Perrie Edwards was just a teenager when she auditioned on the X Factor. Now, the 30 year old is about to embark on a solo career after being part of one of the best selling girl groups of all time.
26.03.2024 - 16:35 / variety.com
Brent Lang Executive Editor Neon, the indie studio behind “Parasite” and “Anatomy of a Fall,” has tapped the producers of “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Jon Read and Allison Rose Carter, to lead their growing production arm. Read and Carter are the co-founders of Savage Rose Films.
The pact comes as Neon has moved more aggressively into developing and producing its own movies, instead of focusing purely on acquiring completed films. The company’s recent foray into production have included Brandon Cronenberg’s “Infinity Pool,” Bishal Dutta’s “It Lives Inside,” Theda Hammel’s “Stress Positions,” Jazmin Jones’s “Seeking Mavis Beacon” and Tilman Singer’s “Cuckoo.” This new in-house focus also includes upcoming projects from Joshua Oppenheimer, Boots Riley and David Robert Mitchell.
Under the terms of the deal, Neon will have a first-look at Savage Rose Films’ roster of projects while Read and Carter will also run Neon’s productions, reporting to Jeff Deutchman, the company’s head of acquisitions and productions. Carter and Read have produced and co-produced over 20 films together.
Perrie Edwards was just a teenager when she auditioned on the X Factor. Now, the 30 year old is about to embark on a solo career after being part of one of the best selling girl groups of all time.
Meet The Richardsons since 2020. The mockumentary sees them play “exaggerated versions of themselves”.The duo also starred together on several outings of Celebrity Gogglebox.A post shared by Jon Richardson (@jonrichardsoncomedian)Beaumont was nominated in 2023 for a BAFTA TV award for Best Female Performance for her part in Meet The Richardsons. She also appeared on panel shows such as Have I Got News For You as well as comedy game show Taskmaster.Richardson was previously a team captain on 8 Out Of 10 Cats and launched the panel show Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier, which ran on Dave for two seasons.He also previously co-hosted with Russell Howard on BBC Radio 6 Music.Speaking about the latest series of their show, Beaumont said: “I think this is the best one, to be honest.
8 Out Of 10 Cats star Jon Richardson and his wife Lucy Beaumont are divorcing after nine years of marriage, they have announced in a joint statement.The comedy couple have starred in Meet The Richardsons, in which they play “exaggerated versions of themselves”, since 2020. A statement to the PA News agency said on Friday: "After nine years of marriage, we would like to announce that we have separated.
Lily Allen has said she “stands to lose everything” if she drinks again, and recalled the time she was banned from London’s Groucho Club.The singer and actor has been sober for nearly five years, having struggled with binge drinking and drug abuse in the past. Last March, Allen explained that her “life [had] changed so much” since she decided to quit.During a recent episode of the Miss Me? podcast, the ‘Smile’ star and her co-host Miquita Oliver were asked whether they had ever been barred from a pub.“I don’t think I’ve ever been barred from a pub,” Allen responded. “I’ve been barred from a club – Groucho’s.
Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Prime Video’s “Fallout,” inspired by the video game series, is launching an awards campaign ahead of this year’s Emmys, with the streamer eyeing nominations for outstanding drama series among others. Variety has exclusively learned the Emmy campaign strategies for its main actors: Walton Goggins, Ella Purnell and Aaron Moten. Goggins, portraying the mutated gunslinger Cooper Howard, aka The Ghoul, and Purnell, playing young Vault Dweller Lucy, are both in the running for lead acting categories.
Brent Lang Executive Editor Ana de Armas is out for blood in “Ballerina,” the upcoming spinoff to Lionsgate’s successful “John Wick” franchise. And she’s got a question for Keanu Reeves. “How do I start doing what you do?” de Armas asks the legendary hit man.
One Day, is set to join the cast of Bridget Jones 4.After three successful movie adaptations of the novels by Helen Fielding, a fourth film is about to begin production, according to the BBC.Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson are all due to reprise their roles in Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, which is scheduled for a US release on February 14 2025. A date for UK release hasn’t yet been announced.The book on which the film will be based was originally published in 2013, and rejoins the beloved protagonist as she navigates her 50s as a widowed mother to two, following the death of Mark Darcy, who was played by Colin Firth in the previous films.Firth won’t be appearing in the fourth film, with Fielding reportedly writing Mark’s landmine-caused death into the story because she didn’t want Bridget to become a “smug married” type.Fans of the franchise will be pleased to see Grant reprising his role as the womanising antagonist Daniel Cleaver, who skipped out on the third film, Bridget Jones’ Baby.
Bridget Jones is back to write in her diary once again. Renée Zellweger will be returning for the fourth installment of the iconic romantic comedy franchise.The film, titled “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,” is set to premiere in theaters and on Peacock come Valentine’s Day 2025.
“Texas Hold ’Em” singer made a last-minute pitch to country upstart Willie Jones to appear on her new “Cowboy Carter” opus — with the album deadline fast approaching to make her March 29 release date — it was either go big or stay home.“It was literally in the fourth quarter,” Jones, 29, told The Post of recording his “Just for Fun” duet with Beyoncé in the final stages of “Cowboy Carter.” “It was literally … end of February, February 20-something.”Jones got the call that would change his life from Alex Vickery, who produced his vocals on “Just for Fun” — which, despite its title, is a decidedly moody meditation.“She’s like, ‘Are you sitting down?’ I was like, ‘Yeah.’ And she’s like, ‘You know Beyoncé is working on a country album … [and] she loves your voice.’ I was like, ‘Are you serious?’ She was like, ‘Can you come out here tomorrow?’ I was like, ‘Send the car.’ ”And now the Shreveport, Louisiana native is galloping into history as one of the Black country artists spotlighted by Beyoncé Knowles Carter on “Cowboy Carter” — the undisputed event record of 2024 — which just scored the biggest sales week of the year in its chart-topping debut on the Billboard 200. Released to rave reviews (including mine), the LP also made Queen B the first Black woman to reign over the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, while simultaneously holding the top three spots on the Hot Country Songs chart led by her No.
Luke Combs leads the field with eight nominations for the 59th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, which were revealed this morning. Morgan Wallen and Megan Moroney are next with six apiece, followed by Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton and Lainey Wilson with five each. See the full list below.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Even on a day when much of America was hoping to see the sun go out, there’s still an ongoing need to hear someone sing “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.” That, among many other things, is what’s offered in tonight’s PBS broadcast of a tribute special for Elton John and Bernie Taupin, two of the worthiest talents ever to be awarded the Library of Congress’ Gershwin Prize. If you’re a fan — and who isn’t?, as they say — the two-hour show will provide a total eclipse of all your other most pressing entertainment needs.
Well, it’s officially over for Gypsy Rose Blanchard and Ryan Scott Anderson.
Katcy Stephan “Deliver Me From Nowhere,” the upcoming film about the making of Bruce Springsteen‘s landmark 1982 “Nebraska” album, has landed at 20th Century Studios. “The Bear” star Jeremy Allen White is in talks to star as the legendary rocker. Scott Cooper (“Crazy Heart,” “Hostiles”) will write and direct the film, which is based on Warren Zane’s 2023 book “Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska.” “Nebraska,” the follow-up to Springsteen’s hugely successful album “The River,” was widely expected to be a rock album with the E Street Band.
Ringo Starr alongside the likes of Elton John, Slash and Iggy Pop.The musician, who plays drums for The Who, shared some details about the project in a post on social media last week. Starkey explained that it came together on the day The Who and Guns N’ Roses both played at Rock In Rio in 2017.“Duff [McKagan] and I went in a local studio and cut bass for a cover of T-Rex[‘s] ‘Children Of The Revolution’,” he wrote.“My dad played drums in LA (while I fudged the bass) then in Rio, Duff cut bass.
Brent Lang Executive Editor Air Supply may be the latest chart-topping musical act to get the big screen treatment. Altit Media Group said it plans to make biopic about the band that will, in a nod to one of the group’s biggest hits, be entitled, “All Out of Love: The Air Supply Story.” The film will be released in summer 2025 to celebrate Air Supply’s 50th anniversary. Filming is set to take place in Australia and the U.K.
Lynda Carter didn’t have the Golden Lasso of Truth surrounding her. But what she said about a possible Wonder Woman 3 makes sense.
Brent Lang Executive Editor Searchlight Pictures has signed a first-look deal with Olivia Colman and Ed Sinclair’s South of the River Pictures. Under the new pact, the specialty studio, which has worked with Colman on “The Favourite” and “Empire of Light,” will develop and produce feature-length motion pictures with the production company. South of the River Pictures was founded by Colman, Sinclair and their long-time partner in crime, Tom Carver, to develop and produce original scripted comedies and dramas with “an authored sensibility.” Colman and Sinclair have been married since 2001.
Brent Lang Executive Editor Vertical has acquired U.S. rights to “Bucky F*cking Dent,” a father-son story set against the 1978 Red Sox vs. Yankees pennant race.
Kate Middleton’s cancer announcement in a new interview.The Princess of Wales, 42, delivered the shocking news on Friday that she was diagnosed with the disease and was undergoing preventive chemotherapy. The British actor — who played a young Prince (now King) Charles in Seasons 3 and 4 of the Netflix drama — got candid about his feelings regarding Middleton’s health.At the Sydney premiere of his upcoming tennis flick, “Challengers,” the 33-year-old told the outlet 9honey Celebrity: “I really missed all the Kate stuff that everyone was talking online about.”Since Middleton’s abdominal surgery in January, she has mostly stayed under the radar, with many conspiracies swirling over her whereabouts.
Selena Kuznikov Martin Scorsese is partnering with Fox Nation for an eight-part docudrama series, “Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints.” Hosted, narrated and executive produced by Scorsese, the series will encompass eight one-hour episodes exploring the stories of eight figures on their journey to sainthood. The docudrama will premiere in two parts, with the first four episodes set to release on Nov.