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Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Former Meta executive and BAFTA Film Committee chair Anna Higgs has joined U.K. theater, film and television agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates as managing director. Higgs, who will begin her role in August, will be entrusted by the Casarotto board to oversee the business and drive the strategic development and direction of the org. Founded in 1989 and based in London, the independent global agency represents many top writers, directors, playwrights, theater creatives, literary properties and heads of departments in film, theater, TV and new media.

Alex Ritman Jenne Casarotto, co-founder of the London agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates which represents some of the leading names working behind the camera, died on Feb. 29. She was 77.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “American Rust” Season 2 has a premiere date, but at Amazon Prime Video rather than Freevee. The series was canceled at Showtime after one season in January 2022, only for Freevee — then Amazon’s only ad-supported TV offering — to pick it up for Season 2 in June.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Sound of Freedom,” the indie action-drama film that earned some $184 million at the North American box office, has set a significant theatrical release in South Korea. Angel Studios, the crowd-funded Utah-based production and distribution firm behind the film, initially set up direct-to-theater releases for the film’s first international outings in the U.K., Australia and Latin America. In Korea, rights have been licensed in conventional fashion by the N.E.W. – Contents Panda group, which plans to give the picture a release from Feb. 21, 2024.

The Bosch universe is expanding further. Prime Video has given a 10-episode series order to the Untitled Renée Ballard project, a Bosch spinoff about the LAPD’s Cold Case Division.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Amazon Prime Video has ordered a “Bosch” spinoff about the LAPD’s cold case division and Det. Renée Ballard. The 10-episode series was first reported as being in the works at Amazon MGM Studios in February.

Sound Of Freedom – a new religious thriller about a special agent who embarks on a child trafficking case rescue mission – has become an unlikely summer hit.The film, which has also been tangled up in online conspiracy theories, has been a box office success, grossing $85million (£65million).Sound Of Freedom is inspired by the experiences of former Homeland Security Agent Tim Ballard (played by Jim Caviezel), who spent more than a decade breaking up child-trafficking rings.A synopsis for the film reads: “The incredible true story of a former government agent turned vigilante who embarks on a dangerous mission to rescue hundreds of children from sex traffickers.”The film has been described as a QAnon “adjacent” and “tinged” thriller in The Guardian and Rolling Stone, respectively – referring to the American far-right conspiracy theory that some of the worst’s most powerful political and cultural elite are engaged in trafficking, pedophilia, child abuse and many other unfounded theories.Conspiracy theories related to the film included right-wing speculation that theatre company AMC wanted to sabotage screenings.As the BBC notes, some negative coverage of the film also related to Caviezel seemingly having embraced QAnon theories in the past.The film’s distributor, Angel Studios, denied the film is connected to conspiracy theories, and the CEO of AMC Theatres, Adam Aron, also shut down theories related to the theatre screenings on Twitter.Some viewers have also read Sound Of Freedom as a “faith-based film”.Despite the conspiracy theories surrounding it, the film has performed well at the box office, but reviews have been mixed.Variety described it as “compelling movie that shines an authentic light on one of the crucial

U.S. Coast Guard announced that crews recovered the remains while searching through the wreckage. Per a news release from the Coast Guard, medical professionals will conduct a «formal analysis» of the «presumed human remains» that have been carefully recovered within the wreckage at the site of the incident. Additionally, the Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) intends to transport the evidence aboard a U.S.

U.S. Coast Guard announced that crews recovered the remains while searching through the wreckage. Per a news release from the Coast Guard, medical professionals will conduct a «formal analysis» of the «presumed human remains» that have been carefully recovered within the wreckage at the site of the incident. Additionally, the Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) intends to transport the evidence aboard a U.S.

Lizzo has hit out at the newly-passed anti-abortion bill during a headline show in Nebraska.After three-months of legal back and forth, the “Let Them Grow” bill was voted through by Republican state lawmakers on Friday (May 19), banning abortions after 12 weeks alongside a bill that bans gender-affirming care for transgender youth.The LB574 bill has been heavily criticised, with protesters surrounding the state capitol chambers in Lincoln. During her headline show at the CHI Health Center Omaha in Nebraska on Friday, Lizzo spoke out about the bill.“Anybody who comes to a Lizzo show should know that I am for people to have the right to reproductive and gender-affirming [healthcare],” she said.“At times I get very political because as adults, we feel it.

Ted Lasso star Toheeb Jimoh features in an upcoming theatre production of Romeo and Juliet in London's West End. The actor, who recently reprised the role of Sam in the third season of the Jason Sudeikis sports dramedy, will play Romeo opposite Isis Hainsworth's Juliet at the Almeida Theatre.

Harry Bosch will continue to crack cases for the foreseeable future. Ahead of the Season 2 premiere this fall, Bosch: Legacy, the spinoff of the longrunning Amazon crime series, has been renewed for a third season. Amazon Freevee announced the renewal Monday, prior to the Amazon NewFront presentation.

Charlie Sheen comes from a famous family — and he’s passing on the torch to daughters Cassandra Estevez, Sami Sheen and Lola Sheen, and twin sons Bob and Max Sheen.

Expanding TV universes is the hottest trend right now. Bosch, one of the early adopters with Bosch: Legacy, is forging ahead with two police dramas inspired by the work of bestselling author Michael Connelly, which are in development at Amazon Studios.

JG Ballard meets Ben Wheatley in Brandon Cronenberg’s latest. Which is a bit of a surprise, since the two have already met: in 2015, in the latter’s dystopian satire High-Rise. There are (literal) shades of Nicolas Winding Refn, too, and a healthy smattering of body horror inherited from the old man, whose filmography Cronenberg Jr. raids to make an unlikely fusion of Videodrome and A History of Violence, two very opposing milestones in his father’s career.

Amber Heard is ready for battle once again!

Amber Heard has sacked her long-time attorney and hired a new legal team as she prepares to appeal the verdict in her defamation trial with Johnny Depp. Elaine Bredehoft, who represented Ms Heard in the six-week long trial, will step down.

Amber Heard has now hired David L. Axelrod and Jay Ward Brown of Ballard Spahr to represent her in her appeal of the Johnny Depp defamation trial verdict.

Amber Heard has hired new lawyers amid the ongoing legal battle between her and ex-husband Johnny Depp.

Charlie Sheen had a change of heart about his daughter Sami Sheen joining OnlyFans!

EXCLUSIVE: Australian filmmaker John Hillcoat is set to helm Running Wild, an adaptation J.G. Ballard’s novella off a screenplay by David Leland.

Jamie Campbell Bower is apologizing to fans for keeping his “Stranger Things” season 4 character a secret.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorHair and makeup artists are at it again, transforming actors into real-life characters. From the sublime to complete, Jared Leto, Jessica Biel, Lily James, Sebastian Stan and Renée Zellweger were among those being trans- formed and techniques including 3D scans of the artist are de rigueur now.Suits, enhancements and a lot of prosthetics went into helping actors disappear into their parts.Leto is no stranger to the art of transformation.

Candy, but it looks like she was unconsciously channeling his old hair too. "It did look so similar," the actor told when comparing her look on the show to her husband's iconic ‘90s ’do. “And then, [Justin] was like, ‘Well, wait a minute, you kinda look like my mom from the '80s.' And I said, ‘I kind of look like my grandmother from the '80s.' The perms were big.”A quick look at Candy's trailer tells you all you need to know about the ‘80s murder drama, which was inspired by true events.

spoilers incoming.Ever since dropped the trailer for upcoming show last week, it's all anyone can talk about. It teases the story of Dr.

Netflix’s newest documentary might just be their most surprising yet.

When looking to lose weight, many people may first start looking for a personal trainer or nutritionist. While both can be helpful, it turns out that one of your biggest motivators might already be right beside you.

A woman who was living with a violent partner used a domestic abuse code word to get away from him.