Sean Baker’s Romantic Comedy ‘Anora’ Lands at Neon

Sean “Diddy” Combs once reportedly threatened Kimora Lee Simmons while she was pregnant years ago, according to a resurfaced 2004 interview. Simmons, who was married to Def Jam Recordings founder Russell Simmons from 1998 until they separated in 2006, was profiled in New York magazine, in which a record executive is quoted saying Combs was “nasty” toward Simmons.“There was a nasty cloudburst when Kimora said something to Combs and he threatened to hit her,” the record-industry executive recalled.The Baby Phat founder chimed in: “And I was pregnant! The moron!” After the alleged incident, the rapper, now 54, got down on his knees and publicly apologized.

Will Tizard Contributor Sean Pean says the cost in human lives of Russia’s continuing war on Ukraine is on “all of us.” Political dithering in the West has given Russia great advantages in the conflict, Penn argued, speaking to the audience Friday in Torun, Poland, after screening “Superpower,” his documentary on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Camerimage cinematography film fest. If Ukraine had been supplied with enough military support to control its airspace early on, Penn argues, the war that began with Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion last year could have been ended by now.

tied the knot with fitness trainer Alex Fine in late 2019 after meeting a year prior. The pair are now parents of daughters Sunny and Frankie.Combs, for his part, would go on to have romances with City Girls rapper Yung Miami and Dana Tran, whom he welcomed a child with in 2022.One year later, the New York City native was sued by Ventura in November 2023, accusing him in a bombshell lawsuit of trafficking, rape and physical abuse.

FX has handed a series order to English Teacher, a comedy created by and starring Brian Jordan Alvarez. Paul Simms (FX’s Atlanta and What We Do in the Shadows), serves as an executive producer on the project, which was originally ordered to pilot in June 2022.

Unstable, the Netflix comedy starring Rob Lowe and his son John Owen Lowe, is heading back into production for its second season with a new showrunner.

Film Movement has acquired U.S. rights to Maciek Hamela’s In the Rearview, winner of well over a dozen awards at film festivals around the world, including the top prize at Sheffield DocFest.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Rise and Shine World Sales has acquired In-Soo Radstake’s “Selling a Colonial War,” which world premieres in the International Competition section of documentary festival IDFA in Amsterdam. “Selling a Colonial War” looks to encourage the Dutch government and society to accept responsibility for their actions as a colonial power in Indonesia – and especially their actions when fighting a war in Indonesia after the country declared independence in 1945. The Dutch government still refrains from using the term “war crimes” to describe their actions as this would have great impact on calls for reparation.

Sean Burke has a bone to pick with Braunwyn Windham-Burke.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent “Casino Royale” Bond villain Mads Mikkelsen and Moroccan actor-director Faouzi Bensaïdi will be celebrated with career achievement awards at the upcoming 20th Marrakech International Film Festival that will run Nov. 24- Dec.

The Marrakech International Film Festival has unveiled the 10 cinema figures who will participate in its In Conversation With program at its 20th edition running from November 24 to December 2.

Will Tizard Contributor The 30th edition of the Camerimage Film Festival, Europe’s top cinematography event, will welcome a host of stellar guests to the Gothic Polish town of Torun, including Adam Driver, Sean Penn and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CEO Bill Kramer. Driver and Penn will screen their latest films, respectively, the high-octane biopic “Ferrari” and the portrait of Eastern Europe’s most remarkable wartime president, Volodymyr Zelensky, “Superpower.” As regular fest guests have learned, the calendar of film screenings is just as important to study as the schedule for panels, seminars and masterclasses.

At the end of Meg Ryan‘s beguiling and grown-up new romantic comedy What Happens Later, a simple dedication card shows on screen that says “To Nora.” And for star, director and co-writer Ryan, that says it all. After an eight-year absence from the screen, Ryan has returned, both in front of and behind the camera, to a genre that made her a huge star thanks also in large part to the late great Nora Ephron, whose trio of collaborations with Ryan — When Harry Met Sally (directed by Rob Reiner), Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail — truly defined what a joyful experience a romantic comedy could be when in the right hands.

Cinemark CEO Sean Gamble said Apple and Amazon, two behemoths of the tech world but newcomers to the wide-release movie business, are so far “very pleased” with their results.

Sean Paul was forced to run out of an interview as a 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit his native Jamaica.The moment happened yesterday (October 30) as the musician was taking part in an interview livestreamed to Twitch alongside artist Tofu Jack and director/producer of Vice Documentaries, Dan Zabludovsky.In footage shared of the moment via TMZ, Paul is seen listening to Jack’s response to one of the questions before going to chime in with his own thoughts. Almost immediately after beginning his sentence he stops speaking and looks around his room in confusion before realising what’s happening.“Oh shit.

Sean Paul had to abruptly end an interview when a natural disaster struck!

Neon is launching sales this week at AFM to the It Follows sequel, They Follow. Filmmaker David Robert Mitchell is back to helm and write, with Maika Monroe reprising her role as Jay Height.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor The Exchange has acquired the world sales rights for romantic comedy “The Islander,” starring Grammy- and Emmy Award-winning musician and actor Harry Connick Jr. The film features two original songs by Connick. The Exchange will introduce the title to buyers at next week’s American Film Market.

EXCLUSIVE: William H. Macy (Shameless), John Corbett (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), Joel Courtney (The Kissing Booth), DeVon Franklin (Jesus Revolution), and Stephanie Szostak (A Million Little Things) are among those set to star in On Fire, another new film from Sean McNamara (Reagan) that has landed a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement and will begin production in St. Louis November 6.

Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay and his wife Veronika have welcomed a baby boy!

What’s Sean Baker have in store for audiences next? Variety has the scoop there, reporting that the “Red Rocket” director teams up with FilmNation Entertainment again for his upcoming film “Anora.” And the movie is already in post-production, although plot details remain under wraps. As for who stars in Baker’s latest, there’s one confirmed name: Mikey Madison, who audiences will recognize from “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood…” and “Scream 5.” READ MORE: Sean Baker Warns “Censorship” Could Be Coming To American Cinema As He Wraps Production On His Newest Film Baker shot his upcoming film in Brooklyn earlier this year.