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The Brown family is in crisis.

In a People exclusive sneak peek at Wednesday’s episode of Alaskan Bush People, patriarch Billy Brown, 64, brings his wife Ami, 53, to their temporary Southern California home and is greeted by a few of his seven children, all of whom are eager to hear about Ami’s biopsy.

“Not good,” Billy, 64, tells his kids. “Not good at all.”

“The fight right now, I think, is within ourselves to stay calm,” he continues. “The good Lord is going to take care of this.”

In the season 7 premiere of the Discovery reality series, Ami’s eldest daughter,...

The Brown children of Alaskan Bush People have spent almost their entire lives out in the wilderness of rural Alaska.

“To us, it’s normal, but when I sit and think about it, you know, I don’t think that most kids in the lower 48 carry a 12-gauge to go to the bathroom,” Billy Brown, the 64-year-old patriarch of the Brown family says in an Alaskan Bush People clip exclusive to People.

And sons Matt, 34, Bam, 32, Bear, 29, Gabe, 26, and Noah, 24, and daughters Snowbird, 22, and Rain, 14, have lived an admittedly sheltered life. They were mainly homeschooled by mom Ami, 53, and their...

Rain, Bird, Bear — and bears! — are back in all-new episodes of Alaskan Bush People — and People has a first look at the 2017 episodes.

“This year is all about a self-sustaining homestead,” patriarch Billy Brown says in the trailer.

And his family’s home in rural Alaska really does look like it’s come a long way since it was destroyed by a bear late last year.

Browntown — which is what the family of nine calls their home — “is becoming more than just, like, a little encampment,” says one of Brown’s sons. “It’s becoming a town.”

After a stint in rehab,...

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We look back at an often-overlooked part of the Ghostbusters legacy: it's Extreme Ghostbusters...

There was a time when no one cared about Ghostbusters. It was the late 90s - the pre-Pokemon, post-Mighty Morphin Power Rangers days to be exact. Nobody’s kid was exactly clamouring for a sequel, reboot, or a Ghostbusters continuation of any kind - except for Dan Aykroyd, who was practically lobbying for a third instalment while sitting front row at the Ghostbusters II premiere. Which is why we have this: an awkwardly timed, tonally disruptive Ghostbusters animated series.

Enter a brand new cartoon that picked up the sticky, ectoplasm-covered mantle of The Real Ghostbusters and wore it slightly askew to evoke that wholesome sense of 1990s irreverence: Extreme Ghostbusters.

Living up to its name, Xgb was extreme indeed. One glance at its radically inclusive team line-up is all you need to notice that.

Over the past month, we canvassed 118 culture creators about the year in movies, TV, music, books, and various other entertaining miscellany that flitted across their screens. As it turns out, a survey of the last 12 months in culture doubles as a pretty handy survey of what mattered in 2015.Respondents: Paula Abdul, Desiree Akhavan, Kyle Patrick Alvarez, Laurie Anderson, Darren Aronofsky, Sean Baker, Jason Biggs, Andy Borowitz, Leon Bridges, Billy Brown, Ellen Burstyn, Steve Carell, Jonas Carpignano, Josh Charles, Tracee Chimo, Ciara, Bill Clegg, Glenn Close, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Mike Colter, Gerry Conway, Terry Crews, Sloane Crosley, Michael Cudlitz, Rory Culkin, Chris Cuomo, Lea DeLaria, Matt Dillon, Edie Falco, Julian Fellowes, Jack Ferver, Angela Flournoy, Inara George, Kathie Lee Gifford, Kat Graham, Frankie Grande, Ari Graynor, Gael Greene, James Grissom, Lauren Groff, Mariska Hargitay, Todd Haynes, Marielle Heller, Caroline Hirsch, Hozier, Colin Jost, Victoria Justice, Thomas Kail, Elizabeth Karlsen, Ellie Kemper,...

Billy and Joshua Brown, stars of the Discovery Channel’s hit reality show Alaskan Bush People, reportedly pleaded guilty in court Wednesday to lying about their Alaska residency on applications for the Permanent Fund dividend. ‘Alaskan Bush People’ Stars Plead Guilty to Stealing Billy Brown, 62, and his second-oldest son, Joshua “Bam Bam” Brown, 31, each […]

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The Oscar-nominated film about a tyrannical music teacher and his star pupil is out of sync with reality, says Ladytron’s touring drummer

• Whiplash’s Jk Simmons and Damien Chazelle: ‘The idea of the self-destructive artist is seductive’

Billy Brown has been the touring drummer with Ladytron since 2008. He’s currently studying for his Masters in jazz performance at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance. He blogs at curranceevans.wordpress.com.

“There are purists who think there’s only one way to play jazz. None of them are as militant as Whiplash’s tyrannical band leader, Terence Fletcher, though. There is, however, a nagging familiarity to him. He’s the neurotic voice of doubt present in all of us when we perform. A lot of the teachers we have are successful musicians to begin with. You don’t get successful by being an arse.

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Network: ABC

Episodes: Ongoing (hour)

Seasons: Ongoing

TV show dates: September 25, 2014 -- Tbd

Series status: Has not been cancelled

Performers include: Viola Davis, Tom Verica, Billy Brown, Alfred Enoch, Aja Naomi King, Jack Falahee, Karla Souza, Matt McGorry, Charlie Weber, Liza Weil, and Katie Findlay.

TV show description:

This legal-mystery drama revolves around a college professor who, along with her students, gets intertwined in a murder case that strikes close to home.

A Criminal Law professor, Annalise Keating (Viola Davis) is brilliant, sexy, passionate, charismatic, and unpredictable. As fearless in the courtroom as she is in the classroom, Annalise is a defense attorney who represents the most hardened, violent criminals. She'll do almost anything to win their freedom.

It seems like she has it all -- including a successful...

Network: CBS

Episodes: 15 (hour)

Seasons: One

TV show dates: September 23, 2013 -- January 6, 2014

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Toni Collette, Dylan McDermott, James Naughton, Rhys Coiro, Billy Brown, Sandrine Holt, Tate Donovan, Quinn Shephard, and Mateus Ward.

TV show description:

In this suspense drama, Doctor Ellen Sanders (Toni Collette) is a premiere surgeon who's scheduled to operate on the President (James Naughton). She's thrust into a political conspiracy when her family is taken hostage by a rogue FBI agent, Duncan Carlisle (Dylan McDermott). He orders her to assassinate the President by causing his death on the operating table.

Carlisle's highly skilled accomplices include his brother-in-law Kramer (Rhys Coiro), whose loyalty to Carlisle will be tested; quick-tempered and intimidating Archer (Billy Brown), an ex-military man with a razor-sharp tongue; and the only woman...

Moviefone's Top DVD of the Week

"20 Feet From Stardom"

What's It About? Being a back-up singer is no easy task, especially when you're working so hard and getting so little credit. Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Judith Hill, and other singers take front and center in this doc about the women who've revolutionized the music we listen to.

Why We're In: The doc features fantastic footage of performances from every era of modern music -- we dare you not to get teary when you see and hear Luther Vandross doing backup with Fischer and others for David Bowie. Interviews with Mick Jagger, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, and Bette Midler are icing on the cake.

Moviefone's Top Blu-ray of the Week

"Rififi"

What's It About? Director Jules Dassin snagged the Palme d'Or for this film noir about four guys going in on one last heist -- and we all...

Majandra Delfino (State Of Georgia) and former Dr. Queen, Medicine Woman star Jane Seymour have been cast in ABC’s comedy pilot Keep Calm And Carry On, from writer/executive producer Andrea Abbate, 20th Century Fox TV and 21 Laps/Adelstein. The project centers on Karey, the clean-nosed black sheep in a family of petty thieves, drug addicts, and narcissists. When her brother is sent to prison, she decides to raise his kids along with her adopted black son and give them the normal lives they deserve. Delfino, repped by Apa and Ziffren Brittenham, will play Kerey’s sister Penny who seems very clueless to what is going on around her. Seymour, repped by Innovative, will play their mother Dotty, who mainly cares about herself and disregards what her children or grandchildren want. Billy Brown rounds out the cast of in Hostages, CBS‘ drama pilot from writer-director Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Jerry Bruckheimer TV and Warner Bros TV.

With just about every post on this site announcing the production of a movie centered around stories of slavery in the United States, the inevitable question is asked by a few readers, that comes in the form of something like: what's the deal with all these recent slave movies and TV shows? Indeed... what's the deal? I'll make this quick and painless as possible; the *trend* if you want to call it that, really started in late 2010/early 2011. You might recall some of the following: Billy Brown landing a role in what was then an upcoming NBC pilot, for a post-Civil War drama titled Reconstruction, set in Missouri, and was to center on a soldier who...

There’s not a lot of information out there on this one so excuse me for the brevity, it almost got passed us to begin with (as this is a few days old), but I know how everyone wants to know all things Samcro. With that in mind, Tara Summers has landed a role in Sons of Anarchy season 5, and according to Deadline, a recurring one. Not a lot of details beyond that the english actress will portray Karen Dunhill, who we will see working with Maggie Siff’s Tara.

If Summers looks familiar you probably caught her on Boston Legal as Katie Loyd or (as pictured above) with my girl Buffy on Ringer. She will has also be in the new David E. Kelley pilot, the TNT medical drama Monday Mornings. She’s just the latest in a mob of new characters we know are coming to Charming, following the already announced Ashley Tisdale,...

Today we have a couple more Sons of Anarchy season 5 primers, one just to sent to us by FX and another from last week that slipped my mind that I’m adding on for a double dos of Samcro love now. Both are part of the “Before the Anarchy” featurettes FX has been releasing leading up to the upcoming new season, offering insights into characters, old and new, as season 5 draws nearer. These two focus on Maggie Siff’s Tara and the Sons of Anarchy boss himself (and on-screen Otto) Kurt Sutter.

Siff talks about her new darkside and her status as the new Samcro first lady with Jax’s ascension, with Sutter sprinkling other general tidbits about Tara. The second video is about Sutter trying to establish a sense of off-camera camaraderie – citing his experience with Shawn Ryan on The Shield – with his cast and crew and how it translates for the audience on-screen.

Among the host of new faces rolling into Sons of Anarchy in the upcoming 5th season on AMC, and perhaps the most interesting on paper, is Ashley Tisdale, former Disney girl turned into Samcro setting high roller escort for Kurt Sutter next season. Tisdale is set to play Emma Jean and appear in at least two episodes of season 5, and we now get a fresh look at the former Hellcat via a still featuring her with Charlie Hunnam’s Jax, the new Samcro boss.

TVline debuted the image, adding to a set of images featuring Tisdale released in June, that presented a scene that looks like she was getting roughed up. Jean and Jax look tight in this image, and one wonders if there will be any Maggie Siff/Tara drama stemming from this, though it would seem somewhat trite now, and Tisdale’s facial expression doesn’t exactly spell comfort.

FX sent us over another featurette for the upcoming Sons of Anarchy season 5, continuing their “Before the Anarchy” pieces. This one strikes to the heart of the show, focusing on the Samcro rides: the bikes themselves. We get an inside look to some of the thoughts regarding the unique design and models of the Samcro (or rather, The Mayans) stable, introduced by Emilio Rivera, or as you probably know him, Marcus Álvarez, the Mayan’s boss, as they film a scene in Long Beach.

You may have seen some of the previous releases of ”Before the Anarchy”, which have included one that offers us a glimpse behind the scenes of season 5 newcomer Damon Pope (Lost’s Harold Perrineau) and Unser, and another that focused on the duo of Chucky and Gemma. Any insight on the new characters are welcome, as FX and Kurt Sutter has loaded up the new faces...

File this in the Casting News We Never Saw Coming Department...

Ashley Tisdale - an actress best known for kid-friendly turns in High School Musical and Hellcats - has signed on for multiple episodes of Sons of Anarchy Season 5. The 26-year old will portray an escort named Emma Jean who somehow gets involved with Samcro.

Sons of Anarchy will return this fall with new episodes, focusing on the club under the rule of its new President, Mr. Jax Teller.

Billy Brown was also recently cast on the FX smash. He'll come on board as August Marks, the right-hand man of Harold Perrineau's Damon Pope. Elsewhere, Jimmy Smits will play the key role of an unlikely, dangerous mentor for Jax.

We salute 50 of the finest contemporary films with budgets of less than $10million. Did your favourite make the list…?

In this age of multi-million dollar blockbusters and eye-watering fees paid to some actors, you may forget we’re in an age of austerity. However, for the vast majority of the film industry, there is no huge vat of money, nor has there ever been. But this hasn’t stopped some of the finest films of recent years being made on a relative shoe-string, and in some cases, quite literally with a shoe-string.

I reckon filmmaking thrives at the sharp end, and low budgets mean more creative ideas, and as a result, more engaging films. To prove this, here is a list of what I consider to be the finest 50 contemporary films made for under $10 million. There is a breathtaking array of recognisable genre pictures in here, too, with budgets rangin...

Remember when Colin Hanks was first cast, and I pointed out how Dexter had a habit of ramping up interest in season five by announcing guest star after guest star, regardless of how important they actually were to the plot?

Well good news, everybody!  Horror Asylum reports that former Heroes speedster and Halloween II star Brea Grant has joined Dexter's sixth season in a recurring role!  Grant also held roles in the TV adaptation of Friday Night Lights, but remains best known for her role as spunky speedster Daphne Millbrook, antagonist to Masi Oka's Hiro Nakamura and love interest to Greg Grunberg's Matt Parkman.

Grant remains fairly tight-lipped on the role, but offers up ""No spoilers but I'm pretty sure you'll be seeing me in a white lab coat."  Horror Asylum notes that description might place her among C.S. Lee's Masuka as a lab technician, as...

This is a good way for Brea Grant to wash the stink of Heroes off her: the actress will be appearing often on season six of Dexter.

Not much is known about the actress' character, but she wrote on her official website today: “I’ll be recurring on Dexter this season! No spoilers, but i’m pretty sure you’ll be seeing me in a white lab coat.”

Hmmm... a white lab coat. That hint doesn't offer us many clues about Grant's role, as no other recent addition to the Showtime hit - Billy Brown, Edward James Olmos, Mos Def - has been cast as a scientist or doctor.

Guess we'll need to tune in this September to find out more.

What with people like Edward James Olmos, Colin Hanks, Mos Def, and Billy Brown all signing on for "Dexter" Season Six, we were beginning to wonder if Dex was going to have any women at all in his life this year. The answer has come today, and it is a resounding "yes!" as we've learned that actress Brea Grant will be joining the guys in a recurring role.

No details were made available regarding Grant's part in the announcement that came via Variety's published May 27th edition, but Grant herself said on Breagrant.com": no spoilers but i’m pretty sure you’ll be seeing me in a white lab coat."

Brea's best known for her previous roles in Rob Zombie's Halloween II, Midnight Movie, and the TV series "Heroes". It's good to see her landing a spot on another high profile show.

Production on Showtime's "Dexter" began in...

Regular horror and comic book cutie Brea Grant has booked a spot on Dexter . Unfortunately, Variety fails to reveal who she'll play, but it will be a recurring role in the show's sixth season. Grant will join other Dexter newcomers Edward James Olmos, Colin Hanks, Billy Brown and Mos Def. The actress previously starred in Halloween II and Heroes . She's also the author of a comic book series. Read more about that right here .

Frances Conroy and Alexandra Breckenridge are the latest actors to join Ryan Murphy's American Horror Story . The two are playing a younger and older version of a housekeeper in the FX series. They'll join Dylan McDermott, Connie Britton and Jessica Lange. McDermott and Britton are playing a husband and wife relocate from Boston to a home in San Francisco that is haunted. The two are carrying emotional baggage, having suffered a miscarriage. An affair was also involved in their past. Over at camp Dexter , The Hollywood Reporter says Billy Brown is entering the show's sixth season as a Chicago homicide detective who relocates to Miami Metro. There, he "ruffles some feathers."...

Two of TV’s grittiest dramas are adding badass new cops to their lineups this fall.

First up, Sons of Anarchy, which will welcome former Prison Break star Rockmond Dunbar as Charming’s new no-nonsense sheriff, TVGuide.com reports. Dunbar‘s multi-episode arc on the FX hit’s fourth season puts the new law enforcer at odds with Samcro, whose days of having the law in their hands has long passed. The actor most recently played a cop on FX’s short-lived Terriers.

Showtime’s Dexter is also adding some new blood to the gang in Season 6, casting Billy Brown...

Today in history… April 12th, 1861… the American Civil War began as Confederate forces fired on the Union garrison at Fort Sumpter in Charleston, Sc. Fighting between the North and South lasted 4 years, leading to over 500,000 deaths.

As I’ve previously noted here on Shadow And Act, Hollywood seems to be in a celebratory mood, honoring the 150 year anniversary of the war, with the myriad of Civil War-centered films and TV series that are currently in development, announced in the last year or so. Naturally, actors in “slave” roles abound!

Let’s summarize the lot shall we…

First, most recently, we told you about Billy Brown landing a role in an upcoming NBC pilot, for a post-Civil War drama titled Reconstruction, set in Missouri, and centers on a soldier who crosses the country and settles into a complicated town where he is welcomed as its savior (he’s white naturally). Billy Brown will play Sam,...

Today in history… April 12th, 1861… the American Civil War begins as Confederate forces fire on the union garrison at Fort Sumpter in Charleston, Sc. Fighting between the North and South lasts 4 years, leading to over 500,000 deaths.

As I’ve previously noted here on Shadow And Act, Hollywood seems to be in a celebratory mood, honoring the 150 year anniversary of the war, with the myriad of Civil War-centered films and TV series that are currently in development, announced in the last year or so. Naturally, actors in “slave” roles abound!

Let’s summarize the lot shall we…

First, most recently, we told you about Billy Brown landing a role in an upcoming NBC pilot, for a post-Civil War drama titled Reconstruction, set in Missouri, and centers on a soldier who crosses the country and settles into a complicated town where he is welcomed as its savior (he’s white naturally). Billy Brown will play Sam,...

Billy Brown has signed up for a role in NBC's pilot Reconstruction. The project, which was formerly known as The Crossing, stars Martin Henderson as a soldier called Jason who travels across the country after the Civil War. Jason ends up settling in a complicated town in Missouri and discovers that the residents believe he can solve all their problems. Deadline reports that Brown has signed up to play (more)...

Two of the child stars of the original Witch Mountain movies have signed to appear in the remake.

Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann will star in new film Race to Witch Mountain, Disney's re-imagining of 1975 adventure Escape to Witch Mountain.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Tom Everett Scott, Chris Marquette, Billy Brown and Cheech Marin have also joined Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Ciaran Hinds and Carla Gugino in the cast.

The film focuses on two orphans (Alexander . . .