Sanaa Lathan, Algee Smith, Sierra Capri & Mike Epps To Star In ‘Young. Wild. Free’ From Macro Film Studios & Confluential Films

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Hanif Harji runs Figo, an Italian joint a block away from the heart of the Toronto International Film Festival. Over the years, he’s had a chance to see a lot of A-listers in their element. There was that time Bill Murray started a conga line, or the evening when Joaquin Phoenix stepped outside to take a puff of a cigarette while basking in the glow of the “Joker” premiere. But that was a long time ago. Since COVID, TIFF has operated as a shell of its former self, with either virtual editions or festivals that unspooled at limited capacity.  This year, though, the party is back. For the first time since 2019, TIFF is expected to have a full slate. For local restaurants, bars and hotels, those packed screenings and star-studded red carpets mean big business. Harji and his counterparts in Toronto are eager for the festival to return in all its loud, glittering glory. The 47th edition runs from Sept. 8-18.

Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins star Maisie Smith has revealed she went on the Channel 4 show to inspire "other young girls". Former EastEnders star Maisie, 21, is one of 14 celebrities faced with a brutal selection course run by the elite team of ex-special forces operators - Chief Instructor, Rudy Reyes and his team of Directing Staff (DS), Foxy (Jason Fox), Billy (Mark Billingham) and Remi Adeleke. Speaking ahead of the new series, which is the longest yet and airs on Sunday 4 September at 9pm, Maisie has discussed why she decided to sign up as well as her preparations for the show.

EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Catherine Hook (First Kill) and Steven Ogg (Westworld) have signed on to star alongside Zak Steiner and Greer Grammer in the upcoming feature The Ghost Trap from Khanlarian Entertainment.

Addie Morfoot Contributor Laura Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” Steve James’ “A Compassionate Spy” and Evgeny Afineevsky’s “Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom” are among 11 documentaries making their world premieres at the Venice Film Festival this year, with Poitras’ competition title vying for a Golden Lion — a rare feat for a doc at a major international film festival. The growing number of high-profile non-fiction films in and out of competition at Venice suggests that major European film festivals have finally accepted documentaries as viable, cinematic art.While docs at the Toronto International Film Festival and major U.S. fests, including Sundance, Telluride and South by Southwest, have long been the belles of the ball, the most prominent international festivals, including Venice, Cannes and Berlin, have been slow to embrace non-fiction content, especially in competition.  

The shakeup at Teamsters Local 492 in New Mexico continues with the resignations of two of the local’s top officers: Trey White and Melissa Malcom-Chavez. White had been the local’s principal officer and secretary-treasurer, and Malcom-Chavez had been the local’s business agent for the movie industry.

Deadline told you earlier today that WandaVision director Matt Shakman is in early talks to direct Marvel’s Fantastic Four. As such, he’s leaving the Paramount/Bad Robot’s Star Trek movie which he was previously attached to helm.

The debut trailer for the fifth season of The Handmaid’s Tale has finally debuted online!

Elton John and Britney Spears have shared the cover art for their upcoming collaboration, ‘Hold Me Closer’. Check it out below.Last week, reps for both artists sent out a release stating the pair had worked on a joint track together.

There's growing concerns for the welfare of a young man who has been missing from a Scots town since Monday.

Snail Mail covered Muse‘s ‘Starlight’ during a recent date on her US headline tour – see footage of the rendition below.Lindsey Jordan is currently on a headline tour around North America in support of her second album ‘Valentine’, and stopped by the Fête Music Hall in Providence, Rhode Island on Friday (August 12).During the set, she took on a rendition of Muse’s 2006 single, which appeared on the album ‘Black Holes and Revelations’.Check out Snail Mail’s Muse cover below. At the end of the rendition, she said: “Fuck it, Muse.”A post shared by Dan (@clucleclucle)Earlier this summer, Snail Mail shared a new cover of Superdrag’s ‘Feeling Like I Do’ as part of the Spotify Singles collection.The original version of ‘Feeling Like I Do’ was recorded at the famed Electric Lady Studios in New York and appeared on Superdrag’s 2002 LP, ‘Last Call for Vitriol’.“It’s been really cool getting to cover ‘Feeling Like I Do’ by Superdrag because I love it and I’ve loved it for a while and I was able to make it my own by singing on it,” she said in a statement.Snail Mail will support Turnstile on their upcoming North American tour which is slated to kick off in October.

Doing what he felt was right. Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino opened up about why he chose to get involved in the Angelina Pivarnick drama during season 5 of Jersey Shore Family Vacation.

Angelique Jackson MACRO Film Studios and Confluential Films has announced the start of production on the new film “Young. Wild. Free.”Directed by Thembi Banks (“Insecure,” “The Sex Lives of College Girls”), the movie stars Sanaa Lathan, Algee Smith, Sierra Capri and Mike Epps.

is a strong argument for freeing the nipple (not that there needs to be an argument for freeing the nipple, folks!). For dinner with her mother at Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica on Saturday, August 6, the wore a skintight completely see-through black mesh dress. Underneath the long-sleeve maxi dress, she wore nothing but a black thong.

Borat 2 star Maria Bakalova will chair the committee selecting Bulgaria’s best international film submission for the 2022-23 Oscar race, the country’s National Film Center has confirmed.

Diego Luna is back on “Star Wars.” The Mexican actor starred in “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” in 2016, and is back to reprise his role in “Andor,” a prequel series that show’s his character’s initial involvement with the Rebellion. In an interview, he discusses his upcoming work and why fear is an important motivator in life.Diego Luna returns to the Star Wars universe for Disney+’s ‘Andor’Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna reunite in a boxing seriesLuna is booked and busy. Aside from the taxing work of being involved in “Star Wars,” Luna is also doing voice work in the series “DC League of Super Pets” and the upcoming TV show “La Maquina,” which reunites him with his old friend Gael Garcia Bernal.

One big happy family! Over the years, Will Smith has acknowledged how important his family is to him.

Elisabeth Moss is taking on a new role.