Posts by Nathan Pine
Is There A Route To The Oscars For Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just An Accident’ Following Palme D’Or Win?
As Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just An Accident was declared winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or on Saturday evening, one of the first questions from the Deadline team was: “Could it go to Oscars?”. It’s an obvious question given the Oscar track record of recent Palme d’Or winners Anora, Anatomy of…
Read MoreDavid Hogg says Jasmine Crockett is leader Democrats need
Democratic National Committee (DNC) Vice Chair David Hogg publicly endorsed Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas as “the type of leader” their struggling political party needs during a Friday appearance on The Breakfast Club radio show. The endorsement comes as Hogg faces potential removal from his leadership position following a credentials committee vote this month that…
Read MoreNEON Shines Brightly With Six For Six Palme d’Or Winners After Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just An Accident’
Call them a barometer, clairvoyant, or just god damn shrewd when it comes to choosing award-winning movies, but NEON has just scored its sixth Cannes Palme d’Or in a row with It Was Just an Accident. Deadline’s Andreas Wiseman first reported two days ago that NEON scooped up North American rights to the movie. This…
Read MoreSacha Jenkins Dies: Journalist Behind Wu-Tang Clan, 50 Cent & Louis Armstrong Docs Was 53
Sacha Jenkins, a hip-hop journalist and documentarian known for Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men (2019) and Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues (2022), has died. He was 53. Deadline can confirm the Emmy nominee’s death after his wife Raquel Cepeda asked fans to “please respect our family’s privacy during this difficult moment” as they prepare…
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Read More‘Homebound’ Cast & Director Neeraj Ghaywan Talk Martin Scorsese’s Notes, Gujarati Folk Singing & Artistic Vocations — Cannes Studio
Neeraj Ghaywan‘s Homebound follows two childhood friends from a small North Indian village as they take an exam to become a police and chase a job that promises them the dignity they have long been denied. However, as they get closer to their dream, mounting desperation threatens the friendship. Starring Janhvi Kapoor, Ishaan Khatter and…
Read MoreMara Corday Dies: ‘Tarantula’ Cult Film Star & ‘Playboy’ Playmate Was 95
Mara Corday, the showgirl, Playboy Playmate and cult movie star of Tarantula, has died at age 95. The Golden Age actress died of arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease on Feb. 9 at her home in Valencia, California, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Her cause of death was listed on a death certificate…
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Read MoreCannes Film Festival Winners Announced – Updating Live
Refresh for latest…: It’s the final day here at the Cannes Film Festival with prizes including the Palme d’Or due to be handed out across the next hour (scroll down for the list of laureates as we update live). This final day got off to quite the bizarre start when, at about 10am local time,…
Read MoreNeon Taking Rights To Natalie Portman Cannes Animation ‘Arco’
EXCLUSIVE: Neon is closing up a deal for rights to Natalie Portman-voiced animation Arco, which recently launched at the Cannes Film Festival. French director Ugo Bienvenu’s animated feature, which has been described as “France’s answer to Studio Ghibli”, is about a boy who uses rainbows to travel through time and his adventures as he gets stuck in the…
Read MoreKnicks Have Major Silver Lining Despite 2-0 Deficit to Pacers
The New York Knicks have dropped the first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals at home to the Indiana Pacers. After a wild Game 1 between the two sides, Game 2 was much more tightly-contested, but the Pacers were able to come out with a big win. New York now faces the tough situation…
Read MoreLes Dilley Dies: Oscar-Winning ‘Star Wars’ & ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ Art Director Was 84
Ivor Leslie ‘Les’ Dilley, the Oscar-winning production designer of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), has died at age 84. A rep for the art director told Deadline the Dilley died on Tuesday, May 20 from complications with Alzheimer’s disease, surrounded by his wife and…
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