Jennifer Lawrence carries a few items in her hands while leaving a restaurant in Los Angeles on Sunday evening (April 17).
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Kate Aurthur editorDan Levy’s upcoming HBO Max cooking competition “The Big Brunch” has found its judging panel: Joining Levy at the judges’ table will be chef Sohla El-Waylly and restaurateur Will Guidara. The unscripted series — created and hosted by Levy, and produced by Boardwalk Pictures — will premiere on the streamer later this year.In the announcement, Levy and fellow executive producers Andrew Fried and Sarina Roma of Boardwalk Pictures said: “We owed it to our competing chefs to find judges who could help them in really meaningful ways — both in the kitchen and beyond, and Sohla and Will do just that.
They each have such distinctly unique culinary voices that combined, speak not only to flavor and technique, but also business and hospitality. We couldn’t be more excited that Sohla and Will have joined us, as their expertise and insight are an invaluable asset to our incredibly inspiring group of undiscovered chefs.” Guidara, the co-author of four cookbooks, is the former co-owner of Make It Nice, the restaurant group that included the NoMad restaurants, Davies and Brook at the Claridges Hotel, Made Nice and Eleven Madison Park — the last of which won seven James Beard Foundation awards.
His forthcoming book, “Unreasonable Hospitality,” which will be released in October, is about lessons in service and leadership he’s learned over the course of his career.El-Waylly was one of the stars of Bon Appétit’s popular “Test Kitchen” YouTube channel and then in 2020 helped spur the uprising against the magazine’s former Adam Rapoport over its tokenizing and underpaying of the channel’s BIPOC chefs, which led to his resignation. According to her official bio, “Sohla parted ways with the publication, amidst a very public
.Jennifer Lawrence carries a few items in her hands while leaving a restaurant in Los Angeles on Sunday evening (April 17).
Grace told E! News in an interview. “So it was such a beautiful opportunity to be granted and a big responsibility as well.”Grace, who is Dominican-American, is now the third Latina to be cast in a DC superhero project, following Sasha Calle’s role as Supergirl in “The Flash” and Rachel Zegler joining the cast of “Shazam: Fury of the Gods.”Offering up some insight into what fans can expect about her version of Barbara Gordon, Grace said, “I will say one of my favorite things about our script and the heart of our movie is that you get to see Babs and this alter-ego that she summons up, Batgirl, vacillate between the nuances of life and good and bad and black and white, and that there so much in between.
Jennifer Lawrence and Cooke Maroney look like they are taking to being parents extremely well! The 31-year-old actress and her husband were spotted taking their newborn baby out for a stroll in their first family outing since the bundle of joy’s birth in late Feb. They were joined by Cooke’s parents, Suzi Fredericks and James Maroney as they all wore casual clothes and shared a lot of smiles during their conversations.
Little Big Town hit the red carpet together for the 2022 CMT Music Awards on Monday (April 11) at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe release of “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” and “Ambulance” gave Hollywood a rare one-two-three at the South Korean box office over the weekend. But neither newcomer managed to earn $1 million in another deeply depressed session.“Sonic 2” earned $843,000 over the weekend and $979,000 over its opening five days, according to data from Kobis, the theatrical tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic).“Ambulance” earned $450,000 between Friday and Sunday and a total of $674,000 over its five days since release on Wednesday.
Gabby Barrett is returning to Nashville to hit the CMT Music Awards stage. The «I Hope» singer exclusively confirmed the news to ET on Sunday, where she shared her gratitude for those who have supported her music along the way, ahead of Monday's fan-voted awards show.«The CMT Music Awards are just such a fun show to be a part of, and I’m so honored to be performing!» Barrett told ET.
EXCLUSIVE: The 2022 CMT Music Awards have added more performers to its inaugural broadcast on CBS.
Thania Garcia On Monday, The Seoul Metropolitan Government and South Korean internet company Kakao announced the construction of a new arena in the Seoul area dedicated to K-pop.The Seoul Arena — which is scheduled to be established in Chang-dong, Dobong-gu — will hold a ceremony in June after the approval of future implementation plans and is expected to be finished in October 2025.The arena promises to have over 18,000 seats with a capacity of 28,000 people for standing performances. The project also features a medium-sized performance venue with a capacity of 7,000, a movie theater, and other commercial facilities.Pulse News reports that Kakao will be in charge of operating and maintaining the Seoul Arena for 30 years after it opens, while the venue will be owned by the city government.
will play Q; Gia Kim will play Yuri; Sang Heon Lee will play Min Ho; Peter Thurnwald will play Alex; and Regan Aliyah will play Juliana. In recurring roles are “Lost’s” Yunjin Kim as Jina; Michael K Lee as Professor Lee; and Jocelyn Shelfo as Madison.As previously reported by TheWrap, Anna Cathcart will reprise her role as Kitty from the “To All the Boys” movies. This first season of “XO, Kitty” will be directed by Jennifer Arnold, Jeff Chan, Pamela Romanowsky and Katina Medina Mora.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefProduction has wrapped on the long-gestating “Ajoomma,” a feature film that delves into the fascination that Korean pop culture holds for middle-aged women in Asia. The story, said to be based on the mother of director He Shuming, involves a K-drama-obsessed widow from Singapore who tries to find new purpose in life and instead ends up getting lost in Korea. The script was co-written by He and Kris Ong.
The Korea Herald, the new complex, called Seoul Arena, will be constructed in Seoul’s northern Dobong-gu and is expected to be completed in October 2025.The Seoul Arena will reportedly include a specialised music concert venue boasting state-of-the-art sound equipment, with a seating capacity of around 19,000 and a maximum capacity of 28,000 people for events with standing room.The complex will also feature an additional, mid-sized concert venue with a maximum capacity of 7,000 people, alongside other commercial facilities. According to Pulse News, Kakao will be in charge of operating and maintaining the Seoul Arena for 30 years after it opens, while the venue will be owned by the city government.While Kakao officials have described the project as South Korea’s “first and largest” arena dedicated to K-pop, entertainment giant CJ ENM also began construction on a similar project last October.CJ ENM’s CJ LiveCity Arena, slated to open in 2024, is reportedly designed to accommodate 20,000 indoor attendees, with the capacity to extend to another 40,000 outdoors, per Variety.
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Manori Ravindran International EditorThe world of James Bond is hitting the streaming world a lot sooner than you’d think.Amazon’s Prime Video has greenlit its first TV show based on the iconic British spy with “007’s Road to a Million,” a Bond-style spin on a race around the world.The show will be produced by Britain’s 72 Films (“The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty,” “All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur”) and Bond guardians and producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, along with MGM Television.Sources tell Variety that the project has been in the works at Prime Video for around four years, long before the MGM deal was finalized, and it sits separately to any shows that are yet to come out of the pact.
Shoppers at Bury’s Mill Gate centre have welcomed the news the council could be about to revamp the 15-acre site.
2022 CMT Awards have been announced. The line-up is stacked with a roster of some of this year’s nominees.The CMT Awards is known for bringing some of the best world premiere performances and biggest collaborations and this year is no exception. The first round of performers announced include Kelsea Ballerini, Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Maren Morris, Carley Pearce and Keith Urban.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorA Nevada federal judge has ordered the owners of Las Vegas’ KAOS nightclub to pay DJ-artist Kaskade nearly $8 million after the venue cancelled his his $300,000 per night residency.The U.S. District Court in Nevada made its decision Friday following a bench trial in November, and ruled in favor of and awarded $7,950,000 to Kaskade (real name: Ryan Raddon) and Big City Dynasty Corp.
A celebrity-packed 10-hour Stars in the House telethon raising money for humanitarian efforts in Ukraine has been scheduled for Saturday, March 26, with a line-up to include such Hollywood and Broadway stars as Steve Martin, Annette Bening, Billy Porter, Audra McDonald, Cynthia Nixon, Laurie Metcalf, Patrick Wilson, Judith Light and a new SCTV reunion of Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy and Andrea Martin.
EXCLUSIVE: Seoul Street is adapting Suzanne Park’s best-selling novel Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous for the big screen.
TV personality Gino D'Acampo has taken to Instagram to announce he is launching his very own cooking game in the metaverse.