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At the end of September, JoBlo Media and Octane Multimedia teamed up to launch a new YouTube channel named JoBlo TV, which hosts multiple feature films to watch for free throughout the week. The genres we’ll be focusing on at JoBlo TV are Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Thrillers – and the free movies we shared this week really delivered the thrills!

This week’s line-up consisted of the sci-fi thriller Loophole, the crime thriller The Beast, and the sci-fi horror film Interpreters. Here’s some information on each of them:

Starring Chloe Lukasiak, who is best known for appearing as herself on many episodes of the reality TV series Dance Moms, Loophole was directed by Jenni Ivers and tells the following story: The future of humanity hangs in the balance, as both sides race against time to find the bloodline of Judas Iscariot. When Lexi Smith, a simple college student,...

When an anonymous accuser named Jay-Z in a sexual assault lawsuit along with Sean “Diddy” Combs, he quickly responded. He sued attorney Tony Buzbee for extortion after the lawyer contacted him before filing the suit. However, the judge recently reprimanded Jay-Z’s attorney for lashing out at Buzbee. Despite this, they have another plan of action to get the case tossed due to a legal loophole.

Here is what Jay-Z’s attorney plans on doing to try to end the Jay-Z assault case before it starts.

Jay-Z’s Attorney Wants Lawsuit Thrown Out Thanks To Legal Loophole

An unidentified woman has sued Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs for a sexual assault that she claims happened when she was 13 years old. While her story has several discrepancies, including her own father questioning the claims, a judge has agreed to her remaining anonymous in the lawsuit and has told the defense team to stop attacking her lawyer.

Sunshine and noir are antithetical, as probably anyone who knows even a word of French could tell you. Sunshine and film noir, nearly as much so. Yet summer’s here and the time is right for skulking in the murderously foggy streets, thanks to a three-day festival of vintage ’40s and ’50s crime dramas being presented this weekend at the newly reopened Hollywood Legion Theater by the Film Noir Foundation.

In a year that hadn’t started off with a pandemic in full force, or wasn’t continuing with Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre being closed for renovations, noir fans would have already something close to their fill with the annual Noir City festival that’s usually co-sponsored by the American Cinematheque every March or April. But with the absence of that 22-year-old standby leaving a doom-shaped hole in L.A. repertory moviegoers’ hearts, the Noir Foundation has stepped in with a shorter,...

Two of the hard-rock and metal’s loudest musicians, Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale and Lamb of God guitarist Mark Morton, have joined forces for what may be the gentlest song they’ve ever recorded, an acoustic cover of the Black Crowes’ “She Talks to Angels.” The pair previously cut a version of the song for Morton’s solo EP, Ether, which came out over the summer, but they decided to reprise it for Hale’s Raise Your Horns YouTube show.

Hale’s husky voice suits the song well, and when she belts out,...

Halestorm revisit some of their past songs on the new EP Reimagined, out now. But the project isn’t a clichéd set of acoustic readings; instead, the hard-rock band stays true to the EP’s title and revamps the arrangements. Their 2009 debut single “I Get Off” taps into brooding funk, while 2012’s “Break In” becomes a duet between Lzzy Hale and Amy Lee of Evanescence.

The left-field head-turner, however, is a faithful cover of “I Will Always Love You,” written by Dolly Parton and a signature hit for Whitney Houston.

Horror and sci-fi go hand in hand when it comes to the exploration of humanity’s shared fear of the unknown; the cosmic dread that imagines a future both brimming with possibilities and overflowing previously-unknown terrors. Today, we’re happy to premiere the first trailer for Loophole, a complex cyber-punk romp through a not-too-distant dystopia. Synopsis:The gene […] The post Exclusive Trailer Premiere, Poster & Images for High-Concept Violent Sci-fi Loophole appeared first on Dread Central.

Alec Baldwin is known for his quick wit, but his daughter Ireland has a few zingers of her own.

As Spike TV’s next honoree for their One Night Only series, Alec was roasted by his friends, costars and family at Harlem’s World Famous Apollo Theatre in New York City.

Ireland, 21, didn’t hold back when she took the mic, even bringing back the now infamous 2007 voicemail rant in which Alec called her a “rude, thoughtless, little pig.”

“Hello, my name is Ireland, and I’m a Baldwin. Yes, I’m a member of that family. The Baldwins,” the model began.

Johnny Depp’s production company Infinitum Nihil has signed a first-look deal with Im Global for international distribution. Depp and executives Christi Dembrowski, Sam Sarkar and Stephen Deuters will oversee the operation, which kicks off with the film “Richard Says Goodbye” that Im Global scooped up in Cannes. That film follows a mild professor (Depp) who receives grim medical diagnosis and begins living with abandon. Also Read: Johnny Depp Catches a Break in Lawsuit Against Ex-Managers “Johnny is of course a globally recognized superstar but, as importantly, we at Im Global love Infinitum Nihil’s idiosyncratic and taste-driven view of...

It took 3,500 tips from the public and some old fashion police work by a team of dogged detectives to apprehend the suspect who allegedly sent Phoenix into a panic more than a year ago, murdering nine people during 12 random shootings.

Speaking to People Tuesday morning, Phoenix police spokesman Jonathan Howard likens the year-long investigation that led to 23-year-old Aaron Saucedo’s arrest to assembling a jigsaw puzzle.

“We don’t need the whole puzzle — just give us the missing piece,” Howard tells People. “As we got that missing piece, we were able to put the rest of the puzzle together.

Oh, 68 Kill features a psychotic AnnaLynne McCord seducing and shit-kicking her way through country-fried thrills? Why yes, this is exactly my kind of midnight carnage. Wait, it gets better? You bet! This dark comedy marks Trent Haaga’s directorial follow-up to Chop (also co-wrote Cheap Thrills/Deadgirl), and 68 Kill only furthers his catalog of gleeful nastiness. Femininity and masculinity clash in a bumbling Bonnie and Clyde reimagining, with a dash of Tarantino unpredictability. It’s a raucous closing-time nightcap that runs on perfume and blood-soaked booty shorts, because what man wouldn’t kill for Ms. McCord? Brilliant casting, Mr. Haaga. Novelist Bryan Smith should be proud of this adaptation.

Matthew Gray Gubler stars as Chip, the love-struck boyfriend of white-trash vixen Liza (AnnaLynne McCord). She’s the talk of the trailer park. Everyone wants her, but Chip is the lucky guy she goes home with – when not sexing landlords in lieu of late rent.

I loved this episode for two reasons: it tackled an important issue that doesn't usually get a lot of serious coverage, and because of the thinly disguised shade it threw at a certain political leader. 

The writers certainly let us know how they really felt about real world current events on Madam Secretary Season 3 Episode 15. Sure, names were to changed to protect the innocent (writers from libel/slander lawsuits), but the story we heard bore some striking similarities to some actual events.

I have to applaud the writing team for choosing the Phillipines as the home of their fictional ass grabbing Presidential adversary. I mean, the actual Filipino president, Rodrigo Duterte, is pretty psychotic himself. 

The lines they wrote criticizing and analying the behavior of Trump fictional Filipino President Andrada were absolutely amazing. The comments about Andrada's character in general may have been even better than reactions to him getting handsy with Elizabeth.

The cherry trees may be blooming in DC, but young love certainly is not.

Relationships were falling apart left, right, and center on Madam Secretary Season 3 Episode 14, but as always, there was still work to do. International aid deals wait for no broken hearts.

Daisy's heartbreak was the most unexpected, and the one I don't regret. Her beau seemed liked a boorish bro-dude, but turned out to be a CIA operative using the job at State as a cover. I'm not sure yet if this redeems him or makes him even more reprehensible. 

At the very least, it does get Ms back to it's Season 1 thriller roots. 

Honestly, Daisy may be mourning lost possibilities, but did anybody think those two had a future beyond a few very hot and heavy rolls in the hay? Kevin, or whatever his real name was, was a palette cleanser, not a prince charming. 

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It sounds like a winner — Albert Finney and Martin Sheen team up for a daring subterranean bank robbery in the heart of London. The locations, the sets and the production are all first class. So what happened? Susannah York and Jonathan Pryce are in on the heist as well.

Loophole (1981)

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1981 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 105 min. / Street Date January 3, 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95

Starring Albert Finney, Martin Sheen, Susannah York, Colin Blakely, Jonathan Pryce, Robert Morley, Alfred Lynch, Tony Doyle, Christopher Guard, Gwyneth Powell.

Cinematography Michael Reed

Film Editor Ralph Sheldon

Original Music Lalo Schifrin

Written by Jonathan Hales from a novel by Robert Pollock

Produced by Julian Holloway, David Korda

Directed by John Quested

Reviewed by Glenn Erickson

The great movie titled Loophole is still the underdog film noir from 1954, with Barry Sullivan as a bank clerk being dogged by an insurance investigator. The 1981 Loophole, an English movie,...

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In 2013, Jessica Heeringa, 25, was getting ready to close up the western Michigan gas station where she worked the night shift alone. She hasn't been seen since. Her case went unsolved until Tuesday, when officials in Michigan announced that they had arrested Jeffrey Willis, 46, on charges of murder and kidnapping in connection with Heeringa's disappearance. They still have not found her body, police said. Willis was already being held on charges he allegedly murdered 36-year-old jogger Rebekah Bletsch and attempting to kidnap a 16-year-old girl whose name authorities have not revealed because she's a minor. "In my opinion, we found Jessica’s killer,...

In 2013, Jessica Heeringa, 25, was getting ready to close up the western Michigan gas station where she worked the night shift alone. She hasn't been seen since. Her case went unsolved until Tuesday, when officials in Michigan announced that they had arrested Jeffrey Willis, 46, on charges of murder and kidnapping in connection with Heeringa's disappearance. They still have not found her body, police said. Willis was already being held on charges he allegedly murdered 36-year-old jogger Rebekah Bletsch and attempting to kidnap a 16-year-old girl whose name authorities have not revealed because she's a minor. "In my opinion, we found Jessica’s killer,...

On the afternoon of November 16, 1969, a birdwatcher spotted the body of a young woman tangled in dense brush off L.A.'s scenic Mulholland Drive. The victim, who had no identification on her, had been stabbed in the neck 150 times in what police believe was a "rage" killing. "It was personal," says Lapd cold case detective Luis Rivera. "There was a lot of outrage behind it. It was a maniac…or love gone wrong." News of her death spread. A caretaker at Spahn Ranch, the notorious Manson Family hangout, told police that the victim, who became known as Jane Doe...

Harry Styles, 21, lost his footing on stage at the One Direction concert in Toronto, falling onto his back before the audience, E! Online reported. Harry Styles Falls On Stage This is not the first time Styles has taken a tumble during a concert. On the opening night of One Direction’s On The Road Again […]

The post Harry Styles Falls During Concert, One Direction Announces Break In March appeared first on uInterview.

Jared Padalecki opened up about his three-week break from work at the Atx Television Festival’s Gilmore Girls reunion panel, saying he just needed to “unplug.” Jared Padalecki Attends Gilmore Girls Reunion After Taking Break In mid-May, Padalecki abruptly canceled his appearances at fan conventions Jibcon and AHBL6, writing on Twitter, “I am in desperate and […]

The post Jared Padalecki Explains Canceled Appearances, Says He Needed To “Unplug” appeared first on uInterview.

Ever since the humble release of its own rendition of The Walking Dead back in 2012, Telltale Games has become synonymous with powerful interactive storytelling, but it looks as though the studio’s next project will take that mantra one step further.

That’s because Lionsgate Entertainment, the studio behind such teen-oriented franchises as The Hunger Games and Divergent, has today announced plans to invest in Telltale ahead of a new partnership. Such an arrangement will see Lionsgate’s Jon Feltheimer join the studio’s board of directors.

In a statement provided to Entertainment Weekly, Telltale’s newly-appointed CEO Kevin Bruner touched upon the drive behind the new, genre-blending project, which bears some semblance to Microsoft’s Quantum Break in its amalgamation of choice-based gameplay and episodic TV content.

“Our goal is to create products that have a legitimate chance of winning both a Golden Globe and a Game of the Year,...

Saturday Night Live has been entertaining audiences for 40 years with some of the funniest, edgiest, and smartest humor on television.

For the sketch show's massive, star-studded three-and-a-half hour anniversary special, the show pulled out all the stops and gave fans the nostalgic retrospective everyone wanted, while creating brand new content that proves once and for all that any of the show's beloved characters and sketches can still stand the test of time.

Video: Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph Reveal Their Favorite 'SNL' Characters

Like any episode of SNL, there were a few bumps and hiccups here or there, and like any episode it didn't matter at all because you never stopped smiling.

Below, we take a look at the nine funniest, most nostalgic moments of the night.

#9. "Wayne's World" Returns

Dana Carvey and Mike Myers reprised their roles as Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar in an SNL-themed episode of Wayne's World that might have...

Saturday Night Live's 40th anniversary special airs this Sunday. While most of the show's best will be there, some of the show's greats are no longer living.

Et interviewed John Belushi just four months before he was found unresponsive in a bungalow at the Chateau Marmont. The comedian passed away at the age of 33 after taking a lethal combination of cocaine and heroin.

Video: Kevin Nealon Recalls His First Night on SNL

Belushi was a role model for another fallen SNL great -- Chris Farley. Both honed their improvisational skills at Chicago's Second City. While Belushi was a part of SNL's original cast in 1975, Farley joined the show in 1990 about eight years after Belushi's death.

SNL alum Julia Sweeney spoke fondly about her late friend and cast mate, as she remembered performing their classic Motivational Speaker sketches together. "Phil [Hartman] and I are the parents, and we're barely in the sketch. In fact I...

CNN and Fox News launched into extensive live coverage early Tuesday morning as search teams spotted bodies and debris in the Java Sea believed to be from AirAsia Flight 8501.

The cable news networks reported that Bambang Sulistyo, head of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency, said he was “95% sure” the debris seen by surveillance aircraft was from the missing jetliner.

The Airbus A320-200 with 162 people on board disappeared three days earlier after departing from Surabaya city in Indonesia en route to Singapore. As TheWrap previously reported, 155 passengers, including 16 children and one infant, were on the plane when it vanished.

Jason Collins could be very close to making his return to the basketball court. Sources tell NBC News that the Brooklyn Nets are considering signing the free-agent veteran center. If he does join the NBA team, Collins would make history as the first active openly gay player in American professional sports. The 35-year-old, who came out last April in Sports Illustrated, has not played since last year after finishing the regular season with the Washington Wizards. Sources added that the Nets held a private workout with Collins during the All-Star Break in Los Angeles, which is also the athlete's hometown. If the team does sign Collins, who reportedly was in "good shape," it would be for a 10-day...

Alright Beliebers, Justin isn’t formally retiring, but he may be taking a break from music for a little bit if his manager has anything to say about it!

While we don’t want Justin Bieber to retire, maybe taking time off from his busy schedule is the best idea! His manager Scooter Braun admitted in a new interview that he wants Justin to take a year off after his movie Believe comes out on Christmas day.

Justin Bieber Needs Time Off, Says Scooter Braun

“I’m telling him after this movie, I want him to take next year off and just take a break,” Scooter said in the On Air with Ryan Seacrest studio Dec. 18. “He can still live in the studio and work on the next album, which is what he wants to do, but I just want him to take some time to himself, so he can...

Welcome to Screen Rant’s “Geek Picks,” where we collect the finest movie-related geekery from around the Web. Today you’ll find the science of Santa Claus; a dubstep remix for The Walking Dead; the top 10 secondary Pixar characters; words of wisdom from Jaden Smith tweets; and a condensed version of The Sound of Music from Saturday Night Live. All that and more on this edition of Sr’s Geek Picks!

To kick things off today, Film School Rejects has 10 Movies to Watch After You’ve Seen the Movies of 2013.

WhatCulture has 10 Utterly Bleak Science Fiction Movies To Ruin Your Day and 5 Frustrating Gaming Moments That Forced Us To Take A Break In 2013.

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If we pick up a book, we have the option to put it down. If we’re watching a movie, we have the option to pause or even turn it off. The same mechanic is applied with video games. We find ourselves so frustrated with a decision, whether that’ll be performing one action rather than another or finding ourselves dying on countless occassions.

We can even find ourselves so emotionally attached to characters that sometimes we need to find a moment or two to compsose our thoughts to carry on before we begin cursing at our televisions. Which five games this year (2013) managed to make us do that – whether it was due to faulty game mechanics, or overwhelmed emotion.

For any I missed, be sure to leave your comments and suggestions at the end…

5. God of War: Ascension – Trial Of Archimedes

There’s no denying that God of War:...

Machinima has released the full second season of the Fallout web-series Nuka Break in its entirety, and it turned out to be really fun! For those of you who watched the first season, or enjoy playing the video game, then I think you'll enjoy what they've done for the series. Here are the details from the press release: 

Spurred on by fan demand, a successful Kickstarter campaign, and the success of the live-action video game short Fallout: Nuka Break Red Star, season 2 of Fallout: Nuka Break is finally here. Finding our heroes right where we left them at the end of the beloved first season, which has been viewed more than six million times since it launched in 2011, all 10 episodes of season 2 are now av ailable for binge-viewing on Machinima.Directed and produced by Wayside Creations founder Vincent Talenti, Fallout: Nuka Break Season 2 begins with Eastwood being threatened with nuclear destruction.

Chris and Karrueche — every couple goes through rough spots, no matter how close they are. That’s why it’s a good thing that you’re taking a break in your relationship!

Chris Brown – Karrueche Tran truly loves you, and you love her. Why else would you stick by each other’s side and show your support through thick and thin? Even though you appear to be broken up now, you’ll reunite happier than ever after taking a break!

Chris Brown & Karrueche Tran: Taking A Break In Your Relationship Is A Good Thing

Chris, you’ve been through so much with Rihanna, so when you fell in love with Karrueche after your split, she changed you for the better. Someone who makes such a huge impact in your life will always be there for you, which is why it’s ok to take a breather.

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Update, 9:45 Am: The possibility of U.S. military action against Syria means that President Barack Obama won’t be coming to La on September 9 after all for a fundraiser at the home of Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman. A source tells me that the White House wants the Commander-in-Chief in Washington for an expected Congressional vote next week on the proposed action, and subsequently the Democratic National Committee has postponed the event. Though no new date has been set, the fundraiser will be rescheduled, the DNC says. Patrons who purchased the $32,400-per-person tickets for the small gathering with Obama will be refunded if they don’t want to attend the rescheduled event. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 10-7 Wednesday in favor of the use of military force against the Assad regime. Full Senate and House votes on the matter will likely come early next week. Related: Big Four Networks...

As the manhunt for one of the two alleged Boston Marathon bombers unfolded in the outskirts of Boston, shooting was suspended on the David O. Russell film American Hustle, which had been filming in the Boston area this week. "The production is heeding the governor’s request 'to remain indoors,'" said a spokesperson for Sony, which is releasing the film. Story: News Networks Break In for Coverage of Boston Marathon Bombing Principal photography began March 18 in Boston and has been filming in the surrounding area. The production moved to Worcester -- a city 46 miles west of Boston -- on April

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Although Boston has become a popular location for film and TV production, no crews were at work in the city Monday when two deadly explosions hit the finish line of the annual Boston Marathon. David O. Russell’s new film, starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Bradley Cooper, was filming in Worcester, Mass., which is 46 miles from Boston, and was unaffected by the bombings, according to a representative for the project. It is scheduled to return to Boston later this week. Story: News Networks Break In for Coverage of Boston Marathon Bombing While the movie about the Abscam scandal, the

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President Obama made a brief statement Monday afternoon regarding the Boston Marathon bombing, vowing to find and punish those responsible. The networks broke into their ongoing coverage of the tragedy, which left at least two people dead and north of 90 others reportedly being treated in hospitals, to air live coverage of his remarks around 6:10 p.m. Edt. Video: Boston Marathon Bombing: News Networks Break In for Coverage "We're still in the investigation stage at this point," Obama said. "We will find out who did this and will hold them accountable." He was careful not to call

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In response to multiple explosions at the Boston Marathon on Monday, the Los Angeles Police Department is increasing security at Monday night's Dodgers game, a police spokeswoman tells The Hollywood Reporter. "Along with our increased awareness citywide, the LAPD will also be increasing the security in and around the Dodgers game scheduled for [7:10 p.m. Pdt]," says Lapd officer Tenesha Dobine. Video: Boston Marathon Bombing: News Networks Break In for Coverage A Warner Bros. spokesperson also confirms to THR that tonight's special pregame event -- in which Harrison Ford, star of the Jackie Robinson biopic 42, is set to throw out the

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Kim K looks gorgeous on the April cover of ‘Cosmopolitan.’ Released online on Feb. 25, Kim’s rocking sexy bed head and bangs — is this her sexiest beauty look ever?

Kim Kardashian, 32, knows how to pose! The reality star looks sexy and sultry on Cosmopolitan‘s April 2013 cover and inside the mag, she looks even more flawless. Inside, she talks about her many fragrances and the inspiration behind the scents!

The interview took place on a Sunday in Los Angeles, but it wasn’t a resting day for Kim. Along with the interview, she had three business meetings lined up for various deals — two for her perfume empire and one for ShoeDazzle.

While talking to Cosmo, Kim is presented with four scents to test so she can pick the version of her perfume “Glam” that will be sold overseas in Japan.

Each has a code name on its bottle — she smells “Opulence” then “Sequins.

Robsten are #1 on Forbes’ Hollywood’s Highest-Grossing Romantic Couples list and we are thrilled! Read on to find out who they beat out and what got them the top spot!

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart‘s chemistry on the set of all the Twilight movies has been so sexy that it’s managed to rake in the cash! Forbes looked at the top-grossing romantic movies from the past three years and Twilight has earned $625 million!

Who Did Rob & Kristen Beat Out?

The only other onscreen couple who became real life couples are Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth, who came in at number eight for their $63 million for The Last Song.

But Rob & Kristen Have Taken A Break In Their Real Life Relationship

A source is telling HollywoodLife.com that Rob and Kristen have decided to call it quits while Rob is shooting The Rover in Australia.

“Rob and Kristen are...

Adding to our Wednesday feature LatinoBuzz, Christine Davila, Sundance programmer is contributing Chicana from Chicago, her take on the Latino scene. Here is our first outing:

Diverse Voices, Universal Content

Runaway Renegade

Described as the largest gathering of Latinos working in media in the U.S., the 13thannual National Association of Latino Independent Producers (Nalip) Conference presented by Time Warner, most actively by way of HBO Latino and NBC Universal, and The National Latino Media Council, took place this weekend at the model tourist convention hub, Universal City Sheraton. Nalip finds itself in a bit of a transition following Kathryn Galan’s departure as Executive Director who spent almost eleven years at the organization shaping it into what it is today. The search is still on for a replacement but guiding the transition as Interim Director is the affable Beni Matias who started with Nalip from its inception. A couple of the board members are new, including Rosa Alonso, founder of My Latino Voicewho will lend her digital marketing expertise to the organization. These high level leadership changes can potentially bring about a revitalized and evolving mission to Nalip’s growing legacy. Covering the conference for Latin Heat Online Magazine, I greatly enjoyed the ability to observe and take part with an inquisitive gonzo-like spirit. Indeed I’d be remiss if I did not approach the significant Latino organization with an on-the-ground, critical eye, especially now while it is in a very ‘review mode’ on how to continue to stay relevant. Its crucial to recognize its monumental formation and landmark achievements. Equally as crucial is to identify how to pragmatically further the conversation it began thirteen years ago about Us Latino representation in front and behind the camera. Most important is to distill the relevant but sometimes incongruent messaging – for instance, the Robert Rodriguez keynote illustrated a polar opposite way of thinking to that of Ron Meyer’s keynote (Do we want to Break Out or Break In to the mainstream?), which makes for an intriguing forum of deeper discussion.

New Works/New Voices: A Storyteller's Journey panel with Tamir Muhammad, Tribeca Film Institute, Shari Frilot, Sundance Film Festival, Gun Hill Road filmmaker Rashaad Ernesto Green moderated by Luis Castro, HBO

Lovely RRRRRRita - recipient of Nalip's Lifetime Achievement Award and exclusive Egot (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) club member

What to expect from Chicana from Chicago’s multi-part Nalip coverage? A couple of case-studies/interviews with Rashaad Ernesto Green who epitomizes the Diy mentality which made his feature debut, Gun Hill Road a unique success story, the filmmaker Michael D. Olmos and his star, Gina Rodriguez ofFilly Brown who embody the Us Latino pop culture flavor.

I’d like to recognize the influential Gatekeepers at non-profit, artistic development institutions responsible for introducing the most fresh, diverse and underrepresented voices to audiences, like Shari Frilot, Senior Programmer at Sundance Film Festival, Tamir Muhammad, Director of Feature Programming at Tribeca Film Institute and Richard Ray Perez who is the newest and welcome U.S. Latino staff addition at Sundance Institute’s Documentary Feature Program. I’m also most excited to give you a heads up on fresh new film and multi-media projects in the works, and I’ll make sure to dish on the fancy Awards Gala.

I found the theme of Nalip 2012’s, “Diverse Voices, Universal Content” sounding futuristic and empowering, yet initially too broadly defined and perfunctory. I strongly feel that the more focus we can bring to next year’s themes, the better we’ll be able to advance conversation. That said, I’ve identified a few key points that were strong merits of this year’s Nalip, and an excellent way to frame and contextualize what was really being said:

Training our content producers and artists, to not only compete but to raise the bar and expectations in every industry. Advocate and encourage our friends of color and diversity in all professions, in particular policy-making fields, towards becoming ‘Decision Makers” The need to vocally and financially support ‘our own content’, as peers but especially obligate those in a position of power who represent us and utilize our fan-dom (Robert Rodriguez with his new El Rey network) Networking and sharing with peers, and takeaway the hard lessons learned by our elders, those who first paved in-roads into mainstreams, like Rita Moreno and Jerry Velasco, recipients of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Awards. Developing our individual and personal voices with which we distinguish our mestizo identity while simultaneously relating the universal the power of storytelling

Overall, I found Nalip an absolutely positive and celebratory environment. . I’m happy to share my thoughts but I would love and need to hear from You. I invite you to engage and kindly ask you to share your comments and observations from this year’s Nalip, and in general the landscape of Us Latino representation in media as you’ve experienced it.

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

I was turned on to Halestorm by an associate about 2 years ago. Having trust in this friend, I stopped into my local music shop and picked up the band’s self titled debut album sight unseen. No disc has seen this amount of play in my car stereo in nearly 30 years, when Michael Jackson’s Thriller blared from the speakers of my 1970 Chevy Nova. Basically, I dug the disc. A lot.

I’ve always been a big fan of female fronted rock bands. I think the softer tones of the female voice just lend themselves better to the overall sound. Halestorm front-woman Lzzy Hale, in my opinion, stands tallest amongst the female leads working in rock today. She boasts a vocal range nearly unrivaled by her rock-n-roll peers as she easily transitions between soft ballads and melt your face off wails. Since I’ve been fortunate enough to see Halestorm live,...

Trinity X have announced they are to give a DVD release to the graphic German ‘backwoods slasher’ Break on April 16th 2012. Directed by Matthias Olof Eich, this brutal game of sadistic cat-and-mouse between the sexes goes to the extreme – you’ll be able to judge how extreme if you win one of the ten DVDs we’re giving away!

Four young girlfriends head out to the Canadian woods for some downtime. But downtime turns to terror time when they discover a pile of intestines and a pair of severed feet dangling from a tree. The friends begin to realise humans are the preferred prey and that they are being hunted. Armed with bows and arrows, two brutal rednecks are on the rampage and the girls’ blood-soaked battle for survival begins.

To win a copy of Break on DVD just answer this simple, yet horrifying question:

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Indie director Matthias Olof Eich, who brought us Break in 2009, plans on a grand return next year with the release of his upcoming Cerusit, on which filming is currently under way.

Everything is being kept very hush-hush on this project, but from what we've been able to gather, it stars Aciel Martinez Pol and Patrick Jahns. For all other available info, visit the official Cerusit website and the Cerusit Facebook page, or follow the film on Twitter(@cerusit_movie).

From the Press Release

Independent film director Matthias Olof Eich has started shooting his third feature film. After the backwoods slasher Break (2009), which debuted in the UK, Australia and the United States in 2012, and an arthouse project called Rest im Glas (2011), the Oberammergau-based filmmaker continues with Cerusit – a film about the dark past of his village.

Cerusit was the code name of a WWII subterranean production hall in Oberammergau (in Bavaira,...

Break Media is one of online video’s growing powerhouses, now reaching over 140 million people a month through its network of sites firmly footed in the psyche of young male webizens. It may be easy to quickly cast Break in the corner of fail videos and puppy freakouts, still core canon over at its flagship Break.com. But the business of Break Media is growing up, recognizing the incresing demand for premium content from the advertsising world still squeamish to commit TV-level dollars into online video projects. Slowly, Break is shifting to adapt and cozing up to the Hollywood production establishment that knows a thing or two about producing premium. And the company itself has bloomed to a headcount now over 200 employees, most based in Los Angeles where several video-heavy content startups (or once-startups) like Hulu, Maker Studios, Machinima and Mahalo call home. The first move was to hire former...

Coheed and Cambria bassist Michael Todd was arrested on Sunday on charges of robbing a pharmacy in Massachusetts just hours before he was due on stage with the band.

Coheed and Cambria bassist Michael Todd mug shot

According to police, Coheed and Cambria bassist Michael Todd walked into a Walgreens pharmacy in Attleboro, Mass. around 1Pm on Sunday. He allegedly showed a note on his phone to the pharmacist that said he had a bomb and demanded to be given Oxycontin, an extremely powerful painkiller.

Todd, 30, left the scene in a taxi with six bottles of Oxycontin and headed to the Comcast Center in Mansfield, where Coheed and Cambria was due to open for Soundgarden that evening. Todd was later identified to police by the cab driver and on store surveillance video.

Police arrested Michael Todd at the Comcast Center before the show started and the band ended up playing without him.

Peter Andre’s footloose and fancy free after recently breaking up on good terms with Elen Rivas. He’s embracing being a bachelor and looks forward to “just being a guy” this year.

Peter’s schedule gets manic with the development of a range of children’s books and a wave of promotion for his reality TV series which sees him face some tough questions from the media.

However, the stand out press article that Peter does is an interview with a magazine, his first exclusive since splitting with Elen. The headline is “No More Mr Nice Guy”; accompanied by raunchy photoshoot!

The busy schedule is broken up by an Easter Break in Cyprus with Princess, Junior and Harvey.

Peter gives us an insight into their unique father and son relationship during the break and continues to do his best to give the kids a trip to remember, despite the weather not quite playing ball.

Rapper Flo Rida was arrested on DUI charges Thursday morning after police witnessed him weaving around the road in his luxury 2008 Bugatti in Miammi Beach. Flo, whose real name is Tramar Dillard, was taken into custody and charged with DUI and driving on a suspended license.

Flo Rida mug shot, Source: Mpd

Flo Rida seems to have confessed immediately to police that he had been drinking when they attempted to give him a sobriety field test. “Officer, I can’t do this,” the rapper reportedly told cops, according to Today.com. “I can’t walk a straight line. I had a few drinks. Let’s do another test. I live on the other side of the bridge. I can make it home.”

Several people who had gathered at the scene reportedly pleaded with police to let the rapper go and offered to drive him home, according to MTV.com.

Well,...

"X-Men: First Class" is just a week away from its release date, and 20th Century Fox delivers two fresh sneak-peeks from the anticipated superhero movie. One is a clip which focuses on the first meeting between Charles Xavier and Raven Darkholme a.k.a. Mystique, who changes herself into Charles' mother to deceive him. In the other snippet, Darwin is seen saving Angel from whatever happens to her.

"X-Men: First Class" is coming out in the U.S. on June 3. It charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga before mutants revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto.

Not archenemies, they were instead at first the closest of friends, working together with other Mutants to prevent war. In the process, a grave rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-Men.

Last week, the cinematographer Jeff Cronenweth, who was in Los Angeles lensing David Fincher’s English-language adaptation of ”The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (no other cinematographer has worked with the director more often), was kind enough to give up his Thursday and Friday lunch breaks in order to chat with me by phone about his life and career. Then, this week, the 47-year-old receieved the first major awards recognition of his career, garnering a best cinematography nomination from the American Society of Cinematographers for his work on “The Social Network,” which bodes well for his prospects on snagging an Oscar nomination on January 25, as well. That film, as well as his journey to it and since it, was the subject of most of our conversations.

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Among the subjects that Cronenweth and I discussed were…

the work of — and his relationship with — his late father,...