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Hulu is adding a slate of new titles in May, including originals, classics, and everything in between. Look for new anime titles, ’80s and ’90s cult classics, documentaries, season premieres of current series, and more next month.

Sunday, May 1

A Beautiful Mind
A Raisin in the Sun
The Adjustment Bureau
After Everything
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
The A-Team
The Big Year
Billy Madison
The Bounty Hunter
The Breakfast Club
Busco Novio Para Mi Mujer
Cyrus
Dazed and Confused
Despicable Me
Despicable Me 2
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Drag Me to Hell
Dude, Where’s My Car
Easy A
Equity
Escape from Pretoria
Fever Pitch
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Fun with Dick and Jane
Funny People
Gone
Grandma
Hot Fuzz
How I Live Now
The Karate Kid
The Legend of Zorro
Marie Antoinette
Me, Myself and Irene
Mo’ Money
November Criminals
Nowhere to Run
Once Upon a Time in America
Ong Bak
Ong Bak 2
Ong Bak 3
Open Season 2
Person to Person
Pleasantville
The Polar Express
Pretty Woman
The Program
Resident Evil
Resident Evil: Apocolypse
Resident Evil: Extinction
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Resident Evil: Retribution
Rock of Ages
Saving Face
Saving Private Perez
Seven Years in Tibet
Still Alive
Stuart Little
Stuart Little 2
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
Superhero Movie
Take This Waltz
Taken
The Vow
We Own the Night
White Bird in a Blizzard
White Men Can’t Jump
The Wolfman
The Young Victoria
Zathura: A Space Adventure

Monday, May 2

Duncanville: Season 3 Premiere
Daytime Divas: Complete Series

Wednesday, May 4

The Chase: Season 3 Premiere
Holey Moley: Fore-Ever: Season 4 Premiere
Who Do You Believe?: Series Premiere
Real Housewives of New York City: Complete Season 13

Thursday, May 5

Dragons: The Nine Realms: Complete Season 2
Last Survivors

Friday, May 6

Monday, May 9

Candy: Limited Series Premiere

Tuesday, May 10

Breeders: Season 3 Premiere

Thursday, May 12

Sunday, May 15

Conversations with Friends: Complete Limited Series
Catfish: The TV Show: Complete Season 8
The Brass Teapot
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
The Mountain Between Us
One Last Thing

Monday, May 16

Queen Sugar: Complete Season 6

Tuesday, May 17

Wednesday, May 18

Demons: Complete Series
Helix: Complete Series

Thursday, May 19

The Deep End: Series Premiere
So You Think You Can Dance: Season 17 Premiere

Friday, May 20

The Valet
American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story
Monday, May 23
227: Complete Series
My Hero Academia: Complete Season 5 (Dubbed)

Tuesday, May 24

Beat Shazam: Season 5 Premiere
Don’t Forget the Lyrics: Series Premiere

Thursday, May 26

Look at Me: XXXTENTACION
The Great American Tag Sale with Martha Stewart: Series Premiere
Masterchef: Season 12 Premiere
A Taste of Hunger

Friday, May 27

Sunday, May 29

Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba: Entertainment District Arc: Complete Season 1 (Dubbed)
Intrigo: Death of an Author

Tuesday, May 31

Pistol: Complete Limited Series
GameStop: Rise of the Players

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Artillery commander Lt Col Vladimir Nigmatullin has been killed in Ukraine, Russia’s 50th colonel casualty of the war

Russia confirmed the death of Major-General Roman Kutuzov (pictured) on Sunday

Nigmatullin’s sister-in-law Marina Konyukhova (pictured) said in a tribute he ‘set an example to the Motherland’

‘We still cannot believe you are gone. You are a father of three children, and an amazing husband to my sister.

‘I am always proud of you, and I will always be proud. You set an example to the Motherland, so that everyone does like you did.

‘You were ordered with the Order of Bravery, posthumously. You went through a lot of conflict areas.’

On Sunday, Russia confirmed the death of Major-General Roman Kutuzov.

Then yesterday it was claimed Lieutenant-General Roman Berdnikov was also killed on the same day in an attack carried out by Kyiv‘s forces, taking the death toll of generals to 12.

Kutuzov was the chief of staff of the 29th Combined Arms Army and was awarded a posthumous promotion to Lieutenant-General.

He died in an ambush in Donbas.

Reports said that Lieutenant-General Roman Berdnikov (pictured) was killed in Ukraine, the second Russian general to have been reported killed on the same day

Berdnikov, a former Russian commander in Syria, was ‘killed in Donbas’ on June 5, according to Volya Telegram channel. Pictured: Roman Berdnikov at the Victory Day military parade at Khmeimim Air Base on May 9, 2022

‘He calmly walked up the career ladder, successfully commanded the troops, and died as a soldier, fighting on the front lines,’ said a report by Readovka.

One mourner said: ‘I knew him personally, Roman lived a hero and died a hero.

‘My condolences to his loved ones, strength and patience to his subordinates and fellow officers.’

It has been suggested that the unusual speed with which Kutuzov’s death was confirmed by Moscow was an attempt to cover up the loss of Berdnikov, 47.

Less than a month ago, Berdnikov was commander of the Russian armed forces task force in Syria, and he was moved to take charge of Putin’s forces and those of the Donetsk People’s Republic [DPR] in Donbas.

It would mean the two of the most senior Russian commanders in Donetsk were wiped out in one strike in a stunning and embarrassing setback to Putin.

A man walks among the rubble of a house following a late night military strike in Kharkiv yesterday

The claims that both Berdnikov and Kutuzov died came from the Volya Telegram channel which has independent war journalists working on both sides of the conflict.

‘On the morning of June 5, Lt-Gen Roman Berdnikov, who led the Russian troops and units of the DPR from Donetsk, left with the headquarters on a working trip,’ said the post. ‘On the way, presumably on a bridge, the vehicles of the headquarters were attacked by a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group.’

Part of the convoy was ‘destroyed or immobilised’ but some vehicles, ‘having received serious damage and firing back, were able to escape from the ambush and leave,’ the post said.

‘After that, our sources reported that Roman Berdnikov died in this battle,’ the report continued. ‘A little later, two more sources confirmed this, specifying that other senior officers could have died during the battle.’

A mercenary who gained notoriety for butchering prisoners of war and civilians in the Donbas has also been killed, it was revealed today.

Vladimir Andonov, 44, a fighter for the shadowy Wagner Group, was shot by a sniper near Kharkiv during a reconnaissance missions on June 5, Russian media says.

Vladimir a soldier with the notorious Wagner Group, was shot dead by a sniper during a reconnaissance mission near the city of Kharkiv on June 5

Andonov (left and right) was known to Ukrainians as ‘the executioner’ for carrying out massacres of prisoners of war and civilians during Russia’s first invasion in 2014

Andonov was known to Russians as ‘Vakha’ or ‘the volunteer from Buryatia’ after the region he was from, but to Ukrainians as ‘the executioner’ for massacres he helped carry out during Russia‘s first invasion of the country in 2014.

His death was confirmed by Zhambal-Zhamso Zhanaev, head of the region where Andonov was from, who spoke to Russian newspaper Moskovskij Komsomolets.

Andonov has served in the regular Russian military from 1997 until 2005 when he moved to the city of Ulan-Ude where he studied in a teaching college.

He dropped out of school before completing his studies and got a job in trade, before answering a call for volunteers to go to Ukraine and join the fighting in 2014.

Andonov was drafted into the Olkhon special forces company fighting in the Donbas, and took part in the Battle of Debaltseve in early 2015 – one of the last major battles of the initial war.

At the time, he appeared in a video filmed in the region which became one of the first pieces of evidence that volunteers from the Buryatia were in Ukraine.

Ukraine accuses him of personally participating in the massacre of prisoners of war in the town of Logvinovo in the aftermath of the battle, and of killing civilians elsewhere in Donbas.

Meanwhile, Russia is acting to gag the media from revealing any details about troops killed in Ukraine.

Residential buildings show damage caused by the shelling unleashed by Russian troops in Irpin

A court has declared that lists of slain soldiers are a ‘state secret’ and those already published must be withdrawn.

The cover-up move betrays Kremlin concern that the rising death toll is starting the have an impact on public support for Putin’s war.

There are already draconian laws in place but the independent Russian media are now forbidden from even collating open source details of funerals to indicate the scale of the losses which overall have been put at 31,000.

Graveyards in Russia are increasingly seeing burials linked to the war.

Some have entire ‘alleys of the dead’ of Russian servicemen killed in Putin’s war.

Videos show a high-ranked double military funeral in Balashikha, in Moscow region, and an ‘alley’ of war burials in Ryazan, home to some of the country’s finest paratroopers.

Kutuzov was the chief of staff of the 29th Combined Arms Army and was awarded a posthumous promotion to Lieutenant-General. Pictured: mourners at his funeral

The court decision potentially prevents details of dead conscripts on the sunk Moskva cruiser from ever being identified.

It comes amid a campaign led by a father of lost sailor Yegor Shkrebets, 20, for Putin to come clean about the fate of Black Sea Fleet flagship and those killed on board after it was hit by Ukrainian missiles.

There is suspicion that Russia has covered up the fate of dozens – and perhaps more – crew members, mostly conscripts.

But in another crackdown, the brave father Dmitry Shkrebets, 43, has revealed he is under investigation by the Russian secret services on terrorism charges – allegedly sending a bomb threat.

He insists the accusations are bogus and intended to silence his intention to reveal the full horror of what happened to the warship.

The Svetlogorsk court of Kaliningrad region declared a list of soldiers, killed in Ukraine, gathered in open sources by Pskov website 60.ru as ‘prohibited information’.

Aerial photos have revealed patches of land dedicated for military graves in Ryazan, home to some of the country’s finest paratroopers

This has led to the removal by the Network of City Websites of regional lists of the names of those killed.

The court ruled that the names of the dead ‘discloses losses of personnel in war time, and in peacetime during the period of special military operations’.

The court also ruled that the data is a ‘state secret’ subject to criminal responsibility.

One news outlet in Siberia named chita.ru carried a message as it withdrew a list honouring the war dead, and told locals: ‘We apologise to mothers and fathers, wives and children, family members and friends of servicemen who died during the special operation.’

In removing the names of those who died it said: ‘We made this decision because of the position of the court.’

They described it as a ‘forced measure’ and cited ‘fears for the safety of journalists’.

It stated: ‘Dear readers, we are forced to close comments on materials related to the topic of the special operation in Ukraine and its consequences. We hope this is temporary. Thanks for your understanding.’

A disproportionate number of those known to have been killed are from impoverished provinces often thousands of miles from Moscow.

Among news outlets hit by the latest cover-up of the death toll are those in Novosibirsk, TransBaikal, Chelyabinsk, Yekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk and Omsk.

The suit triggering the crackdown was filed by the 73rd military prosecutor’s office of the Baltic Fleet’s garrison.

In one region – Buryatia – some 172 dead have been identified, though the real toll is almost certainly higher.

But now, the media face sanctions by naming those lost in action.

Separately, there are claims from Telegram channel Mozhem obyasnit that regional governments in Russia are procuring thousands of graves for families who cannot afford to bury their dead.

The numbers are said to be on a far higher scale than in previous years.

In Khabarovsk region alone, an order was made for 700 graves to be dug.

In Krasnoyarsk region, the figure is 100.

Hundreds of bodies of the dead Russian soldiers are still waiting held on trains in Ukraine waiting to be repatriated.

Kyiv says that Moscow is in no hurry to receive its war victims.

They are stored in refrigerated trains on railway tracks.

Such trains have been dubbed ‘trains of the dead’.

RUSSIA’S FALLEN GENERALS

General Magomed Tushaev: Chechen special forces leader who had led ‘anti-gay purges’ killed in an ambush near Hostomel on February 26

Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky: Deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District killed during a special operation by a sniper on March 4

General Magomed Tushaev (right) was blown up in the early stages of the war by Ukraine after they joined the Russian invasion

Major General Vitaly Gerasimov: First deputy commander of Russia’s 41st army who took part in operations in Syria and Crimea, killed in fighting around Kharkiv on March 8

Major General Andrei Kolesnikov: Commander of the 29th Combined Army Army killed on March 11

Major General Vitaly Gerasimov (left) was first deputy commander of Russia’s 41st army, taking part in operations in Syria and Crimea. He was killed in fighting around Kharkiv on March 8

Major General Oleg Mityaev, died fighting near the city of Mariupol on 16 March

Lt Gen Andrey Mordvichev, killed in the Kherson region on March 19

Lt Gen Yakov Rezantsev, commander of Russia’s 49th combined army, was killed in a strike near the southern city of Kherson on March 25

Major General Vladimir Frolov was deputy commander of the 8th Guards Army in east Ukraine. His grave in St Petersburg was pictured two weeks ago

Major General Anton Simonov, 55, was seen as the Russian military’s leading electronic warfare specialist. He died during an attack on a Russian army command past in northern Ukraine in early May.

Major General Kanamat Botashev, was enjoying retirement when Russian tanks rolled across the border on February 24 and had not flown since 2012. His Su-25 fighter jet was hit by a Stinger missile on May 22 in the Donbas skies, and he was unable to eject.

Lt Gen Yakov Rezantsev, commander of Russia’s 49th combined army. He was killed in a strike near the southern city of Kherson on March 25

The grave of Major General Vladimir Frolov in Serafimovskoe Cemetery, St Petersburg. The circumstances of his death remain unclear

Major General Andrey Simonov (picture date unknown) was an electronic warfare commander

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‘Bel-Air’ Star Jabari Banks on Being Compared to Will Smith

Jabari Banks is leaning into the comparisons to Will Smith.

The 23-year-old stars as Will in Peacock’s “Bel-Air,” which reimagines Smith’s famed ’90s sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” as a drama, but he began modeling his career goals after Smith’s long before the project’s conception.

“It’s cosmic. I don’t know how to explain it,” he says of the uncanny similarities among his story, Smith’s and the fictionalized Will’s. For example, there’s the last name Banks, which he shares with Will’s aunt, uncle and cousins in the show, as well as their shared Philadelphia upbringing.

There’s also the breadth of both Banks’ and Smith’s artistry. Banks tends to show up to interviews with an encyclopedic knowledge of his hero’s achievements. He’s excited to share that he’s a musician as well as an actor, and plans to release a rap single this summer, but he’s just as quick to bring up that Smith had already won his first Grammy when “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” debuted.

“I aspire to be like artists who build worlds,” Banks says.

Beyond the empire of swagger Smith built in the ’90s between his music and acting, Banks has a few unorthodox role models, including Tim Burton and Walt Disney. Instead of just drawing on the skills of different performers, he’s focused on making sure that when people see a Jabari Banks project, they know.

“When I look at artists like Tim Burton, I see a specific vision for everything that he does. It’s different — ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ doesn’t really look like ‘Edward Scissorhands’ — but it’s all in that Tim Burton style. I’m looking to do that.”

The vision is certainly there: “It’s very melodic, a tenor-y timbre,” Banks says of his musical projects. “I lean into my lyrics, heavy. It’s not too oversaturated with words, but the lyrics mean something.”

And he’s collaborating with others, though he notes that he does have the skills to do it alone: “I’m working with other producers. I also produce myself, but I have to get a new laptop!”

At the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Banks began honing his “world-building” skills through the practice of devised theater, a method in which a collective of artists work and improvise together over a period of time to create an organic script.

“It really enlightened me on the idea of storytelling not only through the words, but through the body,” he says. “Through individual scenes, individual projects and individual people, we’re all working together to tell this story. This person could stand over there and be a tree — it’s very contemporary and artsy, and sometimes you don’t get it … but if we’re all working together, at the end of the day, we’re going to create something beautiful. Someone’s going to feel something.”

Banks smiles thinking back on a devised theater project called “Nobody,” in which he served as music director and wrote songs in real time while the cast built a story about a high school senior trying to figure out who is. He also cites a high school production of “The Wiz” as the reason he began to take himself seriously as a performer.

Like Will, Banks was a kid with hoop dreams — though it wasn’t a fight on the court that interrupted his athletics. His grades in school began to drop, making him ineligible to play on the basketball team. So, he needed a new after-school hobby.

“I had been in shows, but I was just BS-ing in the background. I played sports at that time, so I was just a kid that was there for fun with the other kids,” he laughs. “But I knew I could sing a little bit, because I grew up in church. So, I joined [‘The Wiz’]. I got a role as the lion, and then theater became my main focus. I knew that whatever I wanted to do in life, I wanted to do it at the highest level. I always told myself that, so my plan was to go to the NBA — and, you know, God had other plans.”

Still, he holds his basketball background close. Kobe Bryant is another figure in whom he finds artistic inspiration and that has only increased since he moved to Los Angeles to shoot “Bel-Air.”

“I had a chance to talk with one of Kobe’s close people, because the ‘mamba mentality’ has really driven me,” he recalls. “He told me that Kobe could be in a circle with 10 basketball players, but if there was like one janitor who was at the top of his craft, Kobe was talking to that person. He just wanted to know their mentality.”

That primed him to take extra care with his interactions with the crew on “Bel-Air. “You have to respect everyone’s voice, [even] before the art. We’re telling stories, but at the end of the day, we all go home to our families, and you always have to remember that,” Banks says.

Two years ago, before he knew how close he was to beginning his life in Hollywood, Banks was working in a gutter-manufacturing factory in Temecula, Calif. He got laid off from that job because, he says, he upset his managers by demanding simple resources for the other workers, such as soap in the men’s bathroom. That experience informs his attitude now.

“My first time being No. 1 [on the call sheet] was dope, but all the energy leads from me. If I’m having a bad day, that trickles down to everybody else. I come in at 5 a.m., but other people come in at 4 to start setting up. I have to respect that and put any type of ego aside.”

While it’s not lost on Banks that his first big project on screen carries the support of companies and producers that have succeeded in entertainment for decades, something in him is still energized by the alternative artistic styles he trained in.

“People are a lot more independent than they were in the years before. That’s our generation. We can do it all — we don’t have to wait for anybody. That’s what Morgan Cooper is,” Banks says, speaking of the gritty “Bel Air” trailer Cooper posted on YouTube in 2019. It drew Smith and Peacock’s attention allowing the series to exist today.

“He’s just a pure creator. He didn’t wait for someone to give him the money.”

Banks hopes to create shows of his own one day in the same way. He hasn’t sought a greenlight from anyone else for his first screen project as creator: an animated series following multiple generations of a Black family as the children learn about their father’s old nightmares and traumas by literally entering his childhood journal.

“I’d love to push the bar on what it looks like to be a person of my skin tone in a fantasy setting. A new lane for what that looks like for us.”

“We’re starting to see creators take the control back from these big studios, for them to allow us to create on our own terms,” he adds. “I want to be at the forefront
of that. I want to raise that flag and say, ‘Hey, we’re here! We’re not waiting!’ We’re the generation to take the risk.”

Michael Schneider contributed to this report.

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Music Supervisors Seek Unionization With IATSE

The new Hollywood labor movement seeks to unionize music supervisors, those responsible for negotiating the licensing rights for pre-recorded music for use in a film and TV projects.

On Monday, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) which represents most below-the-line entertainment workers announced that 75% of music supervisors have signed cards to join the union.

For music supervisors, the move is overdue recognition for their role in shaping a project’s soundtrack, from the famous use of Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” in “Shaun of the Dead” to the various classic rock songs used in the “Guardians of the Galaxy” films.

This past week, a worker-run Twitter page titled “Music Needs Supervision” launched, calling on the music community to rally behind their unionization efforts as the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents Hollywood studios, “refused our ask to grant equal rights.” The Twitter page and other music supervisors have begun a social media movement to raise awareness

On Monday, IATSE in its own release on its website said that the AMPTP “indicated they will not voluntarily recognize” the music supervisors union. AMPTP did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s requests for comment.

Some of the demands listed by IATSE for its potentially newest local echo those that were demanded by other IATSE locals in recent talks with AMPTP, most notably higher and standardized wages. But others are the sort of benefits like health and pension funds that, unlike their unionized colleagues in Hollywood, music supervisors currently do not have. Unionizing with IATSE would also give music supervisors a labor resource to contact in case they experience discrimination, pay disparity or other workplace issues.

Animation Guild Reaches Deal With Studios

“Imagine the music supervisor who nailed the perfect sync isn’t treated equally with all other creative filmmakers: no pension,fair pay, no hour caps,” tweeted music supervisor Andy Ross, whose credits include Damien Chazelle’s Oscar-winning film “Whiplash.” “Please stand with Music Supervisors as we fight to unionize our craft.”

“Every worker deserves to have rights and a voice in the workplace, regardless of how your employer values your work. The workers have spoken, and the AMPTP should respect its workers and democracy by voluntarily recognizing Music Supervisors’ union immediately,” said IATSE International President Matthew D. Loeb in a statement.

This union push is set to become the latest chapter in the labor push-and-pull between IATSE and AMPTP. After avoiding a strike by the narrowest of margins last year after IATSE members barely approved new basic agreements for film and television productions nationwide, AMPTP last month reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with IATSE Local 839, also known as The Animation Guild. Workers in animation are set to vote on whether to ratify that contract later this month.

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Martin Scorsese Regrets Not Working with Ray Liotta After ‘Goodfellas’

“I wish I’d had the chance to see him just once more, too — to tell him just how much the work we did together meant to me.”

Martin Scorsese has opened up about his regret over not collaborating with the late Ray Liotta again after the iconic 1990 film “Goodfellas.”

The Oscar-winning director penned an essay for The Guardian reflecting on Liotta’s legacy after the critically acclaimed actor died at age 67 last month. However, despite Scorsese and Liotta working together on one of the greatest films of all time, the “Wolf of Wall Street” auteur did not cross professional paths with Liotta again.

“We had many plans to work together again but the timing was always off, or the project wasn’t quite right. I regret that now,” Scorsese wrote. “When I watched Ray as the divorce lawyer in ‘Marriage Story’ — he’s genuinely scary in the role, which is precisely why he’s so funny — I remember feeling that I wanted to work with him again at this point in his life, to explore the gravity in his presence, so different from the young, sprightly actor he was when I met him.”

Scorsese looked back on Liotta’s “fearless” power both on and off the screen.

“On ‘Goodfellas,’ we were working improvisationally in most scenes, and many members of the team had known each other and worked together for years, including my mother and my father,” Scorsese explained. “Into that walked the new guy, Ray Liotta, and he never missed a beat. It felt like we’d worked together for years.”

And Scorsese didn’t shy away from his own personal battles leading up to the making of “Goodfellas,” writing, “We had some problems trying to get ‘Goodfellas’ made. It came at a low moment in my career and the studios were not exactly eager to work with me.” Plus, the “big production” gangster epic, adapted from a biography on former mobster Henry Hill, had to find the perfect leading man.

It was only when Scorsese watched Liotta in Jonathan Demme’s “Something Wild” that he knew the actor had star potential. And meeting Liotta in real life at the “Last Temptation of Christ” premiere at the Venice Film Festival is what sealed the deal.

“I saw him handle [a] situation with quiet authority and a real elegance,” Scorsese said. “That was just what the role needed. When I look back on it, I believe that was the moment when I knew I wanted Ray to play Henry Hill.”

The director also mused on what another encounter with Liotta could have looked like: “I wish I’d had the chance to see him just once more, too — to tell him just how much the work we did together meant to me,” Scorsese added. “But maybe he knew that. I hope so.”

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2022 Emmys Supporting Actor Drama Predictions

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official awards predictions for the upcoming Oscars and Emmys ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis; Awards Circuit Column, a weekly analysis dissecting the trends and contenders by television editor Michael Schneider (for Emmys) and Davis (for Oscars); Awards Circuit Podcast, a weekly interview series with talent and an expert roundtable discussion; and Awards Circuit Video analyzes various categories and contenders by Variety's leading awards pundits. Variety's unmatched coverage gives its readership unbeatable exposure in print and online, as well as provide inside reports on all the contenders in this year's awards season races.

To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit THE EMMYS COLLECTIVE
Visit each category, per the individual awards show from THE EMMYS HUB
To see old predictions and commentary, click the EMMY PREDICTIONS ARCHIVESFor film awards predictions go toTHE OSCARS HUB

UPDATED: June 2, 2022

2022 EMMYS PREDICTIONS:
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

AWARDS PREDICTION COMMENTARY:

In the 2020 TV awards season, pundits and lovers of “Better Call Saul” had convinced us that our beloved Mike Ehrmantraut, played by the veteran Jonathan Banks, would finally receive an Emmy statuette. But, unfortunately, along with star Bob Odenkirk, they were shockingly snubbed from their respective lineups. So isn’t it time for Mike to get shown Emmy love going into the final season?

Alongside Banks, and coming off his nomination for “The Mandalorian” last year, Giancarlo Esposito’s work as Gus Fring on the hit AMC series has been beloved for years. Also, stepping behind the camera with his TV directorial debut (for the episode “Axe and Grind”) can help him along in the awards conversation and possibly walk away with a long-overdue Emmy award after five noms – perhaps in either category?

For his work as Cory Ellison on the Apple TV+ drama series “The Morning Show,” Billy Crudup won his first Emmy award in 2020 during the inaugural season. In the second, he has more screentime, even riding the line between lead actor and supporting actor, which could help him in the run-up to another nom (and maybe win?), if the love for the show hasn’t fizzled out.

Chris Sullivan captured his second nomination last year for his lovable Toby Damon in the NBC series “This Is Us,” one of the benefactors of an expanded lineup. With the series saying farewell, this is an opportunity for the TV Academy to go all-in on the actors that brought these characters to life.

Already an Emmy winner for outstanding guest actor in a comedy series for monk in 2004, John Turturro is sensational as Lumon Industries’ model employee Irving in “Severance,” another hit Apple TV+ series. A respected and beloved actor in the TV realm, shown by his other nomination for the HBO series the night of Turturro, stands a solid chance at landing in this competitive lineup.

This is not the complete list of submitted contenders. Additions will be added every Thursday.

The nomination round of voting runs from June 16 to June 27. The official nominations for the 74th Emmy Awards will be announced Tuesday, July 12.

The programs and potential nominees listed below are incomplete and subject to change. The full television awards season calendar is linked here.

2021 category winner: Tobias Menzies, “The Crown” (Netflix)

ALL AWARDS CONTENDERS AND RANKINGS:

AND THE PREDICTED NOMINEES ARE:
RANK	CONTENDER	SERIES	NETWORK
1	Jonathan Banks	“Better Call Saul”	AMC
2	Kieran Culkin	“Succession”	HBO/HBO Max
3	Matthew Macfadyen	“Succession”	HBO/HBO Max
4	Billy Crudup	“The Morning Show”	Apple TV+
5	Nicholas Braun	“Succession”	HBO/HBO Max
6	Alan Ruck	“Succession”	HBO/HBO Max
7	Oh Young-soo	“Squid Game”	Netflix
8	John Turturro	“Severance”	Apple TV+
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AWARDS CATEGORY HISTORY (Supporting Actor Drama)

The Primetime Emmy Awards, better known simply as the Emmys, is television’s most prestigious artistic award. Many records are held for both wins and nominations in the near eight decades.

For wins: Peter Dinklage is the most awarded actor in this category, with four individual wins for his turn as Tyrion Lannister on HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” Art Carney, Don Knotts and Aaron Paul are the second most awarded with three wins each. In addition, “Game of Thrones,” “L.A. Law” and “The West Wing” each have four wins for its actors in this category over its runs, the most of any television series.

For nominations: Peter Dinklage is the most nominated person in this category with eight nominations, all for each season of “Game of Thrones.” Five actors are tied behind him with six nominations: Jonathan Banks, Ed Begley Jr, Will Geer, Jimmy Smits, and Bruce Weitz. Banks and Begley Jr are the only two to have not won yet in any Primetime Emmy category.

“Hill Street Blues” is the series that has received the most nominations in this category over its run, with 16 nominations, with “L.A. Law” and “The West Wing” close behind with 15 and 14 nods, respectively.

2022 Primetime Emmy Awards Predictions

2022 Creative Arts Emmys Predictions

Outstanding Television Movie
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Reality Host
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special
Outstanding Animated Program
Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
Outstanding Voice-Over Performance
Outstanding Narrator
Outstanding Structured Program
Outstanding Unstructured Program
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
Outstanding Documentary Special
Outstanding Documentary Filmmaking
Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special
Outstanding Main Title Design
Outstanding Main Title Theme Music
Outstanding Music for Series
Outstanding Music for Limited Series
Outstanding Music and Lyrics
Outstanding Music Supervision

About the Primetime Emmy Awards (Emmys)

The Primetime Emmy Awards, better known as the Emmys, are given out by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). Since 1949, the awards have recognized excellence in American primetime television programming. They are divided into three classes – Primetime Emmy Awards, the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (honors artisan achievements), and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards (recognizes significant engineering and technological contributions). The typical eligibility period is between June 1 and May 31 of any given year. The Television Academy comprises over 25,000 members, representing 30 professional peer groups, including performers, directors, producers, art directors and various artisans and executives.

The 74th Emmy Awards will take place on Monday, Sept. 12, and air on NBC.

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Kartik Aaryan Film is a Pacy, Though Somewhat Exaggerated, Thriller

Dhamaka
Director: Ram Madhvani
Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Mrunal Thakur, Amruta Subhash

It has become fashionable for Indian cinema to remake foreign films, mostly South Korean, sometimes French. Of course, this is perfectly legal, but in a nation like India with its rich and diverse stories, it may be regrettable that we do not tap more often into our own mythology, culture and fiction.

Be that as it may, Ram Madhvani’s thriller, Dhamaka, just out on Netflix, is a remake of the South Korean drama, The Terror Live – a bloody, brutal look at television news and how one channel plays against another, all for higher ratings. I really would not know whether The Terror Live is actually based on what happens in that country. But in India, exaggerated news by some TV channels – as shown in Madhvani’s work – may not be wholly untrue. It is a widely held view that the electronic medium in India is given to sensationalism. Truth is dressed up to make it more compelling, which can lead to livelihoods being demolished, and characters “assassinated”.

Yes, there are some above all this and are fairly controlled and subdued in their presentation. Not so TRTV in the movie. Despite its claim to present “truth, nothing but the truth”, the channel does veer into lies, as we watch Dhamaka roll frame by frame towards a horrific climax.

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Arjun Pathak (Kartik Aaryan) is a rather depressed TV anchor, who is all set to divorce his wife, Saumya Mehra Pathak (Mrunal Thakur in a guest appearance). What is equally worse is that he has been demoted from a presenter to a radio jockey, an assignment he hates.

His life perks up when he gets a call from an unknown person, who says that he is all set to blow up the Mumbai Sea Link, facing the television office, if the minister concerned does not apologise for the death of three labourers, who helped build the bridge. And the caller wants the minister to step into the television station and tender the apology in full public view.

When Arjun chides the caller saying that he is playing a game, a part of the sea link is blown up. What follows is chaos and panic with the channel trying to up its rating, Arjun hoping to get back his previous assignment with this breaking news and his boss, Ankita (Amruta Subhash), daring to go against ethics and humanism. It is big time chaos at the TV office, where confusion gets confounded with many men, women and children trapped on the bridge, and Saumya too, who had gone to the spot to report also for TRTV!

In a thriller of this sort, one does not expect any great performance, but Mrunal is expressive and interesting in portraying the joys of marriage and, later, distress as she stands on the collapsing sea link.

Dhamaka is pacy, and it may seem that there is never a dull moment. But it is does go overboard with some of the scenes. Those between Arjun and Ankita hardly look plausible. Do employees behave with their bosses the way Arjun does with his? I suppose writers and directors do not care as long as they attract footfalls or eyeballs.

(Gautaman Bhaskaran is an author, commentator and movie critic who has been covering major film festivals like Cannes and Venice close to three decades)

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‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ First Reactions Are Mixed

The North American premiere of “Jurassic World: Dominion” has officially concluded in Los Angeles and first reactions to the dino-centric sequel are pouring in online, with entertainment writers calling the follow-up everything from a good hit of nostalgia to downright bad. As with most sequels in the “Jurassic” series, “Dominion” is being met with a mixed response.

Universal has positioned “Dominion” as a finale for the franchise, organizing a round-up of “Jurassic” stars old and new. The film reunites Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum, who all starred in Steven Spielberg’s 1993 original. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard return after starring in 2015’s “Jurassic World” and 2018’s “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” while series newcomers DeWanda Wise and Mamoudou Athie also join the cast of the new entry.

“Dominion” picks up after the events of “Fallen Kingdom,” with dinosaurs now roaming the Earth and forcing the human race to closely guard their position as the apex predators of the planet. “Jurassic World” director Colin Trevorrow returns to helm the series finale.

Although “Jurassic World: Dominion” doesn’t hit North American theaters until Friday, Universal has already given the sequel a limited global rollout in 15 international markets. The sequel grossed $55.4 million at the international box office over the weekend, with its biggest starts coming in Mexico and Korea.

Variety senior artisans editor Jazz Tangcay commended the film, calling it a “roaring fun adventure.” Tangcay also stated that the dinosaurs “are bigger and better than ever.”

#jurassicworlddominion is a big, roaring fun adventure. The dinosaurs are bigger and better than ever. It’s non-stop Dinosaur action. And Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Sam Neill’s return hit the nostalgic spots. I just love them. pic.twitter.com/Z7kvy3SkpO

— Jazz Tangcay (@jazzt) June 7, 2022

Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis called the film “nostalgia on overdrive,” while cloaking his exact opinion on the sequel under his foregone conclusion that “it’s going to make so much money.”

Let’s be clear…it doesn’t matter what I say about #JurassicWorldDominion – it’s going to make so much money. It defies logic. It’s a movie where things just happen and people know things “because” – smoke a joint, go drunk and have the time of your life. Nostalgia on overdrive. pic.twitter.com/eD7hViPYSd

— Clayton Davis – Stand with ?? (@ByClaytonDavis) June 7, 2022

Critic and Variety contributor Courtney Howard summed up her reaction with “BAD,” stating that “Dominion” marks a franchise-worst in quality.

#JurassicWorldDominion = BAD. It ignores the premise it should’ve had from the start, instead synthetically engineering 2 entirely different, uninteresting & hollow stories that it struggles to connect. Some effects look polished, some ropey. Worst of the franchise. pic.twitter.com/0xbyUR6O9d

— Courtney Howard (@Lulamaybelle) June 7, 2022

Digital Spy’s Ian Sandwell called the film “underwhelming for a finale,” though he highlights the reunion of Neill, Dern and Goldblum’s characters as a strength of the film.

It delivers the spectacle you expect, but #JurassicWorldDominion feels underwhelming for a finale as it treads familiar ground. Lovely to see the OG trio though and their strand is the strongest, even if it unwittingly highlights how bland the JW characters are by comparison. pic.twitter.com/IT2yXfhMFY

— Ian Sandwell (@ian_sandwell) June 7, 2022

Collider’s Perri Nemiroff dug the follow-up, highlighting Bryce Dallas Howard’s performance as a highlight of the film.

#JurassicWorldDominion rocks an excellent mix of practical & digital effects. Dinos look GREAT. Dimetrodon scene is … right up my alley. Bryce Dallas Howard runs away with the movie — & new trilogy for that matter. Claire experiences one heck of an arc & Howard soars with it. pic.twitter.com/5qWYkddi9e

— Perri Nemiroff (@PNemiroff) June 7, 2022

Insider’s Kirsten Acuna recommends giving the original “Jurassic Park” a rewatch before rolling out for “Dominion.”

#JurassicWorldDominion is at its best when the old and new cast are together. Fans of the franchise should enjoy this. Plenty of nods to the OG. I’d recommend giving that a close rewatch. pic.twitter.com/WfRSqzsM81

— Kirsten (@KirstenAcuna) June 7, 2022

Gizmodo and io9 senior reporter Germain Lussier called the film “overindulgent and pointless,” with the dinosaurs serving as little more than “window dressing” for a couple drab plot lines.

Truly, Jurassic World Dominion is bad. So bad. It’s too long, it’s wildly repetitive & the dinosaurs are window dressing for multiple uninteresting, unrelated stories. The actors do their best but its all just overindulgent & pointless. One of, if not the, worst in the franchise.

— Germain Lussier (@GermainLussier) June 7, 2022

See more reactions to the “Jurassic” finale below:

#JurassicWorldDominion is absolutely terrible. It’s like a bunch of hot shots brainstormed dino-centric theme park rides & put them into a movie. Bugs are more prominent than dinosaurs. A misfire on all fronts with bankrupt ethics. Save your hard earned. ??‍♀️

— Tomris Laffly (@TomiLaffly) June 7, 2022

My gut reaction after walking out of #JurassicWorldDominion is that’s the worst movie in a franchise I adore. It’s too long, action sequences are downright ugly, and overall wayyyy too bloated. Then again, I smiled at nostalgia beats and baby dinos so like, that too? pic.twitter.com/BA1J4uFOMD

— Matt Donato (@DoNatoBomb) June 7, 2022

GOOD NEWS: #JurassicWorldDominion is my favorite film of the new Jurassic trilogy. It’s stuffed w/ thrilling dinosaur encounters & lots more Jeff Goldblum, but it’s also got a great balance of creepy & inventive scenarios w/ some choice nods to what came before. A solid finale. pic.twitter.com/G6bMCDUecL

— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) June 7, 2022

It brings me no joy to report that #JurassicWorldDominion is a MASSIVE disappointment. While the film does feature some incredible dinosaur sequences and it is great to see the original cast back on the big screen, the film fails to deliver on what the previous films promise. pic.twitter.com/AsGoqMsrSf

— Scott Menzel (@ScottDMenzel) June 7, 2022

Honestly, I’m still just rooting for the dinosaurs. #JurassicWorldDominion

— Danielle Turchiano (@danielletbd) June 7, 2022

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A+E Networks New CMO is Juliana Stock – The Hollywood Reporter

A+E Networks has promoted Juliana Stock to chief marketing and brand officer for the company, with oversight of the company’s strategic, creative, and brand marketing teams. Stock’s new role will effectively combine those teams into one division within the company.

Stock was most recently executive vp of corporate brand strategy and chief of staff to A+E Networks president and chairman Paul Buccieri. In her new role, she will continue to report to Buccieri.

“Juliana has been integral in not only shaping the vision, values and culture of our organization, but also driving strategic business initiatives that helped A+E Networks innovate and grow at a pivotal time in the industry,” Buccieri said in a statement. “She has the well-earned respect of leadership, colleagues and teams across the business, and I am confident she will lead the marketing and brand division with purpose and yield even higher results.”

“I’m honored and humbled to bring my expertise to a role that will significantly shape some of the most powerful brands in media,” added Stock. “I look forward to guiding these high-performing teams under one unified division, driving the portfolio and business forward, both across our platforms and in the industry.”

Marketing roles have been heavily represented in the industry revolving door in recent months. AMC Networks tapped Len Fogge to lead its marketing efforts last month, while Peacock tapped former Netflix exec Shannon Willett as its head of marketing in April. And in March, Netflix shook up its marketing teams following the departure of Bozoma Saint John, tapping Marian Lee as CMO.

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‘Fargo’ Season 5 Taps Jon Hamm, Juno Temple and Jennifer Jason Leigh to Star

“Fargo” creator and showrunner Noah Hawley has found his leads for the fifth season of FX’s anthology crime drama in Jon Hamm, Juno Temple and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

There was some speculation as to whether or not “Fargo” would return for more following 2020’s fourth season. But FX officially announced a fifth season back in February, revealing that it will take place in 2019 and will ask the question of when is a kidnapping not a kidnapping, and what if your wife isn’t yours?

Specific character details are few and far between at this point, but it is known that Temple will play a character named Dot, Hamm will play Roy, and Leigh will portray Lorraine.

Temple most recently starred in Paramount+’s “The Offer” and is best known for her role in Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso.” Hamm’s definitive role was as Don Draper in AMC’s award-winning “Mad Men” and he most recently co-starred in the box office hit “Top Gun: Maverick.” Leigh has appeared in a handful of high-profile shows and movies in recent years, including an Oscar-nominated turn in 2016’s “The Hateful Eight,” Amazon Prime Video’s “Hunters,” and Apple TV+’s “Lisey’s Story.

Hawley and his production company 26 Keys, lead the creative team of the latest all-new installment of the series. Warren Littlefield (“The Handmaid’s Tale,” “The Old Man,” “Dopesick”), and his production company The Littlefield Company, also serves as executive producer along with Joel and Ethan Coen, Steve Stark (“Vikings: Valhalla,” “Wednesday,” “The Consultant”) of Toluca Pictures, Kim Todd (“The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Brave New World”), and Vincent Landay (“Being John Malkovich,” “Adaptation,” “Her”).

“Fargo” is produced by MGM Television and FX Productions, with MGM Television serving as the lead studio and MGM distributing the series internationally.

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Blue October’s Justin Furstenfeld’s Sober, Peaceful Life

“That’s what I’m all about–on my bio, everywhere–it says ‘recovery advocate’,” Blue October frontman Justin Furstenfeld tells me, adding, “It’s my responsibility to share my experience of strength and hope about recovery.”

May 10, 2022 marked one full decade of sobriety for the singer/songwriter/producer/actor, whose recovery journey was poignantly recorded in 2020’s Get Back Up, a documentary made with the specific intention of inspiring others.

“I wanted kids in rehab to see for once that somebody lived,” he says, hoping it could counter other well-known stories of tragedy and loss to addiction in the music industry. “I was so sick of seeing all my favorite people go, that I wanted to say, ‘Man, well, how cool would it be if you could capture six years of sobriety on tape and then give it back to rehabs and tell them to show kids.’ I was able to give it to Cumberland Heights, which is the place in Nashville that got me sober, and now they show it there and that’s all I wanted to do.”

In 2015, three years after getting sober, he set out to write a song that captured not only his addiction experience, but also the effect it had on his family. The song, “We Know Where You Go,” carries a deeply personal message, inspired by what it was like for Justin’s loved ones to try and find him when he was using.

“It was a song basically written for my brother saying to me, ‘Look, we know where you go, we’re watching you close,’” Justin explains. “It’s a beautiful song and I wanted to just shine the light for the people that are using and in active addiction, that the people that love you know and care about you. They see everything you’re doing and they see you beating yourself up every day. They just love you and they want you to get better and they want you to get help.”

The video for “We Know Where You Go,” created by Justin and Manny Fresco, opens with Justin in a sepia-drenched motel room, cigarette in hand. He leans his head against the window to dazedly peer at the cars whizzing by, desolation looming. Though filmed several years ago, he’s held back on releasing it—until today. Justin describes the video for “We Know Where You Go” as a “recovery video.” “It’s a song about getting sober, but it’s a very dark video,” he says. The video portrays Justin walking late-night streets in shadow and isolation, long-time friend and Blue October bandmate Ryan Delahoussaye appears throughout, having tracked him down.

“I made this video for $200. I rented a seedy hotel room in Albuquerque, New Mexico and used only natural light, and recorded it in the hotel room and it’s probably one of my favorite videos I’ve ever made, just because it was so dark and so beautiful and the colors are so gorgeous. One of my favorite things I’ve ever done,” he tells me. They started the shoot at 1:00 a.m. after securing the $25-a-night room. “We went there and [the motel clerk] goes, ‘I don’t like it. You guys are coming in here with a camera. People coming here with cameras all the time and make stuff.’ I’m like, ‘We’re not making one of those kinds of movies. This is a video for recovery.’

“It really captures the loneliness and the solitude, and the isolation that drug addiction can bring.”

From Kurt Cobain to Jean-Michel Basquiat, Blind Melon’s Shannon Hoon and Jimi Hendrix, so many of Justin’s idols growing up lost their lives to addiction. “I thought I was going to get out of rehab and I would start smoking weed again, drinking a little bit of wine, and just hopefully not do hard drugs anymore, because I thought that’s what artists did,” he explains. “There’s a lot of people that have showed me, that have inspired me, and made me the good human that I am today. When I started doing drugs, I was like 14. I got sober at age 36. That’s a long time doing drugs. When you get sober, you literally went back to being a 14-year-old because that’s when you started. That’s when you shut off reality and learning from how people grow.”

Now, he keeps a regular work schedule, and invests in meaningful moments with friends and family.

“I go to work every day at 10:00 I leave at 6:00, except for when I have my kids then I spend it with them. When I’m with them, we paint, we create, we sing, we go for walks, we talk about life. We talk about the trees and how elves live in there. We’re always creative, it’s a beautiful thing. I’ve actually become a producer, an engineer, more prolific writing with other people. I can sit down and go, ‘Okay, I’m going to write a song about this today and I can start it and I can finish it.’”

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Above all else, he protects the peace in his life, and acknowledges the importance of prayer. “Prayer is probably the most important thing because you have to have a higher power in order to stay sober. You can’t just do it yourself, because doing it yourself got you in trouble in the first place. You have to believe in something bigger than yourself. It doesn’t have to be God. I like to tell people in meetings, newcomers, the first time you stepped into the ocean, and you felt the ocean on your feet, or when you saw a sunset or something real and pure. Or for fathers who come in that just can’t get a hold of it, like the first time you held your child when they were born, that moment, that is a higher power.”

By “walking the walk” Justin shows others that recovery is possible. “I remember seeing a couple of dudes in my home group that were just so cool,” he recalls, of his early days attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. “They had tattoos all over them, and I was so strung out. I would go there and be like, ‘He hasn’t shot up heroin in 18 months, and look at how cool he is. Oh, my God, I want to smoke a cigarette with him after the meeting.’ He was almost like meeting a rock star. Whenever there’s a newcomer, we always focus on that newcomer and we talk straight to that newcomer and we show him or her that it’s possible. That it’s just seriously one day at a time, and that you have many tools that you can use to stay sober. It literally can be one minute at a time, one hour at a time, but never more than one day at a time.

“You can just show them by walking the walk, the promises of recovery and the promises are some of the most beautiful things.

“When you get 90 days you’re like, ‘Holy shit, I’ve lost a little weight and getting a little color back.’ Then you get six months and you’re like, ‘Oh, you see my cheekbones? Oh, my arms have muscles and I’m waking up.’ Then you get nine months and you feel like the sun hits your face and you feel that glow like when you were a kid.”

He describes getting the chills as he talks about it. “You’re like, ‘Oh, that’s what love feels like. I forgot all about that.’ You see your mom again and she’s proud of you and she tells you how good you look, and you land that job and you keep it. You pay your rent and you make your bed and you come home and you feel accomplished.”

He says the world slowly opens up to you again. “By one day at a time, you collect all these days and you become proud of yourself and you start liking who you see in the mirror. Then you go, ‘Oh, that’s what this recovery is.’

“Then you’re, ‘now, what do I want to do with my life?’ It goes from there. You’re like, ‘Ah, ah…it’s crazy how beautiful life can get.’”

Justin will make his feature-film acting debut this summer opposite Mickey Rourke and Dolph Lundgren in ‘Section Eight.’ Blue October will be on tour this summer supporting the Goo-Goo Dolls and headlining a North American tour this fall, we well as releasing new albums in October and March 2023.

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‘The Cathedral’ Wins Documentary Prize at Krakow Film Festival

Slovak director Denis Dobrovoda’s feature debut “The Cathedral” took the best film prize in the International Documentary Competition section of the 62nd Krakow Film Festival, which runs May 29-June 12. “All That Breathes,” which won prizes at Sundance and Cannes, and has been picked up by HBO, was also among the prize winners.

“The Cathedral” focuses on Justo Gallego Martínez, who started building a cathedral in Spain’s Mejorada del Campo 60 years ago without any qualifications, architectural plans or official permission. He invested his own funds and built it almost entirely with his own hands, mostly out of waste and recycled materials.

The film is produced by Matthew Bremner and Dobrovoda’s Kolsa Films, which is seeking distribution for the film.

Indian director Shaunak Sen won the award for “the best film with high artistic values” with “All That Breathes,” which picked up the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at Sundance, and the L’Oeil d’Or (Golden Eye) award for the best documentary at Cannes. HBO Documentary Films bought worldwide television rights for the film last month.

The film takes place in New Delhi, where two brothers have fallen in love with the black kite. From their makeshift bird hospital in their tiny basement, they care for thousands of these mesmeric creatures that drop daily from the smog-choked skies. As environmental toxicity and civil unrest escalate, the relationship between this family and the neglected kite forms a poetic chronicle of the city’s collapsing ecology and rising social tensions.

Spain’s Laura Sisteró won an award for the director of the best film on social issues with “Tolyatti Adrift.” The film follows Bojewaja Klassika, a group of young people who practice illegal drifting. They drift in old cars, Ladas, which once made their hometown of Tolyatti famous. As there are no prospects for them here now, an alternative for unemployment is either departure for Moscow or a poorly paid job. Some of them have already joined the army, a career option imposed by the state. The protagonists are at the verge of adulthood and they still have some plans and dreams, unlike their parents, who are stuck in the previous era.

Special mentions went Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski for “The Hamlet Syndrome” and Igor Ivanko’s “Fragile Memory.”

The jury consisted of Switzerland’s Till Brockmann, France’s Christine Camdessus, Israel’s Ohad Milstein, North Macedonia’s Petrula Veljanovska and Poland’s Agnieszka Zwiefka.

This article is published in partnership with online news service Film New Europe, which covers film and TV industry news from across Central and Eastern Europe.

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‘A body check’: Youth restrained over 2000 times in one year in Ontario’s child-welfare system

Arie Calero-Romero was just 12 years old when an incident at an Ottawa-area group home left him with a broken arm.

“I heard a little snap in my ear,” said Calero-Romero, who at the time lived in a residence owned by the private company Mary Homes. “They said, ‘Oh, you know your arm’s fine. Don’t worry.’”

Developmentally delayed, Calero-Romero lives with several diagnoses, including ADHD and oppositional defiant disorder – a condition where kids can be hostile towards peers, parents or authority figures.

According to Mary Homes’ records, on the evening of Sept. 12, 2019, staff entered his room after they heard him screaming and banging on walls. Calero-Romero said a kid in another room was causing the commotion and he was just trying to go to sleep.

The 12-year-old struck staff, the company alleges, who then forcibly held him to the floor, where his left arm was broken.

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He disputes Mary Homes’ account of that night and has filed a $200,000 lawsuit against the company for “assault and battery” or negligence.

“Mary Homes is kind of like a hell place,” said Calero-Romero, who will turn 15 later this month. “Whenever I talk about Mary Homes, I just want to physically shut it out.”

A physical restraint can involve staff pinning a child to the ground by the shoulders and holding them by their wrists with their arms extended. Sometimes they are held face-down on the ground.

“For me, it feels like a body check to the floor,” Calero-Romero said.

This measure is supposed to be a last resort – used only when children are at imminent risk of injuring themselves or others, according to the province.

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Dr. Mirisse Foroughe speaks with Global News and APTN about the “terrifying” experience of being restrained.

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But a Global News and APTN investigation has found that physical restraints occur at an alarming rate inside Ontario’s group homes, in which kids – 17 and younger – live in communal houses with staff.

Experts say the use of restraints is psychologically damaging to kids and can actually make them more aggressive, leading to a cycle of violence and the unintended consequence of more physical holds.

Dr. Mirisse Foroughe, a clinical psychologist in Toronto, said that being restrained is a “terrifying experience” in which kids feel a loss of control, a sense of panic, and betrayal.

She said it’s also not effective at decreasing aggression in the “long run.”

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“What happens over time is they become more angry, resentful, less trusting of adults and more likely to be aggressive,” she said.

For youth like Calero-Romero, Foroughe said physical holds can trigger ”retraumatization.”

“They will have specific flashbacks of experiences … and these will last throughout their lives,” Foroughe said.

Physical restraints used more frequently

Privately owned group homes like Mary’s use physical interventions – another term for restraints – far more frequently than other kinds of homes.

While they make up just 20 per cent of beds in the child welfare system, they account for 90 per cent of all restraints. Foster homes and other care settings filed reports for restraints at a dramatically lower rate.

Global News and APTN’s analysis found more than 2,000 reports of physical restraints across the province’s child welfare system.

The data involving restraints comes from more than 10,000 serious occurrence reports (SORs) filed between June 2020 and May 2021. These reports also document instances in which a child dies, is injured or goes missing, among other events.

Mary Homes, which has five residences in the Ottawa area, had the second-highest number of SORs in the province, just over 700, according to the data.

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Of those, 419 reports were filed after staff laid hands on a youth – among the highest use of restraints in the province.

To better understand Calero-Romero’s care at Mary Homes, Global News/APTN reviewed at least 1,500 pages of case notes, incident reports, medical records and other files about him.

The documents allege he engaged in “physical aggression towards staff and peers” and other “inappropriate sexualized behaviours towards staff members” during “aggressive episodes.”

Records show staff physically restrained Calero-Romero 69 times between May 2019 and December 2020 – 12 of those incidents in July 2019 alone.

Nearly 90 per cent of the physical interventions involved him being forced to the ground – including more than 30 instances where he was “face down” or “prone,” according to the documents.

The longest physical intervention lasted an hour and a half, according to the documents. Twenty-five lasted roughly 45 minutes or longer.

Mary Homes refused repeated requests to comment on the allegations by Calero-Romero and other former residents who previously spoke with Global News/APTN.

The company also refused to comment on the data showing a high number of restraints inside their five group homes. In court documents, it said it intends to defend against the lawsuit.

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Some group homes prohibit the use of restraints altogether. A 2017 government-funded report by a panel of 18- to 25-year-olds who’d lived in residential care settings and a government “blueprint” on child welfare reform called for their use to be minimized. Another report called for more training on crisis de-escalation strategies.

“When you know you can use restraints, it’s easy to go there and rely on that rather than training your staff to be able to de-escalate and use other methods,” said Foroughe.

Other youth who lived at Mary Homes previously told Global News/APTN that staff were often quick to use physical restraints rather than try to speak calmly with kids.

On the night Calero-Romero’s arm was broken, he said he was “playing with Lego” and just trying to “go to sleep” when he heard a kid in another room banging on a wall.

But a report filed with the ministry by Mary Homes describes how a staff member heard Calero-Romero crying in his bedroom that evening, provided him with Tylenol and water for a headache, and told him to try to get some sleep.

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Within a couple of minutes, Calero-Romero started to disrupt other residents by screaming and banging on walls before starting to punch a staff member, the company reported.

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When that staff member “was no longer able to block and deflect the strikes safely,” they and another employee physically restrained him.

Calero-Romero continued to “fight staff with extreme force.” Two employees then tried to move him into another position on the floor, the report reads. During the transition, staff lost balance falling to the floor.

Moments later, the youth said his arm was broken and the employees “disengaged” to assess him for injury, according to the company. Calero-Romero said staff were initially dismissive of his injury.

Roughly 15 minutes after the restraint began, staff called paramedics to the residence, who took him to a children’s hospital where X-rays revealed a fractured left humerus, the document said.

Calero-Romero now lives at home in Hamilton with his parents and the help of Genesis Support Services, a company that helps kids with complex needs.

He said he’s been physically restrained just once and is happy to be living at home. Citing privacy concerns, Genesis declined to comment.

“They don’t even put (their) hands on me,” he said. “They just try to cooperate with me and tell me to calm down.”

He and other youth who have spoken with Global/APTN want to see Mary Homes closed.

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“I thought it was like a prison,” he said.

“I feel bad for the other kids who might be there right now.”

Last January, the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services imposed conditions on some of Mary Homes’ group home licenses, including a requirement to submit an updated policy on the use of restraints, which employees would have to learn and adhere to.

The ministry also instructed senior managers at one home to follow up with staff within 24 hours of an incident, where a restraint is used. If the manager discovers that an employee didn’t follow provincial regulations, the manager would have to prepare a report they’d then have to keep on-site and provide to ministry staff on request.

Steve Hall is a crisis intervention trainer in the Greater Toronto Area who has worked with Syl Apps Youth Centre, probation services, and the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services on how to properly administer physical restraints.

Hall said the “vast majority of the situations” where he’s witnessed or been involved in a restraint could have been avoided if the adult had been more emotionally balanced.

“The best restraint is not to do one,” he said. “It tells me that adults have lost control.”

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Netflix Hits 30% European Content Threshold Across Continent – Deadline

New research shows almost a third of Netflix’s European content now hails from the continent, as the effects of quota regulations and its push into local original content kick in. An Ampere Analysis study suggests the streamer is at or above the 30% European content in “almost all” European markets, though the figure is slightly below this mark in the UK, Ireland and France.

This marks a rapid shift in recent months, with just 16 of 27 markets analysed falling below that threshold as recently as December 2021, and while the UK, Ireland and France currently hover around the 27% mark, Ampere said Netflix is “just a ’rounding error’ away” from meeting requirements across its entire European footprint.

In the UK, Netflix would hit the 30% mark with the addition of just 408 titles, or by removing 953 non-European titles. Even fewer is needed in France, and Belgium and Switzerland, which are also just beneath the line.

‘’Quietly, while no one was watching, Netflix has boosted the proportion of its catalogue titles that are European to the point where meeting new quota regulations should have no negative impact on its regional business,” said Guy Bisson, Research Director at Ampere.

Amazon exceeds the 30% mark in Germany, Switzerland and Italy, and is around the 27% market in the UK. Other markets range from 16% to 28%. Most of HBO Max’s European markets already exceed 25%, but Disney+ trails behind at nearer 10% across its footprint.

It can be expected that all the international SVoD services will continue to make noise across Europe, as each is committing significant spend to original productions from the continent.

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Ampere suggested the increase in European content could either be seen as the benefits of the regulatory pressure on U.S.-based streamers to acquire and produce more directly from the European film and TV markets, or could be seen as how the global players are more directly in competition for content that was previously the stronghold of single-market broadcasters.

“The milestone is a reflection of heavy investment in content outside the US which is rapidly being mirrored by other global streaming players. Perhaps more surprising than Netflix’s 30% milestone is the fact that some of the newer major studio players are already rapidly approaching a similar proportion of European content in their local catalogues.’’

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Washington Post Suspends Dave Weigel After He Retweeted Sexist Joke

The Washington Post suspended political reporter Dave Weigel without pay for 30 days after he retweeted a sexist joke last week and touched off a public fight on Twitter among staffers at the Jeff Bezos-owned paper.

A spokesperson for the Post declined to comment. Weigel did not respond to emails seeking comment. An autoreply from his Washington Post address said, “I am out of the office and will return on July 5.” Weigel’s suspension was previously reported by CNN.

On Friday, June 3, Weigel had retweeted a post by Cam Harless — a YouTube creator whose Twitter bio says he is a “well-respected shitposter” — which said, “Every girl is bi. You just have to figure out if it’s polar or sexual.”

That drew fire from Weigel’s colleague, Post political reporter Felicia Sonmez, who quoted the tweet in question and wrote, “Fantastic to work at a news outlet where retweets like this are allowed!” Sonmez had previously sued the Washington Post, accusing the publication of discrimination after she publicly said that she had been the victim of sexual assault and was barred from covering stories about sexual misconduct. In March, a judge threw out her lawsuit against the Post; Sonmez’s lawyer had said she intends to appeal the decision.

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Last Friday, Weigel quickly removed the retweet and apologized, saying in a follow-up tweet, “I just removed a retweet of an offensive joke. I apologize and did not mean to cause any harm.”

Sonmez herself had been temporarily suspended by the paper in January 2020 after she posted a link on Twitter to a 2016 Daily Beast story with the headline, “Kobe Bryant’s Disturbing Rape Case: The DNA Evidence, the Accuser’s Story, and the Half-Confession,” after Bryant died in a helicopter crash.

Meanwhile, Sonmez’s public castigation of Weigel prompted another Post reporter, Jose Del Real, to respond in a series of tweets Saturday, in which Del Real said in part, “Felicia, we all mess up from time to time. Engaging in repeated and targeted harassment of a colleague is neither a good look nor is it particularly effective.” He also wrote, “I hope you reconsider the cruelty you regularly unleash against colleagues.”

In response to Del Real, Sonmez wrote, “When women stand up for themselves, some people respond with even more vitriol… Objecting to sexism is not ‘clout chasing.’ It’s not ‘harassment.’ And it’s certainly not ‘cruelty.’” On Twitter, Sonmez also has posted multiple vicious sexist messages directed at her over the past several days over the controversy.

The public infighting on Twitter by the Post staffers prompted executive editor Sally Buzbee to send a memo Sunday that said in part, “We expect the staff to treat each other with respect and kindness both in the newsroom and online. We are a collegial and creative newsroom doing an astonishing amount of important and groundbreaking journalism.” Buzbee instructed Post staffers to raise any issues they have with colleagues with “leadership or human resources” and “we will address them promptly and firmly.”

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KeiyaA performs “I! Gits! Weary!” live in Chicago for Pitchfork Music Festival 2021.

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Angel Olsen Hits the ‘Big Time’ with ‘Kimmel’ Performance

Angel Olsen showcased her uniquely confessional brand of alt country on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Monday, performing the title track from her sixth studio album, Big Time, which was released earlier this month.

“Big Time,” which was written alongside Olsen’s real-life partner Beau Thibodeaux, followed lead single “All the Good Times” and “Through the Fires.”

Co-produced by Jonathan Wilson, Big Time was born from Olsen’s grief, losing both of her parents shortly after coming out. “Some experiences just make you feel as though you’re five years old, no matter how wise or adult you think you are,” she said in a statement about the album. “Finally, at the ripe age of 34, I was free to be me.”

The St. Louis native also recently contributed a cover of Bob Dylan’s “One Too Many Mornings” to the Apple TV+ series Shining Girls, with royalties going to the gun control nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety.

Olsen will soon tour in support of Big Time as a part of the Wild Hearts tour alongside Sharon Van Etten and Julien Baker. The tour kicks off July 21 in Vienna, Virginia and wraps August 21 in New York City before Olsen heads off to Europe and the United Kingdom in the fall.

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Nani, Nazriya Nazim’s Ante Sundaraniki to Release on This OTT Platform

Natural star Nani-starrer Ante Sundaraniki is gearing up for its theatrical release on Friday (June 10). Meanwhile, reports about the film’s OTT premiere have found their way online. The post-theatrical streaming rights of the film have been bagged by OTT giant Amazon Prime Video. Following the three-week window after its theatrical run, the film is expected to stream on the platform around early July. However, an official update regarding the same is awaited.

A couple of days ago, the Censor Board of Film Certification (CBFC) awarded the film a U certificate. The total runtime of the film is two hours and 56 minutes.

Written and directed by Vivek Athreya, in addition to Nani, the film also stars Nazriya Nazim in the lead role. Nazriya is also making her debut in Tollywood with the film. The Telugu drama will be simultaneously released in Tamil as Adede Sundara and in Malayalam as Aha Sundara. Mythri Movie Makers has bankrolled the project. The upcoming entertainer has been in the spotlight for quite some time.

The technical crew consists of Niketh Bommi as cinematographer, while Raviteja Girijala is working as the editor for the film.

Speaking of Nani, the actor greeted his fans with Shyam Singha Roy, directed by Taxiwala Fame Director Rahul. However, the film did not fare well at the box office. Set against the backdrop of reincarnations in a periodic backdrop, the film was released worldwide on December 24 last year.

Nani’s two previous films — V and Tuck Jagadish — were released on the OTT platform and were well received by the audience. After a serious movie like Shyam Singha Roy, Nani is said to be taking another hit with this family entertainer on his account.

On the work front, Nani is shooting for Dasara in Telangana. The film, starring Keerthi Suresh, is set for release on Vijay Dasami.

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AMC’s mystifying, Navajo Nation-set noir

Zahn McClarnon in Dark Winds — Zahn McClarnon in *Dark Winds*

Zahn McClarnon etches his name in TV’s Melancholic Cops Hall Of Fame with Dark Winds. He plays Joe Leaphorn, a quiet and troubled police officer who’s burdened with solving a hometown tragedy. Similar to Mare Of Easttown and True Detective and just about every Nordic noir show, this one centers on Leaphorn navigating personal and professional crises. However, the series immediately distinguishes itself with its Navajo Nation setting in the ’70s, by poring over authentic Indigenous customs—the writers’ room is entirely comprised of Native Americans—and through slowly building an intriguing suspense.

There are plenty of jarring crimes: The premiere alone kicks off with a bold bank robbery and ends with two vicious murders. Over the remaining five episodes there are more deaths, an armored car heist, explosions, and fist fights. It might seem like a ton of action, but the show has a measured pace that can actually get a little tedious. Luckily, McClarnon is the glue holding it all together. Even in dull moments, he pushes the narrative forward simply by his subtle but all-consuming performance, which is something of an instant classic. The actor has recently made waves with Fargo, Westworld, and Reservation Dogs (he’s also in the MCU thanks to a Hawkeye cameo, too, but deserves way more screen time) and this is a worthy spotlight.

A sheriff in a remote outpost of Monument Valley, Joe is still reeling from the death of his son three years earlier. He now gets pulled into investigating a double homicide of an old man and a young woman with whom he shares a personal connection. To make matters worse, the FBI is unusually interested in the case, especially agent Leland Whitover (Noah Emmerich, who is by now a pro at playing a Fed after The Americans and Suspicion). The verbal clashes between Joe and Leland—who is rightfully dubbed here as High Pockets—are especially noteworthy, a damning indictment of how Native Americans have been, and continue to be, cruelly mistreated. Leland views the Navajo land as nothing but means to an end, while Joe’s investment obviously runs much deeper.

Dark Winds is a propulsive mix of genres. It’s at once a crime drama and an outright Western with breathtaking cinematography, and the show even has a major mystical tinge to it. But its most captivating aspect is the “buddy drama” between Joe and rookie officer Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon), who comes to town with secrets of his own. Jim left the reservation a long time ago and has somewhat of an identity crisis upon his return. Dark Winds weaves an emotionally weighty journey as he struggles to fit into the place he once called home, putting an emphasis on family and community that balances out the show’s noir elements.

Jim finds allies in Joe, Joe’s wife Emma (Deanna Allison), and, reluctantly, fellow officer Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten, a total breakout). All three cops embark on individual missions. Joe is seeking justice for the Native Americans who were killed. Bernadette, with Emma’s help, is looking out for a pregnant teen who may or may not be connected to the case. And Jim is finding his loyalties tested as he seeps into life in Monument Valley.

Kiowa Gordon and Jessica Matten in Dark Winds — Kiowa Gordon and Jessica Matten in *Dark Winds*

Dark Winds does a lot. It beautifully explores rich Indigenous traditions without pinpointing exactly what they mean. It boasts striking visuals of the geographical isolation of the Valley—there’s an open road, burning heat, and little else—that are diametrical to the sense of community and belonging between its citizens, even as Joe is initially met with animosity. And it even has comic relief thanks to Rainn Wilson, who briefly shows up as Devoted Dan, an eccentric and perverted car salesman tied to the case.

In the end, Dark Winds is a must-watch for its performances, direction, location, and style. But the show falters in answering its mysteries. Sure, the tension-building is phenomenal, but the reasons behind disparate crimes plaguing the town are somewhat disappointing and predictable. Even if all the dots are connected by the end in an edge-of-your-seat-level finale, it still doesn’t feel enough.

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ITV Takes On ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ With Drag Format – Global Briefs – Deadline

ITV Takes On ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ With Celebrity Drag Format

ITV has greenlit a Lorraine Kelly-hosted drag format to rival RuPaul’s Drag Race UK with celebrities set to compete to be crowned the winning queen. Spice Girl Mel C, comedian Rob Beckett and drag superstar Courtney Act will form the judging panel for one-off 90-minute primetime special Queens for the Night from Lego Masters producer Tuesday’s Child. The celebrities, including UK daytime TV icon Mr Motivator and Love Island star Chris Hughes, will be mentored by well-known drag stars such as RuPaul favorites Blu Hydrangea and Kitty Scott-Claus, as they undergo a drag makeover and compete. RuPaul’s Drag Race UK has comfortably been BBC Three’s most successful and noisy show of the past three years and the move represents ITV’s entry into the space. The channel’s Head of Entertainment Commissioning Katie Rawcliffe said the show will “have all the wow factor you would expect from this wonderful celebration of drag.”

Season Two Of ‘Screw’ For Channel 4

UK network Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of Scottish prison drama Screw. Killing Eve scribe Rob Williams’ show from STV Studios follows a team of embattled prison officers, who experienced tragic events at the end of season one and may be sharing a prison with an undercover policeman in season two. His Dark Materials’ Nina Sosanya plays the lead alongside Derry Girls‘ Jamie-Lee O’Donnell in the highly-rated drama. “Rob has created an iconic Channel 4 prison series with a fantastic cast and we can’t wait to jump back into the drama, humanity and humour of life behind bars in series two,” said Channel 4 Head of Drama Caroline Hollick.

Banijay Options ‘Arnold the Super-ish Hero’

Banijay Kids and Family has signed an option agreement with Canadian children’s publisher Kids Can Press to develop a preschool series based on acclaimed picture book Arnold the Super-ish Hero. Written by Heather Tekavec and illustrated by Guillaume Perreault, the story follows Arnold, who helps out at his family’s superhero business. The only catch is that Arnold doesn’t have a superpower of his own, but one day a call comes into superhero HQ from a little girl in need and he jumps into action. “As soon as I read Arnold the Super-ish Hero, I fell in love with the character and the wonderful notion that kindness is a superpower,” said Gary Milner, Head of Content Development for Banijay Kids and Family.

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Miles Teller: What To Watch If You Like The Top Gun: Maverick Actor

Some actors go under the Hollywood radar even though they’ve worked on some really great productions, and I think Miles Teller is one of those stars. Teller has impressed fans time and time again with his performances and now that he has starred opposite Tom Cruise in the 2022 new release film Top Gun: Maverick, I expect his star to continue to rise in the years to come. In fact, he’s already completed Spiderhead opposite Marvel star Chris Hemsworth. In anticipation of a career of continued bangers, here’s what you can watch if you like Teller and how you can watch them.

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Top Gun: Maverick

Miles Teller may be slept on by a lot of people, but hopefully that changhes now that he has portrayed OG character Goose’s son in Top Gun: Maverick, over 35 years after the original Top Gun’s release. The recently released revival centers on Tom Cruise’s character Maverick returning to the Top Gun training program to train young recruits, including Teller’s character.

Tom Cruise put Miles Teller through the wringer with training for Top Gun: Maverick, and it certainly shows in one particular shirtless scene. Abs aside, Teller’s performance in the highly anticipated film is pretty spectacular, as well as the rest of the cast. It stands up next to the original, iconic film and puts Teller in a great position in his career. While it’s exclusively in theaters right now, those with a Paramount Plus subscription will presumably be able to catch the film at home once it goes to streaming.

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The Spectacular Now (Showtime)

A film that will totally hit you in the feels, The Spectacular Now centers around Miles Teller’s character Sutter, who is an outgoing guy who likes to party, and a quiet and down to Earth girl played by Shailene Woodley. The two opposites are drawn to one another, and the relationship slowly changes Sutter’s philosophy on life, which was previously to live in the “spectacular now”. The two stars are joined by an all star cast of Kyle Chandler, Marvel’s Brie Larson, and Bob Odenkirk.

The Spectacular Now was near the beginning of Miles Teller’s movie career and the great A24 film earned him some serious recognition. He has come a long way since then, but fans will still enjoy looking back at the coming-of-age romance from the actor because both he and Shailene Woodley put on an honest, touching performance together that is full of chemistry.

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Whiplash (Showtime)

Brilliantly and appropriately named, Whiplash will give you just that. It’s an intense film, much more so than you would expect a film about a student drummer to be. Miles Teller plays a young aspiring drummer who attends a cut-throat music school and falls under the guidance of a mentor, played by J.K. Simmons, who will do practically anything to see Teller’s character fulfill the potential he sees in him.

Whiplash was the first film that I ever saw Miles Teller in that made me think of him as a very serious, incredibly intense actor. I thought I was going to burst a blood vessel just watching him pour his soul into the film, and I feel like it opened the door for him to appear in more intense movies over the years. Whiplash won three Oscars, one of which was taken home by J.K. Simmons.

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Project X (Netflix)

Project X is a typical High School movie in that it centers around three outcast friends who try to make a name for themselves, but it separates itself in creating one of the biggest blow out parties that was pretty much hero-worshipped by millennials and became somewhat of a mythical golden standard. This film is massively underrated, but to the kids who were seniors going into college at the same time of the movie releasing, it is legendary and nostalgic.

Miles Teller plays a small supporting role in the film, but his presence is felt throughout. Fans of the star will love seeing his influence on the film in a time before he was getting big roles. This is one of those films that you can’t trust the Rotten Tomatoes rating, as it received a sad score of 28% from critics, which was less than half the rating given to the film by the audience. It’s a niche film, but those who were becoming adults around 2012 know the film to be absolutely legendary.

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A direct remake of Kevin Bacon’s 1984 film of the same name, Footloose is about a city boy who goes to a small town where rock music and dancing have been outlawed. He falls for a preacher’s daughter and works to make dancing and music legal again. The remake features Dennis Quad as well as professional dancer Julianne Hough.

Footloose was Miles Teller’s very first big role in a wide film, and he plays a supporting role. The musical is something different from Teller, and worth checking out to see him awkwardly dance along to a bunch of 8 year olds singing on a Barbie karaoke machine.

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The Divergent Franchise (Amazon Purchase)

Based on the best selling series, the Divergent franchise puts Miles Teller back opposite Shailene Woodley, along with Theo James, Kate Winslet, and Zoë Kravitz in this dystopian action film. Woodley’s character is what is referred to as “divergent”, as she doesn’t fit in with the world’s plan. Once she uncovers a plot to kill off all divergent people, she sets off on a journey to stop the people in charge.

Fans of Miles Teller would find something a little different in his role in Divergent, as he plays a straight-up bad guy. He is the antagonist of Shailene Woodley’s main character in all three of the franchise’s films, and he does a great job in the role, starting out as downright cruel in the first film and seeing some character growth later on.

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War Dogs (Netflix)

Starring Jonah Hill alongside Miles Teller, War Dogs is about two friends who score a multi-hundred-million dollar weapons contract to arm U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The contract requires them to hustle their way through the deal in a twisted web of lies. Loosely based on a true story, it’s a tale of greed and opportunity.

Both Miles Teller and Jonah Hill are pretty amazing in War Dogs, and it is the film that begins a number of other war and/or military centric films for Teller.

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Thank You For Your Service (Amazon Rental)

An important one of these military-centric films featuring Miles Teller is Thank You For Your Service. The film is about a group of soldiers who come home from the war and struggle to acclimate back to civilian life. The film is a sobering reflection of what real life war vets go through.

Miles Teller’s performance in Thank You For Your Service is powerful and helps bring attention to a very real problem that veterans have when returning home after their service. It is definitely worth a watch, however make sure you’re ready for a heavy story before diving into it.

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Bleed For This (Amazon Rental)

Bleed For This is based on the true story of boxer Vinny Pazienza who, after a horrific car crash, makes an incredible recovery and comeback in the boxing world. Miles Teller plays the inspiring boxer and acts opposite Aaron Eckhart and Katey Sagal.

Miles Teller’s portrayal of Vinny Pazienza in Bleed For This is phenomenal, and really honors the icon that he is portraying. It is an emotional watch and Teller puts on a gripping performance.

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The Offer (Paramount Plus)

The Offer is a biographical drama series about how the iconic Godfather film got made by producer Al Ruddy. Miles Teller plays a young Ruddy during the development and production of the famous gangster film. Matthew Goode, Dan Fogler, and Giovanni Ribisi also make up some of The Offer cast.

While not all 10 episodes of Season 1 are yet available, The Offer seems to be another example of audiences appreciating something more than the critics apparently did, based on the Rotten Tomato scores. With a whopping 96% from the audience so far, people seem to adore Miles Teller as the Oscar winning producer.

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Rabbit Hole (HBO Max)

Rabbit Hole was Miles Teller’s first feature film, and it was a whopper of one. He acts opposite Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, and Dianne Weist in the film about a couple’s life after the tragic death of their son.

Miles Teller has one hell of a film debut in Rabbit Hole, a movie that handles the tough topic of loss and grief. He plays a teenage boy that Nicole Kidman’s character takes comfort in, even though he was the one who was accidentally responsible for the death of her 4-year-old son. It’s a complicated and emotional role that Teller knocks out of the park.

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Miles Teller has pretty much proven he is a serious actor, as he has shown range while also bringing an intensity to his roles that pretty much forces your attention to him. With Top Gun: Maverick absolutely killing it in theaters, I can’t wait for what the next few years hold for Teller.

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Golden Globes Updates Eligibility Rules For 2023 – Deadline

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association today released the eligibility requirements for the undated 2023 Golden Globe Awards. The updated rules now allow a hybrid approach of in-person, DVD or online screenings of eligible films in English and other languages, effective June 15, 2022.

“With the current relaxation of restrictions by federal, state, and local health officials, the HFPA is reverting to its regular eligibility requirements but remains sensitive to the potential for increased COVID-19 case rates,” HFPA President Helen Hoehne said in a statement. “We will remain flexible in allowing eligibility through a combination of in-person screenings or submittal of screeners in DVD or online form for our jurors.”

No date has been set for the 2023 Golden Globes. This year’s 79th annual event in January was a low-key, untelevised affair in the wake of the HFPA’s 2021 scandals.

Here is a rundown of today’s announcement:

HFPA will provide distributors of motion pictures with a hybrid approach to screenings:

Contact the HFPA office to arrange a screening date on the official HFPA calendar for all motion picture releases. For English-language motion pictures, that official screening date must be no later than seven days after the release of that English-language motion picture in Los Angeles. Unless the country of origin is the U.S., screenings of non-English language films do not have to follow this one-week-after-release standard but must take place prior to the final date for all 2022 motion picture screenings.
Distributors must provide all HFPA jurors with the opportunity for an in-person screening in both Los Angeles and New York (these may also be part of the distributor’s premiere, junket, or all-media screenings) or distributors can provide jurors a screening link or a DVD copy of the motion picture so jurors may view it at home. This applies to English and non-English language films alike.
A final date for all 2022 motion picture screenings (including all screenings of non-English language motion pictures) will be announced separately. Films released prior to June 15, 2022, can be eligible for consideration by submitting screening links or a DVD copy for jurors prior to the final submission date when available.

For 2022, submissions to the GoldenGlobe submission website will again be optional for award consideration. The HFPA will add qualifying content to its eligibility list if studios/networks/streamers are not doing so. The qualifying period is Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2022, for English language films and Oct. 1, 2021 – Dec. 31, 2022, for non-English language films. The start date for these new requirements is June 15, 2022.

Motion Picture Release Formats: To be eligible for the Golden Globe motion picture awards, a release must meet the following exhibition requirements:

Motion pictures are considered released when they are made available for exhibition in theatres or on pay-per-view cable or pay-per-view digital delivery (not subscription cable or digital delivery).

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Queen Reaches U.K. Chart Milestone With ‘Greatest Hits’ – Billboard

Elizabeth II isn’t the only Queen notching up a major milestone.

Queen‘s evergreen Greatest Hits reaches 1,000 weeks inside the Official Albums Chart Top 100, becoming just the third album to do so, and the first by a British act or a rock band.

Originally released in 1981, Queen’s Greatest Hits enjoyed four weeks at No. 1 and includes the hits “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Flash,” “Killer Queen,” “You’re My Best Friend,” “Somebody To Love,” “We Are The Champions,” “We Will Rock You,” and “Under Pressure,” their collaboration with David Bowie.

The hits collection is one of the rockers’ ten No. 1s, and it’s recognized as the best-selling album in British recorded music history with more than six million copies sold.

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Greatest Hits lifts 19-18 on the latest Official U.K. Albums Chart to bring up triple figures, a feat bettered only by Bob Marley & The Wailers’ career retrospective Legend (1,032 weeks) and the all-time leader ABBA’s Gold – Greatest Hits (1,048 weeks).

“What an incredible achievement by Queen, to become the first British act to strike up 1,000 weeks on the Official Albums Chart with their Greatest Hits, a total which amounts to more than 19 years solid,” notes Martin Talbot, CEO of the Official Charts Company. “And how appropriate too that should reach this record-breaking landmark in the week of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee.”

With Queen + Adam Lambert performing a mini-set of “We Will Rock You,” “Don’t Stop Me Now” and “We Are the Champions” at Buckingham Palace last Saturday (June 4) to celebrate the Queen’s 70 years on the throne, the hits collection is expected to climb the chart.

Based on the OCC’s midweek data, Greatest Hits moves 18-11.

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Racing against time in "Sub Eleven Seconds"

“Sub Eleven Seconds” captures Sha’Carri Richardson, one of the fastest women to ever run the 100 meter race, as she competes to qualify for the Olympics in 2021. In the span of a short documentary, the 28-year-old filmmaker and photographer, Bafic, combines athleticism and artistry for a poignant meditation on time.

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Trial resumes of suspects in slaying of Dutch crime reporter

AMSTERDAM — A Dutch court is examining evidence Tuesday and prosecutors are expected to make sentencing demands in the trial of two suspects in the fatal shooting of crime reporter Peter R. de Vries, who was brazenly gunned down almost a year ago, triggering a national outpouring of grief and government pledges to crack down on Amsterdam’s increasingly violent drugs underworld.

Prosecutors suspect a 21-year-old Dutchman identified only as Delano G. of shooting De Vries at close range in a downtown Amsterdam street on July 6 last year. The campaigning reporter and television personality died nine days later of his injuries. If convicted, the suspect faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

Prosecutors say the two suspects were arrested less than an hour after the shooting in a getaway car on a highway near The Hague with the weapon used to shoot De Vries in the car.

G. has refused to answer questions about his alleged involvement in the shooting. The alleged getaway driver, a Polish man, Kamil E., on Tuesday denied involvement in the shooting.

Prosecutors have not publicly identified a suspect they believe gave the order to kill De Vries, who was 64 when he was killed.

De Vries’ son and daughter are expected to make victim impact statements to the Amsterdam District Court later Tuesday. Lawyers for the suspects are scheduled to speak at a separate hearing next week, Judges are scheduled to deliver verdicts July 14.

De Vries made his name as a crime journalist who reported on and wrote a bestselling book about the 1983 kidnapping of beer magnate Freddy Heineken. Later in his career he campaigned tirelessly to resolve cold cases. Before his shooting, De Vries had been an adviser and confidant for a witness in the trial of the alleged leader and other members of a crime gang that police described as an “oiled killing machine.”

The suspected gangland leader, Ridouan Taghi, was extradited to the Netherlands from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in 2019 and is currently standing trial.

Associated Press writer Mike Corder in The Hague, Netherlands, contributed.

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Look at the spectacular Megan Thee Stallion as Mugler in the new Plan B video

Singer’s video was directed by Casey Cadwallader, creative director of the French fashion house. Meghan and Mugler’s friendship grows stronger.

A few months ago, at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards, Rapper Megan Thee Stallion captivated reporters, viewers, and fellow musicians with the looks of the French brand Mugler. Then the creative director of the brand, Casey Cadwallader, created a custom stage outfit for the performer, thereby confirming the general guess that the Mugler team is crazy about Megan Thee Stallion and will collaborate with her more than once.

On June 3, the rapper posted on the Web a new video for the track Plan B, one of the directors of which was the designer Mugler. The French House made a number of images for a minimalistic video, complementing the composition in the spirit of old school R&B.

Megan tried on a bandage mini dress with transparent inserts, the brand’s signature catsuit with a spectacular design that emphasizes the curves of the body, and a nude bodysuit.

In a previous post, the MGM Grand Garden Arena hosted the Billboard Music Awards 2022. it is only one point. Drake had 11 chances for trophies in some of the biggest categories, such as Top Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, and Top Hot 100 Artist. Dua Lipa and Ed Sheeran boast nine nominations each.

The gold statuettes of the Billboard Music Awards eventually went to the favorites of other specialized awards – Olivia Rodrigo, Doja Cat, The Weeknd, Taylor Swift, and Ye. Megan Fox in love (in David Koma) and Machine Gun Kelly (in Dolce & Gabbana) shone brightest on the path, charming those around them with their touching gestures to each other, Florence Welch in custom Gucci, who presented a new album of the Florence + The project a few days ago Machine, and Doja Cat in Schiaparelli Couture, wearing the most extravagant look from the spring-summer 2022 collection.

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Don’t Believe Everything You Read About the Man in This Photo

“I think this gives them a form of power,” he said of the people posting his photo, often under accounts intended to look as if they belong to news organizations. “Messing with somebody or making somebody feel bad, or saying that is just horrific that they’re so desensitized to, that gives them a feeling of belonging.”

But what happens next is the even more insidious danger, Ms. Phillips said: The joke is taken at face value by the sizable portion of people who are already primed to distrust society’s institutions.

“It just exacerbates all the conspiratorial stuff that we have swirling around and sets us on a dangerous course,” she said. “It further corrodes our ability to be grounded in the same empirical reality.”

Such pranks have a long historical precedent, researchers said. One man, a comedian, has been falsely named as the gunman in several mass killings, including a shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., in 2015.

“I don’t think you can find an event of significant magnitude where this doesn’t happen in the aftermath — it’s almost a reflex at this point,” said Mike Caulfield, a research scientist at the Center for an Informed Public at the University of Washington. “Nowadays, people are promoting false-flag and crisis-actor theories 20 minutes after the event, and in very formulaic ways.”

Mr. Caulfield described the cycle as “almost factory production, happening like clockwork.”

In Mr. Jordan’s case, his photo resurfaces in social media posts from accounts that mimic news outlets and even copy their logos. A report last year that “Bernie” had been executed by Taliban soldiers in Kabul was posted on Twitter from @CNNAfghan, a fake account that Twitter suspended, and then amplified by @BBCAfghanNews, another suspended account, which cited “multiple reports” of the death.

“Bernie” has also been described as a victim of a tornado in Kentucky in 2021 and an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, in 2020. @FoxNewsUkraine, a fake account with 17 followers that has also been suspended, claimed this year that he was “a right-wing journalist” who had been killed in Mariupol, while @RussiaCnn, which has two followers, said he was a pilot who had been shot down while flying toward Russia.

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Washington Post Reportedly Suspended for Sexist Tweet

The Washington Post has suspended political reporter David Weigel without pay for sharing a sexist tweet, CNN reported on Monday.

According to a source close to the matter, disciplinary action was taken after Felicia Sonmez, another political reporter at the Post, publicly admonished him for retweeting a joke by YouTuber Cam Harless that read “Every girl is bi. You just have to figure out if it’s polar or sexual.”

Shortly after, Sonmez tweeted “Fantastic to work at a news outlet where retweets like this are allowed!” In company Slack messages obtained by CNN, Sonmez tagged Weigel and asked “I’m sorry but what is this?,” adding that the retweet sent “a confusing message about what the Post’s values are.”

Although the Post has yet to confirm Weigel’s suspension, the Post’s chief spokesperson stated that “Editors have made clear to the staff that the tweet was reprehensible and demeaning language or actions like that will not be tolerated.”

A few days later, Weigel removed the tweet and issued a public apology, stating that he “did not mean to cause any harm.”

But subsequent exchanges between Post staffers, fellow journalists and onlookers – with Sonmez sharing several examples of insults and threatening messages she received on Twitter – seemingly pressured leadership to take further action.

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Sonmez, who recently sued the Post for preventing her from covering sexual assault stories after she came out as a survivor (the case was dismissed), won public support from colleagues after another Post reporter, Jose A. Del Real, accused her of bullying.

“As Felicia’s colleague, I’m glad she calls out misogyny instead of catering to men’s fragile feelings and lack of empathy,” Nina Zafar, a social media editor at the Post, replied.

After news broke about Weigel’s suspension, many other prominent journalists weighed in on the dispute.

“I’m sad that all of us who subscribe to the Washington Post for their journalism won’t get to read @daveweigel’s coverage of the primaries taking place this month because the paper has put optics and politics before ethics and fairness,” wrote Olivia Nuzzi, Washington reporter for New York Magazine. “It’s a disservice to readers.”

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Writer and MSNBC analyst Tim Miller used the incident to offer a broader commentary on cancel culture.

“Putting the debate over the original tweet aside, shouldn’t we be incentivizing a forgiveness culture where people delete tweets & apologize, as @daveweigel did?” he tweeted. “Doesn’t piling a gratuitous punishment on top just incentivize the next person to double down & go to substack?”

A spokesperson for the Washington Post declined to comment. An automatic out-of-office reply from Weigel stated that he will return to his office on July 5.

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Primary Wave Acquires Stake in Strokes Catalog; Capitol Signs Acraze

Julian Casablancas, frontman and main songwriter of the Strokes, has sold a stake in his renowned Strokes catalog to Primary Wave.

Primary Wave confirmed the purchase but declined to specify exactly how much of a stake in the catalog it had purchased or how much it paid in the deal. The sale gives the company access to tracks including platinum-certified hits “Last Nite,” “Someday” and “Reptilia.” The company also bought a stake in Casablancas’ publishing rights as well as the songs’ master rights. It was also said that the deal only includes Casablancas’s rights from the Strokes, not his other projects (the Voidz).

“Primary Wave is thrilled to partner with Julian Casablancas for his works in the Strokes,” said David Weitzman, a partner at Primary Wave. “Julian’s extraordinary talents as a songwriter, singer, and leader infuse the magic that is the Strokes. The Strokes are one of the most important bands of this century and are beloved by a multi-generational audience who have made them a global festival headliner.”

+ Capitol Records has signed DJ/producer Acraze in a partnership with Thrive Music, the independent label founded by Ricardo Vinas. The move follows the release of Acraze’s hit “Do It To It” through Thrive’s deal with Capitol Music Group’s Virgin Music label.

According to Michelle Jubelirer, CMG chair-CEO, and CMG president of A&R Jeremy Vuernick, “We are thrilled to be expanding upon our relationship with Acraze and Thrive Music after embarking on such a successful journey with them through Virgin with the global smash ‘Do It To It.’ Acraze is an incredibly talented artist and performer, Ricardo, Carlos and their team at Thrive are great label partners, and we look forward to achieving so much more together in the coming months and years.”

“It’s always been a dream of mine to have a team that has believed in me from the start,” added Acraze. “I’m glad I get to work with Capitol and Thrive to make my vision come to life. Having two powerhouse labels by my side is so motivating, can’t wait to show you guys what’s in store.”

+ Michelle Nigro has been tapped as label manager for the small but growing label known as Wharf Cat. As the former sales and production manager of Domino Recording Company, Nigro has previously worked on release campaigns for artists such as Wet Leg, Sasami, and Animal Collective.

Nigro will assume label manager duties from cofounder Doug Warner, who will focus on broader label and business strategy moving forward. Her responsibilities will include managing key artist and strategic partner relationships, spearheading A&R efforts, and executing both release-specific and label-wide marketing campaigns. Additionally, she will oversee all day-to-day functions of the label.

“Michelle interned for Wharf Cat right when we started out as a label and it quickly became apparent that she was extremely overqualified for the job,” said Warner. “She transitioned seamlessly into a product management role and worked on some of our most important releases before eventually moving on to Domino. We feel incredibly fortunate to have her back and leading the way as we continue to grow as a label.”

+ Audiomack has announced the launch of Audiomack Punjabi — a new vertical focused on amplifying the renowned folk genre, introducing the music to new audiences and featuring versatile playlists highlighting the region’s most popular contemporary artists.

As part of the move, Punjabi will appear alongside hip-hop, Afrobeats, Latin, Caribbean and more of the streaming service’s popular genres. The newly introduced playlists will include Punjabi Verified, 808 Pind (Village), Ishq, Party Pataka, Punjab to Canada, Punjabi Duets and more, ad will be updated weekly.

Amrit Maan, the PropheC, Himmat Sandhu and Ezu along with the late, great Sidhu Moose Wala will serve as the inaugural cover stars of Audiomack’s playlists.

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After Fake Guardians Of The Galaxy Casting Call Makes Its Way Online, James Gunn Responds

It’s no secret that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a massively popular franchise. And as such, getting a role in a popular property like Guardians of the Galaxy would be a dream for many out there. But unfortunately that eagerness can also be preyed upon. And after a fake Guardians 3 casting call made its way online, director James Gunn has responded.

James Gunn is super active on social media, often communicating directly with the fans about his upcoming Marvel movies like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. And when he saw a company announcing that they had access to auditions for the upcoming Guardians threequel, Gunn took to Instagram to set the record straight. You can check it out for yourself below,

Well, there you have it. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is already in the can, so there’s absolutely no need for any auditions. And as such, James Gunn wants to make sure that fans and hopeful actors out there don’t pay for a service that they ultimately can’t receive. No wonder he’s got so many followers on social media.

James Gunn’s message about the fake Guardians 3 casting call was also posted on his Twitter, offering a united front to comic book fans. He directly tagged the company involved as well, which is sure to put a ton of attention on the various ads that have been posted online. Hopefully this stops Marvel fans from spending the money in hopes of appealing in Gunn’s beloved sci-fi dramedy series.

If you didn’t already know that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 had already wrapped, it might make sense that casting was underway. Because between the upcoming threequel and the mysterious Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, there’s a ton of content coming from James Gunn’s corner of the MCU. So it might seem plausible that new actors were needed to help fill out the world created by the director-writer-producer.

The stakes are certainly high for Guardians 3, which seems like it’s going to end the current team’s story. Actors like Dave Bautista and Karen Gillan have both potentially said goodbye to their signature Marvel characters, with the latter actor also teasing how emotional James Gunn’s script made the cast. Let’s just hope the fan favorite team makes it out of the upcoming adventure alive. After all, they were hit hard by Thanos’ assault on the galaxy.

Luckily for Guardians of the Galaxy fans, the cosmic heroes will return to theaters this summer, as they’ve got a role in Taika Waititi’s Thor: Love and Thunder. While the Guardians aren’t expected to have a major presence in the mysterious project, they were featured prominently in the first teaser. Regardless, it should hold moviegoers over until James Gunn’s upcoming projects are released.

Thor: Love and Thunder will hit theaters on July 8th. In the meantime, check out the 2022 movie release dates to plan your next movie experience.

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Festival Stop Motion Montreal is actively preparing its 14th edition which will take place in September 2022

This will mark the end of its digital editions held over the past two years, welcoming back both live screenings and in-person activities! An exciting program is to be expected, including international short film screenings, introductory stop motion activities for all ages, networking opportunities, and more. The first-ever film festival dedicated to stop motion animation invites you to celebrate this unique art in Quebec’s metropolis this fall!

The Festival is still accepting film submissions at the moment for this upcoming edition. Independent filmmakers, as well as professionals and students, are invited to submit their short films.

There are no submission fees and all films of 30 minutes or less in length, completed after January 2020, and using puppet, object, and/or pixilation animation techniques are accepted. All selected films will be competing for the following awards:

Best Professional Film
Best Independent Film
Best Emerging Talent Film
Best Youth Film
Public Choice Award
Special NAD Prize, awarded to a Canadian filmmaker

For the full details regarding the 2022 call for entries and to submit your film, please visit our website:

bit.ly/14eentries | www.stopmotionmontreal.com

Submission deadline: June 20^th, 2022 at 11:59pm EST.

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AWARDS CIRCUIT COLUMN: What’s It Like For Your Star to Rise During a Pandemic? Sam Jay Was Too Busy Working on Six Projects to Find Out

As we do return to events, a common refrain seems to be the question of what we’ve all been up to the past two years. Some, more productive than others. I’m particularly fascinated by the folks who saw their star rise during the pandemic and how they handled that success during such unusual times.

For this week’s column, I talked to “Pause” and “Bust Down” star Sam Jay:

How did you spend your pandemic? Here’s how Sam Jay got through these past two years: Her Netflix special “Sam Jay: 3 in the Morning” debuted in July 2020. While continuing to work as a writer on “Saturday Night Live,” she also wrote on HBO Max’s “That Damn Michael Che,” served as a consulting producer on NBC’s “Kenan,” and then launched her own talk show, HBO’s “Pause With Sam Jay.”

Still not enough? In March, Peacock debuted the comedy series “Bust Down,” which Jay co-created and stars in alongside Chris Redd, Langston Kerman and Jak Knight. With so many gigs all at once, at this year’s WGA Awards, Jay pulled off a triple nomination in the comedy/variety sketch series category for her work on “SNL,” “Michael Che” and “Pause.”

But here’s the thing: This all happened mostly during an age of lockdowns, social distancing, quarantines and masks. So it’s only now that Jay is finally starting to experience the effects of this success.

“Weirdly, when the [Netflix] special came out, we were in the pandemic,” she says. “So it wasn’t like one of those things where I got to go outside, and people were like, ‘Oh, I saw your special!’ I made it in this bubble where I didn’t really know who saw it, or what it was actually doing in the world. I couldn’t tour immediately after to get a sense of whether more people were coming out to shows. Because there were no shows. So it took maybe a whole year before I would go out to the Cellar and be on stage, and notice that people would clap louder than they did before.”

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Exclusive: Banff Boss Jenn Kuzmyk Previews This Year’s Return to the Rockies

Banff World Media Festival is back, and I can’t wait. It’s one of my favorite events of the entire year, perched in the Canadian Rockies at the glorious Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, and something I missed the past two years as the world went remote.

Taking place June 12 to June 15, highlights for the 43rd annual event include the Rockie Awards Gala Ceremony (which we wrote about in the last AWARDS HQ) and keynote speakers Pearlena Igbokwe (Chairman at Universal Studio Group), Bela Bajaria (Head of Global TV for Netflix) and David Linde (CEO of Participant).

The fest will also include master ckaases on “The Umbrella Academy,” “Starstruck,” “Rutherford Falls,” “The Lake,” and “Among the Stars.”

“I have been trying to manifest this this moment for years now,” says Banff World Media Festival executive director Jenn Kuzmyk. “I couldn’t be more excited to be going back to an in-person event and to get to to have my first big international event. We’ve we’ve put a lot of work into this. This is what we do.”

Banff went virtual the last two years, which allowed it to reach more participants who couldn’t make it to Alberta. “We grew the festival, we had further reach and we certainly facilitated lots of business happening but it’s not the same thing,” Kuzmyk says. “In terms of the way that the festival runs, you’re going to see more branding, more presence of international media companies there in that way.”

And to make attendees feel safer, there will be more outdoor meetings and an outdoor delegate lounge. “I don’t know why we didn’t do that before,” she says, “with that insane view. There is no better delegate lounge in the whole world.”

The timing of Banff means that it takes place right before Emmy voting begins, and the festival has been positioning itself as a stop on the Emmy campaign trail for a while now. This year, as mentioned above, those top contenders include “Yellowjackets.”

“I think our plan has worked,” Kuzmyk says.

And then there’s the growing international footprint of media companies, and globalization of content. Non-English fare makes up a chunk of Rockie Awards nominees, “We are about content and so when we bring great directors, and great showrunners producers to the table, the rest of the industry pays attention,” Kuzmyk says.

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This Week’s Poll: What Should the Emmys Do With Variety Talk?

Variety talk remains a tricky category, as many of the shows are so different from each other. Is it fair to pit “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” up against “The Late Late Show with James Corden”? So what say you? Take this week’s poll! Click on the box below.

Meanwhile, here are the results from last week’s poll. My dream of us finally moving to ten nominees in the key categories has traction. And if the volume of programming continues, maybe we’ll get there!

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‘Dopesick,’ ‘Reservation Dogs’ Among First Round of Peabody Awards Winners

Hulu’s “Dopesick” was the first program honored as the Peabody Awards started announcing the winners of its 2022 awards on Monday morning. Other honorees on day one included FX’s “Reservation Dogs.”

The virtual announcements kicked off with Jon Stewart presenting the award for “Dopesick,” which was accepted by star Michael Keaton. “Tackling such an important issue as the opioid crisis in America was not only daunting but well worth it. We are so honored to receive this award from an institution like the Peabody Awards,” Keaton said. “To address the devastation that has been brought on by the Sackler family and big Pharma, and still honor the people in Appalachia, which isn this case is what we chose as the location, and still show enormous respect for these people, all this is really gratifying for me.”

As for “Reservation Dogs,” from FX Productions, the series was recognized this way: “‘Reservation Dogs’ follows the scrappy adventures of four indigenous youth—Elora, Bear, Cheese and Willie—as they drift through life in Oklahoma. Co-creators Taika Waititi and Sterlin Harjo, citizen of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, offer a long-overdue show that takes seriously the hopes, dreams, and electricity of its youthful native protagonists while tackling fatherless households, addiction, discrimination, and grief with aplomb. The series brims with surrealist imagination and deadpan humor that vividly captures a sense of defiant joy in the face of withering dislocation.”

Here is the full list of the 60 nominees for the 82nd Annual Peabody Awards. Peabody Awards are given in the categories of entertainment, documentary, news, podcast/radio, arts, children’s and youth and public service programming, and were founded in 1940 at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.

The announcement of this year’s 30 winners will continue every morning through Thursday.

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ON THE CIRCUIT: Dual ‘WeCrashed’ Events and More

Two of my colleagues spent some time recently with Jared Leto as he made the rounds promoting Apple TV+’s “WeCrashed.” Above, Jenelle Riley moderated a DGA panel with Leto and featuring “an amazing vegan spread (in honor of the Neumanns),” she notes.

Meanwhile, Jazz Tangcay writes:

Jared Leto engaged with an intimate audience on Friday June 3 at Ross House, high above the Hollywood Hills. Apple+ TV screened the finale of “WeCrashed” to a crowd of 75. During the Q&A, Leto talked about his transformation process and becoming WeWorked founder Adam Neumann. Leto asked the audience to guess how many pieces were needed. He revealed that prosthetics artist Kazu Hiro hadn’t just worked with him on the series, but had also mailed a fake nose piece to the set of last year’s “House of Gucci.” Leto joked, “He sent me a nose via FedEx.”

Other dispatches from the campaign trail last week:

More from Jazz Tangcay:

The line for Spago went around the block on Sunday June 4 for Disney+’s FYC “Wolfgang.”

Over 100 members of the Television Academy were eager to sit in on the panel discussion with the legendary chef Wolfgang Puck and director David Gelb.

During the panel discussion, Puck revealed while he owned an iPhone for texting, he was not a tech person and didn’t use email, nor did he use a computer. The legendary Puck joked he had said ‘yes’ to Gelb making a documentary because it would take him years to write his autobiography.

The discussion was followed by brunch, where academy members were treated to Puck’s most iconic dishes including the Smoked Salmon Pizza, Spicy Big Eye Tuna Tartare Cones, Chinois Chicken Salad and his famous Wiener Schnitzel.

Variety asked Puck about the inspiration behind his famous smoked salmon pizza (Joan Collins came in one night to order smoked salmon and brioche, but the restaurant had run out of the bread). On a whim, Puck replaced the bread with pizza dough and one of his signature dishes was born. “It was experimental and it worked,” he said. “That’s what happens when we run out of things in the kitchen.”

Netflix’s “Russian Doll” screened the first two episodes of season 2, followed by a panel moderated by Maya Rudolph and featuring co-creator, EP, director, writer, showrunner and star Natasha Lyonne (virtual), co-creator/EP Amy Poehler, stars Cholë Sevigny (virtual), Annie Murphy, Charlie Barnett, Carolyn Michelle Smith, Greta Lee, costume designer Jennifer Rogien and music supervisor Brienne Rose.

Amazon Prime Video hosted an Emmy FYC screening and panel event with the cast and creators of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Panelists included creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, EP Daniel Palladino, and stars Rachel Brosnahan, Tony Shalhoub, Alex Borstein, Marin Hinkle, Michael Zegen, Kevin Pollak, Caroline Aaron and Stephanie Hsu, along with additional series creative leads. The event took place at The Wolford – Steiner Studios in Brooklyn, where the show is filmed.

The “Summer of ‘Ghosts’” kicked off June 1 with an activation at Alfred’s, featuring the show’s cast celebrating “Flower’s Flowers,” followed by an FYC at the El Rey with co-showrunners/EPs Joe Port and Joe Wiseman and cast Rose McIver, Brandon Scott Jones, Richie Moriarty, Danielle Pinnock, Asher Grodman, Roman Zaragoza, Sheila Carrasco, Rebecca Wisocky and Devan Chandler Long. Flowers for the FYC Event were designed by premiere florist Jeffrey Leatham.

And now, several panels from Disney’s FYC events at the El Capitan:

“Abbott Elementary”: Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter, Quinta Brunson, Sheryl Lee Ralph, William Stanford Davis.

“Live in Front of a Studio Audience”: Jimmy Kimmel, Norman Lear.

“What We Do in the Shadows”: Stars Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Mark Proksch and Kristen Schaal joined EPs Paul Simms and Stefani Robinson for a special Q&A session moderated by Anthony Atamanuik.

“Moon Knight” moderator Jenelle Riley writes:

Horror is a great place to start as several of the panelists participating in Disney Plus’ ‘Moon Knight’ Q&A on June 4 at the El Capitan Theater revealed they got their start in the genre. Star Oscar Isaac beamed in virtually to join co-star May Calamawy, director/executive producer Mohamed Diab, head writer/executive producer Jeremy Slater, production designer Stefania Cella and costume designer Meghan Kasperlik . When asked which of his multiple roles on the show is his favorite to play, Isaac didn’t hesitate. “Steven,” he said of the shy museum worker who doesn’t even realize he’s housing an Egyptian god. A reception at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel followed.

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WATCH MY SHOW: ‘The Wonder Years’ Exec Producer Saladin K. Patterson Answers our Showrunner Survey

ABC’s reboot of “The Wonder Years” exists in the same universe as the original 1980s and 1990s coming-of-age sitcom, but creator and showrunner Saladin K. Patterson considers Kevin Arnold’s story, as told then, to be a parallel one to Dean Williams’ story, which is being told now.

Both versions of the show are set in 1968 and told from a young boy’s perspective, in addition to that boy’s adult self narrating with present-day perspective. In Patterson’s “Wonder Years,” Dean is played by actor Elisha “EJ” Williams in the 1968 storyline, and his modern perspective is narrated by Don Cheadle. I asked Patterson to fill out our Showrunner Seven.

Sum up your show’s pitch in one sentence.“A show about how a black, middle class family in the late 60’s made sure it was the Wonder Years for them too.”

What’s an alternate title for your show? “Couldn’t You Have Done this Show without Calling it The Wonder Years?”

What do we need to know before tuning in? This is a re-imagining and not a remake. It’s a family that co-exists in the same cinematic universe as the Arnolds, not a “black version” of the Arnolds.

Give us an equation for your show. (Blank plus blank minus blank times blank, etc.)((What the producers wanted – What ABC wanted) + what new fans wanted + what old fans wanted) * 0 + what ABC finally just told us we had to do.

What’s the best thing someone said about your show?That it’s one of the few shows on TV that all members of their family enjoy together.

If you could work on any other series on TV, what would it be?“Island Hunters”

Finish this sentence: “If you like _______, you’ll love our show.”“If you like shows where the kids are not smarter than the adults, you’ll love our show.”

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Ava DuVernay to Be Honored at This Year’s International Emmy Awards

Ava DuVernay will receive the 2022 International Emmy Founders Award, the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced on Monday.

The director, writer and producer will receive the honor at the 50th International Emmy Awards Gala, on Monday, November 21, 2022 in New York City.

“Ava DuVernay is a force of nature and this is reflected in the remarkable scope and volume of her work. She makes significant films and television programs, she uses her platform to reshape our industry and continues to lead a career-long effort to bolster women and people of color in entertainment and ensure inclusivity,” said International Academy president/CEO Bruce L. Paisner. “We look forward to honoring her extraordinary talent and prolific decade of leadership at Array, with our Founders Award.”

Said DuVernay: “This honor from the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is unexpected and wildly appreciated. I thank the organization for recognizing my work and salute their efforts to ensure that storytellers of all backgrounds are amplified and celebrated.”

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AWARDS CIRCUIT PODCAST: Jimmy Kimmel on His Uvalde Monologue, Swapping Seats With Jimmy Fallon and His Late Night Future

Jimmy Kimmel has sadly been here before. Many times, as a matter of fact. As he approaches his 20th anniversary in late night, the late night host has been at the helm of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” long enough to address several national tragedies over the year. In some ways, it only gets harder, particularly after another shooting massacre leaves 19 young children and two adults murdered in an elementary school.

“There is a certain amount of pessimism that infects you, when you’ve talked about this multiple times,” he tells Variety’s Awards Circuit podcast. “Because the first time you think, ‘what I’m saying seems to make sense. It’s pretty much what everyone else is thinking. Maybe this will get through to somebody. Maybe there’ll be a handful of Republican senators, Congresspeople who go hey, This is nuts. We can’t this can’t keep happening.’

“But then it doesn’t. And it’s somewhat shocking. And then it happens again. And then it happens again,” he says. “And it happens when you’re on break, and you’re not even on television. And at a certain point, you feel like, what am I screaming into the void here? People agree, and yet we’re still not getting anything done. In fact, we’re taking steps backwards in so many different areas, not just this one. But what are you gonna do, give up? And what are you going to talk about, the NBA Playoffs? You can’t. You have to talk about what is on everyone’s mind. And I have a hard time with it. It’s very difficult for me, it’s hard for me to get through it. But I don’t feel like I have any choice.”

On this edition of the Variety Awards Circuit podcast, we talk to Kimmel about how his voice has provided some conscience to a nation that’s in a really bad place right now. But we also talk about his return to the studio after double bouts of COVID-19, as well as his April Fool’s Day stunt with Jimmy Fallon, his upcoming trip to Brooklyn and, of course, producing a third edition of “Live in Front of a Studio Audience” with Norman Lear. Listen below!

Variety’s “Awards Circuit” podcast, produced by Michael Schneider, is your one-stop listen for lively conversations about the best in film and television. Each week “Awards Circuit” features interviews with top film and TV talent and creatives; discussions and debates about awards races and industry headlines; and much, much more. Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or anywhere you download podcasts. New episodes post every Thursday and Friday.

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Exclusive: ‘Trent Crimm’ to Moderate ‘Ted Lasso’ FYC Panel in London

“Trent Crimm, The Independent!” The fictional “Ted Lasso” journalist, played by James Lance, will be asking the questions at the Apple TV+ series’ FYC event this weekend.

Stars Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt, Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, Juno Temple, Phil Dunster, Jeremy Swift, Nick Mohammed, Sarah Niles, Toheeb Jimoh, Cristo Fernández and Kola Bokinni will also be on hand – but as themselves. The event takes place June 12 and will be livestreamed for TV Academy members on this side of the pond.

Meanwhile, the famed “Ted Lasso” biscuits will be traveling throughout the first half of June, as noted below:

Westfield Century City: June 10, 11, 12 – 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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Television Academy Eliminates ‘Hanging Episode Rule’ From Emmy Competition

The “hanging episode rule” has been hung out to dry. The Television Academy’s Board of Governors has eliminated the rule beginning with next year’s 2023 Emmy competition.

As currently in use through this year’s competition, the “hanging episode rule” currently allows a series (including limited or anthology) that premieres current-season episodes after the May 31 eligibility deadline, but prior to the start of nomination-round voting, to post those episodes on a platform available to Academy members by May 31 for episode eligibility in the current Emmy competition.

That will change beginning with the next eligibility year (June 1, 2022-May 31, 2023). At that point, episodes will have had to have been made available for a national audience, not just Emmy voters, by May 31 on a platform to be Emmy-eligible. “The Academy has made the change to standardize all submissions within the eligibility year,” the org said.

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VARIETY EMMY EDITION: Melanie Lynskey Needed to Take on ‘Yellowjackets’ and ‘Candy’ for Very Different Reasons

Our Emily Longeretta has been overseeing our Emmy special editions this year, and they continue! Emily spoke to Melanie Lynskey for the Drama Series cover:

For two decades, Melanie Lynskey has graced our screens both large and small. Maybe her most famous role was as Rose in Chuck Lorre’s “Two and a Half Men” — she appeared in 63 episodes of the sitcom alongside Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer. She later led HBO’s “Togetherness” and Hulu’s “Castle Rock.” In 2020, she portrayed Rosemary Thomson in nine episodes of FX’s “Mrs. America.” Suffice to say, it’s a bit of a surprise that she has a reputation of saying “no” due to her “terrible commitment-phobia.”

“It scares me to think of signing up for something that is hard for me to get out [of],” she says, recalling landing the role on the CBS series in 2003. “Two years in, I said, ‘I don’t want to be a regular anymore.’ And it was complicated. I was very lucky that Chuck Lorre allowed me to do that and worked very hard to get me out of my contract, and then kept bringing me back and allowed me to pay my mortgage for 10 years. Contractually, getting out of a show that’s doing well is tough. So ever since then, it’s been terrifying. I haven’t said yes to very many things.”

But she couldn’t say no to Showtime’s “Yellowjackets.”

After speaking with creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, she was impressed by how much there was to explore with the character of Shauna, a woman who, 25 years after surviving a plane crash, is still reeling from what happened and hasn’t ever been able to fully move on.

Read Emily’s full cover story here.

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Clayton Davis’ Emmy Predictions: Supporting Actor in a Drama Series – Jonathan Banks’ Mike Ehrmantraut Cannot Go Without Emmy Love Any Longer

We’ll dive into a different category each week to examine Clayton Davis‘ Emmy predictions. This week, he writes about supporting actor in a drama:

Here is Clayton’s drama supporting actor frontrunners as of this week:

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AWARDS CIRCUIT PODCAST: ‘The Righteous Gemstones’: Danny McBride Teases Season 3 — and Explains Why He Rewrote Season 2

Danny McBride and the “Righteous Gemstones” writers’ room began shaping Season 2 of the HBO megachurch comedy in the fall of 2019. They started shooting in March 2020, but after two days, the COVID-19 pandemic halted production. What started as a weeks-long delay soon turned into almost a year, and McBride — stuck in lockdown — couldn’t help himself but tweak what he had. And so he rewrote the entire season.

“I ended up pulling out whole storylines and characters that didn’t make it into the season,” McBride tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit podcast. “There are things I’ll probably push maybe into [the third] season, but with a little bit of perspective and a little bit of […] rest in between seasons, it just helped me sort of solidify what I really wanted to do with this season.”

McBride spoke to Variety’s Ethan Shanfeld about what to expect for Season 3 and much more. Meanwhile, the Awards Circuit Roundtable is back to discuss the state of Emmy FYC, and in particular, the drama race. Listen below!

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MTV Movie and TV Awards Full Winners List: Zendaya, Tom Holland Win Top Honors

Ethan Shanfeld reports:

The MTV Movie & TV Awards were back on Sunday, with Vanessa Hudgens hosting the ceremony live on MTV. Tayshia Adams took over hosting duties for the second part of the show, honoring the best in unscripted television.

Zendaya and Tom Holland won big, with each scoring a performance nod for their respective roles in “Euphoria” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which also won best show and best movie. Scarlett Johansson won best hero for her turn as Black Widow, while Daniel Radcliffe took home the best villain award for his performance in “The Lost City.”

Jack Black took home the Comedic Genius Award, while Jennifer Lopez accepted the Generation Award and delivered an emotional speech, in which she thanked her kids, the people who gave her joy and her manager Benny Medina, as well as “all the people who told me to my face or when I wasn’t in the room that I couldn’t do this.” Earlier in the ceremony, Lopez took home the award for best song for “On My Way (Marry Me).”

Read the full list here.

Meanwhile, here’s a glimpse at this year’s MTV Movie & TV Awards gift bag. Produced by Backstage Creations, this year’s gift bag highlights small businesses including vacation stays at the exclusive Raiwasa Resort Fiji; beauty from female-owned HempHera and Nectar du Monde; K-Beauty from Neogen Dermalogy; mother/daughter-owned Atelier Anica; female-owned Jemma Russo; small business Island Slipper; female-owned NodPod eye masks and more, all packaged in a duffel bag from female-led Lug.

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Monday, June 6, 5 p.m. PT: Britbox’s “Time” FYC event. (Virtual)

Monday, June 6, 5 p.m. PT: Paramount+’s “The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans” FYC event. (Virtual)

Monday, June 6, 7 p.m. PT: Hulu’s’s “Fresh” FYC event, at The London West Hollywood, 1020 N. San Vicente. (West Hollywood)

Monday, June 6, 7 p.m. PT: ABC’s “Black-ish” FYC event, at the Disney FYC Fest at the El Capitan Theatre. (Hollywood)

Monday, June 6, 7 p.m. PT: Netflix’s “An Evening Celebrating the Music of Arcane,” FYC event, at Netflix FYSEE at Raleigh Studios, 5300 Melrose Avenue. (Los Angeles)

Tuesday, June 7 to Thursday, June 9: Variety’s Virtual TV Fest. Register here.

Tuesday, June 7, noon PT: HRTS’ Presidents Luncheon, featuring John Wells, Courtney A. Kemp and Peter Friedlander, moderated by me! At the Beverly Hilton Hotel. (Beverly Hills)

Tuesday, June 7, 5 p.m. PT: Peacock’s “The Amber Ruffin” FYC event. (Virtual)

Tuesday, June 7, 7 p.m. PT: Paramount Network’s “Yellowstone” FYC event. (Virtual)

Tuesday, June 7, 7 p.m. PT: FX’s “Pistol” FYC event, at the Disney FYC Fest at the El Capitan Theatre. (Hollywood)

Wednesday, June 8, 7:30 p.m. ET: Showtime’s “The Man Who Fell to Earth” FYC event, at the Roxy Cinema, 2 6th Ave. (New York)

Wednesday, June 8, 5 p.m. PT: TLC’s “90 Day Fiancé” FYC event. (Virtual)

Wednesday, June 8, 7 p.m. PT: Disney+’s “Sketchbook” FYC event, at Walt Disney Animation Studios (Burbank)

Thursday, June 9, 5 p.m. PT: Comedy Central’s “Awkwafina is Nora from Queens” FYC event. (Virtual)

Thursday, June 9, 7 p.m. PT: Variety’s A Night in the Writers Room, at the NeueHouse Hollywood. Panels:

Comedy RoundtableJenny Bicks, Welcome to FlatchQuinta Brunson, Abbott ElementaryDave Burd, DaveGloria Calderón Kellett, With LoveChris Miller, The AfterpartyTracy Oliver, HarlemSaladin K. Patterson, The Wonder YearsJoe Port, GhostsIssa Rae, InsecureMeredith Scardino, Girls5evaHayden Schlossberg, Cobra Kai

Drama RoundtableMax Borenstein, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers DynastyDan Erickson, SeverancePeter Gould, Better Call SaulJason Katims, As We See ItJenny Lumet, The Man Who Fell to EarthChris Mundy, OzarkRasheed Newson, Bel-AirClyde Phillips, Dexter

Limited Series RoundtableMaggie Cohn, The StaircaseDrew Crevello, WeCrashedDanny Strong, DopesickMolly Smith Metzler, MaidNikki Toscano, The OfferPatrick MacManus, Dr. DeathCraig Pearce, PistolRobbie Pickering, Gaslit

Thursday, June 9, 7 p.m. PT: ABC’s “Women of the Movement” FYC event, at the Disney FYC Fest at the El Capitan Theatre. (Hollywood)

Thursday, June 9, 7 p.m. PT: Discovery+’s “Serengeti II” FYC event. (Virtual)

Friday, June 10, 7:30 ET: FX’s “Atlanta” FYC event, at Titus Theatre at the MoMA. (New York)

Friday, June 10, 5 p.m. PT: HBO Max’s “The Fallout” FYC panel. (Virtual)

Friday, June 10, 7 p.m. PT: Starz’s “Gaslit” FYC panel. (Virtual)

Friday, June 10, 7 p.m. PT: 20th Century TV and FX’s “Impeachment: American Crime Story” FYC event, at the Disney FYC Fest at the El Capitan Theatre. (Hollywood)

Friday, June 10, 7 p.m. PT: Netflix’s “Variety Storytellers Panel” FYC event, at Netflix FYSEE at Raleigh Studios, 5300 Melrose Avenue. (Los Angeles)

Saturday, June 11, 11 a.m. PT: Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show” FYC event, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre, 8949 Wilshire Boulevard. (Beverly Hills)

Saturday, June 11, 11 a.m. PT: Warner Bros. TV and NBC’s “The Voice” FYC event. (Virtual)

Saturday, June 11, 3 p.m. PT: HBO’s “The White Lotus” FYC event, at DGA, 7920 Sunset Blvd. (Los Angeles)

Saturday, June 11, 7 p.m. PT: Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” FYC event, at the Disney FYC Fest at the El Capitan Theatre, 6838 Hollywood Blvd. (Hollywood)

Saturday, June 11, 8 p.m. PT: Showtime’s “Yellowjackets” FYC event, at the Hollywood Forever Cemetary, 6000 Santa Monica Blvd. (Los Angeles)

Sunday, June 12, 7 p.m. BST: Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso” FYC event, at the May Fair Hotel Theatre, Stratton Street. (London)

Sunday, June 12, 12:30 p.m. PT: Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso” FYC event. (Virtual)

Sunday, June 12, 3 p.m. PT: Nat Geo’s “We Feed People” FYC event, at Millwick, 800 E. 4th Pl. (Los Angeles)

Sunday, June 12, 3 p.m. PT: FX’s “Reservation Dogs” FYC event, at the Disney FYC Fest at the El Capitan Theatre, 6838 Hollywood Blvd. (Hollywood)

Sunday, June 12, 7 p.m. PT: Netflix’s “Squid Game” FYC event, at Netflix FYSEE at Raleigh Studios, 5300 Melrose Avenue. (Los Angeles)

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Report: Crash Bandicoot Multiplayer Game in the Works

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A Crash Bandicoot Multiplayer Game Is in the Works

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time both reinvigorated the long-dead franchise, but its future has remained unclear due to reshuffling at Activision and the silence since Crash 4‘s release. However, a new report states that the series is getting another entry, but it won’t be a platformer. Instead, it is said to be a multiplayer title.

As noted by PureXbox, Windows Central Editor and insider Jez Corden took to the Windows Central Gaming Podcast to speak about this Crash game. Around an hour and 29 minutes into the episode, Corden was prompted about a new Crash installment. After some joking, he said it would be a multiplayer game and a “four-player brawler, almost.” While possibly unrelated, he later replied to a tweet about a new Crash Bash, the Eurocom-developed party game that released in 2000, saying it would be “very hot.”

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However, he said it wasn’t called Wumpa League, which brings back another rumor from last year. Liam Robertson from Did You Know Gaming? tweeted in September 2021 that Wumpa League was a stand-alone game or Crash 4 expansion that was a “competitive multiplayer collectathon platformer with open 3D environments.” It allegedly had players collecting fruits they would then have to bank in order to score, as well as a “cool traversal mechanic.” A banner saying “Wumpa League” was also in a Crash 4 promotional video on Twitter in November 2020, which could somewhat echo the masks found in an ad that teased Crash 4 over six months before its reveal.

But the fate of it seemed ambiguous since he claimed that some were second guessing the concept and others got unceremoniously taken off the project. Robertson then recently said this title doesn’t seem connected to the one Corden spoke of.

Toys for Bob has not specifically talked about Crash’s future, yet the team did say that we would “see more of him very soon” during a 25th anniversary celebration from September 2021, which was one day after Robertson tweeted about Wumpa League. Toys for Bob has since been folded into the Call of Duty machine and is a support studio for the huge shooter series. But if this report is accurate, it would appear as though the developer (if it is the team behind the game) has enough bandwidth to help with Call of Duty and develop its own original titles.

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It seemed like Toys for Bob was hinting at something, as it sent some influencers Crash-themed piñatas around the time of that anniversary video. This mirrors the fuzzy dice it shipped out before the Crash Team Racing remaster. There was also a very loose (that should be taken with a big grain of salt) roadmap that supposedly leaked out, showing plans for a possible multiplayer game. It’s possible (and given the multiple leaks, likely) that the Wumpa League game died and was reborn as something else, but, regardless, time will tell and reveal what leaks are true and what ones aren’t. Geoff Keighley has also had a long-running relationship with Crash, as he has featured the marsupial in his shows and even revealed the CTR remaster at The Game Awards in 2018, meaning it’s possible that a Crash game could show up at Summer Game Fest Live.

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Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and Crash

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Golden Globes Eligibility Requirements 2022, Film Submissions Optional

Still working toward bringing back the Golden Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has updated its eligibility requirements, now permitting a hybrid approach of in-person, DVD and online screenings of films. This takes effect on June 15. In addition, films do not have to be submitted via the Golden Globes submission website for awards consideration. Instead, the HFPA will add qualifying content to its eligibility list if studios, networks or streamers are not officially doing so. The eligibility period runs from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2022, for English language films, and Oct. 1, 2021, to Dec. 31, 2022, for non-English language films.

“With the current relaxation of restrictions by federal, state and local health officials, the HFPA is reverting to its regular eligibility requirements but remains sensitive to the potential for increased COVID-19 case rates,” said Helen Hoehne, president of the HFPA. “We will remain flexible in allowing eligibility through a combination of in-person screenings or submittal of screeners in DVD or online form for our jurors.”

The HFPA provided studios with options for screening its films for members, outlined below:

Contact the HFPA office to arrange a screening date on the official HFPA calendar for all motion picture releases. For English-language motion pictures, that official screening date must be no later than seven days after the release of that English-language motion picture in Los Angeles. Unless the country of origin is the U.S., screenings of non-English language films do not have to follow this one-week-after-release standard but must take place prior to the final date for all 2022 motion picture screenings.
Distributors must provide all HFPA jurors with the opportunity for an in-person screening in both Los Angeles and New York (these may also be part of the distributor’s premiere, junket, or all-media screenings) or distributors can provide jurors a screening link or a DVD copy of the motion picture so jurors may view it at home. This applies to English and non-English language films alike.
A final date for all 2022 motion picture screenings (including all screenings of non-English language motion pictures) will be announced separately. Films released prior to June 15, 2022, can be eligible for consideration by submitting screening links or a DVD copy for jurors prior to the final submission date when available.

To be eligible for the Golden Globe motion picture awards, a film must be released and made available for exhibition in theaters, pay-per-view cable or pay-per-view digital delivery (not subscription cable or digital delivery).

Last year’s Golden Globe winners included Netflix’s “The Power of the Dog,” winning best picture (drama), and “West Side Story,” taking best picture (comedy or musical). The acting winners included eventual Oscar winners Will Smith (“King Richard”) and Ariana DeBose (“West Side Story”).

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Why Kat Graham Says ‘The Door’s Absolutely Closed’ for Her to Revisit ‘Vampire Diaries’ (Exclusive)

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Rate the First 10 Pages of Your Screenplay

You keep hearing everyone banging on about how important the first 10 pages of your script are. In those few minutes of reading, you are told, whoever is holding your script in their grubby paws will have already made up their mind. Now matter what happens in the 2nd act, no matter how wow-ing your finale, if your first 10 pages aren’t mustard-cutters then your script has already been rejected.

Now you can either bitch about the shallowness of the industry, how your work can’t possibly be judged on such a small sample, and probably never sell your script. OR, you can accept that those rules might be harsh but they’re fair, endeavour to make your first 10 pages flawless thus giving the rest of your script a fighting chance

As a caveat: a lot of people are looking for things like “a strong, original, writer’s voice” and of course those things are very important. But we can’t help you with that. What we can help you to do is avoid all the mistakes that instantly flag your script up as amateurish and get it chucked straight into the circular file under the desk.

What we have here is a scoring system – run through the questions below and answer honestly. Better yet, get a friend with fresh eyes to run through and answer honestly on your behalf. Tot up your score and find out where you came on our scale of crapness.

0-7: You’re doing pretty damn well.
7-15: Not too shabby, but a polish should improve your chances.
15-25: Better hope you have a forgiving reader.
25-40: Time to dig out those formatting and screenwriting guides.
40+: Erm, you have a lot of work to do.

The basics

+4 points if the font isn’t Courier 12pt
+1 point for capitalizing character’s names on their 2nd use and beyond
+3 points for any slugline that refers to anything other than “Day” or “Night”
+2 points for any slugline that contains excessive location detail
+3 points for any spelling error.
+6 points for any tippex and pen
+6 points for any pictures or diagrams
+3 points for each camera direction
+3 points for each unfilmmable action line (e.g. the room smells of lilacs)

Character introduction

+6 points if it isn’t clear who the protagonist is by p.10
+3 points if the introduction of your protagonist isn’t something slightly special
+4 point for introducing your protagonist only by name
+2 points for a name and purely physical description
+4 points for an over-the-top description, biography or totally garbled untranslatable nonsense
+2 points for each named character that doesn’t appear after the first 10 pages
+2 points for the 7th speaking character and each one after

Dialogue

+4 points if there are not any contractions
+4 points if not a single character has a distinctive pattern of speech
+2 points for every character who speaks in full, grammatically correct sentences
+2 points for any parenthetical direction to the actor
+4 points for each instance of clunky exposition
+3 points for each instance of on-the-nose dialogue

Style issues

+4 points for any paragraph over 5 lines long
+3 points for each instance of excessive scene-setting
+2 points for utterly gratuitous sex or violence
+2 points for each “we see”

Other

+6 points if a non-modern-day set time period isn’t established
+3 points if a clear location isn’t established
+2 points for the 8th and every extra scene
+4 points if there isn’t conflict in the first 2 pages
+3 points if by p.10 the genre remains unknown
+2 points for each cliché either in dialogue or action

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An M270 rocket launcher fires and Army Tactical Missile from a base in the northeast of South Korea into the East Sea in a test on Sunday

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US and South Korea test-launch eight missiles in show of strength to Kim Jong Un

South Korea and the US have test-fired a volley of missiles as a show of strength to Kim Jong Un after the North tested eight of its own rockets on Saturday.

Seoul said one US missile and seven Korean missiles were fired from an unspecified base in the northeast of the country into the East Sea in a volley that lasted 10 minutes and began around 4.45am local time Sunday.

American commanders said the drill was designed to show the allies are ready to quickly respond to ‘crisis events’, and came just hours after North Korea tested eight of its own short-range missiles in one of its biggest launches in recent months.

Dictator Kim Jong Un is in the midst of a slew of attention-grabbing weapons launches that the US and South Korea believe could culminate in the country’s first nuclear test since 2017.

It is thought the despot is trying to ramp up pressure in order to restart negotiations over his nuclear stockpile from a position of strength – hoping to get sanctions relief and security guarantees in return for commitments to give up his nukes.

An M270 rocket launcher fires and Army Tactical Missile from a base in the northeast of South Korea into the East Sea in a test on Sunday

South Korea and the US said one American missile and seven Korean were launched as part of drill to show they are ready to respond to ‘crisis event’

Such talks had begun under President Donald Trump, but fizzled out after the pair failed to reach agreement at a summit in Hanoi in 2019 before Trump lost the subsequent election to Joe Biden.

America and South Korea launched Army Tactical Missile Systems from M270 rocket launchers during their test.

The missiles can range up to 200 miles and are designed to carry out precision strikes on high-value targets deep within enemy territory.

‘Our military strongly condemns the North’s series of ballistic missile provocations and sternly urges it to immediately stop acts that raise military tensions on the peninsula,’ the US Joint Chiefs of Staff added.

Monday’s launches are the second such joint show of force by the allies under South Korea’s hawkish new President Yoon Suk-yeol, who has vowed a tougher stance against Pyongyang.

‘Our government will respond decisively and sternly to any provocations from North Korea,’ Yoon said Monday during a speech on Memorial Day.

Last month, Seoul and Washington carried out combined launches after Pyongyang fired three ballistic missiles – including a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile – in their first such joint move since 2017.

The US-Korean volley (pictured) was designed as a show of strength to Kim Jong Un, who had tested eight of his own rockets just hours earlier

South Korea fires an Army Tactical Missile from an M270 launcher into its East Sea in the early hours of Sunday morning

Pyongyang has doubled down on upgrading its weapons programme, despite facing crippling economic sanctions, with officials and analysts warning that the regime is preparing to carry out a fresh nuclear blast at its underground testing site.

On Sunday, North Korea fired a rapid volley of eight missiles over the space of 35 minutes from bases on its west and east coasts, along with two sites near the capital.

It was North Korea’s 18th round of missile tests in 2022 alone. North Korean state media have yet to comment on Sunday’s launches.

They came after the US aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan concluded a three-day naval drill with South Korea in the Philippine Sea on Saturday.

The exercise was the first since November 2017, as the countries move to upgrade their defences in the face of North Korean threats.

North Korea views joint drills between the US and South Korea as rehearsals for an invasion, and often responds with missile launches.

The US has vowed to push for additional international sanctions if North Korea conducts a nuclear test, but the prospects for meaningful new punitive measures are dim with the UN Security Council’s permanent members divided.

Kim Jong Un (pictured in April this year) has been ramping up missile tests in an effort to pressure South Korea and the US into negotiations over its nuclear stockpile

Russia and China vetoed a US-sponsored resolution that would have imposed additional sanctions on North Korea over its latest ballistic tests on May 25, insisting that Washington should instead focus on reviving negotiations with Pyongyang.

Those talks have stalled since 2019 over disagreements in exchanging the release of crippling US-led sanctions for the North’s disarmament steps.

Despite facing harsh challenges at home, including a decaying economy and a Covid-19 outbreak, Mr Kim has shown no willingness to fully surrender an arsenal he sees as his strongest guarantee of survival.

His government has so far rejected the Biden administration’s offers for open-ended talks and is clearly intent on converting the dormant denuclearisation negotiations into a mutual arms-reduction process, experts say.

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Rob Kardashian Says Black Chyna Dismissing ‘Revenge Porn Lawsuit’ Deal – Hollywood Life

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Blac Chyna and Rob Kardashian at Miami International Airport, America - 11 May 2016

Rob Kardashian, 35, has filed court documents via his attorneys claiming that his ex and mother of his one child, Blac Chyna, 34, is walking back on her alleged deal to stop pursuing her “revenge-porn lawsuit” against him, per People. According to the court documents, first obtained by TMZ, the exes made a deal that Rob would help remove Chyna from an impending lawsuit against both of them free of charge if she dropped her lawsuit against Rob. According to both publications, Rob and Chyna are being sued by Chyna’s ex, Justin C. Jones, who goes by Pilot Jones, for allegedly outing him as gay, which resulted in him being harassed.

“With trial fast approaching, Chyna and her counsel looked to co-defendant Rob to resolve the Jones Case without her having to pay any money to secure a dismissal with prejudice,” the documents read, per People. Rob said his ex agreed to the deal last month after her suit against him and the Kardashians was dropped, but has since “changed her mind.” The trial for her appeal is scheduled to begin on June 13.

In 2017, Chyna sued several members of the Kardashian-Jenner clan in a $100 defamation lawsuit because she believes they got her reality show with Rob, Rob & Chyna, canceled and purposefully smeared her reputation. The trial was very dramatic and included several claims of physical and mental abuse between the couple, such as a time when Chyna allegedly pointed a gun at Rob’s head. The verdict was reached on May 2 and the Kardashians were not seen as at-fault for the show’s cancellation and the jury decided they did not defame Chyna. The mother of two vowed to appeal.

Rob’s attorneys could not be reached by People or TMZ for a statement, but Chyna’s representative told People that Rob’s court documents break California law by bringing to the public eye “settlement discussions” that are meant to remain confidential. “Chyna is permitted under California law to disclose that settlement discussions regarding her revenge porn case against her ex-fiancé are ongoing,” they noted. “When and if a confidential settlement is reached on this case, Chyna will alert the court first and then the media. Regarding the earlier trial in April 2022, a Los Angeles jury soundly rejected Rob’s testimony that Chyna had physically abused him. The jury found that Chyna, in fact, had not physically abused Rob.”

Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna began dating in 2016 but split up for good by 2017 (Photo: Kcr/Shutterstock)

While Rob and his reps have not commented on the matter, it’s clear Rob wants the original lawsuit behind him. In fact, a source close to Rob previously confirmed to HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY that he was elated by the jury’s ruling and was happy to move past the drama. “Rob just wants to move on with his life and continue being an amazing father to Dream,” they noted. Only time will tell if the saga continues or ends for good.

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The date is set: Netflix and Star Trek are done

Ever since the launch of its own streaming service, Paramount Plus, Paramount has slowly been reclaiming all of its show and moving them off rival streaming platforms.

One of the longest goodbyes has been to the plethora of the company’s Star Trek (opens in new tab) shows and movies, which have existed on other streaming platforms for almost a decade.

Netflix has, at one time or another, had access to six Star Treks series, but Paramount has slowly drawn them back, one by one. This started all the way back at the end of 2019, with the departure of Star Trek: The Animated Series, which was followed in October 2021 by the exit of the original series, Star Trek: Enterprise, and Star Trek: Voyage. Then, in April of this year, Netflix subscribers said goodbye to Star Trek: The Next Generation (opens in new tab), and now, the last of the shows has an end date.

That one remaining show is Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, which is finally leaving Netflix on July 2, a full decade after it first appeared on the platform.

Deep Space Nine ran between 1993 and 1999 with 176 episodes across seven seasons. The show starred Avery Brooks, René Auberjonois, Terry Farrell, Cirroc Lofton, Colm Meaney, Armin Shimerman, Alexander Siddig and Nana Visitor.

It followed the adventures of the crew onboard Deep Space Nine, a spaceship stationed near an outpost right next to a stable wormhole on the far reaches of explored space.

Set in the 24th century, the crew are under the command of Captain Benjamin Sisko, who has been given a mandate to protect a planet named Bajor and the station from any unwelcome visitors. But, after they discover the wormhole (which is, naturally, a shortcut through space that leads directly to uncharted territory), Sisko and his crew have their work cut out trying to keep on top of all the hostile nasties that keep turning up.

One of the best reviewed Star Trek franchises, with 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, Deep Space Nine’s departure truly is the end of an era for Netflix, which will soon find itself without Star Trek for the first time in 10 years.

What about internationally?

For now, all of the shows, with the exception of Star Trek: The Animated Series, remain on Netflix internationally.

However, with the imminent launch of Paramount Plus in the UK and mainland Europe this summer, we strongly suspect that this isn’t going to be the case for much longer.

That said, Paramount Plus launched in the US in March of 2021, and it has taken over 18 months for the network to slowly reclaim the rights to the various different Star Trek shows, so their departure from Netflix internationally is unlikely to be imminent.

Still, if you’re a Netflix subscriber internationally and you want to work your way through the Star Trek seasons, we’d recommend getting a shift on (or waiting for Paramount Plus, of course…).

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Tribeca Drama From ‘Succession’ Actor Arian Moayed – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has the first trailer for The Courtroom, a new drama written by Succession breakout Arian Moayed, which will make its world premiere at the Metrograph in New York City, as an official selection of the Tribeca Film Festival, on June 16.

Originally presented as a critically-acclaimed off-Broadway play, The Courtroom is adapted verbatim from real court transcripts. It tells the story of Elizabeth Keathley (Kristin Villanueva), a Filipina immigrant who faces deportation and permanent separation from her American husband and newborn child after mistakenly registering to vote while on a K3 visa. Keathley’s court case proved groundbreaking, helping to change voter registration laws in seven states. The film is a reminder of how black and white the law can be, but how so much is still left open to interpretation, and the power of words and how the law is written.

The Courtroom marks the feature directorial debut of Obie Award winner Lee Sunday Evans (Dance Nation). Its cast also includes Marsha Stephanie Blake, Michael Braun, Michael Chernus, Kathleen Chalfant, Hanna Cheek, Michael B. French, Mick Hilgers, Linda Powell and BD Wong. Damon Owlia produced alongside Jonathan Olson for Topic, with Moayed, Evans, Anne Carey, Ryan Chanatry and Gena Konstantinakos exec producing. Pic marks the second collaboration between Moayed, Owlia and Topic—their first being the Emmy-nominated short-form series, The Accidental Wolf. UTA is handling sales.

“As an immigrant who experienced firsthand the struggles of surviving in a new country, the truth about what that journey is like is usually stranger and more compelling than fiction,” said Moayed, who plays Succession‘s Stewy Hosseini. “Making this film that tells the story of immigrant Elizabeth Keathley and her lawyer Richard Hanus, is a way that I wanted to bring people closer to the challenges of navigating the bureaucracy of the United States immigration system.

“Through Lee Sunday Evans’ bold idea about how to create the visual language for the movie, the audience is given a very rare opportunity to understand the experience of an immigrant moving through the labyrinthine immigration system,” the film’s writer added. “As artists, our goal is to reveal something much larger about the dynamics around immigration by focusing on this one, very personal, intimate story. The transcripts of The Courtroom have put us all on trial.”

Watch the trailer for The Courtroom above.

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A Young Horn Player Could Become ‘a Real Legend’

When the Cleveland Orchestra brought Mahler’s Fifth Symphony to Carnegie Hall in 2019, its conductor, Franz Welser-Möst, lowered his baton and paused before the Scherzo.

An unassuming young man walked from the horn section to the front of the stage, where he stood as if he were a concerto soloist. He lifted his instrument, and let out a call: a buoyant, warm herald of a bright new day. When the movement ended, he simply took his seat again.

It was an unexpected interlude. Few orchestras follow the practice — dating back to Mahler’s lifetime — of placing the horn so prominently, near the conductor’s podium, in the symphony’s Scherzo. More surprising, though, was the sound that came from that player, whom barely anyone in the audience had heard before. His solo turn, delivered with a clarity even veterans struggle to achieve, had the makings of a major artist’s arrival. But who was he?

A quick flip through the program provided the answer: Nathaniel Silberschlag, who, at just 21, had recently taken the seat of principal horn with Cleveland, one of the most skilled and storied orchestras in the country. And the concert was among his first with the ensemble.

But because of the pandemic, it was also his last at Carnegie for a long time. The Clevelanders didn’t return there until June 1 — when Silberschlag’s horn resounded again, in the soft yet dignified opening theme of Schubert’s “Great” Symphony. Now 23, and following a two-year probationary period, Silberschlag is an official, tenured member of the orchestra, with a long career ahead of him there if he wants it.

“It’s not a joke when I say that when I was practicing in my basement while growing up, my parents, out of encouragement, would yell, ‘It sounds like the Cleveland Orchestra down there!’” Silberschlag said in an interview before last week’s concert. “The tradition of this orchestra, the tradition of this brass section — it is as cliché as it gets, but it is a dream come true that I made it here.”

SILBERSCHLAG WAS BORN into what he called a “very, very musical family.” That might be an understatement. There are well over a dozen professional musicians, and plenty of Juilliard School degrees, among his relatives. His grandfather was Sol Greitzer, a violist who played under Toscanini and held the principal seat at the New York Philharmonic for over a decade (appointed by Pierre Boulez). His parents met as members of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. And his older brother, Zachary Silberschlag, is the principal trumpet of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra.

An offer to teach at St. Mary’s College of Maryland brought Nathaniel’s father and mother to that state, where he grew up in Leonardtown. The rural Chesapeake Bay location belied a well-traveled life; he followed his parents on work trips, most often to Italy. Because of that he became, he said, “a second-grade dropout” and was home-schooled — at a rapid pace that had him attending college classes when many teenagers would be starting trigonometry.

Silberschlag started piano at 3, then horn at 4. His first teacher was his father, but when he was about 12, he met Julie Landsman, the longtime principal horn at the Metropolitan Opera and a member of the Juilliard faculty. “His parents were very solicitous of my skills as a teacher,” she said. “But I found him to be brilliant, motivated, personable and talented beyond belief.”

With Landsman, he learned extra-musical practices that have been crucial to his youthful success: meditation and visualization. “You train your brain and wire it for this goal, and you at some time put yourself in a meditative state,” Silberschlag said. “You are training your brain to keep the negative thoughts out and positive thoughts in, and goal oriented.”

He visualized auditions so that when he did them, they would feel familiar and nonthreatening. And he had a goal in mind: a job with the Cleveland Orchestra, whose recordings were the first he reached for throughout childhood.

A major step came when he was accepted into Juilliard. That was right before a Passover Seder, which with Silberschlag’s extended family can involve impromptu performances or name-that-tune games. A relative joked: “OK, you got in. Let’s hear what was so good.” So, without a warm-up, he played from his audition — a virtuosic concerto — on the spot.

At 19, near the end of his third year at Juilliard, he won the assistant principal horn seat with the Kennedy Center Opera House orchestra. As a congratulations, he was offered a drink. “And of course,” Silberschlag said, “I had to fess up and tell them, ‘Well, I’m not 21 yet, and unfortunately my father is, like, in the car waiting to take me home.’”

During his senior year, he said, “I lived on Amtrak.” He commuted between Juilliard and the Kennedy Center a few times a week. At one point he was playing in a run of “Tosca” at the Washington National Opera while preparing a studio recital, orchestra concerts, papers and graduation at school.

He was also busy with auditioning for Cleveland. The orchestra’s principal horn position had been empty for several years. Welser-Möst invited guests, including the principal horn from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, who turned down an offer because of the move it would entail. Gifted players didn’t seem like good fits for the group. “When you hire someone, don’t make it a compromise,” Welser-Möst said, “because it will always remain a compromise.”

Welser-Möst sought advice from Landsman, who told him that she had this guy, “the biggest talent I’ve ever seen.” So Silberschlag was invited to play — first for the conductor, then for the audition committee. He breezed through Mozart and Strauss, and ended with the Long Call solo from Wagner’s “Siegfried.”

“The last two measures of that, you always sit biting your nails thinking, ‘Is that person going to make it or not?’” Welser-Möst said. “This was the first time where it sounded like it was no problem. And I looked around at everyone there. They all sort of had an open mouth. They couldn’t believe it.”

Hear Silberschlag perform, and you can quickly tell what won them over. Landsman described his sound as rich, creamy and colorful; it’s also tenderly human, with the singing quality of a cello. And, Welser-Möst said, “whenever he plays, every note has meaning, and is connected to the overall expression of a movement or entire piece.”

But members of the Cleveland Orchestra, as Welser-Möst said, must be not only good instrumentalists, but also good musicians — invested in the ensemble as a whole, and able to navigate the dynamics of a team (something that Silberschlag had experience with, after years of playing baseball, his other passion, which could have become more serious if it weren’t derailed by an injury). Hence the probation period, which lasts two years.

At no point was Welser-Möst worried about Silberschlag’s youth. “If someone has potential, then the experience comes by itself,” he said. “And it’s not about age; it’s about maturity.” Experience came fast. One of Silberschlag’s first appearances was in that Mahler symphony. Not completely sure how to respond when Welser-Möst asked whether he would be willing to play at the front of the orchestra, he simply replied, “Would you like me to sit or stand?”

The solo itself wasn’t stressful, but the trip to the front of the stage was — “a long time to be thinking about yourself in silence while everyone else is also silent,” Silberschlag said. He tapped into the walking meditations he had learned from Landsman, who was at the Carnegie concert and recognized what he was doing from her seat. At the end of the performance, he took the first solo bow. Next was Michael Sachs, the principal trumpet, who gave up his own bow to walk over to Silberschlag and raise his arm like a champion fighter.

Probation was interrupted when the pandemic shut down performances in March 2020, and again when concerts resumed with almost exclusively string repertory, since those players could remain masked, while brasses and winds could not. Silberschlag had to take a long break from the orchestra. He ended up spending much of the time in Maryland, where he practiced in his parents’ basement.

That’s where he logged onto a video call one day for his final tenure meeting. He was in. “When you play Mahler Five in your second week and you succeed like he did — sorry, it’s a no-brainer,” Welser-Möst said. But, he added, other players also follow Silberschlag’s sound with ease, which is a sign of natural leadership. He has a running joke with Silberschlag about checking in from time to time to ask, “Has your head gotten any bigger?” But the answer, as recently as last week, was still no.

With the possibility of five more decades ahead in Cleveland, Silberschlag said, “I couldn’t be happier that I got to be in this orchestra as soon as I did so that I can spend as much time as I physically can in the orchestra.”

Having once listened to the ensemble’s recordings obsessively, he is now on them himself. And he has begun to teach, sharing a studio at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Richard King, Silberschlag’s predecessor. He has, Welser-Möst said, everything it takes to be a role model, not just a great artist.

“The potential with him,” Welser-Möst added, “is to become a real legend.”

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‘It feels like such a privilege’: Michelle Dockery on reuniting with her ‘Downton Abbey’ family for the movie ‘A New Era’

You could argue that Lady Mary Crawley has had one of the more transformative character arcs on “Downton Abbey.”

Even the actor who plays her, Michelle Dockery, acknowledges that Mary, the eldest daughter of the fictional Lord and Lady Grantham, was quite a snob when the TV series began (in 2010 in Britain and 2011 in North America).

“When I first read for the role, ‘Gosford Park’ was of course a perfect reference,” Dockery said in a Zoom interview, citing the Oscar-winning movie featuring a houseful of aristocrats and servants that Julian Fellowes wrote years before he created “Downton.”

“Kristin Scott Thomas’s character (the haughty Lady Sylvia) was sort of how I saw Mary … in those first few episodes, you know, she’s very arrogant, stubborn, refuses to kind of accept what her responsibilities might be … and she had a real unkindness toward her sister (Edith).

“She’s changed a lot over the years and I love the way that her character has evolved. Through various storylines, and losing a sister (Lady Sybil) and losing Matthew (her first husband), she’s really softened and she’s matured,” Dockery continued.

“She is, as you say, holding down the fort now and she’s running the house, really.”

Indeed, in the new movie “Downton Abbey: A New Era,” which opens Friday,while the rest of the family travels to the South of France, Mary stays behind to supervise the making of a silent movie at Downton (in real life, the English estate Highclere Castle).

The arrival of Hollywood has Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham (Hugh Bonneville), and former butler Carson (Jim Carter) fearing the worst from louche, sticky-fingered actors, but the roof needs fixing and the Crawley family needs the film company’s money.

Mary ends up becoming much more involved in the filmmaking than she anticipated. It’s 1929 and the production is threatened due to the increasing popularity of talking pictures.

“We had a historian who, during a rehearsal, took us through the history of that time,” Dockery said. “I hadn’t appreciated how difficult that transition was from the silent movies to the talkies, and how difficult it was for those actors who were big stars in the silent movies, but they weren’t necessarily ready or had the talent for the talkies.”

The actors of “Downton Abbey,” of course, have had no such hardships.

Asked if there were any downsides to playing the same character for more than a decade, Dockery, 40, couldn’t think of any other than the fact that shooting a season of the TV series for six or seven months straight could be tiring, although she added that it was more work for the crew.

“It feels like such a privilege to be able to go back to something that you love so much,” she said. “We all love being back together and they’re quite rare these jobs that end up being part of your life for 12 years. None of us would ever have expected it.”

Indeed, “Downton” became an unanticipated and massive hit when it began airing in the U.K. By 2013, more than 120 million people around the world were estimated to have watched.

“It’s been completely life-changing and it felt like it happened overnight,” said Dockery, who was born in Essex and began her career on the stage. “Suddenly we were all being recognized on the street. America then fell in love with it … Suddenly we were being flown to the States for awards.

“I didn’t even know what the Emmys were before I did ‘Downton.’”

Dockery describes the large cast of the TV show and movies as a family. Her favourite scenes to film are the rare ones in which everyone is together, usually involving a visiting dignitary, with the family and servants lined up outside the house to greet them.

But she also loves shooting scenes with Carter and Joanne Froggatt, who plays Anna Bates, lady’s maid to Mary.

“Mary is really closest to Carson and Anna,” Dockery said. “She kind of is much more guarded with her family in a way but, when she’s with them, it allows her to open up and be vulnerable and, as an actor, those things are some of the best things to play.

“Jo and I love doing those things together because we tend to have a full day or two days of just Anna and Mary scenes. And I really look forward to those days.”

Dockery did not, however, look forward to certain scenes in the movie with a departing actor, who shall be nameless.

“I had them marked in my diary and was just sort of counting down the days dreading them,” she said. “There have been lots of moments over the years where we’ve lost certain characters and they’re always really moving moments because we’ve worked together for so long.”

It’s anybody’s guess whether the close-knit group will reunite for another instalment of “Downton.”

“We never really know whether we’ll do another one,” Dockery said. “The end of this film, some could say that there is a definitive ending and, without giving too much away, there is one storyline that really does highlight that, but then there is this feeling of the new generation, the new era. So anything’s possible.”

And if mastermind Fellowes does come up with a new story, Dockery will be there, eager to slip back into Mary’s period costumes. “I love her. I love playing her.”

Debra Yeo is a deputy editor and a contributor to the Star’s Entertainment section. She is based in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @realityeo

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Author Meg Cabot approved killing off a character from The Princess Diaries to give Julie Andrews a bigger role.

1.

David Reale, who played Glen Coco of “four for you” fame in Mean Girls, wrote in Dazed that he became a part of 2000s teen movie history because he “wandered onto set to see if I could watch some scenes being shot and maybe get some free food.”

He’d auditioned for the film and wasn’t cast, but on his free food quest, the director recognized him and put him in the scene. Reale wrote, “But I guess it was the first time somebody pointed to me on the street and shouted ‘YOU GO GLEN COCO!’ that I knew I was involved in something with a beauty and power that surpassed the mere proliferation of four candy canes to an accidental movie extra.”

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2.

In a 2009 interview with the Guardian, Christopher Mintz-Plasse said that when he filmed his sex scene for Superbad, his mother had to be present on set because he was still only 17.

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Mintz-Plasse explained, “It was real awkward, but it worked out OK, because when I watched the movie with her, the sex scene wasn’t awkward because she’d been right there when it happened. Afterwards, we didn’t talk about it; we still don’t speak about that moment.” He added, “Now, I’m 19 so my mom doesn’t have to be in the room when I have sex, thank God.”

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3.

During a 2011 interview at Comic-Con, Kristen Stewart said that the design of Bella Swan’s wedding dress in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 was such a tightly guarded secret that she had to wear a Volturi cape between shots.

Stewart said, “It was a huge deal keeping this thing shrouded. I was wearing a Volturi cape most of the time and I hated it. You know, you want to feel pretty on your wedding day and every time they called cut, someone would come and attack you with a Volturi cape and you’re like ‘Where am I?'”

Though she praised the look of the dress, it was apparently uncomfortably tight.

4.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, The Twilight Saga: New Moon director Chris Weitz spoke about how he had to change the way he filmed a scene where Bella comes close to drowning when Kristen Stewart expressed trepidation at his suggestion — acting in a weighted wetsuit — and he tried it himself, realizing in the process that it was truly terrifying.

He said, “I decided to go down there in a wet suit weighted down and I started to panic. I thought, ‘Holy crap, this isn’t fun at all!'” Instead, he decided to “make our shot sideways,” which gave the illusion of Bella in deep water, without having to frighten Stewart in the process.

5.

Bart Johnson, who played Coach Bolton in High School Musical, told Seventeen.com that his character and drama teacher Ms. Darbus originally had a number together that he compared to “Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)” from Annie Get Her Gun. Alas, it got left on the cutting room floor to keep the film from being too long.

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6.

In 2010, Bend It Like Beckham became the “first ever western-made film to air on TV” in North Korea, according to a Tweet from Martin Uden, the British ambassador to South Korea.

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The Guardian reported that the movie was heavily edited and lasted only an hour, as opposed to the original, which runs just under two hours. It was aired to honor the 10th anniversary of North Korea and Great Britain’s diplomatic relationship.

20th Century Fox Film Corp. / Courtesy Everett Collection

7.

Both The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement were produced by none other than Whitney Houston, through her production company BrownHouse.

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8.

According to an oral history of The Princess Diaries published in Cosmopolitan, author Meg Cabot gave her blessing to producer Debra Martin Chase to kill off Mia’s dad, who is still alive in the books. This was to secure a larger role for the one and only Julie Andrews as Mia’s grandmother, Queen Clarisse.

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Cabot recalled, “[Chase] said, ‘We want to have a bigger role for the grandmother because we’ve got this great actress that wants to play her.’ And I asked, ‘Who’s the actress?’ ‘It’s Julie Andrews.’ And I was like, ‘Oh my god. Kill him. Kill the dad.'”

Buena Vista Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection

9.

In a Variety roundtable with Timothée Chalamet, Emma Stone revealed that she has never actually watched Easy A.

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The process of filming was stressful for Stone, due to pressure she put on herself and the fact that her performance as heroine/narrator Olive was so central to the movie’s success. Stone said, “I’ve seen some scenes. But I went to a friends and family screening to see it and I had to get up and walk out. … Who wants to watch themselves for that long?”

Screen Gems / Courtesy Everett Collection

10.

In an interview with Forbes about the 2003 adaptation of his novel Holes, author Louis Sachar said that while he would’ve “preferred an overweight Stanley, who gradually got into shape,” as he does in the book, it “would have been almost impossible to pull off,” both ethically and practically.

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He went on, “You can’t ask a 15-year-old kid to gain a hundred pounds for a role, plus movies aren’t shot in sequential order, so he would have had to be changing his weight up and down depending on the scene.”

Walt Disney Co. / Courtesy Everett Collection

11.

To prepare to play Roland in Saved!, Macaulay Culkin shadowed a wheelchair user at a rehab facility. In an interview, he recalled that while he was there, he asked a patient, “Is there any one thing that you see people in wheelchairs in movies do wrong or not do?”

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They responded that wheelchair users need to shift in their chairs on a regular basis to prevent “the equivalent of bed sores.” Culkin explained, “I realized that this is something that they have to do every 10 minutes for the rest of their lives. It’s almost as important as breathing and eating. It’s just a part of who they are now.”

United Artists / Courtesy Everett Collection

12.

Hilary Duff told Cosmopolitan that she had a crush on her A Cinderella Story costar Chad Michael Murray during filming.

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Duff said, “I definitely had a crush on him. We had a few kissing scenes in the movie and I remember feeling pretty nervous about that, but then we became friends and I wasn’t so nervous anymore.”

Warner Bros / Courtesy Everett Collection

13.

In an interview with female.com.au, Elliot Page described practicing with a roller derby team to prepare for Whip It.

Following months of training, Page practiced with the Los Angeles Derby Dolls and said that he was “absolutely terrified” on his first day. He went on, “It was like the first day of school. No matter how much I’d practiced, it’s a daunting thing to have people wanting to rip your head off while you’re doing it! But when you get it, it’s such a fantastic feeling.”

While Page’s character, Bliss, goes by “Babe Ruthless” in the film, Page suggested the name “Hurt Vonnegut” for himself, in honor of one of his favorite writers.

14.

Michael Cera had to learn how to drive a stick shift for Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist.

Sony Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection

In an interview with ComingSoon.net, Cera said about driving his character’s Yugo, “I had to learn on that to drive a stick and it hardly ran at all even for someone who knew how to properly drive a stick shift. They could hardly get it to go.”

Sony Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection

15.

Elliot Page was the one who suggested to Juno director Jason Reitman that the film’s soundtrack should feature music by the Moldy Peaches.

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In an interview with Rotten Tomatoes, he recalled, “The second time Jason and I met, I was in his office and he said, ‘What do you think Juno would listen to?’ And I said, ‘Oh, the Moldy Peaches!’ I went on his computer, played him the Moldy Peaches, and next thing you know — it’s in the film. Who should have a soundtrack credit? Me.”

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16.

And finally: Warner Bros. edited out Amanda Bynes flashing a peace sign on the poster for the 2003 comedy What a Girl Wants out of fear of being seen as anti-war.

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A spokesperson told Entertainment Weekly, “In a time of war, we made a slight alteration so that we could avoid any potential political statement in a completely nonpolitical film.” Just in case “freedom fries” were feeling lonely in the “bizarre early 2000s pro-war gestures” category.

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Two words for the Martin reunion trailer: “Damn, Gina”

Carl Anthony Payne II, Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, and Tichina Arnold

Before “Damn, Daniel” was back at it again with the white Vans, there was “Damn, Gina,” the beloved catchphrase from Martin. In the early-to-mid 90s, the Martin Lawrence-led sitcom, Martin, was a cultural force that took up residence with other early Fox comedies, such as Married… With Children and The Simpsons. However, it’s been roughly 25 years since stars Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, Tichina Arnold, and Carl Anthony Payne II dropped by the apartment of Detroit’s best radio DJ. Thankfully, Lawrence and BET+ are correcting that.

Martin: The Reunion is coming to BET+ this June. Now, this won’t be another season of the show, like that 2019 season of Mad About You no one has ever seen. Instead, Martin will take the Friends route by sitting the cast on Martin’s famed couch and talking about the show’s legacy.

“To be able to sit here thirty years later with this amazing cast that has had such an impact on pop culture is truly a blessing,” Lawrence said. “I am always humbled that the fans still want more of the show and its characters.”

It won’t just be cast members, though. Other guests include famed rapper, commercial actor, and special guest star Snoop Dogg, R&B legend Brian McKnight, and Tommy Davidson, who somehow only made two appearances on Martin back in the day. We can only hope Davidson will slip into Varnel Hill during the broadcast because we miss him. Martin: The Reunion will also be an opportunity for the cast to pay respects to the late Thomas Mikal Ford, who died in 2016.

The trailer offers a glimpse at the discussion, but it ends with a cliffhanger: Will there be a Martin reboot? We imagine the answer won’t be satisfying unless the answer is “Yes, and it will be a drama called M@rtin because it’s set in the digital age.”

Martin: The Reunion streams on BET+ on June 16.

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Berserk Officially Returns This Summer With Six New Chapters

Berserk is officially returning this summer with art by Studio Gaga and guidance by Kentaro Miura’s lifelong friend, Kouji Mori.

After a year-long wait, Berserk publisher Young Animal has finally announced the hit manga’s return. Readers who have long wondered whether the series would continue finally have their answer, and better yet, it’s returning sooner than fans might expect.

The world of manga was shocked by Berserk creator Kentaro Miura’s unexpected death in May of 2021. At the time of his passing, he had one unreleased chapter finished and one script complete for the chapter after that. Though the first chapter after Miura’s passing was far from an ending, it did leave on a somewhat fitting place as the main character Guts finally seemed to find peace after a lifetime of strife and pain. The next chapter (with art finished by Miura’s assistants in his production house, Studio Gaga) upended all of that. That chapter ended on a cliffhanger that left fans with far too many questions. If Berserk’s publisher is anything to go by then it looks like readers will finally get the answers they’ve been seeking.

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Now, Berserk’s official Twitter account posted a letter publisher Young Animal released to fans. The letter reveals that the manga’s return will be overseen by Kentaro Miura’s close friend Kouji Mori with art by Studio Gaga. Mouri is also a mangaka published by Young Animal. The first new chapter will be released on June 24th. After that, five more chapters will be published to conclude the Fantasia Arc/Elf Island arc before the manga shifts gears to a new arc. While both Mori and Young Animal are clear that Miura did not leave behind a rough draft before his passing, he did talk extensively about where the manga was going.

Soon after Miura’s death, many fans had speculated that Kouji Mori could be the one to help complete Berserk, so his involvement here doesn’t necessarily come as a surprise. What’s most surprising is the date of the first chapter. Berserk has spent more than a year in a state of limbo, so the fact that a new chapter is mere weeks away is exciting. It also seems like Young Animal made a wise choice with Mori. Miura and Mori were close friends, so if anyone would know the best course for Berserk, it would be him along with Miura’s assistants at Studio Gaga. As exciting as this is though, it’s difficult to imagine the pressure this continuation will put on the team working to make sure the saga that Miura began will be finished properly.

Still, none of this is to diminish the fervor surrounding this announcement. Berserk is beloved for a reason. It is a nuanced and rich story with complex themes. There’s a reason the series’ fandom has only grown since Miura’s death. Whether it be an entire Berserk-themed rap album or cool cosplay, fans have not shied away from showing their appreciation for the series. Now that Berserk is officially continuing, fans can rejoice that Miura’s vision is in good hands.

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Neon Launches Pro-Choice Campaign with Online Shop

All proceeds from Neon’s online shop will go to the National Network of Abortion Funds.

Award-winning film studio Neon officially launched a pro-choice campaign amid the imminent overturning of Roe v. Wade.

An official Neon statement called the campaign a response to attacks on reproductive rights in the United States, with sales directly benefitting accessible abortion healthcare. Neon is opening an online shop featuring pro-choice, anti-oppression artwork created in collaboration with award-winning artist Akiko Stehrenberger and three products featuring Neon releases “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” and “The Worst Person in the World.”

Products include a “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” Abortion Scene Print, a Scales of Justice by Akiko Stehrenberger Tee, and a Supreme Coat Hanger by Akiko Stehrenberger Tee, among others. Neon will donate 100 percent of all net proceeds from product sales to the National Network of Abortion Funds.

Neon additionally is making Céline Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” and Nia DaCosta’s “Little Woods” films available at no cost to any organization or screening host who would like to use the film to support an independent abortion fund in the U.S. through August 31. Both films are now available on the social cinema platform Kinema, which allows a host to organize in-person or virtual screenings of the films, with ticket sales supporting the abortion fund of their choice.

“Neon believes that universal access to safe abortions is a human right and we are inspired by those who continue to speak out and stand up for these rights,” an official statement from the company reads. “We hope that the Pro-Choice campaign inspires others, within the entertainment industry and beyond, to take part in helping these critical organizations.”

Additional artist collaborations and events will be announced this summer. Neon X Pro-Choice is available at neonaction.com.

Like Neon, industry titans United Talent Agency and Amazon have taken a stand for reproductive rights after a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion indicated the decision of 1973’s Roe v. Wade would be overturned.

United Talent Agency announced it would reimburse employees for travel expenses related to reproductive health services if not available in their state of residence. Amazon similarly shared that staffers will be reimbursed up to $4,000 in travel expenses for non-life-threatening medical treatments that include abortion.

Amy Schumer, Ethan Hawke, Aaron Sorkin, Julianne Moore, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, and Gloria Steinem, among others, also signed an open letter supporting the Geraldine Santoro Act. The bill would create legal abortion access in New York State.

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1. David Reale, who played Glen Coco of “four for you” fame in Mean Girls, wrote in Dazed that he became a part of 2000s teen movie history because he “wandered onto set to see if I could watch some scenes being shot and maybe get some free food.”

2. In a 2009 interview with the Guardian, Christopher Mintz-Plasse said that when he filmed his sex scene for Superbad, his mother had to be present on set because he was still only 17.

3. During a 2011 interview at Comic-Con, Kristen Stewart said that the design of Bella Swan’s wedding dress in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 was such a tightly guarded secret that she had to wear a Volturi cape between shots.

Though she praised the look of the dress, it was apparently uncomfortably tight.

He said, “I decided to go down there in a wet suit weighted down and I started to panic. I thought, ‘Holy crap, this isn’t fun at all!'” Instead, he decided to “make our shot sideways,” which gave the illusion of Bella in deep water, without having to frighten Stewart in the process.

6. In 2010, Bend It Like Beckham became the “first ever western-made film to air on TV” in North Korea, according to a Tweet from Martin Uden, the British ambassador to South Korea.

The Guardian reported that the movie was heavily edited and lasted only an hour, as opposed to the original, which runs just under two hours. It was aired to honor the 10th anniversary of North Korea and Great Britain’s diplomatic relationship.

7. Both The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement were produced by none other than Whitney Houston, through her production company BrownHouse.

Cabot recalled, “[Chase] said, ‘We want to have a bigger role for the grandmother because we’ve got this great actress that wants to play her.’ And I asked, ‘Who’s the actress?’ ‘It’s Julie Andrews.’ And I was like, ‘Oh my god. Kill him. Kill the dad.'”

9. In a Variety roundtable with Timothée Chalamet, Emma Stone revealed that she has never actually watched Easy A.

He went on, “You can’t ask a 15-year-old kid to gain a hundred pounds for a role, plus movies aren’t shot in sequential order, so he would have had to be changing his weight up and down depending on the scene.”

11. To prepare to play Roland in Saved!, Macaulay Culkin shadowed a wheelchair user at a rehab facility. In an interview, he recalled that while he was there, he asked a patient, “Is there any one thing that you see people in wheelchairs in movies do wrong or not do?”

12. Hilary Duff told Cosmopolitan that she had a crush on her A Cinderella Story costar Chad Michael Murray during filming.

Duff said, “I definitely had a crush on him. We had a few kissing scenes in the movie and I remember feeling pretty nervous about that, but then we became friends and I wasn’t so nervous anymore.”

13. In an interview with female.com.au, Elliot Page described practicing with a roller derby team to prepare for Whip It.

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1.

David Reale, who played Glen Coco of “four for you” fame in Mean Girls, wrote in Dazed that he became a part of 2000s teen movie history because he “wandered onto set to see if I could watch some scenes being shot and maybe get some free food.”

2.

In a 2009 interview with the Guardian, Christopher Mintz-Plasse said that when he filmed his sex scene for Superbad, his mother had to be present on set because he was still only 17.

3.

During a 2011 interview at Comic-Con, Kristen Stewart said that the design of Bella Swan’s wedding dress in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 was such a tightly guarded secret that she had to wear a Volturi cape between shots.

6.

In 2010, Bend It Like Beckham became the “first ever western-made film to air on TV” in North Korea, according to a Tweet from Martin Uden, the British ambassador to South Korea.

7.

Both The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement were produced by none other than Whitney Houston, through her production company BrownHouse.

9.

In a Variety roundtable with Timothée Chalamet, Emma Stone revealed that she has never actually watched Easy A.

11.

To prepare to play Roland in Saved!, Macaulay Culkin shadowed a wheelchair user at a rehab facility. In an interview, he recalled that while he was there, he asked a patient, “Is there any one thing that you see people in wheelchairs in movies do wrong or not do?”

12.

Hilary Duff told Cosmopolitan that she had a crush on her A Cinderella Story costar Chad Michael Murray during filming.

13.

In an interview with female.com.au, Elliot Page described practicing with a roller derby team to prepare for Whip It.