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Sandra Seacat , a longtime New York and Hollywood acting teacher whose students would become or already were some of the biggest names in the business – Andrew Garfield , Jessica Lange, Laura Dern, Harvey Keitel, Michelle Williams and Common , to choose just a sampling, died of natural causes Wednesday surrounded by loved ones in Santa Monica. She was 87. Her death was announced by a rep for her family. “She was a revolutionary, a culture changing teacher of acting and storytelling,” said actor Andrew Garfield, calling her a “beacon for all of us of what a life of deep meaning and beauty can look like. And she was irreverent and forever playing like a joyful unbridled child. I feel grateful beyond words to be able to call her my teacher, my acting partner in ‘Under The Banner of Heaven’, my mentor and my friend.” (Seacat played Garfield’s mother in the film he mentions, one of her final screen performances.) Common, currently making his Broadway debut in Between … [Read more...] about Sandra Seacat Dies: Renowned Acting Teacher To Andrew Garfield, Jessica Lange, Laura Dern, Common And Other Big Names Was 86

EXCLUSIVE : The hot project du jour is Let Her Speak , a Mario Correa script that just got Sandra Bullock attached, subject to landing a director she likes. Bullock will play Democratic Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis , who on June 25, 2013, hit the national spotlight when, against extraordinary odds, she singlehandedly staged a 13-hour filibuster. Her stamina not only thwarted GOP leaders’ plans to enact one of the country’s most restrictive anti-choice laws, but resulted in the most far-reaching Supreme Court victory for reproductive rights in a generation. Let Her Speak covers that historic day and how a onetime teen mom who became a Harvard-trained lawyer showed the courage to change her own life, along with the lives of American women. The film is being produced by Todd Black , Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch for Escape Artists, Jonathan Shukat for ShowKat Productions, and Bullock. They will quickly secure a director and lock in the distributor. … [Read more...] about Sandra Bullock Attached To Play Filibustering Texas Pol Wendy Davis In ‘Let Her Speak’

London-set revenge thriller Femme , starring George MacKay and Candyman actor Nathan Stewart-Jarrett , has been selected for the Berlinale ’s Panorama strand. It was among a raft of fresh additions to the festival’s Panorama, Generation and Berlinale Special strands announced on Wednesday. The picture is co-directed by Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping and is based on their 2021 BAFTA-nominated short film of the same name. Stewart-Jarrett plays a drag queen whose life is destroyed by a homophobic attack and then plots revenge on one of the perpetrators (MacKay) when he spots him in a gay sauna. The 14 new Panorama titles also include France-based Austrian director Patric Chiha’s The Beast In The Jungle . A contemporary adaptation of Henry James’s 1903 novella of the same name, the drama follows a man and woman who frequent a huge nightclub for 25 years in anticipation of a mysterious event.. The cast features Anaïs Demoustier, Tom Mercier and Béatrice … [Read more...] about Berlin: George MacKay, Béatrice Dalle, Fan Bingbing, Sandra Hüller & Joan Baez Movies Head To Fest

Seven premiering productions will compete for the Berlinale Series Award next month, with one further world exclusive launch screening out of competition. The winner of the Berlinale Series Award , which was created in cooperation with Deadline, will be chosen on at a presentation ceremony taking place on Wednesday, February 22, by an international jury consisting of actor André Holland ( The Eddy ; Bones and All; Moonlight ); international exec Dana Stern, who founded Shtisel, and Your Honor firm Yes Studios; and screenwriter Mette Heeno, who created Splitting Up Together and Snow Angels . In its ninth edition, the Berlin Film Festival TV screenings will in total present eight world and international premieres, with projects from India, China, Italy and Romania included from the likes of Disney+ and HBO Max. Among those fronting these shows are Silver Bear winner Zhang Dalei, who returns to Berlin after winning for his short Day is Done in 2020, and … [Read more...] about Berlinale Series Unveils Eight World Premieres & TV Jury

2ND UPDATE: “I couldn’t believe it, I didn’t want to believe it,” a crying Jane Doe #1 told a downtown Los Angeles courtroom in the Danny Masterson rape trial Thursday afternoon, about a phone call she had with Masterson soon after the defendant allegedly sexually assaulted her in April 2003. The That ’70s Show actor had told the witness that the two of them “had sex” after she beseeched him “what happened?” Throughout the afternoon, Jane Doe #1/Jen B was often in tears under cross-examination — even more so than in her testimony earlier this week. The court had to break at one point for a short period around 2:20 p.m. PT and the jury was sent out of the room because of the severity of her distress. However, the witness remained succinct and steely in refuting defense lawyer Philip Cohen’s attempts to dive into the compensation she got from Masterson in a 2004 settlement after signing an NDA. “No,” said Jen B to Cohen’s question of “did you receive a large sum of … [Read more...] about Danny Masterson Rape Trial Sees Jane Doe #1 And Defense Spar Over NDA Payout, More – Update

SiriusXM has appointed Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones alum Suzi Watford to the newly created role of SVP and Chief Growth Officer. She will be based at the company’s New York headquarters, reporting to Chief Commercial Officer Joe Verbrugge. Watford will guide the company’s streaming subscription business, with a focus on distribution, acquisition, retention and engagement strategies, as well as corporate marketing, analytics and research for SiriusXM and Pandora . Prior to joining SiriusXM, Watford oversaw consumer operations of Dow Jones, including all aspects of marketing and subscription acquisition for the Wall Street Journal , Barron’s and MarketWatch. She previously also served as EVP and Chief Marketing Officer at WSJ, overseeing its global sales and marketing. Watford joined Dow Jones from News UK where she served as sales and marketing director for The Times and The Sunday Times . “Suzi is a dynamic leader who has played a key role in the … [Read more...] about SiriusXM Names Dow Jones Vet Suzi Watford To Newly Created Role Of SVP And Chief Growth Officer

EXCLUSIVE : Productivity Media (PMI) and Wind Sun Sky Entertainment (WSS) have hired producer Navid McIlhargey as Head of Content for both companies. McIlhargey, who previously worked at companies including New Regency and Silver Pictures, will be responsible for building a slate of live-action and animated film and TV projects and overseeing the respective content teams. The hire comes on the heels of PMI’s investment and first look distribution deal with WSS for film and TV. Mcllhargey was an executive at Joe Roth’s Revolution Studios and later moved to Joel Silver’s Silver Pictures where he was an executive producer on Guy Ritchie’s RocknRolla . He later became EVP at New Regency, overseeing The Darkest Hour starring Emile Hirsch and Joel Kinneman, as well as Broken City , starring Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe. In 2015, he started his own consulting and production shingle, Vandal Entertainment, working on The Hunter’s Prayer . He was a supervising … [Read more...] about Former New Regency & Silver Pictures Exec Navid McIlhargey Joins Wind Sun Sky Entertainment & Productivity Media

SPOILER ALERT! This story contains plots points from the series finale of New Amsterdam . So long, good doctors of New Amsterdam: The drama about an old public hospital from creator/executive producer David Schulner , director/executive producer Peter Horton and Universal Television ended its five-season run Tuesday on NBC. Launched in 2018, the series was inspired by the book Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital by Eric Manheimer. Here, Schulner and Horton reflect on what they did and didn’t do in the final episode, and why they think its way too early to wrap up the drama that stars Ryan Eggold , Janet Montgomery, Jocko Sims, Tyler Labine, Debra Monk, Matthew Jeffers, and Sandra Mae Frank. DEADLINE Did you have a checklist going into the finale with things that you wanted to include, like a chainsaw accident? PETER HORTON Yes, that was the whole basis for the episode. We thought chainsaws, what can we do with chainsaws? DAVID … [Read more...] about ‘New Amsterdam’ Series Finale: Exec Producer Peter Horton Says “It’s A Mystery As To Why It Was Canceled”

Jennifer Lopez has been married a few times, both in life and in the movies — most recently twice last year with her real life wedding(s) to Ben Affleck, and on screen in her delightful Valentine’s Day-timed comedy Marry Me. Both made me happy for her, but her latest, Shotgun Wedding , is something altogether different, a frenetic action comedy that never puts on the brakes. It is a wild ride no doubt, but it isn’t the kind of wedding to which I need to be invited any time soon. So the plot is pretty predictable, especially if you have seen a whole range of movies from Romancing the Stone to last spring’s The Lost City, manic films that pair a male and female star caught in treacherous circumstances and lets them argue and snap at each other for the better part of two hours as they face an onslaught of death-defying antics and stunts. Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum really made the format work big time last year in Lost City and helped bring adult audiences back to … [Read more...] about ‘Shotgun Wedding’ Review: Jennifer Lopez Hits The Altar Again But This Time With Real Fireworks

EXCLUSIVE: Marc Munden ( Utopia ) and Fernando Meireilles ( The Two Popes ) have been tapped to direct episodes of The Sympathizer , a drama series adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, produced by and co-starring Robert Downey Jr. The HBO/A24 series also has added three new cast members, Duy Nguyen, Kayli Tran and VyVy Nguyen. The Sympathizer is an espionage thriller and cross-culture satire about the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War and his resulting exile in the United States. Described as a “blistering exploration of identity and America, a gripping spy novel and a powerful story of love and friendship,” the novel is hailed as a new classic of war fiction and has been compared to the works of Kafka, Orwell, and le Carré. Munden will direct episodes 5,6, and 7 and Meirelles will direct episode 4. Duy Nguyen will play Man, the Captain’s blood brother and spy … [Read more...] about ‘The Sympathizer’: Marc Munden & Fernando Meirelles To Direct HBO/A24 Series, Three Cast