Indie Producers, Completion Bond Firms Create Task Force To Push For COVID-19 Liability Protection, Federal Aid

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentA fervid supporter of new directors, Paris-based sales house Celluloid Dreams has dropped two clips and the poster of Brazilian João Paulo Miranda Maria’s “Memory House” (“La Casa de Antiguedades”), a first feature, but also the only Latin American title to be included in this year’s Cannes Official Selection.“Memory House” will now world premiere in early September as one of 50 features at a slimmed-down Toronto.

Oscar winnerAlfonso Cuarón has come on board festival bound feature The Disciple as an executive producer. Chaitanya Tamhane’sThe Disciple will be the first Indian film in almost 20 years chosen to play in main competition at any of the three major European films festivals— Berlin, Cannes and Venice.

Bryan Cranston is warning people about the coronavirus. He thinks it’s not something to play with.

June 13, 2020You spoil us, 007! Check out these four new images, showing Ralph Fiennes' M looking particularly angry, Bond and Jeffrey Wright's Felix bonding over a few brewskis in Jamaica, Q with his permanently furrowed brow, and 007 going face-to-face with his half-brother Blofeld. Plus, confirmation of a slightly earlier US release date for No Time to Die: that's November 20 instead of November 25.Q (Ben Whishaw) is back for a third time.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticEXCLUSIVE: Less than a week after Empire co-creator Danny Strong and long-time director and executive producer Sanaa Hamri reunited on a Taraji P.

The Killers have announced they are “conducting a thorough investigation into past and present tour staff” following allegations of sexual misconduct on one of their tours.It comes after a female sound engineer claims she witnessed a woman being abused backstage during their 2009 US tour in a blog posted on her Twitter account.The woman, who is named on her account as Chez Cherrie, wrote: “We were about half way through our load-in when the FOH [front of house] engineer came over [the] radio and

Peter White Television EditorPopstar Alicia Keys is to exec produce a feature-length documentary about six iconic African American female entertainers for PBS.American Masters: How It Feels To Be Free will tell the story of Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier and how they challenged an entertainment industry deeply complicit in perpetuating racist stereotypes, and transformed themselves and their audiences in the process.The doc, which will air in

People Magazine reported today that Adam Levine, the Maroon 5 frontman, has a brand new hairstyle for the group’s latest music video, “Nobody’s Love.” The 41-year-old singer-songwriter rocks a shaved head and a full beard. Interestingly, the band has chosen a new political cause to rally behind.

DEALSUniversal Music Publishing in the US has signed an admin deal with Grammy winning singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile and the sibling duo she has long collaborated with, Tim and Phil Hanseroth. UMPG boss Jody Gerson says she’s a big fan of Carlile.

The Wretched, released to streaming services in May, has enjoyed a run of five consecutive weeks at the top of the US box office, placing it in the lofty company of Avatar, Titanic, Black Panther and The Sixth Sense, albeit with total takings of around $2 million compared to, say, Avatar’s $2.9 billion.