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Meryl Streep, Laura Poitras Join ‘My Undesirable Friends: Part II’ as Exec Producers (Exclusive)
Meryl Streep and Oscar-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras have joined as executive producers on *My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile*, the follow-up to director Julia Loktev’s acclaimed 2024 documentary about independent Russian journalists. The new film will premiere at the Venice Film Festival before screening at the New York Film Festival and later reaching theatres…
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Javier Bardem, Marion Cotillard & Vanessa Redgrave Join Animated Movie ‘The Turning Door’
Oscar winners Javier Bardem, Marion Cotillard and Vanessa Redgrave are set to voice starring roles in “The Turning Door”, an upcoming family fantasy animation written and directed by filmmaker and artist Nicholas Ashe Bateman. The high-profile casting adds further weight to an already starry voice ensemble for the independently produced project, which is currently in…
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How ‘The Challenge’ Turned Thailand’s Heat and Streets Into Part of the Competition
Season 42 of “The Challenge” returns to Thailand, with host T.J. Lavin and executive producer Justin Booth telling Variety that the country’s heat, humidity and streets became integral to the competition rather than just a backdrop. The season, now airing on Paramount+ after debuting on MTV, revives the franchise’s “Cutthroat” format for the first time…
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Javier Bardem, Marion Cotillard and Vanessa Redgrave Join Animated Fantasy Film ‘The Turning Door’
Oscar winners Javier Bardem, Marion Cotillard and Vanessa Redgrave have joined the voice cast of “The Turning Door,” an animated family fantasy feature written and directed by Nicholas Ashe Bateman (“The Wanting Mare”). The casting adds significant star power to the project, which already features Alicia Vikander, Jamie Dornan, Jodie Turner-Smith, Bill Nighy and Gillian…
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Preview: Silent Hill: Townfall Is a PS5 Horror Time Capsule I Can’t Wait to Play More Of
Push Square previewed Silent Hill: Townfall, a PlayStation 5 exclusive from Glasgow-based developer Screen Burn, after playing roughly 90 minutes of the game at Gamescom. The preview highlights the game’s setting as its standout feature: a fictional Scottish seaside town called St. Amelia, set in the mid-1990s, which the reviewer, a Scot himself, found strikingly…
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The 1965 song Paul McCartney knew would be forgotten: “Not memorable”
An article for Far Out Magazine revisits “Tell Me What You See”, a lesser-known Beatles track from 1965’s Help! album, which Paul McCartney himself once described as unmemorable. The piece explores how the song was largely a functional, “work job” composition written during a period when McCartney and John Lennon were still refining their songwriting…
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Everton lose Balogun as Premier League spending nears £3.5bn
The Guardian’s Football Daily newsletter offers a wry, satirical recap of the Premier League’s summer transfer deadline day, mocking the hype-laden media circus around it while highlighting some of the window’s most notable late twists. Chief among these is Everton’s collapsed move for striker Folarin Balogun, who pulled out of a near-complete transfer from Monaco…
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Former footballer Joey Barton could face another six months in jail after trial for assault is put off until next year
Former footballer Joey Barton could remain in custody for up to another six months after his trial on a charge of assault causing grievous bodily harm was postponed until next year. Barton, who marked his 44th birthday in the dock at Liverpool Crown Court, is accused of attacking Kevin Lynch, a former non-league football manager,…
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Disturbing family secrets of Times Square knifewoman who cops shot dead after she murdered female Bank of America VP
Pamela Cisneros Lopez, 49, was shot dead by police in Times Square after fatally stabbing Bank of America vice president Erin Piacenti, 32, and injuring 68-year-old Tak Kam during a knife rampage on Monday afternoon. Piacenti had been walking home after her first day back at work following five months of maternity leave when she…
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Tado’s new thermostat is designed as a Nest killer
Tado has launched the second generation of its Smart Thermostat X, positioning the device as a direct successor to Google’s Nest thermostats in Europe following Google’s withdrawal from the market last year. Google’s decision to shut down servers for its first- and second-generation Nest thermostats has already driven “significant” sales towards Tado, according to cofounder…