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Regina King is an American actress and director. She is best known for her roles in films such as “Jerry Maguire,” “Ray,” and “If Beale Street Could Talk.” She has also appeared in numerous television shows, including “227,” “The Boondocks,” and “American Crime.” In 2019, King won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in “If Beale Street Could Talk.” She has also won multiple Emmy Awards for her work on television. King is known for her powerful performances and is considered one of the most talented actresses in Hollywood.

Early Life and Background

Regina King was born on January 15, 1971 in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, Gloria, was a special education teacher and her father, Thomas King, was an electrician. King has credited her parents for instilling in her the value of hard work. King also has an older sister, Reina. Although King did not grow up in a show business family,...

Feature Ryan Lambie 9 Sep 2013 - 05:56

The first trailer for the RoboCop remake landed last week, so what have we learned from it? We take a closer look...

Among the many behind-the-scenes stills from the 1987 RoboCop production, there's a picture of director Paul Verhoeven standing in front of the full-scale prop of Ed-209. He's attempting to get across to his cast the menace of this static object - an object that, in the finished film, will be a machine-gunning, growling robot on the rampage. To do this, Verhoeven's flailing his arms and baring his teeth. His long hair's almost standing on end, like a cat in a temper.

This image, more than any other, sums up the febrile, manic energy this maverick filmmaker brought to RoboCop. It's a true masterpiece of 80s cinema, and every scene comes loaded with an almost palpable intensity. So when it was announced that a remake was on the way,...

In the words of our favorite Smash recapper, fear not fellow royal children of Siam, for the Bombshell-shaped hole in your heart will soon be filled now that showrunner Joshua Safran has just sold two new dramas, neither to NBC. Variety reports that Fox got Royal, “a soap about a Kate Middleton-type caught having an affair ... thrown out of the royal family and forced to take the only job she can get, working as an assistant to temperamental and drug-addicted designer Thomas King.” Then there’s the Social Circle, which “centers on a group of twentysomethings who discover they really don’t know each other at all,” but is really “about the nature of friendship in the age of incessant texting, tweets and Instagrammed photos” that ABC scooped up. The latter will also see the reunion of Gossip Girl alums Safran and Stephanie Savage so we can only dream...

Former Smash executive producer/ showrunner Joshua Safran has sold two hourlong projects, one to ABC with Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage‘s Fake Empire and one to Fox with Peter Chernin’s Chernin Entertainment. ABC’s Social Circle, co-produced by ABC Studios, is a high-concept thriller about a group of friends from college, now in their late 20s, who regroup and discover they really don’t know each other at all. The project reunites Gossip Girl alum Safran with the series’ co-creators/exec producers Schwartz and Savage with whom he also worked on the Fake Empire-produced Endless Love remake at Universal, now in production. “Joshua has a strong, sophisticated voice and a real feel for this world,” Savage said. For Fake Empire, Social Circle joins a comedy it just sold to ABC through the company’s ABC Studios deal. Fox’s Royal, co-produced by 20th Century Fox TV, is...

Emmerdale teenagers Thomas King and Sean Spencer seem ready to cause more trouble for Chas Dingle in Wednesday's (January 30) episode of the soap. Sean (Luke Roskell) is embarrassed for his father Dan when Chas firmly rejects his attempts to be friendly, and the schoolboy thinks it's about time his dad stopped acting like such a pushover. Also witnessing this moment, a vengeful Thomas (Mark Flanagan) (more)...

Emmerdale's Thomas King (Mark Flanagan) was last night unmasked as Chas Spencer's stalker. Jimmy King (Nick Miles) tackled a hooded figure - who turned out to be his nephew - to the floor after Chas (Lucy Pargeter) had spotted her harasser trying to flee. Despite recently being found not guilty of murdering Carl King, Chas has had bottles thrown at her and been sent photos of herself with her eyes scratched out, in addition to receiving numerous prank calls. Thomas, whose dad Carl was killed by Cameron Murray (Dominic Power) last October, still believes Chas is the culprit. (more)...

Magnolia Pictures' Storage 24 horror thriller starring Noel Clarke, Davie Fairbanks and Antonia-Campbell Hughes has new Japanese poster. Pic helmed by Johannes Roberts from the script by Davie Fairbanks, Marc Small and Clarke, opens in theaters from January 11th. Also with Laura Haddock and Thomas King, the film is set in London which is in chaos. A military cargo plane has crashed leaving its highly classified contents strewn across the city. Completely unaware London is in lockdown, Charlie (Clarke) and Shelley (Campbell-Hughes), accompanied by best friends Mark (O’Donoghue) and Nikki (Laura Haddock), are at Storage 24 dividing up their possessions after a recent break-up. Suddenly, the power goes off. Trapped in a dark maze of endless corridors, a mystery predator is hunting them one by one. In a place designed to keep things in, how do you get out?...

Magnolia Pictures' Storage 24 horror thriller starring Noel Clarke, Davie Fairbanks and Antonia-Campbell Hughes has new Japanese poster. Pic helmed by Johannes Roberts from the script by Davie Fairbanks, Marc Small and Clarke, opens in theaters from January 11th. Also with Laura Haddock and Thomas King, the film is set in London which is in chaos. A military cargo plane has crashed leaving its highly classified contents strewn across the city. Completely unaware London is in lockdown, Charlie (Clarke) and Shelley (Campbell-Hughes), accompanied by best friends Mark (O’Donoghue) and Nikki (Laura Haddock), are at Storage 24 dividing up their possessions after a recent break-up. Suddenly, the power goes off. Trapped in a dark maze of endless corridors, a mystery predator is hunting them one by one. In a place designed to keep things in, how do you get out?...

Today's Your Lucky Day Bitches -- because with enough money ... and bad taste ... you could own this mind-bogglingly hideous Hulk-themed car, repossessed by the Feds during a 500-pound weed bust this year.The '89 Chevy Caprice was repo'd in March during an investigation against a suspected Ohio drug dealer named Thomas King -- and it's currently being auctioned off online by the U.S. Marshals Service.The current bid is $49,900.According to the listing, the car features a Corvette engine,...

Grieving teenager Thomas King finds himself seeking answers from Cain Dingle in Emmerdale tonight (October 30). Thomas (Mark Flanagan) and his sister Anya (Lauren Sheriston) are back in the village ahead of Carl's funeral, but Jimmy is struggling to be honest with the pair regarding their father's murder. Needing to know what really went on, Thomas heads to the garage and asks Cain (Jeff Hordley) why Chas would have wanted (more)...

14 year old newcomer Tendai Rinomhota (represented by Rebel ) joins the regular cast of Emmerdale this autumn.

She will play Gemma, the wayward teenage daughter of mechanic Dominic Andrews played by Wil Johnson, who is still finding his feet as a single dad whilst doing his best to protect his daughter. Wil and Tendai are due to begin filming in the next few weeks.

Two other young actors who have already filmed their episodes join the cast of the popular ITV soap from Monday 29th October.

18 year old Mark Flanagan from Salford plays Thomas King, the son of the recently killed off Carl King. Mark (represented by Scream Management) has previously had roles in Jimmy McGovern’s Accused on BBC1 and in Sheridan Smith’s Little Cracker on Sky1.

And 15 year old Lauren Sheriston (also represented by Rebel ) plays his sister Anya King. Lauren previously filmed an episode of Eternal Law.

There's something inherently funny about senior citizens being held in a game reserve like wild animals. There just is. And here to take full advantage of that fact is John Bolton with his short film The Closer You Get To Canada. Here's how Tiff describes it:

Adapted from Thomas King's celebrated, darkly comic story, two old friends trapped in a dystopic American seniors' game preserve try to escape to Canada. As hunting season begins, they get their chance. But is the grass always greener on the other side? A striking film that plays with themes of patriotism, state security and personal liberties.

As an interesting side note here, the cinematography on Bolton's latest was handled by acclaimed Canadian director Carl Bessai. Check out a clip below.

[Photo by Stacey Schmidt]...

The Toronto International Film Festival announced their complete slate of Canadian titles today, including the first announced midnight title in Michael Dowse's Fubar II. The Canadian slate this year looks to be a pretty compelling slate of newcomers and familiar names. Check all the news below!

Galas

A Beginners Guide to Endings  Jonathan Sobol, Canada World Premiere

Raucous, charming and very funny, Jonathan Sobol's comedy A Beginners Guide to Endings follows three sons as they deal with their gambler father's somewhat complicated legacy. Featuring the legendary Harvey Keitel, the film also stars Scott Caan, Paolo Costanzo, Wendy Crewson, Tricia Helfer, Jason Jones, and J.K. Simmons.

Previously announced Canadian Galas include: The Bang Bang Club, Steven Silver; Barney's Version, Richard J. Lewis; Casino Jack, George Hickenlooper; Score: A Hockey Musical, Mike McGowan.

Special Presentations

Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie Sturla Gunnarsson, Canada World Premiere

At 75 years old,...