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James Earl Jones, a commanding presence onscreen who nonetheless gained greater fame off-camera as the sonorous voice of Star Wars villain Darth Vader and Mufasa, the benevolent leader in The Lion King, died Monday. He was 93.

Jones, who burst into national prominence in 1970 with his powerful Oscar-nominated performance as America’s first Black heavyweight champion in The Great White Hope, died at his home in Dutchess County, New York, Independent Artist Group announced.

The distinguished star made his big-screen debut in Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) and was noteworthy in many other films, including Claudine (1974) opposite Diahann Carroll; Field of Dreams (1989), as the reclusive author Terence Mann; and The Sandlot (1993), as the intimidating neighborhood guy Mr. Mertle.

For his work on the stage, Jones earned two best actor Tony Awards: for originating the role of Jack Jefferson — who was...

The 2011 animated film which received an Oscar nomination at the 2012 Academy Awards is climbing up the charts of one of the world's most popular streaming services. Rio, which was written by Carlos Saldanha, Earl Richey Jones, Todd Jones, Don Rhymer, Joshua Sternin, Jennifer Ventimilia, and Sam Harper, is sitting firmly as the eighth-most popular movie streaming on Max. In addition to serving as a scribe, Saldanha also directed the film, which features an immensely stacked ensemble of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, George Lopez, and Jamie Foxx. Rio follows two animals, Blu (Eisenberg) and Jewel (Hathaway) on a trip to Rio de Janeiro. Jane Lynch, Wanda Sykes, Leslie Mann, and Will.i.am also star in Rio, which writer/director Saldanha also makes a small cameo.

Nails have announced their fourth studio album, Every Burning Bridge, out August 30th, along with the lead single and opening track “Imposing Will.”

The California band will be supporting the album with a short run of North American tour dates this fall. The initial leg (with support from 200 Stab Wounds and more) kicks off on September 11th in Montreal and runs through September 20th in Brooklyn, New York.

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Nails will then play the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival on September 21st in Worcester, Massachusetts, before heading overseas to the UK for a slot at Damnation Festival in Manchester on November 2nd. Lastly, a brief three-day California run with Xibalba is set for mid-November.

General ticket sales for select dates start Friday (June 14th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. Fans can also look for deals or get tickets to sold-out dates via StubHub, where your...

Lovely Molly Trailer. Eduardo Sanchez‘s Lovely Molly (2011) teaser trailer stars Gretchen Lodge, Johnny Lewis, Alexandra Holden, Ken Arnold, and Brandon Thane Wilson. Lovely Molly‘s plot synopsis: “Newlyweds Molly (Gretchen Lodge) and Tim (Johnny Lewis) move into Molly’s deceased father’s house in the countryside. An ex-addict with a deeply troubled past, Molly is strong in her new life of recovery. Unexplained disturbances in the night unnerve the couple, and when her husband goes away for business, Molly is left in a house that holds many painful memories. Her isolation is soon shattered by a mali­cious presence that unleashes a physical and mental assault. As she struggles to regain footing in her simple existence, Molly’s grip on reality begins to waver. Her erratic behavior is a warning sign to her friends and family, whose interventions drive her further into solitary torment and spur a deep, dark infidelity within her.

What happens when actors fall ill the day of their audition? Should they call their agents or the casting office and try to reschedule or just put on their best healthy face and go anyway? Actor Todd Ryan Jones has gone to several auditions sick and says he will do so again. "Whenever you are sick and don't feel like going to the audition, just remember that there are about 5,000 other actors in this town who would make it there regardless of being sick or not. I mean, if you can't stop throwing up, that's one thing. But you are not going to stay ahead of the crowd if you need to stay home every time you get the sniffles." Casting director Mindy Marin ("Repo Men") says actors come in sick to her office all the time. "That is a very selfish thing to do. No one should come in when they are sick,...