Manti Te'o on Why He Insisted That His Catfisher Naya Appear in 'Untold' Docuseries (Exclusive)

according to the Hollywood Reporter.“Ali’s examples of grace, passion, strength of spirit, cool under fire and smiling through it all, has been a great model for millions to aspire to live by, myself included,” said producer Richard Willis.“We are excited to honor Ali’s life and legacy theatrically; it makes for an extraordinarily entertaining and impactful new musical for the world to enjoy.”Ali’s wife, Lonnie, also issued her own statement, saying how happy she was to bring her late husband’s legacy to life.“Muhammad has been a muse and continues to be a source of inspiration to so many artists around the world,” Ali said.

Clayton Davis If you thought Florian Zeller’s debut film “The Father” was a downer, get ready to fill your handkerchiefs with tears and nose fluids as the credits roll on his sophomore effort, “The Son.” It might be a bruising watch, but the perfectly modulated drama will be an across-the-board contender in all categories including best picture. And it’s a film that puts Hugh Jackman at the forefront of the best actor race for his remarkable performance as a father struggling to help his troubled teenage son (newcomer Zen McGrath).  “The Son,” which debuted at the Venice Film Festival, tells the story of Peter (Jackman), a hard-charging lawyer who agrees to have his son Nicholas (McGrath) live with him after the kid gets in trouble with his school.  Their reunion takes place years after Peter divorced Nicholas’ mother (Laura Dern) and started a new life with his second wife Beth (Vanessa Kirby) and their baby. As the film unfolds, Peter slowly begins to recognize the agonizing torment living within his depressed child.  

EXCLUSIVE: Alcon Entertainment has joined RTG Features and May 3rd Films for their upcoming docuseries on legendary basketball coach John Thompson.

Kaley Cuoco and Zosia Mamet form one of the closes friendships in the entertainment industry, not only playing best friends on screen, but portraying that same role for each other in real life.MORE: Kaley Cuoco adopts badly mistreated horse and shares emotional message with fansThe two have constantly fawned over each other and gushed about their relationship, spanning across their signature "boops" on the nose and matching tattoos.VIDEO: Kaley Cuoco and Tom Pelphrey react to Emmy nominationsHowever, when they appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show earlier in the year, they talked about the surprising start to their relationship while being as cute as could be.In the run-up to the upcoming season, the show shared an outtake from their conversation that detailed how they first met.MORE: Kaley Cuoco and boyfriend Tom Pelphrey to face bittersweet moment at the EmmysGiven their love for each other, many fans, and the casting team of The Flight Attendant, assumed that the two have known each other for years, but that proved not to be the case."Our meeting story," Kaley gushed as they began to detail their first chemistry read for the HBO Max show, and their cutesy behavior caught the eye of Kelly.

Naman Ramachandran Prolific Indonesian producer KawanKawan Media, which has Makbul Mubarak’s “Autobiography” in competition at the Venice Film Festival’s Horizons strand, has a raft of projects on its slate. The company, led by Yulia Evina Bhara, scored a hat trick of wins at Locarno over the last few years with Yosep Anggi Noen’s “The Science of Fictions” (2019), Carlo Francisco Manatad’s “Whether the Weather Is Fine” (2021) and Ming Jin Woo’s “Stone Turtle” (2022), and won an award at CPH:DOX for Fanny Chotimah’s documentary “You and I” in 2020. Noen’s “Gaspar,” which is set in the Javanese city Semarang in 2032 and is an adaptation of Sabda Armandio’s novel “24 Hours of Gaspar,” has just wrapped production. It stars Reza Rahadian, Shenina Cinnamon, Laura Basuki, Sal Priadi, Kristo Immanuel and Dewi Irawan.

Daniella Monet is backing up the claims that Nickelodeon sexualized its teen stars in a new report about the network.

Daniella Monet, who starred alongside Victoria Justice and Arianna Grande in Nickelodeon series “Victorious”, is looking back at the show with a critical eye.

The backlash continues. Daniella Monet opened up about feeling “sexualized” during her time on Victorious — and claimed Nickelodeon ignored her concerns.

Ethan Shanfeld Earlier this month, “iCarly” star Jennette McCurdy’s bombshell memoir, “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” detailed alleged abuse she experienced while working at Nickelodeon. Now, several former child actors and Nickelodeon staffers are speaking out against Dan Schneider, creator of “Zoey 101,” “Victorious,” “iCarly” and “Drake & Josh,” who reshaped the network and kids’ television at large. According to a report from Insider, Schneider was known to push the boundaries of children’s TV, often “thumbing his nose” at Nickelodeon’s standards department and ramping up the series’ sexual innuendos, including scenes in which goo was squirted on young actresses’ faces. When it came to picking costumes, Schneider “signed off on all outfits” and “campaign[ed] for the skimpier options,” the report states. (McCurdy wrote in her memoir that she was pressured to wear a bikini on “iCarly.”)

Naman Ramachandran Indonesia’s Makbul Mubarak is making quite a splash with his debut feature “Autobiography,” which is world premiering at Venice’s Horizons strand and then playing at Toronto’s Contemporary World Cinema section. The film, which examines the effects of Indonesia’s military dictatorship on the country’s youth, follows a young man torn between loyalty and justice who confronts the truth of his father figure — a retired general — that may destroy them both. Mubarak, film critic-turned-filmmaker and a Berlinale Talents and Asian Film Academy alumni, previously directed acclaimed short films “The Dog’s Lullaby” (2016), “Malediction” (2017) and “A Plastic Cup of Tea Before Her” (2018).

Can you imagine getting saved in the pool by your favorite actor? It’s like every fangirl’s dream — and it could be a reality for some Stranger Things stans!

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorVienna-based sales agent Square Eyes has acquired international rights to Theo Montoya’s debut feature “Anhell69,” ahead of its world premiere in Venice Film Festival’s International Critics’ Week. The producers include Bianca Oana, who also produced Alexander Nanau’s Oscar-nominated doc “Collective,” and Berlinale winner “Touch Me Not” by Adina Pintilie.A haunting, cinematic portrait of the young queer scene in Medellín, “Anhell69” follows Montoya’s short film on the same subject, “Son on Sodom,” which premiered in Cannes 2020. In “Anhell69,” a funeral car cruises the streets of Medellín, while a young director tells the story of his past in this violent and conservative city.

EXCLUSIVE: Following some of the best reviews of her career in Emily the Criminal, Aubrey Plaza has found that next big feature film. Sources say she is set to join the ensemble cast of Francis Ford Coppola’s passion project Megalopolis. The film already stars Adam Driver, Forest Whitaker, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight and Laurence Fishburne.

Aubrey O'Day is clapping back at Photoshop allegations. The 38-year-old Danity Kane singer took to Instagram on Sunday to share a cheeky meme in response to a social media user's claim that she edited herself into vacation pics.In the post, a clearly Photoshopped O'Day appears at Heaven's Gate in one shot and hugs Jesus in another.«Took the [private jet] to Heaven in the last 24. Wanted to share with y'all how beautiful it was,» she wrote.

We’re not used to seeing heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali backed into a corner, but when "The Greatest" visited a supermarket in Manchester, that’s exactly what happened.

Where did this come from? Was there an open call for insane ‘Rescue Rangers’ takes? And you said, “Yeah, we’re insane”?Dan Gregor: We’ve been working with Disney on a couple different things and they asked us one day if we wanted to come up with any takes for ‘Rescue Rangers.’ Honestly, our first reaction was like, “Eh, no. Why?” But they were insistent and they said, “Well, really just come in with anything.”For us, we really started asking ourselves, “Okay, why would we do this? Why should this movie exist? Why do we do all these reboots in the first place?” We started to ask a lot more about the larger culture of this endless stream of reboots and toxic nostalgia and what we are all getting out of constantly reliving our past.

“The Daily Show” star Trevor Noah became the latest TV host Monday night to weigh in on the quickly snowballing phenomenon that is the Trump Espionage Denier movement. In trademark fashion, Noah boiled the denials down to four excuses, saying the reasons being drummed up for the former president’s absconding of a top-secret document trove should be vetted with a healthy dose of laughter.“You know, what’s been the most fun?” Noah asked. “The most fun in all of this is how Trump and the red caps are working so hard to invent new excuses for why this crime wasn’t a crime.

EXCLUSIVE: Carmelo Anthony has teamed with Westbrook Studios and Falkon Entertainment on Seven, a four-part docuseries, which Anthony’s company Creative 7 will also produce.

A Scots photographer has captured the epic moment lightning lit up the sky above the Wallace Monument in Stirling.