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Kathie Hoops, Longtime Financial Executive at Paramount, Dies at 66
Kathie Hoops, a longtime Paramount Pictures financial executive, has died aged 66 after cancer. Her death marks the loss of a specialist who oversaw residual payments—an important part of how film industry performers and other rights-holders are paid—and advised the studio during collective bargaining negotiations. Hoops died on 31 July in Woodland Hills. She worked…
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Locarno Takeaways: A Charming Olivia Wilde, Navigating an Industry Crunch and One Reason Why There Should Be More Women Filmmakers
Locarno highlighted both the festival’s growing celebrity appeal and the financial pressures facing arthouse cinema. – Olivia Wilde presented “The Invite” to an 8,000-strong Piazza Grande audience, while Zoe Saldaña, James Gray and Monica Bellucci also drew attention. – The festival reported record industry attendance during an unusually hot Swiss summer. – With traditional film…
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5 Decades Ago Today, Waylon Jennings Hit No. 1 With the Outlaw Country Album That Took on Neil Young, the Marshall Tucker Band, and Featured a Grammy-Winning Classic
On 14 August 1976, Waylon Jennings’ *Are You Ready for the Country* reached number one on the US Top Country Albums chart, where it spent 10 non-consecutive weeks. The album became one of Jennings’ strongest chart performers and earned RIAA Gold certification, illustrating the commercial appeal of his outlaw-country approach despite mixed critical reviews. The…
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‘The Shards’ Star Igby Rigney on His Bret Easton Ellis Take, the Cast Going “on a Real Bender” to Shoot That Wild Party and Their Active Group Chat
Igby Rigney discusses playing the fictionalised teenage Bret Easton Ellis in FX’s adaptation of The Shards, which Ryan Murphy and Ellis hope to develop over several seasons. He says the series will depart somewhat from the novel, leaving viewers increasingly divided between Bret and newcomer Robert Mallory as their conflict develops. Rigney was unfamiliar with…
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Anna St. Louis & Jarvis Taveniere Launch New Project Panamint With Post Malone Cover
Anna St. Louis and Jarvis Taveniere have launched Panamint, a new project whose first release is a cover of Post Malone’s “Wrapped Around Your Finger”. The pairing is a natural fit within the Woodsist-associated indie scene, although their choice to reinterpret a recent Post Malone track is more unexpected. The song originally appeared on Post…
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HBO Max renews Stuart Fails to Save the Universe for series two
HBO Max has renewed ‘Stuart Fails to Save the Universe’ for a second series, after four episodes of its 10-episode first run. The early recommission signals the platform’s confidence in the latest ‘The Big Bang Theory’ spin-off and its attempt to attract both established franchise fans and new viewers with a science-fiction comedy premise. The…
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This BTS Lego Set Commemorates a Song on Their ARIRANG Tour Setlist and It’s Back in Stock Online
The LEGO Ideas BTS Dynamite Collectible Set has returned to stock on Amazon, coinciding with BTS’s ARIRANG World Tour, whose setlist includes “Dynamite”. The set previously sold out after its 2023 release and was resold online at sharply inflated prices, making the restock significant for fans seeking it at its original retail level. Priced at…
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Kristen Stewart Acknowledges Potential Connection Between ‘The Wrong Girls’ & ‘American Ultra’ Roles: “That’s Deep As Hell”
Kristen Stewart has acknowledged that her character in the new stoner comedy The Wrong Girls may be connected to Phoebe, the government agent she played in 2015’s American Ultra. The suggestion is a playful fan theory rather than a confirmed plot link, but it highlights the similar government drug-experiment elements in both films. In The…
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“He really inspired my guitar playing”: the artist who beat Eddie Van Halen in Sammy Hagar’s estimation
“He played really fiery.” The post “He really inspired my guitar playing”: the artist who beat Eddie Van Halen in Sammy Hagar’s estimation first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Read-it-later app Pocket shut down down — here are the best alternatives
Following Mozilla’s closure of Pocket, TechCrunch highlights several read-it-later and bookmarking services that have attracted users seeking replacements, with many supporting imports from Pocket. The alternatives vary from straightforward article saving to broader link management, audio playback and AI-assisted organisation. – Matter: free iOS app and browser extensions; $79.99 yearly subscription adds enhanced transcriptions, integrations…