Filmmakers Jake Kasdan, Patty Jenkins & Joe Cornish To Direct Live-Action Lego Movies For Universal

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to “Being Maria,” a French movie revolving around the controversial production of Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1972 film “Last Tango in Paris.” Directed by Jessica Palud, the movie stars “Happening” breakout Anamaria Vartolomei as Maria Schneider and Matt Dillon as Marlon Brando. “Being Maria” had its world premiered at the Cannes Film Festival where it was the only female-directed film selected for the Premieres section. It’s now playing at the American French Film Festival at the DGA.

Central Cee has announced his highly anticipated debut album, ‘Can’t Rush Greatness’ – find out more below.The rapper – best known for songs like ‘Sprinter’ with Dave, ‘Doja’, ‘BAND4BAND’ and more – has confirmed the impending release of his long-awaited full-length debut. The record, titled ‘Can’t Rush Greatness’ is due for release on January 24, 2025 via Columbia Records and is now available for pre-order and pre-saving on digital streaming platforms.So far, two physical versions of ‘Can’t Rush Greatness’ have been announced: CD and cassette.

As I Lay Dying guitarist Phil Sgrosso has joined several of his bandmates in quitting the band – see what Sgrosso had to say about his departure below.Sgrosso – who joined the band in 2003 – took to social media to announce his departure from the metalcore band. Sgrosso’s exit comes after bassist Ryan Neff, guitarist Ken Susi, and drummer Nick Pierce – all of whom joined As I Lay Dying in 2022 – announced that they were quitting last month (October 24) citing “personal morals”.With Sgrosso’s exit, the only remaining member of the controversial band is vocalist Tim Lambesis.

Sabrina Carpenter has covered Olivia Newton-John‘s ‘Hopelessly Devoted To You’ while dressed as Sandy from Grease for Halloween – see clips of the performance below.While Carpenter has covered ‘Hopelessly Devoted To You’ numerous times, her October 30 concert in Dallas marked the first time she’s dressed up as the late Newton-John for the song. Olivia Newton-John famously performed the song in Grease, where she portrayed Sandy Olsson.For the pre-Halloween performance, Carpenter sported curls in her hair, a black leather jacket and Sandy’s iconic catsuit.

Alexandra Daddario is a momma!

Vinny Guadagnino is not sorry he attended Donald Trump’s hate-filled rally over the weekend.

Dan Benson is clapping back after David Henrie dished out some wizardly shade.

A self-proclaimed “serial killer” will be spending the rest of his life in prison after a judge came down on him on Halloween. That date is rather fitting considering the name he gave himself…

A surprise cohost today! How’d she do?

Carol Lombardini is preparing to step down from her role as chief negotiator of labor contracts for Hollywood’s major studios and streamers. Lombardini had long planned to retire in 2025, AMPTP confirmed. She will remain at the helm as the organization conducts a search for her successor.

Louis Staples So far, a total of 164 “Real Housewives”have starred in Bravo’s flagship franchise. And that’s not including the women from the near-endless number of international versions, which next year will add the recently announced Hayu-produced “Real Housewives of London” to its roster.

Sarah Drew is down to reprise her role on Grey’s Anatomy!

Justin Theroux and Nicole Brydon Bloom are enjoying a walk around the neighborhood.

Marvel‘s Avengers franchise have re-assembled to voice their endorsement of Kamala Harris as the next President of the United States – see what they had to do below.In a new clip shared on Instagram by Mark Ruffalo, he picks up a video call from Scarlett Johansson to find that some of his cast mates are in the chat too. They quickly get down to business, discussing their voting plans for the upcoming November 5 elections.The other Avengers cast mates on the call besides Ruffalo and Johansson were Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Don Cheadle, Paul Bettany and Danai Gurira.

Megan Thee Stallion has sued a YouTuber who alleging she spread lies about her case with Tory Lanez and their creation of deepfake porn.As per Billboard, the Texas-born singer and rapper – whose real name is Megan Pete – has filed a lawsuit against YouTuber Milagro Gramz – real name Milagro Elizabeth Cooper – after claiming that she is a “mouthpiece and puppet” for Lanez and accused Cooper of “churning out falsehoods”.The suit also claimed that the YouTube personality was carrying out a public campaign to “denigrate, belittle, insult, and spread false statements” about the ‘Savage’ singer and included allegations of “cyberstalking, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and invasion of privacy.”Pete’s attorneys at the law firm Quinn Emanuel have alleged that Cooper had intentionally spread lies and misinformation about the case by questioning if the rapper was actually shot in the feet, claiming that Pete had been “caught trying to deceive the courts” and that the weapon used by Lanez during the incident had supposedly gone missing.The rapper’s lawyers stated that Cooper’s posts had “recklessly disregarded the truth and suggested that the firearm was never presented in court because it had allegedly disappeared. It has not.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios just won a battle for Love of Your Life, a spec by Nyad scribe Julia Cox, Deadline hears. Love of Your Life has been the talk of town this Halloween, and sources said the result is one of the biggest spec script deals in recent memory, landing in the $2 million range. Ryan Gosling is attached to produce with new producing partner Jessie Henderson at General Admission.

Carol Lombardini, president of the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers since 2009, is stepping down from the role.After 15 years in the top spot at the studio and streamer rep, she will be moving to an advisory role, we hear. An AMPTP spokesperson said Thursday that Lombardini had long planned to retire in 2025.

Women In Film has named its Board of Directors EVP Syrinthia Studer as president, the organization announced today. Her tenure, which will commence next year, picks up following Amy Baer’s 9-year term as leader of WIF’s board of directors.

The Los Angeles Dodgers prevailed Wednesday night to secure their eighth World Series title, shutting down the New York Yankees in Game 5 to a massive audience.

Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz will guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Monday, the night before the election, in an interview that was taped earlier today.

“The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast” this week, the Oscar winner, 61, was asked if he believed “Dune: Part Two” was the best movie of the year as many have claimed. Tarantino couldn’t chime in because he’s never seen the flick featuring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Javier Bardem, Florence Pugh and Austin Butler — and has no plans to.“I saw [David Lynch’s] ‘Dune’ a couple of times. I don’t need to see that story again,” Tarantino exclaimed.