Disney and Starz Reach Settlement Over Star Plus Brand Name Use in Latin America

Guy Lodge Film CriticHave you ever noticed how the icily dramatic opening strings in “You’re My World,” Cilla Black’s earnest, bawling-on-the-bathroom-floor ballad from 1965, could just as easily be a shivery horror theme by Bernard Herrmann? Edgar Wright has, and uses the likeness to briefly spine-tingling effect early in “Last Night in Soho”: As ’60s-fixated Gen-Z fashion student Eloise (Thomasin McKenzie) finds herself somehow transported in time to the Swinging London world of naive party

she regrets wearing a fat suit to portray the late Linda Tripp, the White House whistleblower in the upcoming FX series “Impeachment: American Crime Story.” In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Paulson, 46, said she wouldn’t “make the same choice going forward” and acknowledged that “fatphobia is real.”But that hasn’t stopped critics from sounding off about the ways that fat suits — long used on film and television for demeaning visual gags — cause harm.Abby Rose Morris, an actor in New

Gregg Leakes has sadly died.

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Disney’s stand-alone Star+ streaming service has launched in Latin America.

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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentKeshet International (KI) has completed high-profile licensing deals with WarnerMedia Latin America and Spain’s Filmin TV on “Pørni,” the heartwarming Norwegian comedy-drama created by and starring “Lilyhammer” actor Henriette Steenstrup. Steenstrup, who won a Dragon Award at Goteborg Festival in 2020 for her performance in “Beware of Children,” stars as a middle-aged single parent of three teenagers in the bittersweet series.

Kid Rock has said that several members of his band have tested positive for coronavirus, forcing him to cancel a handful of upcoming live dates.While Rock – real name Bob Ritchie – reported that “over half” of the band had tested positive, the rap-rock artist confirmed that his tests had come back negative – and that “many of them” within the group had been vaccinated, including himself.Posting on Facebook, Kid Rock wrote: “I am pissed.

EXCLUSIVE: Ghostbusters: Afterlife and The Handmaid’s Tale star Mckenna Grace is joining Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit) in Olivia Wilde and Searchlight’s feature Perfect.

Topher Grace and Jimmy Tatro.Additionally, 49ers superfan and Bay Area rapper/singer 24kGldn will guest star in the episode alongside ESPN's Scott Van Pelt.Titled «49ers Foam Finger, $7,» the season 2 opener follows Connor (Tatro) as he invites the Hayworth clan to a 49ers game as he tries to close his latest business deal.

The perm, the sultry voice, the calm demeanor: all of them were tools in the kit bag of Bob Ross, who painted his way into the homes and hearts of millions for over a decade. “Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed” isn’t a takedown piece (at least not of Bob), but it isn’t precious about its eponymous subject, either, blending genuine admiration with a healthy dose of introspection that only deepens a viewer’s admiration of the painter.

Manori Ravindran International Editor“Masked Singer” panelist Robin Thicke is teaming up with up-and-coming TikTok star La’Ron Hines for a new show, Variety can reveal.Leopard USA, the New York-based production company backed by the U.K.’s Argonon Group (“The Masked Singer U.K.”), is developing the as-yet-untitled series with Thicke, who mentors the viral video star.With nearly nine million followers on TikTok, Hines grabbed headlines earlier this year when he did his “Are You Smarter Than a

filed trademark infringement lawsuits against Disney in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina, arguing that the name of Disney’s forthcoming streaming service is too similar to Starz, particularly its own streaming service StarzPlay, which has been available in Latin America since 2019.Starz had won a preliminary injunction.