Nia DaCosta To Direct Adaptation Of Ta-Nehisi Coates Novel ‘The Water Dancer’ For MGM, Plan B, Harpo Films & Maceo-Lyn

The driver accused of killing Nicki Minaj’s father in a hit-and-run last year has pleaded guilty.

Nicki Minaj's father has pled guilty in the February 2021 hit-and-run case.A spokesperson for the Nassau County Clerk's Office tells ET that 71-year-old Charles Polevich pled guilty on Friday to two felony counts of leaving the scene of a fatality and tampering with physical evidence. The judge in the case said Polevich will get no more than a year behind bars. He'll also get community service and have his license suspended.

EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Robinson’s The Nemesis Saga novel series is getting the small screen treatment. Project Nemesis, the first book in Robinson’s series, is being developed for television by Sony TV and Neal H. Moritz’s Original Film (The Boys), with John Wick helmer Chad Stahelski set to direct and executive produce.

The most star-studded after party following the 2022 Met Gala was definitely the one held at the Boom Boom Room!

Lily James had a fun night out for the Met Ball!

the Met Gala on Monday and their fashion choices set social media alight with memes. Shawn Mendes, Tessa Thompson, Blake Lively and Kylie Jenner were some of the celebrities who were given the meme treatment for their head-turning looks. Hitmaker Shawn delighted fans for eschewing a regular black suit for the event and instead donned a navy coat with a flared burgundy collar that saw him draw comparison's to Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange.

While you were sleeping the 2022 Met Gala has been and gone, as some of the world’s most famous faces flocked to New York for Anna Wintour ’s annual charity ball. And though celebrities often seize the chance to wear something totally unique on the star-studded red carpet, there were some key makeup trends that emerged on the night, giving us all some major beauty inspo for the months ahead.

.Cue , her Latex corset paired with leggings and a voluminous padded cape; made entirely with upcycled materials and featuring a corsage detail corset and padded bustle. Precious Lee, Paloma, Bella Hadid, and Maisie Williams also celebrated the corset, with burlesque nods to lingerie details in monochromatic tones.

Pam & Tommy actor has worn the luxury brand: in a sheer chiffon pink train, adorned with embroidered flowers, at this year's Oscars. Let's not forget the intricate Atelier Versace cutout silver minidress with a bubblegum pink blazer she wore to the . But for the Met Gala, James chose a beaded, see-through Versace with an asymmetrical neckline, high slit, and platform silver heels.

The stars are stepping out for the 2022 Prince’s Trust Gala!

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHBO is developing a half-hour comedy series based on the Dave Eggers novel “The Every,” Variety has learned.In the show, world’s largest tech company merges with the planet’s dominant e-commerce site, creating the richest and most dangerous – and, oddly enough, the most beloved – monopoly ever known: The Every.Eggers will serve as an executive producer on the project. Rachel Axler will adapt the book for the small screen and executive produce, with David Miner of 3 Arts also set to executive produce.“In this equally terrifying and hilarious cautionary tale, Dave Eggers shows us the increasing cost of the frictionless life that technology enables,” said Amy Gravitt, executive vice president of HBO Programming.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterHollywood is often skewered for no longer making large-scale original epics like “The Northman,” director Robert Eggers’ bloody Viking tale about a warrior’s quest to avenge his father’s death.Yet Focus Features, Universal’s indie label, took a gamble, not only backing “The Northman” but releasing the film in theaters nationwide. Driven by positive reviews, the movie generated $12 million from 3,865 North American theaters over the weekend, enough to secure the No. 4 spot on domestic box office charts.

EXCLUSIVE: New Line has picked up the rights to Rebecca Serle’s New York Times bestselling novel In Five Years for HBO Max and set No Good Deed scribe Aimee Lagos to adapt. Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will produce.

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Sarnoski is set to write and direct the feature film adaptation of Sabrina, which is based on the Nick Drnaso’s graphic novel of the same name, from New Regency and RT Features. New Regency is producing alongside RT Feature’s Rodrigo Teixeira. New Regency will finance the project. Sources close to Sarnoski say this will not be his next film as he is expected to make the A Quiet Place spin-off his next directing gig.

Alma Har’el, the director of “Honey Boy,” is set to direct her passion project, a feature adaptation of the Walter Tevis science fiction novel “Mockingbird” at Searchlight Pictures. Tevis’ seminal novel from 1980, paints a perilous future of a declining human population all fueled by drugs and electronic bliss.

In 2020, the rights to the New York Times best-selling novel, “The Water Dancer” were sold to MGM, Plan B, Maceo-Lyn, and Harpo Films with the intention of making a big-screen adaptation. Now we’ve learned that Nia DaCosta, known for the indie “Little Woods” and the “Candyman” remake, has been named the director for the project.