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Film How An Extravagant Chinese Financier Charmed Hollywood’s Elite Before Vanishing, Owing People Millions
As quickly as flashy China fixer-turned-movie producer Kenneth Huang took the town by storm, his company had collapsed and he had disappeared. A six-month Deadline investigation reveals that he left behind in his wake a litany of lawsuits; colleagues and investors owed tens of millions of dollars; a messy and unresolved dispute over the ‘xXx’ franchise; mortgage defaults on a palatial Bel Air home; more than $160,000 in unpaid office rent; and scripts from writers, including ‘John Wick’ scribe Derek Kolstad, with nowhere to go.
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‘Jurassic World: Chaos Theory’ Trailer: Jenna Ortega’s Exit Confirmed In Netflix’s ‘Camp Cretaceous’ Follow-Up Series — Update
UPDATED, 8:15 am: Netflix has dropped the official trailer for Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, the animated follow-up sequel series to Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, and there’s one name that is conspicuously missing. Jenna Ortega, who voiced Brooklynn in Camp Creatceous, is not listed in the voice cast…
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Tribeca Festival 2024 Sets Steven Spielberg & ‘The Sugarland Express’, Martin Scorsese With ‘Mean Streets’, More, In Talks, Retrospectives, Reunions
The Tribeca Festival has unveiled i5w reunions, retrospectives and talks series for the 23rd edition unspooling in June including a Storyteller Series with Judd Apatow, Andy Cohen, Kieran Culkin, Kerry Washington, Laverne Cox, Jon Batiste, and Michael Stipe.
The Directors Series features Gus Van Sant…
Dwayne Johnson To Produce ‘Who Killed WCW?’ Docuseries For Vice TV
EXCLUSIVE: The rise and fall of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) is to be explored in a new docuseries for Vice TV.
Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia, founders of Seven Bucks Productions, are exec producing Who Killed WCW?
WCW was founded by Ted Turner in 1988 after his Turner Broadcasting System…
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PBS Masterpiece Sets Third TV Adaptation Of ‘The Forsyte Saga’; Cast Includes BAFTA-Winner Francesca Annis & ‘Doctor Who’ Star Millie Gibson
EXCLUSIVE: The Forsyte Saga, John Galsworthy’s sweeping portrait of a wealthy British family in 1880s London, is getting its third TV adaptation in less than 60 years.
PBS Masterpiece has set a six-part season based on the 1920s novels, with BAFTA-nominated Poldark writer Debbie Horsfield penning the…
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Paul Schrader’s Cannes Competition Film ‘Oh, Canada’ Sets French Distribution With ARP Selection
Paris-based distributor ARP Selection has acquired French rights for Paul Schrader's Oh, Canada ahead of its world premiere in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
Oscar nominee Schrader (Taxi Driver, First Reformed) wrote and directed the film, which reunites him with Richard Gere some 40…
Netflix Greenlights UK Reality Series Reuniting Ex-Couples Presented By ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ Judge Amanda Holden
Netflix has greenlit a UK reality series in which ex-couples reunite at a retreat to confront each other after their relationship broke down due to cheating, hosted by Britain’s Got Talent judge Amanda Holden.
In Cheaters: Unfinished Business (w/t), Holden will oversee the group of couples who have…
Fox News Defends Hunter Biden Coverage As “Constitutionally Protected” In Face Of Defamation Threat
Fox News is refusing to pull down sexually explicit images of Hunter Biden after his attorneys claimed that their publication was part of a conspiracy to defame their client.
CNN, which first reported on the legal threat, said that Biden’s attorneys contend that the images are from hacked material…
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View All What We're WatchingJoe Barton’s Mozart Series Casts Gabrielle Creevy As Musical Genius’s Wife Constance
EXCLUSIVE: Sky has found its Mozart’s wife for Joe Barton’s upcoming Amadeus series about the world’s most famous composer.
Gabrielle Creevy, who has just wrapped Barton’s Black Doves series for Netflix, will star as Constance opposite Will Sharpe’s Mozart. Constance was married to Mozart from 1782…
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Donald Trump Held In Contempt And Fined $9,000 For Violations Of Judge’s Gag Order
Former President Donald Trump was found in contempt of court and fined $9,000 today for violating a judge’s partial gag order.
Trump also was ordered to remove seven posts from his Truth Social account and two posts from a campaign website by 2:15 p.m. today.
The judge, Juan Merchan, also…
Brian McCardie Dies: ‘Line Of Duty’ And ‘Time’ Actor Was 59
Brian McCardie, the Scottish actor best known as Line of Duty crime boss Tommy Hunter, has died aged 59.
The actor’s family confirmed his death through his sister Sarah’s X account.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Brian James McCardie (59), beloved son, brother, uncle…
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View All Film Festivals & Photo GalleriesTony Award Nominations: ‘Hell’s Kitchen’, ‘Sterophonic’ Lead With 13
Hell’s Kitchen, Alicia Keyes bio-musical, and David Adjmi’s Stereophonic, the roman a clef with music that bears more than a striking resemblance to Fleetwood Mac and the recording of the classic Rumours album received more nominations than any other production of the 2023-24 Broadway season. Each of…
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