Paradigm Hires Craig Bernstein, Lindsay Samakow To Launch Physical Production, Speakers Departments

Slipknot fans have begun referring to the mystery member who replaced keyboardist and sampler Craig Jones last year as ‘Samples’ following the reveal of the band’s new masks this week.Jones’ departure was announced almost a year ago with his replacement introduced almost immediately after, just prior to The Nine’s headline slot at that year’s Download Festival.Impressively, Mr Samples’ identity still remains unknown. At the time of them being brought into the band, they were christened ‘Greg Bones’, ‘The Gimp’, ‘Leatherface’, ‘Zipper Dude’ and ‘Hoodie Guy’ by fans.The new nickname came about, however, when Slipknot posted photos of each member’s new mask to Instagram.

Christopher Vourlias South Africa’s Known Associates Group (KAG) is teaming up with Canada’s Inner City Films (ICF) and Circle Blue Entertainment (CBE) to launch a new venture that will produce African feature films and TV series for audiences around the world, the companies announced Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival. With offices in Johannesburg, Toronto and Los Angeles, the KIC Group will build on the track records of the three pioneering companies while also developing innovative financing models and capitalizing on an existing co-production treaty between their respective countries.

Lexi Carson Life certainly imitates art as the “Merrily We Roll Along” trio Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez are just as close in real life as they are in the show. Radcliffe served as the ring bearer for Mendez’s wedding to fellow actor J. Alex Brinson on April 22 in New York, N.Y., while Groff was the officiant.

Coronation Street star Colson Smith appears to have shared a bit of a set secret as he shared a fresh snap of himself on the cobbles portraying his character PC Craig Tinker to the support of a Gogglebox star.

Hulu is staking its claim in the realm of stand-up comedy specials.

When a reliable performer like The Rookie, which has always been on the fall schedule if not delayed by a pandemic or strike, is suddenly not in a network’s starting lineup for the season, fans understandably would be worried.

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran producers Frida Torresblanco (Pan’s Labyrinth) and Frank Murray (First Reformed) have teamed up to launch Hangtime International Pictures, a new transatlantic production company headquartered in London and New York.

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of the Cannes market, Lionsgate has taken North American rights off the table on one of the bigger-budget new packages that’ll be on sale next week: that’s action-thriller Mutiny, which will star action evergreen Jason Statham (Fast & Furious) and be directed by Jean-François Richet (Plane).

Katherine Schwarzenegger is not a fan of the Met Gala. In a story shared on Instagram, the author and media personality posted an image of her mother Maria Shriver attending the 2001 Met Gala. She paired the ophoto with a comment, throwing some shade at the gala and what it has become in recent years according to her opinion.

Damn, Bette Midler is one bad beach you really don’t wanna mess with! Even if you’re a kid!

EXCLUSIVE: After clinching the Grand Prix at Cannes in 2019 with her debut fiction feature Atlantics, French-Senegalese filmmaker Mati Diop had one burning desire. 

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Filmmaker Michael Lindsay-Hogg is having a bit of a “hail the conquering hero” moment that very few people would have expected him to be having this far into the 21st century, least of all himself. Although he has had many successes in film and in the theater over the last 60 years or so, he remains most famous as the director of the Beatles documentary “Let It Be” — and that 1970 film remains most famous as something that has been kept locked in the vault since it got a brief VHS and laserdisc release in the early 1980s.

Bette Midler is looking back on her early 2000s sitcom Bette.

Apparently, Vince Vaughn and S. Craig Zahler can’t get enough of each other.

Alex Ritman Writer-director S. Craig Zahler (“Bone Tomahawk”) is set to reunite with his “Dragged Across Concrete” and “Brawl in Cell Block 99” star Vince Vaughn and Oscar winner Adrien Brody (“The Pianist”) for upcoming crime thriller “The Bookie & the Bruiser.” Anton will introduce the film to international distributors at the upcoming Marche du Film in Cannes. UTA Independent Film Group and Range Media Partners arranged the financing and will be representing the North American distribution rights.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Venerable actor Bette Midler says that her partially-autobiographical 2000 sitcom “Bette” represented a series of mistakes. Among the errors, was her decision not to sue Lindsay Lohan, who appeared as her daughter in the pilot episode, but who did not continue in the following 16 episodes which broadcast on CBS in the U.S. Midler unpacked her regrets on “Fail Better,” a podcast hosted by fellow star David Duchovny. “’Bette.’ A big, big mistake. I think for several reasons,” Midler said. She suggested that Lohan’s early exit from “Bette” may have contributed to its failure.

Bette Midler is not holding back her thoughts on calling out her blunders from the past, and one of those is the 2000 sitcom Bette.

Craig Revel Horwood is famed for his sharp tongue on Strictly Come Dancing, so it comes as no surprise that he's found himself embroiled in feuds over the years.The judge has been part of the BBC One show since it began airing 20 years ago, and has cemented himself as the harshest critic on the panel. There's one professional dancer Craig, 59, has never seen eye to eye with however, and he's even admitted he considers him to be an "enemy". He has now revealed how his feud with former Strictly star Brendan Cole came about - and it was all down to an unimpressive dance.

wild partying and being a tabloid staple, she left Hollywood and started a new life. Now, the actress is back, and she’s resurrecting her career. She’s starred in two Netflix films that have been well-received, and she’s even thinking about writing a book.Sources tell In Touch Weekly that Lohan is debating whether or not to write a memoir about her wild early days in Hollywood.

Singer Craig David has revealed that he has been celibate for two years, after pulling back from intimacy in a bid to heal his 'personal issues'.The musician first mentioned refraining from sex while appearing on The Louis Theroux Podcast in 2023, before sharing this week that he has hit the two-year milestone. "I realised that me not having healed my own issues meant I was never in a position to be open to someone else.