Justin Timberlake‘s lawyer has released another statement about his arrest.
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EXCLUSIVE: Media Res, the company behind Apple’s The Morning Show, has paid 7-figures to secure rights to Adrian McKinty’s global bestselling novel The Chain. The plan is to turn the thriller into a TV series.
Writer/producer Shane Salerno (Avatar: The Way of Water) will be executive producer along with Media Res’ Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer. McKinty will be a Co-EP. Media Res and Salerno will next enlist a showrunner and actress to play the lead role and shop that package.
The Chain is a conspiracy thriller page-turner about an ordinary mother facing every parent’s worst nightmare: her child is taken on her way to school. To get her back, the people behind the kidnapping plot – they call themselves The Chain – demand she do the unimaginable in exchange. A wicked, delirious puzzle piece that places audiences in the protagonist’s heart-pounding shoes, The Chain is an exploration of a classic question with some very novel answers: must the sins of the past plague the present?
The TV deal turn is the latest chapter and the second big deal for the novel that transformed McKinty from a frustrated author who supported his family driving an Uber in Australia into a full time author. Little Brown published the novel in 43 countries, and Salerno’s The Story Factory made a 7-figure movie deal with Universal and Working Title. Edgar Wright was signed to direct and he co-wrote the script with Jane Goldman. The project quietly moved from Universal to Sony and got close with Emily Blunt set to star, before the project stalled.
Ellenberg had long been passionate about the book and the prospect of it driving a series, starting over from scratch. The company, which got a major recent investment from Redbird IMI, has
Justin Timberlake‘s lawyer has released another statement about his arrest.
Father's Day is a special time for any dad - it's a way to celebrate them and pay thanks for all they do for their family. But for dad-of-two Jeff Brazier, it doesn't need to be about fancy presents or gifts, and instead should focus on 'consistency'.
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Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance – one of the breakout films of this year’s Cannes Film Festival – will close the new Midnight Madness strand at this year’s Edinburgh Film Festival [EIFF].
David Gilmour.Due to overwhelming demand, the long-time Pink Floyd singer and guitarist just added a fourth (!) Los Angeles show to his forthcoming ‘Luck and Strange Tour’ brought to you by legendary tour promoter Michael Cohl and his company, EMC Presents.Gilmour, 78, will now open his LA run with a gig at the brand-new Intuit Dome on Friday, Oct. 25.After that, the Rock Hall of Famer is slated to perform a trio of concerts at the Hollywood Bowl from Oct.
She may be new to hosting Top Chef, but this experience isn’t that new for Kristen Kish. As the winner of Season 10, Kish was chosen to host when Padma Lakshmi announced her departure from the series after almost two decades. Though the task seemed daunting at first, Kish quickly realized it wasn’t that different from being a chef. “Within the first few days, I was realizing that it was so much more similar than different,” she says. “You address chefs in your restaurant all the time, and you talk about food all the time. You give facts, you hold people accountable, you answer questions, you have conversations with people in the industry… I’ve done all this stuff before.”
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have shared a new version of Led Zeppelin‘s classic track ‘When The Levee Breaks’.The live cut of the song, which you can listen to below, is their first single since their second collaborative album ‘Raise The Roof’ was released in 2021.This version, which the pair have been performing on their recent North American tour, features guitarist JD McPherson, drummer Jay Bellerose, bassist Dennis Crouch, string player Stuart Duncan and multi-instrumentalist Viktor Krauss.During the tour, the pair have also performed Zeppelin classics ‘The Battle Of Evermore’ and ‘Rock And Roll’, as well as a medley that includes ‘Gallows Pole’.Their tour will continue until September 1 where it wraps up in Vail, Colorado. You can purchase any remaining tickets here.The duo last toured together in 2022, which itself was their first complete tour in 12 years.Meanwhile, it was recently revealed that Led Zeppelin’s long awaited documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin is finally set for a cinema release.The authorised film, which was first announced in 2019, has been acquired for release by Sony Classics Pictures in a number of countries including North America, Latin America, Southeast Asia (except for Japan) and the Middle East.
LyricswithLinda on TikTok, jamming to “Low” by Flo Rida and “9 to 5” by Dolly Parton with her delighted passengers.“I realized that when people got in my car, we weren’t going to agree on religion or politics, but music’s a uniter, music touches everybody’s soul,” Fox told The Post.“I thought ‘I really want to make a strong connection with people,’ so I decided to put lights and cameras [in the car] and on the backseat, I took a little shoe divider and put microphones, glasses, a Michael Jackson glove, all different kinds of props, and instruments like a cowbell and tambourine.”The spunky senior, who naturally has earned a 5-star rating on Uber, allows clients to pick their song from a Spotify playlist, and has her backseat set up with a tablet, which displays its lyrics.“You put your song in, and then the lyrics come up and it plays through the car and I get to driving,” she explained.She said her theme song is “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” by C+C Music Factory — and the 2023 post of her singing it with her elated customers garnered 17 million views.
The 1975‘s Matty Healy was reportedly “blindsided” by how much of Taylor Swift‘s album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ was supposedly inspired by their relationship, but found it “hilarious” because they were “never serious”.It is estimated Swift and Healy were involved with each other from April to June 2023, just after she split from long-term boyfriend Joe Alwyn.A close friend of Healy’s told US Weekly that Healy still has “mixed feelings” about the situation: “He loves the attention it’s brought to him, [but] he also thinks it’s hilarious because at no time [were they] ever serious.”They added that Healy was “blindsided” that Swift’s lyrics made out their relationship to be more serious than it purportedly was. In ‘loml’, she sings: “You shit-talked me under the table, talking rings and talking cradles,” and “You and I go from one kiss to getting married/Still alive, killing time at the cemetery/Never quite buried/In your suit and tie, in the nick of time.”“For her to be saying things about baby carriages …and living together – he says it had never even come up,” the source said.
Selena Kuznikov Variety hosted its inaugural Indigenous Storytelling in Entertainment Breakfast on June 5 in Los Angeles. The event included insightful conversations with Indigenous and Native creators, talent, and industry executives such as “Reservation Dogs” showrunner Sterlin Harjo, Bird Runningwater from “Fancy Dance,” Kali Reis from “True Detective” (who was joined by co-star Isabella Star LaBlanc and showrunner Issa López) and many more. The program highlighted Indigenous storytelling and the achievements of Indigenous communities in film and TV and even included a surprise message from director James Cameron.
film version of “Songbirds and Snakes,” starring Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler, came out last year.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter Hamish Linklater has joined Season 2 of “Gen V” at Amazon Prime Video, Variety has learned. Linklater will play the character Cipher, described as “the charismatic and charming newly-appointed Dean of Godolkin University. Trained as a scientist, he’s politically brilliant, and has the trust and admiration of officials at the highest level.” The series, a spinoff of the popular Prime Video series “The Boys,” follows the students of Godolkin University as they train to become superheroes.
Poppy has spoken to NME about her brutal, Madonna-inspired metal track ‘New Way Out’, the ongoing success of hardcore, collaborating with Bad Omens and Knocked Loose, and injecting more whimsy into her music.‘New Way Out’ is the first taste of new music from Poppy since the release of 2023’s ‘Zig’.“The mission for that album was to make a dance-inspired piece, but for this project, the goal is to bring a new level of intensity to my music,” Poppy told NME. “It feels like a good time for it as well, because there’s a lot of tension out there.”Teasing that her fans have “been waiting for this sort of musical foray from me,” Poppy explained her deeper exploration of hard rock, having first dabbled in metal with 2018’s ‘Am I A Girl?’ before really embracing the genre with 2019’s industrial ‘Choke’ EP and 2020’s ‘I Disagree’.“I still think ‘New Way Out’ is uncharted territory for me,” she continued.
Nicki Minaj has added more North American dates to her ‘Pink Friday 2’ tour for later this year. Find all the details below.The rapper and singer recently wrapped up a run of shows across the US and Canada before embarking on the current UK and European leg.
Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers), Josette Simon (Anatomy of a Scandal), Nico Parker (How to Train Your Dragon) and Leila Farzad (I Hate Suzie) have joined the cast of Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, with nine signing on to reprise roles from previous installments of the beloved rom-com franchise.
With the General Election fast approaching, eagle-eyed observers may have noticed that Scotland has dropped from 59 constituencies to 57 after changes were made following a boundary review.
Brent Lang Executive Editor Katherine Mallen Kupferer, one of the breakout stars of “Ghostlight,” has signed with Fusion Entertainment for management. “Ghostlight” premiered at Sundance and will be released across the country this summer by IFC Films and Sapan Studios.
Taylor Zakhar Perez is calling out media attention surrounding the sexuality of famous people.
Moby has shared a new song ‘Where Is Your Pride?’ which features the late poet Benjamin Zephaniah.The poet, actor and political activist passed away at the age of 65 back in December. The news of his death was announced on his Instagram page and came after he was diagnosed with a brain tumour just eight weeks prior.‘Where Is Your Pride?’ features a spoken word poem delivered by Zephaniah performed over a breakbeat.
Holly Jones Brazilian auteur Carolina Markowicz will head to Bucharest to hone her third feature, “The Funeral.” In development, the film was selected for the 2024 Pop Up Residency, pairing Markowicz with multi-prized Romanian producer Ada Solomon for a three-week consultancy. “It’s truly a privilege to be able to dialogue with an industry professional like Ada, a producer who has made some films I truly admire. Daring, original and different.