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Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal will bring viewers back to the world of Ridley Scott’s Gladiator (2009) when the sequel film in which they star lands in theaters Nov. 22. Mescal will portray Lucius, the son of Connie Nielsen’s Lucilla, from the first film, and Neilsen will reprise her role from the 1992 film.

Those planning to see Gladiator II in theaters when it comes out may be looking to review the first film, which won Best Picture at the 2001 Academy Awards. For details on where to watch Gladiator, read on.

Where is Gladiator streaming?

Ridley Scott’s first Roman Empire film, starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix and Connie Nielsen, will be available to stream on Prime Video starting Nov. 1. Starting Dec. 1, will stream on Hulu. The film is also available to stream on Paramount+ and Fubo. It is available to rent on Apple TV+, Fandango At Home, Spectrum and Microsoft.

Night, the Austin-based talent management company that reps creators like MrBeast, Dream, Safiya Nygaard, and Ryan Trahan, has acquired Lfm Management.

Lfm, founded by John Nelson in 2019, will bring its entire roster to Night, including Kai Cenat and his creator collab group Amp (aka Any Means Possible).

Nelson will join Night as a VP of talent; in that role, he’ll continue to represent Lfm’s roster across all areas.

“I couldn’t be more excited to welcome John Nelson and his roster of clients to Night,” Reed Duchscher, Night’s founder and CEO, said in a statement. “Night is laser focused on building alongside the biggest stars on the internet, and this acquisition demonstrates that. We are thrilled to be backing Kai, Amp, and so many other great creators with this move. With the addition of Lfm, Night continues to represent the very best YouTube creators and Twitch streamers in the world.

Austin-based talent management company Night, which represents such digital creators as MrBeast and Dream, has announced the acquisition of Lfm Management, a New York-based content creator managing firm for global brands.

The move adds prominent creators Kai Cenat, Amp, and others to the Night roster.

“I’m extremely excited to partner with John Nelson and his amazing roster of clients,” said Night CEO and founder Reed Duchscher. “This acquisition demonstrates our commitment to building alongside the biggest stars on the internet. With the addition of Lfm, Night continues to represent the very best YouTube creators and Twitch streamers in the world. We look forward to working with John and his roster to continue forging their path to the top of the entertainment industry.”

Kai Cenat, who recently made headlines for orchestrating a PlayStation giveaway that descended into chaos in Manhattan’s Union Square, is the top streamer on Twitch. Named...

Just as Hollywood talent agencies aim to pick off boutique firms to bolster their client lists, a newer crop of influencer-based companies are also looking for deals to scale up. One of those firms, the Reed Duchscher-run Night, which has a management division that touts itself as the home of YouTube influencer Jimmy Donaldson (aka MrBeast), is set to grow by acquisition.

Night stated Friday it is acquiring Lfm, a New York-based management firm focused on influencers that includes YouTube and Twitch creator Kai Cenat among its 10 clients. Lfm founder John Nelson will join Night as vp talent and will bring along three of his employees as part of the deal (terms of which weren’t disclosed). The roster of Night appears to have grown substantially in a few years: in 2020, Duchscher said the company had 10 clients, several of them YouTube stars, it now lists about 65, not including those from the Lfm acquisition.

It's no secret that "Blade Runner 2049" is a VFX masterclass. Denis Villeneuve's long-awaited sequel to the 1982 sci-fi classic "Blade Runner" showcases exactly what can be accomplished by filmmakers with a keen eye and a good visual effects team. The film's VFX even won big at the Academy Awards.

As well as picking up Best Cinematography for Roger Deakins, the film also won Best Visual Effects for the work of John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert, and Richard R. Hoover. It's no surprise, of course, "Blade Runner 2049" includes some of the most visually striking effects work in modern cinema, especially those beautiful scenes of...

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Sprawling across 12 acres on the southern edge of Palm Springs, this compound was custom built for philanthropist Robert Pond and his wife Jo in 1989. Standing head and shoulders above its Coachella Valley peers — quite literally, as it’s tucked into a hillside knoll — it comes complete with a Spanish-style mansion and detached pair of guesthouses. Altogether, the estate offers a whopping total of 10 bedrooms and 15 bathrooms, plus stables and garage space for up to 100 vehicles, and sweeping dessert and mountain vistas to boot.

Pond retired to Palm Springs after converting a Minneapolis-based family business into a $100 million global enterprise. He’s best known in the local community for helping to launch the Palm Springs Air Museum, which houses a collection of more than two dozen of his still-flying, WWII-era aircraft.

Known as “The Pond Estate,” the property has since hosted countless weddings, fundraisers and parties; it was last sold at...

The Grey is out on DVD this week, so at last we can talk about the end … which clearly isn't

Things don't look so great for Liam Neeson at the end of The Grey. He's the last remaining survivor of an aeroplane crash in the frozen tundra, and he's hemmed in by a pack of gigantic, man-eating wolves, who aren't all that well disposed toward him because he's polished off a fair few of their mates in the previous couple of days. As the film draws to its thrilling conclusion, the seething leader of the wolf pack faces off against Neeson, and the two get set to engage in a vicious, mano a mano, winner-takes-all duel to the death. Meanwhile, the rest of the wolves move a side and give the boys room to operate. No two ways about it, Neeson's backed himself into a tight corner this time!

As...

Joan Crawford (right, in Daisy Kenyon) is Turner Classic Movies' next "Summer Under the Stars" star. On Monday, August 22, TCM will be showing 13 Joan Crawford movies, in addition to Peter Fitzgerald's documentary Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star, narrated by Anjelica Huston. (Curiously, Crawford is nowhere to be found in any of the 40+ films directed by Anjelica Huston's father, John Huston.) [Joan Crawford Movie Schedule.] As an MGM and WB star, Crawford is one of TCM's most visible stars. Every week, there's some Joan Crawford movie or other on TCM — at times, a number of them. Even so, there's plenty of room for variety, as Crawford made about 60 films between 1930 and 1950, roughly her (talkie) time at MGM (1930s and early '40s) and WB (late '40s). There would be even more room for variety if TCM bothered showing more of Crawford's silents. She appeared in about 25 of those, precious few of which have surfaced so far.

Tod Maitland, Dennis Maitland, Norman Jewison at the 45th Cinema Audio Society Awards Production Sound Mixer Dennis L. Maitland, who collaborated with the likes of John Cassavetes, Barbra Streisand, Sydney Pollack, Paul Mazursky, Norman Jewison, Herbert Ross, Paul Newman, John Huston, Tim Burton, Bob Fosse, Sidney Lumet, and Arthur Hiller, died in New York City on March 31. Maitland was 79. A veteran of more than 80 feature films and a number of television shows, Maitland was given the Cinema Audio Society’s Career Achievement Award in 2009. Among his feature-film credits are The Prince of Tides, Three Days of the Condor, Husbands, The Hospital, The Pawnbroker, Lenny, Gloria, …And Justice for All, Moonstruck, and Mars Attacks!. Additionally, Maitland also worked as a music mixer for Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, The Beatles, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, and the philharmonic orchestras of New York, Boston, Berlin, Philadelphia and Montreal. On [...]...