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Exclusive: Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner David Auburn (Proof) has been tapped to write a new draft of Another Round, the English-language remake of Thomas Vinterberg’s Oscar-winning Danish drama from 2020, which has Chris Rock on board to direct.

Rock joined the project in January, as we were first to report. At the time, he had a draft in hand from Stuart Blumberg but was looking for another writer with which to partner. We’re told Auburn landed the job after a long search, beating out maybe 200 scribes in the process.

Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions secured the remake rights to Another Round shortly after the film landed the Best International Feature prize at the Academy Awards. We’re told that the project is picking up steam now that Auburn is involved, though Rock did just sign on to direct and star in Misty Green, a Hollywood drama for which he wrote the script,...

Munmun Dutta Net Worth ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah actress Munmum Dutta has become a household name with her performance as Babita Iyer on the show. Not only Jethalal but she makes us swoon over her charm and good looks too. But did you know that she also lives life queen size, thanks to her stellar net worth which will leave you wide-eyed.

Munmun Dutta’s Journey On Showbiz

Munmun Dutta performed as a child singer in Akashvaani and Doordarshan. She made her acting debut at the age of 17 with the TV show Hum Sab Baarati opposite her now Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah co-star Dilip Joshi. She then went on to star in the film Mumbai Xpress alongside Kamal Haasan. She furthermore went on to do movies like The Little Goddess, Holiday and the Bengali film Amar Akashe Megh Brishti. However, Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah...

It's hard to imagine that Kurt Russell would get anywhere near the vicinity of stressed when it comes to being cast in a film. That being said, when that movie is being helmed by legendary director Quentin Tarantino, even the actor behind Snake Plissken starts to sweat a little. In a 2007 interview with IGN, the star of films like "The Thing," "Escape from New York," and "Tombstone" (only one of the best Westerns of all-time) explained that when it came to getting his gig in "Death Proof," he was already aware of the potential competition he was up against thanks to a call from Freddy Rodriguez.

Russell recalled the "Planet Terror" star telling him, "'I think Quentin's going to come to you with this movie.' He said, 'I think it was supposed to be Mickey Rourke, but I don't think that's happening. And there are some other guys they're talking about.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard has provided proof of paternity for her daughter, due January 2025. She had a test done in utero which is apparently quite rare. It did confirm who the dad was but fans allegedly did not believe Gypsy so she is sharing the evidence. Keep reading for more details.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard Provides Proof Of Paternity

When Gypsy Rose Blanchard was released from prison in December 2023, she was married to Ryan Scott Anderson. The two wed while she was behind bars after he wrote her a letter in 2020. This was not her first go-round with love as she had been engaged to Ken Urker. She was head over heels for Ken and was excited to marry him but he called off their engagement much to Gypsy’s dismay. Luckily, she found love again through Ryan. Though her stepmother, Kristy hoped they would wait until she was released, they got married behind bars.

Airline pilots spotting something odd at 35,000 feet over Pakistan? Check. Footage of a possible “Ningen” captured by a Japanese research vessel? Double-check. A levitating dead bird? Okay, now things are getting weird, even for The Proof Is Out There. This week’s grab bag of the unexplained seems particularly ambitious, covering […]

The Proof Is Out There: UFO Over Pakistan, Antarctic Dino-whale and Dead Bird Floating...

On Friday October 25 2024, History broadcasts The Proof Is Out There!

Honey Island Swamp Monster, Sphere Sightings, and Abominable Shark Killer Season 4 Episode 16 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “The Proof Is Out There,” titled “Honey Island Swamp Monster, Sphere Sightings, and Abominable Shark Killer,” promises to be an intriguing exploration of some mysterious phenomena. This episode will air on History and is sure to capture the attention of those interested in the unknown.

One of the main features of this episode is newly discovered footage from the 1970s. This footage may provide evidence that sasquatch, a legendary creature, is living in the swamps of Louisiana. The show will delve into this intriguing claim, examining the footage and discussing its implications. Viewers can expect expert analysis and insights into the possibility of sasquatch existing in such a remote area.

In addition to the sasquatch footage, the episode will also cover a...

Two forces behind the beloved Showtime series The L Word have found their way back together.

Creator Ilene Chaiken and star Jennifer Beals have teamed to launch Run-A-Muck, a company described as a cross-platform queer media brand designed to produce content across film, TV and live events. Though they are not ready to reveal any projects that are already packed in their pipeline, the pair did reveal their business partners on the Run-A-Muck endeavor. Beals and Chaiken are joined by founding partners, WME’s director of impact and inclusion, Caroline Joyner, and business executive and entrepreneur, Jenn Smira.

“Queerness is no longer peripheral, but central to the creation of culture,” said Chaiken, whose other credits include The L Word: Generation Q, Empire, Law & Order: Organized Crime, Stumptown and The Handmaid’s Tale. “We’ve reached a threshold at which queer artists are dominating the entertainment space, and Run-a-Muck...

Exclusive: Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, the upcoming Broadway revue of the great composer’s classics starring the previously announced Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga, will also feature cast members Jasmine Forsberg (Six), Kate Jennings Grant (Noises Off), David Harris (Moulin Rouge!), Bonnie Langford (London’s Old Friends), Beth Leavel, Gavin Lee, Ryan McCartan, Jason Pennycooke (Hamilton), Joanna Riding (Carousel), Jeremy Secomb (London’s Old Friends), Maria Wirries (Dear Evan Hansen), and Daniel Yearwood (Sweeney Todd).

The company will also include Kevin Earley, Paige Faure, Alexa Lopez, and Peter Neureuther. The final co-star will be announced soon.

Previews begin Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, with opening night set for April 8.

Producer Manhattan Theatre Club announced the cast additions today. Old Friends is a Cameron Mackintosh’s production presented by Mtc in association with Mackintosh and Daryl Roth.

General Hospital spoilers hint Sasha Gilmore Corbin (Sofia Mattsson) cannot be Robert Scorpio’s (Tristan Rogers) daughter.

That much has already been settled, though it’s too soon to say whether Gh writers plan to acknowledge they, or if they’ve completely forgotten about that DNA test Felicia Scorpio (Kristina Wagner) did earlier this year in an attempt to prove Cody Bell (Josh Kelly) was Mac Scorpio’s (John J. York) son.

Right now, it’s also difficult to gauge whether Holly Sutton (Emma Samms) truly believes that Robert is Sasha’s father and has always thought so, or whether she’s making it up.

But why would she? Sasha was just as confused as she tried to discern what kind of con her mother could be working that would cause her to make this up. The truth is, she’s probably not, but that doesn’t mean she’s right.

Exclusive: Aperture Entertainment has optioned rights to bestselling author Andrew Pyper’s recently published novel William, with Justin Dyck set to direct.

Penned under Pyper’s sci-fi/thriller pen name Mason Coile, William hit store shelves September 3 via Putnam.

The author and Chris Sivertson will adapt the novel as a thriller to be shot in Canada.

A contained sci-fi horror film that blends the worlds of Ex Machina and The Amityville Horror, William is set in a timely haunted house story in which the haunting is AI.

The New York Times Book Review praised the novel, calling it “a cyber-horror tale that combines cerebrality and carnage … a twist on The Shining in which the house is haunted by a ghost in the machine. … Coile [elevates the genre] with meticulously unsettling prose and a knowing dissection of character that transcends stereotype.”

Pyper is the internationally bestselling author of 11 novels including The Demonologist,...

Full Metal Jacket to Oppenheimer; West Wing to Stranger Things, Modine is a showbiz hard worker whose latest role is as a cycling coach. Ask your questions in the comments

Matthew Modine has worked with lots of the greats: Stanley Kubrick, as wise-cracking marine Jt “Joker” Davis in Full Metal Jacket; Jonathan Demme, as a goofy FBI agent in Married to the Mob; John Schlesinger, as a hapless landlord in nightmare-tenant thriller Pacific Heights; Alan Parker, as the avian-obsessed kid in Birdy; and Robert Altman (twice) in Streamers and Short Cuts. More recently he’s had a couple of turns for Christopher Nolan: the Batman-wary deputy commissioner of Gotham in The Dark Knight Rises and American engineer Vannevar Bush in Oppenheimer.

On the small screen, he has played a womanising real estate developer in Weeds, a billionaire inventor in Proof and the evil – no, wait! – saviour doctor who tries...

Concord is getting the attention it deserves for all the wrong reasons. The gaming community was initially intrigued to see this new ambitious online multiplayer project take flight since it carries the PlayStation brand and the team behind the project are all veterans with years of experience to show for it. Unfortunately, after 8 years of hard work and millions of dollars, the game is removed from all storefronts after an embarrassingly poor reception.

Sony Interactive Entertainment is reeling from the failure of this multiplayer project. Image Credit: Firewalk Studios

The game had everything a perfect multiplayer project could ask for; however, the gaming community has spoken and the interest wasn’t there nor was the passion. Game development costs a fortune nowadays and the recent report of the insane budget Firewalk Studios had for this project will put every other first-party PlayStation exclusive to shame.

Sony Interactive Entertainment Just Blew...

It was the year 2007 when veteran director Quentin Tarantino decided to once again go down the path of violence and slasher films with his movie Death Proof.

A still from Death Proof | Credits: Troublemaker Studios

Although the film gained acclaim, it was considered Tarantino’s cult-classic film. However, one iconic scene in the film resulted in the director calling it an iconic and cinematic death.

Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof Wasn’t Without Deaths

Starring Kurt Russell in the lead role, Death Proof narrates the story of a psychopathic killer with an American Muscle car by his side who stalks and kills people.

A still from Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof | Credits: Troublemaker Studios

Unfortunately for Julia, Shanna, and Arlene, Kurt Russell’s character of Stuntman Mike is out on a hunt. The film leads to one iconic scene where Russell overtakes the lead’s car, makes a U-turn, and turns his headlights off.

People are starting to suspect that the drama between 90 Day Fiance married couple Angela Deem and Michael Illesanmi is all fake and just for ratings. As we all know it’s been pretty clear, at least on-screen, that Angela has been abusing Michael, or so it appears, for the duration of their time together on the show. Fans have constantly felt sorry for Michael and been on his side a lot of the time when Angela would rail on him and accuse him of cheating (even when there was no evidence that he did).

A lot of fans felt bad that he moved all the way from the only home he had ever known in Africa to be with a woman who promised to love, honor, and cherish him only to see that that clearly wasn’t the case going forward.

90 Day Fiancé Spoilers Happily Ever After Spoilers – Are They Or Aren’t They?...

Gwyneth Paltrow will star opposite Timothee Chalamet in 'Marty Supreme' - her first movie role in five years.The 51-year-old actress will appear alongside the 'Dune' star, 28, in director Josh Safdie's upcoming film, which is rumoured to be loosely inspired by the story of a professional ping-pong player.The picture – which is being written by Safdie and Ronald Bronstein – is being produced by A24 and will mark Paltrow's first appearance on the silver screen since 2019's 'Avengers Endgame', where she played Tony Stark's (Robert Downey Jr.) partner Pepper Potts.Even though she enjoyed her time playing the character – who had appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) for 11 years after her introduction in 2008's 'Iron Man' - Paltrow had previously admitted she felt like she was done with the superhero franchise. She told Harper's Bazaar magazine: "I mean, I'm a bit old...

Gwyneth Paltrow is making a rare acting foray and has joined Timothée Chalamet on Josh Safdie’s upcoming Marty Supreme at A24.

The original film follows the career of an exceptional American table tennis player. Safdie directs from an original screenplay he co-wrote with Ronald Bronstein.

Eli Bush, Anthony Katagas, Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Chalamet and A24 are producing.

Josh and Benny Safdie directed Uncut Gems and Good Times for A24, both of which Bronstein co-wrote.

In recent years Paltrow, who launched the wellness and lifestyle Goop brand in 2008 and has written cookbooks, has largely withdrawn from acting.

She won the...

Gwyneth Paltrow is back.

The Oscar winner and Goop mastermind is joining Timothée Chalamet in Josh Safdie’s ping pong movie “Marty Supreme.” The project marks Paltrow’s first on-screen movie role since 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame.”

No information was given about Paltrow’s role.

Plot details for “Marty Supreme” are kept under wraps, but studio A24 posted an image of a table tennis ball with the words “coming soon” after Variety broke news of the project in July.

Paltrow, one of the most acclaimed and commercially successful actors since the 1990s, has been largely absent from the big screen since acting opposite Robert Downey Jr. in the “Iron Man” and “Avengers” movies. Best known for her Academy Award-winning role in “Shakespeare in Love,” as well as “Sliding Doors,” “Emma,” “Se7en,” “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” “Proof” and “The Royal Tenenbaums,” Paltrow has lately devoted much of her time to the lifestyle brand Goop,...

Shakespeare in Love Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow is returning to the big screen.

The Goop founder will join Timothée Chalamet in A24’s Marty Supreme, to be directed by Josh Safdie from an original screenplay he co-wrote with Ronald Bronstein. Plot details remain under wraps, but while it was previously rumored to be loosely inspired by a pro ping-pong player, the movie is said to be a fictionalized original film.

Paltrow’s most recent movie credit was five years ago in Avengers: Endgame, and she’s also starred in Sliding Doors, Proof, Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums, Anthony Minghella’s The Talented Mr. Ripley, David Fincher’s Seven, the Farrelly brothers’ Shallow Hal and Alfonso Cuarón’s Great Expectations during her long career.

Marty Supreme will be produced by Eli Bush, Anthony Katagas, Bronstein, Safdie, Chalamet and A24. The project reunites Safdie with A24 after the company produced his two most recent films,...

The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers for Friday, August 9, 2024, are here! Fans can expect Katie Logan (Heather Tom), Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown), and Deacon Sharpe (Sean Kanan) to ponder the deaths at Il Giardino.

Coming Up On The Bold And The Beautiful

Also, Katie will finally find what she has been looking for. Will Katie grab Tom Starr’s (Clint Howard) backpack from Penelope “Poppy” Nozawa’s (Romy Park) apartment? Keep reading to find out what is coming in the next episode of the CBS soap opera.

The Bold And The Beautiful Spoilers – Nozawa’s Secret

B&b spoilers for Friday, August 9 reveal that Poppy will continue scrambling over the Tom secret. Even though Poppy told Bill Spencer (Don Diamont) about her past with Tom, there are still more secrets.

In fact, fans just watched as Luna Nozawa (Lisa Yamada) confronted Poppy about Tom’s backpack and letters.

Even though...

American Cinematheque announced the lineup for its 2nd annual Proof Film Festival on Thursday, a program that boasts 46 proof-of-concept short films from burgeoning filmmakers around the world.

The fest focuses solely on the presentation of shorts to screen during the event, which is set to take place Oct. 18-20.

This year, the Proof Film Fest with also partner with Callo to pair select festival filmmakers with industry partners to help them expand their network and potentially turn their proof-of-concept work into something more substantial.

The fest will also include a Pitch Deck Show & Tell – which is an interactive session held on Oct. 20 where six of the filmmakers will pitch their project live to a film industry panel. The grand prize winner and runner-up will be announced at the film festival’s closing night award show.

“After the success of last year’s inaugural edition of Proof, we looked to bring...

TNT has had both great successes and big disappointments when it comes to their original scripted shows. Which of the current crop will be cancelled or renewed for another season? Stay tuned!

Scripted TNT shows listed: Agent X, The Alienist, Animal Kingdom, Claws, Dallas, Falling Skies, Franklin & Bash, Good Behavior, I Am the Night, The Last Ship, The Lazarus Project, Legends, The Librarians, Major Crimes, Murder in the First, Perception, Proof, Public Morals, Rizzoli & Isles, Snowpiercer, Transporter: The Series, and Will.

Last updated: Most recent ratings added for The Lazarus Project.

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In the world of entertainment, controversies and clashes between actors and directors are not uncommon. Oftentimes, stars engage in squabbles with the crew over creative freedom. However, when it came to Russell Crowe and his Proof of Life director Taylor Hackford, the stakes were raised to a whole new level.

Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan in Proof of Life (2000) | Castle Rock Entertainment

The tabloid-laden clash involved Russell Crowe going feral against Taylor Hackford, and the catalyst being the actor’s affair with co-star Meg Ryan. Blamed by the filmmaker for overshadowing the 2000 thriller with their scandalous affair, Crowe went raging after Hackford, publicly calling him an “idiot”.

Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan Mirrored Their Onscreen Affair in Real Life

Playing the role of hostage negotiator Terry Thorne, who embarks on a mission to rescue American engineer Peter Bowman, captured by anti-government forces in a Latin American country, Russell Crowe joined...

The trailer for “The Fabulous Four,” starring Bette Midler, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Megan Mullally and Susan Sarandon has dropped, wedding bells galore.

Per the film’s logline, “‘The Fabulous Four’ is an uproarious comedy about a group of life-long friends who travel to Key West, Fla., to be bridesmaids in the surprise wedding of their best college girlfriend Marilyn (Midler). Over the course of one outrageous trip, sisterhoods are rekindled, the past resurfaces and there are enough sparks, raunch and romance to change all their lives in unexpected ways.”

The trailer sees Marilyn remarrying just two months after her husband died, Lou (Sarandon) coming out of her cat-lady shell and Kitty (Ralph) questioning Lou about a kegel ball Marilyn gave her. The four gear up for Marilyn’s wedding, although not without some bumps in the road, like Marilyn getting dethroned on TikTok by Lou.

The film comes from Southpaw Entertainment and Hantz Motion Pictures,...

Xbox has not been having the best year so far. It most recently came under fire for closing multiple Bethesda studios and having poor reception from Hellblade 2’s release. Now, the trillion-dollar company is receiving bad press again for putting ads upon booting up a current generation Xbox.

Hellblade 2 is being advertised to all players who boot up the console, whether they’ve played the game or not. While it won’t pop up again, this is setting a dangerous precedent that could lead to PlayStation and Nintendo following suit.

Xbox Pushing Ads – Who Asked For This? There’s better ways to advertise a game.

The newest Ninja Theory project is being advertised to all Xbox players on console start-up. On the menu, you can play the game through Game Pass or by purchasing it. In addition, you can watch the trailer to see what the game is all about.

As the word “diversity” became one of the most spoken in Hollywood on the wave of #OscarsSoWhite and #MeToo, Dr. Stacy L. Smith’s USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative became one of the foremost barometers of the entertainment industry’s success or lack thereof in bringing new, underrepresented voices into the production pipeline.

Now, with Dei executives resigning en masse and a far-right backlash to such initiatives on the rise, the program’s founder fears that Hollywood is in the midst of backslide, through no fault of the writers, directors and other creatives who got those new opportunities. Her team’s most recent study shows that despite the success of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie,” 2023 saw a significant dip when it comes to representation in theatrical films.

“It’s not about their talent. It’s not about the audience. We know that for sure, in terms of our own economic analyses,” Smith told TheWrap.

Days of Our Lives spoilers for Wednesday, May 15, 2024 are here! Expect Nicole Walker-dimera (Arianne Zucker) and Eric Brady (Greg Vaughan) to investigate the homeless crisis.

Coming Up On Days Of Our Lives

Sloan Petersen-Brady (Jessica Serfaty) confronts Leo Stark (Greg Rikaart). Chad Dimera (Billy Flynn) discovers Abigail Dimera’s (last played by Marci Miller) journal.

Plus, Rafe Hernandez (Galen Gering) presents his evidence to Ej Dimera (Dan Feuerriegel) regarding Li Shin’s (Remington Hoffman) death.

Nicole Walker-Dimera’s Investigation

Dool spoilers for Wednesday, May 15 reveal that Nicole and Eric will continue to work together at The Spectator.

Nicole and Eric will work on their article about the homeless crisis in Salem. At some point, Nicole comes across an old notebook, which leads us to the next spoiler.

Abigail Dimera’s Journal

On Wednesday, May 15, Nicole comes across an old notebook. It’s not clear if Nicole finds it in her office,...

Recent 7 Little Johnstons scenes point to some major clues that Liz Johnston got pregnant while still broken up with Brice. So, what do recent scenes reveal regarding her pregnancy timeline?

7 Little Johnstons Fans Have Been Speculating All Season Long About Pregnancy Timeline

As 7 Little Johnstons fans keeping up with current social media updates know, Liz Johnston gave birth to her daughter with Brice Bolden in November of 2023. In current TLC episodes, viewers see Liz and Brice breaking up, as well as the aftermath of that split.

With everything going on in Liz Johnston’s storyline with Brice, as well as viewers knowing that Liz eventually gives birth to a baby girl, fans have been trying to piece together Liz’s pregnancy timeline all season long. Along with that, recent TLC scenes may have just given viewers a major clue.

7 Little Johnstons: Liz Johnston/YouTube Liz Breaks The News That...

As Easter Sunday approaches this weekend, we thought we’d “die” your eggs a little a differently. That is, we’re on the great hidden treasure hunt for some of the most colorful and delicious horror movie Easter eggs found in some of our favorite titles. But here’s the thing. We aren’t talking about obscure cameos from people that are hard to miss, or even secretive foreshadowing within a single movie, a la the entire Final Destination franchise. Nor are we talking about mere verbal references to other horror movies. Rather, we’re interested in visual crossover clues found one horror movie that pay homage to another, found tucked away in the background or even hidden in plain sight. You see the distinction. Good. Hopefully you haven’t already seen what’s to follow. Happy holiday y’all, here’s our Top 10 Favorite Crossover Horror Movie Easter Eggs!

Before Mary Elizabeth Winstead played the roles of comic book-based Ramona Flowers and John McClane’s daughter, she starred as Lee Montgomery in Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof. At the time, Winstead was making her mark in the horror slasher genre, even leading the ensemble cast of Final Destination 3. When she got the audition call for Death Proof, Winstead pulled off one little trick to get past the audition stage.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead in 10 Cloverfield Lane

Winstead shared that she wore flip-flops to the audition to tap into the director’s alleged cinematic foot fetish. The Fargo actress managed to impress Tarantino with her take on Lee, rather than use her foot to get cast in the film.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead Attempted One Trick To Get Cast In Quentin Tarantino’s Worst Film Mary Elizabeth Winstead in Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof

Death Proof was Quentin Tarantino‘s...

Taylor Swift Copied Kuldeep Yadav’s Bowling Action On ‘Eras Tour’ & We Have Proof! ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

If Taylor Swift were a cricketer, she would have been a lethal left-arm spinner. Many of us thought Miss Swift would be practicing those kicks with NFL star and boyfriend Travis Kelce, but it turned out she had been gripped by cricket fever all along. Hehe, not really!

Well, Tay may or may not be a cricket fan, but the internet has us all believing the songstress would be giving Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav a neck-to-neck competition if she were to take cricket as a career option. If you are wondering what exactly we are talking about, we suggest you scroll ahead.

It all began after a candid picture of Taylor Swift from her Eras Tour went viral. In the widely circulated picture, the ‘Willow’ singer’s hand gesture looked more like a left-arm spin bowling motion,...

Netflix supporting Proof Of Concept initiative to challenge barriers in funding, mentorship, exposure.

Cate Blanchett and her Dirty Films partner Coco Francini have teamed up with Stacy L. Smith and the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative to launch the Proof of Concept Accelerator Program to identify the next generation of filmmakers whose stories promote the perspectives of women, trans, and non-binary people.

The initiative is supported by Netflix and is designed to challenge what the founders call “the three most significant barriers these directors face as they navigate the industry”: funding, mentorship, and exposure.

Up to eight filmmakers will be selected for the inaugural group,...

Cate Blanchett and Coco Francini, who are partners in Dirty Films, along with Dr. Stacy L. Smith and the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative have launched the Proof of Concept Accelerator Program.

Supported by Netflix, the program’s goal is to identify the next generation of filmmaking talent whose stories promote the perspectives of women, trans, and nonbinary people.

According to the latest annual report from Smith and Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, 6% of directors across 1,600 top-grossing movies were women and less than one-third of all speaking characters on screen in those movies were girls, women, trans or non-binary people. This lack of inclusion behind the camera and on screen means there are limited career opportunities for women, trans, and non-binary storytellers and those who want to bring their stories to the screen.

Proof of Concept challenges the three most significant barriers these directors face as they navigate the industry: funding, mentorship, and exposure.

Cate Blanchett and her Dirty Films partner Coco Francini have partnered with USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative to launch the Proof of Concept Accelerator Program to support storytellers with projects about women, trans or non-binary people.

Such folks currently represent less than a third of all speaking characters in the movies, according to AI2’s comprehensive report in August. To rectify that up to eight filmmakers will receive $50,000, one-on-one mentorship and guidance from industry leaders to create a short film that will serve as a “proof of concept” for a feature film or TV series.

“Providing tangible financial and career support for filmmakers who often get overlooked will not only give them a fantastic launchpad to success, it will also expand the future of film and television,” Blanchett said in a statement. Added Francini in a statement, “Proof of Concept was designed to solve a very simple problem: Audiences want...

The big new release of the weekend is the prequel film The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes which is currently tracking for a $50 million domestic opening. That number would make it the first Hunger Games film to open under $100 million at the domestic box office with the last film in the franchise, 2015’s The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2 previously being the lowest at $102.6 million. The good news for this prequel that features the origins of President Snow (played by Donald Sutherland in the earlier films) is that it cost a modest (by today’s standards) $100 million. So with an opening in that $50 million range plus good word of mouth, this one has the potential to leg out over the holidays.

Second place should go to the third Trolls movie as Trolls Band Together looks to fill a massive void for family programming. It’s been over...

All Arts’ upcoming non-fiction feature “Manhattan Theatre Club, a Home for Artists” will explore the 50-year history of one of the most impactful off-Broadway theaters in New York. Helmed by the club’s very own Lynne Meadow and Barry Grove, the film stitches together archival footage and photos and interviews with stars like Laura Linney, Edie Falco, Sam Waterston and Sarah Jessica Parker.

“Through their stewardship of Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow and Barry Grove have left an indelible mark on the theatrical landscape for decades to come,” said Joe Harrell, executive producer of All Arts, a Wnet group streaming platform and broadcast channel based in New York. “Their story champions the vital role of nonprofit theaters in allowing artists to take risks, explore innovative ideas and challenge conventions.”

The Manhattan Theatre Club was founded in 1970 at Stage 73 but took off under the guidance of Meadow as artistic director and Grove as executive producer.

Exclusive: Edi Gathegi (For All Mankind) has been tapped for a prominent role opposite Robert De Niro, Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen and Connie Britton in Netflix’s limited series Zero Day, the six-episode conspiracy thriller from creators Eric Newman, Noah Oppenheim and Michael S. Schmidt.

Gathegi will play Carl, an intense bureaucrat and loyalist of De Niro’s former U.S President George Mullen.

Falling under a deal between Netflix and Newman’s Grand Electric Productions, Zero Day asks the question, how do we find truth in a world in crisis, one seemingly being torn apart by forces outside our control? And in an era rife with conspiracy theory and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps even of our own imagining?

At the center of the narrative is De Niro’s Mullen, a popular but complicated figure who is yanked back...

Major Crimes, the continuation series of The Closer, ran for an incredible six seasons, totaling over 100 episodes,

While the show didn't receive as much critical acclaim as The Closer and didn't earn any Emmys, the show was a success for TNT.

The ensemble-driven Major Crimes featured many of the same characters and performers as its predecessor, which rarely happens on television.

The show premiered after The Closer's finale, with only a few casting changes, such as Kyra Sedgwick stepping down from her leading role.

What is the cast of Major Crimes doing now? Find out below!

Bonus: Corey Reynolds as David Gabriel from The Closer

Corey Reynolds is one of the few to appear in every episode of The Closer but not transfer to Major Crimes, mainly because his character David Gabriel got moved to the Da's office Bureau of Investigation as their liaison.

He inadvertently became a leak within the department,...

Russell Crowe will receive the Crystal Globe for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema at the 57th Karlovy Vary Film Festival (June 30-July 8). The Oscar winning actor will also deploy his musical talent with his band Indoor Garden Party, which will perform at the festival’s opening night concert. The festival also revealed Friday that Johnny Depp would appear in its trailer, which will have its premiere at the opening ceremony.

Crowe, who was born in New Zealand but moved to Australia at an early age, began his acting career at the age of 6, working in TV and theater. In 1989, he started working in Australian films, with “The Crossing”, “Proof”, and “Romper Stomper”. He won two Australian Academy Awards: supporting actor for “Proof” and best actor for “Romper Stomper.”

His first appearance in a U.S. film was alongside Gene Hackman, Sharon Stone and Leonardo DiCaprio in Sam Raimi’s...

Russell Crowe is one of the biggest movie stars of his generation, finding equal success in Oscar-nominated dramas and comic book blockbusters. But while he has always made a point of pursuing roles in a wide range of genres, the actor is still annoyed by what he sees as attempts by the Australian film industry to typecast him early in his career.

Appearing on the Happy Sad Confused podcast to promote his role in “The Pope’s Exorcist,” Crowe recalled his early successes in Australia and the frustration he felt after only being offered heroic roles.

“I got to a point, I was only about seven lead roles in, and I had won a couple of those Australian Oscars,” Crowe said. “And a script arrived that gave me an opportunity to work with an actress who I really wanted to work with, so I did it. But then the next script arrived,...

Peter Werner, the Oscar-winning director known for his television work that spanned five decades and included helming episodes of such popular series as Moonlighting, A Different World, Justified and Law & Order: Svu, has died. He was 76.

Werner died Tuesday morning in Wilmington, North Carolina, his younger brother, Tom Werner (producer on The Cosby Show, Roseanne, That ’70s Show, The Conners), told The Hollywood Reporter. “He had a torn aorta that the doctors weren’t able to repair. So sudden,” he wrote in an email.

As a student project while attending the American Film Institute, Peter Werner directed the 1976 short film In the Region of Ice, which was based on Joyce Carol Oates’ short story and starred Fionnula Flanagan. The project won the Oscar for live-action short film.

His career kicked off from there, with Werner helming a 1977 episode of Family. The ABC drama counted Mike Nichols and Aaron Spelling as executive producers.

Jeff Titus, who has spent 21 years in prison for the murder of two deer hunters in 1990, is a free man thanks to evidence discovered by a true-crime series and podcast.

Titus, a 71-year old man, left Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater, Michigan, in part due to Investigation Discovery’s Killer In Question and Susan Simpson’s podcast Undisclosed.

It marks the latest innocent man to be freed as a result of the boom in interest in true-crime projects.

Titus’ conviction was overturned by U.S. Federal District Court Judge Paul D. Borman after the Michigan Conviction Integrity Unit, the Michigan Department of Attorney General and Titus’ attorneys at the Michigan Innocence Clinic submitted a joint filing requesting that the conviction be set aside, based on multiple Brady violations uncovered.

The series is produced by Red Marble Media, filmed in conjunction with Simpson’s Undisclosed podcast. It was they that uncovered the violations.

Tammy Slaton’s approval for weight loss surgery was a big part of 1000-Lb. Sisters Season 4 Episode 5. But that wasn’t the only thing “Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread” revealed about the Slaton Family. Tammy’s sister Amy Slaton Halterman mentions their grandfather In the episode. He got poisoned with antifreeze by their uncle in the late 1980s. Here’s the story of the Slaton’s grandfather’s death as mentioned in volume two of Murder in the Heartland.

Amy Slaton, Tammy Slaton, and Chris Combs | TLC ‘Murder in the Heartland Volume 2’ mentions Amy and Tammy’s grandfather’s death by antifreeze

Harry Spiller’s Murder in the Heartland are a collection of murder stories that took place in Missouri, Illinois, and Kentucky, where the Slaton Family is from. As Amy revealed in episode 5 of 1000-Lb. Sisters Season 4, their grandfather’s murder comes up in Spiller’s second book, Murder in the Heartland Volume II.

We’re now about halfway through the 2022-23 Broadway season, and there are currently nine productions of plays set to open this spring. Could we be seeing any of them contend at this year’s Tony Awards? Below is a plot overview of each play as well as the awards history of its author, cast, and creative teams, plus the opening and (where applicable) closing dates.

“Pictures From Home” (opens February 9; closes April 30)

This stage adaptation of Larry Sultan’s 1992 photo memoir is a comic and dramatic portrait of a mother and father, and the son who photographed their lives. As Larry tries to capture his parents, their reality explodes from the frame in an exploration of the power of art and how much it reveals.

Adapted for the stage by WGA nominee Sharr White, the production stars Tony winner Danny Burstein, three-time Tony winner Nathan Lane, and four-time Tony nominee Zoë Wanamaker.

Netflix’s series adaptation of Australian novel Boy Swallows Universe has unveiled its cast, and first images from the shoot have been released.

Travis Fimmel, Simon Baker and Phoebe Tonkin topline an ensemble cast for the eight-part limited series, which is based on Trent Dalton’s book and is now in production in Brisbane, Australia.

Deadline first revealed news of the project in May 2019, and Netflix boarded it earlier this year.

2022 Netflix Pilot & Series Orders

The book, set in the violent working-class suburban fringe of Brisbane in 1983, follows Eli Bell, an articulate 12-year-old boy, and his mute brother Gus. A synopsis for the novel reads: “Eli Bell’s life is complicated. His father is lost, his mother is in jail and his stepdad is a heroin dealer. The most steadfast adult in Eli’s life is Slim — a...

Exclusive: Chipo Chung and Anthony Mark Barrow have joined the cast of Black Cake, a family drama in the works for Hulu that’s based on the book by Charmaine Wilkerson.

Chung will play Eleanor Bennett, who leaves behind a series of recordings after losing her battle with cancer. Her stories chronicle her journey from the Caribbean to America that shock her surviving children, and challenge everything they thought they knew about the woman who raised them. Chung will be a series regular.

Barrow will recur as Clarence “Little Man” Henry, the head of a powerful family in Jamaica in the 1960s who is feared and respected by the Island community.

Black Cake is described as a family drama wrapped in a murder mystery. The story takes place in Jamaica, Rome, Scotland, England and Southern California. Here’s the official logline: In the late 1960s, a runaway bride named Covey...

Anne Heche, the star of Six Days Seven Nights Donnie Brasco, Wag the Dog and a Daytime Emmy-winning TV actress who was equally comfortable in everything from heavy dramas to sitcoms to romantic comedies, has been taken off life support. She was 53.

Hollywood & Media Deaths 2022: A Photo Gallery

Declared brain dead several days ago, following her Aug. 5 fiery car crash in Los Angeles, Heche had been left on a ventilator with her heart beating so she could be evaluated for organ donation. Multiple organs were scheduled to be recovered on Sunday.

“Anne Heche has been peacefully taken off life support,” a rep for the actor said Sunday evening.

Ellen DeGeneres, James Tupper, Others Pay Tribute To Anne Heche

Heche sustained severe injuries when her car jumped a curb and careened into a house in West L.A., where it burst into flames. She was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.

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Beyoncé’s Renaissance blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Aug. 13) with 2022’s biggest week by a woman — and the second-largest week of the year overall — as the set launches atop the chart with 332,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 4, according to Luminate.

Notably, Renaissance — Beyoncé’s seventh solo No. 1 album — is the first album released by a woman in 2022 to top the Billboard 200. The last woman at No. 1 was Adele with 30, which ruled for its first six weeks on the list (charts dated Dec. 4, 2021 to Jan. 8, 2022). Notably, both 30 and Renaissance were released via Columbia Records (with Renaissance issued through Parkwood/Columbia).

Renaissance is Beyoncé’s seventh solo studio album, and first since the chart-topping Lemonade in 2016. Since then, she teamed with husband Jay-Z on The Carters’ Everything Is Love (2018), released Homecoming: The...

If you’re a junkie for true crime shows, you probably have heard of the show “Evil Lives Here.” If not, it may become your new favorite show. With well over 1M views, the show features the true stories of people affected by murders, usually committed by their own family members.

Currently, the show is comprised of 12 seasons for a total of 104 episodes, with a total run time of 42 minutes per episode, not including commercials. For previously aired episodes, you can watch now on the Investigation Discovery channel, on the Discovery+ mobile app and streaming channel, or on Amazon’s Prime Video. If you enjoy podcasts, the creators of “Evil Lives Here” have created a podcast called “Proof,” which details some of the cases on “Evil Lives Here.”

For new episodes of season 12, you can view them on Sundays on the Investigation Discovery channel at 8 p.m. Cst. You can...

In today’s film news roundup, Leonardo DiCaprio will present Robert De Niro with his SAG Life Achievement Award, the Oliver Sacks documentary finds a home and UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television gets a new dean.

Award Presentation

Leonardo DiCaprio has been selected to present Robert De Niro the SAG Life Achievement Award at the 26th annual SAG Awards on Jan. 19.

DiCaprio co-starred with De Niro in “This Boy’s Life” as the only son of a single mother in the 1950s with De Niro as his abusive stepfather. The actors later starred in “Marvin’s Room.”

DiCaprio won an Academy Award for Best Actor in “The Revenant” and has been nominated for five additional Oscars. He was most recently seen in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”

De Niro is a seven-time Academy Award nominee, winning for “The Godfather II” and “Raging Bull.” He’s currently starring in Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman.

Brian Kite has been named interim dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television. He takes over on January 1 for Dean Teri Schwartz, who is stepping down at month’s end.

“Chancellor Block and I appreciate Brian’s willingness to serve as interim dean, and we have every confidence in his ability to provide strong leadership and continuity for the school,” said Emily Carter, UCLA’s Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost.

Kite currently serves as the special academic senior associate dean at the school and has been chair of the theater department since joining UCLA in 2015 as a professor. Prior to that he was the producing artistic director of La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and directed many of its productions, including Billy Elliot, Miss Saigon, Little Shop of Horrors, Dinner with Friends, Driving Miss Daisy and Proof.

He earned an Ovation Award for Spring Awakening and earned...