Showrunners Group Pressures Studios to Put ‘Thought Into Action’ on Abortion in New Ad

A cute pup is looking for a new home after she escaped the wrath of Hurricane Ian. Myla, a labrador-retriever mix, is currently available for adoption at St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center in Madison, New Jersey.

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 1 finale, which just dropped on Amazon Prime Video tonight. For even more on the LOTR season closer, check out Deadline’s Inside the Ring, the Rings of Power after show on October 15. Right now, watch past episodes here.

Jonathan Groff is Lea Michele‘s biggest fan, and he just paid her a lofty compliment.

Manori Ravindran International Editor New York’s South Asian International Film Festival has appointed Chayan Sarkar as its new president. A filmmaker, entrepreneur and festival director, Sarkar is also the founder of the Indian International Film Festival of Queensland in Australia. He takes over from SAIFF founder Shilen Amin, who will step down as president, but will remain a member of the festival’s board of directors. Sarkar joins SAIFF as the festival enters its 19th year as a leading film festival in the U.S. for new cinema from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, and within the Indian diaspora. In recent years, SAIFF has become increasingly influential as a platform for South Asian cinema, both in the U.S. and internationally. Fourteen of India’s submissions for the international feature film Oscar have had their North American premieres at the festival.

Manori Ravindran International Editor Richard Linklater’s action comedy “Hitman” has begun production in New Orleans for AGC Studios, with actors Austin Amelio, Retta and Molly Bernard joining the cast. “Hitman” stars Glen Powell and Adria Arjona, and was announced ahead of the Cannes Film Festival, where it was first introduced to buyers. Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios is co-financing the movie with leading indie financiers Shivani Rawat’s ShivHans Pictures and Monarch Media. Powell, who plays Hangman in Paramount’s “Top Gun: Maverick,” stars in the project as a Houston cop who’s been working undercover as the most in-demand hitman in Houston, until one day he breaks protocol in order to help a desperate woman (Arjona) trying to escape an abusive boyfriend. The project is based on a Texas Monthly article.

Production is underway on filmmaker Richard Linklater’s next film “Hitman” in New Orleans, and Retta (“Good Girls”), Molly Bernard (“Younger”) and Austin Amelio (“The Walking Dead”) have been added to the ensemble opposite Glen Powell and Adria Arjona (“Morbius”).Based on an article in Texas Monthly, the screenplay hails from Linklater and “Top Gun: Maverick” co-star Powell and tells the true story of “the most sought-after hitman in New Orleans, but if you pay him to rub out a cheating spouse or a sadistic boss, you’d better watch out: he works for the cops.”The official synopsis continues, “When he breaks protocol to help a desperate woman (Arjona) trying to get away from an abusive boyfriend, he finds himself living the life of one of his false personas, falling for the woman and flirting with becoming a criminal himself.”The production announcement and additional casting were announced by AGC Studios Chariman and CEO Stuart Ford, whose company will co-finance “Hitman” with leading indie financiers Shivani Rawat’s ShivHans Pictures and Monarch Media.The action comedy is produced by Linklater and Michael Blizzard for Detour Pictures, Michael Costigan and Jason Bateman for Aggregate Films, and Powell for BarnStorm Productions in association with Cinetic Media.Powell and Linklater – both Texas natives – first worked together on “Everybody Wants Some!!” (in which Amelio also starred), and this marks yet another genre shift for a filmmaker who’s made a career out of being a chameleon.

Richard Linklater’s latest film Hitman has started production in New Orleans and ShivHans Pictures and Monarch Media have boarded the project as co-financiers, AGC Studios announced today. 

Beyoncé stars in an irresistibly energetic new ad campaign for Tiffany & Co.

Vincent Wu and Kirby Miles posted a petition online to the Australian Parliament House website, advocating for Steve Irwin be featured on the $5 bill as opposed to the new King.

Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver are stepping out to promote their new movie.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor LCD Soundsystem has released their first single in over five years, “New Body Rhumba.” The song features on the soundtrack of Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise,” which will be wide released in theaters on Nov. 25. The Brooklyn dance-rock band is hoping the song will be a major player in the Oscar race for best original song. Released via Columbia Records and DFA Records, James Murphy, Pat Mahoney and Nancy Whang wrote the single, which was produced by Murphy for DFA Productions. “White Noise” will open the New York Film Festival. The film is an adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel of the same name and tells the story of a contemporary American family attempting to deal with everyday life’s mundane conflicts amid an airborne toxic event.

Mila Kunis is telling her sober side of her husband, Ashton Kutcher‘s “I love you” story. ET spoke to Kunis at the premiere of her new film, “Luckiest Girl Alive”, where she confirmed Kutcher’s story, dished on the film and more.

Mila Kunis isn't afraid to poke fun at her husband, Ashton Kutcher, but there was one gift he gave her where the joke was on her. While reflecting on coming to the United States from her native Ukraine during an interview on on Wednesday, the 39-year-old actress revealed she doesn't like pizza — and it led to a hilarious story about the 44-year-old actor.«No, I did not have pizza in New York,» Kunis said after sharing that Queens, New York, was the first place she came when she arrived to the U.S. as a kid.

Full casting for the upcoming Off Broadway revival of Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along starring the previously announced Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez and Daniel Radcliffe has been firmed up, with Krystal Joy Brown of Hamilton among those rounding out the production.

Ashton Kutcher was very drunk the first time he professed his love for Mila Kunis. The Vengeance actor began dating his former That '70s Show co-star in 2012, with the pair tying the knot in July 2015. During a recent workout session filmed for his Our Future Selves interview series, Ashton told guest Kenny Chesney that it was his 2010 song, You and Tequila, was what inspired him to express his feelings for Mila.

An upcoming unauthorized biography takes a look inside the final painful days leading up to Anthony Bourdain’s death.

Ashton Kutcher has conceded No Strings Attached and Friends with Benefits are "basically the same movie". During a recent workout session filmed for his Our Future Selves interview series, the Vengeance actor and his guest Natalie Portman reflected on making the 2011 romantic comedy together. "I think the first time we really started hanging out is when we shot No Strings together," commented Ashton, to which Natalie replied, "Who would've thought 20 years later, we'd be on a Peloton together?"Ashton went on to point out that his now-wife, Mila Kunis, was making Friends with Benefits alongside Justin Timberlake at the same time.

Meryl Streep is honoring her longtime friend Robert De Niro.