Breaking Baz: Composer Laura Karpman Discusses Infusing ‘American Fiction’ With Hot Jazz & Rekindling A Classic Movie By Pioneering Filmmaker Dorothy Arzner

Barbie director Greta Gerwig emerged from the elevator at the Château Marmont with producer David Heyman and her agent Jeremy Barber in tow.

Benny Safdie is late. Frantic and a bit sweaty, he arrives at Westside Restaurant 40 minutes past our 10 a.m.

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with writer-director Cord Jefferson‘s feature film debut American Fiction.

Kim Kardashian and her sister Khloe Kardashian have taken their kids on a family skiing holiday in Utah to celebrate the New Year as they swapped their typical LA sunshine for a far snowier trip to the slopes. Sharing a glimpse of their extravagant trip on Instagram, the famous siblings delighted fans with an inside look at their holiday, which included everything from playing in the snow to enjoying hot chocolates together at the end of a long day.

Adam Driver’s been really hitting the pavement doing his best to promote Michael Mann’s “Ferrari,” a film he is clearly very proud of (and as a smaller Neon independent film, likely needs all the press it can get, as it only came out on Christmas Day; listen to our podcast interview with Mann here). And you’ll likely want to file this under, “duh, no sh*t,” but hear us out first.

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Hello, and welcome to the Scene 2 Seen Podcast. I am Valerie Complex, an associate editor and film writer at Deadline.

Olivia Rodrigo has discussed the inspiration behind some of the “emo” lyrics in her recent songs ‘Lacy’ and ‘All-American Bitch’.Both tracks appear on the singer’s recent second album ‘Guts‘, which was released in September.Speaking on the Kelly Clarkson Show, Rodrigo gave insight into how she conceived the lyrics for the outro of ‘Lacy’ – “And I despise my jealous eyes and how hard they fell for you / Yeah, I despise my rotten mind and how much it worships you.”“Very emo of me, writing that,” Rodrigo told Clarkson, laughing. “I took a poetry class at USC,” she continued.

Pierce Brosnan could be hit with jail time after allegedly walking into dangerous protected hot springs while visiting Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.The former James Bond actor, 70, is accused of venturing off the designated path amid attempts to get a closer look at the Mammoth Terraces hot spring. CNN reports that Pierce has been cited for "foot travel in a thermal area" and "violating closures and use limits" on 1 November, with a court date set for January 23. Venturing off the designated paths is punishable by up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $5,000.

EXCLUSIVE: The Black Film Critics Circle (BFCC) has voted American Fiction Best Film of 2023, Aunjanue Ellie-Taylor Best Actress and Jefferey Wright Best Actor for their work in Origin and American Fiction respectively. And for Best Director Cord Jefferson for American Fiction. The announcement was made today by Mike Sargent, co-president, BFCC. Votes were cast and tabulated in New York City at the organization’s annual meeting on December 18, 2023.

We had a question for Jeffrey Wright, but we knew we had to be careful with it. The star of Cord Jefferson‘s award-season darling, “American Fiction,” is in the running for a Best Actor Oscar nomination and has already won several critics’ group awards.

Vishniac,” which tells the story of the prominent 20th century photographer Roman Vishniac, known for capturing Jewish life in Eastern Europe for the American Joint Distribution Committee in the 1930s. Abramorama starts off the theatrical release on Jan. 19 with a week-long run at New York City’s Quad Cinema, before screening in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Town Center and Laemmle Royal beginning Feb.

The topic of race in America is a challenging one to discuss nowadays. On the one hand, you have various groups of non-white people who are exhausted trying to explain how racism runs rampant.

Laura Anderson has sparked rumours that she is back together with her ex-boyfriend and baby daddy, Gary Lucy. The pair split around February - the same time as Laura, 34, announced her pregnancy, and for a time, the relationship appeared rocky, as Laura admitted that the pair were "not on good terms". But they've since straightened things out and committed to co-parenting their daughter, Bonnie, who was born in September, with ex-EastEnders actor Gary, 42, by Laura's side.The family have been spending time together recently, with former Love Island star Laura documenting it on her Instagram stories.

Searchlight Pictures’ Poor Things had a monster of an expansion, sewing up $1.3 million at just 82 theaters for a no. 10 spot at the weekend box office. American Fiction and The Zone of Interest, from, respectively, Amazon MGM Studios and A24, opened nicely as specialty films with original stories of all kinds are seeing traction with ticket buyers.

Angelique Jackson Erika Alexander got her start as a teen on “The Cosby Show” before assuming the breakout role of attorney Maxine Shaw on “Living Single.” But it’s her latest performance in “American Fiction,” a satire that critiques our culture’s obsession with stereotypes, that’s put her in a conversation she’s never been in before — that of awards season contender. Alexander plays Coraline, the love interest of Jeffrey Wright’s Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, a cantankerous author who challenges the industry’s perceptions of “Black entertainment.” On Dec. 5, just hours before sitting down with Variety, Alexander learned she’d been nominated in the supporting category at the Independent Spirit Awards; she attended last year’s ceremony as a guest.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction” has won rave reviews and is tipped to be an Oscars favorite with its satirical portrayal of the exploitation of Black people in media, balanced with sharp comedy and a punch of emotional family drama. Jefferson credits his editor, Hilda Rasula, with striking the right tone for the film. “The thing I appreciate about Hilda is that she never lies, she’s very honest, and she tells me when she doesn’t like something,” Jefferson tells Variety.

Victoria Beckham often shares photos of her hot husband, momentarily breaking the internet. Earlier today, she shared a photo of David Beckham in his underwear, fixing the broken TV, sparking many hilarious reactions from friends and followers. David and Harper Beckham recreate iconic 1932 ‘Lunch atop a Skyscraper’ photographVictoria Beckham joins Kate Middleton’s latest fashion trend this holiday seasonA post shared by Victoria Beckham (@victoriabeckham)The photo shows an almost naked David laying down on the floor as he tries to reach someplace behind the TV set.

EXCLUSIVE: The Stranger Things stage show, an unbelievably brilliant new blueprint for theatricality that premieres in London’s West End tonight, will be the first instalment in a trilogy exploring the dark underbelly of Hawkins, Indiana.

EXCLUSIVE: Leonardo DiCaprio was in a playful mood when he and Lily Gladstone, his co-star in Martin Scorsese’s disturbingly thrilling American history lesson Killers of the Flower Moon, were at the center of a small gathering at the Odeon Luxe in London’s Leicester Square.