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23.08.2022 - 00:43 / variety.com
Angelique Jackson Filmmaker Malcolm D. Lee has long considered how he’d wrap up the stories of “The Best Man” crew — Lance (Morris Chestnut), Shelby (Melissa De Sousa), Harper (Taye Diggs), Candace (Regina Hall), Quentin (Terrence Howard), Robyn (Sanaa Lathan), Jordan (Nia Long) and Murch (Harold Perrineau).
And after two box-office blockbuster movies, the creator/executive producer/co-showrunner confirms that “The Best Man: The Final Chapters” is really the end.“I don’t have any other story to tell with this friend group. I want to finish what I started,” Lee told Variety, as he prepared to debut the first footage from the limited series during the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival earlier this month.
“When the first ‘Best Man’ [came out in 1999], I definitely had no intention of doing a sequel, but if I did it was gonna be 10 years later, when they had a chance to live some life,” he says, recounting how it took nearly 15 years instead.When “The Best Man Holiday” debuted in 2013, the sequel netted more than $71 million at the box office. Lee was prepared to finish out the series with two more films, but as the world turns, and with the advent of streaming and a boom of limited series, “The Final Chapters” landed on Peacock for an eight-episode run.“I really want to close these stories out for the fans, but I figure let’s let it end there.
If I were to do more, that’d be me pushing it,” Lee says. “These actors have other roles to play; let’s end in a good place.
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Halloween co-stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Kyle Richards pose together at the Halloween Horror Nights Opening Night Celebration at Universal Studios Hollywood in Universal City, California on Thursday (September 8).
Lea Michele’s parade as the former “Glee” star made her long-anticipated debut in Broadway’s “Funny Girl” revival. Before Michele could sing a note in her crystalline soprano, the crowd at the August Wilson Theatre on Tuesday leapt to its feet as soon as she appeared on stage, making it difficult to hear the show’s famous opening line, “Hello, gorgeous.” She would receive six standing ovations in all, crescendoing in a final, rafters-shaking round of applause. It’s been a long time coming for Michele, who has spent a good portion of her career (unofficially) campaigning to embody the incandescent comic and chanteuse Fanny Brice on stage. Her obsession with “Funny Girl” became lore on “Glee,” where her character Rachel Berry regularly belted the musical’s greatest hits — including “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” “I’m the Greatest Star” and “People” — during the show’s six seasons. A public audition tape, of sorts.
EXCLUSIVE: Léa Seydoux who played Dr. Madeleine Swann in the two most recent 007 films, Spectre and No Time to Die, posed a mischievous question about whether audiences will see the mother of James Bond’s daughter in the next instalment of the long-running film franchise.
A mum-of-16 has revealed that she expecting her 17th baby - just one year after giving birth to her last child. Patty Hernandez, 40, has chosen names beginning with 'C' for all of her children, as a tribute to their father Carlos.
Princess Diana was planning to move to America without her sons weeks before she died, one of her former bodyguards claims. Mail Online says Lee Sansum tells in his memoir, ‘Protecting Diana: A Bodyguard’s Story’, the royal was on the verge of telling paparazzi of her plans in a bid to protect princes William and Harry from the spotlight as they holidayed with her and Dodi Al-Fayed in St Tropez in July 1997. Lee said: “She said to me, ‘There is nothing I can do in the UK.
Austin Dillon and his wife, Whitney, are getting ready to show the world another side to NASCAR. ET spoke to the couple at their home in North Carolina, about their new reality TV show, , and why they decided to let the cameras into their lives.«I think mostly because we wanted to show our friendship, our family, and just a little bit of everything about NASCAR and racing and what it entails during a regular week,» Austin said of he and his wife's decision to step inside the world of reality TV.After filming for eight weeks and letting cameras document everything, from Austin's time in the pit to their daily lives at home, the race car driver said he's happy with how it all turned out.«We had a really good producer,» Austin shared.
Phoebe Bridgers, Limp Bizkit‘s Fred Durst and Snail Mail will star in an upcoming horror film called I Saw The TV Glow.The movie, which is fronted by actors Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine, has a strong musical contingent in the production with Durst, Lindsey Jordan (aka Snail Mail), Haley Dahl’s Sloppy Jane (featuring Bridgers), and King Woman on the roll-call. Bridgers was a former Sloppy Jane bassist before forging her path as a solo artist.According to the logline (via The Hollywood Reporter) the film is based on two teenage outcasts (played by Smith and Lundy-Paine) who bond over their shared love of a scary television show.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Hunt,” the period political thriller directed by “Squid Game” star Lee Jung-jae, held top spot at the South Korea box office for the second weekend. “Nope” was the highest opener, landing in third spot.“Hunt,” made $5.68 million over the weekend, down 35% compared with its opening score a week earlier.
If you live in the US, November is a time for feasting and excess. Obviously, you have the joy of Thanksgiving, which is a feast that makes you literally pass out from food exhaustion.
EXCLUSIVE: Alice Lee (Our Man from Jersey) is set to co-produce and star in the darkly comedic thriller Samson, from director Ruth Du (The Deadliest Lie). She’ll be joined in the indie’s ensemble by Will Brittain (Blow the Man Down), Emilio Garcia Sanchez (The Society) and newcomer Ryan Dance.
Amber Heard is changing things up ahead of her appeal of the verdict in the controversial defamation case against her ex-husband Johnny Depp. The 36-year-old actress has fired her former lawyers and has hired a new legal team.The Hollywood star is preparing to continue the legal battle, now with attorneys David L.
Hunt will get a US theatrical release in December.On August 15, Deadline reported that film distributor Magnolia Pictures has acquired US rights to the South Korean film Hunt and is currently planning a December theatrical release.The spy-action film notably marks the directorial debut of veteran actor Lee Jung-jae, who gained significant international recognition for his role in Netflix’s 2021 hit series Squid Game. He also wrote the screenplay for Hunt, which is set in the ’80s at the height of South Korea’s military dictatorship.Lee also stars in the film alongside with Jung Woo-sung as intelligence agents tasked with hunting down a North Korean spy embedded in their agency.
, on average, for each dollar a man makes. The number alone is pathetic, and women of color are hit even harder. Black women earn , while Native American women take home 58 cents.
Amber Heard has now hired David L. Axelrod and Jay Ward Brown of Ballard Spahr to represent her in her appeal of the Johnny Depp defamation trial verdict.