Alan Metter Dies: Film Director For ‘Girls Just Want To Have Fun’ And ‘Back To School’ Was 77

Saturday Night Live viewers thought Colin Jost took up guitar lessons during quarantine when the instrument unintentionally guest-starred on the first at-home Weekend Update. But in an interview with The New York Times published today (July 8), he blamed his fiancée Scarlett Johansson for the fluke."Scarlett had that guitar forever and it was in the quarantine," Jost said during the interview.

During a conversation with the New York Post this Friday, Alan Dershowitz stated that Ghislaine Maxwell should be “presumed innocent” in the human trafficking case in which she was involved with Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself while awaiting his trial. According to Page Six, Dershowitz believes Ghislaine’s case won’t stand due to the statute of limitations.

Coco Austin gave an emotional update on father Steve Austin‘s health shortly after he was admitted to an Arizona hospital for symptoms of COVID-19.“I just want him to pull through,” the 41-year-old Ice Loves Coco star told Page Six on Wednesday, July 1. “I’ve been sending as much love as I can but there’s only so much I can do from a distance.

Adam Savage denied claims that he sexually assaulted his sister, Miranda Pacchiana, after she filed a lawsuit against him.The former MythBusters cohost, 52, was accused of abusing his sister in documents filed on Tuesday, June 30, with the Westchester County clerk in New York.

M*A*S*H, has died at the age of 94. Mandel's daughter, Marissa, confirmed the death via the New York Times.Mandel's longtime pal Michael Feinstein also shared the news on Monday (June 29) via a heartfelt Facebook post.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterWomen and Film, Los Angeles and The Black List unveiled the participants of the​ 2020 Feature Lab and Residency on Monday. The annual program is an expansion of the original writing lab which is a joint effort between WIF and The Black List.The program provides mentorship and career opportunities to seven rising women screenwriters over the course of a year.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerMilton Glaser, who created the iconic “I Love NY” logo that powered the city’s tourism industry to new heights, died Friday after suffering a stroke with added renal failure complications, his wife said.A native of the Bronx, Glaser came up with his logo concept while riding in another iconic part of New York – a taxi cab. He drew the first logo sketch on the back of an envelope using red crayon.The Glaser logo has black letters and a red heart shape.

NEW YORK -- The author and educator Danielle Allen has received a $500,000 prize from the Library of Congress. Allen has won John W.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorSteve Bing, the film financier and philanthropist who backed hit movies from Robert Zemeckis’ The Polar Express and Beowulf to the Rolling Stones’ Shine A Light concert movie, has died.According to law enforcement sources, Bing leapt off a Century City, CA building at around 1 PM Monday. Following standard protocol, the Los Angeles Police Department would not confirm the individual in question was Bing.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerAlan Mettler, the director for the 1980s pop culture films Girls Just Want To Have Fun and Back To School, died on June 7, according to the New York Film Academy, where he taught. Details on the cause or location were not provided.Metter was born in Sharon, Mass., on Dec.

Ellise Shafer editorAlan Metter, best known for directing the 1980s films “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” and “Back to School,” died on June 7, his family confirmed to Variety. He was 77.Metter was born in Sharon, Mass., on Dec.

Top Chef has crowned 16 winners since it debuted in March 2006, including Ilan Hall, Stephanie Izard, Joe Flamm and more. Now in its seventeenth cycle — an all-stars season set in Los Angeles — the Bravo hit shows no signs of slowing down.However, Top Chef has changed and evolved over the years.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorWomen in Film Los Angeles on Wednesday launched Hire Her Back, an initiative to call on entertainment companies to continue to seek gender and racial equality in their hiring as the the industry looks to return to film and TV production after the COVID-19 shutdown.Key to the initiative is the Hire Her Back Fund, a partnership among WIF, New York Women in Film & Television and Women In Film and Television Atlanta to provide grants to women in the industry