Ash Christian, Producer of 'Social Animals' and 'Coyote Lake,' Dies at 35

Luca Guadagnino to will serve as president of the jury at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Organizers said Friday that the Italian filmmaker will chair the jury for the official selection of this year's 68th edition of the fest.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticFilmmaker and Baltimore’s favorite son John Waters has never had a movie of his shown at the New York Film Festival, but his non-film contribution to this year’s fest might just outshine some of the actual entrants: The Hairspray creator designed the official poster for the 58th annual event.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorMusic documentary “Fandango at the Wall,” chronicling an extraordinary journey undertaken by  musician Arturo O’Farrill and producer Kabir Sehgal — both multiple Grammy winners — to Veracruz, Mexico to recruit master musicians for a live album recording at the U.S.-Mexico border wall, is set to premiere on HBO on Sept. 25.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have signed on the dotted line in a multiyear deal with Netflix.The Sussexes will produce documentaries, docu-series, feature films, scripted shows and children's programming all through their unnamed production company, reports The New York Times. In a statement, Harry, 35, and Meghan, 38, said: "Our focus will be on creating content that informs but also gives hope.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentShowrun by Lucía Puenzo and produced by Fremantle and Fabula, “Señorita México” (“Miss Mexico”) has added two writers, María Renée Prudencio and Tatiana Merenuk, as it advances towards production, which is scheduled for the first half of 2021.The new series will be produced for Starzplay and Pantaya in Latin America and Spain, in a deal brokered by Fremantle’s international distribution arm, Fremantle and Fabula confirmed Tuesday, as they also

Jordan Moreau “Call Me by Your Name” director Luca Guadagnino is moving to TV with “We Are Who We Are,” and the upcoming HBO drama has released its first trailer on Sunday.The limited series stars Jack Dylan Grazer, Chloë Sevigny, Alice Braga, Kid Cudi and Jordan Kristine Seamon, who makes her acting debut in the series.The eight-episode show explores the upbringing of 14-year-old Fraser Wilson (Grazer), who moves from New York to a military base in Veneto, Italy, with his mothers, Sarah

Radha Blank shows off her writing, directing, producing and acting chops in the first trailer for Netflix'sForty-Year-Old-Version. The Lena Waithe-produced comedy features writer-producer Blank in her directorial debut — a personal ode to the stories sparked by adversity and dreams unfulfilled.

TMZ, producers are looking to diversify the current all-white cast of "The Real Housewives of New York." Decisions, though, will have to be made very soon, as season 13 of the show is set to begin filming in the fall."Producers are actively searching and in talks with some potential new faces," TMZ said.Even without the alleged intent to add diversity to the cast, the reality TV show was already looking to add new personalities, particularly given the fact that two women have recently left.On

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticEXCLUSIVE: Tony Award-winning playwright, actor and producer Sarah Jones has signed with UTA for worldwide representation in all areas.Jones, who won a Special Tony Award in 2006 for her one-woman Broadway show Bridge & Tunnel (co-produced by Meryl Streep), currently is developing her most recent stage production, 2016’s acclaimed Sell/Buy/Date, into a documentary.

NEW YORK -- Singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle, a leading performer of American roots music known for his introspective and haunting style, has died at 38. New West Records publicist Brady Brock confirmed his death, but did not immediately provide details.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterIt looks like Donald Trump is really leaning into his past as a reality TV show host.

Jordan Moreau Two former producers from NBC’s “The Apprentice” are helping plan the 2020 Republican National Convention.According to The New York Times, Sadoux Kim and Chuck LaBella are both former “Apprentice” producers who have joined the team planning the RNC for next week.The two producers have consulted on the video production for the convention, the use of both live speeches and pre-taped videos and its focus on non-politicians, according to Politico.

Frank Ocean and director Luca Guadagnino reportedly have, or at least had, a secret project in the works. Guadagnino, director of Call Me By Your Name and Kid Cudi's upcoming HBO series We Are Who We Are, told New York Times writer Kyle Buchanan that he and Frank were “collaborating on a music video that never happened.” He went on to add a plea for the project to come to fruition.

Frank Ocean has been working on a ‘secret project’ recently with Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino, according to the filmmaker.Guadagnino made the admission in an as-yet-unpublished interview with The New York Times’ Kyle Buchanan, who tweeted about the scoop yesterday (August 19).Buchanan said that when speaking to Guadagnino about the upcoming HBO / Sky Atlantic miniseries We Are Who We Are, which includes Kid Cudi among its cast, the director revealed that he’d “recently worked

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Acclaimed photographer Dan Budnik, noted for his portraits of artists in New York in the 1960s along with the civil rights movement and Native American culture, has died.

NEW YORK -- The sole photograph related to the Houston Riot of 1917 shows 64 Black soldiers sitting with arms folded and legs crossed behind a rope. Their sheer number, in a courtroom otherwise populated by white men, suggests they’re part of the audience but they’re not.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures have acquired worldwide rights excluding Canada to the Sundance breakout Some Kind of Heaven. The documentary marks the documentary feature debut of Lance Oppenheim and puts a Floridian sun-kissed spotlight on the surreal world of The Villages, the nation’s largest retirement community. Some Kind of Heaven is produced by Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa, The New York Times and the Los Angeles Media Fund.

Rapper Cardi B is all in for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., in 2024.

President Donald Trump is mourning the death of his younger brother Robert Trump.