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EXCLUSIVE: In an interview with the New York Review of Books last year, artist Geoff McFetridge noted that he grew up in the 1970s and '80s, a time "when culture became really good at speaking with images." He became remarkably dexterous himself at communicating through images in design and artwork that…

UPDATED, 8 AM: Jackass co-creator Bam Margera has dropped his lawsuit over his firing from the franchise’s Jackass Forever film. In court documents filed Wednesday, April 13 in Los Angeles Superior Court, Margera asks a judge that his case, alleging that he was wrongly fired by Paramount Pictures, be dismissed “with…

EXCLUSIVE: Here's a first clip from You Resemble Me, the debut feature of NY-based Egyptian-American director Dina Amer which has its world premiere in the Venice Days section of the Venice Film Festival this week. Executive Produced by Spike Lee, Spike Jonze and Alma Har'el, the French-language pic is being sold by…

Her Oscar winner Spike Jonze has boarded Sony Pictures Classics upcoming early 2021 release as an Executive Producer. Additionally, SPC has also acquired the rights in Asia, Israel, Turkey and the rest of Europe, making it a worldwide release for the label. The film will next be seen in the Hamptons Film Festival and…

Beastie Boys Story, released by AppleTV+ in April and nominated for five Emmys, tells the story of the band that was formed in 1978 by Adam Yauch, Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz. The film, directed by long-time collaborator Spike Jonze, was not your usual rock doc. It was told via a live show put on by Diamond and…

"We were as much Monty Python as we were Black Flag," proclaim the remaining members of one of the greatest hip hop bands ever in Beastie Boys Story, which debuts Friday on Apple TV+ Thoroughly entertaining and heartbreaking when it addresses the 2012 death from cancer of bandmate Adam Yauch, the live documentary of…

Now here's a little story I got to tell… it’s about iconic hip hop group the Beastie Boys, and it's coming to IMAX theaters and Apple TV+ next month. Spike Jonze wrote and directed the feature doc, which was built out of last year's stage production with surviving band members Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz, in which…

Apple has acquired Beastie Boys Story, a documentary feature directed by Spike Jonze and penned by Jonze and the seminal rap group’s founding members Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz. As part of the deal, a special cut of the film a will open exclusively in select Imax theaters April 3 in a limited release before…

Aziz Ansari’s second Netflix stand-up special starts streaming Tuesday, and here is a snippet of the Master of None creator-star’s performance. Taped at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Aziz Ansari Right Now features material from the two-time Emmy winner’s Road to Nowhere Tour, which played 75 cities in 13…

Who is Jim Carrey? Seeing the actor—one of the most indelible, singular performers of his generation—mobbed by fans as he exits Deadline's Toronto Studio, this seems an absurd question. Beloved for his signature, almost athletic gifts before the screen, Carrey has carried such comedic classics as Ace Ventura, The Mask…

Eric Zumbrunnen, an ACE Award-winning film editor who worked on several Spike Jonze films including Being John Malkovich and Best Picture Oscar nominee Her, has died. He was 52. His publicist Jason Kasperski told Deadline that Zumbrunnen died August 1 of cancer. Zumbrunnen began his career editing music videos and…

As Viceland marks one year since its launch this month, the cable network, a joint venture between Vice Media and A+E Networks, has promoted Derek Freda and Guy Slattery to co-presidents. Both have been with Viceland since its inception in key roles as EVP of Production and General Manager, respectively. Freda and…