Endeavor chairman Patrick Whitesell’s ex-sister-in-law is taking meetings around town pitching a TV series based on her life — but the Whitesell brothers can relax. None of them make an appearance in the project. Instead, Iranian-born Ladan Rafii, 64, who was briefly married to TV writer Chris Whitesell in the 1980s, is focusing the plot of her series on her …
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It’s no lie that Universal is moving forward with a new Meet the Parents sequel. John Hamburg (Me Time), who wrote the script for the forthcoming film, is in talks to direct the project that has original stars Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Teri Polo and Blythe Danner set to return. Hamburg worked on the screenplay for the 2000 original …
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The Notorious B.I.G.’s estate has closed on a deal to sell a stake in the legendary rapper’s catalog to Primary Wave, the company confirmed on Thursday. The deal comes weeks after The Hollywood Reporter first broke the news on the deal’s development.. Primary Wave didn’t disclose the financial details of the deal. Sources previously told THR that Biggie’s publishing rights …
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Wings Hauser, the versatile character actor known for his intense turns in Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling, Vice Squad and Tough Guys Don’t Dance, has died. He was 77. Hauser’s death over the weekend was announced Wednesday on the Facebook page of the indie film and music studio he ran with his third wife, Cali. No other details …
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Disney shareholders rejected proposals to sever ties with the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index; to issue a report on the risks of climate change to the company’s businesses; and to issue a report examining the risks related to ad buying and selling. The company held its annual shareholder meeting Thursday, where stockholders voted against the proposals by overwhelming margins, …
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Lionsgate has promoted Joel Meyer to executive vp, worldwide production for Lionsgate Television, replacing studio veteran Gary Goodman as he retires. Meyer will head up production for the studio’s premium scripted series slate, while overseeing Lionsgate’s East Coast TV production facilities in Atlanta, Yonkers, New York and Newark, New Jersey. He succeeds Goodman, an 18-year veteran at the studio. Meyer’s promotion …
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Netflix‘s star-studded series The Four Seasons is set to join the already crowded spring TV calendar. The series, starring and co-created by Tina Fey, is set to premiere May 1. The show is an adaptation of the 1981 movie written, directed by and starring Alan Alda (who’s a producer and guest star of the new version) and centers on three …
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It was another recovery year for Hollywood following the dual strikes that affected the film pipeline just a few years after the COVID pandemic hit. The global box office dropped 10 percent to $30.5 billion last year but it wasn’t bad news for everyone. In a mixed year for the industry, the film divisions of some legacy entertainment conglomerates actually …
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Tom Cruise is expressing his gratitude after it was unveiled on Thursday that he’ll be awarded the British Film Institute’s (BFI) highest accolade, the BFI Fellowship. The Fellowship recognizes Cruise’s achievements across a decades-spanning career, as well as his contribution to the U.K. film industry as a producer who has shot numerous projects in Britain. This includes his Mission: Impossible …
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Mere days after she wrapped Dying for Sex, Jenny Slate chopped off all her hair. She’d had basically the same style all her adult life, but through the process of filming the FX cancer comedy, her locks began to take on new meaning. “I felt that my long hair held the sadness, and I just needed to reboot my physicality,” …
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