County Palo Alto Showbiz Latest News and Updates

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorEXCLUSIVE: After hitting the fall film festival circuit of Telluride, Venice and Toronto with her edgy coming-of-age directorial debut Palo Alto back in 2013, Gia Coppola is returning to the Lido with sophomore effort Mainstream. The film will screen in the Horizons section on September 5 with star Maya Hawke and producer Fred Berger, among others, also in town.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterDave Franco has long struggled against being labeled the “kid brother” type, from the time he was an unknown growing up in Palo Alto, Calif. “My first job was at a mom-and-pop video store when I was 14, and I’ve always looked young for my age,” says Franco. “People would come in wondering why this 9-year-old-looking boy was renting them ‘Silence of the Lambs’ and ‘Basic Instinct.’”Deceptive looks aside, he still was not of legal age to work.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Quibi is developing a scripted shortform dark romance series from Palo Alto helmer Gia Coppola. Love Lindsey, Forever will be written by Mattson Tomlin (The Batman), and Automatik is producing.Love Lindsey, Forever tells the story of Lindsey, who is 22, in love and dying. But when she learns of a company experimenting with new cryogenic technology, she makes a desperate bid for a second chance at life.

The coronavirus pandemic has not cooled the fevers of avid theatre-goers, despite the fact that Broadway is closed through June.

Life imitated art for “Paradise Lost” star Bridget Regan when she filmed the new Spectrum drama.

Jake Gyllenhaal is making a visit to Palo Alto!

After splitting with the royal family, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are looking forward to creating their own charitable organization and they decided to go back to school. According to a report by Today, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited Stanford University to discuss their future project with the professors and various other academics.

Getting to work. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle secretly visited Stanford University for research on their new charity on Tuesday, February 11.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are seeking advice from some of the smartest minds in the world.

Lee Mendelson, the six-time Emmy winner who produced more than 60 specials featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the Peanuts gang, has died. He was 86. Mendelson died on Christmas Day at his home in Hillsborough, California, after a long battle w