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The biggest problem with Pandemic Cinema — an emergent sub-genre largely defined by well-meaning dramas in which famous actors and/or opportunistic up-and-comers struggle with Zoom calls, sterilize their groceries, and otherwise memorialize the morbid tedium of the last 18 months — is that these movies are so hellbent on making us feel seen that they don’t have much to show us in return. Star-studded films such as “Locked Down” and “Together” and festival indies like “The End of Us” all strive to consecrate the surreality of love during the time of Covid, but they’re invariably overwhelmed by the sheer weight of their signifiers. Distanced learning, virtual family meetings, banging pots and pans in support of essential workers at 7 p.m… Representation is one of the most powerful gifts that art can provide; self-recognition is something you can get for free from the bathroom mirror.

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Alan Alda will be awarded the Hamptons International Film Festival’s Dick Cavett Artistic Champion Award.

The festival established the award in 2017, honoring Cavett himself. The Hiff, now in its 26th year, opens Oct. 4 with Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Kindergarten Teacher” and closes Oct. 8.

“Alan Alda is one of those now rare actors who in his career continues to distinguish himself on Broadway, in films and on television,” said Hiff co-chairman Alec Baldwin. “Of course, most people remember Alda for his starring role in the seminal TV series ‘M*A*S*H,’ but Alda is also great in the movies and on stage.”

Alda has won seven Emmys and wrote many of the episodes on “M*A*S*H.” He appeared in continuing roles on “ER,” “The West Wing,” “30 Rock,” “The Blacklist,” “The Big C,” “Horace and Pete,” and “The Good Fight.” He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role...

Artist and activist Ai Weiwei is particularly busy at the moment. He’s about to launch “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors,” an art installation in New York, and if that’s not enough, his latest documentary “Human Flow” is gearing up to open this week. The film, which chronicles the global refugee crisis, couldn’t be more timely, and it was important for Ai that his picture was informative as well as intimate.

Continue reading ‘Human Flow’ Clip: Refugees Seek A New Life [Exclusive] at The Playlist.

Pregnant and terminally ill, Carrie DeKlyen never feared death — but she was terrified of losing her baby.

Now, the Michigan mother of five who was diagnosed with glioblastoma — an aggressive, rapidly growing malignant tumor that can affect the brain and spinal cord — lies in a “vegetative state” in a Michigan hospital, inching toward death so her unborn child can have a chance at life.

Carrie enrolled in a clinical trial at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor after her diagnosis in April, where doctors informed her that she was pregnant and would need to “terminate her pregnancy,” to receive treatment,...

Last fall, for the first time in 14 years, Patrick Hardison was just another face in the crowd.

“The day I got out of the hospital, I needed a few things, so I went to Macy’s,” Hardison, 42, tells People exclusively. “I could tell the difference right then. Nobody was staring, nobody was saying anything. I was just there.”

It may sound like an everyday errand run, but for Hardison, that shopping trip in October 2015 was the moment he began to reclaim his life. Having lived with a disfigured visage since he suffered severe burns in a 2001 accident, the volunteer firefighter...

In 1979, Don Coscarelli was 23 years old when he made a haunting, off-beat tale of two brothers facing off against an inter-dimensional threat known as The Tall Man, who Angus Scrimm (Coscarelli’s best friend) played with psychopathic intensity. “Phantasm” became a cult phenomenon, spawning four sequels; the purported finale, “Phantasm: Ravager” (Well Go USA), opens this week. But Scrimm’s no longer around to help promote it, and Coscarelli’s left on his own to contemplate a rocky career.

Whether or not it’s truly the last, “Ravager” does mark Scrimm’s final performance. The actor died in January at the age of 89, not long after production wrapped. When “Phantasm: Ravager” premiered at Fantastic Fest in Austin, alongside a new 4k restoration of the original film (aided by Jj Abrams’ production studio, Bad Robot), the screenings had the air of a wake.

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The eighth annual National High School Musical Theatre Awards, also known as the Jimmy Awards, took place June 27 at the Minskoff Theatre, honoring the best of the best in musical theater performance from 31 schools across the country. Tony nominee Zachary Levi (“She Loves Me”) hosted the inspirational ceremony, where 62 hopefuls sang Broadway-inspired tunes, including a number featuring songs from Broadway’s “On Your Feet!” and an opening medley that combined moments from the new and the classic: “Hamilton,” “Waitress,” “Chicago,” and more. Eight talented finalists then delivered solo performances for the chance to win coveted awards. Top acting honors for the evening went to Josh Strobl of Los Angeles, who won best actor singing “Maria” from “West Side Story,” and Amina Faye of Charlotte, North Carolina, who won best actress with her performance of “A New Life” from “Jekyll and Hyde.” Best performance in an ensemble went to Devon McCleskey,...

And now his watch has ended. Rip, Shaggydog.

In "Game of Thrones" Season 6, Episode 3, "Oathbreaker," Jon Snow quit the post he took an oath to keep for life, saying his watch as Lord Commander had ended. Because Jon Snow is dead. So who is he now? It's a loaded question. It's a very important question. And it's a question that only just started to be addressed in this big bad tease of an episode.

Jon kept the job just long enough to see the people who stabbed him to death be hanged to death, with little hope of being resurrected. (Pause for an unpopular opinion: Olly was a traitor for helping to kill Jon, but the wildlings killed his entire family and it's understandable that he felt betrayed by Jon supporting them. Olly, I get you. Everyone else can go ahead and get mad.)

When you stab Jon Snow and...

“A new life awaits you in the Off-world colonies. A chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure.” - Blade Runner (1982) It's exciting, and maybe even a little nerve wracking, but on Monday, May 2Nd, we'll be launching our shiny, new and fully independent site at Theplaylist.Net. It will be the start of a new chapter for The Playlist, and will mark the close of our five year run as part of the Indiewire blog network. Please update your bookmarks, and sign up to our newsletter to stay in the loop and for a chance to win an iPad mini (a platform on which our new site looks great, by the way). As you might know, Indiewire was recently acquired by the Penske Media Corporation. Indiewire is shutting down the blog network, and so we’re doing something we've talked about doing for a while...

Please tell us Quinn got the code wrong. Please. We're only two weeks into the fifth season of Homeland, and there has already been a hit put out on poor Carrie Mathison. Things had finally become relatively stable for Carrie (Claire Danes): A new life with baby Frannie in Germany, a job in the private sector, and a hunky German boyfriend. We weren't foolish to believe it would last for too long. But Saul (Mandy Patinkin) making her the next target on Quinn's (Rupert Friend) hit list? That we never saw coming. But there it was in tonight's final moments: Quinn's shaky handwriting spelling out M-a-t-h-i-s-o before what he was actually writing finally sunk in. Yep, someone at the CIA wants...

Read More: Why You Should Care About Paramount's Distribution Experiment (Podcast)  The latest major player in the world of online streaming is Paramount, who has just announced that the Paramount Vault will offer over 100 titles from their collection that are free to stream via their YouTube channel. Though many of the titles read a bit like bargain-bin picks, the channel also includes critically lauded films like "The Devil and Miss Jones," "Margot at the Wedding," and "Love Streams."  Here are all of the films on the Paramount Vault channel available to stream in their entirety, including Indiewire's picks on what not to miss.  Comedy"Funny About Love" (1990) "A New Life" (1988) "A New Kind of Love" (1963) "Serving Sara" (2002) "The Busy Body" (1967) "Festival in Cannes" (2001) Indiewire Pick: "Margot At the Wedding" (2007)In "Margot at the Wedding," Noah...

With writing credits that include the upcoming Star Wars: Rogue One and The Walking Dead: Season One and Season Two video games, Gary Whitta may already be on your radar, and his fantasy horror novel Abomination looks to place him even more prominently on the must-read map. With Abomination due out later this month from Inkshares, we've been provided with an exclusive excerpt to share with Daily Dead readers.

Abomination synopsis: "He is England's greatest knight, the man who saved the life of Alfred the Great and an entire kingdom from a Viking invasion. But when he is called back into service to combat a plague of monstrous beasts known as abominations, he meets a fate worse than death and is condemned to a life of anguish, solitude, and remorse.

She is a fierce young warrior, raised among an elite order of knights. Driven by a dark secret from her past,...

“Cloudy with a chance of death” is the best way to describe Arrow‘s penultimate episode of the season. But by the end of the hour, the fate of one character is crystal clear.

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At the beginning of Wednesday’s episode, as suspected, we learn that Oliver has been putting on an act for Ra’s, but — twist! — he’s actually in cahoots with Malcolm! Alas, Merlyn points out to Oliver that earning back his friends’ help might be difficult since he did too convincing of a job as Al Sah-him.

The Valiant #4 came out this week from Valiant comics and it’s about beginning and endings, life and death, mortality and eternity. Not of the miniseries, nor a story arc, but for the Valiant universe. Even more, it felt like a message written to me, a long time fan, within this completely mainstreet hyper-dramatic action horror thriller. It was a countdown to a valiant zero hour. For the line and me.

The Eternal Warrior has been kind of a mess. Beyond a pretty cool Eternal Emperor promo and a hit the pavement frenetic intro by Van Lente and Emanuela Lupacchino in the pages of Archer & Armstrong not much going on with Gilad had moved beyond this cycle of monotony of duty he was experiencing, which the reader had not trouble understanding because we were tired of it after a year ourselves, nevermind the centuries Gilad had lived it. Kindt and...

She has tried to make the hospital room where she has been held for the last three months as comfortable as possible - hanging pictures of her family, friends and beloved cat, Simba, on the walls and drawing pictures of flowers on the windows. But it's still not home. After being forced by the state of Connecticut to undergo chemotherapy treatments she did not want, the 17-year-old known in court papers as Cassandra C. is now in remission - fighting to get out of the hospital where she has been held since Dec. 9. "I have been alone in the hospital for the most part,...

She has tried to make the hospital room where she has been held for the last three months as comfortable as possible - hanging pictures of her family, friends and beloved cat, Simba, on the walls and drawing pictures of flowers on the windows. But it's still not home. After being forced by the state of Connecticut to undergo chemotherapy treatments she did not want, the 17-year-old known in court papers as Cassandra C. is now in remission - fighting to get out of the hospital where she has been held since Dec. 9. "I have been alone in the hospital for the most part,...

Malgré la nuit

Director: Philippe Grandrieux // Writer: Philippe Grandrieux

French provocateur Philippe Grandrieux may not be an auteur to everyone’s liking, but since debuting with 1998’s visceral Somber, his cinema has always been a point of contention, and he’s since cultivated a growing cult following that includes names like Marilyn Manson. His most infamous work is the Anna Mougalalis headlined A New Life (2002), which is difficult to find copies of. Since then, titles like 2008’s Un Lac (which is available streaming via boutique site Vyer Films) and 2012’s White Epilepsy have waned in peripheral conversations following their limited festival play. But we are excited to see that Grandrieux wrapped a new project in November, Malgré la nuit (Despite the Night), which should receive a more renowned reception as it’s headlined by Ariane Labed, one of the prominent faces from the Greek Weird Wave (Attenberg; Alps), and one...

From the first moments of Goodbye to All That, when Otto Wall (Paul Schneider) is jogging past vibrant autumn foliage to the strains of a Haydn piano concerto, Angus MacLachlan's directorial debut feels like a 1980s Alan Alda dramedy (The Four Seasons, A New Life). Otto is a comfortably oblivious white-collar suburban dad who's unaware that tween daughter Edie (Audrey Scott) worries about his safety — or that his wife, Annie (Melanie Lynskey), is filing divorce papers. "Why do these things always happen to Daddy?" Edie asks after an Atv accident hobbles the marathon runner. "He doesn't pay attention," answers the weary Annie, and that's as insightful as MacLachlan's script gets. Otto's inattention is manifested in clumsiness and bad luck. Oth...

Actor Cheyenne Jackson says married life is beautiful.

Glee and 30 Rock actor Cheyenne Jackson tied the knot with now- husband and entrepreneur Jason Landau on Saturday.

Jackson posted this photo of the couple with their rings on Instagram saying, "M A R R Ie D. Life is beautiful."

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Landau joined Jackson and put up a picture from last night. He thanked his husband with this one by saying, "A new life begins and I am the luckiest man in this world... Heart full and my feet are done. I love you @mrcheyennejackson thank you for making me your husband today. Goodnight!"

It was a star-studded affair as People reports that among the 200 guests there were friends and actors Jane Lynch, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Leah Remini and Alicia Silverstone.

The couple wanted the wedding to be a mixture of nature and elegance. Landau described it to People, "There were branches of trees hovering over the...

For years, Scott Rogers was known as the beloved host of the upbeat Around Town weekend TV show in Baton Rouge Louisiana. Widely praised in the community for using airtime to help publicize the events of local nonprofits, charities and churches, the charismatic Rogers was the last person anyone might suspect of harboring a sordid, secret past. But that's exactly what Rogers was doing - until his personal history caught up with him last month, culminating in a desperate murder-suicide at his home that shocked the community. Rogers's long-hidden past centered around allegations that he sexually abused an unknown number...

A new husband. A new life of wedded bliss. An now, a new last name! Jessica Simpson has taken husband Eric Johnson's last name, posting an Instagram snapshot proudly proclaiming the moniker "Jessica Johnson" in its caption. And what a snapshot it is: The star basks in the sun - and, no doubt, the glow of being a newlywed - as she lounges on a pool chair while wearing a festive one-piece swimsuit. In hand? A refreshing drink to match the sunny vibe. Simpson, 34, didn't let slip any other details about the pic, although it's not a stretch to...

A new husband. A new life of wedded bliss. An now, a new last name! Jessica Simpson has taken husband Eric Johnson's last name, posting an Instagram snapshot proudly proclaiming the moniker "Jessica Johnson" in its caption. And what a snapshot it is: The star basks in the sun - and, no doubt, the glow of being a newlywed - as she lounges on a pool chair while wearing a festive one-piece swimsuit. In hand? A refreshing drink to match the sunny vibe. Simpson, 34, didn't let slip any other details about the pic, although it's not a stretch to...

It was a year of stunts, typically outrageous pop music acts, experimental sets and plenty of solid performances on late night television. As part of 2013's Year In Review, The Hollywood Reporter spotlights a few of the more worthwhile guest appearances that either have faded from memory or were missed the first time they were aired.  Jim James - "A New Life" (Late Night With Jimmy Fallon) My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James took the Late Night stage in February to showcase his sparse solo album, Regions of Light and Sound of God. The LP was a departure from the Southern

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They’re back! The Real Housewives of Atlanta has returned with a premiere that gives just a peek of what’s been going on. NeNe’s married (again), Phaedra’s got a new house and baby, Cynthia’s all about her business, Kenya’s back in town causing havoc, Kandi’s trying to make it work between family and love, and Porsha’s striking out on her own.

What were the most memorable moments from Atlanta’s favorite housewives? Here are six highlights from the season premiere:

1. NeNe and Gregg Leakes: A new life as newlyweds

Fresh from her wedding to Gregg Leakes,...

After a crazy Hart of Dixie Season 2 finale, we're back in the town of Bluebell for "Who Says You Can't Go Home?."

Zoe struggled to hang onto New York with her deep love of the little town of Bluebell, all the while, trying to win over the community once again. You know what, this episode reminded me of the old Dixie before all of the heartbreak. It was very enjoyable.

First off, Joel? Who the hell is Joel? Why is he here? Am I suppose to care about him? A new life, in five months? Well, at least he's cute. Unfortunately, he doesn't stand a chance with Zoe Hart. He obviously doesn't know the truth about Wade, which will be a big blowout.

Seriously, is anyone else shocked that she lied to her new boyfriend? Yeah, not me.

Elsewhere, Rose made an appearance! I love her! I am so glad she showed up!

Tribeca Film today announced they they're acquiring U.S. rights to Marion Vernoux's "Bright Days Ahead" ahead of its North American premiere tonight at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film, based on Fanny Chesnel's novel "A Young Girl with Gray Hair" and starring the iconic Fanny Ardant, was released in France earlier this year. Here's the synopsis, per Tribeca: In "Bright Days Ahead" Caroline (Fanny Ardant) has retired, at last. A new life lies before her: time to take care of her children, of her husband, and -- above all -- herself. She soon comes to realize that this new freedom is synonymous with boredom and idleness. Especially when she receives a membership to her neighborhood’s senior club as a birthday present. Reluctant at first, she decides to take the plunge. Oddly enough, she meets great people there, starting with the young computer science teacher, who is...

Greetings, Mistresses fans. We interrupt your regularly scheduled melodrama – unapologetically drunk, mentally unstable Woman Scorned pointing a revolver at the Sexy-Stupid Psychiatrist who carried on a lengthy affair with her late husband, then bedded her emotionally unstable son — to bring you one of the most delicious retorts in modern television history.

Sexy-Stupid Psychiatrist: (Trying to buy time/make a 911 call/continue a season-long tradition of foolery) Let’s just talk about this. Can I make you a drink?

Woman Scorned: Sure. Why not?

Sexy-Stupid Psychiatrist: What can I get you?

Woman Scorned: Scotch.

Sexy-Stupid Psychiatrist: Sorry, I only have vodka.

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Set in Buenos Aires and the bleak, exotic Tigre delta area 20 miles to the north, Ana Piterbarg's slow, sombre noir thriller explores the familiar theme of dual identity that's been with us in comic, romantic and tragic forms since Shakespeare's tales of separated twins, Twelfth Night and The Comedy of Errors. Probably the most memorable recent instance is Antonioni's last great movie, The Passenger, in which Jack Nicholson, as a TV reporter at the end of his tether, takes over the identity of a near double who's died in the next room in a Saharan hotel, only to discover the stranger is an arms dealer in trouble with guerrillas.

In Piterbarg's picture, Mortensen (acting in the fluent Spanish he learned during his childhood in Argentina) plays the middle-aged twins, Agustín and Pedro. Agustín, an upright paediatrician living in Buenos Aires,...

My Morning Jacket's Jim James (pronunciation of his name still up in the air, apparently) reunited with "Dear God 2.0" collaborators The Roots on last night's Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to perform "A New Life," a rousing bit of folk gospel business from his new solo album Regions Of Light And Sound Of God, out today (February 5).

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My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James is striking out on his own, his first solo album "Regions of Light and Sound of God" is widely reported to be directly inspired by "God's Man," a 1929 woodcut novel by Lynd Ward. But, judging from the new single "A New Life," James is getting inspire from some classic pop icons as well. "Life" begins as a sparse, acoustic ditty that's less bombastic than much of Mmj's output, and recalls his fascination with George Harrison at his most stripped-down (he paid tribe to the former Beatle on a 2009 covers Ep).   James' haunting voice,...

The New York TV Festival tonight announced recipients of 19 development deals, plus Critics and Audience Awards and other prizes. Seven development deals were awarded from the Nytvf Pitch competition — Bio Channel, Channel 4, Hasbro Studios, Logo, Red Arrow International, Sundance Channel and truTV — 1 each from Fox, Samsung and A&E; 5 from Lifetime; and 4 tied to Independent Pilot Competition categories from IFC, MTV, VH1 and Syfy. In addition to the 4 Pilot Competition development deals, the fest announced winners for Best Drama, Comedy, Actor, Actress, Directing, Writing, etc. Festival award recipients from tonight’s announcement: Winner of the Samsung Second Screen Storytellers Competition was “D-tec”, created by Joseph Saroufim, Peter Saroufim, and Stephen Interrante. It was announced during Samsung’s Live Pitch event on Friday evening and is receiving a $300,000 production budget from the electronics leader to create an original multi-screen series for Samsung Smart TVs. 2012 Development Deals Nytvf Pitch Each Pitch...

Jekyll amp Hyde, the international musical sensation will return to Broadway in Spring 2013 following a 25-week National Tour. The tour launched at San Diego's Civic Theatre in San Diego, California on October 2, and stars Tony Award nominee Constantine Maroulis in the title dual role of Dr. Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde, alongside Grammy Award nominee and RampB superstar Deborah Cox as Lucy. BroadwayWorld brings you just-released performance highlights below, including 'Bring on the Men,' 'A New Life,' and 'This is the Moment.'...

Jekyll amp Hyde, the international musical sensation will return to Broadway in Spring 2013 following a 25-week National Tour. The tour launched at San Diego's Civic Theatre in San Diego, California on October 2, and stars Tony Award nominee Constantine Maroulis in the title dual role of Dr. Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde, alongside Grammy Award nominee and RampB superstar Deborah Cox as Lucy. BroadwayWorld brings you just-released performance highlights below, including 'Bring on the Men,' 'A New Life,' and 'This is the Moment.'...

Linda Eder kicked off The Town Halls 123 West 43rd Street Eighth Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival on Saturday, October 13th, with her new show A New Life. In this special evening, Miss Eder reunited with her Jekyll and Hyde co-stars Robert Cuccioli and Christiane Noll. Taking place over a three consecutive weeks in October, The Broadway Cabaret Festival, will also include Broadway Originals on Sunday, October 21st at 3pm and The Best of Broadway By The Year on Friday, October 26th at 8Pm. The Broadway Cavaret Festival is written and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall.BroadwayWorld brings you coverage from bacstage at Eder's concert below...

Linda Eder kicked off The Town Halls 123 West 43rd Street Eighth Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival on Saturday, October 13th at 8Pm, with her new show A New Life. In this special evening, Miss Eder reunited with her Jekyll and Hyde co-stars Robert Cuccioli and Christiane Noll. Taking place over a three consecutive weeks in October, The Broadway Cabaret Festival, will also include Broadway Originals on Sunday, October 21st at 3pm and The Best of Broadway By The Year on Friday, October 26th at 8Pm. The Broadway Cavaret Festival is written and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall.BroadwayWorld brings you coverage from Eder's concert below...

The Town Hall 123 West 43rd Street kicked off the Eighth Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival last night, October 13, with Linda Eder's concert A New Life. For the performnace, Eder was joined by special guests Robert Cuccioli and Christiane Noll to share selections from Jekyll amp Hyde, the musical that will forever link her to Broadways leading ladies. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a glimpse of Eder, Cuccioli and Noll performing onstage...

The Town Hall 123 West 43rd Street kicked off the Eighth Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival last night, October 13, with Linda Eder's concert A New Life. For the performnace, Eder was joined by special guests Robert Cuccioli and Christiane Noll to share selections from Jekyll amp Hyde, the musical that will forever link her to Broadways leading ladies. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a few photos of Eder with Cuccioli and Noll as they reunited backstage Check back soon for more coverage.

The Town Hall 123 West 43rd Street, New York's landmark theatre and concert venue, has announced the Eighth Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival, which takes place over three consecutive weeks in October. The Broadway Cabaret Festival begins tonight, October 13th at 8pm with Linda Eder A New Life, and continues on Sunday, October 21st at 3pm with Broadway Originals. The Festival concludes on Friday, October 26th at 8pm with The Best of Broadway by the Year. The Broadway Cabaret Festival is created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall.

It wasn’t long ago that Matt Marquissee approached me expressing interest in contributing to our small publication. He was a freelance web developer with a Masters in Computer Science and had an unquestionable love for science fiction, mythology, and the art of storytelling – How could I say no?

Sound On Sight has continued to rapidly grow in a short four years and only continues to exist because of the hard work of such contributors as Matt. In that brief time I’ve had the privilege of befriending a wide range of individuals from around the world, all of whom share one common bond – our love and obsession of cinema. So how does one react when hearing the news that a fellow Sound On Sight family member has passed away? We do what we do best. We quote a movie – in this case two – one for us and the second for Matt,...

The Town Hall 123 West 43rd Street, New York's landmark theatre and concert venue, is pleased to announce the Eighth Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival, which takes place over three consecutive weeks in October. The Broadway Cabaret Festival begins on Saturday, October 13th at 8pm with Linda Eder A New Life, and continues on Sunday, October 21st at 3pm with Broadway Originals. The Festival concludes on Friday, October 26th at 8pm with The Best of Broadway by the Year. The Broadway Cabaret Festival is created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall.

M. Night Shyamalan and Marti Noxon are teaming for a new Syfy pilot, "Proof."

Noxon and Shyamalan will co-write and executive produce the project with Shyamalan attached to direct the pilot, Syfy announced Friday. "Proof" follows the son of a billionaire technology guru whose parents suddenly die in a tragic accident. The son then offers a large reward to anyone who can find proof of life after death.

Ashwin Rajan, the head of Shyamalan's Blinding Edge label, will also serve as executive producer.

Noxon's TV credits include "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Mad Men" and "Glee." Shyamalan became well-known for his twisty feature films including "The Sixth Sense" and "Signs." He recently wrapped "After Earth" starring Will Smith.

Syfy is also getting in a business with Bryan Fuller. The network has ordered "High Moon," a pilot based on John Christopher's novel "The Lotus Caves." Fuller will serve as an executive producer along with Matthew O'Connor,...

Score Produced and Performed by: Brett Smith

Release Date: May 22, 2012

Format: Audio CD

Number of Discs: 1 (approx. 1 hour)

Label: Lakeshore Records

From Inside – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack features original music by Brett Smith (the band Caul). Based on the epic graphic novel by John Bergin, From Inside is the story of Cee, a young pregnant woman who finds herself on a damaged train slowly transcribing its way across a bleak post-apocalyptic landscape. Flood, war, starvation and a plague of death threaten the train’s passengers. Cee struggles through these dangers while coping with the memory of her lost husband and the imminent birth of her child.

A post-apocalyptic landscape needs a dark score. Composer Brett Smith found this a particular challenge. He said, “I had to somehow convey the weight of the world, misery and despair that Cee had never been exposed to.”

One such scene is when Cee walks through the packed train,...

The Cannes Film Festival is just two weeks away and excitement continues to grow, and as filmmakers, producers, directors, actors and sales agents pack their bags, more peeks of the films hitting the Croisette are landing online. The latest comes from two Canadian filmmakers who will both be competing in the Un Certain Regard section.

First up is two more snaps from Brandon Cronenberg's feature film debut "Antiviral." Starring Caleb Landry Jones ("X-Men: First Class"), the film follows a salesman for a clinic that replicates celebrity diseases for public consumption, who himself becomes obsessed with a celebrity and injects himself with her disease, then must figure out how to cure it before time runs out. So yes, a perfectly Cronenberg-esque tale. Sarah Gadon, Douglas Smith, Matt Watts, James Cade and Malcolm McDowell round out the cast with Brandon representing the younger half of the Cronenberg team heading to France...

Update: English subtitled trailer has arrived. Watch below.

Quebecois filmmaker Xavier Dolan is back this year with "Laurence Anyways," and while some have criticized his films for putting style before substance (this writer disagrees), there is no denying it is tremendously exciting to see such a young director go balls out, with carefully crafted, deeply evocative images. And this lengthy, three-minute trailer for his new film (French only, sorry) shows that once again, he's going to be putting some utterly gorgeous imagery up on screen.

Starring Melvil Poupad, Nathalie Baye, Suzanne Clement and Monia Chokri, his latest is set in 1989 (the year Dolan was born; note the garish set and costume design), and centers on Laurence (Poupaud), who reveals on his 30th birthday his secret desire to become a woman. His girlfriend is shocked, but agrees to stay by his side, and the next year Laurence goes back to working...

While only "Moonrise Kingdom" is confirmed so far for the Cannes Film Festival, bits and pieces of other films likely headed to the Croisette are beginning to appear. This morning came word that both David Cronenberg's "Cosmopolis" and Jacques Audiard's "Rust And Bone" received May release dates in France, right in the midst of the fest and now, another film we pegged as a strong contender to makes Cannes has peeked around the corner.

The folks over at IonCinema have dug up the first images from Xavier Dolan's "Laurence Anyways." The young Canadian director is already a fave of the French set with “J'ai Tue Ma Mere” becoming a sensation of the Director’s Fortnight, and “Les amours imaginaires” (“Heartbeats”) playing Un Certain Regard in 2010, but his latest finds him sitting firmly in the director's chair without taking a starring role. Instead, Melvil Poupad, Nathalie Baye, Suzanne...

As we begin to prep our 2012 Cannes predictions list (scheduled for next week), we've come across some stills for Xavier Dolan's Laurence Anyways. His third film, will likely be a strong contender for a showing at a festival where he got to showcase his first pair of films (J'ai tue ma mere, Les Amours imaginaires). Below we find the film's principle player Melvil Poupaud in various states of what appears to be a mental, emotional and physical metamorphosis along with Suzanne Clément (who played a supporting character role of a teacher in I Killed My Mother), French thesp Nathalie Baye and the final pic of the batch is Dolan working behind the camera - unlike his previous works, he won't be appearing in this one. Here's the synopsis: In 1989, Laurence (Poupaud) celebrates its 30th anniversary at the restaurant with Fred (Suzanne Clément), his girlfriend. When he reveals his secret desire of becoming a woman,...

When it debuted back in 2010, Love Never Dies, Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to his smash play The Phantom of the Opera, was a bust. Now he hopes it can be resurrected.

The composer helped rework the musical for a stage production currently running in Australia at Sydney's Capitol Theatre for 12 weeks only (get tickets here), but if you're like most of us and can't make it Down Under, you'll have a chance to see it when a filmed version hits movie theaters this month and next.

Lloyd Webber hopes the movie — available at hundreds of cinemas across the U.S. on February 28th and March 7th — will spark new interest, maybe from Broadway. A new life for Love Never Dies would be a vindication for Lloyd Webber, who considers it to be his best score but was distracted by battling cancer when it opened in London in 2010.

The synopsis of Love Never Dies,...

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

An Mmo review is a strange beast. Not only does the sheer magnitude of such games make them tough to assess in a traditional way, but often the whole system of gameplay favours long term rewards over the immediacy of fast-paced thrills. In this and other ways, they often manage to dodge traditional criticism; they’re expected to be buggy on release, the combat is never going to be as fun as a shooter, the narrative is unlikely to be as arresting as a traditional RPG and they’re likely to change dramatically several years down the line.

At the same time, you’re also reviewing what is essentially a social tool for a lot of people. In the age of transparency on the Internet, where our identity is scattered over various console accounts and social networking websites but can all be linked to one person,...

It hasn't been an easy holiday season for reality show star Vienna Girardi. After flaunting their relationship on "Bachelor Pad 2," Girardi split from boyfriend Kasey Kahl in November and reportedly moved back to the peanut farm her parents own in Geneva, Florida.

A new life change, right? Not so fast: the serial reality show contestant, who first shot to fame last year when she became engaged to Jake Pavelka on "The Bachelor" -- left the farm shortly thereafter to film "Relationship Rehab" with said ex-boyfriend Kahl. (It appears the two patched things up).

Now TMZ reports that the 25-year-old Girardi has angrily stormed off set, telling producers that she "hates" them, because the producers ushered in yet another ex-boyfriend: Lee Smith, with whom Girardi was allegedly flirting with while engaged to "Pavelka."

Check out other celebrity couples who have called it quits below!

It hasn't been an easy holiday season for reality show star Vienna Girardi. After flaunting their relationship on "Bachelor Pad 2," Girardi split from boyfriend Kasey Kahl in November and reportedly moved back to the peanut farm her parents own in Geneva, Florida.

A new life change, right? Not so fast: the serial reality show contestant, who first shot to fame last year when she became engaged to Jake Pavelka on "The Bachelor" -- left the farm shortly thereafter to film "Relationship Rehab" with said ex-boyfriend Kahl. (It appears the two patched things up).

Now TMZ reports that the 25-year-old Girardi has angrily stormed off set, telling producers that she "hates" them, because the producers ushered in yet another ex-boyfriend: Lee Smith, with whom Girardi was allegedly flirting with while engaged to "Pavelka."

Check out other celebrity couples who have called it quits below!