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It’ll be Van Diemen’s Land and The Assistant reunion of sorts for Kitty Green this summer as the filmmaker will reteam with actor (and here co-scribe) Oscar Redding and actress Julia Garner on a fourth feature film/ second back to back feature film project. Titled The Royal Hotel, this Australian backed project will begin production this coming summer and we expect a co-lead actress to be attached any minute now that the news has dropped. See-Saw Films’ Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Liz Watts and Kath Shelper are producing. Simon Gillis will exec produce.

We’ve been fans of Green’s experi-docu beginnings with 2013’s Ukraine Is Not a Brothel, her 2015 short The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul and a whole new take on a communal town psyche in Casting JonBenet (2017).…...

Poker players of every skill level are invited to go “all in” for a good cause as Miracle Flights, the nation’s leading medical flight charity, hosts its first-ever online poker tournament on Wednesday, August 5 at 7 p.m. Edt/4 p.m. Pdt.

Celebrities scheduled to appear include Brad Garrett, Richard Kind, Michael Ian Black, Oksana Baiul and poker pro Matt Berkey. A $100 buy-in earns players a spot in the tournament—and goes directly to support Miracle Flights, the national nonprofit that provides free plane tickets to families who need specialized medical treatment far from home. Registration is currently open here.

The poker tournament marks the first online fundraiser for Miracle Flights, which has been flying families to distant medical care for 35 years. The organization has continued its mission amid the Covid-19 pandemic and even expanded its services to help more families in need—relaxing its income guidelines, coordinating ground transportation...

In the end, Oksana Baiul won Olympic gold in women's figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics, and Nancy Kerrigan settled for silver. But considering the road Kerrigan took to get to the Games in Lillehamer, Norway, second place may have never felt so much like a victory. On Jan. 6, 1994, just over a month before the Olympics were set to begin, Kerrigan was on her way to her dressing room at what is now the Cobo Center in Detroit when an assailant came up behind her and thwacked her multiple times around her right knee with what looked like a crowbar or tire iron. The person, whom a witness said appeared to be wearing a credential that would have allowed him to move around the venue freely, then...

Halt and Catch Fire‘s latest hire is well versed in troubleshooting a presidential campaign, but maintaining a team of web surfers is a whole different ballgame.

Anna Chlumsky, a five-time Emmy nominee for her role as Amy Brookheimer on HBO’s Veep, kicks off a five-episode arc on the AMC tech drama, beginning with Saturday’s “Tonya and Nancy.” She plays Dr. Katie Herman, Comet’s chief ontologist who is tasked with overseeing a team of “obsessives” helping Joe, Gordon and Haley index the World Wide Web. She is also a potential love interest for Gordon.

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There's not much left to say about the 1996 murder of JonBenét Ramsey – but that hasn't stopped people from talking about it. Though the brutal, unsolved murder of the six-year-old pageant queen has been a cultural fixation for more than 20 years, the anniversary last December saw a surge of books, movies, and TV series rehashing theories about who was behind one ofthe most disturbing crimes of the 1990s.

While most of last year's Ramsey-centric media offerings seemed like little more than hot takes looking for new ways to capitalize on the tragedy,...

Here’s your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress — at the end of the week, you’ll have the chance to vote for your favorite.

In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.

The Rising

Logline: Hundreds of thousands of people were exposed to the risk of chemical illness when the U.S. government and Bp sprayed millions of gallons of toxic dispersants in the Bp Horizon Disaster ‘clean-up’ operations.

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An acclaimed filmmaker turns his lens to the frontlines of the Bp Horizon disaster and the large scale cover-up of the tragic health effects following the infamous spill in 2010, in an upcoming documentary called “The Rising.” The film exposes the true health effects for tens of thousands of people and the ramifications of unregulated corporate power and government collusion to our nation.

All season long, the outcome of The Voice‘s ninth season has seemed as obvious as the ick factor in a love duet between 39-year-old Blake Shelton and his 17-year-old protégé.

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You could practically imagine Jan Brady-esque huffing from backstage — “Jordan! Jordan! Jordan!” — every time Jordan Smith got a standing ovation from the judges or a fawning intro package from Mark Burnett & Co. or a No. 1 slot on the iTunes Top 200 from Voice voters both crazed and casual.

But while Jordan slayed his closing Christmas hymn tonight and didn’t make any glaring mistakes — unless,...

The American Film Institute announced today the films that will screen in the World Cinema, Breakthrough, Midnight, Shorts and Cinema’s Legacy programs at AFI Fest 2015 presented by Audi.

AFI Fest will take place November 5 – 12, 2015, in the heart of Hollywood. Screenings, Galas and events will be held at the historic Tcl Chinese Theatre, the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres, Dolby Theatre, the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyptian, the El Capitan Theatre and The Hollywood Roosevelt.

World Cinema showcases the most acclaimed international films of the year; Breakthrough highlights true discoveries of the programming process; Midnight selections will grip audiences with terror; and Cinema’s Legacy highlights classic movies and films about cinema. World Cinema and Breakthrough selections are among the films eligible for Audience Awards. Shorts selections are eligible for the Grand Jury Prize, which qualifies the winner for Academy Award®consideration. This year’s Shorts jury features filmmaker Janicza Bravo,...

The highlight is the absolutely astonishing “World of Tomorrow,” which crams in more Sf ideas than you’ll find in a decade’s worth of summer blockbusters. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

Didn’t get to Sundance this January? Me neither. But now some arthouse moviegoers in the U.S. will have a chance to check out a selection of the best short films from this year’s fest, starting in New York City, where the IFC Center debuts today the 2015 Sundance Film Festival Award-Winning Shorts. (Keep an eye on your local arthouse: this may show up there in the coming months.)

The highlight of the program and winner of the Short Film Jury Award — meaning it was the best short of the festival — is the absolutely astonishing “World of Tomorrow” [IMDb], from American filmmaker Don Hertzfeldt.

Updated with details and quotes: The Sundance Film Festival awards ceremony tonight in Park City saw a dramatic dual decision and strong political voices to put a cap on a hot-deals festival. Like last year, when Whiplash took both the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award on its way to an Best Picture Oscar nomination, the much-sought Me And Earl And The Dying Girl took both this year.

“I want to dedicate this to all the young filmmakers in my hometown of Laredo, Texas,” said director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon onstage. Fox Searchlight and Indian Paintbrush teamed to land the pic earlier this week after frenzied bidding, with a 2015 release planned. The Jesse Andrews script follows Greg, who is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But...

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Kitty Green.s The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiu has won the jury award for best non-fiction short at the Sundance Film Festival.

Green.s film follows girls from across divided, war-torn Ukraine as they audition to play the role of Olympic champion figure skater Oksana Baiul.

Oksana was world champion in 1993 when she was 16 and the following year won the ladies. single title at the Winter Olympics - the only skater to ever win gold at that event representing Ukraine.

The seven-minute short was produced by Green, Philippa Campey and Michael Latham, with cinematography by Latham.

Green directed Ukraine is not a Brothel, the feature documentary on the country.s topless feminist movement Femen, which caused a stir at its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival as it revealed the group was founded by a man, Victor Svyatski, who left the collective a year earlier.

Some 60 shorts from around the world,...

Starting from 8,061 total submissions, the Sundance Film Festival awarded the Short Film Grand Jury Prize on Tuesday night to Don Hertzfeldt’s “World of Tomorrow.” The film is about a little girl being taken on a mind-bending tour of the distant future.

Other short film winners include “Smilf” taking the Short Film Jury Award for U.S. Fiction, while “Oh Lucy!” scored the Short Film Jury Award in the International Fiction category. The former tells the story of a young mother trying to balance her old single life with her new one, while the latter is about a middle-aged woman...

A total of six Australian projects have been invited to screen at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival next year.

The South Australian project Sam Klemke's Time Machine will have its world premiere in the New Frontier Film section while Oscar Raby.s Assent will screen in the New Frontier Installations section.

In the Sundance Shorts Competition, Kitty Green.s The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul will have its world premiere as well as Tim Marshall.s Followers.

This adds to the previously announced screenings of Kim Kim Farrant.s Strangerland, starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving, and Ariel Kleiman.s Partisan, starring Vincent Cassel, which will screen in competition in the World Cinema Dramatic program.

In a statement released to the media, CEO of Screen Australia, Graeme Mason, said, .It is a great honour to have six of our skilful filmmakers recognised by the leading indie film festival in the world.

Not unlike the previous year, a whopping eight thousand plus short films were submitted to Sundance this year. Among some of the filmmaker names that we are already familiar with, we find several feature filmmakers moonlighting back to the short form; basically the short is healthier than ever. Topping the 2015 crop, we have Jake Mahaffy (whose feature, Free in Deed appears to be somewhere in post) who contributes to our understanding of 13th century rule with the year specific, A.D. 1363, The End of Chivalry. We have Cutie and the Boxer helmer working in the fiction form with Hugh the Hunter and form the same vintage 2013 year, fellow feature film helmer Shaka King (director of Newlyweeds) turns in a short in Mulignans (see pic above). Michael Mohan who has been to Sundance with features One Too Many Dates and Save the Date, returns with Pink Grapefruit.

Crossing into the international shorts,...

Top brass have announced 60 films culled from 8,061 submissions across four categories – Us and international narrative, documentary and animation.

“This year’s short film-makers have broken through their limited timeframe with a high level of artistry and story that will resonate with audiences long after each film has ended,” said senior programmer Mike Plante.

The Short Film programme is presented by YouTube.

Sundance 2015 is set to run in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah, from January 22 to February 1.

All synopses provided by the festival.

Us Narrative Short Films

Actresses

Jeremy Hersh

The film follows the relationship between a young, aspiring actress and an established off-Broadway star.

A.D. 1363, The End Of Chivalry (USA-New Zealand)

Jake Mahaffy

A little-known historical catastrophe leads to the definitive end of the era of chivalry and questing.

Color Neutral

Jennifer Reeves

A color explosion sparkles, bubbles, and fractures in this handcrafted 16mm film. Jennifer Reeves utilises...

There will be some Eloise and Lena Dunham, protests from Hong Kong, self-declared pop-ups from Canada, and unbelievable animated images of the final moments of a World War II hero. Those are just a few of the offerings among the 60 short films revealed today by the Sundance Film Festival. In the last of its four official announcements, the 31st annual Park City shindig rolled out an eclectic mix culled from the 8,061 submissions in the category that perhaps shows the true scope of Sundance most acutely.

The fest runs January 22-February 1. (As in past years, Deadline co-Editor-in-Chief, Film Mike Fleming Jr. and myself will be in Park City.)

Here is the full short films list:

U.S. Narrative Short Films

Actresses / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Jeremy Hersh) — The film follows the relationship between a young, aspiring actress and an established off-Broadway star.

A.D. 1363, The End of Chivalry / U.

Former Olympic ice skater Oksana Baiul didn't just lose her lawsuit against her former agents -- she was practically laughed out of court ... with the judge calling her case frivolous and "bizarre."Baiul had sued the William Morris Agency (now Wme) ... claiming they locked her into a series of contracts back in 1994 when she was 16-years-old and didn't speak English good. She demanded more than $1 Million in lost earnings and other damages -- though William...

This month marks the 20th anniversary of an icy showdown for the ages — the Olympic face-off between Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding after Harding’s then-husband hired a goon to take out Kerrigan’s knee in the weeks before the Lillehammer Games. Kerrigan quickly recovered and snapped up a silver medal, and Harding was knocked off the podium by a broken shoelace (or karma… depends who you ask). Flash to the present: As ladies’ singles figure skating competition kicks off at the Sochi Games, Logo TV is launching a cross-platform mini-series called “Ice Queens” to commemorate the “Whack Heard ‘Round...

After a disappointing showing at the Us National Championships, figure skater Ashley Wagner got a bit of redemption during the team short program on Feb. 8. But not even her great performance could outdo her 15-year-old Russian opponent — and all you have to do is see the look on Ashley’s face to know how she felt about it!

The Winter Olympics are great for many things, but nothing quite matches the drama of figure skating. There were two standouts during Day 1 of the team events in Sochi on Feb. 8 — the comeback story of U.S. skater Ashley Wagner and the coming out party for the Russian 15-year-old phenom, Yulia Lipnitskaya.

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Let's travel back 20 years to the glory days of figure skating. In 1994, Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan came in to Lillehammer, Norway, ready to hash out their rivalry on the ice after Nancy had been attacked at the Us Championships thanks to Tonya's ex-husband. It looked like karma was not on Tonya's side, and that maybe, just maybe, Nancy would come home with a gold medal and the perfect ending to the dramatic tale. Only one other skater stood in her way: Ukrainian Oksana Baiul. Relive the Olympic skating saga in GIFs now. And then, experience 1998's battle between Tara Lipinski and Michelle Kwan. Front Page Image: Getty View Slideshow ›...

Skating legend Oksana Baiul has gone Chernobyl on NBC ... claiming the network screwed her over by making her sign a contract with a bunch of gobbledygook when all she knew was goulash. Oksana is suing NBC, claiming the deal she made to star in "Nutcracker on Ice" was grossly one-sided and, as a result, she hasn't seen a ruble in profits.Oksana made the deal when she was 16 and says at the time she had...

Ukranian figure skater Oksana Baiul has sued Wme and a long list of plaintiffs — including several agents, accountants and the Screen Actors Guild — for a total of more than $170 million, alleging widespread fraud and theft of millions of dollars she says she earned in the years-long media blitz that followed her gold medal performance at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Filed Tuesday in New York’s state Supreme Court, the lawsuit levels 18 counts including racketeering, breach of contract, fraudulent concealment and intentional misrepresentation. Baiul originally sued Wme last year in Superior Court in Los Angeles, but dismissed...

We're not sure if it's the icy blue color or the body hugging silhouette, but Jennifer Morrison's Editions by Georges Chakra jumpsuit reminds us of our favorite sport at the winter Olympics: figure skating. The only problem? We're having visions of Brian Boitano and not Oksana Baiul. We love a fancy pantsuit—especially one embellished with geometric crystals!—but the all-over sparkle and high neckline on this design looks better suited for triple axels than the red carpet. We're willing to give this Once Upon a Time star credit for a bold fashion choice. And we'll give her even more credit if she can do Nancy Kerrigan's famous leg lift in it!

Figure skater Oksana Baiul has filed a $5 million lawsuit against NBCUniversal. In a complaint filed in New York State Court last week, the skater says that her appearance was promised to the public for two skating events even though she never agreed to them. One event was to have taken place in December 2011, featuring the music of Styx. The other event was to have taken place the following month, featuring the music of Kenny G. In the months leading up to the events, Baiul says her likeness, persona, and image were used illicitly in marketing. She says that

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Olympic figure skating legend Oksana Baiul says she should be At Least $1 million richer ... if not for talent agents who took advantage of the fact that she sucks at speaking English ... this according to a new lawsuit obtained by TMZ. Baiul -- who was born and raised in the Ukraine -- is suing the powerful William Morris Endeavor agency ... claiming they locked her into a series of contracts back in 1994 when she was 16 ... and she...

In February 1994, ice skater Oksana Baiul won a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. Her victory against U.S. skater Nancy Kerrigan was one of the most-watched sporting events in TV history. Now, the Ukrainian champion alleges in a new lawsuit against the William Morris Endeavor talent agency that she has been taken advantage of -- starting at the age of 16 when, not understanding English, she experienced her Olympic success. On Monday, Baiul filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court that claims that she gave the defendants the right to represent her when other talent agents were

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Own sent M&C the lowdown on The Rosie Show for the week of January 9: "The Rosie Show" Airs Weeknights at 7 p.m. Et/Pt on Own: Oprah Winfrey Network 1/9/12 #1043 (TV-pg) Rosie.s Game Show Showdown 1/10/12 #1036 (TV-pg) SNL Star Darrell Hammond: The Interview You Didn.t See 1/11/12 #1024 (TV-pg) Jackée Harry and Rosie Performs with Styx 1/12/12 #1023 (TV-pg) Funnyman Louis Anderson and Olympian Oksana Baiul 1/13/12 #1046 (TV-pg) Country Music Royalty Roseanne Cash and 84-year-old Basketball Player "The Rosie Show" is a new daily talk show hosted by Emmy Award-winning actress and comedian, Rosie O'Donnell. Funny, high-energy and authentic, no two days of the show are alike. Monday . January 9, 2012 Show...

Full disclosure: This video was sent to me by my lovely father, Mel Collins. To his credit, it is the first time my parents have ever sent me something on the internet that I hadn’t seen. As a bonus, it is highly entertaining. Kudos, father. If you’re like us, then you love ostriches. Not only is it the only bird in the animal kingdom that looks exactly like figure skater Oksana Baiul, but they also share similar physical features to ourselves (long legs, giant middle section, come hither eyes, etc.) They also have hilarious dinosaur feet. Consider us sold. Now the Saatchi & Saatchi Johannesburg firm has taken our ostrich love to new heights, literally. Check out this ad for Cadbury Chocolates, where a parachuting ostrich gets to live out its dream… of flying. The cinematography alone is Clio-award worthy.

Hi, this is The Devil. Still writing from hell. The air here is a balmy 104 degrees, the sky is a firey red without a cloud in the sky and the rivers of lava flow most pleasantly, bringing along a delightful smell of sulfur and souls in agony as they step outside into the burning glare of the sun. I am sipping on the most vile drink I can think of, a Bloody Mary (appropriate) with a long stalk of celery, that most vile of weeds. And I want a few more of your souls to come join me in Dallas. I mean hell.

Listen, I know I'm complaining about the heat in like, every single column lately, but fuck it, there's really nothing going on and if I do not whine I Will Melt and I do so believe firmly in my shriveled little heart--it looks like a raisin! From the heat!

Presumably not just so the world's figure skating commentators could keep discussing how poetic it was for the pairs to take the ice on Valentine's Day, competition got underway Sunday at the Vancouver Games. China's married two-time Olympic bronze medalists Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao (pictured, far left), who came out of retirement in their thirties (!) to go for gold, performed first and set a new short program record. NBC's package on their 18-year partnership and dorm-room marriage made me emotionally vulnerable, so yes, I got chills when they hit their perfect side-by-side triple toe loops. They were skating to...

I enjoy a good figure-skating special as much as the next person, but I can't decide how I feel about ABC's Thin Ice, which will air over two nights this March. The View's Elisabeth Hasselbeck and four-time world champion Kurt Browning will host the competition, which will pair up 12 of "the world's greatest pro figure skaters" to perform two-minute routines. To add drama, skaters will come from all four disciplines — ladies, men, pairs, and dance — but no pairs or dance veteran will be coupled with his or her current partner. The only rule is they must entertain us. Judging...

Apparently ice skating diva Oksana Baiul still has her fan base. At the recent Spicerack Fashion Show to benefit orphans of the Tikva Children's Home, they auctioned off a dinner date with Oksana. Not only was she there to help raise money, but also it also just happened to be her 31st birthday. The winning bidder was an Upper West Side NY rabbi in his 40s and he seemed pretty excited at the prospect of spending time with the blonde beauty. After winning, he said: "Well, I'm single, it's for charity, and she seems like a nice...

Oksana Baiul once had no clue she was Jewish. The feisty skating champ says her parents hid the fact from her as a kid. "When fellow Ukrainians would ask if I was Jewish, I would say 'No, I'm a skater,' " she laughed to LateNet host Ray Ellin. Baiul, who's been sober for 10 years, revealed she drank and did drugs as a teen "but not during a competition." When Ellin asked about fellow competitor Tonya Harding, whose ex-husband was behind the infamous Nancy Kerrigan knee-bashing incident, Baiul said,...