David Chute, Longtime Film Critic, Dies at 71

The African American Film Critics Association said Wednesday that it has selected Netflix’s Western The Harder They Fall as its film of the year. It leads a Top 10 list that also includes King Richard, Respect, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Passing, Belfast, Who We Are, House of Gucci, The Power of the Dog and West Side Story.

Emiliano De Pablos Los Angeles-based Outsider Pictures has picked up U.S.

th Century Studios.Dastmalchian most recently starred as Polka Dot Man in James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad” and as the villainous Piter De Vries in “Dune.”David Dastmalchian is represented by Atlas Artists and Duncan Hedges at Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.The Hollywood Reporter first reported the news.

has officially passed the halfway point of its fifth and final season as the HBO comedy closes out its story about Issa (played by co-creator and star Issa Rae) and her best friend, Molly (Yvonne Orji), navigating the ups and downs of adulting in Los Angeles. Even though “Tired, Okay?!” largely focused on Issa and Molly both putting themselves out there when it comes to their personal and professional lives, it marked the directorial debut for writer Natasha Rothwell, who also co-stars on the

A business decision that ended a friendship. Adam McKay didn’t expect his longtime friendship with Will Ferrell to suffer after he cast John C. Reilly in a project over him — but the collaborators have since pulled the plug on their professional relationship and haven’t spoken since.

Licorice Pizza is doing well at the indie box office.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterPaul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” has secured the best pandemic-era debut at the independent box office.With speciality offerings like “Licorice Pizza,” the key metric is per-theater-average rather than overall box office tally since its playing in very few locations.

NHC, the supergroup featuring Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, Jane’s Addiction’s guitarist Dave Navarro and bassist Chris Chaney, played their first full gig in Los Angeles this week (November 23) – watch them cover David Bowie below.The supergroup had made their live debut in September with a set at the Ohana Festival in California, but made their full bow with a show at The Troubadour in LA on Tuesday.For the finale of the show, the band – who played with Foo Fighters and Nirvana

Olivia Rodrigo just performed at the American Music Awards for the first time ever!

Selome Hailu editorJared Leto has spoken — he says he thinks it’s time that Warner Bros. release David Ayer’s cut of “Suicide Squad.”“Absolutely! Why not?” the actor, who played the Joker in the 2016 film, told Variety‘s Marc Malkin on Thursday night at the Los Angeles premiere of “House of Gucci” at the Academy Museum.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorDavid Chute, a longtime film critic and writer who tirelessly championed Hong Kong films in the U.S., died Nov.

Samantha Boscarino (Good Luck Charlie), Griffin Johnson (Ridiculousness), David Koechner (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy) and Rizwan Manji (Schitt’s Creek) have signed on to star in Diamond in the Rough, the second feature financed and produced by Creator+, which will enter production in Los Angeles this week.

Jennifer Yuma editorThe Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) has announced that legendary filmmaker Mel Brooks will receive the LAFCA Career Achievement Award.Brooks began as a comic and writer on Sid Caesar’s variety show, “Your Show of Shows” and went on to create the comic character The 2000 Year Old Man with Carl Reiner.

EXCLUSIVE: Hulu will drop six episode ABC News limited series next week, City of Angels, City of Death, focusing on the hunt for serial killers in Los Angeles during the 1970s and 80s.

Vanessa Hudgens’ new film, “Tick, Tick… Boom!” held its premiere on Wednesday in Los Angeles, at AFI Fest.

Katie Song Jerry Douglas, the actor best known for playing patriarch John Abbott on the long-running soap opera “The Young and the Restless,” died Nov. 9 in Los Angeles after a brief illness.