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‘Wolfs’ Director Jon Watts to Miss Venice World Premiere After Catching COVID
George Clooney had some unfortunate news to share at the first press conference for Apple’s hotly anticipated action comedy Wolfs at the Venice Film Festival. The Hollywood actor, seated beside co-star Brad Pitt, revealed that the film’s director Jon Watts would be missing the movie’s world premiere in Italy Sunday night because he caught COVID. […]
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Richard Gere Jokes He Had “No Chemistry” With Julia Roberts in ‘Pretty Woman’
It was a role that solidified Richard Gere as one of Hollywood’s most dashing leading men, but the actor has admitted he hasn’t watched his performance in Pretty Woman for a long time. The star spoke at a master class at the 81st Venice Film Festival on Sunday on the art and craft of cinema […]
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Tim Burton Closes the Door on ‘Beetlejuice 3’, Cites 36-Year Gap Since First Film: “I’ll Be About 100”
It took Tim Burton 36 years to take on the second installment of his Beetlejuice franchise, and the director thinks it could take another few decades for a third. The cast and crew of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice descended on London’s Leicester Square on Thursday night, fresh off the plane from the 81st Venice Film Festival, to […]
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Louis Theroux-Produced Series ‘Boybands Forever’ With Simon Cowell, Robbie Williams Set for BBC
BBC Two will air a new series on the boy band mania of the 1990s and 2000s featuring interviews with Take That’s Robbie Williams, Westlife’s Brian McFadden, and music mogul Simon Cowell. Boybands Forever, a three-episode series, will air later in 2024. Produced by Mindhouse Productions (Louis Theroux Interviews, Lockerbie) and from producer/husband-and-wife pair Louis […]
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BBC Studios Strikes Korean Content Partnership
BBC Studios has struck a new deal with a South Korean agency to expand production, investment, and distribution of Korean television content. The Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) unveiled the agreement with BBC Studios and Southeast Asian streaming platform Viu to address the limitations and challenges in the domestic broadcast and video content production environment […]
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Rebecca Ferguson Joins Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nicola Coughlan in ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’
Rebecca Ferguson, star of Dune and Mission: Impossible, will line up alongside Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nicola Coughlan, Jessica Gunning and Jennifer Saunders in the film adaptation of Enid Blyton’s beloved children’s classic The Magic Faraway Tree. Ferguson has joined the cast in the role of Dame Snap, the story’s headmistress and one of Blyton’s […]
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Ex-Soccer Star David Beckham to Speak at Royal Television Society’s London Convention
Former soccer star David Beckham has joined the lineup of industry leaders speaking at the Royal Television Society’s (RTS) London Convention this year. On Sept. 17, Beckham will be joined in conversation by Jane Featherstone, co-founder and chief creative officer of content company Sister. The ex-sportsman, who is married to Spice Girl Victoria Beckham, captured […]
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‘Joy’, Story of First Test-Tube Baby Starring Bill Nighy, to Get World Premiere at BFI London Film Fest
This year’s Cunard Gala at the 68th BFI London Film Festival will open with the world premiere of Joy starring Bill Nighy, James Norton, and Thomasin McKenzie. The cast of Joy, which tells the true story behind the world’s first “test-tube baby” in 1978, will be in attendance, the LFF also confirmed. Told through the […]
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Wim Wenders to Be Honored With European Lifetime Achievement Award
The European Film Academy is honoring German filmmaker Wim Wenders with the European Lifetime Achievement Award. Wenders, who has been nominated for three Oscars and a Grammy, is known for works such as the Road Movie trilogy (1974-1976), Paris, Texas (1984), and Wings of Desire (1987). “With this award, we celebrate Wim Wenders’ outstanding body […]
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Himesh Patel Talks Chemistry With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Reuniting With Lily James in ‘Greedy People’
Himesh Patel admits the chance to team up with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Lily James was a “huge pull” in his starring in Potsy Ponciroli’s latest comedy thriller. He and James are getting rather good at playing a couple (the pair previously headlined Danny Boyle‘s Yesterday). In Greedy People, releasing in theaters on Friday in the […]
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“Pommel Horse Guy” Stephen Nedoroscik Set for ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Following Olympics Fame
Stephen Nedoroscik, widely known online as “Pommel Horse Guy” after his breakout gymnastics performance at the Paris Olympics, has been confirmed as the first celebrity on the upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars. “From Paris to #DWTS!🥉 We’re thrilled to welcome pommel horse legend @stephen_nedoroscik as the first star of the season,” the official […]
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Tilda Swinton-Narrated Installation Leads London Film Festival’s Immersive Art and Gaming Program
An installation narrated by Tilda Swinton will lead London Film Festival Expanded, a new lineup of immersive art, extended reality, and gaming experiences at this year’s event. The 68th BFI London Film Festival, running Oct. 9-20, has in partnership with American Express unveiled the fest’s program addition in a bid to celebrate moving images “in […]
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