Brad Bird Shares His Classic Film Picks as Guest Curator on TCM’s ‘The Essentials’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-manager1091 has secured worldwide rights Inez & Doug & Kira, the directorial debut feature from Julia Kots. Starring Michael Chernus (Spiderman: Homecoming, Orange is the New Black), Tawny Cypress (Blacklist Redemption, Billions), and Talia Thiesfield (Succession, Kevin Can Wait), the film will be released across all digital platforms this fall.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: A3 Artists Agency has announced April Perroni as its new Head of Business Affairs.“As our new Head of Business Affairs, April will work with agents across all divisions to provide our clients with the best service possible,” said A3 President Brian Cho. “With vast experience advising on a wide array of client deals across the entertainment industry, April brings with her the experience necessary to continue the agency’s growth.”Prior to A3, Perroni served as Senior Vice President and Head of Talent & Literary Business Affairs at Paradigm.

Naya Rivera’s bond with her Glee costars ahead of her disappearance and death was unique and felt by everyone who knew her.“Everybody got along and I think everybody respected each other,” Zack Teperman, Rivera’s former publicist told Us Weekly exclusively on Monday, July 13. “I think she respected them.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterSister, the production co-founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone, has optioned Jennifer Weiner’s New York Times bestseller Mrs. Everything and will adapt the book for TV.Here’s the logline: growing up in 1950s Detroit, Jo and Bethie Kaufman are sisters who, as their lives unfold against the backdrop of Vietnam, the civil rights movement, and women’s liberation, find themselves struggling to honor their unique truths versus pleasing the world.Weiner is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Who Do You Love and In Her Shoes; her books have sold more than 11 million copies and been printed in 36 countries.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorWhat started as another dip in the TV nostalgia pool has ended up making waves for NBC as most of its independently owned affiliates are pledging not to air Thursday night’s 30 Rock reunion.The prime-time reunion, created by and starring the team behind the original NBC comedy mainstay, is scheduled to air Thursday night at 8PM ET/PT. It will be in major U.S.

upcoming 30 Rock reunion special, there is a good chance you might not be able to watch it all. According to Vulture, NBC's biggest local affiliate groups have decided not to broadcast the special, which was filmed remotely and is set to air Thursday at 8/7c.

Idris Elba has said racist content in films and TV should come with a warning and a ratings system should be put in place.The Luther star was speaking after programmes such as Little Britain were removed from streaming services over scenes featuring David Walliams and Matt Lucas wearing blackface.He has advocated for a ratings system that warns viewers of a film or show with outdated or offensive viewpoints.“I’m very much a believer in freedom of speech,” Elba told the Radio Times. “But the thing about freedom of speech is that it’s not suitable for everybody.“That’s why we have a rating system: we tell you that this particular content is rated U, PG, 15, 18.“To mock the truth, you have to know the truth.

Google Stadia Connect presentation has delivered news of many new upcoming games for the console, both exclusives and third party titles.Multiple games were announced, five of which are exclusive to the system at launch. Outcasters is a competitive top-down shooter with a distinctly vibrant world for players to engage each other in.

SZA has shared a touching review of her unreleased music from her mother, who described it as “soothing and disrupting at the same time”.The R&B artist – real name Solána Imani Rowe – said back in May that a “music dump” of unheard material could be on the way, suggesting the potential release would be comprised of around 20 tracks from over the past six years.Taking to Twitter this evening (July 14), SZA wrote: “This morning I sent my mom unreleased music for the first time.. .

Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan are honoring Naya Rivera‘s memory in a powerful way.“Our hearts go out to her family, especially her mom, Yolanda, who was a big part of the Glee family and her son Josey,” the Glee creators said in a statement to Us Weekly on Tuesday, July 14. “The three of us are currently in the process of creating a college fund for the beautiful son Naya loved most of all.”Rivera was pronounced dead by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department on Monday, July 13, nearly one week after she was reported missing after taking her son on a boating trip on Lake Piru in California.

Kelley Flanagan may have finished fifth on The Bachelor, but she’s No. 1 in Peter Weber’s heart.

Heather Morris made good on her promise to help locate her former Glee costar Naya Rivera, who went missing on Wednesday, July 8, and was found dead five days later.“[Morris called] several times over the weekend and yesterday,” Capt. Eric Buschow of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office told Us Weekly exclusively on Tuesday, July 14.

Mesut Ozil joined in Arsenal training on Tuesday despite doubts he will feature in the squad for the trip to Liverpool.

Katy Perry has vowed to get her abs back after giving birth to her daughter.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticQueer Eye for the Straight Guy’s Jai Rodriguez will host the Daytime Emmy Awards livestream ceremony honoring Digital Dramas this Sunday and The Real‘s Loni Love will host the ceremony for Children’s, Lifestyle & Animation programming the following Sunday.The host announcements were made today by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. NATAS also said today that the 41st Sports Emmy Awards will livestream on Tuesday, August 11, at 8 p.m. ET., and the 41st News & Documentary awards will stream in mid-to-late September, followed by the 71st Technology & Engineering Emmys in mid-to-late October.

David Robb Labor EditorThe DGA Pension & Health Plans have extended the opportunity for participants to take temporary loans of up to $20,000 against their supplemental benefit retirement funds “as part of ongoing efforts advocating for member relief during the COVID-19 crisis.” The loans had previously been allowed through July 31, but will now be available through the end of the year. The extension was approved unanimously by the Plans’ board of trustees.The Plans told participants that before applying for the loans, they should “seek alternative means of support in order to preserve your retirement funds to the extent possible and ensure the availability of adequate financial resources during your later years.

Jimmy Fallon returned to his Rockefeller Center studio on Monday, months after shooting The Tonight Show from his home. He is the first late-night host to return to the studio amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Apple’s WWII drama Greyhound, starring and written by Tom Hanks, has become the largest opening weekend release ever for Apple TV+, including series that have bowed on the service, sources close to Apple tell Deadline. The streamers loathe giving up exact numbers, but I’m told that the film turned in a viewing audience commensurate with a summer theatrical box office big hit, which of course Greyhound was meant to be until it moved from Sony to Apple because of the uncertainty of movie theaters after COVID-19.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticNot since the summer of 2003, when François Ozon unveiled Sapphic sizzler “Swimming Pool” at the Cannes Film Festival, has the French director seduced audiences quite as brazenly as he does in “Summer of 85,” which was also set to premiere at Cannes, before the global coronavirus outbreak forced the cancellation of the 2020 edition.

A new Lionsgate film might be a sequel to Dirty Dancing.Actress Jennifer Grey, 60, is currently attached to an untitled dancing-themed movie set in the 1990s. She is set to star and executive produce.News of the project has some whispering about a sequel to the 1987 dance flick, according to Deadline.

Can you imagine anyone else as Russell Hammond than Billy Crudup in Almost Famous? Turns out that it was almost Brad Pitt who starred in the famous role instead!