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Big Brotherhas been on the air for 27 seasons, and annoying behavior from the houseguests during the live evictions has ruined them. So far, Big Brother 27 has had three live evictions, which led to the ends of Zae Frederich, Amy Binghman, and Adrian Rocha's games after they competed in and lost the Bb Blockbuster competition.

In a Big Brother Reddit thread, user maytator complained that the live evictions "are becoming genuinely unwatchable" due to the houseguests' shoutouts to their families and friends after they cast their votes. They wrote, "Look, I’ve been watching Bb since season 13. I love this show and will watch every eviction live."

They continued, "The last 6-8 seasons, though, and Especially this season, evictions are getting harder and harder to watch because I simply cannot stand the 'himomhidadhappybirthdaysusiehappyanniversaryjohnnyilovemyfamilyandfriendsletsgododgers!!' shout out that Every. Single. Person. Feels the need to give."

The fan then praised Big Brother...

While the HBO adaptation of Ray Bradbury's 1953 dystopian novelFahrenheit 451underperformed when it was initially released, the film is now finally seeing some success on streaming.

Per FlixPatrol, Fahrenheit 451 now ranks as the #10 most streamed film on HBO in the United States as of Aug. 1. The film falls just behind A Minecraft Movie at #9 and is also the second Michael B. Jordan film on the chart, with Sinners claiming the #2 spot. The TV movie directed by Ramin Bahrani, best known for 99 Homes, stars Jordan as Guy Montag, a "fireman" whose job is to burn books. The 2018 adaptation came about over fifty years after the 1966 version, directed by François Truffaut and starring Julie Christie, Oskar Werner, and Cyril Cusack.

Fahrenheit 451 (2018) follows Guy Montag, a fireman living in Cleveland working under Captain Beatty (Michael Shannon). As a Fireman, Guy must burn books that have been banned in the United States.

Michael B. Jordan lit the world on fire earlier this year with his performance in Sinners, but seven years ago, he teamed up with a Man of Steel star for a forgotten sci-fi film that has resurfaced on streaming charts. Jordan stars alongside Michael Shannon in Fahrenheit 451, the dystopian sci-fi thriller set in a terrifying, care-free future where a fireman is tasked with burning all books, but he begins to question his actions after meeting a young woman. Fahrenheit 451 premiered on HBO Max in 2018, and the film has resurfaced on American streaming charts, sitting at #10 at the time of writing. The film earned a 31% score from critics and a 22% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, and due to it being a straight-to-streaming release, it did not report any box office earnings.

Fahrenheit 451 drew comparisons to Blade Runner upon its release, largely due to the dystopian sci-fi world that director Ramin Bahrani created.

The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers reveal a preview clip has been released for the week of May 26, 2025. It features Luna Nozawa (Lisa Yamada) buying a gun from a street dealer!

Apparently, she is going on the hunt for Steffy Forrester Finnegan (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood). Don’t expect Sheila Carter Sharpe (Kimberlin Brown) to save her either.

The reformed villain tells Luna it’s time for her to go! Keep reading and let’s talk about what’s coming up in the CBS soap opera.

Luna Nozawa’s Killer Claim

The preview clip begins with a shitless John “Finn” Finnegan (Tanner Novlan) hugging Steffy and making out with her. That is important as it comes right before Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye) announces that Luna is on the hunt for Steffy.

Ridge is sitting with Steffy and Finn on a mustard-yellow couch. As Ridge tells them that Luna is hunting Steffy,...

The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers for the week of May 26, 2025, are here! Next week, fans can expect Sheila Carter Sharpe (Kimberlin Brown) to give Luna Nozawa (Lisa Yamada) the boot. It comes after Luna gets into a brawl with Electra Forrester (Laneya Grace).

Meanwhile, John “Finn” Finnegan (Tanner Novlan) shares a heartfelt moment with Liam Spencer (Scott Clifton). Keep reading and let’s discuss what’s coming up in the CBS soap opera.

Luna Nozawa’s Next Sin

Let’s start off with Luna, who is going to be a very bad girl during the week of May 26. Luna talks to Sheila about sending a salacious text message to Will Spencer (Crew Morrow).

Sheila tells her granddaughter this is a bad idea. The young woman does not listen and sends that text message anyways.

Electra Forrester’s Catfight

That likely leads to Electra facing off with Luna. Despite Luna’s threats and cockiness,...

Actors Mads Mikkelsen (Another Round”) and Boyd Holbrook (“A Complete Unknown”) are set to star in “Last Meals,” a new prison drama that focuses on a fallen former White House chef who prepares the last meals for death row inmates before they’re executed and a prisoner that decides to go on a hunger strike.

The news hailing from Variety reveals that director Ramin Bahrani has been attached to helm as the film heads to the Cannes Film Market.

Continue reading ‘Last Meals’: Mads Mikkelsen & Boyd Holbrook Star In Death Row Chef Prison Drama From ’99 Homes’ Director at The Playlist.

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This May, Peacock is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated return of the crime comedy-drama series Poker Face to all of the John Wick films. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Peacock this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the ten best films that are coming to Peacock in May 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

99 Homes (May 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92% Credit – Broad Green Pictures

99 Homes is a thriller drama film directed by Ramin Bahrani, who also co-wrote the film with Amir Naderi. The 2014 film is set in Florida, and it follows Dennis Nash, a single father living with his family. When his family is evicted from their home by a businessman, Dennis decides...

Peacock has announced the lineup of movies, TV shows, and live sports that will be available on the streaming service in May. The Peacock May 2025 schedule includes Black Bag, the Eurovision Song Contest, the Kentucky Derby, Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 5, Love Hurts, Poker Face Season 2, and more.

Black Bag is the latest thriller from Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh, while Love Hurts is the latest action film from the producers of Nobody and Bullet Train. In Poker Face Season 2, Natasha Lyonne returns as the sharp-tongued human lie detector Charlie Cale, solving crimes in this mystery-of-the-week series.

Poker Face Season 2

For sports fans, the 2025 Kentucky Derby races into action on May 3. Break out your biggest hat and catch every heart-pounding second of the fastest two minutes in sports.

Music lovers, prepare for glitter, glamour, and fierce competition as the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest streams live May 13–17 from Basel, Switzerland. Join...

Oof. Beginnings of months are difficult in terms of how many titles on any streaming service we are forced to say goodbye to. Each month, Netflix brings in many new items, meaning some older ones have to leave. Some months are worse than others.

May isn't worse than other months unless you are a fan of a couple of franchises. If you love Spider-Man, we have bad news for you. If you are addicted to watching Thomas & Friends, we have more bad news.

Perhaps the worst part is that a lot of comedies are saying goodbye. Wedding Crashers, the Fockers films, and a couple of the Friday flicks are going away. So are some Oscar-worthy films, such as Schindler's List and Whiplash.

A large number of titles are leaving Netflix this week (April 26 through May 2)

The weird 1978 version of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is also leaving.

On Tuesday 22 April 2025, ITV broadcasts Celebrity Big Brother!

Live Eviction Season 2 Episode 14 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Celebrity Big Brother,” titled “Live Eviction,” promises to be an exciting event for fans. This episode will air on ITV and will continue to showcase the famous housemates living under constant surveillance. The housemates are trying their best to avoid eviction as they navigate the challenges of life in the Big Brother house.

In this episode, the tension will rise as the most unpopular housemates face a public vote. Viewers will have the chance to weigh in on who they want to keep in the house and who should be sent home. The stakes are high, and the atmosphere is sure to be charged as the housemates await the results of the vote.

As the live eviction unfolds, emotions will run high. The housemates will be on edge, knowing that one of...

Toward the end of his life, film critic Roger Ebert saved some of his most lavish praise for a young graduate of Columbia University who devoted his early career to making the kinds of movies not often promoted in the USA. Ramin Bahrani came straight out of the Ken Loach school of progressive storytelling, focusing on the lives and struggles of working-class people, the poor, and the displaced.

If you hurry, you can catch what may be Bahrani’s most crucial movie – 99 Homes – before it leaves Netflix at the end of April.

I don’t know if 99 Homes – released in 2014, a year after Ebert’s death – is Bahrani’s best movie. His three-picture run between 2005 and 2008, which included Man Push Cart, Chop Shop, and Goodbye Solo, is as good an early trio as you will find from an American director in the 21st century.

The first two are...

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Andrew Garfield may be best known as Peter Parker in "The Amazing Spider-Man" franchise, in addition to his roles in Oscar-winners such as "The Eyes of Tammy Faye," but one of the actor's most underrated movies is currently finding a second life on Netflix a full decade after its original release. Directed by Ramin Bahrani, "99 Homes" has been climbing up the streamer's charts in recent days as viewers have begun to discover the gut-wrenching, hugely impactful drama.

Ranked as one of the best movies from Sundance 2015 by /Film at the time, "99 Homes" has recently become a somewhat unexpected hit on Netflix. The film is currently at number eight on the streamer's most-watched movie charts, just ahead of Sony's surprise hit comedy "One of Them Days" and behind Scarlet Johansson's 2014 sci-fi flick "Lucy," per FlixPatrol. The fact that...

Spider-Man has a long and varied film history. The first Spider-Man movies were recuts of the 1977 TV series "The Amazing Spider-Man," and starred Nicholas Hammond as the title hero, a man who could climb walls and swing through the streets of New York on homemade webs projected from his wrists. In 1978, there was a Japanese Spider-Man film based on the Toei TV series, starring Shinji Tōdō as a robot-controlling version of the hero. Better known to American audiences are the three big-budget Spider-Man blockbusters that Sam Raimi directed between 2002 and 2007. Those films starred Tobey Maguire. Raimi's films were followed by two movies in rebooted continuity called "The Amazing Spider-Man," starring Andrew Garfield. When the second of his films tanked, Sony (who held the films rights to Spider-Man) decided to move away from that continuity and co-produce an even newer version of Spider-Man, folding the character into Disney's already-successful Marvel Cinematic Universe.

For the past two decades, Andrew Garfield has stood out as one of the most charming and talented actors that Britain has to offer. Over the course of his career, he's proven himself to be constantly eager to take on new challenges, appearing in a Catholicism-soaked period drama one moment and a sprightly superhero flick the next. You never know exactly what he's going to take on next, except that he's guaranteed to bring a certain boy-next-door charisma to every performance. 

After making his on-screen debut in 2005's teen comedy "Sugar Rush," he catapulted to stardom with a string of well-received leading roles. Garfield is no stranger to awards season, as he has received nominations at the Academy Awards, Emmys, BAFTAs, Golden Globes, and Tonys. And while not every project of his is a slam dunk, a lot of them are, and all are improved by his presence. Here are...

Michael Shannon is known for his intense and versatile performances across film, television, and theater—Take Shelter, 99 Homes, Nocturnal Animals, Boardwalk Empire, Long Days Journey Into Night, George and Tammy, to name just a few. On this episode, he talks about his “simplistic” approach to preparation, the test he gives directors to see if he can trust them, the importance of “disappearing,” why he no longer likes to do endless takes, and much more. Plus he discusses his love for George Mackay, who plays “Son” to Shannon’s “Father” in The End, Joshua Oppenheimer’s post-apocalyptic musical which opens in select theaters […]

The post “It’s Your Job to Disappear”: Michael Shannon, Back To One, Episode 320 first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.

Michael Shannon is known for his intense and versatile performances across film, television, and theater—Take Shelter, 99 Homes, Nocturnal Animals, Boardwalk Empire, Long Days Journey Into Night, George and Tammy, to name just a few. On this episode, he talks about his “simplistic” approach to preparation, the test he gives directors to see if he can trust them, the importance of “disappearing,” why he no longer likes to do endless takes, and much more. Plus he discusses his love for George Mackay, who plays “Son” to Shannon’s “Father” in The End, Joshua Oppenheimer’s post-apocalyptic musical which opens in select theaters […]

The post “It’s Your Job to Disappear”: Michael Shannon, Back To One, Episode 320 first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.

While at the Marrakech Film Festival where he’s serving on Luca Guadagnino‘s jury alongside Jacob Elordi, Andrew Garfield said he’s “had to work very hard to have less people ask questions about “Spider-Man.”

“I’m still working on it, obviously. It’s an imperfect process,” he quipped, as he had just been asked a question about his work on the superhero franchise.

Garfield said he was nevertheless “grateful for that time” because “it allowed [him] to maybe have an easier shot at working with people like Martin Scorsese straight after.”

“I think Marty probably was able to get a passion project made with a guy who played Spider-Man in the lead to play a Jesuit priest in the 1600s of Japan. The fact that that film got made with the help of Spider-Man is a beautiful thing,” Garfield said, referring to Scorsese’s 2016 film “Silence.”

Guadagnino, who kicked...

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Andrew Garfield has turned himself into quite the actor over the last decade or so. Not only does he star in acclaimed films such as "Tick, Tick...Boom!" or the recently released "We Live in Time" for A24, but he's also capable of delivering the goods in blockbusters as well. He was a major reason why 2021's "Spider-Man: No Way Home" became one of the biggest movies ever. But before he became an A-list actor capable of walking comfortably in both of these worlds, he starred in an oft-forgotten drama alongside Tom Cruise. 

The movie was 2007's "Lions for Lambs," directed by cinematic legend Robert Redford, who also stars in the film. Not only that, but Meryl Streep, one of the greatest actors of all time, was in the film as well, as was future big star Michael Peña. In hindsight,...

Of all seasons of "True Detective," season 2 remains the most maligned. But I always appreciate an attempt to peer under the carapace of sunny California and see what wretched beasts spring forth, and I think season 2 of Nic Pizzolatto's crime thriller series did as good a job as any of probing the dark side of the City of Angels. The same could be said of the first season, I suppose, though the swampy environs of deep Louisiana seem to lend themselves more to a murky noir mystery than SoCal. Regardless, it was when trying to find other shows with a similar tone to the first and second season of "True Detective" that I came across the "Red Riding" trilogy.

This series of three feature-length TV episodes set in the north of England during the late '70s and early '80s is about as dour as you can get,...

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International film producer Ashok Amritraj will be honored with the Global Indian Cinematic Icon Award at the upcoming India International Film Tourism Conclave in Mumbai. The ceremony will host diplomatic representatives from more than 50 nations, including Norway, Sweden, Indonesia, Spain, and Ecuador.

The Hyde Park Entertainment Group founder, whose films have generated over $2 billion worldwide, is set to be recognized for his four-decade career spanning more than 100 productions. His notable credits include “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance,” “Bringing Down the House,” and “99 Homes,” alongside international co-productions like the Hindi-Tamil hit “Jeans.”

The International Emmy-winning producer, who chronicled his career transition from Wimbledon tennis player to Hollywood producer in his autobiography “Advantage Hollywood,” also serves as United Nations India goodwill ambassador. His accolades include France’s Chevalier De L’Ordre National Du Merite and an honorary doctorate from the University of East London.

“Over the past four decades,...

Andrew Garfield recently spoke with Esquire about what it would take for him to reprise his role as Spider-Man in the future. He also discussed the frustrations of his The Amazing Spider-Man films being shelved by Sony.

It was really healing for me, Garfield told Esquire about putting his Spider-Man suit back on when filming Spider-Man: No Way Home with Tom Holland and Tobey Maguire. He also discussed what it would take for him to put on the Spider-Man suit again in the future. "For sure, I would 100 percent come back if it was the right thing, if its additive to the culture, if theres a great concept or something that hasnt been done before thats unique and odd and exciting and that you can sink your teeth into. I love that character, and it brings joy. If part of what I bring is joy, then Im joyful in return.

Big Brother 26 is moving fast now.

A Double Eviction on Thursday night sent two people to the jury house, leaving only five houseguests competing for the $750,000 prize.

Viewers tuning in saw that Leah Peters and Angela Murray were evicted unanimously.

Leah and Angela now head to the jury house to join Quinn Martin and T’Kor Clottey. It’s a reunion of sorts for Leah and Quinn.

But after the Double Eviction episode ended, it was back to business for the final five players.

A new Head of Household Competition happened late Thursday night (September 26), followed by much chatter about the week ahead.

Who is the new Hoh and what are their plans?

Makensy Manbeck is the new Hoh. She won another competition, showing she is a beast at challenges.

Makensy holds the power as the week begins, but it’s a difficult week to be the Hoh. It’s nearly...

The Big Brother 26 cast finally had its Double Eviction on Thursday night.

Makensy Manbeck was the Head of Household this week, and she set about getting out Angela Murray.

Makensy nominated Angela and Kimo Apaka for eviction, telling each nominee they were a pawn.

Chelsie Baham pushed hard to go after Leah Peters, but Makensy didn’t want to do that.

Makensy later won the Power of Veto, and Chelsie pushed hard again. This time, Makensy folded.

Makensy saved Kimo from the block and named Leah the replacement nominee.

Leah or Angela would go home to begin the September 26 episode, and then a week’s worth of Big Brother would be played in less than an hour.

Who got evicted first on Big Brother 26, Episode 33?

Ainsley announced a Double Eviction night as Julie Chen Moonves welcomed the viewers. A quick week recap was given, and they jumped into the action.

It’s time for the Big Brother 26 Double Eviction.

Two people will get voted out on Thursday night (September 26), kicking off the stretch run to the finale.

It will be an intense night for the BB26 cast but likely an exciting one for the viewers at home.

The houseguests have been warned to expect something, so many have speculated that the Double Eviction is coming.

Only five people will be left competing for that $75,000 prize by night’s end.

The new episode debuts at 8/7c on Thursday, September 26.

Big Brother 26 spoilers about the first eviction

Makensy Manbeck is the Week 10 Head of Household. Her final nominees for eviction are Leah Peters and Angela Murray.

At the beginning of the September 26 episode, Leah or Angela will get voted out.

Big Brother 26 spoilers from the Live Feeds indicate Leah’s game is over. Chelsie Baham pushed to get her on the block...

Exclusive: Oscar, BAFTA, WGA and Emmy nominee Ramin Bahrani has signed with Grandview.

Bahrani is the writer, director and producer of such films as Man Push Cart, Chop Shop, Goodbye Solo, 99 Homes and The White Tiger. His films have all premiered at the Venice or Cannes film festivals and additionally screened at Telluride and Toronto. His debut feature documentary, 2nd Chance, premiered at Sundance and was released by Showtime.

Additionally, Bahrani has directed TV pilots for Universal Studios and Apple, and he won the PGA Award in 2019 for his work on the HBO movie Fahrenheit 451.

Bahrani’s films also include Alex Camilleri’s Sundance- and Spirit Award-winning feature Luzzu (2020) and his forthcoming Zejtune; and Alexandre Moratto’s Spirit Award-winning Brazilian debut feature Socrates (2018, and his Venice-winning 7 Prisoners (2021), Saim Sadiq’s Cannes-winning Pakistani debut Joyland (2022), Angus MacLachlan’s Sundance premiere A Little Prayer (2023) and Joshua Oppenheimer’s forthcoming debut feature The End.

Exclusive: Siena Agudong (Resident Evil), Luke Eisner (Tall Girl) and Noah Lomax (The Walking Dead) are among the newest additions to the cast of The Upside of Unrequited, the forthcoming coming-of-age comedy from filmmakers Anna-Elizabeth and Hillary Shakespeare, aka The Shakespeare Sisters.

Other newcomers to the cast include Patrick Luwis (Barbie) and Matthew Sato. As previously announced, Ayvan Williams Jessica Belkin and Savannah Smith will also star.

Based on the book of the same name by New York Times bestselling author Becky Albertalli, The Upside of Unrequited centers on Molly (Williams), an awkward teenager who feels left behind when her twin sister Cassie (Belkin) starts her first relationship with her dream girl Mina (Agudong). In an attempt to get closer to her sister again, Molly lets Cassie set her up with Mina’s best friend Will (Eisner). Molly goes along with it but she’s caught:...

Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar Renewed For Season 2 On Netflix! (Photo Credit – IMDb)

Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar is currently grabbing all the eyeballs in the web space. Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the period drama television series is based on the lives of tawaifs of Heera Mandi, a red-light district in Lahore. There’s good news because the Netflix series has been renewed for another season. Below are all the details you need about it!

The first season was set during the Indian Independence movement against the British Raj. The leading cast featured Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Richa Chadha, Sanjeeda Sheikh, Sharmin Segal Mehta, and Taha Shah Badussha. Adhyayan Suman, Fardeen Khan, Shekhar Suman, Jayati Bhatia, and Shruti Sharma were among others in supporting roles.

Heeramandi Season 1 received mixed response from viewers. While the elaborate sets and background score were among other factors that received praise, Sharmin Segal...

Chicago – One of Chicago’s icon theater actors … Michael Shannon … is performing again in town, in the company that he co-founded. Red Orchid Theatre presents Michael Shannon and Travis A. Knight in the World Premiere of “Turret” by Levi Holloway, now at the Chopin Theatre through June 9, 2024. For tickets and info, click Turret.

Two men (Shannon and Knight) survive in a facility deep underground somewhere in the wild woods of the Pacific Northwest, hiding away from something terrible from the outside. Ensnared in a relentless loop of endless tomorrows, they discover the wolf isn’t at the door, it’s already inside, waiting in the creeping darkness all around them. “Turret” is an excavation of masculinity, love, loss and isolation, and a claustrophobic carnival of carnage, carrier pigeons, cribbage, whiskey, music, mischief and mayhem.

Red Orchid’s ’Turret’ at the Chopin Theatre through June 9th

Photo credit: RedOrchidTheatre.org

Michael Shannon was born in Kentucky,...

Andrew Garfield spoke to an audience rich in Spider-Man fans about his career at the Red Sea Film Festival Thursday, sitting alongside Saudi producer and Red Sea Film Foundation CEO Mohammed Al Turki. The two have known each other since Garfield starred in Ramin Bahrani’s 2014 drama “99 Homes,” which Al Turki produced. “I’m currently out of work,” Garfield quipped. “So I’m just here to talk to Mo really.”

“I’m 40 years old now and I still get absolutely petrified,” Garfield said. “I have terrible impostor syndrome. I didn’t know it was a viable option to be an actor. I loved being an athlete. I hated school. I wasn’t strong enough to be a rugby player. It was my mother who suggested I look at doing something creative.”

Garfield spoke about his career from making a Doritos commercial when he was 21 to his early days in Hollywood,...

Andrew Garfield shared insights into his early days in Hollywood, experiences working on the Spider-Man franchise and thoughts about Red Sea International Festival Festival during his masterclass at the festival today.

He shared the stage with Saudi producer and Red Sea Film Foundation head Mohammed Al Turki, an old friend whom he’d worked with on indie feature 99 Homes in 2014. Directed by Iranian-us filmmaker Ramin Bahrani, 99 Homes was set during the recession period of the late 2000s when many Americans were losing their homes.

“It was an interesting group of us making that film,” Garfield remembered. “There was Ramin who was an American filmmaker but of a very different cultural heritage, then Mo of Saudi heritage and me of English heritage. So there was this melting pot bunch of people who felt maybe like they were outsiders in a certain way, telling a story about what it is to be an outsider.

Kevin Turen, the producer of HBO shows Euphoria and The Idol, died from multiple heart issues, according to a medical examiner’s report.

The official cause of death was acute cardiac dysfunction and hypertrophic heart disease, with coronary artery disease also cited.

Turen was driving his Tesla on a California freeway when stricken. His 10-year-old son managed to stop the car and take it to the side of the road. Turen was then taken to the hospital and died there.

Turen first produced Larry Clark’s Wassup Rockers, and later went on to work with Sam Levinson to produce Malcolm and Marie, Trey Shultz’s Waves, Nicholas Jarecki’s Arbitrage, Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation, Kornel Mondruczo’s Pieces of a Woman, Ramin Bahrani’s 99 Homes, and Ti West’s X trilogy.

The 44-year-old producer is survived by his wife, Evelina, and his two sons, Jack and James.

Kevin Turen, a producer on “Euphoria,” “The Idol,” and Ti West’s “X” trilogy,” died over the weekend. He was 44. A cause of death is not yet known.

Jay Penske, CEO of Variety‘s parent company Penske Media Corporation, was a close friend of Turen’s and released a statement on his passing.

“Despite his many achievements in Hollywood, Kevin’s greatest passion was his family and friends,” Penske said. “He was so proud of his children. He and his wife, Evelina, were resolved that their children grow up with great values and ensured they make a difference in the broader world. Our collective heart breaks for them, and we all feel such a profound sense of loss. We will miss Kevin so much, and this town lost one of its brightest rising stars today.”

Turen was known for working alongside Sam Levinson and Ashley Levinson, having co-founded Little Lamb Productions...

Kevin Turen, producer of films “Arbitrage” and “X” and HBO shows “Euphoria” and “The Idol,” has died, according to multiple media reports. He was 44.

His death was confirmed Sunday evening by Penske Media Corp. CEO Jay Penske. No cause was given.

“Despite his many achievements in Hollywood, Kevin’s greatest passion was his family and friends,” Penske, a close friend of Turen’s, said in a statement to THR, Deadline and other Pmc outlets. “He was so proud of his children. He and his wife, Evelina, were resolved that their children grow up with great values and ensured they make a difference in the broader world. Our collective heart breaks for them, and we all feel such a profound sense of loss. We will miss Kevin so much, and this town lost one of its brightest rising stars today.”

Turen co-founded Little Lamb Productions, producer of nine-time Emmy winner “Euphoria,...

Kevin Turen, a producer on HBO’s Euphoria and The Idol and Ti West’s X, Pearl and MaXXXine, has died. He was 44.

A spokesperson for Penske Media Corp., the parent company of The Hollywood Reporter, confirmed Turen’s death. No other details were immediately available.

“Despite his many achievements in Hollywood, Kevin’s greatest passion was his family and friends,” Jay Penske, CEO of Pmc and a close friend of Turen, said in a statement. “He was so proud of his children. He and his wife, Evelina, were resolved that their children grow up with great values and ensured they make a difference in the broader world. Our collective heart breaks for them, and we all feel such a profound sense of loss. We will miss Kevin so much, and this town lost one of its brightest rising stars.”

Turen was closely associated with Sam and Ashley Levinson. The trio co-founded Little Lamb Productions,...

Kevin Turen, producer of Euphoria and The Idol, has died. He was 44.

Turen died suddenly over the weekend. His cause of death is not known at this time. The producer is survived by his wife, Evelina, and his two sons, Jack and James.

His father Edward Turen said in a statement Sunday night: “Kevin was so incredibly special, this world is going to be less without him.”

Turen first produced Larry Clark’s Wassup Rockers and later went on to work with Sam Levinson and produce Malcolm and Marie, Trey Shultz’s Waves, Nicholas Jarecki’s Arbitrage, Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation, Kornel Mondruczo’s Pieces of a Woman, Ramin Bahrani’s 99 Homes and Ti West’s X trilogy.

Turen’s work in television included Levinson’s Euphoria and The Idol as well as Olivier Assayas’a Irma Vep.

Jay Penske, CEO of Deadline’s parent...

Chicago – Michael Shannon is also a film director. The distinctive actor, who has wowed cinema fans with his performances over the years, showcased his directorial debut at the 59th Chicago International Film Festival (Ciff) with “Eric Larue.” Shannon did a master class on directing, walked the Red Carpet and appeared at the film screening.

Janice Larue is (Judy Greer) a middle-aged mother coming to terms with a shooting spree perpetrated by her son. Adapted from Brett Neveu’s 2002 play — which debuted at A Red Orchid Theatre in Chicago — the film follows the shell-shocked Janice as she attempts to navigate the tragedy in her small town. While a local pastor tries to reconcile Janice with the victims’ mothers, Janice’s feeble husband (Alexander Skarsgård) finds refuge in an upstart church led by a motivational preacher (Tracy Letts). But Janice must find her own way. The film was a Special Presentation of the 59th Ciff.

Mean Girls may have said to wear pink on Wednesdays, but Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield made their own pink day.

Pugh and Garfield were both powerfully pink during Paris Fashion Week as they attended the Valentino Womenswear spring/summer 2024 show.

Pugh wore a blush pink suit over a matching ribbon top. Garfield, on the other hand, wore a long dark pink trench coat over a rusty orange dress shirt and khaki pants.

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The pink pair kept close at the fashion show and were spotted sitting next to each other in the front row. Though there are no dating rumors, Pugh and Garfield are working on an upcoming romantic comedy, We Live In Time, which will be directed by John Crowley.

Crowley’s recent movies include Brooklyn, in which Saoirse Ronan is the main star,...

Madeleine Gavin’s Sundance award-winning documentary “Beyond Utopia” has garnered the best documentary and best doc editing honors at the 24th annual Woodstock Film Festival.

The documentary, which was recently acquired by Roadside Attractions, is vying for Academy Award attention.

Using hidden camera footage, the doc follows the high-stakes journey that a handful of desperate families make in order to defect from North Korea — a country with the most brutal regime on earth, led by a dictator, Kim Jong-un.

Doc jurors included directors Barbara Kopple (“Harlan County USA”) Richard Rowley (“ Kingdom of Silence”) and Heidi Ewing (“Jesus Camp”).

“This year’s winner is an astonishingly intimate, white-knuckle thriller following families trying to escape North Korea,” the jurors said in a joint statement. “Stitched together from raw, first person footage, it is impossible not to feel the heart-breaking courage as a family clings to each other during a nighttime crossing of the Mekong River.

Lies are a dime a dozen in The Challenge house and sometimes those lies can destroy real-life friendships.

Before we get into Wednesday’s major blindside, we see a conversation Chris has with some of the Survivor women. There’s still a big divide between the group — most notably between Chris, and Chanelle and Michaela. Despite the fact that they’re now having open communication about rebuilding trust, the jury’s still out on whether the former castaways can actually mend their broken fences.

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If you thought the premiere of Sex Education‘s final season felt more like a spinoff or a backdoor pilot, you’re not alone! When the Netflix dramedy returns for its fourth go-around (all eight episodes are now available to stream), things have changed quite a great deal in Moordale. Maeve is in America, Otis and Eric are starting at a new college that feels more like a hippie cult or summer camp for horny teens, and Jean’s busy dealing with her new bundle of joy, Joy.

There’s a lot to dive into, so let’s do just that!

Cameron’s previous turn as Big Brother‘s Head of Household was ultimately a waste, thanks to the Power of Invincibility. So, this time around, he’s making sure it counts.

After winning last week’s Hoh competition to a hilariously muted reaction from the others, Cameron has successfully planted seeds of chaos in the house, namely by nominating Izzy and Felicia — two of this season’s three puppet masters — for eviction. Since then, secrets have been spilled, Felicia has actually spilled during the topsy-turvy Power of Veto competition, and Cameron has been watching with glee while it all unfolds.

Due to historical reasons, and some economic reasons preceding and following the historical ones, we should know by now that Iranian diaspora in the so-called Western World is large. Also, it is often well-educated and active in arts and culture, sometimes even on the both sides, in both homelands, old and new. Cinema is not an exception, but this list is not about, for instance, Asghar Farhadi working in the context of the French or Spanish cinema, nor is touching some well-established common places of greatness, such as Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis. We bring you five relatively recent films made by the filmmakers coming from the Iranian diaspora that might have flown under the radar somehow, in order of quality.

5. At Any Price

Ramin Bahrani reached greater success both with critics and audiences both before and after this film, either by touching the subjects from the (immigrants') margin, like in...

Michael Shannon as Shriver in A Little White Lie Screenshot: Saban Films Michael Shannon’s innate intensity, along with his ability to express the complexity of a character’s life beyond the tidy borders of a single scene, have made him one of the most in-demand actors of his generation.

As A Little Prayer begins, the voice of an unseen singer floats into the still morning air of a strikingly leafy neighborhood. The spirituals she belts, heard a few times during this quiet drama, take on the role of a disembodied character, sparking responses from the other characters that help to define who they are. Some hear only noise, an intrusion, something to complain about. But for Bill and his daughter-in-law, Tammy, searching souls beautifully played by David Strathairn and Jane Levy, the songs are enchanting, a mystery to savor.

Bill and Tammy are, as she puts it, kindred spirits, but that’s not to say they’re fully in sync. Their bond is the heart of writer-director Angus MacLachlan’s understated film, yet so too is the gap between what Bill wants to believe and the way things are. At the helm of his third feature, after Goodbye to All That...

(Warning: This “Black Bird” post features spoilers for the show’s finale.)

Audiences and critics have been hooked on the Apple TV+ series “Black Bird,” which wraps its limited run this Friday on the streamer.

Across its first five episodes, the six-episode series has been driven by suspense and an increasingly heightened intensity as Jimmy Keene (Taron Egerton), a convicted drug supplier, attempts to lessen his jail term by befriending and eliciting a confession from Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser), a suspected serial killer just days away from getting out on a technicality.

In the finale, Hauser gave a chilling performance as Larry, as he finally confessed to Jimmy he’d committed nearly two dozen murders. For once, Jimmy couldn’t hold back his real feelings in front of Larry, telling him he was sick and would lose his appeal, prompting a ferocious outburst from the disturbed man who thought Jimmy a friend.

New position will see Saudi producer step up involvement in festival to spearhead its growth and that of local film and TV industry.

Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival (Rsiff) has appointed producer Mohammed Al Turki as CEO in a role making him directly involved in the day-to-day running and development of the event.

Saudi-born Al Turki worked as a producer in Hollywood for 12 years, taking executive producer credits on titles such as Arbitrage, 99 Homes, What Maisie Knew and Crisis.

He returned home following the lifting of Saudi Arabia’s 35-year cinema ban at the end of...

Rts London Unveils Lineup & Warner Bros Discovery’s Priya Dogra As Chair

Priya Dogra, the big winner in the recent Warner Bros Discovery international reshuffle, will chair this year’s Royal Television Society (Rts) London Convention entitled The Fight For Attention, with bosses of all the major channels addressing the event. The day of talks and sessions is the first to be principally sponsored by the newly-combined entity. Dogra, who was recently promoted to become President & Managing Director for Emea in a major reshuffle, will set the tone for the one-day convention featuring keynotes from BBC Director General Tim Davie, ITV CEO Carolyn McCall, Channel 4 CEO Alex Mahon and Sky Executive Vice President & CEO, UK & Europe, Stephen van Rooyen. More speakers are incoming for the event, which moves between London and Cambridge each year. “With more choice than ever before of what to watch and how to watch it,...

Laura Dern (Jurassic World Dominion) and Liam Hemsworth (Poker Face) have signed on to star in the film Lonely Planet, which Susannah Grant (Unbelievable) is writing and directing for Netflix.

Lonely Planet is billed as a love story set in Morocco. Specifics with regard to its plot are being kept under wraps. Grant is also producing alongside Sarah Timberman and Liza Chasin for 3dot Productions, with VP Studio Film Kira Goldberg serving as creative lead for Netflix.

The film continues the creative partnership between Netflix and 3dot, which has thus far produced the streamer’s upcoming thriller series, Anatomy of a Scandal, based on the book by Sarah Vaughan. 3dot entered into a multi-year, first-look film deal with Netflix in 2019, with adaptations of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestseller The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Diane Cardwell’s memoir Rockaway also upcoming.

Grant is an Oscar- and three-time Emmy nominee...

Who would've thought that a documentary about some bozo that invented a new bulletproof vest would be this fascinating and this unsettling?! But that's exactly why I had to watch this film and find out what it's all about and holy sh*t, it's totally nuts! This guy is nuts! But that is the story, that's the entire point of making this film. Another tale of the "American Dream" gone wrong. Iranian-American filmmaker Ramin Bahrani has cooked up his version "Tiger King" with this documentary called 2nd Chance, which just premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The engrossing documentary tells the story of Richard Davis, a doofus from Michigan that somehow invented some lightweight bulletproof vests as part of a police fanboy fantasy. The way it plays out from there is totally crazy, and it gets even crazier as ...

Showtime Documentary Films has acquired North American rights to the Sundance Film Festival documentary 2nd Chance, from director and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Ramin Bahrani.

Bahrani’s feature-length documentary debut, is an exploration of the life and legacy of Richard Davis, the charming and brash inventor of the modern-day bulletproof vest who shot himself 192 times to prove his product worked. The film juxtaposes Davis’ actions with those of his righteous right-hand man, Aaron Westrick. Unwilling to passively present questionable truths, Bahrani instead lays bare the complexities of one man’s supposed virtue while speaking to the nature of power and impunity in America.

The pay cable channel is planning a theatrical release ahead of a network premiere later his year, leading into awards season.

Pic is written, directed, and produced by Bahrani. Daniel Turcan & Johnny Galvin of Vespucci, Charles Dorfman and Jacob Grodnik also serve as producers. The film is executive produced...