Victoria Justice is taking on her most mature role yet in the drama and ET can exclusively debut the trailer. «It'll give my audience the chance to see a different side of me,» Justice tells ET.
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Emiliano De Pablos Spain’s Bendita Film Sales has picked up worldwide sales rights to coming-of-age drama “The Saint of the Impossible,” the feature debut of Swiss director Marc Wilkins.
Variety has had exclusive access to the film’s trailer.Based on a novel by Dutch writer and New York Times contributor Arnon Grunberg, “Saint” toplines Peru’s Magaly Solier (“The Milk of Sorrow”) and Tara Thaller, star of HBO’s Croatian TV drama “Success.”Set in New York City, the story, that takes in a murder
.Victoria Justice is taking on her most mature role yet in the drama and ET can exclusively debut the trailer. «It'll give my audience the chance to see a different side of me,» Justice tells ET.
We’ll be the first to tell you people deserve a second chance. Jessica Biel clearly shares that viewpoint, and she’s not afraid to publicly support her hubby!
Framing Britney Spears director Samantha Stark and New York Times senior editor Liz Day were in the middle of interviews about their when news broke that to Spears via an Instagram post. “I’m hopeful that everyone can learn a little bit from reexamining the past,” Day tells Glamour when asked about the statement from Timberlake, which came after a from viewers who felt the singer's actions following his public breakup with Spears was out of line.“It's very shocking," Stark tells Glamour of the
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“The Seventh Function of Language,” a novel by French author Laurent Binet, is getting the feature film treatment.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterAbramorama, a New York-based independent distribution company, has acquired worldwide rights to “Looking for a Lady With Fangs and a Moustache.”Directed by Khyentse Norbu (“The Cup,” “Travellers and Magicians”), the film will debut on April 8 with a virtual live premiere hosted by the Rubin Museum of Art in NYC. “Looking for a Lady With Fangs and a Moustache” will also be available on Abramorama’s digital platform.
It’s starting to look like the Cannes Film Festival could see yet another delay as Dutch director Paul Verhoeven suggested last week on a radio interview with NPO Radio 1 (in Dutch) that the event could be delayed to sometime in October. Verhoeven had expected to debut his latest film “Benedetta” at Cannes in July but seems to be under the impression that it will move into the fall.
When the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, the city’s largest film festival, gets underway February 17, it will look a little different from previous seasons. It’s a virtual event, save for some drive-in screenings, but the LGBTQ content is still abundant.
Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterTalent manager Nikola Barisic is parting ways with Untitled Entertainment to form a new venture.Barisic’s Bond Artist Management will be based in New York, covering creative and talent management.“The partners at Untitled Entertainment wish Barisic much success and look forward to collaborating and supporting him with his new endeavor,” Untitled leadership said in a statement.Untitled is led by Jason Weinberg, and reps clients including Dakota Johnson, Zoë
Tony Bennett, has had Alzheimer’s disease since 2016. The 94-year-old New York native star told AARP he has not yet experienced disorientation or rage, “but there was little doubt that the disease had progressed.” “[Tony Bennett has] cognitive issues, but multiple other areas of his brain are still resilient and functioning well,” said Bennett’s doctor, Lenox Hill Hospital neurologist Gayatri Devi, M.D.
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga have teamed up once again for a brand new duets album together.
NEW YORK -- Tony Bennett has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease but it hasn't quieted his legendary voice.The singer's wife and son reveal in the latest edition of AARP The Magazine that Bennett was first diagnosed with the irreversible neurological disorder in 2016. The magazine says he endures “increasingly rarer moments of clarity and awareness.”Still, he continues to rehearse and twice a week goes through his 90-minute set with his longtime pianist, Lee Musiker.
New UK Sales Firm Strikes Slate Deal
Mónica Marie Zorrilla “Vox” senior reporter Anna North’s latest novel, “Outlawed,” which was published a couple of weeks ago and is already a New York Times bestseller, has been picked up by A24 and Amy Adams’ Bond Group Entertainment team for a television adaptation.Adams and her manager Stacy O’Neil will executive produce, and Kate Clifford will co-produce for Bond Group Entertainment.The alternative, inclusive, feminist spin on the traditionally white, hetero, masculine Western genre has
Amy Adams’ Bond Group Entertainment and A24 have teamed to develop Anna North’s hot new feminist Western novel Outlawed for television.
“I’m sick of stories about frustrated couples who rip each other apart and explore their sexuality to escape boredom,” says Lisa (Nina Hoss) in My Little Sister. While there is plenty of frustration, and some sex, in Switzerland’s International Feature Film Oscar entry, this is not that story. It’s the tender tale of theatrical German twins brought closer by cancer.
EXCLUSIVE: Taylor John Smith and Harris Dickinson are set to join Daisy Edgar-Jones in 3000 Pictures and Hello Sunshine’s film adaptation of publishing phenomenon Where The Crawdads Sing, based on Delia Owens’ New York Times best-selling novel. Set up at Sony, the film is being directed by Olivia Newman from a screenplay written by Oscar-nominated scribe Lucy Alibar.
The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC celebrated its 86th annual awards ceremony to celebrate this year’s winners and for the first time, it was virtual.