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Bob Dylan’s biopic, A Complete Unknown, is once again after another musical biopic’s collection, and this time, it is Ritchie Valens’ biopic La Bamba. Timothee Chalamet is earning loads of praise for his performance as the film is on its way to achieving a notable title at the box office in North America. Scroll below for the deets.

Like the 2024 release, La Bamba is also a musical biopic directed by Luis Valdez. The film follows the life of American Chicano rock and roll star Ritchie Valens. It featured Lou Diamond Phillips as Valens, along with Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Pena, Danielle von Zerneck, and Joe Pantoliano in the supporting roles. The movie follows Valens’ life and short-lived musical career. In addition to that it also featured the effect his career had on others life.

The 1987 biopic La Bamba about the life and career of rock and roll legend Ritchie Valens is a critically acclaimed movie that still holds up today. Now, Ritchie Valens is getting another showcase on the big screen with a La Bamba remake in the works at Sony. As per a report by Variety, Mucho Mas Media and Sony are teaming up to remake the Golden Globe-nominated film based on rock star Valens' life and career.

Luis Valdez, the writer and director of the original film, is on board as an executive producer, with Jos Rivera, who is best known for 2004's The Motorcycle Diaries, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award, is attached to write the new screenplay. Valdez spoke about his film standing the test of time, Valens' inspiration for a new generation, and how the new biopic can provide even more insight into Valens' short, but successful life and career.

The story of Ritchie Valens will be revisited in a new feature film. La Bamba, the 1987 movie that served as a biopic for Valens, is now in the process of getting a remake.

Per Variety, La Bamba is getting reimagined courtesy of Mucho Mas Media nad Sony Pictures. The director behind the 1987 movie, Luis Valdez, is on board to serve as an executive producer on the remake. While Valdez wrote the script for the original movie, the script for the remake will be penned by Jos Rivera (The Motorcycle Diaries). A director hasn't yet been named, and there's no word yet on who will be playing the late rock 'n' roll singer whose famous "La Bamba" song inspired the title of the biopic.

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In Lifetime's newest original film, Friday Night Sext Scandal, we have a storyline inspired by real events.

It intends to explore the dark underbelly of the high school experience regarding teenage boys who go on the hunt for sexually explicit photos from their female counterparts.

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“Don’t be such a dreamer,” says Bob (Esai Morales) to his younger brother, to which soon-to-be teen star Ritchie Valens (Lou Diamond Phillips), né Richard Valenzuela, quickly retorts, “My dreams are pure rock ‘n’ roll.” It’s the kind of blunt, overearnest exchange found in countless music-based biopics, but it also exemplifies La Bamba’s penchant for the cartoonishly archetypal. Indeed, everyone surrounding Ritchie is stripped of both nuance and agency as their roles in the film rarely extend beyond fueling or antagonizing the future icon.

Ritchie’s girlfriend, Donna (Danielle von Zerneck), the namesake of one of his biggest hits, is little more than a poodle skirt and a cheery smile, while his doting mother, Connie (Rosanna DeSoto), is the quintessential ultra-supportive parent. Bob is certainly the most fully fleshed out of this trio, but even most of his personal ups and downs are presented as being directly...

Comedy Central announced its annual 31-day holiday extravaganza, featuring two new movies: “A Clüsterfünke Christmas,” debuting Dec. 4, and “Hot Mess Holiday,” premiering Dec. 11.

Both of these movies will air at 7 p.m. The network will announce additional titles for its”31 Days of Going Home for the Holidays” programming slate at a later date.

“A Clüsterfünke Christmas” stars Vella Lovell, Cheyenne Jackson, Ryan McPartlin, Nils Hognestad, Rachel Dratch and Ana Gasteyer and follows the story of real estate executive Holly who heads to a small town to buy the quaint Clüsterfünke Inn and transform it into a resort. While meeting the owners, Holly finds herself distracted by their handsome nephew Frank. It is a parody of more traditional holiday rom-coms.

Anna Dokoza directs “A Clüsterfünke Christmas,” which was written by Dratch and Gasteyer, who also executive produce alongside Meghan Hooper, Trevor Rose, Josh Van Houdt, Danielle von Zerneck, Jamie Goehring and Shawn Williamson.

Lifetime has greenlighted a remake of the 1997 TV movie “Dying to Belong” about sorority hazing, the network announced Tuesday.

Shannen Doherty will star in the movie alongside “Supergirl’s” Favour Onwuka and “iZombie” actress Jenika Rose. Onwuka and Rose will play college freshman who become “fast friends,” according to Lifetime’s description of the film. “Riley (Rose), whose mother Katherine (Doherty) was a legacy Pi Gamma Beta, decides to rush in hopes of following Katherine’s footsteps and is ecstatic when Olivia (Onwuka) joins her. Sensing the opportunity to go undercover to write a story about hazing practices, Olivia soon discovers there are deadly secrets involved in being part of the sisterhood.”

The original “Dying to Belong,” directed by William A. Graham, aired in 1997 on NBC, starring Hilary Swank, Sarah Chalke, Jenna von Oÿ and Mark-Paul Gosselaar. Dying to Belong will debut this fall on Lifetime.

Lifetime’s “Dying to...

Exclusive: Lifetime is bringing an updated version of the classic television movie Dying To Belong to the screen. Shannen Doherty, Favour Onwuka (Supergirl) and Jenika Rose (iZombie) are set to star in Lifetime’s remake of the 1997 film, which starred Hilary Swank, Sarah Chalke, Jenna von Oÿ and Mark-Paul Gosselaar. Dying to Belong, which reveals the harsh realities of toxic friendships and sorority hazing culture, will debut this fall on Lifetime.

In Dying To Belong, when journalism major Olivia (Onwuka) meets Riley (Rose), a shy freshman who suffers from anxiety, they become fast friends. Riley, whose mother Katherine (Doherty) was a legacy Pi Gamma Beta, decides to rush in hopes of following Katherine’s footsteps and is ecstatic when Olivia joins her. Sensing the opportunity to go undercover to write a story about hazing practices, Olivia soon discovers there are deadly secrets involved in being part of the “sisterhood.”

Dying...

Lou Diamond Phillips celebrated the anniversary of La Bamba by reflecting on how the Ritchie Valens biopic changed his life forever. Valens, the rock 'n' roll singer known for hits like "La Bamba" and "Donna," passed away in a 1959 plane crash at the age of 17 just months after breaking out as a famous rock star. His heartbreaking story is told in La Bamba which was released in 1987.

On the movie's 34th anniversary, Lou Diamond Phillips took to Twitter to remember La Bamba. He first retweeted an image of the poster with Phillips in character as Ritchie holding a guitar. The caption of the original tweet noted that La Bamba premiered in theaters July 24, 1987.

"And somebody's life changed forever. Thanks, Ritchie," Phillips added, also including the hashtag #Grateful.

Esai Morales also starred in La Bamba as Ritchie's brother Bob. Speaking about La Bamba on its anniversary, another fan on Twitter tweeted...

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A Clüsterfünke Christmas follows Holly (Lovell), a go-getter real estate executive from New York City who heads on assignment to a small town to buy up the quaint Clüsterfünke Inn and transform it into a mega-resort. First order of business? She must convince the inn’s spinster owners (Gasteyer and Dratch) to make the sale. But before she can, she meets their nephew Frank (Jackson), a hot hunk of smoldering woodsman.

Real-life couple Ben Lewis (“Arrow”) and Blake Lee (“Fam”) have been cast in “The Christmas Setup,” Lifetime’s first-ever LGBTQ-lead original holiday movie, while Jacky Lai (“V-Wars”), Tony Giroux (“Motherland: Fort Salem”) and Tzi Ma (“Mulan”) will star in “A Sugar & Spice Holiday,” centered on an Asian American Family, the network announced Monday.

Lifetime also said it is working with GLAAD and Cape (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment), on the respective movies, to ensure they represent the communities depicted accurately.

“The world we create on camera should reflect the world we live in. ‘The Christmas Setup’ and ‘A Sugar & Spice Holiday’ are important additions to the It’s a Wonderful Lifetime slate because they continue our effort to tell the stories of the diverse communities represented by our viewers,” said Amy Winter, executive vice president and head of programming, Lifetime and Lmn. “Our hope with these inclusive films and...

Lifetime has cast married actors Ben Lewis and Blake Lee as the stars of “The Christmas Setup,” the network’s first-ever holiday movie centered on a gay romance.

Additionally, the cable channel has set Jacky Lai (“V-Wars”), Tony Giroux (“Motherland: Fort Salem”) and Tzi Ma (“Mulan”) as the leads of “A Sugar & Spice Holiday,” Lifetime’s first film focused on an Asian-American family and and featuring an Asian director, writer, casting director and cast.

Described as a “feel-good LGBTQ holiday romance,” “The Christmas Setup” was set as part of Lifetime’s lineup of holiday movies for the season, which begin airing Oct. 23, last month. The movie follows New York lawyer Hugo (Lewis), who heads to Milwaukee with his best friend Madelyn (Ellen Wong) to spend the holidays with his mom Kate (Fran Drescher), who is also in charge of the local Christmas celebrations.

Per Lifetime, “Ever the matchmaker, Kate arranges...

Lifetime has set the cast for The Christmas Setup, its first holiday movie with a lead LGBTQ storyline, and A Sugar & Spice Holiday, its first movie centered on an Asian American family. Real-life married couple Ben Lewis and Blake Lee will headline The Christmas Setup, along with Fran Drescher and Ellen Wong (Glow); and Jacky Lai (V-Wars) and Tony Giroux (Motherland: Fort Salem) will star in A Sugar & Spice Holiday, alongside Tzi Ma (Mulan).

Written by Michael J. Murray, The Christmas Setup follows the story of New York lawyer Hugo (Lewis) who heads to Milwaukee with his best friend Madelyn (Wong) to spend the holidays with his mom Kate (Drescher), who is also in charge of the local Christmas celebrations. Ever the matchmaker, Kate arranges for Hugo to run into Patrick (Lee), Hugo’s high school friend and secret crush,...

Lifetime has set “The Christmas Set Up,” its first-ever Christmas movie centered on a gay couple, which will air as part of the cable channel’s slate of 30 new holiday films this year.

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Lifetime has set its fall movie lineup with seven young adult-focused films that tackle topics such as mental health, suicide and teen domestic dating violence, with Shannen Doherty, Mira Sorvino, Bella Thorne, Austin P. Mckenzie, Angela Kinsey Jason Patric and Caitlin Stasey among the cast. The Girl in the Bathtub; Terror in the Woods; Conrad & Michelle: If Words Could Kill; No One Would Tell; Believe Me: The Lisa McVey Story and The Lover in the Attic, join previously announced The Bad Seed, directed by and starring Rob Lowe, which premieres September 9 at 8 Pm.

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