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This day in pop culture for January 4

On this day in pop culture history, Brittany Spears had one super-short marriage, Winnie-the-Pooh found his voice, Billboard ...
NBC Los Angeles

Mother of music producer Benny Blanco hides as intruders break into home, police say

A woman hid from intruders as they broke into her Studio City home Monday night. Law enforcement sources tell NBC4 Investigates the victim is the mother of music producer Benny Blanco. Stream Los ...
AV Club

Numbers be damned, Amazon snaps up The Rock and Benny Safdie's very weird next movie

There are more important questions than "How much money did The Smashing Machine lose," like "How weird is Lizard Music going to be?" "There they are: The suckers that are going to pay us to adapt one ...
Variety

Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie’s ‘Lizard Music’ Lands at Amazon MGM Studios’ United Artists

UA's Scott Stuber will produce the film, which stars Johnson as a septuagenarian whose best friend is a chicken The film will follow a boy opens a “hidden door to the extraordinary” when he “stumbles ...
IndieWire

After ‘The Smashing Machine’ Disappointment, Benny Safdie and Dwayne Johnson’s Next Project ‘Lizard Music’ Lands at United Artists

The Rock stars in the film as Chicken Man, a man in his seventies trying to find a secret society of lizard musicians. “Lizard Music” though is even stranger, a book adaptation that concerns lizard ...
TheWrap

Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie’s ‘Lizard Music’ Set at Amazon MGM’s United Artists

Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (Credit: Getty Images) Fresh off “The Smashing Machine,” Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie’s next project “Lizard Music” ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie’s Next Movie ‘Lizard Music’ Lands at Amazon MGM

United Artists and Scott Stuber are behind the package adapting Daniel Pinkwater's novel. By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment Reporter The next feature collaboration between Dwayne Johnson and Benny ...
Deadline.com

United Artists Lands ‘Lizard Music’ Package Reuniting ‘Smashing Machine’s Dwayne Johnson And Benny Safdie

Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie attend the Los Angeles premiere of A24's 'The Smashing Machine' on Sept. 29, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Following a competitive ...
Yardbarker

Benny Safdie making Lizard Music for his kids

Benny Safdie is making Lizard Music for his children. The 39-year-old actor-and-director - who has two sons with wife Ava - is reteaming with his The Smashing Machine star Dwayne Johnson on the ...
Deadline.com

Benny Safdie Says Next Dwayne Johnson Team-Up ‘Lizard Music’ Is For His Kids: “I Want Them To Feel Those Feelings”

Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie attend the Los Angeles premiere of A24's 'The Smashing Machine' on Sept. 29, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images After Deadline exclusively ...
People

All About Benny Blanco’s Brother, Jeremy Levin (Who Is Also in the Music Business!)

Benny Blanco told PEOPLE that his brother, Jeremy Levin, is a 'sweetie' Caroline Blair is a writer for PEOPLE. She has been writing about celebrities, entertainment, reality TV stars and news for five ...