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Transgender Film Center Reveals Inaugural Career Development Lab Cohort (Exclusive)
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‘Sixteen Candles’ Actor Gedde Watanabe Says He Didn’t Think Long Duk Dong Role Was “Racist”
The actor reflected on the controversial character in the 1984 John Hughes classic for its 40th anniversary.
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How ‘Tarot’ Filmmakers Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg Made a Studio Horror Film Personal
One heart-wrenching story point in the feature was inspired by Cohen’s own childhood: "That particular storyline was our way of putting an emotional stamp on the movie."
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Kristen Stewart Directing First Film in Latvia Because She Needs “Radical Detachment” From Hollywood
The actress is in the process of making her adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch's memoir 'The Chronology of Water.'
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Ruth Landers, Producer and Mother of Actresses Audrey Landers and Judy Landers, Dies at 85
Ruth Landers, who created the 1990s PBS kids show The Huggabug Club with her daughters, actresses Audrey Landers and Judy Landers, has died. She was 85. A longtime resident of Sarasota, Florida, Landers died April 18 of natural causes, her family announced. Audrey Landers, 67, portrayed Afton Cooper on Dallas on and off for seven […]
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Vin Diesel’s New ‘Riddick’ Movie Moving Forward for Fall Shoot
Vin Diesel is officially returning to the world of Pitch Black and galactic antihero Riddick, the sci-fi action franchise that gave the actor his first major leading role. Riddick: Furya, which was announced in February 2023, is now moving full steam ahead toward an Aug. 26 shoot date, producers announced Monday. Diesel stars and produces […]
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Tyler Perry, DeVon Franklin and Netflix Partner on Faith-Based Film Deal
Tyler Perry and DeVon Franklin (Miracles From Heaven) are getting into business with Netflix to make faith-based movies together. The first film under their new partnership will be R&B, written by Mike Elliott (Brown Sugar) and Cory Tynan, and described as a modern-day retelling of the story of Ruth and Boaz, an iconic Biblical love story. […]
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MadRiver Gets International Backing for Mid-Budget Genre Slate
MadRiver Pictures, together with CAA Media Finance, has closed a multi-year equity financing and distribution deal with some of the world’s biggest indie distributors to allow them to fully finance a slate of mid-budget ($25 million – $75 million) theatrical films. Under the deal, MadRiver will essentially pre-sell rights to its international partners on films […]
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‘Superman’ Unveils First Look at David Corenswet as the Man of Steel
David Corenswet gets dressed as Superman one boot at a time in the first look at the actor in costume. Superman writer-director James Gunn revealed the image on social media Monday. The unveiling of an actor in costume as Superman is a rare affair, akin to the first look at a new James Bond. Only […]
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Samuel L. Jackson, Henry Golding to Star in Sci-Fi Psychological Thriller ‘Head Games’
Samuel L. Jackson and Henry Golding have signed on to star in Head Games, a psychological thriller with a sci-fi edge that is looking to be one of the hot projects at this year’s Cannes film market. Music video and film director Anthony Mandler (Monster, Rihanna’s ‘Diamonds’) is set to helm Head Games from a […]
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‘Force of Nature: The Dry 2’ Review: Eric Bana’s Brooding Detective Is Back in a Quasi-Sequel That Dilutes the Tension
Anna Torv, Deborra-Lee Furness and Richard Roxburgh also appear in Robert Connolly’s adaptation of the Jane Harper novel about a woman who goes missing on a rainforest hike.
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‘Lord of the Rings’ Cast Pay Tribute to Bernard Hill: No One Spoke Tolkien’s Words As Well
Bernard Hill’s castmates from The Lord of the Rings gave several touching tributes to the actor, who passed away Sunday at the age of 79. Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan and Sean Astin — who played the hobbits in Peter Jackson’s three blockbuster films — honored him at a Comic Con event in Liverpool. […]
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William Shatner Willing to Return to ‘Star Trek’ as De-Aged Captain Kirk
“Mr. Scott, set the de-ager for 40 years!” William Shatner says he’s down to play Captain James T. Kirk in a movie again, and has an idea for how it might work. The 93-year-old sci-fi legend told the Canadian Press that he’d be willing to return to the Starship Enterprise under certain conditions. “It’s an […]
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Jeannie Epper, Legendary ‘Wonder Woman’ and ‘Romancing the Stone’ Stuntwoman, Dies at 83
Jeannie Epper, the peerless, fearless stunt performer who doubled for Lynda Carter on Wonder Woman and swung on a vine across a 350-foot gorge and propelled down an epic mudslide as Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone, has died. She was 83. Epper died Sunday night of natural causes at her home in Simi Valley, her […]
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Cannes Festival Workers Group Calls for Strike Action
A French collective representing the interests of French film festival workers has called for a general strike of “all employees of the Cannes Film Festival and of its sidebars.” The Sous les écrans la dèche (Broke Behind the Screens) collective made the call in a public statement Monday. The group has long been sounding the […]
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Will Ferrell Appears as Ron Burgundy for Tom Brady Roast: “I Am a Very Big Deal but Tonight Is Not About Me”
Will Ferrell appeared at the Tom Brady roast Sunday night in character as his Anchorman persona, Ron Burgundy. He was introduced as “a living legend, a world-class lover and the No. 1 news anchor in all of Sunday.” “My name is Ron Burgundy,” he said. “I am a very big deal but tonight is not […]
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