'Sound of Metal' Writer-Director and Actor on the Film's Portrayal of Deafness and Addiction

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAdelaide Clemens, Patrick J. Adams, Douglas Smith and Kathleen Turner will star in “The Swearing Jar.”The musical romance will be directed by Lindsay MacKay (“Wet Bum”) from a script by Kate Hewlett (“Malory Towers”), who adapts her play of the same name.

Will Smith isn't exactly thrilled with his dad bod.

Ed Meza @edmezavarMarc Bauder, whose documentary “Who We Were,” a visually stunning cinematic search for solutions to the increasingly dire problems facing Planet Earth, unspools at Copenhagen’s CPH:DOX, is going in a very different direction on his next project — a narrative feature film about a cross-dressing flamenco dancer and Jewish resistance fighter who killed Nazis in occupied Poland.“Dolores” will tell the true story of Sylvin Rubinstein, whose Russian mother was forced to moved with

Ethan Shanfeld This week, British actor, writer and director Noel Clarke has made headlines after being accused of groping, harassment and bullying by 20 women.Clarke played Mickey Smith in “Doctor Who” from 2005 to 2010 and starred as Sam in the films “Kidulthood,” “Adulthood” and “Brotherhood,” which he wrote and directed, intent on bringing more representations of working-class Britain to screen.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFollowing the success of Sundance-winning “Coda,” Patrick Wachsberger’s Picture Perfect Federation is reteaming with up-and-coming writer-helmer Siân Heder on her next directorial outing, “Impossible.” Picture Perfect Federation is developing the contemporary romantic comedy with Black Label Media.“Impossible” is based on a novel of the same title written by Sarah Lotz, and is being produced by Wachsberger and Ashley Stern via Picture Perfect Federation;

EXCLUSIVE: After landing the highly-coveted male lead in Marvel’s new series Ms. Marvel, Rish Shah has found his next big feature film role as he is starring opposite Maya Hawke and Camilla Mendes in Netflix’s Strangers. Directed by Unpregnant‘s Jennifer Kaitlyn Robinson, the film is A YA modern day take on Strangers On A Train meets Cruel Intentions set in an elite Santa Barbara high school.  Robinson and Celeste Ballard penned the script.

Willow Smith has returned with a new single titled ‘Transparent Soul’ – a pop-punk outing featuring Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker.The actress and singer, known mononymously as Willow, explores a confrontational pop-punk sound on the new track with Barker. The song came accompanied by a performance visual, featuring Smith in a vacant white studio.

Lily James is an actress that truly seems like she’s on the precipice of being a massive star. She’s had a number of prominent roles in big films, such as her most well-known performance in “Baby Driver” and her recent starring role in Ben Wheatley’s “Rebecca.” But she has yet to fully break out in a massive way.

Gary Numan has opened up on how the late Mark E. Smith once “scared the shit” out of him, after he joined forces with the Fall frontman for a joint interview.Numan was speaking to NME for the latest in our ‘Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells Series‘ when he opened up on how he had been referenced by Smith in ‘We Want You’, an unreleased 1997 duet with Elastica’s Justine Frischmann.Opening up on meeting Smith, Numan said: “I did a joint interview with Mark E.

In 2015, Vice Media mogul Shane Smith and his wife Tamyka paid $23 million to purchase Santa Monica’s Villa Ruchello estate from filmmaker Henry Jaglom and his ex-wife, actress-director Victoria Foyt. Now the Smiths have officially sold the stunning 3.35-acre spread — featured in the film “Beverly Hills Cop” and comedy series “Entourage” — for $48.67 million.

As with all award shows, the Independent Spirit Awards will be quite different than previous years. The virtual ceremony means there will be no day drinking in a tent on Santa Monica beach, and the Spirit’s first-time host, Melissa Villaseñor, won’t be able to interact with the always buzzed audience.

Sound of Metal will win Best Picture. Darius Marder’s film – about a small-time noise-punk drummer who suddenly loses his hearing – is an underdog in this weekend’s race, although admittedly not at first sight.

Wigan Warriors scrum-half Harry Smith reckons Jackson Hastings’ departure could “open a big door” for him to replace the Australian next season.

M.I.A. has started a crowdfunding campaign in support of people affected by the recent volcanic eruptions on the island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.Last Friday (April 9), the La Soufrière volcano erupted, covering the island in ash and forcing more than 16,000 people to evacuate their homes.

new voter law.The film — a thriller about a runaway slave that’s titled “Emancipation” — is the first big-budget movie project to pull out of the state on the basis of the new law, Variety reported.

Based on Jiu Yuexi’s book “In His Youth, In Her Beauty,” the Oscar-nominated Better Days follows Nian (Zhou Dongyu), who is faced with constant bullying from her peers at school. She eventually crosses paths with small-time criminal Bei (Jackson Yee), but before they can retreat into a world of their own they are thrown into the middle of a murder investigation that will change their lives forever.