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Christopher Vourlias “Taylor Swift: Miss Americana” director Lana Wilson is developing a documentary feature about psychics that she’ll be presenting this week at CPH:FORUM, the international financing and co-production event held during the Copenhagen Intl. Documentary Film Festival (CPH:DOX), which runs March 23-April 3.“Look Into My Eyes” is a poetic exploration of what Wilson describes as “the oldest and most popular form of therapy,” told through a series of intimate sessions with psychics and their clients.

After directing multiple episodes of his Netflix series “Master Of None,” including all of season three, comedian Aziz Ansari (“Parks & Rec“) is making his feature film directorial debut for Searchlight Pictures. The film is yet to be titled, but is being referred to for now as “Being Mortal.” Ansari will also take a role in the film alongside Bill Murray, who was previously announced, and now another strong comedic actor has joined the project.

As I tipped in my story on the Best Original Song performers announced on Tuesday for the 94th Annual Academy Awards, another key movie song not mentioned in their release, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from Encanto will also be performed on the big show even though it wasn’t even submitted by Disney and songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda for consideration in the category where Miranda is a nominee for another tune from the same film, “Dos Oruguitas” also from Encanto. 

EXCLUSIVE: Max Casella (The Tender Bar), Domenick Lombardozzi (The Irishman), Vincent Piazza (Boardwalk Empire), and newcomer Jay Will (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) have been cast opposite lead Sylvester Stallone in Tulsa King (working title), Paramount+’s new series created by Yellowstone‘s Taylor Sheridan, with The Sopranos alum Terence Winter at the helm as executive producer, writer and showrunner.

Shooting any film during the pandemic has been a challenge, but it sounds like “Mission: Impossible 7” has taken the cake. Despite Tom Cruise’s viral outburst chastising crew members, it doesn’t look like the brass were taking COVID-19 safety seriously enough on the shoot.

Joel Corry - one of the country's most consistent deliverer of bops - is back with a back with a bang. 

Kathy Griffin spoke candidly about her suicide attempt in a new interview with the New York Times’ “Sway” podcast.

William Earl Variety announced today that Emilio and Gloria Estefan will be honored with the Variety Legends and Groundbreakers award at the inaugural Miami Entertainment Town breakfast held on Thursday, April 7. The event will celebrate those featured in the Miami Entertainment Impact Report, which profiles media, music and entertainment individuals based out of Miami who have made a great impact in their respective fields this year.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAnchors like Don Lemon, Joy Reid and Sean Hannity have long looked at Nielsen ratings as one of the primary measures of their performance on air. Soon, they may have another.Magna, the large media-buying firm owned by Interpublic Group, has enlisted NewsGuard, a company that examines the veracity of news content and the ways in which it is produced, to grade news programing on TV for the parent company’s media clients, which include Johnson & Johnson, Grubhub and Merck, among others.

LA North Studios is teaming with production services firms Cinelease and Herc Entertainment Services on a cost-saving initiative aimed at keeping more production in Southern California.

Just a coincidence. Shanna Moakler was recently spotted with ex Matthew Rondeau in Rhode Island — but a source exclusively tells Us Weekly the run-in wasn’t planned.

Eiza González can really make anything look good.Burberry put on its first in-person runway show in two years on Friday, which was held at the Central Hall Westminster located in the heart of London. González was in attendance for the event alongside Gigi and Bella Hadid and Irina Shayk, who all did their thing on the runway.While talking to Elle about the collection, creative director Riccardo Tisci said it “embodies an intangible essence that is Britishness, a unique fusion of honouring the beauty of the past, whilst also remaining focussed on the future.”As for her appearance, Eiza stepped out in a powerful suit, in which she looked both sophisticated and sexy. The actress posted photos of her look to Instagram, posing outside in front of a simple background and letting the outfit shine.In addition to the navy and burgundy suit, which emphasized González’s waist, she wore her straight brutnett hair parted down the middle and a pair of black reading glasses.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterWarnerMedia has been owned by telco giant AT&T for less than four years and it will soon have a new parent company — likely by the end of next month.Discovery’s shareholder vote on the acquisition of WarnerMedia is set for today during a special meeting of stockholders set for 10 a.m. ET. The deal is expected to get an easy thumbs-up given the approval already bestowed by Discovery’s oldest and most influential holders, investor John Malone and Advance/Newhouse Co.

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures has pulled the plug on its comedy Assisted Living, after Cardi B backed away from the starring role, sources tell Deadline. The film was just a week away from starting production, and other cast and crew were just told the film has at least temporarily been scratched.

pandemic-hobbled show honoring productions from 2019-2020 was delayed till fall 2021, aired mostly on the streaming platform and was held at the more modest Winter Garden Theatre, now home to the revival of “The Music Man” starring Hugh Jackman. In that telecast, most of the nominated musicals performed remotely from their theaters.

Vicky Pattison has announced she's taking a break from social media. The TV personality, 34, who recently got engaged to her long-term partner Ercan on a lavish holiday in Dubai, took to Instagram to explain why she's taking some time away from the platform.

Documentary+, the free streaming service launched by non-fiction studio XTR, is getting into the original programming and has ordered its first project.