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John Sloss And Apple Non-Fiction Chief Molly Thompson Discuss Documentary Business & The Time HBO Killed Todd Phillips’ ‘Frat House’ — Sands
In the late 1990s Joker writer-director Todd Phillips, then applying his trade as an underground documentary filmmaker shot a non-fiction project titled Frat House, which nabbed the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at Sundance before being promptly acquired by HBO Films. “The premise of the documentary is that he pledged fraternities at colleges,” John Sloss, …
3-min read - EntertainmentThe Guardian
The Book of Clarence review – a rival Messiah or a very naughty boy?
The Harder They Fall director Jaymes Samuel’s Pythonesque spin on the story of Jesus and the apostles is a wildly indulgent, irreverent blast
2-min read - EntertainmentEntertainment Weekly
The cast of “Matilda”: Where are they now?
It’s been nearly 30 years since Danny DeVito crafted the whimsical Roald Dahl adaptation.
11-min read - EntertainmentIndiewire
Even Melissa Barrera Didn’t Know ‘Wonka’ Was a Musical, as Hollywood Tries to Hide Its Latest Genre Offerings
"I feel weird about this rejection to musicals, because before, every movie was a musical, and they loved them and they were great, I don't know what happened that the tide turned," the "In the Heights" star tells IndieWire.
4-min read - EntertainmentVariety
Taylor Swift’s Record-Breaking First Day at Spotify With ‘Tortured Poets’ Didn’t Stop at 200 Million Streams — It Actually Surpassed 300 Million
Taylor Swift can’t quit breaking her own records. After Spotify revealed Friday that “The Tortured Poets Department” had become the first album in the DSP’s history to amass 200 million streams in a single day, the service updated that news early Saturday, to report that first-day streams actually surpassed 300 million, when all was said …
2-min read - EntertainmentEntertainment Weekly
“The Spiderwick Chronicles ”boss reveals a secret character is hidden in plain sight
And you don't even need Hobgoblin spit or a seeing stone in order to spot 'em!
3-min read - EntertainmentIndiewire
‘Civil War’ Cranks Up the Sound for Its Climactic DC Sequence
Sound editor Glenn Freemantle tells IndieWire about the importance of creating gunfire hitting concrete and metal during the storming of D.C. in Alex Garland's "Civil War."
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