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Deadline has revealed that Equity has in the past couple of weeks submitted the claim and is preparing to begin negotiations. The result of the bargaining will be a new contract governing the vast majority of UK TV series and indie movies – including those made by the streamers – for the next two to three years. >>>5 Demands |
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Hollywood Donors Would Like A Word With Joe Biden - “Why isn’t Joe Biden on 60 Minutes tonight? Why wasn’t he on Meet the Press this morning?,” asked one deep-pocketed Democrat who attended the fundraiser with Vice President Kamala Harris at Rob and Michele Reiner’s on Saturday night. >>>Minimal Reassurance
Weekend B.O. Battle - It was closer than expected for No. 1 at the domestic box office this weekend between Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 and Paramount's A Quiet Place: Day One, with the former beating the latter $57.4M to $53M. Friday it was looking more like $60M vs. $48M. >>>Full Analysis
Coogler To Tame 'California Bear'- 20th has landed the rights to a feature adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel California Bear from Duane Swierczynski. Gary Lennon will write the feature alongside Swierczynski with Ryan Coogler’s Proximity Media producing. >>>Vigilante Thriller
Fifth Season Makes A Play - Fifth Season-backed The Story Collective has taken a 25% stake in The Mallorca Files co-producer Cosmopolitan Pictures, which has ambitions to be a “European hub” for projects that can traverse borders. >>>Anglo-American Allies
Jude Law: The Film That Lit My Fuse - Jude Law says his King Henry VIII in Firebrand is the kind of role that he has admired most among the films and performances that were great influences on his career. In Particular, he cites Daniel Day Lewis in My Beautiful Laundrette. >>>Watch The Interview |
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Christmas has come early for genre fans this year with the release of MaXXXine, the third and perhaps not-so-final part of a horror trilogy that began in 2022 with X, a splatterfest set in the ’70s porn industry. Mia Goth was director Ti West’s leading lady, playing both Maxine Mink and her crazy old nemesis, Pearl.
Though the current film has fun with ’80s tropes — big hair, neon lighting, electro-pop hits (like Animotion’s “Obsession”) and the “Satanic Panic” that saw the likes of Judas Priest accused of hiding secret messages in their music — MaXXXine doggedly continues the throughline of West’s films in its investigation and subversion of movie tropes.
As for whether there will be a fourth film, well, read on. >>>The Interview |
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Briana Middleton (Sharper) has been tapped as the co-lead opposite Callum Turner in Neuromancer, Apple TV+‘s new sci-fi drama based on the cyberpunk classic of the same name by William Gibson.
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Andrew McCarthy (Brats), Drew Van Acker (Last Survivors) and Debby Ryan (Shortcomings) have wrapped production in New York on Orion, a new sci-fi thriller from director Jaco Bouwer (Gaia).
Will Forte is the latest cast addition to Netflix's The Four Seasons, joining as a series regular in the comedy series based on Universal’s 1981 feature film.
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Chicago Med fans’ fears following the Season 9 finale have materialized: Dr. Crockett Marcel is checking out of the Gaffney Chicago Medical Center. Dominic Rains, who has portrayed the ace emergency room surgeon since Season 5, is departing the NBC medical drama as a series regular.
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Angela Sarafyan (Westworld) is set to recur in the Prime Video series El Gato. |
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More News 💰 Sony Pictures Television has upped its minority holding in Alex Rider producer Eleventh Hour Films to a majority stake. Sony had first invested in the British indie in 2018.
🐔 After months of financial struggles, Redbox parent Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
🚫 Chris O’Dowd and the residents of Deerfield will not be back for new adventures after Apple TV+ opted not to renew The Big Door Prize for a third season. |
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Obituaries
🕯 Martin Mull, who played Colonel Mustard in Clue, Roseanne’s boss Leon Carp in the ABC comedy Roseanne and starred on Norman Lear‘s Fernwood 2 Nite, died Thursday at his home. He was 80. 🕯 Bud S. Smith, an Oscar-nominated film editor (The Exorcist, Flashdance), died last Sunday at his home in Studio City, California, from respiratory failure after a prolonged illness. He was 88. 🕯 Lizzy Musi, a race car driver who starred on Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings and multiple Discovery spinoffs, died June 27 of breast cancer at her North Carolina home, her father announced on social media. She was 33. 🕯 Stephanie Leifer, a former programming executive who worked a combined 28 years at ABC Signature and ABC before leaving the company in 2022, died Thursday of cancer. She was 56. 🕯 Renauld White, who helped forge greater diversity on designer runways and later spent two years on soap opera The Guiding Light, died June 26 at age 80. 🕯 Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2024 Photo Gallery |
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On the Radar
Mon - Wimbledon begins; Supreme Court to rule on extent of Trump's presidential immunity
Thu - Independence Day; UK general election |
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Fugees Reunion - Wyclef Jean joined Lauren Hill onstage at the BET Awards for a rendition of “Fu-Gee-La." Hill's son, YG Marley, also performed with her. |
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