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NCIS: Los Angeles had a great cast, with some major stars mixed in with actors who became fan favorites thanks to the show. Faces like Chris O’Donnell and LL Cool J had a large fanbase prior, while names like Daniela Ruah and Renée Felice Smith made their names on the show. Eric Christian Olsen was someone between those two levels. He has now announced his next gig after the popular procedural ended.

Here is what Olsen is doing now and why it might surprise some of his fans.

Eric Christian Olsen Has Another CBS TV Show Coming

Eric Christian Olsen was a movie star before he arrived on NCIS: Los Angeles. He had roles in Pearl Harbor and Not Another Teen Movie. His breakout was playing Lloyd Christmas in Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd. Olsen played Jim Carrey’s character from the original movie in the prequel.

Glen Powell as Gary Johnson in Hit ManImage: Brian Roedel/Netflix

Hitmen are an essential part of the action thriller formula: Good guy tries to stop bad guy, bad guy puts out a hit on good guy, good guy dispatches the goon(s) before the final confrontation with bad guy.

The Roots Picnic, held yearly in Philadelphia since 2008, is a special kind of music festival. The lineup this year covered a wide spectrum of hip-hop and R&b, plus country, go-go, and more, with the Roots’ own omnivorous musicality as the guiding force. Daily crowds of 30,000 made the pilgrimage to Fairmount Park to soak up the sun and sounds on June 1 and 2. There were surprise guests (Ghostface! Common! Freeway! Lloyd! Musiq Soulchild!), outstanding collaborations, a couple of disappointing no-shows (Cam’Ron, you were missed), and tons more performances across three stages.

Following in the footsteps of Aardman Animations legends Peter Lord, David Sproxton and Nick Park, a new wave of creators are driving the company forward. While its celebrated franchises, such as Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Chicken Run are still much loved, and it has four Oscars wins with nine further nominations under its belt, Aardman is also focused on nurturing new talent, such as the creators of Oscar nominated short film “Robin Robin,” and series, such as “Lloyd of the Flies” and “The Very Small Creatures.”

Speaking to Variety from Aardman’s headquarters on Spike Island, Bristol, in the West of England, two of the creative minds behind “Lloyd of the Flies,” Aardman’s first CGI series, explain how the show evolved. In other articles, Variety speaks to Dan Ojari and Mikey Please, the creators of “Robin Robin,” and Lucy Izzard, the creator of “The Very Small Creatures.

Australian film and television director George Miller has died of a heart attack in a hospital in Melbourne, Australia. He was 79.

He is best remembered for his film The Man From Snowy River, which launched him to make movies in Hollywood,

Unfortunately, Miller was destined to always be known as “the other George Miller.” That’s because he worked at the same time as the creator of the Mad Max franchise, Dr. George Miller.

Early in his career, Miller worked on the Australian television shows Division 4, Matlock Police, The Box, and The Sullivans. The boom in TV miniseries saw him take on the colonial-era Against the Wind, starring pop singer Jon English.

George T. (for Trumbull) Miller’s The Man From Snowy River was released in 1982 and spawned a sequel. It is still in the top 20 Australian films in unadjusted terms.

That led him to Hollywood, where he made...

Cinema Retro has received the following press release from Turner Classic Movies:

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Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will celebrate the life and career of iconic actor, producer and director Norman Lloyd with a programming tribute on Monday, June 14. Lloyd, who passed away on May 11 at the age of 106, was known for playing the saboteur himself in Hitchcock’s Saboteur (1942) and was part of original company of Orson Welles’ Mercury Theater. His eight-decade career saw him work in all media including Broadway, television, film, and radio, with stints as director and producer. He attended the TCM Classic Cruise in 2011 and 2013 and attended all but one TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood.

The following is the complete schedule for TCM's on-air tribute to Norman Lloyd:

TCM Remembers Norman Lloyd – Monday, June 14

8:00 p.m. Saboteur (1942) – A young man accused of sabotage goes on the lam to prove his innocence.

Nicki Minaj is celebrating the 10th anniversary of her classic album 'Pink Friday.'

It’s been almost a decade since the 'Super Bass' hitmaker released her debut album 'Pink Friday,' which dropped on November 22, 2010, and the singer is continuing to give her fans a reason to celebrate one of her biggest achievements.

The 21-track set reportedly spawned several hits and bagged top spot on the Billboard 200 becoming the highest-selling hip-hop female debut.

Reflecting on the milestone, Nicki Minaj took to Twitter to tease her fans about some sort of a “virtual celebration” ahead of 'Pink Friday's' fast approaching anniversary.

“Barbz, Friday is the 10 year anniversary of Pink Friday. Get your outfits ready for the virtual celebration,” she wrote.

Barbz, Friday is the 10 year anniversary of Pink Friday.

Almost exactly one year since it began its theatrical release in the United States, Bong Joon Ho‘s Parasite is arriving on The Criterion Collection. The Best Picture winner leads their October 2020 lineup, and for those who bought the standard Blu-ray edition earlier this year, you can now plan to give it to a friend as the disc is packed with extras.

Among the special features is the black-and-white version of the film, an audio commentary by Bong Joon Ho and critic Tony Rayns, a feature on the New Korean Cinema movement featuring Bong and Park Chan Wook, a storyboard comparison and more.

Also part of the October lineup is Stephen Frears’ crime drama The Hit, starring Terence Stamp, the Gregory Peck-led western The Gunfighter, John Berry’s Claudine, which features an Oscar-nominated performance by Diahann Carroll, and a new restoration of the Jean-Luc Godard classic Pierrot le fou.

"Last Call" starring Christopher Lloyd, Tara Reid, Ryan Hansen, Travis Van Winkle and Tom Arnold is hitting VOD on June 23, and in advance of its release HitFix is offering an exclusive clip that sees Lloyd ranting and raving in an Irish accent while wearing prison garb. How did you get so lucky? Here's a synopsis: Danny and Phil O’Donnell are chronically underachieving cousins, forced into running the family pub, in order to save their crazy Uncle Pete from jail and financial destitution. The boys instigate a number of dubious schemes, from turning the pub into a strip club to a high school speakeasy, just to keep it afloat. Watch the clip above, and check out "Last Call" on June 23.

Sequels are awesome, plain and simple. Returning to familiar characters and worlds we love is like covering yourself with a warm blanket, although when a sequel is bad it can be like a blanket covered in potato bugs and lice. Studios love sequels because seven times out of ten they open huge, no matter how good they are.

With that in mind, here's 50 of your favorite titles all preparing to get new installments. Some of them are deep into pre-production while others have barely gotten out of the pitch stages, but you'll be salivating at the thought of some of these sweet babies finally making their way to the screen.

'Paranormal Activity 5'

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Status: The law of diminishing returns seems to have caught up to Paramount's annual license to print money, and even though the last "Paranormal" grossed half its predecessor, producer Jason Blum is gonna...

Between 60 and 70 films from all over the world are going to be screened at the Gasparilla International Film Festival.  The biggest Giff to date is going kick off on March 18th and run through the 21st.  Sure, that's a lot of movies to squeeze in, but thankfully, we have a list to help you make your choices.  Many of these flicks have chosen the Giff to make their world premiere.  This year will once again have both feature length flicks and shorts (under 20 minutes) on display in one of three theaters (CineBistro, Tampa Theatre, Muvico Ybor).  For a complete listing, go here.  Check out the related links articles to the left for scheduling info and tickets.

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Info: Florida Premier, Award Winning Documentary f/ Tampa Reporter, Kelly Ring

This film traces the lives of journalists who have covered some of the most dramatic stores of our time.