Making it work. Kristin Cavallari has had her share of ups and downs with ex Jay Cutler, but the duo are in a good place when it comes to coparenting.
08.06.2022 - 04:23 / variety.com
J. Kim Murphy Kristen Stewart has opened the gates for her paranormal reality series, calling on ghost hunters and mediums to audition for the upcoming production.“I am scarily excited to announce that I’m teaming up with Scout, the producers of ‘Queer Eye,’ ‘Legendary’ and ‘The Hype,’ on the most gayest, most funnest, most titillating queer ghost-hunting show ever,” a sunglasses-sporting Stewart says in a video shared by her hairsylist and friend CJ Romero on Instagram Monday afternoon.
“We need to find the most incredible LGBTQ+ ghost hunters, paranormal specialists, mediums, psychics, investigators who will lead the pack on this super gay ghost-hunting adventure.”A post shared by Cj Romero (@cjromero)Prospective ghost-hunters from the LGBTQ+ community can fill out a questionnaire regarding their experience with the paranormal through the website shared with the video. Stewart, who identifies as LGBTQ+, first revealed that she was working on putting together a ghost-hunting reality series in an interview with The New Yorker in November 2021.
The actress was in the midst of the awards race for her lead performance in “Spencer,” in which she portrays Diana, Princess of Wales as the royal is visited by ghosts herself.“Gay people love pretty things,” Stewart said at the time. “So we are aiming for a richness.” She also described the project as “a paranormal romp in a queer space.”According to the casting call announcement, Stewart will serve as an executive producer on the untitled ghost-hunting reality series.
The project represents the actress’s latest move to working behind-the-scenes. Stewart is also preparing to make her directorial feature debut, an adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir “The Chronology of Water.”
.Making it work. Kristin Cavallari has had her share of ups and downs with ex Jay Cutler, but the duo are in a good place when it comes to coparenting.
departed the project.The show — executive produced by Portman and Har’el — is an adaptation of Laura Lippman’s New York Times bestselling novel of the same name. Set in 1960s Baltimore, it follows housewife and mother Maddie Schwartz (Portman), who is pushed to reinvent her life as an investigative journalist following an unsolved murder. She then crosses paths with Cleo Sherwood (Ingram), a dedicated mother who is juggling several jobs, along with a commitment to advancing Baltimore’s Black community.
Sesame Street” has been unearthed by Internet archivists, as a rare encounter between Big Bird and the Wicked Witch of the West from “The Wizard of Oz” is now available to view online. Back in 1976, actress Margaret Hamilton was asked by Sesame Workshop to reprise her role as the Wicked Witch for a “Sesame Street” episode, 37 years after her iconic “Oz” performance opposite Judy Garland.
Billy Eichner in the new trailer for “Bros” stumbles into love with a guy that he can’t possibly imagine would see him as his type, referring to his co-star Luke McFarlane in the trailer as like “the gay Tom Brady.” In fact, he can be so bro-ey, sending Eichner’s character a GIF of Michael Scott dancing in a flirty text, that he wonders how gay he could really be. “‘Office’ GIF? This person isn’t gay,” Eichner jokes.
Tom Hanks is looking back on his movie, Philadelphia, which won him his first Oscar.
Carlos Valdes (Gaslit, The Flash) is set to lead Hulu‘s musical romantic comedy series Up Here alongside previously announced Mae Whitman.
Samuel L. Jackson and Viola Davis are both veterans of the New York theater scene, and embrace the opportunity to dig into their shared experiences before addressing their latest work on TV. On Apple TV+, Jackson takes the lead role in “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey,” an adaptation of Walter Mosley’s novel about an elder struggling with dementia. And on Showtime, Davis plays Michelle Obama in the dramatic anthology “The First Lady.” SAMUEL L. JACKSON: How do you feel about rolling around town, seeing yourself on these big old billboards? How is that?VIOLA DAVIS: I don’t see that as myself.
Emilio Mayorga Two-time Oscar nominee Bill Plympton (“Your Face,”“Guard Dog”) has boarded the series “Guard Dog & Bill Plympton in Brazil,” directed by Brazilian animator Cesar Cabral.Cabral’s stop-motion “Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People” won best feature at the Quirino Awards last May.Currently in pre-production, “Guard Dog” follows the celebrated over-anxious or just neurotic yellow canine of te title alongside his creator Plympton. “The series’ general idea is to bring Guard Dog and his owner –in this case Plympton himself – to tour Brazilian cities and draw their tourist and artistic impressions of our country,” director Cabral told Variety.The Coala Filmes and Cup Filmes co-production is backed by Federal incentive body Fundo Setorial do Audiovisual (FSA).
Kristen Stewart has announced a casting call for a “super gay ghost-hunting” reality series.The Spencer actress recently took to social media to announce the new project, calling on all ghost hunters and mediums to audition for the upcoming show.“I am scarily excited to announce that I’m teaming up with Scout, the producers of Queer Eye, Legendary and The Hype on the most gayest, most funnest, most titillating queer ghost-hunting show ever,” says Stewart in an Instagram video shared by her hairstylist and friend CJ Romero.“We need to find the most incredible LGBTQ+ ghost hunters, paranormal specialists, mediums, psychics, investigators who will lead the pack on this super gay ghost-hunting adventure.”Those from the LGBTQ+ community who seek to apply for the show can visit this website and fill out a questionnaire, where they’ll be asked about their experiences with paranormal activity.A post shared by Cj Romero (@cjromero)Stewart first announced that she was working on the reality series in an interview with The New Yorker back in 2021.“Gay people love pretty things,” she said at the time. “So we are aiming for a richness.” The actress also described the project as “a paranormal romp in a queer space.”An official title for the project or how it will be formatted is yet to be revealed.Stewart recently appeared in David Cronenberg’s new horror film Crimes of the Future, which reportedly sparked walkouts in the first five minutes – due to the gory scenes – when screened at the Cannes Film Festival in May.Addressing the audience reaction, Stewart told Vulture: “Before the credits lifted, it was dead silent.
Fox Corp., which recently marked its third anniversary as a publicly traded company, has appointed Wall Street veteran Gabrielle Brown as its new head of investor relations.
awards.Previously announced, Jack Black is set to receive the Movie & TV Awards Comedic Genius Award. Additionally, TheWrap exclusively revealed the awards shows’ star-studded list of presenters: Chris Evans, Lana Condor, Awkwafina, Billy Eichner, Joe Keery and Jamie Campbell Bower for the scripted awards ceremony, in addition to MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted show presenters Chrishell Stause, Erika Jayne, Kristin Cavallari, Nicole Richie and Teresa Giudice.Best known as a reality TV star, Frankel produced and headlined her own HBO Max reality series “The Big Shot with Bethenny” and served as a guest shark on “Shark Tank.” After “RHONY,” she starred in spinoff reality series “Bethenny Getting Married?” and “Bethenny Ever After…”Away from the screen, she is also an entrepreneur, philanthropist and New York Times bestselling author, having founded several brands dedicated to lifestyle, food and clothing.
Emily Longeretta Philanthropist and reality TV star Bethenny Frankel will be given the Reality Royalty Award at the Sunday, June 5, MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted, Variety can exclusively announce.The Reality Royalty Award began last year, recognizing the legacy of reality greatness. The first recipient in 2021 was the cast of “Jersey Shore: Family Vacation.”Frankel got her reality TV start in 2005 on “The Apprentice: Martha Stewart,” coming in second place.
EXCLUSIVE: Erin Moriarty (The Boys), Jai Courtney (Suicide Squad), Dina Shihabi (Archive 81) and Ryan Corr (House of the Dragon) have signed on to star in Catching Dust—an upcoming Texas noir marking the feature debut of writer-director Stuart Gatt, which will enter production in the Canary Islands this month.