Cult Filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky Faces Unpaid $200,000 Loan From 2016 Film ‘Endless Poetry’ (EXCLUSIVE)

The diagnosis is in, at least according to the estimable gallery of mental health professionals, and members of The Duty to Warn Coalition, who are seen in Dan Partland's documentary: President Donald Trump suffers from a condition known as malignant narcissism, the components of which are narcissism, paranoia, anti-social personality disorder and sadism.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentLondon-based production, finance and sales company Film Constellation has come on board Cathy Brady’s debut feature “Wildfire,” which world premieres in the Discovery section at next month’s Toronto Film Festival.The film centers on sisters Lauren and Kelly, an inseparable pair brought up in a small town by the Irish border. Their lives fell apart with the mysterious death of their mother.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWe at Variety try to shine a light on good deeds, and although we can’t say we condone Beggars Group CEO Paul Redding’s ambitious goal of swimming the English Channel in an effort to raise £200,000 for coronavirus relief and Black Lives Matter, we do applaud his intentions (and optimistically assume that he knows what he’s doing!).Redding aims to raise £200,000 for two music charities, the PRS Foundation (in the U.K.) and Sweet Relief Musicians Fund (U.S.).

Coronation Street's Lucy Fallon and Love Island star Jack Fincham are among the famous faces in ITV's "gruelling" new show Don't Rock the Boat.

Stewarton businessman says a quarter-of-a-million-pound loan was vital for his firm during the coronavirus pandemic.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAzazel Jacobs’s “French Exit,” the story of a New York socialite who jettisons her old life for a new one in Paris, has been selected as the closing night feature of the 58th New York Film Festival.The film, which stars Oscar-nominees Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges, will make its world premiere at the festival, which is expected to be a mixture of physical and virtual events due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Adria Arjona is heading to a galaxy far, far away!

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorFacebook has shut down one of the biggest QAnon conspiracy-theory groups on its platforms, citing repeated policy violations.A Facebook representative said the group was removed for “repeatedly posting content that violated our policies,” per the BBC.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorThe Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported on Thursday that the region had hit a grim new milestone, topping 200,000 confirmed coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. That leaves L.A.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsGuardians of the Galaxy actress Zoe Saldana addressed the controversy surrounding her casting as Nina Simone in the 2016 biopic Nina.Saldana sat down with Pose creator and executive producer Steven Canals Tuesday for a conversation about diversity, activism and identity.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentConstantin Film has acquired the rights to hit novel “Perfect Addiction,” set in the world of boxing, partnering up once again with producer Jeremy Bolt, with whom they worked on the “Resident Evil” blockbuster movie franchise, assassin action movie “Polar,” starring Mads Mikkelsen and Vanessa Hudgens, and the upcoming video-game adaption “Monster Hunter,” starring Milla Jovovich.The film will blend a “Rocky-esque underdog story and a salacious

While many who read The Playlist regularly probably have heard the name Alejandro Jodorowsky quite a few times before, as the Chilean filmmaker is one of the most interesting figures in film history, with his one-of-a-kind surrealist style.

Ron Howard looks back at the acclaimed film in celebration of its milestone anniversary and reflects on his particularly personal connection to the cast.In the film, Howard cast his own mother, Jean Speegle Howard, to play the mom of astronaut Jim Lovell (played by Tom Hanks).

Way back in January 2019, Lana Del Rey alerted her fans that she'd recently "finished a short book of poetry I've been writing over the last 13 months that I'll be putting out later." In the 18 months since then, we've learned the book's title, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass, as well as Lana's plans to follow it with a new album later in 2020. But today (July 28), Violet is finally here — as an audiobook.

The National Association of Theatre Owners’ #SaveYourCinema campaign has resulted in moviegoers sending more than 200,000 letters to Congress supporting legislation that would provide movie theaters financial relief during the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. The vast majority of the country's 5,400-plus indoor cinemas have been closed since the latter part of March due to COVID-19.

After much teasing, Lana Del Rey’s first poetry release ‘Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass’ is finally here.

After months of delays, Lana Del Rey’s Violet is blooming.

the oldest living Academy Award winner, died of natural causes on Sunday at her home in Paris. She was 104.Her publicist Lisa Goldberg confirmed the news to The Hollywood Reporter.Gracing the silver screen in both big and small roles, in a career stretching over 50 years, de Havilland was perhaps best known for her performance as Melanie Hamilton in “Gone with the Wind,” and for making multiple films with Errol Flynn.