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Tuesday, Jan. 5 Casting

MTV’s “Awkward” alum Monty Geer is set as the lead opposite Lili Simmons in the feature “Clive Boomer’s Success,” a comedic thriller from Leader Media and written by Charles Lawrence.

“Success” tells the story of intrigue, murder and a five million dollar heist. Geer will play Clive Boomer, a cherubic budding stand-up comedian and bank teller who owes a small fortune to the mob. In a cruel twist of fate, he is forced to turn to murder to pay off his debts.

Directed by Carlo Liconti and cast by Donald Paul Pemrick, “Clive Boomer’s Success” is filming near Toronto.

Geer is repped by Connie Tavel at Forward Entertainment and Mavrick Artists Agency.

Monday, Jan. 4 Animation Acquisition

Animated feature Oscar contender “My Favorite War” has been sold to Spain and France for European distribution. Based on director’s Ilze Burkovska-Jacobsen’s childhood memories, “My Favorite War...

Autism Speaks is hosting their 6th Annual Chip In Celebrity Poker Tournament on Saturday, August 18th at Hudson Loft in Downtown Los Angeles.

This lively evening of poker and philanthropy will be hosted by Jeff Michael, Co-Anchor of CB2 News This Morning, and will bring together a diverse group of celebrities including: Rj Mitte (“Breaking Bad”), Ed Begley Jr. (“Whatever Works”), Fred Melamed, Patrika Darbo (“Days of Our Lives”), Sean Kanan (“Bold and the Beautiful”), Brandon Black, M.J. Dougherty (“Life Lessons from a Total Failure”), Elizabeth J. Carlisle, Erin Murphy (“Bewitched”), Massi Furlan (“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”), Monty Geer (“Awkward”), Ty Olsson (“X-Men 2”), Niko Pepaj (Daytime Divas), Michael Patrick Lane (“Dynasty”), Lea Coco (“Queen Sugar”), William Marquart (Subject 5"), Michael Dargatis (“Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice”), Katy Bodenhamer (“The Office”) and more celebrity guests to be announced all supporting Autism Speaks in its mission to promote solutions,...

It's been announced that Jordan Peele (Get Out) will be the recipient of The National Association of Theatre Owners (Nato)'s "CinemaCon Director of the Year" award. Congrats, Mr. Peele! Also in today's Highlights: Other Madnesses trailer and release details, Kill The Minotaur, Raised by Wolves, and The Quiet Hour.

Jordan Peele to Receive CinemaCon Director of the Year Award: Press Release: Washington D.C. (March 20, 2017) – Jordan Peele, the breakthrough writer/director of Universal Pictures’ smash “Get Out,” will receive the “CinemaCon® Director of the Year,” it was announced today by CinemaCon Managing Director, Mitch Neuhauser. CinemaCon, the official convention of The National Association of Theatre Owners (Nato), will be held March 27-30, 2017 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Peele will be presented with this special honor at the “CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards” ceremony, which takes place on the evening of Thursday, March 30, at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace,...

Comedian Monty Geer is showing his appreciation for his mom, and warning his fans to never fall asleep around their friends, in two new videos that he shared on his Instagram. The actor, who has garnered fame for playing Cole on MTV’s comedy-drama series, ‘Awkward,’ released the two videos, as he’s creating a platform on social media where he can share his own original and hilarious content. In the actor’s ‘Mother’s Day Video,’ Geer starts off by thanking his mother for raising him. With Lukas Graham’ popular soul song, ’7 Years,’ playing in the background, the clip parodies the troubles mothers and sons regularly face, from arguing over music and [ Read More ]

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For as long as Awkward‘s Flotsam and Jetsam Theo and Cole have roamed the halls of Palos Hills High, the anything-but-basic duo has managed to stay out of the drama — until now.

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Monday’s episode (MTV, 9/8c) presents a “divide between Cole and Theo for the first time,” Monty Geer tells TVLine. “It’s our first fight ever! Cole ends up wanting to go with someone, but Theo thinks prom is really basic. … Cole is suddenly having all these emotions, which annoys Theo, because he’s supposed to hate everything.

You might be surprised to hear that Tyra Banks — host and executive producer of the new daytime roundtable talker FabLife — disappeared 20 minutes into Friday’s episode, and only returned with five minutes left for a “Bye, y’all!” sign-off.

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Maybe, though, she simply didn’t want to bear witness to one of the worst art projects in Diy history. Or perhaps she was experiencing gastric distress from a cayenne-infused bacon that food “expert” Chrissy Teigen claimed to have concocted, then refused to sample. Or perhaps — like Julia Louis-Dreyfus...

Two episodes were provided prior to broadcast.

Five seasons and four years later, and there’s a sort of quiet ease into which the MTV sitcom template-setter that is Awkward presents its fifth year: not with a senior-year bang, but with a whimper as bittersweet and disappointing as the gang’s handful of failed pranks dotted throughout the premiere. Its stars still shine and its drama still crackles with a heightened hilarity that only a show with this high level of acronyms-to-actual words could muster, but its lost some of its acerbic spark that surprised everyone back in 2011.

Jenna and co. aren’t as ribald and breezingly candid, the writing feels more like an interpretation of Awkward than actually Awkward, and the decision to continue last year’s most interminable plots instead of just tying them up in the prologue and catapulting the team into something new, all lends the...

Recurring gays Theo (Evan Crooks) and Cole (Monty Geer) pop up on MTV’s Awkward. now and then to throw some shade on the overactive personalities at their high school. In the video below, the pair stamp their classmates as either “Basic” or “Awesome” based on their locker contents.

Theo and Cole are those hipster gays that, rather than having story arcs themselves, usually just comment on the world around them without ever being connected to it. In fact, I think they’ve had more screen time in Awkward. web videos like the one above than on the show itself.

Too bad, because these two are worth exploring as characters. Just wish they had more to do than read people from the sidelines.

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Palos Hills High's student body just grew by four.

When MTV's dramedy "Awkward" returns for Season 4 -- under new showrunners Chris Alberghini and Mike Chessler -- four new recurring characters will cause more trouble for Jenna (Ashley Rickards) during her senior year.

Elizabeth Whitson, Kofi Siriboe, Evan Crooks and Monty Geer have joined the cast, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Blonde and beautiful Whitson will play Eva, a Palos Hills High transfer student from Manhattan. Expect her to become the talk of the school pretty quickly. Siriboe will play Tyler, who is from Rwanda but is spending a year in America for school. Crooks and Greer will play "gay dynamic duo" Theo and Cole.

"Awkward" returns on April 15 on MTV.

MTV's Awkward is expanding its ranks for season four. The critical darling, which will return on April 15 under new showrunners Chris Alberghini and Mike Chessler, has added four heavy recurring players to its ranks: Elizabeth Whitson, Kofi Siriboe, Evan Crooks and Monty Geer. Season four will see Jenna (Ashley Rickards) face even more complications during her senior year, including boy trouble, drama with friends and a new girl in town who has eyes for Matty (Beau Mirchoff). Whitson -- who was poised to star in ABC Family's Ravenswood -- will play Eva, a new girl at Palos Hills High School who

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