CAA Signs ‘Writing With Fire’ Directors Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh (EXCLUSIVE)

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentCAA has signed Khadar Ayderus Ahmed, the up-and-coming director of “The Gravedigger’s Wife,” Somalia’s first ever official submission for the Oscars international feature film race.“The Gravedigger’s Wife,” Ahmed’s feature debut,” world premiered at Cannes’ Critics’ Week and went on to win the Amplify Voices Award at Toronto.

Naman Ramachandran Bollywood film “Vikram Vedha,” starring Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan, has wrapped its first shooting schedule in Abu Dhabi and commenced the second one in Lucknow, India.The film, which also stars Radhika Apte in a pivotal role, is a remake of 2017 Tamil-language hit “Vikram Vedha,” directed by writer-directors Pushkar and Gayatri and starring R. Madhavan and Vijay Sethupathi.Pushkar and Gayatri are also helming the Hindi-language Bollywood adaptation.

“House of Gucci” isn’t the first time Lady Gaga has paid homage to her Italian roots.Before she scored the 2019 Oscar of Best actress for her role in Bradley Cooper’s ‘A Star Is Born,’ she was just “Girl at Swimming Pool #2” in “The Sopranos.”Gaga, whose legal name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, starred in season three’s episode titled “The Telltake Moozadell.” But despite a now successful acting career, when the 35-year-old looks back on her early acting career that began on the wildly

Thomas Banks, Melbourne-based gay writer and actor living with cerebral palsy was beaten and robbed in a vicious attack in Footscray on Tuesday. Warning: This story has details and visuals of a brutal attack and might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.  Banks told Star Observer that he had stepped out on Tuesday night to meet a guy he connected

Gucci family. Both the luxury clothing label and the fashion designer, 60, expressed their disgust over the movie.Ford was the creative director of the Gucci fashion label from 1994 to 2004.

unfolds like a Shakespearean tragedy, filled with backstabbing, betrayal, murder and more — all done in the most extravagant, over-the-top opulence: silk cravats and piles of jewels, enormous furs and va-va-voom dresses, double-G Gucci logos on ev-er-y-thing.“What a toxic family they were,” Janty Yates, the costume designer for the film, told The Post.

Ben Croll While their most recent doc “The Rescue” continues its festival and award-circuit run, directors Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin have been at work in the edit suite prepping their next big-screen effort – a decades spanning love story mixing business, philanthropy, and the great outdoors.Aiming for a mid-2022 launch, the still-untitled doc will follow the complicated relationship between conservationist and climber Yvon Chouinard, founder of apparel brand Patagonia, Douglas Tompkins,

Nigerian-American Tomi Champion-Adeyemi, author of the best-selling young adult fantasy novel Children of Blood and Bone, has signed with CAA. The novel was published by Macmillan

carb-a-load!Along with taking nine months to perfect her Italian accent for the role of Patrizia Reggiani in the upcoming drama “House of Gucci,” Lady Gaga also purposely gained weight.The 12-time Grammy winner, 35, deliberately ate excessive amounts of pasta and bread to get a “more rounded figure” to play the disgraced Italian socialite.

“House of Gucci” — but there was some intense chemistry behind the scenes.Driver, 37, opened up about performing the romantic scenes between him and the Oscar winner, 35, during shooting.“[Patrizia] very much uses sex as a tool, and I feel like it kind of physically embodies what’s going on between them; he comes from this not necessarily emotionally vapid, but [his life is] not as passionate, and that’s what she brought,” Driver told Entertainment Weekly at the drama’s premiere on Tuesday

Jared Leto has nothing but love and praise for his co-star Adam Driver.The Oscar-winner walked the red carpet at the New York City premiere of the new Ridley Scott-directed biographical drama, and he spoke with ET's Lauren Zima about working with Driver and the allure that surrounds both stars among their fans.«Oh, we could wax poetically about the presence, the tall, dark, mysterious, handsome Adam Driver,» Leto said with a smile.

Naman Ramachandran The first series from leading Indian studio Yash Raj Films’ streaming arm YRF Entertainment will be an as yet untitled investigative thriller, Variety has learned.Set in Bhopal, the capital of the central Indian state Madhya Pradesh, the series is budgeted at INR1 billion ($13.4 million) and will be a four-hero project, Variety understands.

Crushing coparenting! Exes Kathryn Dennis and Thomas Ravenel sweetly celebrated son Saint’s 6th birthday together.

For purists and ride or die fans who like to quibble over such things, there are two Paul Thomas Andersons. One is the young, ambitious, hyper-caffeinated auteur behind “Boogie Nights” and “Magnolia,” full of confidence (maybe illicit substances, too), brio, and show-off-y talent (keyed up Scorsese-like camera moves and soundtracks and Robert Altman-like ensembles).

House Of Gucci stars Salma Hayek and Lady Gaga at the U.K movie premiere, and you probably feel the same way! The Mexican actress and the New York native arrived on the red carpet in London wearing head-to-toe Gucci —of course!Hayek and Gaga met with co-stars Adam Driver and Jared Leto. Salma wore an opulent Gucci gold lamé plissé V-neck gown, with silver metallic platforms and gold jewelry.Lady Gaga, who plays the role of Patrizia Reggiani, is always faithful to her fashion style.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefNetflix aims to increase its appeal to Japanese filmmakers as the streaming giant engineers a pivot towards local production and feature movies, in particular.