Forget Angelina Jolie’s leather latex get-up in “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.” A new assassin is in town and she’s wearing a trench. In Steven Soderbergh’s “Black Bag,” released last week, Cate Blanchett’s Kathryn St. Jean and Michael Fassbender’s George Woodhouse are a John and Jane-like
California lawmakers are moving to increase the payout to subsidized film and TV productions in the Los Angeles area to 35%, while expanding the range of productions that qualify. The current program provides a credit of 20% or 25% to live-action films and scripted TV
Ever since the theater industry’s post-lockdown return, one question has loomed large: When will Broadway return to the heights of the last full season before the pandemic, when both sales and attendance hit record numbers? This season, it’s going to be close. As the industry
AMC Entertainment will open 65 ScreenX and 4DX cinema auditoriums worldwide – including, for the first time, at AMC locations in the U.S. – per a deal with Seoul-headquartered cinema system developer CJ 4DPlex. The value of the deal was not disclosed. This is the
Rita Braver, who has logged more than half a century at CBS News and is known for her reporting on “CBS Sunday Morning,” plans to retire from the Paramount Global news operation at the end of March, according to a memo sent to staffers Wednesday.
Kanye West has been sued by singer-songwriter Alice Merton, who claims that the rapper sampled her song after she denied his request to do so based on his antisemitic and racist remarks. In the suit, filed yesterday in California federal court and reviewed by Variety,
Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya has signed with WME for representation. In 2021, Kaluuya won the best supporting actor Oscar for his portrayal of Fred Hampton, the late Black Panther Party leader, in “Judas and the Black Messiah.” He was previously nominated for best actor for
Cinetic Media has signed David Osit, the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning director and editor of “Predators,” to its roster of management clients. It will represent Osit across all media. The signing comes after “Predators,” a deep dive into the rise and fall of the popular TV show, “To Catch a