'Framing Britney Spears' Director Explains What the Title Means

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentUTA has signed Ian Barling, a New York-based filmmaker whose latest short competed at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, for worldwide representation in all areas.Barling’s “Safe” world premiered at Critics’ Week, the Cannes sidebar dedicated to emerging directors.A twisted father-son thriller set in Barling’s native Atlantic City, “Safe” is the first U.S. short to compete at Critics’ Week in over four years.

Dexter: New Blood” brings back Jennifer Carpenter’s Debra Morgan and John Lithgow’s Arthur Mitchell (aka The Trinity Killer), despite both characters having died, though Phillips said Tuesday there would be more original characters that will make an appearance. The limited series also swaps out sunny Miami for the much colder small-town upstate New York as the setting.

UK sales and distribution outfit Blue Finch Films has boarded worldwide rights to the documentary Once Upon A Time In Uganda, which is set to have its world premiere at Fantastic Fest next month.

Addie Morfoot ContributorIn Showtime’s new docuseries “Gossip” a recording of Donald Trump pretending to be his own publicist is played; a story about Tom Cruise’s front teeth falling out during a dinner with former New York Post editor-in-chief Col Allen is told; and 91-year-old Cindy Adams defends her past and present friendships with Roy Cohn, Imelda Marcos, John Gotti, Gen.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticAnyone who reads her work knows that Cindy Adams can’t be still.In normal times, the columnist — now 91 and still publishing multiple times a week — goes out to do reporting for her column in the New York Post. The column is a strange mélange of quotes from celebrities, conservative political analysis, invective against foes real and perceived, anecdotes about the peculiarity of life in Manhattan, and aphorisms and puns.

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed director, writer and producer Jonah Feingold for worldwide representation in all areas.

Christina Aguilera’s cute kids! The singer has shared so many sweet moments with her two children over the years.

Liz Day, co-creator of the “Framing Britney Spears” documentary, is weighing in on the latest developments in the singer’s legal battle with her father Jamie Spears and his role in her conservatorship.

The director of Framing Britney Spears has nothing but empathy for Britney Spears’ conservatorship battle — despite the singer’s previous criticism about how her life was portrayed on screen.

The minds behind “The New York Times: Framing Britney Spears” insist that they are on Team Britney even if the singer doesn’t always see it that way.

Jason Momoa is campaigning for a full length director’s cut of Denis Villeneuve’s forthcoming Dune movie.The sci-fi epic, based on the first half of Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel of the same name, is due for release on October 22 in the UK.And the Game Of Thrones star is already calling for a four to six hour cut to be released.“It was a cool movie,” he told The New York Times.

Jennifer Aniston became the latest celebrity to speak out about Britney Spears in the wake of her very public battle to end her conservatorship.

Dev Patel is opening up about his struggle with his self-esteem.

Perfect timing. David Harbour’s Stranger Things character, Jim Hopper, changed his perspective on starting a family of his own.

Prolific television director David Von Ancken, who also helmed the feature Seraphim Falls, passed away July 26 at his home in Agoura Hills, CA after a two-year battle with aggressive stomach cancer. He was 56.

NEW YORK -- Mena Suvari wants to explain her reasoning for writing about Kevin Spacey on the set of their 1999 film “American Beauty" in her new book “The Great Peace" (Hachette).Spacey won an Oscar for his role in the film as Lester Burnham, a suburban husband and father in the midst of a midlife crisis, who becomes fixated on his daughter’s best friend, Angela, played by Suvari.On the day of filming a scene where Lester and Angela lie on a sofa together, Suvari writes that at set, Spacey took