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Go For It, Nakamura-kun!! , an upcoming TV anime based on the comedic boys' love manga by Syundei, revealed the main cast members for the series as well as a new trailer. The series will broadcast in Japan in 2025, and Crunchyroll will also simulcast the series as it airs . Go For It, Nakamura-kun!! TV Anime Trailer The main cast for the series includes: Okuto Nakamura voiced by Chiaki Kobayashi (Hajime Saito in Blue Miburo ) Okuta Nakamura character art Aiki Hirose voiced by Yuki Sakakihara (Tamao Akisame in A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School! ) Aiki Hirose character art Voice actors Kappei Yamaguchi and Junko Takeuchi, who previously voiced Okuta Nakamura and Aiki Hirose, respectively, in the Go For It, Nakamura-kun!! audio drama, will also appear in the TV anime, although their new roles have not yet been revealed. Akane Shinsha serialized the original Go For It, Nakamura-kun!! manga from 2014 to 2016 in their...

The official website and accounts for the upcoming Go For It, Nakamura-kun!! TV anime series released a new key visual and teaser trailer today, alongside announcing the main staff and a 2025 premiere. Aoi Umeki ( Pop Team Epic Season 1 director) will direct the series, as well as handling scriptwriting and the character designs at animation studio Drive. Naoki Yoshibe will act as Assistant Director, with Tetsuya Tatamitani as Concept Director, Lee Cheonbok as Art Director and Yasuko Aoki on Series Structure. Ayana Tsujita will compose the music. Additional credits include Harue Ohno on Color Design, Yuu Wakabayashi as Photography Director, Toshikata Kanda as Visual Director, Yusuke Ueno on Editing, Yue on Color Script, Ayumi Nagaki on Prop Design/2D Works, Yumi Nakamura on Costume Design and Yoshikazu Iwanami as Sound Director. The anime adaptation was originally announced in August , and Crunchyroll announced at New York Comic Con 2024 that it will...

A brand new year around the corner means more new anime you can check out on Crunchyroll! Following the Crunchyroll industry panel that just concluded at New York Comic Con 2024, read all about the latest announced anime coming to the service including Go For It, Nakamura-kun!! , Okitsura and more! Announcements made are in alphabetical order. Go For It, Nakamura-kun!! Release Date: 2025 Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and Cis Synopsis, via Seven Seas : Nakamura is a shy boy who falls in love at first sight with one of his classmates–his dreamy high school classmate, Hirose. But there’s a problem: they haven’t met yet. And Nakamura is a total klutz who might bungle things before they even begin! High Card Special Episode “The Flowers Bloom” Release Date: November 5, 2024 Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Oceania, Cis and Indian...

This week on The Anime Effect: Anime quotes go head-to-head in a bracket, the end of the Jujutsu Kaisen manga is announced, plus more! Episode 28 of Crunchyroll Presents: The Anime Effect is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere else you listen to your podcasts! If you're waiting to watch the video episode, it'll be live on Crunchyroll and YouTube at 7 p.m. Et. Listen or Watch on: Episode 28 Summary In this week's episode, Nick, LeAlec and Leah discuss the upcoming Attack on Titan movie, the announcement of the final chapters of Jujutsu Kaisen and the Go For It, Nakamura-kun! anime adaptation . For the main segment, the hosts are joined by Lynzee Loveridge from Anime News Network to put their heads together and determine the best anime quote to use in everyday life. All that and more, only on The Anime Effect . Topics Discussed in Episode 28 Alien:...

An official TV anime adaptation for the Go For It, Nakamura-kun!! manga was announced today, following the launch of the series’ website and X (formerly Twitter) accounts releasing the news. Staff, cast nor a release date was not announced at the time of reporting. Related: Rozen Maiden Collector's Edition Omnibus and More Coming from Seven Seas Syundei serialized the manga in Edge Comix’s Opera magazine from 2014 to 2016, released in one volume. A sequel titled Go For It Again, Nakamura-kun!! ran from 2017 to 2021, also released as one volume. Seven Seas releases both in English and describes the series: Nakamura is a shy boy who falls in love at first sight with one of his classmates–his dreamy high school classmate, Hirose. But there’s a problem: they haven’t met yet. And Nakamura is a total klutz who might bungle things before they even begin! Source : Official Go For It,...

Documentary about George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s meteoric rise is a fun and moving watch that misses the chance to delve deeper

”Wise guys realise / There’s danger in emotional ties …” Here was one of the most artlessly, chillingly brilliant pop lyrics of the 80s, from Wham!’s Young Guns (Go For It), something to compare with the triumph of Madonna being a material girl in a material world. You can’t help thinking again about its relevance to Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael’s emotional ties to each other as you watch this entertaining but weirdly incurious documentary, composed of existing footage and voiceover commentary.

Wham! was a pop band which lasted for four years, from 1982 to 1986, a meteoric fame ride which saw them devastate the music scene like Roy Lichtenstein’s fighter plane, clocking up a string of hits and getting canonised as pop A-listers alongside David Bowie,...

Danny DeVito has been a major Hollywood star for decades, ever since his role as Louie De Palma in the iconic series Taxi. These days, DeVito is still going strong in the TV space. In 2006, DeVito joined the cast of the TV series It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, a sitcom that has since received great critical acclaim.

DeVito helped to make the show a success, with his charm and wit leading to excellent reviews and lots of love from fans. With Season 16 currently in the works, DeVito has been opening up about his process behind the scenes on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, admitting that he improvises song lyrics and dance moves on the show for one specific reason.

Danny DeVito plays Frank Reynolds in ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ Actor Danny DeVito attends the premiere of Fxx’s ‘It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia’ Season 12 and ‘Man Seeking Woman’ Season...

Ava DuVernay’s Queen Sugar will return for its fourth season on Own Wednesday, June 12 with Erica Tazel and Kendall Clark joining as recurring guest stars and Walter Perez upped to series regular.

The new season also continues the series’ use of an all-female directing team, a “creative initiative” established in the show’s first season by creator/exec producer DuVernay. Season 4 directors will include Cheryl Dunye, who will also serve as producing director, Carmen Marrón, Numa Perrier, Heidi Saman, Bola Ogun and Tchaiko Omawale.

The series is exec produced by Oprah Winfrey and Warner Horizon Scripted Television. Season 3 is available on Hulu.

In Own’s descriptions: Tazel (Roots) will play Deesha Brown-Sonnier, an attorney and socially conscious neighbor and mother of Joie. Clark, in her TV debut, portrays Joie, a bright and self-confident tomboy, daughter of a single mother who becomes friends with Blue. Perez (The Avengers) plays Romero Rodriguez,...

Tidy up your virtual space and make some money as an actor in an ad campaign for Squarespace! The website design company is currently looking for actors for “Go for It,” a spec ad campaign told “through humorous and visually stunning vignettes where a character finds inspiration for a business in an unlikely place and decides to go through with the idea to its fullest. ” The campaign will consist of two different spots: “The Shaggy Rug” and “First Plant.” A male actor, aged 22–40, and a female actor, aged 18–40, are wanted to play the two lead roles in each spot. There is also a supporting role for a male actor, aged 22–40, in “The Shaggy Rug.” The shoot will take place on Dec. 1 on a soundstage in Atwater Village in Los Angeles. A brief interview with talent will be required before the shoot date. All actors will be paid $150 for a half day of work.

Back in the Ye Olde Tymes of Star Wars, fans could pick and choose how deep they wanted to go. Stop at the movies? That’s okay. Indulge in the novels and comics and video games? Go for it! That’s getting trickier these days now that Lucasfilm is maintaining a more unified canon, layering background information […]

The post Does ‘Star Wars Battlefront II’ Reveal Rey’s Parents? appeared first on /Film.

[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “American Horror Story: Cult,” Season 7, Episode 11, “Great Again” — the season finale.]

As one cult comes to an end, another begins.

So goes “American Horror Story: Cult,” the ambitious seventh season of Ryan Murphy’s acclaimed horror franchise. After spending an entire season examining a Trump stand-in’s reign of terror, the ending ominously hinted at a new king — well, a new queen. Ally (Sarah Paulson) took down Kai (Evan Peters), stole his senate seat, and began her own quest for greater power — with the help of “some very special, very powerful friends who are going to bring about the better world we were talking about.”

Read More:‘American Horror Story: Cult’: Keeping the Controversial Mass Shooting Scene is as Essential as Re-Cutting It

Made clear when she dons her green hood, Ally is referring to the radical feminist cult inspired by Valerie Solanas’ (Lena Dunham) “Scum Manifesto.” It appears the newly elected senator is ready to unleash the female rage first cultivated by Solanas,...

Lady Bird screened to a full house at the Paramount Theatre in Texas on Thursday night during the Austin Film Festival, as Greta Gerwig's directorial debut.

“It was a very long process of writing the script but once I finished writing, I felt like it was the moment I had been working toward for 10 years and I’d always wanted to direct," she said. "This is the moment, this is when you do it. I don’t know that you ever quite feel ready, but I think I felt like, enough is enough. You’ve got enough training. Go for it.”

Gerwig’s...

Lora Burke and Robert Notman in Poor Agnes

One of the standout films of the year - and not just in the horror/psychological thriller genres, Poor Agnes is the story of a serial killer who holds a private eye hostage, intending to murder him. There have been any number of films about men holding women hostage, but somehow the gender reversal here gives the film a different cast, as does the strange way that a bond begins to form between the two characters. Lora Burke, who plays the titular Agnes, and Robert Notman, who plays Mike, her captive, met with me on Skype to discuss what the film meant to them.

Sometimes actors struggle with promoting their work, saying the same things over and over again and getting frustrated. These two, by contrast, are clearly still passionate about the film. I started out by asking them how they first got involved with it.

Jay and Mark Duplass' latest project, Room 104, was a risky idea but HBO let them create it!

Set in a single room of an average American hotel, the series is an anthology dramedy in which every episode tells a different story of the assorted characters who pass through it.

Related: Exclusive: Inside the Mind of Mark Duplass and How He Plays Hollywood by His Own Rules

Et caught up with the Duplass brothers at the premiere of their new show on Thursday at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California, where they discussed their close relationship with HBO and working with James Van Der Beek.

"I am really lucky honestly, we have a marriage with HBO, in what they call an overall deal with them," Mark told Et. "They’re supporting what we do and quite frankly, you know, Room 104 can’t be made for the same budget as Game of Thrones can be...

Last month, I read a book called Hawkeye, Vol. 1 . This month, I hit one called Vol. 3. In the annoyingly typical way of Big Two comics, the latter follows directly from the former. (One is a hardcover, which in comics-reprinting circles comes typically a year or two after the paperback and combines two paperbacks together. Yes, that’s the opposite of how we old-time book-industry hands are used to seeing things happen, but it seems to work for the Wednesday Crowd.)

Anyway, at the end of Vol. 1, the two Hawkeyes split up, because comics are all about break-ups and changes and new things that can last for six issues or so. (Spider-Man No More! once again.) L.A. Woman follows the younger female Hawkeye, Kate Bishop, who drives a cool car cross country to the city of the title, where she immediately gets caught up in nefarious doings and skulduggery of her own.

Much like the rest of the Internet, we’ve reveled in the sweet advice generously offered by celeb mother-daughter duos (like Goldie Hawn and Kate Hudson!) and, of course, our own moms’ wise words.

Moms do know best, after all — and these Reddit users are well aware of that as they share the priceless advice their moms have imparted on them over the years:

1. “Everything happens for a reason, you just won’t know the reason until you’re ready to accept it.”

2. “Treat others equally, be giving without expecting gratitude and stand up for what you believe in.”

3. “Saving up is hard,...

We’ve all been there, stuck at home, while the snow is falling heavily outside. The snowed-in-effect, also known as cabin fever, is starting to take effect. Soon you will feel an urge to run out, or to jump out of a window; you are starting to feel as though you would do anything to get some change of surroundings. But you know you cannot. You are stuck at home, and it is winter.

So, what do you do? Well, there are billions of fun activities to emerge yourself in, things that will make you forget, that you are stuck at home. We will not list a billion hilarious things here, but at least ten.

1) Build the world’s tallest house of cards. Sure, this one might not be your first choice of activity, and you will probably not succeed, but it is not as bad of a choice as it seems,...

No one loves a great scene more than the person who first dreamed it up -- the writer. We're asking iconic shows' creators and writers to tell Et all about getting to see their most cherished moment on their series make it from script to screen.

On Wednesday, Feb. 8, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit will reach a major TV milestone when it airs its 400th episode, a feat only previously achieved by eight scripted series over the past four decades. While a lot of credit for the show’s success and stamina is given to the cast led by Mariska Hargitay, who has won an Emmy for playing Det. Olivia Benson, it’s hard to ignore the writing, which has earned several Edgar Allen Poe Award nominations over the course of its run.

More: The Impact and Legacy of 'Law & Order: Svu' 400 Episodes Later

At its core, creator Dick Wolf tells Et the show has always been about...

She gave a generation nightmares with her creepy spider crawl (which she was specially brought in to perform) in the well scene of The Ring Two, and now Bonnie Morgan is back to bring Samara to life once again in Rings. With the seven-day curse coming back to the big screen this weekend from Paramount Pictures, Daily Dead recently had the opportunity to talk with Morgan about returning to the iconic role, her family’s horror history, her hilarious Samara TV store prank, scaring the cast and crew when the power went out on set, and more.

Congratulations on coming back to the role of Samara in Rings. You have an interesting background in contortionism. How did you initially get into contortionism?

Bonnie Morgan: I come from a long line of performers. I am of the third generation. My grandparents were in vaudeville. My grandma opened for Frank Sinatra...

Standalone monster movies are all well and good, but we all know it’s twice as fun if you have double the monsters. Luckily for us, Legendary and Warner Bros have decided that today — with our mastery of CG and proliferation of cinematic universes — is the perfect age to see these oversized creatures go head to head.

But if you were hoping to see it sooner rather than later, you may be in for a bit of a disappointment. These two won’t be sharing the screen for some time now. Rather than jump straight into a one-on-one melee, the filmmakers decided to give King Kong his own movie, then Godzilla one more before the two titans collide. But just because they won’t be sharing the screen anytime soon, don’t think the studios won’t lay some breadcrumbs for us along the way.

Speaking with CinemaBlend, the film’s producer,...

As a general rule of thumb, we love list-making and recapping of the year's significant moments and events but the exception is the work of the grim reaper. Death has claimed so many icons recently, particularly from the music world, that 2016 is starting to feel like a parody of its apocalyptic self as we reach its conclusion.

On Christmas day, of all days considering that one of his most enduring hits is "Last Christmas," George Michael was taken from us. Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (better known as George Michael) was born in East Finchley London in 1963. By the age of 19 he'd charted his first hit with his friend Andrew Ridgeley (the other half of Wham!) called "Young Guns (Go for It!)". Two years later he was world famous by way of the global smash "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go." Which is when little Nathaniel first fell in love. But that...

[[tmz:video id="0_ks7tfpwc"]] Manny might not be done being Manny ... at least not yet ... because the 44-year-old legend is considering an offer to play pro baseball overseas ... TMZ Sports has learned. Manny Ramirez last played for the Cubs Aaa affiliate back in 2014 -- and then served as a hitting consultant for the club. But we spoke with Manny's wife, Juliana, who tells us the 12 time Mlb All-Star and World Series Mvp has been training like crazy ... and has...

If Beverly Hills, 90210 premiered while you were still in elementary school, then you spent a fair amount of time thinking about what high school would be like, with its parking lot full of BMWs and one station wagon, its one class a day, its illicit trips to Mexico with your rich boyfriend and its hallways full of 25-year-olds. All the while, you just assumed you would have immaculately blown-out bangs, jeans that taper at the ankle, brightly colored socks and vests and blazers galore! Skirts over shorts suit your fancy? Go for it! And as for you fellows, tucking in your shirt is always the right answer—unless you want people to think you're some James Dean type who lives in a hotel. Such was the...

It's complicated.

That's the biggest takeaway after the chat I had with Sutton Foster and Nico Tortorella at the Atx Festival this summer. Nothing about Liza's life is easy, whether with her friendships or her love live, let alone a simple day at the office.

Find out what they had to offer by way of insight into Sutton's character and what to expect when it comes to revealing Liza's secret.

Liza has her best friend and a really great guy who discovered her secret and supported her entirely. Why doesn't that support help her lean more towards telling the truth?

Nico: She's in a dangerous position.

Sutton: I think she is in a dangerous position. We saw elements in Season 2 where she was willing to lay everything out on the table for her friends, like when Thad threatened to reveal her secret, she was like, I don't care. Go for it.

Corey Feldman is a man of many talents, but this was quite the performance.

As one of the 1980s' most instrumental figures, Feldman could simply rest on laurels like Stand By Me and The Lost Boys, instead he took to the Today show stage to perform "Go For It," the album's presumably lead single, and well… the performance was quite a doozy.

He first appeared in an all-black, hooded ensemble, and was Backed by his band Corey's Angels with whom he explained as symbolizing "good versus evil."

"The whole theme of [Angelic 2 the Core] is good versus evil, heaven versus hell, that sort of thing,...

[Youtube "OqIv2tc9BCI"] Corey Feldman is a man of many talents, but this was quite the performance. As one of the 1980s' most instrumental figures, Feldman could simply rest on laurels like Stand By Me and The Lost Boys, instead he took to the Today show stage to perform "Go For It," the album's presumably lead single, and well… the performance was quite a doozy. He first appeared in an all-black, hooded ensemble, and was Backed by his band Corey's Angels with whom he explained as symbolizing "good versus evil." "The whole theme of [Angelic 2 the Core] is good versus evil, heaven versus hell, that sort of thing,...

What's better than a 90-year-old water-skiing granny? One who doesn't need her hands to do it! Millie Sullens first started skiing when she was 34-years-old, after learning on a 1959 cabin cruiser boat she bought with her husband in 1960. "I had a little hard time the first time. Finally, when my husband slowed the boat down I just finally took off and went!" she told 5 News Online. Sullens, an El Reno, Oklahoma, resident, loves spending time out on nearby Lake Tenkiller. She describes her water skiing adventures as "wonderful." "It's like you got the whole world by yourself and when you...

What's better than a 90-year-old water-skiing granny? One who doesn't need her hands to do it! Millie Sullens first started skiing when she was 34-years-old, after learning on a 1959 cabin cruiser boat she bought with her husband in 1960. "I had a little hard time the first time. Finally, when my husband slowed the boat down I just finally took off and went!" she told 5 News Online. Sullens, an El Reno, Oklahoma, resident, loves spending time out on nearby Lake Tenkiller. She describes her water skiing adventures as "wonderful." "It's like you got the whole world by yourself and when you...

It's not often that supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio is just another chick in the crowd -- but it's also not often she's on a yacht packed with Victoria's Secret models. Yes, dreams do come true! Joan Smalls, Lily Donaldson, Constance Jablonski -- who've all walked the Vs runway -- were there too. So was Nicole Richie's little sister, Sofia. Jet skiing, yacht showering, tiny bikiniing ... so much to see here. Go for it. Read more...

The original plan was a little different. When I saw Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows, I talked to Paramount about doing an interview with Dave Green, the director of the film. They had a great idea, though, and proposed having Dave visit the new Woven studios to play action figures with Toshi and Allen, who had a day off of school. It would have been very apt, and while it didn’t come together, it was on my mind when I ended up sitting down with Dave myself. Full disclosure up front: Dave and I are represented by the same manager. I forgot that until I got an e-mail from my manager after my review went up. Regardless, I like Dave’s work on both of the films he’s made now, and I opened the interview by paying him a very high compliment. It’s been...

Ariel Winter wants to promote body positivity – not let people tear each other down.

The Modern Family star posted, without naming names, a response to an interview about body shaming and nude selfies. Chloë Grace Moretz's explanation in the latest issue of Glamour about why she decided to call out Kim Kardashian for her nude selfie is the likely target.

"Many have asked about my opinion on a certain interview…all I'm going to say is this: If you take a photo in which you feel Confident about yourself and think it spreads a positive image, then Go For It,...

Ariel Winter wants to promote body positivity - not let people tear each other down. The Modern Family star posted, without naming names, a response to an interview about body shaming and nude selfies. Chloë Grace Moretz's explanation in the latest issue of Glamour about why she decided to call out Kim Kardashian for her nude selfie is the likely target. "Many have asked about my opinion on a certain interview…all I'm going to say is this: If you take a photo in which you feel Confident about yourself and think it spreads a positive image, then Go For It,...

Ariel Winter wants to promote body positivity - not let people tear each other down. The Modern Family star posted, without naming names, a response to an interview about body shaming and nude selfies. Chloë Grace Moretz's explanation in the latest issue of Glamour about why she decided to call out Kim Kardashian for her nude selfie is the likely target. "Many have asked about my opinion on a certain interview…all I'm going to say is this: If you take a photo in which you feel Confident about yourself and think it spreads a positive image, then Go For It,...

Prince, iconic singer-songwriter and seven-time Grammy winner, has died. He was 57. In the mid '80s, just as his career hit an all-time high following the release of his hit single "Purple Rain", Prince sat down with People to discuss his life and rique music. Read the 1984 cover story below:He glittered in a white sequined cape, ornately futuristic atop a bank of speakers in the darkened hall. Eerie synthesizer chords echoed through the arena, laser lights dappled the crowd and a garbled heavenly voice rumbled, "I'm confused." And as confetti rained down, 19,000 fans at Detroit's Joe Louis Arena saw the...

Prince, iconic singer-songwriter and seven-time Grammy winner, has died. He was 57. In the mid '80s, just as his career hit an all-time high following the release of his hit single "Purple Rain", Prince sat down with People to discuss his life and rique music. Read the 1984 cover story below:He glittered in a white sequined cape, ornately futuristic atop a bank of speakers in the darkened hall. Eerie synthesizer chords echoed through the arena, laser lights dappled the crowd and a garbled heavenly voice rumbled, "I'm confused." And as confetti rained down, 19,000 fans at Detroit's Joe Louis Arena saw the...

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The producers of Batman V Superman talk to us about deleted scenes, building the DC universe and more...

Director Zack Snyder hasn't chosen the easiest route when it comes to following up his 2013 film, Man Of Steel. Rather than follow Superman on the next stage of his path as the defender of truth, justice and the American way, Snyder's brought us Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice - an explosive collision of two comic book titans and the launchpad for at least six DC movies still to come. Assisting Snyder along the way are producers Deborah Snyder and Charles Roven. Snyder's been Zack's producer partner since 300 in 2007, while Roven's been involved with Warner's DC movie adaptations since Batman Begins back in 2005.

On the eve of Batman V Superman's release, we sat down with Snyder and Roven to talk about the process of making Batman V Superman, the...

Maggie Smith's Dowager Countess may have gotten the last word on "Downton Abbey" as a series, but we don't really have to say farewell, do we?

Oh, good! Thankfully, hope lives on that we may revisit the Crawleys and company in a movie and/or spinoff series. Creator and executive producer Julian Fellowes and executive producer Gareth Neame shared plans with Variety in a story posted after last night's series finale.

The finale had happy endings all around, including for poor put-upon Edith, who ended up getting married and outranking everyone in the family. As Neame put it, "Mary hates that her sister has trumped her. The rest of the family thinks it's quite amusing and well deserved. It's really interesting to imagine what Edith's future might be. Maybe we'll see that if there's a movie."

Yes, a movie! It's not just wishful thinking to imagine Downton on the big screen,...

Namaste, Sat Sri Akaal, Assalamualaikum and welcome to My Christmas/New Year’s present to all you Bollywood fanatics. The 2015 countdown of the Top Grossing Films.

Now for the countdown. Bear in mind that this countdown is based on pure fact and figures. This is a countdown based on what you the viewer have voted for with your feet, as you the viewer have taken the time out from your lives to see these films in your droves. You may agree with some of them you may not agree with some of them – but come what may, these are your top ten grossers for 2015.

10. Gabbar is Back

Starring – Akshay Kumar, Shruti Hassan, Suman Talwar, Jaideep Ahlawat, Sunil Grover

Director – Krish

Producer – Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, Shabina Khan

Music – Chirantan Bhatt, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Manj Musik

Release Date – May 1st

Okay I will be honest. I was surprised...

Stars: Clint Howard, R.G. Armstrong, Joe Cortese, Claude Earl Jones, Haywood Nelson, Don Stark, Charles Tyner, Hamilton Camp, Louie Gravance, Jim Greenleaf, Lynn Hancock, Loren Lester | Written by Eric Weston, Joseph Garofalo | Directed by Eric Weston

From the 1970’s and 80’s to now, one thing will always be a sad constant: bullies will always exist. And there will always be that weak-willed teenager who is the constant target of these awful people. But, there’s always this fulfillment that comes about from films like Patrick and Carrie, that the bullied kid has a tendency to lash out at those who oppress them with otherworldly forces. These kids search outward for any escape and that leads them to some very dark corners. In the case of Evilspeak, that dark corner is The Devil himself, and the results are typically gory and fantastically outrageous.

Put simply, Evilspeak, is about a thousand pounds...

Last week saw a momentous day in the musical landscape: The Beatles are finally on streaming! To celebrate the band's entire catalogue becoming accessible to anyone with a broadband connection, we've created just about every Spotify playlist of Beatles' music you could possibly want — 29 of them, in fact. Want to listen only to George Harrison songs? Now you can! Want to listen to their heaviest tracks, the ones inspired by LSD, or the songs where you can really hear their Liverpudlian accents? Go for it. Want to listen to "Revolution 9" for ten hours? You can do that, too! So check them out; the movement you need is on your finger (that's going to click on all of these).The Best of John The smart one. The Best of Paul The cute one. The Best of George The quiet one. The Best of Ringo The drumming one. The Best of...

John Cena isn't as tough as he looks. The Sisters star showed a more vulnerable side of himself on NBC's The Tonight Show Tuesday, opening up to host Jimmy Fallon like never before. "It's always great having you here," Fallon said. "Everybody loves you." "Ha!" Cena replied. "Love." "I love you," Fallon said. That's when Cena's performance art began. "What's love? Is it a feeling? Is it a thing? Maybe it's that voice in your head that says, 'Go for it all, buddy. If you fall I'll catch you,'" the professional wrestler said as the lights dimmed. "Cut to schoolyard playground, 1984. Her name: Stacy Henderson....

I'm the king of Christmas!" Bill Murray declares early on in A Very Murray Christmas, his one-of-a-kind Netflix holiday special — and by the end of an hour of music, comedy, and celebrity pals, the comedian has indeed earned that crown as our 21st-century Santa Claus, who seems to be everywhere at once, spreading good cheer.

"Everyone is happy when they see him ," says Sofia Coppola, who directed the special, available on the streaming service starting today. "He knows how to bring joy. Bill is so full of fun, it brightens up the holiday.

In Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse, three scouts and lifelong friends join forces with one badass cocktail waitress to become the world’s most unlikely team of heroes. Recently, I sat down with director Christopher Landon to talk about the film. I have to add that he is an incredibly wonderful interview! I had a blast talking with him, as you will see below!

When their peaceful town is ravaged by a zombie invasion, three scouts will fight for the badge of a lifetime and put their scouting skills to the test to save mankind from the undead.

The first question I have to ask is how this movie come about?

Christopher Landon : How did this wack-a-doodle thing get made? [Laughs]

Yeah! It’s a lot of fun!

Christopher Landon : So, I just finished Paranormal Activity : The Marked Ones, which had a lot of comedy in the beginning of it.

Dear Len Wiseman… I'm going to do my best to avoid making the obvious joke here about your last name, since my last name is McWeeny, and nothing good can come from that particular war. However, I would like to drop you a few quick thoughts regarding your proposed pre-boot (part prequel, part reboot) of the "Die Hard" series before you go too far down a road that dead ends in Stupid Town. Obviously, I have not been in any of the conversations you're having about the film. Maybe the folks over at Deadline completely screwed up the reportage on the idea that you have. I certainly hope so, because if not, you are on the verge of doing something monumentally dumb, and I'd love to explain why. There is only one great "Die Hard" movie. Unfortunately, you did not direct it. Maybe you had a great time working with Bruce Willis.

Suddenly, The X Factor is back tonight! It's come around quick, but there's loads to look forward to, from the new judges (Nick Grimshaw and Rita Ora) to the new hosts (Olly Murs and Caroline Flack) to the small matter of the new auditionees.

We're on the edge of our seats, so join us from 8pm when the show kicks off as we bring you all the action...

21:31Oh, and Andrew_Billings thinks we should call the whole competition to an end now - because 4th Power have already won! Do you agree? Will you be tuning in again tomorrow? It's bye from us for now... but do keep commenting and stay tuned to DS for all your X Factor coverage!

21:30And of course keep letting us know what you thought of the show! Like, what do you make of Nick Grimshaw? mugwuff reckons he's "great", but Regina...

A pacy grace envelopes Kabir Khan’s new political thriller. You can almost smell the tension in the air. If Bajrangi Bhaijaan was a agreeable gentle cup of lemon tea Phantom is a the bracing percolating morning cup of coffee that makes you jump out of your bed and seize the day.

Kabir’s second film in six weeks after the epic success of Bajrangi Bhaijaan takes an aggressive what-if stand against Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. It does so with a cool candour that makes for a bracing jolting wake-up call for the two nations at a proxy war rattling sabres across the barbed fence.

Phantom works on a simple premise. You give us 26/11. We take revenge. As simple as that. In many ways the very talented Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub playing a raw Raw agent (no, I am not stammering) represents the voice of the nation. His inexperience among veterans who plot...

If you're like us and value your sleep, you probably nodded off into your Ambien dreamland before the party started on post-prime time TV. Don't worry; we've got you covered. Here's the best of what happened last night on late night.

This is how to start your day. Sir Patrick Stewart loves a good male kiss -- and why not? -- so he shared the wealth with Conan O'Brien. Sir Patrick was on "Conan" and talked about his lip-lock with good friend Sir Ian McKellen. Patrick explained that he's not a one-man kisser, and he doesn't just kiss other "sirs" -- although he said he might give a bit of tongue to Sir Sean Connery. (Go for it!) Sir Patrick said he doesn't go around smooching strangers, but he was happy to try K-i-s-s-i-n-g Conan. So they had their own quick, passionate lock complete with little floating hearts. Beautiful! Conan was left dumbstruck.

We live in an era of immediate accessibility to almost any kind of media, and that includes movies and television, with entire seasons and franchises just a click away. Feel like watching "The Wire" again this weekend? Yep, you can. Want to settle in with "Friday Night Lights"? Go for it. How about revisiting all the "Star Wars" movies? You can make it happen. But are we really digesting what we're watching when it's consumed buffet style? Is there something to be said for the old television model which had us wait patiently each week for a new episode of our favorite show? The creators of two of the biggest shows on television think so. Speaking with THR, "Orange Is The New Black" writer/creator Jenji Kohan does miss the old school method of TV viewing. "I miss having people on the same page. I do miss being able to...

Relationships are complicated things. Real relationships are emotionally exploitative, and we are sometimes the exploited and sometimes the exploiter. The regular commercial films don’t (or can’t afford to) have insights like these. It is the slice of life films like Piku that show us how the relationships that suffocate us can also be the ones that mean the most to us.

So we have the perpetually irritable Piku (Deepika Padukone) whose hypochondriac father Bhaskor (Amitabh Bachchan) is obsessed with his bowel movements. A difficult man to live with, he is nonetheless the centre of Piku’s universe. Into this not-so-cozy family enters Rana (Irrfan), the taxi stand owner who volunteers to drive Piku and Bhaskor to Kolkata after all his drivers refuse to drive the constantly bickering father-daughter duo. He observes them and begins to understand Piku’s frustrations.

It’s all about loving your parents but not the Karan Johar way.

I am happy to see more people vocalize demand for Latina representation onscreen and the resurging interest in solving this messed up disparity issue (Thank you Gina Rodriguez Golden Globes acceptance speech ). However, the representation issue I find ten times more urgent to address is the anguishing miniscule percentage of Latina Content Creators in film and television.

I give you 5 bomb Latina Directors who are are at the helm of brand new feature films coming out this year, women who are striking through the hostile mass media industry to escape the rule of homogeneity (white male perspective). Now that is something to celebrate. It’s not surprising that three of these are documentaries. The percentage of women directed films in documentaries is higher than in fiction. Now I can’t say with total certainty these 2 Latina directed U.S. fiction feature length films are the only ones out there this year…actually yes I can…..until someone reaches out to correct me ….and I really do hope to be corrected because only two???????

"Los 33"

Director : Patricia Riggen

Writers : Mikko Alanne, Michael John Bell, Craig Borten, Jose Rivera

Producers : Robert Katz, Edward McGurn, Mike Medavoy

Cinematographer : Checco Varese

Music : James Horner

U.S. Distributor : Tba

Cast : Rodrigo Santoro, Antonio Banderas, Cote de Pablo, James Brolin, Juliette Binoche, Gabriel Byrne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Kate del Castillo, Tenoch Huerta

Social Media: @The33Pelicula

Logline: Based on the incredible real-life story of the 33 survivors of a copper-gold mine in Chile that collapsed and trapping them 700 meters underground for 69 days until their rescue.

Add Riggen to the exclusive ranks of women who fought for and have proved they got the chops to direct big action, Hollywood type genre movies like Katheryn Bigelow, Mimi Leder. The trailer for Los 33 that dropped last week reveals an epic dramatization of the intensely emotional struggle to survive the Chilean mine disaster. The English language film carries a sweeping score by none other than James Horner (and naturally you can hear Violetta Parra’s classic song, Gracias Por La Vida). Add to that a big hero performance by Antonio Banderas who leads an ensemble cast of well known international actors (including hottie Mexican star of Güeros, Tenoch Huerta!!). Riggen, who was born in Guadalajara but moved to the states after graduating Columbia’s film school in NY, made a splash with her 2007 film, Under the Same Moon starring a back-then-virtually-unknown-in-the-u.S. Eugenio Derbez, and Kate del Castillo. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival then was picked up by Pantelion, the studio she later worked with on the Eva Mendes starrer Girl in Progress.

Domestic distribution and release stateside is yet to be confirmed. Meanwhile Twentieth Century Fox will be releasing the film in Chile in August, marking the fifth anniversary of the incident, before rolling out the film throughout Latin America including Mexico. For an in-depth account of Los 33, check out current best-seller, “Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine and the Miracle That Set Them Free” by Hector Tobar.

"Endgame"

Director: Carmen Marron

Writers : Hector Salinas, Carmen Marron

Producers : Sandra Avila, Carmen Marron

Executive Producers : Hector Salinas, Betty Sullivan

Associate Producer : Bonnie Emerson

Cinematographer: Francisco Bulgarelli

Music: Brian Standefer

Cinematographer: Francisco Bulgarelli

U.S. Distributor : Tba

Cast : Rico Rodriguez, Efren Ramirez, Justina Machado, Jon Gries

Social Media: @GoForIt_Carmen

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Logline: Shot in Brownsville and inspired by true events, Endgame is a coming-of-age story about a young boy who joins the school chess team, and with the help of his coach, embarks on a journey of self-discovery, team spirit and the importance of family.

Another talented genre director (and fellow Chicana from Chicago, Heyyy) whose tenacity and talent make her primed to be our Latina Ava Duvernay success story (of course that depends on whether the public (and gatekeepers) support her to make the change to the system to demand her spot in the national mainstream). I wrote about Carmen’s tireless spirit before , mentioning her first film which she shot, wrote, directed and produced in Chicago called Go For It (which incidentally was Gina Rodriguez’s first feature role). Her latest film is Endgame starring the precocious Manny from Modern Family, Rico Rodriguez, and Efren Ramirez from cult classic Napoleon Dynamite, Endgame is one of those irresistible competition, underdog, against-all-odds stories. Ramirez portrays the galvanizing Brownsville public elementary school teacher and chess afficionado, J.J. Guajardo, who in 1989, upon seeing his 6th grade class take an interest in his chess board, began to teach them on the regular. The class excelled and entered regional competitions, going on to enter and win state championships against schools with far more resources. Echoing the positives of disrupting a broke educational status quo with simply offering access to advanced mental cognition building tools, the film echoes another real life story and seminal Chicano film, Stand & Deliver. Big difference; that movie was not directed by a Latino/a.

The film is world premiering at the Dallas International Film Festival April 12 &13. Distribution is yet to be confirmed for theatrical/VOD but stay tuned via the Facebook page.

"No Mas Bebes"

Director: Renee Tajima-Peña

Producers : Virginia Espino

Associate Producer : Kate Trumbull-Valle

Executive Producers : Julie Parker Benello, Wendy Ettinger, Judith Helfland, Sally Jo Fiefer and Sandra Pedlow

U.S. Distributor : Itvs/Latino Public Broadcasting

Cinematographer: Claudio Rocha

Music: Bronwen Jones, additional music by Quetzal

Cast : Antonia Hernandez, Gloria Molina, Dolores Madrigal, Jovita Rivera, Consuelo Hermosillo

Social Media: Facebook

Logline : An investigation of the sterilization of Mexican-American women at Los Angeles County-usc Medical Center during the 1960s and 70s

Sadly, there is an appalling history in the United States of laws and policies authorizing sterilizations of poor women without their knowledge or consent for the “benefit of society”; Buck v. Bell (low-income white women in Virginia), Relf v. Weinberger (young African-American women in Alabama), and female inmates in California. This film focuses on the case of Latinas of Mexican origin in California in Madrigal v. Quilligan . Shedding light on this horrific human rights violation, the film includes interviews with women who suffered this terrible ordeal and locked the memory away, along with former medical staff and the incredible lawyer who filed this suit forty years ago, Antonia Hernandez. A long-time coming, supremely valuable and eye opening contextualization of the Chicano rights movement from the late 60s/70s as well as the current reproductive justice movement.

So kind of cheating here, Renee is not Latina per se, but a sister in the struggle to document the Latino community. Her producer is Latina, Virginia Espino, La born-and-raised historian, plus I really want to rally support for this film because it is one of those Latina stories that really needed to be told and remembered this year which marks the 40th anniversary of the lawsuit (June 19). It is ready to be unveiled and seen by as wide an audience as possible. Stay tuned to hear when the film will have its world premiere before its broadcast in the Fall on Voces, Latino Public Broadcasting’s arts and culture series on PBS.

"Now en Español"

Director: Andrea Meller

Producers : Aaron Woolf, Andrea Meller

Music: Camara Kambon

Cinematographer: Charlie Gruet

U.S. Distributor : PBS/Latino Public Broadcasting

Cast : Marabina Jaimes, Marcela Bordes, Gabriela Lopetegui, Ivette Gonzalez, Natasha Perez

Social Media: @NowenEspanol, website

Logline: Follows the trials and triumphs of the small group of Latina actresses who dub “Desperate Housewives” into Spanish.

Currently hitting the festival circuit in such reputable festivals as Santa Barbara, Chicago Latino Film Festival, CineFestival, ahead of its showing on PBS Voces, "Now en Español" is such an effective and distinct balance of humor, seriousness and insider look by Chilean-American Andrea Meller.

Profiling Marcela Bordes, Ivette Gonzalez, Marabina Jaimes, Gabriela Lopetegui and Natasha Perez, the film is quite plainspoken and sympathetic about the struggle of the actor in Hollywood. Like the comedy fiction film (also directed by a woman!) "In a World," by Lake Bell, the film offers a rare behind the scenes and insight into the voice acting industry. Few actors make make careers out of this, others pick it up for income, but in the end it is a highly distinct skill to dub millions of shows. It’s really fascinating perspective on the representation of Latinas onscreen and off. What I love most about this film on top of it being an important tool for dialogue and change, is that the filmmaker injects a whimsy tone (apropos Wisteria Lane) which makes sparking this conversation and call to action so much more effective. You have no reason to miss this as it premieres on Friday, April 24, 2015, 10:00-11:00 p.m. (check local listings) as part of Voces, Latino Public Broadcasting’s arts and culture series on PBS. To get a taste of the ladies’ charm and humor check out the trailer:

"Ovarian Psycos"

Director: Kate Trumbull-lavalle & Joanna Sokolowski

Producers :Kate Trumbull-lavalle & Joanna Sokolowski

U.S. Distributor : Itvs (broadcast)

Cinematographer: Michael Raines

Music: Jimmy Lavalle

Cast : Ovarian Psycos Cycle Brigade

Social Media: Facebook

Logline: Follows the story of an all woman of color bicycle brigade, the Ovarian Psycos Cycle Brigade. Based in Boyle Heights, a neighborhood in Eastside Los Angeles, the Ova’s are a collective of unapologetic, politicized, young Latina women who host monthly bike rides every full moon for women and women-identified riders.

Ever since I interviewed Kate during her film’s Kickstarter , I’ve been madly anticipating this, so I’m pleased to scoop that it will be ready late Fall thanks to Itvs coming in with finishing funds. Protegees of esteemed film ladies like Renee Tajima Peña and B. Ruby Rich, the ladies have spent more than two years riding with the Ovas for this documentary. Says Joanna, “There are lots of bike groups in La, but what’s unique about the Ova’s is each ride has a sociopolitical theme and ends with a group discussion. They dialogue about everything from violence against women to the gentrification of Boyle Heights”.

The Ova’s s leadership is run by the collective who work “To Serve, not to Self Serve. Credited as founder is activist and music artist, Xela de la X who formed this rad collective in 2011 with the mission to cycle for the purpose of healing, reclaim neighborhoods, and create safer streets for women on the Eastside. Currently being edited the film should be ready for the Fall if not early next year.

In case you are wondering Trumbull-lavalle is two generations apart from family in Northern Mexico. Which I only add as proof that last names and color of skin are not indicators for knowing whether someone identifies as Latino/a or not.

Which leads me to reiterate, I really hope these 5 are not the only Latina directors with films coming out this year. Calling out an A.P.B. to Latina directors with a feature length film (fiction especially) in production or post, holler at your girl...