Amazon & MGM Continuing Talks Puts Spotlight On Theatrical Distribution Of ‘No Time to Die’ & Upcoming Slate

Kate Herron isn’t quite a household name when it comes to filmmaking.

Pink‘s husband Carey Hart was a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and gave a rare interview by himself!

With more theaters reopening and film-goers slowly returning, life is being resuscitated into the specialty box office. This week we see a faith-based movie premiere banking serious dinero.

After Covid put paid to the 2020 edition of Cannes, festival chief Thierry Frémaux yesterday was finally able to announce a lineup of movies that will play to audiences on the Riviera. We spoke to the veteran curator about the ongoing Covid challenge, this year’s strong lineup, the ones that got away and surprises still to come.

Jonathan Cohen Top rock photographer Danny Clinch’s two-day Sea.Hear.Now festival will return to the beach at Asbury Park, N.J., this fall, with that includes Pearl Jam, Patti Smith, Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Idol and more. (See the full lineup and ticket information at SeaHearNowFestival.com.)Clinch, who grew up in Toms River not far from Asbury Park, first saw Pearl Jam on Aug.

Absolute Radio has announced more details about a new documentary series it will be airing that puts the spotlight on six grassroots music venues from around the UK, including London’s 100 Club, Glasgow’s King Tut’s, Manchester’s Night & Day, Sheffield’s Leadmill, Leeds’ Brudenell Social Club and Cardiff’s Clwb Ifor Bach.The series, called ‘Tales From The Cloakroom’, is presented by Texas frontwoman Sharleen Spiteri and will air on Sunday evenings from 13 Jun, but will also be available in one

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorJoel Kinnaman admits he hasn’t seen Uzo Aduba’s award-winning work on “Orange Is the New Black.” Even so, it didn’t take long for the actor to become well acquainted with Aduba after he signed on to play her on-again-off-again boyfriend in the new season of HBO’s “In Treatment.”“The first day we had a big kissing scene,” Kinnaman tells me on this week’s episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast.

An intimate portrait of girlhood following three determined sisters in Brooklyn as they race against all odds on a journey toward hope, belonging, and a brighter future, “Sisters On Track” is a compelling-looking documentary. Perhaps further demonstrating its power, “Sisters On Track” will have its North American Premiere at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.

Tim Dams Sheffield DocFest is spotlighting and celebrating Black British screen culture this month with a Retrospective titled “Films belong to those who need them – fragments from the history of Black British Cinema.” The Retrospective brings together a wide and diverse range of films that have been largely overlooked and undervalued in film history and criticism. To give breadth to the selection, the films have been selected by guest curators.

Last week, it was announced that Amazon has acquired MGM and its vast library of films and TV series. And as part of that massive deal, the tech company has become 50% owner of one of the most storied franchises in all of film—the James Bond film series.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticPerhaps it’s time for another meeting between officials from Israel and Palestine, like the series of off-the-books negotiations that took place in Oslo, Norway, back in 1993.

Prince Harry is opening again about the moment his wife Meghan Markle told him about her suicidal thoughts.

Haley Bosselman editorAmazon’s 8.45 billion purchase of MGM is inciting concerns from the federal government.“This is a major acquisition that has the potential to impact millions of consumers,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) said in a statement.

Amazon’s planned $8.45 billion acquisition of MGM got a chilly reception from some Capitol Hill lawmakers, but there may not be much that they can do to stop it.

When the announcement of the deal between Amazon and MGM was made, the film franchise that got spoken about most in the acquisition is the James Bond film series. While MGM doesn’t own the complete rights for the franchise, as James Bond is creatively controlled by the production duo of Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson, Amazon is now the parent company of the studio that will distribute the 007 spy films.

Stephen Colbert devoted a segment to his show on Tuesday to the irony of ironies: Amazon, about to acquire MGM, would be gaining a studio that owned The Apprentice, and with it the long-sought after holy grail for anti-Donald Trump activists: outtakes from the show.

Discovery CEO David Zaslav, a week after announcing a $43 billion deal to merge with WarnerMedia in a spinoff from AT&T, sees validation in today’s news that Amazon is swallowing MGM.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMark Pedowitz, chairman and CEO of The CW, spoke about the upcoming Discovery-WarnerMedia merger during a programming conference call on Tuesday.Asked how the deal would affect The CW, which is owned in part by Warner Bros., Pedowitz said “At the moment, it does not.

Royal rampage. Prince William isn’t impressed with Prince Harry after he opened up about his mental health struggles — and the ways he felt abandoned by his family — in his new docuseries, The Me You Can’t See.

Even with the most recent watershed moments of Minari, Sound of Metal and Crazy Rich Asians, finding a place in Hollywood remains a challenge for Asian American and Pacific Islander creatives and talent.