Award-Winning ‘Kokomo City’ Hits Theaters: Film About Black Trans Women Documents “Human Beings In Their Rawest Form”

A fracas erupted as the pair fought for the gun, tumbling down a flight of stairs. But it was great. Its unfiltered, adamantly unapologetic. ‘Kokomo City’Magnolia Pictures/Paramount+/Showtime Youre not just watching youre experiencing human beings in their rawest form. And thats something we dont see very often. Waithe adds, What moves me the most is the humanity. ‘Kokomo City’ director D. Smith (L) and protagonist Daniella Carter appear at Outfest in Los Angeles....

August 5, 2023 · 2 min · 365 words · Phillip Caldwell

Deestroying, Onetime College Football Kicker Turned YouTuber & NFL Partner, Teases Plans To Give Viewers “Crazy Access” To The League As It Revamps Sunday Ticket Package

They told me, Hey, you cant make money from your content while youre a college athlete. You either need to delete your channel and donate the money back, or youll forfeit your eligibility. While it wasnt the easiest of choices, he took the latter path. Deestroying and Roger Goodell onstage at YouTube Brandcast 2023 in New York City. (Getty Images) De La Haye remembered seeing a whole lot more potential in YouTube compared with his future as a player....

August 5, 2023 · 2 min · 331 words · Jonathan Todd

Dwayne Johnson Says ‘Black Adam’ Did Not Get A Sequel Because Of “A Vortex Of New Leadership” At Warner Bros. & DC

Johnson then moved back to issues with leadership. It was so many changes in leadership. Watch on Deadline That followed the much-discussed decision by then-new Warner Bros. Dwayne Johnson on Kevin Hart’s ‘Hart to Heart’Peacock via YouTube Discovery CEO David Zaslav toscrap the nearly-completedBatgirlfilmthat cost that cost $60 million-$70 million. You had the biggest opening of your career. Sure, no China. That could have been maybe $100m, maybe 200m more dollars....

August 5, 2023 · 1 min · 138 words · Autumn Coleman

How Comedian Matt Rife Pulled Off Stratospheric Rise From Pandemic-Era Pickup Truck Stand-Up To A Sold-Out Global Tour With Live Nation

Ive noticed, for me, that that has created this business model that has flourished. Because, now were doing things in a different way, Shams told Deadline. Were not just moving in a traditional sense. Comedians Paul Elia and Matt RifeAndrew Max Levy Were using all of our skills together to really create opportunity, to create an empire. Im going to be fine from here on out, and then you have to start all over again....

August 5, 2023 · 6 min · 1254 words · Tyrone Hernandez

LL Cool J On Hip-Hop’s 50th Anniversary, Looking For That “Santana Moment” & Celebrating The Culture On His Mash-Up Tour With The Roots

recallsLL Cool Jof hip-hops early years and the reaction audiences would have. On August 11, LL will start up Round 2 of The F.O.R.C.E. With a September stop in LA, the tour will culminate on November 19 in Boston. LL Cool J and others onstage at the 2023 GrammysGetty Images DEADLINE:What was it, who was it, that drew you into hip-hop growing up? or the Beastie Boys, I just was attracted to that magnetic confidence and energy in the musical dynamics....

August 5, 2023 · 3 min · 622 words · George Dalton

Mariette Rissenbeek On Her Berlinale Exit, The Festival’s Tricky Financial Future & How The Actors Strike May Be A Win For Berlin — Locarno

EXCLUSIVE:OutgoingBerlinaleco-directorMariette Rissenbeekshared a surprising statement during an industry keynote this week atLocarno. Rissenbeek, however, said she currently saw no way for the festival to raise this cash. Four million is a lot of money, she told Deadline the morning after the keynote. Mariette RissenbeekP.Lehman/Future Publishing via Getty Images So what happens to the Berlinale? She was announced as co-head in 2018 alongside Carlo Chatrian in the role of artistic director....

August 5, 2023 · 5 min · 910 words · Adam Brown

Michael Cieply: In A Color-Coded World, Films Claim Their Place On The Palette

The wiliest movie marketers, explained Ray, take a stab at own a color scheme. Juno, for instance, had orange stripes with distinctive green highlights.Little Miss Sunshinewas bright yellow. The firstAustin Powerschose a velvety wine red against gold, surprisingly subtle for an outrageous comedy. (L-r) RYAN GOSLING and MARGOT ROBBIE on the set of Warner Bros. Pictures’ “BARBIE,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.Jaap Buitendijk/Warner Bros. The colors lit your fuse. The rest was up to the picture....

August 5, 2023 · 2 min · 266 words · Matthew Morgan

Oregon And Washington Officially Joining Big 10, Moves Likely A Death Blow To The Pac-12 – Update

The schools formally applied for membership Friday and were accepted after a Big Ten vote later in the day. UPDATE: Arizona State and Utah were unanimously voted in to Big 12 membership on Friday night. They join former Pac-12 member Arizona. AP The Big 12 now has 16 teams for the 2024 season. Utah and Arizona State have also applied to the Big 12, reports indicate. Last week, Colorado left the Pac-12 for the Big 12, starting the chain reaction....

August 5, 2023 · 2 min · 232 words · Kenneth Carter

Riley Keough Named Sole Heir Of Mom Lisa Marie Presley’s Estate & New Owner Of Graceland After Challenge From Priscilla Presley

The appointment was approved during a hearing Friday before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lynn Healey Scaduto. Priscilla Presleyhad filed a petition to challenge the validity of her late daughterLisa Maries will in January. The legal action disputed a 2016 amendment to Lisa Maries will that excised Priscilla as trustee of the estate. Riley Keough and Lisa Marie Presley Priscilla Presleys attorneys said she only became aware of the purported 2016 amendment after Lisa Maries death....

August 5, 2023 · 1 min · 137 words · William Flores

‘Days Of Our Lives’ Co-EP Albert Alarr Out Following Misconduct Investigation & Cast Petition; Janet Drucker To Replace Him

The daytime drama, produced by Corday Prods. and distributed by Sony Pictures Television, also will institute HR presence on set. Series executive producer Ken Corday just made the announcement in an email to cast and crew. Albert AlarrGetty (you’re free to read it in full below.) It is imperative that we have a safe and inclusive workplace environment. Many of the claims recently referenced in the media are simply false....

August 5, 2023 · 2 min · 327 words · Kara Weaver

Alexei Navalny, Subject Of Oscar-Winning Documentary, Gets 19 Years Tacked Onto Russian Prison Sentence

Its very upsetting, but very unsurprising, Roher tells Deadline. The regime has taken the approach of what I like to call boiling the frog. Navalny ran afoul of Vladimir Putin by accusing the Russian president and his cronies of corruption and incompetence. Alexei Navalny in Moscow’s City Court on May 24, 2022Contributor/Getty Images The formula for calculating it is simple: what the prosecutor asked for, minus 10-15%. They asked for 20, they give 18 or something like that....

August 4, 2023 · 2 min · 358 words · Sherry Jacobs

Cardi B Won’t Face Charges After Throwing Microphone At Fan Who Doused Her With Liquid – Update

UPDATED:Cardi Bwill not face charges for a microphone-throwing incident inLas Vegas. She was doused with a drink before retaliating. Cardi B was stunned, then launched her microphone at the woman who threw the cup. Mega Security swarmed into the area while Cardi B yelled from the stage. Her microphone was returned and she resumed the show. The disposition of the cup thrower is not known. Cardi B is the latest performer to be assaulted with a thrown object while on stage....

August 4, 2023 · 1 min · 199 words · Kristy Morris

Dispatches From The Picket Lines: Thousands Descend On NBCUniversal After Sidewalk Controversy

Discovery or Disney today, although WGA was at all locations. SAG-AFTRA Secretary-Treasurer Joely Fisher told Deadline that it was an emotional day. They were blocking the sidewalk so the picketers couldnt walk, he told Deadline. Getty Images I guess push came to shove and they created this walkway for us today. There were mixed feelings about todays talks between the WGA and AMPTP. Jeri Ryan, who has starred in series includingStar Trek: PicardandBosch, said Any movement is positive....

August 4, 2023 · 1 min · 120 words · Katherine Noble