Dino De-Laurentiis: Last News

Where do great movies come from? When Netflix started creating its own shows a decade ago, Ted Sarandos and his colleagues put that question to select creatives around town. It was a smart exercise – but most respondents insisted there was no answer.

Caroline Brew editor Josh Kramer, who worked as a film producer and financier and Amazon executive, died Nov. 27 in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 67.

Josh Kramer, who produced Roman Polanski’s Death and the Maiden and Sidney Lumet’s Night Falls on Manhattan and later led sales for Capitol Films before becoming Head of Motion Picture Business Operations at Amazon Studios, has died. He was 67.

Heather and Terry Dubrow selling Chateau Dubrow last year for $55 million — the third largest sale in Orange County history — is now a major storyline for the second half of The Real Housewives of Orange County.Bravo released the explosive season 17 midseason trailer, and Fancy Pants is going toe-to-toe with nearly all her costars, especially Tamra Judge and Shannon Beador, who find out about her selling her home on the internet.«Heather and Terry Dubrow sell their home for $55 million,» Tamra tells Shannon, who replies, «Why wouldn't she mention it to us?»Then, Tamra suggests Heather made fun of Emily Simpson's body, saying, «She told Emily that she looked like a Snuffleupagus.»«So, it's OK to body shame?!» asks Emily. Shannon then seemingly confronts Heather about mysterious gossip the actress shared off camera about Shannon's relationship with ex-boyfriend John Janssen by yelling, «You owe my boyfriend a huge f**king apology!»Heather, who doesn’t want to deal with all the drama admits, «I am tired of being everyone's whipping boy.»Well, hopefully, Heather told her co-stars about putting down more roots in Los Angeles.

Heather and Terry Dubrow are putting down more roots in Los Angeles.A source tells ET that the reality TV couple closed a deal to purchase late filmmaker Dino De Laurentiis' 9,000 sq. foot Beverly Hills mansion, which sits on 8.2 acres.

Belgian directors Felix Van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch’s Italian-language drama The Eight Mountains and veteran Marco Bellocchio’s Exterior Night topped the 68th edition of Italy’s David di Donatello Awards on Wednesday evening.

Mike McCahill Guest Contributor Why complicate matters? “The Swarm” – which premiered its first three episodes at the Berlinale Series – is one of those expensive pan-global coproductions necessitating copious logistics, not least a carefully observed quota of performers from each territory pumping money into the production pot. Its opener generates a not inconsiderable carbon footprint, whisking us from Peru to Canada and thence the Scottish Highlands. The series title, meanwhile, invites confusion with not just 1978’s infamous Michael Caine venture – a disaster movie in all senses – but Donald Glover and Janine Nabers’ Prime Video-bound “Swarm”, itself launching next month.

Jane Fonda’s starring turn in 1968’s Barbarella helped catapult her to worldwide acclaim — but she’s not thinking about passing the mantle onto Sydney Sweeney, who is set to lead the upcoming remake.

Euphoria breakout star Sydney Sweeney is set to star in a new Barbarella reboot film as the title character originally played by Jane Fonda.While little has been revealed about the remake, and whether the storyline and style will differ from the original, Fonda sounded skeptical and expressed worry at what it might look like, when asked what she thinks about it.'I try not to. Because I worry about what it's going to be,' the longtime leading lady, 85, told The Hollywood Reporter, before implying that she had a few ideas of her own on how to shoot Barbarella, but it was met with deaf ears by the producer.

Isidoro Raponi, whose skills brought E.T., King Kong and more to life for millions of moviegoers, has died. He was 76 and died May 27 of congestive heart failure at a Los Angeles rehabiliation center, according to veteran Disney communications executive Howard Green, who described Raponi as “a great guy and an unsung hero”

As the world gears up to take in Dune’s anticipated reboot at the Venice Film Festival, I sat down with British actress Francesca Annis, star of the original Dune, to talk candidly about the ins and outs of working on one of the most fabled sci-fi films of the 1980s.