Apple TV+ Sets Vietnam Docuseries From Emmy-Winning Team Behind ‘9/11: One Day In America’

Kate Garraway ensured her late husband Derek Draper was remembered during their daughter's 18th birthday.

Selome Hailu “The Sympathizer” is an epic about Vietnamese histories — plural. The HBO series takes its title from the experience of a North Vietnamese spy known as the Captain (Hoa Xuande), who embeds in a South Vietnamese community in 1970s Los Angeles after the war. By the end, he has nearly lost his sense of himself after struggling to make sense of the infinite political ideologies held by his country’s people and the fact that none had put an end to human suffering.

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Post Malone is going all in on country music.Starting in September, the Syracuse native and former rapper is slated to take off on his ‘F-1 Trillion Tour’ where he will perform “a collection of country songs” with backing band The Fools For You in support of his upcoming album due out on August 16.Notable New York stops on the 24-concert and festival run include gigs at Syracuse’s Empower FCU Amphitheater on Saturday, Sept. 14, Saratoga Springs’ Broadview Stage on Monday, Sept.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large ABC News Studios is teaming up with Imagine Documentaries to tell the story of Barbara Walters, the legendary broadcast journalist, anchor and host who died in 2022. Emmy winner Jackie Jesko is set to direct the film, which will debut on Hulu in 2025.

Naman Ramachandran The Royal Court Theatre has unveiled the full cast and creative team for “Giant,” a new play by Mark Rosenblatt exploring a pivotal moment in Roald Dahl‘s career, directed by Nicholas Hytner. Tony and Golden Globe winner John Lithgow will take on the role of Roald Dahl, as previously announced, joined by Olivier Award winner Elliot Levey as Tom Maschler, Dahl’s British Jewish publisher. The ensemble cast includes Rachael Stirling as Dahl’s fiancée Felicity Crosland, Romola Garai as Jewish American publisher Jessie Stone, Tessa Bonham Jones as housekeeper Hallie and Richard Hope as handyman Wally Saunders.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief A jury headed by French Vietnamese director Tranh Anh Hung awarded its Golden Goblet (Jin Jue) prizes for the Shanghai International Film Festival’s main competition. The top prize for best feature went to “The Divorce,” directed by Kazakhstan’s Daniyar Salamat. The jury praised the film for its sophisticated story-telling which mixes comedy, farce and tragedy, and “which moves fluidly from public sphere to the intimate relationship of a couple in crisis” and its feeling of innocence.

Addie Morfoot Contributor In “Porcelain War,” U.S.-based director Brendan Bellomo and Ukraine-based artist-director Slava Leontyev worked together to tell the story of porcelain artists whose lives are turned upside down by the terrors of the war in Ukraine. The film follows Leontyev and fellow artists Anya Stasenko and Andrey Stefanov, who all opt to help their countries fight off the Russian invasion. Despite daily shelling, Stasenko finds resistance and purpose in her art, Stefanov takes the dangerous journey to get his young family to safety abroad, and Leontyev becomes a weapons instructor for regular people who have become unlikely soldiers.

Emma Stone opened up about a role in an iconic TV series that got away from her.

Poor Things,” “The Favourite” and “The Lobster,” were, to varying degrees, eccentric, sexy and smart. The unbearably pretentious “Kinds of Kindness,” on the other hand, is a Euro-chic, albeit stylish, endurance test that will divide film buffs and outright appall mainstream audiences.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic It may now be hard to imagine, but in 1970, Donald Sutherland, who died Thursday at 88, was the coolest movie star on the planet. The moment I saw him in “MASH,” I knew he was the person I wanted to be, the same way that I wanted to be Mick Jagger or Steve McQueen. In 1970, Pacino and De Niro hadn’t happened yet.

Khloé Kardashian hasn’t totally shut the door on love yet — but it’s going to take a very specific set of conditions to make it happen!

Maluma is staying busy in Paris!

Firerose is firing back at Billy Ray Cyrus‘ divorce filing with claims that paint him in a very negative light.

Taylor Swift was back on stage for the latest show of the Eras Tour on Tuesday (June 18) and fans think her surprise song selections were aimed at her former enemy Scooter Braun.

Selome Hailu “House of the Dragon” returned to HBO and Max with 7.8 million viewers on Sunday night, putting the Season 2 premiere 22% below the 10 million viewers that the “Game of Thrones” prequel series launched with in 2022. Despite the drop, according to Warner Bros Discovery, the episode still led Max to its biggest streaming day ever.

Ian McKellen has been taken to a hospital after falling off stage during a performance of Player Kings in London’s West End, the BBC reports. His exact injuries are not known, but his rep Claire Dobbs tells Deadline he “is doing OK.”

Voters are being reminded to double check that they are signed up to vote ahead of General Election 2024, as the deadline to so draws ever nearer.

Ambika Mod is not prepared to be a footnote in 2024. After hustling through improv and a breakout turn in BBC miniseries This Is Going to Hurt, this year saw her biggest hit yet — the lead role of Emma Morley in Netflix’s adaptation of David Nicholls’ novel One Day. Paired with Leo Woodall’s Dexter Mayhew, Mod sensitively plays Emma’s loves, wins and failures over 20 years. As a twenty-something figuring out her place in the world, Mod’s own journey has overlapped with Emma’s more than once. Here, she talks about growing up, growing old and wishing people would focus less on her race.

Naman Ramachandran Indian actor and filmmaker Manohara has had an inspirational journey. Hailing from humble circumstances in Bengaluru, southern India, Manohara was picked out of school and cast by filmmaker Prithvi Konanur in “Railway Children” (2016), which won him best child actor at India’s National Film Awards. Manohara went on to act in supporting roles in Konanur’s Busan and Hainan selection “Where Is Pinki?” (2020) and Busan, Hong Kong and Goa title “Seventeeners,” on which he also assisted.