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Kevin Hart working on 'Scrooged' remake
Actor-comedian Kevin Hart is developing a remake of Bill Murray's Christmas comedy "Scrooged" with Paramount Pictures. According to Variety, Hart will produce the project through his HartBeat Productions and will likely take on the lead role. As per the sources, the project is still in its early stage without a writer or a script. The 1988 original, directed by Richard Donner, was a modern-day retelling of the Charles Dickens novel "A Christmas Carol". In the film, Murray played a greedy TV executive who meets with three ghosts in an effort to regain his Christmas spirit. The dark comedy has since become a cult hit over the years.
Jennifer Lopez all set to kick-start her 'It's My Party' tour
Jennifer Lopez will rock the stage after years as the singer is all set to kick-start her 'It's My Party' tour tonight."Tonight's the night! SOOOOOOO excited to show you guys what we've been working so hard on. See you at The Forum! It's party time!" wrote Lopez on Instagram.The singer has been regularly sharing the making videos of her tour on Youtube. She has first revealed about the tour on the Ellen DeGeneres show in February.Starting on June 8 in California, the tour will go around a number of cities till July 26 with Lopez performing in Miami, according to Billboard.The official Instagram handle of 'The Forum,' where JLo will be performing, indicated that it is going to be a houseful evening. They posted an image of a billboard which read, "Two nights sold out."The tour comes after almost a gap of six years. It will also mark Jennifer Lopez's 50th birthday on July 24.Just a week ago, the singer took a stroll down the memory lane after her first album 'On the 6' completed 20 ...
Ansel Elgort to star in Warner Media's 'Tokyo Vice' series
Actor Ansel Elgort is all set to headline crime thriller series, "Tokyo Vice", for Warner Media's upcoming streaming service. The studio has handed a straight-to-series order to the project, which is based on Jake Adelstein's non-fiction book of the same name, reported Variety. The book is the author's first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat, detailing his daily descent into the neon-soaked underbelly of Tokyo, where nothing and no one is truly what or who they seem. Elgort, 25, will portray Adelstein, an American journalist who embed himself into the Tokyo Police force to reveal corruption. Destin Daniel Cretton, the director of films such as "Short Term 12" and "Glass Castle", will helm the 10-episode series, while Tony-award-winning playwright J T Rogers is adapting the script from the book. The show will be executive produced by John Lesher, Emily Gerson Saines and Elgort.
Michael Douglas blames Spielberg's TV bias for not winning best actor at 2013 Cannes
Veteran actor Michael Douglas believes filmmaker Steven Spielberg's anti stand against television cost him the best actor trophy at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Douglas starred in Steven Soderbergh's HBO film "Behind the Candelabra", alongside actor Matt Damon. The movie had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and was among strong contenders for the coveted Palme d'Or trophy. Spielberg served as the president of the Cannes competition jury that year. Appearing on Variety's "Actor on Actor" series with Benecio del Toro, the 74-year-old actor said many people told him that he was "favourite" for the award, which was bagged by Bruce Dern for "Nebraska". "The word was I was the favourite for the best actor award. (Spielberg) put the kibosh on that, because it was an HBO film. So when I now see this argument and beef about Showtime or Netflix, in this case, doing feature films, I think they've got to get this resolved," he said. Spielberg last year made headlines after the ...
Taika Waititi to guest star in 'Year Of The Rabbit'
Filmmaker Taika Waititi will be making a guest appearance in IFC/Channel 4 comedy series "Year Of The Rabbit". According to The Hollywood Reporter, the show is set in the Victorian era and focuses on a crime-fighting trio, led by Matt Berry's Detective Inspector Rabbit, assisted by Susan Wokoma and Freddie Fox. The series is directed by Ben Taylor, best known for Netflix's "Sex Education". Andy Riley and Kevin Cecil have written the show with additional material from Berry. The show also features "Bodyguard" star Keeley Hawes. The actor, who has a recurring role, portrays "mysterious Lydia". "Year Of the Rabbit" will air in the UK on Channel 4 on June 10, while a launch date for IFC is yet to be announced.
The Atlantic editor's sexist remarks triggers criticism
Jeffrey Goldberg, the Editor-in-Chief of American magazine 'The Atlantic', sparked a controversy on social media after he suggested that only "white male" journalists write in-depth articles."It's really, really hard to write a 10,000-word cover story," Goldberg said in an interview with Nieman Lab, a nonprofit journalism organisation and website, on Thursday, which noted that 11 of The Atlantic's 15 most recent cover stories were written by men."There are not a lot of journalists in America who can do it. The journalists in America who do it are almost exclusively white males," he added.Critics have accused Goldberg of underestimating the abilities of those who fall outside the pool of white male writers.Margaret Sullivan of The Washington Post joked on Twitter and wrote, "I aspire to be one of those women who can write 1,200 words. I top out at about 850."Andi Zeisler, a co-founder of the nonprofit feminist organisation Bitch Media, wrote, "So has anyone told Jeffrey Goldberg about .
'...The Fakir' shows immigration in positive way: Dhanush
Actor-filmmaker Dhanush, who is gearing up for the global release of his maiden international film "The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir", says it deals with the issue of global immigration and shows it a positive light.
Tom Holland-starrer 'Uncharted' movie to release in December 2020
Sony Pictures' movie adaptation of popular video game "Uncharted", starring Tom Holland, will hit the theatres worldwide in December 2020. The film is based on the PlayStation video game series that follows the adventures of treasure hunter Nathan Drake, to be portrayed by Holland. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg, the movie will chronicle Drake's first encounter with the professional rogue Sullivan. Trachtenberg boarded the project in January this year after Shawn Levy exited due it over scheduling issues, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Jonathan Rosenberg and Mark Walker have penned the most recent draft of the film's screenplay. The movie will be releasing against Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story" remake. Sony has also announced the release date of Kevin Hart-starrer "Fatherhood" and Camila Cabello's "Cinderella". "Fatherhood", to be helmed by Paul Weitz, will open on April 3, 2020, Kay Cannon-directed "Cinderella" has been given the release date of February 3, 2021.
Frank Grillo, Tony Jaa join Nicolas Cage's 'Jiu Jitsu'
Actors Frank Grillo and Tony Jaa have boarded the cast of Nicolas Cage-starrer martial arts action feature "Jiu Jitsu". The film, based on a comic book of the same name, will be directed by Dimitri Logothetis, who is also the author of the books alongside Jim McGrath. Actor and stuntman Alain Moussi, best known for starring in the "Kickboxer" series, will also feature in the film. The cast also includes Rick Yune, Marie Avgeropoulos and JuJu Chan. The film follows a Jiu Jitsu fighter (Moussi) who, in every six years, must face-off against an alien invader, Brax. Cage's character teams up with him in a battle to defeat Brax. The project is being produced by Logothetis and Martin Barab, with Highland Film Group handling worldwide sales. It is expected to start shooting later this month.
I was always going to delete Twitter: Ruby Rose
Actor Ruby Rose, who recently quit Twitter, says leaving the microblogging site was always a part of her plan. The 33-year-old actor had left the platform in August last year following a backlash over her casting as lesbian superhero Batwoman in "Arrowverse". In an interview with Adweek, Rose said she had limited the use of her Twitter handle to film promotions as she believes things have turned to worse on the platform. "I was always going to delete Twitter. I was waiting for 'Meg', because I wanted to promote Meg on Twitter," she said. "I always said when I finished 'Meg', I would get rid of Twitter because Twitter has changed. It's a place where I don't think it's an incredibly useful tool for bringing attention to anything. You can't promote things on it, it's just opinions for days now," she added. The "John Wick: Chapter 2" star also said everything that is trending on Twitter has political motivations or undertones to it and people use it to trade barbs at each ...
Adam Scott is happy women are leading 'Big Little Lies'
After the show writer made a revelation that season 2 will mark the end of HBO series 'Big Little Lies', actor Adam Scott is happy that the show is led by women as the protagonists."First of all, I think it's great that it ('Big Little Lies') exists, and that more and more projects are being made where women are the protagonists, the true protagonists, and not everything that they say and do is linked to a man, how they feel about a man, how the man is perceiving them," Fox News quoted him as saying."Their lives are very full, and the characters are real people who have many other concerns," Scott added.Scott admitted that he "couldn't be happier," to be a part of the Emmy-winning drama.The show is also executive produced by two women- Resse Witherspoon who plays Martha and Nicole Kidman who essays the role of Celeste Wright.The second season is based on a novella by Moriarty who imagined what the characters would be doing after the events of the first season.For the unversed, the ...
Racism in cinema: Bollywood mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all
Hrithik Roshan's yet-to-be-released "Super 30" has walked right into Bollywood's age-old debate on racism and class-caste stereotypes with the fair-skinned actor transitioning to tones of brown, apparently in keeping with his deglam role as a grassroots teacher from Bihar. The 'colour coding' is not new in formulaic cinema with numerous examples over the decades of Bollywood mistaking stereotyping with realism and using various shades of brown to portray those grappling with caste and class divides -- remember Sunil Dutt as the angry young farmer in "Mother India" and, six decades later, Alia Bhatt as a labourer in "Udta Punjab". Fair-skinned actors both who were dabbed with tan makeup in an effort to be authentic. Clearly, the passage of time made little difference to the cliche that fair equals upper class and success and dark skin denotes working class. Sociologist Sanjay Srivastava believes the stereotype has always existed in cinema where a dark skin tone is associated with ...
Selena Gomez spreads happiness during surprise visit to children's hospital
Selena Gomez on Friday visited patients at the Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City for the 10th annual Big Slick Celebrity Fundraiser.The 26-year-old singer enjoyed her visit to the hospital, posed for pictures, played board games, coloured, and signed a handful of autographs during her visit, reported E! News.'The Fetish' singer will also be attending other events to help the fundraising organisation.Other celebrities who are expected to attend the Big Slick event this weekend includes Ariel Winter, Adam Scott, Cobie Smulders, Zachary Levi, and Kat Mcnamara.Gomez had opened up about taking a much-needed break from the public eyes last year in April."Last year, I took a lot of time off," the 26-year-old star said during an interview on Coach's Dream It Real podcast. "I think that I needed a moment to myself because I do feel like I was growing and changing."She has appeared in high-profile events, including the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, a surprise appearance at Coachella and The
Karan Johar teases new 'fear franchise'
Filmmaker Karan Johar is now stepping into the genre of horror after treating cinema lovers with romantic films.
Chrissy Teigen remarries John Legend in 'Four Weddings' style
Chrissy Teigen recreated her wedding with singer John Legend and it just proved that she is a true 'Four Weddings' fan.The 33-year old model introduced herself- Age- 33 years old, Budget- USD 20,000 and Theme- Russian Italian, on her Instagram story. She even decided to DIY her own wedding dress with a towel which she decorated with sparkling nail polish!In another story, she explained the reason why she wants to win the show, "I want to win because I want to get the free honeymoon and I want to sell it."'Four Weddings' was a British TV series where four brides compete against each other to have the best wedding and the winner gets a free honeymoon.Teigen then showed her wedding dress hanging at a window with her beautiful pair of heels.Gong totally dramatic over the wedding, Teigen adorned her towel wedding dress with a veil. She kissed Legend and the two were declared man and wife."Every single thing about my wedding was perfect. Like, I know I'm gonna win. It was beautiful, I'm so .
It's a double layer in Hollywood: Billy Porter's harsh revelations
American actor and singer Billy Porter who made headlines for pulling off the most dramatic red carpet look ever at the 2019 Met Gala, made some harsh revelations about the Hollywood industry and his role in the FX drama series 'Pose'."It's a double layer. The layer of being a person of colour in this industry, and the other layer of being a queen. No one can see you as anything else," Porter said during The Hollywood Reporter's Drama Actor Roundtable.Speaking about his character in the FX drama series 'Pose, Porter added, "If 'Flamboyantly...' wasn't in the description of the character, no one would see me ever, for anything, which wouldn't be so enraging if it went the other direction, but it doesn't."Porter, a homosexual, spoke about the misery that even gay men don't pay the role of a gay but a straight man playing the role is rewarded for it."Straight men, playing gay, everyone wants to give them an award. Thank you for gracing us with your straight presence. That gets ...
WWE star John Cena to star in 'Fast & Furious 9'
John Cena has been roped in to star in the ninth installment of 'Fast & Furious'.In April, Vin Diesel had hinted about Cena joining the cast of the film, however, Universal officially confirmed today that the "Blockers" actor is a lock, reported Fox News.Nothing much is known about the role of Cena and the character is under wraps. Dwayne Johnson will not be in Fast & Furious 9.With the screenplay written by Dan Casey from a story by Justin Lin, the production will start later this month.The film is scheduled to hit the theatres on May 22, 2020.Diesel is producing through his One Race Films and Lin for Perfect Storm Entertainment.
Jaume Collet-Serra to direct Dwayne Johnson's 'Black Adam'
Dwayne Johnson-starrer 'Black Adams', a spin-off of the recently released 'Shazam!', has finally found its director.The DC comics based film will be directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, who just finished shooting for a Disney film, 'Jungle Cruise', according to The Hollywood Reporter.Actor Dwayne Johnson will star in his own solo movie as the class villain Black Adam, and will presumably face off against the hero at some point.The film will be produced by Beau Flynn, of FlynnPictureCo, along with Johnson, his wife Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia.The character Black Adams dates back to the 1940s when he was called Captain Marvel, and is considered the archnemesis of Shazam. In the comic world, Black Adams is considered to be an anti-hero.Earlier, Black Adams was to be the part of 'Shazam!', but the makers believed that the character deserved a film of his own.'Black Adams' is being written by Henry Gayden who wrote the screenplay for the first instalment.Collet-Serra is known for directing ...
Kevin Hart and Paramount team up to remake 'Scrooged'
Kevin Hart and Paramount Pictures are teaming on a remake of the cult film 'Scrooged' that starred Bill Murray.Hart will produce the film via his HartBeat Productions and possibly take on a starring role, sources confirmed to Variety.The project is in nascent stages with no writer or script.A modern retelling of the Charles Dickens novella, the original 1998 film was directed by Richard Donner in which Murray essayed the role of a greedy TV executive who meets three ghosts to get back his Christmas spirit.Currently, Hart is prepping up to shoot 'Fatherhood'. The film is based on the true story of an author and is an adaptation of Matt Logelin's best seller 'Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss & Love'.The 'Night School' actor will also be seen in the sequel to 'Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle' which stars Dwayne Johnson.
Atlantic editor's comment on women journalists causes uproar
The editor of The Atlantic magazine faced an outcry on Friday, accused of sexism and racism, after seeming to suggest in an interview that few women are capable of writing long-form journalism. "It's really, really hard to write a 10,000-word cover story. There are not a lot of journalists in America who can do it. The journalists in America who do it are almost exclusively white males," Jeffrey Goldberg said in an interview with Harvard University's Nieman Journalism Lab published on Thursday. Goldberg, a prominent magazine writer and columnist who became editor of The Atlantic in 2016, made the comments as part of a lengthy interview about the role of women at the magazine. Goldberg's statements were met with outrage, with commenters online calling him "toxic," "racist," and "sexist." "The top editor of a major publication should not express such a sexist and racially insensitive view," the National Association of Black Journalists said in a statement. Goldberg later apologised, ...