TV presenter Jonnie Irwin has shared a new update with fans after he was admitted to hospital following a health scare earlier this week.
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Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor One week after Jonathan Majors was convicted of assault and harassment, his film “Magazine Dreams” has been released back to the filmmakers by Searchlight, which will no longer be distributing, Variety has confirmed. The Walt Disney Studios specialty arm acquired the body building drama a few weeks after it premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival. The filmmakers will now be free to shop the film to other distributors.
“Magazine Dreams,” directed by Elijah Bynum, debuted to positive reviews at the festival and sold for a reported mid-seven figures. Majors was hailed for his performance as amateur body builder Killian Maddox. But Majors’ March 25 arrest put the film’s release in question, and it was officially removed from Searchlight’s calendar in October.
The Majors conviction came after an incident involving his ex-partner Grace Jabbari. His sentence hearing is scheduled for Feb. 6.
Marvel dropped Majors from his role as villain Kang the Conqueror, while Lionsgate’s Dennis Rodman film “48 Hours in Vega” will now seek a new star and new distributor. Variety‘s Owen Gleiberman compared “Magazine Dreams” to “The Wrestler” and “Taxi Driver” in his review, writing “’Magazine Dreams’ creates a character haunting in his extremity. But his dream becomes ours, as does the heartbreaking prospect of it being snuffed before our eyes.” Co-starring Haley Bennett, Taylour Paige, Mike O’Hearn, Harrison Page and Harriet Sansom Harris, it’s produced by Jennifer Fox, Dan Gilroy, Jeffrey Soros and Simon Horsman.
TV presenter Jonnie Irwin has shared a new update with fans after he was admitted to hospital following a health scare earlier this week.
Jeremy Kyle has given a sweet baby update as he shared a new snap of his newborn daughter after welcoming his sixth child into the world. The TV star announced the arrival of the latest addition to his growing brood with third wife Victoria on Friday (January 26).
Former Manchester United star Javier Hernandez has signed for a new club after leaving LA Galaxy.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Media and entertainment veteran Kim Williams is to be appointed the next chairperson of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the Australian federal prime minister Anthony Albanese’s office announced on Wednesday. Williams takes over from the departing Ita Buttrose and will have a five-year mandate. He joins at a moment when the ABC is enduring a moment of editorial turbulence.
Southern California’s flagship PBS station is getting a rebrand. PBS SoCal, which merged with KCET a half-decade ago, said today that it will consolidate both brands under the PBS SoCal name starting February 6.
The A9 Snow gates at Dunbeath and Helmsdale will remain closed to motorists overnight police have warned after several drivers found themselves stranded on the motorway today.
Prince William has visited Kate Middleton in hospital where she is recuperating from abdominal surgery. He was seen leaving the private London Clinic around 12.35pm on Thursday, 18 January.The princess was admitted on Tuesday for the successful, planned procedure but is expected to stay in hospital for 10 to 14 days before returning to her Adelaide Cottage home in Windsor.The nature of the princess’s condition has not been revealed although Kensington Palace confirmed it was not cancerous.
We’ve already seen quite a bit of career fallout facing Jonathan Majors after his domestic violence conviction recently. He’s been fired from his Marvel Studios gig.
Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Netflix is kicking off its Milestone Movies: The Anniversary collection with films that are turning 50 in 1974 — a group that happens to include some of the medium’s all-time classics. The anniversary titles will stream on the platform in the U.S., along with in-person special screenings starting in March at New York’s Paris Theater and L.A.’s Egyptian Theater in Hollywood and Bay Theater in Pacific Palisades.
Coronation Street star Will Mellor has documented his recent surgery after noticing a 'rapid deterioration' in his eyesight. The actor, who is currently back playing Harvey Gaskell in the ITV soap, took to social media to tell how he had to take this route after he was unable to have his sight helped by laser surgery.
A year after the Jonathan Majors disturbed bodybuilder drama Magazine Dreams took Sundance by storm, the pic is now back in the hands of its filmmakers and being shopped, Deadline has confirmed.
Josie Gibson has spoken about being backstage during Holly Willoughby's return to screens as she appeared on This Morning. The presenter made a special appearance on Dancing on Ice on Sunday night (January 14) which was co-hosted by Holly and Stephen Mulhern.
TV presenter Claudia Winkleman has been tipped for a major new role as a potential replacement for Graham Norton on his BBC chat show. The Strictly presenter is said to have completed a successful pilot show last year but there's no talk of a full series yet as she is too busy, according to The Mirror. Claudia is the host of The Traitors and co-presents Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One, she is also working on Channel 4's music show The Piano, and has a Saturday morning radio show on BBC Radio 2.
Jonathan Majors got more bad news: He was dropped from another project following the guilty verdict in his assault and harassment lawsuit.
William Earl administrator Jonathan Majors has lost a buzzy upcoming film role after his recent assault conviction. The actor will no longer be playing controversial basketball player Dennis Rodman in a film with the working title “48 Hours In Vegas,” Variety has confirmed. CNN first reported the news.
Jonathan Majors will no longer be playing Dennis Rodman in the tentatively titled feature 48 Hours in Vegas. In addition, Lionsgate is no longer involved with the project, Deadline has confirmed, which has been released to its producers, Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Aditya Sood. If the project were to be shopped around again, we understand, it will be with another actor playing the power Chicago Bulls power forward.
The Traitors began last week, and, only three episodes in, the contestants are already starting to turn on each other and cause drama.However, the mind-games, deceiving and sabotaging required in the show will likely have psychological effects, say experts.The programme, hosted by Claudia Winkleman, involves a group of 22 ordinary people. Of the group, some are selected to be ‘traitors’ who must lie to the others, hide their identity and try and sabotage the rest of the group’s chance at winning the prize fund, all while trying to not get caught.
Jonathan Majors.Bernice King, the youngest child of the civil rights activist, shared a post on X/Twitter honouring her late mother, Coretta Scott King. The post included a portrait of her mother, as well as a link to her 2017 HuffPost article about her mother.The 60-year-old wrote: “My mother wasn’t a prop.
It was supposed to be a breakout role for the ages for Jonathan Majors and a favorite in this year’s award season. Now it looks like “Magazine Dreams” will stay on Searchlight‘s shelf indefinitely.
arrested on March 25 after he and Jabbari got into a domestic dispute while taking a taxi home from a bar in Brooklyn.The altercation began when Jabbari saw Majors getting a text from another woman, saying, “I wish I was kissing you,” she testified in court.Jabbari, a 31-year-old dancer from England, accused Majors of slapping her, fracturing her finger, twisting her arm, and striking her right ear, causing her to bleed, while she held onto the cellphone.The disgraced actor conceded mistakes in his relationship with Jabbari, including not ending it sooner when it was clear it was not working.However, he maintained that he did not beat her, saying he “wished to God” he knew how she got her injuries.“I was reckless with her heart. Not with her body,” he told “GMA.”“I was not the best boyfriend all the time — but never hit a woman.