‘Strictly Ballroom: The Musical’ Gets Sydney Dancing
Australian director Baz Luhrmann took to the streets of Sydney Sunday to organize a dance extravaganza teasing the launch of “Strictly Ballroom: The Musical.”
View ArticleArt Directors Guild Sets 2015 Award Dates
The 19th Annual Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Awards will take place on Jan. 31 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. But there’s a lot to do before the big night. Here’s the entry and...
View ArticleTobey Maguire Books Civil War ‘Odyssey’
Tobey Maguire and producing partner Matthew Plouffe have acquired movie rights to Peter Carlson’s book “Junius and Albert’s Adventures in the Confederacy: A Civil War Odyssey.” The book tells the story...
View ArticleMusic Supervisors on the Cost of Getting the Perfect Song
What does it take to get the perfect song for a film or TV show? Music supervisors from “The Great Gatsby,” “The Walking Dead” and more about the financial responsibilities and time involved with...
View ArticleCarey Mulligan Confesses She Wasn’t Thrilled With Her Work in ‘The Great Gatsby’
In this week’s cover story with Variety, Carey Mulligan confesses that she has doubts about her 2013 performance as Daisy Buchanan in the tentpole “The Great Gatsby.” “I didn’t love my work in...
View ArticlePortugal. The Man Protests Alaskan School District Book Ban by Offering...
Grammy-winning band Portugal. The Man are taking a stand against a recent book ban made by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough school board in Alaska. The school board voted to remove five classic works of...
View ArticlePaul Crifo, Noted Movie Poster Designer, Dies at 98
Paul Crifo, a poster designer known for creating promotional images for “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” and 1974’s “The Great Gatsby,” has died at the age of 98 of natural causes. By the end of his...
View ArticleTyler Perry COVID-19 Vaccine Special To Air On BET (TV News Roundup)
In today’s TV news roundup, BET sets a Tyler Perry special about the COVID-19 vaccine, and Netflix releases trailers for “Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel” and “Ginny & Georgia.” DATES...
View Article‘The Great Gatsby’ to Be Adapted as Animated Feature From DNEG Animation
Author William Joyce is set to direct an animated version of the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald novel “The Great Gatsby.” Brian Selznick, who wrote and adapted 2017’s “Wonderstruck,” will work on the...
View ArticleKaia Gerber to Star as Daisy in ‘The Great Gatsby’ Table Read for amfAR...
Kaia Gerber is dipping her toe further into the acting pond. The model, who appeared on Ryan Murphy’s FX series “American Horror Story: Double Feature,” stars as Daisy in an upcoming table read of “The...
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