Replacement PS5 faceplate company says Sony threatened to sue them

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWelcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.”Juno Temple didn’t have to travel far to attend Neiman Marcus’ recent holiday campaign launch on the Paramount lot — she’s been there shooting “The Offer,” Paramount Plus’ limited series about the making of “The Godfather.” “I literally had a freakout that was very vocal,” the Emmy-nominated “Ted Lasso” star recalls of her first time driving through the Paramount gates on Melrose Avenue.

Back in 2018, it was reported that Matt Smith had joined the cast of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.” At the time, the role was unknown. Then, a year later, before ‘Skywalker’ hit theaters, the actor confirmed he wasn’t in the film.

Instagram a comment from a “Rust” crew member who wrote a lengthy defense of the film’s producers and pushed back on reports of “chaotic conditions” on set that she says are “bulls—.” Baldwin shared seven screengrabs from a social media comment by Terese Magpale Davis, an industry costume designer, who says she was on set of “Rust” and said she is “sick of this narrative” that has surrounded the “Rust” story. “I worked on this movie.

Look away! Candace Cameron Bure’s 23-year-old daughter, Natasha, isn’t the biggest fan of her parents’ public displays of affection.

Marta Balaga Russian documentary filmmaker Vitaly Mansky doesn’t keep things off the record, he said during his masterclass at Ji.hlava Intl. Documentary Festival.

Basic vaccine mandates for children to go attend public school, enter the military, or travel to certain countries, are as old and common as the day is long. Still, the politicized furor over Covid-19 vaccine mandates continues to make headlines.

Will Tizard ContributorWhen Chinese indie documentarian Rikun Zhu set about chronicling the struggles of a young Maoist true believer artist, who dreams of a new life in New York, he knew he was taking on a puzzling contradiction, he says.“It interested me a lot,” the filmmaker says, “because he always says he is a communist and loves China and Mao Zedong.”As Zhu’s subject frets and plans, his efforts take him through long nights of lecturing and teasing his girlfriend and eventually to Beijing

Sony Music Publishing has signed a new deal with the Gregg Allman estate to administer the late musician’s entire catalogue of songs worldwide.“Gregg Allman is without a doubt one of the greatest rock and roll songwriters of all time”, says Sony Music Publishing’s Global Chief Marketing Officer Brian Monaco.

The frontman of Midnight Oil has spoken about the recent exposé on the toxic corporate culture at Sony Music Australia, his band having worked with the Australian division of the major since 1981.

Sony Pictures Entertainment recorded $288M in operating profits for the three months ending September 30, repping a 7% dip from the same period last year. Revenues in the division, however, were up 35% to $2.37B.

Dave Chappelle is speaking out about the controversy surrounding his latest comedy special.

With “Eternals” mere days away from arriving in theaters around the world, a lot of talk has been about the fact that the film includes Marvel Studios’ first real inclusion of a major LGBTQ superhero. And though the character is a major part of the new “Eternals,” that doesn’t mean the film won’t face heavy censoring for approval in certain conservative international markets.

Serge Svetnoy, the gaffer, or chief electrician, on the set of Alec Baldwin’s Rust is laying the blame for the accidental shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the negligence of the film’s armorer and producers.

The father of Halyna Hutchins has spoken out for the first time since the tragic death of his 42-year-old cinematographer daughter.

Halyna Hutchins‘ father Anatoly Androsovych has spoken out after the tragic death of his 42-year-old daughter. In his first statement, he made it clear he does not blame Alec Baldwin, 63, who discharged the prop fun that took Halyna’s life.

We knew Prince Harry’s memoir wouldn’t help the Royal Family feud, but it sounds like it could do some serious damage to the father-son relationship with Prince Charles.

Sorry, not sorry! Below Deck’s Rachel Hargrove won’t apologize for her inappropriate catchphrases — but she will use them to pay her bills.

PS5 faceplates, which the company says is a “checkmate” for Sony‘s lawyers.Since being threatened with lawsuits after the company told Sony “go ahead, sue us”, Dbrand has returned with another product called Darkplates 2.0 (thanks, VGC).In a statement on the company’s own subreddit, Dbrand has broken down the situation from a legal standpoint.“You can’t successfully sue someone over an alleged “design infringement” without a registered design patent.