Viz Media has appointed former Crunchyroll executive Sae Whan Song to the newly-created post of VP of content (animation). He will lead Viz’s content acquisition strategy and be responsible for execution of the company’s co-production strategy.
Song began his career in licensing at Toei Animation b
Christoph Waltz will play Hollywood legend Billy Wilder in a new project from producer Jeremy Thomas.
“Billy Wilder & Me” will be adapted by Christopher Hampton from Jonathan Coe’s book, with Stephen Frears directing. Billed as part coming-of-age story and part true-life portrait of Wilder, the fil
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION
The Taipei Film Festival has named prolific writer-director-producer Kevin Chu (aka Chu Yen-ping) as the recipient of its Outstanding Contribution Award. During the 1980s and the 1990s, Chu made many popular memorable commercial films and discovered several promising new ac
When the Tony-winning musical “1776” debuted on Broadway in 1969, it celebrated America’s ideals on the eve of its Bicentennial. Half a century later, a radical makeover brings critique front and center, while treating those ideals as a chimera rather than a promise fulfilled. The production’s pre-B
If the unmarked enemy aircraft, mirrored visors and carefully evasive language of Joseph Kosinksi’s “Top Gun: Maverick” tell us anything, it’s that Hollywood has learned to avoid political specifics in the delivery of grandstanding blockbuster entertainment. So one can be forgiven for coming to “Reb
Leticia Dolera, co-writer, lead director and star of the Movistar Plus-HBO Max produced “Perfect Life,” a 2019 double Canneseries winner, is developing a new series, “Puberty,” which looks sure to be one of the hottest titles at this month’s Conecta Fiction & Entertainment.
Now in development, “Pub
It’s possible that the very first casualty of war is not truth, but nuance. Since Maksym Nakonechnyi’s grimly disturbing “Butterfly Vision” was conceived and shot, the protracted Donbas conflict during which it is set has flared into all-out war following Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
The adaptation of T.M. Logan’s novel “The Holiday” has an exclusive trailer and a U.S. release date as it announces a raft of sales.
The four-part limited drama – about “a dream family vacation that quickly turns into a nightmare” – will bow on Spectrum in the U.S. on June 20.
It stars Jill Halfpe
Atlanta Rapper Trouble Fatally Shot At Age 34—Authorities Name Suspect Connected To His Murder
The hip-hop community has unfortunately suffered yet another loss. On Sunday, it was reported that well-known Atlanta rapper Trouble was shot and killed at the age of 34.
According to CBS 46, the Rockdal
A COLD case murder that saw a banker beaten to death 40 years ago has finally been solved thanks to a vital clue.
David Evans, 57, was brutally murdered at his home in Claremont, California, on October 13, 1985.
3 David Evans was brutally killed 40 years ago at his home in Claremont, California Cr
THE Queen was left “humbled and touched” by her Platinum Jubilee celebrations as she appeared on the Buckingham Palace balcony.
Her Majesty, 96, was absent for much of the extended Bank Holiday weekend, after finding the first day enjoyable but tiring.
But in a message of thanks, the monarch ackno
SHOCKING new details have emerged in the case of the mom who is said to have decapitated her six-year-old son along with the family’s pet dog.
The Missouri mom, Tasha Haefs, 35, has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial, according to online court records.
3 Tasha Haefs has been found ment
TUBE stations are closed today due to strike action – meaning travel chaos for those returning to work after the Bank Holiday break.
London Underground advised people not to travel, warning of severe disruption across the network from the start of service on Monday to 8am on Tuesday.
Members of th
EX-BOXER Prince Naseem Hamed is locked in a £12million family feud, his brother says.
Naseem, 48, is reportedly demanding all of his late parents’ fortune — but his siblings are contesting it.
3 The row centres on money Naseem gave to his parents to buy property, which has risen in value to £12mil
GERARD PIQUE and Shakira appeared to spend the weekend TOGETHER watching their son play baseball despite no longer being a couple.
Pop singer Shakira, 45, announced they pair had split after 11 years together on Saturday in a statement via her publicist.
3 Shakira and Gerard Pique jetted to the Cz
BRITAIN has DEFIED Vladimir Putin’s threat to strike harder by planning to send lethal rocket systems to the Ukrainan effort.
The M270 multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS) is now on it’s way to the frontline, despite the Russian dictator’s chilling warning that supplies of hardware would see Russia
BOXING icon Butterbean is eyeing up a sensational return against YouTuber Jake Paul.
The heavyweight star – real name Eric Esch – has not fought professionally since a 2013 defeat to Kirk Lawton.
4 Butterbean has called out Jake Paul as he targets a shock return to boxing Credit: AP:Associated Pre
Sydney Sweeney accepts the Best Fight award for ‘Euphoria’ onstage during the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards. Kevin Winter via Getty Images
Two teenage girls clobbered Spider-Man and Black Widow … at the MTV Movie & TV Awards, at least.
The rumble that erupted between Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) and Maddy
Happy Hunger Games, the “The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” teaser trailer is finally here.
On Sunday, Lionsgate released a trailer for the prequel to “The Hunger Games” during the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards.
The film follows an 18-year old Coriolanus Snow, years before he becomes the autocratic pr
Jennifer Lopez let the emotions flow during her acceptance speech at the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday.
The “Marry Me” actor was honored with the Generation Award at the ceremony.
According to the long-running cable channel, the coveted award “celebrates beloved actors whose diverse contrib
Prince Louis cycled through a lot of moods at Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant celebration on Sunday and onlookers couldn’t get enough of it.
The 4-year-old royal watched the celebrations along The Mall, which leads to Buckingham Palace, from the royal box with his siblings and parents, t