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Remember when Vanderpump Rules was just that little spin-off show about the messy lives of Lisa Vanderpump’s restaurant staff? Who would’ve thought that a bunch of aspiring actors/models/musicians working at Sur would end up giving us some of the most memorable moments in reality TV history? Since its debut in 2013, this show has transformed from a simple Real Housewives offshoot into a cultural phenomenon that’s redefined what we expect from reality television.

Vanderpump Rules Title Card from Season 10 | Credits: Bravo, Cc By-sa 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What started as manufactured drama between beautiful people serving goat cheese balls has evolved into a complex web of genuine friendships, bitter betrayals, and real-life consequences that keep viewers coming back for more. Through divorces, cheating scandals, business ventures, and countless rounds of “he said, she said,” the show has maintained its grip on audiences by delivering something increasingly rare in reality TV: authenticity.

It doesn’t matter if you are happy, sad, or feeling stuck in your life a good road trip with your friends and family has the capability of solving every little or big problem in your life. That’s why road trip movies are a reminder to ourselves to get out of our little apartments and hit the road with our loved ones to go on a life-altering adventure to create memories that we will never forget. Therefore, we compiled a list of the 10 best road trip movies filled with comedy, adventure, emotion, wide open roads, and beautiful sceneries to remind you to go on the greatest adventure of your life.

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Dog is a comedy-drama film directed by Channing Tatum and Reid Carolin from a screenplay by Carolin. The 2022 film follows the story of US Army Ranger Jackson Briggs as he goes on a...

Never doubt the power of Bravo and Vanderpump Rules. The scandal of all scandals has rocked the reality TV world and left us wondering, "How did this happen?!"

"Scandoval" has been ripping through headlines, podcasts, and Vanderpump Rules Season 10 since the affair was revealed in March.

While it's a salacious reality TV drama, it's also a moment affecting plenty of people and their real-life lives. The season has been re-edited, and the future is uncertain, but until the dust settles, we can only try to piece the threads together.

Below, I've mapped out the timeline of how Scandoval came to be. The fights, the heartbreaks, the rumors, the romances, and the key people who are a part of its history. After a ten-season binge, you'll soon see how everything in life was connected.

Check it out below!

The Main Trio: Raquel Leviss, Tom Sandoval, and Ariana Madix

Before we get into the nitty-gritty,...

Vanderpump Rules has seen a few cast members come and go, but season 1 star Laura-Leigh is still a standout years after leaving the Bravo show. Where is Laura-Leigh now, and what has she been up to since appearing on the reality TV series?

Laura-Leigh Moser | Kevin Winter/Getty Images Who is Laura-Leigh on ‘Vanderpump Rules’?

Laura-Leigh Moser only appeared in the first season of Vanderpump Rules, but she made an indelible mark on the Bravo show.

She started dating main cast member Jax Taylor shortly after his breakup with Stassi Schroeder. Their rebound relationship made waves among their fellow cast members and Sur servers. At a staff meeting, Laura-Leigh accused Stassi of bullying her via text messages over her romance with the bartender.

Laura-Leigh opened up on the show about her addiction to drugs and alcohol. She invited Jax to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting with her, and he promptly dumped her afterward.

Netflix today confirmed it is currently in production on a multipart documentary series with the heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury.

At Home With The Furys — the current working title — will give audiences exclusive access to the heavyweight champion as he exits the ring and tries to embrace retirement with his family including his wife Paris, father John, and his six children.

Alongside changing nappies and the school run, the doc series will see Tyson constantly looking for projects to keep him busy, from a world tour to meet his fans, to lavish family holidays, encounters with other A-listers and impromptu family camping trips.

The show is Executive Produced by Laura Leigh. Demi Doyle is Series Producer, Edit Series Producer is Claire Little, Series Director is Josh Jacobs, and Creative Directors are Nick Hornby and Tina Flintoff.

News of the documentary series comes just hours after Fury posted a video on social...

This past week Bravo gave us some well-needed nostalgia with vintage episodes of Vanderpump Rules, taking us back to the “good ole days” of Laura-Leigh Claire. Laura-Leigh dates back to Season one; the days when Jax Taylor and Stassi Schroeder were dating. However, after Stassi dumped Jax for constantly cheating on her, he tried to make her jealous by dating […]...

Hey, "Blue Bloods" fans. We hope you guys enjoyed tonight's episode 4. Now that it's officially aired and in the history books, it's time to see what next week's brand new episode 5 will feature. Thanks to CBS' latest press release, we do have quite a few teaser descriptions for episode 5. So,we're going to dish those out to you right now. To start this spoiler session off, the official title for episode 5 is called, "The Price You Pay." It sounds like episode 5 will feature some intense, dramatic, action-filled and interesting scenes as Frank tries to defend a detective. Baez and Danny try to hunt down a killer! Jamie gets very doubtful about a relationship. Sarah and Eddie go undercover to help Erin and more. We'll go ahead and start off this spoiler session with the Frank situation. It turns out that we're going to see a detective named Douglas McKenzie...

Let's take a walk down Vanderpump Rules memory lane — to Season 2 when Laura-Leigh Claire stepped onto the scene as Jax Taylor's rebound chick. Fans may recall the aspiring actress was hooking up with Sur's resident bad boy after Stassi Schroeder kicked him to the curb — but since then, she's moved on to bigger and better gigs. So what happened to Laura-Leigh post-Pump? Let's take a look! When Laura-Leigh turned in her sexy black dress to boss Lisa Vanderpump, she revealed that she had accepted a role in a movie also starring Jennifer Aniston. That movie turned out to be hit 2013 comedy We're the Millers, which also featured Jason Sudeikis, Emma Roberts, Will Poulter, and Ed Helms. How major is that!? She also appeared in 15 episodes of Lifetime's The Client List as Nikki Shannon and recently completed shooting for the upcoming crime thriller Under the Silver Lake, which will also feature Riley Keough,...

Thanks to the toxic hooking up culture of Vanderpump Rules, there've been several cast members who've come and gone over the past six seasons. After all, the staff at Sur are fairly incestuous, choosing to only hook up, date, and befriend within their small social circle. But every once and a while a cast member comes along to shake things up...and then they quietly leave and we never hear from them again. But if you're wondering whatever happened to folks like Frank or "Miami Girl," they're all busy pursuing other endeavors away from reality TV. For Laura-Leigh Claire, who boldly declared on the show that she couldn't wait to quit Sur once she got a film offer, she's now a bonafide actress. However, after appearing in 2013's We're the Millers, her career stalled for a year or two. She even disappeared from social media. However, this year she's back and promoting her upcoming film,...

How anyone could ever leave Sur is beyond us, but it has been done, and these former cast members are proof there is life after Vanderpump Rules. Vail Bloom, a 2004 graduate of Princeton University, worked as a hostess at Lisa Vanderpump's famed restaurant and appeared in the show's third season. She'd earned a Daytime Emmy nod for her role on The Young and the Restless prior to Pump, and per Bravo, she's still acting and recently appeared in a film called Too Late. For a brief time in 2015, Bloom was romantically linked to Chris Pine. Not a bad post-Pump run, if we do say so ourselves! Then there's Laura-Leigh, the Juilliard grad who worked as a server at Sur during the first season...

Watch our video interview with the Sir of Sur for the scoop on his sexy times with Kristen and his not-so-sketchy Miami past!

Jax Taylor has done his fair share of lying during the past two seasons of Vanderpump Rules – remember when he “didn’t” bang that girl in Vegas? — but in a new interview, he tells HollywoodLife.com that there’s one thing he’s not lying about: sleeping with Kristen Doute. Twice!

“She did recently say, again, that [we had sex twice],” Jax tells us. “Kristen and I have recently started talking again — not like, friends, talking.”

(To be fair, it’s a rough situation.)

Why Did Jax Taylor Change His Name?

Jax’s past is also a top of discussion, following Tom Sandoval‘s accusation that Jax changed his name to cover up his shady Miami past. As Jax explains, he only stopped going by Jason because there were already too...

Plus, is someone getting fired from Sur? Forget food; these kids are serving up madness this season!

Remember when Stassi and Scheana finally buried the hatchet on Vanderpump Rules last season? Well, the sassy servers were back at each other’s throats within the first five minutes of the Nov. 4 season premiere — Scheana’s annoyed that no one reached out to her during her oral surgery, as her mouth is “literally everything” to her — and I don’t foresee their claws retracting anytime soon.

To add to the weirdness, Scheana planned a joint birthday party with Pandora, aka Lisa‘s daughter, aka Stassi’s (former?) best friend; and the evening was, predictably, a disaster. Basically, Katie – who now has blonde hair that everyone hates — told the birthday girl to “shut the f**k up” and was promptly ejected. This led to an awkward fist fight (and, of course, tears) between...

Watch my interview with Stassi for an update on her relationships with Jax, Scheana & more. Plus, is an old enemy returning to Sur in season two?

Vanderpump Rules fans, the wait is finally over! Bravo’s hit series returns Nov. 4 at 9 p.m., ushering in a second season of bar brawls and tear-soaked birthday parties. The crew’s queen bee — better known as Swedish princess Stassi Schroeder – recently paid a visit to HollywoodLife.com to help prepare us for the drama ahead, including the status of her relationship with ex-boyfriend Jax Taylor. (Spoiler alert: Things haven’t gotten much better since I gave them couples counseling.)

I also couldn’t resist asking about my personal favorite guilty pleasure from last season, Ms. Laura-Leigh, and Stassi was just as thrilled as you’d expect her to be. (Side note: This interview was conducted before Lifetime canceled The Client List. So sad.

Film: "We're The Millers"; Cast: Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Ed Helms, Emma Roberts, Will Poulter, Laura-Leigh, Molly C. Quinn; Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber; Rating: *** - Above average, worthwhile adult road-comedy.

It's a story of a group of losers who pose as a happy family in order to make their lives bearable. They look like a delightful family to everyone they meet, but in reality they are just the opposite -- obnoxious, foul mouthed crude beings.

The narration begins nonchalantly capturing the life of David Clark (Jason Sudeikis), a small time drug dealer. In his bid to be helpful to latchkey.

Jennifer Aniston played a spoiled daddy's girl for the better part of a decade on "Friends."Now 44, the actress has definitely shed all her inhibitions -- and her clothes -- in the new comedy "We're The Millers."In the film, which opens today, Jen plays Rose, a stripper who's fallen on hard times after a breakup. Her drug-dealing neighbor David (Jason Sudeikis) offers her a role in his get-rich-quick scheme: playing his wife in a ruse to smuggle pot across the Mexican border.Of course, things don't go as planned and Rose has to use her ... um, talents to save the fictional family. Check out Jen's moves in the trailer below:We think Jen looks pretty sexy, but apparently the critics have panned her moves (which leads us to ask just how do these critics know what genuine stripper moves look like).As for her skimpy clothes, Jen joked to Yahoo!

Catch 7 new clips and images from We're the Millers, starring Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Emma Roberts and Will Poulter. This hilarious-looking comedy from director Rawson Marshall Thurber opens via Warner Bros. Pictures on August 9th, 2013. Ed Helms, Nick Offerman, Kathryn Hahn, Thomas Lennon, Molly C. Quinn, Laura-Leigh also star. Comedy from the helmer of Dodgeball, is written by Bob Fisher, Steve Faber, Sean Anders, John Morris and Dan Fybel. In We're the Millers, David Clark (Sudeikis) is a small-time pot dealer whose clientele includes chefs and soccer moms, but no kids—after all, he has his scruples. So what could go wrong? Plenty. Preferring to keep a low profile for obvious reasons, he learns the hard way that no good deed goes unpunished when he tries to help out some local teens and winds up getting jumped by a trio of gutter punks. Stealing his stash and his cash, they...

Starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, The Client List was a ratings success for Lifetime last season. Will this drama end up lasting as long as Ghost Whisperer? Could the ratings fall in season two so that the series is cancelled instead? Stay tuned to find out!

The Client List typically airs on Sunday nights and Lifetime has ordered 15 episodes this time around. The cast includes Hewitt, Cybill Shepherd, Loretta Devine, Colin Egglesfield, Rebecca Field, Alicia Lagano, Brian Hallisay, Laura-Leigh, and Rob Mayes.

Below are the most recent TV ratings for the show. The series' ratings are the best way to tell if it will be cancelled or renewed for a third season. These figures will be updated as the weeks progress so be sure to bookmark and return to this page:

Final season averages: 0.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 2.05...

Catch Jennifer Aniston in the new character poster for Rawson Marshall Thurber's uproariously-funny-looking comedy We're the Millers. The film scripted by Bob Fisher, Steve Faber, Sean Anders, John Morris and Dan Fybel, opens in theaters via Warner Bros. Pictures on August 9th, 2013. Jason Sudeikis, Emma Roberts, Will Poulter, Ed Helms, Nick Offerman, Kathryn Hahn, Thomas Lennon, Molly C. Quinn and Laura-Leigh also star. We're the Millers follows a veteran pot dealer (Sudeikis) who creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.

The Client List star Alicia Lagano recently got married to her longtime beau Hector Rendon.

The 34-year-old actress wore a Unique Bridal gown accented by pink shoes adorned with flower petals during an Old Hollywood-themed wedding ceremony held June 7 in Agoura Hills, CA, People magazinereports.

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"I'm so happy I married my best buddy!" the bride told the magazine about marrying Rendon, a restaurant manager. The couple is celebrating on a honeymoon in the Dominican Republic.

Her Client List costars Loretta Devine, Rob Mayes and Laura-Leigh were reportedly on hand for the ceremony.

Video: Client List Star J. Love Promises 'Hot & Steamy' Scenes With Fiance...

She plays a single lady on the small screen, but in real life, Alicia Lagano is a married woman. The actress, who plays Selena on Lifetime's The Client List, married her longtime love, restaurant manager Hector Rendon, in an Old Hollywood-themed ceremony at the Malibou Lake Mountain Club in Agoura Hills, Calif., on June 7. "I'm so happy I married my best buddy!" the bride, 34, told People. Lagano wore a Unique Bridal gown accented by pink shoes that were adorned with Qupid Luxe flower petals. Her Client List costars, Loretta Devine, Rob Mayes and Laura-Leigh were there to help celebrate the couple,...

Check out Will Poulter in latest poster for the Rawson Marshall Thurber film also starring Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston and Emma Roberts. Written by Bob Fisher, Steve Faber, Sean Anders, John Morris and Dan Fybel, We're the Millers follows a veteran pot dealer (Sudeikis) who creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico. You have to see the excellent first red band and green band trailers for the Warner Bros. Pictures release which hits theaters on August 9th. Also on board are Ed Helms, Nick Offerman, Kathryn Hahn, Thomas Lennon, Molly C. Quinn and Laura-Leigh.

Check out the red band and green band trailers for the uproariously-funny-looking comedy We're the Millers from New Line Cinema. A pot dealer and stripper start an imaginary family to transport a massive load of pot for Ed Helms? Count us in. This really does look like a ton of laughs. Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Emma Roberts, Will Poulter and Ed Helms star with support from Nick Offerman, Kathryn Hahn, Thomas Lennon, Molly C. Quinn and Laura-Leigh. Rawson Marshall Thurber, known for films like the hysterical Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story starring Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn, helms from the script by Bob Fisher, Steve Faber, Sean Anders, John Morris and Dan Fybel.

John Carpenter’s The Ward, which is s out now on Blu-ray and DVD just in time for Halloween, marks the return of legendary Godfather of slasher horror after nearly a decade. Set in a psychiatric Hospital, the film follows Kristen (Amber Heard) who finds herself committed to the ward of the title, with no recollection of previous events. Imprisoned in this terrifying asylum alongside a group of erratically behaved young women – played by Mamie Gummer, Danielle Panabaker, Laura-Leigh and Lyndsy Fonseca – Kristen not only faces overbearing wardens during the day but by night a savage ghostly figure stalks the ward hallway for her next victim to swallow into the darkness.

Not only have we already been lucky enough to interview The Ward star Jared Harris (read it here), but now we’ve also managed to sit down with actress Lyndsy Fonseca to discuss the film, John Carpenter, and the...

Each week within this column we strive to pair the latest in theatrical releases to worthwhile titles currently available on Netflix Instant Watch.

This week in honor of the release of Paranormal Activity 3 and in anticipation for Halloween, we’re dedicating the entire column to all things horror. Whatever your preferred Halloween watching — be it satanic scares, ghoulish ghosts, creature features or humorous horror — we’ve got you covered with the spookiest movies streaming online.

Is it spawns of Satan that scare you most? Then pregame for Paranormal Activity 3, by taking in the prequel’s sister flicks…or visiting with another little brunette girl plagued by dark forces.

Paranormal Activity (2007) Shortly after moving in together, Katie and Micah begin to experience strange late night phenomenon. Initially amused, Micah decides to set up a camera to record the paranormal activity, never realizing he’ll shoot his own demise. This...

After a triple whammy of major disappointments with his last three movies, Escape From La, Vampires and Ghosts Of Mars, cult director John Carpenter has spent the last decade well and truly out of the limelight. As a result of this extended sojourn expectations for his latest project were obviously high with many questioning had the once great director of true cinema classics such as Halloween, Escape From New York and The Thing lost his edge? A step in the right direction was the casting of scream queen of the moment Amber Heard as his leading lady for his latest film The Ward, released on Blu-ray and DVD today, but is this the return to form that everyone was hoping for?

When an old farmhouse is set ablaze by Kristen (Amber Heard), a distraught young woman, she is taken by police to the North Bend Psychiatric Hospital. She awakens in...

HollywoodNews.com: There is nothing particularly wrong with The Ward, there is just little about it to stand out amongst the sea of similar genre entries, to say nothing of the whole slew of direct-to-dvd films that fill the shelves of Blockbuster and the queue of Netflix any given day. That this film was given a token theatrical release just last month is only because it happens to be helmed by one of the more respected horror filmmakers of the 1970s and 1980s. But the era of John Carpenter is long over. While I can tell you that the film looks more polished and more overtly cinematic that it likely would have if directed by someone less esteemed, the picture remains a relative non-entity. It’s not bad so much as it’s not very good in any notable way.

A token amount of plot: Its 1966 and Kristen (Amber Heard...

What do you get when you take four beautiful women and put them in a mental institution run by John Carpenter? You get the unpredictable new psychological thriller The Ward, starring Amber Heard, Danielle Panabaker, Laura-Leigh and Lyndsay Fonseca, along with Mad Men's Jared Harris. Marking the maestro's long-awaited return to horror films, The Ward is due out on Blu-ray and DVD tomorrow, August 16th. And we've got a ton of coverage to help you get ready for its release. Check out all the goodness after the jump.  First up, check out our exclusive video interview with Carpenter and Heard... And the film's trailer... Then read our exclusive interviews with...

Starring Amber Heard, Jared Harris and Lyndsy Fonseca, The Ward is the first new theatrical horror feature from director John Carpenter since 2001's Ghosts of Mars. When an old farmhouse is set ablaze by Kristen (Amber Heard), a distraught young woman, she is taken by police to the North Bend Psychiatric Hospital. She awakens in a special ward with four similarly unbalanced and wayward girls: Sarah (Danielle Panabaker), a flirty and sass-talking know it all; Iris (Lyndsy Fonseca), a sensitive and talented artist who tries to make her feel welcome; Emily (Mamie Gummer), a reckless but playful outcast; and Zoey (Laura-Leigh), who hides behind a childlike persona and her beloved stuffed bunny. Kirsten's therapist, Dr. Stringer (Jared Harris), tries to uncover the root cause of her breakdown...

'We were cozily sandwiched between the prison for the criminally insane and the hospital for the mentally insane,' actress tells MTV News.

By Kara Warner

Amber Heard in "The Ward"

Photo: Echo Lake Entertainment

John Carpenter fans have had a long wait between films from their favorite genre man. The director of cult favorites like "Halloween," "Escape From La" and "The Thing" has been on a hiatus of sorts but finally returns to multiplexes after a 10-year absence with this week's "The Ward."

This psychological thriller takes place in a special ward in a mental hospital and revolves around new arrival Kristen (Amber Heard), who has no idea how she ended up institutionalized. As she slowly gets to know the other patients, played by Mamie Gummer, Danielle Panabaker, Lyndsy Fonseca and Laura-Leigh, she realizes they are all hiding a terrible and deadly secret.

When MTV News caught up with...

'We were cozily sandwiched between the prison for the criminally insane and the hospital for the mentally insane,' actress tells MTV News.

By Kara Warner

Amber Heard in "The Ward"

Photo: Echo Lake Entertainment

John Carpenter fans have had a long wait between films from their favorite genre man. The director of cult favorites like "Halloween," "Escape From La" and "The Thing" has been on a hiatus of sorts but finally returns to multiplexes after a 10-year absence with this week's "The Ward."

This psychological thriller takes place in a special ward in a mental hospital and revolves around new arrival Kristen (Amber Heard), who has no idea how she ended up institutionalized. As she slowly gets to know the other patients, played by Mamie Gummer, Danielle Panabaker, Lyndsy Fonseca and Laura-Leigh, she realizes they are all hiding a terrible and deadly secret.

When MTV News caught up with...

I’ve been contemplating this review for the last week since seeing the film. I’ve been attempting to piece together the words that can fully describe the way I feel about this film. When I was seeing it with a full theater and then reacting to it every day for roughly a week and a half now. And I’ve gone from happy to angry to sad to ultimately let down, as if I hadn’t seen a girl I was once in love with for over a decade, trying to rekindle the flame of passion and the whole date kind of ending in an awkward embrace. We both go in for a kiss but miss each other’s lips completely.

The Ward is set in the 1960′s at a psychiatric hospital, particularly in ‘the Ward’ section of the hospital, where the most dangerous of offenders are put to be treated.

Are you a big fan of Halloween and The Thing? How about John Carpenter, for that matter? In honor of the release of his latest, The Ward, Carpenter will hold a Q&A session live on Twitter tomorrow, July 8th, via @ARC_Entertain. The event will go down from 2:00 to 3:30pm Pst and will feature tweet replies as well as some video messages. Carpenter’s The Ward focuses on Kristen (Amber Heard), a young woman thrown into a mental institution. There she meets the other residents, Emily, Sarah, Zoey and Iris (Mamie Gummer, Danielle Panabaker, Laura-Leigh and Lyndsy Fonseca), some of whom have hopes to get out while, deep down, others know...

John Carpenter, lovingly referred to by horror buffs as The Prince of Darkness, has written and directed some of the most iconic sci-fi/horror films of all time, including my personal own faves "Halloween" (1978) and "The Thing" (1982).

Carpenter’s new film "The Ward" -- his first in over a decade, since 2000's "Ghosts of Mars" -- is a delicious psychological slasher flick with creepy Gothic horror elements (they shot in a real late-1800s asylum) and a disturbing Jared Harris, son of the late Richard Harris, as the suspiciously circumspect head psychologist.

The protagonists are four attractive (surprise!) young female inmates (Amber Heard, Mamie Gummer, Danielle Panabaker and Laura-Leigh) who are unrelentingly subjected to terrifying bumps and jumps in the night. Think "Shutter Island" meets "Sucker Punch."

Given Carpenter’s lifelong horror bent, we asked for a list of his favorite horror films. Not surprisingly, they are all classic movies...

It.s been about ten years, but director John Carpenter is finally back behind the lens of a feature film and we.ve got Showtime.s Masters of Horror to thank. With dozens of titles to his name, Carpenter felt the need to take a step back from directing. However, when Masters of Horror summoned him to helm yet again, the experience reinvigorated the passion that, well, has terrified us all for years. Carpenter makes his return with The Ward, a story from Michael and Shawn Rasmussen about Kristen (Amber Heard), about a young woman thrown into a psychiatric hospital. There, she not only meets the other patients, Emily, Sarah, Zoey and Iris (Mamie Gummer, Danielle Panabaker, Laura-Leigh and Lyndsy Fonseca), but the ward.s resident evil entity, too. After so many years, you.d think Carpenter would have this down to a science. While he does to a point,...

2011 - 93 mins. - Rated R

D: John Carpenter

C: Amber Heard, Lyndsy Fonseca, Danielle Panabaker, Mamie Gummer, Jared Harris, Mika Boorem, Sean Cook, Laura-Leigh, Sydney Sweeney, Jillian Kramer, Milos Milicevic, Sali Sayler, D.R. Anderson, Susanna Burney  

Young woman placed in a mental ward must contend with having to deal with a vengeful ghost that is murdering off the other patients.  

Disappointing return to the horror genre for director John Carpenter. The Ward is bland and uninspired. It plays out like a modest budgeted variation on Shutter Island, but without the suspense, visual sophistication or top notch cast that helped in part to make Shutter Island a memorable film experience. The Ward spins a story that involves elements of mystery, but the answers to that mystery are all too obvious The final twist, the big reveal at the end isn't even all that surprising. So what other reasons are there to watch The Ward?...

Somewhere in the bowels of North Bend Psychiatric Hopsital lurks a monster. It might be a ghost. It could be someone pretending to be a ghost. Or it might be a red herring meant to disguise one of the most ridiculous plot twists in the horror movie handbook. Whatever it is, that monster is haunting "John Carpenter's The Ward," the first theatrical horror film from the one of the genre's unquestioned in a decade. It is not one of his finest pieces of work.

Amber Heard stars as Kristen, the newest resident of North Bend's restricted ward. The rest of the girls -- Emily (Mamie Gummer), Sarah (Danielle Panabaker), Laura-Leigh (Zoey), and Iris (Lyndsy Fonseca) -- don't like her. The doctor ("Mad Men"'s Jared Harris) is creepy. And, oh yeah, at night or when the lights go out, Kristen sees a terrifying ghost girl, wandering the halls, stealing her blankets,...

June 8 is almost here and thus you'll finally be able to see John Carpenter's The Ward on various VOD platforms. I'm absolutely dying to know what you think. With a limited theatrical run slated for July 8, XLrator Media has released the film's official U.S. trailer. What do you think? "The story follows a girl (Heard) who is admitted to a psychiatric ward, meets other girls there with distinct personalities and discovers a mysterious girl haunting the halls at night." Heard, Danielle Panabaker, Mamie Gummer, Jared Harris, Mika Boorem, Lyndsy Fonseca, Laura-Leigh, Sydney Sweeney, Dan Anderson, Susanna Burney and Sali Sayle all star. You can read our review from last September's Tiff where the film had its world premiere.

John Carpenter's The Ward will finally be available on VOD come June 8, with a limited theatrical run slated for July 8. Moviefone has been granted exclusive rights to debut the official one sheet that depicts Amber Heard it quite a pickle. There are a handful of ghouls clawing at her... "The story follows a girl (Heard) who is admitted to a psychiatric ward, meets other girls there with distinct personalities and discovers a mysterious girl haunting the halls at night." Heard, Danielle Panabaker, Mamie Gummer, Jared Harris, Mika Boorem, Lyndsy Fonseca, Laura-Leigh, Sydney Sweeney, Dan Anderson, Susanna Burney and Sali Sayle all star. You can read our review from last September's Tiff where the film had its world premiere.

Either something is wrong, or the people behind XLrator Media are doing a horrid job of promoting their big acquisition, John Carpenter's The Ward, which is listed as being released on April 15. While we attempt to firm up this date, inside you'll find a trio of clips (unfortunately in Italian), ones of which features Amber Heard showering. My only thoughts were, "Turn around, Turn Around!" The story follows a girl (Heard) who is admitted to a psychiatric ward, meets other girls there with distinct personalities and discovers a mysterious girl haunting the halls at night. Danielle Panabaker, Mamie Gummer, Jared Harris, Mika Boorem, Lyndsy Fonseca, Laura-Leigh, Sydney Sweeney, Dan Anderson, Susanna Burney, Sali Sayle also star.

Earlier in the week we brought you that tease for John Carpenter's latest horror movie, The Ward, and now a full trailer and new poster has been released.

Synopsis:

When an old farmhouse is set ablaze by Kristen (Amber Heard), a distraught young woman, she is taken by police to the North Bend Psychiatric Hospital. She awakens in a special ward with four similarly unbalanced and wayward girls: Sarah, a flirty and sass-talking know it all; Iris, a sensitive and talented artist who tries to make her feel welcome; Emily, a reckless but playful outcast; and Zoey, who hides behind a childlike persona and her beloved stuffed bunny.

Kirsten's therapist, Dr. Stringer (Jared Harris), tries to uncover the root cause of her breakdown, but despite his calm and understanding manner, she resists any attempts at help and rehabilitation. Unfortunately, the hospital is not the sanctuary it seems to be.

It's been a long time coming, but thanks to our UK friends at Bleeding Cool, we finally get a look at John Carpenter's long overdue horror flick, The Ward (review).

Synopsis:

When an old farmhouse is set ablaze by Kristen (Amber Heard), a distraught young woman, she is taken by police to the North Bend Psychiatric Hospital. She awakens in a special ward with four similarly unbalanced and wayward girls: Sarah, a flirty and sass-talking know it all; Iris, a sensitive and talented artist who tries to make her feel welcome; Emily, a reckless but playful outcast; and Zoey, who hides behind a childlike persona and her beloved stuffed bunny.

Kirsten's therapist, Dr. Stringer (Jared Harris), tries to uncover the root cause of her breakdown, but despite his calm and understanding manner, she resists any attempts at help and rehabilitation. Unfortunately, the hospital is not the sanctuary it seems to be.

Now that the holidays are finally over, good news has finally crept back into our lives. The first intriguing story is the occurrence of the partial UK trailer for John Carpenter's long awaited comeback, The Ward. The partial trailer is brief at 50 seconds, but we still get our first look into a world of creepy psychiatric hospitals, patients who still look hot, and sinister children singing in the background.

Take a look at The Ward's offical snyopsis and check out the partial trailer.

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When an old farmhouse is set ablaze by Kristen (Amber Heard), a distraught young woman, she is taken by police to the North Bend Psychiatric Hospital. She awakens in a special ward with four similarly unbalanced and wayward girls: Sarah (Danielle Panabaker), a flirty and sass-talking know it all; Iris (Lyndsy Fonseca), a sensitive and talented artist who tries to make her feel welcome...

The first teaser trailer for John Carpenter's (They Live) The Ward is here! In this short one minute clip actress Amber Heard (And Soon the Darkness) can be seen playing Kristen, a trouble young woman. After setting a farmhouse ablaze, she is housed in the North Bend Psychiatric Hospital for care. But here, she only finds ghosts and more tormented souls.

This film also stars Danielle Panabaker (The Crazies) and, unfortunately for North American horror fans, the United Kingdom will host filmings of this production first (January 21, 2011). This film has been pushed back from one release already (September, 2010), but here is one vote for a soon to be upcoming release. Check out the film's teaser inside courtesy of Upcoming Horror Movies.

The film's official plotline is here:

"1966. Night. As a storm approaches the North Bend Psychiatric Hospital, something unseen walks the halls of the isolation ward. It closes in...

In just a few day's time legendary director John Carpenter will be returning to the big screen for the first time in nearly a decade when his new film, The Ward, screens as part of the Midnight Madness program at the Toronto International Film Festival. I recently had the chance to have a brief conversation with Carpenter  in which he addresses his latest work, an old classic and Canada's recreational options.

TB: So, thank you for taking the time.

Jc: No, thank you. Where are you located?

TB: I'm in Toronto, actually, where we are looking forward to welcoming you soon. And I hope the city is good to you.

Jc: Well, thank you. I'm hoping I can come. I have one thing that may keep me from being there, which is jury duty, but if I don't get called I will be there.

TB: I suppose the place to start,...

Yet another big film playing at the Toronto International Film Festival's "Midnight Madness" is John Carpenter's hotly anticipated The Ward, his big return to horror that stars both Amber Heard (Zombieland, All The Boys Love Mandy Lane, The Stepfather) and Danielle Panabaker (Friday The 13th, The Crazies). Inside you'll find the first two official images featuring Heard as a girl who is admitted to a psychiatric ward, meets other girls there with distinct personalities and discovers a mysterious girl haunting the halls at night. Mamie Gummer, Jared Harris, Mika Boorem, Lyndsy Fonseca, Laura-Leigh, Sydney Sweeney, Dan Anderson, Susanna Burney, Sali Sayle also star.

Yet another big film playing at the Toronto International Film Festival's "Midnight Madness" is John Carpenter's hotly anticipated The Ward, his big return to horror that stars both Amber Heard (Zombieland, All the Boys Love Many Lane) and Danielle Panabaker (Friday the 13th, The crazies). Inside you'll find the first two official images featuring Heard as a girl who is admitted to a psychiatric ward, meets other girls there with distinct personalities and discovers a mysterious girl haunting the halls at night. Mamie Gummer, Jared Harris, Mika Boorem, Lyndsy Fonseca, Laura-Leigh, Sydney Sweeney, Dan Anderson, Susanna Burney, Sali Sayle also star.

Get your butts on over to Canal Plsu to check out the first footage from John Carpenter's latest horror venture, The Ward, which features the kickass cast of Amber Heard, Danielle Panabaker, Mamie Gummer, Jared Harris, Mika Boorem, Lyndsy Fonseca, Laura-Leigh, Sydney Sweeney, Dan Anderson, Susanna Burney and Sali Sayle. While the footage is in French, it's still nice to get an early look at a highly anticipated film. The story follows a girl (Heard) who is admitted to a psychiatric ward, meets other girls there with distinct personalities and discovers a mysterious girl haunting the halls at night.

Jared Harris (From Within, Resident Evil: Apocalypse), Mika Boorem, Lyndsy Fonseca (Kick-Ass), Laura-Leigh, Sydney Sweeney, Dan Anderson, Susanna Burney, Sali Sayle will all be joining the previously announced Amber Heard, Danielle Panabaker and Mamie Gummer in John Carpenter's The Ward, reports the IMDb. The story follows a girl (Heard) who is admitted to a psychiatric ward, meets other girls there with distinct personalities and discovers a mysterious girl haunting the halls at night. Heard can be seen in this October, Panabaker toplined New Line's Friday the 13th remake. John Carpenter kicked open the slasher franchise with his indie film Halloween back in 1978.

The winner of ABC's reality show, True Beauty, was announced tonight. Unfortunately, the show's ratings have been anything but beautiful. Will there be a second year?

True Beauty comes from executive producers Tyra Banks (America's Next Top Model) and Ashton Kutcher (Punk'd). In the show, ten gorgeous contestants live together in a house in Los Angeles and take part in weekly modeling challenges. The players believe that they're being judged on their looks but in fact their inner beauty is being secretly tested as well.

The attractive contestants are Julia Anderson, Chelsea Bush, Billy Jeffrey, Laura-Leigh, C.J. Miller, Ashley Michaelson, Joel Rush, Hadiyyah-lah Sa'id, Monique Santiago, and Ray Seitz. Judging them are host Vanessa Minnillo, model Cheryl Tiegs, and fashion expert Nol Marin.

  The TV show debuted on January 5th to 7.6 million viewers and a 3.2/8 rating/share of the 18-49 demographic. That put Beauty in second place for its...