Moritz Borman, the producer of Oscar-nominated films such as “The Quiet American” and “Under the Volcano” as well a frequent collaborator of Oliver Stone, died Wednesday in Munich. He was 71. Borman’s death of natural causes was confirmed by his longtime producing partners Eric Kopeloff and Philip Schulz-Deyle. The German-born Borman produced more than 25 […]VarietyRead More
Seth Rogen and Jon Stewart are letting loose on Kanye West for attempting a “comeback tour” after years of anti-semitic behavior. At the “Seth Goes Greek” event Wednesday evening at the Netflix Is a Joke festival held at Los Angeles’ Greek Theater, Rogen began to ridicule West and Stewart later unloaded on him as well,…
SAG-AFTRA leaders are beginning the process of selling their new studio contract to the membership, amid lingering concerns about artificial intelligence and the merger of two pension funds. The deal, unveiled on Monday, allows studios to use synthetic performers only if they bring “significant additional value” to a project. It also requires studios to notify…
UFC president and CEO Dana White recently told USA Today that he thought experiencing Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting in person was “fucking awesome.” “All of a sudden, it just started getting noisy. Tables started getting flipped over, guys running in with guns, and they were screaming, ‘Get down!’” White, who was in…
NBC will no longer air an upcoming episode of “Law & Order: SVU” in which Timothy Busfield appears in a guest star role. Variety has confirmed that the broadcast network has shelved the episode, which was set to air on Jan. 15. Instead, NBC will air the “SVU” episode originally scheduled to air on Jan….
Michael Ovitz, the co-founder of CAA, stormed out of a deposition on June 1 after being asked about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. Ovitz was being questioned by a lawyer for Julia Ormond, the actress who has sued CAA for allegedly setting her up to be sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein in December 1995. Ormond’s…
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SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the Season 3 premiere of “House of the Dragon,” now streaming on HBO Max. During early discussions about how they would pull off the much-anticipated Battle of the Gullet sequence that opens “House of the Dragon” Season 3, director Loni Peristere (who previously directed the “Red Sowing” episode…
