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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe Devil Wears Prada producer has opened up about casting for the classic 2006 comedy, revealing the surprising reason Meryl Streep was nearly passed on. Streep, 74, starred as the hellish magazine editor-in-chiefMiranda Priestly opposite Anne Hathaway’s aspiring journalist Andrea Sachs.Speaking on Wednesday’s (6 December) episode of the Hollywood Gold podcast, the film’s Wendy…

Actress-singer Selena Gomez seems to have confirmed her relationship with American record producer Benny Blanco. Gomez went public with their relationship on December 7, 2023, first confirming on celebrity fan account PopFaction’s Instagram that she was taken. The international star then later shared a photo on her Instagram Story of her and what appears to be Blanco together. The latter`s face is not visible in the photo. Blanco was friends with Justin Bieber Benny and Selena have reportedly known each other for…

Selena Gomez, the eminent singer, and Hollywood icon, has recently sparked excitement among her fans with the apparent confirmation of a new romantic relationship. Romance blossoming between Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco(INSTAGRAM/Selena Gomez) The buzz began when Gomez engaged with social media posts hinting at her dating producer Benny Blanco. In a post by PopFaction that stated, “Selena Gomez Seemingly Confirms That She Is in a Relationship,” Gomez’s response was a simple yet affirming “Facts.” Stay tuned…

Norman Lear, the visionary television producer who revolutionized American prime-time comedy, passed away at the age of 101, leaving behind an enduring legacy that reshaped the television landscape. Lear's family confirmed his death, marking the end of a remarkable career spanning over six decades. FILE - Norman Lear appears during the "American Masters: Norman Lear" panel at the PBS Summer TCA Tour on Aug. 1, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Lear, producer of TV's "All in the Family" and and an influential liberal…

Norman Lear, the groundbreaking TV producer who smashed boundaries with politicized sitcoms such as All in the Family, helped diversify network television with shows The Jeffersons and Good Times, and used the half-hour comedy to address social issues and taboo, hot-button topics, died Tuesday at his Los Angeles home. He was 101. Lear’s rep, Lara Bergthold, confirmed his death to the New York Times. “Norman lived a life in awe of the world around him,” his family wrote in a statement. “He marveled at his cup of…

Margot Robbie and Cillian Murphy recently sat down for a detailed conversation about their works in an episode of Variety’s Actors on Actors. This is when the Barbie star, who was also the film's producer, told Cillian that she was told to move the release date by Oppenheimer producer. Barbie and Oppenheimer clashed at the box office and both were two of the biggest releases of 2023. Also read: A Barbenheimer movie is in works Margot Robbie's Barbie and Cillian Murphy's Oppenheimer clashed at the box office.…

A former Fox News employee is suing the network and a producer for former host Tucker Carlson, accusing the ex-staffer of sexual assault 15 years ago.In the lawsuit filed in New York State Court, Andrew Delancey alleged that after Justin Wells had promised to help advance his career, Wells assaulted him in 2008, according to The Washington Post. Wells, who was a producer for Greta Van Susteren at the time, later became the senior executive producer of Tucker Carlson Tonight, and was fired alongside Carlson amid the…

When Canadian producer Jordan Young started playing around with AI voice-cloning technology — ultimately creating a fake Kanye West song that sounded, well, just like Kanye West — it immediately prompted him to think about the ethical implications of the technology. "As soon as I made it, I started to think ... if anybody can make music with anyone's voice, what does this mean for artists? What does this mean for music?" said Young, who has worked with Beyoncé, BTS and Dua Lipa.He and his company Hooky recently developed…

Euphoria and X producer Kevin Turen died in November from cardiac dysfunction and heart disease, according to the Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s Office. The producer’s cause of death was officially cited as acute cardiac dysfunction and hypertrophic heart disease, with the medical examiner also reporting coronary artery atherosclerosis as a significant contributing factor. The manner of death was determined to be of natural causes. According to TMZ, which was first to report Turen’s cause of…

The Los Angeles County medical examiner released the cause of death for Kevin Turen, the “Euphoria” producer who died in November.The medical examiner listed “acute cardiac dysfunction” and “hypertrophic heart disease” as the official causes of death for Turen, 45. The office also cited coronary artery atherosclerosis as a contributing condition.Turen suffered a cardiac event Nov. 12 on a California freeway. Turen’s 10-year-old son Jack was able to stop the car on the roadside. The producer was taken to a nearby…