Charlie Kaufman Rails Against “Disgusting” Studio Executives: “They Do Damage To The Art Form”

A group of friends claim they were forced to sleep on the floor of a Turkish airport after their plane home "flew away without them" following a row with airline staff. Jet2 has launched an investigation into the incident, which has left Danyaal Khan and his pals out of pocket and "absolutely disgusted".

Simon Jordan insists Celtic can’t use a gulf in revenue as an excuse for defeat to Feyenoord after their miserable Champions League run continued in Rotterdam but insists Brendan Rodgers’ aim to progress in Europe shouldn’t be to earn a return to the English Premier League.

Laura Anderson has admitted "postpartum is without a doubt the hardest part of pregnancy" and called for more support for partners.

Russell Brand's Scottish wife has been reported to be standing by him amid rape and sex assault allegations made against him.

Prince William has been spotted shaking hands and joking around with locals as he took a jog through Central Park on his whistle stop visit to New York this week.

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has promised the “largest Zombies offering to date” and the latest trailer showing off its open world seems to be delivering on that statement.A team of multi-national Operators will assist the members of Task Force 141 in the fight against the undead, with this cinematic trailer setting the scene for how the infection starts and spreads. Check it out below:“Combining the very best of Modern Warfare map features and systems with the tried-and-true core features of Treyarch Zombies, Modern Warfare Zombies presents an all-new twist on the fan-favourite third game mode, launching alongside the Campaign and Multiplayer when Modern Warfare 3 releases,” said Activision in a post to the Call Of Duty blog.As well as special story missions, Zombies will immerse players in open-world regions that will become more and more challenging as they progress through Operation Deadbolt.

Sophia Scorziello editor Preview London’s upcoming stage production of “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” has announced its full cast, including who will play young Hopper, Joyce, Dr. Brenner and Henry Creel (who will later turn into Vecna) — characters from the show played by David Harbour, Winona Ryder, Matthew Modine and Jamie Campbell Bower, respectively.

Iran has submitted Reza Mirkarimi’s The Night Guardian for Best International Film category at the 96th Academy Awards, in a move that will likely prompt pushback from the country’s dissident film community.

Tom Hanks is heading back to space.

Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions have revealed the full cast for the world premiere of Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a live stage show that’s based on the Netflix hit.

Channel 4 CEO Alex Mahon has said that the allegations against Russell Brand show that “terrible” treatment of women was tolerated in the British television industry.

The Vaccines have announced details of their sixth album ‘Pick-Up Full Of Pink Carnations’ and shared its first single ‘Heartbreak Kid’, plus news of a new UK tour. Check it all out below along with our interview with frontman Justin Young.‘Heartbreak Kid’ marks the band’s first piece of new material since their 2022 EP ‘Planet Of The Youth’ and the first release since the departure of original guitarist Freddie Cowan.The track details romantic loss set to widescreen, surging guitars and a punchy, anthemic rhythm section – while Young sings about a relationship crumbling to nothing.“I’m not necessarily professing to be the protagonist,” he told NME.

Loose Women, days before Markle’s wedding to Prince Harry, Brand was asked by host Andrea McLean if it was true he had “snogged” her.“As a matter of fact it is,” Brand replied. “But let me say before you get carried away with it. It’s because she was in a film that I was in, Get Him To The Greek.”Brand explained that he didn’t know who Markle was at the time because she “wasn’t married to a royal person” so he “wasn’t paying attention”.He added: “I don’t remember the film that much because I was still out of it.

Oasis are set to release new formats of ‘The Masterplan’ to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the album.To mark the silver anniversary of the 1998 B-sides release, ‘The Masterplan’ will be made available in various new formats on November 3, including CD, cream cassette and limited-edition double vinyl in a variety of colours – you can pre-order/ pre-save yours here.‘The Masterplan’ was released as a compilation album of B-sides originally featured on singles from Oasis’ first three albums, ‘Definitely Maybe’ (1994), ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’ (1995), and ‘Be Here Now’ (1997).You can check out a trailer for the release below.‘The Masterplan’ turns 25 this November!A number of limited edition collectors formats will be made available to celebrate the silver anniversary. New formats will feature remastered audio, taken from the ‘Chasing The Sun’ re-issues, available for the first time as one… pic.twitter.com/MKUBlHZaPV— Oasis (@oasis) September 20, 2023The new formats will also feature remastered audio taken from the ‘Chasing The Sun’ reissues, and includes tracks like ‘Acquiesce’, which was originally found on the ‘Some Might Say’ CD single, and ‘Half The World Away’, from the ‘Whatever’ single.Upon its release in 1998, ‘The Masterplan’ charted at number two in the UK Official Album Chart and sold almost 122,000 copies in its first week of release. It’s since gone on to be triple platinum and has sold over three million copies worldwide.1. ‘Acquiesce’ 2. ‘Underneath The Sky’ 3. ‘Talk Tonight’ 4. ‘Going Nowhere’ 5. ‘Fade Away’ 6. ‘The Swamp Song’ 7. ‘I Am The Walrus – Live Glasgow Cathouse June ’94’ 8. ‘Listen Up’ 9. ‘Rockin’ Chair’ 10. ‘Half The World Away’11. ‘(It’s Good) To Be Free’ 12. ‘Stay Young’ 13.

BTS have renewed their contracts with Big Hit Music, a subsidiary owned by South Korean media giant HYBE.This is according to a statement by Big Hit Music, as seen by several South Korean news outlets including Yonhap News Agency and Sports Chosun, following a decision by the company’s board of directors.Per Sports Chosun, the renewal of the BTS members’ contracts will not all happen at the same time. Instead, they will happen individually and sequentially, taking into account the military service status of the various members.“With the renewal of their contracts, we hope will be able to share with everyone a full group promotional period for BTS in 2025,” the K-pop agency said in the statement, as translated by Koreaboo.

Griff has announced details of an intimate show in London, set to take place next month. Find ticket details below.Set for October 18, the one-off intimate show will take place at the EartH venue in Hackney, and will celebrate the launch of her latest hit single ‘Vertigo’.It will also mark her first headline show since March last year when the singer performed at the O2 Academy in Brixton.

EastEnders newcomer Jazzy Phoenix has made her debut playing the mysterious role of Nadine, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the late Lola Pearce-Brown (Danielle Harold). Jazzy who has been a professional actress for the past five years, made her first appearance on the hit BBC soap on Monday, 18 September when Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick) returned to Albert Square after a night of insomnia and believed he saw his late wife Lola from across the square.

Taylor Swift and Sophie Turner enjoyed a girl's night out in New York City, following Sophie's shock split from Joe Jonas.The two women, both of whom have had relationships with Joe, were photographed leaving the Via Carota restaurant arm-in-arm, with the pair's joint appearance attracting a crowd of fans. All Too Well singer Taylor previously dated Sophie's now-estranged husband back in 2008 but they split after just a few months of dating, with Joe famously ending the relationship with a 25-second phone call.

EXCLUSIVE: Amid growing speculation of internal divisions within the C-suites and a lack of any apparent path forward to end the writers and actors strikes, the chiefs of Hollywood’s biggest studios are set to gather today.

Disney has been hit again with another lawsuit from investors over the alleged sleight of hand accounting the company used to hide streaming losses.

EXCLUSIVE: Nautilus, the U.K. live-action Captain Nemo series commissioned by Disney+ two years ago, is no longer headed to the streamer, Deadline has learned.

EXCLUSIVE: Amid a focus on content curation and Disney-owned IP, Disney+ is not proceeding with The Spiderwick Chronicles, its live-action series adaptation of the popular children’s fantasy books, Deadline has learned.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The Writers Guild of America told members Wednesday that the latest offer from the studios is “not yet good enough,” and said that it would continue to fight to address “existential threats” to the writing profession. In an email, the WGA picked out half a dozen areas where it believes the studio offer falls short. The guild noted that the studios are willing to enshrine the concept of a TV staff size in the contract for the first time.

A futuristic dilemma tests one couple.

Universal Studios Group Chair Pearlena Igbokwe has said there is determination from all sides to find an “equitable” solution to the Hollywood labor strikes.

Just hours after the studios and streamers made public their latest “comprehensive package” towards a deal with the WGA, the guild has responded – and its seems the AMPTP and top CEOs may have strategically overplayed their hand.

WGA leaders met face-to-face with key CEOs on Tuesday evening as executives sought to pitch the guild on their most recent contract offer in the hopes of ending the nearly four-month-old strike. Late Tuesday, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers released details of the contract offer presented to the WGA on Aug. 11.

Christopher Vourlias Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman blasted Hollywood studio bosses this week at the Sarajevo Film Festival, calling out their pay packages and insisting that cost-cutting executives are willing to sacrifice the art of moviemaking for the sake of profit. “It’s disgusting, because they don’t do anything,” Kaufman told Variety. “No, they do damage is what they do.

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“I know how to change bad news into good news,” Edward L. Bernays, the father of public relations, used to boast. Since he was a nephew of Sigmund Freud, I wonder how he’d find a positive mind-set among today’s practitioners of his craft.

Trustees of New York City’s $250 billion pension funds have warned Disney, Paramount and Comcast that they risk losing investor confidence if they allow the Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA strikes to drag on much longer. The WGA has been on strike since May 2, and SAG-AFTRA since July 14.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The Writers Guild of America responded Tuesday to the latest proposal from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, but any hopes for an easy resolution of the 106-day strike were quickly dispelled. The WGA did bend slightly on a few items, according to sources familiar with the talks. But the union negotiators did not offer the significant concessions that the studio side was looking for in response to its own offer.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer TSG Entertainment, which has invested more than $3 billion in 140 Fox films including “Avatar: The Way of Water” and “The Shape of Water,” accused Disney in a lawsuit on Tuesday of using Hollywood accounting tricks to cheat it out of hundreds of millions of dollars. The slate financier alleged that Disney had engaged in “self-dealing” by diverting Fox films from a lucrative HBO license to its own Disney+ and Hulu platforms. The lawsuit also alleges that Fox engaged in “sweetheart” deals when it licensed its films to the FX cable channel.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis urged The Walt Disney Co. to drop its lawsuit against him, while telling CNBC that he has “moved on” from his battle with company and that it should drop the lawsuit against him.

Without a doubt, Charlie Kaufman is one of the most unique writers in modern film. Every time he has a new project, fans are always expecting a new, interesting spin on something we’ve seen before.

Sporting a grey WGA-branded “strike” t-shirt, writer-director Charlie Kaufman led a packed-out masterclass this morning in the main hall of the Bosnian Cultural Center at the Sarajevo Film Festival.