Category Archives: Music

Zoe Saldaña, Rooney Mara, Nava Mau and Mexico’s Oscar Submission ‘Sujo’ Among Stars and Films in GuadaLAjara Film Festival Lineup (EXCLUSIVE)

The GuadaLAjara Film Festival (GLAFF) will return to Los Angeles for its 14th edition, running from November 1-3, 2024. This year’s event promises a dynamic blend of films and events featuring a stellar lineup of talent, including Zoe Saldaña, Rooney Mara, Raúl Briones, Dylan O’Brien

Melanie Griffith and Lisa Ann Walter Named Best in Drag Judges

You betta werk, Melanie Griffith! The “Working Girl” star has been named a judge at this year’s Best in Drag Show, an annual benefit for APLA Health’s Alliance for Housing and Healing. The judging panel will also include Lisa Ann Walter, Kathy Kinney, Mindy Cohn,

‘Full Speed’ Lands Second Season at Netflix as NASCAR Partners With Words + Pictures (EXCLUSIVE)

NASCAR Studios and Words + Pictures have partnered to form Full Speed Entertainment, a new production partnership that will develop and produce racing documentaries, series, special events studio shows and podcasts. One of the banner’s first projects will be Season 2 of the NASCAR docuseries

Benedict Cumberbatch Tapped as KOKO Foundation Global Ambassador, Will Host New ‘Letters Live’ Featuring FKA Twigs (EXCLUSIVE)

Benedict Cumberbatch has been appointed the KOKO Foundation’s global ambassador for environmental advocacy. The KOKO Foundation is the charitable arm of London music venue KOKO, which has been based in Camden as an entertainment venue for 124 years. In the role, the Marvel and “Power

Sam Worthington and Jason Clarke to Star in ‘First Warrior,’ Warwick Thornton‘s Australian Aboriginal Resistance Epic (EXCLUSIVE)

Warwick Thornton, one of Australia’s leading filmmakers, is confirmed to direct “First Warrior,” an epic about Aboriginal resistance fighter Pemulwuy. The creative, on-screen and producing teams are equally stellar. Australia was colonized in the late 1700s. Pemulwuy, a man of the Bidjigal tribes — from

‘Shawshank Redemption’ Director Ended Retirement After 11 Years for ‘Stranger Things 5’ Because ‘It Has So Much Heart’ When Most ‘Content Now Is Filled With Horrible People’

“The Shawshank Redemption” filmmaker Frank Darabont ended an 11-year retirement from directing when the opportunity to helm two episodes of “Stranger Things 5” presented itself. Why? He recently told The Daily Beast that it’s the blockbuster Netflix series’ heart that convinced him it was time to

‘Sing Sing Chronicles’ Docuseries to Investigate Wrongful Convictions of JJ Velazquez and Five Other Innocent Men

MSNBC has announced a new docuseries titled “The Sing Sing Chronicles,” a four-episode investigative piece that will tell the story of Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez, an actor from A24’s “Sing Sing” who was exonerated of his wrongful murder conviction on Monday after serving nearly 24 years

To Make ‘Will & Harper,’ Will Ferrell and Harper Steele Turned to a Tangled Network of Old Friends and Collaborators: ‘This Was a Family Affair’

“All five of us met at an orgy,” Harper Steele deadpans while gesturing to the core team behind “Will & Harper,” the new Netflix documentary about a consequential road trip she took with BFF Will Ferrell after coming out as a trans woman. And Ferrell,