Smith accepted the Beacon Award at the African American Film Critics Association Awards ceremony Wednesday at the Beverly Wilshire. HisEmancipationco-star Charmaine Bingwa and AAFCA co-founder Gil L. Robertson introduced Smith and Antoine Fuqua, the films director. After a brief speech by Fuqua, Smith took the stage. Smith saidEmancipationmeant so much to him, and thanked the people and companies that supported it being made. I want to thank Gil and AAFCA....

Its another solid opening in what is a back-to-back tentpole programmed spring. That anticipated opening forChapter 4would also rep the biggest opening for Lionsgate since the pandemic. Note that tracking remains shakey for all films during the pandemic. Keanu Reeves in ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’Lionsgate Typically, in regards to openings, theres a -10% ease between a threequel and a fourthquel. Similar toChapter 3,Chapter 4is hot with older guys and older women....

EXCLUSIVE:A musical stage adaptation of J.R.R. The music theater shows book and lyrics are by Shaun McKenna and Warchus, with music by A.R. However, that was not enough to satisfy some critics who gave it the Dark Lord treatment. Watermill Theatre in the UK; Musical theater production of The Lord of the RingsEden Harrhy/Getty/Watermill It ran for a year, failing to recoup its eight-figure budget. However, the Watermills managers are betting that their theaters pastoral setting will lure fans....

1 streaming program during that week and also became the third most-streamed movie in a measurement week since 2020. Wakanda ForeverdethronedNetflixsYou People, which fell to No. The last program to hit the billion-minute mark for the week wasMinions: The Rise of Gru. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Last Of UsMarvel Studios, HBO The film drove about 1.2B viewing minutes in its first week on Netflix. Ginny & Georgiastill made it onto the list, albeit at No....

My answer… yes. I was very delighted to see hes a gentleman who starts conversations right in the middle, Fraser says. It was very exciting because it was an opportunity to play a character who is in search of redemption. A24/Everett Collection Then March 2020 rolled around, and we all know what happened, Fraser remembers. We went home to put on our comfortable pants. Fraser assumed that the project was over....

SPOILER ALERT: The following reveals major plot points from theCBSTrue Liespremiere episode. What could go wrong? Everything, of course. Ginger Gonzaga as Helen Tasker.Photo: Alan Markfield/CBS Harry bluffs and tells Mr. Baddie Helen is his supervisor, a role she steps into almost effortlessly. Its impossible to tell who is more impressed with her skills: Harry or Helen herself. I love playing her and I want to protect her, Gonzaga tells Deadline....

FoxtelGroup andWarner Bros Discoveryhave renewed their multi-year content agreement, under which the Australian pay-TV operator and streamer will remain the home ofHBO, Max Originals, Warner Bros and Discovery programming in Australia. In announcing the deal, which covers the Foxtel platform and its streaming service Binge, the two companies hinted at future flexibility as Warner Bros Discovery continues with plans for its own streaming service in the region. However, they were firm in their assertion that Foxtel and Binge will continue to carry Warner Bros Discovery programming in Australia, including current and future seasons of HBOs most popular series, such asHouse Of The Dragon,The Last Of Us,SuccessionandThe White Lotus....

There are four pillars to our business, he tells Deadline. The takeover reunited him with many of the formats hed excelled at making over the years Big BrotherandMasterChefamong them. We are seen as an all-round production studio making scripted and unscripted content. ‘The Night Manager India’, Deepak Dhar, ‘Ranveer Vs Wild’ and ‘The Good Wife India’Banijay Asia/Netflix/Disney+Hotstar The Tamil-language version ofSurvivorfor ZEE5 Global launched in 2021, as werevealedat the time....

Smithhas been on a roll the likes of which few filmmakers ever experience. For any filmmaker, especially one making her directorial debut, thats a lot to process. I thought after Sundance that I was going to take that moment, and its never happened. ‘Kokomo City’Magnolia Pictures/Paramount+/Showtime Things are just moving, moving, moving. A friend of mine always uses this term, Transparency is the new currency, Smith says. People just arent biting or buying anything that they cant relate to anymore....

Murdoch, however, saw many of Donald Trumps claims as bulls. (Read ithere). The leadership of your company was aware of the dangers of broadcasting these outlandish claims. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) By your own account, Donald Trumps election lies were damaging and really crazy stuff. A spokesperson for Fox Corp. declined comment. McCarthy defended his decision on Tuesday. Well, first of all, we didnt hand over anything. You had videos for more than two years....

Fiennes plays Cardinal Lawrence, who is thrown in at the deep end when the Pope unexpectedly dies. Up in his office, Berger gestures through the window to the next building along. Theres the Fellini stage, where he always shot, he says. Director Edward Berger on the set of ‘Conclave’Philippe Antonello Theres a plaque there that says, If any place is home, this is it. Its much more his home than his house was....

The statement was posted on Twitter today in the form of a diary entry photographed by Annie Liebowitz. (See it below.) I was spiralling through fear, depression and anxiety. Ed SheeranJeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images Sheerans most recent album wasF64, released in January and dedicated to the singer-songwriters late friend Jamal Edwards. Writing songs is my therapy. It helps me make sense of my feelings. I wrote without thought of what the songs would be, I just wrote whatever tumbled out....

It was bound to happen, sooner or later. On Monday, theWalt DisneyCo.s corporate privilege inFloridafinally succumbed to its Democracy Problem. Watch on Deadline Of course, things didnt quite work as planned. Ron DeSantisGetty Images Eisner and his fellow executives called it the one man, one vote problem. As conceived by Walt, political control was asine qua nonif Imagineers were to design a perfect world. Technocrats would create order. But let the inhabitants vote too freely, and things would inevitably get messy or worse, fall apart....