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British-Romanian director Rachel Tapaljian likes to quote George Bernard Shaw when talking about her debut film, Something Familiar. The playwright of “Pygmalion” said, “If you can’t get rid of the skeletons in your closet, you might as well take them out and teach them to dance.” The film, which premiered this week in main competition at Copenhagen’s documentary festival CPH:DOX, follows Tapaljian as he helps Mihaela, adopted from the same Romanian orphanage as the director, find her birth mother, before Taparjian embarks on a search for her siblings herself. “This film is about hope and overcoming adversity and trauma,” Tapaljian…
The future of Disney’s Abu Dhabi theme park is in doubt as the US-Israel-Iran war reaches its third week and Iranian forces step up attacks on neighboring Arab countries, threatening to even target recreational areas and tourist attractions. But despite the current Middle East conflict, there are indications that the project to build a Disney theme park and resort on Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island has not been shelved.At Disney’s annual general meeting on Wednesday, new CEO Josh D’Amaro said the Abu Dhabi theme park (announced last May when he was head of Disney Experience’s theme parks, cruises and consumer products…
Sterling K. Brown revealed this week that she likes to masturbate before bed, leaving Jennifer Hudson speechless. The “Paradise” star made a racy bedtime confession on Thursday’s “Jennifer Hudson Show.” After Hudson asked about his bedtime routine, Brown began by saying, “I’m going to try to be candid. I’m turning 50 later this year, so I’m in a period of candor.” “Sometimes I go to bed before your daughter. She’s a bit of a night owl and stays up a little later than your son.” Jennifer Hudson was left speechless when Sterling K. Brown (pictured above) revealed what she likes…
On the surface, Danish director and writer Elvira Lind’s King Hamlet, directed by Sam Gold’s 2017 theatrical version, may be the story of then-lover and now-husband Oscar Isaac as he prepares to play Shakespeare’s most famous character. But it would be a mistake to think of this film as process-oriented; Lind was more interested in weaving a rare, intimate look at the relationship between two creative partners who happen to support each other through an almost overwhelmingly intense part of their lives. The documentary, which premiered in Telluride late last year, arrived in Lind’s native Denmark this week for its…
In 1991, Chuck Norris suffered the biggest shock of his life when he discovered that he had fathered a child during an affair. The late Norris had an affair with his first wife, Diane Holecek, and another anonymous woman, resulting in the birth of their daughter, Dina, in 1964. Norris didn’t know Dina, now 62, existed for another 26 years until she contacted her famous father. Chuck Norris welcomed his daughter Dina during an affair during his marriage to first wife Diane Holecek (pictured above in Hawaii in 2015). Chuck Norris/Facebook Norris (pictured above with second wife Gina O’Kelly) welcomed…
Taylor Frankie Paul was touched by a message of support from rumored Bachelorette winner Doug Mason following the show’s cancellation. Mason, who was rumored to be engaged to Paul at the end of the show, said on her Instagram Stories on Friday: “I’m just saying my prayers to Taylor in light of everything that’s happened. Because it was her moment and her moment was thwarted.” “All we can do right now is hope. I hope you all have a great day as we’re about to go for a run and watch the sunrise. Let’s stay positive and just show support…
The Peril at Pincer Point shows an aspiring young sound designer willing to go completely off the deep end in the name of cinematic ingenuity. And in their memorable Bananas debut as a duo, one suspects that writer-directors Jake Coon and Noah Stratton-Twain have done the same. Whether it’s satire or an ode to unrealistically bold independent filmmaking, this micro-budget curio, in its dirty, scuffed jacket, cobbles together influences from Powell and Pressburger to grimy folk horror to the indie postmodernism of Mark Jenkin and Peter Strickland, yet still maintains its own twisted, strange voice. The Peril at Pincer Point,…
Taylor Sheridan’s Madison, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell, was initially thought to be connected to another of his hit shows, Yellowstone. “I haven’t made any effort to be able to navigate the decision-making process inside Taylor’s head,” series director and executive producer Christina Alexandra Volos told Page Six exclusively, referring to why the show is no longer being promoted as a spinoff. Voros, who frequently collaborates with Sheridan and has been nominated for an Emmy, said Madison feels like a story that “has its own identity” separate from the Kevin Costner cowboy drama that ran from 2018 to 2024.…
Monarch Media’s Alan Powell has teamed up with Adam Anders again for the teen musical series “Youth Group,” Variety has learned in an exclusive interview. The show’s official logline reads, “Set in a modern megachurch, a pastor’s son questions his traditional faith, sparks an online sensation, and transforms a youth worship team into the front line of a musical battle over truth, heritage, and faith.” The program is currently in development. There are currently no networks or streamers connected, but the project is currently available to buyers. Anders and Powell are co-creators and co-showrunners of “Youth Group.” Mr. Anders will…
Chuck Norris, the martial arts champion who became an iconic action star and led the hit series “Walker, Texas Ranger,” has died. He was 86 years old. Norris was hospitalized in Hawaii on Thursday, and his family released a statement Friday saying he died that morning. “While we would like to keep his circumstances private, we want you to know that he was peacefully surrounded by his family,” his family wrote. “To the world, he was a martial artist, an actor, and a symbol of strength. To us, he was a devoted husband, a loving father and grandfather, a wonderful…