Lee Wallace Dies: Broadway Actor In ‘Zalman or the Madness of God’ Was 90

Robert F. Liu, theChina-born cinematographer who received Emmy nominations for his work on Lou Grantand Family Ties, died Sunday, the American Society of Cinematographers announced.

Super dad! Tom Welling is expecting his second child with his pregnant wife, Jessica Rose Lee.

On a list of Civil Rights movement leaders, few people would think to name Billie Holiday. But in his new movie, The United States vs Billie Holiday, starring Andra Day, Lee Daniels shines a light on that facet of the jazz singer’s story, in which Holiday’s 1939 song about lynching, "Strange Fruit," made her a target of the FBI.

Clayton Davis Lee Daniels’ “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” is the next enigma in this awards season and could prove to be one of the more divisive entries.

Also Read: Ilana Glazer Pregnancy Film 'False Positive' Nabbed by HuluThough it was originally meant to be a theatrical release from Paramount, Hulu has officially acquired the U.S. rights to the film and dropped the first trailer Monday ahead of the film’s release on February 26.Day is making her feature film acting debut in “The United States vs.

The first thing you probably need to know about “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”—other than it’s a film by filmmaker Lee Daniels, his first feature since 2013’s “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”—is that it was originally a Paramount Pictures film scheduled for this February and hoping to be the studio’s one and only Oscar player this season.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, has reintroduced legislation that would fund a commission for studying and developing proposals for giving reparations to African Americans.

In Minari, writer/director Lee Isaac Chung and Steven Yeun tell the story of a Korean immigrant family risking everything in pursuit of the American dream. Jacob (Yeun) uproots his family from 1980s Los Angeles, determined to start a farm in Arkansas, while his wife Monica (Yeri Han) grows weary of his optimism in the face of isolation and dwindling funds.

Paramount made it official tonight that Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday is off their theatrical release schedule.

Lee Breuer, a cofounder of New York’s groundbreaking experimental theater company Mabou Mines and writer of Broadway’s Pulitzer Prize finalist The Gospel at Colonus, died Sunday at his home in New York. He was 83.

Paul Heller, the American film producer known for his work on UK classic Withnail & I, the Oscar-winning My Left Foot and the Bruce Lee-starring Enter The Dragon, has died at the age of 93.

Lee Wallace, the Ed Koch look-alike who coincidentally or not played mayors in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and Tim Burton's Batman, died Sunday in New York after a long illness, his family announced. He was 90.

And yet another one bites the theatrical dust. First reported by Deadline, but confirmed by The Playlist, Lee Daniels’ awards season contender “The United States vs.

EXCLUSIVE: On this Christmas Eve, we hear that a deal is coming together for Hulu to acquire Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday. 

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaHulu has bought domestic distribution rights to “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” a deal that will allow the drama to premiere in time for Oscars consideration.

Broadway star Rebecca Luker has died at the age of 59. Her agent, Sarah Foster, confirmed the news to the New York Times.