Ray Romano had one of the funniest moments of the night at the 2022 Critics Choice Awards!
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Sox Entertainment, the production and distribution company of former top CBS distribution executive Scott Koondel, has acquired the 2001 Imax concert movie All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!. The film, produced two decades ago for theatrical distribution exclusively on IMAX, will be taken to the marketplace shortly, targeting global streamers. All Access has never been exposed to digital platforms; the film is available for broadcast and streaming for the first time after a 10-year distribution moratorium.
Directed by Martyn Atkins and produced by Ideal Entertainment, the one-hour music documentary takes a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of putting on a mega-concert. The documentary combines candid backstage moments, including rehearsals, sound checks and conversations, with musical performances by Grammy-winning artists such as Santana, Sting, Sheryl Crow and Dave Matthews Band. Other featured artists include B.B. King, Al Green, George Clinton, Moby, Mary J. Blige, Kid Rock, Macy Gray, Matchbox Twenty’s Rob Thomas, Phish’s Trey Anastasio and The Roots.
The popular songs showcased in the docu include “Desert Rose” performed by Sting & Cheb Mami; “Flashlight”/“One Nation Under A Groove”/“Atomic Dog” Medley performed by George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic and Mary J. Blige; “Bawitdaba” by Kid Rock; “If It Makes You Happy” by Sheryl Crow; “Rock Me Baby” by B.B. King, Trey Anastasio & The Roots; “I Can’t Wait To Meetchu” by Macy Gray; “Smooth” by Carlos Santana & Rob Thomas and “Take Me To The River” by Al Green & Dave Matthews Band.
All Access was filmed in 70MM Imax with digital surround sound mix by multiple Grammy-winning engineer Elliot Scheiner. Peter Shapiro, Scott Firestone, Jon Shapiro served as
Ray Romano had one of the funniest moments of the night at the 2022 Critics Choice Awards!
Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorIndependent finance and production company SSS Entertainment is launching a sales arm dubbed The Syndicate, offering titles including two films starring and directed by Katie Holmes and Neil Labute’s “House of Darkness” starring Justin Long and Kate Bosworth.Shaun Sanghani, owner and CEO of SSS Entertainment, says the company will focus on “using its depth of experience to deliver independent features that are daring and empathetic while being accessible and recognizable to a wide audience.”Among the half dozen titles that SSS Entertainment has recently produced and financed are “Alone Together” and period piece “Rare Objects,” both starring and directed by Holmes.At SXSW this week, SSS Entertainment is premiering Eli Horowitz’s “The Cow” with Winona Ryder and Dermot Mulroney. Sanghani produced and financed “The Fallout,” which won last year’s SXSW Grand Jury and Audience awards.
EXCLUSIVE: Screen Media has acquired North American rights to Chris Sivertson’s psychological horror pic Monstrous, starring Christina Ricci (Yellowjackets), ahead of its weekend world premiere at Glasgow FrightFest. The Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company plans to release the film in theaters and on demand on May 13.
Angelique Jackson Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to distribute “The Walk,” which tells the story of the court-ordered forced integration of the Boston School System in the 1970s.The film, starring Justin Chatwin and Terrence Howard, will be released in theaters and digitally on June 10.“The Walk” follows Bill Coughlin (Chatwin, pictured above), a Boston Irish cop, who must contend with social pressure and bigotry in his neighborhood and within the police force after being assigned to protect Black students bused into the all-white South Boston High. The plot chronicles the political and social fallout following the court’s 1974 decision, which resulted in brutal violence and city-wide protests, as three stories collide during the fateful first day of school.
Gigi Hadid and Bella Hadid are continuing to walk together in fashion week shows!
Lana Condor and Claire Holt step out in style for the Veronica Beard Spring 2022 Runway Show held at The Royal Poinciana Plaza on Tuesday (March 1) in Palm Beach, Fla.
EXCLUSIVE: Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, whose subsidiaries include specialty film distributor Screen Media, is acquiring 1091 Pictures.
Romeo Beckham was spotted posing with his mum Victoria Beckham, 47, as they enjoyed watching a runway show on the front row at Paris Fashion Week.The mother and son duo cut glamorous figures as they took in the details of the latest trends and outfit ensembles on the Yves Saint Laurent catwalk, hosted in the French capital. Posing before the showBrooklyn, 19, revealed he'd taken after his dad David Beckham in more ways than just following in his footsteps as a footballer.The broad-shouldered teen is considerably taller than his petite fashion designer mother Victoria, 47.
The SAG Awards marked somewhat of a return to normal to awards season as the first in-person televised ceremony of 2022, and the ratings are showing it. With big wins for Squid Game, CODA and Succession, the 2022 SAG Awards saw a rise in viewership to tally 1.8 million total viewers on TBS and TNT.
Alamo Drafthouse is partnering with distributor FilmRise to bring Prince’s concert film Sign O’ The Times back to the big screen for its 35th anniversary.
So many celebrities sat in the front row at the Bottega Veneta Fashion Show Fall/Winter 2022/2023 at held at Palazzo Fedele on Saturday (February 26) in Milan, Italy.
Love Island’s Tyler Cruickshank has shared his agony over the death of a friend who took his own life just before he entered the villa. Five months on from leaving Love Island, 26 year old Tyler is now wanting to focus more of his attention on mental health advocacy in the wake of his friend's passing. Speaking to OK!, Tyler shared the harrowing news that a friend that had been struggling with his mental health before he died, and that he fears that he could of “done more”.
Code Orange have dropped a visually stunning concert film titled Back Inside The Glass, which the hardcore outfit initially premiered as a ticketed livestream event.The one-off gig went down in October of 2020, streamed live – in VR, no less – from the Preserving Underground Church in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. It was particularly notable for its immersive and cinematic visuals, with the band performing to a fave-camera setup on an entirely projection-mapped stage.The show saw Code Orange perform over half of their fourth album, ‘Underneath’ – they’d released it in March of 2020, but couldn’t perform it to a proper crowd until 2021 thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Prada to get a glimpse of the A-list set slipping in to see Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons’ most recent co-designed collection at Milan Fashion Week on Thursday afternoon. Crowds erupted when Kim Kardashian appeared, wearing a full length leather trench from Prada’s latest menswear collection, a patent green shirt, baggy trousers and gloves, complete with silver shades.
"Love Sux” Avril Lavigne (DTA Records)Avril Lavigne is known for being a pillar of pop-punk in the early 2000s, who paved her own path in the male dominated alt-rock world. It’s been almost 20 years since her debut album “Let Go,” was released in the summer of 2002.
Here comes Da Bride! Da Brat, 47, and Jesseca “Judy” Dupart, 40, have officially tied the knot. The couple said “I do” at the Horse Mansion in Fairburn, Georgia on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Plenty of famous guests were in attendance including The Real Housewives Of Atlanta stars Eva Marcille, Porsha Williams and Kandi Burruss. Jermain Dupri and Damon Dupart Sr. were both present as groomsmen and even walked the two women down the aisle. Check out some sweet pics from their wedding here.
Picturehouse is set to release the pre-hiatus final concert film of the Japanese boyband pop sensation Arashi exclusively in AMC Theatres for one night only on March 22.
K.J. Yossman Sky have released first look images for a new Sky Original drama, “Unwanted.”Inspired by the book “Bilal,” an investigative book from journalist Fabrizio Gatti, the eight-part series tells the story of an undercover human rights defender who is helping migrants journey from Africa to Europe as they battle human traffickers and government officials.Stefano Bises (“Gomorrah”) created and wrote the series in collaboration with with the collaboration of Alessandro Valenti, Bernardo Pellegrini and Michela Straniero.