Author: Deadline

There are Glen Powells everywhere for those with the eyes to see — at least according to the lookalike contest held earlier today in the Top Gun: Maverick star’s hometown of Austin, Texas. According to Fox 7 Austin, hundreds of people gathered at Auditorium Shores in Town Lake Park on Sunday, including Powell’s mother and aunt, who helped select the winner from a pool of several contestants (featuring Powell iterations from Hit Man to Twisters, as well as Austin-founded chain Torchy’s Tacos’ red devil mascot and a dog that resembled Powell’s famed rescue pooch Brisket). While Powell didn’t make an…

It is 30 years since The Shawshank Redemption debuted, but it remains as beloved as ever, and its star Tim Robbins credits one man for its survival – Ted Turner. In an interview with The Guardian newspaper, Robbins rails against algorithms dictating our viewing habits and cites his 1994 film about the fates of prison inmates as one that wouldn’t have made it in this era. Robbins said: “We’re at 30 years now [on from] Shawshank Redemption. When it came out it got good reviews, it got nominated for Academy awards, but nobody saw it. It was VHS and [Ted]…

EXCLUSIVE: Pamela Anderson says she has “danced between shame and beating myself up” — and she’s still here. She has opened so many eyes with her stunning breakthrough performance, at age 57, playing Shelly, a veteran hoofer forced to hang up her heels in Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl. I think it’s one of the best screen performances of the year. The breakthrough has been a long time coming. Even though Anderson cares not to dwell too much on her past, she embraces it for her art and has poured it into the role of Shelly. “I wouldn’t change one thing about my life or I…

As this year’s Alternativa Film Project kicks off, the second edition will see the event land in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, moving from last year’s location in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where it hosted its Alternativa Film Awards. Founded by technology company InDrive, the global non-profit film initiative is looking to grow into one of Asia’s premiere film events, with a mission to give international visibility to filmmakers whose work has potential to bring social change.  Describing itself as a “nomadic project,” the event will look to set up camp each year in a different location.  “From the very beginning, the concept of the…

Spike Lee will head up the jury for the upcoming Red Sea International Film Festival. The decorated Malcolm X filmmaker will preside over the features competition jury, which last year saw Zarrar Kahn’s In Flames taking Best Feature and Farah Nabulsi’s The Teacher scoring a pair of wins including Best Actor for Saleh Bakri. Lee will also participate in the Festival’s In Conversation strand, sharing insights. For this year’s edition, the fourth, 16 features have been selected from the past year, with the winners being selected by Lee and the Jury to receive the Yusr Awards. Lee is a cinema icon who won an…

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige can hardly wait for the Fantastic Four‘s entry to in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the X-Men’s future involvement. Feige made a live virtual appearance at the opening of the Disney APAC Content Showcase, held in Singapore, talked up the future of the MCU ahead of The Fantastic Four: First Steps‘ release next year. Appearing onscreen at the showcase wearing a blue Fantastic Four cap, he pointed at the hat when asked which Marvel title he was most excited for in 2025. “Finally, [we’re] bringing Marvel’s First Family into the MCU,” said Feige. “They wrap…

EXCLUSIVE: White Bird star Ariella Glaser has boarded Flavia, the Martin Freeman-starring adventure movie about an 11-year-old detective. Glaser stars as Ophelia de Luce, the sister of the movie’s protagonist, who is played by Molly Belle Wright. Freeman, Jonathan Pryce and Toby Jones are also aboard. Flavia is based on the Alan Bradley series of books centered on the pre-teen detective. The movie from Bharat Nalluri and Daisy Jones and the Six writer Susan Coyne starts with the main character finding a dead body at her decaying British manor house, with her father accused of the murder. She subsequently dives…

EXCLUSIVE: WME‘s ex-corporate strategy SVP has joined the board of Insanity, the UK agency that reps the likes of Maya Jama. Laura Edwards will become a Non-Executive Director at the London shop following five years in New York with WME, which she exited several months back. During her time at WME she worked across M&A, talent and global strategy. She used to work for Adidas and previously ran a consultancy in London and New York. At Insanity, Edwards will join the agency’s leadership team and contribute to board meetings. Insanity recently achieved B-Corp certification, defined as “businesses that meet the…

Gabrielle Union is joining a now-growing list of public figures that are leaving social media platform X. In a final post made yesterday, the Bring It On star cited changes to the terms of service, as well as the return of “volatile” individuals as reasoning for her departure. Recently, Jamie Lee Curtis also announced her leaving the Elon Musk-owned site. (High-profile accounts have trickled out in 2022 and 2023 as well, when Musk assumed ownership of then-Twitter and became CEO of X.) “There are pivotal moments in life when we must declare that enough is enough—and for me, today is…

Denzel Washington, revered for his consistent hit rate as much as his talent when it comes to movie-making, reveals he knows he made some bad choices at an earlier stage in his career.  The double Oscar winner, who stars as slave owner Macrinus in Gladiator II, told The Times of London:  “After Malcolm X [1992] I made some real clunkers. Look them up — I won’t say their names. They are all in the 1990s. But I was earning. I had responsibilities.” Washington added by explanation:  “In life, you learn, earn and then you return — as in give back. So if…