Taylor Swift to make her directorial debut
Taylor Swift's about to yell action!
The singer-songwriter will make her feature directorial debut with Searchlight Pictures, the studio announced. Swift also wrote the original script for the movie, which will be produced by Searchlight.
“Taylor is a once-in-ageneration artist and storyteller. It is a genuine joy and privilege to collaborate with her as she embarks on this exciting and new creative journey,” Searchlight Presidents David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield said in a news release.
Swift recently was honored with two best direction awards at the 2022 VMA Awards for her work on “All Too Well: The Short Film” and “The Man.”
“All Too Well: The Short Film,” which Swift wrote and directed, is inspired by the 10-minute version of her song “All Too Well.” It recently screened at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival.
The film is also eligible for the short film category at the upcoming Academy Awards.
Swift is in good hands. Searchlight has made Oscar winners like Guillermo del Toro's “The Shape of Water” and Chloe Zhao's “Nomadland.”
Nick Carter denies rape allegation
Backstreet Boys' member Nick Carter is being sued by a woman with autism and cerebral palsy who says the singer raped her as a teenager on the group's tour bus in 2001.
Shannon “Shay” Ruth, 39, filed a sexual battery lawsuit in Clark County, Nevada, on Thursday in which she claims Carter gave her alcohol and assaulted her after a concert in Tacoma, Washington, in February 2001.
Ruth alleges in her complaint that Carter picked her out of a line of autograph seekers, invited her on tour bus and gave her “VIP juice,” which she believes was a mixture of cranberry juice and alcohol. The singer denied the allegation in a statement from his attorney Michael Holtz.
ABC no longer will broadcast the TV special “A Very Backstreet Holiday,” set to air Wednesday, in light of the suit.