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Italy’s Adler Entertainment and 39Films have teamed up on an innovative IP incubator called Writing Box that will bring together Italian and global screenwriters with the goal of germinating feature films, TV series and docs for the international market.

The initiative – being launched at Rome’s Mia market next week – is the brainchild of Adler’s Marco Colombo, Mattia della Puppa and Italy-based Argentinian producer Alfredo Federico, founder of Italy’s 39Films. Federico’s credits in the Latin American movie milieu include 2008 Berlin Golden Bear winner “Tropa de Elite” and Guillermo Arriaga’s “The Burning Plain.”

Adler Entertainment is a Milan-based distributor of indie titles such as Sydney Sweeney-starrer “Immaculate” that has branched out into production in recent years. Their productions include “Mogwai: If the Stars Had a Sound,” the doc about cult Scottish band Mogwai that has travelled widely on the fest circuit this year.

“We’ve...

Jennifer Lawrence has gained acclaim for her understatedly luxurious casual fashion sense, favoring high-end yet subtly elegant pieces.

And when she steps onto the red carpet, the 33-year-old American movie actress effortlessly commands attention with her breathtaking presence, undoubtedly making waves with her striking appearance.

The 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards

On Saturday night, May 11, Jennifer Lawrence made a memorable impression when she graced the 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York City.

Her attendance at the event was to honor her “favorite musician and good friend,” Orville Peck, who received the prestigious Vito Russo Award, named after the late activist and author of The Celluloid Closet.

Jennifer Lawrence exudes sophistication in a subtly elegant, black plunging Alaïa gown, seamlessly blending contemporary flair with timeless style (Credit: Jennifer Graylock / INSTARimages)

This annual ceremony recognizes individuals in the media who have made outstanding contributions to fair,...

Exclusive: Coming off 5 successful seasons of Mayans M.C., Emmy Award-nominee Jd Pardo has signed a first-look deal with FX Productions to develop new television programming for FX.

Pardo portrayed Ezekiel “Ez” Reyes on the hit Sons of Anarchy spinoff, created by Kurt Sutter and Elgin James, from 2018 to 2023. On-screen, Pardo’s Ez went from prospect to influential member of the M.C. to leader of it all by series end. Pardo also grew professionally and creatively, he began his journey as the show’s lead actor, later adding producer to his credits to making his directorial debut in the Season 5 episode titled, “I See The Black Light.”

Additionally, Pardo was also recently seen starring in Prime Video’s action-thriller series The Terminal List, alongside Chris Pratt. He will next be in Prime Video’s reimagining of the 1989 MGM film Road House, starring alongside Jake Gyllenhaal. Directed by Doug Liman, the...

Actress Charlize Theron poses for the "Breitling" 'Navitimer 36' and '32' watches, photographed by Matthew Brookes:

Theron played the female lead in the features "The Devil's Advocate" (1997), "Mighty Joe Young". 

She won an 'Oscar' playing the lead in "Monster" (2003), for which she won the Silver Bear and Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first South African to win an acting Oscar. She received another Oscar nomination for the drama "North Country" (2005). 

Theron also starred in action films "The Italian Job" (2003), "Hancock" (2008), "Snow White and the Huntsman" (2012), "Prometheus" (2012), "Mad Max: Fury Road" (2015), "The Fate of the Furious" (2017), "Atomic Blonde" (2017), "The Old Guard" (2020), "F9" (2021) and "Fast X" (2023). 

She portrayed 'Megyn Kelly' in the drama "Bombshell" (2019), receiving her third 'Academy Award' nomination. 

She played 'Clea' in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness", 'Lady Lesso' in "The School for Good and Evil" (2022) and has a cameo in Season...

Hulu remains one of the best value-for-money streamers out there in September, 2023, with a massive list of movie and TV additions coming to the service this month.

The big Hulu Original show this month is The Other Black Girl, and you’ll be able to binge the complete series when it arrives on September 13! The Other Black Girl is based on the New York Times bestselling novel of the same name, and focuses on Nella, who is an editorial assistant and the only Black girl at Wagner Books. When the company brings new girl Hazel aboard, Nella is delighted to finally see the staff hires at Wagner becoming more diverse, but everything is not as it seems, and things soon take a sinister turn. We will be watching!

Elsewhere on Hulu, the award-winning movie The Banshees of Inisherin lands on September 4, while the season two premieres of Welcome to Wrexham...

Jennifer Lawrence is hilarious. Sure, she made her name as an actor in dead-serious indie dramas (The Burning Plain, Winter’s Bone), franchise tent poles (The Hunger Games trilogy, those X-Men 2.0 blockbusters), the kind of nerve-shredding films that fall somewhere between horror and thriller (House at the End of the Street, Passengers), and whatever category you care to slot Mother! into. Filmmaker David O. Russell figured out early on that Lawrence was a perfect fit for his skewed, neurotic dramedies, and it’s impossible to think that Silver Linings Playbook and...

It’s ironic but unavoidable that the greatest annual celebration of film should be a television special — but that’s just how it is. March often means Oscar season, a time for cinephiles to boot up that small screen you use for movies and use it to see if they win any awards during a telecast.

If you don’t have TV service anymore, Hulu has you covered with a pre-Oscars telecast as well as two red carpet specials before and after the main event. Though the ceremony itself won’t be livestreamed on Hulu, it will be added the next morning, like regular ABC programming. Awards viewership has been in general decline over the past several years, but next-day streaming gives curious viewers a chance to join the conversation and boost those Oscar ratings after the live show. It’s also a chance for superfans to pause and rewind...

Cast: Robert Samuels, Nector Soria, Armando Blackguard, Juanita Reyes, Jose Manuel, Roxalinda Vazquez, Tora Aledia, Miguel Peralta

Written And Directed By: Nicholas Ortiz

Story By: Robert Jefferson

Action By: TeamOneTake, Nector Soria, Orlando Cruz

R4 Films and Deviant Children Productions are back once again, this time with an all out action movie starring Martial Arts Legend Robert Samuels (Gambling Ghost) and Nector Soria.

Jugando Con Fuego follows the story of Jimmy Force (Robert Samuels), a CIA agent looking to retire, but to first bring down the Mexican cartel, led by Tony Lobo (Nector Soria). This is Jimmy’s last big case, he faces the questions from the press (a great acting performance from Robert Samules), forms his team and arrests Tony Lobo.

This is where the movie really takes off, when Jimny and his partner Elena are brutally attacked in their home by Tony and his cartel members. The action...

Phish capped out their four-night stand at the MGM Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday evening with an epic Halloween bash where they performed a full set as the fictional comic book band Sci-Fi Soldier.

Check out fan-shot video of the group taking the stage in character and kicking into “Knuckle Bone Broth Avenue,” one of 12 consecutive tunes they played from the pretend album Get More Down.

The show was part of a long Phish tradition where they wear a “musical costume” on Halloween. It started at a 1994 show in Glens Falls,...

Welcome to this weeks review of Aew: Dark, the first episode of the show to eminate from Universal Studios in oprlando. Yes, Aew is bringing studio wrestling to their brand Finally making a distinction between Aew’s various programmes.

Match #1: The Butcher & The Blade def. Rosario Grillo & Hunter Knott

My Thoughts: Good god The Butcher looks even more vicious than before his injury. Along with his tag team partner The Blade he decimated their opponents Rosario Grillo & Hunter Knott, getting the pin in definitive fashion in under Two minutes, showing that the Butcher is definitely back and back in business!

My Score: 2 out of 5 Match #2: Anna Jay def. Ashley D’Amboise

My Thoughts: Anna Jay’s first singles outing after her injury saw her swiftly defeat Ashley D’Amboise, who, like a lot of talent of Dark and Elevation, is imporving week in week out. To be fair to...

On “Tierra,” one of the most arresting moments of Bomba Estereo’s new album Deja, vocalist Li Saumet offers a bleak list of crimes against the planet: “They took away the sea, sky, and wind,” she sings. “They took the wind from us, they burned the jungle, they sold the lands, they put out the sun.” But then she reassures us that they have not taken away our dreams since we can write history from now on. “Tierra” is also a catchy track with an irresistible beat. In other words,...

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 dozens of shows including The White Lotus, Good Witch, NBC’s Olympics coverage, Love Island, The Good Fight and Outer Banks!

1 | Considering Charmed already played the long-lost sister card with Macy, are you surprised the reboot is doing it again after her departure? (Seriously, how many secret children could Marisol have possibly had?) And were you also disappointed that Mel didn’t get to keep her baby from the future?

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Welcome to this weeks review of Aew: Dark, I’m Phil and this is the last episode of Dark before Aew go back on the post-Covid road… Which means we might not be seeing some of the extras/enhancement talent going forward, which makes me sad. Anyway on with the review.

Match #1: Lance Archer def. Ryan Mantell

My Thoughts: Archer didin’t go ham on Ryan Mantell, giving the debuting wrestler a chance to show off before getting pummeled by Archer for the win. Made a real change seeing Archer wrestle for a little bit rather than just throw his opponent around the ring.

My Score: 2 out of 5 Match #2: Qt Marshall & Aaron Solow def. Terrell & Terence Hughes

My Thoughts: Terrell & Terence Hughes got in some decent moves in this match, usually against Solow, but you just knew that Marshall was Not going to lose this one, even if...

Mexico-based, El Salvador-born Tatiana Huezo has quickly emerged in the world of documentary as one of its most talented and thought-provoking directors of her generation.

As she finally jumps from documentary to fiction with the upcoming “Noche de Fuego,” a strong big fest candidate, the director delivered a three-hour masterclass at this week’s Swiss doc fest Visions de Réel.

Drilling down on her award-winning features and short films, the director expounded on her own understanding of filmmaking as a personal journey in a talk that took a chronological take on her career. Five key points made by Huezo:

“Retrato de Familia” (2005)

Having studied at Mexico City’s celebrated Ccc film school, Huezo initially worked as a Dp, battling to find her place as one of Mexico’s then few women cinematographers -a story shared by so many women in the industry. “It was a male job in a male world,...

Sony Pictures Television (Spt) has tapped Oscar-nominated scribe Guillermo Arriaga to be the creative lead on “Yo No Soy Mendoza,” an Spt project Colombian writer-creator Fernando Gaitan was developing before he died unexpectedly in January 2019.

Gaitan was best known for his Colombian aspirational telenovela “Yo Soy Betty La Fea” (“Ugly Betty”), deemed by the Guinness World Records as the most successful telenovela in history.

“Ugly Betty” aired in some 180 countries, was dubbed into 15 languages, and adapted in up to 28 territories, including China, India, South Africa, and the U.S.

Gaitan had just signed a landmark content development deal with Sony Pictures Television, when he was felled by a heart attack at age 58. It was the first such agreement for the writer who had worked exclusively for Colombia’s Rcn for most of his 30-year career.

Arriaga commented, “Fernando Gaitán, my Colombian brother, called me before he passed away. He wanted...

Exclusive: Danny Pino has signed on to join the ensemble of the Universal’s movie adaptation of the Broadway hit Dear Evan Hansen, joining Ben Platt, Kaitlyn Dever, Amy Adams and Amandla Stenberg.

The story follows Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety. He unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for their son’s suicide note. Pino will play the stepfather to the classmate who dies by suicide. The role has been conceived specially for the film and highlights the already diverse cast.

Steven Levenson, who wrote the book for the stage musical, penned the script, and Benj Pasek and Justin Paul wrote the music and original lyrics for the musical and film. Stephen Chbosky will direct, and Marc Platt and Adam Siegel will produce for their Universal-based Marc Platt Productions.

Universal’s SVP...

After spending three seasons in Colombia, Netflix’s drug trafficking drama is heading to Mexico. Narcos: Mexico will feature new characters including roles played by Michael Pena and Diego Luna.

Netflix unveiled the first look at Pena and Luna’s characters today. Luna (right) is set to play Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo but he goes by only one name: Felix. He is the leader of the Guadalajara cartel, one of the biggest narcos in the history of Mexico and the founder of the modern Mexican drug trade. Quiet but bold, inscrutable but sharp-minded, to all appearances he is a benevolent leader, loyal to his friends, associates, and employees…but his ambition comes before all else.

Pena (above) will play Kiki Camarena, a family man and an undercover DEA agent who garnered valuable intel through a series of informants around Félix and his newly minted Guadalajara cartel, but found he had...

There are few brighter stars in Hollywood than Jennifer Lawrence. Ever since she broke through with her Academy Award nominated performance in Winter’s Bone, and especially once she starred in The Hunger Games, the A-list was a foregone conclusion for her. Lawrence is young, ambitious, talented, and a refreshingly honest presence in the industry. With a new starring role in Red Sparrow hitting this week, now is the perfect time to remind ourselves of just how good she really is. Below you’ll find her best performances, at least in my humble opinion, with a little bit about how she became the toast of tinseltown. Suffice to say, Lawrence is an icon, plain and simple. We can jump right off with her ten best performances to date: 10. House at the End of the Street 9. Red Sparrow 8. Passengers 7. Like Crazy 6. Joy 5. The Beaver 4. American Hustle 3. Winter’s Bone 2. mother! 1. Silver...

Jennifer Lawrence has come a long way from her showbiz beginnings on TBS’ “The Bill Engvall Show” in 2007. JLaw made one of her first red carpet appearances at the premiere of “The Burning Plain” at the 2008 Venice Film Festival. Lawrence won critical raves as Ree Dolly in the 2010 independent film “Winter’s Bone,” for which she earned her first Oscar nomination. Here’s Lawrence at the 2011 Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala. Lawrence scored a nomination for “Winter’s Bone” at the 2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards. Lawrence arrived at the 2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards, where she was also nominated for “Winter’s Bone.” Lawrence snagged her first Oscar nomination at the 2011 Academy Awards, getting...

Jennifer Lawrence has come a long way from her showbiz beginnings on TBS’ “The Bill Engvall Show” in 2007. JLaw made one of her first red carpet appearances at the premiere of “The Burning Plain” at the 2008 Venice Film Festival. Lawrence won critical raves as Ree Dolly in the 2010 independent film “Winter’s Bone,” for which she earned her first Oscar nomination. Here’s Lawrence at the 2011 Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala. Lawrence scored a nomination for “Winter’s Bone” at the 2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards. Lawrence arrived at the 2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards, where she was also nominated for “Winter’s Bone.

Hot button topic: terrorism. Idea for a movie: Terrorists and… a spy! On the run! So comes the first trailer for Unlocked, a new double-crossin’, guy-on-the-inside thriller from Michael Apted (who has helmed episodes of Ray Donovan and Masters of Sex, not to mention the James Bond film The World is Not Enough).

Led by Noomi Rapace, she plays aa fearless agent who, after a realization about her agency, must take matters into her own hands. Luckily, she has a friend she can trust in Orlando Bloom, as they sneak around and smash heads in the name of pure national security.

While Rapace is an incredible lead, the film will have to do a lot to stand out from a pack that is about as overcrowded as they come. See the trailer below, along with a poster and synopsis, for the film that also stars Michael Douglas, John Malkovich, and Toni Collette.

Based on the great, homonymous novel by Kazuhiro Kiuchi, and having quite a large budget, since it was backed by Warner Bros, “Shield of Straw” had all the prerequisites for being a masterpiece.

A deadly game of hide-and-seek against the whole population

Kunihide Kiyomaru, who has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago, is, once more, accused of a similar, grotesque crime. This time, however, the victim is the granddaughter of a Japanese tycoon and very powerful man, named Ninagawa. Three months after the murder, Ninagawa places a whole page ad in newspapers offering 1 billion yen to anyone who kills the perpetrator.

Kiyomaru, fearing for his life, surrenders to the police at the Fukuoka Police Station. Five detectives from the security section of Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrive in Fukuoka, in order to escort him to Tokyo. In their efforts, the five detectives (Kazuki Mekari, Atsuko Shiraiwa,...

A shot fired this spring by John Carpenter is now landing with some impact as his comments about Rob Zombie, and his remake of “Halloween,” are starting to make the rounds. In short, Carpenter not only didn’t like the 2007 redo, he calls out Zombie for making up a story that he didn’t give the filmmaker his blessing to tackle the classic horror flick.

Read More: New Trailer For Rob Zombie’s ’31’ Plays A Deadly Game

“He lied about me,” the director said during a talk in April at the New York Film Academy.

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Halloween usually means that Hollywood is going to throw you a few different options at the multiplex to scare your pants off, and one of them will be the latest from Rob Zombie, who knows his way around gory setpieces. And this time, he’s taking you to the deadliest carnival ever in “31.” Read More: […]

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One of the reasons we still love Jennifer Lawrence is because she lacks a proper filter on her mouth. While out promoting a film (and she has appeared in several over the past few years), Lawrence is prone to saying whatever thought crosses her mind. But she usually does it in a way that.s moderately self-deprecating, playful, funny and charming. However, that.s not always the way things come out. Jennifer Lawrence is making the rounds, at the moment, in support of X-Men: Apocalypse, where she once again plays Mystique. On The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the painfully candid actress recalls a time when she made a joke in front of journalists . just Jen being Jen! Only, it went way too far, and she eventually paid the price. While promoting the 2008 film The Burning Plain, in which she co-starred with Kim Basinger, Lawrence attended a press conference in...

It's not always clear when Jennifer Lawrence is telling the truth. In fact, when she appeared on NBC's The Tonight Show Monday, Lawrence recalled once lying to a pool of reporters during her first-ever press junket for the 2008 movie The Burning Plain. At the time, director Guillermo Arriaga and co-star Charlize Theron joined the newbie actress at the event. "Kim Basinger wasn't there. We were doing an international press conference and somebody said, 'Where is Kim Basinger?' I just leaned in the microphone and was like, 'You didn't hear? Kim died.' There was like a beat while it got translated and then it was [mayhem]," she said. "I got ripped off the stage and thrown into media...

Grim Girl: Pacquet-Brenner’s Adaptation Brandishes Relentlessly Contrived Twists

“I have a meanness in me,” warns the omniscient narrator of Dark Places, as voiced by a steely Charlize Theron portraying an adult in perpetual arrested development thanks to devastating tragedy from her youth she’s been milking ever since as a means of livelihood and escape. Unfortunately, the film is unable to correctly capture the complexities of such a characterization and it’s exactly these types of sterling nuggets from Gillian Flynn’s source novel which fall with graceless thuds throughout Gilles Pacquet-Brenner’s adaptation of Dark Places.

The sort of thriller which could be euphemistically referred to as ‘labyrinthine,’ this cinematic re-tooling bears certain similarities to Pacquet-Brenner’s last high profile film, the adaptation of Tatiana de Rosnay’s celebrated novel Sarah’s Key (2010), a mystery tinged tragedy drained of its potency for a celluloid brassiere specializing in the...

Jennifer Lawrence in a long, red dress at the Oscars Jennifer Lawrence at the Academy Awards Stunning in a red dress, Jennifer Lawrence arrives at the 2011 Academy Awards held on Feb. 27 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Lawrence was a first-time Best Actress Oscar nominee for her first major film role: a near-destitute, young Ozark woman looking for her missing drug-dealing father in Winter's Bone, Debra Granik's generally well-received indie drama. Winter's Bone also earned nominations for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (John Hawkes), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini; based on the novel by Daniel Woodrell). Jennifer Lawrence's competitors in the Best Actress Oscar race were: Annette Bening for Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right. Michelle Williams for Derek Cianfrance's Blue Valentine. Nicole Kidman for John Cameron Mitchell's Rabbit Hole. Natalie Portman, the eventual winner, for Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan.

For this week’s new spotlight piece, I wanted to again take a look at one of the biggest A listers in the industry…Jennifer Lawrence. I’ve written about her once or twice before, but as a legitimate megastar who’s also still a bit of an up and comer, I figured she was perfect for this piece once again. She’s someone who’s powerful in Hollywood, grounded in a way that most young stars aren’t, and above all else…one of the best actresses in the business, bar none, with an Oscar on her mantle to prove it. Lawrence consistently does interesting work and is more than worth checking in on here and there. As such, she’s perfect for the spotlight today, so let us dive in. Lawrence first got her start, like many young up and comers, on television. Guest spots on Cold Case,...

Take another look @ Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence in a revealing video/images by photographer Ellen von Unwerth for a cover story in "Vanity Fair" (Us) magazine :

Lawrence' career started with the independent film "The Burning Plain" (2008) followed by an Oscar nomination for her work in "Winter's Bone" (2010).

She played a recovering sex addict in the romantic comedy "Silver Linings Playbook" (2012).

Lawrence is also known for playing 'Raven Darkhölme'/'Mystique' in the 2011 film "X-Men: First Class", "X-Men: Days Of Future Past" and an Oscar-nominated performance in "American Hustle". 

In 2012, Lawrence starred as 'Katniss Everdeen" in "The Hunger Games", the first of a series of films adapting the novels of author Suzanne Collins.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Jennifer Lawrence...

Sneak Peek new images of Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence in a fashion editorial for the June 2014 issue of "Marie Claire" magazine, photographed by Jan Welters:

Lawrence' first major role was as a lead cast member on the TBS sitcom "The Bill Engvall Show" (2007–09). She subsequently appeared in the independent films "The Burning Plain" (2008) and "Winter's Bone" (2010), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination.

At age 22, her performance in the David O. Russell-directed romantic comedy "Silver Linings Playbook" (2012) earned her several awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress (Musical or Comedy) and the Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the second-youngest Best Actress winner at the Oscars.

For her supporting role in Russell's comedy-drama "American Hustle" (2013), she was awarded the Golden Globe Award, the BAFTA Award and received a third Academy Award nomination, all for Best Supporting Actress.

Lawrence is also known for playing 'Raven...

Danielle Darrieux turns 97: Darrieux has probably enjoyed the longest film star career in history (photo: Danielle Darrieux in ‘La Ronde’) Screen legend Danielle Darrieux is turning 97 today, May 1, 2014. In all likelihood, the Bordeaux-born (1917) Darrieux has enjoyed the longest "movie star" career ever: eight decades, from Wilhelm Thiele’s Le Bal (1931) to Denys Granier-Deferre’s The Wedding Cake / Pièce montée (2010). (Mickey Rooney has had a longer film career — nearly nine decades — but mostly as a supporting player in minor roles.) Absurdly, despite a prestigious career consisting of more than 100 movie roles, Danielle Darrieux — delightful in Club de femmes, superb in The Earrings of Madame De…, alternately hilarious and heartbreaking in 8 Women — has never won an Honorary Oscar. But then again, very few women have. At least, the French Academy did award her an Honorary César back in 1985; additionally, in 2002 Darrieux and her fellow 8 Women / 8 femmes co-stars shared Best Actress honors...

The trailer for Guillermo Arriaga’s lead anthology film, Words With God, has debuted.

Words With God is based on a concept by Guillermo Arriaga ( Amores Perros, 21 Grams, The Burning Plain) with original music by Peter Gabriel (“Why Don’t You Show Yourself?”) and shaped into its current form by Nobel Prize award winner Mario Vargas Llosa.

The faith themed anthology is directed by filmmakers Guillermo Arriaga, Hector Babenco, Bahman Ghobadi, Amos Gitai, Emir Kusturica, Mira Nair, Hideo Nakata, Warwick Thornton and Alex de la Iglesia. Along with Guillermo Arriaga, Alex Garcia and Lucas Akoskin (who both founded Bn Films) are producing the film.

In Words With God, each director recounts a narrative centered around human fragility, as well as environmental and cultural crises involving specific religions with which each has a personal relationship; including early Aboriginal Spirituality, Umbanda, Buddhism, the Abrahamic faiths, Hinduism, and Atheism. An animated sequence by...

Sneak Peek actress Jennifer Lawrence ("The Hunger Games: Catching Fire") in a series of recent fashion magazine covers and spreads.

Lawrence's career began when she scored small commercial and film roles at the age of 14.

She was then cast in the TBS sitcom "The Bill Engvall Show" (2007).

This was followed by smaller movies including "The Poker House" (2008) and "The Burning Plain" (2008).

Her big break came when she played 'Ree' in "Winter's Bone" (2010), earning her Academy award and Golden Globe nominations. 

She then secured the role of 'Mystique' in "X-Men: First Class" (2011).

This was followed by winning an Oscar for her work in "Silver Linings Playbook".

Lawrence then starred as 'Katniss Everdeen' in "The Hunger Games" (2012), with "Catching Fire" currently playing and "Mockingjay" - Part 1 scheduled for release November 2014, and "Mockingjay" - Part 2 opening November 2015.

Click the images to enlarge...

Take another look @ Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence in a revealing video, plus images by photographer Ellen von Unwerth for a cover story in "Vanity Fair" (Us) magazine :

Lawrence' career started with the independent film "The Burning Plain" (2008) followed by an Oscar nomination for her work in "Winter's Bone" (2010).

She played a recovering sex addict in the romantic comedy "Silver Linings Playbook" (2012).

Lawrence is also known for playing 'Raven Darkhölme'/'Mystique' in the 2011 film "X-Men: First Class", the upcoming "X-Men: Days Of Future Past" and an Oscar-nominated performance in "American Hustle". 

In 2012, Lawrence starred as 'Katniss Everdeen" in "The Hunger Games", the first of a series of films adapting the novels of author Suzanne Collins.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Jennifer Lawrence...

Sneak Peek actress Jennifer Lawrence ("The Hunger Games: Catching Fire") in a series of recent fashion magazine covers and spreads.

Lawrence's career began when she scored small commercial and film roles at the age of 14.

She was then cast in the TBS sitcom "The Bill Engvall Show" (2007).

This was followed by smaller movies including "The Poker House" (2008) and "The Burning Plain" (2008).

Her big break came when she played 'Ree' in "Winter's Bone" (2010), earning her Academy award and Golden Globe nominations. 

She then secured the role of 'Mystique' in "X-Men: First Class" (2011).

This was followed by winning an Oscar for her work in "Silver Linings Playbook".

Lawrence then starred as 'Katniss Everdeen' in "The Hunger Games" (2012), with "Catching Fire" currently playing and "Mockingjay" - Part 1 scheduled for release November 2014, and "Mockingjay" - Part 2 opening November 2015.

Click the images to enlarge...

Sneak Peek actress Jennifer Lawrence ("The Hunger Games: Catching Fire") in the Fall 2013 issue of "Elle" (France) Magazine:

 

Lawrence's career began when she scored small commercial and film roles at the age of 14. 

She was cast in the TBS sitcom "The Bill Engvall Show" (2007), and in smaller movies including "The Poker House" (2008) and "The Burning Plain" (2008).

Her big break came when she played 'Ree' in "Winter's Bone" (2010), earning her Academy award and Golden Globe nominations. She then secured the role of 'Mystique' in "X-Men: First Class" (2011) followed by winning an Oscar for her work in "Silver Linings Playbook".

Lawrence then starred as 'Katniss Everdeen' in "The Hunger Games" (2012), with "Catching Fire" currently playing and "Mockingjay" - Part 1 scheduled for release November 2014, and "Mockingjay" - Part 2 opening November 2015.

Click the images to enlarge...

You Gotta See Her: Palloaro’s Debut Trite Yet Lyrical Odyssey of Familial Discord

Any familiarity with the Euripides’ classic Greek tragedy will have you already guessing what the outcome of Andrea Pallaoro’s directorial debut will yield, but that’s not to say it doesn’t take a quietly lyrical journey of meditative visuals to get us there. Neither a modernization nor necessarily influenced by the classical piece the title invokes, Pallaoro instead seems to use it as the sole dramatic flair to material that’s intended to be a multi-focal portrait of an imploding familial unit, and despite a predictable finale manages to lull us into a hypnotic state where passion and heartbreak are conveyed as quietly as whispering winds through haze filled fields.

We glimpse an idyllic familial unit warmly enjoying each other’s company one late summer afternoon, with patriarch Ennis (Brian F. O’Byrne) carousing...

Lawrence Oscar interview backstage at the 85th Academy Awards (seen above with Best Supporting Actress winner Anne Hathaway) In the press room backstage at the 85th Academy Awards ceremony, this year's Best Actress winner Jennifer Lawrence had to answer questions from the assembled reporters. One question had to do with the issue of mental illness as depicted in David O. Russell's comedy-drama Silver Linings Playbook and Lawrence's Best Actress Academy Award win. Her response: "I don't think that we're going to stop until we get rid of the stigma for mental illness." (Pictured above: Lawrence and Best Supporting Actress winner Hathaway backstage at the 85th Academy Awards ceremony.) Talking about the hours prior to this year's ceremony, Lawrence made a comparison to Steve Martin in Father of the Bride, "watching my house just be torn apart, and my whole family was getting ready." When a reporter asked her if...

Sneak Peek 22-year old actress Jennifer Lawrence ("The Hunger Games") in a new video by erotic photographer Ellen von Unwerth for a cover story in the February 2013 issue of "Vanity Fair" magazine :

Lawrence first appeared in the independent film "The Burning Plain" (2008) followed by an Oscar nomination for her work in "Winter's Bone" (2010).

Her performance as a recovering sex addict in the romantic comedy "Silver Linings Playbook" (2012) earned her the 'Golden Globe Award' for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.

Lawrence is also known for playing 'Raven Darkhölme'/'Mystique' in the 2011 film "X-Men: First Class".

In 2012, she starred as 'Katniss Everdeen" in "The Hunger Games", an adaptation of author Suzanne Collins' novel.

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I think we can all agree it’s been a rather good year for movies; we have three billion-dollar grossers, all of a high quality, showing studio films don’t have to be dire; we’ve had some great indies, some real stinkers…so let’s take a moment to honour the actors and actresses who really helped make this year of cinema so memorable. Think of it as this writer’s New Year’s Honours List, even though I am not an inbred German geriatric with the power to grant Knighthoods. So, in no particular order, the 12 heroes of 2012 at the cinema, as well as my predictions for next year’s heroes, and the biggest loser of the year.

1. Jennifer Lawrence

Bit of an obvious one, but the charming Kentucky native has sky-rocketed this year, after breaking out with Winter’s Bone, The Burning Plain and X-Men: First Class.

Last year, picking the woman of the year was a no-brainer. We chose Jessica Chastain, who started 2011 as a virtual unknown, and ended it as the star of critical favorites like "The Tree Of Life" and "Take Shelter," box office hits like "The Help" (for which she earned an Oscar nod), all while impressing with diverse roles across a slate of films including "The Debt," "Coriolanus," and "Texas Killing Fields." And this year, we went with another young actress who also showed tremendous range, with acumen both at the multiplex and arthouse. Yes, it's Jennifer Lawrence. The actress, who turned 22 in August, has had one of the most meteoric rises we can remember. Her feature film debut, in Guillermo Arriaga's "The Burning Plain," came only four years ago. Two years later, she exploded as a result of her starring role in Sundance flick "Winter's Bone" -- playing the steely,...

Tons of notable entries from established auteurs, documentarians and the next generation of filmmakers to watch out for are the make-up of Sundance’s 2013 Short Film program. A total of 65 short films were selected from a whopping 8000 plus entries and among the notable names/shorts to look out for we find The Captain – from the Blue Tongue Films gang of Nash Edgerton and Spencer Susser (Hesher) a project penned with Taika Waititi (Eagle vs Shark), Goran Dukic who brought The Wristcutters to the fest several years back, brings us What Do We Have in Our Pockets?, while Damien Chazelle who directed the feature Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, brings us Whiplash and Guillermo Arriaga (The Burning Plain) let’s us feast on Broken Night.

Andrew Renzi makes it back to back years at the fest, he was invited last year for The Fort (here’s our interview with him) returns with Karaoke!

Gone are the days of a mangled production history – A Single Shot must have started and stopped a couple of times, switched casts before helmer David M. Rosenthal (Janie Jones) along with thesps Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy, Melissa Leo, Jeffrey Wright, Jason Isaacs, Kelly Reilly, Joe Anderson and Ophelia Lovibond were lassoed in March of this year. The book to film adaptation of Matthew F. Jones’s novel – a crime thriller filmed in Vancouver comes equipped with Cinematographer Eduard Grau (A Single Man), Composer Atli Örvarsson (The Burning Plain) , Production Designer David Brisbin (In the Cut), and Editor Dan Robinson (Daniel Mulloy’s short film filmography).

Gist: The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater criminals out for his blood.

Production Co./Producers: Unanimous Pictures’ Chris Coen, Aaron L. Gilbert, Unified Pictures’ Keith Kjarval,...

We don't see Kim Basinger up on the big screen all that often anymore. In fact, it was two years ago that she last popped up in the Zac Efron vehicle "Charlie St. Cloud." Before that movie was another two year gap, with 2008 seeing her in three pictures: "The Burning Plain," "The Informers" and something called "While She Was Out." But the actress is coming out of the woodwork once again, for a movie that will likely be more worth her time than most of her recent resume. Basinger has come aboard the solid ensemble of Paul Haggis' next film, "Third Person," joining Liam Neeson, Olivia Wilde, Mila Kunis, Adrien Brody, Casey Affleck and James Franco in the picture. She'll be playing the wife of Neeson's character who is a writer of some kind. She then gets taken in Budapest....oh wait, wrong movie. While the plot details have...

Exclusive: CAA has signed writer/director Guillermo Arriaga. Arriaga, who had a long run at UTA, scripted Amores Perros, 21 Grams, The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada. He also wrote Babel, for which he received an Oscar nomination and most recently adapted the Focus Features pic The Tiger, which will be directed by Michael R. Roskam. Arriaga also wrote and directed The Burning Plain, which starred Charlize Theron and Jennifer Lawrence. He remains repped by attorney Linda Lichter. Related: ‘Bullhead’ Helmer Michael R. Roskam To Helm ‘The Tiger’ For Focus Features...

I was going to kick off by saying “It’s been some time since Kim Basinger really graced our screens” — but that’s technically not true. While she hasn’t made an onscreen appearance in about two years — itself not such a long time — it was in the relatively successful Charlie St. Cloud, and that only came a few years after parts in The Informers, The Burning Plain, and The Sentinel. Even if you didn’t see those, there’s a fair chance you’ve heard of them. Shouldn’t that count for something?

And although I can’t say if One Square Mile might some kind of reintroduction into mainstream cinema, the actual film doesn’t sound half-bad. Richard Jenkins was, back in April, signed to lead the film, a drama about the important lessons an older man instills into a young boy (Kelly Blatz). (That role was originally set for Cameron Bright,...

In following last fall’s The Skin I Live In, Pedro Almodóvar has started to roll cameras on the next romp, I’m So Excited, an airplane-set return to his comedic roots that boasts both an alumni-filled cast and a fun premise. (In which people on a crashing plane share their secrets when they think death is knocking at cabin door.) While shooting must have only just started, the director’s Facebook page (via ThePlaylist) has brought a smattering of new photos — a few of which appear to come directly from the film — along with some comments from the man himself.

First, you can read that:

“The ‘passengers love’ tells the story of a group of people trapped in a single set, and disconnected from the outside. Writing the script began as a whim and ended up comedian as an ensemble comedy, moral, oral and unreal, or unrealistic. I tried to leave reality aside,...

We first knew it as The Brief Lovers; then The Standby Lovers; and, now, it’s called I’m So Excited. Annoying though these sorts of changes always, always are, I’m more bothered by the incongruity between the second and third title — just not enough to truly care.

That’s not the story at hand, either. What you should really know — and what a press release primarily tells us — is that Sony Pictures Classics have bought domestic rights to Pedro Almodóvar‘s next picture, I’m So Excited, thus continuing a long-held, well-regarded relationship that the company and filmmaker have maintained over several films. In this new comedy, a bevy of airline passengers confess deep, personal secrets when their plane appears to be on the verge of crashing. (Or a Nervous Breakdown.) [ComingSoon]

Javier Cámara (Talk to Her), Cecilia Roth (All About My Mother), Lola Dueñas (Volver) José María Yazpik...

Charlize Theron, Snow White and the Huntsman

Rupert Sanders / Kristen Stewart’s Snow White And The Huntsman Box Office: Why the Sharp Drop?

Well, surely both Charlize Theron and Chris Hemsworth have their fans. But when was the last time Charlize Theron had a major personal box-office hit? The answer is never. This is no put down, but a fact. No movie toplining Theron has ever earned more than $100m at the North American box office. Not even close. Not even adjusting for inflation.

Charlize Theron at the box office

Charlize Theron’s biggest personal box-office hit was her Oscar-winning star turn in Patty Jenkins’ Monster back in late 2003/early 2004. The story of a sex worker-turned-serial killer, the awards-season-propelled Monster raked in $34.46m, or about $45m today.

Theron, of course, has been featured in a handful of box-office hits. But none of the three major hits (over $100m, adjusted for...