Helen Hoehne Re-Elected as President of Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Michaela Zee editor “Ivy and Bean” director Elissa Down gushed over working with “Modern Family” star Jesse Tyler Ferguson, describing him as her “spirit animal,” at the film’s premiere in Los Angeles on Monday. “We were shooting [during] a heat wave in Canada. The set was hot, but [Jesse] wasn’t waiting in his trailer — he came straight in and he goes, ‘I’ve got a joke to pitch,'” Down told Variety on the red carpet at Harmony Gold. “He just loves improvisation and he was such a generous actor.” Based on the children’s book series by Annie Barrows, the upcoming film trilogy follows the adventures of unlikely best friends Ivy (Keslee Blalock) and Bean (Madison Skye Validum), from hunting down ghosts to enrolling in dance lessons. Ferguson plays ballet teacher Monsieur Joy in the third installment, “Ivy and Bean: Doomed to Dance.”

Jesse Tyler Ferguson stepped in to serve as the officiant at Sarah Hyland's wedding after their Modern Family co-star Ty Burrell dropped out due to a family emergency. The actor served as the officiant when his former co-star married radio personality Wells Adams at a winery near Santa Barbara in California earlier this month. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Ferguson revealed that Burrell, who played Hyland's onscreen father in Modern Family, was originally supposed to marry the bride and groom but he had to bow out of the role 12 days before the ceremony.

Putting family first. Jesse Tyler Ferguson revealed that he stepped in to officiate Sarah Hyland‘s wedding at the last minute after their Modern Family costar Ty Burrell wasn’t able to attend.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson officiated his longtime friend and Modern Family co-star Sarah Hyland‘s wedding, but he just revealed that he wasn’t the original choice for the gig!

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Neon has landed U.S. distribution rights to South Korean director Park Chan-wook’s film “Oldboy” and plans to bring the dark revenge thriller back to theaters in honor of its 20th anniversary. It will mark the first time Park’s film plays on the big screen since its initial release on Nov. 21, 2003. Neon has not specified the exact date that “Oldboy” will return to the big screen. “Oldboy,” which Oark co-wrote with Hwang Jo-yun and Lim Joon-hyung, won the Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, led by jury president Quentin Tarantino. The acclaimed film stars Choi Min-sik as Oh Dae-Su, a man who was kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years. After he’s released, he has five days to find his captor. Yoo Ji-tae and Kang Hye-jung co-star in the film.

Slaves’ Isaac Holman has shared an emotional post about mental health online.Holman shared a picture of him mid-gig at a festival smiling and seemingly happy.However, he revealed in the post that behind the scenes, he was “unwell” and had to get taken to perform at gigs by his parents due to the debilitating nature of his illness.“This is what mental illness can look like,” Holman wrote. “At this point in my life I was so unwell I couldn’t be without my parents.

traditional critics’ circles.In a statement Wednesday, the HCA said that now-former member Shannon McGrew, founder of horror fanzine Nightmarish Conjurings, had “expressed resentment towards the association and its leadership” and demanded answers to a series of questions the member posted on the HCA’s private Facebook page. McGrew raised concerns about fundraising and dues appropriations, the group’s nonprofit status and its practice of charging for participation in certain awards shows (common in Hollywood awards circles).The statement says McGrew was not satisfied with the responses, and immediately began complaining stridently on social media.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Industry veterans Stephanie Allain and Donald De Line have been elected presidents of the Producers Guild of America, the guild announced on Tuesday. The pair ran unopposed, and will succeed Gail Berman and Lucy Fisher, who have led the organization since 2018. Allain and De Line have both recently served on the PGA national board. Allain will become the first woman of color to serve as president of the guild. She has produced films including “Hustle & Flow,” “Black Snake Moan,” “Beyond the Lights” and “Dear White People.” In 2020, she co-produced the Academy Awards and received the PGA/UCLA Vision Award for her work championing diverse filmmakers. She is also a former director of the L.A. Film Festival.

the direction the city is heading. Residents and community leaders have expressed frustration with the political divisiveness and loss of a sense of community,” the statement adds.

"Take Me Out" is coming back to Broadway with "Modern Family" actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson and former "Grey's Anatomy" star Jesse Williams both reprising their roles. The Tony award-winning play written by Richard Greenberg, directed by Scott Ellis and produced by Barry and Fran Weissler will be playing for 14 weeks at the Schoenfeld Theatre, beginning on October 27.  The play ran for a limited run this past spring and received four Tony nominations.The play is about Darren Lemming, a fictional baseball professional baseball player played by Williams who comes out as gay.

Take Me Out is going for another run!

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorExperiential media and immersive technology company Cosm will paunch its first public venue in Hollywood Park, it announced on Wednesday. The location will be the first venue of its kind to utilize Cosm’s domed and compound curved LED technology.As part of Hollywood Park’s retail district, the venue will showcase a 26.6-meter diameter LED dome in a 65,000 total square feet facility that can hold up to 1,700 guests.

Bryce Dallas Howard is speaking up about the gender pay gap in Hollywood, revealing that she earned less than her co-star Chris Pratt in the ‘Jurassic Park’ films.The 41-year-old actress explained to Insider that she was paid “so much less than the reports even said, so much less.” It had been reported that Pratt was paid $2 million more for the second installment ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ in 2018, and that he was paid $10 million while Howard made $8 million.Bryce continued to say that when she “started negotiating for Jurassic, it was 2014, and it was a different world, and I was at a great disadvantage,“ adding that “unfortunately, you have to sign up for three movies, and so your deals are set.”She also revealed that she talked about the pay disparity with her co-star, and he wanted equal payment for licensing deals, and earnings not included in the contracts previously negotiated with executives.“What I will say is that Chris and I have discussed [the pay gap] and whenever there was an opportunity to move the needle on stuff that hadn’t been already negotiated, like a game or a ride, he literally told me: ‘You guys don’t even have to do anything. I’m gonna do all the negotiating.

An Oldham man, who brandished a machete as children played in a park and threw bricks towards a group of bikers, has avoided jail. Zackary Mercer-Barlow was also using a ‘rubber axe’ to chop at trees during the ‘psychotic episode'.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced the re-election of Helen Hoehne to another term as President by an overwhelming margin.

Helen Hoehne has been re-elected to another term as president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association by an overwhelming margin, the company announced on Friday.“I am humbled and truly grateful to be re-elected,” Hoehne said in a statement. “This is a vote of confidence in the changes we have made and the course we have charted in moving the HFPA forward with its reforms towards greater diversity, integrity, and transparency.

Katie Price has reportedly found herself in hot water with her ex husband Kieran Hayler over a video she shared of their daughter Bunny online. A representative for Kieran reportedly said "alarm bells" rang when he watched the video, which has since been deleted by the former glamour model. The three-minute video showed eight-year-old Bunny eating a lollipop.

BLACKPINK’s Rosé has shed some light on the exploratory creative process she’s undertaking for her solo material.Variety released its annual Power of Young Hollywood Impact Report on August 10, which named the K-pop idol as one of the most influential stars of the past year. Speaking with the outlet upon receiving the honour, Rosé discussed her solo music and her experience being a part of BLACKPINK.“There are times when it feels like a lot of pressure,” Rosé said of being in BLACKPINK, completed by Jennie, Lisa and Jisoo, who all debuted together in 2016.