Spike Lee doc of David Byrne's Broadway show to open TIFF

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Management and production company 42 (The Courier) is teaming with fledgling LA-based label A-Major Media to develop and produce Megan Chan Meinero’s play Good Fortune for film. New York playwright Chan Meinero is writing the adaptation.Mary Lee, previously head of film at Justin Lin’s Perfect Storm Entertainment, is producing for A-Major, which she set up last year year to champion Asian-American voices in film and TV.

Mika has penned an emotional letter to the people of Lebanon following the giant explosion that took place in Beirut last week.The explosion, which happened in the Lebanon capital on Tuesday (August 4), has killed nearly 80 people and injured 4,000.The New York Times reported that the explosion was caused by a fire at a warehouse at Beirut’s port, and that “highly explosive materials” that the government seized years ago were found at the blast site.British singer-songwriter Mika, who was born

Lee D’Avanzo, the husband of Mob Wives alum Drita D’Avanzo, was sentenced to more than five years in prison after pleading guilty to a gun charge, the New York Daily News reports.Lee, 51, appeared in federal court in Brooklyn on Friday, August 7, for the courthouse’s first in-person hearing since the coronavirus pandemic began in March. Judge Rachel Kovner ordered him to serve 64 months behind bars for being a felon in possession of a weapon.

George and Amal Clooney have donated $100,000 to three charities in support of those affected by the devastating explosion in Beirut on Tuesday.More than 130 people are known to have died, with thousands more injured, following the deadly explosion in Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon.It's believed that the explosion may be linked to 2,750 tons of highly explosive ammonium nitrate, which was being stored in a warehouse near the port, per The New York Times.George and Amal Clooney are showing

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Seoul Searching director, Benson Lee, is set to direct 20th Century Studios’ Untitled K-Pop feature film from Scooter Braun’s SB Projects and Epic Magazine.Story follows a young Asian- American college student from the U.S. who becomes a top competitor on South Korea’s toughest k-pop competition show and chases her dreams of becoming a K-Pop star, despite the disapproval of her family.Elyse Hollander is attached to write.

Halsey and Ariana Grande are among the stars who have donated to relief funds in the wake of a giant explosion that took place in Beirut earlier this week.The explosion, which happened in the Lebanon capital on Tuesday (August 4), has killed nearly 80 people and injured 4,000.The New York Times reports that the explosion was caused by a fire at a warehouse at Beirut’s port, and that “highly explosive materials” that the government seized years ago were found at the blast site.Following the

Michelle Obama, like other Americans, is having difficulty adjusting to life during the COVID-19 pandemic. The former first lady confessed on the second episode of The Michelle Obama Podcast that she believes she’s suffering from a “low-grade depression” as the country enters its sixth month of lockdown, partly brought on by the actions of President Donald Trump. Or, rather, his inactions.

Spike Lee, George Lucas, Frank Marshall, Martin Scorsese and AFI chief Bob Gazzale pay tribute to Tom Pollock, the former chairman of Universal Pictures, who died Saturday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles following a heart attack. Pollock, who was 77, also served as chairmanof the American Film Institute and co-founded the Montecito Picture Co.

DEALSMojo Music & Media has acquired a 50% stake in the catalogue of Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen. “I’d almost given up on the chance of finding a publisher who actually knew all my songs and had a vision for how to keep them alive for another 1000 years or so”, says Nielsen, not completely understanding how copyright terms work.

hereMr Trump said US military generals had told him they “seem to feel” the explosion was the result of a “terrible attack” most likely caused by a bomb.“It would seem like it based on the explosion,” Mr Trump told reporters in Washington.In a tweet, Mr Raab said: “My thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the devastating explosion in #Beirut today.“The UK stands in solidarity with the people of Lebanon and is ready to offer help and support, including to those British nationals

Halsey, Bette Midler, Sara Bareilles, Gloria Estefan and more stars shared their thoughts on the massive explosion in Lebanon's capital of Beirut Tuesday (Aug. 4) that has killed nearly 80 people and injured 4,000.

Unlike many of its fall film festival brethren, this year’s Telluride Film Festival was forced to cancel instead of hosting an in-person and/or digital event. Unfortunately, unlike Venice, TIFF, and others, Telluride finds itself in the unlucky position of happening in the United States, where COVID-19 is still a major issue and continues to spike all across the country.

Kathie Lee Gifford remembered the way her “Live” co-host Regis Philbin supported her during her late husband’s very public cheating scandal in 1997. The actress was married to Frank Gifford from 1986 until he died in 2015.Their marriage hit a rough patch in 1997, when he was caught red-handed in an illicit affair with a married flight attendant named Suzen Johnson.

Especially in his most recent works, which have increasingly taken on the qualities of essay film in their use of archive and metatext, Spike Lee has always been interested in how the history of American film and racism intersect.

HBO's Spike Lee–directed filmed version of David Byrne’s American Utopia Broadway stage play is set to open the virtual Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 10, fest organizers said on Tuesday (July 22). David Byrne's American Utopia features the Talking Heads frontman and 11 musical artists from around the world performing songs from the 2018 album American Utopia, as well as songs from Byrne's Talking Heads and solo catalog.