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“Queer rights is Black rights, and Black rights is human rights, and human rights is everybody’s rights.” — Derek Jae, “Light Up” Out On Film celebrates its 37th annual film festival, themed Queer Joy, which Festival Director Jim Farmer says is, “something we all need and deserve, especially after so many years where everything we saw in terms of LGBTQIA+ representation in movies and TV was tragic and dour.” An embodiment of Queer Joy and just one of the festival’s 158 films comes in the form of “Light Up,” a documentary directed by Ryan Ashley Lowery that documents the inspiring life stories of five queer, Atlanta-based subjects. In an interview with Georgia Voice, Lowery said he felt called to create the project to “show a diverse set of LGBTQ people.” “There’s a need for healing within our community,” he said.

A Scots swindler boasted that her career was built on "authenticity and integrity" while stealing £85,000 from a charity foundation set up in the memory of her friend's daughter.

Alex Ritman In her 2022 Toronto curtain raiser “The Swimmers,” telling the true story of two Syrian sisters and their emotional and gruelling journey to Europe to escape the civil war, director Sally El-Hossaini went to great lengths to ensure authenticity, using real-life refugees both in-front of and behind the camera. For Counterpoints Arts, the U.K.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Oscar-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood had to make between 200 and 300 leather bomber jackets for AppleTV+’s World War II series “Masters of the Air.” Despite having more than 80 credits to her name, Atwood had never done a WWII drama and was delighted to finally be tackling the era. She dove deep into researching the period, collecting photos of the young men on the military bases so she could create individual styles for the actors and their characters. She even got samples of the original uniforms.

Hello, and welcome to the Scene 2 Seen Podcast! I am your host Valerie Complex, an associate editor and film writer at Deadline.

For years, Rob Mariano operated as a veritable Survivor ambassador, having first appeared in Marquesas before going on to compete five more times on the CBS franchise. His celebrity became so valuable to the network that he would compete twice on The Amazing Race and even allowed CBS to film his 2005 nuptials to fellow Survivor contestant Amber Brkirch.

Ed Meza @edmezavar While medical dramas have long been a favorite staple on German TV, a new series helmed by Alex Schaad, director of the award-winning fantasy romance “Skin Deep,” and penned by British writer Samuel Jefferson looks set to give the genre a bold, modern take. “KRANK Berlin” is an eight-part series that follows a young team of doctors in the toughest and most overcrowded medical facility in the city.

Joining me in the Apple Original Films portion of Deadline’s Contenders Film: The Nominees were several Oscar nominees for Martin Scorsese’s epic Western Killers of the Flower Moon, and since the film has been nominated for a whopping 10 Academy Awards it was a good cross-section of artisans who made this very big film come to life.

Don’t go into Netflix‘s adaptation of All The Light We Cannot See expecting it to be a direct translation of Anthony Doerr’s bestselling novel.

Kim Kardashian had some naysayers calling her a liar when she first shared one of North West’s masterpieces in 2021. Fast forward to 2023, the 10-year-old is still making art that looks like a professional. On Sunday, the Skims founder shared a photo of North’s easel with a stunning sunset over an ocean.North’s work of art looks stunning, with pink, purple, orange, pink, and red hues.

Lizzo opened up like never before in her HBO Max documentary Love, Lizzo from director Doug Pray —even going so far as introducing viewers to her partner Myke Wright, who appears in the film.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer Eva Longoria’s feature directorial debut, “Flamin’ Hot,” had audiences on fire at its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival on March 11 — while deftly navigating the controversy surrounding the film’s subject without ever addressing it by name. The movie is based on the life of former Frito-Lay executive Richard Montañez, played by Jesse Garcia (“Quinceañera,” “Narcos: Mexico”), who has said that he was responsible for inventing the Flamin’ Hot Cheetos brand when he was working as a janitor for the company.  Before “Flamin’ Hot” went into production in 2021, however, Montañez’s claims were disputed by a Los Angeles Times report in which Frito-Lay stated that an internal investigation turned up no evidence that “Richard was involved in any capacity in the Flamin’ Hot test market” in 1990. Instead, the Times’ story attributed a Frito-Lay factory in the Midwest with spearheading the Flamin’ Hot brand and credited Montañez for helping to bring to market the Flamin’ Hot Popcorn brand and a line of spicy products called Sabrositas.

Thirteen Lives tells the true story of the attempt to rescue a group of young boys and their soccer coach who are trapped in a system of flooding underground caves in Thailand. This isn’t the first time that this story has been told, having been the subject of several documentaries previously, but director Ron Howard saw this film as an opportunity to paint a more intimate portrait of such a harrowing mission.

Premium documentaries, co-productions and the changing streamer landscape are set to dominate next week’s Mipcom Cannes as thousands of buyers descend on the Croisette after three years off, according to a wealth of senior sales bosses.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief SK Global’s “Thai Cave Rescue” series faced almost as many obstacles as the specialist divers drafted to bring out 12 boys and their coach from a waterlogged grotto in summer 2018 in front of a blaze of media attention and an expectant Thai nation. The show debuts on Netflix on Thursday, a timing that means it follows three feature-length depictions and multiple news media specials retelling the watery events. It is also the retelling that is most closely associated with the Thai government, which auditioned prospective production companies and streamers and has carefully held the real-life rescued youngsters close to its chest.

Armie Hammer’s alleged abuse have said they will make one change to it, following its release last week. Production house Talos Films will reportedly remove the photograph of an alleged bite mark that Hammer’s ex-girlfriend Courtney Vucekovich believed was of her own body, after viewers raised questions over its authenticity.

Jeopardy! seems to finally be settling into some consistency after a couple of years of upheaval. Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik have been named permanent co-hosts of the game show following Alex Trebek’s death in 2020, and Michael Davies took the reins as executive producer after Mike Richards was fired.

Drew Barrymore's arms and heart appear to be wide open and ready to welcome a new love into her life.MORE: Drew Barrymore praises her ex in surprising confession about her love lifeThough private, the star never shies away from getting candid with her fans and viewers of The Drew Barrymore Show about where she stands when it comes to dating and its struggles.Her latest update couldn't be more heartfelt, as the daytime television host touched on dating after her divorce, dating as a single mom, and welcoming the ideas of either staying single or having someone by her side.WATCH: Drew stuns with filter-free appearance in latest home videoMORE: Drew Barrymore shares emotional photo of rarely-seen parents before their separationThe touching conversation came about when Drew had Anna Chlumsky, who most recently starred in Netflix's Inventing Anna, give her a tarot reading live on-air.When the actress asked her to pose a question as the reading began, the mom-of-two posed a bold and revelatory one, asking: "Will I see him again?" which immediately prompted intrigued gasps from the audience.The Riding in Cars with Boys lead was drawn to a card revealed as the eight of cups, and the drawing in it portrayed a hiker walking solo through mountains by the sea and a sketch of eight pink goblets.A post shared by The Drew Barrymore Show (@thedrewbarrymoreshow)The heartfelt conversation about loveWhen asked whether she identified with the solo hiker, the actress could not have been more candid, saying: "I am definitely the solo hiker, I am.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefNetflix has set a Sept. 22 release date for “Thai Cave Rescue,” its six-part mini series about the dramatic events of July 2018 when 12 boys and their football coach were trapped in flooded limestone caves near Chiang Rai. Their plight sparked an unprecedented international rescue effort that ended with the loss of just one life and a flurry of film and TV productions.

Mickey Guyton is breaking ground in country music and blazing her own trail as she defies expectations. Now, the celebrated songstress is looking back at the earlier days in her career and the obstacles she faced before she ever got a chance to make it big.«I've been the only Black woman in the room from an early age, and I do find myself having anxiety about it,» Guyton recently shared in an interview with.

The story of how Ken Watanabe landed the role of police detective Hiroto Katagiri in the new HBO Max series “Tokyo Vice” isn’t what you’d expect. The Oscar nominee for “The Last Samurai” met the series’ showrunner, J.T.

From its genesis, “Nitram” was designed to be a difficult film to watch. Tackling the events leading up to the 1996 Port Arthur mass shooting that took place in Tasmania, director Justin Kurzel (“True History of the Kelly Gang”) and writer Shaun Grant were treading similar waters as they did in their debut feature, 2011’s “The Snowtown Murders,” utilizing cinema’s ability to bring light to the pain of real-life atrocities and ask important questions as to how these violent men became the way they were, and what gave them the tools to take the actions they did.

King Richard director Reinaldo Marcus Green, writer Zach Baylin, star Aunjanue Ellis and film editor Pamela Martin joined Warner Bros’ panel at Deadline’s Contenders Film: The Nominees event.

Madonna took to social media to share a special tribute to her 16-year-old son David Banda. The hitmaker shares a slide on Instagram with several images of Banda dressed in a cheerleading uniform.Banda’s fabulous ensemble included a black dress with the word “Cheer” emblazoned across his chest.

Demystifying and questioning the very notion of authenticity, Jason Kohn’s informative and oddly riveting, diamond-documentary “Nothing Lasts Forever” is ostensibly about the oft-antagonistic relationship between natural and synthetic diamonds. Yet, diamonds are an in-road as Kohn explores the commodification of such abstractions as love and desire, questioning how exactly a shiny rock — one that isn’t even that rare — became a physical manifestation of commitment.

Too Hot to Handle, launched on the platform in late January with a surprising twist. At the beginning of the first episode, the show’s narrator, Desiree Burch, explained to viewers that one day after wrapping up the filming of season two last year, an entirely new cast was introduced to the show’s villa in the Turks and Caicos Islands. As with the second season’s brigade of contestants, season three’s group were not informed that they would be appearing on Too Hot to Handle, whose agonising reputation precedes it.

Jon Burlingame editorAudiences viewing Steven Spielberg’s new “West Side Story” will see many differences from the 1961 version, including a younger cast, revised screenplay and new choreography. What hasn’t changed is the music by Leonard Bernstein, the result of four high-profile experts who teamed up to record the score anew.Oscar-nominated composer David Newman oversaw all of the arrangements and orchestrations; Tony-winning songwriter Jeanine Tesori supervised all of the vocal performances; Grammy-nominated producer Matt Sullivan was on set throughout, supervising the music during shooting; and world-renowned conductor Gustavo Dudamel conducted the Bernstein score with both the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Singer-songwriter and Savannah Ré is getting real with her fans.

Jennifer Hudson felt that the best way to honor the late soul singing legend Aretha Franklin in the biopic Respect was to deliver as much authenticity in her performance as the Queen of Soul invested in her music.

Unintended impact. Jonathan Van Ness has become pretty well known for his long locks. And as it turns out, the Queer Eye star’s strands have a pretty special significance. 

Clayton Davis Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorZakir Hussain, the Grammy award-winning Indian tabla virtuoso, composer and percussionist, features in Disney Junior’s “Mira, Royal Detective” as Zakir Ji, a visiting tabla player. He also consulted behind the scenes to help guide animators with correct hand movements and placements for the series that is now streaming.Set in the fictional land of Jalpur, it follows the smart, brave and resourceful Mira, (Leela Ladnier) a commoner who is appointed to the role of royal detective by the Queen.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticThere have been many dramas in which actors portray legendary true-life psycho killers, and the overwhelming majority of them are less than convincing. Every so often, though, an actor — through looks, skill, and temperament — will connect to the monster he’s playing in a way that’s so uncanny it seizes and chills you.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVCasting director Linda Lamontagne got her start in sitcoms including “Roseanne” and “Cybill” in the early 1990s but less than a decade later she made a full-time pivot to voiceover for animated comedies and films. Crediting “Family Guy” as the title that truly turned the tide for her, she then went onto such projects as “The Magic School Bus Rides Again” franchise, “The Angry Birds” movie, “The Powerpuff Girls,” “Tuca & Bertie” and, most recently, “Invincible,” for Amazon Prime Video.It sort of found me.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorCostume designer Kirston Mann admits she felt like an outsider when it came to working on Peacock’s “Rutherford Falls.”Although she has countless other television credits, including executive producer Mike Schur’s previous comedies “Parks and Recreation” and “The Good Place,” working with traditional Native materials and designs was new for the veteran crew member. Luckily, though, she had an expert in writer and actor Jana Schmieding, who stars as Reagan in the series.

Viola Davis has paid tribute to her late co-star Chadwick Boseman on the red carpet at the 93rd Academy Awards. Boseman and Davis were both nominated for awards (Best Actor and Best Actress respectively) for their roles in Netflix’s August Wilson adaptation Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.