When Marvel Studios called Alan Taylor to talk to him about “Thor: The Dark World,” the filmmaker was on top of the world. He previously helmed multiple episodes of “The Sopranos,” earning rave reviews.
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Angelique Jackson As director Brian Taylor (“Crank,” “Crank: High Voltage,” “Mom and Dad”) watched the NFT market expand from digital paintings and photography to musical projects and beyond, the filmmaker decided to get in on the action, crafting a new experimental short film with Christopher Meloni.“You hardly ever get to be first in anything in my business,” Taylor tells Variety, explaining why he decided to get in on the NFT craze.
“Everything you do has been done 50,000 times before.”“So I
.When Marvel Studios called Alan Taylor to talk to him about “Thor: The Dark World,” the filmmaker was on top of the world. He previously helmed multiple episodes of “The Sopranos,” earning rave reviews.
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix and Adobe have named the winners of their first-ever short film contest, The Great Untold, who will get to bring their pitched shorts to life and receive grants of $10,000, along with access to Adobe experts and tools, and continued mentorship on their projects.
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar and Emmy Award-nominated POV Shorts, from American Documentary, is set to premiere its fourth season via PBS and streaming at POV.org on Sept. 6. This season will feature 13 new diverse, short nonfiction films across 7 episodes tackling the complexities of family, identity, and community.
Iron Maiden have released a short film to detail the creation of their new album ‘Senjutsu’.The metal icons returned last month (July 15) with their first new track in six years.
Christopher Meloni is giving the Internet what they want.
The 24th Annual Reel Black Men Short Film Festival kicks off on Saturday with films from Charles Burnett, David M. Massey, and 19 other Black filmmakers. The festival, which will be held virtually through August 22, is put on each year by the Black Hollywood Education Resource Center. The 21 films being screened came from 500 semifinalists that were culled from 1,700 entries submitted from across the globe.
Eminem has invested in new NFT (non-fungible token) startup company MakersPlace, a market designed to sell NFT artwork among other creations.Earlier this year, the rapper stepped into the NFT market, making $1.78million (£1.3million) from his first ‘Shady Con’ collection.The collection included digital action figures based on characters in some of Eminem’s best-known music videos, original instrumental beats created by the star and more.Now, Em and his manager, Paul Rosenberg, are among the key
K.J. Yossman The Ingenious Group, which ran a film investment firm backed by entertainment industry figures including David Beckham, Sacha Baron-Cohen and “Harry Potter” producer David Hayman, has won a £700 million ($975 million) appeal against Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC).The case dates back to the early 2000s when something called “sideways loss relief” was still permitted.
Christopher Meloni is having a renaissance! The 60-year-old star is all muscles and booty in his new magazine shoot, where he opens up about the public's obsession with his backside and his TV career. When the interviewer tells Meloni he is having a «cultural moment,» he replies, “My a** is.”«It’s cool as s**t,» he adds. «The aspect of age comes into play as far as the cover of [this magazine] and how I feel about it.
breaking the internet.Christopher Meloni, who plays beloved Detective Stabler on “Law & Order,” got quite cheeky in a Brooklyn cover shoot for Men’s Health where he’s seen tugging a vintage car, doing squats and posing blissfully nude with only a gym weight concealing his firearm.The ripped and tatted Meloni, who was stunned to make the cover at age 60, had been quick to admit that it’s his oh-so-popular rear end making the headlines.“There’s kind of a thing about my butt,” he said while
Christopher Meloni, 60, is more than appreciative that he’s been deemed a “Zaddy” by the internet. The Law & Order: Organized Crime star showed off his hot bod, butt and all, on the cover of Men’s Health magazine’s September 2021 issue. (See those steamy photos HERE). In his wide-ranging interview with the publication, Christopher joked that “his ass” specifically was having a major cultural moment — and then admitted that being considered a “zaddy” by his online fans is “cool as s**t.”
Christopher Meloni is baring it all on the cover of Men’s Health magazine’s September 2021 issue, on newsstands August 10.
Christopher Meloni definitely did not expect to land the cover of Men’s Health at the age of 60.
Opening up and stripping down! Law & Order: Organized Crime star Christopher Meloni didn’t hold back in his new interview with Men’s Health, talking about everything from his original time on SVU to the world’s new obsession with his body.
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe gold rush surrounding non-fungible token (NFT) digital collectibles continues: MakersPlace, a marketplace for buying and selling digital artwork and other creations, has raised $30 million in funding from investors including rapper Eminem and Sony Music Entertainment.San Francisco-based MakersPlace, which launched in 2018, announced that it raised $30 million.
Urvashi Pathania, Jesse Gi and Jess X. Snow are the three finalists of the fifth annual Asian Pacific American Visionaries, a short film competition which showcases cinematic storytellers of Asian and Pacific Islander descent.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaDolphin Entertainment and West Realm Shire Services Inc., owner and operator of FTX.US, are teaming up to create an NFT marketplaces for major sports and entertainment brands. The pact will combine Dolphin’s creative and marketing prowess with FTX’s knowledge of crypto currencies.The marketplace is described as “large-scale” and “consumer-facing” and comes as the trading of NFTs or non-fungible tokens is booming.
EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed All the Crows in the World writer-director Tang Yi after the film won the short film Palme d’Or this month at the Cannes Film Festival.
Clayton Davis Filmmaker and Academy Award nominee Denis Villeneuve and documentary filmmaker, writer, singer and activist Alanis Obomsawin are the first two announced honorees for the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.