It was always interesting to us for the longest time why DC thought it necessary to hire someone like Dwayne Johnson to portray a villain — Black Adam, to be exact — in the DC Extended Universe. When his involvement in the franchise was first announced some time ago, a lot of fans wondered first why they’d lock down a villain so many years in advance, and why they’d select a baddie before the goodie — in this case, Shazam. It’d be like them picking a Joker before picking a Batman, right?
Well, yes and no. While Black Adam is traditionally something of a villain, Johnson was accurate in calling him more of an anti-hero. My own personal crackpot theory for the longest time was that he’d be the main villain in Justice League. The end of the film would see him fleeing and defeated, and he would arise...
Well, yes and no. While Black Adam is traditionally something of a villain, Johnson was accurate in calling him more of an anti-hero. My own personal crackpot theory for the longest time was that he’d be the main villain in Justice League. The end of the film would see him fleeing and defeated, and he would arise...
- 2/17/2017
- by Joseph Medina
- LRMonline.com
Youth-focused Berlinale sidebar will feature 62 short and feature films from 41 countries.Scroll down for full list
The Berlin Film Festival has revealed the completed list of titles that will play in this year’s Generations sidebar, which focuses on youth and children’s films.
In total, there are 62 short and feature-length films hailing from 41 countries.
Titles include the world premiere of Carla Simon’s coming-of-age feature debut Summer 1993 (Estiu 1993), which has already been snapped up by New Europe Film Sales.
Among the further films added are features from China, the USA and Korea.
As previously announced, Michael Winterbottom’s music documentary On The Road will open the Generation 14plus programme this year.
Further films playing in the strand include Dash Shaw’s My Entire High School Sinking Into The Sea, which features the voices of Jason Schwartzman, Maya Rudolph, Lena Dunham and Susan Sarandon, and 2016 Tiff Platform title Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves...
The Berlin Film Festival has revealed the completed list of titles that will play in this year’s Generations sidebar, which focuses on youth and children’s films.
In total, there are 62 short and feature-length films hailing from 41 countries.
Titles include the world premiere of Carla Simon’s coming-of-age feature debut Summer 1993 (Estiu 1993), which has already been snapped up by New Europe Film Sales.
Among the further films added are features from China, the USA and Korea.
As previously announced, Michael Winterbottom’s music documentary On The Road will open the Generation 14plus programme this year.
Further films playing in the strand include Dash Shaw’s My Entire High School Sinking Into The Sea, which features the voices of Jason Schwartzman, Maya Rudolph, Lena Dunham and Susan Sarandon, and 2016 Tiff Platform title Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves...
- 1/13/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Carrie Fisher's mother, Debbie Reynolds, issued a statement on Tuesday via Facebook, addressing the death of her daughter.
The Star Wars actress died Tuesday morning after going into cardiac arrest last week. She was 60.
Related: Stars React to Carrie Fisher's Death
"Thank you to everyone who has embraced the gifts and talents of my beloved and amazing daughter," Reynolds wrote. "I am grateful for your thoughts and prayers that are now guiding her to her next stop."
News of Fisher's death comes just days after Reynolds tweeted that her daughter was in "stable condition."
Related: Carrie Fisher Wrote Her Own Obit in 2008: 'I Drowned in Moonlight, Strangled by My Own Bra'
"If there is a change, we will share it," the 84-year-old actress said in a post on Sunday. "For all her fans and friends. I thank you for your prayers & good wishes."
Fisher is best known for her legendary role as Princess Leia in...
The Star Wars actress died Tuesday morning after going into cardiac arrest last week. She was 60.
Related: Stars React to Carrie Fisher's Death
"Thank you to everyone who has embraced the gifts and talents of my beloved and amazing daughter," Reynolds wrote. "I am grateful for your thoughts and prayers that are now guiding her to her next stop."
News of Fisher's death comes just days after Reynolds tweeted that her daughter was in "stable condition."
Related: Carrie Fisher Wrote Her Own Obit in 2008: 'I Drowned in Moonlight, Strangled by My Own Bra'
"If there is a change, we will share it," the 84-year-old actress said in a post on Sunday. "For all her fans and friends. I thank you for your prayers & good wishes."
Fisher is best known for her legendary role as Princess Leia in...
- 12/27/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
Pay no attention to Carson Daly’s lack of hyperbole.
Sure, Tuesday’s installment of The Voice may not have included color commentary from the relentlessly upbeat host touting “The Audition That Will Change Everything/ Reduce You To A Puddle Of Tears And Plasma/ Alter The Fabric Of Humanity.” But nevertheless, two or three contestants came roaring out of the starting gate with such gale-force gorgeousness that it’s hard not to envision ’em staying in the competition well beyond Pumpkin Spice Season.
RelatedRatings: How Did The Voice Season 11 Premiere Fare With Viewers?
[Please forgive my use of “spice” prompting an inevitable link to the new Sporty Spice single “Anymore.” That Mel C really can sing though.]
Here’s hoping the fact that exec...
Sure, Tuesday’s installment of The Voice may not have included color commentary from the relentlessly upbeat host touting “The Audition That Will Change Everything/ Reduce You To A Puddle Of Tears And Plasma/ Alter The Fabric Of Humanity.” But nevertheless, two or three contestants came roaring out of the starting gate with such gale-force gorgeousness that it’s hard not to envision ’em staying in the competition well beyond Pumpkin Spice Season.
RelatedRatings: How Did The Voice Season 11 Premiere Fare With Viewers?
[Please forgive my use of “spice” prompting an inevitable link to the new Sporty Spice single “Anymore.” That Mel C really can sing though.]
Here’s hoping the fact that exec...
- 9/21/2016
- TVLine.com
Actors have difficult moments making films all the time, but news that Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman feuded on the set of Kramer vs. Kramer is a far bigger deal. We're talking about two of the most respected actors of their generations, with 26 Oscar nominations between them (her: 19; him: 7). When you're dealing with two Hollywood and Broadway heavyweights of that caliber, it sounds like a real-life clash of the titans. But it's important to remember that in 1978, it just wasn't that way. In the adaptation of his upcoming biography, Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep, published by Vanity Fair, author Michael Schulman...
- 3/29/2016
- by Alynda Wheat, @AlyndaWheat
- PEOPLE.com
Actors have difficult moments making films all the time, but news that Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman feuded on the set of Kramer vs. Kramer is a far bigger deal. We're talking about two of the most respected actors of their generations, with 26 Oscar nominations between them (her: 19; him: 7). When you're dealing with two Hollywood and Broadway heavyweights of that caliber, it sounds like a real-life clash of the titans. But it's important to remember that in 1978, it just wasn't that way. In the adaptation of his upcoming biography, Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep, published by Vanity Fair, author Michael Schulman...
- 3/29/2016
- by Alynda Wheat, @AlyndaWheat
- PEOPLE.com
Meryl Streep Unauthorized Biography Claims Dustin Hoffman Slapped Her Across the Face During Filming
Dustin Hoffman may have taken his method acting to another level when working with Meryl Streep on their award-winning 1979 film, Kramer vs. Kramer. In an excerpt from Michael Schulman's unauthorized biography, Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep, in Vanity Fair, Kramer vs. Kramer director Robert Benton and producer Richard Fischoff recall a tense relationship between Streep and Hoffman during the filming of the movie. Both actors earned their first Oscars for taking on the roles of husband and wife, Ted and Joanna Kramer, who find themselves in a heated custody battle over their son, Billy Kramer (Justin Henry), after getting a divorce. Watch: Oscars Red Carpet Rewind -- '80s Oprah and Pregnant Meryl Streep! The book alleges that on the second day of shooting the opening scene of the film -- when Ted follows a crying Joanna into the hallway -- Hoffman "shocked" everyone on set when he "slapped [Streep] hard across the cheek, leaving a red mark...
- 3/29/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
Becoming a dad for the first time can be terrifying. But with Sandy Cohen's example to follow, Adam Brody is sure to get the hang of it in no time.
News broke Thursday that the Billy and Billie actor and wife Leighton Meester had welcomed daughter Arlo Day in early August.
As Brody jumps into fatherhood, he needn't look further than his own filmography for advice: His on-screen dad in The O.C., Peter Gallagher's Sandy Cohen, is still the pinnacle of a TV dad, more than a decade after the show's debut.
From the standard (navigating tumultuous teenage relationships...
News broke Thursday that the Billy and Billie actor and wife Leighton Meester had welcomed daughter Arlo Day in early August.
As Brody jumps into fatherhood, he needn't look further than his own filmography for advice: His on-screen dad in The O.C., Peter Gallagher's Sandy Cohen, is still the pinnacle of a TV dad, more than a decade after the show's debut.
From the standard (navigating tumultuous teenage relationships...
- 9/24/2015
- by Diana Pearl, @dianapearl_
- People.com - TV Watch
The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.
Adhouse Books
Basewood Hc (not verified by Diamond), $19.95
Andrews McMeel
For Better Or For Worse It’s One Thing After Another Tp, $22.99
Ape Entertainment
Black Coat The Blackest Dye Gn, $12.99
Archie Comics
Afterlife With Archie #4 (Francesco Francavilla Regular Cover), $2.99
Afterlife With Archie #4 (Tim Seeley Variant Cover), $2.99
Archie Double Digest #249, $3.99
Mega Man #34 (Ben Bates Mega Man X Variant Cover), $2.99
Mega Man #34 (Patrick Spaziante Regular Cover), $2.99
Sonic Super Sized Super Digest #6, $6.99
Sonic The Hedgehog Mega Man Worlds Collide Volume 2 Into The Warzone Tp, $11.99
World Of Archie Double Digest #37, $3.99
Avatar Press
Extinction Parade #5 (Raulo Caceres Leather Cover), $14.99
God Is Dead #8 (German Nobile Carnage Wraparound Cover), $3.99
God Is Dead #8 (Jacen Burrows End Of Days Cover), $3.99
God Is Dead #8 (Jacen Burrows Gilded Incentive...
Adhouse Books
Basewood Hc (not verified by Diamond), $19.95
Andrews McMeel
For Better Or For Worse It’s One Thing After Another Tp, $22.99
Ape Entertainment
Black Coat The Blackest Dye Gn, $12.99
Archie Comics
Afterlife With Archie #4 (Francesco Francavilla Regular Cover), $2.99
Afterlife With Archie #4 (Tim Seeley Variant Cover), $2.99
Archie Double Digest #249, $3.99
Mega Man #34 (Ben Bates Mega Man X Variant Cover), $2.99
Mega Man #34 (Patrick Spaziante Regular Cover), $2.99
Sonic Super Sized Super Digest #6, $6.99
Sonic The Hedgehog Mega Man Worlds Collide Volume 2 Into The Warzone Tp, $11.99
World Of Archie Double Digest #37, $3.99
Avatar Press
Extinction Parade #5 (Raulo Caceres Leather Cover), $14.99
God Is Dead #8 (German Nobile Carnage Wraparound Cover), $3.99
God Is Dead #8 (Jacen Burrows End Of Days Cover), $3.99
God Is Dead #8 (Jacen Burrows Gilded Incentive...
- 3/3/2014
- by Adam B.
- GeekRest
Oxygen Media has officially unveiled its half-hour hidden camera reality series Celebrities Undercover (see the trailer below), which will premiere March 18 following the debut of another new series, Chasing Maria Menounos. In June, the network quietly gave a green light to Celebrities Undercover (then Secret Celebrity) executive produced by talk show host Wendy Williams under her first-look deal at Oxygen. Each episode features two celebrities concealing their true identity with the use of prosthetic makeup to find out what unsuspecting fans and friends really think of them. In the series premiere, Williams goes undercover as a member of her own audience, and Keeping Up With The Kardashians star Kim Kardashian disguises herself at a group job interview as a fan hoping to become her new assistant. (Kardashian’s involvement represents corporate synergy as Keeping Up With The Kardashains airs on Oxygen sibling E!) Also set to appear on the series are T-Pain,...
- 1/23/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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