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In a 1984 promotional video for the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense, David Byrne appeared as both himself and a variety of interviewers, including men of color. Today, Byrne apologized on Twitter, insisting that “the past can be examined with honesty and accountability.” Byrne, whose 2019 Broadway show Ame…

Saturday Night Live has set a pair of returning hosts to front upcoming episodes of the late-night staple. Comic John Mulaney will make his third SNL hosting gig on February 29, and the reigning 007 Daniel Craig is booked for March 7, which will mark his second turn on the NBC show. Former Talking Heads frontman David…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Spike Lee has signed on to direct a filmed version of the acclaimed Broadway show David Byrne's American Utopia. Participant adds another title to its portfolio of  films meant to engage positive social change, as it will be lead financier and executive producer for the project. It is financing…

“He was the grandest of men,” says Tom Hanks. “A big-hearted, big tent, compassionate man,” recalls Meryl Streep. Hollywood reacted today with heartbreak and praise to news of Jonathan Demme’s death. “Rest In Peace, JD…”, tweeted Alec Baldwin, who made an early big-screen appearance in 1988 with Demme’s Married to the…

David Byrne’s boisterous segue from Imelda Marcos (Here Lies Love) to Saint Joan (Joan of Arc: Into the Fire) is the ultimate example of crab-walking from the ridiculous to the sublime. It’s also true that in Here Lies Love, his shape-shifting disco dance-a-thon about the imperious Philippine First Lady (co-authored…

Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Bill Ross and Turner Ross's Contemporary Color, the documentary featuring and produced by Talking Heads frontman David Byrne that bowed this spring at the Tribeca Film Festival. A 2017 theatrical release is planned. The pic follows the summer 2015 live…

Following the success of last year’s Tribeca Film Festival studio, Deadline has returned to the fest’s HQ at 50 Varick Street, hosted by The Lincoln Motor Company, for a series of video interviews and photo sessions with some of the most prolific voices in independent film. Photographer Mark Mann, who was behind the…

Combine rock 'n' roll and synchronized dance routines involving flags, rifles and sabers and you get Contemporary Color, a new documentary by Bill and Turner Ross. The feature captures an event organized by legendary Talking Heads musician David Byrne at Brooklyn's Barclays Center, which celebrates the art of Color…