Talking Heads were wary of ‘Stop Making Sense’ film being “too Spinal Tap”

EXCLUSIVE: The West Wing actor Joshua Malina will make his London stage bow in the fall playing a “secular, sarcastic, anti-religious Jew” who says “the unsayable” about Israel in what’s being billed as the European premiere of Nathan Englander’s adaptation of his 2012 short story What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank.

Will there be a Law & Order: SVU and Law & Order: Organized Crime crossover? Mariska Hargitay wants a Benson and Stabler reunion with Christopher Meloni to happen in the upcoming season!

Nina Dobrev, who plays Amanda Tanner in the film, exclusively told The Post. “The scene was actually born from him coming to visit me on set.”White played himself in “Friends with Benefits” (2011) alongside Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake. He expressed to Dobrev and the crew that he “loved” the experience, but he wanted to “not be me next time.”Dobrev and the crew proposed White take part in “Reunion” right then and there.

The dad of missing teenager Jay Slater has said his son's sudden disappearance in the mountains of north west Tenerife 'doesn't make sense'.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Sanaa Hamri, executive producer and director of the Prime Video fantasy series “The Wheel of Time,” feels like she’s just getting started. The Moroccan-born filmmaker began her career in the late 1990s directing music videos for artists such as Prince, Mariah Carey, Sting and Nicki Minaj.

What’s going on with Academy Award-winning director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s “Star Wars” movie centering on Rey Skywalker (Daisy Ridley)? Rumored to be called, “Star War: A New Jedi Order” and then more recently, “Star Wars: Episode X – A New Beginning” (who knows if any of that’s true), for months, all Daisy Ridley has said is she’s been waiting to read a script from Academy Award-nominated writer Steven Knight, the creator of “Peaky Blinders,” and writer of “Eastern Promises,” “Spencer” and more.

The Bear star Ebon Moss-Bachrach has reflected on the success of the hit kitchen drama, but admitted there’s one slight drawback to the show’s popularity.In a new interview with The Guardian, the actor, who plays “Cousin” Richie on the show, spoke about the FX series’ international appeal.“I was on top of a little mountain outside Kyoto and a Korean couple came up to me and were saying how much they love the show.”He added, however, that constantly having fans come up to him and yell “Cousin!” has become somewhat tiresome.“I get a lot of comments. People yell ‘Cousin!’ at me all day,” he said.

Austin Butler opened up about the relationship that he has with his close friend Ashley Tisdale‘s daughter Jupiter.

King Charles III is caught between a rock and a hard place when it comes to his family feud.

Bad Robot veteran Hannah Minghella has been hired as Head of Feature Animation and Live-Action Family Film at Netflix, Deadline can confirm. We understand that her departure from the J.J. Abrams-led company was amicable.

Marta Balaga The Monte-Carlo Television Festival has rolled out the blue carpet welcoming star guests for its 63rd edition, but it also has an eye on the future.“We’re always working towards expanding and developing the festival. Each year, we get better and better,” executive director Cécile Menoni says.Listing “fabulous highlights,” Menoni gushes over this year’s Crystal Nymph winner: Morgan Freeman.

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Rosario Dawson, Hayden Christensen, and Lucasfilm Creative Chief Dave Filoni were on the Happy Sad Confused podcast to discuss the “Star Wars” series “Ahsoka” this week (read our review). And while all eyes are on season two of “Ahsoka,” which Filoni says he’s writing, so it’s presumably on the way at some point, many fans are wondering what’s going on with the feature-length film.

William Earl administrator The core four members of Talking Heads — vocalist and guitarist David Byrne, drummer Chris Frantz, bassist Tina Weymouth and keyboardist and guitarist Jerry Harrison — split rather acrimoniously in 1991 and have rarely shared stages in the years since. But in celebration of A24’s 40th anniversary reissue of their galvanizing 1984 concert film “Stop Making Sense,” the erstwile bandmates have spoken more kindly of each other and reunited for a series of interviews, and on Thursday night the four sat down for a Q&A with Questlove at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre that followed a screening of the film.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Emily Blunt is in early talks to star in Steven Spielberg‘s next film. The movie, like all of Spielberg’s productions, is shrouded in secrecy, but it is an “event film,” so think special effects and vast scope.

As we know from yesterday’s excerpt from an upcoming episode of The Playlist’s The Discourse podcast featuring Jude Law promoting his forthcoming film period drama “Firebrand” opposite Alicia Vikander (read our review), the actor basically turned down an early version of “Superman” when Brett Ratner was attached to direct. For years, Law seemed to avoid most franchises.

Marta Balaga Animation wizard Henry Selick has seen the remastered “Coraline.” And he loves it. “It’s gorgeous. I saw it about a week and a half ago and it very much represents the original dream of how to use the 3D really well,” Selick said during a surprise appearance at Variety‘s “Laika Celebrates Coraline’s 15th Anniversary” panel at Annecy Animation Festival.

Stormzy has revealed that he’s “just been creating” for the past two years, while Vince Staples has spoken of his foray into television.West Coast rap met UK grime on Monday (June 10) when Stormzy and Vince Staples came together in conversation, compèred by former NME Awards host Julie Adenuga, at London’s Ham Yard Theatre. The invite-only event saw them discuss new music, staying grounded and Stormzy’s love of Glastonbury.Long Beach native Staples was in the capital as part of his UK and European tour in support of recent album ‘Dark Times’, which was released last month, before he played a show at London’s Roundhouse.

Talking Heads have announced a deluxe edition of their iconic live album ‘Stop Making Sense’ in celebration of its 40th anniversary.Four decades on from the classic concert album and live film, the set will be re-released as a 2LP and 2CD/Blu-ray set this summer.Following the deluxe edition of the soundtrack selling out when released last year, the album will be returning as a 2LP black vinyl on Rhino.com and retail and a 2LP crystal clear vinyl at Barnes and Noble on July 26. Both variants come with a 12-page booklet with liner notes from all four members of the band, as well as band photos.

EXCLUSIVE: Cruel Summer actress Olivia Holt and recent Scream franchise star Mason Gooding are set for the Spyglass’ original horror rom-com, Heart Eyes, which is rolling cameras in New Zealand.