Kobayashi Masahiro, Japanese Film Director of ‘Bashing,’ ‘The Rebirth,’ Dies at 68

Anthony Bourdain found happiness with girlfriend Asia Argento before he died at the age of 61 in June 2018.

Thorn in her side? Michelle Young seemingly threw shade at former fiancé Nayte Olukoya following his recent revelations about their “rocky” breakup.

Trying to heal! Susie Evans hinted at her state of mind after splitting from former Bachelor Clayton Echard — and the reality star is fully focused on taking care of herself.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic In “The Munsters,” the director Rob Zombie makes a game attempt to pass off his amateurishness as attitude. It’s like watching a Tim Burton film with the cheekiness turned up to 11 and the film technique dialed down to 2. Yet “The Munsters,” the family-of-ghouls ’60s sitcom that Zombie is adapting, was such a ticky-tacky piece of gothic bat-house surrealism that the movie, broad and slovenly as it is, works more than it doesn’t. The film is a lot like its hero, Herman Munster: benignly dim-witted, Day-Glo in color, top-heavy with tomfoolery, lumbering in one direction and then the next, always cracking itself up in an innocently aggressive monster-mash way. “The Munsters” debuted in 1964, in the middle of the age of theater-of-the-absurd American sitcoms, yet the show, if anything, was less corny, less obvious, and lighter on its feet than this overstuffed update/reboot, with its Famous Monsters of Filmland cameos and contempo catch phrases. Instead of taking all his cues from the show, Zombie, who wrote the script (you can feel his joy in giving Herman the groan-worthy vaudeville one-liners he delivers as if they were gems), has dreamed up the Munsters’ origin story. (As if anyone was asking for that.) It’s all about how Lily (Sheri Moon Zombie), a maiden vampire with two-tone hair and an undead glow, living with her vampire dad The Count (Daniel Roebuck) in a Transylvania castle of psychedelic chintz, recovers from her life of bad dates with bad monsters — we see one with Orlock, the rat-man bloodsucker of “Nosferatu,” played by Richard Brake as the cuddliest of creeps.

With its heartwarming declarations of love and dramatic shock romances, it’s no surprise that viewers up and down the country are captivated by this year’s Married At First Sight UK. But while fans at home may be used to watching the newlyweds embark on a series of weekly dinner parties and commitment ceremonies, all while living in the same apartment block, the show used to look very different. In fact, it wasn’t until 2021 that all of these additions were added in a revamp of the format in order to make it more like the Australian version.

Suzie Wells, the mother of Sam Faiers and Billie Shepherd, has spoken out in support of her daughters as she said she is “so proud” of them both.The 53 year old mum of the former TOWIE stars shared her praise for her daughters in a sweet throwback post on Instagram on Thursday night. In the short video clip, which was shared to Suzie’s instagram stories, a montage can be seen of the happy family celebrating the success of Sam’s brand Revive Collagen in a series of posts dated August 3 2022. In the montage, Sam can be seen smiling alongside her product range, while several images also feature her adorable baby, Edward.

Matt Murray and Whitney Hughes were granted permission to stay on Married At First Sight UK after requesting to stay on the show as a couple despite recent drama. Matt, 32, and Whitney, 31, decided to pursue their connection despite being married to other people on the E4 show.

Married At First Sight UK viewers were left shocked on Thursday night, after the team of experts finally revealed whether Matt Murray and Whitney Hughes could continue to remain in the experiment as a couple. Both Matt and Whitney had originally been married to other people, but during the course of the show, had fallen for each other instead and decided to seek the expert’s blessing in order to continue to explore their romance while in the constraints of the experiment. On Thursday, the panel decided to grant them permission to remain on the show, as they revealed they were a “match on paper”.

 getting a musical but a sequel to the series might find its way to the big screen! Fran Drescher, the lady in red herself, told ET that she's currently in talks for a film adaptation of the beloved '90s sitcom that will pick up from where the show left off. «There’s some talk about maybe a movie... we're in the talking stage now with our parent company, Sony,» Drescher told ET’s Deidre Behar at the Power of Women event in Los Angeles on Wednesday. «It won't be a musical and the musical is going to be set in the '90s as was the series.

Director Ruben Fleischer, best known for directing “Venom” and most recently “Uncharted,” is set to direct the third installment of the action-heist franchise “Now You See Me” for Lionsgate, Nathan Kahane, president, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, announced on Thursday.Seth Grahame-Smith (“Pride and Prejudice” and “Zombies”) has been tapped to work on a new draft of the screenplay, overseen by Fleischer. The previous draft was written by Eric Warren Singer, who previously co-wrote “Top Gun: Maverick” and “American Hustle.”“The Now You See Me” franchise has grossed $687 million worldwide at the box office.

George Clooney heard Brad Pitt compliment his looks, and he had the best response.

Kelly Osbourne has been diagnosed with gestational diabetes. In a new interview, the 37-year-old TV personality reveals that her diagnosis came amid a myriad of symptoms during her third trimester of pregnancy, including weight gain, unusual fatigue and swelling.«First of all, gestational diabetes is not your fault,» Osbourne tells.

“My Imaginary Country” opens in select US theaters Sept. 30 via Icarus Films.

star ahead of his arrival on the beach, and he revealed why he didn't have much ill will toward Shanae Ankney, who previously started a rumor about him hooking up with Genevieve Parisi.«I didn't take it too personally,» Aaron told ET of the rumor. «I think Shanae, a lot of what she does is just looking for attention.

Zack Sharf Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde,” starring Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe, skyrocketed to the top of Netflix’s movie chart after its first day available to stream, but the NC-17 drama is leaving many subscribers outraged. The film may have been the talk of the Venice Film Festival with its 14-minute standing ovation, but critics and viewers are calling it “sexist,” “cruel” and “one of the most detestable movies” ever made. “Given all the indignities and horrors that Marilyn Monroe endured during her 36 years, it is a relief that she didn’t have to suffer through the vulgarities of ‘Blonde,’ the latest necrophiliac entertainment to exploit her,” wrote The New York Times film critic Manohla Dargis, who panned the movie in her review.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter NBC is developing a drama series inspired by the Narratively article ““The First Family of Counterfeit Hunting” by Amy Ridout. Per the official logline, “Two brothers reunite after a long estrangement and are pulled into a special investigation surrounding closed FBI cases. Known as “Knockoffs,” these cases have been manipulated or outright fabricated to pin the crime on someone innocent and protect the real criminal who’s still out there.” Cameron Litvack is writing and executive producing. Justin Lin, Andrew Schneider, and Salvador Gatdula of Perfect Storm Entertainment will also executive produce along with Noah Rosenberg for Narratively. Universal Television will produce, with Perfect Storm currently under an overall deal at the studio.

Zack Sharf “Jurassic World Dominion” recently crossed the coveted $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office, making it the third consecutive film in the franchise to hit that milestone. Moviegoers around the world seemingly can’t get enough of the “Jurassic” movies, but “Dominion” director Colin Trevorrow recently suggested to Empire magazine that none of the sequels should’ve even been made. In Trevorrow’s own words, the “Jurassic” franchise “probably” should’ve started and ended with Steven Spielberg’s 1993 original. “I specifically did something different than the other films in order to change the DNA of the franchise,” Trevorrow said about “Jurassic World Dominion.” “The previous five films are plots about dinosaurs. This one is a story about characters in a world in which they coexist with dinosaurs.”

Asia Argento seems to have addressed the upcoming unauthorized biography about her late partner Anthony Bourdain. The book, titled Down and Out in Paradise by author Charles Leerhsen, includes the former couple’s final conversation via text messages.

EJ Panaligan editor “Yellowjackets” emerged as a sleeper hit for Showtime last year. On Thursday, the network’s chairman and CEO David Nevins, who also serves as Paramount+’s chief content officer of scripted originals, broke down the reasons for the genre show’s sizzle with multigenerational audiences during his keynote address at the NATPE Streaming conference in Hollywood. Nevins, who spoke with Variety‘s co-editor-in-chief Cynthia Littleton, also discussed how the globalization of the content marketplace is changing the way Hollywood works. And he was pressed by Littleton on the potential for a “Desus & Mero” reunion in the wake of the Showtime late-night pair’s decision to call it quits earlier this year.

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Ed Sheeran is heading to court.

There’s a bombshell new report that Tristan Thompson proposed to Khloe Kardashian in 2021 and she said “yes.”

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Phil Collins and his Genesis bandmates Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford have agreed to sell their publishing copyrights and “a mix of recorded music-income streams” to Concord Music Group, the company confirmed to the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. Sources told the publication the deal was for upward of $300 million. The deal includes the solo material of all three, most notably Collins’ multiplatinum solo albums and Rutherford’s band Mike & the Mechanics, which achieved chart success in the 1980s. The catalogs of Peter Gabriel and other former members of Genesis were not included in the deal. A rep for Concord tells Variety an official announcement will be made Friday morning.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Crooked Media is looking to take its progressive-politics podcast empire to the next level. The L.A.-based media company, which produces more than 30 podcasts including the flagship “Pod Save America,” has hired Lucinda Treat, chief legal officer at Vice Media Group for the last four years, as its first CEO. Crooked Media also announced an investment from Soros Fund Management, the investment firm founded by billionaire George Soros, which is taking a minority stake in Crooked. Crooked Media didn’t disclose the amount of funding it received from Soros Fund Management, which represents its first outside financing. The company remains majority owned by founders and “Pod Save America” co-hosts Jon Lovett, Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor.