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Jag Season 1 showcased Navy legal proceedings and explored military ethics with devoted characters, forming a cornerstone for the series. Jag Season 2 introduced Catherine Bell as Mac, establishing an iconic dynamic partnership and delving into political and controversial cases. Jag Season 7 thrived after 9/11, capturing the positive and negative facets of military life and featuring compelling story arcs.

While Jag is celebrated for its distinctive narrative and compelling characters, the quality of its seasons varies noticeably. Some stand out for their intricate storytelling, character development, and gripping legal cases. Others fell short due to changes in the cast, shifts in focus, or weak storytelling. That said, the show's ability to maintain its unique identity while navigating these fluctuations in quality is a testament to its enduring appeal.

Despite a shaky start following its first season, Jag displayed remarkable resilience, enduring for an additional nine seasons, and later kickstarting the NCIS franchise. Overcoming initial challenges,...

Marcus Coloma is leaving General Hospital at ABC after 3 years on the soap. The actor portrayed Nikolas Cassadine on the daytime program.

“Marcus Coloma will no longer be playing the role of Nikolas Cassadine. His last airdate will be at the end of January,” a representative for the show told Soap Opera Digest.

Daytime Confidential was the first to report the news of Coloma’s exit adding that the actor opted not to film his final scenes after he learned he had been cut.

Deadline has reached out to ABC for comment and will update when we hear back from them.

Coloma’s acting credits include Fox’s Point Pleasant as Father Tomas and played Matt Evans in South Beach. He has appeared on several television series, including playing One Tree Hill and on the ABC Family show Make It or Break It, Lucifer, Major Crimes and False Profits.

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1984: Guiding Light's Darcy held Beth and Alexandra hostage.

1984: Santa Barbara's Jade was upset when her brother was called "Killer Perkins".

1985: Mike Horton arrived in Salem on Days of our Lives.

1994: General Hospital's Lulu was born."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1968: On Another World, John Randolph (Michael M. Ryan) convinced his daughter, Lee (Barbara Rodell), that he still loved her.

1973: On The Doctors, Dr. Mike Powers (Peter Burnell) continued to pop pills before picking up Penny Davis (Julia Duffy) so they could go watch the eclipse.

"It's nobody's fault. And everybody's responsibility." Gravitas Ventures has released the trailer for an indie "surreal mystery" drama titled The Rainbow Experiment, which first premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival (the anti-Sundance fest that takes place at the same time/place) at the beginning of this year. This trailer has been out for a while, but we haven't featured it yet, and the film is opening in just a few weeks. The Rainbow Experiment is about how things spiral out of control in a high school in Manhattan when a terrible accident involving a science experiment injures a kid for life. Starring Christian Coulson, Kevin Kane, Chris Beetem, Vandit Bhatt, Francis Benhamou, and more. Watch the trailer if you're curious. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Christina Kallas' The Rainbow Experiment, from YouTube: The story takes place in a high school where things spiral out of control when...

1984: Guiding Light's Darcy held Beth and Alexandra hostage.

1984: Santa Barbara's Jade was upset when her brother was

called "Killer Perkins". 1985: Mike Horton arrived in Salem.

1994: General Hospital's Lulu was born."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1968: On Another World, John Randolph (Michael M. Ryan) convinced his daughter, Lee (Barbara Rodell), that he still loved her.

1973: On The Doctors, Dr. Mike Powers (Peter Burnell) continued to pop pills before picking up Penny Davis (Julia Duffy) so they could go watch the eclipse.

1979: On The Edge of Night, Margo (Ann Williams) reminded David he owed her a favor.

Google the words “rainbow experiment chemistry” and the internet will provide a wealth of seemingly kid-friendly directives for how to use science to “make a rainbow,” an idea that seems fun enough until another link pops up: a safety alert from the American Chemical Society about an experiment gone very, very wrong.

It’s that sort of tension — between the possibility of academic discovery and out-and-out terror — that frames up Christina Kallas’ Slamdance drama, “The Rainbow Experiment,” which follows what happens after one of those eponymous experiments leads to unexpected consequences, one that indict and unravel whole scores of people and institutions.

Read More:Slamdance 2018 Announces Special Screenings, Including New Films From Lisa France and Dana Nachman

Per the film’s official synopsis, “Things spiral out of control in a high school in Manhattan when a terrible accident involving a science experiment injures a kid for life. A who-dun-it with a...

The second feature written and directed by Lisa Robinson and Annie J. Howell (“Small, Beautifully Moving Parts”),”Claire in Motion” has an appealing stillness and intensity. It works as both a quiet, meditative study of grief and a muted examination of identity, but not as a compelling mystery. We first meet the low-key academic Claire (Betsy Brandt, “Breaking Bad”) in the lowest key of positions — lying down, half asleep. She rouses somewhat to bid her husband Paul (Chris Beetem, “Inside Amy Schumer”), a fellow professor at a small Ohio college, goodbye as he heads out on a solo backpacking trip.

After co-starring in “Breaking Bad,” actress Betsy Brandt has stayed in the spotlight with a host of TV projects, including a starring role in the CBS sitcom “Life in Pieces,” as well as a new missing person drama “Claire in Motion.” Brandt stars as Claire who hasn’t given up on searching for her missing husband despite her son’s doubts and the police closing their investigation. Soon, Claire discovers troubling secrets about her husband, including a mysterious graduate student with whom he had formed a close bond, and starts to loser her grip on her own identity. The film co-stars Anna Margaret Hollyman (“Sleeping with Other People”), Chris Beetem (“Black Hawk Down”) and Sakina Jaffrey (“Mr. Robot”). Watch an exclusive clip from the film below.

Read More: ‘Claire in Motion’ Review: Betsy Brandt Shines in Twisty Missing Person Drama

The film is written and directed by Annie J. Howell and Lisa Robinson.

Too heavy-handed and clumsy to land with a real knockout punch, Annie J. Howell and Lisa Robinson’s second feature benefits immensely from the quietly moving work of its lead, Besty Brandt. The former “Breaking Bad” star is the eponymous Claire of Howell and Robinson’s “Claire in Motion,” a film about the messier aspects of grief and loss that shines only when it pulls back from its worrying tendency to hit themes so firmly on the head its a wonder they don’t start bleeding.

“Be careful,” Claire whispers to her husband Paul (Chris Beetem) as he slips out of their home to partake in his apparent favorite past time — a solo survivalist hiking trip into the woods, during which he’ll tote the bare minimum of supplies and only eat what he can find and hunt — an understandable sentiment made all the more crucial by her mention of Paul’s previous dizzy spells.

"Love" goes awry in Eric England's Get the Girl, a new film hitting theaters in January from Orion Pictures. A poster for the movie was recently released, and we have it to share with readers at the top of today's Highlights, which also includes a poster for Parasites and release details for Claire in Motion.

Get the Girl Poster & Release Details: “In Get The Girl, a wealthy young man is conned into staging a fake kidnapping in order to be a hero and win the affection of a girl he's madly in love with. But when one of the hired kidnappers is accidentally killed during the charade, he's forced to actually save her life while not revealing that it's been a ruse all along.”

Written and directed by Eric England, Get the Girl stars Justin Dobies, Elizabeth Whitson, Noah Segan, Adi Shankar, and Scout Taylor-Compton. Orion Pictures will release...

Exclusive: The distributor has moved for North American rights to the SXSW mystery drama by Lisa Robinson and Annie J. Howell.

Claire In Motion premiered at SXSW and stars Betsy Brandt, Chris Beetem, Sakina Jaffrey and Anna Margaret Hollyman.

The film centres on a woman who unravels the mystery of her missing husband and begins to question her own identity in the process.

Breaking Glass CEO Rich Wolff negotiated the deal with Visit Films president Ryan Kampe.

”Claire In Motion is such an incredible cinematic achievement anchored by compelling performances, beautifully atmospheric visuals, and a thrilling script,” said Breaking Glass senior vice-president of distribution and sales.

“Writer-director team Annie Howell and Lisa Robinson are supremely talented, and we are honoured to be working with them.”

Breaking Glass has earmarked a day-and-date theatrical and premium VOD release for early 2017.

Dark Sky Films is getting set to release the tense thriller Emelie. This indie title involves a mysterious babysitter, whose past must be discovered before it is too late. This film, from director Michael Thelin, centrally stars Sara Bolger as the babysitter. And, anyone in Emilie's vicinity is a possible target. Carly Adams, Thomas Bair and Chris Beetem also star. A preview of the film's home entertainment launch is hosted here. There are a number of different trailers available for Emelie; each tells a different story. In the one below, Emilie is first seen at a crime scene. Quickly, she is babysitting for a new family. But, her babysitting skills involve psychological torture, kidnapping and general menace. Emelie is destined for releases on May 3rd, 2016. On this date, the film will be available on DVD and Blu-ray. Fans of thrillers are encouraged to seek out the film as it has...

Exclusive: Ryan Kampe’s New York-based sales agency is in Austin, Texas, with three new titles for buyers.

Visit Films holds worldwide rights to SXSW premieres Claire In Motion and From Nowhere in addition to global rights excluding Greece and Cyprus to its previously announced title and Rotterdam premiere title Suntan.

From Nowhere is styled as a revealing, intimate drama that follows three teenagers as they prepare to graduate from high school in the Bronx and must confront their past.

Matthew Newton directed the film and Julianne Nicholson stars with Denis O’Hare, J. Mallory McCree, Octavia Chavez-Richmond, and Raquel Castro.

Claire In Motion (pictured) stars Betsy Brandt as the eponymous character who questions all around her as she learns a secret about her missing husband’s past.

Lisa Robinson and Annie J. Howell co-wrote and co-directed the drama and the key cast includes Anna Margaret Hollyman, Zev Haworth, Sakina Jaffrey, and [link=nm...

A slow-burn twist on the home-invasion story with a creepily classy atmosphere of dread and menace, but where it ends up is the stuff of hoary cliché. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

We know that new, last-minute-replacement babysitter Anna (Sarah Bolger: My All American) is going to be a nightmare from the moment she shows up at the Thompson home. We know because we’ve seen what happened before she arrived. But as far as the Thompsons can see, she is a godsend: Joyce (Susan Pourfar: Alex of Venice) and Dan (Chris Beetem) get to head out for their anniversary dinner secure in the knowledge that the kids are in teenage-girl hands that come highly recommended, and 11-year-old Jake (Joshua Rush: Mr. Peabody & Sherman), 9-year-old Sally (Carly Adams), and 4-year-old Christopher (Thomas Bair...

Uncanny star Lucy Griffiths was kind enough to answer some questions for us, and the Q&A we conducted with her kicks off the round-up. Also: domestic acquisition news for Emelie, details for One Eyed Girl on Blu-ray / DVD, and Vault of the Macabre II video.

Uncanny: "Rlj Entertainment will be releasing Uncanny on November 3rd, 2015.

Mark Webber (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), David Clayton Rogers (Bloody Sunday), Lucy Griffiths (TV’s “True Blood”) and director Matthew Leutwyler are available for interviews on behalf of the film’s release.

For ten years, inventor David Kressen has lived in seclusion with his inventions, including Adam, a robot with incredible lifelike human qualities. When reporter Joy Andrews is given access to their unconventional facility, she is alternately repelled and attracted to the scientist and his creation. But as Adam exhibits an emergent behavior of anger and jealousy towards her, she finds...

The distributor has acquired Us rights to concert filmmaker Michael Thelin’s psychological thriller.

Mpi Media Group will distribute the Tribeca world premiere via its Dark Sky Films elevated genre label in early spring 2016.

Emelie is part of the Scary Movies festival presented by the Film Society Of Lincoln Center and centres on a twisted babysitter. Raymond Harry Herbeck wrote the screenplay.

Sarah Bolger, Chris Beetem, Susan Pourfar, Joshua Rush, Carly Adams and Thomas Bair star.

Uncorked Productions’ Andrew D Corkin produced and Lizzie Friedman and Greg Little of Sandbar Pictures and Abandon Features financed and served as executive producers with Robert Beaumont, Roxanne Fie Anderson and Elizabeth Jane Stillwell.

Mpi evp Greg Newman brokered the deal with CAA.

Recently, Fox served up the new, official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Following" episode 7 of season 3. The episode is entitled, "The Hunt," and it turns out that we're going to see some very interesting and intense stuff take place as Max shows back up on the force and runs into a deadly menace. Ryan and Mike try to track down a new, dangerous threat, and more! In the new, 7th episode press release: New Dangers Lie In Wait For Ryan. Press release number 2: With only a few days before Joe Carroll's execution, Ryan and Mike will shift their focus to a new threat. In the meantime, after being approved to start work again, Max is going to rejoin the task force and come dangerously close to a deadly menace. Guest stars feature: John Lafayette as Scott Turner; Tim Guinee as Duncan; Gbenga Akinnagbe as Tom; Monique Gabriela Curnen...

As the saying goes, politics makes for strange bedfellows. Or in the cast of Maggie (Christina Ricci) and Congressman Rawlings (Chris Beetem) on "Pan Am," bedfellows make for strange politics.

During the Jan. 8 episode of the period drama, the more than opinionated Maggie submitted an anonymous editorial to the Village Voice railing against the representative's hypocrisy. But after a pleasant lunch with Rawlings, Maggie fell for him. Of course there's still the lingering issue of that article.

On Sunday's (Jan. 15) show, Rawlings is none too pleased after reading the piece that calls him out on his double standards. He says, "I don't appreciate sources with 'inside knowledge' conspiring with the enemy," not realizing the "enemy" is right in front of him. Maggie is now focused on steering him in any direction that doesn't point toward her.

In other "Pan Am" news, Kate (Kelli Garner) tries to help out a couple of stewardesses mistaken for spies.

The crew of "Pan Am" traveled to London Sunday (Dec. 4)...well almost all of them. Dean and Colette take their own adventure, but we'll get to that in a moment.

Kate (Kelli Garner) is sore at the CIA about the Nico Lanza thing when the Yugoslavian diplomat essentially got blackmailed into spying for the Feds. So she's understandably reluctant to get involved in any more snooping. But Kate is a little like Al Pacino in "Godfather 3." She could easily say, "Just when I thought I was out...they pull me back in." This means a new adventure for her involving a Soviet bad guy. Nice to see Kate's willing to give it another shot.

Maggie (Christina Ricci), the free-spirited one of the crew, befriends a U.S. Congressman (Chris Beetem) who is en route to making a pro-nuke speech. Perhaps "befriends" is a bit of an understatement. They get along great,...

On this date in...

1979: On The Edge Of Night, Draper received the news that he did not get the job with Seward, Paxton & Whiteside.

1994: On General Hospital, Lesley Lu "Lulu" Spencer was born. Editor's Note: They grow up so fast.

1995: On All My Children, Trevor told Michael's class about Vietnam. Watch it here.

2006: ABC announced they were changing Ugly Betty's timeslot before the show had even premiered moving it to Thursday instead of Friday.

Celebrating a birthday today are:

Dustin Hoffman (Chester, Luck) - 74

Veronica Redd (ex-Maimie, The Young And The Restless) - 63

Keith Carradine (ex-Wild Bill, Deadwood; ex-Frank, Dexter) - 62

Steve Callahan (ex-Police Officer, Days Of Our Lives) - 44

Chris Beetem (ex-Tate, One Life To Live; ex-Jordan, As The World Turns) - 42

Enzo Cilenti (ex-Carlo, Mi-5) - 37

Tawny Cypress (ex-Brenda, Army Wives; ex-Simone, Heroes; ex-Shambala, All My Children) - 35

Lindsay Sloane (ex-Marcy,...

We Love Soaps TV is keeping a running list of soap stars who are guesting on primetime shows. Below is the latest list of stars who will be making guest stints on primetime shows in the coming weeks and months.

November

7 CSI: Miami - Kristen Renton / Matthew Florida (will be rescheduled from last night's pre-emption).

8 House - Jack Coleman / Amber Tamblyn (recurring role)

8 Rules Of Engagement - Joan Collins

8 Two And A Half Men - Nadia Bjorlin

8 Castle - Rick Hearst

9 The Good Wife - Scott Porter

10 Criminal Minds - Sally Kirkland

11 Vampire Diaries - Bryton James

11 CSI - Megan Ward

11 Private Practice - Michael Badalucco

12 Smallville - Lindsay Hartley

12 Blue Bloods - Chris Beetem / Amy Carlson (recurring role)

14 Boardwalk Empire - Kathy Brier

15 Gossip Girl - Luke Kleintank (recurring role)

15 House - Devon Woods

16 Glee - Jake Vaughn / Lauren Boles

16 No Ordinary Family - Brian Gaskill

16 The Good Wife...

We Love Soaps TV is keeping a running list of soap stars who are guesting on primetime shows. Below is the latest list of stars who will be making guest stints on primetime shows in the coming weeks and months including new additions Renee Elise Goldsberry, Brian Gaskill and Heather Tom.

November

3 Better With You - Valerie Mahaffey

3 Criminal Minds - Robert Newman / Melissa Claire Egan

3 Cougar Town - Carolyn Hennesy (recurring role)

5 Medium - Rena Sofer

5 Smallville - Peyton List

5 Blue Bloods - Yvonna Kopacz-Wright / Amy Carlson (recurring roles)

7 CSI: Miami - Kristen Renton / Matthew Florida

8 House - Jack Coleman

8 Rules Of Engagement - Joan Collins

8 Two And A Half Men - Nadia Bjorlin

8 Castle - Rick Hearst

9 The Good Wife - Scott Porter

10 Criminal Minds - Sally Kirkland

11 Vampire Diaries - Bryton James

11 CSI - Megan Ward

11 Private Practice - Michael Badalucco

12 Smallville - Lindsay Hartley

12 Blue Bloods...

We Love Soaps TV is keeping a running list of soap stars who are guesting on primetime shows. Below is the latest list of stars who will be making guest stints on primetime shows in the coming weeks and months including new additions Haley Alexis Pullos and Tika Sumpter.

November

1 How I Met Your Mother - Laura Bell Bundy / Ashwyn Bagga

1 Chuck - Michelle N. Carter

1 Two And A Half Men - Liz Vassey

1 Castle - Mary Page Keller, Corey Saunders

1 Hawaii Five-0 - Kelly Hu

3 Better With You - Valerie Mahaffey

3 Criminal Minds - Robert Newman / Melissa Claire Egan

3 Cougar Town - Carolyn Hennesy (recurring role)

5 Medium - Rena Sofer

5 Smallville - Peyton List

5 Blue Bloods - Yvonna Kopacz-Wright / Amy Carlson (recurring roles)

7 CSI: Miami - Kristen Renton / Matthew Florida

8 House - Jack Coleman

8 Rules Of Engagement - Joan Collins

8 Two And A Half Men - Nadia Bjorlin

8 Castle...

We Love Soaps TV is keeping a running list of soap stars who are guesting on primetime shows. Below is the latest list of stars who will be making guest stints on primetime shows in the coming weeks including new additions Michael Badalucco and Nadia Bjorlin.

October

29 CSI: New York - Thomas Calabro / Paul James

29 Blue Bloods - Alex Charak / Amy Carlson (recurring role)

November

1 How I Met Your Mother - Laura Bell Bundy / Ashwyn Bagga

1 Two And A Half Men - Liz Vassey

1 Castle - Mary Page Keller

1 Hawaii Five-0 - Kelly Hu

3 Better With You - Valerie Mahaffey

3 Criminal Minds - Robert Newman / Melissa Claire Egan

3 Cougar Town - Carolyn Hennesy (recurring role)

5 Medium - Rena Sofer

5 Smallville - Peyton List

5 Blue Bloods - Yvonna Kopacz-Wright / Amy Carlson (recurring roles)

7 CSI: Miami - Kristen Renton / Matthew Florida

8 House - Jack Coleman

8 Rules Of Engagement - Joan Collins

8 Two And A Half Men...

We Love Soaps TV is keeping a running list of soap stars who are guesting on primetime shows. Below is the latest list of stars who will be making guest stints on primetime shows in the coming weeks including new additions Megan Ward and Bryton James.

October

25 Chuck - Morgan Fairchild

25 Two And A Half Men - Liz Vassey

25 Castle - Anne Marie Howard

25 Chase - Eddie Cibrian

26 Glee - John Stamos

26 No Ordinary Family - Rachel Miner

26 The Good Wife - Scott Porter / Elizabeth Reaser

27 The Defenders - Blake Gibbons

27 Law & Order: Svu - Henry Ian Cusick

28 CSI - William R. Moses / Katee Sackhoff

29 CSI: New York - Thomas Calabro / Paul James

29 Blue Bloods - Alex Charak / Amy Carlson (recurring role)

November

1 How I Met Your Mother - Laura Bell Bundy / Ashwyn Bagga

1 Two And A Half Men - Liz Vassey

1 Castle - Mary Page Keller

1 Hawaii Five-0 -...

Remember when a celebrity starring in a PSA was usually a condition of their probation for a D.U.I. or drug charge?

A thing of the past. Now it's cool for actors to tell us what we should be doing. Unfortunately, all the cool causes -- literacy, volunteering, heart health -- have been done to death.

Not that that's going to stop CBS. Neither is the fact that The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recently issued new recommendations stating that annual pap smears are no longer a necessary part of most women's health regime.

Check out actor Josh Pais (who is not on the cast of a CBS show), telling us how when you're stuck for a gift for the woman in your life, a visit to the gyno is the way to go. After all, "Just a schmear could save her life."

All of this is true.

We here at Cinematical usually dive head first into movies when we take on Sundance, but there's so much else going on here -- like panels, concerts, parties and ridiculous film critic fist fights. So while we finish up our coverage of this year's festival, feel free to scroll through the giant photo gallery below and catch up on all the action that was the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

Live from Sundance 2009 Designer LisaBeth Weber smiles following the oath of office by President Barack Obama during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Katy Winn)

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Park City, Ut - January 20: Writer/director Paul Saltzman of the film "Prom Night In Mississippi" pose for a portrait at the Film Lounge Media Center during the 2009 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2009 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Matt Carr/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Paul Saltzman

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