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Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic In 2002, director Sam Jones made what is widely considered a benchmark for 21st century music documentaries with “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco,” a movie that lucked into just about all the subject matter that could make B-roll footage of the making of an album into A-list material. It had conflict within the band, between an auteur and another member of great talent; conflict with the soon-to-be-ex-record label, over the basically unwanted classic-to-be “Yankee Foxtrot Hotel”); and said auteur doing his own demon-wrestling, outside foils notwithstanding. Now, it’s easier to see that Jones’ good fortune in happening upon all that wasn’t all luck. More than 20 years later, Jones has come up with another gold-standard music doc, in the form of “Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed,” newly streaming on HBO Max. This time, as the creation of another amazing record — Isbell’s “Reunions” (recorded in late 2019 and released a few months later) — is put under the filmic microscope, there are no record-company bookkeepers as unseen baddies in the backdrop to a making-of. Major labels and the conflicts that come with them are so 2002, right? But one common thread is intra-band tension… as it probably will be in most good rock docs now or 20 years from now. It gets more interesting than that, though. In this instance, the difficult vibes are between bandmates who double as a married couple — Isbell and his fiddler-spouse, Amanda Shires. Here, unlike the by-now iconic beefing between Jay Tweedy and Jay Bennett, we know no one’s ultimately going anywhere, right?

Maïwenn, the director of Johnny Depp’s latest film, “Jeanne du Barry”, is being sued by Edwy Plenel, the editor-in-chief of Mediapart magazine, for allegedly assaulting him at a restaurant.

Caitlyn Jenner is voicing disdain for Nike’s latest ad featuring trans activist and online influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

Jack Harlow continues his giant leap into the world of acting.

Johnny Rotten is in mourning after announcing that his wife of nearly five decades has died. She was 80.

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos don’t plan on making the same mistakes as Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes!

The Jonas Brothers will be performing all five of their albums in one night for their one-night-only Yankee Stadium concert this summer and fans have been questioning how they can fit all those songs into one show.

Well, so much for those little hints of hope for Bryan Kohberger‘s defense.

We guess nothing heals a relationship quite like a romantic getaway?!

Nike is showing support for the LGBTQ community amid the transphobic backlash Dylan Mulvaney has been receiving for her partnership with the brand.

So many stars stepped out for the 2023 Star Wars Celebration!

His whole world! Love Is Blind’s Bartise Bowden has welcomed his first child, a baby boy.

The Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers sat down on Wednesday as talks continued over the holiday period that had previously been designated a two-week break.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) honorary board member James Cromwell, who portrays Succession’s Ewan Roy, helped save a piglet who fell off a transport truck headed to a facility where he would have been fattened for slaughter.

Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament took a hiatus during the pandemic as movie theaters closed for the majority of 2020-2021 and theatrical day-and-date titles on both the big screen and studios’ respective streaming platforms became more prevalent. Coming back from that brink, the studios have largely returned to their theatrical release models and the downstream monies they can bring. Not to mention their power in launching IPs around the world with big global marketing campaigns. When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn’t about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses, and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysterious end of the equation, Deadline is repeating our Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament for 2022, using data culled by seasoned and trusted sources.

UPDATED: Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was formally charged with espionage Friday after the Moscow-based journalist was detained last week.

Pope Francis, only a few days after leaving the hospital, is presiding over religious observances during the holiest week in the Roman Catholic faith. As part of Good Friday services today, he took part in a celebration of the Passion of the Lord at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. 

Jeremy Renner‘s interview with Diane Sawyer gave ABC a bit of a ratings boost on Thursday night.

From teen idols to zaddies! The Jonas Brothers may be having deep talks at the Waffle House, but they keep their parenting opinions to themselves.  

Sam Bennett is one of the top golfers at the 2023 Masters — and everyone wants to know all about the reigning U.S. Amateur champion.

Taking his own advice? Tom Sandoval’s past instruction for Jax Taylor after his brief split from Brittany Cartwright in 2017 is not aging well.