Film executive Todd Brown has launched Rawk Moving Pictures Corp, a new Canadian production house. One of the company’s first titles is “Two Gun Cohen,” the English-language debut of Hong Kong director Johnnie To. Brown, also a film critic and festival programmer, spent 17 years as head of international acquisitions at XYZ Films, where his […]
Lena Dunham and Carly Rae Jepsen’s “10 Things I Hate About You” musical is coming to Broadway next year. The show, based on the 1999 rom-com starring Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger, will begin preview performances exactly one year from now, on Aug. 17, 2027. Opening night, as well as casting and theater information haven’t […]
“The Diplomat” is back for Season 4. The political drama will return for its fourth season on Oct. 15. Netflix has also dropped a new teaser trailer and first look images. Season 4 sees the return of Keri Russell as Kate Wyler and Rufus Sewell as Hal Wyler. Other cast members include Ato Essandoh, Ali […]
The Motion Picture Association and ByteDance on Monday said the two had developed a framework to protect the film and TV industries’ intellectual property across ByteDance’s suite of AI generative products, including the AI video and image generators Seedance and Seedream. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) comes months after the MPA in February sent ByteDance […]
British singer Ellie Goulding has taken legal action against her former managers, Ben Mawson and Ed Millet of TaP Management, claiming that the two failed to disclose to her that TaP’s parent company, HNOE, was partially and then fully owned by Live Nation, creating a conflict of interest that benefited them and the company to […]
Rosie O’Donnell is finally back behind the talk-show desk. Yes, the former host of “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” and “The View” will be serving as guest host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” the week of Aug. 17 while Kimmel is on vacation (as part of his summer rotation). He said he’d tapped O’Donnell for the stint […]
Arnold Palmer once said that golf was “deceptively simple and endlessly complicated.” Now the PGA Tour hopes to give fans of the links something a little less intense: a good laugh. “PGA Tour Alter Ego” a new unscripted sports comedy series co-produced with Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions, launches Tuesday ahead of the organization’s BMW Championship. […]
Gillian Anderson has said that Sony ditched a deal to distribute “The Salt Path,” in which she starred alongside Jason Isaacs, after a scandal broke last summer over alleged fabrications in the supposedly true story. Based on a memoir of the same name by Ray and Moth Winn, the book and film tell the story […]
Amy Schumer is getting her teeth into another comedy, with the Emmy winner set to star in and produce “Best Divorce Ever.” The film comes from writer-director Sean Mullin (“Bob Trevino Likes It,” “Amira & Sam”), with Concourse Media launching worldwide sales in Toronto next month. Schumer will produce alongside Matthew Lee Miller and Natalie […]
The Jonas Brothers, who have been road warriors in recent years, have announced a massive 45-city North American tour that continues their “Burning Up Tour All Over Again.” Magnus Ferrell, Franklin Jonas, and All Time Low will be special guests on select dates. Promoted by Live Nation, the tour kicks off on Friday, September 25 […]