| RAPPER RESIDENTE WILL DIRECT; CAST INCLUDES JAVIER BARDEM, ED NORTON & VIGGO MORTENSEN |
Multihyphenate and 34-time Grammy and Latin Grammy Award-winning rapper René “Residente” Pérez Joglar has set his feature directorial debut with a love letter to his native island of Puerto Rico.
The film, titled Porto Rico, is an epic Caribbean western and historical drama led by Benito “Bad Bunny” Martínez Ocasio in his first leading film role. (His previous outings include Bullet Train and Caught Stealing.) The main cast also includes Viggo Mortensen, Edward Norton and Javier Bardem. >>>Alejandro G. Iñárritu Executive Producing |
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Epstein, Wasserman, Peggy Siegal & The Papa John's Guy - A $15,000 ticket that Jeffrey Epstein bought for Hollywood PR maven Peggy Siegal to attend the Motion Picture and Television Fund's Night Before gala in 2013 has become a prime focus of a long ongoing lawsuit that is now pulling besieged LA28 chair Casey Wasserman back into court. >>> Subpoena
'GOT,' The Play – George R.R. Martin is bringing the world premiere of Game of Thrones: The Mad King to the Royal Shakespeare Company’s flagship Royal Shakespeare Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon this summer. Director Dominic Cooke, who has worked on the project for several years with award-winning playwright Duncan Macmillan, tells us that there will be “some really thrilling big moments” in the play. >>> Interview
Plagiarism Concerns 'Hunt'-ed Down – Apple TV series The Hunt (Traqués) will debut on March 4 after being delayed for three months as plagiarism concerns were investigated. Producer Gaumont said the project was presented as original work, but was actually “based on an existing work, Douglas Fairbairn’s [novel] Shoot.” >>> Series Now Billed As “Based On Novel”
BAFTA Politics – The BBC will be monitoring the BAFTA Film Awards closely for politically-charged speeches after the UK broadcaster sparked a national scandal last year by streaming a Glastonbury Festival act chanting “death to the IDF.” Deadline hears that the Bob Vylan debacle last summer has been a feature of contingency planning for the BAFTA Film Awards. >>> Trump “Nervousness”
Berry & Curry Team Up - Halle Berry and Holly Jeter’s HalleHolly banner has partnered with Stephen Curry and Erick Peyton’s Unanimous Media on a first-look unscripted deal. >>> Women-Led Projects Hot Dozen - Deadline takes a closer look at 12 buzzy shows that will be showcased to buyers during next week's London TV Screenings. The roster of titles includes Beyond the Silk Road, The Neighbourhood, The Cage, The Faithful and Blue Planet III. Stars featured in the series include Bella Ramsey, Graham Norton, Minnie Driver and Dominic West. >>> See The Full List |
Though Harrison Ford’s Paul gets some clarity in the newest episode of Shrinking, Liz and Derek have a tougher time of it.
At the very end of the episode, Liz (Christa Miller) says some choice words about parenting and her son Matthew (Markus Silbiger), who is 25 and has lost his latest job, which led him to first move back in with his parents and then his brother Will (Matt Mitchell). Unfortunately, Matthew came over to Liz and Derek’s house to bring his dad a favorite snack at that exact moment. Derek ate 650 milligrams of Matthew’s weed gummies thinking they were candy.
“As a parent, I have three children. Liz has three children, and you never want to make a mistake. You’re gonna make mistakes. You don’t do perfect things, but that was really bad, and that was a really mean thing to say,” Miller told Deadline about calling Matthew an asshole and saying she is embarrassed by him. “It was horrible." >>>Read The Interview
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🕯️ Tom Noonan, an actor who launched his career on the New York stage in the original 1978 Off Broadway production of Sam Shepard’s Buried Child before pivoting to indelible film performances as menacing villains in Manhunter, Robocop 2, Last Action Hero and The Monster Squad, died Saturday, February 14. He was 74. 🕯️ 2026 Deaths Photo Gallery |
| ON THE RADAR
Thu - The Night Agent Season 3 premieres
Sat - Annie Awards
Sun - Olympics closing ceremony; BAFTA Film Awards
Tue - State of the Union address
Wed - Paramount earnings; Survivor S50 premiere |
Come Together - Paul Mescal, who plays Paul McCartney in Sam Mendes' Beatles movies, attends the London premiere of the McCartney doc Man on the Run with girlfriend Gracie Abrams and the titular Man himself. |
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