The Taylor Swift drops just keep coming.
At midnight, Swift released her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department” — and then announced two hours later that it’s a surprise double album, leaving casual fans and Swifites alike to spend the day decoding who the songs are about. (How many Friday afternoon Slack messages were devoted to parsing if a song was about Swift exes Joe Alwyn or Matty Healy?) And then came the album’s first music video for single “Fortnite,” co-written by and featuring Post Malone.
In addition to “Dead Poets Society” (note that neither title uses an apostrophe) alums Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles, the music video boasts another big name: Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto (“Killers of the Flower Moon”).
This isn’t the first time Prieto has collaborated with Swift. The cinematographer previously worked on the 2020 music videos for Swift’s songs “The Man,” “Cardigan,” and “Willow.
At midnight, Swift released her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department” — and then announced two hours later that it’s a surprise double album, leaving casual fans and Swifites alike to spend the day decoding who the songs are about. (How many Friday afternoon Slack messages were devoted to parsing if a song was about Swift exes Joe Alwyn or Matty Healy?) And then came the album’s first music video for single “Fortnite,” co-written by and featuring Post Malone.
In addition to “Dead Poets Society” (note that neither title uses an apostrophe) alums Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles, the music video boasts another big name: Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto (“Killers of the Flower Moon”).
This isn’t the first time Prieto has collaborated with Swift. The cinematographer previously worked on the 2020 music videos for Swift’s songs “The Man,” “Cardigan,” and “Willow.
- 4/20/2024
- by Mark Peikert
- Indiewire
One of my all-time favorite movie quotes comes from David Arquette as Dewey Riley in Scream 2 when he says, “How do you know that my dimwitted inexperience isn’t merely a subtle form of manipulation, used to lower people’s expectations, thereby enhancing my ability to effectively maneuver within any given situation?”
There’s something about Land of Dead that just screams this quote at me. Pardon the pun. My point is that George A. Romero’s 2005 zombie return looks on the surface like any B-movie fly-by-night mid-2000s zombie fest. And it’s dressed that way on purpose. Those familiar with the subtle and effective way Romero was able to land haymakers in our faces without ever telegraphing as much as a jab will assume I’m talking about the socio-political nuances of the film. While true that Romero is a master at that, I will leave that to those smarter than myself.
There’s something about Land of Dead that just screams this quote at me. Pardon the pun. My point is that George A. Romero’s 2005 zombie return looks on the surface like any B-movie fly-by-night mid-2000s zombie fest. And it’s dressed that way on purpose. Those familiar with the subtle and effective way Romero was able to land haymakers in our faces without ever telegraphing as much as a jab will assume I’m talking about the socio-political nuances of the film. While true that Romero is a master at that, I will leave that to those smarter than myself.
- 3/11/2024
- by Mike Holtz
- bloody-disgusting.com
Fox is developing a one-hour drama titled “Borrowed Time,” Variety has learned exclusively.
The series hails from writers and executive producers David Slack, Josh Campbell, and Matt Stuecken. McG is also an executive producer along with Mary Viola and Corey Marsh via Wonderland Sound and Vision. Wonderland is currently under a non-exclusive broadcast direct development deal with Fox.
The official logline for “Borrowed Time” states: “Neuroscientist Mimi Peters is working to extract memories from the human brain. Her technology is too dangerous to test on the living. But after she proves she can peer into the minds of the dead, FBI Agent Casey Harden comes calling. Together, they form an uneasy partnership using her technology to solve his cases.”
The project marks a return to Fox for Slack, who previously co-created the Fox procedural “Apb.” Slack’s other credits include “Law & Order,” “Magnum P.I.,” and “Person of Interest.” Campbell and...
The series hails from writers and executive producers David Slack, Josh Campbell, and Matt Stuecken. McG is also an executive producer along with Mary Viola and Corey Marsh via Wonderland Sound and Vision. Wonderland is currently under a non-exclusive broadcast direct development deal with Fox.
The official logline for “Borrowed Time” states: “Neuroscientist Mimi Peters is working to extract memories from the human brain. Her technology is too dangerous to test on the living. But after she proves she can peer into the minds of the dead, FBI Agent Casey Harden comes calling. Together, they form an uneasy partnership using her technology to solve his cases.”
The project marks a return to Fox for Slack, who previously co-created the Fox procedural “Apb.” Slack’s other credits include “Law & Order,” “Magnum P.I.,” and “Person of Interest.” Campbell and...
- 1/29/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
In Rachel Lambert’s Sometimes I Think About Dying, Daisy Ridley plays Fran, a quiet woman who loves cottage cheese. Working in an office, with all of the nondescript current office trappings such as Slack messaging, awkward ice breakers, and retirement cakes, Fran moves through the world unnoticed and insulated. She rarely communes with her co-workers and friends outside of the office don’t seem to be an option. Through the first act of the film, Fran barely even speaks, even if her coworkers cannot seem to stop talking about the most mundane of topics.
Enter Robert, the new guy at the office who seems interested in Fran. They go to a movie, share a piece of pie, and begin to share each other’s lives over the course of a couple of weeks. Fran’s confidence grows and her hesitance lessens as Robert invites her into his world, and in turn,...
Enter Robert, the new guy at the office who seems interested in Fran. They go to a movie, share a piece of pie, and begin to share each other’s lives over the course of a couple of weeks. Fran’s confidence grows and her hesitance lessens as Robert invites her into his world, and in turn,...
- 1/26/2024
- by Michael Frank
- The Film Stage
“Where’s the campaign already,” reads the caption underneath Robin Thede’s new Instagram photo featuring the Black Lady Sketch Show creator flanked by Colman Domingo and husband Raul Domingo. The stunning black-and-white image was shot by photographer Ryan Slack on Saturday night inside The Hollywood Reporter’s exclusive photo booth during the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s 17th annual Evening Before benefit.
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While some stars were rounding the troops for group shots, others like Thede and the Domingos ducked inside Slack’s booth for intimate shots. In fact, demand was so high for the exclusive portrait session that so many queued up, stretching the wait time to 30 minutes. It was well worth it for stars like Jenna Ortega, who posed with stylist Enrique Melendez, The Color Purple star Danielle Brooks, who reunited with Orange Is the New Black costar Laverne Cox,...
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While some stars were rounding the troops for group shots, others like Thede and the Domingos ducked inside Slack’s booth for intimate shots. In fact, demand was so high for the exclusive portrait session that so many queued up, stretching the wait time to 30 minutes. It was well worth it for stars like Jenna Ortega, who posed with stylist Enrique Melendez, The Color Purple star Danielle Brooks, who reunited with Orange Is the New Black costar Laverne Cox,...
- 1/15/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The “Dancing With the Stars” premiere will more than likely be delayed next week, as talent has begun dropping out of the show amid rising pressures during the WGA strike.
“Veep” actor Matt Walsh, who is part of the Season 32 cast, is “taking a pause” from the ABC dance competition show until an agreement is made with the WGA. Walsh is a member of WGA, SAG-AFTRA and the DGA.
ABC confirmed to Variety that the network is putting plans in place to postpone the “Dancing With the Stars” premiere.
“I am taking a pause from ‘Dancing with the Stars’ until an agreement is made with the WGA,” Walsh told Variety in a statement. “I was excited to join the show and did so under the impression that it was not a WGA show and fell under a different agreement. This morning when I was informed by my union, the WGA,...
“Veep” actor Matt Walsh, who is part of the Season 32 cast, is “taking a pause” from the ABC dance competition show until an agreement is made with the WGA. Walsh is a member of WGA, SAG-AFTRA and the DGA.
ABC confirmed to Variety that the network is putting plans in place to postpone the “Dancing With the Stars” premiere.
“I am taking a pause from ‘Dancing with the Stars’ until an agreement is made with the WGA,” Walsh told Variety in a statement. “I was excited to join the show and did so under the impression that it was not a WGA show and fell under a different agreement. This morning when I was informed by my union, the WGA,...
- 9/21/2023
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
Amid objections from members of the Writers Guild of America over the last few days, “Dancing With the Stars” producers are sticking by the decision to return for another season on Tuesday, Sept. 26. But while people connected to the show say it will be in compliance with rules of the Writers and Actors strike, the WGA considers “DWTS” struck work and has indicated it may picket the show.
“The Guild has, and will continue to, picket struck shows that are in production during the strike,” read a WGA statement provided to TheWrap. It is of course a reiteration of previous guild comments about TV productions that have continued making new episodes since the strike began May 2.
At issue here is that “Dancing With the Stars” is contracted with the guild. An individual with knowledge of the show told TheWrap that there is usually one WGA writer on staff among more than 500 employees total.
“The Guild has, and will continue to, picket struck shows that are in production during the strike,” read a WGA statement provided to TheWrap. It is of course a reiteration of previous guild comments about TV productions that have continued making new episodes since the strike began May 2.
At issue here is that “Dancing With the Stars” is contracted with the guild. An individual with knowledge of the show told TheWrap that there is usually one WGA writer on staff among more than 500 employees total.
- 9/19/2023
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
After Drew Barrymore, Bill Maher, Jennifer Hudson and The Talk reversed course on premiering their talk shows, some WGA members are now focusing on Dancing with the Stars and questioning why the dance competition is moving forward with its Sept. 26 return to ABC.
Picketing writers like David Slack have used X to remind fellow union members that DWTS is a WGA show, though most of the banter is improvised based on what just happened on the dance floor. A source close to production tells Deadline that only one WGA writer typically works on the show that otherwise employs 500 people. Even then, the source said, the writer produces talking points for host Alfonso Ribeiro.
DWTS also aired during the 2007-08 writers strike, and was not picketed.
That didn’t stop Slack from writing on X that “by appearing on a WGA-covered show using scab writing, anyone appearing on Dancing With the Stars...
Picketing writers like David Slack have used X to remind fellow union members that DWTS is a WGA show, though most of the banter is improvised based on what just happened on the dance floor. A source close to production tells Deadline that only one WGA writer typically works on the show that otherwise employs 500 people. Even then, the source said, the writer produces talking points for host Alfonso Ribeiro.
DWTS also aired during the 2007-08 writers strike, and was not picketed.
That didn’t stop Slack from writing on X that “by appearing on a WGA-covered show using scab writing, anyone appearing on Dancing With the Stars...
- 9/19/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
On the heels of a similar demonstration targeting The Drew Barrymore Show in New York on Monday, dozens of Writers Guild members turned up to picket a rehearsal show for The Talk on Wednesday morning in Studio City.
Around 50 WGA members set up near Radford Studio Center’s Radford Avenue gate, talking to audience members who had shown up, handing them leaflets that railed against the entertainment industry’s “unsustainable” business model, and WGA-emblazoned buttons. According to Writers Guild captains on site, the group had turned away two potential audience members by informing them that they would be crossing a picket line to enter the show.
“The reality is that bringing a show back without your writers is an attempt to devalue our labor and devalue the work that we do,” argued WGA captain Chris Hazzard. “And there’s no way to make a show without writing. So whether that...
Around 50 WGA members set up near Radford Studio Center’s Radford Avenue gate, talking to audience members who had shown up, handing them leaflets that railed against the entertainment industry’s “unsustainable” business model, and WGA-emblazoned buttons. According to Writers Guild captains on site, the group had turned away two potential audience members by informing them that they would be crossing a picket line to enter the show.
“The reality is that bringing a show back without your writers is an attempt to devalue our labor and devalue the work that we do,” argued WGA captain Chris Hazzard. “And there’s no way to make a show without writing. So whether that...
- 9/13/2023
- by Katie Kilkenny
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Writers widely condemned the decision by Hollywood’s studios to go public with a recent contract proposal to their union, whose members have been on the picket lines for nearly four months.
Writers who spoke to TheWrap Wednesday expressed doubts about whether negotiations will be able to continue in good faith.
Late Tuesday night, after the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers publicly released a six-page document outlining the proposal it sent to the Writers Guild of America’s negotiating committee on Aug. 11, the guild released a memo to members with its own account of the meeting that happened just prior to that publication with several top studio heads, including Disney’s Bob Iger, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, Universal’s Donna Langley and Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav.
Writers widely condemned the decision by Hollywood’s studios to go public with a recent contract proposal to their union, whose members have been on the picket lines for nearly four months.
Writers who spoke to TheWrap Wednesday expressed doubts about whether negotiations will be able to continue in good faith.
Late Tuesday night, after the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers publicly released a six-page document outlining the proposal it sent to the Writers Guild of America’s negotiating committee on Aug. 11, the guild released a memo to members with its own account of the meeting that happened just prior to that publication with several top studio heads, including Disney’s Bob Iger, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, Universal’s Donna Langley and Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav.
- 8/24/2023
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
We’re here today to talk about nightmare fuel. More specifically, childhood nightmare fuel.
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Perhaps it was CBS’ annual presentation of The Wizard of Oz, and the sight of those darn flying monkeys, that had you hiding under the covers. Or Tim Curry’s turn as Pennywise in the original It miniseries that interfered with your Rem cycle.
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Perhaps it was CBS’ annual presentation of The Wizard of Oz, and the sight of those darn flying monkeys, that had you hiding under the covers. Or Tim Curry’s turn as Pennywise in the original It miniseries that interfered with your Rem cycle.
- 7/17/2023
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO/Max) A Black Lady Sketch Show
Robin Thede’s baby is in contention for a fourth season offering everything from a “Mary J. Brunch” to Slack-using gangs, with three new castmembers and guest stars including Colman Domingo and Issa Rae. All three prior seasons were nominated for this category’s predecessor.
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At 96, Mel Brooks has finally delivered a sequel to his cult-favorite 1981 film — though much of the heavy lifting was done by younger comics like Nick Kroll, who wrote, directed, produced and starred on the show, which references pop culture while revisiting historic events.
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After six years off the air, Schumer’s show, which won this category in 2015, returned with a five-episode fifth season. Boasting such guest stars as Ellie Kemper and Olivia Wilde,...
Robin Thede’s baby is in contention for a fourth season offering everything from a “Mary J. Brunch” to Slack-using gangs, with three new castmembers and guest stars including Colman Domingo and Issa Rae. All three prior seasons were nominated for this category’s predecessor.
History of the World: Part II (Hulu) History of the World, Part II
At 96, Mel Brooks has finally delivered a sequel to his cult-favorite 1981 film — though much of the heavy lifting was done by younger comics like Nick Kroll, who wrote, directed, produced and starred on the show, which references pop culture while revisiting historic events.
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After six years off the air, Schumer’s show, which won this category in 2015, returned with a five-episode fifth season. Boasting such guest stars as Ellie Kemper and Olivia Wilde,...
- 6/15/2023
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Warning: contains major plot spoilers for BBC drama Better
Better may have at first seemed like just an excuse for Leila Farzad (I Hate Suzie) and Andrew Buchan (Broadchurch) to test out their best regional accents, but what starts as a disappointingly slow crime thriller grows into a gripping and at times moving exploration of whether a true friendship can survive when you end up on opposite sides of the moral spectrum.
Set in Leeds and West Yorkshire, the five-part BBC drama follows Di Lou Slack (Farzad) on her quest for redemption when – after almost losing her teenage son Owen – she reevaluates her life of corruption.
For two decades Slack’s been a bent copper (Hastings would have a field day with her on Line of Duty), nurturing a mutually beneficial relationship with the head of Leeds’ criminal underworld, Col McHugh (Buchan), who has become one of her closest friends.
Better may have at first seemed like just an excuse for Leila Farzad (I Hate Suzie) and Andrew Buchan (Broadchurch) to test out their best regional accents, but what starts as a disappointingly slow crime thriller grows into a gripping and at times moving exploration of whether a true friendship can survive when you end up on opposite sides of the moral spectrum.
Set in Leeds and West Yorkshire, the five-part BBC drama follows Di Lou Slack (Farzad) on her quest for redemption when – after almost losing her teenage son Owen – she reevaluates her life of corruption.
For two decades Slack’s been a bent copper (Hastings would have a field day with her on Line of Duty), nurturing a mutually beneficial relationship with the head of Leeds’ criminal underworld, Col McHugh (Buchan), who has become one of her closest friends.
- 2/14/2023
- by Lauravickersgreen
- Den of Geek
Until recently, Leila Farzad was asked to read, repeatedly, for the same kind of role. “There were a lot of terrorist wives that I was put up for, and that was how I saw myself represented a lot,” the actor says dryly. “You know, a wife begging someone to not blow something up.” Having grown up in London, Farzad “didn’t think of myself as necessarily needing to be cast as a Middle Eastern person – I was just a girl from London”, but it happened so often that it became a running joke among her friends – “look Leila, it’s your part”. That is, until a job came along that changed everything. Farzad landed the part of Naomi in Billie Piper and Lucy Prebble’s I Hate Suzie, as the straight-talking agent to child-star-turned-shamed-celeb Suzie Pickles.
The role landed her a Bafta nomination and proved, at 37, to be Farzad’s big break.
The role landed her a Bafta nomination and proved, at 37, to be Farzad’s big break.
- 2/13/2023
- by Nicole Vassell
- The Independent - TV
Until recently, Leila Farzad was asked to read, repeatedly, for the same kind of role. “There were a lot of terrorist wives that I was put up for, and that was how I saw myself represented a lot,” the actor says dryly. “You know, a wife begging someone to not blow something up.” Having grown up in London, Farzad “didn’t think of myself as necessarily needing to be cast as a Middle Eastern person – I was just a girl from London”, but it happened so often that it became a running joke among her friends – “look Leila, it’s your part”. That is, until a job came along that changed everything. Farzad landed the part of Naomi in Billie Piper and Lucy Prebble’s I Hate Suzie, as the straight-talking agent to child-star-turned-shamed-celeb Suzie Pickles.
The role landed her a Bafta nomination and proved, at 37, to be Farzad’s big break.
The role landed her a Bafta nomination and proved, at 37, to be Farzad’s big break.
- 2/10/2023
- by Nicole Vassell
- The Independent - TV
Loneliness is the subject of a poetic exploration in Rachel Lambert’s Sometimes I Think About Dying. Premiering in Sundance’s U.S. Dramatic Competition and adapted from the Oscar-shortlisted live-action short of the same name (which was based on Kevin Armento’s play killers), Lambert’s film quietly observes the life of Fran (Daisy Ridley), a woman who feels most at home in her daydreams.
Fran is too distinctively drawn to be just an avatar, but the impressions of her solitude are aching reminders of how modern life nurtures an unsettling separateness. No time was that more evident than during the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, when quarantine measures revealed the degree to which many of us live in isolation. Sometimes I Think About Dying, then, is a graceful treatise on how challenging — but liberating — it can be to make connections.
It’s not easy for Fran, a single...
Fran is too distinctively drawn to be just an avatar, but the impressions of her solitude are aching reminders of how modern life nurtures an unsettling separateness. No time was that more evident than during the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, when quarantine measures revealed the degree to which many of us live in isolation. Sometimes I Think About Dying, then, is a graceful treatise on how challenging — but liberating — it can be to make connections.
It’s not easy for Fran, a single...
- 1/20/2023
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As a title, Criminal Minds: Evolution refers not just to how a new UnSub upped his game during the pandemic, but also the changes that the series itself has undergone for its rebirth on Paramount+.
Reporting thus far on Criminal Minds: Evolution has regularly labeled it a “revival,” but having screened the first two episodes (of 10), I can attest that, yes, it is that. And then some. We catch back up with friendly faces still solving crime for the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, but the very familiar, predictable rhythms of the 42-minute procedural that aired on CBS for 15 seasons/320-plus episodes are gone,...
Reporting thus far on Criminal Minds: Evolution has regularly labeled it a “revival,” but having screened the first two episodes (of 10), I can attest that, yes, it is that. And then some. We catch back up with friendly faces still solving crime for the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, but the very familiar, predictable rhythms of the 42-minute procedural that aired on CBS for 15 seasons/320-plus episodes are gone,...
- 11/14/2022
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
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