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Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Fremantle is to handle worldwide sales on country music feature documentary “Rebel Country,” which will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film looks at a new breed of stars who are rewriting the rules and challenging the culture of country music.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Tucker Tooley Entertainment has acquired the TV rights to a pair of books about First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis with plans to develop them into a limited series. Variety has learned exclusively that the company has acquired the rights to the books ““Jackie: Public, Private, Secret” and “Jackie, Janet and Lee,” both written by by J. Randy Taraborrelli.

K.J. Yossman Coco Chanel is one of the world’s most famous fashion icons, but her legacy has rarely been tackled on screen. Director Hannah Berryman aims to change that with a new feature-length BBC Two documentary about the designer.

Cate Blanchett, Michelle Williams and Jamie Lee Curtis led the stars this Thursday night at the glittering annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Gala.The trio of busty bombshells all modeled midwinter chic black ensembles that plunged to showcase their cleavages as they strode the red carpet.Jamie Lee, 64, the daughter of Old Hollywood stars Tony Curtis and Janet Lee, cut a glamorous figure in a suit that featured sheer lace trousers to emphasize her vertiginous legs. What a night: (from left) Cate Blanchett, Michelle Williams and Jamie Lee Curtis led the stars this Thursday night at the glittering annual Palm Springs International Film Festival GalaMeanwhile Cate, who has drawn international critical acclaim for her searing new movie Tár, exuded old-fashioned showbiz elegance in a look that featured a cape redolent of the 1930s.The widely feted actress, who is getting the Desert Palm Achievement Award at the current film festival, slid her lithe figure into a plunging black jumpsuit accented with shimmering embroidery.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBC hasn’t scheduled a new edition of its venerable “Tonight Show” after the Super Bowl, but viewers who stick around are going to see some new late-night antics courtesy of Jimmy Fallon.As part of an alliance with Samsung Electronics, Fallon will star in a 60-second post-game commercial, paying homage to movies as part of a tie in to the Super Bowl taking place this year in Los Angeles. In doing so, he will also highlight how Samsung’s Galaxy S22 Ultra uses features such as super steady video capturing, “nightography,” and more.“We are already doing traditional media advertising like 30 second and 15 second ads that we run, but we know the story comes through much more impactfully and in a much more resonant way when we tell a very contextual story,” says Janet Lee, who oversees marketing for Samsung’s mobile business in the U.S.