The 2017 Toronto International Film Festival has unveiled its first round of programming for its upcoming 42nd edition. TIFF artistic director Cameron Bailey and CEO Piers Handling announced the first round of films screening in the Galas and Special Presentations sections, including 25 world premieres among 47 films announced thus far. Among the lineup are new films from Angelina Jolie, who makes her fourth major directorial bow with First They Killed My Father, Jennifer Lawrence and Darren Aronofsky’s collaborative thriller mother!
Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa are officially ending their marriage. The Ray Donovan actress has filed for a dissolution of her marriage to the Aquaman star, citing irreconcilable differences, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE. The news comes two years after Bonet and Momoa publicly announced their breakup, though Bonet's filing lists their date of separation as Oct. 7, 2020. Bonet, 56, and Momoa, 44, met in 2005 and tied the knot in 2017.
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains details from “Being Kara,” Tuesday’s episode of Being Mary Jane. Being Mary Jane, as its title suggests, is pretty much all about Mary Jane. That’s not to say that the show doesn’t put the spotlight on other characters, but rather, that Mary Jane’s experience is offered as the primary perspective through which womanhood is examined. This week, though, was decidedly different. In “Being Kara,” viewers saw Lisa Vidal’s character scramble to balance her career, a sizzling new romance, and parenthood in a way that made it clear that the lofty ambition of “having it all” might not be all its cracked up to be.
Image credit: CBS[/caption] She was on the outs of her tribe on day one and compared to a dog that needed to be put out of its misery, but Lisa Whelchel made it all the way to end of Survivor: Philippines, losing (along with Mike Skupin) to Denise Stapley in the finals. Now, the former Facts of Life star discusses her time on the island, including her shock over Jonathan Penner outing her past, what we didn’t see at the final Tribal Council, as well as her plans to co-host some episodes of The Jeff Probst Show.
Sorry, Charley! Daniel Radcliffe shouts this refrain in Merrily We Roll Along singing "Franklin Shepard Inc.", which is essentially his character, Charley Kringas, having a nervous breakdown on live television. EW has an exclusive first look at a music video rendering of Radcliffe unraveling and singing his way through the track, which is now available on the show's original Broadway cast album. The music video uses animation to display the song's words, recreating the ribbon of a typewriter and the lettered cutouts of a ransom note.
What took you so long, Half Pint? EW has learned exclusively that Paramount TV Studios and Anonymous Content (Homecoming, Dickinson, 13 Reasons Why) is developing a long-awaited reboot of Little House on the Prairie as a one-hour dramatic series adaptation. Trip Friendly—whose dad, Ed, bought the TV and movie rights to the Laura Ingalls Wilder auto-biographical novels—is expected to serve as an executive producer. As EW reported in its December issue, there have been surprisingly few efforts to resurrect Little House on the Prairie, the long-running, Michael Landon-starrer on NBC that followed Laura "
They said the public would turn on Bill Clinton if he was lying. They said HMOs would improve health care. They said there would be no more Alien movies. Who the hell are they? The House Judiciary Committee? The Church of Scientology? The Backstreet Boys? Who knows? But whoever they are, they’ve been out in force on Broadway this month. They’ve been giving bad buzz to the Public Theater’s revival of the 1944 musical On the Town and the Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of Little Me, starring Martin Short.
Between now and the Oscar nominations on Jan. 13, EW will speak to numerous contenders in below-the-line categories about their work and craft. This week, Little Women production designer Jess Conchor talks to EW all about updating the classic story with Greta Gerwig, from recreating Louisa May Alcott’s home to working within the historically preserved sites of Concord, Mass. Check out EW’s full list of Oscar predictions here. Making an old tale feel new is never easy, especially when it’s one we’ve seen regularly adapted for the screen.
A whole new generation is about to be introduced to Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. EW has learned exclusively that the classic novel will be adapted into vibrant graphic novel form for young readers, in celebration of its 150th anniversary, and it will be updated with a diverse and multicultural cast of characters. The graphic novel is called Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, named after the story’s primary characters, and it will debut via an online serial release on Wednesday, March 7.
Liv Tyler and Patrick Wilson have joined the cast of the suspense drama The Ledge, which will also star Terrence Howard and Charlie Hunnam, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The story centers on a man standing on a ledge, played by Hunnam, and the police officer who tries to talk him down, played by Howard. ncG1vNJzZmidp2OwsLmOmqmtoZOhsnB%2Bj2pnaGhjZH16e8uirWasqaGys3nPmquroZOgeri1y6ymp2Wjqa6zvsinnmahnmLBqbGMpZydn5Vk