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For years various producers have pitched doing something like a zany It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World, only populated by an epic cast of contemporary comedy stars just like that Stanley Kramer supercomedy did during its time in 1963. So it is probably not a coincidence that Jerry Seinfeld selected that very year in which to set his live action filmmaking debut, Unfrosted, as a quadruple threat of star, director, co-writer, producer.

Placing it in Battle Creek, Michigan and taking the real life story of the rivalry of cereal kingpins Kellogg’s and Post in their race to create a revolutionary breakfast pastry, Seinfeld and his longtime writing partner Spike Feresten, along with their Bee Movie collaborators Andy Rubin & Barry Marder, have chosen to use some real life people, made up several others, salted it all with some basic truths, and basically let the laughs and comedy lead the way in the telling.

Munch.International Film Festival Rotterdam have announced the lineup for their 52nd edition, which will take place between January 25 through February 5. The festival will be held in-person for the first time since 2020.Opening FILMMunch (Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken)Tiger COMPETITION100 årstider (Giovanni Bucchieri)Gagaland (Teng Yuhan)Geology of SeparationIndivision (Leïla Kilani)Letzter Abend (Lukas Nathrath)Mannvirki (Gústav Geir Bollason)Munnel (Visakesa Chandrasekaram)New StrainsNotas sobre un verano (Diego Llorente)Numb (Amir Toodehroosta)Nummer achttien (Guido van der Werve)La Palisiada (Philip Sotnychenko)Playland (Georden West)Le spectre de Boko Haram (Cyrielle Raingou)Thiiird (Karim Kassem)three sparks (Naomi Uman)Big Screen COMPETITIONAvant l’effondrementBefore the Buzzards Arrive (Jonás N. Díaz)Copenhagen Does Not Exist (Martin Skovbjerg)Drawing LotsEndless Borders (Abbas Amini)Le formiche di Mida (Edgar Honetschläger)Four Little Adults (Selma Vilhunen)La hembrita (Laura Amelia Guzmán Conde)Joram (Devashish Makhija)Luka (Jessica Woodworth)My Little Nighttime Secret (Natalya Meshchaninova...

San Francisco, Oct 27 (Ians) Andy Rubin, known as the “Father of Android”, has returned to public eye with a new business venture that will focus on “surveillance services” for the home.

According to Android Authority, The Information reported that the ex-Google executive has a new Palo Alto, California-based startup called “Simple Things”.

The new company is said to make security monitoring software for a variety of products such as cameras, sensors, motion detectors, and hardware.

Rubin is the man who spent nine years at Google working on the Android operating system.

He may also be remembered as one of the disgraced former Google executives who were paid millions in severance packages following allegations of misconduct that led to company-wide protests back in 2018.

He left Google in 2014 after it was discovered he was having an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate.

Rubin has founded a few businesses since then. Before Simple Things,...

Arthur T. Birsh, whose job titles during his 50-year career at Playbill, the nation’s most recognizable theater program, included publisher, president, chairman, and most recently chairman emeritus, died Wednesday, April 14, at his home in Key Largo, Florida. He was 88.

His death was announced yesterday by wife Joan Alleman Birsh, Playbill’s retired editor-in-chief, and his son, Playbill President and CEO Philip S. Birsh. They said Birsh’s death followed a short illness.

During the 50 years of Birsh’s tenure with the publishing company, an estimated half-billion Playbills were “handed out by Broadway’s ranks of ushers,” the family said. With its familiar black “Playbill” lettering stretched across a yellow banner at the top of each booklet, the program remains a ubiquitous and often taken-for-granted piece of theatergoing, informing Broadway and other theater audiences of cast and creative team credits, musical number titles, scene breaks and intermissions, character lists, ads for other theater offerings,...

With filmmaker Dennis Dugan as emcee, World of Dance’ Derek Hough as a speaker, Youtube music sensation Alex Boyé performing, and Power 106 FM and Los Angeles magazine as media partners, the 20th annual Alive & Running Walk/Run for Suicide Prevention surpassed its goal, raising over $425,000 for Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services’ Suicide Prevention Center.

Dennis Duggan and Derek Hough

The record-breaking event, which wrapped up Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month, took place on Sunday, Sept. 30 and drew over 2,200 participants. This year’s Alive & Running also marked the 60th year that the Suicide Prevention Center has been saving lives.

“The fact that so many of you are out here this morning bringing more awareness and bringing more support is incredible,” said Derek Hough, who lost his uncle to suicide in his teens. “The more we talk about it, the more tangible it becomes, and the more tangible it becomes, the more we can help it,...

Some franchises just never know when to call it day; the latest franchise that could possibly have its 8th movie on the horizon is Police Academy according to Officer Mahoney, Steve Guttenberg.

In a conversation with a die-hard fan of the franchise on Twitter, Guttenberg stated another is on its way after being asked by the fan to make one in London.

Guttenberg tweeted “Adam, the next Police Academy is coming, no details yet, but it is in a gift bag being readied!”

Adam , the next Police Academy is coming, no details yet, but it is in a gift bag being readied! https://t.co/HxzdmqS6WP

— Steve Guttenberg (@SteveGuttbuck) September 3, 2018

With no details readily available this could all be just talk.

The Police Academy zany comedy franchise first burst onto the big screens in 1984. Directed by Hugh Wilson, and it starred Steve Guttenberg as Cadet Carey Mahoney, Kim Cattrall as Cadet Karen Thompson,...

Officer Carey Mahoney actor Steve Guttenberg has announced that a new Police Academy movie is in the works. There are seven installments of the popular comedy franchise and an eighth has been talked about a lot over the last 24 years. The franchise started in 1984 with the original, and most successful film, which also starred Kim Cattrall, Michael Winslow, Bubba Smith, Donovan Scott, and Andrew Rubin. Talks of the surviving castmates getting back together were presistant in the early 2000s, but a reboot has been talked about more recently.

A Police Academy fan reached out to Steve Guttenberg on social media and asked about the possibility of another installment. The actor said, "The next Police Academy is coming, no details yet, but it is in a gift bag being readied!" It's not clear what kind of film Guttenberg is referring to at the moment. He could be talking about getting the whole original cast back together,...

Android creator Andy Rubin announced Monday he was taking a one-month leave of absence as CEO of the smartphone company Essential for “personal reasons.” The decision was made public shortly after The Information reported that Rubin was investigated by Google for an “inappropriate relationship with a subordinate” during his time at the tech giant. Google policy doesn’t allow romantic relationships between managers and subordinates, and its internal investigation found Rubin’s “behavior was improper and showed bad judgement.,” according to The Information. The site further reported that an employee working on the Android team complained to Google’s human resources department about her relationship.

Lighthouse’s eponymous smart camera is the first product from the humble startup company, but rest assured – it has quite a pedigree behind it. Andy Rubin, the pioneer behind the popular Android smartphones, contributed to it as an investor and an advisor. So, with that affirmed, how will Lighthouse benefit you? > Lighthouse Smart Camera Preview […]

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Andrew Rubin, a veteran actor whose credits include the features Police Academy and Casey’s Shadow and TV’s Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, has died. He was 69. His manager Joan Sittenfield told Deadline that Rubin died October 5 of lung cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. A native of New Bedford, Ma, Rubin graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. He moved to California after landing a commercial campaign and began doing guest…...

Andrew Rubin, a veteran actor whose credits include the features Police Academy and Casey’s Shadow and TV’s Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, has died. He was 69. His manager Joan Sittenfield told Deadline that Rubin died October 5 of lung cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. A native of New Bedford, Ma, Rubin graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. He moved to California after landing a commercial campaign and began doing guest…...