TPEC Reveals Winners For Inaugural TV Publicity Campaign Competition; Late Howard Bragman Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Marta Balaga Cyril Aris and his frustrated protagonists in “Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano” are done mincing words. “I hope this film can be screened the way it is, although it’s not painting the brightest picture of the Lebanese political class. And if they censor it, thank you for the publicity. I will take it,” he says following its premiere at Karlovy Vary Film Festival. “In Lebanon, we have leaders who are experts in divide-and-conquer. That’s how they fire up their base and that’s what happened in the port of Beirut, too. There is this theory that everyone knew what was happening, but they were paid for their silence.”

Brad Pitt is giving that French Riviera style.

hailed as “unrecognizable” upon resurfacing years after leaving the industry. All grown-up now, Michael Conner Humphreys, 38, played the younger version of Tom Hanks’ title character in the 1994 film “Forrest Gump.”Humphreys was just 8 years old when he played the titular character, cast from an open call to play Forrest as a child.However, 29 years on from participating in cinematic history, he decided the spotlight wasn’t for him — instead choosing to finish school, then enlist in the US Army, spending four years as an infantry soldier, which included an 18-month tour of duty in Iraq. He completed his military service in 2008.

Netflix's runaway success Squid Game is set to return for a second season and its final cast members have been revealed. Production of season two is set to start later this year and one huge star has been named as one of the new actors involved.

Sunday night’s 2023 BET Awards gave one of the greatest his flowers.

2023 BET Awards gave one of the greatest his flowers.During «culture's biggest night,» Busta Rhymes was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award — presented by Marlon Wayans and Swizz Beatz -- where he shared an inspirational message in his acceptance speech, and got emotional while reflecting on the award.Speaking with ET's Kevin Frazier after the show at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, Rhymes explained what, exactly, brought him to tears during his speech.«I was thinking about everyone that I acknowledged. I was thinking about the ones I couldn't get to because I ain't have enough time,» Rhymes explained.

2023 BET Awards gave one of the greatest his flowers.During «culture's biggest night,» Busta Rhymes was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award — presented by Marlon Wayans and Swizz Beatz -- where he shared an inspirational message in his acceptance speech, and got emotional while holding the prestigious award.Known for his rapid-fire delivery and intricate rhymes, the 51-year-old artist was surprisingly candid and soft-spoken as he got real about his career and the trajectory of his life.«All right. So, I'm going to wear it on my sleeve.

Offset and Quavo reunited for a surprise performance to honor their late groupmate, Takeoff, who was fatally shot on Nov. 1 in Houston, Texas, with a touching tribute during this year's BET Awards. The duo performed together for the first time since they disbanded their hip-hop trio, Migos, after releasing their fourth and final studio album  in 2021.

Offset and Quavo reunited for a surprise performance to honor their late groupmate, Takeoff, who was fatally shot on Nov. 1 in Houston, Texas, with a touching tribute during this year’s BET Awards.

final installment of the long-running franchise to include Ford, 80, is titled “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” and is set to be released on June 30.The star explained to Digital Spy in a recent interview why there is a 15-year gap between the fourth and fifth films.He noted that the studio wasn’t clamoring to release another flick so soon after “Crystal Skull” debuted.“Well, it wasn’t as though we sat around for 10 years waiting to come up with an idea,” Ford said.  “When we finished the last film, I don’t think anybody thought about going and doing another film for some time,” he added.The length of time between the last two movies could also be attributed to “Crystal Skull’s” not-so-good reviews.While it was regarded as 2008’s second highest-grossing film and took in about $790 million, it holds a 53% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.Critics’ reviews were mixed, with one person even calling it “the most lifeless of the series” and “simply [not] a very good motion picture.”Ford continued to tell the entertainment news outlet that “there were some interesting ideas that were floated” for a fifth movie over the last few years, however, producers weren’t too keen about them.“And then we found an idea, and a script, and a strong story that we wanted to tell,” he gushed about “Dial of Destiny.” “Dial of Destiny” takes place in the mid-1960s with Indiana joining his goddaughter Helena Shaw (played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge) as they go on a quest to find a dial that can change history.“The Wolverine” director James Mangold is helming the feature and it also stars the talents of Antonio Banderas, Toby Jones, Boyd Holbrook, Ethann Isidore and Mads Mikkelsen.Ford was also digitally de-aged for the flick, as the new story

Love Island star Billy Brown shared his body transformation to Instagram as he posed up a storm with his new ripped physique, after the former Islander, 24, said that the ITV2 reality show made him "look ugly". In the short clip, Billy revealed how he looked when he went on Love Island, and how he looks now, showing off some of the exercises that helped him achieve his new look. Billy simply wrote next to the video: "THEN...

EXCLUSIVE: Reservation Dogs and Letterkenny star Kaniehtiio Horn has revealed the cast for her feature directorial debut Seeds as production gets underway in Ontario. 

Melissa McCarthy and the rest of the cast of Gilmore Girls felt the heat when they were filming the show.

Susan Lucci andMaury Povich will be honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 50th Annual Daytime Emmys. 

Susan Lucci and Maury Povich will each receive a prestigious honor at the upcoming 2023 Daytime Emmy Awards. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced on Friday that Lucci and Povich will be the Lifetime Achievement Honorees at the 50th Annual Daytime Emmys, which has been postponed amid Hollywood's ongoing Writers Guild of America strike. The honors will be presented in person during the telecasts once they are rescheduled.«I am truly humbled to receive this esteemed award from the Academy,» Lucci said in a statement. «Throughout my career, I have been incredibly fortunate to work alongside exceptional talents and embraced by my fans that have been with me every step of the way.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large We still don’t know when the Daytime Emmys will take place — the kudocast was delayed this month in the wake of the WGA writers strike — but when it does, we do know that daytime icons Susan Lucci and Maury Povich will be honored. Lucci, who famously spent years waiting to finally win a Daytime Emmy (for her long-time starring role on “All My Children”) and talk show host Povich, who recently hung up the microphone after years of paternity test reveals, will receive the lifetime achievement award at the 50th annual Daytime Emmy Awards. The New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which administers the Daytime Emmys, announced the honors on Friday.

Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri was feted at the Annecy International Film Festival Wednesday morning with a “Golden Ticket” lifetime accreditation in a surprise session featuring Grammy-winning musician and Louis Vuitton designer Pharrell Williams.

Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts, released in UK cinemas last week, features an extended action sequence on Machu Picchu – and in an exclusive interview with NME, the cast revealed the strict guidelines they had to follow during filming on the sacred Inca mountain ridge.In the sixth film in the franchise, which is based on the successful Hasbro toy line of fighting robot aliens, Dominique Fishback (Swarm) and Anthony Ramos (In The Heights) play humans caught up in a war for space supremacy between the Autobots and their evil enemies the Terrorcons. The movie switches location half-way through to Machu Picchu, Peru, where production on the historic religious site dating back to the 1450s is closely controlled.“You definitely couldn’t eat or drink or anything on the mountain,” said Fishback. “And you had to hike back down in order to use the bathroom or anything.

A developer has revealed plans to build ‘high quality family homes’ at a greenfield ‘infill’ site in Rochdale. Lancet Homes has submitted proposals for 18 detached houses on land off Crompton Avenue, in Balderstone, including a mix of four and five-bedroom properties.The three-acre grassland plot - close to Broad Lane Community Woodland - is surrounded by housing on three sides, while to the south is a football pitch currently used by Rochdalians AFC.A public footpath running through part of the council-owned site would be diverted to allow for the new housing. Planning papers say the scheme provides an opportunity to ‘naturally infill’ the existing residential area with a development of similar appearance and character.

Jennifer Grey after the 63-year-old star was given the honor of presenting her father, Joel Grey, with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 Tony Awards.Theater fans were shocked to see that the touching moment was not featured during the main broadcast of the annual Broadway awards show, but rather was shown in the live pre-show, which exclusively played on Pluto TV.Jennifer began her tribute, joking, «Hi, friends of my dad.