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Briarcliff Entertainment has acquired the North American rights to Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down, the new documentary from directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen.
The distributor plans to open the film nationwide on July 15, with CNN Films planning to air it later in the year.
The project tells the story of Giffords, who was seriously wounded in a 2011 assassination attempt and mass shooting while she was a congresswoman in Arizona. As she recovered, she became a leading advocate for gun violence prevention, along with her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, who was later elected to the Senate. Giffords also has promoted the understanding of aphasia, a language condition caused by brain damage. The project, which premiered at SXSW Film Festival last month, also features interviews with figures such as Barack Obama, and includes videos of Giffords in the weeks following the shootings.
Lisa Erspamer is producer of the documentary, and Amy Entelis and Courtney Sexton of CNN Films are executive producers along with West and Cohen. Other EPs include an Orefice and Alexandra Johnes of Time Studios and Oren Jacoby of Storyville Films.
Tom Ortenberg, CEO of Briarcliff, said in a statement that the project “is a motion picture for the ages and a more than worthy follow up to Julie and Betsy’s Award-winning film RBG. Gabby Giffords’ story is one that needs to be seen by as many people as possible and we are honored to be partnering with the filmmakers, CNN and Time Studios in bringing it to audiences everywhere.”
Cohen and West’s RBG, about the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, was nominated for a documentary feature Oscar in 2019. The filmmakers said that Giffords “is the hard working, dragon slaying, 80’s hits-singing, recumbent bike-riding
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EXCLUSIVE: Wolfe Releasing has acquired North American rights to the Italian LGBTQIA+ dramedy Blessed Boys (La Santa Piccola) from Minerva Pictures, ahead of its North American premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Festival on June 11th, with plans to release it in theaters and on digital this fall.
Harry Styles has announced a North American headline tour for this year – see all the details below.The pop star, whose third album ‘Harry’s House’ arrives on May 20, will return to New York to perform 10 nights at Madison Square Garden between August 28 and September 21 in continuation of his global ‘Love On Tour’.He’ll then head over to Los Angeles to play 10 shows at the city’s Kia Forum between October 31 and November 15.Styles is also scheduled to play five concerts in both Austin (September 25 to October 2) and Chicago (October 6-14) after kicking off the stint with two nights at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena (August 15, 16).Support will come from Blood Orange (New York), Ben Harper (LA), Madi Diaz (Toronto), Gabriels (Austin) and Jessie Ware (Chicago).Ticket details are yet to be confirmed – you’ll be able to find them here when they go live. Check out the announcement post below, and head to Styles’ official site for more information.A post shared by @harrystylesThe UK and Ireland leg of Styles’ 2022 tour commences next month, with the run including two consecutive nights at Wembley Stadium in London (June 18, 19).
Stray Kids have added three more shows to their sold-out North American tour.Today (May 5), the K-pop boyband announced they would be bringing the North American leg of their ‘Maniac’ world tour to Anaheim, California along with an additional night for Seattle, Washington.This comes after Stray Kids sold out all seven of their original stops across the United States. Late last month, the boyband had also announced additional nights to their gigs in Newark, New Jersey and Los Angeles, California, all of which are also now sold out.Stray Kids(스트레이 키즈) 2nd World Tour "MANIAC" in North AmericaAdditional Show InfoTicket Open 2022.05.09 (MON) 3PM (Local Time)https://t.co/JjF0JwYkr7#StrayKids #스트레이키즈#2ndWorldTour_MANIAC#ODDINARY#MANIAC #MANIAC_SKZ#YouMakeStrayKidsStay pic.twitter.com/VP0L6W1q46— Stray Kids (@Stray_Kids) May 4, 2022Tickets for the three new Stray Kids shows will go on sale on Ticketmaster at 3pm on Monday (May 9) in the respective cities’ local time.
Leo Barraclough International Features EditorMenemsha Films has taken distribution rights in North America to Thomas Roth’s drama “Schaechten – A Retribution” in a deal with Berlin-based sales company Picture Tree Intl. PTI has debuted the film’s trailer, and will hold an invitation-only private screening of the film for buyers in Cannes.Neil Friedman, president of Menemsha Films, said: “The film ‘Schaechten’ is a true discovery.
Most of comedy’s top talent are in Los Angeles this weekend at the inaugural Netflix Is A Joke festival, but the best jokes literally and figuratively in the nation were at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington DC on Saturday.
EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles-based Dark Star Pictures has acquired the North American distribution rights to Chilean LGBTQ Comedy Phantom Project following its North American Premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival 2022.
Paul McCartney began his 2022 ‘Got Back’ North American tour last night (April 28) – check out fan-shot footage and the setlist below.The Beatles icon took to the stage at the Spokane Arena in Spokane, Washington for his first concert in over two years. McCartney’s current run of shows also includes stop-offs in Seattle (May 2,3), Los Angeles (13) and Orlando (28).Kicking off with the Fab Four’s ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’, Macca’s mammoth 36-song set also included the first solo outings of the legendary group’s tracks ‘Getting Better’ (1967) and ‘You Never Give Me Your Money’ (1969) since 2003 (via Setlist.FM).Elsewhere, the legendary musician gave ‘McCartney III’ track ‘Women And Wives’ its live debut; he released his 18th solo studio album in late 2020 at the height of the COVID pandemic.McCartney also treated the audience to The Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ cut ‘She Came in Through The Bathroom Window’, marking its first airing since 2008.
Refresh for updates Universal continued its motif from CinemaCon 2021 today of spotlighting the work of movie theater workers, and pairing them with their favorite stars. It’s a classy way of paying homage to those in exhibition particularly after the industry was brought to its knees in 2020 to early 2021 due to Covid.
The B-52’s have announced details of a North American farewell tour – get your tickets here and see the full list of dates below.The band, best known for their hits ‘Love Shack’ and ‘Rock Lobster’, formed in October 1976 over a shared flaming volcano cocktail at the Hunan Chinese Restaurant. They released their self-titled debut album in 1979, produced by Chris Blackwell via Island Records.Back in 2019, they played a summer farewell tour in the UK, after celebrating their 40th anniversary the year prior by co-headlining a North American tour with Boy George & Culture Club and Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey.The new tour dates begin in Seattle in August and will see The B-52’s supported by The Tubes and KC & The Sunshine Band.Check out the full list of dates below, and buy tickets here.AUGUST 202222 – Seattle, McCaw Hall *SEPTEMBER 202229 – Mashantucket, Foxwoods Casino ^30 – Boston, MGM Music Hall ^OCTOBER 20221 – Washington DC, The Anthem ^7 – Chicago, Chicago Theatre ^13 – New York, Beacon Theatre ^14 – New York, Beacon Theatre ^15 – Atlantic City, Ovation Hall – Ocean Casino ^19 – Las Vegas, The Venetian Theatre21 – Las Vegas, The Venetian Theatre22 – Las Vegas, The Venetian Theatre28 – San Francisco, The Masonic Auditorium *29 – San Francisco, The Masonic Auditorium *NOVEMBER4 – Los Angeles, YouTube Theater ^11 – Atlanta, The Fox Theatre ^*with The Tubes^with KC & The Sunshine Band Back in 2015, The B-52’s Kate Pierson released a debut solo album featuring a song co-written by The Strokes‘ Nick Valensi and Sia.The new wave icons released their last studio album, ‘Funplex’, in 2008.
Christopher Vourlias Wolfe Releasing has acquired all North American rights for director Magnus Gertten’s feature documentary “Nelly & Nadine” ahead of its North American premiere at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival on April 30. Wolfe Releasing has slated the documentary for a theatrical and streaming release in late 2022.Produced by Ove Rishøj Jensen from Auto Images, “Nelly & Nadine” had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year, where it won the Teddy Jury Award, the highest honor for an LGBTQ+ film.“Nelly & Nadine” is the story of two women who fall in love on Christmas Eve 1944 in the Ravensbrück concentration camp.
EXCLUSIVE: Sirens, a rock doc about Beirut all-female thrash metal band Slave to Sirens, will get a theatrical run after Oscilloscope Laboratories bought the North American rights.
Wet Leg have announced a string of 13 headline shows for cities in the US, Canada and Mexico, bridging the gap between a handful of festival sets and their trio of gigs supporting Florence + The Machine.Following their appearances as this year’s Lollapalooza, Mo Pop and Osheaga festivals, the Isle of Wight duo will take to the Phoenix Concert Centre in Toronto, Canada on Monday August 1. They’ll head to Vancouver next, playing the Commodore Ballroom that Thursday (August 4).After another handful of festival sets – including Outside Lands in San Francisco, as well as the Netherlands’ Lowlands – Wet Leg will return to theatres for gigs in San Antonio, New Orleans, Orlando, Atlanta, Louisville, St Louis, Kansas City, Abiquiu, Salt Lake City and Phoenix.
Viola Davis’ transformation into Michelle Obama in ‘ The First Lady’ relied on extensive “research” by her hair and makeup team. Hair stylist Louisa Anthony “did a lot of Google searches” to get to grips with how to “recreate” the 58-year-old wife of President Barack Obama's hair with “accuracy” on the 56-year-old actress. Louisa told Harper’s Bazaar: “The scene where Viola is at a photo shoot with the now historic black-and-white dress—Ms.
and killed her off — her eponymous sitcom following controversial remarks way back in 2018.Barr’s new Reelz documentary — “Roseanne: Kicked Out of Hollywood” — gets raw about her ousting from the revival of her ’90s sitcom “Roseanne,” which is now known as “The Conners.” The outspoken star alleged that ABC always had issues with her contentious (the network president labeled them “repugnant”) tweets and comments — and engaged in “intellectual witch-burning” to silence her.In 2018, ABC cancelled the original “Roseanne” reboot after Barr’s racist tweet comparing former President Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett to the offspring of the “Muslim brotherhood & Planet of the Apes.”‘I’m a comic. I’m a bad girl … I’m going to say f— it and f— you until I take my last breath.’“Any tweet that was not ‘I love Hillary Clinton,’ I got a call for,” Barr claimed in regards to the network’s management methods.The doc also dives deep into the moment Barr tweeted about a conspiracy theory about a Parkland school shooting survivor giving a Nazi salute at a rally for harder gun control.She would up deleting the tweet. “I removed it every time they called,” she said.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are being protected by a bodyguard who watched over two American presidents. The Invictus Games competition for wounded service personnel and veterans opened Saturday night in the Netherlands with a standing ovation and a tribute from the Duke of Sussex to the Ukrainian team members, who temporarily left their war-torn nation to compete.The Duchess of Sussex was by her husband’s side for the opening ceremony. Harry founded the Invictus Games to aid the rehabilitation of injured or sick military service members and veterans by giving them the chance, and the challenge, to compete in sports events similar to the Paralympics.
Wu-Tang Clan and Nas have announced details of a joint North American tour which will begin in August.The co-headline ‘N.Y. State Of Mind’ tour will visit 25 cities from August through to October, kicking off in St.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly being protected by ex-US President Barack Obama's former bodyguard. After a brief visit to the UK, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been enjoying their first public appearance in Europe for the Invictus Games in the Netherlands. And Harry, 37, and Meghan, 40, were seen being flanked by ex-Secret Service agent Christopher Sanchez, who spent five years protecting presidents, including Barack Obama and George W.