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Drake Bell is open to a Drake & Josh reboot and knows how he would like to revive it.

In a new interview, Bell opened up about reuniting with his former Nickelodeon co-star Josh Peck for a reboot of their sitcom but this time inspired by Curb Your Enthusiasm.

“I have a really special place in my heart for Drake & Josh and I would love to revisit the character,” Bell said on the Beyond the Velvet Rope podcast. “I’d love to revisit something with Josh, whether it’s a reboot or… my dream is to do something kind of like Curb Your Enthusiasm, where we’re playing ourselves but trying to navigate life today.”

Bell has seemingly thought deeply about how the show could bring the characters back together and added, “Maybe I’m trying to get him back together with me, and he’s like, ‘Dude, you’re annoying,...

Actress Sunny Leone’s upcoming film “Quotation Gang,” initially scheduled for a July release, will now hit the screens on August 30, 2024. The film will be available in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu, featuring an ensemble cast including Jackie Shroff, Priyamani, and Sara Arjun. Other cast members include Ashraf Mallissery, Jaya Prakash, Akshaya, Pradeep Kumar, Vishno Warrior, Sonal Khilwani, Kiara, Satinder, and Sherin.

Kd-The Devil poster: Sanjay Dutt’s rowdy look as Dhak Deva

Sunny Leone announced the new release date on Instagram, sharing a motion poster that showcases her intense avatar in the film. She captioned her post with: “I am so excited to announce that #QuotationGang is hitting the theatres on 30 August 2024! Get ready for an unforgettable cinematic experience!! #ExcitingNews #QGMovie #Qg #QuotationGang #QGmovieupdate #trending #sunnyleone #priyamani #jackieshroff #saraarjun #MovieLovers #movies #film #cinema #ThrillerMovies #actionmovies #crimethriller #hyperlinkstories #love #gangster #mumbai #chennai #kashmir #violence #gangwar #forest #revengestories @directorvivekkofficial @i_me_gayathri...

Bollywood star Janhvi Kapoor is set to appear in her first espionage thriller, “Ulajh,” helmed by acclaimed indie director Sudhanshu Saria in his commercial debut.

Produced by Junglee Pictures, the film follows a young Indian Foreign Service (Ifs) officer, played by Kapoor, who becomes entangled in a dangerous conspiracy while on a diplomatic mission.

Speaking to Variety, Kapoor discussed her extensive preparation process for the role, which included a nine-day acting workshop with coach Atul Mongia and 15 days of script readings with Saria. “It really changed the way I look at my craft,” Kapoor said of the experience. “And then I just disappeared for 10-12 days before the shoot with the script. I wanted to spend time with the script and myself at home… getting familiar with the text.”

The actor noted that Saria encouraged her to move away from what he saw as an apologetic, people-pleasing demeanor. “He wanted...

Update 21/05/24: As confirmed on the latest edition of Richard Osman and Marina Hyde’s The Rest is Entertainment podcast, the latest cast member to be confirmed is Celia Imrie in the role of Joyce Meadowcroft. Joyce would love that, we feel.

As previously reported by Variety in April 2024, Dame Helen Mirren, Sir Ben Kingsley and Pierce Brosnan are also attached to The Thursday Murder Club film adaptation, which is being directed by Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone director Chris Columbus. Mirren will of course play former spy Elizabeth, Kingsley will play psychiatrist Ibrahim, and in something of a casting curveball, Pierce Brosnan will play former union organiser Ron. That just leaves police officers Donna and Chris, and handyman/fixer Bogdan as main characters still to be announced.

Original Article: “Everyone shouts out ‘Helen Mirren! Julie Walters! Dame Judi Dench!’ in the street at me all the time,...

New era, indeed! In a joint Instagram post, Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie announced their return to reality TV via Peacock. Both socialites posted “New Era. Same Besties.” alongside a video of a vintage television displaying static. The former stars of The Simple Life shared no other details. But fans are celebrating the return of the infamous duo and speculating about this new series.

In the spirit of nostalgia, let’s look back at the early 2000s when Hilton and Richie set the standards for millennial fashion and transformed the entertainment industry.

Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie pre-‘Simple Life’ fame Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie in Las Vegas in 2001 and early 2002 | David Klein/Getty Images; Jeff Vespa/WireImage; Donato Sardella/WireImage

Pre-Simple Life, Paris Hilton often landed in tabloids as she partied her way through NYC. The heiress to the Hilton Hotels empire began modeling in 2000 and earned the...

Jennifer Leak, the first wife of Tim Matheson who met when they played step-siblings in the 1968 film Yours, Mine and Ours, has died at 76. She died March 18 at her home in Jupiter, Fl.

Leak was dealing with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare neurological disease, in her final years.

Matheson posted a tribute on Facebook to her.

“It is with a heavy heart that I share the news of Jennifer Leak’s passing. She wasn’t just my screen sister in ‘Yours, Mine and Ours,’ but also my beloved first wife. Jennifer was a remarkable woman, strong, lovely, and incredibly talented. My deepest condolences go out to her husband of 47 years, James D’Auria, and their multitude of friends.”

Yours, Mine and Ours featured Matheson as Mike, the son of Henry Fonda’s Frank Beardsley, while Leak portrayed Colleen, the daughter of Lucille Ball’s Helen North. The movie was about a blended family of 18 children.

Taylor Swift may or may not be aligned with the interests of the U.S. government (she’s definitely not), but she does wield immense cultural power. Every time the 14-time Grammy winner includes an obscure lyrical reference in her songs, it creates an opportunity for the nerds who recognize it to say something like, oh, “But do you know what’s really cool about Clara Bow?”

So … do you know what’s really cool about Clara Bow?

Until this week, Clara Bow was just another silent movie star whose career got reduced to a persona in popular culture (the hedonistic “It Girl” both in the movie “It” and in her real life). But now that her name is revealed as inspiring a track on Swfit’s upcoming album “The Tortured Poets Department,” expect Bow to become a sensation all over again, 100 years after her heyday.

New Yorkers have the chance...

Helen Mirren is gracing the red carpet.

The 78-year-old Oscar-winning actress looked pretty in a lavender gown as she arrived at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday (January 7) in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Photos: Check out the latest pics of Helen Mirren

Also in attendance at the awards show included Helen‘s 1923 co-stars Julia Schlaepfer, Darren Mann, Brandon Sklenar, Michelle Randolph, and Aminah Nieves.

1923 is nominated tonight in the Best Television Series – Drama category.

The Golden Globes will air on CBS this year, marking a change in network after many years on NBC. The show is being hosted by comedian Jo Koy. Make sure to check out the full list of nominations!

Fyi: Helen is wearing a Dolce & Gabbana gown and Harry Winston jewelry.

Click through the gallery inside for 15+ pictures of the stars arriving at the awards show…...

Warning: contains major finale spoilers for The Tourist season two.

In The Tourist season one, Jamie Dornan played Elliot Stanley, an amnesia sufferer who pieced together unsavoury details about his life before he lost his memory in a road collision. Elliot had been the accountant of an international drug baron named Kostas, from whom he’d stolen $1 million in cash in collusion with Kostas’ con-artist fiancée ‘Victoria’. He’d forced vulnerable addicts including a Russian woman named Lena Pascal to become drug mules, resulting in the deaths of two of Lena’s friends. Elliot had also fallen for Australian traffic cop Helen Chambers, whose forgiveness of his past misdeeds gave him enough hope that he chose not to take his own life in the season’s final moments.

By the end of The Tourist season two, everything had changed. Jamie Dornan was now playing Eugene Cassidy, part of one side...

Henry Kissinger, who as national security advisor and secretary of state for Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford became one of the most influential, famous and controversial diplomats of the 20th century, died Wednesday in his home in Connecticut. He was 100.

A consultant to almost every President of the United States since leaving the State Department in 1977, Kissinger was instrumental in the historic opening to China in 1972. He was also a hawk during the Vietnam War, a master strategist in geopolitics and Beltway power, and an architect of Middle East shuttle diplomacy. With a realpolitik legacy that is as complicated as any American statesman, the pragmatic and cynical German-born Kissinger also was a much lauded and criticized recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 for his role in ending the war in Southeast Asia.

Born Heinz Alfred Kissinger on May 27, 1923 in Fuerth in the state of Bavaria, his Jewish family fled...

Directed by K. Asher LevinWritten by Amy Brown Carver Story by K. Asher Levin and Amy Brown Carver Produced by Levin, Daniel Cummings, Robert Dean, Roy Scott MacFarland & Todd Lundbohm Helen’s Dead follows the story of Addie (Dylan Gelula). After a terrible breakup with her boyfriend, Addie goes to confront her best friend about cheating allegations and accidentally steps into a murder scene.

The post Helen’S Dead | Starring Emile Hirsch & Tyrese Gibson | In Theaters & On Demand Now appeared first on Horror News | Hnn.

Mumbai, Oct 7 (Ians) Actress Sunny Leone, who will be seen in the recreated version of ‘Mera Piya Ghar Aaya 2.0’ which is originally picturised on Madhuri Dixit Nene in the 1995 blockbuster movie ‘Yaarana’, expressed her excitement for this project, and shared how she tried to capture the elegance of the latter in her performance.

Sunny is ready to honour the iconic Madhuri Dixit by recreating one of her legendary dance sequences, promising a delightful spectacle.

Earlier, Sunny has featured in the music video of another redone song ‘Laila Main Laila’ from the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer ‘Raees’. The actress has also featured in tracks like ‘Pink Lips’ and ‘Trippy Trippy’, among others.

Talking about the song ‘Mera Piya Ghar Aaya 2.0’, Sunny said: “Madhuri Dixit has been a constant source of inspiration for my career. Whenever I perform my own songs, I aim to capture her elegance”.

She further mentioned: “I have...

Mumbai, Oct 7 (Ians) Actress Sunny Leone, who will be seen in the recreated version of ‘Mera Piya Ghar Aaya 2.0’ which is originally picturised on Madhuri Dixit Nene in the 1995 blockbuster movie ‘Yaarana’, expressed her excitement for this project, and shared how she tried to capture the elegance of the latter in her performance.

Sunny is ready to honour the iconic Madhuri Dixit by recreating one of her legendary dance sequences, promising a delightful spectacle.

Earlier, Sunny has featured in the music video of another redone song ‘Laila Main Laila’ from the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer ‘Raees’. The actress has also featured in tracks like ‘Pink Lips’ and ‘Trippy Trippy’, among others.

Talking about the song ‘Mera Piya Ghar Aaya 2.0’, Sunny said: “Madhuri Dixit has been a constant source of inspiration for my career. Whenever I perform my own songs, I aim to capture her elegance”.

She further mentioned: “I have...

Backlash over Helen Mirren’s casting in “Golda”, a new biopic about late Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, has flared up, and Mirren is responding.

Speaking with Britain’s Radio Times, the Oscar winner said that she understands criticisms that she — a non-Jewish actor — is playing an iconic Jewish woman.

“I did tell Guy that I’m not Jewish, in case he thought I was.”

While controversy over her casting emerged last year, Mirren told the magazine that “the whole issue of casting has exploded out of the water fairly recently.”

Read More: Helen Mirren Says Criticism Of Her Casting As Israel Pm Golda Meir Is ‘Utterly Legitimate’

She cited some past projects in which she’s played Jewish characters, which didn’t raise any eyebrows.

“I’ve had other Jewish roles [in ‘Woman in Gold’ and ‘The Debt’], but not an uber-Jewish role like Golda Meir,” she said, noting that...

According to 85% of Gold Derby’s 2024 Golden Globes predictors, former Best Film Comedy/Musical Actress champion Emma Stone (2016’s “La La Land”) is practically assured a repeat victory thanks to her work in the fantasy epic “Poor Things.” Assuming this decisive opinion is truly reflective of those of Golden Globes voters, it would only make sense for her to leverage that love into a same-year Best TV Comedy Actress notice for her performance on the buzzy new Showtime series “The Curse.”

Were she to prevail on her potential bids for said big screen and small screen projects, she would make history as the youngest individual to simultaneously achieve both types of acting Golden Globe wins.

SEEOscar predictions update: ‘Poor Things’ still rising in all major categories including Best Picture, Best Director …

Based on the novel of the same name by Alasdair Gray, “Poor Things” stars Stone as a deceased woman named Bella who,...

As we reported earlier, The much-awaited film by director Amal Neerad and actor Kunchacko Boban has finally started shooting yesterday. The film, which is yet to be titled, is said to be a thriller with a strong emotional core. The film also marks the first collaboration between the two, who are known for their distinctive styles and genres.

According to sources, this will be an high voltage action film with suspense elements. Kunchako is one of the best actors in the industry and this is the first time Amal Neerad joining hands with Kunchako Boban, which should be pointed because Amal already worked with multiple actors from Industry which will go on from Mohanlal, Mammootty, Prithviraj, Fahadh Faasil, Dulquer Salman, Asif Ali, Jayasurya, Shine Tom Chacko. There are rumours that Tovino will also be part of the project. We have to wait to see the update.

The film’s cinematographer is Anand C Chandra,...

Tharun Moorthy, the director of the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Malayalam film Operation Java, has announced his next project. The untitled film will have Binu Pappu as the writer and Supreme Sundar as the action choreographer. The film is expected to have some thrilling action sequences that will keep the audience on the edge of their seats.

Binu Pappu is not only a writer but also an actor who has impressed the viewers with his versatile roles in films like Helen, One, Operation Java and Bheemante Vazhi. He is the son of veteran actor Kuthiravattam Pappu, who was known for his comic timing and memorable characters. Binu Pappu has shown his flair for writing in Operation Java, where he co-wrote the dialogues with Tharun Moorthy. He has also worked as an associate director in several films.

Operation Java Trailer

Supreme Sundar is a popular stunt master who has worked in Tamil,...

Elliot Page (Oscar-nominee for “Juno” and star of Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy”) and Hillary Baack (“Sound of Metal) will star in “Close to You.” The new film from the BAFTA-winning writer/director Dominic Savage (“The Escape” and “I am Ruth”) will be co-financed by Kindred Spirit, with Anita Gou and Sam Intili executive producing alongside Rolling Dice’s Nai Vazirani.

Executive producers include Matt Jordan Smith of Page’s PageBoy Productions. Producers are Krishnendu Majumdar and Richard Yee who developed the project under their Me + You Productions banner in the UK and Daniel Bekerman and Chris Yurkovich of Good Question Media in Canada. Savage and Page are also producing after conceiving and co-authoring the story together.

Principal photography was recently completed in Canada. The picture stars Page as Sam, who has a fluke encounter with an old friend (Baack) on his way home to a family reunion which...

Academy Award nominee Elliot Page (The Umbrella Academy) is set to star opposite Hillary Baack (Sound of Metal) in Close to You, a new film from BAFTA-winning writer-director Dominic Savage (I Am…), which has wrapped production in Canada.

Pic follows Sam (Page), who has a chance encounter with an old friend (Baack) on his way home to a dreaded family reunion that forces him to confront long-buried memories.

Producers include Krishnendu Majumdar and Richard Yee, who developed the project under their UK banner, Me + You Productions; Daniel Bekerman and Chris Yurkovich of Good Question Media in Canada; and Savage and Page, who together conceived and co-authored the story. Kindred Spirit is co-financing with Anita Gou and Sam Intili (I Saw the TV Glow) exec producing alongside Rolling Dices Nia Vazirani (The Trial of Chicago 7), as well as Matt Jordan Smith of Page’s PageBoy Productions.

Netflix is finally headed back to Serenity. Sweet Magnolias Season 3 is coming to the streaming service this July, and it sounds like there is plenty of drama in store for Maddie, Helen, and Dana Sue.

‘Sweet Magnolias’ Season 3 premieres July 20 JoAnna Garcia Swisher and Heather Headley in ‘Sweet Magnolias’ Season 3 | © 2023 Netflix, Inc

Season 2 of Sweet Magnolias premiered in February 2022. That season ended on something of a cliffhanger, with Cal (Justin Bruening) getting arrested following an altercation at Sullivan’s, Ryan’s (Michael Shenefelt) surprise proposal to Helen (Heather Headley), and the shocking revelation that Maddie’s (JoAnna Garcia Swisher) ex Bill (Chris Klein) was Isaac’s (Chris Medlin) father. Plus, Dana Sue (Brooke Elliott) reunited with her estranged husband Ronnie (Brandon Quinn).

The finale also introduced a mysterious woman from Dana Sue’s past. The stranger slashed Dana Sue’s tires and accosted her daughter Annie (Anneliese Judge). But who...

In the latest TV show ratings, CBS’ Survivor dominated Wednesday in the demo, while NBC’s Chicago Fire cooked up the night’s largest audience.

CBS | Survivor (with 4.5 million total viewers and a 0.7 demo rating; read recap) was steady week-to-week, as was the recently cancelled True Lies (whose double episode series finale averaged 2 mil and a 0.2, and a TVLine reader grade of “B+”).

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Austin Butler is going from the sands of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two to a life of crime for City on Fire, an adaptation of Don Winslow’s novel from Sony 3000 Pictures. In addition to his starring role, Butler produces alongside David Heyman and Shane Salerno. No director or writers have joined the project, but the studio will prioritize the adaptation. City on Fire is the first title in a trilogy, setting up the potential for Butler to star in his first franchise.

According to Deadline, Winslow’s trilogy borrows inspiration from The Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, and Greek tragedies but takes place in a modern setting. “The trilogy focuses on two criminal empires — one Irish, the other Italian — that control all of New England. A modern-day Helen of Troy event tears them apart and starts a brutal war. Butler will play the main character, Danny Ryan, who grows from...

Swirl your mind back to last October, when word first broke that the long-gestating sequel to 1996's storm-chasing thriller Twister was actually moving ahead. Titled Twisters, it has just picked up its first lead actor, with Daisy Edgar-Jones aboard to star.

Minari's Lee Isaac Chung is in the director's chair for the new film, which if it stays true to what was reported last year, will focus on the daughter of Helen Hunt's Jo Harding and Bill Paxton's Bill Harding from the original. The hope is for Hunt to make an appearance.

The casting of Edgar-Jones makes us think it'll come to pass, with The Revenant's Mark L. Smith on script duty. Steven Spielberg has been pushing this one forward, with a rare co-producing deal between Universal and Warner Bros.

All being well, it should be in cinemas around July 2024.

It’s official: The Golden Globes are returning to TV.

NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced on Tuesday morning that the 2023 ceremony — the Globes’ landmark 80th — will be held Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 8 pm Et/5 pm Pt, airing live coast-to-coast on NBC and streaming on Peacock.

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Exclusive: Chris Pratt is getting back into the ring with a documentary about World Champion wrestler Helen Maroulis.

The Marvel star has teamed up with Religion of Sports, the venture founded by Gotham Chopra, Michael Strahan, and Tom Brady, and Reserve Entertainment on Helen | Believe.

Pratt will produce via his Indivisible Productions banner.

The documentary, directed by Dylan Mulick, follows Olympic champion Helen Maroulis. At just 23 years old, she was competing in her first Olympic Games in Rio against Saori Yoshida, a 13x World Champion and the most decorated wrestler of all time. Yoshida was undefeated for over four straight years – until she stepped onto the mat with Maroulis, who shocked the world and defeated Yoshida to become the first, and only, American woman to win a Gold Medal in wrestling.

Following Rio, Helen went on a winning streak, asserting herself as the best pound for pound wrestler in the world.

Director Wash Westmoreland (Still Alice) has tapped rising star Millicent Simmonds (A Quiet Place) and Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), to star in Helen & Teacher about famous Deafblind activist Hellen Keller and Anne Sullivan, her committed yet controlling translator and companion.

Simmonds, who will star as Keller, is in fact a distant cousin of the author and disability rights advocate.

Set during the early 1900’s, the movie will follow Keller’s tumultuous time at Radcliffe College of Harvard University when her rapidly expanding worldview and sexual awakening brings her into direct conflict with the more conservative Sullivan. When Ms. Sullivan is courted by the young and brilliant publisher, John Macy, tensions escalate between the two women threatening the bonds of their friendship.

Cornerstone will handle international sales and distribution and will commence sales at next month’s American Film Market. UTA Independent Film Group and WME are overseeing the U.

CinemaActor Karthi launched the title and first look poster of the film on Monday.Digital NativeVeteran actor Arun Pandian and his daughter Keerthi Pandian are teaming up for the Tamil remake of Anna Ben's critically acclaimed Malayalam film Helen which was directed by Mathukutty Xavier. The title and the first look poster of the film were launched on Monday by actor Karthi. Directed by Gokul of Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara fame, the film has been titled Anbirkiniyal. Happy to reveal the first look of#Anbirkiniyal. Wishing the very best for @DirectorGokul, @iKeerthiPandian and the entire team. pic.twitter.com/HHfAuT7Fph — Actor Karthi (@Karthi_Offl) February 15, 2021 While Keerthi Pandian is reprising the role played by Anna Ben, Arun Pandian will be playing the role of her father in the film, which was played by popular Malayalam actor Lal. The remake is produced by Arun Pandian's home banner A&p Groups.

MollywoodIn the video, the actor can be heard saying a popular funny line spoken by Jagathy Sreekumar in the 1992 movie. Digital NativeMalayalam actor Jayasurya is on vacation in Nepal and is sharing some of the pictures and videos shot there on his social networking page. Recently, the actor posted a video of him traveling in what appears to be an auto rickshaw and washeard saying the popular dialogue from the 1992 hit movie Yoddha. This dialogue by Jagathy Sreekumar is remembered till date by Malayali film buffs. In Nepal.....With kutti maama....Posted by Jayasurya on Sunday, November 10, 2019 The actor does not appear in the short clip, but can be heard speaking the line “Njan Kuttymamene kandapo njetti mama (I was shocked to see you Kuttymama).” Yoddha was directed by Sangeeth Sivan and written by Sasidharan Arattuvazhi. Mohanlal played the lead role Thaiparambil Ashokan, rescuer of Rimpoche of a Nepalese Buddhist...

MollywoodThe actor tweeted that he would play a role in the Dhanush film to be directed by Mari Selvaraj.Digital NativeVeteran actor and filmmaker Lal has made an announcement on his social media page. He wrote that his next collaboration will be with the National Award winning Tamil star Dhanush. Lal wrote, “In Mari Selvaraj’s next! Looking forward to work with the multitalented @dhanushkraja. Shoot starting in December.” Wielding the megaphone for the upcoming film will be Mari Selvaraj of Pariyerum Perumal fame. The shooting of this film, which has not been titled yet, will begin in December. Dhanush is currently shooting for director Karthik Subbaraj's next in London and is expected to wrap up his work on this project and then join the sets of Mari’s film which will be completed by February or March 2020. During a film-related event, director Mari Selvaraj was quoted by the India Today as saying,...

This uncanny and transgressive film about a young woman who tracks down her birth parents is Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor’s best work yet

Writer-directors Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor have returned to the London film festival with their best work yet. At one level, it’s another eerie and uncanny movie shot with cool blankness and emotional distance; a meditation on the themes they have already explored in earlier movies such as Helen (2008) and Mister John (2013): ideas about double lives, impersonations, alternative existences and identities. But Rose Plays Julie has much more dramatic solidity and punch. Whereas some of their earlier work, however intriguing, sometimes looked like melting away into the mist, this film grabs you by the throat.

The drama begins by seeming to be hardly more than a poignant evocation of loneliness and regret. Then it escalates into an edge-of-the-seat suspense thriller of the sort that Chabrol might have admired,...

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1967: On Another World, Liz (Audra Lindley) was happy to hear that Bill (Joseph Gallison) suspected Madge of Danny's murder.

1967: Australian Broadcasting Corporation soap Bellbird premiered. It remained on the air until December 1977.

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MollywoodActor-director Vineeth Sreenivasan is producing the film and debutant filmmaker Mathukuty Xavier is directing it.Digital NativeActor-director Vineeth Sreenivasan is producing a Malayalam film titled Helen. The first look poster of film is out online and features Anna Ben of Kumbalangi Nights fame. It shows Anna as a waitress, holding a tray of food and drinks. From the title, one can assume that it will be a heroine-centric project. Debut director Mathukutty Xavier is not only wielding the megaphone for this venture but has also scripted it in association with Noble Babu Thomas and Alfred Kurian Joseph. Noble Babu Thomas is also playing the male lead in this flick. Helen has Aju Varghese, Lal Paul, and Rony David Raj playing supporting roles along with a set of debutants. The technical crew of this entertainer will comprise Anend C Chandran of Premam fame for cinematography, Shaan Rahman for music and Shameer Muhammed for editing.

Zazie Beetz has earned her first Emmy nomination this year for Best Comedy Supporting Actress as Van Keefer on the FX comedy series “Atlanta.” She’s one of the new faces from the show that helped to nearly triple its Emmy nominations from 6 to 16 from its first season to its second season. To best showcase her work, Beetz has submitted for voters’ consideration the fourth episode of season two, “Helen.”

In the episode, Van and Earn (Donald Glover) take a road trip to the city of Helen, Georgia, for Fastnacht, a Swiss-German festival that Van and her friends enjoy but which makes Earn uneasy, resulting in their relationship problems coming to a head. Over the course of the episode Van slowly admits (to herself and to others) that she and Earn are growing apart, and by the end, after staking their relationship on a best-of-five table tennis match, it is...

Gold Derby can exclusively reveal that Zazie Beetz is entering the “Atlanta” episode “Helen” as her Emmy submission for Best Comedy Supporting Actress. This installment aired March 22 and was the fourth episode of the second season for the FX show.

In this segment, Van (Beetz) and Earn (Donald Glover) leave Atlanta to visit a German festival. She is completely comfortable in this world, but he is not. In disgust, he leaves her behind to really enjoy herself. She almost hooks up with a bartender, but Earn has been secretly following them. Enjoy our recent video chat with Beetz discussing this season and her career.

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This year marks the first career nomination for Beetz. For the 2018 ceremony, she is in a very large category of eight women, with the other contenders being reigning two-time champ Kate McKinnon (“Saturday Night Live...

After six nominations and winning two Emmys last year, both for series creator and star Donald Glover as Best Comedy Actor and Best Comedy Directing, I’m expecting FX’s “Atlanta” to bring in a bigger haul of noms this year for its critically acclaimed second season. In our current combined odds, the series is already our frontrunner to win two awards: Best Comedy Series with 4/1 odds and a repeat in Best Comedy Actor for Glover with 3/1 odds. And yet in order to top last year’s six nominations, “Atlanta” will likely need to gain support in the acting categories.

Below I break down five of the show’s performers, their current odds in the race and the episodes Emmy voters need to watch in order to see their best work from this season. Overall, I think “Atlanta” Should get these five nominations for acting, but what do you think?...

Amy Seimetz, a director on Donald Glover’s “Atlanta” and the co-creator of the Starz series “The Girlfriend Experience,” has signed an overall production deal with FX Productions, Eric Schrier and Nick Grad, Presidents of Original Programming for FX Networks and FX Productions announced Tuesday.

Under the pact, Seimetz will develop new television projects exclusively for FX.

“Amy is an extremely talented multi-hyphenate artist and we are proud to have her join the family of outstanding writers, producers and directors working at FX productions,” said Schrier. “Her passion for storytelling is evident in all of her work, and we look forward to developing new series that showcase her talent.”

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Seimetz directed two episodes of “Atlanta”s second season — aka “Robbin’ Season” — “Helen” and “Champagne Papi.”

She is the co-creator and executive producer on “The Girlfriend Experience,” a Golden Globe-nominated series...

Amy Seimetz has signed an overall deal with FX Productions. The agreement will see Seimetz develop new television projects exclusively for Fxp.

“Amy is an extremely talented multi-hyphenate artist and we are proud to have her join the family of outstanding writers, producers and directors working at FX productions,” said Eric Schrier, co-president of original programming for FX. “Her passion for storytelling is evident in all of her work, and we look forward to developing new series that showcase her talent.”

Seimetz is the co-creator and executive producer of Starz series “The Girlfriend Experience,” which drew wide critical acclaim and earned a Golden Globe nomination in 2017 for actor Riley Keough. Season two of the anthology drama ended its Starz run in December.

An independent film and television veteran in front of and behind the camera, Seimetz recently collaborated with FX on the second season of “Atlanta,” directing two episodes — “Helen” and “Champagne Papi.

The year so far has been crammed with so much great television that even with many standbys absent from the scene — fan favorites including “Better Call Saul,” “Game of Thrones,” and “Veep” have not broadcast episodes in 2018 — a list of the year’s great TV feels comprehensive, even with half the year to go. This list of 13 television shows and one TV movie, a mix of new and returning broadcasts, is an attempt to name some of what stood out most sharply to Variety‘s critics: Those shows that, in an unprecedentedly crowded landscape, demanded our attention and earned our appreciation. The first half of the year has been strong enough to make the eventual task of winnowing down a year-end best list seem very difficult indeed; for now, here are some shows from the past six months worth catching up on.

The Americans (FX)

In its final moments, “The Americans...

“She wants independence,” says “Atlanta” co-star Zazie Beetz about her character Van’s emotional journey through season two of the critically acclaimed FX comedy. But Van is ambivalent. She has a child with Earn Marks (Donald Glover), but she doesn’t know exactly what her relationship to Earn actually is. So while she strives to “be seen as Van” and not just as a mother or a girlfriend, “she still is placing her value on other people’s validation … She’s still carrying what she was trying to let go.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Beetz above.

Van and Earn’s relationship reached a crossroads this season in the episode “Helen,” in which they had to finally pick a path: be a full-fledged couple or just amicable co-parents. “I think they both individually need to figure out what is truly important to them,” Beetz explains about the couple’s impasse,...

“Atlanta” reached the halfway mark of its critically acclaimed second season on Thursday, April 5, with one of its most compelling, disturbing and Emmy worthy episodes. In “Teddy Perkins,” written by series creator and star Donald Glover and directed by series regular Hiro Murai, Lakeith Stanfield is handed his first stand-alone narrative of the series as Darius, continuing a trend that began in season one with episodes for Zazie Beetz’s Van (“Value”) and Brian Tyree Henry’s Paper Boi (“B.A.N.”) and continued this season in “Helen” and “Barbershop” in the two preceding installments.

In the episode, Darius ventures in a U-Haul truck to pick up a piano being offered for free on a message board by a wealthy recluse named Teddy Perkins (Glover), brother and caretaker to the now mute and wheelchair-bound musician Benny Hope (Derrick Haywood). Teddy, we come to find out, suffers from a number of psychological issues,...

[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for the “Atlanta” episode “Helen.”]

A couple who is dating drives to the girl’s hometown and is surprised by an encounter with a wild animal on the road. In town, the guy can’t seem to adjust to feeling scrutinized, is one of the few black people around, and finds the strange residents way too friendly and obsessed with him. Sound familiar?

It’s actually the premise of “Atlanta’s” Season 2 episode “Helen,” in which Earn (Donald Glover) and Van (Zazie Beetz) travel to Helen, Georgia to attend the Germanic festival celebration known as Fasnacht. But it’s probably not a coincidence that it bears a resemblance, especially stylistically and tonally, to Jordan Peele’s Oscar-winning film “Get Out.” Indie darling Amy Seimetz chatted with IndieWire about directing the episode, trying to capture Donald Glover’s version of the festival known as Fasnacht, and her odd connection to the story.

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On Sunday, Harvey Weinstein was removed from his powerhouse film studio The Weinstein Company after being accused of decades of sexual misconduct in a New York Times report, according to Variety.

“In light of new information about misconduct by Harvey Weinstein that has emerged in the past few days, the directors of The Weinstein Company — Robert Weinstein, Lance Maerov, Richard Koenigsberg and Tarak Ben Ammar — have determined, and have informed Harvey Weinstein, that his employment with The Weinstein Company is terminated, effective immediately,” the Weinstein Company said in a statement on Sunday.

On Friday, the company announced that Weinstein would...

Harvey Weinstein will take an indefinite leave of absence from his company followed by an independent investigation, the board of directors of The Weinstein Co. announced on Friday in a statement obtained by Et.

The news comes after The New York Timespublished a report on Thursday alleging that the high-powered studio mogul has reached eight settlements with women over sexual harassment claims from 1990 - 2015.

The board stated that they have hired an independent law firm to investigate the claims and support Weinstein's decision to take a leave of absence from the company.

See the full statement below.

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"The undersigned members of the Weinstein Company’s Board of Representatives, constituting a majority of the Board, make the following statement.

We take extremely seriously the accusations published in today’s New York Times about our Company’s co-chairman Harvey Weinstein. It is...

The Weinstein Company has opted not to suspend Harvey Weinstein at this time. The New York Times published a bombshell report on Thursday, October 5 in which a handful of women accused Weinstein of sexual misconduct going back decades. Accusers included actress Ashley Judd and some of Weinstein’s former employees.

Read More:Harvey Weinstein Slams The New York Times’ ‘Reckless’ Reporting on Sexual Abuse Exposé

According to Variety, Weinstein is battling the board of directors to remain at the company and he believes the scandal can be weathered. Weinstein’s brother and company co-founder Bob Weinstein and COO David Glassner allegedly want Harvey fired from the company and are ready to take over management. The board is considering firing Weinstein without cause.

Weinstein has issued an official statement to the Times’ article, but his apology hardly went over well and many believe there will be no coming back from these accusations.

Junkyard Dog Productions announced today that the critically acclaimed new musical Come From Away, which is nominated for 7 Tony Awards including Best Musical, won 5 Outer Critics Circle Awards including Best Musical and 4 Helen Hayes Awards including Outstanding Musical Production, and is nominated for 9 Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical and the Drama League Award for Best Musical, will launch a North American Tour across the United States and Canada at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre in October 2018. Come From Away, which has been playing to standing room only audiences, features a book, music and lyrics by two-time Tony Award nominees and Outer Critics Circle Award winners Irene Sankoff amp David Hein, direction by two-time Tony Award nominee and Outer Critics Circle winnerChristopher Ashley Memphis, musical staging by two-time Tony Award nominee Kelly Devine Rocky, and music supervision by Ian Eisendrath A Christmas Story.

Rob Leane Jan 4, 2017

It's confirmed - The Man In The High Castle will return to Amazon for its third season.

There's no huge surprise here, as The Man In The High Castle is one of the most talked-about shows on Amazon Prime, but yes, it's been confirmed that a third season of the alt-history Nazi-stuffed drama is on the way.

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Amazon broke the news with a YouTube video, which oddly hasn't been made available in the UK. At the time of writing, all we have to go on is Collider's description of the clip.

Apparently, it shows Rufus Sewell's John Smith and Chelah Horsdal's Helen (who's pregnant in the scene) watching the Nazi atomic bomb land in Washington.

The Television Academy has announced the nominations for the 68th Emmy Awards at the newly-opened Saban Media Center. Television Academy Chairman and CEO Bruce Rosenblum joined Anthony Anderson and Lauren Graham at the nominations ceremony to announce this year's candidates.

The Emmys will be telecast live from The Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 18th with the broadcast hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. Here's the list of the key nominees:

Outstanding Drama Series

The Americans (FX Networks)

Better Call Saul (AMC)

Downton Abbey (PBS)

Game Of Thrones (HBO)

Homeland (Showtime)

House Of Cards (Netflix)

Mr. Robot (USA)

Outstanding Comedy Series

black-ish (ABC)

Master Of None (Netflix)

Modern Family (ABC)

Silicon Valley (HBO)

Transparent (Amazon)

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series

Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings, The Americans (FX Networks)

Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill, Better Call Saul (AMC)

Kyle Chandler as John Rayburn, Bloodline...

Exclusive: Features from Sandra Nettelbeck, Thomas Stuber, Caroline Link and Burhan Qurbani on slate for German outfit.

New features by Sandra Nettelbeck, Thomas Stuber, Burhan Qurbani and Oscar-winner Caroline Link are being lined up by the Ludwigsburg/Berlin-based production company Sommerhaus Filmproduktion, which was launched by producers Jochen Laube and Fabian Maubach at the end of last year with Beta Film’s Jan Mojto as partner.

The first project to go into production this year will be the melancholic romantic comedy What Does Not Kill Us (Was Uns Nicht Umbringt) by writer-director Sandra Nettelbeck in August with a cast including August Zirner, Sophie Rois, Christian Berkel, Bjarne Mädel and Jenny Schily.

The German-language film will mark Nettelbeck’s return to filmmaking in Germany after working abroad for more than ten years on films including Helen and Mr. Morgan’s Last Love. It will also link to the director’s internationally successful romantic comedy Mostly Martha (Bella Martha) with...

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Shameless, The Flash, Nashville and The Blacklist!

1 | Has Hawaii Five-o upped the ante when it comes to how police convoys get hijacked on TV? #CameInLikeaWreckingball

2 | Were you impressed by Hart of Dixie‘s commitment to keeping Wade shirtless throughout nearly all of last Friday’s episode?

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