A lyrical portrait of a former political giant in his twilight years, Vitaly Mansky's Gorbachev. Heaven is an unusually intimate docu-memoir that feels like an epitaph.
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Naman Ramachandran Film co-productions are on the rise in South East Asia, but their growth brings tricky choices for producers.Leading practitioners Monday shone a useful light on how to navigate the often tricky paths of co-productions at a Singapore International Film Festival panel discussion.
The film festival is part of the ongoing Singapore Media Festival.Co-productions in the region are gaining pace with the Singapore Film Commission’s Southeast Asia Co-Production Grant supporting
.A lyrical portrait of a former political giant in his twilight years, Vitaly Mansky's Gorbachev. Heaven is an unusually intimate docu-memoir that feels like an epitaph.
Pharrell Williams is weighing into Taylor Swift’s beef with Scooter Braun. The 47-year-old Happy music superstar spoke about Swift‘s ongoing battle with Scooter Braun over the rights to her masters in an interview with Variety.
CrichtonSun, the film and TV production company overseeing the late Michael Crichton's vast literary archive, has signed a pact with Range Media Partners for future film and TV projects. Crichton, who died in 2008, was among the best-selling authors of his generation, known for Jurassic Park, Congo, Timeline and other books.
Taylor Swift — that’s what the singer proudly proclaims in her 2019 hit “Me!” And, based on what her exes have said about her post-split, it sounds like they would agree.Tom Hiddleston — who briefly dated Swift in the summer of 2016 — still only has good things to say about the songstress, calling her “incredible” in a GQ interview published in February 2017. “Taylor is an amazing woman,” he told the magazine.
Taylor Swift is opening up about her new album.
Kaleem Aftab The Cairo International Film Festival scrapped the red carpet and press conference for Egyptian filmmaker Islam El Azzazi’s debut feature and competition film “About Her” after a number of sexual misconduct allegations were made against the director and surfaced in the hours before the film’s world premiere this week.The first of the allegations against the director was submitted anonymously to Daftar Hekayat, an Arabic blog that shares stories of sexual violence survivors in their
Taylor Swift might be teasing something even more major in her personal life.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNascar champion Jimmie Johnson is getting ready to take part in a different sort of race.The veteran driver, a seven-time Nascar Cup Series champion, has started a new production company.
posted the one he received from her yesterday on his Twitter, and its design is very folklore era Taylor Swift in quarantine. The card features her three cats Olivia Benson, Meredith Grey, and Benjamin Button against a black and white wooded background.
Jimmy Fallon and Andrew Rannells are saying “Good riddance” to 2020 with an epic musical.
Naman Ramachandran Key practitioners working across Southeast Asia and beyond unpacked the various processes and benefits that go into the creation of short films at the Singapore International Film Festival, part of the overarching Singapore Media Festival.Filmmaker Kan Lume, whose 2012 short “Libertas” won the NETPAC Award at the Tripoli Film Festival, described the process of how he was commissioned and executed projects from the German Embassy in Singapore, Asian Film Archive and National
EXCLUSIVE: Gunpowder & Sky’s sci-fi arm Dust has teamed with Sylvester Stallone and Braden Aftergood’s Balboa Productions to develop the sci-fi sports drama series Mesh based on the short story by the same name by Rich Larson. Edward Ricourt (Jessica Jones, Wayward Pines, Raising Dion) is on board to adapt.
As you may recall, but perhaps not entirely care or understand, Lucasfilm kind of broke the internet on Friday with their latest episode of “The Mandalorian.” Titled “The Jedi,” the episode finally introduced the long-rumored Rosario Dawson playing fan-favorite character Ahsoka Tano—Anakin Skywalker’s Padawan learner who was featured on the animated series “Star Wars: Clone Wars” and “Star Wars Rebels,” series that was co-created and lead by Lucasfilm’s animation chief Dave Filoni.
Jamie Lang Javier Krause, co-founder of Argentina’s Rispo Films and long one of the country’s key sales agents, has crossed the Atlantic and started Kafilms, a new Swiss production company where he is taking the reins to create new content for international audiences, including two new Italian co-productions which Krause has announced in exclusivity with Variety.Joined by Maurizio and Manuel Tedesco of Italy’s Baires Produzioni, backers of Filmax-sold “Tomorrow’s a New Day” from Simone Spada
If you’ve been on social media at any time since Friday’s episode of “The Mandalorian” was released, you’re probably well aware that the latest installment in the live-action “Star Wars” series saw the debut of Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano, a fan-favorite character that was primarily seen in the animated series, ‘The Clone Wars’ and ‘Rebels.’ Now, she’s been brought to live-action and fans are wondering if there’s more in store for Ahsoka Tano than just her brief ‘Mando’ appearance.
Andrew Barker Senior Features WriterTaylor Swift’s music has always been the most interesting thing about Taylor Swift, and she’s rarely more interesting than when she’s talking about her music.
Taylor Swift has revealed the true identity of songwriter William Bowery.Bowery, who is credited as a songwriter on two songs on Folklore (‘Betty’ and ‘Exile’), is in fact Swift’s boyfriend, Joe Alwyn.The news, which has long-been suspected by fans, was confirmed by Swift in her new concert film Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions, which was released on Disney+ today (November 25) which was billed as “an intimate concert of the record-breaking ‘Folklore’”.Speaking about the true identity of
Taylor Swift is taking fans inside ! The 30-year-old singer announced on Tuesday that , an intimate concert film of her latest album, will be released Wednesday on Disney+.After creating the album with Jack Antonoff, The National's Aaron Dessner, and Bon Iver's Justin Vernon from thousands of miles apart amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the film documents the group's first in-person meeting as they play through the entire album in order and share stories about each of the 17 songs.In a trailer for