Bill McGoldrick Exiting Chernin Entertainment Amid Layoffs

Thankfully, as the film industry becomes more inclusive and diverse, we start to see new takes on Hollywood staples. Such is the case with “Our Son,” a film that takes a story we’ve seen so many times before in various family dramas, but because it’s shown through the lens of a marriage between two men, it feels unique and different.

The trailer for Luke Evans and Billy Porter‘s new movie has been released.

Bill Cosby is facing a fresh lawsuit over an alleged sexual assault from the woman who first publicly accused him of rape in 2014.The new suit claims that Cosby drugged and raped the actress and former comedy writer Joan Tarshis on multiple occasions during the 1970s, the first of which when she was 19 and visiting the set of The Cosby Show.In documents obtained by TMZ, Tarshis claims she was invited to the television studio via a mutual friend and was asked to go into Cosby’s private bungalow on the lot for a writing session. There, the suit alleges, she accepted a drink, passed out and woke up while Cosby was sexually assaulting her.The suit outlines a second occasion around a year later, when Cosby invited Tarshis to a music event that he was appearing at.

Bill Maher connected the dots between the Democrats’ abrupt clean-up of San Francisco ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit and former President Donald Trump’s potential election victory in 2024.This week, San Francisco hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference where world leaders and business giants hobnobbed and President Biden had a one-on-one meeting with Xi.But after years of deterioration in the Golden City, most notably the homelessness plaguing its streets, Democrats on a local and state level rolled out the red carpet for the Chinese leader by clearing the sidewalks.“I want to try a theory out on you why Trump is killing it — not just within the party, but he’s beating Biden heavily too,” Maher kicked off the panel discussion on Friday. “Because Xi, President Xi of China, came to our state this week and met with Biden up in San Francisco, and they had a little summit.”“And they did something very interesting in San Francisco.

It was the Thanksgiving show for Bill Maher‘s Real Time, typically his last show of the fall season before a hiatus. But because of the Writers Guild strikes, the show will go on into December.

Bill Bailey has said he’s got enough material to make a second heavy metal album with.The comedian, who is particularly well-known for his love of metal, released an album called Bill Bailey In Metal in 2011, following an appearance at the now-defunct festival Sonisphere that same year.“I was thinking about it the other day while I was archiving a load of old stuff,” he told Metal Hammer. “There’s a whole bunch of new songs I’ve written that would suit the metal treatment.

EXCLUSIVE: The North Road Company’s investment drive continues.

Ultimate Fighting Championship match Saturday at Madison Square Garden.An avid UFC fan, Trump entered the arena to a loud ovation before the featherweight fight between Diego Lopes and Pat Sabatini. He was accompanied by Kid Rock, Tucker Carlson, Dana White and son Don Jr.Arena cameras panned to him — and in the background Hill, 54, can be seen raising her middle fingers at his back as she sits in her seat.Trump, 77, seemed utterly clueless about the gesture as he continued to scan the room.

Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam says The Cosby Show should still be held in high regard.

Bill Maher is not afraid to share his opinion on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

Oil and water. Oscar and Felix. Entering tonight’s Real Time, you’d expect Sen. Ted Cruz and Bill Maher to fit into that “don’t mix” category.

The first trailer for Inside Out 2 dropped Thursday morning, introducing fans to Anxiety, played by franchise newcomer Maya Hawke. But there were a couple familiar voices you may have noticed weren’t there.

Writers Guild of America East members are reacting to today’s news of the shuttering of G/O Media‘s Jezebel after an unsuccesful attempt to sell the site. The closure came amid word that parent company G/O Media was laying off 23 staffers, including Jezebel’s team.

Even though we’re still talking about what’s left to come in 2023, we should also begin looking forward to the big films of 2024. And one of those films is the latest “Ghostbusters” sequel.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer The Roots founders Questlove and Black Thought‘s have sold a significant stake in their production company Two One Five Entertainment to Peter Chernin’s content studio The North Road Company. Under the pact, North Road will finance future film, TV and other creative projects from Two One Five, which previously produced the Oscar-winning documentary “Summer of Soul,” “The League” and “Descendent.” The partnership will also see North Road helping Two One Five expand its scripted slate after years of mainly focusing on unscripted content.

transgender athletes.Tyson suggested that competitions like track meets could be divided into “hormone” categories like wrestling is categorized by body weight, to settle concerns about transgender men having an unfair advantage in women’s sports.“So all I’m saying is, what is it that makes the man, the ‘man’?” the scientist asked. “Is it the hormones? OK.

Will Tizard Contributor The 30th edition of the Camerimage Film Festival, Europe’s top cinematography event, will welcome a host of stellar guests to the Gothic Polish town of Torun, including Adam Driver, Sean Penn and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CEO Bill Kramer. Driver and Penn will screen their latest films, respectively, the high-octane biopic “Ferrari” and the portrait of Eastern Europe’s most remarkable wartime president, Volodymyr Zelensky, “Superpower.” As regular fest guests have learned, the calendar of film screenings is just as important to study as the schedule for panels, seminars and masterclasses.

“Western civilization is what gave the word every goddamn liberal precept to adore,” Bill Maher thundered during his “New Rules” editorial on Friday’s Real Time. He went on to list religious freedom and other benefits.

The recent passing of Terence Davies and the tributes that followed — tales of a steel will, impassioned budgetary battles and a host of dream projects that never materialized — give this highly personal tribute to Scottish filmmaker Bill Douglas an extra and very poignant relevance as a similar story, now depressingly familiar to the British film industry, of an uncompromising talent who left us with a tantalizing promise of what might have been. Now largely unknown to the wider world, but very dear to the heart of Scotland (despite the fact that he left his homeland at the earliest opportunity), Douglas is the closest thing to a Rosetta Stone in recent British independent and social-realist cinema. From his early home movies through to his last three-hour masterwork Comrades (1986), the director left an indelible imprint that still seems shockingly modern today, leaving traces in everything from Derek Jarman’s early Super-8 works to Lynne Ramsay’s Ratcatcher and beyond.

How do you deal with a world where finger-pointing, bureaucracy, mob actions and a lack of initiative stall progress? That was the running theme of Friday’s Real Time on HBO, as a downbeat Bill Maher took on a world that was clearly vexing him greatly.