American comedian and actor Bill Cosby has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman, Judy Huth, when she was a teenager in 1975. The verdict was announced by a Los Angeles jury comprising of eight women and four men on June 21, 2022. Paul Haggis, Oscar-Winning Director, Arrested In Italy For Alleged Sexual Assault: Report The verdict in favour of Huth, found Cosby liable for damages worth USD 500,000, which the comedian has been ordered to pay. The CNN report revealed that the jury did not find Cosby liable for any punitive damages. The complaint filed in 2014 by Huth claimed that the comedian sexually harassed her at the Playboy Mansion when she was a 16-year-old. The documents revealed that Huth alleged that she and her friend met Cosby when he was filming a movie at a park, post which he befriended the two teenagers. CNN report added that Cosby served the underage girls alcoholic drinks at a house and took them to the Playboy Mansion. … [Read more...] about Bill Cosby Found Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting A Minor, Ordered To Pay USD 500,000 In Damages
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‘Dune: Part Two’ Butts Up Against ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel On Pre-Thanksgiving 2023; ‘Godzilla-Kong’ Sequel Dated For 2024
We gotta wait a little while longer for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune : Part Two as Warner Bros has moved the Legendary film from Oct. 20, 2023 to Nov. 17, 2023. The new release date for Dune: Part Two has been a traditional launch pad for Warner Bros. having opened many Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts movies in that pre-Thanksgiving space as well as Justice League. However, Warner Bros. just began a staring contest with Lionsgate on the pre-holiday date as the former has their prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes on that same exact date. Warners has the upper hand with access to the Imax screens on that date. Universal also has DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls 3 and Paramount has their John Krasinski-directed Ryan Reynolds movie. Production is starting this fall in Budapest for the next Dune. The first movie was the highest grossing title under Warner Bros. 2021 pandemic theatrical day-and-date HBO Max model grossing $400M and … [Read more...] about ‘Dune: Part Two’ Butts Up Against ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel On Pre-Thanksgiving 2023; ‘Godzilla-Kong’ Sequel Dated For 2024
‘Incredibles 2’ Director Brad Bird On Sequel Challenges, Prejudice Toward Animation, & The Prospect Of ‘Incredibles 3’
Spoiler Alert: This interview features discussion of critical plot elements from Pixar ’s Incredibles 2 . When The Incredibles came out in 2004, it was a film ahead of its time. Marking a major paradigm shift in animation as a whole, Brad Bird ’s family-centric superhero story was so ambitious—in the midst of the technology and techniques of the era—that it seemed impossible to make, even for artists at Pixar, one of the most innovative and influential animation studios of all time. When Bird’s original work achieved huge success at the box office, and built an avid fan base, a sequel became inevitable. And while Incredibles 2 would have beasts of its own to slay—from conceptualization through completion—they were of an altogether kind. Technology had caught up with the scope of Bird’s ideas, meaning that the problem to work out was the story itself, rather than the means through which to tell it. Picking up the story of the Parr parents and their remarkable … [Read more...] about ‘Incredibles 2’ Director Brad Bird On Sequel Challenges, Prejudice Toward Animation, & The Prospect Of ‘Incredibles 3’
‘The Boy’ Sequel A Go At STX With Katie Holmes, Original Director William Brent Bell
STXfilms has set Katie Holmes to star in The Boy 2 , the sequel to director William Brent Bell ’s 2016 horror thriller. Brent Bell is returning to helm and Stacey Menear returns to script the follow-up along with original producer Lakeshore Entertainment. Shooting is set to start in January in Victoria, BC, after Brent Bell wraps up Separation , a horror thriller starring Rupert Friend that gets underway next month in New York. The Boy grossed $64.2 million worldwide for STX on a $15 million budget and starred Lauren Cohan and Rupert Evans in the tale of a nanny who believes the boy she’s hired to look after is an actual doll come to life. In the sequel, Holmes will play the matriarch of a young family who moves into Heelshire Mansion, where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend — an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms. Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi and Eric Reid are producers along with Matt Berenson, Jim Wedaa and Roy Lee. … [Read more...] about ‘The Boy’ Sequel A Go At STX With Katie Holmes, Original Director William Brent Bell
Apple TV+ Orders ‘The Buccaneers’-Inspired Drama Series; Kristine Froseth, Alisha Boe, Josie Totah Among Lead Cast
Apple TV + has given an eight-episode series order to a one-hour drama inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton’s unfinished final novel The Buccaneers , with Kristine Froseth (The Assistant) , Alisha Boe ( When You Finish Saving The World), Josie Totah (Saved by the Bell) , Aubri Ibrag ( Dive Club), Imogen Waterhouse ( The Outpost ) and Mia Threapleton (Shadows) cast as the buccaneers. Written by series creator Katherine Jakeways ( Tracey Ullman’s Show, Where This Service Will Terminate ) and directed by BAFTA winner Susanna White ( Bleak House, Jane Eyre, Generation Kill ), the as-yet untitled series is currently in production in Scotland. The official logline: Girls with money, men with power. New money, old secrets. A group of fun-loving young American girls explode into the tightly corseted London season of the 1870s, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash as the land of the stiff upper lip is infiltrated by … [Read more...] about Apple TV+ Orders ‘The Buccaneers’-Inspired Drama Series; Kristine Froseth, Alisha Boe, Josie Totah Among Lead Cast
FDA Bans Juul, Orders Products Removed From U.S. Market
The Food and Drug Administration has effectively banned vaping company Juul ’s products from the U.S. marketplace, issuing denial orders for all of its e-cigarette products that are currently available. The company produces a vaping/e-cigarette device and four types of pods, which come in tobacco and menthol flavors and contain different levels of nicotine. The FDA requires all companies that produce “new tobacco products” to submit “ Premarket Tobacco Product Applications ” (PMTAs) in order to legally market the potential products in the U.S. and will either issue a “marketing granted order letter” or a “marketing denial order letter,” the latter of which was issued to Juul. The agency said after reviewing the company’s PMTAs it determined Juul Labs’ study findings had “insufficient and conflicting data – including regarding genotoxicity and potentially harmful chemicals leaching from the company’s proprietary e-liquid pods – that have not been adequately addressed and … [Read more...] about FDA Bans Juul, Orders Products Removed From U.S. Market
‘Game Of Thrones’ Creator George R.R. Martin Reveals Jon Snow Sequel’s “Working Title”, Showrunners On Board
The Game of Thrones sequel starring Kit Harington will be called Snow , and it has all been instigated by the actor, author George R.R. Martin says. “Yes, there is a Jon Snow show in development,” Martin wrote Thursday on his personal blog. “Our working title for the show is SNOW .” In the entry on his blog , the author on whose books the award-winning HBO blockbuster was based, teased out a few more details of the potential series, which seems to be much further along than previously presumed. For one thing, reiterating what GoT star Emilia Clarke told the BBC on Wednesday, Martin says that it was Harington himself who initiated the idea for the new show. The scribe once called the “American Tolkien” by Time magazine also revealed that Snow is partially staffed up. “Yes, it was Kit Harrington (sic) who brought the idea to us,” the self-described “way too busy,” Martin wrote. “I cannot tell you the names of the writers/showrunners, since that has … [Read more...] about ‘Game Of Thrones’ Creator George R.R. Martin Reveals Jon Snow Sequel’s “Working Title”, Showrunners On Board
Karthikeya 2 Trailer Review: Nikhil Siddhartha-Chandoo Mondeti’s Mystery Thriller Is An Intriguing Sequel!
Actor Nikhil Siddhartha is back with his best friend director Chandoo Mondeti for the sequel of their 2014 film Karthikeya- Karthikeya 2. The movie is a supernatural mystery thriller. The movie's motion poster was released a few days ago and it generated great buzz among the moviegoers. The latest trailer release was a grand event at the AMB Cinemas where the main cast and crew took part. The movie is about Dwaraka, the mysterious ancient city submerged in the Arabian sea. The quest for life, God and spirituality entwined with modern science, the movie deals with the hypothetical concept. While Karthikeya talked about Subramanya Swamy, revealing the protaganist's name as Karthik Subramanyam, the sequel talks about Lord Sri Krishna. The visual effects are very impressive, going by the trailer. For Karthikeya in 2014, the graphics department and visual effects were highly appreciated. The trailer is quite intriguing and promising. For the thrill … [Read more...] about Karthikeya 2 Trailer Review: Nikhil Siddhartha-Chandoo Mondeti’s Mystery Thriller Is An Intriguing Sequel!
Lil Wayne — I Didn’t Order that Hooker!!!
Lil Wayne had a guest this week who wanted to give him something ... sex. And she wanted something in return ... money. A hooker showed up at Wayne's Miami Beach mansion, claiming the rapper ordered her specially. But here's the rub ... Wayne was not the buyer at all. Sources connected with Wayne tell TMZ ... it's just one in a slew of harassing incidents he's endured over the last 2 weeks. As we told you someone swatted Wayne on Wednesday, claiming he shot 4 people inside the mansion. And just 11 days prior cops came after neighbors reported someone lurking at Wayne's house . Turns out there have been numerous other incidents, and Wayne's people believe the culprit is one guy. He's been incessantly calling Wayne's house and hanging up. The good news ... they have his phone number and gave it to cops. As for the hooker ... she didn't even get cab fare back. … [Read more...] about Lil Wayne — I Didn’t Order that Hooker!!!
David Oyelowo-Led Dramedy ‘Government Cheese’ Nears Series Order At Apple TV+
Apple TV+ is close to a series order for dramedy Government Cheese , starring and executive produced by David Oyelowo . In addition to Oyelowo, the project hails from creators Paul Hunter and Aeysha Carr ( Midnight Run, Brooklyn Nine-Nine ), Macro Television Studios and Apple Studios. Written and executive produced by Hunter, who also directs, and Carr, Government Cheese follows Hampton Chambers, played by Oyelowo, a man recently released from prison who struggles to keep his criminal past at bay and win back his family, all while processing moments of divine intervention that seem to happen with increasing frequency. Charles D. King, Marta Fernandez, Jelani Johnson and Ahmadou Seck executive produce for Macro Television Studios. Oyelowo will executive produce through his Yoruba Saxon banner. Ali Brown will serve as co-executive producer alongside Hunter through Ventureland. Oyelowo will next be seen on the big screen in the film See How They Run, a … [Read more...] about David Oyelowo-Led Dramedy ‘Government Cheese’ Nears Series Order At Apple TV+