by Brent Lang Rayne Roberts, a veteran executive at Lucasfilm, has been tapped to serve as senior vice president, production and development at Searchlight Pictures. In her new position at the specialty label, Roberts will report to co-head of production and...
by Steven J. Horowitz | Variety Roy Ayers, the legendary jazz vibraphonist known for his hit “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” and sampled by countless artists, died at the age of 84. In a statement shared with Variety, the Ayers family said that he died yesterday after...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOoD8qNzjTQ Zoe Saldaña and Kate Winslet connect easily, as colleagues who haven’t seen each other in a while often do: They worked together on James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Way of Water,” which was released in 2022, and will also appear...
by Steven J. Horowitz | Variety Angie Stone, the soul singer who rose to fame as a member of pioneering female hip-hop trio the Sequence and later became a prominent soul singer, died at the age of 63. Stone died in a car crash in Montgomery, Alabama early Saturday...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnnLG2Bps74 Director: Kyle Hausmann-Stokes Writer(s): Kyle Hausmann-Stokes, Cherish Chen, A.J. Bermudez Starring: Sonequa Martin-Green, Natalie Morales, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman, Gloria Reuben, Utkarsh Ambudkar, James Bane, Assia...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChN_VoZ2sZ0 Director: Dito Montiel Writer(s): John Pollono Starring: Jennifer Coolidge, Ed Harris, Gabrielle Union, Miles J. Harvey, Emanuela Postacchini, Lewis Pullman, Bill Murray, Pete Davidson, Michael Angelo Covino, Julius Sampson,...
By Chris Morris | Variety Legendary pop/R&B vocalist Roberta Flack, who was launched to stardom in the early ’70s by the Grammy-winning hits “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” has died, according to a statement from her...
by Steven J. Horowitz | Variety Voletta Wallace, the Notorious B.I.G.‘s mother who kept his legacy alive in the decades following his passing, has died. Wallace was in hospice care at her residence in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, when she died of natural causes. The...
by Chris Morris | Variety Chicago soul giant Jerry Butler, who succeeded early hits as lead singer of the keystone R&B group Impressions and a notable solo career with years as a Windy City politician, has died, according to the Chicago Sun TImes. No cause of...
David Morgan | Deadline Panelists: Amir “Questlove” Thompson (director/executive producer). Key quotes: He just happens to be the first domino of a new revolution to a bunch of rules that we are still using today in making music. Sly was at the very beginning of...
Director: Unknown Writer(s): Joshua Zetumer Starring: Ice Cube Synopsis: A witness under federal protection participates in a secret, high-tech version program allows him to disappear completely and begin a new life. Release Date: Unknown | Length: Unknown | Genre:...
Director: Brian Skiba Writer(s): Brian Skiba Starring: Nicolas Cage, Heather Graham, Stephen Dorff, Scarlet Rose Stallone, Costas Mandylor, Bre Blair, Tzi Ma, Cooper Barnes, William McNamara, Randall Batinkoff, Mitchell Hoog, Jeremy Kent Jackson, Elisabetta Fantone,...