James Murray, who announced his retirement from atop the Secret Service this week, will join Snap later this summer as chief security officer, the social media platform confirmed Thursday.
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The director of “Lilo & Stitch” doesn’t think his movie gets quite enough credit.
In an interview with The New York Times, the Disney film’s co-writer and director Chris Sanders expressed his frustrations with the praise “Frozen” got when it premiered in 2013.
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“To be clear, I think ‘Frozen’s’ great,” Sanders said. “But it was a little bit frustrating for me because people were like, ‘Finally, a nonromantic relationship with these two girls,’ and I thought, ‘We did that! That has absolutely been done before.’”
“Lilo & Stitch”, which was released 20 years ago, told the story of a young girl becoming friends with the galaxy’s most wanted extraterrestrial.
Amid all that, the film depicts Lilo’s relationship with her older sister Nani, which becomes fractured after their parents’ death.
“When the film came out, that’s what a lot of critics talked about,” said producer Clark Spender. “Those moments that were based in reality in a way that people could see themselves in, and it didn’t feel like they were cartoon characters.”
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The film was a success in 2002, earning over $270 million worldwide and praise from critics.
On Twitter, fans also talked up how groundbreaking “Lilo & Stitch” was.
James Murray, who announced his retirement from atop the Secret Service this week, will join Snap later this summer as chief security officer, the social media platform confirmed Thursday.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAlex Law, one of Hong Kong’s most accomplished filmmakers died on Saturday. He was 69.Law (aka Law Kai-yui) died in hospital with his life partner and long-time filmmaking partner Mabel Cheung by his side.
Back in 2020, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced that they were quitting the Royal Family and moving to LA.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have hired Handmaid’s tale director Liz Garbus to produce their upcoming Netflix documentary, according to reports. In 2020, the Sussexes signed a multi-million-pound deal with Netflix, six months after the couple dramatically stepped back from royal duties, and settled down in Los Angeles from where they will launch their new Hollywood career.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have reportedly found the director of their new Netflix docuseries and are said to be using The Handmaid's Tale director Liz Garbus.The royal couple are said to be doing a docuseries as part of their rumoured $100million (£81m) Netflix deal, which was also set to include the Duchess' series Pearl before the streamer reportedly scrapped it. According to Page Six, Prince Harry, 37, and Meghan Markle, 40, have hired Liz, 52, for their show, which they have been working on for the past year.
Disney has unveiled a first-look trailer for Hocus Pocus 2.
told the New York Times in a conversation about the film.
Chris Sanders is speaking out.
Zack Sharf When “Frozen” broke through the pop culture zeitgeist upon release in 2013, it was widely celebrated for how it rejected the romantic standards of the Disney animated fairy tale. The heart of “Frozen” was the relationship between sisters Anna and Elsa, not either characters’ connection to a man.
Sarah Elizabeth Mintz moved back to New York this month after a seven-year stint in Los Angeles while she was working out Good Girl Jane, her debut feature that just landed with a splash, winning Best Narrative Film at the Tribeca Festival as well as Best Actress for star Rain Spencer.
Andrew Barker Senior Features WriterThe Palm Springs International ShortFest will mark an in-person return to the California desert oasis from June 21-27, showcasing 300 short films in 51 different curated programs. If that seems like a markedly high number of films considering all of the disruptions in both the film production and festival space over the past two years, interim festival director Sudeep Sharma has an explanation.“One thing I’ve been saying a lot is that the pandemic has seemingly affected everything except for the production of short films,” says Sharma, a ShortFest veteran currently manning the festival helm while director Lili Rodriguez is on maternity leave.
Glen Trotiner, who was first or second assistant director on such films as Captain America: The First Avenger, Independence Day and The Untouchables, along with Mozart in the Jungle, ER and dozens of other projects, has died. He was 65. Trotiner died June 16 in New York, but other details were not available.
The Summer I Turned Pretty—Amazon Prime Video's set in the fictional Cousins Beach—is a bit of . mixed with mixed with . In other words, with characters you'll love, a house that will make you want to move to a seaside beach town, and an engaging love story. At the forefront of the series, which is by New York Times best-selling author Jenny Han of To All the Boys fame, is newcomer Lola Tung.
Prime Video’s rom-com “The Summer I Turned Pretty.” “Jenny Han, who’s the showrunner, creator and author of the books [the show is based on] delivered the news to me over Zoom,” Tung, 19, told The Post. “I kind of froze and had a little bit of a freakout moment.
Sliding into the DMs! Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor’s romance has been one for the ages — and it all started with a little social media flirtation!