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In the '80s, "Die Hard" seemed impossible to cast, with Hollywood heavy hitters like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Clint Eastwood, Richard Gere and more passing on the role as NYPD detective John McClane. Bruce Willis was not the team's first, even second or third option for the role — and Willis' agent, Arnold Rifkin, took full advantage of the opportunity, hiking up the actor's acting price to $5 million, according to a new book, "The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood’s Kings of Carnage." "All the possible action people turned it down," producer Larry Gordon said, per author Nick de Semlyen's book.

Model Mia Regan and Romeo Beckham were spotted kissing each other as they attend day nine of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Tuesday (11 July). The 20-year-old son of stars David and Victoria Beckham looked loved up as he cosied up to his girlfriend, who he recently rekindled his relationship with.The duo looked stylish together as Romeo donned some black flared trousers with a loose fitting black shirt paired with white trainers.

Jessica Simpson’s fame encompasses movies (“The Dukes of Hazzard”), reality TV (“Newlyweds”) and her own massively successful clothing line.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Filmmaker Clay Tweel (“Gleason,” “Finder’s Keepers”) has signed on to direct a new documentary based on the life of comedian Andy Kaufman. Produced by Ross Dinerstein’s Campfire Studios, Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions, David Letterman’s Worldwide Pants Incorporated and Fifth Season, the film reps the first doc authorized by the Kaufman estate. Fifth Season (“Being Mary Tyler Moore”) is fully financing the project, which will be overseen by Mary Lisio, executive vice president of non-scripted and documentary, and produced in partnership with the Andy Kaufman estate. “I’ve always loved Andy because he was able to elicit such emotional reactions to his performances by using both the poignant and the absurd to keep his audience off balance. I hope we can honor his legacy in that way with our film,” Tweel said. 

Four of the world’s most iconic supermodels will be seen like never before in an upcoming “event documentary” from Apple TV+.

Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington are set to appear in Apple TV+’s The Super Models.

Camille Kostek was pretty in pink when she attended the "Barbie" premiere — and she had her very own "real life Ken." The former Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover girl jetted off to Hollywood for a day alongside Rob Gronkowski to make an appearance at the star-studded event.The model wore a sparkling raspberry pink scoop neck slip dress by Pamella Roland, People magazine reported. She completed the look with a matching bubblegum pink handbag, strappy Jimmy Choo sandals adorned with bows, rose-hued jewels and a glossy pout. The blonde beauty and the retired NFL player channeled their inner Barbie and Ken as they packed on the PDA during movie night.

Alison Herman TV Critic Since his “retirement” from filmmaking in 2013, director Steven Soderbergh has never fully backed away from the world of features: He has eight movies to his name in the past decade — more than some of his peers have produced in their entire careers. But Soderbergh did subsequently branch out into the world of TV, a medium he’s approached with the same enterprising, experimental spirit as he does his latter-period films. First came 2014’s “The Knick,” the Cinemax period medical drama helmed entirely by Soderbergh at a time when marquee directors were just starting to dabble in TV; then “Mosaic,” a project released in 2017 as both an interactive app and an HBO series, showing the same interest in new technology that’s led Soderbergh to shoot multiple movies on an iPhone.

during their roughly year-long relationship.Hill hasn’t weighed in on the discourse, but the evidence is compelling. Through screenshots of alleged conversations between the two—shared via Brady's Instagram—Hill, then 37, supposedly instructs Brady, then 25, to delete certain posts and videos from her account for fear the world might behold her “ass in a thong." Which is rich, I might add, coming from a guy who has spent his career In another, Hill all but threatens to dump Brady if she can't respect his “boundaries for romantic partnership." “Plain and simple: If you need: surfing with men, boundaryless inappropriate friendships with men, to model, to post pictures of yourself in a bathing suit, to post sexual pictures, friendships with women who are in unstable places and from your wild recent past beyond getting lunch or coffee or something respectful, I am not the right partner for you," Hill writes.Make no mistake: I'm all for setting boundaries, even and especially those which are painful to enforce. But darling, boundaries these are not.

BreAnna Bell After her recent historic win on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” Sasha Colby has signed with CAA for representation. She continues to be represented and managed by Full Scope PR. In what has been dubbed “the fiercest competition in franchise history,” the actress, dancer, trans advocate, and activist faced off against talents like Anetra, Luxx Noir London, and Mistress Isabelle Brooks among other names in Season 15 of the long-running competition and came out victorious as the the first Native Hawaiian and trans contestant to be crowned in “Drag Race” history. Colby is also recognized as the drag mother of Season 14 standout Kerri Colby. Colby started her career by performing in pageants while in her twenties and has been working as a drag queen for the last twenty years. She’s known for also winning the most prestigious title in the drag community in 2012, Miss Continental.

Forgotten Donny van de Beek has been handed the clearest indication yet by boss Erik ten Hag that he is not in Manchester United's plans for next season.

Following a three year shoot, award-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney has just completed production on In Restless Dreams: The Music Of Paul Simon, the documentary about Paul Simon’s legendary Grammy Award-winning career. The film also follows Simon’s journey creating his new album Seven Psalms, which poses questions about faith and mortality, during the pandemic and while dealing with his hearing loss. The film is expected to be part of the fall film festival circuit.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Chief Correspondent Britney Spears has set a date and revealed the title for her upcoming, much buzzed-about memoir. Titled “The Woman in Me,” Spears book is slated for release on Oct. 24, according to People, who first reported the news. “The Woman in Me” will be published by Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. Spears landed the massive publishing deal for a tell-all last February, just a few months after her conservatorship was terminated. At the time, a source close to Spears told Variety that the book is said to provide the pop star’s accounts of and commentary on her rise to fame, her music career and her relationship with her family.

Toby Collyer has been given a chance to impress Erik ten Hag in pre season, having been called up to the Dutchman's squad to face Leeds in their friendly on Thursday.

Consequences are finally catching up to Colleen Ballinger.

King Charles III welcomed the President of the United States, Joe Biden to Windsor Castle and seemed to give a subtle nod towards his youngest son Prince Harry and his American wife Meghan Markle.

Sinatra, The Musical has cast Tony Award-winning actor-singer Matt Doyle as Frank Sinatra in the world premiere production of the musical bearing Ol’ Blue Eyes’ name, to be staged at Birmingham Rep in Birmingham, England, from September 23 through October 28.

Amber Heard has found her peace after moving to Europe.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Apple TV+ is bringing Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington back to the screen in a new four-part documentary “The Super Models.” The documentary from Imagine Documentaries and One Story Up is directed by Academy Award-winner Roger Ross Williams and Larissa Bills. The series follows the legends of the catwalk as they reveal how they began their careers and ended up dominating the modeling world. Archival footage and interviews provide unprecedented access. As the logline for the series reads, “‘The Supermodels’ travels back to the 1980s, when four women from different corners of the world united in New York. Already forces in their own right, the gravitas they achieved by coming together transcended the industry itself. Their prestige was so extraordinary that it enabled the four to supersede the brands they showcased, making the names Naomi, Cindy, Linda and Christy as prominent as the designers who styled them. Today, the four supermodels remain on the frontlines of culture through activism, philanthropy and business prowess. As the fashion industry continues to redefine itself – and women’s roles within it – this is the ultimate story of power and how four women came together to claim it, paving the way for those to follow.”

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent The Locarno Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Rotterdam”s IFFR and the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival have joined forces in a new initiative called Launchpad which aims to nurture budding film professionals. The basic purpose of Launchpad is to facilitate the formative process of selected emerging film professionals working in international sales, marketing, traditional and online distribution, exhibition and programming, and funds and commissions. The idea is to give them facilitated access to a network of European film festivals spread throughout the yearly calendar.

A collection of European festivals including Locarno, Thessaloniki, Tallinn Black Nights, Rotterdam, and Karlovy Vary, have partnered to create a new network aimed at integrating film professionals.