'Sound of Metal' Co-Screenwriters Reflect on "Dark Places" That Inspired Film

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorListen to the theme song of Nicolas Cage’s new horror movie “Willy’s Wonderland” and chances are you won’t be able to get it out of your heard.Here, Variety gives you the first listen to the full creepy, yet catchy “The Birthday Song and Willy’s Jingle.”In the Kevin Lewis-directed film, Cage plays a man whose car breaks down. In order to pay for the repairs, he agrees to clean an abandoned amusement park fun house.

Also Read: Zendaya, Riz Ahmed, Vanessa Kirby Among Santa Barbara Film Fest Virtuosos Award HonoreesOther past recipients for the Montecito Award have included Lupita Nyong’o, Melissa McCarthy, Saoirse Ronan, Isabelle Huppert, Sylvester Stallone, Jennifer Aniston, Oprah Winfrey, Daniel Day-Lewis, Geoffrey Rush, Julianne Moore, Kate Winslet, Javier Bardem, Bill Condon and Naomi Watts.Seyfried will be honored as part of the 36th annual Santa Barbara Film Festival on April 9, and the festival runs

Sheridan Smith has seemingly confirmed whether or not she is competing on The Masked Singer as Sausage by performing on another TV show.The 39 year old has been the subject of rumours she is Sausage on the hit ITV show since the second series started in December. However, following her performance on BBC One's Musicals: The Greatest Shows, fans are now convinced she is not behind the mask.

Sofia Richie, 22, was back in Santa Monica, CA this weekend, just days after she was seen canoodling with billionaire heir Gil Ofer, on a beach in Miami, FL. The model was joined by friend Jaden Smith, 22, as they stepped out to grab dinner at Giorgio Baldi amid the L.A. area’s new allowance of outdoor dining. In addition to looking comfortable around each other, the young stars looked stylish in their outfits.

There are very few actors working today that have the star power attached to just their name alone that will drive box office and earn the attention of just about anyone who enjoys films. There’s Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Tom Cruise.

Dannielynn Birkhead is the spitting image of her late mom, Anna Nicole Smith. Audiences got to see a first-look at a new 20/20 episode that features the 14-year-old daughter of the famous TV personality and Larry Birkhead, 48, on a journey to piece together parts of Anna’s past roughly 14 years after her death. “She wanted to be a star; she wanted to be a mother; and Dannielynn is her legacy,” Larry’s voiceover can be heard saying in the preview.

Despite early reports that a film productionset off an explosion and subsequent brush fire in Santa Clarita on Tuesday, officials say that isn't the case. "We're unsure of how the rumor of it being a movie shoot got out.

Ellise Shafer administratorAn explosion on a film set in Santa Clarita, Calif.

UPDATED with latest: The Santa Barbara Film Festival on Tuesday unveiled the recipients of its Virtuosos Award, given annually to a group recognizing their noteworthy performances in film. The honors will be bestowed Saturday, April 3.

The Santa Barbara Film Festival said Friday that Delroy Lindo will receive the American Riviera Award during the 36th annual festival, which is set to run March 31-April 10. Lindo, part of the ensemble cast of Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods, will be feted April 8.

60th wedding anniversary. Agnes Dey was treated by mercy crew members Joe Fallon and Grant Mortimer at her Bishopbriggs home on January 11 after she fell ill with Covid-19.

Sacha Baron Cohen will receive the Outstanding Performer of the Year award at the 36th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival.The 49-year-old actor is being honored with the award after starring in where he famously portrays Borat, and where he plays Abbie Hoffman.«In 2020, Mr. Cohen twice was able to capture our interest, our imagination as well as the zeitgeist.

Also Read: 'Borat' Star Sacha Baron Cohen Details How He Infiltrated CPAC for That Mike Pence Scene“It’s an honor to be recognized and to stand in the company of such incredible past recipients,” added Baron Cohen.

The film adaptation of the best-selling novel Where the Crawdads Sing has added rising stars Harris Dickinson and Taylor John Smith to the cast.

EXCLUSIVE: Taylor John Smith and Harris Dickinson are set to join Daisy Edgar-Jones in 3000 Pictures and Hello Sunshine’s film adaptation of publishing phenomenon Where The Crawdads Sing, based on Delia Owens’ New York Times best-selling novel. Set up at Sony, the film is being directed by Olivia Newman from a screenplay written by Oscar-nominated scribe Lucy Alibar.

The journey to write Amazon's Sound of Metal took well over a decade. But for writer-director Darius Marder and his writing partner and brother, Abraham Marder, that length of time was necessary to tell a "universal story" that explores "something that is pervasively human." The film follows Ruben (Riz Ahmed) and his girlfriend, Lou (Olivia Cooke), who perform as the heavy-metal duo Blackgammon.