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Three years since Elizabeth Banks was honored as Pioneer Of The Year in 2019, the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation returned Wednesday night with their Pioneer Of The Year dinner, this time honoring James Bond franchise producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. It was a welcome return for the industry charity which earned what co-chair Erik Lomis (with Heather Morgan) announced was a healthy haul of $1.5M dollars for the cause.

Canadian distributor Sphere Film has signed a multi-picture deal with A24 under which it will handle the release of nine of its titles in Canada.

EXCLUSIVE: Actress Bria Samoné Henderson (The Good Doctor) has signed with Gersh for representation.

Don’t expect to hear a retirement announcement from Sigourney Weaver anytime soon.

Among the upcoming Roadside films that will stream exclusively on Hulu are “Call Jane,” the feature directorial debut of Emmy and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Phyllis Nagy. Starring Elizabeth Banks and Sigourney Weaver, the timely film tells the story of the Janes, a group of underground abortion activists who provided abortions in secret to women prior to the recently overturned Supreme Court ruling in Roe v.

Roadside Attractions following their release on the big screen can now be found on Hulu.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter New movies from Roadside Attractions, the independent production company behind “Judy,” “The Peanut Butter Falcon” and “Manchester by the Sea,” will arrive on Hulu after playing in theaters. Roadside Attractions inked a multi-year output deal with Hulu for its post-theatrical window — known as the pay one window — sooner bringing the company’s films to the streamer. Under the terms of the deal, Hulu will receive exclusive U.S. streaming rights to upcoming Roadside Attractions films including director Phyllis Nagy’s abortion drama “Call Jane,” starring Elizabeth Banks and Sigourney Weaver; and the feel-good “Gigi & Nate,” featuring Charlie Rowe, Marcia Gay Harden and Jim Belushi.

BreAnna Bell Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Chloe Kim has signed with Buchwald for entertainment agency representation as she hopes to roll her sports success into a promising acting career.Kim cemented herself as a force at the 2022 Beijing Olympics when she became the first woman in history to win back-to-back Olympic Gold Medals in halfpipe snowboarding.The snowboarding champion returned to the sport in January 2021 after focusing on her education at Princeton University for the 2019-20 season. Her comeback spawned a win in all four women’s superpipe events in the 2020-21 season including her sixth X Games gold medal and her second World Championship.

Elizabeth Banks isn't sorry for indulging. The actress took to Instagram on Thursday, Aug. 18, to pose for a few bikini snaps during a Greek vacation.

Naman Ramachandran Vertigo Releasing has acquired Phyllis Nagy’s “Call Jane,” starring Elizabeth Banks and Sigourney Weaver, for U.K. and Ireland distribution.The film explores the true story of the Janes, an underground collective of women, who in Chicago during the 1960s, came together to secretly provide nearly 12,000 women and girls with safe and secure abortions.

Elizabeth Banks stars in the new trailer for “Call Jane” by director Phyllis Nagy. Taking place in 1968 Chicago, the movie is inspired by true events and captures the zeitgeist in the late ’60s regarding safe and legal abortions.

It should not be a stretch to say that the United States is currently in a state of cognitive disarray following the overruling of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court.

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Thursday’s primetime January 6 House select committee’s public hearing is prompting some programming shifts by the broadcast networks.

Elizabeth Banks recalls being moved to tears after hosting her first gameshow of ABC's. Yes, the actress grew up watching the game show as a child, but that's not why she grew emotional. It was watching contestants realize  wildest dreams.The 48-year-old actress, director and producer gave ET's Matt Cohen a behind-the-scenes look at the set of the revival of the 1980s game show, which ran for three seasons on CBS before its cancellation in 1986.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has won a competitive auction for the buddy comedy pitch package Foreign Relations. Kat Coiro is directing a star vehicle for Nick Jonas (Jumanji; The Next Level, Kingdom and the upcoming Jersey Boys Live!) and Glen Powell, who played one of the hotshot pilots in Top Gun: Maverick. Charlie Kesslering (Turned On) will write the script, and Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman’s Brownstone are producing, as is Brownstone’s Alison Small, Jonas and Powell. Deadline recently revealed it as a hot project.

Gal Gadot’s infamous attempt to build solidarity during the pandemic just got a send-up from everyone’s favourite heroes.

Barack Obama was among those who shared the heartbreaking news on Friday that the US Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade.MORE: Michelle Obama ‘heartbroken’ as Roe v.

Celebrities are speaking out on social media after it was announced the Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade.

Zack Sharf Patricia Arquette, Barack Obama, Samantha Bee and more are condemning the Supreme Court on social media after it overturned Roe v. Wade, effectively ending federal protections of abortion rights.

EXCLUSIVE; Multiple bids are in on Foreign Relations, a buddy comedy pitch to star Nick Jonas (Jumanji; The Next Level & Kingdom) and Glen Powell, who played one of the hotshot pilots in Top Gun: Maverick. Kat Coiro is attached to direct, Charlie Kesslering (Turned On) will write the script, and Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman’s Brownstone are producing. Coiro directed the Jennifer Lopez-Owen Wilson comedy Marry Me, and she is EP and director of the upcoming She-Hulk: Attorney At Law for Marvel Studios and Disney +. UTA and CAA are brokering, and there are streamers and studios in the mix. Stay tuned.

Emmy winner Margo Martindale (American Crime Story: Impeachment), Andy McQueen (Station Eleven) and Ben Chaplin (The Nevers) have been cast opposite Betty Gilpin and Jake McDorman in Mrs. Davis, Peacock’s new drama series written and executive produced by Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof. Emmy-winning director Owen Harris (Black Mirror: San Junipero, Brave New World) will direct and executive produce multiple episodes, including the first episode, of the series, which comes from Warner Bros. Television, where both Hernandez and Lindelof are under overall deals.

Disney Prince… but maybe what I really needed all this time was a Disney Princess #loveislove.”Agruma and Wilson were first pictured together in January this year. They also attended the Vanity Fair Oscars party together back in March.Wilson was supported by numerous celebrities in the comments, including Pitch Perfect co-star Anna Kendrick, Ariana DeBose, Ruby Rose, Melanie Griffith, Jodie Comer and Elizabeth Banks.“Love you both like crazy,” Kendrick wrote.A post shared by Rebel Wilson (@rebelwilson)In an interview with People magazine in May, Wilson discussed how she’d met her new partner “through a friend” and “spoke on the phone for weeks before meeting”.“I think going through the process of finding more self-worth, I think that what you want in a partner is elevated and so it’s great to have someone who feels like an equal partner and be in a healthy relationship,” Wilson said.“There were times – I’m not saying with all my exes, they’re great – but there were some times that I was probably putting up with that I shouldn’t have.

Kelly Ripa took a walk down memory lane for a heartfelt reason on Thursday as she paid tribute to Ray Liotta following his death. The Goodfellas actor sadly passed away in his sleep at the age of 67 on 26 May and the TV host remembered him with a post on Live with Kelly and Ryan's Instagram page. MORE: Jennifer Lopez pays heartbreaking tribute to 'partner in crime' Ray Liotta Alongside a message which simply read: "We shared some great times," and a broken heart emoji, the show shared a throwback clip of an entertaining interview with Ray.At the time, Jerry O'Connell was hosting with Kelly and the pair had an engaging chat with the much-loved star during which they spoke about working with Jennifer Lopez and rappers LL Cool J and Buster Rhymes too. Ray Liotta had hosts Kelly Ripa and Jerry O'Connell in stitchesRay had the hosts in fits of laughter as he revealed his struggles over what to call them and Kelly admitted: "You're blowing my mind right now."The actor, who found fame in Martin Scorsese's iconic mafia movie in 1990, had been shooting a new film, Dangerous Waters, when he died. He was engaged to be married to Jacy Nittolo, and left behind a daughter, Karsen.MORE: Jennifer Lopez in tears in trailer for intimate Netflix documentary HalftimeALSO: HELLO! launches Jubilee T-shirt collection to celebrate Queen Elizabeth in styleThe actor had recently starred in The Many Saints of Newark, a prequel series to The Sopranos, as well as the Adam Driver film Marriage Story and No Sudden Move. He had just finished the Elizabeth Banks-directed Cocaine Bear.

Ray Liotta teased fans with details about a future film project days before his tragic death.

according to reports Thursday.He was last seen in public holding his hands with his fiancée, Jacy Nittolo, 46, on May 1. The two were spotted in good spirits walking in Pacific Palisades, California, where Liotta lived, after enjoying a Sunday meal at Spruzzo Italian restaurant. The couple has been engaged since Christmas 2020.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterRay Liotta had several films and a television series in the works before his sudden death on Thursday at age 67. At least two projects, Universal’s wild drug-filled thriller “Cocaine Bear” and the Apple TV Plus limited series “Black Bird,” had already completed production and should be released according to schedule, sources say.Liotta died in his sleep while shooting “Dangerous Waters” in the Dominican Republic.

Goodfellas star Ray Liotta has died aged 67.

Goodfellas and Field Of Dreams actor Ray Liotta has died aged 67.According to Deadline, the actor passed away in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, where he was shooting the film Dangerous Waters.A cause of death has not yet been released.Liotta had his breakthrough role in Martin Scorsese’s 1990 crime film Goodfellas, where he played Henry Hill. Before that, he played Shoeless Joe Jackson in 1989’s Field Of Dreams.The actor received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor for the 1986 film Something Wild.

A shocker. Ray Liotta, the terrific actor whose career breakout came in the 1990 Martin Scorsese crime classic Goodfellas after co-starring in Field of Dreams, has died. He was 67.

Zack Sharf Hollywood tributes are pouring in for Ray Liotta, the legendary “Goodfellas” actor who died suddenly at 67 years old. The actor was in the Dominican Republic at the time of his death shooting the movie “Dangerous Waters.” Liotta went to sleep and never woke up, the actor’s publicist confirmed.Liotta is forever known for his performance as mobster Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas.” His other well-regarded roles include playing Shoeless Joe Jackson in “Field of Dreams.” Additional credits include “Blow,” “Killing Them Softly,” “The Place Beyond the Pines” and “Marriage Story.” The actor recently earned acclaim for his double role in “The Sopranos” prequel movie “The Many Saints of Newark” and for his supporting turn in Steven Soderbergh’s crime caper “No Sudden Movie.” He recently wrapped production on the Elizabeth Banks-directed “Cocaine Bear.” “Shocked and saddened to hear of Ray Liotta’s passing,” filmmaker James Mangold wrote on Twitter.

Jordan Moreau Ray Liotta, the acclaimed actor known for “Goodfellas,” “Field of Dreams” and many more roles, has died at 67, Variety has confirmed with his publicist. He died in his sleep while he was in the Dominican Republic shooting an upcoming film, “Dangerous Waters.”Playing the real-life mobster Henry Hill, Liotta shot to stardom in Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas,” which revolutionized the gangster genre and received heaps of critical and commercial success.

A teenage gunman in Texas killed 14 students and a teacher Tuesday at an elementary school near San Antonio in what would be one of the deadliest mass shootings at a school in U.S. history.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterTom Blyth is headed to Panem. The actor, best known for “Billy the Kid” and “The Gilded Age,” has been cast as young President Coriolanus Snow in Lionsgate’s “The Hunger Games” prequel “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.”The movie is based on the 2020 book of the same name, which is set decades before the exploits of Katniss Everdeen in “The Hunger Games.” That means the beloved heroine, a role that propelled Jennifer Lawrence to superstardom, does not appear in “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” which instead centers on the man (portrayed by Donald Sutherland in the original trilogy) who eventually becomes the tyrannical president of Panem.

Elizabeth Banks will star in a medical drama called “A Mistake,” in which she plays a surgeon fighting for her career after the death of a patient.Christine Jeffs (“Sunshine Cleaning,” “Sylvia,” “Rain”) will write and direct the film that’s based on a novel by Carl Shuker. The film will be shopped to buyers at the upcoming Cannes market, and principal photography is meant to begin on Aug. 15 in New Zealand.

Elizabeth Banks is to star in writer/director Christine Jeffs’ medical suspense drama A Mistake, based on the novel by Carl Shuker. Cornerstone Films will launch international sales in Cannes on the GFC Films production, and is co-repping the U.S. together with UTA Independent Film Group. Principal Photography starts August 15 in New Zealand.