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We’ll be seeing actor Kingsley Ben-Adir (“One Night In Miami“) taking on the role of legendary Reggae singer Bob Marley in a new biopic film at Paramount Pictures that is being helmed by “King Richard” director Reinaldo Marcus Green. The combination of director and actor gives the impression that it could end up becoming a festival/awards darling as another impressive addition to the cast has been announced.

Jon Burlingame editorMike Lang, one of the preeminent pianists in Hollywood history, died of lung cancer Friday morning at his home in Studio City. He was 80.Lang played piano (or organ, harpsichord or celeste) on an estimated 2,000 film and TV scores dating back to the mid-1960s, including scores by virtually every great film composer of the past 50 years: John Williams (“Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Catch Me If You Can”), Jerry Goldsmith (“Gremlins,” “The Russia House”), John Barry (“Body Heat,” “The Specialist”), Henry Mancini (“10”), Alex North (“The Shoes of the Fisherman”), Elmer Bernstein (“The Rainmaker”), Miklós Rózsa (“Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”) and many others.Composer Lalo Schifrin (“Mission: Impossible”) was among Lang’s earliest champions in Hollywood, adding Lang’s piano to what eventually became the Grammy-winning Paul Horn album “Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts” in 1965.

We’ll be seeing actor Kingsley Ben-Adir (“One Night In Miami“) taking on the role of legendary Reggae singer Bob Marley in a new biopic film at Paramount Pictures that is being helmed by “King Richard” director Reinaldo Marcus Green. The combination of director and actor gives the impression that it could end up becoming a festival/awards darling as another impressive addition to the cast has been announced.

Melanie Lynskey's memories from the set of aren't all fond ones. While working on the film, which was released 22 years ago this week, Lynskey says she was body shamed. «All the girls had this regimen they had to go on.

She may not yet be a household name in the United States, but in her native Netherlands, “Bodies Bodies Bodies” director Halina Reijn is a well-established figure in film, TV, and theater. She’s worked with renowned Belgian theater director Ivo van Hove on international stage productions.

told The Hollywood Reporter. "I was already starving myself and as thin as I could possibly be for this body, and I was still a [size] four."Melanie, who was 23 years old when she filmed the iconic movie, said one of the crew members was particularly harsh on her and other actresses."There were already people putting a lot of Spanx on me in wardrobe fittings and being very disappointed when they saw me, the costume designer being like, 'Nobody told me there would be girls like you,'" she said.

Melanie Lynskey joined her fellow "Yellowjackets" co-stars for a new interview where the actress discussed the body shaming she experienced early in her career while filming "Coyote Ugly."  Lynskey played Gloria in the 2000 comedy about a songwriter Violet Sanford (played by Piper Perabo) who gets a job at an NYC bar run by women.  Tawny Cypress, Juliette Lewis and Christina Ricci were the others participating in the interview with The Hollywood Reporter where Lynskey discussed her experience filming "Coyote Ugly."  When describing the beginning of her career playing the "best friend from Jersey" in "Ugly Coyote" she told the outlet. "I was already starving myself and as thin as I could possibly be for this body, and I was still a (size) four."  Lynskey continued and said "that were already people putting a lot of Spanx on me in wardrobe fittings and being very disappointed when they saw me, the costume designer being like, ‘Nobody told me there would be girls like you.’ Really intense feedback about my physicality, my body, people doing my makeup and being like, ‘I’m just going to help you out by giving you a bit more of a jawline and stuff." "Yellowjackets" star Melanie Lynskey opened up about the body shaming she faced while filming "Coyote Ugly."  ( David Livingston/Getty Images) Lynskey said that while she was working on the film, the feedback was constantly "you're not beautiful." She talked about the difficulty of hearing the things she did when she was in her early twenties.

Melanie Lynskey has dealt with nasty body shaming for years!

Melanie Lynskey speaks about the pressure she faced to look a certain way in the 2000 flick “Coyote Ugly” in a candid interview with The Hollywood Reporter.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Cha Cha Real Smooth” director Cooper Raiff and former Black Bear Pictures development executive Clementine Quittner are teaming up to launch a new production company, Small Ideas, with a goal of developing and producing independent film and television projects.The duo are joining forces to make projects from emerging filmmakers and creators, as well as projects written and directed by Raiff. Their first endeavor will be an undisclosed television series which Raiff will write, direct, and produce, and which Quittner will produce.Raiff’s most recent film, “Cha Cha Real Smooth,” won the Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by Apple for $15 million.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA Los Angeles judge on Monday ruled to limit the amount of information that could be obtained by Harvey Weinstein’s defense team for his upcoming trial on 11 counts of rape and sexual assault.Judge Lisa B. Lench approved the prosecution’s motion to quash subpoenas from four witnesses for their correspondence, including personal emails and texts dating as far back as 2004, with one of the alleged victims (referred to as Jane Doe #4).

The Weakest Link will return to NBC.

Melanie Lynskey is looking back on Ever After, 24 years after the Cinderella based movie debuted in theaters.

Justin Long's date with Kate Bosworth doesn't quite go as planned in their new flick. The real-life couple stars in Neil LaBute's upcoming thriller, , and the first trailer teases how what was meant to be a casual hookup turns into something sinister.Per the flick's synopsis, a player out to score (Long) thinks his beautiful, mysterious date (Bosworth) will be another casual hookup when he drives her home to her secluded estate after meeting at a local bar. While getting acquainted, however, their flirtation turns playful, sexy and sinister, hinting that, while Long's character was hoping to get lucky, his luck may have just run out.In the trailer, just as Long and Bosworth start to get intimate, creepy figures begin appearing throughout the house.

Special skills? Drew Barrymore shared why her ex-boyfriend, Justin Long, has been so successful with women.

Melanie Lynskey starred as Jacqueline​ in but the 45-year-old actress still has fond memories of the fun she had on — and off — set with co-stars Drew Barrymore and Anjelica Huston. ET spoke with Lynskey ahead of the movie's anniversary and she reflected on the magical time she had filming it.«That was like a really wonderful time,» she told ET at the viewing party for Kathy Hilton's premiere episode of.

Drew Barrymore is looking back on her relationship with Justin Long.

Drew Barrymore is dishing on her ex Justin Long.

Drew Barrymore is reflecting on her past romance with Justin Long, and revealing his most charming feature.The daytime talk show host recently joined comedian Mike Birbiglia on his podcast and opened up about dating Long, and their time shooting the 2010 rom-com Reflecting on the intense paparazzi scrutiny that she and Long were under during their time together, Barrymore said she always felt it was «weird» that their romance got so much attention.«I didn’t get why we were ever an interesting couple,» she shared. «Like, that didn’t make any sense to me, like, who cares? We’re not exciting.»«We dated for many years, I was very much in love with Justin, you know why? Because he’s funny,» Barrymore continued, adding that the actor has «the sharpest wit.»«You want to know why he gets all the ladies? Well, there’s a few reasons, but the comedy is definitely [one of them],» she said. «He is one of the sharpest, wittiest [people], he’s brilliant and he’ll just knock your socks off with laughter.»She also reflected on her experience filming the rom-com with Hugh Grant and said that the celebrated leading man isn't at all like what she expected.«Now Hugh and I did not date.

Don’t expect “old Instagram” to return anytime soon.