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Way back in 2003, Trey Parker and Matt Stone released an episode of “South Park” that revolved around one of their beloved childhood memories, a Mexican restaurant called Casa Bonita. The episode culminates in Cartman running through Casa Bonita, escaping the cops long enough to see all the sights and experience the restaurant in its entirety.

World of Wonder has renewed Drag Race México for Season 3 and has confirmed the premiere date for RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Season 6.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Amazon Prime Video’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” had a soft start for Season 2 and couldn’t fend off Netflix’s “Worst Ex Ever” for the No. 1 spot among streaming original TV series for the Aug. 30-Sept.

Thania Garcia Selena Gomez is officially a billionaire, according to a Bloomberg report. She is estimated to be worth $1.3 billion, making her one of the country’s youngest women with a 10-figure fortune. The publication determined a “vast bulk” of her net worth is attached to the success of her Rare Beauty makeup and cosmetics brand (which is available in the United States, Canada, and Mexico) that launched in 2019.

As the NFL gets set for its first game in Brazil tonight, Commissioner Roger Goodell has made several media appearances, talking private equity ownership with CNBC and the likelihood of a post-Super Bowl holiday on Today.

Docs are prominent among specialty releases this weekend with South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker renovating a massive Mexican restaurant and creative takes on psychics, oysters, Abraham Lincoln and Casablanca bread riots. The Thicket starring Peter Dinklage marks Tubi Films’ first non-day-and-date release. French Canadian chiller Red Rooms gets a U.S bow from Utopia. Screens for indie fare have been scarce and are now running over with Tim Burton’s anticipated wide release Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

Many of us have found ourselves dancing on a nightclub stage at some point.

Ed Meza @edmezavar In realizing the latest incarnation of “Zorro,” producer Marc Dujardin found inspiration in the classic 1950s series starring Guy Williams, the absurd premise of super hero tales, and the fond childhood dreams he shared with brother Jean, who portrays the buttoned-up mayor of early 19th-century Los Angeles, Don Diego de la Vega, and his masked and care-free alter ego. “Zorro” stormed into La Havre on Thursday, where it closed the Unifrance Rendez-Vous market with a highly anticipated premiere, followed by a dance floor-pumping Alta California-themed fiesta, replete with delectable Spanish and Mexican cuisine à la normande.

EXCLUSIVE: Myriad Pictures has acquired the U.S. rights to the adventure-comedy Las Tres Sisters (previously known as Sisters) with plans to release it in theaters in the first quarter of 2025.

It was Adolf Hitler’s name that became synonymous with evil, but his Italian counterpart — Benito Mussolini, named for a Mexican revolutionary leader by his staunchly Socialist father — was arguably the more enduring brand. Any populist politician today owes a good deal to the Mussolini playbook, brought to explosive life in an extraordinary Italian-language series by British director Joe Wright.

Amanda Holden has said that she has noticed one major changed since she returned from holiday.

The International Cinematographers Guild will hand its Distinguished Filmmaker Award to Mexican cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto at this year’s Emerging Cinematographer Awards. 

Woosung of South Korean band The Rose has announced his upcoming 2024 ‘B4 We Die’ world tour, featuring concerts in Asia, Europe, the US and more.Today (September 5), The Rose frontman Woosung took to his social media accounts to announce his upcoming 2024 ‘B4 We Die’ world tour with the release of its the official poster. The tour will kick off this October in Asia, with shows in Bangkok and Macau.In the same month, the singer will also bring his tour to Oceania, with two performances in Australia and one in New Zealand.

on his sudden departure from Todd Haynes’ NC-17 gay detective romance movie — just five days before the film was set to start filming.The 49-year-old was asked about his controversial exit during a press conference for his upcoming movie, “Joker: Folie à Deux,” at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday. “I think if I do [speak about the reasoning], I’d just be sharing my opinion from my perspective, and the other creatives aren’t here to say their piece, and it just doesn’t feel like that would be right,” Phoenix explained.“I’m not sure how that would be helpful.

Carolyn Giardina Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto will receive the Distinguished Filmmaker Award and M. David Mullen, the Mentor Award, during the International Cinematographers Guild’s annual Emerging Cinematographer Awards.

EXCLUSIVE: Jaina Lee Ortiz (Station 19, The Long Game) has signed with WME for representation in all areas. She was previously at Verve.

Joaquin Phoenix is addressing his latest career move.

Ed Meza @edmezavar “The Legends of Paris: A Tale of the 19th century Artistic Scene” appears have taken buyers by storm even before its official launch at the Unifrance Rendez-Vous market in Le Havre, where it premiered on Tuesday. Produced by Silex Films and Arte, the four-part series offers an intimate portrait of some of France’s most beloved artistic and literary figures. Taking viewers into the bustling heart of 19th-century Paris, it follows the colorful lives of such legendary artists as Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, George Sand, Louis-Hector Berlioz, Honoré de Balzac and Charles Baudelaire.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has closed more theatrical deals for Paraguayan horror-maestro Hugo J. Cardozo’s “Do Not Enter” (“No Entres”), which debuts its international trailer in Variety before its Asian premiere at the Busan Film Festival. Busch Media for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Brazil’s Playarte, Portugal’s Nos Lusomundo and Corazon Films for Mexico have inked theatrical deals for the horror pic, joining previous accords struck with Program Store for France and Russia/CIS’s Nashe Kino.

Michael Nordine Every American soldier has left Afghanistan, but that doesn’t mean Afghanistan has left them. Jon Shenk and Bonni Cohen’s heartfelt documentary gives new meaning to the term “forever war” by showing the lasting impact that multiple deployments have had on a trio of Navy SEALs still struggling to truly come home years after retiring from the military.

Indie filmmaker John Swab’s action thriller King Ivory, a multi-faceted dive into the U.S. fentanyl crisis that weaves together storylines from various angles of the war on drugs, had its world premiere in the Horizons Extra strand at the Venice Film Festival this week. Much of the main cast was on hand to reunite on the Lido after having shot the movie under an interim agreement last year in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Twenty years ago, I was fortunate enough to visit the set of “Team America: World Police,” an ambitious Jerry Bruckheimer-style action parody, starring puppets, for which Trey Parker and Matt Stone had constructed an enormous North Korean set out of cocktail umbrellas and take-out containers. Driven by equal parts obstinacy and nostalgia (for the vintage “Thunderbirds” TV show), it was the craziest thing the “South Park” creators had ever done.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Luca Guadagnino‘s adaptation of the William S. Burroughs novella “Queer,” which premieres Tuesday in competition at the Venice Film Festival, is his most personal film yet — and one that he’s been dreaming of making for many years. The stars aligned when producer Lorenzo Mieli and Fremantle’s head of literary acquisitions Raffaella de Angelis were able to get the book rights and Guadagnino rapidly paired up again with “Challengers” writer Justin Kuritzkes.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Manta, one of the leading platforms for subscription-based digital comics, says it will add over 300 webcomic titles over the next year. It is also revamping its in-app currency, GEM.The company, which is owned by Korea’s RIDI Corporation, launched in 2020 and has become the number one comics app on Google Play in certain territories, including the U.S., Mexico and Spain. Manta, known for its successful ‘romantasy’ titles such as “I’ve Become a True Villainess,” and “Betrayal of Dignity,” will launch a new season of its top title “Under the Oak Tree” on Tuesday and go on to introduce about 50 series from Manta Studios and its partners within the month. Manta, which also carries “Solo Leveling,” “Villains Are Destined to Die” and “Daughter of the Emperor,” will add “over 300 webcomic titles from now through early next year.”Webtoons are a made-for-mobile genre of comics, that have become another Asian entertainment category that is having fast-growing international success, following the expansion of Japanese anime, Korean TV drama and K-pop.

Quite a few stars from RuPaul’s Drag Race have opened up about their identity since being on the show.

One of Scotland's oldest clans has travelled to Hollywood for the world premiere of a new documentary.

Joel Kim Booster and John-Michael Sudsina are taking a big step in their relationship!

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor How did the organizers of this year’s Sundance Asia mark their return to Taiwan? By growing the festival in every way possible. For the second year in a row, Sundance Asia returned to Taipei. The expansion of the festival’s programming was a reflection of Taiwan’s efforts to boost filmmaking in the region.

Christopher Vourlias Mexican filmmaker Elisa Miller (“Hurricane Season”) is teaming up with “Roma” producer Nicolás Celis and his Pimienta Films on a legal drama-cum-psychological thriller that the duo is pitching this week at the Venice Production Bridge’s Gap-Financing Market, which runs Aug. 30 – Sept.

Joe Leydon Film Critic After a lengthy and well-received run on the festival circuit, “Going Varsity in Mariachi” has arrived this week on Netflix, where it should find the wide mainstream audience it deserves. And “mainstream” really is the operative word here. Although it may sound in synopsis like a niche-audience attraction, this engaging and entertaining documentary about Texas high-schoolers playing for keeps in statewide mariachi band competitions has the right stuff to delight even viewers who normally wouldn’t know the difference between a grito and a guitarrón.

A new teaser for the upcoming Agatha All Along series has revealed more info about Joe Locke‘s mystery character – Just Jared Jr Prince William‘s team confirms news about his travel plans – Celebitchy Here are the 22 sexiest movies on Netflix to stream this month – Popsugar The upcoming Wizards Beyond Waverly Place series has a premiere date – Just Jared Jr Mexican singer-songwriter Carin León is currently touring the U.S. and Mexican beer Victoria is celebrating being the official cerveza of the tour by offering fans the chance to win a VIP Concert Experience at Carin’s show in New York City on October 2. Enter at VictoriaUSA.com.

Of all the policies implemented by the Trump administration, the most outrageous – at least to many critics – was Family Separation.

Christophe Riandee is leaving his post as Vice CEO of France’s Gaumont.

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that A24 has taken US on Luca Guadagnino’s next movie Queer, starring Daniel Craig. Since I saw early footage for this film a year ago in Italy, A24 was always seen as the destination for the filmmakers given the distributor’s finesse in handling edgy fare, which is exactly what this William S. Burroughs feature adaptation is with Craig breaking the mold, much like he did with 007. Queer began screening to distributors via CAA Media Finance in late June and we heard then A24 was kicking the tires. There were other suitors. A24 came through and the deal just closed. All of this spells for a theatrical release.

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Incubus have kicked off their ‘Morning View’ tour across North America – here’s what they performed.Last week, Incubus began their North American trek of the ‘Morning View’ tour, during which they’ll perform their seminal 2001 album of the same name in its entirety, along with other hits from throughout their career.To begin, Brandon Boyd and co. performed ‘Morning View’ from start to finish, and in chronological order, beginning with ‘Nice To Know You’ before moving on to other iconic tracks like ‘Wish You Were Here’ and ‘Are You In?’.Once the band were done performing ‘Morning View’, they moved on to play their biggest hits taken off other albums.