Новости за 13.01.2024

Tom Shales, a Pulitzer Prize-winning television critic for The Washington Post, died Jan. 13 at a hospital in Fairfax County, Va. He was 79. The cause was complications from covid and renal failure, said his caretaker, Victor Herfurth. As The Post’s chief TV critic starting in 1977, his column was widely syndicated, bringing him national […]

The French artist Apolonia Sokol – focus of the Oscar-shortlisted documentary Apolonia, Apolonia – has been compared to the great Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. She concedes there may be a few parallels, beginning with something of a physical resemblance. “I was joking a little bit about that — the fact that we have the unibrow […]

Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is turning to the research producer for Apple TV+’s The Problem with Jon Stewart and Netflix’s Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj as research producer. Andy Crystal will combine traditional campaign research with a greater emphasis on viral videos, investigative reporting and other tactics that will break through in the media, according […]

DirecTV and major station group Tegna have struck a carriage deal, ending a programming blackout that began November 30 and affected roughly 5 million customers across the U.S.. The signals of Tegna’s 64 owned stations in 51 Nielsen designated markets will return to DirecTV satellite systems, DirecTV Stream and U-verse cable over the course of […]

Charles Melton has had a good year; although saying farewell to Riverdale hit him hard, he went head-to-head with Natasha Lyonne for an episode of Poker Face and earned a Golden Globe nomination for his role in Todd Haynes’ May December. Sandwiched between Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, the U.S.-born actor with Korean roots handled […]

Albert Einstein had his theory of relativity, and Breaking Baz has his theory of party lift-off. Friday night at the Universal filmed entertainment soiree, the moment of fusion came when Snoop Dogg hit the room at the Sunset Tower and was immediately embraced by Oppenheimer stars Emily Blunt and Florence Pugh. No wait. Surely, it was when Blunt […]

Drew Barrymore is giving Reneé Rapp credit for protecting her from an alleged stalker. The daytime television host was interviewing the cast of movie musical Mean Girls on Friday’s episode of The Drew Barrymore Show. That’s when she gave Rapp a big hug for escorting her offstage during a speaking event last year when trouble […]

When creating a biographical drama of a historic figure, there’s a delicate balance between striving for historical accuracy and focusing on crafting a compelling, human story. This awards season has seen its fair share of biopics, testing their costume designers in different ways. Oppenheimer uses timeless wardrobe pieces to sketch its self-consciously stylish hero. With few recorded […]

New York governor Kathy Hochul announced today that Sunday’s Steelers-Bills will be rescheduled for 4:30 p.m. ET on Monday, thanks to the massive winter storm hitting the upstate region. “I’ve been in communication with @NFL commissioner Roger Goodell regarding the dangerous conditions in Buffalo this weekend,” Hochul wrote on X. “In consultation with our emergency […]

More than 2,600 flights were canceled nationwide Friday and more are expected today because of Midwest storms and inspections that have taken many Boeing 737 planes offline The Midwest is being hard hit by snow, with blizzard warnings issued on Friday for the Midwest and Great Lakes. Days ahead of Monday’s Iowa caucuses, the National […]

EXCLUSIVE: Since Jack Dawson made him a top global star in Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio has largely avoided straight the hero turn route in favor of shaded, conflicted characters in films from The Revenant to The Departed, The Aviator, Gangs of New York, The Wolf Of Wall Street, Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood, and others. But […]

EXCLUSIVE: German director Wim Wenders has scored his best box office performance in 15 years with Japan-set, comeback feature Perfect Days, according to collated figures released by sales agent The Match Factory. The Tokyo-set drama, starring Japanese actor Koji Yakusho as man with a love of trees who mysteriously opts for a simply life by […]

Ruth Ashton Taylor, a pioneer as the first female television newscaster in Los Angeles and one of the first in the country, died Thursday in Northern California. She was 101. Taylor had a 50-year career in journalism and earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Among the honors she received in acknowledgment of […]

The NFL is headed into the playoffs with its head held high after scoring the best regular season audience in years. Across all games, the regular season averaged 17.9M viewers on linear and digital platforms. That’s the highest since 2015 — tied with 2010 for the second-best season on record, which dates back to 1995. […]

There has been a fresh surge of affection and interest in Friends since the death of Matthew Perry in October 2023, with the sitcom sitting once again in the Netflix top ten list. Now the BBC reports that scripts from two episodes of the show that were rescued from a bin have been sold for […]

Former England soccer team manager Sven-Goran Eriksson will continue to contribute to a Prime Video documentary about his life and career, despite his terminal cancer diagnosis. 75-year-old Eriksson has been working with Whisper production company for the last 18 months on a “warts and all” documentary, tracing his career from Italian club Lazio to becoming […]

The details of HM Queen Elizabeth’s final days and hours have been revealed in a book, which includes her personal aide’s memo of the moment of her death at Balmoral Castle in Scotland in September 2022. The book, by royal author Robert Hardman, extracted in the Daily Mail, includes a memo written by her secretary […]

The breakout star of the premiere of Succession’s final season is going under the hammer as part of a big sell-off of more than 230 props and costumes from the award-winning show. The “ludicrously capacious” Burberry bag appeared on the arm of Bridget, Cousin Greg’s (Nicholas Braun) date to Logan Roy’s birthday party, something Tom […]

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Prime Video Southeast Asia is cutting its originals team in Singapore and moving to a “leaner operating model,” as part of the globe wave of redundancies announced earlier this week. Deadline has seen an internal note from Prime Video’s Vice President, Asia Pacific, Gaurav Gandhi (see below), which confirms the streamer is “decreasing […]

32 Sounds, the innovative documentary that explores the power of sonic experience, pulled off a shocker at the Cinema Eye Honors Friday night, winning Outstanding Nonfiction Feature over Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie and other prominent nominees. The film directed by Sam Green won two other awards: Outstanding Sound Design, recognizing the work of […]

Mia Goth, known for the films X and Pearl, is among those being sued by a background extra of her upcoming film MaXXXine after allegedly kicking him in the head on purpose during a take, an incident that led to his dismissal from the film last April. James Hunter claims in court papers that he […]

Sam Haskell Jr., the son of a prominent television producer, pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder today in a Los Angeles court. Haskell appeared shirtless in court today, something he did previously. Haskell was arrested after a woman’s torso was discovered in Encino. A subsequent investigation saw him charged with three counts of […]

Bill Hayes, the actor who played the colorful Doug Williams on Days of Our Lives for more than 50 years, died at 98, according to a statement from the show. Hayes originated his Days role in 1970 and played the part on and off through 2023. The show’s statement also observed that, “He and his […]

Peter Crombie, who was a recurring and popular character as “Crazy” Joe Davola on Seinfeld, died Wednesday at age 71. Details on the death were not disclosed, but apparently he had a brief illness. Crombie’s unpredictable Davola appeared in five episodes in Season 4, which included stalking Jerry and dating Elaine at one point. The […]

Lynn Yamada Davis, who some called the internet’s grandmother for her presence on the Cooking with Lynja streaming show, died Jan. 1 at Riverview Medical Center in New Jersey. She was 67 and had esophageal cancer according to her daughter, Hannah Mariko Shofet. Davis was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2019 and diagnosed with esophageal […]