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The HBO Max streaming service has temporarily removed Gone with the Wind from its platform after the screenwriter of 12 Years a Slave called for its removal in a Monday op-ed. While it is not clear if the op-ed was a driving factor in the decision, screenwriter John Ridley wrote in the Los Angeles Times …
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IBM says it is getting out of the facial recognition business over concern about how it can be used for mass surveillance and racial profiling. A letter to US lawmakers Monday from new IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said the tech giant “has sunset its general purpose facial recognition and analysis software products.” Krishna was addressing …
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Character actor Peggy Pope, who played the alcoholic office secretary in the hit comedy movie “9 to 5,” died on May 27 in Fort Collins, Colo. She was 91. Pope’s family announced her passing and plans for a June 27 celebration of life. Pope was born as Florence Margaret Pope in Montclair, N.J., and graduated …
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Pixar’s “Soul,” Wes Anderson’s star-packed “The French Dispatch” and Steve McQueen’s “Mangrove” and Lover’s Rock” are among the 56 movies which will receive a Cannes 2020 label as part of the festival’s eclectic Official Selection. Also included in this year’s lineup, are Cannes regulars such as Francois Ozon’s anticipated “Summer 85,” Naomi Kawase’s “True Mothers” …
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“12 Years A Slave” director Steve McQueen has dedicated his two movies announced today as part of the Cannes Film Festival lineup to George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement. The Oscar-winning director said of the two films, which address racism in the UK: “I dedicate these films to George Floyd, and all the …
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“Mission: Impossible 7” is preparing to leap back into action again in September after the Paramount feature was forced to radically change its shooting plans in February because of the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking to the BBC on Tuesday following the publication of British Film Commission safety protocols, first assistant director Tommy Gormley said he was …
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Lots of testing, protective gear, social distancing and coronavirus safety officers are at the heart of recommendations today from Disney, Netflix, CBS and other top studios, Hollywood’s leading guilds and producers to get the industry restarted from the pandemic that shut down production back in March. “The Industry-Wide Labor-Management Safety Committee Task Force (the “Task …
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Months after Universal successfully relaunched its monster universe with Elisabeth Moss’s “The Invisible Man,” the studio is pushing ahead for “Wolfman” — which is being developed as a starring vehicle for Ryan Gosling — to be the next movie based on its catalog of iconic creatures. Sources tell Variety that executives at Universal have been …
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Anthony James, an actor best known for his work in the Oscar-winning films “In The Heat of the Night” and “Unforgiven,” died on May 26 of cancer in Massachusetts. He was 77. Born Jimmy Anthony, he discovered there was already an actor with that name and created his stage persona of Anthony James, according to …
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“The Vast of Night” is barely a minute in when it first pulls a “Gotcha!” “You are entering a realm between clandestine and forgotten,” says a Rod Serling-like narrator through an old black-and-white TV. “You are entering ‘Paradox Theater.’ ” You’re all set for a cute “Twilight Zone” parody, a Talky Tina doll and perhaps a …
The HBO Max streaming service has temporarily removed Gone with the Wind from its platform after the screenwriter of 12 Years a Slave called for its removal in a Monday op-ed. While it is not clear if the op-ed was a driving factor in the decision, screenwriter John Ridley wrote in the Los Angeles Times …
