Hollywood Reporter
All three titles come from first-time feature filmmakers: Jason Laurits, Elizabeth Guest and Jacqueline Christy.
The Guardian Culture
From Audrey Hepburn to Pedro Pascal, cellists have become a movie shorthand for sensitivity, intensity and emotional depth. But why has Hollywood turned one orchestral instrument into a character in its own right?There’s a throwaway line in 2012’s The Avengers, after a character’s death, when his partner is alluded to. “There was a cellist, I think,” muses Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark. It’s a spot of pathos amid the punch-ups – but also rather telling. Because when even a superhero blockbuster
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Louise Brealey teases out the playful and poetic moments of these shapeshifting stories, told from the perspective of the northeasterly wind and those it has wreaked chaos on through the agesThe only named wind in the British Isles, Helm is a strong northeasterly gale that blows down the slopes of Cross Fell in the Pennines and is known for its unusual cloud formations. Helm has been known to dislodge roofs, haystacks, trees and riders from their horses.Twenty years in the writing, Sarah Hall’s
Variety
Paramount+ announced “Billie Eilish — Hit Me Hard And Soft: The Tour (Live)” will premiere Aug. 6 on the streaming service. The concert movie was released in theaters on May 8 and has grossed $10 million in the United States and Canada to date, plus $27 million worldwide. Eilish co-directed alongside James Cameron. Filmed during […]
Variety
EGOT-winner John Legend is set to star in “The Road Home,” about South African jazz legends Hugh Masekela and Miriam “Mama Africa” Makeba, and their Apartheid-era Graceland tour with Paul Simon. Legend will portray American singer, actor and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte. Principal photography on “The Road Home” — directed by Oscar winner Bill […]
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Cameras have started rolling on “Stages,” the directorial debut of “Ex Machina,” “Devs,” “Civil War” and “House of the Dragon” star Sonoya Mizuno. Now shooting in the U.K., the film — first announced in December — has unveiled its ensemble cast, which includes Julie Delpy (“Meet the Barbarians,” “The Lesson”), Takehiro Hira (“Rental Family,” “Shōgun”), Kathryn Hunter […]
Hollywood Reporter
The EGOT winner joins Thabo Rametsi as Hugh Masekela, Cynthia Erivo as Miriam Makeba and Johnny Flynn as Paul Simon in a drama about the political firestorm that surrounded the creation of Simon's classic 1980s album 'Graceland.'
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Royal Albert HallSoprano Clare Booth, Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish gave the world premiere of Dean’s theatrical and engaging The World’s Wife. Elgar’s 1st didn’t quite achieve lift-off but Weir’s Moon and Star had sweep and shimmer You can talk symphonic architecture, pacing and balance all day long, but when Elgar is right you just feel it. A good First Symphony lands somewhere between heart and head, each tugging you back and forth between admiration and emotion at a piece Hans Richt
Hollywood Reporter
In a reflection of the increasingly mobile nature of production, the company’s casting and payroll services will now be available across the nation instead of in just a handful of states.
Hollywood Reporter
The exhibition giant blew past the milestone for the first time ever as CEO Sean Gamble praised Hollywood studios for delivering a “compelling slate of films.”
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Opera Holland Park, London Liam Steel relocates Johann Strauss’s operetta to London 1929 to create the feel of a Noël Coward-style farce. Rebecca Bottone, Olivia Carrell and Clare Presland shine amid a strong cast.Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus must have done more for champagne sales than any other operetta. A good production, however, demands plenty of onstage fizz too, but the bubbles start to rise rather late in the day in Opera Holland Park’s new staging.Director and choreographer Liam Stee
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Lorente's 'The Bad Son' will open the selection at the Spanish film festival, while Lumby's 'Florid' is set to close it.
Variety
George and Amal Clooney have evacuated their home in Brignoles in the South of France after a wildfire swept through the area, forcing hundreds of residents to flee. In a letter addressed to Brignoles Mayor Didier Brémond, the couple said they did not know whether their home — a hilltop estate called Domaine du Canadel […]
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To coincide with a new exhibition in London about the Davies brothers, we rate the best of a band who brought a sociologist’s eye to hard rock, gentle pastoralia and so much in betweenThe quality of Kinks albums declined precipitously from the late 80s: you sensed their hearts weren’t really in it. Even so, Ray Davies couldn’t stop himself writing the occasional gem: from their final studio album Phobia, Scattered is a sweet, sad reflection on the Davies family’s complexities, powered by janglin
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Singer-songwriter-actor and “Yellowstone” star Ryan Bingham has signed with WME for worldwide representation in music, the company announced on Thursday. He continues to be represented by Jack Whigham at Range Media Partners for film and television. Bingham has had a remarkably versatile career that stretches back nearly 25 years. He released his indie debut album, […]
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Boutique Italian sales agency Lights On has picked up international sales rights to the debut feature of Colombian Manuel Ponce de León’s “In All My Journeys I Am Returning” (“Todos mis viajes son viajes de regreso”) ahead of its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival. “It’s an exceptionally bold and distinctive first feature film […]
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Paul McCartney has received his first-ever nomination for the U.K.’s prestigious Mercury Prize alongside Olivia Dean, Raye and more. The shortlist for the prize, which recognizes outstanding British albums, was unveiled on Thursday. Nominees include McCartney for “The Boys of Dungeon Lane”; Dean for “The Art of Loving”; Raye for “This Music May Contain Hope”; […]
Hollywood Reporter
The company reported net income of $239 million, or $0.70 per share, which slightly missed analyst expectations.
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DISTINGUISHED DECADE “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” turns 10 at London’s Palace Theatre today, July 30, cementing its place as the longest-running play in modern West End history to be performed as a two-part theatrical experience. Produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions, the production has been seen by more than 2.5 million […]
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Shakespeare’s Globe, LondonChoreographers Carmen Igarza and Vanessa Guevara deserve to take a bow as spectacular dance and movement add passion to the seemingly unfinished playThe fact that Love’s Labour’s Lost is relatively unloved by Shakespeare producers and scholars is due to this mid-16th-century comedy being an early example of his dramatic craft – an RSC online timeline lists it ninth in the 38 main attributed plays – and an unusually inconclusive ending: the typical act five marry-go-rou