Exclusive: Limelight and eOne have set an all-star cast for its upcoming drama Wildflower including Jean Smart, marking her the first film project she has signed on to since winning her Best Actress Emmy. Starring alongside Smart are Kiernan Shipka, Alexandra Daddario, Dash Mihok, Charlie Plummer and Samantha Hyde.
Limelight and eOne are fully financing with Matt Smukler directing and Jana Savage writing.
Dylan Sellers and Chris Parker of Limelight are producing along with Jamie Patricof and Katie McNeill of Hunting Lane Films and Ethan Lazar, Kyle Owens, Austen Rydell and Billie Lourd of Morning Moon Productions. Morning Moon has been developing the project since 2020, when it optioned Savage’s script. The company is in post-production on the doc Watershed.
Based on Smukler’s family, Wildflower is a coming-of-age dark comedy that follows Bea Johnson from birth to graduation as she navigates life with a parent with an intellectual disability...
Limelight and eOne are fully financing with Matt Smukler directing and Jana Savage writing.
Dylan Sellers and Chris Parker of Limelight are producing along with Jamie Patricof and Katie McNeill of Hunting Lane Films and Ethan Lazar, Kyle Owens, Austen Rydell and Billie Lourd of Morning Moon Productions. Morning Moon has been developing the project since 2020, when it optioned Savage’s script. The company is in post-production on the doc Watershed.
Based on Smukler’s family, Wildflower is a coming-of-age dark comedy that follows Bea Johnson from birth to graduation as she navigates life with a parent with an intellectual disability...
- 10/12/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
The Season 19 finale of “American Idol” just wrapped up on ABC with rock/country singer Chayce Beckham winning the coveted title. But the third place finisher, Grace Kinstler, and the runner-up, Willie Spence, shouldn’t worry too much. After all, if two decades of watching “Idol” has taught us anything, it’s that losing is just the beginning. Tour our photo gallery above of the 13 most successful losers in “American Idol” history.
A lot of talent has crossed the “Idol” stage since its debut on Fox in 2002. The show found a new home, ABC, in 2018. Each season thousands of contestants line up for their chance in front of the judges, but there can be only one winner. The following artists are part of a select few who made an impression on America so big they were able to overcome their loss and still find fame and fortune. You know them.
A lot of talent has crossed the “Idol” stage since its debut on Fox in 2002. The show found a new home, ABC, in 2018. Each season thousands of contestants line up for their chance in front of the judges, but there can be only one winner. The following artists are part of a select few who made an impression on America so big they were able to overcome their loss and still find fame and fortune. You know them.
- 5/24/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Gabriel Vasquez and Roman White, contemporary Christian and country music biz mainstays and the producer and director, respectively, of the upcoming faith-based Netflix musical film A Week Away, have signed with UTA and launched their new banner Rove Productions. They will be based in Nashville.
A Week Away, which bows on March 26, stars Kevin Quinn and Bailee Madison in the story of a troubled teen (Quinn) who after a run-in with the law must choose between juvenile detention and a Christian summer camp. He chooses the later and falls for a camp regular (Madison) who helps him find a sense of belonging in the last place he expected.
Vasquez, the founder of Vazquez Entertainment who has worked with musical artists including Amy Grant, Steven Curtis Chapman, Building 429, Newsboys and Jaci Velasquez, is the co-creator and producer of the faith-based musical.
White, who has helmed music videos for the the likes of Taylor Swift,...
A Week Away, which bows on March 26, stars Kevin Quinn and Bailee Madison in the story of a troubled teen (Quinn) who after a run-in with the law must choose between juvenile detention and a Christian summer camp. He chooses the later and falls for a camp regular (Madison) who helps him find a sense of belonging in the last place he expected.
Vasquez, the founder of Vazquez Entertainment who has worked with musical artists including Amy Grant, Steven Curtis Chapman, Building 429, Newsboys and Jaci Velasquez, is the co-creator and producer of the faith-based musical.
White, who has helmed music videos for the the likes of Taylor Swift,...
- 3/3/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
When it comes to lowered expectations in pop, there probably isn’t a better candidate than the Avalanches’ third record. The Australian Edm combo’s debut, Since I Left You, took the art of constructing music out of samples to a heightened level of craft; that patchwork quilt of music was one of 2000’s kickiest albums. Nearly two decades passed before we heard from the Avalanches again, and when we did, time seemed to have passed them by: 2016’s Wildflower was a far less satisfying grab-bag of voices, sound effects...
- 12/10/2020
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
The Avalanches have teamed with Leon Bridges for their new track “Interstellar Love,” the latest single from the Australian duo’s upcoming album We Will Always Love You.
The track features a sample of Alan Parsons Project’s “Eye in the Sky” and is inspired — like the album itself — by the story of astronomer Carl Sagan and his wife Ann Druyan capturing their romance on tape and sending it into space as part of the Voyager’s Golden Record.
“Leon is an incredible singer, with just the most beautiful voice.
The track features a sample of Alan Parsons Project’s “Eye in the Sky” and is inspired — like the album itself — by the story of astronomer Carl Sagan and his wife Ann Druyan capturing their romance on tape and sending it into space as part of the Voyager’s Golden Record.
“Leon is an incredible singer, with just the most beautiful voice.
- 10/29/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The Avalanches have shared two new songs, “Take Care in Your Dreaming” and “Music Makes Me High,” from their next record, We Will Always Love You, out December 11th via Astralwerks.
“Take Care in Your Dreaming” is booming track that mixes meditative synths and vocal hooks, with hard-hitting drums and triumphant guest verses from Denzel Curry and Sampa the Great. Storied producer Tricky also contributed to the track.
“Music Makes Me High,” meanwhile, is a slick bit of sample-based disco pop that bolsters its euphoric groove with the voices of...
“Take Care in Your Dreaming” is booming track that mixes meditative synths and vocal hooks, with hard-hitting drums and triumphant guest verses from Denzel Curry and Sampa the Great. Storied producer Tricky also contributed to the track.
“Music Makes Me High,” meanwhile, is a slick bit of sample-based disco pop that bolsters its euphoric groove with the voices of...
- 9/14/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
MTV handed out its Moon Person trophies for the 2020 Video Music Awards and the night’s top prize, Video of the Year, went to The Weeknd for “Blinding Lights.”
Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande took home both Best Collaboration and Song of the Year for their song “Rain on Me.” Gaga also took home Artist of the Year and MTV’s first-ever Tricon Award.
BTS won all of the categories they were nominated in, including Best Group, Best Pop, Best K-Pop, and Best Choreography.
Also Read: MTV's Plan to Ensure 2020 VMAs Are a Ratings Hit - Despite What Nielsen May Say
Gaga and Grande were tied for most nominations this year at nine each, while The Weeknd and Billie Eilish were right behind them with six each. Taylor Swift had five nods, while Drake, Dua Lipa, J Balvin and Justin Bieber had four each.
Performers this year included Black Eyed Peas,...
Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande took home both Best Collaboration and Song of the Year for their song “Rain on Me.” Gaga also took home Artist of the Year and MTV’s first-ever Tricon Award.
BTS won all of the categories they were nominated in, including Best Group, Best Pop, Best K-Pop, and Best Choreography.
Also Read: MTV's Plan to Ensure 2020 VMAs Are a Ratings Hit - Despite What Nielsen May Say
Gaga and Grande were tied for most nominations this year at nine each, while The Weeknd and Billie Eilish were right behind them with six each. Taylor Swift had five nods, while Drake, Dua Lipa, J Balvin and Justin Bieber had four each.
Performers this year included Black Eyed Peas,...
- 8/31/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards were held on Sunday night, August 30, under unusual circumstances due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. So who won at this out-of-the-ordinary event? Scroll down for the complete list of winners in all categories.
Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande went into the awards with the most nominations: nine apiece, including seven for their chart-topping collaboration “Rain on Me.” That made “Rain on Me” the most nominated video of the year, which isn’t too surprising given Lady Gaga’s strong track record at these kudos. Before this year she had won 13 times over the course of her career, including seven for “Bad Romance” in 2010. That was the second most awarded video of all time, behind only “Sledgehammer” by Peter Gabriel, which won nine trophies in 1987.
Seevma performances 2020: List of performers announced for MTV Video Music Awards
Following close behind with seven bids was The Weeknd,...
Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande went into the awards with the most nominations: nine apiece, including seven for their chart-topping collaboration “Rain on Me.” That made “Rain on Me” the most nominated video of the year, which isn’t too surprising given Lady Gaga’s strong track record at these kudos. Before this year she had won 13 times over the course of her career, including seven for “Bad Romance” in 2010. That was the second most awarded video of all time, behind only “Sledgehammer” by Peter Gabriel, which won nine trophies in 1987.
Seevma performances 2020: List of performers announced for MTV Video Music Awards
Following close behind with seven bids was The Weeknd,...
- 8/31/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
The Avalanches and the International Space Orchestra (Iso) conjure space, science, exploration and connection in their new collaborative video for the duo’s “Wherever You Go.” The track — which features Jamie xx, Neneh Cherry and Clypso — was released in tandem with single “Reflecting Light” last month.
Filmed live in quarantine, the Avalanches’ Robbie Chater and Tony Diblasi appear for the first time in one of their videos alongside Iso artists and Clypso in the new clip. Iso musicians comprise researchers, scientists and professors, among others, who hail from NASA Ames Research Center,...
Filmed live in quarantine, the Avalanches’ Robbie Chater and Tony Diblasi appear for the first time in one of their videos alongside Iso artists and Clypso in the new clip. Iso musicians comprise researchers, scientists and professors, among others, who hail from NASA Ames Research Center,...
- 8/20/2020
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
We may still have a few questions about this year's MTV Video Music Awards - like who's hosting the night of music - but at least we know everyone who's nominated! Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande are leading the pack of nominees with nine nods each thanks in large part to their instant club collaboration "Rain on Me," followed by Billie Eilish and The Weeknd with six nominations each. Not only does this year's list of nominees host two quarantine-specific categories (best music video from home and best quarantine performance) but it also has a couple of history-makers: Eilish is the first artist in Vma history to nab two video-of-the-year nominations while still in their teens and Grande is the first artist to be nominated for video of the year three years in a row since Beyoncé's run from 2014 to 2016, just to name a couple. Who will take home a "Moon Person" this year?...
- 8/2/2020
- by Mekishana Pierre
- Popsugar.com
“Rain on Me” collaborators Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga lead the nominees at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, with both singers up for nine Moonmen at the August 30th event.
The duo’s “Rain on Me” earned seven nominations on its own, including Video of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Collaboration and Best Pop Song. The track will face Eminem’s “Godzilla” with Juice Wrld, Future and Drake’s “Life Is Good,” Taylor Swift’s “The Man,” the Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” and Billie Eilish’s “Everything I...
The duo’s “Rain on Me” earned seven nominations on its own, including Video of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Collaboration and Best Pop Song. The track will face Eminem’s “Godzilla” with Juice Wrld, Future and Drake’s “Life Is Good,” Taylor Swift’s “The Man,” the Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” and Billie Eilish’s “Everything I...
- 7/30/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The Avalanches have dropped two new songs, “Wherever You Go” and “Reflecting Light,” from their upcoming as-yet-untitled album. Their third LP will be the follow-up to 2016’s Wildflower, which was their first album in 16 years.
The Jamie xx co-produced “Wherever You Go” features vocals from Neneh Cherry and Clypso and piano from Mick Jones. It also samples The Voyager Golden Record, the 12-inch gold-plated copper disk launched into space in 1977, which houses sounds and images that were chosen “to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth,” per NASA.
The Jamie xx co-produced “Wherever You Go” features vocals from Neneh Cherry and Clypso and piano from Mick Jones. It also samples The Voyager Golden Record, the 12-inch gold-plated copper disk launched into space in 1977, which houses sounds and images that were chosen “to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth,” per NASA.
- 7/22/2020
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Cinematographer Quyen Tran was hooked the minute she read the script for “Palm Springs,” Max Barbakow’s feature directorial debut that’s now streaming on Hulu. “I saw the words ‘car chases,’ ‘plane crashes’ and ‘dinosaurs’ and knew I had to be a part of this film,” she says.
The movie, written by Andy Siara, stars Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti as Nyles and Sarah, who meet at a wedding in the titular California desert city and soon find themselves stuck in a “Groundhog Day”-like time loop that often leaves them looking for spectacular escapes. But Tran and Barbakow focused on relationships, not action, in their early strategy sessions.
“We spent a lot of time talking about theme and character, designing the movie from the inside out — not imposing a style but creating our own out of disparate touchstones,” Barbakow says. “She intimately understood the importance of the human element in this movie.
The movie, written by Andy Siara, stars Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti as Nyles and Sarah, who meet at a wedding in the titular California desert city and soon find themselves stuck in a “Groundhog Day”-like time loop that often leaves them looking for spectacular escapes. But Tran and Barbakow focused on relationships, not action, in their early strategy sessions.
“We spent a lot of time talking about theme and character, designing the movie from the inside out — not imposing a style but creating our own out of disparate touchstones,” Barbakow says. “She intimately understood the importance of the human element in this movie.
- 7/15/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
It’s been virtually impossible to avoid David Foster for close to five decades. No matter the era, he’s been part of your pop life. Grew up in the Seventies? You probably remember his first hit, “Wildflower,” when he was in Canadian pop-r&b band Skylark; the Tubes’ “She’s a Beauty,” which he co-wrote and produced; and Earth, Wind & Fire’s “After the Love Has Gone,” which Foster co-wrote. In the Eighties, there was Boz Scaggs’ “Jojo,” a slew of Chicago comeback power ballads (“Hard to Say I’m Sorry,...
- 7/1/2020
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
5 Seconds of Summer have released the dreamy new song “Wildflower,” off their fourth album, Calm, which drops Friday. They co-wrote the track with Rami Yacoub (Britney Spears, Ariana Grande).
“Wildflower” is the brightest-sounding song yet off the upcoming record — and gives a clear nod to Eighties synth-pop. It’s also meant to have an open-ended meaning, according to the band; they omitted keywords from the chorus so that people can add whatever feels best for them: “You’re the only one who makes/Every time we,” goes the refrain.
“We...
“Wildflower” is the brightest-sounding song yet off the upcoming record — and gives a clear nod to Eighties synth-pop. It’s also meant to have an open-ended meaning, according to the band; they omitted keywords from the chorus so that people can add whatever feels best for them: “You’re the only one who makes/Every time we,” goes the refrain.
“We...
- 3/25/2020
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
The Avalanches have released a new song, “We Will Always Love You,” featuring Blood Orange. The track marks the Australian band’s first new release since their 2018 remix Ep Because I’m Me.
The song features vocals from Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes and samples Smokey Robinson and the Roches.
“Sometimes we receive a message,” the band wrote in a statement. “Telling us our music has been there; through dark times, loneliness, loss. There are no words to express how moving or profound this connection with you is. Because the...
The song features vocals from Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes and samples Smokey Robinson and the Roches.
“Sometimes we receive a message,” the band wrote in a statement. “Telling us our music has been there; through dark times, loneliness, loss. There are no words to express how moving or profound this connection with you is. Because the...
- 2/20/2020
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
By the early 1970s, as the counterculture was dissolving and reconfiguring, there were new pop-star archetypes on the horizon that we still tend to think of — the glam rocker, the sensitive singer-songwriter, the hair-band metal strutter, the prog-rock wizard, the belting pop chanteuse, the punk rocker. But there was another figure of the era who, for a while, was every bit as present but a little less in-your-face, not to mention a lot less respectable: the soft-rock geek, with his too-square-to-be-hip leisure suits and his blow-dried mullet parted in the middle and his caressingly sentimental piano chords and his almost sleazy sincerity. This was, and is, a figure out of a Will Ferrell movie — not “Anchorman” but “Soft Rock Star.” He was Eric Carmen, he was Stephen Bishop, he was Gilbert O. Sullivan, he was the grinning resplendent king of them all, Barry Manilow.
David Foster, the subject of the...
David Foster, the subject of the...
- 9/19/2019
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Drew Barrymore wants Adam Sandler to be by her side on the big screen forever!
On Thursday, the Santa Clarita Diet actress, 44, revealed that of all the people that she has co-starred in films and television shows with, there’s one that stands out among the rest — and whom she never wants her time with to end.
“Adam Sandler, obviously, just because I want to make movies with him forever,” she told People exclusively at the Netflix show’s season three premiere.
The pair have already co-starred as love interests in three movies together — The Wedding Singer (1998), 50 First Dates...
On Thursday, the Santa Clarita Diet actress, 44, revealed that of all the people that she has co-starred in films and television shows with, there’s one that stands out among the rest — and whom she never wants her time with to end.
“Adam Sandler, obviously, just because I want to make movies with him forever,” she told People exclusively at the Netflix show’s season three premiere.
The pair have already co-starred as love interests in three movies together — The Wedding Singer (1998), 50 First Dates...
- 3/30/2019
- by Joelle Goldstein, Abby Stern
- PEOPLE.com
When Diane Keaton accepted the 45th AFI Life Achievement Award from Woody Allen in Hollywood Thursday night, it was the end of one of the more memorable AFI tributes. And as one actress after another explained why Keaton was such a significant role model — from Oscar-winners Emma Stone, Reese Witherspoon (Keaton-directed TV movie “Wildflower”) and Meryl Streep (“Marvin’s Room”) to Rachel McAdams (“The Family Stone”) and comedienne Lisa Kudrow (“Hanging Up”) — it struck me that all actresses should pay attention to why Keaton is so admired and emulated.
Here are some wise lessons to be learned from the star of “Play It Again Sam,” “The First Wives Club,” “Crimes of the Heart,” “Shoot the Moon,” and HBO’s “The Young Pope.”
1. Stay single.
Keaton launched her Hollywood career with the day-long wedding scene in “The Godfather,” at the end of which she and fellow theater outsider Al Pacino proceeded to get royally drunk.
Here are some wise lessons to be learned from the star of “Play It Again Sam,” “The First Wives Club,” “Crimes of the Heart,” “Shoot the Moon,” and HBO’s “The Young Pope.”
1. Stay single.
Keaton launched her Hollywood career with the day-long wedding scene in “The Godfather,” at the end of which she and fellow theater outsider Al Pacino proceeded to get royally drunk.
- 6/9/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
When Diane Keaton accepted the 45th AFI Life Achievement Award from Woody Allen in Hollywood Thursday night, it was the end of one of the more memorable AFI tributes. And as one actress after another explained why Keaton was such a significant role model — from Oscar-winners Emma Stone, Reese Witherspoon (Keaton-directed TV movie “Wildflower”) and Meryl Streep (“Marvin’s Room”) to Rachel McAdams (“The Family Stone”) and comedienne Lisa Kudrow (“Hanging Up”) — it struck me that all actresses should pay attention to why Keaton is so admired and emulated.
Here are some wise lessons to be learned from the star of “Play It Again Sam,” “The First Wives Club,” “Crimes of the Heart,” “Shoot the Moon,” and HBO’s “The Young Pope.”
1. Stay single.
Keaton launched her Hollywood career with the day-long wedding scene in “The Godfather,” at the end of which she and fellow theater outsider Al Pacino proceeded to get royally drunk.
Here are some wise lessons to be learned from the star of “Play It Again Sam,” “The First Wives Club,” “Crimes of the Heart,” “Shoot the Moon,” and HBO’s “The Young Pope.”
1. Stay single.
Keaton launched her Hollywood career with the day-long wedding scene in “The Godfather,” at the end of which she and fellow theater outsider Al Pacino proceeded to get royally drunk.
- 6/9/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Brooklyn Decker is ready for her Hgtv show.
The actress and her husband, soon-to-be tennis hall of famer and philanthropist Andy Roddick, have been renovating their Austin home top-to-bottom without a designer, and the results are gorgeous — even if she says they’re still not 100% done. “It’s going to be done March 17th. But if you ask me on March 17th I’ll probably have a two week extension,” the Grace and Frankie star tells People. “It’s a work in progress.”
From designing custom lights that accidentally resemble some anatomy to attempting to sketch her own kitchen sink designs,...
The actress and her husband, soon-to-be tennis hall of famer and philanthropist Andy Roddick, have been renovating their Austin home top-to-bottom without a designer, and the results are gorgeous — even if she says they’re still not 100% done. “It’s going to be done March 17th. But if you ask me on March 17th I’ll probably have a two week extension,” the Grace and Frankie star tells People. “It’s a work in progress.”
From designing custom lights that accidentally resemble some anatomy to attempting to sketch her own kitchen sink designs,...
- 2/27/2017
- by Mackenzie Schmidt
- PEOPLE.com
— Reese Witherspoon (@RWitherspoon) September 11, 2014 As beautiful then as she is now! In honor of Throwback Thursday on Sept. 11, Reese Witherspoon took to Twitter and Instagram to share a photo of herself from 1991, when she appeared in the TV movie Wildflower — only her second film ever. (Her first was the coming-of-age drama The Man in the Moon.) The picture shows the now-38-year-old Devil's Knot actress on set and in costume as Ellie Perkins. Her hair in the shot is darker and more strawberry-blonde [...]...
- 9/12/2014
- Us Weekly
Steven Spielberg has Diane Keaton to thank for opening his eyes to the work of cinematographer Janusz Kaminski. The director happened to see Keaton's TV movie "Wildflower" in 1991 and liked the photography so much, he hired Kaminski to shoot a TV movie for his company, Gregory Hoblit's "Class of '61." From there the two collaborated on 1993's "Schindler's List" and the rest was history. Kaminski has shot 11 of Spielberg's features since, working almost exclusively with the director. "War Horse" is the latest example of their combined visual eye, a sweeping epic with nods to classic cinema and a fierce...
- 12/15/2011
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
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