‘Assume Nothing’ Limited Series Based On Book In Works At Amazon; Priyanka Chopra Jonas To Exec Produce & Possibly Star

Law Roach admits he was “hurt” after finding out what his former client, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, recently said about him.

Amazon Freevee has announced that it will stream Casa Grande, a bilingual limited series that examines the everyday realities and conflicts between California’s migrant workforce and the landowners who reap the profits.

The Jonas Brothers and their wives left the Marquis Theater in tandem after performing another night of their Broadway mini-residency on Friday evening (March 17) in New York City.

Priyanka Chopra is getting candid about the weight of Hollywood standards on women — herself included. During a conversation with Amazon Studios' Jennifer Salke at the South by Southwest Film Festival on Friday, the 40-year-old  star shared how she's affected by the pressure stars are under to be a certain size and look a certain way. «I've been told many things that are difficult to hear. In my job, the pressure is so intense you can't really show the chinks in your armor,» she said, per.

After more than two decades in the film industry, Priyanka Chopra Jonas has achieved pay parity.

Priyanka Chopra said she was left in tears after she was told she was too big to fit in a "sample size" during a fitting this week.  "I've been told many things that are difficult to hear," the "Citadel" actress told Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke at the SXSW conference and festival in Austin, Texas, Friday, according to People magazine.  "In my job, the pressure is so intense you can't really show the chinks in your armor. Someone told me yesterday that I wasn't sample-sized.

Charna Flam Hosted by Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Anjula Acharia, the South Asian Excellence Pre-Oscars Celebration on Thursday on the Paramount Studio lot invited South Asian industry changemakers and honored Oscar nominees of South Asian descent. As co-host, Chopra Jonas introduced the event by acknowledging that South Asian representation in Hollywood and at the Oscars has “been quite an arduous journey.” She said it would not have been possible without the South Asians who have “fought the stereotypes to ensure that our stories were not just a cliche, those of us who fought for actors to have bigger leading roles. Those of you who fought for stories of South Asian descent to be a norm, to not be an exception, but to be normal.”

An exclusive clip of Prime Video’s highly anticipated action-spy thriller “Citadel”, starring duo Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas was unveiled on Friday.

Amazon Studios & MGM Boss Jennifer Salke and Citadel star Priyanka Chopra Jonas sat down today in what is one of few entertainment business discussions here at SXSW and interviewed each other on an array of topics including pay parity for lead actresses and launching a tentpole series for a global audience. Spy series Citadel, produced by AGBO’s Russo Brothers, drops its first two episodes on Prime on April 28.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Priyanka Chopra Jonas has been acting for two decades, yet she says her new Amazon Prime Video series “Citadel” represents the first time she’s had pay parity with a male co-star. Chopra Jonas stars with Richard Madden in the new series, which launches next month. Chopra Jonas was at Austin’s South by Southwest Festival in a keynote conversation with Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke about her upcoming action spy series for the streamer. She said on stage that she wondered whether the pay parity came out of the fact that Amazon Studios is led by a woman. “I’ve been working in the entertainment industry for now 22 years and I have done about almost 70-plus features,” she said. “I’ve done two TV shows. But when I did ‘Citadel,’ it was the first time in my career that I had pay parity with my male co-actor. The first time in 22 years. And I wonder that did that happen? 

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas are celebrating South Asian excellence. ET's Denny Directo spoke to Chopra and Anjula Acharia, at the South Asian Excellence pre-Oscars celebration Thursday night, where they highlighted the importance of celebrating South Asian culture.«I'm so grateful that we've had the ability to not just return, but do it in such an amazing capacity and be hosted by Paramount Pictures,» Chopra, who is co-hosting Thursday night's event with Mindy Kaling shared. «I mean, this is iconic.

Suckers for each other! Priyanka Chopra Jonas and husband Nick Jonas still find time for romance in their busy work schedules.

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas are celebrating South Asian excellence. ET's Denny Directo spoke to Chopra and Anjula Acharia, at the South Asian Excellence pre-Oscars celebration Thursday night, where they highlighted the importance of celebrating South Asian culture.«I'm so grateful that we've had the ability to not just return, but do it in such an amazing capacity and be hosted by Paramount Pictures,» Chopra, who is co-hosting Thursday night's event with Mindy Kaling shared. «I mean, this is iconic.

Leaning on her inner circle. Priyanka Chopra Jonas opened up about hoping to “surround” baby Malti with strong women while raising her daughter with husband Nick Jonas.

Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden struggle to piece together their memories amidst a looming spy scheme in the action-packed trailer for Prime Video’s “Citadel”.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer After nearly two years of production, Amazon Prime Video has finally pulled back the curtain on “Citadel,” the wildly ambitious new spy series starring Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas, with the first trailer released Monday. The show is meant to serve as the mothership for several planned spin-offs based in local countries and performed in local languages: “Citadel” series set in Italy and India are already underway, with another Mexico-based show also in the works. It’s a gigantic and expensive bet on an original concept that had remained, up until this month, shrouded in mystery. As Variety previously reported, “Citadel” boasts a $185 million budget.

old friend Bill Clinton to help him with his Oscar campaigns, a new book has claimed.Michael Schulman’s book “Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears” used sourcing from a former Miramax employee to dive deep into the disgraced producer’s Academy Award exploits.The anonymous staffer revealed that Weinstein, 70, asked Clinton, 76, for ideas to help promote Billy Bob Thornton’s 1996 film “Sling Blade,” according to an excerpt shared by IndieWire. Ultimately, Thornton scored a nomination for Best Actor a year later and won Best Adapted Screenplay for penning the script, which was set in Clinton’s native Arkansas.“I was so appalled that the president of the United States would spend half an hour with us on the phone,” the Miramax worker alleged.

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The annual Oscar melee always reminds us of this mandate: Never believe the “buzz.” Every important movie arrives with an aura – and it’s usually wrong or misleading.