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“The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie” is one of the animated delights of the year. In the franchise’s first fully 2D-animated theatrical feature, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig (both voiced by Eric Bauza) discover a secret alien plot to take over the world via mind-control and chewing gum, gumming up the works with their inimitable antics in the process.

Peter Browngardt (“Looney Tunes Cartoons”) captures the essence of the wacky odd couple with wit and warmth, channeling the outrageous style of Bob Clampett. But were it not for Ketchup Entertainment, “The Day the Earth Blew Up” would’ve been killed off by Warner Bros. Discovery for tax purposes like the live-action/animated Looney Tunes hybrid “Coyote vs. Acme.” Thankfully, “The Day the Earth Blew Up” will receive a Best Animated Feature Oscar campaign from Ketchup (with a qualifying run starting December 13) ahead of its theatrical opening February 28, 2005.

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The post-Star Wars effects boom in the 1980s didn’t just bring sci-fi back to prominence, but fantasy and horror as well. Virtually every filmmaker of the era was desperate to show audiences something they’d never seen before with the newfound era of more sophisticated physical effects. The first non-Lucasfilm production to utilize Ilm, “Dragonslayer” was intended to be a prominent, big-budget example, but tanked at the box office, largely regulated to late-night cable showings.

Though released on DVD by Paramount with little fanfare back in the market’s early days, the film has cultivated a following since its 1981 release, finally earning a bit of recognition with the recent Blu-Ray and 4K reissues and accolades from the likes of George Rr Martin and Guillermo del Toro, the latter of whom contributes a commentary track to the new release alongside the film’s director, his longtime collaborator Matthew Robbins.

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High Potential is a police procedural crime drama series created by Drew Goddard. Based on a French series titled Hpi created by Stéphane Carrié, Alice Chegaray-Breugnot, and Nicolas Jean, the ABC series follows the story of Morgan, a middle-aged mother of three with an Iq of 160 who works as a cleaner until she is offered a job to assist the LAPD in solving complex cases using her vast knowledge on various topics. High Potential stars Kaitlin Olson in the lead role with Daniel Sunjata, Javicia Leslie, Deniz Akdeniz, Amirah J, Matthew Lamb, and Judy Reyes starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the interesting mysteries, thrilling stories, and compelling characters in High Potential here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Hpi is a French mystery crime comedy thriller series created by Stéphane Carrié,...

Shell is a film made with the intention of being a guilty pleasure. It wants to be the film one would encounter on cable in the middle of the day or late at night. Many films have become popular this way, especially before the days of streaming: scrappy little films with a campy sense of humor and talented cast getting to play around and stretch their acting muscles in ways that feel low-stakes for their career. Worst case scenario, the film becomes a curiosity — not good, but fascinating enough in its badness. And the best-case scenario is becoming one of those hidden gems that have a second life on home video.

That’s clearly what director Max Minghella is aiming for with Shell, a campy horror dark comedy about the unfairness of beauty standards in modern society. Six years after his directorial debut, Teen Spirit, Minghella is back at the...

I always think of my other favorite fictional Chicago doctor when Chicago Med‘s Crockett Marcel is on screen.

The news that Marcel is leaving Med is heartbreaking, but I’ve been there before, in 1996 when Mandy Patinkin’s Jeffrey Geiger left Chicago Hope.

The two characters have a lot more in common than both working for fictional Chicago hospitals, including similar tragedies in their pasts that drove less than desirable behavior during their early episodes.

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Mandy Patinkin’s Jeffrey Geiger Was A More Over-The-Top Version of Crockett Marcel He Did Things Marcel Would Never Dream Of, But For Similar Reasons

Jeffrey Geiger personified over-the-top behavior in a way that Crockett Marcel does not.

He often lost his temper and did things that would be unthinkable in real life, such as breaking another driver’s headlights with a golf club when the driver took...

Of the many crimes the Animaniacs' notorious nemesis, David Zaslav, has perpetrated during his reign of terror as CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, his blatant disrespect for the Looney Tunes ranks high on the list. As if doing little to promote the terrific modern "Looney Tunes Cartoons" series that are available exclusively on Max wasn't bad enough, Zaslav's regime has also yanked a whole lot of golden age "Looney Tunes" shorts from its streaming service and killed the live-action/animated hybrid feature "Coyote vs. Acme" solely for the sake of a tax write-off. Sadly, it seems we'll never know if Dave Green's New Yorker-inspired legal satire was an entertaining as the early buzz suggested. Nevertheless, 2024 is shaping up to be a major year for Bugs, Daffy, Porky, and the rest of the Looney gang.

As of today, Ketchup Entertainment has officially acquired the North American rights to "The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie...

Exclusive: Ketchup Entertainment has acquired the North American rights to Warner Bros. Animation’s The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie from Gfm Animation, which handles worldwide distribution sales. The sci-fi comedy adventure film following the adventures of Daffy Duck and Porky Pig will be released theatrically nationwide; a date has yet to be confirmed.

Directed by Pete Browngardt, the film stars two-time Emmy Award-winner Eric Bauza reprising his roles as lifelong friends Daffy Duck and Porky Pig who uncover a sinister alien invasion plot while working at the local bubble gum factory. Together with Petunia Pig, the unlikely heroes embark on a high-stakes mission to fight off zombies and aliens while delivering all the gags and visuals recognized by Looney Tunes fans.

Franchise vets Candi Milo and Fred Tatasciore also lend their voices to the film as do Peter MacNicol, Wayne Knight and Laraine Newman.

“The Day the Earth Blew Up...

“The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie”, is a new animated feature, directed by Pete Browngardt, starring ‘Daffy Duck’ and “Porky Pig’ (Eric Bauza), with additional voice work by Candi Milo, Peter MacNicol, Fred Tatasciore and Laraine Newman, releasing October 2024 in theaters:

“…’Porky Pig’ and ‘Daffy Duck’ are unlikely heroes, but are Earth’s only hope when facing the threat of alien invasion.

“In this buddy-comedy of epic proportions, our heroes race to save the world, delivering all the laugh-out-loud gags and vibrant visuals that have made the ‘Looney Tunes’ so iconic, but on a scope and scale yet to be experienced…”

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Look up “cartoon villain” in the dictionary, and you’re likely to find a picture of David Zaslav. Since taking over Warner Bros. Discovery, he’s cast aside not one, but two feature-length Looney Tunes projects. Last November, there was the live-action/animated hybrid “Coyote vs. Acme,” which was given the “Batgirl” treatment. Lower profile but no less deserving of a proper release, WB Animation’s hand-drawn Porky Pig and Daffy Duck stand-alone “The Day the Earth Blew Up” was made for Max, but went on the block last fall. It’s still looking for U.S. distribution.

Fortunately, that didn’t stop the Annecy Animation Festival from giving “The Day the Earth Blew Up” its world premiere — and, one hopes, a better shot at seeing the light of day. As it turns out, “Day” is funnier than any film the studio has put out since “The Lego Movie 2...

Before the 2024 Oscars ceremony took place, three of the four eventual acting winners had already filmed TV performances that now put them in contention for the upcoming Emmys. If Emma Stone, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Robert Downey Jr. all end up achieving TV academy recognition this year, they will set a record as the first set of three concurrent acting Oscar recipients to appear on the same year’s Emmy ballot.

Randolph, who scored an Oscar in March for her supporting turn in “The Holdovers,” is seeking her first career Emmy notice for reprising her comedic guest role of Detective Donna Williams during the third season of Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building.” According to Gold Derby’s odds, she comfortably ranks as her show’s strongest guest acting candidate, even outpacing first season nominee Jane Lynch.

Having just won her second Best Actress Oscar for “Poor Things” against...

“The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie”, is a new animated feature, directed by Pete Browngardt, starring ‘Daffy Duck’ and “Porky Pig’ (Eric Bauza), with additional voice work by Candi Milo, Peter MacNicol, Fred Tatasciore and Laraine Newman, releasing October 2024 in theaters:

“…’Porky Pig’ and ‘Daffy Duck’ are unlikely heroes, but are Earth’s only hope when facing the threat of alien invasion.

“In this buddy-comedy of epic proportions, our heroes race to save the world, delivering all the laugh-out-loud gags and vibrant visuals that have made the ‘Looney Tunes’ so iconic, but on a scope and scale yet to be experienced…”

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Claire Danes is 5 feet 5 inches (165.1 cm) tall, just above the average American woman’s height.

The American actress typically wears a shoe size 8 US. In other international shoe sizing systems, this translates to approximately 38-39 in European sizing, a 6-6.5 in the United Kingdom, and a 24-24.5 in Japan.

In the United States, the average shoe size for adult women typically falls between 7 and 9, while the average height for adult women is approximately 5 feet 4 inches (162.6 centimeters).

Sophie’s Choice 40th Anniversary Screening

Claire Danes attended the 40th anniversary “Sophie’s Choice” screening held on February 6 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The event celebrated the film’s milestone with its original stars, including Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, and Peter MacNicol.

Claire Danes at the 40th Anniversary Screening of “Sophie’s Choice,” held at the Museum of Modern Art on February 6, 2024, in New York City (Credit: Darla Khazei...

Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for Bob Marley: One Love, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live and Lisa Frankenstein.

Lisa Frankenstein premiere

Cole Sprouse and Kathryn Newton joined writer Diablo Cody and director Zelda Williams at the premiere of their new Focus Features film in Los Angeles on Monday.

Cole Sprouse and Kathryn Newton Diablo Cody and Zelda Williams

Bob Marley: One Love premiere

Stars Kingsley Ben-Adir and James Norton, executive producer Brad Pitt, producer Ziggy Marley and director Reinaldo Marcus Green reunited on the red carpet on Tuesday for the L.A. premiere of Bob Marley: One Love.

Kingsley Ben-Adir and Ziggy Marley Jeremy Kleiner, Dede Gardner, Brad Pitt, Reinaldo Marcus Green, James Norton and Robert Teitel

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live premiere

Danai Gurira and Andrew Lincoln debuted their...

On Tuesday evening, Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline and Peter MacNicol hosted a special screening of Sophie’s Choice at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, presented by Lanvin, in celebration of the recent 40th anniversary of Alan J. Pakula’s seminal work.

“We’re a few of the only ones standing that made this film,” Streep said when introducing the movie alongside her co-stars. “There are a few still here: my hair and makeup artist, Jo. Roy Helland, and I believe my wardrobe woman, the great Alba Schipani. But the visionaries for Sophie’s Choice are not: the great writer William Styron, the beautiful soul that was Alan Pakula, and the master of light, Nestor Almendros, cinematographer, not here.”

MacNicol then shared a surprising anecdote about Almendros. “[He] was legally blind and wore eyeglasses that were as thick as Coke bottles,” the actor recalled. “I used to go up to the Thalia...

Like much better dressed students, Ethan Hawke, Cate Blanchett, Claire Danes, Holland Taylor and Sarita Choudhury filed into the basement theater at the Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday to honor an acting legend. It was the fortieth anniversary of “Sophie’s Choice,” the movie that helped launch Meryl Streep into the cinematic firmament. It was a role that she campaigned for, learned to speak note-perfect German and Polish for and, somehow, managed to completely transform into another person for, in this case a refuge who can’t escape the horrors of the Holocaust even as she tries to establish a new life for herself in Brooklyn.

And there Streep was, flanked by her co-stars Peter MacNicol and Kevin Kline, to reminisce about making the movie and to honor their late collaborators. It was a trio of fallen friends that included Alan J. Pakula, the film’s director, producer and writer,...

Meryl Streep is reuniting with her former co-stars in honor of a very special anniversary!

The 74-year-old actress posed for photos with former co-stars Kevin Kline and Peter MacNicol at the 40th anniversary screening of their movie Sophie’s Choice on Tuesday night (February 6) held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

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Released in December 1982, he movie follows Stingo (MacNicol), a young writer, who moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie (Streep) and her lover Nathan (Kline), he learns that Sophie is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity to Auschwitz. In the present, Sophie and Nathan’s relationship increasingly unravels as Stingo grows closer to Sophie and Nathan’s fragile mental state becomes ever more apparent.

Sophie’s Choice was nominated for five Academy Awards with Meryl winning Best Actress.

Nine months ago, it was announced that Elisabeth Moss (The Invisible Man), Kate Hudson (Almost Famous), and Kaia Gerber (Babylon) had signed on to star in the “sexy psychological thriller” Shell, with Teen Spirit‘s Max Minghella directing from a screenplay written by Jack Stanley (Lou). Now production on Shell has just wrapped in Los Angeles, and along with the end of filming comes to the reveal that Moss, Hudson, and Gerber are joined in the cast by Arian Moayed (Succession), musician and composer Este Haim (Licorice Pizza), Lionel Boyce (The Bear), author/comedian Ziwe (Ziwe), Amy Landecker (Transparent), Peter MacNicol (Ally McBeal), Blake Lee (Cruel Summer), Dustin Milligan (Schitt’s Creek), Peri Gilpin (Frasier), and Mary Lynn Rajskub (24).

Shell is “set in a near future, when humanity’s cultural obsession with youth and beauty has been taken to new extremes“. Here’s the synopsis: Struggling actress Samantha (Elisabeth Moss...

Exclusive: SAG and Tony Award nominee Arian Moayed (Succession), Grammy-nominated musician and composer Este Haim (Licorice Pizza), actor-writer Lionel Boyce (The Bear), and actor-comedian Ziwe (Ziwe) are among cast to have joined Elisabeth Moss, Kate Hudson, and Kaia Gerber in psychological thriller Shell.

Filming recently wrapped in Los Angeles on the movie which marks the sophomore directorial effort from The Handmaid’s Tale and The Social Network star Max Minghella.

Cast is rounded out by SAG-award nominee Amy Landecker (Transparent), Emmy winner Peter MacNicol (Ally McBeal), Blake Lee (Cruel Summer), Dustin Milligan (Schitt’s Creek), Peri Gilpin (Frasier), and Mary Lynn Rajskub (24).

In Shell, struggling actress Samantha (Moss) is given an opportunity to get a free trial at Shell, a pioneering health and beauty company which promises to keep its clients looking young forever. Samantha’s life and career is transformed by the treatment, and she develops a burgeoning friendship with Shell’s CEO,...

Calista Flockhart says the anorexia rumors that swirled around her during the heyday of Ally McBeal cast a pall over her experience on the show.

“I loved working on Ally McBeal, and it just made it sour,” the actress tells the New York Times in a wide-ranging profile. “I was very sleep-deprived and I was depressed about it. I did think that it was going to ruin my career. I didn’t think anybody would ever hire me again, because they would just assume I had anorexia, and that would be the end of that.

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Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart are heading out after the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards!

The ceremony took place on Monday (January 15) at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Following the show, Harrison, 81, and Calista, 59, were seen attending the Apple TV+ Emmys after party.

During the show, Calista reunited with Ally McBeal co-stars Greg Germann, Peter MacNicol, and Gil Bellows.

While onstage, the actors recreated the show’s famous all-gender bathroom dance scene.

The sequence was one of many nostalgic moments at the 2023 Emmy Awards. If you missed it, Natasha Lyonne and Tracee Ellis Ross paid tribute to an iconic 1950s TV show during the ceremony.

See the full list of winners at the 2023 Emmy Awards!

Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart looked so in love at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards on Sunday (January 14), and we have the photos!

The Emmys were screwed.

Delayed by four months because of dual strikes that upended an entire industry for the better part of 2023, the 75th Primetime Emmys were, under the best of circumstances, going to be impossibly stale by the time they were presented in mid-January.

When they’re presented in September, the Emmys have the awards landscape in general and specifically the TV awards landscape entirely to themselves — the culmination of an artificially constructed TV calendar designed to give pride of place to the TV Academy and its annual distribution of shiny baubles.

But with this new schedule, one that will hopefully never be repeated, the Emmys were stuck as the third awards show honoring television in eight days. The Golden Globes, the Critics Choice Awards and now the Emmys — that’s three awards shows that have given an overwhelming haul of trophies to Netflix’s Beef, HBO’s Succession...

Ally McBeal, Grey’s Anatomy, Cheers, Martin and The Sopranos were among the beloved television shows celebrated with cast reunions at the 2023 Emmys ceremony.

In honor of the Primetime Emmy Awards marking its 75th anniversary, castmembers from a number of notable series reunited to present awards at the ceremony that was held Monday at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. This included re-created sets for many of the celebrated shows.

Among the moments gathering buzz was a reunion for Ally McBeal stars Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann, Peter MacNicol, and Gil Bellows. The performers emerged from the show’s bathroom set to dance to “You’re the First, the Last, My Everything” by Barry White.

Also notable was Grey’s Anatomy gathering current and former stars Ellen Pompeo, James Pickens Jr. and Chandra Wilson with Katherine Heigl and Justin Chambers. “Yes, there have been some changes over the years, but the one...

Four original Ally McBeal cast members, star Calista Flockhart as well as Greg Germann, Peter MacNicol and Gil Bellows, reunited Monday night during the Emmy broadcast on Fox more than 26 years after the debut of the legal dramedy, which aired on the network for five seasons, from September 1997 to May 2002.

The bit started with Flockhart washing her hands in a replica of the show’s famous unisex bathroom.

“I knew I drank too much water; I had to take my Spanx off, I had to put my dress back on,” Flockhart is heard “thinking” in a voiceover before she takes a look in the mirror and tells herself, “Girl, you look good.”

That is when there is a series of three toilet flushes, each followed by an Ally McBeal cast member, MacNicol, Bellows and Germann, coming out of a bathroom stall.

One of the signature songs from the show, Barry White...

The Ally McBeal cast takes time to dance on 2023 Emmys and has quite a bit of fun doing so — to the point that host Anthony Anderson has to remind them why they’re there (to present an award). Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal), Greg Germann (Richard Fish), Peter MacNicol (John Cage), and Gil Bellows (Billy Thomas) reunited where else but the bathroom set from the show. “I knew I drank too much water. I had to take my Spanx off. I had to put my dress back on,” Flockhart’s voiceover played as she looked in the mirror. “Woah, girl, you look good.” Then MacNicol, Germann, and Bellows all came out of the same stall to join Flockhart and dance, until Anderson reminded her she was there to give out an award. How could anyone blame them, though, when it was so clear how much fun they were having? It was short,...

The 75th annual Primetime Emmys, raring to go after an almost four-month delay due to the double Hollywood strikes last year, are being handed out Monday, January 15, in a live telecast on Fox. It will be available the next day on Hulu.

The scheduled three-hour ceremony begins at 8 p.m. Et/5 p.m. Pt from the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles, hosted by Anthony Anderson.

E!’s annual Live From E!: Emmys red carpet coverage begins at 3 p.m. Pt.

The Ceremony

Producers are planning on celebrating the award’s 75 years with show tributes including for Cheers, All in the Family and I Love Lucy, with confirmed attendees for additional reunion tributes including Lorraine Bracco and Michael Imperioli from The Sopranos; Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, Carl Anthony Payne and Tichina Arnold from Martin; Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann, Peter MacNicol and Gil Bellows from Ally McBeal...

Gold Derby editor Ray Richmond is backstage in the Emmys 2023 press room, and he has exclusively uncovered the full ceremony rundown. The live event airs on Fox on Monday evening and is hosted by Anthony Anderson.

SEE2023 Emmy Awards predictions: Our official odds in all 26 categories

Here is a summary of when each category will be announced and who the presenters are (keeping in mind that producers might change anything at the last minute):

Comedy Supporting Actress — presented by Christina Applegate

Comedy Actress — presented by Carol Burnett

Drama Supporting Actress — presented by Lorraine Bracco and Michael Imperioli

Drama Supporting Actor — presented by Pedro Pascal

Comedy Supporting Actor — presented by Jon Cryer and Holland Taylor

Comedy Actor — presented by Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, Tichina Arnold and Carl Anthony Payne II

Variety Scripted Series — presented by Stephen Colbert and Taylor Tomlinson

Limited/Movie Supporting Actress — presented by Quinta Brunson and Marla Gibbs...

You may have heard that the 75th edition of the Emmy Awards is finally happening on Monday, capping a nearly four-month delay resulting from the twin WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. I think “Gunsmoke” and “The Andy Griffith Show” were still all the rage when this process began, JFK was President and a loaf of bread was a quarter. Alas, I exaggerate (though just a bit). But for this and no doubt other reasons, the TV Academy is clearly in a nostalgic mood, slating mini-reunions and tributes to and/or visual recreations of a dozen shows to mark the occasion.

The idea, according to the Emmy producers, is to honor television throughout the decades of its existence, from the 1950s (“I Love Lucy”), to the 1960s (“The Carol Burnett Show”), the 1970s (“All in the Family”), the 1980s (“Cheers”) and the 1990s (“Ally McBeal” and “Martin”) through the early 2000s.

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TV cast reunions are all the rage right now, thanks to shows like Frasier, Night Court, And Just Like That… and more. Audiences love nostalgia, and TV networks know people will tune in to see their favorite ensembles reunited. Luckily, for those who want to see their favorite TV cast reunited without the promise of a series revival, the 75th Emmy Awards plans to feature several TV cast reunions for this year’s celebration of excellence on the small screen.

Ellen Pompeo, Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers, James Pickens Jr., and Chandra Wilson of Grey’s Anatomy fame will present at the annual awards show, with more stars from beloved shows scheduled to appear.

Courtesy of Deadline, you can check out a list of who’s expected to be at the show below:

Sopranos: Lorraine Bracco and Michael Imperioli Martin: Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, Carl Anthony Payne II and Tichina Arnold Ally McBeal: Calista Flockhart,...

The Television Academy has announced the full list of performers and presenters who will appear at the upcoming 75th Emmy Awards.

The show, which was originally supposed to air in 2023, will now take place on Monday night (January 15) at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

The ceremony is going to air on Fox and will be broadcast live coast-to-coast. It will be available on Hulu the next day.

The executive producers of the show have teased that there will be “show-stopping cast reunions and tributes to hit television series spanning seven-plus decades.”

Host Anthony Anderson also revealed his unconventional plan for keeping things moving on Emmy night. Instead of the traditional play-off music to wrap up long speeches, for the first time in Emmy history, his mother, Doris Bowman aka Mama Doris, will act as the “enforcer” to ensure a swift pace of the telecast.

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Some of the original Grey’s Anatomy cast are getting the band back together at the 75th Emmy Awards.

Ellen Pompeo, Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers, James Pickens Jr. and Chandra Wilson will present during the ceremony. And they’re not the only ones.

Some of the actors from Sopranos, Ally McBeal, Martin and more will take the stage on Monday night. Here are all the reunions set for the show:

Sopranos: Lorraine Bracco and Michael Imperioli Martin: Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, Carl Anthony Payne II and Tichina Arnold Ally McBeal: Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann, Peter MacNicol and Gil Bellows SNL Weekend Update: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler (also nominated for Outstanding Host, Reality or Competition Program) American Horror Story: Connie Britton and Dylan McDermott Grey’s Anatomy: Ellen Pompeo, Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers, James Pickens Jr. and Chandra Wilson

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Grey’s Anatomy fans, if you’ve been dying to see Izzie Stevens and Alex Karev together again… well, prepare to settle for the next best thing: Katherine Heigl and Justin Chambers are among a special group of Grey’s vets reuniting on stage Monday at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards (Fox, 8/7c), hosted by Anthony Anderson.

The duo will be joined by Ellen Pompeo (Meredith Grey), James Pickens Jr. (Richard Webber) and Chandra Wilson (Miranda Bailey) to jointly announce one of the night’s big winners.

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Updated Jan. 12, 11:20 a.m.: Updated to include more reunions information, plus additional presenters and performers.

Fox is bringing back two of its 1990s staples — “Martin” and “Ally McBeal” — for one night only. The two shows are among the roster of cast reunions planned for the 75th Emmys on Fox this Monday.

Emmy Awards executive producers Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay have planned a ceremony that leans heavily on the history of TV, given the award’s diamond anniversary. Tributes and reunions will focus on decades from the 1950s to the present.

“I think they’ll be talking about the ones that they may see on the screen,” Rouzan-Clay says of the reunions. “Those are going to be a big talking point, a big watercooler moment, if you will. … It was a grand task to figure out how to celebrate 75 years of television. If we can bring some nostalgia to that stage,...

Steven Spielberg had tackled serious subjects before, but none of his previous work had the power and artistic vision of “Schindler’s List,” which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Based on the book by Thomas Keneally, “Schindler’s List” relates the true story of Nazi party member and war profiteer Oskar Schindler, who ended up saving 1,000 Jews from the Nazi death camps during World War II. Shot in black-and-white-save for a little girl wearig red coat- ‘Schindler’s List” is often a difficult watch, but it’s message of “Never Forget” is particularly relevant today with the rise of anti-Semitism and the white power movement. The epic stars Liam Neeson as Schindler, Ben Kingsley as the Jewish manager of Schindler’s factor and Ralph Fiennes, terrifying as a ruthless Nazi commandant Amon Goth.

The reviews were laudatory and despite its length — 3 hours 15 minutes — “Schindler’s List” made over $322 million worldwide. Nominated for 12 Oscars...

Family Law is a Canadian legal drama series created by Susin Nielsen. The drama series follows the story of Abigail Bianchi, a recovering alcoholic and lawyer, who is forced to work in her estranged father’s firm where her siblings also work. Together, the Svensson family handles the dysfunctional families of their clients as well as their own. Family Law stars Jewel Staite in the lead role with Victor Garber, Zach Smadu, and Genelle Williams starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved Family Law and are waiting for its third season here are some similar shows you could watch until then.

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Synopsis: An enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia Rindell, while simultaneously wiping out her mentor and godmother Diane Lockhart’s savings. Forced out of Lockhart & Lee, they join Lucca Quinn at one of Chicago’s preeminent law firms.

In the past four decades, David E. Kelley has written scripts for an astonishing 33 different performers to win Emmy Awards. Since a few of these actors and actresses have taken multiple trophies, the actual total number of victories is 41.

Will Elizabeth Olsen from “Love and Death” become the 34th Emmy champ in September? It could be the former “Avengers” star as Best Drama Actress or supporting players Lily Rabe, Patrick Fugit, Tom Pelphrey and/or Jesse Plemons.

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Kelley is an 11-time Emmy winner himself for producing and writing. His television career began with “L.A. Law” and continued with “Picket Fences,” “Chicago Hope,” “The Practice,” “Ally McBeal,” “Boston Legal” and “Big Little Lies.” He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 2014.

Here is a summary of the previous Kelley wins in actor and actress categories:

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Got Blood? Join your horror hosts Kim & Jon as they close out their horror parody double-feature with Mel Brooks’ Dracula: Dead And Loving it (1995), a silly but surprisingly faithful send-up of Bram Stoker’s classic vampire story. Starring Leslie Nielson as a laffy, daffy (batty!) Count Dracula and Peter MacNicol as the 2nd best Renfield of all time, Dracula: Dead And Loving It is a coffin of laughs and a goofy good-time for any horror fan obsessed with the Universal Classic Monsters. Join ussss….

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Chris McKay's new horror/comedy "Renfield" has a whimsical premise: it seems that when Count Dracula was vanquished at the end of Tod Browning's famed 1931 feature film "Dracula," he wasn't quite dead. His weaselly assistant Renfield, played in 1931 by the incomparable Dwight Frye, absconded with Dracula's remains and went into hiding. Renfield, now immortal and made powerful by eating bugs, stalked the night to find victims for his still-barely-alive vampire master. Dracula would drink blood, slowly grow back from the brink, and eventually be a whole monster once again. Once empowered, however, Dracula would go a little hog wild and being drinking the blood of nobles willy-nilly. This would inspire another round of attacks, Dracula would be vanquished once again, and the cycle would repeat.

"Renfield" catches up with Dracula (Nicolas Cage) and Renfield (Nicholas Hoult) in the modern day while Dracula is in one of his recovery periods.

In the 30-year history of the Screen Actors Guild Awards, there have been 104 instances of TV costars competing directly against each other. This has happened at least 13 times in each of the guild’s six individual TV categories, with the highest number of cases having involved male comedy series performers. Since 1995, 14 different pairs and one trio of cast mates have faced off in the Best TV Comedy Actor category, making for a total of 29 occurrences including rematches. So far, four of the men involved in these battles have won.

This category’s high costar showdown total is partially attributed to “Frasier” actors Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce, who were nominated together eight consecutive times. Pierce prevailed once in 1996 and was later joined on the winners list by Robert Downey Jr., Jason Sudeikis, and Jeremy Allen White. Considering all six categories, the ones who follow the “Frasier” stars with the...

In the 30-year history of the Screen Actors Guild Awards, there have been 104 instances of TV costars competing directly against each other. This has happened at least 13 times in each of the guild’s six individual TV categories, with the highest number of cases having involved male comedy series performers. Since 1995, 14 different pairs and one trio of cast mates have faced off in the Best TV Comedy Actor category, making for a total of 29 occurrences including rematches. So far, four of the men involved in these battles have won.

This category’s high costar showdown total is partially attributed to “Frasier” actors Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce, who were nominated together eight consecutive times. Pierce prevailed once in 1996 and was later joined on the winners list by Robert Downey Jr., Jason Sudeikis, and Jeremy Allen White. Considering all six categories, the ones who follow the “Frasier” stars with the...

(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they've been watching, why it's worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)

The Movie: "Ghostbusters II"

Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max

The Pitch: It didn't do well at the box office. Some people call it a bad sequel. I have never understood this. It's not that I don't get the criticisms or that people have different opinions. It makes total sense that viewers are attached to what they saw the first time -- the discovery of ghosts, a large and angry marshmallow, and the very funny interactions of several misfits and weirdos who try to hunt them. All of that said, there is a place in my heart for "Ghostbusters II," and it's higher up than the original.

If you were put off by the negative hype and didn't see this film,...

Although he won Emmys in 2018 and 2019 for his work on “Barry,” Bill Hader was unfortunately kept from repeating his success at the SAG Awards by Tony Shalhoub and his “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” cast mates. Following a pandemic-induced three-year hiatus, Hader has now received his third pair of comedy actor and ensemble SAG Award nominations for the HBO series. Since Shalhoub was doubly overlooked this time and reigning back-to-back comedy actor champ Jason Sudeikis (“Ted Lasso”) is out of contention, Hader’s path to individual victory is clearer than ever.

See‘Bill Russell: Legend’ spotlights NBA player’s achievements on and off the court: ‘Even for Lakers fans,’ the Netflix documentary is ‘a winner’

For the 10th time in SAG Awards history, all five comedy actor hopefuls are simultaneously competing for the ensemble prize. Hader is one of three repeat solo contenders in the bunch, along with “Only Murders in the Building...

After getting recognized twice as part of the ensemble for “Barry,” Anthony Carrigan has finally scored his first individual nomination at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for best actor in a TV comedy for the show’s third season. Combined with his nomination this year as part of the show’s ensemble, it marks Carrigan’s fourth career nomination at SAG.

Like Carrigan, all four of his fellow nominees are gunning to win their first career SAG Award: Bill Hader (“Barry”), Martin Short (“Only Murders in the Building”), Steve Martin (“Only Murders in the Building”) and Jeremy Allen White (“The Bear”). All four, like Carrigan, are also nominated as part of their show’s respective ensemble casts.

See‘House of the Dragon’ is poised to carry on ‘Game of Thrones” legacy at the SAG Awards

Carrigan is nominated for playing NoHo Hank, a relentlessly positive and somewhat naïve man who...

Paramount Home Entertainment has announced that they will be giving the 1981 fantasy film Dragonslayer a 4K Uhd and Blu-ray release on March 21st – and copies are already available for pre-order at This Link! The discs will include over an hour of new special features, as well as an audio commentary with Dragonslayer director Matthew Robbins (who wrote the screenplay with Hal Barwood) and Dragonslayer fan Guillermo del Toro.

Robbins and del Toro have worked together several times over the years, co-writing the screenplays for Mimic, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Crimson Peak, and Pinocchio.

Dragonslayer has the following synopsis: Set in sixth-century England, an ill-tempered, fire-breathing creature—ominously known as Vermithrax Pejorative—terrorizes its citizens until a young sorcerer’s apprentice named Galen (Peter MacNicol) is reluctantly tasked with confronting the beast. For Galen to succeed, it will take more than magic to defeat the dragon.

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It is difficult to imagine audiences ever found Dwight Frye scary in 1931, but they apparently did. With his high-strung voice and bug-eyed stare—all suggesting the countenance of someone who hasn’t slept in weeks yet feasts on coffee by the hour—Frye is unforgettable as R.M. Renfield, the doomed solicitor who foolishly traveled to Castle Dracula alone in the 1931 film version of Dracula. But scary? He was more a figure of tragedy… or from the right point of view, farce.

It would seem Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, and the entire team making this spring’s peculiar comedy-horror hybrid, Renfield, would agree. For the first time in cinematic history, the old fly-eater who was originally invented as a tragic, macabre side character in Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel is the hero of his own story. It only took 126 years! Ahead of release, the film is receiving a lot of attention and anticipation for how Cage,...

Renfield is an upcoming comedy horror movie directed by Chris McKay, starring Nicholas Hoult, Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz and Nicolas Cage. The screenplay is written by Ryan Ridely, and it is based on a story by Robert Kirkman.

The film is scheduled to be released on April 14th, 2023.

Nicholas Hoult in Renfield (2023)

Little is known about this movie as it is still in production. We do know it is a comedy horror film that extracts one of the ancillary characters in Bram Stoker‘s 1987 Gothic horror novel ‘Dracula’. Yes, Renfield is the Count’s worshiping and deranged servant. In Stoker’s novel Renfield is sent to an asylum and treated by Dr. John Seward, who describes him thusly:

“R. M. Renfield, aetat 59. Sanguine temperament, great physical strength, morbidly excitable, periods of gloom, ending in some fixed idea which I cannot make out. I presume that the sanguine temperament itself and the...

Upon reflection, there couldn't be two '90s Hollywood studio films that are more opposite than Barry Sonnenfeld's "Addams Family Values" and Robert Zemeckis' "Forrest Gump." Both released in the mid-1990s (although the novel "Forrest Gump" was released a decade before making it to the big screen), the two films might represent the ends of an anarchist spectrum. On the one hand, the Addams family is a creepy bunch of murderers who live in a strange haunted mansion, and who take delight in the misery of others. They live far out on the fringe and they love it. They spray blood on people, pour boiling oil on Christmas carolers, and, in the famous climax of "Values," kill off all the counselors at a summer camp.

"Forrest Gump," meanwhile, is a cube of American cornpone about the Rockwellian nature of old American institutions. "Forrest Gump" argues that the inside was the place to be,...

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It’s already the end of November, but we had a wild ride this month discussing the dream-like pastel world of Jennifer Reeder’s women-centric Knives and Skin and the 25th-anniversary fascist machismo world of Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers. Then last week we made our second foray into animated fare (after ParaNorman) with Satoshi Kon‘s stunning first film, Perfect Blue. This week, in celebration of Thanksgiving and Netflix’s release of Wednesday (review), we’re visiting the Addamses in Barry Sonnenfeld‘s better-than-the-original sequel Addams Family Values (1993)!

In the film, Gomez (Raul Julia) and Morticia (Anjelica Huston) celebrate the birth of their child Pubert (Kaitlyn and Kristen Hooper), while black widow serial killer Debbie Jellinsky (Joan Cusack) marries Fester Addams (Christopher Lloyd) with the intent to murder him for his inheritance. Plus, teenagers Wednesday (Christina Ricci) and Pugsley (Jimmy Workman) are sent to a summer camp...

After a decade of sensational work in New York City theater (for which he won two Tony Awards), Kevin Kline was at last ready to make his motion picture debut. He couldn't have chosen a buzzier project than Alan J. Pakula's "Sophie's Choice," a shattering drama based on the National Book Award-winning novel by William Styron. Pakula had been wowed by Kline's bravura performance in the 1981 Broadway revival of "The Pirates of Penzance," and believed the effervescent actor could capture the alternating charm and terror of Nathan Landau, a seemingly brilliant chemist engaged in an abusive love affair with Sophie, a Polish immigrant haunted by a horrible sacrifice she was forced to make during the Holocaust.

For the part of Sophie, Pakula was torn between the brilliant Norwegian actor Liv Ullman and the unknown-in-the-u.S. Slovakian performer Magdaléna Vášáarová. Unfortunately for these two, Meryl Streep had serious designs on the role,...

Bram Stoker once envisioned his most successful novel, Dracula, as a stage play. The actor he wanted to play the title role, Sir Henry Irving, walked out of the table read, yawning and griping about wordiness. It was probably the most auspicious walkout in horror entertainment history. Had Irving starred in a bomb, Bela Lugosi, Frank Langella, Gary Oldman, and quite a few other actors wouldn’t have been able to don the cape.

Dracula wasn’t the first book about vampires, but it was the first time Vlad “the Impaler” Tepes was portrayed as one. Until then, people thought of him as a cruel tyrant who nailed hats onto the heads of monks, and dipped his bread in the blood of vanquished soldiers. That is if they thought of him at all, outside of Romania, which celebrates him with pride as a freedom fighter and national protector, the “son...

A new iteration of the beloved TV show “Ally McBeal” is said to be in the works.

The new series will be a sequel rather than a reboot and will focus on a young Black woman who joins the law firm from the original “Ally McBeal” after she graduates from law school, according to Deadline. The lead character will reportedly be the daughter of McBeal’s one-time roommate, D.A. roommate Renée Raddick (Lisa Nicole Carson).

As for Ally McBeal herself, Calista Flockhart, her involvement in the project is currently unclear. Per Deadline, “Flockhart has been approached to reprise her title role from the original in some capacity and to executive-produce the followup.” However, the outlet added that “a decision on her potential involvement likely won’t be made until a script has been written.”

This isn’t the first time talks of Flockhart returning to TV as McBeal have made headlines.