Whoopi Goldberg and Jeremy Irvine to Star in Italian Comedy ‘Leopardi & Co’ Produced by Tarak Ben Ammar

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Rome’s MIA market dedicated to international TV series, animation, feature films, and documentaries is set to feature a panoply of 62 projects from 36 countries for its upcoming 9th edition. Though European content remains the core of the curated pre-Mipcom event that will run Oct.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Whoopi Goldberg is defending Hasan Minhaj, who has ignited a fierce debate after admitting to embellishing stories in his stand-up routines over the years. “That’s what we do,” Goldberg said on “The View” about the role of the comedian (via Entertainment Weekly). “That’s what we do, we tell stories and we embellish them.” “If you’re gonna hold a comic to the point where you’re gonna check up on stories, you have to understand, a lot of it is not the exact thing that happened because why would we tell exactly what happened? It ain’t that interesting,” she also said, adding later, “There’s information that we will give you as comics that will have grains of truth, but don’t take it to the bank.

ban of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel “Maus,” about a Holocaust survivor, Goldberg argued that the genocide – which killed over 6 million Jewish people – was “not about race,” but about “man’s inhumanity to man.” Other co-hosts disagreed. “Well, it’s about white supremacy. That’s what it’s about,” political strategist Ana Navarro resplied.

Adam Sandler is hitting the road. The 57-year-old comedian and Live Nation announced that Sandler’s embarking on “The I Missed You Tour”, a 25-city endeavour, next month.

Adam Sandler is going on tour!

Whoopi Goldberg is back.

Whoopi Goldberg was back in the moderator’s seat on The View today after missing last week’s Season 27 premiere due to her third bout with Covid, and today she received a standing ovation from the studio audience on her return.

according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.The gothic supernatural flick, which ABC News called “a face-plant horror splat” is the ninth chapter in Warner Bros. “Conjuring” franchise.It stars Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet and Bonnie Aarons — the latter who is suing Warner Bros.

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Jawan, a Hindi action thriller with Bollywood royalty Shah Rukh Khan set opening day records in India that are echoing Stateside. The Yas Raj Films release grossed more than $1.36 million in Thursday previews at 827 locations, meaning it was the no. 2 movie across North America behind wide release The Equalizer 3 with Denzel Washington.

her third bout with COVID-19 — but apparently, according to Joy Behar, some viewers hatched their own ideas about her whereabouts.“People write, ‘Well, she got the vaccination, how come she still gets it?’” Behar, 80, said on Wednesday’s episode before showing a video message from Goldberg. “Because she’s not dead, she’s just a little bit under the weather!”“If you don’t get [the vaccination] and you get the disease, you might die … this type of irrational talk drives me nuts,” Behar told co-hosts Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Ana Navarro.The “Sister Act” star also squashed nonsense theories herself, explaining in a video taped in her bedroom, “I am not at Burning Man.

Whoopi Goldberg missed another day of The View due to her third bout with Covid, but sent a video message to the show to dispel internet rumors about her absence.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone, who is a two-time Cannes jury prizewinner, with “Gomorrah” in 2008 and “Reality” in 2012, is in competition at the Venice Film Festival for the first time with his immigration-themed drama “Io Capitano.” Shot in Senegal, Italy and Morocco with a cast of largely non-professional actors, “Io Capitano” narrates the Homeric journey of two young African men, Seydou and Moussa, who decide to leave Dakar to reach Europe. Garrone’s own company, Archimede, produced with RAI Cinema and Belgium’s Tarantula Film as a co-producer. The drama is backed by Pathé, which is handling world sales through Pathé International.

new COVID-19 variant, dubbed Pirola.The “Sister Act” star, 67, is reportedly recovering well at her home in New Jersey. “She’s on the mend,” Behar stated, allying the audience’s audible concerns.

“The View” returned one co-host short.

Whoopi Goldberg was noticeably missing during the Season 27 premiere of The View.

Whoopi Goldberg was absent from the Season 27 premiere episode of The View today due to yet another case of Covid, though many usual viewers throughout the country will miss the show too: The View did not air today in markets impacted by the ongoing clash between Disney and Spectrum.

Naman Ramachandran Sony’s “The Equalizer 3” has finally toppled the six-week reign of “Barbie” atop the U.K. and Ireland box office. Antoine Fuqua’s action thriller, headlined by Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning, debuted with £2.7 million ($3.4 million), per numbers from Comscore.

Barbie has been dethroned from the top of the UK and Ireland box office after six weeks.As reported by ScreenDaily, The Equalizer 3 starring Denzel Washington took the number one spot in its opening weekend (September 1-3), taking “just shy” of £2million.Barbie fell to second place with takings of £1.6million in its seventh weekend, a 16 per cent drop from the week prior. The film has grossed £92.6million in total in the UK, beating Avengers: Endgame (£88.7million) to become the seventh highest-grossing film of all time in the territory.Others in the top five for the weekend include Oppenheimer (£960,300), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (£619,000) and Sound Of Freedom (£589,456).Barbie had a longer run at the UK box office compared to the US, where DC superhero film Blue Beetle managed to dethrone the film at the top after four weeks.Greta Gerwig’s fantasy comedy recently became the highest-grossing movie of the year, beating The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Oppenheimer and Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.3.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera is adamant about his decision to place six Italian movies in this year’s 23-title festival lineup. “Nobody accused the French of chauvinism because they had seven French films in competition in Cannes this year,” Barbera quipped to a snarky Italian reporter when the Venice lineup was announced in July, though he did concede, “It’s true that in the past I have not done this.” Indeed, Barbera’s previous limit on Italian movies in competition for the Golden Lion was five titles last year, which some local critics considered a stretch.