Martin Scorsese is reportedly planning to revive his previously stalled Frank Sinatra biopic with frequent collaborator Leonardo DiCaprio as the legendary American actor-singer. This news comes about 14 years after the Oscar-winning director, 81, first tried to get a film about Sinatra’s life in 2009, with backing from Universal Studios and DiCaprio in the frame. Scorsese and DiCaprio have been working together since 2002, with their last collaboration, Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) earning 10 nominations at the 96th Academy Awards. Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra Interestingly, Jennifer Lawrence is also rumoured to be attached to the film, portraying Sinatra’s second wife, Ava Gardner. Both DiCaprio and Lawrence have previously worked together on Netflix’s 2021 sci-fi comedy Don’t Look Up. An international publication reported that Scorsese plans to shoot two films back-to-back, the first about Jesus and the second about Sinatra. However, the iconic actor-singer’s daughter, Tina Sinatra, who controls her father’s estate, has not given yer nod to the filmmaker. Nonetheless, that has not stopped the 81-year-old director from attaching huge names to the production. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
20 April,2024 06:41 AM IST | Mumbai | AgenciesThe British Film and Television Association has locked in its dates for next year's film awards ceremony. It will be held on Sunday, February 16, 2025, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The date means the BAFTA will come exactly two weeks before the 2025 Oscars, set for March 2. Once again, the British awards will be held in the midst of the Berlin Film Festival, which runs from February 13 to February 23, meaning that many British executives will be booking flights back from the German city on the first festival weekend. BAFTA has yet to finalise the location of the 2025 awards ceremony. This year's event took place three weeks before the Oscars at the Royal Festival Hall in London. By retaining its pre-Oscar date, the BAFTAs want to maintain their status as the most prominent international celebration and a reliable predictor of Academy Award winners. The 77th BAFTA Awards accurately predicted the Oppenheimer Oscar sweep, as well as snubs for Martin Scorsese's The Killers of the Flower Moon and Greta Gerwig's Barbie. Killers was left out of the winners' circle at both the BAFTAs and the Oscars, while Barbie only won one Oscar, for best original song, for "What Was I Made For?" by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell. Some 7,800 professional members of the British Film and Television Association vote on the BAFTAs over three rounds, first nominating films for the longlist, then for nominations and finally the winners. BAFTA will be announcing its full timeline and eligibility details for the 78th BAFTA Awards in the coming weeks, according to The Hollywood Reporter. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
20 April,2024 06:25 AM IST | London | ANIWhile the Swifties didn't receive 'Reputation (Taylor's Version),' Taylor Swift dropped a musical masterpiece this morning with her new album, 'The Tortured Poets Department.' Allegedly centred around her ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn, whom she dated for six years, the album features numerous heart-wrenching songs. One song in particular, "ThanK, aIMee," grabbed Swifties' attention, mainly because the capital letters spell out "KIM." Fans decode Taylor Swift's 'ThanK, aIMee' After dropping the first 16 songs of her album, Swift surprised everyone by announcing an expansion called The Tortured Poets Department with 15 more tracks. "ThanK, aIMee" is the 24th song, and fans think it's aimed at Kim. They noticed the lyrics are pretty harsh and seem to directly target the Skims founder. In one of the verses, the singer croons, "There's a bronze spray-tanned statue of you and a plaque underneath it / That threatens to push me down the stairs, at our school," a song about a mean schoolgirl. Moreover, Taylor Swift alludes to North West's infamous tiktok where she was seen lipsyncing to one of Taylor's songs. In the newly released song, she said, "And one day, your kid comes home singin' A song that only us two is gonna know is about you." Taylor Swift on her feud with Kim Kardashian Previously, in an interview with Time Magazine, Taylor Swift touched on the infamous drama with Kanye West and his then wife Kim Kardashian, where she edited a phone call where it looked like Taylor Swift consented to Kanye West's use of her name in relation to a beyond inappropriate line. Speaking on this, she said, “You have a fully manufactured frame job, in an illegally recorded phone call, which Kim Kardashian edited and then put out to say to everyone that I was a liar,” she says. “That took me down psychologically to a place I’ve never been before. I moved to a foreign country. I didn’t leave a rental house for a year. I was afraid to get on phone calls. I pushed away most people in my life because I didn’t trust anyone anymore. I went down really, really hard.” (Kardashian wrote, in a 2020 social media post, that the situation “forced me to defend him.”)
19 April,2024 04:37 PM IST | Los AngelesActor and singer Zendaya shared what advice she got from 'Dune' co-star Timothee Chalamet before working with director Luca Guadagnino in 'Challengers', who was seen in 'Guadagnino's Call Me By Your Name' in 2017, as per The Hollywood Reporter. "He said wonderful things," Zendaya said at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Challengers'. "Luca is brilliant and I've wanted to work with Luca for a very long time and this just seemed like the absolute perfect thing. When we first met about the script he had such a keen, deep understanding of the characters from the beginning and a clearer idea of the kind of movie he wanted to create. And the script was brilliant, [writer] Justin Kuritzkes is so talented and I'm so happy for him. So it all made sense." As per The Hollywood Reporter, Zendaya, also a producer on the film, stars as a former tennis prodigy now coaching her champion husband (played by Mike Faist), who is currently on a losing streak. To rebuild his confidence, she enters him in a Challenger tournament, where he faces off against his former best friend and her ex-boyfriend (Josh O'Connor). Ahead of the L.A. screening, Zendaya expressed her gratitude for those in the crowd and said, "I always think that nobody's going to be at these things and then I'm so surprised when people are actually here." She added, "We hope you enjoy it and just have fun. Dance if you want to, because it will make you want to do that. And again, don't judge the characters too hard." Guadagnino, who noted that the night marked his career's first major L.A. premiere, also mentioned the dancing aspect in his pre-screening presentation, since the film's score--by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross--is significant. "I wanted to put a song at the end of the credits and [Reznor and Ros] are very good because they don't say anything, and then at the right moment they say, 'What about a new song?' OK!" the filmmaker teased. "I was on a plane leaving Los Angeles for Italy and I was thinking about somebody and started to write these lyrics, little thing, and forwarded them to Trent and said, 'If you think this is a good lyric for the song, maybe it's in the movie. Anyway, the miracles of cinema and Hollywood,'" according to The Hollywood Reporter. 'Challengers' hits theatres on April 26. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
19 April,2024 07:28 AM IST | Los Angeles | ANIActor Rebecca Ferguson shared why she exited the 'Mission: Impossible' franchise. In an interview on WrapWomen's UnWrapped podcast, the actor, who played Ilsa Faust, described the character's intended demise in 2023's 'Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One' as "collaborative," reported People. "Ilsa was becoming a team player," said Ferguson, 40, of her butt-kicking assassin first introduced in 2015's fifth entry in the Tom Cruise-led series, Rogue Nation. "And we all can want different things, but for me... Ilsa was naughty. Ilsa was unpredictable." In the franchise's sixth and seventh entries, there were "a lot of characters coming in, not leaving enough space for what she had been," she added. According to People, Ilsa's introduction to the 'Mission: Impossible' world preceded Vanessa Kirby as Alanna Mitsopolis a.k.a. the White Widow, Angela Bassett as CIA Director Erika Sloane, Henry Cavill as CIA assassin August Walker, Pom Klementieff as assassin Paris, Hayley Atwell as thief Grace and Esai Morales as terrorist Gabriel. According to the 'Dune' actress, the latter character, the "rogue" Ilsa, was responsible for the murder that ended Ferguson's rule. "To speak very clearly -- because I know a lot of people are sad about it, I'm sad about it -- I had filmed three films. My [contract] deal was done." She added that she loves her Mission: Impossible character "beyond words. I think she's the most awesome, fantastic character." Other considerations, she said, were the physical and logistical commitments to continuing in a blockbuster action franchise. "Selfishly, that's a lot of time to make a Mission film. And unless you're going to have a lot of screen time, that's a lot of time sitting around waiting to film a huge movie that could take over a year to film." Ferguson added, "There's a moment where you think it needs to be worth it, not just to love the character and to embrace Tom and [writer-director Christopher McQuarrie] and the story. I want to work, man. I want to work. I don't want to sit in a trailer... It is so intoxicatingly exciting when you're rolling, but there's a lot of waiting." For a growing franchise -- whose eighth film is expected to hit screens on May 23, 2025 -- the star noted, "The more characters that are brought in, the more waiting." After wrapping up Ilsa's story in Dead Reckoning Part One, Ferguson pointed out, she filmed both Dune movies and two seasons of Apple TV+ drama Silo. Ferguson also stars in the 2025 sci-fi drama Mercy with Annabelle Wallis and Chris Pratt, reported People. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
19 April,2024 07:20 AM IST | Washington | ANIActor Jennifer Garner celebrated her 52nd birthday recently by sharing a video of herself wearing oven mitts as dance shoes, reported People. She expressed her gratitude towards her social media followers for their love and support. Taking to her Instagram handle, she posted a video of herself wearing oven mitts on her feet. She wrote in the caption, "Fancy boots for my birthday! Yay, happy birthday to me!.." View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jennifer Garner (@jennifer.garner) She reshared the video on her Instagram stories with a message for her fans, "Thank you for the huge love and support these past few weeks," she wrote in the caption to her Stories. The actress further marked her birthday on the social media platform by re-sharing birthday tributes from her friends Reese Witherspoon, Ina Garten, Judy Greer and Molly Sims to her Stories as well. Garner shared a video of her transforming a pair of oven mitts she received for her birthday into dancing shoes earlier in the day. Garner reflected on ageing in her recent interview, saying, "Honestly, mostly, I am grateful just to be alive," she said, though she noted she still has "moments" where she reflects on the past, reported People. "And I'm grateful for the wisdom that I've gleaned out of these years and really grateful to be able to watch other women go through this process of life so gracefully," Garner continued, adding, "To follow in their footsteps and tell other young women, 'Take care of yourself, but don't be scared. Aging is a gift.' " The actress's statement of gratitude for her fans' "love and support" comes just over two weeks after she announced her father William John Garner's death aged 85 on April 1. She uploaded a carousel of William's photographs at the time, stating that he "passed peacefully" on March 30. "We were with him, singing Amazing Grace as he left us (did we carry him across or scare him away-- valid question)," she wrote at the time. "While there is no tragedy in the death of an 85-year-old man who lived a healthy, wonderful life, I know grief is unavoidable, waiting around unexpected corners. Today is for gratitude." On April 9, Garner shared a video of herself walking through a labyrinth of stones surrounding a tree along with audio of actress Helena Bonham Carter reciting the Emily Dickinson poem "Hope Is the Thing with Feathers," reported People. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
19 April,2024 07:16 AM IST | Washington | ANIHollywood filmmaker Quentin Tarantino is no longer working on The Movie Critic, which was touted to be his 10th and final film as a director. Brad Pitt, who won his maiden Oscar trophy for Tarantino’s previous film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), was in talks to headline the movie, which was reportedly set in southern California during the 1970s. According to entertainment news outlet Deadline, sources close to Tarantino told the publication that the director had simply changed his mind about making the movie. The filmmaker would now be going back to the drawing board to figure out what that final movie will be, they added. In an earlier interview with Deadline, Tarantino had teased that the movie was based on a rag journalist, inspired by a real person whom Tarantino read about while growing up. There were rumours that in the new movie, Pitt would be reprising his Once Upon a Time in Hollywood character Cliff Booth, who in Tarantino’s novelisation of the feature was a movie buff. However, the filmmaker never confirmed it. Tarantino is known for cult films like Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Volume 2, and Inglourious Basterds. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
19 April,2024 05:13 AM IST | Washington | AgenciesFilm: Civil WarCast: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Cailee Spaeny, Jesse Plemons, Nick Offerman.Director: Alex GarlandRating: 3.5/5Runtime: 99 min America had it’s civil war during Abraham Lincoln’s time. This one is entirely fictional and its future dystopia being envisaged by writer- director Alex Garland. The narrative basically takes a journey across America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House and go ballistic. This film may have been intended as a cautionary tale and is possibly an alternative future of a divided United States. The narrative comes at you with turbulence. We don’t get to know why the problems have arisen. Just that it exists. The takes are a technically proficient, hard hitting compendium of images depicting a genocidal, lynch-mob bent. The violence is a spectacle for sure and is there as a gratuitous accompaniment of turbulent,troubled times. In this movie the journalists are covering strife in their own country. So Alex Garland’s effort seems geared to bring out issues that deal with journalistic ethics during war torn times. This film echoes several other features about journalists covering strife in regions far away from the USA. Garland has basically turned his camera inward looking at what happens if the US becomes a war-torn region. This is neither allegory or satire. It just channels into a certain divisive mood ( applicable to all nations battling dissentious politics) and presents a horrifying picture of what could be if we aren’t careful. “Civil War” focuses on reporters/ photo-journalists who risk their lives in order to get the scoop before the competition. The scoop takes precedence over everything else. They in fact have to compartmentalize their existence in order to stay focused. Their job itself gives them the perks of a never ending series of adrenaline rushes and they probably have forsaken home, family and country for that very purpose.It may seem strange that soldiers, out for blood, tolerate and facilitate the presence of these unarmored observers. That’s the code of war I guess. The film introduces four journalists, two of them photo-journalists (a rookie and a senior) and the other two experienced reporters covering a clash in New York City between what appear to be police forces from the official government and violent members of the opposition. Lee (Kirsten Dunst) is a legendary white female photojournalist modeled on her namesake Lee Miller. She’s partnered with a South American-born reporter named Joel (Wagner Moura). Both work for Reuters news agency. Sammy (Stephen McKinley Henderson), is the seniormost, an older African-American journalist who writes for “what’s left of the New York Times,” and the fourth player in this quartet is fourth member, Jessie (Cailee Spaeny), a junior version of Lee. They are basically driving to Washington, D.C. in the hopes of capturing some Pullitzer worthy pics before interviewing the president (Nick Offerman) whio it seems is on the verge of being forced to surrender to the military forces of the Western Alliance. The shocker comes when Jesse Plemons, who plays a soldier who interrogates the terrified group of journalists, turns on them, terrorizing them and shooting down two of them. “Civil War” can be called speculative fiction because of its futuristic dystopian bent. The world-building may not have back-stories but it manages to hold you in its spell given the brutality it concerns itself with. We see journalists determined to catch the story even if it kills them - while everything around them is coming apart. Their turning a blind eye to the killing that is going on in the interests of the story, might be off-putting though. The reporters' primary objective might be to tell the story and not to pick sides. The manner in which this film plays out, it does seem more likely that the intention is to question the ethics of the journalistic profession. The problem though is that the politics of it is never clear. The movie is narrated through a series of set pieces that test the characters physically, morally and ethically as they move from one place to another and the finale section basically turns it all around with matter-of-fact horror and outright peril. It’s a unique experience. The movie is a summation of insane ideas, has good solid performances, is pacy, edgy and thrilling. The film is harrowing while it lasts but the minute you exit the theatre it’s just gonna leave your mind ’cos the context is never clear.
18 April,2024 01:35 PM IST | Mumbai | Johnson ThomasThe makers of the horror-comedy series Wednesday have cast actor Steve Buscemi for its second season. However, the exact character details are currently being kept under wraps, but sources say Buscemi will play the new principal of Nevermore Academy. A few details are available about the new season of Wednesday, aside from the fact that Jenna Ortega will return as the titular Addams Family daughter going through her teenage years. The first season ended with Wednesday successfully solving a series of grisly murders while also thwarting an attempt to destroy Nevermore and its students. Jenna Ortega set to return in and as Wednesday Buscemi is a highly-celebrated actor, known for his ability to take on drama and comedy roles in equal measure. He has starred in films like Reservoir Dogs (1992), Fargo (2014), The Death of Stalin (2017) and numerous Adam Sandler productions. He has also starred in shows like Boardwalk Empire (2010), Miracle Workers (2019), season five of The Sopranos (2004). He is an eight-time Emmy nominee, including multiple nods for Boardwalk Empire and for starring in and directing The Sopranos. He won the Emmy for best short-form variety series in 2016 for Park Bench with Steve Buscemi. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
18 April,2024 07:09 AM IST | Mumbai | AgenciesLooks like nobody is sure about when Euphoria will return with its third season. Forget ardent fans, even Hollywood star Zendaya claims that she, too, is unaware of when the third edition will begin production. Although the Euphoria star is an executive producer of the hit HBO series, she said she’s “not in charge” of whether or not the third season will happen. But of course, Zendaya wants to play Rue again. “If it’s right for the characters and everything turns out the way it should, of course,” Zendaya told in an interview. Storm Reid and Zendaya in Euphoria As per reports, HBO announced the postponement of Euphoria season 3 on March 25, saying that the network and creator Sam Levinson “remain committed to making an exceptional third season.” “In the interim, we are allowing our in-demand cast to pursue other opportunities,” an HBO spokesperson said. Three days later, Storm Reid, who plays Rue’s younger sister Gia, was the first cast member to speak publicly about the postponement. She expressed optimism that season three would eventually happen. “I would hope the viewers will be able to finish the show. I think we should handle the show with care. We’ve put our hearts and soul into it,” Reid said. The delay was due, in part, to creative differences. Levinson first proposed a five-year time jump, which would feature Rue becoming a private detective. Zendaya proposed that Rue, now sober, becomes a pregnancy surrogate. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
18 April,2024 07:03 AM IST | Mumbai | AgenciesHannah Gutierrez-Reed, the Rust armourer who loaded the live round into the gun that Alec Baldwin held when it discharged and killed the film’s cinematographer, will serve 18 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter. The decision was delivered on Monday after a jury found Gutierrez-Reed guilty. She is now the first crew member to be convicted for her role in the accidental shooting, and death of Halyna Hutchins. Involuntary manslaughter charges in New Mexico carry a sentence of 18 months, and a fine of up to $5,000, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter. Gutierrez-Reed has been at the Santa Fe Adult Detention Facility since March, when she was determined to be liable of involuntary manslaughter. During the hearing, a discussion on the lack of remorse Gutierrez-Reed expressed from phone calls that were monitored while she was awaiting sentencing, was underway. Prior to the delivery of her sentence, Gutierrez-Reed, 26, asked to be issued probation rather than serve time in prison. She said she was “young and naive” when she accepted the armourer position, “but took my job as seriously as I knew how to”. The armourer concluded, “The jury has found me in part at fault for this God-awful tragedy but that doesn’t make me a monster; that makes me human.” This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
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