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Donnie Wahlberg’s a divorced man, which might be a shocking thing for some to learn about Jenny McCarthy’s beloved.

The boy band heartthrob-turned-Blue Bloods star has always been careful about keeping certain aspects of his private life away from the public eye.

As a result, even diehard fans might not be clear about the details of Donnie’s family situation.

Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg pose during Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2019 on December 31, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve) Is Donnie Wahlberg Divorced?

These days, Donnie is married to Jenny McCarthy, and by all accounts, the relationship is a healthy and stable one.

But the road to “happily ever after” was not without its twists and turns.

In fact, both Jenny and Donnie have been divorced.

Jenny McCarthy,...

New Mexico based comedy pilot “Deeply Superficial” directed by Michelle Tomlinson and written produced and acted in by Keith Allen West wins multiple award for the Third Quarter of the Queen Palms International Film Festival Queen Palm International Film Festival Awards Gold: Best Actor Keith Allen West Silver: Best Editing Bronze: Best Director, Michelle Tomlinson …

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Some exclusive behind the scenes photos, new poster and details about the upcoming horror-comedy short Dinner With the Dwyers have released.

Check them out below the official details.

From The Press Release

An Anti-Hero Production brings you the official poster art and family photos from the first shoot date of Dinner with the Dwyers.

A short horror-comedy film brought to you by the executive producer and director Edward Payson, whose directing credits include The Cohasset Snuff Film, and writer Trevor Wright, who’s known for Sculpture. Dinner with the Dwyers tells the story about a serial killer who finds himself out of his element when he accompanies his girlfriend to a family dinner in hopes of impressing her eccentric parents.

Producer and star Marv Blauvelt, who is also known for Sculpture and Snake with a Human Tail, created a happy little family by bringing Felissa Rose...

... 30480.aspx New drama/horror feature film from Faux Pas Films, Starring Dustin Risley, Jared Sullivan, Jeff Davis, Russ Croley, and B Horror Icons such as Shannon Sylvia, Michelle Tomlinson, Melantha Blackthorne, Bianca Barnett, Lilith Stabs, Andrea Collins, Dawn Lyn, Kayla Perkins, Shauna Tackett, and Tiffany Apan. Ian is struggling with being at the very lowest point in his life. He has lost all faith in the world and himself and tries…...

The 12th Annual Shriekfest Horror/SciFi Film Festival and Screenplay Competition kicked off with a raucous Opening Party last night, and of course we were there to photograph the talent on the carpet and get the lowdown on this year’s event. Read on!

Running October 4th-7th at Raleigh Studios (5300 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, CA), Shriekfest commenced with a heavily attended soiree at the B-52 Club at Boarders, just off Hollywood Boulevard. In attendance on the carpet and at the festivities were Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes), producer Brian Ronalds, actress Michelle Tomlinson, filmmaker Kenneth Hall, literary legend John Skipp, Dread Central’s Andrew Kasch and better half Annette Slomka, Isle of Dogs director Tammi Sutton, Fangoria’s Rebekeh McKendry and Lianne Spiderbaby, and more.

Speaking with Shriekfest festival head Denise Gossett at the event, she said of this year’s lineup, “We have a little bit of everything,...

Michael Wade Johnson and his film company Faux Pas Films (Brimstone and the horror anthologies Killer Shorts 1 & 2) return with a new feature called Cyclical Effect, which is a meld of horror, comedy, and drama. Filming begins in May in the Nashville, Tennessee, area. The cast includes Shannon Sylvia ("Ghost Hunters International"), Bianca Barnett (Albino Farm), Michelle Tomlinson (George's Intervention), Danica DeCosto (The Vampires of Zanzibar), Kayla Perkins ("The Simple Life"), and Melantha Blackthorne (Countess Bathoria's Graveyard Picture Show) as well as newcomer Dustin Risley playing the lead. "Ian goes through a downward spiral as he loses control of everything solid in his life. He must reinvent himself, but can he find a perfect match on a dating website and get to where he needs to be before the costumed killer preys on him?" More as shooting commences.

Writer/director Michael Wade Johnson got in touch this week to announce that his new project Cyclical Effect from Faux Pas Films is now in pre-production, and we have a brief synopsis and some casting news to share for the film.

From the Press Release:

Michael Wade Johnson and his film company Faux Pas Films (Brimstone and the horror anthologies Killer Shorts 1 & 2) return with a new feature called Cyclical Effect, which is a meld of horror, comedy, and drama. Filming begins in May in the Nashville, Tennessee, area.

The cast includes Shannon Sylvia (Ghost Hunters International), Bianca Barnett (Albino Farm), Michelle Tomlinson (George's Intervention), Danica DeCosto (The Vampires of Zanzibar), Kayla Perkins (The Simple Life), and Melantha Blackthorne (Countess Bathoria's Graveyard Picture Show) as well as newcomer Dustin Risley playing the lead.

Synopsis:

Ian goes through a downward spiral as he loses control of everything solid in his life. He must reinvent himself,...

Actress Michelle Tomlinson is best known as the star of The Cellar Door and Kevin S. Tenney's recent zombies-from-space romp, Brain Dead. She is also a devoted Halloween fan, although she's been too busy lately to enjoy it as she once did. But in years past, Michelle was the Queen of Halloween.

"I have dressed up as so many kooky things, and used to love going to Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood with the throngs of humans and getting wild and crazy," Michelle told me recently. "I think it's an awesome excuse to get dressed up and be outside of yourself and be silly!"

For the record, I can personally attest to Michelle's love affair with all things October 31. I've known her for a while now and I can recount many Halloweens where I received unintelligible midnight texts containing bizarre photos of Michelle, clad in various outrageous costumes...

by Colleen Wanglund, MoreHorror.com

Brenda and Elisabeth Fies’ film festival for basass women Bleedfest is back this Sunday, September 25th. Bleedfest is proud to present the first full-length fantasy feature directed by a woman. The film is Dawn Of The Dragonslayer and is directed by Anne K. Black and is written and produced by Kynan Griffin. Both women as well as cast members will be on hand for a Q&A session.

Read more about September’s Bleedfest here:

“September 18, 2011 --Los Angeles, California-- BleedFest Film Festival, the monthly networking mixer, screening, and charity event promoting women who make badass movies, is ecstatic to present the World Premier of Dawn Of The Dragonslayer. It the world's first fantasy dragon feature directed by a woman. BleedFest runs Sunday September 25th from 1-5pm, with the feature screening at three pm. There will be a Q & A with writer/director Anne K. Black,...

October 4, 2011 is the street date for the horror-comedy George: A Zombie Intervention, from Breaking Glass Pictures and their Vicious Circle Films arm of releasing. You may recognize hottie actress Michelle Tomlinson from Kevin Tenney’s Brain Dead (review here) in a prominent role here.

George’s friends have all gathered for an intervention… George’s intervention. You see, George is a zombie and George’s friends are attempting to convince George to stop eating people and to enter ‘zombie rehab’. But the intervention doesn’t go quite as planned.

Source: Fangoria...

Hey peeps! My girls behind Bleedfest are throwing a Fantasian event on March 6th. Fantasian you ask? The theme is films and musicals by female asian filmmakers! Check it out below and if you're in the area go hangout with these talented women in film. For immediate release:

Los Angeles, California-- March 4, 2011 --

Monthly badass genre film festival BleedFest continues its quest for gender equality in movies and moviemaking with its March 2011 charity and screening event. The theme of BleedFest's March 6th event is FantAsian: Fantasy and musicals by female Asian filmmakers.

Deepika Daggubati will be present for a Q &A after her fantasy musical feature Waking Dreams, as will Anna Biller for a retrospective of her subversive retro shorts including Three Examples Of Myself As Queen. Carly Lyn will receive her Inanna Award statue for A Foundling, and Nora Jesse will receive the Best Producer certificate award for her satirical short Grandpa.

by Seth Metoyer, MoreHorror.com

It's finally here, the Second Annual Food and Clothing Drive is taking place today, Saturday Feb. 12 at Dark Dels in Burbank CA. What a kick ass way to celebrate Women in Horror Month!

So if you are in the area, have some non-perishable food, gently used clothing and want to hang with some awesome women, be sure to check this one out!

Read more details below and if you can't make it, you can send your donation as well, we've included the address below.

3512 W Magnolia - Burbank - CA (2-6pm) Saturday Feb 12, 2011

Women in Horror Recognition month is all about women in horror. And these women are all about giving back.

Join These Women in Horror:

Dai Green

Reyna Young

Brooke Lewis

Mo Whelan

Eileen Dietz

Monique Parent

Victoria DeMare

Elissa Dowling

Rachel Grubb

Michelle Tomlinson

Christie Bastet

Melissa Krimsky

Tara Cardinal

For...

Hey peeps! February is Women in Horror Month and you all are invited to celebrate with the lovely ladies!

From the Press Release:

This year we are excited to announce

The Second Annual Women In Horror Month Celebration

At Dark Delicacies In Burbank, CA February 12th, 2011

We would like to officially invite you to the second year’s festivities for Women In Horror Month celebrations in Burbank, California at Dark Delicacies!

Dai Green and Reyna Young have teamed up with Sue and Del Howison to bring this exciting event to the friends and fans of women in the horror genre and to celebrate our strides in the industry throughout the years while also meeting up for two great causes!

February 12th, 2011 we will be having a food drive to benefit the Burbank Food Bank and a clothing drive to benefit The Covenant House whose mission is to reach out to...

I love women and I love horror and when we put them two together it's like a whole big ol' double shot of Love which brings me to Bleedfest and Women in Horror Month coming up!

From the Press Release:

January 26, 2011-- Los Angeles, California-Monthly female genre film festival BleedFest is throwing an epic event February 6th, 2011 in honor of Women in Horror Month. There will be a Blood Mobile parked outside the Cap Theatre from 10:30am-4:30pm. Donation appointments can be made by clicking on this link: http://bleedfest.givesblood.org All donors are eligible for half off tickets to the BleedFest Film Festival until the event is sold out, in addition to a pint for a pint Baskin Robbins coupon.

The BleedFest WiHM screening event begins at 11am and ends at 4:00pm. There will be three red carpet opportunities with a dozen press partners and...

by Seth Metoyer, MoreHorror.com

This is a cause close to our hearts here at More Horror, as it helps the homeless and is backed by the efforts of several beautiful women from within the horror industry. Strip For a Cause celebrates women in horror month (February) by raising awareness for the homeless and by promoting a clothing drive to benefit Covenant House in California, USA.

If you are in the California area, please read the details below to see how you can get involved and if you aren't please take a moment to visit the Covenant House website here and click the "Donate Now" tab to see how you can donate to the cause if you can. Thank you.

Event: Women in Horror Clothing Drive to benefit Covenant House

Date: Saturday February 12, 2011

Location: Dark Delicacies

3512 W. Magnolia Blvd.

Burbank, CA 91505

Time: 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm Pst

Strip for...

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Horror actresses and filmmakers are hosting a charity clothing drive at Dark Delicacies in Burbank, California, USA in honor of Women in Horror Month.

The women headlining the event are Elissa Dowling, Victoria DeMare, Monique Parent, Rachel Grubb, Eileen Dietz, Michelle Tomlinson, Mo Whelan, Reyna Young, Melissa Krimsky, Brooke Lewis and Tara Cardinal. Many more are expected to make appearances to support them.

The Clothing Drive, aka “Strip for a Cause,” created by Tara Cardinal, will benefit the La Chapter of Covenant House. Representatives from Covenant House will be on hand to collect donations.

Covenant House California is a non-profit agency whose mission is to reach out to at-risk homeless youth living on the streets and offer them opportunities to turn their lives around, and your donations are tax deductible (Miss Cardinal will be personally autographing your tax donation receipts). In addition, several of the Scream Queens are...

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At Dark Delicacies In Burbank, CA, on February 12th, 2011, Dai Green and Reyna Young will be hosting a charity food drive event and mixer for Women in Horror Month.

The event involves many local women involved in horror, including the support of:

Bastet2329 – Owner Of Creepy Gothic Dolls

Brooke Lewis – Film Maker – Actress

Dai Green – Writer – Actress

Eileen Dietz – Actress

Elissa Dowling – Actress

Melissa Krimsky – SFX Artist

Michelle Tomlinson – Actress

Mo Whelan – Writer – Film Maker – Writer

Monique Parent – Actress

Rachael Grubb – Film Maker Actress

Reyna Young – Film Maker – Actress

Tara Cardinal – Film Maker – Actress

Victoria Del Mare – Actress

You can get an autograph, watch FX demonstrations, and help refill the local food banks recouping after the Holiday rush.

People who bring in five (5) canned food or nonperishable food items will be entered into a special raffle to win some very unique prizes. The event is free.

For updates...

What can I say. I love women, I love women in horror and I love women in power! Hey it's a turn on! So what we have here is nothing short of a powerful December 5th heading our way so check out the Press Release and read all about it, the women involved and their films in this great Film Fest called Bleedfest.

Monthly Genre celebration Bleedfest Film Festival announces schedule for its Thriller installment December 5th, 2010 

The schedule for the highly anticipated second BleedFest Film Festival has been announced. It includes a dozen female filmmakers' short films and concludes with international genre superstar's Caroline Du Potet's thriller feature In Their Sleep, her follow up to the sensational and disturbing Inside.

Special guests sitting in their own VIP section include World Famous Scream Queens/producers Michelle Tomlinson and Tara Cardinal, prominent journalist/filmmaker Heidi Martinuzzi, Emmy winning filmmaker Barbara Stepansky,...

Raine Brown and a slew of other Indie Horror stars are breaking out the butcher knives and buckets of blood and joining in on the battle against breast cancer. The Hot Honeys and Hunks of Horror 2011 Calendar is the brainchild of Andrew Rose and Eve Blaack and will feature fan favorites posed in classic horror moments from creepy killer clowns to provocative serial killers gone wild. Participants include: Tyler Tackett, Kelli Maroney, Azman Toy, Dai Green, Marv Blauvelt, Deneen Melody, Alan Rowe Kelly, Debbie Rochon, Bart Mastronardi, David Marancik, Bart Butler, Andrea Schweers, Kevin Tenney, Michelle Tomlinson, Tony Simmons, Denise Gosset, Mike Watt, Amy Lynn Best, JimmyO Burril, April Burril, Abel Berry, Lynn Lowry, Kerry Beyer, Julin Jean, Denise Williamson and Roxy Vandiver. The Hot Honeys and Hunks of Horror 2011 Calendar is on sale now and all profits from the sale of the calendar will be donated to [...]...

 

Following the 2009 Hot Hunks of Horror Calendar and the 2010 Hot Honeys and Hunks of Horror Calendar, producers Andrew Rose and Eve Blaack continue the fight against breast cancer, with the 2011 Hot Honeys and Hunks of Horror Calendar.

As in previous years, 100% of the profits from the sale of this calendar will be donated to The Lynn Sage Foundation (http://www.lynnsagefoundation.com). The Lynn Sage Foundation, established by the family of Lynn Sage, a victim of this terrible disease, is committed to the discovery of a cure for breast cancer. To achieve this goal, the Foundation has partnered with the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, a nationally recognized leader in breast cancer care, education and research. The Cancer Center, under the direction of Dr. Steven T. Rosen, is one of only two National Cancer Institutes designated "Comprehensive" Cancer Center in the State of Illinois. The Cancer Center's solid,...

Night of the Demons, Witchboard, these are films that horror fans have grown up watching over and over again. So when Kevin Tenney, the director behind Witchboard and Night of the Demons, has a new film coming out, we here at Bdhr take notice. Kevin Tenney's latest effort, Brain Dead starring Joshua Benton, Sarah Grant Brendecke, David Crane and Andy Forrest, is a homage to the horror films of yesteryear. We also wanted to know what Kevin Tenney thought of the Night of the Demons remake starring Shannon Elizabeth (Scary Movie), Edward Furlong (Brainscan) and Monica Keena (Freddy vs. Jason) and in a cameo appearance Linnea Quigley (The Return of the Living Dead). Here's what he had to say about everything.

Who is Kevin Tenney and what are you all about?

I’m a father, a husband, and a filmmaker in that order. I was born in Hawaii to a military family.

This week's roundup of DVD releases include fan favorites from TV, a scarred comic book antihero, the next installment of The Lost Boys, the requisite creature features, a Roger Corman set, and SyFy's apocalyptic view of the world. Also, don't forget to check out the soundtrack from the hottest vampire TV show right now (well, there's only one playing currently) at the very end of this list.

While waiting for your orders to arrive by mail, you can always catch up on Camera Obscura for free with our Episode 1-7 episodes & recap or watch the newest episodes on Dailymotion. You can also learn all about creature making from our Q&A With Camera Obscura's FX Maestro Jeff Farley.

On with the list....

Jonah Hex

Directed by Jimmy Hayward

Out of the pages of the legendary comics and graphic novels steps Jonah Hex (review), a scarred drifter and bounty hunter...

Horror chicks Michelle Tomlinson and Kimberly Amato are back with the second episode of their entertaining webseries, The Mis-Adventures of McT & A.

Displaying a keen marketing savvy, this time around McT & A have delivered a loving parody of the whole Twilight phenomenon, written by Amato, just in time for the recent release of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. This episode, dubbed The Mis-Adventures of McT & A: The Twilight Spoof, takes a different approach than the first, which was totally improvised. Amato and Tomlinson portray two überfans of a Twilight-like series of movies. They apparently spend all their free time arguing the relative merits of Edward and Jacob…I mean, Josh and Landall, the Edward and Jacob analogues they worship. Their ongoing discussion is illustrated with tongue-in-cheek “dramatizations” that make their various points and lampoon the overblown acting endemic to the series being spoofed. McT & A are aided and abetted in their...

The Pretty Scary Blood Bath Film Festival on the 27th of February, 2010 in Addison, Texas, USA, will not only have the world premiere of Emily Hagin's latest horror film The Retelling, but has just announced the rest of the lineup for the women-only horror film fest!

Short films include Devi Snively's Death in Charge, Liz Adam's Side Effect, amd The Mis-Adventures of McT & A by Kim Amato, Michelle Tomlinson, and Amy Lyndon. The second feature will be Jen and Syvlia Soska's Dead Hooker in a Trunk. Additional selections are forthcoming...

Tickets are on-sale now at http://doabloodbath.eventbrite.com/...

Director: J. T. Seaton.

Writers: J. T. Seaton, and Brad Hodson.

George's Intervention had its premiere at Dragon Con' in Atlanta this summer and currently the film is moving around on the film festival circuit. A little more attention needs to be given to George's Intervention as writers Brad Hodson and J. T. Seaton show a flare for well-written dialogue. The film is witty, sly, and overall a general joy to watch. One of the best horror-comedies to come out of 2009 George's Intervention is more like watching a well-crafted play than a mere movie.

The film unravels quickly with a noisy roommate being offed by an unknown assassin. The film then changes pace with, yes, an intervention for George (Carlos Larkin). However, George is a zombie with a taste for human flesh. Ben (Peter Stickles), Sarah (Michelle Tomlinson), Francine (Shannon Hodson), and Steve (Eric Dean) are George's friends who attempt...

Some of Pretty/Scary's friend, Tiffany Shepis, Alan Rowe Kelley, Michelle Tomlinson, Joe Zaso, Bill Moseley, and so many more, are featured in the 2010 Hot Honeys and Hunks of Horror Calendar which donates 100% of the profits earned to the Lynn Sage Foundation!

The Lynn Sage Foundation, established by the family of Lynn Sage, is committed to the discovery of a cure for breast cancer. To achieve this goal, the Foundation has partnered with the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, a nationally recognized leader in breast cancer care, education and research...

Featuring Debbie Rochon (Colour From The Dark, Walking Distance) as the cover model and spokesperson, and her "corpse" played by filmmaker Dave Campfield (Dark Chamber, Caesar & Otto's Summer Camp Massacre).

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Last Thursday night, following hosting a screening and ensuing Q&A of Matt Zettell’s Resurrection County at The Los Angeles Film School (and the after-party at Kung Pao Kitty in Hollywood, CA), Dread was tipped off by the director that he’d just received a script for a sequel to his 2007 flick Cellar Door.

Entitled Cellar Door 2: Preymate, Zettell (pictured l to r with Resurrection County screenwriter James Cotton and stars Kathryn Michelle and Adam Huss) revealed of the film’s plot, “Herman has been locked away in a institution for the criminally insane. There should be nothing to fear. But Jody is running scared. A mysterious copy cat killer is stalking her, taunting her with the last words on earth she wants to hear; “Herman wants to play!.”

Penned by Chris Nelson who scripted the first in the now-burgeoning series, actors James DuMont and Michelle Tomlinson return...

"George's Intervention" is an independent horror, comedy and a further addition to the Bram Stoker 2009 Film Festival. Blending a comedic zombie intervention with gory on-screen deaths "George's Intervention" will stimulate the senses mid October '09. Director J.T. Seaton (Nightshadows) has already garnered some early positive reviews for this zombie spoof, which will be shown in Whitby, England. So, buy your tickets now and prepare for a large turn-out at this once a year horror themed film festival and prepare to see one of the best independent horror films at the premiere.

A synopsis for "George's Intervention" here:

"George's friends have all gathered for an intervention... George's intervention. You see, George is a zombie and George's friends are attempting to convince George to stop eating people and to enter 'zombie rehab'. But the intervention doesn't go quite as planned."

Director: J. T. Seaton.

Writer: Brad Hodson, and J. T. Seaton.

Cast: Peter Stickles,...

Brooke Lewis is a prolific actress with dozens of acting credits to her name. However, Brooke is not only a previous off Broadway actress, but an executive producer, producer, director, and promoter of horror films and now one of several stars in the upcoming "iMurders," which, as previously reported here, will show in a limited engagement in Pasadena this July 25.

Small in stature, curvaceous, and big in heart Ms. Vampy talks of "iMurders" and several other upcoming features in this one of a kind interview from one of the most beautiful actresses in the horror genre. Check out the interview and get a sense of Brooke's passionate personality on camera and off just past the break

(Michael Allen) When did you realize your passion for acting?

(Brooke Lewis) "I feel like I have been very fortunate to know what I wanted to do with my life at an early age.

Check out the trailer for Reyna Young's new horror documentary about women called Welcome to My Darkside. You'll notice Heidi Martinuzzi in there from Pretty-Scary, as well as our faves Michelle Tomlinson, Shannon Lark and Tucky Williams. Though we have an objection to the over-use of the term 'scream queen', we want you to develop your own opinion about the film.

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• Monogram Releasing has announced that it will release Kevin Tenney’s zombie gorefest Brain Dead in select theaters March 20 as part of The B Movie Nation. See below for a complete list of the venues where the movie will be splattering onto screens.

Scripted by Dale Gelineau, Brain Dead (which has no connection to either the Peter Jackson film a.k.a. Dead/Alive, or the Roger Corman production with Bill Pullman) begins with a meteorite falling to Earth with an organism attached that infects a fisherman and turns him into a brain-eating ghoul. Pretty soon he has transformed numerous others into ravenous undead, and they terrorize a motley sextet of people who take shelter in a cabin in the woods. Joshua Benton, David Crane, Sarah Grant Brendecke, Michelle Tomlinson, Andy Forrest and Cristina Tiberia star; Bad Biology’s Gabe Bartalos created the copious makeup FX. You can check out...