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‘Birds of Prey': See Harley Quinn’s Flying Skates and More in Whimsical New Character Posters (Photos)
While the film’s stars and director were dropping some exclusive “Birds of Prey” footage on Comic Con Experience Brazil, the film’s official twitter account shared some brand new character posters that are as whimsical as they are examples of movie marketing.Painted in bright, friendly colors, the posters
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Lee Byung-hun’s ‘Man Standing Next’ Secures 2020 Asia Theatrical Releases (EXCLUSIVE)
Showbox’s political drama “The Man Standing Next” has secured releases in multiple territories in Asia. The film was picked up by Falcon for Indonesia, The Klockworx for Japan, Viva Communications for the Philippines, Shaw Renters for Singapore and by Moviecloud for Taiwan. Release dates in each territory
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Zhao Shuzhen on Stealing Scenes in Her First American Movie, ‘The Farewell’
A year ago, 76-year-old actor Zhao Shuzhen shot her first American movie, “The Farewell,” based on writer-director Lulu Wang’s very personal family story. In November, Shuzhen found herself making her first visit to the States, where she earned standing ovations from audiences and posed for pictures
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Tom Holland Reveals Drunken, Emotional Call With Bob Iger That May Have Saved ‘Spider-Man’
Spider-Man's involvement in the MCU came under threat earlier this year when rights-owner Sony was seemingly unable to reach an agreement with Marvel to allow the web slinger to continue appearing in Marvel films. The two companies eventually managed to work out their dispute, and it may have been
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‘Hustlers’ DP Todd Banhazl Discusses How Not to Shoot With the Male Gaze
Cinematographer Todd Banhazl had to rethink conventional wisdom in shooting Jennifer Lopez starrer “Hustlers.” What sort of approach did you and director Lorene Scafaria discuss in terms of how you were going to shoot the women and create these strong images of strippers? From the beginning, we talked
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Broadway Review: ‘Jagged Little Pill’
Nearly 25 years after “Jagged Little Pill” hit the shelves of record stores, Alanis Morissette’s innovative 1995 album has arrived on Broadway under the muscular direction of Diane Paulus, who launched this galvanic production at the American Repertory Theater. The show's supportive book by screenwriter
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Is JJ Abrams’ LGBTQ Tease for ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Just More Queerbaiting? (Commentary)
Director J.J. Abrams is in the midst of doing press for the upcoming “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” and naturally, questions have arisen about the close relationship between Resistance fighters Finn (John Boyega) and Poe (Oscar Issac). Abrams, which he established in his first “Star Wars” film,
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‘Jagged Little Pill’ Broadway Review: Alanis Morissette’s Classic Album Becomes a #MeToo Angst Fest
“Jagged Big Pill” would be a more apt title.Never has a more angst-ridden musical opened on Broadway. We’re treated to opioid abuse, white male privilege, lesbian discrimination, insensitive interracial adoption, toxic parental pressure, acute porn addiction and teenage party rape. Most Broadway musicals
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Film News Roundup: Terrence Malick’s ‘A Hidden Life’ Screened at Vatican Film Library
In today's film news roundup, "A Hidden Life" is shown at the Vatican, “Limerence” finds a home, Dave Baustista's "My Spy" moves, and the DGA honors two veteran members. VATICAN SCREENING Terrence Malick's "A Hidden Life" received a rare private screening at
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‘Wet Season’ Star Yeo Yann Yann on the Need for Quality Chinese-Language Films
Malaysia’s Yeo Yann Yann wiped away tears that weren't purely of joyous triumph just minutes after receiving the 2019 Golden Horse Award for best actress in Singaporean director Anthony Chen’s “Wet Season.” The film plays in the New Chinese Cinema section of this week's International Film Festival
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Juben Productions Stretches From Peter Chan to Chinese Zombies
Beijing Juben Productions has taken over rights to the popular “Wolf Totem” novel from China Film Group and is working on a sequel to be delivered in 2021 or Chinese New Year 2022. It also has a zombie film up its sleeve, as well as a British co-production about Shakespeare and a Chinese drama with [
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Dan Bongino Says Traffic Surge to His Drudge Report Competitor Forced a Last-Minute Server Upgrade (Exclusive)
Dan Bongino did a soft launch of his new conservative news aggregator Wednesday morning, before starting to promote it in earnest on Twitter and his podcast later in the day, because he wanted to be sure the server could handle the traffic. A short while later, Bongino and his team had to upgrade the
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Thelma Schoonmaker on Editing ‘The Irishman’ With Martin Scorsese (Exclusive Short)
If anyone knows Martin Scorsese, it's Thelma Schoonmaker. Schoonmaker has worked with the director since 1980's "Raging Bull," which won her the first of three Academy Awards, along with six additional nominations. Most recently, she won in 2007 for "The Departed." In this
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Horror-Action Film ‘Best Served Cold’ Poised for Singapore-Malaysia Co-Production Status
Singapore’s 108 Media has secured the support of the Malaysian authorities to develop horror-action film “Best Served Cold,” based on the short story “Don’t Eat The Rice” by Sabah-based author Jill Girardi and characters in her novel “Hantu Macabre.” The adaptation is by writer-director Aaron Cowan.
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Chuck Lorre Talks Streaming Vs. Broadcast, WGA-Agency Battle at Innovate Summit
With "The Kominsky Method," Chuck Lorre ventured out of his broadcast comedy comfort zone and took a leap into the world of streaming, an unknown quantity for him. During a keynote conversation at the Variety Innovate summit, held Thursday at the 1 Hotel in West Hollywood, Lorre talked about
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TV News Roundup: AMC Announces ‘Dispatches From Elsewhere’ Premiere Date
In today's TV news roundup, "Dispatches From Elsewhere" starring Jason Segel has been scheduled for a two-night premiere date and Netflix released a teaser for Season 2 of "You." CASTINGS Briana Cuoco has been cast in HBO Max's "The Flight Attendant" in the recurring
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‘Arrowverse’ Boss Breaks Down Journey to ‘Crisis on Infinite Earths’
It’s an event nearly 500 hours in the making when the “Arrowverse” and fellow CW superhero series “Black Lightning" collide in the five-part epic crossover event, “Crisis on Infinite Earths.” Inspired by the iconic graphic novel by the same name, “Crisis on Infinite Earths” finds the “Arrowverse
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Album Review: The Who’s ‘Who’
Not only did the death wish expressed 55 years ago in “My Generation” not come true, but the Who have now become the first major rock act of their generation to come up with a whole album that’s actually about getting old. And this from an outfit that pretty much entirely skipped its own middle age,
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ATF: Sunil Doshi Launches Content Development Platform All Things Small (EXCLUSIVE)
Sunil Doshi, whose company Alliance Media & Entertainment produced 2017 Tokyo film festival title “Bioscopewala” and distributed Jafar Panahi’s 2018 film “3 Faces” in India, has launched a new content development platform at the ongoing Asian TV Forum & Market in Singapore. The Mumbai-based All Things
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Imagine Entertainment CEO Rich Battista Exits After Less Than Four Months
Rich Battista, the recently boarded chief executive of Imagine Entertainment, has exited his post at the production company after joining but a few months ago in August, Variety has learned. “Rich Battista has left Imagine Entertainment," said Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, the founders of the company
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R Kelly Bribed Government Employee to Obtain Fake ID for Aaliyah (Report)
R. Kelly has been charged by federal prosecutors for bribing a government employee to obtain a fake ID for a Jane Doe in 1994 — and according to reporting by the New York Times, that Jane Doe was none other than late R&B songstress Aaliyah.According to a person familiar with the matter who spoke with
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Paging Ira Glass! Pulitzer Prizes Add Podcast Category
Hey podcasters, recognition for your fledgling program just got a whole lot more interesting. The Pulitzer Prize Board announced on Thursday that the organization was adding a new category for podcasting for its 2020 prize cycle. The Audio Recording prize is the first new category for the Pulitzers since
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Lamia Chraibi Teams With Hicham Lasri on Pan-Arab Supernatural Series ‘Meskoun’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Lamia Chraibi, a leading producer of daring films from the Middle East and North Africa region, is developing "Meskoun," an ambitious pan-Arab genre-bending series with Moroccan filmmaker Hicham Lasri ("Jahilya") on board as showrunner. Chraibi ("Mimosas") will produce the
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ATF: Leap! to Discover the Next Generation of Singapore Talent
Singapore has launched a scheme to help find the next generation of filmmakers from the South East Asia region. Local content producers Blue3Asia and CreativesAtWork, with the support of Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority launched the Leap!, a short film production scheme at the ongoing
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ScreenSingapore: Mikhail Red Announces Philippines Western ‘Arisaka’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Cult Filipino filmmaker, Mikhail Red will direct “Arisaka,” a film named after a World War II Japanese bolt-action rifle. “It’s a Western based on a famous massacre that happened in the Philippines,” Red told Variety. Philippines production house Ten17P, whose credits include Lav Diaz’s “A Lullaby To
