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A Maryland couple who ran a controversial YouTube channel where they posted prank videos involving their blended family of five kids pleaded guilty earlier this week to child neglect charges and were sentenced to probation, People confirms.

Heather and Michael Martin, of Ijamsville, Maryland, entered Alford pleas to two counts each of misdemeanor child neglect, according to prosecutors.

Defendants who enter an Alford plea do not admit committing a crime but acknowledge that there is enough evidence for a conviction.

The misdemeanor neglect charges stem from YouTube videos on their “DaddyOFive” channel showing Heather and Michael pranking two of their youngest children,...

The father and stepmother who pull dark pranks on their children on their controversial “DaddyOFive” channel face child neglect charges and up to ten years in prison, People confirms.

On July 27, prosecutors in Frederick County, Maryland, charged Heather and Michael Martin each with two counts of neglect of a minor, court records obtained show. Prosecutors allege that the Martins neglected two of their youngest children, Emma, 12, and Cody, 9, between November 2016 and April 2017.

The Martins face up to five years in prison per count and a $5,000 fine.

The couple has reached a plea agreement with prosecutors, their attorney, Stephen Tully, told the Frederick News Post,...

Troy Beckwith, who played Michael Martin on Australian soap Neighbours between 1991 and 1998, went missing on Wednesday. ‘Neighbours’ Star Troy Beckwith Missing The former actor was last seen in Cranbourne on Wednesday. He was home in the early hours of the morning, but when his partner returned at 11 a.m., Beckwith, 41, was gone. He […]

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The father and stepmother who pull dark pranks on their children on the YouTube channel “DaddyOFive” have lost custody of two of their five children amid outrage about how the kids have been treated, People confirms.

On Friday, Rose Hall, the children’s biological mother, gained temporary custody of two of the youngest children who appear in the controversial videos, Major Tim Clarke of the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office confirms to People.

The channel shows Michael and Heather Martins playing dark pranks on their five children, often swearing and screaming at them until they cry.

In a video she...

The story of Mildred and Richard Loving could easily have become a sledgehammer epic about social injustice. Writer-director Jeff Nichols instead sticks to the facts and recounts their ordeal with a quiet subjectivity that neither exaggerates nor sanctifies. The result is a marvelously affecting demonstration of how a civilized, progressive America rights a wrong. Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton are terrific as just plain folks oppressed by an obsolete law.

Loving

Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD

Universal Studios Home Entertainment

2016 / Color / 2:40 widescreen / 123 min. / Street Date February 7, 2017 / 34.99

Starring : Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton, Terri Abney, Marton Csokas, David Jensen, Nick Kroll, Jon Bass, Michael Shannon.

Cinematography: Adam Stone

Film Editor: Julie Monroe

Original Music: David Wingo

Produced by: Nancy Buirski, Ged Doherty, Colin Firth, Marc Turtletaub

Written and Directed by Jeff Nichols

Growing up in the 1950s, interracial marriage was a strange subject, and major entertainments handled it with kid gloves.

The enduring mystery of whether O.J. Simpson murdered his ex-wife and her friend in 1994 is considered again in an Investigation Discovery series that continues tonight.

An exclusive clip from the third episode and finale of Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence, presents a potential new eyewitness with a revelation that thrusts viewers back into the midst of the high-profile 1995 trial. The series airs its second and third episodes back-to-back starting Tuesday (9 p.m. Et) on Investigation Discovery.

Could more than one person have been involved?

Simpson, 69, who is currently in prison on an unrelated conviction, was found not guilty...

Here is your first look at the 9th and possibly final outing for Hugh Jackmans Wolverine in 'Logan.' Directed by james mangold it stars Patrick Stewart, Boyd Holbrook, Richard E. Grant, Stephen Merchant, Eriq La Salle, Elise Neal and Elizabeth Rodriguez

Taking inspiration from the comic book 'Old Man Logan' by Mark Miller, In 2024, mutant births are severely in decline, and people aren't sure why. A government-type operation is turning mutant children into killing machines. From this, Logan emerges as a mentor to a mutant girl, who has two claws instead of his three.

It opens March 3, 2017. A day earlier for Ireland and the UK.

Update: Trailers are now below:

International trailer is pretty similar but does include some graphic violence, Deadpool would be proud!

Director James Mangold has done a break down of the trailer for Empire!

Ryan Lambie Aug 5, 2016

Director Jeff Nichols talks to us about the making of his sci-fi gem Midnight Special and moving onto making a big-budget movie...

A boy with extraordinary powers. Government agents and other sinister forces pursuing the boy and his family across America. Such a story might imply a noisy, aggressive chase thriller, but director Jeff Nichols’ Midnight Special offers up something far more thoughtful and intelligent. Sure, there are guns, stunts and some quite breathtaking images courtesy of those otherworldly powers possessed by the young Alton (Jaeden Liberher), but Midnight Special is also as dramatically involved and delicately crafted as Nichols’ earlier movies, which include the superb Take Shelter and Mud.

Midnight Special’s subtlety might explain why, despite its almost universal appreciation from critics, didn’t quite enjoy the box office success it deserved. In a multiplex landscape increasingly dominated by grand spectacle, Nichols’ sci-fi seemed almost...

Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 20 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the SXSW Film Festival sci-fi hit “Midnight Special” starring Michael Shannon and Jaeden Lieberher!

“Midnight Special,” which is rated “PG-13,” also stars Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver, Sam Shepard, Scott Haze, Bill Camp, Paul Sparks and David Jensen from writer and director Jeff Nichols (“Take Shelter,” “Mud”).

To win your free passes to “Midnight Special” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only increases your odds of winning; this doesn’t intensify your competition!

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Slowly but surely, filmmaker Jeff Nichols is becoming one of the more popular names in independent cinema. In fact, some pundits already claim that he’s one of the new masters of the medium. This week, he takes his first step towards the mainstream with the science fiction film Midnight Special, a unique movie that could introduce him to a wider audience. Nichols makes hard to define cinema, and this is certainly the case as well. There are genre trappings, but this is as much about the nature of faith and fatherhood as it is a sci-fi tale. It’s not perfect, but Midnight Special is one of the more interesting releases of 2016 so far. The film is a strange animal, but certainly doesn’t lack for ambition. As it begins, we’re introduced to Roy (Michael Shannon), who is in a hotel room with Lucas (Joel Edgerton) and young...

Marvel

The first trailer for Captain America: Civil War has finally landed, and boy is it a fan pleaser. We see Cap and Iron Man facing off, an emotional reunion between Steve and Bucky, the Black Panther is revealed at long last, and that’s before we see the footage of Winter Soldier and Cap double-teaming Iron Man. In case you haven’t guessed, it’s amazing.

This movie is a big deal. Civil War is the long awaited adaptation of Mark Miller’s era defining Marvel crossover event. First published in 2006, Miller’s story saw battle lines being drawn that split the Avengers and the Marvel Universe on a whole pitted against each other in an ideological struggle in which there was no clear right or wrong. The story has been adapted for the screen by the Russo brothers, who previously helmed Captain America: The Winter Soldier and will...

From Snake Plissken's return to New York to Jack Burton's adventures to Clive Barker's eclectic characters from Next Testament, Boom Studios! has a lot for readers to look forward to in August, and we have a look at the covers for that month's releases.

Escape From New York #9

Retail Price: $3.99

Author: Christopher Sebela

Artist: Diego Barreto

Cover Artists:

Main: Jason Copland

Incentive: Greg Smallwood

Synopsis: "New story arc! Snake is hellbent on revenge and returns to where it all started—the New York City prison!"

Big Trouble In Little China #15

Retail Price: $3.99

Author: Fred Van Lente

Artist: Joe Eisma

Cover Artists:

Main: Jay Shaw

Incentive: Jenny Frison

Synopsis: "Jack Burton and Whitney Chi are on the run from the Alpha Group, Japanese river goblins, and an AI helicopter with the voice of Ronald Reagan!"

Clive Barker’S Next Testament Vol. 3 Tp

Retail Price: $14.99

Authors: Clive Barker...

Readers can now get reacquainted with Pinhead and Harry D'Amour in St. Martin's first edition hardcover of Clive Barker's The Scarlet Gospels, and collectors can look forward to Earthling Publications' upcoming deluxe limited edition of Barker's new novel.

Teased on Facebook and slated for a late summer / early fall debut, the numbered hardcover of Earthling Publications' signed, deluxe limited edition of The Scarlet Gospels (limited to 500 copies) is now available to pre-order for $250. Collectors can also inquire about purchasing one of the lettered hardcovers of The Scarlet Gospels, which are limited to 26 copies (price to be determined).

The cover art shown below was designed by Malleus Rock Art Lab, and the interior artwork featuring Pinhead was created by Edward Miller. In addition to the details listed here, Earthling Publications' deluxe limited edition of The Scarlet Gospels will also include one more bonus section (to be revealed soon):

"Synopsis:...

Jon Kondelik and his brother James Kondelik are releasing a second trailer for The Divine Tragedies, today. A Dual Visions production, The Divine Tragedies takes a chapter from the 1920s Leopold and Loeb murder case, in which two men tried to get away with murder. In this update, Charles (Graham Denman) and Thomas (Jon Kondelik) are two brothers, who target a vulnerable, single mother. They believe their wits will win the day, until Detective Homer Gaul (Ken Foree) enters the picture. A true visual marvel, the second trailer shows more of the film's story, characters and dangerous situations. As well, the producers, along with director Jose Prendes, have unveiled several more posters. In quad form, the graphics host quotes from early film reviews. Matt Boiselle (Dreadcentral) and Mark Miller are quoted and both film critics enjoyed the surreal atmosphere of the film. All three new quad posters can also be seen here.

According to Da7e Gonzales of Latino-Review, film producers Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach plan to milk the Spider-Man universe for all its worth by creating a feature-lenth spy-thriler based on a young pre-Aunt May. Yes, an Aunt May movie. A movie about Aunt May as a youth, before she was shouldered with the responsibility of raising Peter Parker. The target mood is some sort of espionage story in the vein of AMC’s Mad Men, which sounds like a way of saying “classier Agent Carter” without name-dropping Marvel’s upcoming series. We know May Reilly Parker-Jameson as Aunt May, the sweet elderly woman that took care of Peter Parker after the death of her brother-in-law Richard Parker and his wife Mary. In 2003, Mark Miller wrote Marvel Comics' Trouble, which was a five-issue mini-series that presented an alternate past for May, Mary, Ben and Richard. The big twist, Richard...

The long-fabled director’s cut of Clive Barker‘s Nightbreed finally saw release this past week via Scream Factory’s beautiful new Blu-ray, and those of us who’ve been eagerly awaiting it since 1990 have one person to thank for it. That one person is Barker, obviously, as he not only wrote the short novel “Cabal” but also adapted it into a flawed but fun film filled with untapped promise. There are others beyond Barker, though, who deserve our gratitude as well. I’m talking about the fans. In the two plus decades since Nightbreed‘s release, rumors of additional footage fueled our imagination, and the more optimistic among you — because no, I did not believe this day would ever come — kept the hope alive online and at genre conventions. As more and more of that footage was rediscovered, and as “the Cabal Cut” made its way around the country, the...

Pinhead has become the hunted in Boom! Studios’ Hellraiser: Bestiary miniseries, but the holder of the Lament Configuration is fighting like hell to keep his pins from being plucked by poachers. In the fifth issue, due out in December, the head Cenobite receives aid from a surprising source, while the notorious puzzle box makes the rounds at a hospital, and we have a look at two covers for the next installment.

“Over the past three years, Clive Barker has re-imagined the Hellraiser mythos as only he could, building a long-form narrative that became one of the best-received horror comics in recent memory. Now, the Master of Horror takes us into his Bestiary for an anthology series—free of continuity, but full of shocking consequences. This series will feature comics’ rising stars like Ed Brisson (Sheltered) and Michael Moreci (Curse), and the first issue will feature the comics debut of...

They announced it, and we have waited patiently. We didn’t care that we had no idea what we would be getting in the package, we slapped our money down anyway. Scream Factory have made it known, now, the scope of their two Blu-ray releases of Nightbreed. Information about the final specs, as well as the various pieces of bonus content is now available. Pre-order this sucka at the link! Click here to pre-order the standard edition. Nightbreed: The Director’s Cut will be available on October 28th, only from Scream Factory. Check out the final specs below.

Experience Clive Barker’S Classic Masterpiece In Terror

Like You’Ve Never Seen It Before!

Scream Factory™ Presents

Nightbreed: The Director’S Cut

On Blu-ray™ & DVD Everywhere October 28, 2014

“This is film history and beyond my wildest dreams of realization.” Clive Barker

On October 28, 2014, the horror home entertainment brand Scream Factory...

The 65th Berlin International Film Festival will dedicate an homage to Wim Wenders and present him with an Honorary Golden Bear for his lifetime achievement. Since his 1970 debut Summer In The City, the Germany native has made about 50 films including Alice In The Cities (1973), Kings of the Road (1976), Paris, Texas (1984) Wings Of Desire (1987), The State Of Things (1982), The Million Dollar Hotel (2000) and Pina (2011). Ten films from Wenders’ feature and documentary repertoire will be shown, with titles to be announced in the fall. “In dedicating the homage to Wim Wenders, we honor one of the most noted contemporary auteurs,” said Dieter Kosslick, Director of the Berlinale. “His cross-genre and multifaceted work as a filmmaker, photographer and author has shaped our living memory of cinema, and continues to inspire other filmmakers.” The festival runs February 5-15.

BBC Two has commissioned Stonemouth, based on the novel by Iain Banks. A BBC Scotland/Slate...

Later this month, we’ll see the release of a brand new Hellraiser comic book mini-series. This time, the series will go with an anthology format, giving us new tales in the Hellraiser universe from a variety of popular and upcoming writers. The first issue contains the start of a six-part serial written by Mark Miller and Ben Meares, where a group sets out to steal Pinhead’s pins, and I caught up with both of them for the latest installment of our Q&A series.

We’ve seen a number of limited Hellraiser comic book series from Boom! and Clive Barker. How did the idea for this anthology series come about? Was it something that you pitched to Clive?

Ben Meares: Hellraiser, in my mind, has always had a certain magic to it because the rules of the mythos can be applied to almost any kind of story.

Mark Miller: Right.

Midian calls to the creatures of Nightbreed, Pinhead is hunted by mercenaries, and Jack Burton is faced with freeing his friend. These are only a few highlights from comic books coming out in October from Boom! Studios, and we have an early look at the cover art that’s based on the works of horror masters Clive Barker and John Carpenter:

Clive Barker’S Nightbreed #6

Retail Price: $3.99

Author: Marc Andreyko

Artist: Piotr Kowalski

Cover Artists: A. Riley Rossmo B. Christopher Mitten (Incentive)

“Boone must learn what it means to be a god of man and a god of beast. In Annastajia’s search for beauty, a monster will be born from her imperfections. Lude, the demon of a god long past, will live a lifetime of jest in the face of an eternity of chaos. All creatures of the night must learn that life is a fickle thing. Midian calls to us all.

Reviewed by Kevin Scott, MoreHorror.com

Creature (2011)

Written by: Fred Andrews, Tracy Morse

Directed by: Fred Andrews

Cast: Dillon Casey (Oscar), Serinda Swan (Emily), Mehcad Brooks (Niles), Lauren Schneider (Karen), Aaron Hill (Randy), Amanda Fuller (Beth), Wayne Pere (Bud), David Jensen (Jimmy), Daniel Bernhardt (Grimley Boutine/Lockjaw), Sid Haig (Chopper)

The creature feature genre is often the most neglected of all the horror subgenres. It takes a back seat to more bankable premises such as slasher and paranormal horror. A new good creature feature is about as hard to find as the creature in the movie itself. Back in the day (way, way, back) in the 1950’s, the creature feature held the lion’s share of what any horror fan would want to see. In my humble opinion, it’s the biggest gamble for anybody that has plans to make a horror film now. Out of the gate, it has two strikes against it.

Seven Arts Entertainment CEO Peter Hoffman has failed in a bid to have a Louisiana federal judge throw out the government's fraud case against him. List The Hollywood Reporter Reveals Hollywood's 100 Favorite Films Hoffman was given $1.13 million to transform an old mansion at the edge of the French Quarter in New Orleans into a film post-production facility. Prosecutors say he and partner Michael Arata filed a "materially false and misleading" film infrastructure tax credit application "when, in truth and in fact, the expenditures had not been made as claimed." In response, Hoffman challenged the indictment

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Last year at San Diego Comic Con, Scream Factory announced that they would be putting out Clive Barker’s 1990 film Nightbreed on Blu-Ray. Let’s be honest, it rocked horror fans’ socks off. A year later, Scream Factory announces the details about the release of two editions and some of those same fans are complaining about the price tag for the limited edition. I just want to preface this article with the fact that this knowledge that I have gained over the years of not only being a fan of the genre but dealing with studios and knowing some of the ins-and-outs of home media distribution. I don’t work in the industry, I just deal with it for this site and with my own local theatrical program, Late Nite Grindhouse. So, none of this is inside information with Scream Factory and while I have reviewed one product they have sent me,...

A while back it was announced that Scream Factory would finally be bringing the “Cabal Cut” of Nightbreed to home video. Fans have begged for this release for a long time, so the excitement levels were high. A bit later, it was revealed that it wouldn’t actually be the Cabal Cut, but a new, director approved Director’s Cut of the film. Some were angry that it wouldn’t technically be the cut of the film that they wanted, but after a quick explanation, I was convinced that this would be superior. This is a new director’s cut of the film approved by Clive Barker. The reason the Cabal Cut isn’t what’s being released, is that basically, it’s the kitchen sink version of the film. Everything available was compiled to comprise the Cabal Cut, so the film is being whittled down, so that we still...

Nearly a year ago, Scream Factory made the announcement at Comic-Con that they would be restoring and releasing "The Cabal Cut" of Clive Barker's Nightbreed. At the time, no date was set for the release because they simply didn't know how long the restoration would take.

Today they have announced that the release date will be October 28th, 2014 and pre-orders are now being accepted.

Here is the full announcement with all the available details.

***Nightbreed: The Director’S Cut Update!!***

We have big (and extensive) news to report today regarding a film that we announced almost over a year ago in July. In collaboration with Morgan Creek Productions and Clive Barker’s Seraphim, Inc., the long-awaited Nightbreed: The Director’S Cut is scheduled for a release of October 28th and will be available in two retail versions: A 5,000 Unit Limited-Edition 3-Disc Blu-ray™ set and a Special Edition DVD & Blu-ray™ Combo.

Nightbreed fans everywhere were excited to hear that Scream Factory would be bringing the movie to Blu-ray when it was first announced last year at Comic-Con. Since then, things have been relatively quiet, but Scream Factory, Morgan Creek, and Clive Barker have officially announced Nightbreed: The Director’s Cut. Not just a Blu-ray version of The Cabal Cut, Scream Factory was able to locate the previously missing original film elements from Warner Bros.

It has been revealed that Scream Factory is prepping Nightbreed: The Director’s Cut for an October release and will also be offering a limited edition set with a number of exclusive items. Here’s a look at the official press release and cover art:

“On October 28, 2014, the horror home entertainment brand Scream Factory™, in collaboration with Morgan Creek Productions and Clive Barker’s Seraphim, Inc., will finally unleash the highly sought-after Director’s Cut...

My fellow heathens, a fierce new witch hunter is on his way to "Salem" by way of ship, and you'll get a taste of his wily ways in this new clip from tomorrow night's Episode 1.07, "Our Own Private America."

"Salem" explores what really fueled the town's infamous witch trials and dares to uncover the dark, supernatural truth behind them.

Related Story: Visit our "Salem" Archive

The series stars Janet Montgomery as the ruthless but vulnerable Mary Sibley, Salem’s most powerful enchantress; Shane West as handsome, hardened war veteran John Alden – and Mary’s onetime love interest; Seth Gabel as local aristocrat Cotton Mather, who fans the flames of Salem’s witch hunt; Ashley Madekwe as Mary’s mysterious, carnal accomplice, Tituba; Xander Berkeley as chief politician Magistrate Hale; Tamzin Merchant as the forthright Anne Hale, an artist with a perilous attraction to Alden; Elise Eberle as the mysteriously afflicted...

Cotton and Alden grapple with the aftermath of their interrogation of their captive — and the consequences of possessing the Malum — in this new clip from Sunday night's Episode 1.07 of "Salem," entitled "Our Own Private America."

Along with the clip we have an expanded synopsis for the ep, in which Stephen Lang (Avatar) guest stars as Increase Mather, the greatest witch hunter of Salem’s time.

"Salem" explores what really fueled the town's infamous witch trials and dares to uncover the dark, supernatural truth behind them.

Related Story: Visit our "Salem" Archive

The series stars Janet Montgomery as the ruthless but vulnerable Mary Sibley, Salem’s most powerful enchantress; Shane West as handsome, hardened war veteran John Alden – and Mary’s onetime love interest; Seth Gabel as local aristocrat Cotton Mather, who fans the flames of Salem’s witch hunt; Ashley Madekwe as Mary’s mysterious, carnal accomplice, Tituba; Xander Berkeley...

Cher. What more needs to be said?

She’s the icon of icons, and her list of accomplishments would take forever to list. So on her 68th birthday, let’s pick the best of the best of her immense music catalog. For the purposes of this post, let’s keep it to Cher as a solo artist, and remember …

After The Nuclear Holocaust, The Only Things That Will Remain Are Cockroaches … And This List.

20. Carousel Man

Year: 1973

Album: Half Breed

Chart Peak: N/A

When the album Half Breed came out in 1973, it represented a bit of a comeback after two previous chart disappointments, thanks to the #1 title song (which we’ll be seeing later), which makes it curious why the second and final single “Carousel Man” was only released as a promo to radio DJ’s, and therefore failed to chart on the Hot 100. It remains memorable thanks to that bizarre merry-go-round hook.

Hadrian's wall, Culloden, the poll tax, Jacob Rees-Mogg: yes, England has inflicted an awful lot of angst and pain on Scotland down the centuries – but, look, we still don't want you to leave

1 Sorry for calling every last one of you "Jock". We now know it's offensive, especially if you're a woman.

2 So sorry for the years of heartless Conservative governments that you never voted for that ripped the heart out of the Scottish mining, steel and shipbuilding industries, butchered public services and imposed an unwonted, dismal neo-liberal ethos on a land to which such a callous political and economic philosophy was inimical.

3 And for making you guinea pigs for Margaret Thatcher's disastrous poll tax, inflicting it on you a year before England and Wales, and then – somehow! – forgetting to backdate the rebate for the tax when it was abolished in the early 90s.

4 Sorry for the 1746 Dress Act that banned tartan,...

In a solid year full of great movies, many directors are bound to be snubbed for award nominations by the Directors Guild of America. And so for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2013 award noms, many were left in the dust such as Joel & Ethan Coen ("Inside Llewyn Davis"), Alexander Payne ("Nebraska"), and Spike Jonze ("Her").

The Guild revealed the nominations today for the DGA Awards (full nomination list below) and it's interesting to point out that Alfonso Cuaron, Steve McQueen, and Paul Greengrass are all first time nominees.

But will these nominations shape up the Oscar race? And will the Academy favor the Coen Brothers, or Payne, or Jonze instead of some of the DGA nominees?

We'll find out the winner of the 66th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, January 25.

Here's the full list of nominations:

Alfonso CUARÓN

Gravity

(Warner Bros. Pictures)

Mr. Cuarón.s Directorial Team:

· Unit...

Directors Guild of America President Paris Barclay today (January 7) announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2013.

“To be chosen by your peers in a year full of incredibly well-crafted films is the true marker of outstanding directorial achievement,” said Barclay. “The passion and vision of each of the nominees resulted in tremendously diverse films that kept audiences mesmerized. Congratulations to each of the nominees on a job very well done.”

With no big shocks or omissions, the nominees are (in alphabetical order):

Alfonso CUARÓN

Gravity

(Warner Bros. Pictures)

Mr. Cuarón’s Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: David Siegel (Arizona Unit)

First Assistant Directors: Josh Robertson, Stephen Hagen (Arizona Unit)

Second Assistant Director: Ben Howard

This is Mr. Cuarón’s first DGA Feature Film Award nomination.

Paul Greengrass

Captain Phillips

(Columbia Pictures)

Mr. Greengrass’s Directorial Team:

Unit Production Managers: Todd Lewis,...

The Directors Guild of America has just announced their nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2013. The nominees are hardly a surprise (these are actually the five I predicted) and include some of the biggest names in the industry, such as Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street) and David O. Russell (American Hustle).

Other highly predictable nominees include Alfonso Cuaron for his brilliant work on Gravity (the best film of the year) and Steve McQueen for 12 Years a Slave. It’s interesting to note that this is where most of the competition has centered throughout awards season, with these two taking a vast majority of the awards. However, while favor started out in McQueen’s corner, the awards over the past month have shown that Cuaron is the clear favorite, making this award his to lose.

The nominations were somewhat interesting to predict this year. Cuaron, McQueen,...

In her recent Hollyblog “Independent TV Financing in the Digital Age: Who’s In,” lawyer Alissa Miller discusses the proliferation of Netflix, Hulu, YouTube/Google, Amazon and other digital distribution platforms. She says, “In order to attract an extensive group of subscribers, digital distributors need to continue to provide an immense amount of original, high-quality content” and, “as a result, more producers have been able to enter the market to fill the demand for content, and the need for independent financing for new productions has increased.” I recently experienced being one of these producers firsthand while both setting out to find the financing.

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Dec. 17, 2013

Price: DVD $29.98, Blu-ray/DVD Combo $34.98

Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment

The high-school superhero in green is back in Kick Ass 2.

In the sequel, Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Savages) again plays nerdy Dave Lizewski, who drops his books and dons his suit to fight bad guys. He partners with the fellow teen hero Hit-Girl (Chloe Grace Moretz, Hugo) to fight evil, and the pair quickly faced with a deadly challenge.

Trying to get revenge for his father’s death, Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Pitch Perfect) re-invents himself as the leader of a league of villains. To survive, Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl must team with a new wave of masked crusaders, led by badass Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey, Mr. Popper’s Penguins).

Although the original film was acclaimed by critics, Kick Ass 2 didn’t get as much love, and grossed a lower $29 million in theaters. The movie got...

NBC Digital began laying off employees this morning. According to insiders, about 4 out of a staff of 80 got the axe. NBC declined to comment. The prelude to the layoffs came two weeks ago when Rob Hayes, Evp Digital Media for NBC, announced a division overhaul, in which four new executives were added to the digital team: Michael Martin, Svp, Product, Technology & Operations; Tom Blaxland, VP, Production; Eddie Lee, VP, Technology; and Ross Cox, VP, Product. In addition to those hires, Matt Allen and Trideev Dasgupta wee upped to VP, Digital Integrations and VP, Digital Business Development & Strategy, respectively, reporting to Ann McGowan, Svp, Digital Business Development & Strategy. Today’s layoffs are the result of that restructuring, insiders say. It’s been a little more than a year since Hayes was named Evp, replacing longtime NBCUniversal digital chief Vivi Zigler who left the company. Hayes was among the former Showtime execs...

In some cases, a soundtrack can take a game from being good to great. That's not only the case with modern games either, as the days of yore were able to provide memorable tunes that continue to stick with gamers today. We're digging into the past to un-earth and re-experience five Snes musical masterpieces that stand out from the crowd.

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest

The enchanting soundtrack for Donkey Kong Country 2 was composed by David Wise. No stranger to simian-symphonies, David also created the music for DKC2's predecessor Donkey Kong Country, and went on to score a hat trick by composing for the third installment of the series (Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble).

The three games did battle to make it onto this list, copious bananas were thrown and many monkey tantrums were had. It is undoubtable that all three soundtracks have...

Bryan Fischer wants to talk about sodomy a lot, Andrew Sullivan advocates civil disobedience at Sochi, Sir Elton’s fight scene (that didn’t include Madonna)

Adele is being pursued to make her movie debut as the villainess in the adaptation of Mark Miller’s The Secret Service, which will also feature cameos from Sir Elton John and David Beckham. Sir Elton’s role will reportedly feature him in a violent fight scene.

Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law some of the most sweeping protections for transgender students in the nation, guaranteeing them access to the bathrooms of their identified gender as well as sports teams.

The racial discrimination charges against Paula Deen have been dismissed from the lawsuit, but charges of sexual harassment from her brother in her restaurants still remain.

Billionaire Elon Musk finally revealed his plans for the Hyperloop transportation system, which could make the trip...

We’ve already heard from creator of the Kick-Ass comics Mark Miller and now it’s the turn of the three main cast members. We were there to witness some of the final battle sequence which takes place in the Red Mist’s (now The Motherf*cker) evil lair. The good guys were all dressed in their superhero outfits, with the bad guys looking particularly vicious, welding steel bars and readying to take their positions for what will undoubtedly be an epic battle in the finished film.

We got to see a few takes where Aaron Johnson and Christopher Mintz-Plasse’s stunt doubles went head to head. Not long after this, those same men were both outside gasping for air as the wet suit and the brand new leather fetish suit modeled by The Motherf*cker were beginning to take their toll! Chloe Mortz Hit Girl was also on the stage,...

Exclusive Nightbreed: The Cabal Cut Interview - The Scream Factory Comic-Con panel dropped huge news for Clive Barker fans last week when it was announced that they’d be releasing Nightbreed: The Cabal Cut on Blu-ray. In an exclusive interview with Daily Dead, Russell Cherrington, Mark Miller, and Michael Plumides discuss their work on The Cabal Cut, teaming up with Scream Factory, bonus features, and where you can catch a screening of the movie later this week:

Congratulations on getting The Cabal Cut on Blu-ray.

Mark Miller: First let me say, this is an incredible time for Seraphim Films. We have worked closely with Morgan Creek on bringing the Cabal Cut to the world, and upon hearing the news that a deal had been struck with Shout Factory, we were overjoyed. The fruits of our labors have finally paid off. We eagerly await the next chapter in this saga.

Scream Factory had an exciting announcement for Clive Barker fans during their Comic-Con panel tonight. We previously told you that there has been a push to get Clive Barker’s extended cut of Nightbreed on Blu-ray and it’s now official.

While this was just an early announcement, we expect The Cabal Cut blu-ray to receive the Scream Factory collector’s edition treatment, which would include a new HD transfer and an extensive set of bonus features. Here are details on the work that went into originally putting The Cabal Cut together:

“Ever since it was first released, Clive Barker’s Nightbreed has been the subject of much debate. For nearly twenty years now, there have been stories of more Nightbreed, missing scenes, and special edition releases. These stories have always been conjecture and hearsay. Until now…

In 2009 Seraphim’s Mark Miller contacted Morgan Creek and found out that there...

The Young and the Restless tallied 23 nominations as honors were announced this morning for the 40th annual Daytime Emmy Awards. Restless’ impressive take helped CBS lead all networks with 50 overall nominations. PBS and ABC followed, with 44 and 38 nods, respectively.

General Hospital, which earned 19 nominations, joined Restless in the race for Outstanding Drama Series, and Sesame Street received 17 nods, including three for Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo who faces allegations of sexual misconduct.

Good Morning America and Today will bring their ratings rivalry to the Emmys, where they’ll be joined by CBS Sunday Morning in the Outstanding Morning Program category.

The nominations are in! Ellen DeGeneres, The View and General Hospital lead the pack in the 2013 Daytime Emmy nominations.

Sam Champion read the 2013 Daytime Emmy Nominations on Good Morning America on May 1, and it’s a great list! General Hospital and The Young & The Restless were some of the many shows nominated, while Ellen DeGeneres, Katie Couric and the lovely ladies of The View are some of the hosts nominated. Read on for the full list.

Daytime Emmys 2013 — Full List Of Nominations

Outstanding Drama Series

The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS

Bradley P. Bell, Executive Producer

Rhonda Friedman, Edward J. Scott, SupervisingProducers

Ronald W. Weaver, Senior Producer

Mark Pinciotti, Coordinating Producer

Cynthia J. Popp, Colleen Bell, Casey Kasprzyk, Producers

Days of Our Lives, NBC

Ken Corday, Executive Producer

Lisa de Cazotte, Greg Meng, Co-Executive Producers

Janet Drucker, Tim Stevens, Coordinating Producers

Albert Alarr, Producer

General Hospital , ABC

Frank Valentini, Executive Producer

Mary-Kelly Weir,...

"In the world of Latin dance competitions, Miami has seen it all. But it's never seen this much fat," begins the preview for one very wacky film called "Tony Tango."

It premiered at Miami International Film Festival earlier this month and has screenings at Chicago Comedy Film Festival, San Diego Film Festival, San Diego Latino Film Festival and New York International Latino Film Festival.

Think of "Tony Tango" as a much more light-hearted "Bernie," in which Jack Black played a chubby undertaker. Like Bernie, Tony is affable, rotund, and a hit with the over-50 ladies.

Tony and his dance partner must train to win a Latin dance competition and use the winnings to save a family business.

The "Nacho Libre"-esque Tony is played by Maxx Maulion, a comedian from Fort Lauderdale who wrote the film with Coral Springs native Andres De Oliveira, who also acts in the film as Tony's sidekick.

Over the past few years, Mark Miller has established a close working relationship with Clive Barker: he’s the co-head of Barker’s production company, Seraphim Films; he served as assistant editor on Barker’s third Abarat novel, Absolute Midnight, and is editing the author’s eagerly-anticipated book The Scarlet Gospels; and he’s been instrumental in getting the director’s cut of Barker’s film Nightbreed in front of audiences.

On the comics front, Miller wrote several issues of the latest incarnation of Hellraiser for Boom! Studios, and is now co-writing a just-announced new series with Barker called New Genesis, about a man who claims he is God returned to Earth. Even with this obviously busy schedule, Miller was kind enough to take a few moments to chat with FEARnet.com about the new series.

Tell us how you got involved co-writing New Genesis with Clive Barker.

I...

Clive Barker and comics books have a very long history of harmonious co-existence. We've seen plenty of Hellraiser, etc., splashed across illustrated pages, but now it's time for something completely different. The genesis of a new property, if you will.

USA Today is reporting that Barker and Boom! Comics have gotten together to launch an exciting comic property called New Genesis. This will be the first original comic created and written by the horror master. Featuring art by Haemi Jang (Hellraiser: The Road Below), the 12-part series is the Old Testament of the Bible in present day, "if God were to come back and tell you how we all got it wrong and what everything really meant," says co-writer Mark Miller.

"We're making something that is a radical re-reading of ancient structures. It does have the word Genesis in the title, after all. That should be a dead giveaway," adds Barker,...

A few days ago we shared a new TV spot and three new images from The Last Exorcism 2, which comes from director Ed Gass-Donnelly and opens next month. As you already see – today it’s time for us to share the latest poster for the whole thing. It looks pretty creepy, and once again we have a little warning: God asks – the Devil commands. We’ll see about that!

Ed Gass-Donnelly directs the movie from a script he co-wrote with Damien Chazelle and the story picks up where the 2010 first film left off.

In other words – we have Nell Sweetzer who, unable to remember the events of the previous months, begins the process of starting a new life, but… the evil force that once possessed her has quite different plans for the poor woman!

Starring Ashley Bell, Andrew Sensenig, Spencer Treat Clark, Muse Watson, David Jensen & Judd Lormand, The Last Exorcism 2...

Last week, Boom! Studios officially announced the relaunch of their Hellraiser comic book with Hellraiser: The Dark Watch. The new series will be co-written by Witch Doctor‘s Brandon Seifert, who is also working on the miniseries Hellraiser: The Road Below. I recently had a chance to catch up with Brandon and asked him about the miniseries, working with Clive Barker, and what we can expect from The Dark Watch:

How did you become involved with the Hellraiser comic book series? Did Boom! and Clive reach out to you because of your work on Witch Doctor or did you reach out to them?

Brandon Seifert: Last year, I put out Witch Doctor with Lukas, and Boom! saw it, liked it, and emailed me asking if I could do a story for the Hellraiser Annual in April. Out of all stuff that Boom! does, Hellraiser was what I...

NBCUniversal has made several moves in its ad sales division, promoting three executives and bringing aboard two more to head newly formed units. All will report to NBCU Ad Sales President Linda Yaccarino. Dan Lovinger, Evp of Advertising Sales & Integrated Marketing for Telemundo Media, has been promoted to Evp, Cable Ad Sales, NBCUniversal, though he will still have oversight of Telemundo; he will co-report to Yaccarino and Telemundo COO Jackie Hernandez. Mark Miller, Svp, Ad Sales for USA & Syfy, has been promoted to Evp, Ad Sales, NBCUniversal News Group, where he will oversee sales for NBC News, CNBC and MSNBC. And Peter Naylor, Evp, Digital Media Sales, has been named Evp, Ad Sales, NBC News Digital. In addition, Trish Frohman joins the company as Evp, Ad Sales Strategy, a new group tasked with developing the overall sales strategy for the division. She comes from Turner Broadcasting, where she most recently was Evp,...