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“Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future,” a Lucasfilm spokesperson told IndieWire in a statement. “Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.” IndieWire has reached out to Carano for comment. Carano generated controversy on Tuesday when she shared a post on her Instagram story that read: “Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors…even by children....

Drawing comparisons to the Barbara Stanwyck feature “Baby Face,” young Beth is considered an anomaly for being successful at chess, considering she’s a woman. Beth wants to be the best and beat the current Russian champ. Unfortunately, she also suffers from an intense addiction to pills and alcohol that, coupled with unresolved issues from her past, threaten to turn her genius into madness. “The Queen’s Gambit” also includes Marielle Heller, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Moses Ingram, Harry Melling, and Bill Camp....

Netflix’s logline for the dark fantasy show reads: “A rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven, “The Sandman” follows the people and places affected by Morpheus, the Dream King, as he mends the cosmic — and human — mistakes he’s made during his vast existence.” “Our art department, our set decorators, our production designers, they are wizards,” Gaiman said in the behind-the-scenes video....

The virtual event will benefit Friends of Firefighters, a nonprofit that was founded in the aftermath of 9/11 to support active and retired FDNY firefighters and their families. The two-hour live event will feature Steve Buscemi, Lorraine Bracco, David Chase, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Robert Iler, Drea de Matteo, Vincent Pastore, Tim Van Patten, Steve Schirripa, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Maureen Van Zandt, Steven Van Zandt, and Terence Winter, who will participate in a Q&A and read a new sketch written by Winter and Chase for the fundraiser....

Despite its critical success, “The Staircase” didn’t quite reach the levels of national zeitgeist that “The Jinx”, “Making a Murderer” or “Serial” have in years since. But its fingerprints are all over those shows, not just in terms of access to the accused, but also in the attention to forensic detail, novelistic approach to storytelling, and a central suspect whose guilt or innocence continues to divide viewers. Now, it’s considered one of the best true crime documentaries out there....

Depending on your taste, the idea of Nicolas Cage playing himself either sounds like a self-indulgent disaster or the most fun you’ve had at a movie in years. Fortunately, even the most Cage-ambivalent will have to admit “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” is solidly the latter. The meta-comedy sees the fictional movie star “Nick Cage” working with the CIA to solve a political kidnapping by the Spanish mafia, all while having a cinephile bromance with a mega-fan played by Pedro Pascal....

“Transplant,” the recent honoree at the Muslim Public Affairs Council’s Media Awards, has been a labor of love for its cast, series showrunner Joseph Kay, and production company Sphere Media. For executive producer Tara Woodbury, the series held a personal connection for her; her brother-in-law is a refugee who’d relocated to a new country. “I shared with him [Kay] a bit of my brother-in-law’s story and, at the same time, Canada was going through the process of trying to figure out how to help 40,000 Syrian refugees in a short amount of time,” Woodbury told IndieWire....

But unlike “The Last Dance,” it doesn’t have an hours-long narrative worth losing yourself in to the point that you begin to forget those critiques. At 79 minutes, “Truth to Power” makes you yearn for a more extensive treatment, because Tankian and his revolutionary band deserve it. What you get instead is a Wikipedia-like blow-by-blow account of key moments in his life: growing up as an Armenian-American kid in LA — the grandson of an Armenian genocide survivor — his realization that music was his passion, how his nu metal band System of a Down exploded to fame by leaning into their Armenian roots and getting political, and a rundown of his artistic projects after the band’s last album in 2005....

To say that promise gets tested isn’t much of a spoiler. After all, “Tuca and Bertie” — Adult Swim’s animated comedy from creator Lisa Hanawalt — is a sitcom, and sitcoms are built on simple premises (or promises) that result in extreme hijinks (and hilarity). What’s so impressive about the episode, and illustrative of what makes Hanawalt’s series both unique and exemplary, is how a straightforward assurance between friends becomes a complex examination of people, social dynamics, and storytelling in general....

A report in Variety on the film’s Cannes premiere describes “Vortex” as “a documentary-style film revolving around the last days of an elderly couple.” ScreenDaily reports that Noé “had been racing to finish the film” for Cannes, as production only started this year. Some intel dug up by The Film Stage pegs “Vortex” as fusing the styles of French filmmaker Jean Eustache and the Italian giallo horror genre, of which Argento is a figurehead....

The Season 3 finale sees Nadja (Natasia Demetriou), Nandor (Kayvan Novak), and, unwillingly, Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) depart their Staten Island lair for adventures abroad, leaving Laszlo (Matt Berry) behind to care for a reborn Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch), now an unholy infant who crawled out of the energy vampire’s own corpse. In the intervening year between Seasons 3 and 4, Laszlo has let the vampire’s mansion completely fall apart, to an absurd degree, and the show’s first episode back, “Reunited,” makes much of the house’s now-flooded basement, exposed pipes, rotting floors, and fully Grey Gardens-esque interiors, as well as several raccoons getting familiar with the property....

The rising multi-hyphenate star was writing for “Insecure” when creator Issa Rae took her aside and suggested she play Kelli Prenny, the core friend group’s loose canon who would remain MVP throughout the show’s five-season run. Rothwell, then just three months on the job, remembers thinking she was in trouble before bursting into tears in Rae’s office. “I really just wanted to be a part of my very first writers’ room for a scripted television series and kind of had blinders on,” Rothwell told IndieWire in a phone interview....

Diane Paragas’ “Yellow Rose” subtly weaves together the truth of Rose’s story in affecting, though never sentimental or maudlin, ways. Rose and Priscilla keep close because they’re undocumented immigrants, eager to keep their heads down and work hard and basically hope that ICE doesn’t come banging on their door in the middle of the night. Paragas’ film finds fresh ground to explore the price and the power of the American dream, bolstered by country crooning and heartbreaking (and very real) legal worries....

While the answer remains inconclusive, the question hovers over “Young Rock” like the Ghost of Elections Yet to Come. NBC’s new sitcom tells Dwayne Johnson’s life story, and it frames that story around a fictional 2032 presidential race, in which the former professional wrestler, college football player, and action star has landed one party’s nomination for America’s highest office. In an effort to connect with the voters, with the people, Johnson gets real with reporters on the campaign trail and starts telling stories from his childhood....

The gold, silver, and bronze medal placements in the seven student award categories will be revealed in a virtual program highlighting the winners and their films on October 21. Today’s wins also mean the students are eligible to compete in the Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, or Documentary Short Subject categories for the 2021 Oscars. Past student-award winners have received 64 Oscar nominations, and won or shared 13 awards....

Let’s start with a little good news. Starting with the 2021 Emmy season, anthology series will finally have a place to call home. And by that I mean they’re getting lumped together with limited series in a category now named Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series, naturally. Is it true? Could the country’s long national nightmare regarding categorization of anthology series finally be coming to an end? Ha! No. Not so long as Film Twitter is around to argue whether they get to claim the “Small Axe” series as films, actually....

At the bottom of this page are IndieWire Deputy TV Editor Ben Travers’ predictions for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. This article will be updated throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2021 race. Voting for the 2021 Emmys was held from June 17 through June 28 (with polls closing at 10 p.m. PT)....

The official statement reads: “The Executive Board of the EBU made the decision following a recommendation earlier today by the Eurovision Song Contest’s governing body, the Reference Group, based on the rules of the event and the values of the EBU. The Reference Group recommendation was also supported by the EBU’s Television Committee. “The decision reflects concern that, in light of the unprecedented crisis in Ukraine, the inclusion of a Russian entry in this year’s Contest would bring the competition into disrepute....

Other recognized shows include Starz limited series “Gaslit,” FX comedy “Reservation Dogs,” and Paramount+ legal drama “The Good Fight,” each receiving four nominations. “As we embark on holding the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards, we are amazed by the wealth of remarkable television programs that were considered to become this year’s nominees,” said Critics Choice Association TV branch co-president Ed Martin via statement. “Clearly, the industry has rebounded in a big way....