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New York Times Countersues U.S. Over Claim It Discriminated Against White Male Employee
The publication accuses the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of filing a lawsuit in retaliation for its reporting.
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‘Moana’: Lin-Manuel Miranda on Writing the Song ‘Along The Way’ in a Week and Being in the Oscar Race With Taylor Swift
A little over 10 years ago, Lin-Manuel Miranda was still performing on Broadway in “Hamilton” while writing the music for Disney’s “Moana.” Since then, Moana has grossed more than $643 million at the global box office, and its 2024 sequel earned more than $1 billion worldwide. This weekend, the live-action version of the film starring…
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Prime Video’s Most Underrated Sci-Fi Series Was Cancelled Before Its Best Chapter
Stargate Atlantis’ potential sixth season and the planned direct-to-video film Extinction unfortunately never saw the light of day.
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Christopher Nolan dismisses Odyssey casting backlash, citing Batman years
In an interview with The Telegraph, director Christopher Nolan addressed the mounting pre-release backlash to his forthcoming adaptation of Homer’s “The Odyssey”, dismissing the online criticism as “irrelevant” because “no one having them knows what the film actually is yet.” He drew explicitly on his decade directing the Batman trilogy, saying that experience taught him…
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France Televisions Unveils Slate Led by ‘La Haine’ Stage Adaptation, #MeToo Film ‘Triple Peine,’ Robust Presidential Election Coverage: ‘Public Service Belongs to No Camp’
Mathieu Kassovitz’s landmark 1995 film “La Haine” is heading to television in a new form, with French broadcaster France Télévisions set to air the stage adaptation “La Haine, sur scène – Jusqu’ici rien n’a changé” as part of its 2026-2027 slate. The adaptation was among the titles unveiled in Paris during France Télévisions’ annual press…
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Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz & Pete Davidson Action Pic ‘How To Rob A Bank’ Heads To November
EXCLUSIVE: The David Leitch directed action movie How to Rob a Bank is driving away from its Labor Day weekend release on Sept. 4 to Nov. 13. The change is in an effort for the Amazon MGM Studios movie to grab a bigger 18-34 audience and play into the Thanksgiving holiday. The studio noticed recently…
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On This Day in 2024, Country Music Said Goodbye to the Songwriting Cousin of the “King of the Movie Soundtrack”
Dave Loggins Two years ago today, we lost the songwriter behind hits from Wynonna Judd, Reba McEntire, Alabama, and many more. The post On This Day in 2024, Country Music Said Goodbye to the Songwriting Cousin of the “King of the Movie Soundtrack” appeared first on American Songwriter.
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Jeffrey Wright Reflects on Matt Reeves’ “Fresh” Take of ‘The Batman’ Franchise, Collaborating With Wes Anderson: “He’s His Own Genre”
In a chat with reporters at the Karlovy Vary film fest in the Czech Republic, the U.S. star also discussed how “politics has gotten increasingly like show business” and the influence of Dustin Hoffman.
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Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick and Travis Bacon Talk About Their Bloody ‘Family Movie’ – and Why ‘Violence Can Be Hysterical’: ‘We Are Really Twisted People’
Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick and their children Sosie Bacon and Travis Bacon may have made a “Family Movie,” but “it’s not a reality show.” “What was cool from the very first read was that it wasn’t us. We didn’t want to play ourselves. There’s enough of us and of our family dynamics, but we’re not…