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John Travolta brought a breath of fresh air to the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. At the premiere of his directorial debut, “Propeller Night Bus,” on Friday, he looked unrecognizable in a scruffy cream-colored wool beret and glasses. The 72-year-old looked dapper in a classic black suit over a knit vest, white shirt and tie. John Travolta unveiled a new look Friday at the screening of his new film “Propeller Night Bus” at the Cannes Film Festival. Anadolu (via Getty Images) The “Grease” actor (pictured above) wore a slouchy cream wool beret and glasses. Mike Marsland/Wire Image He walked the red…
France’s Urban Factory and Mexico’s Fidelio Films have participated in Colombian filmmaker Mauricio Leyva-Cock’s psychological thriller Los Eastman, which was selected for the Fantastic Round Robin in Cannes’ Fantastic Pavilion. According to Urban Factory’s Frédéric Corbes, they discovered the project during a BAM producer meeting in Bogotá and were mentored by partner Florencia Gil. “This project stood out from others in its ambition and approach. It’s rare and exciting to read a true page-turner. Mauricio skillfully uses elements of horror to depict and expose a toxic class struggle, which, in my view, is at the very heart of the genre.”…
Amazon Prime Video has announced the first cast members for The Boys of Tommen, the upcoming film adaptation of the best-selling book series of the same name written by Irish author Chloe Walsh.Nancy Surridge will lead the cast as Shannon Lynch, described as “a shy and mysterious new student at Tommen University,” while Connor Sanchez will play Johnny Kavanagh, described as “the golden boy who is Tommen and Shannon’s love interest.”James O’Donoghue plays Shannon’s “troubled but loyal” older brother Joey, while Sophie McGibbon plays Joey’s lover, the “fiercely confident” Aoife Molloy.According to the official description, ‘The Tommen Boys’ tells the…
Britney Spears was spotted leaving the Paw Works pet store on Friday, days after she reportedly caused a “disruption” at a Los Angeles restaurant. The 44-year-old “Toxic” singer tried to keep a low profile for the visit in a brown trench coat and sunshades. At one point, she tried to hide her face behind her coat before jumping into a Mercedes-Benz G Wagon and leaving a store in Thousand Oaks, California. Britney Spears was spotted leaving California pet store Paw Works on Friday, days after she reportedly caused a disturbance at a restaurant in Los Angeles (pictured). Northern sunset /…
Pijama, the just-launched TVOD platform from Pablo and Juan de Dios Larrain, director and producer of Jackie, Spencer and Maria, has terminated its first major commercial deals with MK2, Alpha Violet, Visit Films, Les Films du Losange, Electric Shadow and Utopia Films. The idea of Pijama is to make offers to producers of films that are not selling all over the world. And how many are sold? – A global distribution platform. Pijama, which opened as a website on January 25th with 25 titles from the back library of Larrains’ own production company Fabula, added distribution on iOS and Android…
In the final season of Prime Video’s “The Boys,” Homelander, played by Antony Starr and described by showrunner Eric Kripke as “our sociopathic Superman,” decides to become the new god and plans to make the world believe he is. “We had endless conversations like, “Is that too far away?” Kripke recently told me at Sony’s Emmy FYC panel. “Will people say that’s stupid? Are we jumping the shark? I had a long conversation with a marketer who said, ‘You have to be careful how you introduce ideas. You have to build on them. You’re overdoing it.’ “And then, 48 hours…
Chase Daniel, former host of Dianna Russini’s “Scoop City” podcast, has broken his silence about his controversial photo scandal with sportswriter Mike Vrabel. “Look, it’s unfortunate in a lot of ways,” the former NFL pro said when asked about the drama on Thursday’s episode of “The Jim Rome Show.” “We don’t really talk about it. We don’t do anything like that, so we’ll leave it at that. That’s their job.” But Daniel added that the storyline has become “quite a task” of late, with nearly every media outlet covering the news since Page Six published photos of Russini and Vrabel…
Indonesia is officially aiming for Country of Honor status at Cannes in 2028. In an interview with Variety magazine in Cannes, Culture Minister Fadli Zhong laid out a radical strategy to move Indonesia from the fringes of the international film industry to what he calls a central and influential role. “It’s not just about fame, but also about building a bigger international platform for Indonesian films, culture and creative talent,” Zong says of his 2028 ambitions. The move comes at a time when Indonesia’s film industry is generating outstanding local box office revenue but has yet to translate that momentum…
Drake fights back. The rapper shocked fans on Friday with the release of three new albums, “Iceman,” “Habibti,” and “Made of Honor,” which are filled with digs at other celebrities, including longtime rival Kendrick Lamar. After the pair threw jabs at each other on diss songs like “Not Like Us” and “Family Matters,” Drake, 39, escalated their feud by making a number of scathing comments about Lamar, 38, in his new song. Drake (pictured above from Day 2 of Wireless Festival 2025) dissed several celebrities on his three new albums, Iceman, Habibti, and Made of Honor, which were released on…
Variety exclusively reports that Martha Plimpton and Clifton Collins Jr. have joined Season 2 of “The Lowdown.” The pair are the latest additions to the FX series’ second season, along with Tommy Lee Jones, Betty Gilpin, and Austin Amelio. Starring Ethan Hawke, the season 1 cast also includes Keith David, Kyle MacLachlan, Gene Tripplehorn, Tim Blake Nelson, Ryan Keira Armstrong, Michael “Killer Mike” Render, Kanietio Horne, Tracy Letts, Peter Dinklage, and Graham Greene. The exact character details of Plimpton and Collins are kept secret. Plimpton’s credits include films such as The Goonies (1985), The Mosquito Coast (1986), and Parenthood (1989),…