There are some celebrities who have names that you just look at and think, “I have no idea how to pronounce that!”
11.06.2024 - 16:47 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: More people are watching women’s sports than ever before, and Bunim/Murray Productions is betting that interest extends beyond the court or field.
The production company behind shows like Vanderpump Villa is collaborating with Sue Bird’s media company TOGETHXR to develop an untitled docuseries that takes viewers behind-the-scenes and into the lives of the top female athletes in the United States.
The docuseries, executive produced by Bird and Megan Rapinoe, will follow athletes from the WNBA, NWSL, PWHL and more, along with their families, wives, girlfriends, partners and even their situationships.
The two companies plan to shop the docuseries to potential buyers soon.
The series promises to spotlight these athletes “as they navigate the complexities of pro-sports and their relationships off the field. With a focus on the unique dynamics within these leagues, such as relationships between teammates or rivals, the show explores the challenges and triumphs of wins, losses and love as a world class athlete.”
“We believe in the power of sport to tell stories that transcend the game. This series is an opportunity to showcase the incredible journeys of these phenomenal athletes, on and off the field,” Bird and Rapinoe said in a joint statement. “As athletes and partners who share a bond through our love of sports, we’re thrilled to team up with Bunim-Murray and TOGETHXR to bring these stories to life and give fans a deeper look at the lives of the athletes who inspire us all.”
Bunim/Murray’s Steve Ezell (SVP, Current Programming) and Michael Driscoll (VP, Development) are leading development efforts for the studio, along with Jess Robertson (Co-Founder, CCO) and Tina Tozzi (Head of Development) at TOGETHXR.
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There are some celebrities who have names that you just look at and think, “I have no idea how to pronounce that!”
Megan thee Stallion has said she tweaked her new single ‘Otaku Hot Girl’ days before releasing her new album so she could keep the anime references.While getting ready for the Dallas stop of her Hot Girl Summer tour, the rapper spoke to fans on an Instagram Live broadcast ahead of her third album, ‘Megan’ – which is out today (June 28).The artist – real name Megan Pete – explained how stressful it was to make ‘Otaku Hot Girl’, which samples the tune from the commercial bumps from the highly-acclaimed anime series, Jujutsu Kaisen.The song also kicks off with the English voice actor for the series protagonist Yuji Itadori, Adam McArthur, saying: “I like a tall woman with a nice big ass (Haha) / Just sayin’ / Like Grammy winner, Megan Thee Stallion.”Pete said she had to “jump through eight million hoops” to appease MAPPA – the production company that made the legendary anime.“So I sent them the song and they told me, ‘OK, you gotta change some words’,” Thee Stallion explained. “So, I said, ‘OK, cool’ [and] I changed some words.
Brent Lang Executive Editor Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to “The World According to Allee Wilis,” a new documentary about the musical powerhouse best known for writing the “Friends” theme song and Earth Wind & Fire’s “September.” The film, which is directed by Alexis Spraic, had its world premiere at SXSW and has been hitting the festival circuit. It most recently screened at the Provincetown Film Festival, and will next be showcased at Frameline.
, who has been pushing for a harder than anyone else for years.Back in October 2022, Curtis revealed she had for Freaky Friday 2, hoping to play a “sexy grandma” alongside OG costar . “Let me be the grandma, let me be the old grandma who switches places, so then Lindsay gets to be the sexy grandma who’s still happy with Mark Harmon in all the ways you would be happy with Mark Harmon,” Curtis said during an appearance . “I would like to see Lindsay be the hot grandma, and I would like to see me try to deal with toddlers today.
Megan McKenna has left fans concerned after they spotted a "dangerous habit" the mother-to-be was doing as she prepared dinner.The former TOWIE star, 31, is expecting her first baby with her fiancé Oliver Burke - who proposed last summer - and she's been documenting her pregnancy since they announced the exciting news in April following fertility treatment. Some of Megan's main content on Instagram involves her cooking several hearty and delicious meals, from stacked pancakes to pasta Bolognese. But her most recent food creation left fans worried despite it being Megan's "favourite meal for summer." Taking to Instagram on Saturday, 22 June, the reality TV star made dinner, consisting of a watermelon and feta salad, with white fish, potatoes and green beans.
Megan Thee Stallion has revealed the full track list for her upcoming album ‘Megan’, including appearances from Victoria Monét and GloRilla.The Houston rapper announced the album at the start of the month, sharing the cover art, which finds her emerging from a cocoon in a lab, on social media. It will be released on June 28 via her independent label Hot Girl Productions.
Ben Croll A restless spirit with a roving imagination, Belgian filmmaker Michiel Blanchart, developed his feature debut “Night Call” while ever on the move. “I go crazy when sitting behind a desk,” he tells Variety at the Nouvelles Vagues Festival in Biarritz, France, where the movie had its world premiere this week.
Tyler, The Creator has pulled out of both Lollapalooza and Outside Lands and has been replaced by Megan Thee Stallion and Sabrina Carpenter.The ‘Earfquake’ rapper took to his official X/Twitter account to announce that he will no longer be able to perform at the festivals. “I hate saying this but I have to cancel lollapalooza and outside lands,” began his tweet.He continued: “I made a commitment that I can no longer keep, and that bums me out knowing how excited folks were.
The owners of one of Manchester’s oldest pubs has issued an update into its legal battle with brewing giant Heineken.
Murray Hill wants to bring a little fun and camp to a gumshoe series.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Celebrity athlete couple Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe are teaming with Vox Media to relaunch and expand their podcast “A Touch More Live” and sports and pop-culture podcast. New episodes of “A Touch More Live,” which Bird and Rapinoe started as an Instagram Live series during the COVID pandemic, will premiere later this summer (with a launch date TBA).
Murtada Elfadl The melancholy, fable-like French drama “Eternal Playground” has a glowing warmth from its very first moments. That comes from the open beaming face of its lead actor, Andranic Manet. He plays Gaspard, a young music teacher in Paris who’s grieving the death of his twin sister.
Naman Ramachandran Indian actor and filmmaker Manohara has had an inspirational journey. Hailing from humble circumstances in Bengaluru, southern India, Manohara was picked out of school and cast by filmmaker Prithvi Konanur in “Railway Children” (2016), which won him best child actor at India’s National Film Awards. Manohara went on to act in supporting roles in Konanur’s Busan and Hainan selection “Where Is Pinki?” (2020) and Busan, Hong Kong and Goa title “Seventeeners,” on which he also assisted.
This four-part, so-far-untitled documentary series about the rise and rise of Hollywood’s least likely marquee-name director starts out with a tribute from Christopher Walken that will be very hard for the next three instalments to match. In that inimitable… sta-cc-a-to… WAY… of his, the Sleepy Hollow star recalls his former dance teacher saying to him: “Chris, show me something I never saw before. And that’s what Tim does. Every time.”
It might seem like another summer of Gay Sex Panic. News earlier this month from New York of a rare, drug-resistant fungal infection in a gay man follows Summer 2022’s Mpox mayhem and Summer 2021’s oceanside outbreak of COVID in the wake of Bear Week in Provincetown, Mass.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Paramount Global‘s months-long M&A drama may soon be coming to a conclusion. The special committee established by Paramount Global’s board of directors to evaluate M&A proposals has reached an agreement with David Ellison’s Skydance Media and his private-equity backers on the terms of a complicated deal that would merge Skydance and Paramount while keeping Paramount publicly traded, Variety has confirmed. Skydance and its partners, RedBird Capital and KKR, sweetened the original buyout offer to make it more attractive to nonvoting shareholders of Paramount Global.
Thania Garcia Megan Thee Stallion revealed her third studio album will arrive later this June during one of the rescheduled dates of her Atlanta tour stops on Sunday night. The self-titled record will be released under her own Hot Girl Productions and is slated for June 28. After the May 31 and June 1 dates of her Atlanta concerts were postponed due to burst water pipes and outages, Megan shared the news of her album with a QR code and speech during Sunday’s show at the State Farm Arena.
Megan Thee Stallion has announced her third studio album, ‘MEGAN’.Today (June 3), the ‘Boa’ rapper took to social media to break the news, sharing the cover of the record. ‘MEGAN’ is due for release on June 28 via her independent label Hot Girl Productions.It will mark her first album since her split with her former label 300 Entertainment.
Megan Thee Stallion‘s tour dates in Atlanta were postponed due to water leak issues affecting the downtown area of the city.The rapper was supposed to perform at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena on her ‘Hot Girl Summer’ Tour – with GloRilla in support – on May 31 and June 1, but the ongoing conditions meant the shows had to be rescheduled to tonight and tomorrow (June 2-3) respectively.“After speaking with the Mayor’s office regarding the continued water leak issues affecting downtown Atlanta, the City of Atlanta is unable to accommodate the Megan Thee Stallion performance scheduled for tonight,” the venue said on its social media channels.However, Thee Stallion – real name Megan Pete – hit out at the venue for how late-notice the cancellations were. Fox 5 Atlanta reports that the show on Friday was called off just an hour before doors, while on Saturday the show was pulled 30 minutes before fans were supposed to be let in.“Y’all was acting like I could perform, and now you’re telling me, ‘Oh by the way, when we was trying to fix the pipes, we found another issue, and now some more shit is going on,'” the rapper said while filming herself inside the arena.
Megan Thee Stallion‘s attorneys have responded to the “sensationalist” work harassment lawsuit filed against her last month.Back in April, camera man Emilio Garcia accused Thee Stallion – real name Megan Pete – and her management Roc Nation of harassment and creating a hostile work environment. He claimed that the Houston rapper had sex in a car in front of him while touring in Spain in 2022 and made “sexual and fat-shaming comments” towards him.Garcia added that he believes Thee Stallion and Roc Nation later retaliated against him by reducing his work and eventually terminating him.At the time, Pete’s Pete’s attorneys Mari Henderson and Alex Spiro said in a statement: “This is an employment claim for money – with no sexual harassment claim filed and with salacious accusations to attempt to embarrass her.