‘Rafiki’ Helmer Wanuri Kahiu To Direct Gotham Group’s YA Adaptation ‘The Black Kids’

“Well, life’s been just, not overwhelming, but just like a ride,” Laine Hardy, 19, told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY at the American Idol Premiere event at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Monday, February 12. “Exciting and new things come all the time and offers.

Andrew “Rapman” Onwubolu has been tapped by Paramount Pictures to direct the thriller “American Son,” which is based on the critically acclaimed French film “A Prophet.”

Hot on the heels of her Independent Spirit Award for best first feature, Booksmart director Olivia Wilde is heading to Berlin with a new film.Produced by Riverstone Pictures and Pulse Films from a script by Ronnie Sandahl, Perfect is the extraordinary true story of gymnast Kerri Strug’s triumph against all odds to win Team USA’s first gold medal at the 1996 Olympics.Producers are Nik Bower for Riverstone Pictures and Thomas Benski for Pulse Films, together with Jeremy Baxter and Moss Barclay.

By Andreas Wiseman, Tom Grater

Back in 2016, Matthew A. Cherry put out a call on Twitter looking for 3D artists to help with a project. On Sunday, Cherry was standing on the stage of the Dolby Theatre celebrating his Oscar win for best animated short for “Hair Love.”

Pitbull and Blake Shelton have joined forces for “Get Ready,” which also marks their rendition of Ram Jam’s 1977 hit “Black Betty.” For Pitbull, this collaboration makes a big statement. “This to me is like when Run-DMC and Aerosmith did ‘Walk This Way,’” he said in a behind-the-scenes video.

LOS ANGELES — Chinese-American director Lulu Wang’s movie “The Farewell” won the top prize at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, while Adam Sandler was named best actor and made fun of his exclusion from Sunday’s Oscars.

Ryan Cabrera has been sparking romance rumours with WWE star Alexa Bliss for quite some time now. The two have been spotted hanging out together on more than one occasion in the last couple of weeks and TMZ has now reported that the two are in fact dating. The American singer-songwriter first met Bliss in October the Smackdown on FOX premiere in Los Angeles. Reportedly, it was Cabrera’s friend The Miz, who played the matchmaker by introducing them.

By Dino-Ray Ramos

"Pinch me. This couldn’t have worked out better for this project," Byrne says.

Spike Lee has signed on to direct a film adaptation of David Byrne’s American Utopia, Deadline reports. The feature-length version of Byrne’s hit Broadway show is slated for a 2020 release, and will be executive produced by Participant alongside Byrne, Lee, and others. The film will be produced by Byrne’s Todomundo and Lee’s Forty Acres and a Mule Filmworks production companies, as well as RadicalMedia.

By Mike Fleming Jr

Paramount’s spy thriller “The Rhythm Section,” starring Blake Lively, opened quietly with $235,000 at 2,256 North American locations on Thursday night.

Nearly four years after its last album Sunset Motel, Reckless Kelly is making up for "lost" time and doubling down with new music.

Upcoming young adult novel I'll Be the One is being developed as a feature by HBO Max, withNahnatchka Khan set to produce with an eye to direct.The soon-to-be launched streamer won a five-studio bidding war for the rights.Author Lyla Lee’s wrote the novel that follows 6-year-old Skye Shin — a bi-sexual, Korean-American girl — as she pursues her dreams as a participant on reality TV singing and dancing competition “K-Pop Shining Star.” With the help of her new friends and her crush, world

By Tom Grater