Month: December 2023

Psychological thriller “Miller’s Girl,” which stars Jenna Ortega and Martin Freeman, has released a trailer. Written and directed by Jade Halley Bartlett, the film follows a precocious female student, Cairo Sweet (Ortega), who develops a dark, complex relationship with her teacher, Jonathan Miller (Freeman), after he assigns her to write a short story inspired by
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“Barbie’s” billion-dollar box office haul has opened the door for more feature film adaptations of iconic plastic ladies. American Girls, the 18-inch dolls that had an absolute chokehold over millennial youths, are finally getting their day on the big screen. That’s right: Samantha, Kirsten, Molly, Felicity, Addy (and maybe even a few more — fingers
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Chelsey Summey has been named the Sr. VP of communications for Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, Warner Bros. Discovery announced. She will support the group’s internal communications and external media relations, including for Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures Animation. Summey will report to Katie Martin Kelley, executive VP of communications
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James Gunn has assembled quite the cast for “Superman: Legacy.” In addition to the film’s main trio – Superman (David Corenswet), Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan) and Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) – the movie is also reportedly set to feature Jimmy Olsen (Skyler Gisondo), Metamorpho (Anthony Carrigan), Mister Terrific (Edi Gathegi), Guy Gardner (Nathan Fillon), Hawkgirl
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“Government Cheese,” the upcoming Apple TV+ series starring and executive produced by David Oyelowo, has added Simone Missick to its cast. The dramedy follows Hampton Chambers (played by Oyelowo), a man recently released from prison who struggles to keep his criminal past at bay and win back his family, all while processing moments of divine
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Amazon’s Audible announced that three veteran content execs — Diana Dapito, Kate Navin and Rhonda Adams Medina — have been promoted to new roles at the audiobook and podcast company. Dapito has been promoted to head of regional content, North America (previously senior VP, consumer content). Navin has been promoted head of creative development, North
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SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for Season 1, Episode 8 of “The Buccaneers,” now streaming on Apple TV+. The season finale of Apple TV+’s “The Buccaneers,” aptly titled “Wedding of the Season,” culminates with a traditional chapel wedding between Nan St. George (Kristine Frøseth) and Theo, Duke of Tintagel (Guy Remmers). However, the events
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Spoiler alert: This contains spoilers from Season 1 of “My Life With the Walter Boys,” now streaming on Netflix, as well as the book of the same name. Who doesn’t love a love triangle? If the “My Life With the Walter Boys” audience is any indication, millions do. The new series, based on Ali Novak’s
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Luke Combs took to social media Wednesday morning to say that he was “sick to my stomach” after waking up to learn that he had won a $250,000 judgment against a Florida woman who’d earned $380 selling 18 handmade drink tumblers with his likeness on them. The country superstar said he was “completely and utterly
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Kate del Castillo (“La Reina del Sur”) and Santiago Cabrera (“Star Trek: Picard,” “Heroes”) have been tapped to join the Season 3 cast of Fox’s “The Cleaning Lady” as series regulars. When the strike-delayed new season of “The Cleaning Lady” returns on Tuesday, March 5, the duo will play siblings Ramona Sanchez and Jorge Sanchez.  They’ll
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ESPN veteran Raina Kelley has joined Vibe as Editor-in-Chief. Kelley will steer the editorial direction and vision of Vibe, the storied hip hop and lifestyle brand that revolves around music, entertainment and culture. Kelley’s appointment follows the move of longtime Vibe chief Datwon Thomas to a new role as executive producer, talent for Dick Clark
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At first blush, Andre Braugher cut a similar figure to Raymond Holt, the NYPD captain he spent eight seasons playing on the Fox-turned-NBC sitcom “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” Both were imposing figures who carried a sense of gravitas: Braugher as a Juilliard-trained, Emmy-winning dramatic actor; Holt as a gay, Black police officer who’d overcome prejudice to climb
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X, the Elon Musk-owned social network formerly known as Twitter, was experiencing technical difficulties with links posted to the platform Wednesday. When URLs posted to X are clicked on, the site’s t.co redirecting service returns an error message that says, “This page is down.” Reps for X didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
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For much of their conversation, Ben Affleck and Michael B. Jordan seem mutually star-struck, even though they’ve known each other for 10 years. They first connected after “Argo,” Affleck’s third directorial effort, won best picture and Jordan’s career skyrocketed following his searing leading performance in Ryan Coogler’s “Fruitvale Station.” Today, Affleck inundates Jordan with praise
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Letterboxd, the movie-reviews social network that has attracted millions of cinephiles — including one Martin Scorsese — is adding movie listings to its service. Starting Wednesday (Dec. 13), Letterboxd Patron members in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, New Zealand and Australia will have access to showtime listings for films currently playing in cinemas near them
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Christopher Abbott is the new “Wolf Man,” taking over the starring role in the upcoming monster movie from Blumhouse and Universal Pictures from Ryan Gosling. Details on the project are being kept under wraps, but Abbott (“Poor Things,” “It Comes at Night” and a Golden Globe nominee for “Catch-22”) plays a man whose family is
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Check out the Official Trailer for Out of Darkness starring Chuku Modu! ► Buy Tickets on Fandango: https://www.fandango.com/out-of-darkness-2024-234513/movie-overview?cmp=Trailers_YouTube_Desc Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to be notified of all the hottest trailers: http://bit.ly/2CNniBy ► Shop Rotten Tomatoes: http://bit.ly/3KvCU1M US Release Date: February 9, 2024 Starring: Chuku Modu, Iola Evans, Kit Young Director:
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UTA has signed British television creator, writer and executive producer Jack Rooke.  Rooke is the creator, executive producer and narrator of U.K.’s Channel 4 series, “Big Boys,” which is based on his award-winning Edinburgh Fringe comedy shows. Set in 2013 comedy-drama produced by Roughcut TV follows shy, closeted Jack (Dylan Llewellyn) who has spent the past
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With five hours of airtime to fill, CBS’ Nashville-based New Year’s Eve special has to book a significant amount of the stars of country music, and many of those names were announced in a talent rollout Wednesday morning — including the genre’s blockbuster artist of the moment, Morgan Wallen. Among those also newly announced as
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Citations and Footnotes from Episode 1, “The Beast”  BOOKS  Anger, Kenneth, Hollywood Babylon II, New American Library, 1984  Beauchamp, Cari, Joseph P. Kennedy Presents His Hollywood Years, Penguin Random House, 2009  Lagos, Taso G., American Zeus, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.  Tygiel, Jules, The Great Los Angeles Swindle: Oil, Stocks, and Scandal During
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Cinetic Media has signed directors Julie Cohen, Oren Jacoby and Betsy West. The management company will represent the Oscar-nominated filmmakers and their documentary company, Storyville Films, across all types of media. Storyville Films was founded by Jacoby to produce documentaries and series driven by “strong personal narratives of conscience, courage and innovation.” Jacoby, Cohen and West
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George Clooney may be returning to the “Ocean’s” franchise. In a new interview with Uproxx while promoting his movie “The Boys in the Boat,” the actor revealed that a script for another “Ocean’s” movie exists that would seemingly reunite the original trilogy’s cast for a movie set after the events of 2007’s “Ocean’s 13.” Clooney
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