convinced the iconic Italian horror movie director into his first lead acting role. “There were three reasons” he said yes, Noe told Deadline. “The first one, he […]

Despite the pandemic, SAG-AFTRA member’s earnings hit a record high in 2021, even when adjusted for inflation, the union said following its national board meeting on Saturday. The union’s made-for new media, animation, sound recordings and audiobook contracts all set inflation-adjusted records. “The rebound and growth in number of jobs and overall earnings demonstrates the […]

On November 9, 2021, the first case of a new Covid variant was detected in South Africa. On November 26, with cases rising across that country, the World Health Organization declared it a “variant of concern,” noting a likely increased transmissibility. They called it Omicron. By December 1, the first cases were found in the […]

Refresh for latest…: On a weekend we could term “the calm before the Strange,” there was nevertheless sustained holdover business at the international box office, and a new entry in the form of Universal/Focus’ Downton Abbey: A New Era. In general this pre-Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness session saw family play continue its […]

Composer and London theatre owner Andrew Lloyd Webber (Phantom of the Opera) informed cast and creatives Sunday that his Cinderella musical will close at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, Covent Garden, London on June 12 after a troubled run of less than a year. The show’s still headed for Broadway in 2023. However, Lloyd Webber and […]

EXCLUSIVE: Even Netflix’s in-house members of the Royal Family are not immune to a wave of cutbacks going on as the streamer recalibrates after a precipitous stock drop incurred after a drop in subscribers. Netflix has quietly dropped Pearl, the working title of an animated series that was created by Meghan Markle through Archewell Productions, […]

Regine, who claimed to have invented the term “discotheque” as she ran a nightclub empire that stretched from Paris to Los Angeles, has died. She passed on Sunday at age 92, according to her granddaughter. No cause was given. Born Regina Zylberberg in Belgium, Regine opened her first nightclub in Paris’s Latin Quarter in the […]

We desperately need a good courtroom drama. Not the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard kind, where everyone’s a mess, and the outcome matters less than the spectacle. But rather, an old-fashioned, high-stakes, plot-heavy movie melodrama—the kind that makes the audience see-saw back and forth, while truth hangs in an ever-changing balance. First things lean one way, then […]

SUNDAY AM Writethru: After all the hallelujahs about the return of theatrical at CinemaCon this past week, the major studios skipped out on programming any new wide releases this weekend. All of this is resulting in a marketplace which is seeing an estimated $68M in total ticket sales, down 28% from last weekend. Ugh. In regards […]

President Joe Biden and comedian Trevor Noah wrapped up their routines at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with appeals for the work of journalists and freedom of the press. “American democracy is not a reality show,” the president said, Yet one of the elements that has made the dinner different from a number of […]

A few entertainment museums are climbing aboad the non-fungible tokens (NFT) train, using their images as a fundraising tool. Hammered financially by the drop in attendance during the pandemic, such venues as The Universal Hip-Hop Museum, the Museum of Broadcast Communications, the Norman Rockwell Museum, the Asbury Park African American Music Project, and the Women’s […]

Interested parties have already started lining up to enquire about buying UK broadcaster Channel 4, following this week’s pull on the first lever of the process of sale by the British Government. After UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries published the policy document ‘White Paper’ outlining the terms of sale, JP Morgan bankers have begun fielding […]

Actor Noel Clarke is suing BAFTA for defamation, following the Academy’s decision to suspend his membership following allegations of his sexual harassment and bullying. The Sunday Times reports that the actor and writer filed his suit at London’s High Court last week. BAFTA last year awarded Clarke (Bulletproof, Brotherhood) an award for outstanding contribution to […]

Australia’s longest-running soap Neighbours is set to air its final episode on August 1, and it looks set to go out with a fitting send-off, with former stars Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan both hinting they will be taking part. The romance between Minogue and Donovan’s characters Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell back in the […]

Standing just a few feet away from the first POTUS to attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner since 2016, Daily Show host Trevor Noah mixed the political with the pop culture to take an equal opportunity dig at everyone tonight — including the people who pay him the big bucks. “I actually get why CBS […]

The White House Correspondents Dinner has finally returned to the art of the presidential schtick after being off for several years. The red carpet featured the red carpet debut of Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson. The shapewear mogul donned a silver Balenciaga gown while the SNL star sported a black suit and sunglasses with Vans […]

Most of comedy’s top talent are in Los Angeles this weekend at the inaugural Netflix Is A Joke festival, but the best jokes literally and figuratively in the nation were at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington DC on Saturday. Sticking to a winning strategy of self-deprecation, President Joe Biden opened with “a special […]

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will continue with its medallion ceremony on Sunday, May 1st in Nashville following news of the death of country music icon Naomi Judd, who, along with her daughter Wynonna, was set to be inducted as The Judds. According to a Country Music Hall of Fame rep, Wynonna […]

Just a few days after James Corden’s upcoming departure from CBS’ The Late Late Show was exclusively revealed by Deadline, the late night host took his talents to the executive mansion in a video skit shown at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner tonight. In the skit, Corden goes to the White House in search of […]

Country icon Naomi Judd, who died suddenly at age 76, and her daughter Wynonna are the subjects of the first installment of Icon, an anthology series in the works at Fox that sets out to profile some of the world’s biggest music legends. The project, from producer Gail Berman and top country music manager Jason Owen, […]

The crucial final hours of a crime victim’s life will be dissected by the Dateline team in a new Peacock original series, Dateline: The Last Day. The eight-episode series bows June 14 on the streamer and will feature new reporting from the Dateline team on stories that have never been featured on the broadcast edition. […]

News of the death of superstar Naomi Judd rocked the country music community this afternoon, as colleagues, collaborators and friends remembered a sweet woman whose talents were among the most popular in the genre. Some of the early reactions: Country music lost a true legend…sing with the angels, Naomi!!! We’re all sending up prayers for […]