‘Paranormal Activity’ Producer Steven Schneider Teams With Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji for Indian Horror Slate (EXCLUSIVE)

EXCLUSIVE: Stephen Root (Barry) and Tim Blake Nelson (Old Henry) have signed on to star alongside Oscar and Emmy winner Kathy Bates, two-time Oscar nominee and Emmy winner John Malkovich and Lewis Pullman in Thelma, an upcoming indie to be directed by two-time Emmy nominee Ken Kwapis (#BlackAF, The Office). The Exchange will be introducing the title to international buyers at the 2022 Cannes Film Market, with ICM Partners and UTA Independent Film Group handling domestic.

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert has shut down production due to a “recurrence” of COVID-19.After Colbert returned to the show last week after testing positive for the coronavirus, a message posted on the show’s Twitter account on Monday (May 9) confirmed the show will be placed back on hiatus.“Stephen is experiencing symptoms consistent with a recurrence of COVID,” the post reads. “Out of an abundance of caution for his staff, guests, and audience, he will be isolating for a few additional days. The Late Show will not be taping new episodes until further notice.”Responding to the news, Colbert wrote: “WORST.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAnurag Kashyap’s “Dobaaraa” has been set as the opening night film of the London Indian Film Festival. Despite its name, the festival will play at venues across the U.K., and will present 24 features and 18 shorts.“Dobaaraa” is a supernatural thriller that LIFF describes as involving a young woman trapped between two lives in different decades.

Naman Ramachandran ALTBalaji, the streaming service started by Ekta R. Kapoor, the undisputed queen of Indian television, turned five a few days ago. The streamer is part of Balaji Telefilms, which was started by her and her parents Jeetendra Kapoor and Shoba Kapoor in 1994 and is the single largest television content producer in South Asia.Recently, the hitherto SVOD-only ALTBalaji added an AVOD offering, which caters to 10 million monthly active users.

EXCLUSIVE: Scoot McNairy (Narcos: Mexico), Jack Reynor (Midsommar) and Emily Browning  (American Gods) are set to lead cast in psychological thriller Brightwater, which James Schamus (Brokeback Mountain) is aboard as executive producer.

EXCLUSIVE: The Offer executive producers Nikki Toscano and Russell Rothberg have come on board Showtime’s upcoming series American Gigolo, from Paramount Television Studios. They will serve as consulting producers, working alongside Executive Producer David Bar Katz.

EXCLUSIVE: Camila Mendes (Riverdale) has signed on to star opposite Rudy Mancuso in the film Música, which he is directing for Amazon Studios and Wonderland Sound and Vision.

EXCLUSIVE: Steven Pasquale (American Crime Story: The People v OJ Simpson), Stephanie Szostak (A Million Little Things) and Tony Curran (Your Honor) are set for key recurring roles in David E. Kelley’s The Missing, Peacock’s eight-episode series based on Israeli crime writer Dror A. Mishani’s international bestselling novel The Missing File. Details of their characters are being kept under wraps.

Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard 's go-to order is. The Aston Villa boss was photographed at the upmarket Asha's restaurant in Birmingham city centre on Monday evening, where stars like Tom Cruise and Ed Sheeran have previously stopped off for a bite, according to Birmingham Live. And the excited eatery owners lifted the lid on the signature dish that the 41-year-old treated himself to two helpings of.

Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard then city centre Indian restaurant Asha's has lifted the lid on his latest order. The eatery uploaded a picture of the Villa boss on Twitter, letting followers know that he'd visited and ordered two portions of one of their popular dishes. Asha's, which has been visited in recent years by stars including Tom Cruise and Ed Sheeran, uploaded a photo of the Liverpudlian outside the restaurant to their social media accounts.

opened up to People about why he decided to return to acting so much later in the new, hit indie flick “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”The Vietnam native achieved fame as a child actor with pivotal roles in projects such as the 1984 Harrison Ford adventure film and 1985’s “The Goonies.”“Never in my wildest imagination did I think I would end up being an actor,” he said. “But I fell in love with it,” adding that “Indiana Jones,” in particular, “changed my life and my entire family’s life.”Quan first thought he would have a flourishing and “amazing” career after he filmed “The Goonies.” However, he found himself landing small roles on TV and film, especially ones that seemed stereotypical of the Asian-American community.“It was tough,” he noted.

American Idol star Luke Bryan has thrown fuel on the ongoing joke feud between himself and Blake Shelton, by naming himself the "better farmer".MORE: Luke Bryan booed on American Idol over divisive critiquesBlake owns land in Oklahoma and Luke planted crops during the pandemic in Tennessee, but the 'One Margarita' hitmaker has now claimed Blake is "pretending farming," while speaking to Ty Bentli on Apple Music Country's The Ty Bentli Show, released on Friday 22 April.WATCH: Luke Bryan shares helpful farming tip with fans"I mean, he's just putting out like wild grasses — stuff that literally will grow on Mars," he continued. "I'm actually planting stuff that human beings can enjoy.

Hulu, “Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story,” which premieres Thursday, April 21. “I wanted to share Steve’s homecoming with the world. I wanted to share the happiness that we had — the good outcome but then that had a bad side too.”The series revisits Steven’s abduction in 1972, his daring escape with another kidnapping victim, and his struggles under an intense media glare after he returned home.

June 2021 “The Vax-Scene” song featuring dancing syringes was “strange.” “He’s weird, right!” Rogan added, after Shields called Colbert “cringe.”“I wanna be in the meeting where they pitch that. Like here’s the thing ‘We’re gonna go da — da — da — dada — da vaccines!’ Like where’s the joke? Where’s the joke? Are people going to watch this?” Rogan continued, mimicking trumpet sounds.He also insinuated that Colbert “enjoys being the star of a show” and part of the “in-crowd,” adding that the comedian is likely doing it all for his “lucrative” salary.“Like this is going to go down in history, like this time — this is like a mass psychosis,” Rogan said.The podcaster also lamented Colbert’s close relationship with high-ranking Democratic officials, poking fun at a video showing the former Comedy Central star high-fiving and dancing with US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.The conversation turned toward Colbert when Rogan said he wouldn’t be able to have a career outside of being a comedian had he been born earlier.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“Black-ish” ended its eight season run on Tuesday night by going back to the beginning. Literally. The opening to the ABC comedy’s series finale began much in the same way the pilot did in 2014, with Andre Johnson (Anthony Anderson) waking up to his iPhone alarm clock and narrating a bit about his state of mind.Even the opening strains of Kanye West’s “Jesus Walks” opened the finale, just as it did the series premiere all those years ago.

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson has admitted he was expecting Ederson to start for Manchester City in Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final.

Manchester City supporters have directed their anger at goalkeeper Zack Steffen, who made a huge mistake against Liverpool in their FA Cup semi-final clash at Wembley.

latest role is a boxing trainer in “The Survivor,” which is based on the true story of Harry Haft, who survived Auschwitz by being forced to box other prisoners for the officers’ entertainment. He had a brief pugilistic career in the US and his last fight was against future champ Rocky Marciano.“Being a Latin man I understand genocide,” the Colombian-born actor said about the Holocaust.

Steven Seagal. The martial arts star isn’t exactly a ubiquitous presence on the late-night talk show circuit. The action hits of his heyday don’t festoon the banners at the top of Netflix.