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In Netflix sci-fi epic series 3 Body Problem, British actor Alex Sharp stars as Will Downing, a terminally-ill scientist who not only manages profound romantic heartbreak, but ultimately transcends the limits of human existence.

Plucked straight out of Julliard to play the lead character of Christopher Boone in the Marianne Elliott-directed stage production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Sharpe won a Tony for the role. He went on to star opposite Lily Collins in the film To the Bone, as activist Rennie Davis in The Trial of the Chicago 7 and with Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson in The Hustle, before playing opposite Bill Nighy in Living and with Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham Carter in One Life, the 2023 film about British humanitarian Nicholas Winton, who rescued hundreds of Jewish children from occupied Poland.

3 Body Problem, from Game of Thrones creators David Benioff...

Many great novels have yet to be adapted into successful films, despite the book-to-movie trend in the industry. It is important to tread carefully to avoid disappointing adaptations. The 2020s are filled with remakes and revivals, but the film industry should pay attention to amazing novels that deserve adaptation with respect to the authors' original vision. There are numerous books, from fantasies like "The Infernal Devices" and "The Butterfly of the Stars" to mysteries like "The Broken Girls," that would make incredible movies and should be considered for adaptation.

Books have been the primary source of inspiration in the film industry for decades, but quite a few great novels have yet to be brought to the big screen and gain a new audience. However, it is important to tread carefully since there have been plenty of failed book adaptations that haven't done justice to their material, remaining a shameful spot on their novels' perfect history.

Is every day Record Store Day? It is for the several dozen interviewees of “Vinyl Nation,” a documentary that aims to not just explain the phenomenal LP resurgence of the last 15 years but break down any “High Fidelity” stereotypes about who’s driving the comeback. Record collecting may be a massive cult, but it’s also a rainbow coalition of enthusiasts, the movie argues. Geekiness is next to godliness for the women, girls, LGBTQ folks and people of color who are joined in the film’s record-collecting cast by — sure — some pasty, middle-aged, Comic Book Guy-looking types.

As an excellent piece of propaganda for the format, “Vinyl Nation” wants to portray vinyl hounds first and foremost as people who are maybe deeper into their feels than the rest of us — a diverse army of music fans who take to records’ corporeal qualities because the very element of touch triggers something spiritual in their hearts.

On Saturday, March 10, the Human Rights Campaign (Hrc), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (Lgbtq) civil rights organization, presented its annual Los Angeles Dinner and honored the outstanding efforts of those who dedicate time, energy, spirit and whole-hearted commitment to bettering the lives of Lgbtq people.

Visibility Award Recipient Adam Rippon

Among those who attended were Event Co-chairs Jessica Bair, Christopher Boone and Nam Lam, Hrc President Chad Griffin, Special Guests United States Representatives Maxine Waters (D-ca), Kyrsten Sinema (D-az), Visibility Award Recipient Adam Rippon, Performers Portugal. The Man, and additional guests including Shoshana Bean, Stephanie Beatriz, Lilan Bowden, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Blossom Brown, Karamo Brown, Charlie Carver, Lea DeLaria, Noureen DeWulf, Nyle Dimarco, Jonathan Del Arco, Tommy Dorfman, Josh Duhamel, Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Justin Mikita, Stephanie Frosch, Dana Goldberg, Ramiro Gómez, Gigi Gorgeous & Nats Getty, Samuel Greisman, Gus Kenworthy & Matthew Wilkas, Chris Kluwe, Kyle Krieger, Peter Paige,...

It takes a math genius to raise a lot of money with pennies.

In Christopher Boone’s directorial feature film debut, Cents is a story about a Latina middle-schooler Sammy Baca as she uses her brilliant math skills to befriend the cool kids with the school penny drive.

The film stars the emerging talents of Julia Flores, Lillie Kolich, Jy Prishkulnik and Claire Carter.

Lrm has an exclusive clip from the inspirational film. The clip is entitled, “It’s Not Possible, It’s Math.”

Cents is available on VOD today.

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"I will not have you trivialize everything I have sacrificed to make things better for you." This fun indie flick plays nicely with the trailer for Gifted, also about a precocious young mathematician trying to hold her own in school. Cents is a coming-of-age film about a 12-year-old girl, played by Julia Flores, who uses her calculus skills to transform the penny drive at her school into a pyramid scheme. The cast includes Lillie Kolich, Jy Prishkulnik, Claire Carter, Monique Candelaria and Esodie Geiger. I was hoping this might be a hidden gem, but the trailer doesn't show much promise, unfortunately. Still worth a quick look. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Christopher Boone's Cents, direct from YouTube: Sammy (Julia Flores), an uncommonly smart twelve-year-old girl, uses her gift for mathematics and enlists her frenemies to revamp the school penny drive into a major moneymaking operation. Cents is both...

The national tour of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time explores the journey of Christopher Boone (Benjamin Wheelwright), a high-functioning 15 year old with Asperger’s Syndrome. A mathematical genius, he sees everything through numbers. Baffled by a world of people he finds so confusing, he resorts to his mathematical prowess and realizes its power […]

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Three performers -- Alex Sharp, Richard McCabe and Ruthie Ann Miles -- won Tony Awards for their Broadway debut. These victories put them in a freshman club that now has 90 members.  -Break- Sharp, who won for his portrayal of socially awkward genius Christopher Boone in "Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," is the fifteenth Best Actor (Play) champ to take home the trophy for his first time on Broadway. He joins: Paul Scofield for "A Man for All Seasons" (1962); Cliff Gorman for "Lenny" (1972); John Kani and Winston Ntshona (joint nomination) for "Sizwe Banzi is Dead/The Island" (1975); Tom Conti for "Whose Life is it Anyway?" (1979); Harvey Fierstein for "Torch Song Trilogy" (1983); Jeremy Irons for "The Real Thing" (1984); Ralph Fiennes for "Hamlet" (1995); Stephen Dillane for "The Real Thing" (2000); Jefferson Mays for "I Am My Own W..."...

Feature documentary to use hit stage adaptation to explore autism.

UK documentary distributor Dogwoof has come on board to handle pre-sales for a feature-documentary based on The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, based around the award-winning book by Mark Haddon and the subsequent National Theatre production.

The film, currently in production, will use the hit stage adaptation currently playing in London’s West End, on UK tour and on Broadway, to frame a cinematic exploration of life on the autistic spectrum.

The documentary is produced by Martin Rosenbaum at Lone Star Productions (Pervert’s Guide to Ideology) in collaboration with National Theatre Productions and National Theatre Live, which broadcast the Olivier Award-winning adaptation to cinemas worldwide in 2012.

The deal will see Dogwoof act as international sales agents across all platforms worldwide. The project will be presented to the broadcasters at Mipdoc and Miptv in Cannes from this weekend.

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If there’s any justice, the superb stage adaptation of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time will be as big a hit on Broadway this year as the original novel, by Mark Haddon, was when it was published in 2003. That doesn’t mean they are equivalent experiences. Although minutely faithful to the plot and language of the book, the play is, naturally, a different beast. What’s more surprising, and deeply rewarding, is that it makes a different point. The story starts the same way: In a backyard in Swindon, England, Christopher Boone, a boy of 15 years (and three months and two days), discovers the body of a neighbor’s dog with a garden fork stuck through it. Autistic but highly gifted in math and logic, Christopher sets out like his hero Sherlock Holmes to solve the whodunit. His investigation is quickly thwarted by his father, who...

Many Austin Film Festival-goers kicked off their week by attending one of the first panels on the schedule -- "A Conversation with Jeff Nichols." In a Q&A session that lasted a little over an hour on Thursday afternoon (it was moderated by Christopher Boone), the Austin-based director discussed the three films he has completed so far (Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter and Mud) as well as his upcoming release, Midnight Special. As a writer and director who has achieved critical success while working with both small and big budgets, Nichols had plenty of advice and entertaining tidbits to share with the audience. 

Nichols, who comes off as both boyish and wise, eschews traditional film-school techniques (such as following a strict screenplay formula) but stresses the importance of adhering to certain personal storytelling rules. He described his process as beginning with various large ideas (masculinity, first love, financial anxiety, etc.) and...

Play about maths genius equals Matilda's record, as Helen Mirren has first win and Top Hat is named best musical

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time dominated the UK's most prestigious theatre awards on Sunday night, equalling the record by picking up seven Oliviers, including best actor for its star, Luke Treadaway. The 28-year-old, who gives an astonishing performance as 15-year-old maths genius Christopher Boone, beat off heavyweight competition in the shape of Rupert Everett, James McAvoy, Mark Rylance and Rafe Spall to pick up the prize at the Royal Opera House ceremony.

The awards, now in their 37th year, also saw Helen Mirren win her first Olivier, for her performance as the Queen in The Audience. The musical honours were shared by Top Hat and Sweeney Todd, which won three apiece.

Accepting her award, Mirren said she thought the Queen would be thrilled and deserved an...

To help celebrate Entertainment Weekly’s 20th anniversary (one more year and we can finally drink booze!), the writers and editors have carefully curated a list of the 100 greatest characters in pop-culture over the last 20 years. Whether the fictional women, men, ogres, muppets, babies, and cartoon rockers who made our list were initially created before 1990 didn’t matter so long as they made a lasting impact in the culture after 1990. Some characters were so inseparable in our minds and hearts — like a certain highly articulate TV mother and daughter, for example — that we simply listed them together. (Hey, it’s our list,...