‘SNL’ Post-Production Editors Plan To Strike On April 1

Paulina Porizkova is feeling reflective on what would have been her late ex-husband Ric Ocasek’s 79th birthday. Porizkova posted a photo from a family vacation with their sons, Jonathan, 29, and Oliver, 24, and shared her thoughts in the caption. "This pic is from our last vacation together, when I still hoped my marriage would survive," she wrote.

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Ben Croll LILLE, France – Producers, commissioning editors and creative talents from across La Belle Province took the spotlight at a Series Mania showcase of the best of recent Quebecois scripted offerings. Below are the seven series that drew whoops and appreciative hollers from a room full of international buyers. Late summer doldrums, young adult love, and the generally placid rhythms of suburban life take on additional heft and resonance for a group of friends all suffering from cystic fibrosis – especially once one’s condition takes a turn for the worst. Far from jerking tears, the offbeat comedy “Thin Air” finds irreverent and life-affirming humor following young adult characters that feel the pangs of mortality more acutely than most. Produced by Urbania and created by acclaimed writer Jean-Christophe Réhel, the bittersweet series offers another plum role to “Mommy” star Antoine Olivier Pilon.

Filmmaker Aaron Sorkin revealed he was fighting for his life after battling a stroke.  The 61-year-old producer spoke out about the severe health condition he suffered from before working on a major Broadway project in New York City.  "[I’m] supposed to be dead," Sorkin told the New York Times. "There was a minute when I was concerned that I was never going to be able to write again," he confessed.  In November 2022, the "West Wing" creator worked on a rewritten version of the Broadway show "Camelot." However, after his near-fatal stroke, he admitted his speech was impacted, where he slurred his words and lost mobility in his hands. Sorkin noted that it was hard to write his name and he had difficulty typing.  Sorkin decided to make some life changes and incorporated healthier habits into his daily life after his massive health scare.

In a world seemingly overrun with post-apocalypse stories, there are only a few that really rise above the rest. Obviously, we have “The Last of Us,” which has become the buzziest show of 2023.

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran producer Stratton Leopold (Mission: Impossible III) and filmmaker Dax Phelan (The Other Side of the Wind) have teamed up to produce a new currently untitled limited series based on an infamous 19th-century prison escape known affectionately as The Catalpa Expedition.

Michael J. Fox gushed about his wife Tracy Pollan on Tuesday, saying she "gives" their family "everything we need." "Any good in our family, anything good that we do, comes from her," Fox told People magazine at the SXSW premiere of his movie "Still: a Michael J. Fox Movie" on Tuesday.  Pollan added she thinks listening to each other and knowing when to give the other one space has helped make their 34-year marriage last.  "I think we really listen to each other, we are there for each other when we need each other," Pollan said.

Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash has launched a new horror production company, BerserkerGang.BerserkerGang was announced via a Variety report, which confirmed that the production company was formed in partnership with Hangar 18 Media producer Pasha Patriki, Rue Morgue Magazine founder and filmmaker Rodrigo Gudiño and Raven Banner executives Michael Paszt, James Fler and Andrew T. Hunt.Slash said of the new company in a statement to Variety: “I’ve always been a huge horror fan, especially going back to the days when horror movies actually scared the hell out of you.

Valentina Paloma, the 15-year-old daughter of Salma Hayek and François-Henri Pinault, made her first Oscars appearance on this year’s champagne carpet. She joined her mother at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, who was there to present an award.

On the latest “SNL,” the “Weekend Update” segment ended on a goofier and funnier than usual note when Colin Jost said they had run out of material but still had a couple of minutes left to fill. Instead of Jost and his co-host Michael Che coming up jokes to fill the void, they brought out the show’s resident impressions master James Austin Johnson to fill that time with a series of random impressions. And, they were pretty funny.First, Johnson did an impression of Adam Driver as Kylo Ren from “Star Wars” on the show “Girls”“Anna, do you know how difficult it is to be on the dark side of the force.

Paulina Porizkova is single and ready to mingle. The 57-year-old supermodel opened up about her dating life and a few relationship struggles she’s had in the past, including having "trust issues."She revealed she’s been turning to a relationship book, "Us" by Terrence Real, for guidance on how to navigate the dating world. "I thought, 'The next man I meet where I feel like the potential for a relationship is going to go somewhere, I'm going to make them read this book before we get anywhere for real,'" Porizkova explained on "The HollywoodLife Podcast."   "And so, I can say, I've just handed that book up to somebody." Although the supermodel, who is from Czechoslovakia, did not name the person she is dating, she did reveal the relationship is still "in the early days." "We had the most amazing conversations about ourselves and where we are going — what we want," she said.

Labour action is brewing behind-the-scenes at “Saturday Night Live”.

At more than a few points during Jamie Lloyd’s hypnotic Broadway revival of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, you could swear that stars Jessica Chastain and Succession‘s Arian Moayed are confiding in you, whispering their secrets to no one else. This stark, sometimes chilly production is an eavesdropper’s paradise, so intimate and conversational that all but the most guarded among us will be immune to its frequent enticements.

Paulina Porizkova called out her critics on social media after a recent steamy photo post. The supermodel posted a picture of herself on Monday posing in black lingerie with a red sweater that she "knitted" herself, joking about being a "grandma" by a fireplace.

Paulina Porizkova is taking a stand against her haters.

Saturday Night Live” is planning to strike on April 1 after the union failed to reach an agreement with NBCUniversal. Last October, about 20 post-production editors who work on pretaped sketches and segments for the famed late-night comedy show unionized with the Editors Guild, which is also known as IATSE Local 700.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor The post-production editors behind “Saturday Night Live” are ready to strike and have set a deadline of April 1. Barring an agreement with producer NBCUniversal, the 12 to 20 editing crew members have announced that they intend to halt work and disrupt the show should bargaining sessions in their bid for pay inequities and health benefits continue to stall. The deadline comes after the group, which successfully organized with the Motion Picture Editors Guild, and is a part of IATSE Local 700, voiced aims to negotiate a contract in October. As previously reported, bargaining sessions have since taken place, but sticking points remain, notably around the issue of health benefits.

Blindspotting makes its long-awaited return next month, and Starz released the first trailer for Season 2 on Wednesday.

EXCLUSIVE: The Disney+ film Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day has added Paulina Chávez (The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia, Fate: The Winx Saga) and Rose Portillo (Zoot Suit, The Exorcist II) to its cast, joining previously announced stars Eva Longoria, George Lopez, and Jesse Garcia.

Naman Ramachandran Fremantle has acquired global rights to “The Piano,” the format from Love Productions, makers of “The Great British Bake Off.” “The Piano,” hosted by Claudia Winkleman, recently launched in the U.K. on broadcaster Channel 4 and is a ratings success. Created by Richard McKerrow, the British version of the format sees talented amateur pianists invited each week to play on public pianos in well-known train stations. Unknown to the performers, acclaimed classical pianist Lang Lang and platinum selling pop superstar Mika are secretly watching and one performer from each train station is invited to perform on one of the world’s most prestigious stages.