Dubai-based sales agency Cercamon has snagged international sales rights to family drama “Omaha” following its acclaimed world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where it was in the U.S. dramatic competition. The feature directorial debut from Cole Webley will screen for global buyers at the upcoming Cannes Film Market. Greenwich Entertainment previously secured North […]
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Danny McBride and ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ Team Say Goodbye to the HBO Comedy: ‘F—, I’m About to Start Crying’
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the series finale of “The Righteous Gemstones,” now streaming on Max. In the end, “The Righteous Gemstones” said goodbye as only “The Righteous Gemstones” could: with a masturbating monkey. Though most of the HBO series’ final episode, “That Man of God May Be Complete,” takes place at the titular […]
Sean Penn Says Donald Trump ‘Might Try to Destroy the World’
Sean Penn appeared on Jim Acosta’s Substack podcast recently to talk about the new film “Words of War,” and the discussion ranged across several topics in world politics. The always-outspoken actor and activist didn’t hold back his thoughts about the danger of President Trump and the direction the country is heading in. While talking about […]
Seven Major Questions About Trump’s Plan to Tariff Foreign Films
President Trump announced a plan on Sunday night to slap a 100% tariff on foreign-produced films — prompting a slew of questions in Hollywood. Starting with: Huh? Runaway production has been debated for decades, and in recent months there’s been a push for federal policy to address it. But nobody — nobody — in Hollywood […]
President Trump Says He Will Implement 100% Tariffs on Films Produced Outside the U.S.: ‘The Movie Industry in America Is Dying’
Donald Trump took to Truth Social Sunday to announce he is “authorizing” the Department of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative to impose a 100% tariff on “any and all” movies produced in “foreign lands.” Trump deemed foreign productions a “national security threat” to the American movie industry, adding that they not only draw […]
Charley Scalies, ‘The Wire’ and ‘The Sopranos’ Actor, Dies at 84
Charley Scalies, an American actor who appeared in two of HBO’s most celebrated series, “The Wire” and “The Sopranos,” died May 1 after a battle with Alzheimer’s. He was 84. His death was confirmed via an online obituary. “[He was] best known first and foremost as a husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and friend,” the obituary […]
Kentucky Derby Peaks at Record-Breaking 21.8 Million Viewers for NBC
Saturday’s live coverage of the 151st Kentucky Derby delivered its largest audience for NBC since 1989 with an average of 17.7 million viewers. Viewership of the race peaked at 21.8 million viewers, a record for NBC. Peacock achieved the highest traffic of all partnered streamers for the race. With the 151st Derby, NBC Sports had […]
Spalding Grey’s ‘Swimming to Cambodia,’ Directed by Jonathan Demme, Due on Blu-ray For the First Time
One of Jonathan Demme’s underseen but pivotal nonfiction films is coming to high-definition home video for the very first time. “Swimming to Cambodia,” a condensed version of Spalding Gray’s two-night, four-hour monologue about his experiences in Southeast Asia while filming Roland Joffé’s Oscar-winning 1984 film “The Killing Fields,” is set for release on Blu-ray in […]
‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’ Star Dee Wallace Says She ‘Argued’ With Steven Spielberg Over an Axed ‘Love Affair’ Between E.T. and Elliot’s Mother: ‘This Was a Family Film’
If Dee Wallace didn’t stand up to Steven Spielberg, E.T. could’ve wanted to do more than just go home. In a recent appearance on the “Still Here Hollywood” podcast, Wallace, who played Elliot’s mother Mary in the immortal 1982 classic, said there was an axed side plot in the film for a romance between her […]
The White House Posts AI-Generated Image of Trump as a Buff Jedi: ‘Happy May the 4th to You All’
The official White House X and Instagram accounts on Sunday posted an AI-generated image of Donald Trump as a beefed-up Jedi in celebration of “Star Wars” day. The post read, “Happy May the 4th to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting so hard to bring Sith Lords, Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, […]