Christine Vachon Talks Todd Haynes, The Writers Strike & Reveals The One Project She Still Wants To Make — Karlovy Vary Int’l Film Festival

Moviegoers already knew that Todd Haynes‘ “May December” would open the 61st annual New York Film Festival this Fall. But now another North American premiere will happen in NYC.  Sofia Coppola‘s “Priscilla” will be the festival’s Centerpiece on October 6 before it hits theaters later that month courtesy of A24.

Film at Lincoln Center has teed up Sofia Coppola’s Priscillaas the Centerpiece selection for the 61st New York Film Festival.

Venice may have Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers” with Zendaya and Josh O’Connor to open the annual soiree on the Liido, but the New York Film Festival is going to kick off with some Cannes gold. Today, the Film Society of Lincoln Center revealed that Todd Haynes’ “May December,” which premiered on la Croisette, will open the 61st edition of the New York Film Festival.

Todd Hayes’ May December will open the New York Film Festival on September 29, organizers said today.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Todd Haynes’ soapy romantic drama “May December,” starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, will open the 61st New York Film Festival. The movie is scheduled for Sept. 29 at Alice Tully Hall with the director and cast expected to attend in person. Following its NYFF premiere, “May December” will be released theatrically on Nov. 17 before landing on Netflix on Dec. 1. “May December,” which centers on a scandalous age-gap relationship, premiered in May at the Cannes Film Festival to rave reviews and sold to Netflix for $20 million. Moore and “Riverdale” star Charles Melton play Gracie and Joe, a married couple with a 20-year age gap. Their relationship sparked a national tabloid scandal because Joe was just 13 when the two fell in love. Decades later, their union is put to the test when Portman’s character Elizabeth, a popular TV actress, travels to Georgia to study the life of Gracie, whom she’ll be playing in a movie.

Amanda Seyfried is opening up about life at home, as well as her career.

As “Barbie” fans get closer to the anticipated film’s big release, Margot Robbie and director, Greta Gerwig, chat about the making of the film and the different types of dynamics on set.

Sofia Richie has endless love for wakeboarding. Lionel Richie's newly married daughter revealed she suffered a vacation mishap.

The first trailer for Bob Marley: One Love, a big screen biopic of the reggae singer, has been revealed. The movie is set to open in theaters on January 12 next year. Check out a preview above.

She really is one of the girls and Love Island host, Maya Jama, proved this further by admitting the one thing that she asks show producers not to tell her while she's filming. The gorgeous host took to her Instagram to give fans a sneaky snippet about how she likes to host the show best - and her secret is genuinely not knowing what's about to happen next either, just like fans watching at home.

Euphoria‘s Barbie Ferreira is opening up about why she decided to leave HBO’s massive hit television show, Euphoria, after only 2 seasons amid a lot of rumors.

Marta Balaga Before Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie,” there was “Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story.” “Mattel did pay a visit to our office,” said acclaimed producer Christine Vachon at Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Back in 1987, she was helping out on the Todd Haynes and Cynthia Schneider-produced movie. The now-banned film, dedicated to Carpenter’s tragic life and her untimely passing, featured dolls instead of actors. “Todd bought all these toys in garage sales. There were Barbies, but also all these Barbie rip-offs, so he was able to prove to Mattel that it was off brand,” Vachon said in conversation with Variety international features editor Leo Barraclough.

Before Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie captured the zeitgeist with their Warner Bros-backed Barbie, the popular doll was the subject of a much darker indie pic directed by Todd Haynes.

Watch What Happens Live” with Andy Cohen this week, Cynthia Nixon revealed that her character, Miranda Hobbes, was the subject of a sex scene that was cut from the third season of “Sex and the City.”“Was there a storyline in the early years that was cut out that you wish would’ve stayed in?” host Cohen asked her during the show. “Miranda dated a really hot detective who she was very intimidated by and thought he was really out of her league, so she got wildly drunk,” Nixon claimed in response.

The White Lotus is currently on pause due to the Hollywood writers’ strike, it has been revealed.The third season of The White Lotus is believed to be set in Thailand, after creator Mike White was reportedly scouting locations there. The first two seasons were set in Hawaii and Sicily respectively, with predominantly all-new ensemble casts in each.In a new appearance on The News Agents podcast, star Tom Hollander, who played British expat Quentin in the show’s second season, has confirmed that the new series will be set in Asia, and that “like everything else, it’s on pause”.He said: “They can’t actually shoot it, and they can’t write it, I think they know what the story is.”Hollander added that the show’s creator, Mike White, is also pausing production on the show because he doesn’t want to be thrown out of the Writers’ Guild.“You wouldn’t want to [be thrown out of the union], you’d be a scab,” the star said.Elsewhere, Jennifer Coolidge has said she hopes Tanya’s husband dies in a “meat-grinding machine” in the show’s third season.In the finale of the show’s second season, Tanya (Coolidge) goes on a shooting spree aboard a yacht against a group hired by her husband Greg (Jon Gries) to kill her.

Kylie Minogue has done some crazy things for love.

the heartbreaking loss of Stephen “tWitch” Boss, a beloved dancer, a devoted father of three, and the DJ and executive producer of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Now, his mother, Connie, opens up to PEOPLE magazine, sharing her love and memories of her son.Time seems to play tricks on Connie’s heart as she navigates the pain of Stephen’s death last December. Living in Phoenix with her other son, she finds solace in her unwavering faith, knowing deep in her heart that she will be reunited with Stephen again.

Jennifer Garner is opening up about her life before the fame came to her.

Charity Lawson isn't quite ready for her brothers to see her PDA. ET's Denny Directo spoke with the incoming Bachelorette ahead of the show's season 20 premiere, and she admitted she's nervous for her two older brothers, David and Nehemiah, to see her «locking lips with every man.»While all the kissing may make for some uncomfortable moments with her loved ones, Charity told ET that she thinks her family will «be proud» of how she handled being the Bachelorette.«My parents, they weren't worried about me taking on the role of Bachelorette, 'cause they know the daughter that they raised.

Zoe Ball and Fatboy Slim's daughter, Nelly, may give her famous father's Glastonbury performance a miss this weekend, according to the couple who reunited on Ball's BBC Radio 2 breakfast show. The renowned British DJ, whose real name is Norman Cook, is scheduled to take the Park Stage at 11 pm on Saturday.