SXSW Award Winner ‘What We Leave Behind’ Documents An Aging Man’s “Final Act”

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIFC Films has acquired worldwide rights to the SXSW award-winning documentary “Bad Axe.” The deeply personal film is directed by David Siev, and follows the director as he returns home to rural Michigan. There, he captures his Asian-American family’s quest to keep their local restaurant alive, amidst the backdrop of pandemic and Trump-era political and racial tensions. It’s Siev’s feature debut.

Wilson Chapman editorRae Allen, the Tony-winning stage and screen veteran known for her role as nosy reporter Gloria Thorpe in “Damn Yankees” and as Quintina Blundetto on “The Sopranos,” died Wednesday, her rep Kyle Fritz confirmed to Variety. She was 95.Born in Brooklyn as Rae Julia Theresa Abruzzo, Allen began her career on the stage after graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1947.

Lady Gaga received a standing ovation from the audience at the Grammy Awards for her performance of “Do I Love You” from her joint album with Tony Bennett, Love for Sale. Among those in the Las Vegas crowd showing their support on Sunday (3 April) was fellow nominee Billie Eilish, who was captured screaming and cheering at Gaga’s star turn.

It was an Academy Awards which no one will be forgetting anytime soon. Aside from its controversy, this year's Oscars set new records for diversity and representation, as well as giving long-awaited recognition for two big-screen veterans.

Pachinko star Lee Min-ho is set to star in a new K-drama titled Ask The Stars with Gong Hyo-jin.Earlier today (March 28), South Korean news outlet XSportsNews reported that the Pachinko actor has been cast as the male lead of upcoming romantic-comedy Ask The Stars. Joining him will be actress Gong Hyo-jin, who is known for her roles in hits like Jealousy Incarnate (2016) and When The Camellia Blooms (2019).The upcoming series will revolve round an astronaut and tourist, who meet and fall in love while the latter visits a space station.

Still family. Zoë Kravitz and Jason Momoa attended the Oscars 2022 two months after her announced his split from her mother, Lisa Bonet.

won the Oscar for Best Actress, awarded by presenter Anthony Hopkins.In her speech, broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, Chastain drew large applause and thanked her “brilliant” co-star Andrew Garfield.“So many people out there feel hopelessness and alone and suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States,” she noted.“It’s touched many families. It’s touched mine and especially members of the LGBTQ community…we’re faced with discriminatory and bigoted legislation that is sweeping our country with the only goal of further dividing us.

Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead took first place in the inaugural #OscarsFanFavorite contest, put on by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to showcase more popular movies and announced Sunday during the Oscar telecast.

Yard Act made their US TV debut last night (March 24) with an electrifying performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – watch it below.The Leeds band played the title track from their acclaimed debut record ‘The Overload’, which hit Number Two in the UK albums chart upon its release in January.Appearing live in Fallon’s studio in New York City, Yard Act delivered an energetic take on the song as their circular black-and-white logo spun behind them. Later, a series of strobe lights flashed while guitarist Sam Shjipstone shredded towards a thrilling finale.You can watch the band’s appearance on Fallon here:Taking to Twitter after recording their first Fallon performance, Yard Act wrote: “What a rush to be a part of that. Didn’t dare look up to my left to see what [Fallon’s house band] @theroots were making of all our nonsense.

Pachinko affected him.Based on the novel of the same name by Min Jin Lee, Pachinko follows the lives of a Korean immigrant family in Japan over four generations. Lee stars in the upcoming series as Lee Han-su, a Korean fish broker who crosses paths with a young Sun-ja (Kim Min-ha), the series’ central character, setting in motion her eventual move to Japan.In a recent interview with The Korea Times, the 34-year-old actor reflected on what he had learned about Korean-Japanese history while working on the series and how it affected him.

Mean Girls star Jonathan Bennettis officially a married man. The actor, 40, tied the knot with boyfriend Jaymes Vaughan, 38, in Mexico on March 19. The happy couple’s ceremony was officiated by YouTube star Brian Tyler Cohen at the Unico Riviera Maya Hotel in front of 104 family and friends including actresses Danica McKeller and Sharon Lawrence and RuPaul Drag Race‘s Jackie Cox, according to People.

Jonathan Bennett and Jaymes Vaughan said “I do” on Saturday, during an inclusive Mexican wedding at the Unico Riviera Maya Hotel.According to, the pair, who got engaged in 2020, was surrounded by 104 of their closest friends and family, during a beachside ceremony that honored all the things they love, and created new traditions for their community. The grooms opted not to walk down the aisle, but rather met each other at the altar where their nuptials were officiated by their friend, and YouTuber, Brian Tyler Cohen. For the ceremony, Bennett and Vaughan each wore black tuxedos from Express, and they both became emotional as they said their own personal vows and placed diamond encrusted Kay Jewelers rings on each other’s fingers.

Mean Girls star Jonathan Bennett is married to his boyfriend, Celebrity Page host Jaymes Vaughan!

Luke Pasqualino has become the latest famous face to be tipped to play James Bond following Daniel Craig's exit from the 007 franchise in the most recent film No Time To Die.The 32 year old is best known for playing Freddie McClair in Channel 4's Skins and Elvis Harte in BBC's Our Girl alongside Michelle Keegan. Bookmakers William Hill have placed Luke at 25/1 following his recent success as David Kostyk in US series Shadow and Bone.