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Jodi Arias, serving a life sentence in Arizona for the 2008 murder of her former boyfriend, has found a new outlet for expression and income: selling her artwork online.

Arias, who recently turned 44, maintains an online presence through a website and Instagram account managed by her family. While her website states she’s not accepting commissions, Arias recently completed a painting of a cow after a special request. She shared on Instagram that a prison guard took particular interest in the piece’s progress.

The convicted murderer’s artwork commands significant prices. An original acrylic painting titled “Beyond the Horizon” is listed at $2,500 on her website. Prints range from $28 to $39, and a set of collectible postcards is available for $34.95.

Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Travis Alexander, who was found in his Mesa home with 27 stab wounds, a slit throat, and a gunshot wound to the head.

When Keira Knightley Couldn’t Stop Raving About Pirates Of The Caribbean Co-Star Johnny Depp! ( Photo Credit – IMDb )

Keira Knightley rose to immense fame with her portrayal as Elizabeth Swann in Pirates Of The Caribbean. Her dream came true as she kissed the Hollywood hunk, Johnny Depp. But eyeballs were raised when the actress went unfiltered and couldn’t stop raving about her co-star. Scroll below for all the intriguing details!

Pirates Of The Caribbean is one of the most successful Hollywood franchises. The series went on to garner a staggering $4.5 billion worldwide. The sixth installment is in the works, but fans have been heartbroken since Johnny refused to reprise his iconic role of Captain Jack Sparrow.

Keira Knightley called Johnny Depp “lovely”

In a conversation with IGN, Keira Knightley recalled how Johnny Depp would make tea. They would sit, chat, giggle, and then shoot for a scene. She also...

When Jenna Ortega Recalled Her Struggles On Stuck In The Middle Sets!(Photo Credit –Instagram)

Jenna Ortega is only 21, but she’s earned massive fame in her career. She rose to prominence with her role in The CW comedy-drama series Jane the Virgin. Many wouldn’t know, but she struggled a lot during filming the Disney show Stuck In The Middle. And it was way more complicated than her stunts on Wednesday! Scroll below for all the details.

Ortega had to drop out of school in the 8th grade to pursue her love for acting. She bought an apartment in Los Angeles after securing the lead role in Stuck In The Middle (2016-2018). While she thought things would change for good, she instead had to undergo therapy sessions to cope with the mess on the Disney show.

Jenna Ortega recalls shooting for “crazy hours” on Stuck In Middle sets

On the podcast Armchair Expert,...

Concept Trailer Of Pirates Of The Caribbean 6: Beyond The Horizon Goes Viral! (Picture Credit: Youtube)

Johnny Depp has been trying his best to revive his Hollywood career. He will be next directing Al Pacino in the upcoming biographical film Modi. But fans have been digging details on Pirates Of The Caribbean 6 and want the return of Captain Jack Sparrow. A concept trailer also featuring Wednesday actress Jenna Ortega is now going viral. Scroll below for all the details!

During the $50 million defamation trial against Amber Heard, Johnny had confirmed that he would never work with Disney again. His stern decision allegedly came after he was abandoned by the studios shortly after the domestic violence allegations came to light. As per several reports, he was sent an apology note with a salary offer of $301 million. But as confirmed in court, he will not return as Captain Jack Sparrow...

Running Jan. 14-Feb. 14, this year’s MyFrenchFilmFestival, an online fest organized by France’s film-tv promotional body UniFrance, will mark its 12th edition with a more diversified slate and a greater international push.

Showcasing festival gems, animated crowd-pleasers and outré genre fare – all subtitled in 15 languages – the 13 features and 17 shorts of this year’s selection will reach home viewers via 70 partner platforms as well on MyFrenchFilmFestival.com, where all the shorts will be available to screen free of charge.

Though ranging in presentational style from horror-comedy to bittersweet drama, the 10 films in this year’s feature competition often share similar thematic through lines, with nearly half of them looking at youth struggles from one angle or another. While Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma’s werewolf thriller “Teddy” tackles late teen growing pains through a more genre prism, Kamir Aïnouz’s “Honey Cigar” does so as a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age tale; when exploring young adult malaise,...

Swiss productions and co-productions are on the rise, driven in part by federal and regional funders that offer attractive opportunities for domestic and international filmmakers.

Quickly recovering from the impact of the pandemic, the local film industry has gotten off to another strong year with local films and international co-productions.

Elie Grappe’s Swiss-Ukrainian-French title “Olga” premiered at this year’s Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes, while unspooling in Locarno were Lorenz Merz’s “Soul of a Beast” and Swiss-international co-productions like Stefan Jäger’s “Monte Verita” and Laurent Geslin’s nature documentary “Lynx.” Venice saw such Swiss co-productions as “Ariaferma,” by Italian helmer Leonardo Di Costanzo, and Bolivian director Kiro Russo’s “El Gran Movimiento.” And opening this year’s Zurich Film Festival (Zff) was Michael Steiner’s Swiss-German Taliban thriller “And Tomorrow We Will Be Dead.”

The upswing in Swiss cinema is due in no small part to Zurich as a film location,...

French actress Laetitia Casta ("Arbitrage") poses for the Summer 2020 issue of "Madame Figaro" (France) magazine:

Casta was a "Guess? Girl" in 1993, a 'Victoria's Secret Angel' 1998-2000 and spokesperson for cosmetics company "L'Oreal".

She has appeared on over 100 magazine covers including "Cosmopolitan", "Vogue", "Elle" and "Glamour", while modeling for fashion designers Yves Saint Laurent...

...Jean-Paul Gaultier, Chanel, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, J. Crew, Louis Vuitton, Givenchy...

...Roberto Cavalli and Vivienne Westwood. Fragrance commercials include Nina Ricci.

Casta is also an established film actress, appearing in numerous films including "Gainsbourg (A Heroic Life)", "Face", "Blue Bicycle", "Arbitrage", the upcoming "Beyond The Horizon (2019) and TV series "Une île".

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“I Contain Multitudes” is Bob Dylan’s second surprise new song in three weeks, making it seem increasingly likely that the Nobel Prize winner has a new album on the way — which would be his first collection of original songs since 2012’s Tempest. The Walt Whitman-referencing new song is much shorter and less overtly ambitious than his March release, “Murder Most Foul” — “I Contain Multitudes” is a delicate ballad with a minimal arrangement (harp-like guitar chords, rumbling cello, tropical steel guitar, zero percussion) and a Tin Pan Alley melody,...

Despite the cancellation of the ceremony as a result of the Coronavirus crisis (with the prizes set to be awarded at the Locarno Film Festival), the names of the winners have been announced. Firstly, the big favourites for this year’s Swiss Film Award - Beyond the Horizon by Delphine Lehericey (four nominations) and The Journey – A Story of Love by Fanny Bräuning (three nominations) – walked away with the awards for Best Film and Best Documentary, respectively. Besides these two prestigious prizes, the Swiss-Belgian co-production which had its premiere in San Sebastian Beyond the Horizon, and the moving work The Journey – A Story of Love which was already in possession of the Prix de Soleure 2019, also scooped the award for Best Screenplay (which went to Joanne Giger for Beyond the Horizon) and Best Film Score (going to Olivia Pedroli for The Journey – A Story of Love),...

Goteborg Film Festival, the biggest showcase of local and international movies in the Nordics, will kick off its 43rd edition with Maria Bäck’s “”Psychosis,” and will close with actor-turned-director Mårten Klingberg’s “My Father Mary Anne.”

Both timely Swedish dramas dealing with trauma post-sexual abuse, and the experience of a transgender priest, respectively, “Psychosis” and “My Father Mary Anne” will have their world premiere at Goteborg.

Stellan Skarsgård, who just won a Golden Globe for his performance in the hit HBO series “Tchernobyl,” will receive the prestigious Nordic Honorary Dragon Award and will be honored with a retrospective of some of the greatest films of his career. As part of the tribute, the estival will also host the Nordic premiere of “The Painted Bird” which was recently shortlisted for the international feature film category at the Oscars. During the festival, Skarsgård will also having a masterclass.

In addition to opening the festival,...

French actress Laetitia Casta ("Arbitrage") poses for "Elle" (Russia) magazine, wearing Dolce & Gabbana and a whole lot more, photographed by Arseny Jabiev:

Casta became a "Guess? Girl" in 1993, was a 'Victoria's Secret Angel' from 1998-2000 and spokesperson for cosmetics company "L'Oreal".

She has appeared on over 100 magazine covers including "Cosmopolitan", "Vogue", "Elle" and "Glamour", while modeling for fashion designers Yves Saint Laurent...

...Jean-Paul Gaultier, Chanel, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, J. Crew, Louis Vuitton, Givenchy...

...Roberto Cavalli and Vivienne Westwood, plus fragrance commercials including Nina Ricci.

Casta is also an established film actress, appearing in numerous films including "Gainsbourg (A Heroic Life)", "Face", "Blue Bicycle", "Arbitrage", the upcoming "Beyond The Horizon (2019) and TV series "Une île".

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The 17th edition of the independent, parallel section of Rome Film Fest dedicated to the younger generation will unspool between 17 and 27 October. Returning for yet another year to forge a rich and lively dialogue with new generations of cinema-goers is Alice nella città, the independent, parallel section of Rome Film Fest dedicated to younger audiences, whose 17th edition will be held between 17 and 27 October within the Parco della Musica Auditorium. Set to open the event are Angelina Jolie and Michelle Pfeiffer who lead the cast of Maleficent – Mistress of Evil, a film directed by Norway’s Joachim Rønning which will be touching down in Rome for its European premiere; the two stars are also scheduled to meet with students from a variety of film schools. There are a total twelve films in the Young/Adult competition, including Delphine Lehericey’s Beyond the Horizon, a work starring Letitia Casta...

Delphine Lehericey’s “Beyond the Horizon” may be playing the New Directors section at San Sebastian, but the young director is really anything but, having spent the last decade working in live theater and making a number of TV documentaries before, in 2013, making her fiction feature debut with another New Directors player, “Puppylove.”

Based on the book of the same name by Roland Buti, and set during the European continental heatwave of 1976, the film focuses on a provincial farming family in rural Romandy, Switzerland.

Bolstered by performances from standout actresses Laetitia Casta, a French Academy César nominated actress for her work in 2010’s “Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life,” Clémence Poésy, most recognizable from her turn as Fleur Delacour in the “Harry Potter” films, “Beyond the Horizon” also features newcomer Luc Bruchez in the film’s lead role.

A co-production between Switzerland’s Box Productions and Belgium’s Entre Chien et Loup,...