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06.04.2023 - 20:01 / variety.com
Brent Lang Executive Editor Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American distribution rights to “Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West,” a documentary that shines a harsh spotlight on the U.S. government’s treatment of wild horses. The non-fiction film was written, directed, and edited by Ashley Avis, who is best known for making 2020’s “Black Beauty” for Disney+. Gravitas Ventures will release the documentary in select theaters and on demand on May 12, 2023. The film looks at the reasons why wild horses in the Western part of the U.S. are fast disappearing and could be eradicated. At its core, the film argues, is a divisive battle over land and special interests, one in which horses are collateral damage. They are rounded up by helicopters, and facing encroachment on their natural habitat. Often, officials separate them from their families, a wrenching experience for the animals.
Avis and her crew went on a multi-year expedition to pull back the curtain on the issues facing wild horses, hoping to protect them before they disappear forever. “It is my great hope that ‘Wild Beauty’ will generate the critical awareness necessary to protect wild horses, before they are lost to history.” says Avis. “The nature of how these highly intelligent horses and their families are being treated by the government agency tasked to protect them is cruel, antiquated, and deeply unsettling. We created this film over the course of five years to not only honor the astounding beauty of our wild world, but to encourage people of all ages to protect it, too. It is time to enact change, and we hope the journalistic truth revealed in ‘Wild Beauty’ will help inspire audiences along with Congress.” “The immeasurable passion of Ashley Avis and
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Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Pharrell’s Icecream brand and NFT company Doodles have teamed up for an exclusive capsule collection to be launched during the “Happy” singer’s Something in the Water music festival. The line will debut at a pop-up during the festival, which runs April 28-30 in Pharrell’s hometown of Virginia Beach, Va., Variety can exclusively report. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Pharrell’s education non-profit Yellow. The items in the Icecream-Doodles collaboration include a skateboard, hat, shorts, hoodies, T-shirts and a beach towel designed by Doodles artist Burnt Toast. Pharrell was named chief brand officer of Doodles in June 2022.
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos' relationship book. The pair co-hosted their first episode of, and the handsome new host says he was excited by the opportunity.The real-life husband and wife — who now co-host the popular daytime talk show following the recent departure of Ripa's former co-host Ryan Seacrest — spoke with ET's Rachel Smith on Monday following their debut.«I was very excited to see so many close friends and family and have an audience today, which is, really, live,» Consuelos shared.
King Charles has had a complicated life.
Emiliano De Pablos Spain’s fast-growing production house Mediacrest Entertainment is launching high-concept eco-reality contest format “El pueblo” (“The Village”), which will have its international market premiere at this week’s MipTV trade fair. Designed as a primetime reality show, “El pueblo” has been structured as a social experiment, charting five families’ attempt to settle in an abandoned village, guided by the principles of sustainability and globally connected self-sufficiency. The families’ will create their own rules, events and traditions, will initiate agriculture and livestock initiatives and start trading with nearby towns, sand later with the world. The twist: Only one winning family finally gets to stay in the village.
Though might be all about finding love, season 4 displayed another headline-making relationship — the somewhat toxic friendship between co-stars Micah Lussier and Irina Solomonova.The two pals were widely criticized for their behavior in the pods and the women's lounge as they were spotted laughing at their emotional co-stars and flirting with men who were not their partners. Both women have since issued public apologies on their respective social media accounts for their behavior, and ET spoke with a tearful Micah about her regrets from her time on the show.But what is the status of their friendship today? Ahead of the live reunion taping on Sunday and prior to their season airing, Irina spoke with ET's Will Marfuggi about her friendship with Micah.«When I met Micah, I felt really lucky because me and her became best friends.
EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Ashley Avis (Black Beauty) has been tapped to write and direct the romance City of Angels, based on Wim Wenders’ 1987 classic City of Angels, for Warner Bros, Perez Pictures and Atlas Entertainment.
Tiny Beautiful Things ended on a bit of a cliffhanger!
can be a frustrating process. While some say certain days of the week offer the best deals, others say it’s down to how far in advance flights are booked. This week, announced a —promising to refund the difference, up to $500 per calendar year, if the fare drops between the time you book and when the first flight takes off.“We want people to trust that Google Flights can help them find a great deal when they need to book air travel," Google Flights product manager Jade Kessler says.
EXCLUSIVE: Grant Feely (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Connor DeWolfe (The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers) and Mykel Shannon Jenkins (Double Jeopardy) have been tapped for roles alongside Luke Hemsworth, Morgan Freeman and Joseph Baena in the upcoming actioner, Gunner.
, an all-new installment in the franchise that expands the world of Rydell High and its two most formidable school cliques, the Pink Ladies and the T-Birds. In fact, the original musical series focuses on the former as it shows how an unlikely group of girls came together to form a refuge for the female misfits that they were on the verge of becoming and helped them transform into the coolest coeds in school.Simply put: «It's about four outcast girls [who] can’t really find their place at Rydell High, so they come together and they decide to start breaking rules,» Cheyenne Isabel Wells tells ET, before Ari Notartomaso adds, «And join a girl gang.» The cast, including Wells (Olivia), Notartomaso (Cynthia), Marisa Davila (Jane) and Tricia Fukuhara (Nancy), as well as showrunner Annabel Oakes and music producer Justin Tranter break down what's in store for, from the catchy new song-and-dance numbers to the many connections to the original films.
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Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker are set to give fans a "personal" look inside their wedding in the upcoming special, 'Til Death Do Us Part Kourtney & Travis.The Disney+ special will air on Thursday, April 13, and sees Kourtney, 43, Travis, 47, and their famous family enjoy their luxurious wedding weekend in Portofino, Italy, which took place in May 2022. During the episode, fans will see private and personal footage showing every beautiful moment from the intimate family event.
Wedding bells are ringing… And ringing, and RINGING!
A drug-addict thief has been branded the ‘lowest of the low’ after stealing medication in a spate of city centre raids.
EXCLUSIVE: Alberto Ferreras’ novel B as in Beauty is getting the TV treatment.
Sophia Scorziello editor The Award-winning PBS documentary series “Independent Lens” has released its spring slate of documentary films, which will begin debuting on April 24. This season’s films will highlight a myriad of marginalized communities and current affairs by documenting both personal and important stories from around the world. First to debut is documentary film “Free Chol Soo Lee” from filmmakers Julie Ha and Eugene Yi. The Sundance favorite uses archival material to travel back to 1970’s San Francisco and tell the story of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant who was wrongfully convicted of murder, and the Asian American activist movement that sought to free him.
EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has nabbed North American rights to the Shia LaBeouf-led drama Padre Pio from filmmaker Abel Ferrara, slating it for a day-and-date release on June 2nd.
Rachel McAdams is sharing how she feels about potentially being involved in the upcoming “Mean Girls” musical movie.
, which tells the real-life story of the high-stakes legal battle that took place to secure the rights to the iconic game.In the film, Taron Egerton stars as Henk Rogers, a Dutch video game designer who travels to the Soviet Union in 1989 to meet the game's creator, Alexey Pajitnov (Nikita Yefremov), and attempt to secure handheld rights to the game, so Tetris can be distributed alongside Nintendo's revolutionary new Game Boy system.«I always just feel if you seek to humanize somebody and make them relatable and three-dimensional, then you are doing them the right service,» Egerton says of taking on the role in ET's exclusive behind-the-scenes look at , which also includes interviews with the real-life Rogers and Pajitnov, who recall their first meetings in Russia in a secretive, dimly lit room that «definitely had some KGB guys in there.»«It was strange to watch somebody else be me,» Rogers admitted of watching Egerton, though he praised the actor for doing a «good job.»«Tetris crosses boundaries,» adds Rogers' daughter, Maya, who is now the CEO of Blue Planet Software and managing director of The Tetris Company. «It brings people of all cultures together… Not only is Tetris an amazing game, it was only possible because of this amazing friendship between Henk and Alexey.» premieres March 31 on Apple TV+.