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Adria Mones’ Fasten Films, producer of Cannes selections The End of It, Strawberries and Rehearsals of a Revolution, has announced a new film slate led by Catalan talents Mar Coll, María M. Bayona, Adria García and Nelly Reguera. Fasten is also developing the debut films of Víctor Alonso-Berber, Jordi Boquet, Carlos Lechuga and Oriol Pérez, positioning the Barcelona, Madrid and Canary Islands-based production company as a driving force behind the already vibrant Catalan cinema in a new phase. Ma Col: “Dasha” Col (“Salve Maria”) will direct “Dasha,” which Mones said is “a dream project for us as producers, a mafia…
Martin Short has opened up about the loss. The comedian drew a connection between the last words his late wife Nancy Dolman said to him before she died in 2010 and his daughter Katherine’s suicide in February. During an interview with The New York Times on Friday, Mr. Short recalled Mr. Dolman telling him, “Martin, let me go.” “Katherine was like, ‘Dad, let me go,'” the actor continued. “I don’t think there’s a difference between mental illness as an illness and cancer as an illness. Sometimes both are terminal, and sometimes both are survivable.” Martin Short has revealed a link…
Director Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s “El Cer Querido”, which will have its world premiere in competition at Cannes on May 16th, begins in an upscale restaurant in Madrid. This scene lasts 20 minutes. In the film, world-renowned film director Esteban Martinez (Javier Bardem) reunites with his estranged daughter (Victoria Luengo) and offers her a role in his next film, even though they haven’t seen each other in 13 years. To make this scene ingrained, Sorogoyen shot it on the first day of filming. He also asked Bardem and Luengo not to meet or speak, let alone rehearse, before filming. “They had to…
Taylor Swift and her fiancé Travis Kelsey were photographed on Friday enjoying a date night in New York City ahead of their July wedding. The singer and the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, both 36, were spotted packing on the PDA upon entering Olesh. Swift, seen holding hands and looking lovingly at Kelce outside a Mediterranean restaurant, modeled an off-the-shoulder floral maxi dress and open-toed beige heels. Taylor Swift and her fiancé Travis Kelce were pictured enjoying a date night in New York City on Friday (pictured above). Fernando Ramares / BACKGRID Singer and the Kansas City Chiefs tight end,…
Emmy Award-winning director and producer Jason Weiner has signed with United Talent Agency for full representation. Weiner directed the pilot “Modern Family,” which premiered in 2009, and also served as executive producer on the first season of ABC’s hit and groundbreaking comedy. He was part of the production team that won the 2010 Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and was nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series (for the pilot “Modern Family”). Winner was nominated again for an Emmy Award in the 2012 Best Comedy Directing category for the episode “Virgin Territory.” His awards for “Modern Family” include…
Riley Keough wore a sheer Chanel haute couture look on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday night. Getty Images Call it sheer audacity. Riley Keough nearly broke the Cannes Film Festival dress code on Thursday night when she attended the premiere of Histoires Parallèles wearing sheer Chanel haute couture. It consisted of a collarless jacket, midi skirt, and top, all made from nude-colored organza embellished with beads and pearls, and the see-through ensemble revealed the actress’s pale blue lingerie. The actress’ lingerie played peek-a-boo. Sylvain Roger / BACKGRID Last year, the film festival updated its dress…
Quiver Distribution has acquired North American rights to Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day, starring Haley Bennett, Lily Allen, Jack Whitehall, Jennifer Saunders, Timothy Spall and Elias Mubarek. Quiver is scheduled to be released in theaters in the fall. Based on Woolf’s earlier novels, the romantic comedy “Knight and Day” is set against the backdrop of early 20th century London and crumbling Edwardian patriarchal attitudes. The film will be directed by Tina Gharavi, BAFTA nominee for I Am Nasrin, from a screenplay by Justin Waddell. In the film, aspiring astronomer Katherine Hilbury (Bennett) is passionate about two things: the stars and…
While the cast and writers of Saturday Night Live UK are the stars and heart of the British version, the show’s secret sauce is, of course, its craftsmen. From hand-stitching every strand of hair on David Attenborough’s wig to tailoring Melania Trump’s flawless suit, the costume, make-up and hair teams are the unsung heroes of SNL UK. Kevin Fortune handles hair and makeup (the team also provides prosthetics when needed), which ranges from 14 to 18 people depending on the day of the week, while Annie Harding heads up the costume department, which is made up of about six costume…
This was no laughing matter. Julia Louis-Dreyfus recalled a heated argument between Seinfeld co-creator Larry David and executives at production company Castle Rock Entertainment during the filming of a season two episode of the sitcom. In the ninth episode of that season, titled “The Deal,” Elaine Benez, played by Louis-Dreyfus, and her best friend Jerry Seinfeld sleep together. Julia Louis-Dreyfus said that Larry David (pictured with her in 2006) once got into an argument with executives at production company Castle Rock Entertainment while filming Season 2 of Seinfeld. wire image In the Season 9 episode titled “The Deal” (pictured here),…
Iman Vellani, who broke out as the lead in Ms. Marvel, will headline climate thriller Suffering Is Optional, a Canadian co-production written and directed by Zara Khan for City Lights Media. Vellani will play Noor Rahman, a 20-year-old drama student who is chosen to play the lead role in the film “Hamlet,” which is set in India. Encouraged by a strict director to channel her grief into her performance, she is visited by the ghost of her deceased partner, who tells her a prophecy of impending climate change. Torn between her artistic ambitions and institutional abuse, she must find a…