Ted Hope On The “Combative Environment” At Amazon, Why He Is Skeptical Of SAG-AFTRA’s Interim Agreements & The Future Of Indie Filmmaking — Locarno

Elton John is getting in some quality time with Kevin Spacey after the actor was found not guilty in his sexual assault case in the United Kingdom.

The son of the director of the original Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs movie is speaking out about the upcoming live action film.

Congrats are in order for Jesse Palmer and his wife, Emely.

Suits is one of the most popular TV shows right now, despite the fact that it actually ended years ago.

Barbie” is the biggest movie of the summer, and one of the biggest movies ever made. Ariana Greenblatt, known for her work in Disney, is stepping up into a whole new stage thanks to her fiesty yet soulful performance as Sasha, a teen that isn’t sold on Barbie and what she means for the world. 9 actors that could have been in ‘Barbie’America Ferrera’s character’s speech in ‘Barbie’ has been widely praised: Read it here!Scroll down so you can learn more about her: Ariana Greenblatt was born in 2007 and is 15 years old.

There has been another big change in Lil Tay‘s life! With some inneresting timing…

Tori Spelling‘s ex-husband is spilling the tea amid her widely whispered money problems!

“The Warlord Chronicles” novels by Bernard Cromwell. It’s a retelling of the famous King Arthur story set in Dark Ages Britain, where the land is divided into warring tribes who are constantly battling with the Saxons.

Selome Hailu “Abbott Elementary” garnered a lot of comparisons to “The Office” and “Parks and Recreation” when it debuted in 2021, and for a good reason. The Quinta Brunson-created ABC comedy utilizes the workplace mockumentary format that made those shows stand out, and more specifically, it shares with them a key creative: director and producer Randall Einhorn. But when it came to developing “Abbott,” Einhorn felt that the device needed some updating.

BreAnna Bell The Writers Guild of America has canceled its scheduled pickets in Los Angeles for Monday “in an abundance of caution” ahead of Hurricane Hilary’s expected arrival. The guild plans to resume pickets on Tuesday outside of Disney, NBC Universal, Radford and Warner Bros., Amazon, Fox, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, and TV City. The category 4 tropical storm is expected to deliver harmful flooding to the southwestern U.S.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor This article first appeared as part of Jenelle Riley’s Acting Up newsletter – to subscribe for early content and weekly updates on all things acting, visit the Acting Up signup page. Charlene Lee and Claire Koonce want actors to succeed. At CLCK casting, which they founded in 2019 after working together on various projects, they share similar work ethics and values.

Courtney Howard The growing pains and dramatic throes of girlhood can be character building, traumatic, and cathartic — for both cinematic protagonists and their audience. It’s certainly not an easy time for the heroine at the center of “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah,” whose impending rite-of-passage ushers in an adulthood she’s not quite ready to handle. Director Sammi Cohen and screenwriter Alison Peck bestow this hilarious, heartrending adaptation of Fiona Rosenbloom’s novel with an uplifting, effervescent vision and vitality, giving voice to a young Jewish girl’s struggle to figure out who she is before the most important night of her life so far.

fans, be sure to have a tissue handy before watching Friday's episode! Beth Behrs is picking up the sledgehammer for the Aug. 18 episode to surprise her college best friend, Lauren Wong, who lives in Buena Park, California. ET went behind the scenes as star worked with ET's own Nischelle Turner, reality star and general contractor «Boston Rob» Mariano and interior designer Sabrina Soto to give her bestie's home a beautiful makeover.Behrs explains that she and Wong have been friends since they met at UCLA as theater majors.

Between 2007 and 2015, actor Oliver Stokes was recognisable for his role as Michael Garvey on hit show Benidorm.Throughout his time on the show, Oliver grew up on our screens and he was just 10 years old - it’s no surprise then that he looks a lot different now. As the youngest son of Mick and Janice Garvey, Oliver’s character Michael was known for his cheekiness and singing You'll Never Walk Alone during karaoke and getting a tattoo after a night of drinking alcohol.

WGA and SAG-AFTRA pickets have been canceled in Los Angeles on Monday, August 21 due to Hurricane Hilary.

Refresh for latest: Hurricane Hilary is expected to weaken by the time it hits Southern California at the tail end of this weekend, but the National Weather Service on Friday issued a Tropical Storm Watch, the first ever in the region. Flash flooding and high winds possible across L.A., Ventura and even Santa Barbara counties as Hilary makes landfall near San Diego on Sunday, with the main impacts expected Sunday and Monday.

Big Brother, one contestant is already proving that brutal honesty can have serious consequences — especially if your honesty feels more like bullying in the eyes of all your fellow houseguests.Leading up to the live eviction on Thursday, Hisam Goueli had won the Head of Household competition and nominated previous HOH Reilly Smedley for eviction as well as Cameron Hardin, who he put up as a false target of sorts.Hisam has talked a great deal about wanting to play an «honest» game, so he didn't mince words when he told Reilly that she was his ultimate target and that he was going to do everything in his power to get her kicked out of the house.Currently, the house is divided into two large alliances — The Handfuls (i.e. the younger players), and The Professors (the older players).

Selena Gomez and Miley Cyrus are dropping new singles next week, and they celebrated by renewing their old (TV) rivalry.Gomez took to her Instagram Story on Friday and posted a clip from her time as Mikayla Skeech on the Disney Channel classic. Gomez's Mikayla disses Cyrus' Hannah (also Miley Stewart) in that telethon episode. As fans know, Mikayla and Hannah were pop star rivals on the popular series.Cyrus re-posted Gomez's Story, which used a little play on words to describe the momentous occasion."@mileycyrus and I both have a SINGLE SOON and we are releasing on the same day.

Ariana Madix is finally going to share her side of Scandoval. On Friday, the star announced that she'll soon release a book about the destruction of her nearly decade-long romance with Tom Sandoval due to his affair with Rachel Leviss, who previously went by Raquel.«These last few months have been a whirlwind and though I'm in a better place now, having my personal devastation unfold so publicly was painful,» Madix captioned her post, which showcased the cover of her forthcoming book.

Mick Fleetwood is planning a benefit concert to help those impacted by the recent wildfires in Maui.ET's Kevin Frazier spoke to the Fleetwood Mac drummer, who lives on the Hawaiian island, about the benefit concert and the healing power of music.«I've already got a lovely sort of catalog of people that are concerned. I will remain mute on who they are, but I will either become part of something that we can do on a grand scale, which is great,» Fleetwood said of the concert, currently in the works. «Anything is great, and playing in Honolulu, about 2 weeks from now, and that concert's becoming — Henry Kapono who lives in Oahu, was celebrating the 50th anniversary of his career — well, I'm going to be doing that show, supporting.»«So, all of this is unfolding is something I feel I can be apart, or really be spearheading,» the famed drummer continued.

Charlize Theron hasn't done anything to her face. And the actress just wants you to know, «B**ch, I'm just aging!»In an interview with, the 48-year-old actress opens up about the double standards when it comes to aging between men and women — «I've always had issues with the fact that men kind of age like fine wines and women like cut flowers» — and how she feels about her face physically changing with every new Dior ad on billboards and at airports.«My face is changing, and I love that my face is changing and aging,» Theron tells the magazine. "[But] people think I had a facelift.

Belly has finally made her big choice. On the season 2 finale of Lola Tung's Belly officially chose Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno) over his brother, Conrad (Christopher Briney).

Jesse Palmer is going to be a dad! The 44-year-old franchise host and his 34-year-old model wife, Emely, took to Instagram on Friday to announce in a joint post that they are expecting their first child, a baby girl.The couple shared stunning, beach-set maternity pics in their post, which feature Emely in a tan dress and Jesse in a matching polo and white pants.«We've been keeping a secret… our family is growing and our hearts are so full!» they wrote alongside the shots. «This is a dream come true for us and we're so thrilled to be welcoming our baby girl in January 2024 .»A post shared by Emely Palmer (@emelyfardopalmer)«I have two brothers and four nephews, so we are finally getting a female addition to the Palmer family!» Jesse tells.

Hilary Duff is already being flooded… with jokes.The unique spelling of the hurricane — which increased to a Category 4 on Friday morning — means Duff is one of the rare «Hilarys» who shares her exact first name with the worrisome storm, a fact she lamented on her Instagram Story on Thursday.«I've gotten so many texts, it's like my birthday,» she wrote. «They couldn't have gone with two Ls?»It doesn't help, of course, that one of Duff's most popular singles, 2003's «Come Clean,» features the chorus, «Let the rain fall down and wake my dreams / Let it wash away my sanity / 'Cause I wanna feel the thunder, I wanna scream / Let the rain fall down, I'm coming clean.»Duff's husband, Matthew Koma, even got in on the joke, taking to TikTok to share a video of himself in the couple's kitchen.«Hey, so I've been living in the eye of Hurricane Hilary for a couple years now, and I just wanted to hop on here and show you guys what it's like,» he teased, as his wife fired back some Category 5 side-eye.Hurricane Hilary is expected to reduce in intensity by the time it makes landfall, however, it still could potentially be the first tropical storm to hit Southern California since September 1939 — in which a tropical storm hit Long Beach, causing dozens of fatalities.

, Paulie Calafiore clarified some comments he made on the show and officially came out as bisexual on Friday.«I am bisexual,» Calafiore shared in a Zoom interview with GLAAD's Anthony Allen Ramos. «I feel good about finally being able to talk about this.»The interview came after Calafiore was eliminated in a one-on-one challenge with rival competitor Johnny Bananas, but there were no hard feelings between the two.

Drake is ready to pass the mic on to his son, Adonis is ready to pick it up! The rapper took to his Instagram Story on Thursday to share some adorable home videos of his 4-year-old son following a four-show run of his It's All a Blur Tour, sponsored by Cash App, at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, this week.

Less than a month after being dumped from the Love Island villa, Welsh hunk Scott Van Der Sluis has shocked fans by continuing his search for romance on the US version of the show. Scott was famously axed from the UK version of the show on July 26, after failing to find a strong connection with any of this year’s contestants.

Former Strictly Come Dancing professional Janette Manrara has been defended by her fans after she shared an adorable post of her first walk with baby Lyra.The Strictly It Takes Two presenter announced she and her fellow Strictly legend husband Aljaz Skorjanec, 33, were pregnant earlier this year and have since been sharing updates with fans.The pregnancy came as quite the surprise for the pair who were just about to star their IVF journey before Janette, 39, fell pregnant with baby Lyra Rose Skorjanec who was born on July 28 this year. And three weeks into being a new mum Janette shared an update with her fans where she revealed they had done a 'first' with their baby.

Rafael Nadal is celebrating. 15 years ago today, the tennis player was 22 years old and became the number one tennis player in the world. Nadal acquired this ranking while playing at the Beijing Olympics, defeating the Chilean player Fernando González and taking home the gold.

Nicole Kidman is a proud dog mom! The Hollywood star loves to spend some quality time with her adorable poodle, Julian. The 56-year-old actress adopted her pup back in 2019, giving him a very lush life documenting some of their most memorable moments together. “My first puppy...

A study has found that one in eight people incorrectly believe that coffee causes cancer - noting that they think it was carcinogenic.

The cast of Glee hit the map as some of the brightest rising stars on the scene when the musical series debuted in 2009.

Los Angeles is preparing for a historic weather event as Hurricane Hilary makes its way to land.

If you’ve been on TikTok at all in the past month, chances are you’ve heard a snippet of Paul Russell‘s viral hit, “Lil Boo Thang”, and the full version of the song is finally out!

John Bleasdale Guest Contributor Locarno can’t get enough of Ted Hope. Five years after receiving the festival’s Raimondo Rezzonico Award, the producer of modern indie classics such as “The Wedding Banquet” and “The Ice Storm” shook things up yesterday at Locarno’s StepIN think tank with an Out of the Box keynote, a sweeping blast on the state of the industry. It resonated hugely with senior European industry executives who are often now battling the very same issues which Hope zeroed in on.

Veteran indie producer Ted Hope opened Locarno’s industry symposium Thursday afternoon with a provocative keynote during which he declared: “The indie film system is fucked.”