Will ‘Parasite’ Work as an HBO Miniseries? (Column)

Keith Cullen has endured a difficult path, one filled with setbacks, disease, and heartbreak, but he’s finally ready to become the queer pop sensation he’s always known himself to be.The Dublin-born Cullen, 36, started out in a less-than-musical fashion; at just 18, Cullen founded an Ireland-based marketing firm, and for nearly a decade, he built the company up from nothing and became a verified success story. “But,” Cullen tells Billboard, “I wasn’t being true to who I was.

The early-to-mid-1990s saw the rise of a number of hip-hop labels jockeying to succeed Def Jam as the preeminent rap shop of the day. While Bad Boy, Death Row, No Limit, So So Def and the like were iconic in their own ways, no outfit came as close to Def Jam’s level as Steve Rifkind’s Loud Records.

Actors sometimes complain about being typecast, but it’s a fact of life for anyone in entertainment. John Ford is usually labeled a director of Westerns, despite “The Grapes of Wrath” and  “Mister Roberts.” David Lean is known for his epics, but he also directed “Brief Encounter” and “Summertime.” Vincente Minnelli? The director of musicals, overlooking “The Bad and the Beautiful,” “Lust for Life” and “Some Came Running.”

From Connor’s shock dumping to the Siannese and Rebecca feud, it’s safe to say it’s been an eventful series of Love Island so far.

Coleen Rooney is looking fitter than ever and now we can reveal just how she maintains her svelte figure.The mum-of-four has been hitting the gym hard to ensure she’s bikini ready for her next beach holiday and last week she shared a string of snaps showing her being put through her paces and confessed she was “aching” following her tough exercise classes.

Rosario Dawson has been cast as the lead in the upcoming HBO Max pilot “DMZ,” which has Ava DuVernay on board as a director and Roberto Patino in place as writer-showrunner.

By Dino-Ray Ramos

On the mend. Scarlett Johansson stepped out on the red carpet at the 2020 SAG awards with her fiancé, Colin Jost, on Sunday, January 19 — just two days after canceling her appearance at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival due to a “violent illness.”

UPDATE: January 18, 2020, 11:39 a.m.: Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but sounds like there's been a snag in entire production of that highly-anticipated Friends reunion. The holdup? Pay negotiations for the original cast.

REVOLT is putting its stamp on the pervasiveness of hip-hop culture via an expansive in-house survey the media company next week will send to brands, agencies and other business stakeholders that parses the genre’s role in mainstream popular culture.     

By Peter White

By Anthony D'Alessandro

Wolfgang Puck is cooking up a new series at HBO Max.