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It’s Cynthia Erivo’s first time in Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival. It’s a remarkably short trip — about 48-hours, not including flying time, as she takes a quick break from filming “Wicked” in London. But it’s a particularly momentous occasion: Erivo is celebrating the debut of her latest movie “Drift,” the first film she’s ever produced.

“It’s really cool to go with a film that I’m in and producing — apparently that is a rare thing for your first film to do that — so I’m quite pleased,” Erivo tells Variety, sounding a bit like a proud parent.

“Drift” could be considered Erivo’s first child, as the inaugural film from her Edith’s Daughter production company, which she launched in 2020 and runs with Solome Williams.

Directed by Anthony Chen, “Drift” is based on Alexander Maksik’s critically acclaimed 2013 novel “A Marker to Measure Drift.

The family of late actor Bill Paxton has reached a settlement in their wrongful death lawsuit.

According to court documents obtained by People, attorneys filed a notice of settlement on Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court; the settlement is reportedly still waiting on a judge’s approval.

Paxton, known for his roles in “Aliens” and HBO’s “Big Love”, died in 2017 at age 61 after suffering a fatal stroke due to complications from heart surgery.

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The terms of the settlement are confidential, but People points out the filing was made one month before the case was scheduled to go to trial.

The suit was filed in 2018 by Paxton’s widow, Louise Paxton, and their children, James and Lydia, accusing surgeon Dr. Ali Khoynezhad and Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of providing “negligent diagnosis,...

The family of actor Bill Paxton has reached a settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the surgeon who performed his heart surgery shortly before he died on Feb. 25, 2017.

According to a court filing obtained by the Associated Press, the suit was filed against Los Angeles hospital Cedars-Sinai Medical Center more than four years ago by Paxton’s wife, Louise Newbury, and their two children, James and Lydia. It had been scheduled to go to trial next month, however the settlement was agreed to in...

Bill Paxton’s son is remembering his late famous father on what would have been the actor’s 62nd birthday.

“Today is a very special for me,” James, 24, posted to his Instagram on Thursday. “It’s my Dad’s birthday and also happens to be the day that my first feature film #BoogeymanPop (shot 3 summers ago) announced its world premiere debut.”

“Happy Birthday Daddio!” he also captioned the post.

James was referencing the movie Boogeyman Pop, which is making its world premiere at the Cinepocalypse film festival in Chicago. He plays the lead role in the genre thriller.

Today is a very special for me.

Bill Paxton’s family is blaming the hospital and doctor who operated on him last year for his untimely death.

The Big Love star’s family and estate has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against surgeon Ali Khoynezhad and the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, according to court documents first obtained by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Paxton’s family is accusing the doctor and the hospital of providing the actor with “negligent diagnosis, management, and treatment,” which they say led to the complications that resulted in the actor’s death last Feb. 25. He was 61.

According to the lawsuit, Cedars-Sinai “misrepresented and/or...