Ray Price, Indie Film Producer and Veteran Marketer, Dies at 75

When we last talked, Ray Liotta was thinking a lot about mortality. “I’m at the age now there are some things you just forget,” he mused. “60 was a motherf*cker for me.” He was 64 at the time, soon to turn 65, but somehow his face, which once seemed older and wiser than its time, now seemed timeless. “Some people age better, and with some it’s like, ‘Whoa, what happened there!?’” he laughed.

Naman Ramachandran Eminent filmmaker Ananth Narayan Mahadevan is in post-production on “Phule,” about the pioneers of women’s education in India. Jyotirao Govindrao Phule and his wife Savitribai were social reformers known for their efforts against India’s endemic caste system. Phule’s first school for girls was founded in Pune, western India, in 1848.

EXCLUSIVE: Karsen Liotta (Blackbird), daughter of the late Ray Liotta, is headlining an anthology indie pic that has been handed a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement.

Sandra Bullock's long-term partner, Bryan Randall, has died aged 57 following a long battle with ALS, his family has announced.They revealed Bryan died over the weekend, following a three year fight with the disease.Their statement said: "It is with great sadness that we share that on Aug. 5, Bryan Randall passed away peacefully after a three-year battle with ALS. "Bryan chose early to keep his journey with ALS private and those of us who cared for him did our best to honour his request." Bryan was a model turned photographer and is survived by his daughter, Skylar Randall, who he had from a previous relationship.

Wes Anderson will be honored with the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, running from August 30th to September 9.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The new collaborative album by Vince Gill and instrumentalist Paul Franklin is not a vocal duets record. But for anyone who believes that there’s something about the steel guitar that’s uncannily akin to the moan of the human voice, in spirit if not sound, maybe it’s close enough.

Andrea Iervolino, the Italian producer behind Michael Mann’s forthcoming Ferrari, today announced his investment of around 50 million euros, or $55M U.S., in The Tuscany Film Studios, a top-flight production facility soon to be active in central Italy.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Italian producer Andrea Iervolino, whose credits include Michael Mann’s “Ferrari,” “Waiting for the Barbarians” and “Tell It Like a Woman,” has invested around 50 million euros ($55 million) in the construction of Tuscany Film Studios, a technologically advanced studio with the largest virtual set in Italy, and a 360 studio for live-action productions. The production facility, which is being built just outside Florence, will also host a movie theater and luxury hotel with the aim of attracting premium international productions to Italy.

Ethan Shanfeld Mark Margolis, who portrayed the menacing, bell-ringing Hector Salamanca in “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul,” died Thursday at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City. He was 83.

Following a rapturously received industry keynote on Thursday, veteran indie producer Ted Hope is the talk of the town in Locarno. Attendees on the ground are describing Hope’s ambitious and expansive speech as the much-needed “kick in the ass” Hollywood Execs needed to hear if cinema has any chance of becoming a much fairer and equitable industry. 

Veteran indie producer Ted Hope opened Locarno’s industry symposium Thursday afternoon with a provocative keynote during which he declared: “The indie film system is fucked.”

Katie Price has opened up on a “naughty” moment from her youth, which saw her driving around Brighton naked with a former boyfriend. The 45 year old former Glamour model, who recently teased a Strictly Come Dancing appearance, chatted with her sister Sophie on the latest instalment from her eponymous podcast, The Katie Price Show.

A post shared by Grand Ole Opry (@opry)Morgan has also worked with the USO, and has earned the Army’s Outstanding Civilian Service Medal and the USO Merit Award.Last year, Morgan told Fox News Digital that despite growing up in a musical family with his father and uncles, he hadn’t considered it more than a hobby.,“It never seemed like it was something that was a career for them, even though it kind of was, at times, and especially for me, even throughout my military career,” he said at the time.“It wasn’t until later in my military career that I thought that I could possibly pursue it as a profession.”During his time in the service, he won awards for songs that he wrote and performed for his fellow soldiers.A post shared by Craig Morgan (@cmorganmusic)The “Almost Home” singer rose steadily through the ranks and was told by one of his senior officers that he was on the fast track to becoming a major.“But he also told me, he said, ‘I think that you have a talent and at minimum you ought to pursue it,’” Morgan recalled.Fox News Digital’s Ashley Hume and Larry Fink contributed to this report.

Trainspotting producer Andrew Macdonald has been appointed as the new Chair of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF). 

Katie Price has revealed a new look after having further cosmetic enhancements done to her face. The reality star, 45, is no stranger to cosmetic procedures and ‘tweakments’ and recently got another nose job after not being happy with the previous results. In a new Instagram story, Katie showed herself getting filler injected into her face, including cheek and lip enhancements.

Katie Price has shared her verdict on the current series of Love Island – and it's not very favourable. The former glamour model turned reality TV star, 45, revealed that Whitney Adebayo is the only Islander she's a fan of this series, before going on to attack the show itself. She asked her viewers on a TikTok like on 24 July: "Has everyone been watching Love Island this year? It’s just so set up now that it’s coming to an end, isn’t it? I just think it hasn’t worked this year.

Ray Price, the respected indie movie producer who championed the likes of Tran Anh Hung, Gurinder Chadha and Carl Franklin, has died aged 75. Price’s death after a long battle with cancer was confirmed by his long-term partner, Meg Madison.

EXCLUSIVE: Noah Hawley’s Alien FX series has started production in Thailand but without its stars who are SAG-AFTRA members — including the two leads — due to the ongoing strike.

We’re getting some deets on filming for Vanderpump Rules!

, Tyray hired a private investigator and after he was presented with some shocking information, he finally told his mom about the secret relationship he'd been carrying on over Snapchat for the past four years.Tyray is so in love with his online girlfriend, Carmella — whom he thought was from Barbados — that even after producers told him a man named Christian was only pretending to be Carmella in order to get money from him, he refused to believe it. He told his sister, Lashanti, that he believed that Carmella actually had a husband or boyfriend who was trying to break them up.