'Hillbilly Elegy' author JD Vance signals US Senate campaign

One of the more exciting remake announcements of the last couple of years is the new “Irma Vep” TV series that is coming to HBO from A24 and filmmaker Olivier Assayas. The critically-acclaimed feature from 1996 is getting expanded into a TV series, written by Assayas, with Alicia Vikander on board to star in the lead role.

Adria Arjona (Pacific Rim: Uprising), Carrie Brownstein (The Nowwhere Inn), Jerrod Carmichael (On The Count of Three), Fala Chen (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) and Devon Ross have been cast opposite Alicia Vikander in Irma Vep, a limited series based on Olivier Assayas’ 1996 feature film.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHBO has added five actors to star alongside Alicia Vikander in the upcoming series “Irma Vep,” Variety has learned.Adria Arjona (“6 Underground,” “True Detective”), Carrie Brownstein (“Portlandia,” “Transparent”), Jerrod Carmichael (“The Carmichael Show,” “Ramy”), Fala Chen (“The Undoing,” “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”), and Devon Ross will all star alongside Vikander in the limited series.In the show, Mira (Vikander) is an American movie star disillusioned

Sydney is on lockdown, but it must not be that strict.

recently announced that he will be funding a 10-year programme to allow aspiring artists to follow in his footsteps at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where he graduated with a BA in Acting in 2003. With three annual scholarships for undergraduate students in the School of Drama, Dance, Production and Film. Don't miss the top culture and heritage stories from around Scotland. Sign up to our twice weekly Scotland Now newsletter here.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe independent auditor of MM2 Asia, a Singapore-based mini conglomerate with entertainment interests across East Asia, has raised doubts about the group’s ability to continue as a going concern.Reporting on mm2 Asia’s annual report for the year to March 2021, Nexia TS Public Accounting Corporation noted a “material uncertainty” regarding the group’s ability to continue as a going concern.The auditor’s doubts flowed from mm2’s net loss in the 2020-21 financial

Shortly after “Hacks” premiered, one popular fan theory about the Jean Smart-led HBO Max comedy was that her stand-up comedian Deborah Vance was modeled after the late Joan Rivers. After all, she was an older female comedian who experienced a lifetime in front of the camera, including an all-too-short tenure as a late-night TV host.

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BBC Studios Showcase Remains Virtual The BBC Studios Showcase will take place online for a second time in 2022 amid continued uncertainty over international travel during the pandemic. The event takes place February 28-March 2 and will spotlight shows including Frozen Planet II and Blue Lights, the comedy-drama from The Salisbury Poisonings creators and writers Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn.

Nearly three years after she began filming it, Mia Hansen-Løve’s seventh film, Bergman Island, finally arrives in Cannes to mark the Parisian director’s Competition debut. Filmed on location in Sweden, and starring Vicky Krieps and Tim Roth, it takes place on the island of Fårö, where the Swedish auteur Ingmar Bergman lived and worked until his death in 2007.

EXCLUSIVE: One of the top books of 2020, Homeland Elegies by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ayad Akhtar, is headed to television with a high-profile limited series adaptation in development at FX. It is executive produced by Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick) who is set to star.

A tragedy too awful and random for fiction…

Bridgerton author Julia Quinn shared that her father, Steve Cotler, and her sister, Violet Charles, died in a tragic accident on June 29.

series revealed via Facebook on Wednesday that her father, Steve Cotler, and sister, Violet Charles, were tragically killed by a drunk driver last month.«I have lost my father and my sister. Because a catering company did not secure their load and canvas bags spilled onto the highway.

Atari will look to change up its business strategy with more of a focus on premium console and PC games. As confirmed by CEO Wade J. Rosen (via GamesIndustry.biz), the original Pac-Man developer is moving away from the free-to-play and mobile market as it has become too competitive of a market.A number of Atari’s free-to-play titles will be shut down or sold off on a case by case basis.

It’s three’s company for Jeremy and Audrey Roloff! The former"Little People, Big World" stars announced over the weekend that their family is growing as Audrey is pregnant with their "tie-breaker" third child. "Our family's growing! Maybe I can convince Audrey to get a minivan now?" Jeremy, 31, wrote on Instagram alongside a sweet announcement video.The exciting news comes over a year after Jeremy and Audrey, 29, became parents to son Bode James in January 2020.

Baby on board! Jeremy Roloff and wife Audrey Roloff announced on Saturday, July 3, that they are expecting their third child together.

his opponents began pointing out his previous opposition to Trump. But that’s not why we’re here.

JD Vance, the author of the book “Hillbilly Elegy” and the subject of the Netflix movie of the same name, had an unfortunate moment during his big announcement.