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Along with her numerous contributions to American indie film plus supporting parts in Drake Doremus’ Equals and television’s House of Cards, 2014 will have been a productive year for “it” girl Kate Lyn Sheil. And while the actress who toplines Children was sizzling, it would appear that, artistically speaking, Jaffe Zinn has coals in more than one fire. While he may have been slow cooker mode for his sophomore film, the filmmaker who gave us Magic Valley in 2011 is a member of indie act Folded Light — they happened to have dropped their Ep in the middle of 2014. Safe to say that it’ll be clear skies ahead for a 2015 release.

Gist: During a hazy summer filled with the smoke of distant wild fires, Abbie (Samantha Jacober) & Heidi (Kate Lyn Sheil) take a camping trip through the rugged mountains of Southern Idaho. Convinced that they are living in the end times...

He first broke out on the indie film scene with 2011′s Magic Valley – the Tribeca, Rome, Stockholm, Poland’s American Film Festival and Dubai preemed film putting the Idaho born Jaffe Zinne on the map. His sophomore project Children, which was also filmed in his backyard and appears to have been in development around the same time as his debut feature, was shot during at the midway mark in 2012 and all indications point to a close to completed film as it was included as a first look for 2013′s Us in Progress Paris. Zinne swerves into a different genre here, but we’re fully expecting his distinct aesthetic approach to remain intact. The extremely busy indie thesp Kate Lyn Sheil toplines. Check out/click on the exclusive image below!

Gist: During a hazy summer filled with the smoke of distant wild fires, Abbie (Samantha Jacober) & Heidi (Kate Lyn Sheil) take...

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Happy birthday to Carey Mulligan, Christa Miller and Kylie Minogue!

Speaking of Minogue, the super gay ally and never-aging songstress has released a new track called “Skirt.” Take a listen. (It sounds like this song was remixed by Megatron.)

Actress Ginnifer Goodwin has signed on to star in the National Geographic telepic Killing Kennedy. Goodwin will play the late first lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Parks & Recreation’s Rob Lowe will play her husband, the doomed President John F. Kennedy.

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E! nabbed a photo of Glee’s Dianna Agron at her high school homecoming. What a cutie!

In 1981 tennis star Billie Jean King was outed and ended up losing all her endorsements within 24 hours. King sat down with USA Today Sports and discussed being forced out of the closet, how the world has...

Rob Zombie has created himself a niche audience for his distinctive brand of horror going back ten years with House of 1,000 Corpses and while his latest The Lords of Salem involves some of the same craziness we.ve come to expect from him, it.s definitely a lot more serious affair. It stars his wife Sheri Moon Zomie as Heidi, a radio DJ in Salem, Massachusetts, who gets caught up in the plans of a local coven of witches who want to bring back their evil Dark Lords to reign chaos on those who persecuted them hundreds of years earlier. The movie played in the Midnight section of the South by Southwest Film Festival last month, and after sitting down for a video interview with writer/director Rob Zombie--which you can watch here - ShockTillYouDrop.com sat down with Rob.s...

Rob Zombie has created himself a niche audience for his distinctive brand of horror going back ten years with House of 1,000 Corpses and while his latest The Lords of Salem involves some of the same craziness we’ve come to expect from him, it’s definitely a lot more serious affair.

It stars his wife Sheri Moon Zomie as Heidi, a radio DJ in Salem, Massachusetts, who gets caught up in the plans of a local coven of witches who want to bring back their evil Dark Lords to reign chaos on those who persecuted them hundreds of years earlier.

The movie played in the Midnight section of the South by SouthWest Film Festival last month, and after sitting down for a video interview with writer/director Rob Zombie--which you can watch here - we sat down with Rob’s wife Sheri Moon Zombie and her co-star Jeffrey Daniel Phillips.

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Because it's Thanksgiving tomorrow, we'll be taking the day off. But the good news is we have a massive gift guide for you we're posting on Friday, so make sure to come back then. p.s. I'm thankful you all come to AfterEllen.com and read my Morning Brews.

Fiona and Imogen are headed to Las Vegas, ya'll! But my question is, are any of these kids old enough to gamble?

Jillian Michaels was on The Jeff Probst Show yesterday and told a cute story of how she met partner Heidi Rhodes. She was also interviewed in Parenting magazine this month, where she says her favorite kid toy is the iPad. To be Jillian Michaels' kid!

Melissa Etheridge talks about her new album with Spinner and says she's playing guitar better than ever.

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Jillian Michaels has a brand new family!The former "Biggest Loser" trainer was spotted out this week with her two-year-old daughter Lukensia, an adorable little girl from Haiti who Michaels and partner Heidi Rhodes just adopted.But she's not the couple's only new child.Rhodes also gave birth to a baby boy, Phoenix, on May 3 -- just days before little "Lu" came to her new home."I want to be in the moment and enjoy all the nuances of their growth and development," Michaels tells People about her growing family. "I don't want to rush any of it. I can't wait for every day."She adds, "Parenting is not for sissies. You have to sacrifice and grow up."Congratulations to the happy family -- see more stars who've adopted below. Read more...

From Kim Kardashian's washboard abs to Kelly Osbourne's trim "Dancing" physique, check out which stars underwent the most shocking body makeovers of the year.

Weight Loss Makeovers of the YearKim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian is famous (and infamous) for her spectacular curves.

Kim Kardashian

Kim got back into her skinny jeans and wrote on her blog that she works out 3-5 times a week and does lots of lower body work to keep her thighs and renowned butt toned.

"Extra brings you the Weight Loss Makeovers of 2009! Check out the celebs who packed on the pounds -- and turned their bodies rock hard again!

Weight Loss Makeovers of the YearKim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian is famous (and infamous) for her spectacular curves.

Kim Kardashian

Kim got back into her skinny jeans and wrote on her blog that she works out 3-5 times a week and does lots of lower body work to keep her thighs and renowned butt toned.

"Project Runway, I have to send you back to the workroom to clean up your space."

That's what I wanted to say after the judges sent Shirin packing last week. She may have had on off week, but Shirin was one of the few remaining designers with real promise. But my disbelief and displeasure at PR Season 6 was only compounded by last night's episode.

The show began with a field trip to Rodeo drive where the designers respectfully ooh'ed and aah'ed at all the fashion boutiques. Who are they trying to kid? If you've ever lived in La you'd know Rodeo drive is nothing more than an outlet mall for Larry King's ex wives.

Tim Gunn leads them to Michael Kors' boutique where they meet up with The Tangerine One himself who muses loftily about how much his collections have been "inspired" by all his exotic international globetrotting.