Production in Middle East Never Stopped as Incentives, Safety Drive Shoots

Dave McNary Film ReporterHBO Max and Warner Bros. Pictures are back in production on Steven Soderbergh’s period crime drama “No Sudden Move,” with David Harbour, Noah Jupe and Brendan Fraser joining previously announced stars Don Cheadle and Benicio Del Toro.The cast also includes Amy Seimetz, Jon Hamm, Ray Liotta, Kieran Culkin, Bill Duke, Frankie Shaw and Julia Fox.

At first glance, it was business as usual on the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival in early September. Jury president Cate Blanchett appeared on opening night in a sparkly Esteban Cortazar gown, albeit “recycled” from an earlier wearing, and later broke out several Armani Privé and Alexander McQueen numbers, some new, some repeats.

Shawn Johnson East has been flipping for joy ever since she became a mother.Each and every morning, when the former gymnast wakes up, she and her husband, Andrew East, look forward to spending as much time as possible with their 10-month-old daughter, Drew. Their days with the little one are so much fun that Shawn even let Us Weekly tag along to see what it’s like.The first thing that the couple (since 2016) do together is prepare Drew’s “baby cocktail” using Enfamil Enspire formula.

Middle East jail for drug charges will finally be reunited with his family tomorrow after being released on bail. Conor Howard's step-dad Robert has told the Daily Record the 27-year-old is being let out of the Corfu prison where he has spent the last month, after having his bail application granted.

Mark David Damien Navarro, Executive Director of Outfest, the venerable and important L.A.-based nonprofit dedicated to showcasing LGBTQIA+ stories in film and other mediums, has his quirky, cute-as-a-button 1940s Craftsman cottage in the heart of L.A.’s world-renown Laurel Canyon up for grabs at $1.675 million.

Middle East on drug charges, have raised more than £12,000 to support his family.We told how Lothian man Conor Howard, known to pals as 'Milky', had been arrested in Corfu when flying over to visit his mum in August.He had been arrested on an Interpol notice after Qatar authorities say they found drugs on the 27-year-old when passing through the Middle Eastern state last October on the way back from a work trip to Australia.His devastated friends and family say a clean cannabis grinder was found

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentStarz Play Arabia was launched in 2015 as the first Starz-branded SVOD outside the U.S. Now available in 20 countries across the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan, the service until recently had been growing at a steady rate.

Chris Willman Music WriterHe’d drink to this, legally, if he were 21 yet. At 20, prolific rapper Youngboy Never Broke Again has debuted on top of the Rolling Stone album chart for the third time in a year.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Yale Productions, Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman’s New York-Based production company which has credits including the upcoming action thriller Red 48 with John Malkovich and Tyrese Gibson, has named Zola Glassman as Director of Development.Joining from 30WEST, Glassman will oversee the development slate and also seek new creative and financial opportunities for the indie banner.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterOut of hundreds of submissions, BET and Tracy Yvonne Productions has selected Thaddeus McCants as the winner of Project CRE8 which gives emerging TV writers the opportunity to develop an original comedy for the small screen.The contest culminated on September 17 where the five Project CRE8 finalists pitched their original TV comedies to Tracy Oliver, Connie Orlando and a panel of TV execs. McCants’ original TV script Lit Lounge raced ahead to win.

Chris Willman Music WriterRonnie Wood has always seemed like he’d be nothing if not an enjoyable hang. That proves to be very much the case with “Somebody Up There Likes Me,” a documentary about the Rolling Stones guitarist from British director Mike Figgis (“Leaving Las Vegas”), who has clearly been hitting it off for quite a while with the musician … although Wood is so hail-fellow-well-met, you suspect he might have a good rapport with anybody.

There's no question Martha Stewart's quarantine has been blissful. From tending to her gardens and chickens on her Bedford, NY estate to taking pool selfies in East Hampton, the domestic icon is thriving.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Good Gate Media, the Wales-based production company that is carving out a niche for itself in the growing interactive film market, has lined up its next two feature projects.The company is coming off the success of The Complex, its interactive film from The Handmaid’s Tale writer Lynn Renee Maxcy that was a hit across various digital platforms earlier this year, achieving the best-selling first week launch of any interactive project.As Deadline

Peter White Television EditorCBS is exploring a range of options and timelines to get the next season of Survivor up and running.Production on season 41 of the long-running reality competition series was postponed in March – on the day that the WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.

Also Read: 'Nomadland' Film Review: Frances McDormand Hits the Road in Quiet, Lyrical DramaThe film begins with three sentences, and they’re all the context you’ll get and all the context you’ll need: “After the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the end of the First World War, the colonial powers sketched new borders for the Middle East. Over the following decades, greed and ambition for power gave rise to military coups, corrupt regimes, authoritarian leaders and foreign interference.

Middle East movements, it has been claimed.Glaswegian Dennis McFadden - exposed last month as an M15 agent who was working as a resource officer with New IRA political front party Saoradh - is believed to have secured information that the terror organisation was being provided with weapons and finances after communicating with Hezbollah and some Palestinian groups.McFadden, believed to be a former special constable in his late 50s, is now understood to be under a witness protection programme

Sheila E has spoken about working with Prince, saying the pair worked on many songs together that are still unreleased.The drummer and singer began working with the late star in 1984 on his album ‘Purple Rain’.

Jessica Kiang Applying a minute and painterly eye to ordinary lives encircled by much larger circumstance — be it a motorway as in 2013’s Golden Lion-winning “Sacro Gra,” or the seaborne migrant crisis as in 2016’s Golden Bear-winning “Fire at Sea” — has led to Italian-American director Gianfranco Rosi’s most celebrated documentaries.

Naman Ramachandran Banijay has appointed Lars Blomgren as head of scripted for Europe, the Middle East and Asia (EMEA), where he will focus on non-English-language content.Blomgren will report into Banijay CEO Marco Bassetti.At Endemol Shine Group (ESG), before it was taken over by Banijay, Blomgren spearheaded the business’ non-English scripted production.