‘Live Action Shorts Showcase’ Directors on Breaking Harmful Hollywood Clichés Through Representation

Are Courtney Love and Brad Pitt mortal enemies? That’s what she seems to think!

Much has been made about Austin Butler’s immersive journey into playing Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis.” The actor recently said he didn’t see his family for three years (see below) during his intense preparation and shooting of the movie. It seems like overdoing it on the surface, but playing an artist that iconic is pretty intimidating, and it’s not a role you want to whiff.

A real-life narrow escape! Tim Rozon had the time of his life filming the Love in Wolf Creek sequel, Christmas in Wolf Creek — but the actor had a harrowing close call with his health along the way. 

The night Baz Luhrmann premiered his film Elvis at the Cannes Film Festival, all eyes were on Priscilla Presley. She had turned 77 the day before, and in the 45 years since her former husband’s death, she’d suffered many cartoonish caricatures and lame imitations of the man she loved. But that night, as the credits rolled, she cried.

Cecily Strong is reflecting on her time on Saturday Night Live after an emotional last show on the sketch show following 11 seasons.

A sweet dedication. Austin Butler was eager to show off his hosting chops on Saturday Night Live — but he hasn’t forgotten where he came from.

Austin Butler is in full Elvis smoldering mode in this promo for his first turn at hosting NBC’s Saturday Night Live.

Steve Martin and Martin Short breathed some life back into Saturday Night Live.

Culinary chats! Celebrity chef Judy Joo sat down with famed baker Buddy Valastro to talk about life in and out of the kitchen — during the holiday season.

CNN plans to move its Los Angeles bureau from an office tower in Hollywood to Warner Bros. Discovery office space in Burbank.

So far, it’s fair to say that Disney+ is very happy with the performance of the various Marvel Studios TV series. Each streaming series seems to be fairly well-loved by critics and fans, with Marvel seriously committing to bringing new and existing characters to the world of streaming.

EXCLUSIVE: Margarita Levieva (The Deuce) and Sandrine Holt (American Gigolo) are set for major roles opposite Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio in Daredevil: Born Again, Marvel’s upcoming revival series on Disney+, sources tell Deadline.

EXCLUSIVE: Former longtime Nickelodeon President Cyma Zarghami’s family and kids-focused MIMO Studios has teamed with leading kids producer Tom Lynch Co. to develop two live-action projects: a screen adaptation of Brittany Geragotelis’ popular novel series, The Infamous Frankie Lorde, from publishing house Pixel and Ink, and Code Club, an original property. Ryan Devlin Lynch, Vice President of Content, will lead the projects for TLC.

The Saturday Night Live cold open used Herschel Walker’s own slip ups and bizarre words against him to skewer his Senate bid, as the Republican Senate candidate in Georgia faces off against Democrat Raphael Warnock.

Writer-director Tarik Saleh’s latest film Cairo Conspiracy follows Adam, the son of a fisherman, who is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power in Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival, the university’s highest religious leader, the Grand Imam, suddenly dies and Adam soon becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Egypt’s religious and political elite.

EXCLUSIVE: Following a competitive pursuit, Story Kitchen, has partnered with Sloclap to adapt their hot new hit videogame, SIFU, into a Live-Action feature film with Story Kitchen partner Derek Kolstad adapting the script.