Hearst Ramps Up Development Slate With Projects From ‘Top Chef’ & ‘Flip Or Flop’ Producers

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Saturday Night Live” breakouts Ben Marshall, John Higgins and Martin Herlihy — the comedy trio better known as Please Don’t Destroy — are preparing for their big-screen debut.Universal Pictures has acquired a buddy comedy from the writing trio and plans to release the movie in theaters on Aug. 18, 2023.

Steven Spielberg directed the music video for the new Marcus Mumford single “Cannibal,” marking the first time he has directed a music video in his legendary career.

social media post on Saturday regarding the ownership of the iconic boxing franchise.Stallone penned and starred in 1976’s “Rocky,” as well as its five sequels and even sat in the director’s chair for some.Alongside a “very flattering” painting of Winkler with a knife coming out of his mouth, the “Rambo” star wrote: “After IRWIN controlling ‘ROCKY’ for over 47 years, and now ‘CREED,’ I really would like have at least a little WHAT’s LEFT of my RIGHTS back.” He went on, “Before passing it on to ONLY YOUR CHILDREN, I believe that would be a FAIR gesture from this [91-year-old] gentleman?”Winkler’s son, David, is a producer on the “Rocky” spinoff series, “Creed.”A post shared by Sly Stallone (@officialslystallone)“This is a painful subject That eats at my soul, because I wanted to leave something of Rocky for my children, but it’s always great hearing from the loyal fans,” the New York native added. “Keep Punching.”Stallone also blasted David’s recent novel “The Arrangement: A Love Story,” in a separate post, calling it “by far [one of] the worst” books he’s ever read.“If you ever run out of toilet paper PLEASE by this one you won’t be disappointed.

Back in 2020, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced that they were quitting the Royal Family and moving to LA.

News 12 dominated with 80 nominations for the 65th annual New York Emmy Awards nominations, which were revealed today.

EXCLUSIVE: The Jewish non-profit Reboot has launched its own production company Reboot Studios, which will provide seed funding for and develop Jewish content across theater, television, film, podcasts, music and publishing.

sights back on love. Devon Franklin, motivational speaker and ex-husband of actress Meagan Good, is giving newlyweds tips, tricks and tea on navigating the choppy waters of marriage as the newest relationship coach on Lifetime’s “Married At First Sight.” The new season, in San Francisco, debuts July 6. The New York Times bestselling author says the pangs of his divorce after 9 years of marriage to Good, 40, is partly what helped him aid new brides and grooms — who are meeting for the very first time at the alter — progress towards a happily ever after outcome. “With everything that I’ve been through, I found that… [It’s important to] resist the temptation to place blame [in relationships]. Take responsibility,” the 44-year-old exclusively told The Post on the red carpet of the 2022 BET Awards.

“Elvis”‘ opening of $30.5 million is on the top end of pre-weekend projections, with Warner Bros. reporting strong turnout from Elvis Presley’s home state of Tennessee with theaters in Arizona, Oklahoma and Texas joining the usual Los Angeles and New York theaters in the top 10 highest grossing locations for the film. In addition, “Elvis” has been successful in bringing older audiences back to theaters, as Warner Bros.

Ashley Graham is serving face! The supermodel blessed her followers with an array of poses via Instagram in this season’s hottest look.

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Eric Warren Singer, one of the screenwriters behind Paramount’s summer smash Top Gun: Maverick.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorPornhub, the massive pornography site owned and operated by MindGeek, has laid off an unknown number of staffers, according to social media posts.A rep for MindGeek declined to specify the number of employees who have been pink-slipped.The layoffs at MindGeek came as the company said CEO Feras Antoon and COO David Tassillo resigned in a leadership transition was in the works since early this year. Antoon and Tassillo will remain shareholders in MindGeek.The shakeup at the internet porn giant follows the New Yorker’s publication of an investigative piece last week on MindGeek documenting how Pornhub has hosted sexually explicit nonconsensual videos — including those with children — and that several of the people in those videos spent months trying to get the site to remove the material.

Glen Trotiner, who was first or second assistant director on such films as Captain America: The First Avenger, Independence Day and The Untouchables, along with Mozart in the Jungle, ER and dozens of other projects, has died. He was 65. Trotiner died June 16 in New York, but other details were not available.

Mel B is set as a judge for Season 2 of Paramount+’s drag queen singing competition Queen of the Universe. She joins returning judges Michelle Visage, Vanessa Williams and Trixie Mattel, along with Graham Norton, who returns as host. The series is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and World of Wonder, producers of the Emmy-winning RuPauls Drag Race franchise. Mel B takes over the spot held by Leona Lewis, who served as judge on the first season.

larger NYT story on WaPo’s executive editor Sally Buzbee a year into her job, and when the story was picked up by other reporters and outlets, Lorenz labeled the report “a flat out lie.” “This is a flat out lie. Literally just made up. Zero about my job has changed since I got to WaPo.

EXCLUSIVE: BCDF Pictures has acquired film rights to Elena Armas’ 2022 New York Times bestseller The Spanish Love Deception, tapping Peter Hutchings (The Hating Game) to adapt it for the big screen.