For whatever reason, there are films that we in the entertainment media fail to notice. In the case of the documentary Am I Racist?, that whatever reason is that we’re liberals. Not one mainstream media company reviewed the film — the first theatrical release from Ben Shapiro’s conservative media company The Daily Wire — which has been in the top 10 for two weeks. So The Hollywood Reporter enlisted someone who doesn’t care if he loses all his friends. That person was me.
Even more surprising than the fact that Am I Racist? has grossed more than $9 million, making it one of the 40 highest-grossing docs ever, is the fact that the 14th-highest-grossing theater for the film was the AMC 16 in Burbank. So on Thursday, I went to see who in Burbank, a town where 70 percent of the voters chose Joe Biden in 2020, would show up to see the film. I chose the latest showing possible,...
Even more surprising than the fact that Am I Racist? has grossed more than $9 million, making it one of the 40 highest-grossing docs ever, is the fact that the 14th-highest-grossing theater for the film was the AMC 16 in Burbank. So on Thursday, I went to see who in Burbank, a town where 70 percent of the voters chose Joe Biden in 2020, would show up to see the film. I chose the latest showing possible,...
- 9/23/2024
- by Joel Stein
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[This story contains spoilers for Am I Racist?]
“Decolonize yourself. Do your own white supremacy dismantling, and then you can start to bring in other people,” declares Regina Jackson at a Race2Dinner in Atlanta, part of an ongoing series she co-founded with Saira Rao designed to help white women confront their own racism, white supremacy and xenophobia. Before anyone can respond, the waiter proposes a toast, instructing guests to “raise a glass if you’re racist.” They all oblige — although Jackson, who is Black, quickly puts her glass down and laughs. “Oh, I’m not racist,” she says.
The seemingly klutzy caterer has been interrupting the group all night long, dropping dishes and even pulling up a seat to explain that he’s got his Dei (diversity, equity and inclusion) certificate. Many of the guests appear confused and perplexed by his odd behavior. “I’m just on the journey,” he says.
He is on a journey — just...
“Decolonize yourself. Do your own white supremacy dismantling, and then you can start to bring in other people,” declares Regina Jackson at a Race2Dinner in Atlanta, part of an ongoing series she co-founded with Saira Rao designed to help white women confront their own racism, white supremacy and xenophobia. Before anyone can respond, the waiter proposes a toast, instructing guests to “raise a glass if you’re racist.” They all oblige — although Jackson, who is Black, quickly puts her glass down and laughs. “Oh, I’m not racist,” she says.
The seemingly klutzy caterer has been interrupting the group all night long, dropping dishes and even pulling up a seat to explain that he’s got his Dei (diversity, equity and inclusion) certificate. Many of the guests appear confused and perplexed by his odd behavior. “I’m just on the journey,” he says.
He is on a journey — just...
- 9/20/2024
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Am I Racist? is a Borat-style mockumentary comedy film directed by Justin Folk from a screenplay co-written by Folk, Brian A. Hoffman, and Matt Walsh. The Daily Wire film follows conservative political commentator Matt Walsh as he goes undercover to investigate diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. Am I Racist? stars Matt Walsh in the lead role, with Robin Diangelo, Regina Jackson, and Saira Rao starring in small roles. So, if you loved the comedy, absurdity, and the not-so-politically-correct people in Am I Racist? here are some similar movies you should check out next.
Borat (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – 20th Century Fox
Borat is a mockumentary-style dark comedy film directed by Larry Charles from a screenplay co-written by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, and Dan Mazer. The 2006 film follows the story of a Kazakh resident, Borat...
Am I Racist? is a Borat-style mockumentary comedy film directed by Justin Folk from a screenplay co-written by Folk, Brian A. Hoffman, and Matt Walsh. The Daily Wire film follows conservative political commentator Matt Walsh as he goes undercover to investigate diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. Am I Racist? stars Matt Walsh in the lead role, with Robin Diangelo, Regina Jackson, and Saira Rao starring in small roles. So, if you loved the comedy, absurdity, and the not-so-politically-correct people in Am I Racist? here are some similar movies you should check out next.
Borat (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – 20th Century Fox
Borat is a mockumentary-style dark comedy film directed by Larry Charles from a screenplay co-written by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, and Dan Mazer. The 2006 film follows the story of a Kazakh resident, Borat...
- 9/15/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Every now and then, a low-budget film emerges from outside the studio system and catches fire with the largely ignored right-leaning demographic, leaving mouths agape in Hollywood’s executive suites.
The Daily Wire hopes to add to the list of films that includes “The Passion of the Christ,” “I Can Only Imagine” and last year’s “Sound of Freedom” with the satire “Am I Racist?” — which marks the conservative media company’s first wide theatrical release. Starring comedian Matt Walsh, the “Borat”-style mockumentary takes aim at the Dei movement and is set to open in 1,510 theaters today, representing the most ambitious swing for the 9-year-old company founded by Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Boreing.
“They’re leaving plenty of money on the table, and we’re happy to come in and take some of it. Because, at a minimum, you are explicitly refusing to serve 50% of the audience,” Walsh says...
The Daily Wire hopes to add to the list of films that includes “The Passion of the Christ,” “I Can Only Imagine” and last year’s “Sound of Freedom” with the satire “Am I Racist?” — which marks the conservative media company’s first wide theatrical release. Starring comedian Matt Walsh, the “Borat”-style mockumentary takes aim at the Dei movement and is set to open in 1,510 theaters today, representing the most ambitious swing for the 9-year-old company founded by Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Boreing.
“They’re leaving plenty of money on the table, and we’re happy to come in and take some of it. Because, at a minimum, you are explicitly refusing to serve 50% of the audience,” Walsh says...
- 9/13/2024
- by Tatiana Siegel
- Variety Film + TV
As Amazon MGM and Mattel continue to cast the main roles in the upcoming live-action Masters of the Universe reboot, we may know which actor is being courted to play the villainous Skeletor.
According to Jeff Sneider, none other than Jared Leto has been offered the role.
Leto will be very familiar to Cbm fans, having played the Joker in David Ayer's Suicide Squad, and the titular Spider-Man villain in Sony's much-maligned Morbius. He also appeared in Blade Runner 2049, and has a key role in Disney's upcoming Tron: Ares.
If he accepts, Leto will join Nicholas Galitzine as Prince Adam/He-Man, Riverdale alum Camila Mendes as his right-hand woman and (possible) love-interest, Teela, and the recently-cast Alison Brie as Skeletor's second-in-command, Evil-Lyn.
Previous rumors have claimed that Sacha Baron Cohen was in contention to play the iconic baddie.
He-Man's nemesis was played by Frank Langella in the previous live-action movie,...
According to Jeff Sneider, none other than Jared Leto has been offered the role.
Leto will be very familiar to Cbm fans, having played the Joker in David Ayer's Suicide Squad, and the titular Spider-Man villain in Sony's much-maligned Morbius. He also appeared in Blade Runner 2049, and has a key role in Disney's upcoming Tron: Ares.
If he accepts, Leto will join Nicholas Galitzine as Prince Adam/He-Man, Riverdale alum Camila Mendes as his right-hand woman and (possible) love-interest, Teela, and the recently-cast Alison Brie as Skeletor's second-in-command, Evil-Lyn.
Previous rumors have claimed that Sacha Baron Cohen was in contention to play the iconic baddie.
He-Man's nemesis was played by Frank Langella in the previous live-action movie,...
- 9/11/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
Studiocanal has launched the official international trailer for ‘The Apprentice,’ Ali Abbasi’s searing exploration of Donald Trump’s rise to power in 1980s America.
The movie is a dive into the underbelly of the American empire. It charts a young Donald Trump’s ascent to power through a Faustian deal with the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn.
Directed by Ali Abbasi, the film stars Sebastian Stan (Pam & Tommy) as Donald Trump, Jeremy Strong (Succession) as the firebrand Roy Cohn, Martin Donovan (Tenet) as Fred Trump Sr, and Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) as Ivana Trump.
Also in trailers – Chaos ensues in new trailer for ‘Saturday Night’
The film premiered In Competition at the 77th Cannes Film Festival and will have its UK premiere at the London Film Festival next month. It will be released in UK & Irish cinemas on 18 October 2024.
The post Sebastian Stan stars in...
The movie is a dive into the underbelly of the American empire. It charts a young Donald Trump’s ascent to power through a Faustian deal with the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn.
Directed by Ali Abbasi, the film stars Sebastian Stan (Pam & Tommy) as Donald Trump, Jeremy Strong (Succession) as the firebrand Roy Cohn, Martin Donovan (Tenet) as Fred Trump Sr, and Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) as Ivana Trump.
Also in trailers – Chaos ensues in new trailer for ‘Saturday Night’
The film premiered In Competition at the 77th Cannes Film Festival and will have its UK premiere at the London Film Festival next month. It will be released in UK & Irish cinemas on 18 October 2024.
The post Sebastian Stan stars in...
- 9/10/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
When Alfonso Cuarón approached Apple with his idea of turning Renée Knight’s 2015 novel “Disclaimer” into a five-and-a-half-hour psychological thriller, he was very clear about one thing. “I don’t know [how] to do television.”
“For me, it’s a bit too late in the game to start learning,” he says, thinking back to that initial pitch as he prepares to screen “Disclaimer” at the Toronto Film Festival following its acclaimed debut at Venice. Instead, Cuarón says he and stars Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline and Sacha Baron Cohen opted to “approach it in the way that I do a film.”
And there were precedents that he points to in cinema history for this kind of sprawling, narratively dense work; “Reds,” “1900,” “Fanny and Alexander,” “Once Upon a Time in America,” even “Twin Peaks” served as inspirations for what he was hoping to pull off. Many of those films were set in the past,...
“For me, it’s a bit too late in the game to start learning,” he says, thinking back to that initial pitch as he prepares to screen “Disclaimer” at the Toronto Film Festival following its acclaimed debut at Venice. Instead, Cuarón says he and stars Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline and Sacha Baron Cohen opted to “approach it in the way that I do a film.”
And there were precedents that he points to in cinema history for this kind of sprawling, narratively dense work; “Reds,” “1900,” “Fanny and Alexander,” “Once Upon a Time in America,” even “Twin Peaks” served as inspirations for what he was hoping to pull off. Many of those films were set in the past,...
- 9/9/2024
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The race is on to select films from around the world to compete for the Best International Feature Film award at the 2025 Academy Awards. With the October 2 submission deadline approaching, countries have started announcing their official entries for the prestigious Oscar category. The films under consideration reflect a wide array of styles, genres, and perspectives from the global film community.
The selection process for the international feature film award involves stages of review. After countries submit films, an initial group of 15 finalists will be announced on December 17. Judges will then select just five nominees from this shortlist on January 17, 2025. Last year’s contest similarly started with 88 submissions before narrowing to the final five nominees. The winner was “The Zone of Interest” from the United Kingdom.
Some early contenders are already generating buzz among film festivals and audiences. Croatia entered “Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day,” a period drama set in 1950s Yugoslavia about censorship and artistic freedom.
The selection process for the international feature film award involves stages of review. After countries submit films, an initial group of 15 finalists will be announced on December 17. Judges will then select just five nominees from this shortlist on January 17, 2025. Last year’s contest similarly started with 88 submissions before narrowing to the final five nominees. The winner was “The Zone of Interest” from the United Kingdom.
Some early contenders are already generating buzz among film festivals and audiences. Croatia entered “Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day,” a period drama set in 1950s Yugoslavia about censorship and artistic freedom.
- 9/9/2024
- by Naser Nahandian
- Gazettely
Entries for the 2025 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
The 97th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 3, 2025 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between November 1, 2023, and September 30, 2024. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 2.
A shortlist of 15 finalists is scheduled to...
The 97th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 3, 2025 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between November 1, 2023, and September 30, 2024. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 2.
A shortlist of 15 finalists is scheduled to...
- 9/6/2024
- ScreenDaily
Watch the funny first trailer for A Minecraft Movie starring Jason Momoa and Jack Black. Directed by Jared Hess, the movie is the first-ever big screen, live-action adaptation of Minecraft, the best-selling video game of all time.
The film also stars Emma Myers (“Wednesday”), Oscar nominee Danielle Brooks (“The Color Purple”), Sebastian Eugene Hansen, with Jennifer Coolidge.
Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits—Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Momoa), Henry (Hansen), Natalie (Myers) and Dawn (Brooks)—find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they’ll have to master this world while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve (Black).
Together, their adventure will challenge all five...
The film also stars Emma Myers (“Wednesday”), Oscar nominee Danielle Brooks (“The Color Purple”), Sebastian Eugene Hansen, with Jennifer Coolidge.
Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits—Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Momoa), Henry (Hansen), Natalie (Myers) and Dawn (Brooks)—find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they’ll have to master this world while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve (Black).
Together, their adventure will challenge all five...
- 9/4/2024
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures unveiled the first teaser trailer for the “Minecraft” movie on Wednesday, offering a peek at the highly anticipated video game adaptation. The live-action cast includes Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Danielle Brooks, Sebastian Eugene Hansen and Emma Myers, but it’s likely the animated “Minecraft” figures that fans of the game are most excited to see in action.
The story follows four misfits — Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Momoa), Henry (Hansen), Natalie (Myers) and Dawn (Brooks) — who find themselves pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. Per the official synopsis, “To get back home, they’ll have to master this world while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve (Black). Together, their adventure will challenge all five to be bold and to reconnect with the qualities that make each of them uniquely creative...
The story follows four misfits — Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Momoa), Henry (Hansen), Natalie (Myers) and Dawn (Brooks) — who find themselves pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. Per the official synopsis, “To get back home, they’ll have to master this world while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve (Black). Together, their adventure will challenge all five to be bold and to reconnect with the qualities that make each of them uniquely creative...
- 9/4/2024
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
The Apprentice, the Donald Trump origin story that everyone in the film community and beyond has been talking and speculating about, had its North American premiere at the Telluride Film Festival’s Galaxy Theatre on Saturday night. The stateside unveiling comes three months after its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and just days after Briarcliff Entertainment acquired its U.S. distribution rights amid legal threats from the Trump campaign, with plans to release it in theaters on Oct. 11, less than a month before the presidential election.
Interest in the film among those who missed it on the Croisette has been through the roof, to the extent that Telluride’s 10 p.m. Saturday night screening — which was added to the fest’s schedule only a few hours before it took place — attracted a full house of 500 people, with many others turned away. Post-screening reactions were, not unexpectedly, divided. But...
Interest in the film among those who missed it on the Croisette has been through the roof, to the extent that Telluride’s 10 p.m. Saturday night screening — which was added to the fest’s schedule only a few hours before it took place — attracted a full house of 500 people, with many others turned away. Post-screening reactions were, not unexpectedly, divided. But...
- 9/1/2024
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The biggest story in the world of entertainment this week was the news that Oasis is back. Yes, brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher have patched up their differences — and by “patched up their differences,” I mean that they have agreed to occupy the same space while holding guitars in order to rake in hundreds of millions of pounds.
Of course, the Gallaghers have a reputation for being about as emotionally stable as their watermelon-smashing namesake was. And they don’t just feud with each other. Liam Gallagher once beefed with Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen, who presumably isn’t used to being threatened when he’s not dressed in a goofy costume.
As Cohen revealed during a 2016 appearance on Conan, he met the famous rocker while accepting an award from GQ four years earlier. For some reason, Cohen decided to make a joke about Liam Gallagher during the speech, knowing...
Of course, the Gallaghers have a reputation for being about as emotionally stable as their watermelon-smashing namesake was. And they don’t just feud with each other. Liam Gallagher once beefed with Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen, who presumably isn’t used to being threatened when he’s not dressed in a goofy costume.
As Cohen revealed during a 2016 appearance on Conan, he met the famous rocker while accepting an award from GQ four years earlier. For some reason, Cohen decided to make a joke about Liam Gallagher during the speech, knowing...
- 8/30/2024
- Cracked
The Substance, a feminist horror pic where Demi Moore plays an aging Hollywood star who embraces a secret cloning procedure to save her career will open the Midnight Madness sidebar at the Toronto Film Festival with a North American premiere, organizers said Thursday.
The Cannes award winner from director Coralie Fargeat also stars Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid, and will hit theaters on Sept. 20.
The Midnight Madness section, which launched the career of Eli Roth with Cabin Fever and saw Sacha Baron Cohen arrive in a cart pulled by donkeys to screen Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, booked in all 10 genre movies with chills and thrills for this year’s 2024 lineup.
The program that has film buyers and Hollywood execs staying up after midnight plans world premieres for Thibault Emin’s fantasy pic Else, which stars Matthieu Sampeur and Edith Proust and imagines...
The Cannes award winner from director Coralie Fargeat also stars Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid, and will hit theaters on Sept. 20.
The Midnight Madness section, which launched the career of Eli Roth with Cabin Fever and saw Sacha Baron Cohen arrive in a cart pulled by donkeys to screen Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, booked in all 10 genre movies with chills and thrills for this year’s 2024 lineup.
The program that has film buyers and Hollywood execs staying up after midnight plans world premieres for Thibault Emin’s fantasy pic Else, which stars Matthieu Sampeur and Edith Proust and imagines...
- 7/25/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rudy Giuliani, the disbarred former mayor of New York City, found himself at the center of attention when he unexpectedly fell at the 2024 Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Giuliani, 80, attended the convention to cover it as part of his Rudy Giuliani Show on the FrankSpeech platform. He experienced an unexpected fall on the floor of the Fiserv Forum on the second day of the event.
Footage shared by Spectrum News producer John Park showed Giuliani tumble to the ground in a walk-through on the convention floor. According to reports, he had an Osmo camera in hand and continued to film even after he was back on his feet. The state abbreviation for Ohio’s delegates, “Oh,” can be seen on the back of the row of chairs Giuliani landed amongst, a touch of irony to the unexpected incident.
Giuliani’s involvement with the RNC is not the first...
Giuliani, 80, attended the convention to cover it as part of his Rudy Giuliani Show on the FrankSpeech platform. He experienced an unexpected fall on the floor of the Fiserv Forum on the second day of the event.
Footage shared by Spectrum News producer John Park showed Giuliani tumble to the ground in a walk-through on the convention floor. According to reports, he had an Osmo camera in hand and continued to film even after he was back on his feet. The state abbreviation for Ohio’s delegates, “Oh,” can be seen on the back of the row of chairs Giuliani landed amongst, a touch of irony to the unexpected incident.
Giuliani’s involvement with the RNC is not the first...
- 7/18/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Meet Oraz! Last year while on the film festival circuit, I met a young film critic named Oraz Kereibayev. We quickly became friends, hanging out at the Venice and Berlin Film Festivals. Oraz is from Kazakhstan, a big country in Central Asia located just below Russia and above Uzbekistan & China. Most know Kazakhstan from Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat movies, though of course that's a very deplorable caricature of the country and the people from there. I'm a big fan of Oraz, I'm lucky to call him my friend, and overjoyed that he has become a part of the international film critic community covering film festivals all year long. He decided to make the trek to the 2024 Cannes Film Festival - his first time ever attending this prestigious cinema event. Before the fest ended, I met up with Oraz and interviewed him to talk about who he is, the films he loves,...
- 5/27/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
We all know that laughter is said to prolong life, but what should we do when these days’ comedy titles are not as hilarious as they were before? Luckily for us, Reddit recalled some of the most unforgettable comedy gold movies to have a great chill with.
Here are 6 Reddit-approved comedies that will make you laugh to tears.
1. Tropic Thunder (2008)
First comes an action comedy that parodies the tropes of war films, as well as Hollywood movie production as a whole. Its plot revolves around a group of actors making a Vietnam War movie when they’re caught off guard by the death of their director.
2. What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
This mockumentary is probably the most famous vampire movie after Twilight. Taika Waititi’s iconic comedy focuses on the ridiculous exploits of several vampires who live together in a dark apartament, and it won’t leave you indifferent to their awkward adventures.
Here are 6 Reddit-approved comedies that will make you laugh to tears.
1. Tropic Thunder (2008)
First comes an action comedy that parodies the tropes of war films, as well as Hollywood movie production as a whole. Its plot revolves around a group of actors making a Vietnam War movie when they’re caught off guard by the death of their director.
2. What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
This mockumentary is probably the most famous vampire movie after Twilight. Taika Waititi’s iconic comedy focuses on the ridiculous exploits of several vampires who live together in a dark apartament, and it won’t leave you indifferent to their awkward adventures.
- 5/25/2024
- by info@startefacts.com (Ava Raxa)
- STartefacts.com
Donald Trump’s lawyers are attempting to head off a U.S. sale of The Apprentice coming out of Cannes by slapping the filmmakers with a cease and desist letter, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Still, the filmmakers behind the Trump movie look like they will not be swayed from seeking distribution for the movie stateside. “The film is a fair and balanced portrait of the former president. We want everyone to see it and then decide,” a representative for the film’s producers said in a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter on Friday.
The legal move by Trump’s legal team follows director Ali Abbasi’s movie receiving a Cannes world premiere, and an eight-minute standing ovation, earlier this week.
Abbasi has already shrugged off a threat from Trump’fs presidential campaign to bring a lawsuit against the project. “Everybody talks about him suing a lot of people...
Still, the filmmakers behind the Trump movie look like they will not be swayed from seeking distribution for the movie stateside. “The film is a fair and balanced portrait of the former president. We want everyone to see it and then decide,” a representative for the film’s producers said in a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter on Friday.
The legal move by Trump’s legal team follows director Ali Abbasi’s movie receiving a Cannes world premiere, and an eight-minute standing ovation, earlier this week.
Abbasi has already shrugged off a threat from Trump’fs presidential campaign to bring a lawsuit against the project. “Everybody talks about him suing a lot of people...
- 5/24/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The first reviews for Donald Trump movie The Apprentice are in, following its world premiere at Cannes.
Directed by Ali Abbasi and written by Gabriel Sherman, the film follows Sebastian Stan’s Trump during his rise to power in 1980s America, as he’s mentored by firebrand right-wing attorney Roy Cohn, played by Succession star Jeremy Strong.
The cast also includes Borat Subsequent Moviefilm star Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump and Martin Donavan as the former president’s father Fred Trump Sr.
The movie, which currently doesn’t have a U.S. distributor, holds a 69 percent freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes as of Tuesday.
Though the Trump campaign has threatened to sue over the film, Abbasi offered to screen the movie for the former president and talk about it with him, saying, “I don’t necessarily think that this is a movie he would dislike.”
“Everybody talks about him suing a lot of people,...
Directed by Ali Abbasi and written by Gabriel Sherman, the film follows Sebastian Stan’s Trump during his rise to power in 1980s America, as he’s mentored by firebrand right-wing attorney Roy Cohn, played by Succession star Jeremy Strong.
The cast also includes Borat Subsequent Moviefilm star Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump and Martin Donavan as the former president’s father Fred Trump Sr.
The movie, which currently doesn’t have a U.S. distributor, holds a 69 percent freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes as of Tuesday.
Though the Trump campaign has threatened to sue over the film, Abbasi offered to screen the movie for the former president and talk about it with him, saying, “I don’t necessarily think that this is a movie he would dislike.”
“Everybody talks about him suing a lot of people,...
- 5/21/2024
- by Tatiana Tenreyro
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Filmmaker Ali Abbasi has responded to the Trump campaign’s threat to sue over his movie The Apprentice, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday night to an eight-minute standing ovation.
“Everybody talks about him suing a lot of people — they don’t talk about his success rate though, you know?” Abbasi said Monday morning in France, drawing laughs from the crowd at the first press conference for The Apprentice.
The director acknowledged Trump’s likely assumptions around the movie, saying, “If I was him, I would be sitting in New Jersey, Florida or wherever he is now — or New York — and I would be thinking, ‘Oh, this crazy Iranian guy and some, like, liberal c—- in Cannes, they gathered and they did this movie and it’s fucked up.'”
“But I don’t necessarily think that this is a movie he would dislike,” Abbasi added,...
“Everybody talks about him suing a lot of people — they don’t talk about his success rate though, you know?” Abbasi said Monday morning in France, drawing laughs from the crowd at the first press conference for The Apprentice.
The director acknowledged Trump’s likely assumptions around the movie, saying, “If I was him, I would be sitting in New Jersey, Florida or wherever he is now — or New York — and I would be thinking, ‘Oh, this crazy Iranian guy and some, like, liberal c—- in Cannes, they gathered and they did this movie and it’s fucked up.'”
“But I don’t necessarily think that this is a movie he would dislike,” Abbasi added,...
- 5/21/2024
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In the Canadian cities of Montreal and Winnipeg, a futile tension exists between French and English speakers — doubly silly, since the country is officially bilingual. In his gently satirical “Universal Language,” writer-director Matthew Rankin imagines a rather fanciful solution, where Farsi is now the region’s dominant tongue. Taking his cues from such Iranian classics as “Children of Heaven” and “The White Balloon,” Rankin mixes the humanism of Majid Majidi, Jafar Panahi, et al. with his own peculiar brand of comedy (as seen in the more off-the-wall “The Twentieth Century”), offering a delightful cross-cultural hybrid designed to celebrate our differences.
Though Rankin shows a genuine affection for all things Persian, the first and most obvious hiccup to his premise is that audiences don’t necessarily share his interest or his references. There’s something inherently provocative — and perhaps even triggering to some — about seeing a nondescript Canadian elementary school where...
Though Rankin shows a genuine affection for all things Persian, the first and most obvious hiccup to his premise is that audiences don’t necessarily share his interest or his references. There’s something inherently provocative — and perhaps even triggering to some — about seeing a nondescript Canadian elementary school where...
- 5/18/2024
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
StudioCanal on Thursday unveiled the acquisition of Ali Abbasi’s Cannes competition entry The Apprentice for the U.K. and Ireland, with a release planned for later this year. The film is an exploration of Donald Trump’s rise to power in 1980s America.
Directed by Abbasi and written by Gabe Sherman, the film stars Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominee and Berlin Silver Bear winner Sebastian Stan (Pam & Tommy) as Trump; Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Award winner Jeremy Strong (Succession) as his firebrand mentor Roy Cohn; Martin Donovan (Tenet) as Fred Trump Sr.; and Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominee Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) as Ivana Trump.
The Apprentice is “a dive into the underbelly of the American empire,” according to a plot description. “It charts a young Donald Trump’s ascent to power through a Faustian deal with the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn.
Directed by Abbasi and written by Gabe Sherman, the film stars Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominee and Berlin Silver Bear winner Sebastian Stan (Pam & Tommy) as Trump; Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Award winner Jeremy Strong (Succession) as his firebrand mentor Roy Cohn; Martin Donovan (Tenet) as Fred Trump Sr.; and Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominee Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) as Ivana Trump.
The Apprentice is “a dive into the underbelly of the American empire,” according to a plot description. “It charts a young Donald Trump’s ascent to power through a Faustian deal with the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn.
- 5/16/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"Seinfeld" could be an incredibly mean show. For peak cruelty, it's hard to top "The Invitations" in which George's fiancée Susan drops dead after licking too many envelopes. The finale is self-consciously nasty in the way it indicts viewers for having been emotionally invested in the lives of these relentlessly awful people for nine seasons. My favorite might be "The Yada Yada," where Jerry is called out as an "anti-dentite" for his dim view of dentists. But the series, created by Seinfeld and Larry David, knew how to go dark without alienating its audience — which is why they scrapped a Season 2 episode called "The Bet."
Unless you're a "Seinfeld" superfan, you might not know of this episode. If you are a "Seinfeld" superfan, you know "The Bet" quite well and have surely read the script that got leaked to the "Lost Media" subreddit earlier this month. It's been something of...
Unless you're a "Seinfeld" superfan, you might not know of this episode. If you are a "Seinfeld" superfan, you know "The Bet" quite well and have surely read the script that got leaked to the "Lost Media" subreddit earlier this month. It's been something of...
- 4/29/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Hollywood actress Isla Fisher is no stranger to comedy. She has been a part of a number of memorable films in the genre including Wedding Crashers, Confessions of a Shopaholic, and Hot Rod. You would think Fisher would have gotten used to the occasionally bizarre requirements of the genre and the lengths that actors will go to for a laugh.
But as it turns out, the actress was not prepared for one particular scene involving an elephant in the movie Isla Fisher made with her then-husband Sacha Baron Cohen, 2016’s The Brothers Grimsby. Cohen, of course, is known for pushing the boundaries of comedy like no other actor working today. Things got so intense that Fisher regretted bringing her parents on set to watch the scene being filmed.
The Rise Of Comedy Star Sacha Baron Cohen Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat
After first breaking out into the Hollywood mainstream with...
But as it turns out, the actress was not prepared for one particular scene involving an elephant in the movie Isla Fisher made with her then-husband Sacha Baron Cohen, 2016’s The Brothers Grimsby. Cohen, of course, is known for pushing the boundaries of comedy like no other actor working today. Things got so intense that Fisher regretted bringing her parents on set to watch the scene being filmed.
The Rise Of Comedy Star Sacha Baron Cohen Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat
After first breaking out into the Hollywood mainstream with...
- 4/26/2024
- by Neeraj Chand
- FandomWire
Actor Isla Fisher once confided that being married to Sacha Baron Cohen wasn’t exactly stress-free. Because of Cohen’s antics, Fisher was always concerned that she and her ex-husband would get into legitimate legal trouble.
Isla Fisher was worried there would be severe real-life consequences for Sacha Baron Cohen’s fictional characters Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher | Nicholas Hunt/WireImage
Fisher and Cohen may have married in 2010, but they’ve known each other since the year 2000, and started dating in 2001. This means that Fisher was with Cohen during many of the raunchiest moments of the actor’s career. Cohen was known for his creative and provocative alter-egos. And although these characters were fictional, they famously interacted in real-world settings.
Cohen’s performances made for some interesting interactions between himself and Fisher. In an interview with Square Mile, Fisher once confided she had her parents meet her ex-husband while...
Isla Fisher was worried there would be severe real-life consequences for Sacha Baron Cohen’s fictional characters Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher | Nicholas Hunt/WireImage
Fisher and Cohen may have married in 2010, but they’ve known each other since the year 2000, and started dating in 2001. This means that Fisher was with Cohen during many of the raunchiest moments of the actor’s career. Cohen was known for his creative and provocative alter-egos. And although these characters were fictional, they famously interacted in real-world settings.
Cohen’s performances made for some interesting interactions between himself and Fisher. In an interview with Square Mile, Fisher once confided she had her parents meet her ex-husband while...
- 4/26/2024
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Exclusive: Apple and Skydance have welcomed four to the cast of their action adventure pic Mayday from writer-directors Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley: Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm), Marcin Dorocinski (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One), Lovell Adams-Gray (Power Book II: Ghost), and Clark Johnson (The Wire).
Details as to the film’s plot and their roles are under wraps. As previously announced, Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh topline the project based on an original pitch from Goldstein and Daley, which was developed with Skydance.
Hailing from a first-look partnership between Apple and Skydance Media, Mayday is produced by Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger, alongside Reynolds, Ashley Fox, Johnny Pariseau and Patrick Gooing for Maximum Effort. Goldstein and Daley are also serving as producers, with Carin Sage overseeing the project for Skydance.
An Academy Award nominee known for turns in films like Borat...
Details as to the film’s plot and their roles are under wraps. As previously announced, Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh topline the project based on an original pitch from Goldstein and Daley, which was developed with Skydance.
Hailing from a first-look partnership between Apple and Skydance Media, Mayday is produced by Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger, alongside Reynolds, Ashley Fox, Johnny Pariseau and Patrick Gooing for Maximum Effort. Goldstein and Daley are also serving as producers, with Carin Sage overseeing the project for Skydance.
An Academy Award nominee known for turns in films like Borat...
- 4/25/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Rebel Wilson’s feud with Sacha Baron Cohen has taken a new turn. The duo have been locked in a war of words since Wilson made serious allegations against the Borat star.
The Australian actress managed to raise a lot of eyebrows with her statements about her co-star. However, not everything might be as they seem. With Wilson’s memoir set to launch soon, a new detail has come to light, one which raises questions about the actress’ veracity.
Wilson’s feud with Cohen takes a new turn (Source: The Brothers Grimsby) Why was Rebel Wilson feuding with Sacha Baron Cohen?
Both Rebel Wilson and Sacha Baron Cohen are well-known faces in the acting industry. Both are known for their comedic timing, and it was not surprising when they worked together on the film, The Brothers Grimsby.
Suggested“She absolutely adored him and losing him destroyed her”: Rebel Wilson...
The Australian actress managed to raise a lot of eyebrows with her statements about her co-star. However, not everything might be as they seem. With Wilson’s memoir set to launch soon, a new detail has come to light, one which raises questions about the actress’ veracity.
Wilson’s feud with Cohen takes a new turn (Source: The Brothers Grimsby) Why was Rebel Wilson feuding with Sacha Baron Cohen?
Both Rebel Wilson and Sacha Baron Cohen are well-known faces in the acting industry. Both are known for their comedic timing, and it was not surprising when they worked together on the film, The Brothers Grimsby.
Suggested“She absolutely adored him and losing him destroyed her”: Rebel Wilson...
- 4/25/2024
- by Sreshtha Roychowdhury
- FandomWire
Actors Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen were together for 14 years before their shocking divorce earlier in the year. But according to Fisher, their relationship wouldn’t have been a thing in the first place if it wasn’t for Cohen’s humor.
Isla Fisher once shared what it was like meeting Sacha Baron Cohen Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Cohen and Fisher may have gotten married in 2010, but they actually knew each other a lot longer than that. According to Cohen himself, the two met at a party in Australia around the year 2000. Cohen confided in a resurfaced interview with The New York Times that Fisher’s humor caught her attention.
“She was hilarious,” Cohen said. “We were at a very pretentious party, and me and her bonded over taking the mick out of the other people in the party. I knew instantly. I don’t know if she did.
Isla Fisher once shared what it was like meeting Sacha Baron Cohen Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Cohen and Fisher may have gotten married in 2010, but they actually knew each other a lot longer than that. According to Cohen himself, the two met at a party in Australia around the year 2000. Cohen confided in a resurfaced interview with The New York Times that Fisher’s humor caught her attention.
“She was hilarious,” Cohen said. “We were at a very pretentious party, and me and her bonded over taking the mick out of the other people in the party. I knew instantly. I don’t know if she did.
- 4/25/2024
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Sacha Baron Cohen has been hogging the limelight recently for all the wrong reasons. Apart from his name being involved in explosive revelations by Hollywood actor Rebel Wilson, the British star’s personal life has also taken a hit with the official confirmation of his divorce from Isla Fisher after 14 years of marriage.
Sacha Baron Cohen in The Dictator
Cohen and Fisher formally announced their split through their respective Instagram stories in a joint statement. Looking back at their relationship over the years, the celebrities have shared many memorable moments that also included some awkward encounters brought on by Cohen’s in-your-face brand of humor. One such incident was elaborated by Fisher a few years ago.
Sacha Baron Cohen Had An Embarrassing Run-In With Jack Black
Through his films, Sacha Baron Cohen has given audiences a unique brand of wit that is unapologetic, direct, and hilariously offensive. This trademark humor...
Sacha Baron Cohen in The Dictator
Cohen and Fisher formally announced their split through their respective Instagram stories in a joint statement. Looking back at their relationship over the years, the celebrities have shared many memorable moments that also included some awkward encounters brought on by Cohen’s in-your-face brand of humor. One such incident was elaborated by Fisher a few years ago.
Sacha Baron Cohen Had An Embarrassing Run-In With Jack Black
Through his films, Sacha Baron Cohen has given audiences a unique brand of wit that is unapologetic, direct, and hilariously offensive. This trademark humor...
- 4/13/2024
- by Sharanya Sankar
- FandomWire
Ali Abbasi’s Donald Trump drama The Apprentice, Anora, the latest from The Florida Project and Red Rocket director Sean Baker, and Andrea Arnold’s Bird, starring Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski, are among the highlights of this year’s Cannes Film Festival competition.
Abbasi, the Iran-born, Sweden-based director, whose Holy Spider was a sensation of the 2022 Cannes festival, returns with his story of how a young Donald Trump and the notorious lawyer Roy Cohn built up Trump’s real estate business in New York in the 1970s and 1980s. Sebastian Stan stars as Trump, Succession‘s Jeremy Strong plays Cohn and Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) is wife Ivana.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things follow-up Kinds of Kindness will also premiere in the Cannes competition. The film, featuring the Oscar-winning Poor Things star Emma Stone, will be high on every Cannes attendee’s must-see list. The Greek auteur has again...
Abbasi, the Iran-born, Sweden-based director, whose Holy Spider was a sensation of the 2022 Cannes festival, returns with his story of how a young Donald Trump and the notorious lawyer Roy Cohn built up Trump’s real estate business in New York in the 1970s and 1980s. Sebastian Stan stars as Trump, Succession‘s Jeremy Strong plays Cohn and Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) is wife Ivana.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things follow-up Kinds of Kindness will also premiere in the Cannes competition. The film, featuring the Oscar-winning Poor Things star Emma Stone, will be high on every Cannes attendee’s must-see list. The Greek auteur has again...
- 4/11/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[Editor’s note: This list was originally published in January 2023. It has since been updated with new titles.]
Save for Tom Cruise and maybe Kevin Feige, no name carries more weight in the world of tentpole filmmaking than James Cameron.
In December 2022, more than a decade after the writer/director’s triumphant “Avatar” became the highest grossing movie of all time, Cameron’s sequel and visual effects marvel “Avatar: The Way of Water” provided a massive splash of ticket sales for a drought-ridden box office. It’s now the third highest grossing film of all time, and its run propped up theaters in what IndieWire’s Tom Brueggeman described as a good start to the 2023.
That’s standard fare for Cameron, of course. He first made box office history in 1997 with the epic historical fiction romance “Titanic”: a cinematic knockout that ran in theaters for nearly ten months and remains the fourth highest grossing movie ever made. He won Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Editing at the year’s Academy Awards.
Save for Tom Cruise and maybe Kevin Feige, no name carries more weight in the world of tentpole filmmaking than James Cameron.
In December 2022, more than a decade after the writer/director’s triumphant “Avatar” became the highest grossing movie of all time, Cameron’s sequel and visual effects marvel “Avatar: The Way of Water” provided a massive splash of ticket sales for a drought-ridden box office. It’s now the third highest grossing film of all time, and its run propped up theaters in what IndieWire’s Tom Brueggeman described as a good start to the 2023.
That’s standard fare for Cameron, of course. He first made box office history in 1997 with the epic historical fiction romance “Titanic”: a cinematic knockout that ran in theaters for nearly ten months and remains the fourth highest grossing movie ever made. He won Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Editing at the year’s Academy Awards.
- 4/9/2024
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Actress Isla Fisher rose to prominence with her performances in several comedy films during the 2000s. Meanwhile, her husband comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is known for films such as The Dictator and Borat, with the latter winning him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen (@islafisher | Instagram)
Since they tied the knot in 2010, Fisher and Baron Cohen’s marriage has been under the media and public eye. For the most part, the couple seemed to share a healthy relationship, until their recent announcement to call it quits. However, in an interview before the divorce, Fisher said some heartwarming words about her partner. Here is what Fisher revealed about her marriage with Baron Cohen.
Isla Fisher Revealed the Secret to Successful Marriage With Sacha Baron Cohen
Australian actress Isla Fisher first met English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen in 2001. They soon...
Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen (@islafisher | Instagram)
Since they tied the knot in 2010, Fisher and Baron Cohen’s marriage has been under the media and public eye. For the most part, the couple seemed to share a healthy relationship, until their recent announcement to call it quits. However, in an interview before the divorce, Fisher said some heartwarming words about her partner. Here is what Fisher revealed about her marriage with Baron Cohen.
Isla Fisher Revealed the Secret to Successful Marriage With Sacha Baron Cohen
Australian actress Isla Fisher first met English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen in 2001. They soon...
- 4/8/2024
- by Pratik Handore
- FandomWire
Actors Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher are divorcing after 13 years of marriage.
The pair announced their divorce via joint Instagram Stories. They uploaded an image of themselves in athletic wear with the caption, “After a long tennis match lasting over 20 years, we are finally putting our racquets down. In 2023, we jointly filed to end our marriage.”
“We have always prioritized our privacy, and have been quietly working through this change. We forever share in our devotion and love for our children. We sincerely appreciate you respecting our family’s wish for privacy.”
Cohen, 52, and Fisher, 48, met at a party in Sydney, Australia, in 2001. They engaged in 2004 and married in 2010 after Fisher converted to Judaism. The ceremony was held in Paris. The couple has three children: two daughters and one son.
“[Fisher] was hilarious,” Cohen told The New York Times. “We were at a very pretentious party, and me and her...
The pair announced their divorce via joint Instagram Stories. They uploaded an image of themselves in athletic wear with the caption, “After a long tennis match lasting over 20 years, we are finally putting our racquets down. In 2023, we jointly filed to end our marriage.”
“We have always prioritized our privacy, and have been quietly working through this change. We forever share in our devotion and love for our children. We sincerely appreciate you respecting our family’s wish for privacy.”
Cohen, 52, and Fisher, 48, met at a party in Sydney, Australia, in 2001. They engaged in 2004 and married in 2010 after Fisher converted to Judaism. The ceremony was held in Paris. The couple has three children: two daughters and one son.
“[Fisher] was hilarious,” Cohen told The New York Times. “We were at a very pretentious party, and me and her...
- 4/6/2024
- by Ann Hoang
- Uinterview
Rumors have swirled for months. Today, Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher finally confirmed what many suspected: They’ve filed for divorce. Cohan and Fisher posted a joint Instagram statement: “After a long tennis match lasting over twenty years, we are finally putting our racquets down. In 2023, we jointly filed to end our marriage. We have always prioritized our privacy and have been quietly working through this change.” A photo of the pair in white tennis outfits accompanied the announcement.
Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen at the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party | Matt Winkelmeyer/VF22/WireImage for Vanity Fair
Many speculated about Cohen and Fisher’s relationship status as their social media and public appearances together dwindled. The rumors ramped up when Fisher attended the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscars Party alone. The prior year, the couple had appeared in good spirits as they laughed together at the famous bash.
Sacha Cohen...
Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen at the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party | Matt Winkelmeyer/VF22/WireImage for Vanity Fair
Many speculated about Cohen and Fisher’s relationship status as their social media and public appearances together dwindled. The rumors ramped up when Fisher attended the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscars Party alone. The prior year, the couple had appeared in good spirits as they laughed together at the famous bash.
Sacha Cohen...
- 4/5/2024
- by Ali Hicks
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher are getting divorced.
The couple announced Friday in Instagram Stories on their respective accounts that they had filed for divorce in 2023 and were sharing the news now.
“After a long tennis match lasting over twenty years, we are finally putting our racquets down,” their matching statements read over a photo of them in tennis outfits. “In 2023 we jointly filed to end our marriage.”
“We have always prioritized our privacy, and have been quietly working through this change,” the statement continued. “We forever share in our devotion and love for our children. We sincerely appreciate your respecting our family’s wish for privacy.”
Cohen and Fisher met at a party in 2000 in Sydney. In an interview with The New York Times, the Borat star recalled their first encounter, noting, “She was hilarious. We were at a very pretentious party, and me and her bonded over...
The couple announced Friday in Instagram Stories on their respective accounts that they had filed for divorce in 2023 and were sharing the news now.
“After a long tennis match lasting over twenty years, we are finally putting our racquets down,” their matching statements read over a photo of them in tennis outfits. “In 2023 we jointly filed to end our marriage.”
“We have always prioritized our privacy, and have been quietly working through this change,” the statement continued. “We forever share in our devotion and love for our children. We sincerely appreciate your respecting our family’s wish for privacy.”
Cohen and Fisher met at a party in 2000 in Sydney. In an interview with The New York Times, the Borat star recalled their first encounter, noting, “She was hilarious. We were at a very pretentious party, and me and her bonded over...
- 4/5/2024
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After 13 years of marriage, actors Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher announced Friday that they filed for divorce last year.
The announcement was shared on both actors’ Instagram stories, and it featured a picture of the couple wearing tennis attire.
“After a long tennis match lasting over twenty years, we are finally putting our racquets down,” the statement reads. “In 2023 we jointly filed to end our marriage. We have always prioritized our privacy, and have been quietly working through this change. We forever share in our devotion and love for our children. We sincerely appreciate your respecting our family’s wish for privacy.”
After meeting at a party in Australia in 2002, the couple got engaged in 2004 and married in 2010. Baron Cohen and Fisher have three children together. Fisher is best known for her comedy work in “Wedding Crashers,” “Confessions of a Shopaholic” and “Bachelorette.” She also has an extensive voice...
The announcement was shared on both actors’ Instagram stories, and it featured a picture of the couple wearing tennis attire.
“After a long tennis match lasting over twenty years, we are finally putting our racquets down,” the statement reads. “In 2023 we jointly filed to end our marriage. We have always prioritized our privacy, and have been quietly working through this change. We forever share in our devotion and love for our children. We sincerely appreciate your respecting our family’s wish for privacy.”
After meeting at a party in Australia in 2002, the couple got engaged in 2004 and married in 2010. Baron Cohen and Fisher have three children together. Fisher is best known for her comedy work in “Wedding Crashers,” “Confessions of a Shopaholic” and “Bachelorette.” She also has an extensive voice...
- 4/5/2024
- by Meredith Woerner
- Variety Film + TV
Longtime Hollywood couple Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher have called it quits … and did so last year. On April 5, the former couple announced via their Instagram Stories that they ended their marriage in 2023. “After a long tennis match lasting over twenty years, we are finally putting our racquets down,” their statement read, which included a photo of Cohen and Fisher in tennis gear. “In 2023, we jointly filed to end our marriage. We have always prioritized our privacy, and have been quietly working through this change. We forever share in our devotion and love for our children. We sincerely appreciate your respecting of our family’s wish for privacy.” The Wedding Crashers star first met the Borat comedian in 2002, but they didn’t marry until 2010. They have three children together. Before announcing their 2023 split, Fisher appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show in February 2024 and revealed her Valentine’s Day tradition with Cohen.
- 4/5/2024
- TV Insider
Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen are ending their marriage.
On Friday (April 5), the 48-year-old Confessions of a Shopaholic actress and the 52-year-old Borat actor both took to social media to announce that they were splitting up after nearly 14 years of marriage.
Keep reading to find out more…“After a long tennis match lasting over twenty years, we are finally putting our racquets down,” Isla and Sacha both wrote on their Instagram Stories along with a photo of them wearing tennis outfits.
“In 2023 we jointly filed to end our marriage,” the pair continued. “We have always prioritized our privacy, and have been quietly working through this change.”
They added, “We forever share in our devotion and love for our children. We sincerely appreciate your respecting our family’s wish for privacy.”
Isla and Sacha first met in 2001 and became engaged in 2004. They married on March 15, 2010 and share three children.
News...
On Friday (April 5), the 48-year-old Confessions of a Shopaholic actress and the 52-year-old Borat actor both took to social media to announce that they were splitting up after nearly 14 years of marriage.
Keep reading to find out more…“After a long tennis match lasting over twenty years, we are finally putting our racquets down,” Isla and Sacha both wrote on their Instagram Stories along with a photo of them wearing tennis outfits.
“In 2023 we jointly filed to end our marriage,” the pair continued. “We have always prioritized our privacy, and have been quietly working through this change.”
They added, “We forever share in our devotion and love for our children. We sincerely appreciate your respecting our family’s wish for privacy.”
Isla and Sacha first met in 2001 and became engaged in 2004. They married on March 15, 2010 and share three children.
News...
- 4/5/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Sacha Baron Cohen, the comedic provocateur known for outrageous characters like Borat and Aladeen, finds himself embroiled in a controversy with actress Rebel Wilson, star of films like Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids.
A still from The Dictator
Their paths crossed in the action-comedy The Brothers Grimsby back in 2016. While the details of the movie itself might have faded from memory, their on-set experience has recently become the center of a public dispute.
Suggested“Just go n*ked, it’ll be funny”: Rebel Wilson Accused Sacha Baron Cohen of Making Disturbing Requests While Shooting The Brothers Grimsby
Rebel Wilson has leveled some serious allegations against her former co-star, igniting a firestorm of controversy.
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Team Deny Rebel Wilson’s Claim A still from The Brothers Grimsby
The recent controversy between Sacha Baron Cohen and Rebel Wilson stems from a string of incidents that allegedly occurred while filming The Brothers Grimsby.
A still from The Dictator
Their paths crossed in the action-comedy The Brothers Grimsby back in 2016. While the details of the movie itself might have faded from memory, their on-set experience has recently become the center of a public dispute.
Suggested“Just go n*ked, it’ll be funny”: Rebel Wilson Accused Sacha Baron Cohen of Making Disturbing Requests While Shooting The Brothers Grimsby
Rebel Wilson has leveled some serious allegations against her former co-star, igniting a firestorm of controversy.
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Team Deny Rebel Wilson’s Claim A still from The Brothers Grimsby
The recent controversy between Sacha Baron Cohen and Rebel Wilson stems from a string of incidents that allegedly occurred while filming The Brothers Grimsby.
- 4/2/2024
- by Piyush Yadav
- FandomWire
Actress Rebel Wilson admitted to using Ozempic to help her lose 80 pounds but says she is no longer taking the drug. Ozempic is a type 2 diabetes drug that has recently begun trending on social media for weight loss.
Wilson told The Sunday Times, “Someone like me could have a bottomless appetite for sweets, so I think those drugs can be good.”
In 2020, Wilson underwent a complete health transformation after doctors told the actress she could face infertility due to her weight and polycystic ovarian syndrome, also known as Pcos.
Known for her comedic roles such as Fat Amy in the Pitch Perfect film series, Wilson said about her weight loss, “People thought I’d lose my pigeonhole in my career, playing the fat funny character, and they wanted me to continue in that.”
Wilson and her partner Ramona Agruma welcomed a baby girl via surrogate in November 2022 named Royce Lillian.
Wilson told The Sunday Times, “Someone like me could have a bottomless appetite for sweets, so I think those drugs can be good.”
In 2020, Wilson underwent a complete health transformation after doctors told the actress she could face infertility due to her weight and polycystic ovarian syndrome, also known as Pcos.
Known for her comedic roles such as Fat Amy in the Pitch Perfect film series, Wilson said about her weight loss, “People thought I’d lose my pigeonhole in my career, playing the fat funny character, and they wanted me to continue in that.”
Wilson and her partner Ramona Agruma welcomed a baby girl via surrogate in November 2022 named Royce Lillian.
- 4/2/2024
- by Ann Hoang
- Uinterview
This Is Spinal Tap is one of the most quotable films in cinema history and defined the genre of film known today as the mockumentary.
Rob Reiner’s 1984 directorial debut about an aging English metal band chronicled fame, groupies and their fateful tour and would set the bar for the style of film to satirize a subject depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary. They often use the conventions of traditional documentaries, such as interviews and narration, to tell a fictional or exaggerated story.
Christopher Guest, who portrayed Nigel Tufnel in This Is Spinal Tap, would go on to direct and star with an incredible ensemble cast in many of his productions that included Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Catherine O’Hara, Parker Posey, Fred Willard, Eugene Levy and Jennifer Coolidge in the classic mockumentaries Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration and Mascots.
Jemaine Clement...
Rob Reiner’s 1984 directorial debut about an aging English metal band chronicled fame, groupies and their fateful tour and would set the bar for the style of film to satirize a subject depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary. They often use the conventions of traditional documentaries, such as interviews and narration, to tell a fictional or exaggerated story.
Christopher Guest, who portrayed Nigel Tufnel in This Is Spinal Tap, would go on to direct and star with an incredible ensemble cast in many of his productions that included Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Catherine O’Hara, Parker Posey, Fred Willard, Eugene Levy and Jennifer Coolidge in the classic mockumentaries Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration and Mascots.
Jemaine Clement...
- 4/1/2024
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Sacha Baron Cohen is not keeping mute on the “A–hole” name his “The Brother’s Grimsby” co-star Rebel Willson called him in her upcoming memoir “Rebel Rising.”
In case you’re wondering how Cohen became the“A–hole,” it all started with Wilson’s March 15 Instagram post in which she promoted her upcoming book.
In the post, Wilson shared with her followers how it was for her when she “first came to Hollywood.” She said, “People were like, ‘Yeah, I have a no-a–holes policy that means, like, I don’t work with a–holes.’ I was like, ‘Yeah, I mean, that sounds sensible, logical.’”
She went on to add, “But then it really sunk in what they were meaning by that, older people in the industry. Because I worked with a massive a–hole, and, yeah, now I definitely have a no-a–holes policy chapter on said a–hole.
In case you’re wondering how Cohen became the“A–hole,” it all started with Wilson’s March 15 Instagram post in which she promoted her upcoming book.
In the post, Wilson shared with her followers how it was for her when she “first came to Hollywood.” She said, “People were like, ‘Yeah, I have a no-a–holes policy that means, like, I don’t work with a–holes.’ I was like, ‘Yeah, I mean, that sounds sensible, logical.’”
She went on to add, “But then it really sunk in what they were meaning by that, older people in the industry. Because I worked with a massive a–hole, and, yeah, now I definitely have a no-a–holes policy chapter on said a–hole.
- 3/27/2024
- by Chijioke Chukwuemeka
- Celebrating The Soaps
Rebel Wilson’s upcoming memoir, Rebel Rising, promises to be an intimate look at Wilson’s life. The book swears to share the good, the bad, and the sometimes hilarious moments of her journey to stardom. The nonfiction offering also chronicles her Hollywood interactions. One of those interactions is creating a stir. The book has launched a feud between Rebel Wilson and Sacha Baron Cohen.
Rebel Wilson names names on Instagram ahead of her book’s release
Rebel Wilson’s upcoming memoir has been on the radar of Sacha Baron Cohen for sometime, alleges the Bridesmaids star. According to Wilson, Cohen attempted to silence her and shut down press for her book because she spoke about him in one chapter. Recently, she claimed he had hired lawyers and a crisis management team to try to silence her.
Rebel Wilson | Bravo / Contributor
Wilson took to Instagram on Sunday to reveal the...
Rebel Wilson names names on Instagram ahead of her book’s release
Rebel Wilson’s upcoming memoir has been on the radar of Sacha Baron Cohen for sometime, alleges the Bridesmaids star. According to Wilson, Cohen attempted to silence her and shut down press for her book because she spoke about him in one chapter. Recently, she claimed he had hired lawyers and a crisis management team to try to silence her.
Rebel Wilson | Bravo / Contributor
Wilson took to Instagram on Sunday to reveal the...
- 3/27/2024
- by Andrea Francese
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
A new feud has been brewing in the industry between Australian actress Rebel Wilson and British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. The actress had mentioned earlier this week that she would be dedicating a chapter in her memoir Rebel Rising to a ‘massive a*shole’ that she had worked with. Now, Wilson revealed that the a*shole in question was Baron Cohen.
Wilson also revealed that the Borat star’s PR manager and crisis team were harassing her to remove the chapter from the book and that she would not back down. Cohen’s team gave out a statement that the claims made by Wilson were false and that they had ‘detailed evidence’. Wilson and Baron Cohen starred in the 2016 film Grimsby.
Rebel Wilson Reveals Sacha Baron Cohen As The ‘A*shole’ In Her Memoir Rebel Wilson in Senior Year
Australian actress Rebel Wilson recently unveiled her memoir Rebel Rising, which details her childhood,...
Wilson also revealed that the Borat star’s PR manager and crisis team were harassing her to remove the chapter from the book and that she would not back down. Cohen’s team gave out a statement that the claims made by Wilson were false and that they had ‘detailed evidence’. Wilson and Baron Cohen starred in the 2016 film Grimsby.
Rebel Wilson Reveals Sacha Baron Cohen As The ‘A*shole’ In Her Memoir Rebel Wilson in Senior Year
Australian actress Rebel Wilson recently unveiled her memoir Rebel Rising, which details her childhood,...
- 3/26/2024
- by Nishanth A
- FandomWire
Amid all the Hollywood drama, Rebel Wilson dropped a bombshell by blaming Sacha Baron Cohen for some obscure stuff while shooting The Brothers Grimsby. The 44-year-old spilled the beans on the comedian for allegedly crossing the line with demands of doing n*de scenes in their movie.
Wilson in a still from Pitch Prefect
This has everybody discussing the entertainment world’s culture and what’s considered okay in the name of creativity. Fast forward to March 2024, and Wilson’s matters got so serious that Cohen is considering legal action. But what exactly went down before Cohen chose to take that step?
What Exactly Did Sacha Baron Cohen Do To Upset Rebel Wilson?
Rebel Wilson’s new sensation about Sacha Baron Cohen has truly surprised people. According to The Hollywood Reporter, during the filming of The Brothers Grimsby in 2016, Cohen gave her a hard time. While everyone knows Cohen’s Borat was a smash hit,...
Wilson in a still from Pitch Prefect
This has everybody discussing the entertainment world’s culture and what’s considered okay in the name of creativity. Fast forward to March 2024, and Wilson’s matters got so serious that Cohen is considering legal action. But what exactly went down before Cohen chose to take that step?
What Exactly Did Sacha Baron Cohen Do To Upset Rebel Wilson?
Rebel Wilson’s new sensation about Sacha Baron Cohen has truly surprised people. According to The Hollywood Reporter, during the filming of The Brothers Grimsby in 2016, Cohen gave her a hard time. While everyone knows Cohen’s Borat was a smash hit,...
- 3/26/2024
- by Muskan Chaudhary
- FandomWire
Rebel Wilson has revealed that her Grimsby co-star Sacha Baron Cohen is the previously unnamed Hollywood “asshole” that is allegedly attempting to stop her writing about him in her upcoming memoir, Rebel Rising.
A spokesperson for Baron Cohen told The Hollywood Reporter on Monday, “While we appreciate the importance of speaking out, these demonstrably false claims are directly contradicted by extensive detailed evidence, including contemporaneous documents, film footage, and eyewitness accounts from those present before, during and after the production of The Brothers Grimsby.”
Last week, in an Instagram post, Wilson revealed that she intended to dedicate a whole chapter in her book to “a massive asshole” she had previously worked with in Hollywood, although she didn’t reveal the person’s name, the project they worked on together or provide any further details.
“When I first came to Hollywood, people were like, yeah, ‘I have a no-asshole policy, [it] means like,...
A spokesperson for Baron Cohen told The Hollywood Reporter on Monday, “While we appreciate the importance of speaking out, these demonstrably false claims are directly contradicted by extensive detailed evidence, including contemporaneous documents, film footage, and eyewitness accounts from those present before, during and after the production of The Brothers Grimsby.”
Last week, in an Instagram post, Wilson revealed that she intended to dedicate a whole chapter in her book to “a massive asshole” she had previously worked with in Hollywood, although she didn’t reveal the person’s name, the project they worked on together or provide any further details.
“When I first came to Hollywood, people were like, yeah, ‘I have a no-asshole policy, [it] means like,...
- 3/25/2024
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rebel Wilson has revealed that Sacha Baron Cohen is the Hollywood star who has been sending her threats to stop her from publishing her upcoming memoir “Rebel Rising.”
On social media, the Australian actress had previously referred a “massive a**hole” whom she had once worked with, adding that the unidentified star had hired a crisis PR team and had started sending her threats after she claimed she would dedicate a whole chapter to him in her memoir and expose his behavior.
In a new Instagram update on March 25, she wrote: “I will not be bullied or silenced with high priced lawyer or PR crisis managers. The ‘a**hole’ that I am talking about in One Chapter of my book is Sacha Baron Cohen.”
In older posts Wilson alleged, “Now the a**hole is trying to threaten me. He’s hired a crisis PR manager and lawyers. He’s trying...
On social media, the Australian actress had previously referred a “massive a**hole” whom she had once worked with, adding that the unidentified star had hired a crisis PR team and had started sending her threats after she claimed she would dedicate a whole chapter to him in her memoir and expose his behavior.
In a new Instagram update on March 25, she wrote: “I will not be bullied or silenced with high priced lawyer or PR crisis managers. The ‘a**hole’ that I am talking about in One Chapter of my book is Sacha Baron Cohen.”
In older posts Wilson alleged, “Now the a**hole is trying to threaten me. He’s hired a crisis PR manager and lawyers. He’s trying...
- 3/25/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy and Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
1980s television series Baywatch is getting the reboot treatment at Fox, and here are the details of the new show.
Baywatch is perennialy parodied in mainstream media. Whether it’s the melodramatic scripts or the iconic slow motion running, with the show became a byword for televisual cheese. Perhaps most memorably, it featured as a major plot point in 2006 film Borat, as the title character becomes infatuated with Pamela Anderson. It also formed part of 2019 Disney+ drama Pam And Tommy, which saw Lily James play Anderson as she deals with sexism on the Baywatch set
Nevertheless, the show was and remains hugely popular, launching the global careers of Pamela Anderson and David Hasselhoff. It followed a group of lifeguards as they patrol the beaches of LA County, and was sold right around the globe.
It ran in its initial form for 241 episodes over eleven seasons from 1989 to 2001, with a spin-off,...
Baywatch is perennialy parodied in mainstream media. Whether it’s the melodramatic scripts or the iconic slow motion running, with the show became a byword for televisual cheese. Perhaps most memorably, it featured as a major plot point in 2006 film Borat, as the title character becomes infatuated with Pamela Anderson. It also formed part of 2019 Disney+ drama Pam And Tommy, which saw Lily James play Anderson as she deals with sexism on the Baywatch set
Nevertheless, the show was and remains hugely popular, launching the global careers of Pamela Anderson and David Hasselhoff. It followed a group of lifeguards as they patrol the beaches of LA County, and was sold right around the globe.
It ran in its initial form for 241 episodes over eleven seasons from 1989 to 2001, with a spin-off,...
- 3/5/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Exclusive: Julian Kostov (Shadow and Bone) has been cast in Season 3 of HBO’s The White Lotus. The Bulgarian actor will play a recurring Russian character, replacing Miloš Biković who had been originally cast in the role. The Serbian-Russian actor exited the project on Friday following criticism from Ukraine.
Season 3, slated to begin filming shortly in and around Koh Samui, Phuket, and Bangkok, will follow a new group of guests at another White Lotus property based in Thailand.
Previously announced Season 3 cast includes Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Francesca Corney, Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Christian Friedel, Walton Goggins, Dom Hetrakul, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Parker Posey, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tayme Thapthimthong and Aimee Lou Wood as well as returning Season 1 co-star Natasha Rothwell.
Created, written and directed by White, The White Lotus is executive produced by White, David Bernad and Mark Kamine.
Season 3, slated to begin filming shortly in and around Koh Samui, Phuket, and Bangkok, will follow a new group of guests at another White Lotus property based in Thailand.
Previously announced Season 3 cast includes Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Francesca Corney, Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Christian Friedel, Walton Goggins, Dom Hetrakul, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Parker Posey, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tayme Thapthimthong and Aimee Lou Wood as well as returning Season 1 co-star Natasha Rothwell.
Created, written and directed by White, The White Lotus is executive produced by White, David Bernad and Mark Kamine.
- 2/6/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Say Nothing’ by Patrick Radden Keefe. (Photo Credit: Penguin Random House)
FX has given Say Nothing a limited series order and announced Lola Petticrew, Hazel Doupe, Anthony Boyle, Josh Finan, and Maxine Peake in starring roles. The nine-episode drama is based on Patrick Radden Keefe’s book, with the author involved as an executive producer.
Josh Zetumer (RoboCop) will serve as showrunner and executive produce along with Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson of Color Force. Additional executive producers include Edward McDonnell (Shōgun), Monica Levinson (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm), and Northern Ireland native director Michael Lennox (Derry Girls).
Produced by FX Productions, Say Nothing will air on Hulu in the US, Star+ in Latin America, and Disney+ in all other territories.
FX offered this description of the series:
“Spanning four decades, Say Nothing explores the tumultuous period in Northern Ireland known as The Troubles. The series launches with the shocking disappearance of Jean McConville,...
FX has given Say Nothing a limited series order and announced Lola Petticrew, Hazel Doupe, Anthony Boyle, Josh Finan, and Maxine Peake in starring roles. The nine-episode drama is based on Patrick Radden Keefe’s book, with the author involved as an executive producer.
Josh Zetumer (RoboCop) will serve as showrunner and executive produce along with Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson of Color Force. Additional executive producers include Edward McDonnell (Shōgun), Monica Levinson (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm), and Northern Ireland native director Michael Lennox (Derry Girls).
Produced by FX Productions, Say Nothing will air on Hulu in the US, Star+ in Latin America, and Disney+ in all other territories.
FX offered this description of the series:
“Spanning four decades, Say Nothing explores the tumultuous period in Northern Ireland known as The Troubles. The series launches with the shocking disappearance of Jean McConville,...
- 2/1/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
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