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Willie Nelson’s Hollywood Bowl Birthday Tribute Coming to Movie Theaters in June

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A film rendering of the two-night 90th birthday tribute to Willie Nelson at the Hollywood Bowl in April will be coming to movie theaters sooner rather than later. “Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90” will appear on the big screen across the U.S. for three nights, with an initial showing on June 11 followed by repeat screenings on June 13-14.

The running time is being described as “two hours plus,” which means editors have a big job on their hands cutting down the more than six hours of music that transpired April 29-30 at the Bowl, with very little overlap of material between the two nights. A lot

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Comedy ‘You Hurt My Feelings’ Acquired by Signature Entertainment for U.K., Ireland (EXCLUSIVE)

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Signature Entertainment has snapped up U.K. and Ireland rights to Julia Louis-Dreyfus comedy “You Hurt My Feelings” from FilmNation Entertainment.

Directed by Nicole Holofcener, the film stars Louis-Dreyfus and Tobias Menzies (“The Crown”) as a couple whose marriage is thrown into turmoil when she overhears his honest reaction to her latest book. The cast also includes Owen Teague, David Cross, Arian Moayed and Michaela Watkins.

It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and will close Sundance London.

Reviewing the film for Variety, critic Owen Gleiberman said: “The key to ‘You Hurt

MK2 Films Reteams With Joachim Trier on New Movie Following ‘The Worst Person in the World’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Mk2 Films is set to reunite with Joachim Trier following “The Worst Person in the World,” the Norwegian helmer’s Cannes prize-winning and Oscar-nominated romantic comedy which was also a worldwide box-office hit.

The Paris-based company will handle international sales and co-produce alongside Juliette Schrameck at Agat Films, who was also a co-producer on “The Worst Person in the World,” alongside Nathanaël Karmitz and Elisha Karmitz for MK Production. Mk2 films, Schrameck and the Karmitz brothers join producers Maria Ekerhovd at Mer Film and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar at Eye Eye Pictures. 

Trier is writing his untitled sixth

Tonys Broadcast Finds Path Forward as Producers Meet WGA Requests

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UPDATED: Tony Awards Productions has altered the upcoming awards ceremony to conform with requests made by the Writers Guild of America, the union announced Monday evening. As a result, the WGA no longer has plans to picket the show.

On Friday, the Writers Guild of America denied a request for a strike waiver from the show’s producers, meaning the Tonys wouldn’t be televised on June 11. Earlier Monday, it was announced that producers of the Tonys would file an appeal of the WGA’s waiver denial. A source tells Variety, “Everyone is still trying to see if there is a workable solution.”

Now, it seems that the group

Jackie Chan’s ‘A Legend’ Picked up by Distribution Workshop

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Distribution Workshop has picked up international sales duties on “A Legend,” the Jackie Chan -starring film.

As previously reported, the film is now in production.

“A Legend” is now pitched as a $50 million sequel to the 2005 action romance “The Myth” that involved both Chan and director Stanley Tong. In previous communication, producer Bona Film Group said that the film was inspired by the earlier film.

The new picture will be the tenth time that Chan and Tong have worked together, following other titles that include “Police Story 3,” “Supercop” and “Vanguard.”

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‘9-1-1’ Finale: Oliver Stark on Buck’s ‘Special’ Delivery, Death Doula Romance and Season 7 Predictions

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SPOILER ALERT: This interview reveals major plot points from the “9-1-1” Season 6 finale, which aired Monday on Fox.

Buck (Oliver Stark) helped bring a very special baby boy into the world on the sixth season finale of “9-1-1.” The little guy, whom Buck donated sperm to help his friends conceive, was born on Buck’s new couch (if you know, you know) — with Buck delivering the infant during one of the most large-scale disasters “9-1-1” fans have ever seen.

“9-1-1” is moving to ABC for its seventh season, meaning, unfortunately, that any future crossovers in the franchise are “extremely unlikely,” according to Fox boss Michael Thorn. For

Morgan Wallen’s ‘One Thing at a Time’ Becomes His Second Album to Spend 10 Weeks at No. 1

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Another week, another win for Morgan Wallen, who adds a definitive tenth consecutive week at No. 1 on the albums chart with “One Thing at a Time.” The set debuted earlier this March and has not left the coveted slot since, matching the record set with his previous “Dangerous: The Double Album” and making him the first solo male artist to have consecutive projects spend their first 10 weeks at No. 1.

In the latest tracking week, “One Thing at a Time” earned the equivalent of 141,000 units in the United States, including 179 million streams, according to data from Luminate. Simultaneously, two years after its official

Lenny Kaye on How the Original ‘Nuggets’ Compilation Changed Rock — and Reviving That ’60s Garage Spirit With an L.A. Tribute Concert

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There has never been a compilation album in the history of rock as influential as “Nuggets,” a 1972 double-LP that revived a period and style that was seen as having ended about five years before. It was nostalgia of a sort for the very recent past — as opposed to the very distant past that’s now being celebrated with fondness as “Nuggets” itself surpasses the half-century, arguably no less central to a certain rock ‘n’ roll ethos than ever.

Lenny Kaye, now best known as the guitarist for Patti Smith’s band, but then highly regarded as a rock critic, compiled the original “Nuggets” for Elektra and may

Martha Stewart Poses for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover at 81: ‘The Whole Aging Thing Is So Boring’

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Homemaker and businesswoman Martha Stewart, at 81 years old, has made history as the oldest person to pose for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover.

“When I heard that I was going to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, I thought, ‘Oh, that’s pretty good, I’m going to be the oldest person I think ever on a cover of Sports Illustrated,’” Stewart told the publication. “And I don’t think about age very much, but I thought that this is kind of historic.”

Stewart debuted the cover on the “Today” show, divulging to Savannah Guthrie and

‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Sets Release Date on Disney+ and Max

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The lush forests, deep oceans and floating mountains of Pandora are finally heading to your living room. James Cameron’s blockbuster “Avatar: The Way of Water” has officially set a streaming release date. The sci-fi epic will hit both Disney+ and Max, formerly known as HBO Max, on June 7.

The joint streaming rights between Disney+ and Max is the product of an unusual deal signed last year that allows Max to share streaming