Focus Features Nabs Justin Chon’s Indie Drama ‘Blue Bayou’

LOS ANGELES — Nick Cannon said on Thursday he was stepping away for a while from his radio show after an uproar over anti-Semitic comments that led to him being dropped by one television network but kept on as host of “The Masked Singer.”

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel welcome their second child as actress gave birth to baby boy after a top-secret pregnancy, according to Daily Mail. This week is full of surprises, and this is one is a major one.

Ever since Michael De Luca took the reins of MGM as film group chairman, the studio has become a strong player in Hollywood, outbidding and acquiring many hot properties. MGM’s latest acquisition? Paul Thomas Anderson‘s 1970s San Fernando Valley movie, which MGM scooped up from Focus Features.

LOS ANGELES — Nick Cannon said on Thursday he was stepping away for a while from his radio show after an uproar over anti-Semitic comments that led to him being dropped by one television network but kept on as host of “The Masked Singer.”“I have decided to take some time away from my radio show so I can commit myself to deeper, more thorough reflection and education,” Cannon said on Twitter. His “Nick Cannon Mornings” show is syndicated nationwideMorning radio family.

Donald Trump, has a two-book deal. Henry Holt & Company announced Thursday that Bell will publish two graphic memoirs that explore racism and his personal background.

Focus Features strikes again.The indie film company continued a torrid acquisitions streak, nabbing rights to Paul Schrader’s revenge thriller “The Card Counter,” one of the hottest titles available at this year’s Cannes Film Festival virtual market.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorFocus Features’ Let Him Go is departing its Aug 21 release date for Nov.

Eva Marcille is showing massive support for black-owned businesses. She is now promoting the bag line of Cynthia Bailey, as you will see in the post below.

Also Read: Cate Blanchett to Star in 'Borderlands' Video Game Adaptation at LionsgateJames Gray, Anthony Katagas and RT Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira are producing the film.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterCast is rounding out on counterfeiting comedy Queenpins ahead of a planned shoot in Los Angeles later this year, with Vince Vaughn and Paul Walter Hauser joining Leslie Jones and Kristen Bell in the pic.Emmy-nominated husband and wife team Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly (Beneath The Harvest Sky) are writing and directing the movie, which is inspired by the true story of the largest coupon counterfeit in the history of the U.S..

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: In another deal that demonstrated the vibrancy of the Virtual Cannes Market, Focus Features is in final talks to fund and distribute worldwide Armageddon Time, the James Gray-directed drama that has Robert De Niro, Oscar Isaac, Donald Sutherland, Anne Hathaway and Cate Blanchett poised to star.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterThe latest project from acclaimed independent filmmaker Justin Chon, “Blue Bayou,” has been acquired by Focus Features, Variety can report exclusively.The studio brokered a worldwide deal for the film’s distribution rights out of the Cannes 2020 virtual market, which was financed by MARCO and Entertainment One.

Sounds like the Stauffers are off the hook!

Rep. Karen Bass with her gay LA deputy Darryn Harris during a visit to In The Meantime Men in South LA. (Photo by Karen Ocamb)

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerEXCLUSIVE: Madison Bailey, who currently stars as Kiara in the new Netflix YA drama Outer Banks, has signed with CAA for representation.The series, created and executive produced by Jonas Pate, Josh Pate, and Shannon Burke, centers around a tight-knit group of local teens in the beach vacation destination of the Outer Banks of North Carolina.