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Johansson will also produce “Bride,” which is co-written by Lelio with Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo. The film centers around a woman designed by an obsessive and brilliant entrepreneur to be the ideal wife. But things go awry when she rejects her maker, and she’s forced to flee her confined existence and into a world that sees her as a monstrous other. Along the way and on the run, she discovers her true identity, surprising power, and the strength to reclaim herself....

“That was my favorite scene in the script. So the idea that that wouldn’t be in the movie was unfathomable,” Tarantino said. “I think it was probably Leo’s favorite scene that he shot. We were in tears. It was the only time … I’ve gotten misty-eyed every once in a while when I was shooting this scene versus that scene. But that thing, I mean, Julia [Butters] was in tears every time we finished every take....

The official synopsis for “The Card Counter” from Focus Features reads: “Redemption is the long game in Paul Schrader’s ‘The Card Counter.’ Told with Schrader’s trademark cinematic intensity, the revenge thriller tells the story of an ex-military interrogator turned gambler haunted by the ghosts of his past decisions, and features riveting performances from stars Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan and Willem Dafoe. “The Card Counter” will world premiere this September at the 2021 Venice Film Festival....

But Wright had so much going on that he never actually made it to any of the classes, and Baldwin died a few months later. “It was one of the biggest regrets of my life,” Wright said in an interview, some 35 years later, while sitting on a park bench at the Telluride Film Festival. “I’ve had a profound relationship to his work for as long as I can remember, to what he means to American literature and American political thinking....

“Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future,” a Lucasfilm spokesperson told IndieWire in a statement. “Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.” IndieWire has reached out to Carano for comment. Carano generated controversy on Tuesday when she shared a post on her Instagram story that read: “Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors…even by children....

The biggest night for television will be broadcast tonight on NBC, plus available to live-stream on Peacock, starting at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT from Los Angeles. “Saturday Night Live” mainstay Kenan Thompson is hosting the 74th annual awards show, which marks a huge year for returning Emmy award winners like “Succession,” “Barry,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” and “Ted Lasso.” If you have a cable subscription or cord-cutting service like YouTube TV, you can watch the Emmys on NBC directly....

Also among the cast that includes Genevieve O’Reilly, Forest Whitaker, and Stellan Skarsgård is beloved Irish actress Fiona Shaw, starring as Maarva. Shaw recently spoke to Empire Magazine about the series, which is set in the five years leading up to “Rogue One” and centers on the Rebel Alliance’s front against the Galactic Empire, led by the revolutionary Andor. The series, as Shaw explained, offers a “scurrilous” take on a world where rights our disappearing, i....