“Without Remorse” – Amazon Prime(LOS ANGELES) — On Monday, Amazon announced a major partnership deal with Black Panther star Michael B. Jordan and his production banner, Outlier Society.
Jordan will be wearing his actor and producer hat for the action thriller Without Remorse, which is based on Tom Clancy’s 1993 novel. Jordan plays a former Navy SEAL named John Clark who uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife.
Without Remorse also stars Jodie Turner-Smith, Lauren London, Colman Domingo, Jack Kesy and Jordan’s Fantastic Four co-star Jamie Bell. The film kicks off the expansion of Jordan’s Outlier, which includes an exclusive overall relationship in television and a first-look film deal. The creative partnership intends to “produce and acquire elevated films showcasing diverse, bold filmmakers and talent for the studio’s ever-growing original movies slate,” according to a statement.
Jordan and Outlier Society, which launched in 2016, will see cross-collaborations within Amazon’s vast businesses, from fashion, Audible, music and more, including Jordan’s appearance in Amazon’s Alexa big game ad. The company’s goal is to bring diverse stories to the forefront of Hollywood, starting with upcoming films such Creed III and the Denzel Washington-directed feature Journal for Jordan, with Jordan as star and producer.
Without Remorse arrives globally April 30 on Amazon Prime Video.
Incidentally, Jack Ryan, based on the late thriller author Clancy’s first recurring character, and starring John Krasinksi in the title role, also airs on Amazon Prime.
ABC/Brian Bowen SmithAs Luke Bryan gears up to celebrate Valentine’s Day with his wife Caroline, he’s toying with the idea of making it the perfect blend of country and romance.
The superstar singer appeared on Live with Kelly and Ryan alongside his fellow American Idol judges, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie, sharing that he’s in the process of planning the couple’s Valentine’s Day celebration that initially began with the idea of taking his wife of 14 years duck hunting.
“But that’s probably not a good idea. I attempted that once, and it didn’t go like I planned,” Luke says in reference to the couple’s recent duck hunting date that involved them getting stuck in four feet of water.
However, the “Play it Again” hitmaker does plan to give his wife roses, and is trying to plan a romantic getaway with just the two of them.
The new season of American Idol premieres on Valentine’s Day on ABC at 8 p.m ET.
Gary Oldman as Herman Mankiewicz and Tom Pelphrey as Joe Mankiewicz/NETFLIX(LOS ANGELES) — Netflix’s inside-Hollywood film Mank, and the family drama Minari, topped the field of the film nominations for the 26th Annual Critics Choice Awards.
Mank, which stars Oscar winner Gary Oldman as Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, earned the most nods, with 12. Minari, an acclaimed drama about a Korean-American family’s move to Arkansas, earned 10.
Of note, Delroy Lindo was nominated in the Best Actor category, after having been previously passed over with the Golden Globes for Da Five Bloods, which earned multiple nominations.
Chadwick Boseman’s performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom was nominated for a posthumous award in the Best Actor category. The Broadcast Film Critics Association is the latest organization to do so, making it more likely that the actor, who died of cancer last year, could also receive a posthumous Oscar nomination.
Taye Diggs will again act as host for the ceremony, which celebrates both movies and TV, on Sunday, March 7 on the CW network beginning at 7 p.m. ET.
Here are the nominees in the film categories:
Da 5 Bloods (Netflix) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) Mank (Netflix) Minari (A24) News of the World (Universal Pictures) Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures) One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios) Promising Young Woman (Focus Features) Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios) The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
BEST ACTOR Ben Affleck – The Way Back (Warner Bros.) Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios) Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) Tom Hanks – News of the World (Universal Pictures) Anthony Hopkins – The Father (Sony Pictures Classics) Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods (Netflix) Gary Oldman – Mank (Netflix) Steven Yeun – Minari (A24)
BEST ACTRESS Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu) Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features) Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman (Netflix) Frances McDormand – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures) Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman (Focus Features) Zendaya – Malcolm & Marie (Netflix)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods (Netflix) Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix) Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.) Bill Murray – On the Rocks (A24/Apple TV+) Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios) Paul Raci – Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Amazon Studios) Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman (Netflix) Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy (Netflix) Olivia Colman – The Father (Sony Pictures Classics) Amanda Seyfried – Mank (Netflix) Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari (A24)
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS Ryder Allen – Palmer (Apple TV+) Ibrahima Gueye – The Life Ahead (Netflix) Alan Kim – Minari (A24) Talia Ryder – Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features) Caoilinn Springall – The Midnight Sky (Netflix) Helena Zengel – News of the World (Universal Pictures)
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE Da 5 Bloods (Netflix) Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) Minari (A24) One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios) The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
BEST DIRECTOR Lee Isaac Chung – Minari (A24) Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman (Focus Features) David Fincher – Mank (Netflix) Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods (Netflix) Regina King – One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios) Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix) Chloé Zhao – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Lee Isaac Chung – Minari (A24) Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman (Focus Features) Jack Fincher – Mank (Netflix) Eliza Hittman – Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features) Darius Marder & Abraham Marder – Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios) Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Paul Greengrass & Luke Davies – News of the World (Universal Pictures) Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller – The Father (Sony Pictures Classics) Kemp Powers – One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios) Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt – First Cow (A24) Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) Chloé Zhao – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Christopher Blauvelt – First Cow (A24) Erik Messerschmidt – Mank (Netflix) Lachlan Milne – Minari (A24) Joshua James Richards – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures) Newton Thomas Sigel – Da 5 Bloods (Netflix) Hoyte Van Hoytema – Tenet (Warner Bros.) Dariusz Wolski – News of the World (Universal Pictures)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Cristina Casali, Charlotte Dirickx – The Personal History of David Copperfield (Searchlight Pictures) David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan – News of the World (Universal Pictures) Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas – Tenet (Warner Bros.) Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale – Mank (Netflix) Kave Quinn, Stella Fox – Emma (Focus Features) Mark Ricker, Karen O’Hara & Diana Stoughton – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
BEST EDITING Alan Baumgarten – The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix) Kirk Baxter – Mank (Netflix) Jennifer Lame – Tenet (Warner Bros.) Yorgos Lamprinos – The Father (Sony Pictures Classics) Mikkel E. G. Nielsen – Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios) Chloé Zhao – Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Alexandra Byrne – Emma (Focus Features) Bina Daigeler – Mulan (Disney) Suzie Harman & Robert Worley – The Personal History of David Copperfield (Searchlight Pictures) Ann Roth – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) Nancy Steiner – Promising Young Woman (Focus Features) Trish Summerville – Mank (Netflix)
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Emma (Focus Features) Hillbilly Elegy (Netflix) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) Mank (Netflix) Promising Young Woman (Focus Features) The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Greyhound (Apple TV+) The Invisible Man (Universal Pictures) Mank (Netflix) The Midnight Sky (Netflix) Mulan (Disney) Tenet (Warner Bros.) Wonder Woman 1984 (Warner Bros.)
BEST COMEDY Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Amazon Studios) The Forty-Year-Old Version (Netflix) The King of Staten Island (Universal Pictures) On the Rocks (A24/Apple TV+) Palm Springs (Hulu and NEON) The Prom (Netflix)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Another Round (Samuel Goldwyn Films) Collective (Magnolia Pictures) La Llorona (Shudder) The Life Ahead (Netflix) Minari (A24) Two of Us (Magnolia Pictures)
BEST SONG “Everybody Cries” – The Outpost (Screen Media Films) “Fight for You” – Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.) “Husavik (My Home Town)” – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (Netflix) “Io sì (Seen)” – The Life Ahead (Netflix)” “Speak Now” – One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios) “Tigress & Tweed” – The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Hulu)
BEST SCORE Alexandre Desplat – The Midnight Sky (Netflix) Ludwig Göransson – Tenet (Warner Bros.) James Newton Howard – News of the World (Universal Pictures) Emile Mosseri – Minari (A24) Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Mank (Netflix) Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste – Soul (Disney)
Chris Hollo for the Grand Ole OpryMaking his Grand Ole Opry debut wasn’t the only special moment Parker McCollum experienced this weekend.
In addition to performing his #1 debut single “Pretty Heart” and delivering a cover of Jerry Lee Lewis‘ “Middle Aged Crazy,” Parker was also surprised with a plaque commemorating platinum certification of “Pretty Heart” by the RIAA.
“Playing the Grand Ole Opry for the first time and dreaming about playing country music for a long time, it is an unbelievable feeling to stand right here and sing my song for you guys,” Parker professed, standing in the sacred Opry circle after performing “Pretty Heart.”
Parker was invited to make his Opry debut by Dierks Bentley, who was also part of the Saturday night lineup.
“Pretty Heart” is featured on Parker’s EP Hollywood Gold, which reached the top 10 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart in October.
Samir Hussein/WireImage(LONDON) — Daisy Ridley, who famously exited social media in 2016, says she has no plans to reactivate any of her accounts.
Speaking recently to Spanish magazine S Moda, the Star Wars actress expressed doubt that she would return to social media.
“I have managed to separate my personal life well from my professional life, partly probably because I’m not on social media,” said the 28-year-old actress, translated from Spanish. “I don’t want to go back, but sometimes I think about it. But the truth is that no, I won’t be returning.”
The actress is set to star in Chaos Walking her first post-Star Wars movie, which is due out in March.
Ridley isn’t the only Star Wars alum to exit social media due to a negative experience. He co-star, Kelly Marie Tran who will star in the upcoming Disney movie Raya and the Last Dragon, briefly shut down her social media accounts after being targeted by racist attacks.
Both actresses have spoken out about how social media has nearly ruined their experiences on the films, with Ridley telling the DragCast posdcast last April, “You know, everyone’s entitled to not like something but it feels like it’s changed slightly. I think in general that’s because social media and what have you.”
Tran also opened up about the racist abuse she endured online, telling Varietyin 2018, “Their words reinforced a narrative I had heard my whole life: that I was “other,” that I didn’t belong, that I wasn’t good enough, simply because I wasn’t like them. And that feeling, I realize now, was, and is, shame, a shame for the things that made me different, a shame for the culture from which I came from. And to me, the most disappointing thing was that I felt it at all.”
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“Without Remorse” – Amazon Prime(LOS ANGELES) — On Monday, Amazon announced a major partnership deal with Black Panther star Michael B. Jordan and his production banner, Outlier Society. 
