Plan B Launches New Micro Budget Film Finance Initiative Led By Caddy Vanasirikul; First Pic Is Fernando Eimbcke’s ‘Olmo’

Naman Ramachandran Bohemia Media will release “Memory” across U.K. and Ireland cinemas from Feb. 9, 2024.

Two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington is clearly one of our finest actors (he’s been nominated ten times in total for various Best Acting and Best Supporting Actor turns). The actor, who has worked with many of the greats, Spike Lee, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Jonathan Demme, etc.

Variety’s Directors on Directors series is pretty great, and many interesting combos have been paired together. The most recent is Michael Mann, the director of this season’s “Ferrari,” starring Adam Driver, and Ava DuVernay, the filmmaker behind the upcoming drama, “Origin” featuring Aunjanue Ellis and Jon Bernthal.

Grimes has lent her voice to a new AI children’s toy called ‘Grok’.The musician has announced on X/Twitter that she teamed up with Silicon Valley start-up Curio to create Grok, a plush toy that can talk. It is currently priced at $99 (£78) on the Curio website.“For the past few months I’ve been working with the amazing team at Curio to create interactive toys that talk to kids without any screens etc,” she wrote.

Amanda Bynes has returned to the public eye with an exciting new gig.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Even a personality as well-known as Dr. Phil McGraw needs a little faith to get by when it comes to launching a new TV venture.

Former Universal Pictures executive Paul Chesney has been out and about this past week at the third edition of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival, running November 30 to December 9 in the port city of Jeddah.

Warner Bros has released new character posters for the upcoming movie Dune: Part Two!

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will have a "California Christmas" instead of joining the Royal Family at Sandringham House this year. This month it was speculated if The Duke and Duchess of Sussex would be invited to spend Christmas with the Royal Family at Sandringham House, in Norfolk, despite the ongoing rift.

Julia Roberts has shared a rare glimpse into her life away from the spotlight as a proud mother and wife as she marked her twins birthdays with a reflective post.The Hollywood actress, 56, celebrated her daughter Hazel Patricia and son Phinnaeus Walter's 19th birthday with a sweet black-and-white photo on social media that showed the twins as toddlers. In the rare photo, baby Hazel and Phinnaeus are cuddled up in their famous mother's lap.The actress also shares 16 year old son, Henry, with her husband Danny Moder, 54.The two have been married since July 2002, and recently celebrated their 21st wedding anniversary with a snap of the pair smooching.

Naman Ramachandran Superindie Argonon is boosting its U.S. growth plans with a new hire and a promotion at Rose Rock Entertainment. Spoke Studios director of development Darryl Cordova has been appointed senior director of development at Rose Rock replacing Travis Schoen who has been promoted to VP, production and development.

SM Entertainment CEO Nikki Semin Han has established a brand-new music label, with plans to debut six new K-pop acts by 2028.According to an exclusive report by Variety, Han has teamed up with a group of former colleagues from SM Entertainment to launch Titan Content, a newly established music label based in the US. The agency described itself to Variety as “the world’s first premier multinational K-pop powerhouse music company”, with facilities in both Los Angeles and Seoul with the goal of breaking their upcoming roster of artists into the US music market.According to Variety, Titan Content is currently working on launching two K-pop girl groups, two boy groups, a male soloist and a female soloist by 2028.

EXCLUSIVE: Dateline NBC is set to launch its 15th original podcast Mortal Sin, to be reported by Dateline correspondent Josh Mankiewicz.

Jennifer Lopez has revealed more details about her new album and accompanying film, ‘This Is Me…Now’.The singer announced details of her first new album in nine years – the spiritual follow-up to third studio LP, ‘This Is Me…Then’ – back in November 2022, to mark the 20th anniversary of that album.The singer has now revealed that the album is out February 16, and This Is Me…Now the film will drop on Prime Video the same day.The album is also set to feature what is presumed to be a sequel to her 2002 song ‘Dear Ben’ – dedicated to Ben Affleck, her partner of the time – titled ‘Dear Ben pt. ll’.

Campaigners fighting plans to expand a car park at a Stewartry beauty spot have launched a fundraising campaign.

Jennifer Lopez is finally ready to make her big music comeback!

Omid Scobie has launched the publicity rounds for his new book about the royal family, Endgame, with provocative claims it is Prince William who has painted his younger brother Prince Harry as mentally fragile. Scobie, the author of Finding Freedom, which documented Harry and Meghan’s ‘Mexit’ from the UK to Hollywood, writes in his new book: “The side of it that a lot of people don’t know, or within our industry have known but chosen not to report, is just how involved William has been in many of the things that have gone out about his own brother.”

The KLF have launched a new website and shared a remix.Entitled ‘KLF Kare’, the duo claim they are offering to “provide branding solutions to independently owned care homes” according to a statement.The website also points to a new remix by Tony Thorpe, who is credited as an “additional performer” on the duo’s The White Room album, of Harry Nilsson‘s ‘Everybody’s Talkin’ At Me’ featuring the late Ricardo Da Force who rapped on many of the duo’s singles. You can listen to it here.Whether they are actually working on a project remains to be seen but the full statement reads: “Are you older than you thought you would ever be? But at heart…Are you still an…Indie Kid or a…Death Metal Head…or a…Punks not Deader…or a…Proper Head (Dead or not) or just a…Raver to the Grave?All aboard, all aboard!The KLF Kare Homes are taking their first residents!I'm loving the soundtrack of my old age…New sounds, old vibes here:https://t.co/y2hC6rzdbE pic.twitter.com/4WNjQckBRA— Adrian Legg (@memenow) November 24, 2023“If so…You might want to know more about KLF KARE*.

Naman Ramachandran Film co-productions between Australia and India received a significant double boost this week with the ratification of a treaty that was proposed last year and the Indian government’s major enhancement of filming incentives. An Australian delegation is attending the ongoing International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa and the concurrent film market, Film Bazaar.

There were some lucky Mumford & Sons fans who had a lot to be thankful for this week!