‘Dancing With The Stars’ Pro Witney Carson Returning For Season 33

Mirrorball champ Witney Carson will be returning toDancing With The Starsfor its upcoming 33rd season. Carson announced the news Thursday in a video message onGood Morning America. Hi, guys, its Whitney Carson. ‘Dancing With The Stars’:, from left: Wayne Brady, Witney CarsonChristopher Willard/Disney+/Courtesy Everett Collection Just you wait until you hear who my partner is. He will sweep you off your feet. We are so ready to get that Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy....

August 29, 2024 · 1 min · 127 words · Ashley Patterson

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Star Ryan Reynolds Makes Case For Oscars To Award Stunt Work: “I Hope That’ll Change Someday”

Ryan Reynoldsis celebrating the stunt team onDeadpool & Wolverineand making a case for theOscarsto award their work. Stunt work doesnt have a category at The Oscars and I hope thatll change someday. Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Chaplin were stunt performers as well as filmmakers. Ryan Reynolds honors the stunt work on ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’Gotham / WireImage / Marvel / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection Telling stories with their entire bodies....

August 29, 2024 · 2 min · 243 words · Amanda Chapman

‘John Wick’s Chad Stahelski To Develop Jonathan Maberry’s Joe Ledger Novels As TV Series

Its an all-time epic action series with intrigue, suspense and such engaging characters, Stahelski said. As I read it, I could see the immediate cinematic potential. Im excited to be working with Jonathan to turn it into a TV series. Chad StahelskiDave Allocca/StarPix for Lionsgate He has directed all four chapters in the hit core franchise, along with producing the most recent one. And were both lifelong martial artists as well as professional pop-culture geeks, Maberry said....

August 29, 2024 · 1 min · 162 words · Kenneth Gonzales

‘Maria’ Review: Angelina Jolie Hits The High Notes As Doomed Diva Maria Callas In Pablo Larraín’s Curiously Bloodless Biopic – Venice Film Festival

We see her mother forcing her to sing for occupying Fascists during the Second World War. We see her make a bonfire out of her costumes after her voice has roughened. Along with us, he listens to her stories. Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas in ‘Maria’Pablo Larraín Watch on Deadline But Mandrax (Kodi Smit-McPhee, appropriately strange) isnt real either. Always obliging, he is actually a personification of the prescription drugs to which Callas is spectacularly addicted....

August 29, 2024 · 2 min · 226 words · Julie Powell

‘Separated’ Review: Director Errol Morris Denounces Trump Administration Family Separation Policy In Powerful Documentary – Venice Film Festival

Nobodys ever seen anything like it. Never mind, either, that Trump tanked a bipartisan bill that would have addressed immigration reform. When youve got an issue that works for you, you keep pounding away at it. A dramatized sequence in the Errol Morris documentary ‘Separated.‘NBC News Studios/Participant/Fourth Floor/Moxie Pictures. Its an incisive account of how the policy was devised and implemented, and for what purpose. This was just blatant, gratuitous cruelty, ACLU attorney Lee Gelernt says in the film....

August 29, 2024 · 1 min · 114 words · Douglas Mejia

Breaking Baz: ‘September 5’ Vividly Recalls Tragedy Of The 1972 Olympics Massacre & Jim McKay’s Haunting Announcement, “They’re All Gone” — Venice Film Festival

EXCLUSIVE: Theyre all gone. McKays marathon 16-hour stint anchoring the shattering incident has long been held as a milestone in broadcast history. It was the first breaking news story to be beamed live globally in an unfettered way. Peter Sarsgaard (far left) as ABC Sports chief Roone Arledge in ‘September 5.’Republic Pictures September 5,directed by Swiss filmmakerTim Fehlbaum, opens theVeniceFilm Festivals Horizon Extra sidebar on Thursday. Those arguments havent gone away....

August 28, 2024 · 5 min · 966 words · Ricky Moon

ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro Talks Disney Succession, Regional Sports Rights, Streaming Flagship Launch, AI & More

I can say without hesitation that Im sitting in my dream job, he said. Asked if Disneys succession process was altering his leadership style at ESPN, he replied, Absolutely not. It has not changed anything. ESPN Chairman Jimmy PitaroChip Somodevilla/Getty Images I feel just fortunate to be here. We are at a really important time at ESPN right now. Igers current contract runs through the end of 2026 and he has repeatedly pledged to exit as planned....

August 28, 2024 · 2 min · 233 words · Christina Reynolds

In ‘Riefenstahl,’ A German Director Takes Down Hitler’s Favorite Filmmaker, Who Still Appeals To Hollywood — Venice Film Festival

I was somehow captured, as by a magnetic force. Riefenstahl disposed of the press clipping itself, but Veiel tracked it down from the original source. I got the interview fromDaily Express, and that was interesting, he notes. Filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl with Adolf HitlerBeta Cinema Riefenstahl promoted other distortions regarding her work. She often claimedTriumph of the Willwas simply about work and peace. In Veiels film, she is seen denying thatTriumphincluded anything expressing resentment against race, against Jews....

August 28, 2024 · 2 min · 378 words · Brian Matthews

Isabelle Huppert & Venice Jury Members Share Concerns About “Very Weak” Condition Of Contemporary Cinema

Its a different look this year, with no one sporting Writers Guild strike T-shirts a la2023. Im worried about the things everyone is worried about. Making sure that cinema continues to live because it is very weak now, Huppert said during the session. Isabelle Huppert.Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images. A film is not just an individual effort. Its really something we deliver to the world. So I am concerned about whether our world will still connect with people....

August 28, 2024 · 1 min · 158 words · Justin Carter

John Cho’s 16-Year-Old Son Saw ‘Harold & Kumar’ And Had A “Pretty Good Takeaway”

My 16-year-old apparently saw it, Cho revealed this week onThe Today Show. I had to ferry the daughter out of the house, shes not ready for it. But apparently he saw it, and his takeaway was, So, you have metRyan Reynolds?! John Cho and Kal Penn in ‘Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle’ (2004).New Line/Courtesy Everett Collection Its a pretty good takeaway. Not a bad thing. Ryan was incredibly supportive during the audition process forVan Wilder, Penn toldRolling Stone....

August 28, 2024 · 1 min · 143 words · Rebecca Young

Nigeria’s Nile Media Entertainment Group Teams With Mo Abudu’s EbonyLife & Bags Rights To Nollywood Feature ‘Wives On Strike: The Uprising’

EXCLUSIVE:Nigerias newest studio, Nile Media Entertainment Group, is already making moves. This partnership in The Pods is proof that we believe in the potential of the African market. The Nile Group has laid the groundwork for partnerships and collaboration, and we are open to more. Omoni Oboli, Moses Babatope and Mo AbuduNile Entertainment/EbonyLife This venture with Mo Abudu and EbonyLife Cinemas shows our dedication to innovation and excellence. By combining our resources and expertise, we aim to deliver a cinema experience that is second to none....

August 28, 2024 · 1 min · 162 words · Mrs. Casey Jackson MD

Pat McAfee Rails Against “Journalistic Standards”, Sees “Good Chance” Of “Covid King” Aaron Rodgers Resuming Weekly Guest Spot

It continues to run on YouTube while blocks of it are also simulcast on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+. Recognizing and correcting mistakes would be one aspect of it, Sherman ventured. McAfee blasted the site for ripping videos from his show in a bid for traffic. Pat McAfeeKevin C. Cox/Getty Images In addition, he said, the site highlights quotes completely out of context. If I ever wanted to deal with suits, which i dont, that could be a thing....

August 28, 2024 · 2 min · 322 words · Tracy Harris

Starry Venice Kicks Off Awards Season Scramble: What’s The Buzz On The Lido Movies?

TheVeniceFilm Festival which gets underway today has in recent decades fired the starting gun on the traditional awards season. This years festival is stacked with A-list talent. Its perhaps starrier than ever. From left: ‘Joker: Folie à Deux.’ ‘Maria’ and ‘The Room Next Door’Warner Bros; Fremantle/Fabula; Sony Pictures Classics Watch on Deadline This isnt the years first glimpse at awards hopefuls, however. Time will tell if this is a trend or a blip....

August 28, 2024 · 1 min · 164 words · Daniel Fox