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EXCLUSIVE: Capstone Studios and Hammerstone Studios have rounded out the cast for their supernatural thriller, Black Box (Flight 298). Newcomers include Dana Whyte O’Hara (Darklands), Danny Mac (Hollyoaks), Kaja Chan (1899), Asa Ali (Euphoria), Boadicea Ricketts (Grantchester), Cel Spellman (White Lines) and Molly Belle Wright (Deep Water).

Hit Man.Directed by Richard Linklater (Dazed And Confused, Boyhood), the film follows college professor Gary Johnson (Powell) who stumbles into the role of posing undercover as a hitman, only to fall in love with one of his potential clients.Other cast members in the film include Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Retta, Sanjay Rao, Evan Holtzman and Molly Bernard.After a short run in cinemas from May 24, Hit Man will be released on Netflix on June 7, 2024.Graham Reynolds composed the film’s soundtrack, who has collaborated with director Richard Linklater on many of his previous projects, including A Scanner Darkly, Bernie, Up To Speed and Before Midnight.The film also features various tracks by artists who originate from New Orleans, ranging from jazz pioneer Jelly Roll Morton to contemporary acts like Rob49.Speaking about the soundtrack, the film’s music supervisor, Randall Poster, said: “The music in this film was born out of New Orleans and has that spirit of letting the good times roll.“That’s sort of a signature of the songs, and if you look at some of the New Orleans jargon, romance is generally complicated and sometimes duplicitous and sometimes aggravating and sometimes tragic. But there’s a spirit of endurance within it – just like this movie.”You can check out the full list of songs featured in the film below.‘New Orleans Bump (Monrovia)’ – Jelly Roll Morton‘Space Zydeco’ – Buckwheat Zydeco’99 Plus One’ – June Gardner‘Vulture Island V2’ – Rob49 ft. Lil Baby‘Big Chief’ – Professor Longhair‘Down Home Girl’ – Alvin Robinson‘Cast Your Fate To The Wind’ – Allen Toussaint‘When It’s Sleepy Time Down South’ – Ruby Braff

Beyoncé has been hit with a copyright lawsuit over her hit song ‘Break My Soul’.The filing has been put forward by a New Orleans group called Da Showstoppaz, who claim that the pop star is guilty of copyright infringement with her hit ‘Renaissance’ track.The issue stems from Beyoncé’s 2022 song sampling Big Freedia – who the band claim unlawfully used lyrics from their track ‘Release A Wiggle’, which they shared back in 2002.Members of the band, Tessa Avie, Keva Bourgeois, Henri Braggs, and Brian Clark, all filed a complaint to the Louisiana federal court yesterday (May 22). In the filing, they alleged that Bey sampled Big Freedia’s 2014 track ‘Explode’ – however, the latter unlawfully used “copyrighted lyrics, melody, and musical arrangement” from their own track, making the feature in ‘Break My Soul’ unlawful.As well as the ‘Cowboy Carter’ singer, Big Freedia, Sony Music, Jay-Z and more have been named as defendants.“Defendants used Plaintiffs’ words, melody, and musical arrangement from their copyrighted works to create an album as homage to ‘uncle Johnny’ who exposed the music and culture of the LGBTQ community of greater New Orleans, of which three members are strongly affiliated with themselves, all displayed in its full force — the tone, actual words, melody, musical arrangement of bounce music,” the suit claims (via Rolling Stone).It goes on to recall how the song has seen huge success due to it topping the US singles chart, being played frequently on her ‘Renaissance’ tour, and appearing in her accompanying documentary film about the live shows.“Mrs.

Jessica Biel has a fresh new haircut — and fans think it’s a sign she’s having some serious marriage troubles with Justin Timberlake! Uh-oh!

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Brittney (Back in Action) has signed on to star in Black Box (Flight 298), a recently announced supernatural thriller from Capstone Studios and Hammerstone Studios. Others set for roles in the film, currently in production in Bulgaria, include Holly White (Home and Away) and Betsy Blue English (Four Weddings and a Funeral).

Director Richard Linklater rues that Hollywood has taken to creating sexless characters and superheroes without genitalia.

Well, it turns out the conspiracy theorists may actually be half-right… for whatever that’s worth! LOLz!

“The Jennifer Hudson Show” Tuesday and revealed that “believe or not,” she’s been mistaken for Lenny Kravitz, 59, more than once.“OK, so Wanda, I have this issue where everywhere I go, people think I’m either Megan Thee Stallion or Coco Jones,” Jennifer Hudson, 42, told Sykes, adding, “I heard you get mixed up with Lenny Kravitz?”“Yes,” Sykes said. “Believe it or not. OK, not all the time.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italian-born and Texas-based director Roberto Minervini is known for making hard-hitting documentaries that dissect the backwaters of American society, such as his so-called Texas trilogy comprising “The Passage,” “Low Tide” and “Stop the Pounding Heart.” His most recent doc, “What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire?,” about a community of Black people in New Orleans during the summer of 2017 – when a string of brutal killings of Black men sent shockwaves throughout the country – launched from the Venice competition section in 2018. “The Damned,” which premieres on Thursday in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard and is Minervini’s first fiction feature, is set during the American Civil War in the winter of 1862.

Fresh from being roasted on Netflix, Tom Brady turned up to the Fox Upfronts.

Hunter Ingram SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “What Can the Damned Really Say to the Damned,” the Season 2 premiere of “Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire,” now streaming on AMC+. On the set of AMC’s “Interview With the Vampire,” showrunner Rolin Jones and star Jacob Anderson had a nickname for Anderson’s character, Louis de Pointe du Lac. “We used to call him Cuddles the Vampire,” Jones tells Variety with a laugh. But notice the past tense.

Alison Herman TV Critic In a sea of rote, listless IP, the first season of AMC’s “Interview With the Vampire” felt like manna from heaven — or blood to a thirsty nightwalker. Yes, the show was part of a reverse-engineered attempt at an Anne Rice cinematic universe. But in the hands of showrunner Rolin Jones, “Interview With the Vampire” set itself apart from both Rice’s original and the 1994 film adaptation, all while maintaining the story’s Gothic romanticism.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italian-born Texas-based director Roberto Minervini is known for a distinguished career making documentaries including his so-called Texas trilogy comprising “The Passage,” “Low Tide” and “Stop the Pounding Heart.” His most recent doc “What You Gonna Do When the World’s On Fire?” about a community of Black people in New Orleans during the summer of 2017, when a string of brutal killings of Black men sent shockwaves throughout the country, launched from the Venice competition in 2018. “The Damned,” which is Minervini’s first feature film, is set during the American Civil War in the winter of 1862.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The ABC comedy pilot “Shifting Gears” has cast Daryl “Chill” Mitchell and Froy Gutierrez, Variety has learned exclusively. The pair join previously announced series leads Tim Allen and Kat Dennings in the multi-cam comedy, which was originally ordered to pilot at ABC back in March. In the show, “Matt (Allen) is the stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Steven Quale, best known for his work on “Into the Storm” and “Final Destination 5,” has been tapped to direct Capstone Studios and Hammerstone Studios’ “Black Box (Flight 298).” The upcoming supernatural thrilleris based on an original screenplay from Stephen Susco, a horror writer whose many genre credits include “The Grudge,” “The Grudge 2,” “Texas Chainsaw 3D” and “Hell Fest.” According to the logline, the film follows the supernatural events surrounding Vero Airlines Flight 298 from New Orleans to Seattle. Hammerstone Studios’ Alex Lebovici (“Barbarian”) and Jon Oakes (“The Guilty”) will produce alongside Capstone’s Christian Mercuri and David Haring (“Bill & Ted Face the Music”), Warren Zide (“The Final Destination” and Susco.

Tyler Perry has conquered the entertainment world — the creative force between two dozen films, 17 television shows, bestselling books and 20 stage plays. He built a thriving studio complex in Atlanta, and just today Deadline reported he has signed a first-look deal with Netflix to produce faith-based films alongside DeVon Franklin.

Former NBA player Darius Morris, who started a playoff game for the Los Angeles Lakers and played for four other NBA teams, has died at 33. The cause of his death has not been disclosed.

Brooke Shields revealed that she stripped down in solidarity with co-star Benjamin Bratt on the set of their new Netflix movie “Mother of the Bride.” On Friday’s episode of “The View,” the actress explained that she went mostly au natural to comfort her co-star Bratt whose wardrobe for one scene consisted only of a “modesty sock.”Shields, 58 relayed, “They have these things called modesty socks, which, for a woman, it’s a modesty triangle and they tape it to you, just where the camera’s going to go. For the poor guy, they don’t tape — they just have a little sheath.” Shields then used her hands to mimic the act of putting the sock on the penis.

The Rolling Stones have performed at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and broke out the first live performance of ‘Time Is On My Side’ in 25 years. Check out footage of the set below.The rock veterans took to the stage at the iconic festival last night (May 2), for one of their first festival appearances since sharing their critically acclaimed album ‘Hackney Diamonds’ last year.As well as breaking out a number of tracks from the LP, fan favourites and tour debuts on the night, the band also used the set to play a live rendition of their cover of ‘Time Is On My Side’ in over two decades.The moment saw them invite Irma Thomas to the stage, and took place exactly 50 years after they recorded the cover of the Jerry Ragovoy track.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is back with her ex-fiance, Ken Urker, after separating from her ex-husband, Ryan Scott, three months after she was released from prison. The true crime viral sensation has removed herself from Instagram, but TMZ has received PDA photos of her happily in love.In photos published by the outlet, she was seen locking lips with Urker while in New Orleans for the jazz festival. While the photo was enough evidence, she confirmed it with the outlet.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor These days, it’s never too early to start talking about the Super Bowl. Fox Corp’s 2025 broadcast of Super Bowl LIX is nearly a year away, slated to air Feb. 9 from New Orleans.