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Deadline has launched the streaming site for Contenders Film: Los Angeles, featuring the full panels from all 31 buzzy awards-season movies that made up Sunday’s all-day showcase at the DGA Theater.

Deadline’s Contenders L.A. returned for an in-person edition Sunday at the DGA Theater, with 31 buzzy awards-season titles showing off their wares in panels that featured the likes of Nicole Kidman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jennifer Hudson, Kristen Stewart, Javier Bardem, Adam McKay, Lady Gaga, Mahershala Ali, Ben Affleck, Kenneth Branagh, Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz, Simon Rex, Marlee Matlin, Andrew Garfield and Dakota Johnson to name a few.

Red Rocket director and co-screenwriter Sean Baker revealed that Mikey Saber, the always-hustling washed-up porn actor who returns to the Texas hometown that wasn’t exactly sorry to see him go, was inspired by real-life adult-film actors he encountered and that he always envisioned as a role for Simon Rex.

Simon Rex, Bree Elrod and Suzanna Son pose together at the premiere of their new film Red Rocket at TCL Chinese 6 Theatres on Friday (November 12) in Hollywood, Calif.

EXCLUSIVE: Range Media Partners has signed Gotham Award-nominee Simon Rex.

Moses Ingram steps out in a pleated skirt and matching blazer for the 2021 Newport Beach Film Festival held at The Balboa Bay Club And Resort on Sunday afternoon (October 24) in Newport Beach, Calif.

EXCLUSIVE: We have learned that Zachary Quinto, Lukas Gage, Simon Rex, Judith Light and Audra McDonald have are set for FilmNation Entertainment’s Rightor Doyle feature directorial debut Down Low. 

A24 has released the first trailer for Sean Baker’s “Red Rocket” with Simon Rex.Shot in secret during the pandemic, the upcoming dramedy is written by Baker and Chris Bergoch. It stars Rex as Mikey Saber, a porn star who returns to his hometown of Texas City, Texas, after his Los Angeles lifestyle leaves him broke.

Between the buzz and acclaim of his last two movies stirred up, Sean Baker‘s latest feature is one of the most anticipated films to debut in the final months of 2021. Both 2015’s “Tangerine” and 2017’s “The Florida Project” were among their respective years’ top films with critics.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentSean Baker’s “Red Rocket” won a pair of prizes at the 47th Deauville American Film Festival where “Blue Bayou,” “Down With the King,” “Pleasure” and “John and the Hole” also picked up awards during the closing ceremony.

Clayton Davis It’s icky, it’s uncomfortable, but “Red Rocket” is also daring and funny, resulting in co-writer and director Sean Baker’s best outing as a filmmaker yet. If audiences and award voters can get past the more risqué elements, the A24 feature could have a fighting chance in a still wide-open awards season.The film’s success begins and ends with actor Simon Rex, who dives headfirst into a career-defining performance.

Check out TheWrap’s digital Cannes magazine issue here. You can find all of TheWrap’s Cannes coverage here.Sean Baker’s “Red Rocket” proved to be another highlight in this year’s Cannes Film Festival, but the person earning real raves is the film’s star, Simon Rex.

It’s safe to say that director Sean Baker‘s latest film, “Red Rocket,” is one of the most anticipated of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. “The Florida Project,” Baker’s last film, premiered during the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes 2017 and quickly became one of the most talked-about films at the festival.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticIn showbiz, they have awards for everything — Oscars, Golden Globes and of course, the Palme d’Or. Adult film actor Mikey Davies, aka “Mikey Saber,” has five AVN Awards, and he creates opportunities to humble-brag about them constantly now that he’s back in Texas City, the tiny Gulf Coast town he and girlfriend Lexi left together shortly after high school.

Diane Keaton makes a fashion statement in her snakeskin boots as she films her upcoming movie, Mack and Rita on Wednesday (March 31), in Palm Springs, Calif.

EXCLUSIVE: The Katie Aselton directed romantic comedy Mack & Rita has rounded out the cast which has already set Diane Keaton, Taylour Paige and Elizabeth Lail.

A24 has acquired North American distribution rights to Sean Baker’s Red Rocket. They acquired the rights from FilmNation Entertainment, who owns global rights to the project. This is the first film since Baker’s Oscar-nominated The Florida Project, which A24 also released.

EXCLUSIVE: FilmNation Entertainment has landed worldwide rights to Red Rocket, the first film that Sean Baker has directed since his Oscar-nominated film The Florida Project. FilmNation will sell the film globally.

EXCLUSIVE: Pedro Correa (The Middle), Booboo Stewart (X-Men: Days of Future Past), Raymond Cruz (Breaking Bad), Simon Rex (Scary Movie franchise), and Steven Bauer (Scarface) will star in My Dead Dad, a coming-of-age indie drama from executive producers Declan Baldwin and Karl Hartman of Big Indie Pictures, the production company behind acclaimed films like Manchester by the Sea and Beautiful Boy.

If you’re a fan of indie cinema, odds are you’re a fan of Sean Baker. No one espouses the values and work ethic of indie cinema more than Baker.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaSean Baker is close to wrapping “Red Rocket,” a secret film he has been shooting in Texas. The dark comedy will star Simon Rex of the “Scary Movie” franchise and “Jack & Jill.” Plot details are being kept under wraps, but production should be finished this month.

Meghan Markle announced last year that she was suing The Daily Mail's publishers because of the outlets' multiple libelous, false stories about her. A new interview with Meghan's 2005 Cuts co-star Simon Rex further illuminates the extreme lengths some British tabloids went to smear Meghan.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry recently resigned from their senior royal duties and moved to Canada, and if you’re wondering why they felt the need to take such drastic measures, mayyybe it’s because what they were going through in England was legit insane.

Meghan Markle's former costar, Simon Rex, has revealed that multiple tabloids offered him money to lie about dating the duchess.On the Hollywood Raw podcast, Rex said, "I said no to a lot of money because I didn’t feel right lying."Rex and Markle costarred in TV series Cuts in 2005.Duchess Meghan has been frank about how she's been mistreated by the British tabloids, and now one of her former costars has opened up about being offered a bribe to lie about the royal.Actor Simon Rex, who costarred

Blast to the past! Meghan Markle‘s romantic history was often the subject of public intrigue before her wedding — and her past dating life proves she’s a serial monogamist.

Meghan Markle's former Cuts co-star is revealing the lengths the British media went to to create a story about her life before Prince Harry. Simon Rex, who previously dated Paris Hilton, claims a British tabloid offered him $70,000 to lie and say he "actually hooked up" with the future Duchess of Sussex.

This is a lot to take in: British media allegedly offered Meghan Markle’s “ex” Simon Rex to lie about sex with the actress before Megxit. The 45-year-old Scary Movie 3 actor is often pegged as the Duchess’ ex-boyfriend—but in a new interview with the Hollywood Raw podcast in March 2020, Rex claims his relationship with Markle was always platonic.

Spilling the tea! Actor Simon Rex revealed that British tabloids bribed him to lie about his relationship with his former costar Meghan Markle.

Meghan Markle and decision to of the royal family was met with surprise and confusion. But the move actually isn’t that shocking—especially when you think about the they were under daily while living in the U.K.The most recent example of this involves actor Simon Rex (Scary Movie 3), who alleges a British tabloid offered him a lot of money to lie about his relationship with Markle.

Actor Simon Rex is claiming he was offered a lot of money to lie about Meghan Markle for the British tabloids.

, and if you're wondering why they felt the need to take such drastic measures, mayyyyybe it's because what they were going through in England was legit insane.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's decision to separate themselves and son Archie from the Royal Family was not a hasty decision that was made one midnight. Instead, it was a pot brewing since the time Harry and Meghan got engaged, owing to the British Press' coverage on them. Meghan became an easy target for the press as innumerable negative stories popped up on the Suits star. Eventually, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex had had enough and took the drastic decision.

Simon Rex says that several British tabloids contacted him and offered him large sums of money to lie about his relationship with Meghan Markle.

Think Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were exaggerating about how badly she’s been treated by the press over there in the UK? Imagine someone YOU dated when you were 22 years old being offered tens of thousands of dollars to make up lies about you. Does that sound fair and balanced to you??