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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s Nike Film ‘Air’ to Make Surprise Debut at SXSW
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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s Nike Film ‘Air’ to Make Surprise Debut at SXSW

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s Nike drama “Air” is heading to Austin, Texas. The movie will screen to the public for the first time at SXSW as the festival’s closing night film on March 18. Currently on the SXSW website, there’s a TBA under the Closing Night Special Screening at Paramount Theatre at 6:30 p.m. More from Variety Tobe Nwigwe Unpacks His Failed Football Dreams and Path to Rap Stardom in 'Exhilarating' Conversation With Audible's 'Origins' 'Hypnotic' Review: For His Next Trick, Robert Rodriguez Will Pull Ben Affleck out of a Funk 'Northern Comfort' Review: Amiable Comedy Follows Fearful Flyers on a Surprise Trip to Iceland Amazon is releasing “Air,” which centers on real-life Nike shoe salesman Sonny Vaccaro and his pursuit of basketball phenom Micha...
Tilda Swinton Is Over COVID Film Set Rules: ‘I Was Told to Wear a Mask at All Times, and I’m Not’
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Tilda Swinton Is Over COVID Film Set Rules: ‘I Was Told to Wear a Mask at All Times, and I’m Not’

Tilda Swinton is over the pandemic, and she doesn’t care who knows it. She opened her keynote appearance at South by Southwest by sharing her pleasure that the pandemic had gotten to a point where audience members at the event didn’t have to wear masks anymore. More from Variety Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's Nike Film 'Air' to Make Surprise Debut at SXSW (EXCLUSIVE) Tobe Nwigwe Unpacks His Failed Football Dreams and Path to Rap Stardom in 'Exhilarating' Conversation With Audible's 'Origins' 'Hypnotic' Review: For His Next Trick, Robert Rodriguez Will Pull Ben Affleck out of a Funk Later in the conversation, Swinton said, “I’m about to shoot a picture in Ireland, and I was told to wear a mask at all times, and I’m not.” “I’m sure this is being recorded,” she ...
Priyanka Chopra Jonas Says ‘Citadel’ Is the First Time She’s Had Pay Parity With a Male Co-Star
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Priyanka Chopra Jonas Says ‘Citadel’ Is the First Time She’s Had Pay Parity With a Male Co-Star

Priyanka Chopra Jonas has been acting for two decades, yet she says her new Amazon Prime Video series “Citadel” represents the first time she’s had pay parity with a male co-star. Chopra Jonas stars with Richard Madden in the new series, which launches next month. Chopra Jonas was at Austin’s South by Southwest Festival in a keynote conversation with Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke about her upcoming action spy series for the streamer. She said on stage that she wondered whether the pay parity came out of the fact that Amazon Studios is led by a woman. More from Variety SXSW Nabs 'John Wick 4' for Secret Screening Slot (EXCLUSIVE) Charades Boards Icelandic Dark Comedy 'Northern Comfort' Ahead of SXSW Premiere, Unveils Clips (EXCLUSIVE) 'Frybread Face and Me,' ...