Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for Killers of the Flower Moon, the Clooney Foundation for Justice’s Albie Awards and the Versace Icons Dinner.
Los Angeles Beverly Arts Icon Awards
The third annual Laba Icon Awards took place on Friday in Beverly Hills, where artist and photographer Michael Warren was presented with an award by his son Cash Warren (and support from daughter-in-law Jessica Alba) and visual artist Alexandra Grant was honored by sound mixer Paul N. J. Ottosson.
Michael Warren, Jenny Warren, Jessica Alba and Cash Warren
L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade
After a three year hiatus, L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade, hosted by Chef Suzanne Goin and partner Caroline Styne along with Chef David Lentz, returned on Saturday to UCLA’s Royce Quad. The culinary cookout, which supports Alex’s Lemonade...
Los Angeles Beverly Arts Icon Awards
The third annual Laba Icon Awards took place on Friday in Beverly Hills, where artist and photographer Michael Warren was presented with an award by his son Cash Warren (and support from daughter-in-law Jessica Alba) and visual artist Alexandra Grant was honored by sound mixer Paul N. J. Ottosson.
Michael Warren, Jenny Warren, Jessica Alba and Cash Warren
L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade
After a three year hiatus, L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade, hosted by Chef Suzanne Goin and partner Caroline Styne along with Chef David Lentz, returned on Saturday to UCLA’s Royce Quad. The culinary cookout, which supports Alex’s Lemonade...
- 9/29/2023
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Worst Roommate Ever” (New York, Feb. 19, 2018) by William Brennan
Agency: ICM Partners
Think Single White Female for the Airbnb era. In this viral true magazine tale, Jamison Bachman moves in, stops paying rent, threatens legal action and never leaves. That is, until he meets Alex Miller. The nightmare scenario includes a murderous twist.
To Night Owl From Dogfish (Dial/Dutton, 2019) by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer
Agency: Wme
A TV writer and best-selling author team up for this kids book that’s The Parent Trap by way of Modern Family’s Mitchell and Cam. It’s about two very...
Agency: ICM Partners
Think Single White Female for the Airbnb era. In this viral true magazine tale, Jamison Bachman moves in, stops paying rent, threatens legal action and never leaves. That is, until he meets Alex Miller. The nightmare scenario includes a murderous twist.
To Night Owl From Dogfish (Dial/Dutton, 2019) by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer
Agency: Wme
A TV writer and best-selling author team up for this kids book that’s The Parent Trap by way of Modern Family’s Mitchell and Cam. It’s about two very...
- 3/7/2018
- by Andy Lewis,Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Nancy Cartwright’s company has come on to produce and co-finance the comedy, which Myriad Pictures is selling worldwide.
Production is scheduled to kick off this summer in Toronto on the tale of a high school student struggling to take care of her family after her mother’s death.
When a freak occurrence grants her her wish of becoming part of her neighbour’s seemingly ideal family she learns things don’t turn out the way she had hoped they would.
Bailee Madison (pictured) will star and Myriad chief Kirk D’Amico makes his feature directorial debut from a screenplay by Holly Goldberg Sloan.
Freeform, part of the Disney|ABC Television Group, holds Us television rights and will broadcast Different Folks (working title) in the holiday season later this year.
Spotted Cow Entertainment’s Cartwright will produce with D’Amico and JoBro Productions’ Jonathan Bronfman and Jay Deverett.
Peter Kjenaas, Monica Gil and [link...
Production is scheduled to kick off this summer in Toronto on the tale of a high school student struggling to take care of her family after her mother’s death.
When a freak occurrence grants her her wish of becoming part of her neighbour’s seemingly ideal family she learns things don’t turn out the way she had hoped they would.
Bailee Madison (pictured) will star and Myriad chief Kirk D’Amico makes his feature directorial debut from a screenplay by Holly Goldberg Sloan.
Freeform, part of the Disney|ABC Television Group, holds Us television rights and will broadcast Different Folks (working title) in the holiday season later this year.
Spotted Cow Entertainment’s Cartwright will produce with D’Amico and JoBro Productions’ Jonathan Bronfman and Jay Deverett.
Peter Kjenaas, Monica Gil and [link...
- 8/9/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Myriad Pictures chief Kirk D’Amico is lining up his feature directorial debut on the holiday film ahead of the start of principal photography in Toronto later in the summer.
The company is financing, producing and will handle worldwide sales on Different Folks, a comedy described as being in the vein of Freaky Friday and 13 Going On 30.
Madison starred in Just Go With It, Brothers and Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark and will play a shy high school student struggling to look after her father and brothers who mystically becomes part of her neighbours’ seemingly perfect family.
Holly Goldberg Sloan wrote the screenplay. D’Amico is producing with JoBro’s Jonathan Bronfman and Jay Deverett, while Theresa Won, Michael Roiff, Madeleine Sherak and Arnold Rifkin serve as executive producers.
Freeform has acquired Us television rights.
“Holly has written a holiday comedy which is destined to become a classic and which perfectly suits Bailee’s incredible...
The company is financing, producing and will handle worldwide sales on Different Folks, a comedy described as being in the vein of Freaky Friday and 13 Going On 30.
Madison starred in Just Go With It, Brothers and Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark and will play a shy high school student struggling to look after her father and brothers who mystically becomes part of her neighbours’ seemingly perfect family.
Holly Goldberg Sloan wrote the screenplay. D’Amico is producing with JoBro’s Jonathan Bronfman and Jay Deverett, while Theresa Won, Michael Roiff, Madeleine Sherak and Arnold Rifkin serve as executive producers.
Freeform has acquired Us television rights.
“Holly has written a holiday comedy which is destined to become a classic and which perfectly suits Bailee’s incredible...
- 7/18/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Bailee Madison has been tapped to star in Different Folks, a holiday movie set up at Freeform to be produced by Myriad Pictures. It will mark the feature directorial debut of Myriad CEO Kirk D’Amico, and his company will be financing and handling worldwide sales. Freeform will air it this year as part of its holiday programming block. The comedy, penned by Holly Goldberg Sloan (Made In America, Angels In The Outfield), centers on a shy high school…...
- 7/18/2016
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Bailee Madison has been tapped to star in Different Folks, a holiday movie set up at Freeform to be produced by Myriad Pictures. It will mark the feature directorial debut of Myriad CEO Kirk D’Amico, and his company will be financing and handling worldwide sales. Freeform will air it this year as part of its holiday programming block. The comedy, penned by Holly Goldberg Sloan (Made In America, Angels In The Outfield), centers on a shy high school…...
- 7/18/2016
- Deadline
When you score an Oscar nomination at the age of 9, as Quvenzhané Wallis did for the fantastical Beasts of the Southern Wild, people tend to notice. And with the title role in Screen Gems’ flashy Annie redo this December, the young actress doesn’t look to be stepping away from the spotlight anytime soon. Recently, Wallis signed on to star in Counting By 7s, to be adapted from the bestseller of the same name.
Holly Goldberg Sloan’s acclaimed novel centers on an academically gifted young girl named Willow Chance, who is challenged when both of her parents are unexpectedly killed in an auto accident. After being taken in by an unlikely foster family and an unfit guidance counselor, Willow rises above her grief and fear to build a community that nurtures her even as she works to brighten it.
Said Wallis in an official statement:
“I am honored to...
Holly Goldberg Sloan’s acclaimed novel centers on an academically gifted young girl named Willow Chance, who is challenged when both of her parents are unexpectedly killed in an auto accident. After being taken in by an unlikely foster family and an unfit guidance counselor, Willow rises above her grief and fear to build a community that nurtures her even as she works to brighten it.
Said Wallis in an official statement:
“I am honored to...
- 10/6/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Margaret here to talk about what's new with everyone's favorite collector of puppy purses: Quvenzhané Wallis is on a roll. Her breakout performance in Beasts of the Southern Wild could have easily put her in the pantheon of one-hit wonder child actors, but the way she's been lining up projects makes that look unlikely. Now 11 years old, Little Q is two months out from the release of her first big studio film in the musical Annie which, with the Columbia promotional muscle behind it, might make her a real star. She has also just signed on to star in an adaptation of best-selling middle grade novel "Counting by 7s."
In the Holly Goldberg Sloan story, Quvenzhané will play a 12-year-old genius named Willow Chase who loses her adoptive parents in a car crash and has to push past her grief to find a new community of support. Said Quvenzhané to...
In the Holly Goldberg Sloan story, Quvenzhané will play a 12-year-old genius named Willow Chase who loses her adoptive parents in a car crash and has to push past her grief to find a new community of support. Said Quvenzhané to...
- 10/2/2014
- by Margaret de Larios
- FilmExperience
Casting: Colin Firth & Kevin Hart Are 'Intouchables,' Quvenzhane Wallis Is ‘Counting By 7s’ And More
The long-brewing remake of the French hit dramedy "Intouchables" seems to be coming back to life. Colin Firth, long attached to the project, now has Kevin Hart in the co-starring role. The movie tells the heartwarming, based-on-true-story tale of the relationship of a wealthy quadriplegic and his immigrant caregiver. Paul Feig was once linked to helm the project, but it's not clear if he's still involved. We presume more news will arrive shortly. [Allocine] "Beasts Of The Southern Wild" star Quvenzhané Wallis is "Counting By 7s." The young actress will star in the adaptation of best-selling book by Holly Goldberg Sloan about "Willow Chance, a bright young girl who, after the death of her adoptive parents, is taken in by an unlikely surrogate family and an unfit guidance counselor. In the wake of tremendous loss, she rises to build a community that she heals and that heals her." No word on who will direct just yet.
- 10/1/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
EW has confirmed that Quvenzhané Wallis is attached to star in The Mazur/Kaplan Company and Olympus Pictures' big-screen adaptation Holly Goldberg Sloan's bestselling novel, Counting By 7s. Deadline first reported the news. Wallis will play the novel's central character, Willow Chance, a young girl who rebuilds her life with a surrogate family after her parents are killed in a car accident. After her Oscar-nominated turn in Beasts of the Southern Wild, Wallis has had a full schedule, having just wrapped production on Fathers and Daughters, a drama with Aaron Paul and Amanda Seyfried, and providing her voice in animated film The Prophet,...
- 9/30/2014
- by Teresa Jue
- EW - Inside Movies
Exclusive: The Mazur/Kaplan Company and Olympus Pictures have optioned Holly Goldberg Sloan’s bestselling novel Counting By 7s. They’ve attached Oscar-nominated Beasts Of The Southern Wild star Quvenzhané Wallis and will build the movie around her. The bestseller centers on Willow Chance, a bright young girl who, after the death of her adoptive parents, is taken in by an unlikely surrogate family and an unfit guidance counselor. In the wake of tremendous loss, she rises to build a community that she heals and that heals her.
“I am honored to play the role of Willow in Counting by 7s,” Wallis said. “I love the message behind the story. I am excited to be a part of it and to see it come to life.” Wallis just wrapped her first big studio film in the musical Annie, and also will star in the upcoming adaptation of Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet,...
“I am honored to play the role of Willow in Counting by 7s,” Wallis said. “I love the message behind the story. I am excited to be a part of it and to see it come to life.” Wallis just wrapped her first big studio film in the musical Annie, and also will star in the upcoming adaptation of Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet,...
- 9/30/2014
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
Her first major Hollywood studio starring performance in the Sony Pictures remake of Annie some months away from its theatrical premiere (December 19, 2014), Quvenzhané Wallis has landed what will be another starring role, this time in an adaptation of author Holly Goldberg Sloan’s New York Times bestselling young adult novel, Counting by 7s. Set up at The Mazur/Kaplan Company (launched in 2009 by Hollywood producer Paula Mazur and prominent independent bookseller Mitchell Kaplan, with the objective of producing literary properties for film and TV), Counting by 7s tells the story of Willow Chance, a 12 year old genius, coping with the loss of her adoptive...
- 5/19/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
At its recent annual general meeting the Writers Guild Foundation elected Barbara Corday as its new President. Corday, who with her writing partner Barbara Avedon co-created the groundbreaking television series Cagney & Lacey, was the first woman to become president of a major television production entity (Columbia Pictures Television); she later become head of prime-time programs at CBS, again the first woman to do so. Most recently she was chair of the Film and Television production arm at the USC School of Cinema and Television. Corday replaces Chris Brancato, who has served the maximum number of terms. The board also elected seven new trustees to the board. The new trustees are: publicist Craig Bankey, screenwriter Lowell Ganz, agent Nancy Josephson, and television writer-producers Marta Kauffman, Bill Lawrence, Jan Oxenberg and David Shore. Trustees are elected for three year terms. Most Foundation trustees are members of the Writers Guild of America, west.
- 6/21/2011
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline Hollywood
Since June 11th the entire world has been at a standstill, tuning into their televisions to watch a rare spectacle, The World Cup. After two years of qualifying matches 32 teams are placed against each other in the final tournament where nations face off to find out who really is the best footballing nation.
With the final tomorrow at 2:30 Est all the football junkies will have to find something else to do with their days as all the chat will be over. For you film geeks out there who have been ignoring your movie needs to watch football I wanted to give you my list of the Ten Football Movies To Watch When World Cup 2010 Concludes.
When I started researching films that were actually about football I found out something that I already knew in my heart; there aren’t that many movies about football. Check out the slim pickings...
With the final tomorrow at 2:30 Est all the football junkies will have to find something else to do with their days as all the chat will be over. For you film geeks out there who have been ignoring your movie needs to watch football I wanted to give you my list of the Ten Football Movies To Watch When World Cup 2010 Concludes.
When I started researching films that were actually about football I found out something that I already knew in my heart; there aren’t that many movies about football. Check out the slim pickings...
- 7/10/2010
- by Andrew Robinson
- The Film Stage
By Holly Goldberg Sloan
Several years ago, I was a delegate on a cultural exchange mission to Cuba. My area of expertise was film and television. Translation: I write family movies. With me was my husband, Gary Rosen, who also writes for film and television.
Along with 60 other Californians (representing commercial interests such as California cheese production, California wineries and California rice growers), we traveled, with government approved visas, from Los Angeles to Havana on a flight that left once a week from Lax on Fridays, operated by Cubana de Aviación (Cuban Airlines).
You...
Several years ago, I was a delegate on a cultural exchange mission to Cuba. My area of expertise was film and television. Translation: I write family movies. With me was my husband, Gary Rosen, who also writes for film and television.
Along with 60 other Californians (representing commercial interests such as California cheese production, California wineries and California rice growers), we traveled, with government approved visas, from Los Angeles to Havana on a flight that left once a week from Lax on Fridays, operated by Cubana de Aviación (Cuban Airlines).
You...
- 4/15/2009
- by harley lond
- The Wrap
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