Mayer and Staggs Eye the Smiths' Westbrook
►Green table talk. Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook Inc. is in talks to be acquired by the unnamed media company led by former Disney executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, sources familiar with the deal told
THR. With the Smiths’ Westbrook Inc., Mayer and Staggs’ media venture would have access to the production studio, Westbrook Studios, behind films like
King Richard and hit TV series like
Red Table Talk and
Cobra Kai, as well as Westbrook’s digital arm, Westbrook Media, that sold 12 shows last year — including a
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reunion special on HBO Max and a docuseries featuring Alicia Keys on YouTube.
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Carter to Croft. Hayley Atwell will voice Lara Croft in Netflix's anime series based on the
Tomb Raider franchise. The Brit actress takes on the iconic character in the series which will be set after the events of Square Enix’s
Tomb Raider 2013-18 video game reboot. Netflix ordered the project from Legendary Television to series in January.
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Some good news at last. Britney Spears announced her engagement to Sam Asghari on Instagram on Sunday. “I can’t f***** believe it,” the singer wrote on Instagram, flashing her new ring while smiling alongside Asghari. Congrats to Brit.
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"My heart, my love." Uzo Aduba revealed a celebratory surprise on Instagram this Sunday. The
Orange is the New Black actress took to social media to mark her one-year wedding anniversary with filmmaker Robert Sweeting. A rep for Aduba confirmed to THR that the two wed last year in New York.
The story. In other news... (there's a lot of TIFF reviews, unsurprisingly) —TIFF film review: Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain in John Michael McDonagh’s
The Forgiven.
—TIFF film review: Mélanie Laurent's
The Mad Women’s Ball (
Le Bal des folles).
—TIFF film review: Naomi Watts in Phillip Noyce’s
Lakewood.
—TIFF film review: Beanie Feldstein and Steven Yeun in
The Humans.
—TIFF film review: Melissa McCarthy in
The Starling.
—TIFF film review: Steve Pink's
The Wheel. —TIFF film review: HBO’s
Listening to Kenny G.
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Dune VFX house DNEG
sets paid overtime policy for U.K. —L.A. Rams unveil
Spielberg-inspired hype video from
Inception cinematographer Wally Pfister.
—Move over, TikTok and Instagram! Hollywood calls Nextdoor the
"most wonderful, horrible app in existence right now." What else we're reading... —"Conflict Of Interest: Why Hollywood Failed to Honestly Address The War On Terror" [
The Guardian]
—"David Simon: The Question Michael K. Williams Asked Me Before Every Season of
The Wire" [
New York Times]
—"How Hollywood Sold Out to China" [
The Atlantic]
—"As Hulu’s Price Rises, How Much Is Too Much For A Streaming Service?" [
Los Angeles Times]
—"Starring In A Marvel Blockbuster Doesn't Exempt This Canadian From Scrutiny In Xi's China" [
CNN]
Today... Today's birthdays: Jean Smart (70), Lili Reinhart (25), Niall Horan (28), Jacqueline Bisset (77), Ben Savage (41), Aisha Dee (28),
Isiah Whitlock Jr. (67), Colin Trevorrow (45), Vella Lovell (36), Frank Marshall (75), Ace Bhatti (52), Nick Vallelonga (62)
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