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by Rebecca Davis on 2021-10-24 in Awards, Global, News, Best International Feature Film, Oscars, Pebbles

The Bangladesh Oscar Committee has selected Abdullah Mohammad Saad’s acclaimed “Rehana” as the country’s entry to the 2022 Oscars’ International Feature Film category, Variety has learned. The film follows Rehana, an assistant professor at a medical college, who struggles to keep the harmony between work and family, as she has to play all the complex

by Joseph Otterson on 2021-10-24 in News, Jason Sudeikis, Saturday Night Live

Jason Sudeikis reprised the role of Vice President Joe Biden in the “Saturday Night Live” cold open alongside James Austin Johnson’s President Joe Biden. President Biden lamented the “ice cold Psaki bomb” that his recent CNN town hall received very low viewership while his approval rating was down singnificantly. “I don’t understand,” he said. “People

by katieesong on 2021-10-23 in News, Obituaries, Mash, Saturday Night Fever

Val Bisoglio, a character actor whose credits across film, television and theater date back more than 50 years, died on Oct. 18. He was 95. Bisoglio died in his mountain home near Los Olivos, Calif. His death was confirmed to Variety by his wife Bonnie Bisoglio. Born Italo Valentino Bisoglio on May 7, 1926 in New

by varietyschneider on 2021-10-23 in News, Alec Baldwin, Dutch Merrick, Halyna Hutchins, Rust

Film and TV propmasters — and in particular, the armorers who handle on-set guns and other weapons — remain stunned and baffled by what happened on the Santa Fe set of “Rust,” leading to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Their early consensus: the possibility that a combination of low budgets, overworked and inexperienced crewmembers

by Chris Willman on 2021-10-23 in News, Matty Healy, Phoebe Bridgers, the 1975

Matty Healy, the singer-songwriter who fronts the band the 1975, turned up as a surprise opening act for the second of Phoebe Bridgers’ sold-out two-night stand at the Greek Theatre… and he had his own special guest: Bridgers, of course, who often joins her support acts, both famous and not so, for a cameo. “I

by katieesong on 2021-10-23 in News, Halyna Hutchins, Rust

Two candlelight vigils will be held in memory of the late cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed in an accident on the New Mexico set of the western “Rust” on Thursday. The Local 600 International Cinematographers Guild shared the events through its Facebook page. A first vigil will be on Saturday evening from 6 p.m.

by Selome Hailu on 2021-10-23 in News, Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO, Larry David

At the premiere of HBO’s inimitable comedy “Curb Your Enthusiasm’s,” 11th season, creator and star Larry David dutifully, charmingly performed the requisite press line interviews with nary a hint of his onscreen alter ego’s curmudgeonly agitation, even gamely delivering a “Prettyyyyy, prettyyyyyyy, pretty good” byte to an Australian TV crew. But as he revealed to

by J. Kim Murphy on 2021-10-23 in News, Halyna Hutchins, Rust

Matt Hutchins, the husband of the late cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, has given a statement regarding the fatal tragedy that occurred on the set of “Rust” in which a prop firearm discharged and killed Halyna. Matt released a statement through his Twitter alongside a picture of Halyna. “Halyna inspired us all with her passion and vision,

by Cynthia Littleton on 2021-10-23 in News, Alec Baldwin, Halyna Hutchins, Rust

The details of what went horribly wrong on the New Mexico set of “Rust” will be gathered in the coming weeks through multiple public and private investigations. But as production veterans grappled with the tragic news that cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed Oct. 21 in a gun accident on the set involving star Alec Baldwin,

by J. Kim Murphy on 2021-10-23 in Box Office, News, Dune, Halloween Kills, No Time to Die

North American audiences are seeing the spice flow on the big screen. Warner Bros. and Legendary’s “Dune” is expected to open at the top of the domestic box office, targeting a $33 million opening weekend haul. Other industry projections have the film opening as highly $39.1 million. The studios’ adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal science-fiction