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The result is a portrait that could’ve benefited either from a grander episodic treatment, or a healthy trim, as the film moves so quickly from one talking point to the next almost to the point of inducing whiplash. Still, the insane archival footage of the infernos as they happened makes for an occasionally arresting viewing experience. “Bring Your Own Brigade” uses a handful of people whose lives were touched by the fires as entry points into the crisis, beginning with Brad Weldon, a man in Paradise that warded the engulfing flames off his home with hoses and buckets, all the while protecting his 90-year-old disabled mother....

Written by Springsteen and directed by his frequent collaborator Thom Zimny (“Western Stars,” “The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash,” “Springsteen on Broadway”), “Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You” captures Springsteen recording “Letter To You” live with the full E Street Band and includes final take performances of ten originals from the new record. According to Apple, “the film is a tribute to the E Street Band, to rock music itself and to the role it has played in Springsteen’s life....

“Thor: Love and Thunder” star Chris Hemsworth revealed that his younger brother Liam Hemsworth was “almost cast” as the Marvel superhero and Asgardian god. With older brother Luke Hemsworth already playing the actor version of Thor in both “Ragnarok” and “Love and Thunder,” it only makes sense for Liam to be a multiverse alternative version to Chris’ character. “He was one of the first people who got right down to the wire on getting the part so, I don’t know, I could cross paths with him....

The pandemic forced the cancellation of last year’s CinemaCon in March 2020. As the Delta variant sees case numbers rise across the country, several studio executives told IndieWire that they and their colleagues don’t feel comfortable going and wish the National Association of Theatre Owners would cancel. At the same time there’s little appetite at studios to back out, at least at this point; they respect NATO’s work and the pains that exhibitors have endured during the pandemic....

The Warner Bros. Discovery flagship streaming service has struggled to grab eyeballs, with roughly 150,000 subscribers since launch. Earlier this week, the media giant suspended all external marketing communications for the streaming platform. “As we become Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN will be strongest as part of WBD’s streaming strategy which envisions news as an important part of a compelling broader offering along with sports, entertainment, and nonfiction content,” said Chris Licht, Chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide, in a statement released to the media....

Wu, whose memoir “Making a Scene” includes specific requests from the unnamed producer to wear short skirts, have long hair, and send him selfies late at night, appeared on Jada Pinkett Smith’s “Red Table Talk” Facebook Watch series to further discuss the abuse claims. Wu also explained her infamous viral tweets voicing her disappointment that “Fresh Off the Boat” was renewed. “It’s funny because people were basically canceling me for being ungrateful and ungraceful....

The news isn’t all bad, if you’re Universal; “The Croods: A New Age” is again at #1, is in its 13th week and its $1.7 million gross pushes it to over $50 million domestic total. That makes it the second film to reach that number since a significant number of theaters reopened in September. More impressively, it’s also been available at home on Premium VOD for more than eight weeks....

In the drama written for the screen by author Nash (who died in 2000) with contributions from co-writer Nick Schenk (Eastwood films “Gran Turino” and “The Mule”), Eastwood plays a decorated onetime rodeo star who, after losing his wife and child, spirals into alcohol despair. It’s the late 1970s, and he’s forced to take a job from a former boss to bring that man’s young son home and away from his own alcoholic parent, resulting in a treacherous journey from Mexico back to Texas....

“I would sort of yearn [for] the person I was when I did ‘Casino.’ Too much knowledge sometimes is not a good thing. I was sort of in the dark about a lot of things, about how things worked, the mechanics of it, how the world really viewed Bond — all of those things. I just didn’t understand them,” he said. “Then I started to understand them, the weight of it sort of bore down....

The “Lost City” star revealed on “Good Morning Britain” (via Variety) that he is tired of everyone weighing in on Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars on March 27. “I’m just so already dramatically bored of hearing people’s opinions about it that I just don’t want to be another opinion adding to it,” Radcliffe said when asked what his take was. Best Actor winner Smith slapped presenter Rock after Rock made a “G....

The “Mulholland Drive” director and David Lynch Foundation founder revealed on April 14 that he is setting up an initiative to fund transcendental meditation training for 30,000 international college students with a goal to encourage the next generation to “become advanced peace-creating meditation experts and build a legacy of lasting global peace,” per a press release. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here....

NATAS first released a transparency report in 2019, sparked by a 2018 Daytime Emmy awards disaster that saw the organization fail to vet submissions in accordance with its own rules and resulted in the revocation of Patrika Darbo’s Daytime Emmy win for “The Bay,” due to ineligibility. Though the last report was published in 2019, it appears that NATAS intends to continue distribution of its studies on an annual basis, doubling up this year in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic....

Wells Fargo made a full-on reevaluation of Disney and released the findings Monday, less than three weeks before the media giant report its fiscal Q3 earnings after the market closes August 10. Among the many takeaways from their research: The enterprise valuations of services Disney+ and Netflix seem a little… off. After crunching the numbers, Steven Cahall and his fellow WF equity analysts analysts arrived at a current enterprise value (EV=market cap + debt) of $105 billion for Netflix....

Now, even as he stands in support of dissident Russian filmmakers, the director of films including 2012 Palme d’Or nominee “In the Fog” is getting a reconsideration in the West. His pitch-black 2018 satire “Donbass” won the Best Director in the Un Certain Regard category that year in Cannes, but hasn’t seen a U.S. theatrical release since. It was also Ukraine’s Oscar submission that year. Now, Film Movement is finally releasing the film stateside for the first time in New York and L....

Redmayne noted that he has many “trans friends and colleagues” who are “having their human rights challenged around the world and facing discrimination on a daily basis.” As the actor said, “There continues to be a hideous torrent of abuse towards trans people online and out in the world that is devastating.” While the actor condemns anti-trans social media posts and beliefs, he also stands against the “vitriol” the “Harry Potter” author and “Fantastic Beasts” screenwriter is now facing....

The novel, set in the United States in the year 2025, previously inspired a 1987 sci-fi film, also called “The Running Man,” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and directed by Paul Michael Glaser. King’s novel is set in a totalitarian, violent, economically depressed world where protagonists participate in a game show called “The Running Man.” Contestants are allowed to go anywhere in the world, but are chased by Hunters assigned to kill them....

With Kornél Mundruczó’s “Pieces of a Woman,” she read the script by Hungarian playwright/screenwriter Kata Wéber, who drew upon her own silent reaction to a miscarriage. Burstyn watched Mundruczó’s Oscar submission “White God.” “I liked the script, investigated Kornél’s work,” Burstyn said. “I was impressed by Vanessa’s work from ‘The Crown.’ Three wins.” Burstyn has been lauded for her performance as a holocaust survivor trying to help her daughter (Vanessa Kirby) put her life back together after losing a child....

With $134 million domestic and still #9 this weekend, “Elvis” is the first WBD film this year not available on HBO 45 days after release. That’s a radical shift for the studio, which released all films in theaters and on HBO Max day-and-date last year. With every release, studios with streamers must weigh the values: PVOD at $19.99, allowing it the immediate benefit of retaining a rental price of $14 or more?...

But this years Emmys are meant to feel different. Ian Stewart and Reginald Hudlin, the executive producers behind the upcoming 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, recently spoke to Variety about their plans to ensure this year’s ceremony boasts more visual flair and live elements than recent television events. Organizing what’s billed as the most important night for television in the middle of a pandemic comes with a myriad of difficulties (including the lack of a red carpet), but as Stewart told Variety, “We’re not trying to make the Zoomies, we’re trying to make the Emmys....

Set in the Yorkshire town of Sheffield, England, “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” revolves around aspiring teen drag queen Jamie (Max Harwood). Though he’s comfortably out at his stuffy high school, he still incurs the wrath of the occasional bully or a conservative teacher (a brilliantly bitter Sharon Horgan). It mostly rolls off his back, thanks to his wonderfully supportive mother Margaret (Sarah Lancashire), and bookish best friend Pritti (Lauren Patel)....