Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Viceland and Antenna Pictures Team Up on True Crime Series ‘How to Rob a Bank’
Viceland and Antenna Pictures are partnering on “How to Rob a Bank,” a new true crime drama-documentary series that will examine the stories of unlikely criminals and the consequences they faced, the companies announced Tuesday. Each 60-minute episode will focus on a different ordinary person who became a bank robber, telling his or her story with a mixture of personal testimony, reenactment and documentary footage of the actual crimes. The show is currently in production and will launch on Viceland’s linear and streaming platforms later this year. “How to Rob a Bank is an edgy, surprising, and legally complex show…
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Fred Savage Harassment Lawsuit Dismissed, All Signs Point to Settlement
Fred Savage is no longer being sued for allegedly assaulting and harassing a female crew member on his TV show … and all signs are pointing to a settlement. According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, the court signed off on the lawsuit’s… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Singapore’s Mediacorp to Adapt Wattpad Stories for Its OTT Service
Wattpad and Mediacorp, Singapore’s largest content creator and transmedia platform, announced a development partnership Tuesday morning. Using stories created on Wattpad, the companies will adapt scripted series and films for Mediacorp’s OTT service, Toggle, and free-to-air platforms. Wattpad is a mobile app where users can write, post and read short, text-based novels. Readers can engage with the content by commenting on the novel or “liking” specific paragraphs. Using this data, the company can identify emerging trends within the platform — such as what type of content is being written about and engaged with the most — which it can then…
Monday, April 22, 2019
'The Conners' Star Michael Fishman's Wife Files For Divorce
1:12 PM PT — Michael tells TMZ after filing, he and his wife took their daughter to lunch to show her they are still very much a family. He says, “We continue to work together to put our kids first.” Michael Fishman, famous for playing Roseanne Barr’s… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Monday, April 22, 2019
'Step Up Revolution' Director Scott Speer Arrested for Arson
Scott Speer roughed up his wife during a drunken rampage before trying to burn their house down, and he’s now been booked for arson … according to law enforcement sources. The “Step Up Revolution” filmmaker was arrested last week at his San… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Monday, April 22, 2019
‘Game of Thrones': Can Any Knight Really Make Anyone Else a Knight?
(Spoilers ahead for the second episode of season 8 of “Game of Thrones”) This week’s episode of “Game of Thrones” wasn’t “eventful” in the normal sense, but it was still jam packed with good stuff. And perhaps the best of all that good stuff was one of the scenes of Tyrion (Peter Dinklage), Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), Brienne (Gwendoline Christie), Tormund (Kristofer Hivju), Davos (Liam Cunningham) and Podrick (Daniel Portman) sitting by a fireplace and having a drink before the White Walkers and their army of the dead descend on Winterfell. The particular scene I’m talking abut is the one in…
Sunday, April 21, 2019
Celeb Prisoners' Easter Sunday Dinners Revealed
Soulja Boy and Bill Cosby are spending their first Easter Sunday behind bars, and they’re about to find out what Suge Knight and Jared Fogle already know — holiday dinners ain’t all that special behind bars. TMZ’s obtained prison menus… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Sunday, April 21, 2019
That Time Rebel Wilson Called Anne Hathaway an ‘Animatronic C— Tease’ (Video)
Rebel Wilson and Anne Hathaway tossed aside any urge to be ladylike and went right into potty-mouthed name-calling when asked to ad-lib for their upcoming film “The Hustle.” While on “The Graham Norton Show” Friday promoting the female-centered remake of the 1988 comedy “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” Wilson said that there was a lot of improvising during filming, which she and Hathaway really began to enjoy. “Annie especially,” Wilson said. “She enjoys when I, like, insult her.” “It’s true. You’re really good at it,” Hathaway acknowledged. “My favorite is when you called me an animatronic c— tease.” Wilson nodded, “Yeah. On…
Saturday, April 20, 2019
Nipsey Hussle Surveillance Video Shows Getaway Driver's Ties to Murderer
Nipsey Hussle’s murderer made a mad dash to a car with a driver who was waiting to speed away from the murder scene — and it’s all captured on video. TMZ has seen the video — shot from a surveillance camera in the area. You see the shooter race down an… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Saturday, April 20, 2019
‘Be Natural’ Film Review: Documentary Celebrates Influential Female Filmmaker, Erased by History
There are moments in Pamela B. Green’s “Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché,” a documentary on the pioneering filmmaker, where the form and construction of the film feel oppressively didactic, the ideas presented with a trying-too-hard energy as if to appeal to a child or a particularly checked-out student who thinks classic films are those made pre-Y2K. Director Green and her co-writer Joan Simon are undeniably fighting an uphill battle if their goal is to get younger people interested in a movie about the first woman filmmaker. Perhaps it’s no wonder why they feature faces like Andy Samberg…
