Martin Short has spoken out following the death of his daughter, Katherine Short, who died in February. She was 42. “It’s been a nightmare for the family,” Short told CBS Sunday Morning of Katherine’s death. “But the understanding [is] that mental health and cancer, like my wife’s, are both diseases, and sometimes with diseases they…
President Donald Trump asserted that CNN founder Ted Turner was “personally devastated” after selling the news network because the new owners “destroyed” it because it became “woke” — although there’s is no evidence of Turner having lamented CNN’s coverage as being “woke.” Turner, a major pioneer in the cable TV biz, died Wednesday at 87….
Pijama, the TVOD platform just launched by Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín, director and producer of “Jackie,” “Spencer” and “Maria,” has cut its first major commercial deals with MK2, Alpha Violet, Visit Films, Les Films du Losange, Electric Shadow and Utopia Films. Pijama’s idea is to offer producers of any film which doesn’t sell…
Dani Bowman (“Love on the Spectrum”), Aidan Delbis (“Bugonia”), Lillian Carrier (“NCIS: New Orleans,” “Horsegirls”) and Bella Areffi (“Once More, Like Rain Man”) joined Jessica Saul from Epic Players Los Angeles on Sunday for a panel focusing on their experiences as neurodivergent actors and filmmakers in Hollywood. The virtual event was a part of the…
Director James Gray tried to call Scarlett Johansson on his cellphone so she could share in the 7-minute standing ovation at the Cannes premiere of “Paper Tiger” on Saturday. But the star didn’t pick up his FaceTime. Johansson couldn’t be on hand at the South of France because she is filming “The Exorcist” reboot. But…
EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of the Cannes market Capture Entertainment has acquired international sales rights to romance drama The Sun Never Sets, which recently premiered at SXSW. Written and directed by Joe Swanberg (Drinking Buddies) the film stars Dakota Fanning, Jake Johnson and Cory Michael Smith, alongside Debby Ryan, Anna Konkle, Lamorne Morris and Karley Sciortino. Johnson,…