Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer On Revving Up Production, Managing Costs As Hollywood Gets “Back To Work Making Great Content”

Kanye West and Bianca Censori seem to be going strong in their marriage despite rumors indicating that they were calling it quits following a “break” in their relationship. The rapper and the Australian architect spent some time apart in recent weeks, with Kanye spending some quality time with his 10-year-old daughter North in Dubai, while Bianca visited her friends and family in Melbourne.BIANCA CENSORI REUNITES WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN MELBOURNE WITHOUT KANYE WESTKANYE WEST SURPRISED FANS WITH HIS FIRST CONCERT IN MONTHS IN DUBAIDID BIANCA CENSORI AND KANYE WEST BREAK UP?The celebrity couple “haven’t split” as revealed by a close source to Us Weekly.

Tom Jones, Bryan Adams, Madness and Sting have been announced as headliners for the inaugural Plymouth Summer Sessions festival 2024.Gabrielle, Cassyette, The Lightning Seeds and Blondie will also perform as support at the shows between June 13-16 at The Plymouth Hoe.Tickets are set to go on sale Friday (December 1) at 9am GMT, and you can buy your tickets here.A post shared by Sir Tom Jones (@realsirtomjones)Jones will kick off the first-ever Plymouth Summer Sessions on Thursday, June 13 with support from Gabrielle. Adams will then take to the stage on Friday, 14 June alongside special guest Cassyette.Madness are set to headline Saturday, June 15, joined by The Lightning Seeds, and Sting will close out the debut Plymouth Summer Sessions with special guest Blondie.“We are thrilled to bring together an extraordinary lineup of legendary artists for the first-ever Plymouth Summer Sessions,” said Peter Taylor, co-founder of festival partner Cuffe & Taylor in a press statement.“We can’t wait to enliven the spectacular location that is The Hoe, with the magic of world-class music.

Entertainment Tonight in a recent interview. “I’m taking more stock of what’s important.”He added: “Maybe not make quite as many movies.”The Oscar winner and his wife, Rico, welcomed their first child together, August Francesca, on Sept. 7, 2022, in Los Angeles.“Nicolas and Riko are happy to announce the birth of their daughter,” their rep told People at the time.

Actor Nigel Harman has been taking the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom by storm as the competition's final is now only weeks away. But despite scoring high from the beginning of the series, Nigel was left downhearted during last Saturday's (November 18) Blackpool special.The actor, 50, and his professional dance partner Katya Jones did a quickstep to Duke Ellington’s song It Don’t Mean A Thing, which left them second from the bottom of the leaderboard.They received a total score of 31 points out of 40.This week Nigel and Katya will be doing the rumba to It's All Coming Back To Me Now by Celine Dion as they hope to glide into week 11 of the competition.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Natalie Portman calls Todd Haynes’ new film, “May December,” a “dream role.” “May December” stars Portman as actress Elizabeth Berry (Portman), who is set to portray Gracie Atherton-Yoo (Julianne Moore) in a movie. Gracie is a Georgia woman who became a notorious tabloid figure when she engaged in a sexual relationship with a 12-year-old boy, Joe. (Yes, this is loosely based on the story of teacher Mary Kay Letourneau, who had an affair with and married her teenage student, Vili Fualaau.) Twenty years have passed, and Gracie is trying to move on from the scandal.

that loving feeling. When John Oates met Daryl Hall in 1967 is was the start of a beautiful friendship and musical partnership.

By Cynthia Littleton Hollywood’s season of strikes came at enormous cost to the entertainment industry. It came in projects that weren’t greenlighted, sleeper hits not realized, breakthrough gigs not booked and paychecks not earned. But by the simple math of Hollywood’s true bottom line, there’s no other way to say it: The strikes waged by the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA were a short-term financial gift to studio conglomerates that had already been listing because of streaming losses.

Will Tizard Contributor Indie and art film producer Jon Kilik, unlike many, remains hopeful for the personal, mid-budget movie for grown-ups. “Those are the films directors love to make and audiences still love,” says Kilik, being feted this week at Poland’s Camerimage cinematography festival for work of special visual sensitivity.

Kendall Jenner‘s friends are hoping she’ll come to her senses and ditch Bad Bunny — in favor of an old flame!

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Think about some of the most iconic moments in modern TV history, and there’s a good chance Don Mischer was in the control room. Michael Jackson performing the Moonwalk for the first time on “Motown 25.” Muhammad Ali making a surprise appearance to light the Atlanta Olympics opening ceremony torch. Prince pulling off arguably the most lauded Super Bowl halftime show ever, in the pouring rain.

Variety celebrates the accomplishments of women in Hollywood — and there were plenty of those again this year, even during a rare double strike that upended the entertainment industry for months. Several of the women on this list were actively involved in negotiations or advised clients about how to navigate guild rules related to the labor stoppages; others had to shut down productions when SAG-AFTRA members joined writers on the picket lines in July.

EXCLUSIVE: That was quick. Just four days after the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike, including a weekend, the new NBC multi-camera comedy series Extended Family started production on Monday Nov. 13.

GB News, Schofield highlighted royal expert Richard Kay’s recent comments suggesting that Harry, 39, is “tainting” Meghan’s brand.“This is a great point made by one of Princess Diana’s closest friends towards the end of her life,” Schofield said.“His name is Richard Kay, and he told Palace Confidential that the only thing standing in Meghan’s way of her big Hollywood comeback is Prince Harry.” The former actress, 42, recently signed with talent agency William Morris Endeavor, and is reportedly hoping to immerse herself in acting roles in the coming years.What’s more, it’s been said that she even believes that an Academy Award is in her future.“[Kay] says it’s harder for Meghan to launch her new career objectives amidst all of the royal rift headlines,” Schofield continued.

EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood Trailblazer: The Debra Hill Story, a feature documentary about Debra Hill, the late producer and co-writer of classic movies such as Halloween (1978) and The Fog (1980), has moved into production with Causeway Pictures. 

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic Rockism, in case you don’t know the term, is the school of thought that holds the noisy “purity” of rock ‘n’ roll to be morally and aesthetically superior to the “corruption” of pop. There are numerous iconic examples of rockism.

The end of the actors strike is the talk of the town, and late night is no exception.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The SAG-AFTRA strike is over, and it only took four minutes and 46 seconds after the news broke to receive an interview pitch for an actor from a publicist. That’s because strategists and publicists for the top movies from studios and streamers have been sitting on their hands, waiting for their actors to promote their films that are in the conversation for Oscar attention.

Brent Lang Executive Editor John Wick continues to be the straw that stirs the drink at Lionsgate. The home entertainment debut of the fourth film of the hit man hit man series and the premiere of its streaming spin-off “The Continental” lifted revenues at Lionsgate to just over $1 billion, beating Wall Street’s estimates.

EXCLUSIVE: With the end of 118-day actors strike at 12:01AM tonight, as well as a 148-day WGA strike back in September, global Hollywood feature productions can now resume.

Film and TV cameras are finally set to roll again as SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP have reached a tentative agreement. The strike is officially over at 12:01 AM tonight, ending a six-month production pause due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA work stoppages, which eclipsed the length of the Covid-related production shutdown of 2020.