‘Azrael’ Review: Wordless Horror Indie Proves Incapable of Explaining Its Own Premise

We’re in a weird place culturally in Hollywood. Many in Tinseltown want to combat rampant and increased antisemitism—look at the Jonathan Glazer comments during the Oscars— and yet many still tolerate folks like Mel Gibson, seemingly a notable exception in the industry, perhaps because he was such a beloved figure at one point.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Federation Studios has acquired distribution rights to “The Morning After,” an eight-part comedy series headlined by up-and-coming British actor Amara Okereke (“In the Lost Lands”). It filmed on location in Cape Town in South Africa. The show is produced by Paris-based company Paradoxal and Cape Town-based outfit Both Worlds, which previously partnered on “Recipes for Love and Murder.” The series is co-produced by SWR, ARD FabFiction and Prime Video Africa.

Mel Gibson is crediting friend Robert Downey Jr. for being “generous and kind” after he was shunned from Hollywood.

Any creature feature worth its salt will, predictably, generally follow a well-worn path and set of rules plucked from classics like “Jaws,” “Jurassic Park,” or any number of sequels to “Alien.” A similar structure exists within any memorable creature thriller and the challenge a filmmaker must face in trying to elevate what is essentially a well-known edifice into something more than ordinary. At a minimum, those same-ish results habitually wind up on the safe side of a fun, mindless viewing experience, with the unwritten rule that the slightest mark of an acceptable monster outing shouldn’t be anything one needs to process for longer than a millisecond.

In many ways, “Scoop” is not the movie you think it is. Sure, it’s a behind-the-scenes look at how the BBC television program, er, “programme” “Newsnight” landed a hotly sought-after interview with Prince Andrew in 2019.

A brand new series starts tonight on BBC and it features some cast members who you may recognise from popular TV shows. This Town will premiere on BBC One on Easter Sunday (March 31) and is created and written by Peaky Blinders creator, Steven Knight.

Harry Potter star Jessie Cave has responded to Miriam Margolyes’ recent claim that fans of the franchise need to grow up.Cave played Lavender Brown in the final three Harry Potter movies, while Margolyes appeared in the series as Hogwarts professor Pomona Sprout.Last month, Margolyes sparked controversy during an appearance on New Zealand’s 1News for saying: “I worry about [grown-up] Harry Potter fans. They should be over that by now.“You know, I mean, it was 25 years ago, and it’s for children. I think it’s for children.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Most of the really essential rituals of American life — religious observances; Halloween and New Year’s Eve; opening day in baseball — are cyclical, endlessly repeatable experiences, independent from individuals or cults of personality. But to that list, a lot of us would add the ritual, stretching past 50 years now, of Bruce Springsteen in concert. And as the world found out last year, that guy can take a sick day.

James Brown will be presented with Lifetime Achievement honors at the 45th Annual Sports Emmy Awards ceremony on May 21 at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Hall in New York.  

Christine Brown is coping with the tragic death of Garrison Brown in her own way.

Jeremy Renner had the support of so many friends and family members as he recovered from his horrible snow plow accident last year. That very much included his Marvel costar Robert Downey Jr.

Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” premiering Sunday and Monday on Investigation Discovery.“Quiet on Set” rips the facade off writer-producer Schneider, now 58, and his enormously profitable but toxic juvenile show-business factory that churned out iconic hits such as “The Amanda Show,” “Zoey 101,” “Drake & Josh,” “Sam and Cat,” and “iCarly” — starring young actors like Jamie Lynn Spears, Jennette McCurdy, Miranda Cosgrove and Victoria Justice.The series reveals a nightmarish world in which at least three convicted sex offenders — production assistant Jason Handy, animator Ezel Channel and dialogue coach/actor Brian Peck — were on staff with full access to children. (All were convicted after they had been hired for the shows.) One female writer recalls on screen being told to lean over a desk and pretend she was being sodomized, among many egregious examples of the toxic workplace overseen by Schneider.

Robert Downey Jr. checked in frequently with Jeremy Renner after the latter’s 2023 snowplow accident.

Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films making noise in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track. So we’re going to do the hard work for you.

Take three parts “Chinatown,” two parts “The Big Lebowski,” one part “Under The Silver Lake,” and an extra dash of zaniness, and what do you get? Something like “Poolman,” Chris Pine‘s directorial debut that makes its theatrical debut in May, fresh off its world premiere at TIFF last Fall.

Robert Downey Jr.‘s long-in-coming Oscar win for Oppenheimer had a couple former co-stars so happy they just had to stop what they were doing to express their joy.

Siddhant Adlakha A sci-fi road trip steeped unevenly in grief, “We’re All Gonna Die” introduces its concept in exciting fashion before pushing it far into the background. Its lead performances are occasionally powerful, but writer-directors Freddie Wong and Matthew Arnold — of web-based studio RocketJump — struggle to keep their subject matter sincere, resulting in tonal oddities.

Notorious former NFL superstar Antonio Brown is giving the finger to a judge who threw the book at him for refusing to give a pair of $1 million finger “covers” back to a celebrity jeweler.Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Kerry Bensinger recently ordered Brown, now a rising rap artist, to pay Shuki International $1,095,000 after the embattled ex-All Pro receiver failed to answer a lawsuit alleging he borrowed the jeweler’s diamond-encrusted finger covers and other pieces of jewelry in 2022 — but never returned or paid for them.Jean Louis Shukitold The Post that Brown blew off voice messages he’s left since last month’s ruling, and instead only fired back texts indicating the court order won’t sway him.“U caint [sic] get s–t cracker,” said Brown in the first text, fired off at 4:42 a.m. on Feb.

Siddhant Adlakha A scattered but intimate drama about a queer immigrant left adrift, Marco Calvani’s “High Tide” boasts an impeccable leading performance that buoys the movie even at its weakest. Strung together by gentle moments, it follows Brazilian émigré Lourenço (Marco Pigossi) as he anticipates the return of his American lover in Provincetown — Massachusetts’ gay promised land — while running out the clock on his visa.

Janelle Brown is thankful for all the memories with her son Garrison Brown.