Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis are putting their differences aside for the sake of their children!
07.03.2023 - 02:09 / thewrap.com
Michael Jackson biopic from Lionsgate and filmmaker Antoine Fuqua, will star the late pop icon’s own nephew, Jaafar Jackson, in its title role.“Michael” “is on track to generate more in-state spending than any other film in the tax credit program’s 14-year history. In a Monday release, the commission stated that “The Thomas Crown Affair,” “Michael” and an untitled live-action project from Disney are three big-budget projects that will generate an estimated $265 million in qualified spending and $433 million in total spending in California. (Here, “qualified” spending is defined as wages paid to below-the-line workers and payments to in-state vendors; all other spending is not incentivized under the program.)“Our tax credit program continues to welcome a diverse range of projects, from big-budget films to small independent projects, and everything in between,” California Film Commission Executive Director Colleen Bell said in a statement.
“The program is an important tool for maintaining our competitiveness and curbing runaway production. We are working harder than ever to keep entertainment production here in California, where it belongs.” Additionally, 21 independent films will participate in the tax credit program.
Among them are an untitled film by writer-director Sofia Coppola; the Elizabeth Taylor biopic “A Special Relationship,” starring Rachel Weisz; and Atlas Entertainment’s “The Knockout Queen.” Five of the films clock in at more than $10 million in qualified spending, with the other nine qualifying at $10 million or less.Half of the projects plan to film outside the Los Angeles 30-mile studio zone. The California Film Commission received a total of 58 applications during the Jan.
30–Feb. 6 feature film tax
.Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis are putting their differences aside for the sake of their children!
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Jason Sudeikis is not trying to litigate Olivia Wilde into debt, despite what she may claim in court via a new report, sources tell ET.According to a report citing legal documents, Wilde claimed in court that Sudeikis «can afford to spin his wheels with filing after filing» and that «Olivia cannot» when it comes to their custody battle over their two children -- Otis, 8, and Daisy, 6. Wilde's lawyer, Laura Wasser, added in court documents, «Jason should not be permitted to litigate Olivia into debt, and then claim she should be deprived of her right to seek a need-based fee contribution from him.»But a source tells ET that «the fact that [Wilde is] pleading poverty after having a successful career is insane.»According to the new report, court documents were filed in advance of a custody hearing in Los Angeles over their two children. The hearing, according to the, was nixed at the last minute on Friday. The issue at hand is where the children should call home.
custody battle between Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis is getting more and more contentious. In a new court filing, she accused him of trying to "litigate her into debt.""While Jason can afford to spin his wheels with filing after filing, Olivia cannot," her attorneys wrote in advance of a now-canceled Friday, March 24, hearing in Los Angeles, according to the Daily Mail.
So much for reconciliation hopes…
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Michael Jackson wanted to marry Princess Diana and believed Charles was jealous of him, according to his former bodyguard. The King of Pop thought Diana was the “ideal wife” and was one of the only people in the world who could understand what his life was like, close confidant Matt Fiddes has said. It was said that Michael and Diana would talk to each other in late night phone calls between Neverland and Kensington Palace as they both struggled with life in the limelight.
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pic.twitter.com/OiNpT3IneAJackson appeared in the episode titled, “You Can’t Fix Ugly,” where he opened up about living with lupus. After undergoing a makeover, Jackson went on to reconcile with his ex-wife Abby Parr. The two went on to get engaged and married for a second time but later divorced in 2019, according to Jackson’s Twitter.According to a local obituary, the 63-year-old died on March 3 at 11:49 p.m.
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Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer “Michael,” the Lionsgate biopic about Michael Jackson, will receive more than $21 million in California tax credits, the state’s film commission announced Monday. The California Film Commission announced the latest round of credit allocations, totaling $81.7 million for 24 projects. The commission stated that “Michael” will generate $120 million in “qualified” in-state spending, which is more than any other project in the 14-year history of the tax credit program. The project was announced in January, with Jackson’s nephew Jaafar in the lead role. John Branca and John McClain, the executors of the Jackson estate, are producing with Graham King.
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Will Smith is speaking at award ceremonies again. The 54-year-old actor attended the 14th annual African American Film Critics Association Awards in Beverly Hills, California, on Wednesday night and took the podium to say a few words. The speech marked the Oscar winner’s first in-person acceptance at an awards show since he slappedChris Rock onstage at the 2022 Academy Awards.Smith accepted the Beacon Award with Emancipation director Antoine Fuqua. His co-star, Charmaine Bingwa, and AAFCA cofounder Gil L.