The ‘Paul’ of 1960s Pop Duo ‘Paul & Paula,’ Ray Hildebrand, Dies at 82

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Sony Pictures’ “Dumb Money” could be the most frightening horror movie this year, and the Oscars would be smart to embrace it. From the critically acclaimed director Craig Gillespie, his smart and at times tragic look at the GameStop stock story of 2021 entertained the audiences of the Toronto Film Festival on Friday night where it held its world premiere.

EXCLUSIVE: Radu Jude’s Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World, which has just been submitted as Romania’s official entry into the International Oscar race, has been picked up by Mubi for multiple key territories. 

Jennie Punter Pakistani Canadian filmmaker Anam Abbas has won the Canadian Media Producers Assn.’s 2023 Kevin Tierney Emerging Producer Award, it was announced Sept. 7 at the Indiescreen Awards, the opening event of the Toronto International Film Festival’s industry conference at Glenn Gould Studios. Abbas’ latest feature is writer and director Zarrar Kahn’s feature debut “In Flames,” a Pakistani Canadian horror-drama about a Karachi woman and her mother who are beset by malevolent figures from their past after the family patriarch dies.

He was the fresh-faced cheeky chap who everyone loved, enthralling TV viewers with his old-fashioned swing-based style on the third series of The X Factor in 2006. Ray Quinn even nearly won the show, coming runner-up to singing sensation Leona Lewis.The Mersyside-born star went on to release a No 1 album, Doin' It My Way – featuring songs including Ain't That A Kick In The Head and My Way – but, after a 30-date UK tour, he was dropped by Simon Cowell's Syco record label at the end of 2007. Undeterred, Ray took part in Dancing On Ice in 2009 and the All Star series in 2014, winning both shows with his incredible skating skills.

TELLURIDE – Considering the success and adoration of the “Sideways,” it’s sort of surprising it took Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti this long to find another film to make together. Almost 20 years later, the director and actor have reteamed for “The Holdovers,” which debuted at this year’s Telluride Film Festival.

Thank god for Alexander Payne. The filmmaker is, and always have been, a true humanist. A writer/director more interested in human beings, something that has always been the special effect of his movies. A two-time Oscar winning writer, his latest film, The Holdovers, which had its World Premiere Thursday at the Telluride Film Festival, is one of the rare movies in which he doesn’t also have a writing credit. David Hemingson did the screenplay, but the idea, an inspired one, came from Payne, a real film buff who was always intrigued by Marcel Pagnol’s 1935 French film Merlusse about a group of boarding school students stuck over the holidays with a much-despised teacher. The director thought it had the bones for a new story and developed with Hemingson. Still, set in 1970, it is Payne’s first period film after a celebrated career for movies like Sideways, The Descendants, and many others. He has made some contemporary classics, no doubt, but the warm humanity of a trio of people left alone at Christmas in a snowy boarding school, ranks right up there with his very best. It is funny, sad, witty, poignant, filled with snark and heart and great acting. It also manages to be a film set at the holidays that offers something truly new for the genre, and also delightfully not only evokes the period in which it is set, it also purposely looks like a movie made then.

The Jonas Brothers take on a massive undertaking with their new concert The Tour – they’re performing all of their music every time they take the stage.

Ray Hildebrand, the singer-songwriter whose duet “Hey Paula” with his friend Jill Jackson under the names Paul and Paula became a million-selling #1 hit in 1963, died August 18 of dementia at his home in Overland Park, Kansas. He was 82.

HAIM have teased that they might have been working with Jai Paul on new music.The Los Angeles-trio – made up of sister Alana, Danielle and Este Haim – performed their massive London headline show at All Points East on Monday (August 28) and spoke to Lauren Laverne on BBC Radio 6 about new music during their stop in the UK.Along with discussing the 10th anniversary of their debut album ‘Days Are Gone‘, they were also asked about plans for the future.The sisters shared that they “been working with some cool people”. “We played Jai Paul earlier; we might’ve been in the studio with him,” they teased.

It’s hard to believe that One Tree Hill first premiered almost 20 years ago!

Manchester United have been embroiled in their fair share of transfer sagas.

Author Douglas Coupland once wrote in his seminal 1991 slacker work, “Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture,” that “nostalgia is a deadly weapon,” and one supposes those words can be cautionary tales about our youth, what we romanticize and what potentially holds us back from growing because we can’t move on past it. I’m not exactly sure what that has to do with the new documentary, “‘The Elephant 6 Recording Co.,” about the late ‘90s recording collective The Elephant 6, mostly comprised of lo-fi indie bands from in and around Athens, Georgie, other than to say after watching this appropriately chaotic, shaggy and baggy documentary, Coupland’s quote immediately flashed back into my memory.

WWE star Bray Wyatt has tragically died aged just 36.The news was announced by WWE executive Triple H on social media in a message that will send shockwaves through the wrestling world. In the announcement on X, the social media site that was known as Twitter, Triple H wrote: "Just received a call from WWE Hall of Famer Mike Rotunda who informed us of the tragic news that our WWE family member for life Windham Rotunda - also known as Bray Wyatt - unexpectedly passed earlier today. Our thoughts are with his family and we ask that everyone respect their privacy at this time." Bray was one of the biggest names in the wrestling world since his inception into the big leagues during the 2010's.

SHEIN is rolling out a VIP soirée at Creamfields North! Hosted by the actor and presenter Tillie Amartey, this pop-up launch party is your ticket to rubbing shoulders with A-list influencers like Dani Kara Imbert, Georgia Steel, Kendall Rae Knight, Emily Miller, Kady McDermott, and Sophie Kasaei.

Billy Ray Cyrus and his fiancée, Firerose, have made their red carpet debut.

https://t.co/F7qO8RynN0 #OTH @Represent pic.twitter.com/WX7LLc89K4— Chad Michael Murray (@ChadMMurray) November 12, 2020Chad Michael Murray, who played Lucas Scott on “One Tree Hill,” went through many changes since his days on the show. Murray left the series at the end of Season 6, but returned to make a cameo in Season 9. Since then, he and his wife, Sarah Roemer, have welcomed three children, the newest a baby girl in 2023.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. “The Mandalorian,” “Wandavision” and Loki” will arrive on Blu-ray and 4K UHD later this year, marking the first Disney+ original series to get a physical release. The first season of “Loki” will become available on Sept.

Chad Michael Murray and his wife, Sarah Roemer, are officially parents of three! Roemer shared the happy news on Saturday, sharing that they welcomed a baby girl.

Chad Michael Murray and Sarah Roemer have announced the arrival of their third child. Sarah announced the new arrival on Instagram, where she shared a sweet snap of the tot's heart-shaped birthmark, Captioning the photo, she wrote: "Our baby girl arrived last week with a heart on her ankle.

Chad Michael Murray and his wife, Sarah Roemer, are officially parents of three! Roemer shared the happy news on Saturday, sharing that they welcomed a baby girl.«Our baby girl arrived last week with a heart on her ankle,» she wrote, sharing a pic of her heart-shaped birthmark.