Mike Dean has opened up about Kanye West’s unpredictability in the studio, describing how just weeks before he was due to release 2018’s ‘Ye’, the rapper scrapped everything he and Dean had worked on.The anecdote was shared in a new episode of Nile Rodgers’ Apple Music 1 show Deep Hidden Meaning Radio. The pair spoke about how Dean is often recruited to recording sessions so he can “Mike Dean it up”, with Beyoncé being a key example of an artist who seeks the producer out for his idiosyncratic style.Dean explained that he’s not concerned with how much of that style an artist will opt of keep on a record’s final mix, saying: “They can take all that, or 50 per cent of it, or 80 per cent of it… I’ve got real thick skin, so it doesn’t bother me – it’s like, you know, whatever they like of what I did, they can use.”Agreeing with Rodgers’ notion that you can’t be “passionate about your part” as a producer, Dean continued: “Exactly – or you’d get your feelings hurt, like, every day.
Make Cinema Sexy Again: Dakota Johnson and Maude Launch Weekly Film Series at Ace Hotel Centered Around Love and Sex
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Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Dakota Johnson and Maude have your weekly date nights set for the next month through a weekly film series they’re putting on at the Ace Hotel in downtown L.A.Johnson’s TeaTime Pictures has partnered with the intimacy brand for what they’re calling “Cinemaude”: a month-long program of films that center around love and sex, ranging from coming-of-age classics to less conventional depictions of love through old age.
The screenings will take place every Thursday through the month of August, commencing this Thursday, Aug. 4 at The Theatre at DTLA’s Ace Hotel.
Tickets are currently available on the Ace Hotel website for $20.This month’s screenings are set to include “Mustang,” which follows four orphaned sisters who are punished to confinement after being caught innocently playing with a group of boys; “Waves,” which follows a suburban African American family as they navigate love and forgiveness following a tragic loss; “Tangerine,” which centers on a transgender sex worker who teams up with her best friend to take down her ex-lover/pimp after finding out he cheated on her while she was in jail; and “Babyteeth,” about an ill teenager who falls in love with a drug dealer to her parents’ disapproval. “TeaTime is excited to curate a month of movies for Cinemaude,” Johnson said in a statement.
“These are some of our favorites, and seeing them in a theater is a true treat.”While at the screening, attendees will also be able to sip on complementary drinks from the beverage sponsor Ghia and take home a custom film poster. After the screening, they can head over to Maude’s exclusive
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‘Fantomas’ Franchise Reboot Plotted by Wassim Beji, SND for Film, Series (EXCLUSIVE)
Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentWassim Beji, the French producer of “Boite noire,” and SND have acquired the adaptation rights to iconic French detective novels “Fantomas” and are planning a film and a series based on the franchise. A ruthless and multi-faceted thief and assassin, Fantomas “was the first occidental super-villain featured in a serialized format, first through comic strips and later in a radio series,” said Beji, adding that “Fantomas” has also been a source of inspiration for some of the greatest artists of the 20th century, including the surrealist poet Guillaume Apollinaire.Created in 1911 by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre, Fantomas is one of France’s most popular fictional characters, along with Arsene Lupin.
Dakota Johnson & Adam Scott Film Intense Car Crash Scene for 'Madame Web'
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Mike Judge on the return of Beavis and Butt-Head in new series
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Dakota Johnson's 'Madame Web' Set Photos Are Continuing to Fuel One Major Fan Theory
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‘Cars On The Road’ Trailer: The Pixar Film Series Gets A Disney+ Spinoff Show On September 8
Pixar‘s “Cars” franchise may not be the most critically beloved of the animation studio’s films. However, all three movies did very well at the box office, so much so that Disney made the “Planes” spinoff movies and other “Cars” shorts.
‘Jeopardy!’ to Launch Weekly Podcast Hosted by Series Producers
the SONY show’s site, including the podcast news, as well as schedule plans for its two new permanent hosts: Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings.The “Inside Jeopardy!” podcast will launch episodes weekly starting Monday, August 1. Davies’ note also revealed that the EP will also be co-hosting the new podcast.
Dakota Johnson Stars in ‘Spider-Man’ Spinoff ‘Madame Web’: Everything We Know
An exciting web to weave. The expansion of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe continues with a new action-adventure flick with a female focus: Madame Web.
Dakota Johnson steps out to showcase first look as Spider-Woman
Dakota Johnson has been the talk of the movie industry, and now the star is joining Sony’s Marvel Cinematic Universe - and we’ve got a first look!MORE: Everything you need to know about Persuasion star Dakota JohnsonIn February 2022, it was revealed that The Fifty Shades of Grey actress is set to star in the studio’s Madame Web movie.Madame Web is portrayed as an old woman who was dependent on a life support system that resembled a spider web because she had myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disease that causes muscle weakness. WATCH: Dakota Johnson brushes off fashion mishap with incredible jokeDakota appears in pictures published by the Daily Mail, as she begins filming for the project.The 32-year-old was photographed in Boston while sporting a dramatic red leather jacket, a black button-up cropped t-shirt, and a pair of navy blue mom-style jeans.She wears some Dr Marten looking lace-up boots with the ensemble and a basic belt to tie the look together.MORE: Dakota Johnson brushes off fashion mishap with Fifty Shades Of Grey jokeDakota’s hair and makeup is left natural, wearing a slight bronze and nude lip for her glam.@dakotajamiedownunder Dakota on the set of #madamewebmovie yesterday