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Get ready for one of the biggest electronic music concerts of the year.

Illenium, whose real name is Nicholas Miller, is preparing for a concert series in Las Vegas.

The celebration concerts will be held in Las Vegas on February 10 & 12; March 9, 22 and 30; April 5 and 13; May 16, 18, 24, 25 and 31; and, June 8, 15, 22 and 29.

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On January 24, Illenium partnered with End Overdose to raise funds for overdose prevention.

“With the third Trilogy coming up I’ve been reflecting on all the things that had to go right in my life to make this possible – least of all escaping an addiction to opioids,” Illenium wrote in his Instagram post. “I’m grateful every day that I was given the opportunity for a second chance and to be in a position where I can help others have that second chance as well.”

Illenium added that End Overdose will be present at his Trilogy shows to anyone interested.

One of the biggest free streaming services on the market is adding to its selection of linear free ad-supported TV (Fast) channels. The Roku Channel has announced it will be bringing on 14 new channel selections from Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Some of the content on these channels will be quite familiar to viewers, especially if they also have an HBO Max subscription. Series like “Westworld,” “Cake Boss” and “F-Boy Island,” as well as blockbuster movies will be available to Roku Channel customers now, along with thousands more hours of free streaming courtesy of Wbd.

The new additions to Roku Channel from Wbd include:

WB TV All Together: With stories that feel like home and characters who feel like family, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Programming includes “Head of Class,” “Better With You,” “Eight is Enough” and more.

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Warner Bros Discovery has finally nailed down plans to go the Fast route. Last year — in between an intense bout of cancellations and titles being pulled from their streaming home on HBO Max — the company announced plans to explore a free ad-supported television option (Fast). During the company's third-quarter earnings call, Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav made a point of saying that there's "a huge amount of content that's not even on [HBO Max/Discovery+] that's sitting with us that hasn't been put to monetize in the marketplace." In the spirit of cashing in, a new plan has been enacted. Over the next few months, 14 Warner Bros. branded Fast channels will arrive on Roku and Tubi.

Have you been longing to return to the days of cable television, with free TV shows being regularly interrupted by ads? Don't bother answering, because it's happening either way! The new Warner Bros Fast channels will feature popular titles including "Westworld,...

Happy Monday, readers! We took a little weekend break over the last few days, but we’re back today with our tenth installment of Daily Dead’s 2017 Holiday Gift Guide. Now that we’re less than three weeks away from Christmas, that means shopping season is beginning to kick into high gear, and today we’re celebrating all sorts of amazing artwork that can be purchased online by the likes of Francesco Francavilla, Matty Ryan Tobin, “Ghoulish” Gary Pullin, Ken Taylor (and other assorted artists featured in his shop), BeastWreck, Electric Zombie, Jason Edmiston, Chris Kuchta, Pixel Elixir, Quiltface Studios, and assorted prints from Hero Complex Gallery and Gallery 1988.

And as usual, what we’re listing in today’s Hgg is only just a fraction of what’s out there, so be sure to take a look around each of the respective online stores because there are a Ton of...

Excited for Justice League? We sure hope you are, as we’re only a couple of days away from release now and we’re seeing a steady flow of information about what happens in the film. But why not set all that juicy plot stuff aside for a moment and check out this expansive collection of official images from the movie? Some of these appear to be stills from the film itself, while some are promotional shots and some are behind-the-scenes snaps. All together, though, they give us a decent idea of what to expect from Friday’s blockbuster.

Each member of the League (sans a certain Kryptonian) is featured here, along with multiple looks at the villainous Steppenwolf and some of the less promoted side characters. If nothing else, the collection shows the care and craft that’s gone into the movie, with the close-up looks at the costume...

The show with perhaps the best key art (or at least, the cheesiest) in all of television is coming to an end. “The Night Shift” won’t be back for a fifth season, NBC announced Friday.

“We want to thank our amazing creators and executive producers, Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah, for their dedication and stellar work; a cast and crew that were second to none; and the city of Albuquerque, N.M., which graciously opened its arms to us,” said Jennifer Salke, President, NBC Entertainment. “For four seasons ‘The Night Shift’ gave audiences a window to heroic doctors, nurses and all-star medical workers who never hesitated to give their blood, sweat and time to help those most in need.”

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The medical drama, which premiered in May 2014, ran as a summer series for most of its run,...

Los Angeles International Airport is working to make the friendly skies even kinder, following the devastating shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday night.

Lax is fighting the despair caused by the worst shooting in modern American history with extra doses of love. On Monday, airport staff announced they would be increasing the number of comfort dogs on site throughout the various terminals.

“Due to senseless shooting in Las Vegas, there are extra #LAXPUPs (Pets Unstressing Passengers) in terminals to comfort & visit w/ passengers,” Lax Tweeted.

The positive message was met with praise and appreciation online.

This is a great idea.

Following a delay in production and release, this weekend brought about our first look at the final Maze Runner movie, The Death Cure, teasing an intense and explosive finale.  Come inside to check it out!

If you've been eager to get your first look at Maze Runner: The Death Cure, the first trailer arrived last night during the Teen Wolf series finale.  If you missed it, however, you can check it out right here: 

The Maze Runner movies have been among the most surprising Young Adult movie adaptations to hit in recent years, at least for me personally.  I wasn't expecting much from the first movie, but was surprised at how engaging the characters were and the tension the filmmakers managed to bring.  The sequel opened up the world with a larger threat while retaining the character connections.  All together I'm eager to see how this franchise wraps up and...

Telemundo announced more Latin music stars will join their television special Todos Unidos (All Together) in partnership with the American Red Cross. Sunday's four-hour special will be hosted by TV icon Mario "Don Francisco" Kreutzberger and will be in support of the victims of the recent natural disasters in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Texas and Florida. The special event will feature performances by Chyno, Elvis Crespo, Luis Fonsi, Ricardo Montaner, Ednita Nazario, Justin Quiles, Roberto Tapia, Noel Torres and Yuri.  Also, Jennifer Lopez, Miguel Bose, Kate del Castillo, Larry Hernandez, Rafael, Prince...

Taking the adventure of a puzzle game using a specialized, high-tech gun and running through a series of test areas isn't a brand new concept, but is always an interesting one. Being a huge fan of Portal, I was instantly intrigued to see another game being developed that featured this type of gameplay and brought with it a brand new element!

Pixel Maniacs has developed Chromagun, originally released on Steam, and brought it over to consoles. Taking their intricate puzzles to new heights, what with it increasing in difficulty the higher floor you reach, they give you a new toy to play with and use colors to make your way through the various challenges!

Story

There isn't a lot for a story as there is little narrative given. Although, you are obviously in a science testing facility as a volunteer to test out their latest gear. The company, Chromatec, has...

The heart of Paris beats for film industry in June. Industry Week is the professional part of the Champs-Elysées Film Festival.

The submissions for Us in Progress are now open till August 15th here.

This label includes the Us in Progress (USiP) and Les Arc Film Fesstival’s team presenting the Paris Coproduction Village and La Residence de la Cinefondation which welcomes a dozen young directors who come to Paris to work on their first or second fiction feature project for 4 and 1/2 months. All together, they offer 24 film projects at different stages, from development to post production. More than 200 professionals from the industry, producers, international sellers, distributors, etc. are welcomed.

This year Us in Progress broke out. It has become a top event for discovering American independent cinema not only for the Europeans invited to attend, but for Americans who find themselves in Paris for the event or who even...

Kevin Federline has learned that co-parenting with your ex means making sacrifices.

The 39-year-old father-of-six -- including 11-year-old Sean and 10-year-old Jayden with Britney Spears -- opens up in a new interview about what raising kids with a pop star ex is like, and how splitting the time causes him to miss out on certain things, such as Father's Day.

"I’m used to not having all my kids, and this is gonna be one of those years," Federline tells Bravo's Personal Space. "When you are co-parenting, you have to be willing to give up some of the things you would really like to do. My boys will be gone, their mom’s off in Asia on tour. They are with me until the 15th, and then they are gone for the rest of the month. So I won’t have the boys for Father’s Day."

Watch: Kevin Federline Talks 'Overwhelming' Marriage to Britney Spears, Opens...

“Moonlight” is officially A24’s highest-grossing release ever, as the surprise Best Picture winner recently surpassed the $25 million domestic takes of both “Ex Machina” and “The Witch.” Its foreign returns are even higher, as co-writer/director Barry Jenkins noted on Twitter yesterday: $37 million. All together, the film has earned $65 million in box-office receipts.

Read More: A24: Why Barry Jenkins, Sofia Coppola and James Franco Love Working With the Indie Distributor

“Wow wow wow — haven’t checked in on this in a minute. That international number just puts me all in my feels ✊,” tweeted Jenkins, who wrote the script alongside Tarell Alvin McCraney. “Moonlight” received a total of eight Academy Award nominations, also winning in the Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali) categories.

Read More: A24 After ‘Moonlight’: Why They’re Finally Ready To Conquer the Older Arthouse Crowd

The film, which will be available to stream...

Sixty eight dogs are learning what it means to be clean and well cared for.

The canines, which include several puppies, were pulled from filthy conditions in a barn on the property of a home in Center Township, Indiana, reports the Chicago Tribune. Authorities searched the property after receiving a complaint from a neighbor about the dogs being kept in the barn.

All together 24 American bulldogs, 26 French bulldogs, three English bulldogs, 13 Leonbergers and two pit bulls were pulled from the barn, along with three goats and a miniature horse.

According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, charges are pending...

Rock out on the high seas in today’s casting roundup: Norwegian Cruise Lines is casting both union and nonunion performers to join its on-board production of “Rock of Ages.” We also have more stage and screen opportunities looking for talent like you right now! “Rock Of Ages” Norwegian Cruise LINEBoth union and nonunion talent is sought for principal and ensemble roles in Norwegian Cruise Line’s production of “Rock of Ages.” The jukebox musical, which opened on Broadway in 2009 and closed in 2015, will operate under a contract beginning August 13 and last through March 2018. Members of the ensemble will be paid $900/week; principal pay will be $1,000/week. “Julius Caesar”The Onomatopoeia Theatre Company is casting union and nonunion talent for its upcoming production of “Julius Caesar.” Actors are needed for all roles including Caesar and Brutus. Auditions will be held by appointment May 17–19 in New York City. A run is...

There's a moment early in the new season premiere of the FX crime drama Fargo when a parole officer recalls how he met his fiancée, a slick hustler named Nikki Swango (played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead). As the episode flashes back to Nikki at a police station, getting booked and photographed, fans of filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen might experience some deja vu. The situation, the way it's shot, and even the way the crook gets yanked around by the authorities – it's all right out of the Coens' 1987 comedy Raising Arizona.

Two years after announcing their separation, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have legally filed for divorce, closing a long chapter of marital limbo.

From their dedication to healthy co-parenting and frequent family vacations to infidelity rumors and candid tell-all interviews, the last two years have seen a lot of ups and downs for the estranged couple, and Et is taking a look back at their separation journey.

Photos: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner: A Look Back at Their Romance

June 30, 2015 -- Affleck and Garner Announce Their Split

One day after their 10th anniversary, the pair released a joint statement announcing their intention to go their separate ways.

"After much thought and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to divorce," the statement read. "We go forward with love and friendship for one another and a commitment to co-parenting our children whose privacy we ask to be respected during this difficult time."

Even in their...

Like Kelly, I am not a happy camper after watching Chicago Fire Season 5 Episode 18.

Not only is Anna inexplicably cutting bait, but the Lee Henry plot was unbearable. Thank god for Gabby and Sylvie (isn't that always the case?), the best ladies to learn the job from.

Oh, and Matt did some stuff that wasn't horrible or boring or confusing. Yay for Matt, I guess.

I'm trying to come up with the words to describe how annoyed I was by Lee Henry's storyline, but I'm experiencing mini rage strokes, so bear with me. 

The premise was fine, I suppose, but my god was it poorly executed. I get it, the Colin Kaepernick kneeling thing is a story again, because maybe nobody in the NFL will hire him because of it -- or maybe because he's not a reliably strong player? I don't know, I watch TV, not sports.

But please.

2017-03-30T07:15:33-07:00'Ghost in the Shell': Not Your Typical Sexy Heroine

Although much of the conversation around the new movie Ghost in the Shell is about Scarlett Johansson, a white actor, starring in a Japanese manga-inspired film, there's another key aspect being overlooked: the feminist win the movie represents for women in the action genre. As the lead in Ghost in the Shell, Johansson's character, Major, isn't sexualized; a robot with a human brain, fighting crime in a futuristic Japan, she has no love interest, and no defined sexuality. All together, it's a groundbreaking move for the action genre.

If you've seen the trailers, Major not being sexualized might sound odd, considering that Johansson appears in a skin-tight bodysuit that acts as Major's actual nude body. But, as a mechanical being, Major isn't made to be sexual. There are no lingering shots of her breasts,...

Have you ever played Shadowrun? It’s a very famous tabletop sci-fi/RPG that takes place in the future and sees humans and mythical beasts share the streets of our cities and towns. Furthermore, magical abilities become reality and children conceived from… Continue Reading →

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Michael Glatze – the titular “Michael” of I Am Michael – rocked the Lgbt community with both positive influence and negative poison (a life story that he sold for $75K). His pursuit of purity is what drives Justin Kelly’s biographical drama, playing out an age-old war between religion and homosexuality. An old-school journey through acceptance, everlasting scorn and homosexual damnation with extreme responses to holy turmoil, still socially relevant for openly gay individuals in today’s far-more accepting world. Kelly wants to speak to broader audiences, and he accomplishes just that – but with such an extreme example, are the messages received by all open ears?

James Franco stars as gay icon/bastard turncoat Michael Glatze, who we first meet as a San Franciscan trailblazer for queer acceptance. Michael’s passion is fuelled by helping closeted youths embrace their true personalities, and he does so by managing Xy Magazine with the support...

Michelle Obama delivered her final remarks as first lady.

Dressed in a red dress and gold teardrop earrings, Flotus took the podium at the White House on Friday at an event honoring the 2017 School Counselor of the Year as part of her "Reach Higher" initiative that promotes higher education. As expected, Obama's last speech was emotional, powerful and inspiring.

Watch: 16 Women Who Changed the Conversation in 2016

Obama began her presentation by thanking her staff and joking that she rolls "pretty deep." She also called out the handful of celebrity guests in the audience, which included Jay Pharaoh, Ted Allen, Connie Britton, Kelly Rowland, La La Anthony, Andy Cohen, Usher, Wale and Allison Williams.

"All of these folks are here because they're using their star power to inspire our young people, and I am so grateful to all of you for stepping up in so many ways, on so many occasions," Flotus gushed...

Films by the Coen Brothers can be hit or miss for audiences, and there isn’t much to predict how things are going to go when you enter the theater. From the wide variety of genres, to the level of wackiness inherent in any given picture, you can certainly tell a Coen Brothers film when you see it, but you don’t know if you’ll love it.

Hail, Caesar! is a film that ups the game when it comes to the zaniness pushing forward the layers that don’t appear to have much to do with each other, and that makes it a hard sell even to Coen fans. The focal character, Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin), or at least the pinball that we watch bounce around this madness, doesn’t quite get a chance to solidify himself into someone worth watching. Worse, he doesn’t get a story that...

Moana is the story of a young Polynesian heir ineffably drawn to the one thing that her community opposes: venturing out into the ocean, like the little mermaid was so drawn to land, like a monster to Boo, and like an ambitious rat was to the culinary arts.

Moana Head of Animation Hyrum Osmand (Zootopia, Frozen, Wreck It Ralph, Tangled) and Story Artist David Derrick Jr. (How To Train Your Dragon, Flushed Away, Bee Movie) talked with the press in a roundtable before speaking to the visual arts students at the University of Denver. Tucked away in a corner of the university, David tapped into what made Moana so personal to him, allowing him to segue easily into the film’s themes of Polynesian ancestry and culture while Hyrum explored the unique challenges this particular film offered Disney’s elite animators.

Q.Michael J. Casey [Boulder Weekly]: On the Oceanic Story Trust.

Thereâ€.s nothing staged about Rehab Addict star Nicole Curtisâ€.s real life.

In her new book, Better Than New: Lessons Iâ€.ve Learned from Saving Old Homes (And How They Saved Me), Curtis opens up about her colorful, and sometimes troubling, past, including bad boyfriends, unexpected pregnancies and tough financial times. But the Hgtv star also writes about how she manages to be strong for herself and her kids through it all.

â€.I think people want to know the rest of the story,â€. Curtis, 40, tells People of her decision to pen the memoir, out today. Here...

Powerful witches go on a mission to confront a thief and get their magical items back in Dark Horse Comics' Spell on Wheels #1, hitting shelves on October 19th. Also in today's Highlights: AMC's Into the Badlands Blu-ray and DVD release details and a new The Ice Cream Truck poster. "Suburbia can be a killer."

Spell On Wheels #1 Cover Art and Preview Pages: From Dark Horse Comics: “Kate Leth and Megan Levens team up for a magical new series!

Three young witches are robbed of their magical items, and they’ll have to hit the road to track down the mysterious thief before he does any damage to—or with—their possessions.

*Supernatural meets Buffy and The Craft!

Creators

Writer: Kate Leth

Artist: Megan Levens

Colorist: Marissa Louise

Cover Artist: Ming Doyle

Genre: Crime, Fantasy

Publication Date: October 19, 2016

Format: Fc, 32 pages; Miniseries

Price: $3.99”

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Into the Badlands Blu-ray and DVD: Press Release: "Beverly Hills,...

When “The Knick” debuted on Cinemax two years ago, it marked a substantial shift in content for Cinemax. HBO’s double-a affiliate took a swing in the big leagues with Steven Soderbergh’s beautifully captured period piece, and, while it didn’t exactly strike ratings gold, “The Knick” did earn the network a lot of attention — from critics, awards shows and the industry at large. So it makes sense that the network would follow up one dark period piece with another of similar construction. The only problem? “Quarry” suffers from the same issue “The Knick” did: They backed the wrong protagonist.

“Quarry” tracks Mac Conway (Logan Marshall-Green), a Vietnam veteran returning home to Memphis after his second tour of duty. A minor celebrity for all the wrong reasons, folks back home suspect Conway did some bad things overseas — worse things than are required of war veterans. This overwhelming perception makes...

Have you noticed something odd on Game of Thrones this season? The merciless killing of the direwolves out of nowhere. Daenerys bursting back onto the scene, yet Drogon remaining safely off-camera. Several high profile fights and deaths fading to black (in Arya’s case, literally) before things could really get going. It was almost as if HBO had slashed the budget for their flagship show, and were hoping no one would notice. Or that they’d funneled the Gdp of a small country into Episode 9, the “Battle of the Bastards.” Episode 9 of Game of Thrones is always a big budget affair. From “Baelor” and “Blackwater” to “The Rains of Castamere” and “The Watchers on the Wall,” the show doesn’t play around when it comes to climaxes. Combine that pressure with director Miguel Sapochnik (who also did last season’s amazing “Hardhome” episode), and you have a recipe for the largest medieval television battle of all time. But just how large? According to Entertainment Weekly, ludicrous speed large. Some highlights: • 600 crew members. That’s 600 people that had to be bused in to Northern Island, fed, paid, and generally kept happy enough to not run their mouths with spoilers. • 500 extras. All those bodies in the preview clips and photos? Many of those are real people, not digital creations added after to create the illusion of bulk. Which means 500 people that had to be costumed, choreographed, and paid. HBO even had the “teams” train separately to foster an air of competition. Combine these folks with the crew and so far the “Battle of the Bastards” production is the size of a small town. • 25 stunt people. Extras and actors can’t be (legally) expected to do some of the trickier shots in battle. Which means Game of Thrones had to bring in professionals to make those stunts look as real as possible. • 70 horses. Yep. Seventy. Horses are notorious for being difficult to work with and coordinate for battle scenes. Not to mention super expensive. Even well-trained animals can get nervous running at a line of people screaming and wielding weapon props. According to EW, adding in horses can more than double the amount of time it takes to shoot a scene. Time is money, and horses are money pits. All together, over 1,000 people spread across four camera crews took almost a full month to film this episode. When you split the budget for Season 6 of Game of Thrones evenly across all 10 episodes, the average comes out to $10 million per episode. But clearly all episodes aren’t created equal and a nice chunk of that went into making the “Battle of the Bastards” a spectacular piece of television. But it’s also probably why we can’t have more direwolves and dragons. You win some, you lose some.

A review of Captain America: Civil War — designed, like my TV episode reviews, to be read after you've seen it, which means there will be many many spoilers — coming up just as soon as you try some of my date loaf... It's an odd thing, Civil War. During the movie this morning, I was enjoying nearly every individual scene and how well the writers and the Russo brothers managed to juggle an absurdly large cast of pre-established characters (plus a couple of new ones in Black Panther and the Tom Holland version of Spider-Man) and give everyone at least one big moment (a literal one for Ant-Man, whose brief turn as Giant-Man was wisely hidden in all the pre-release hype). The movie squeezes in over a dozen Avengers, past, present, and future, has to do a lot of heavy lifting to introduce Black Panther and the nation of Wakanda (and...

“About three years ago, a 20-year-old boy was murdered in Santiago because he was gay. He was tortured for hours: his legs broken, a swastika carved on his stomach using shattered bottles, a piece of his ear torn out. By coincidence, that young boy was a fan of my work as a musician and I knew who he was because we’d spoken a couple of times. I met his family and they urged me to continue “speaking on behalf of boys like him”, not usually represented in the media or even art: in short, a gay and poor kid.”

This is what motivated Alex Anwandter, a widely acclaimed Chilean musician to make “You’ll Never Be Alone”/ “Nunca vas a estar solo”. However, he adds,

“This story, however, shifts its focus onto the father of the boy. This is my way of saying: it was not one boy, it’s many boys and girls, and women and men. And the life we should examine more carefully is not the boys’, it’s the rest of us. We who allow this to repeat over and over.”

Born in Santiago, Chile in 1983 Alex’s career as a musician started in 2005 to immediate and widespread acclaim in Chile and South America. His first four albums were released to critical and commercial recognition and subsequent touring the U.S., Europe and Latin America, becoming one of Chile's most renowned artists.

Growing up as a big cinephile, Alex Anwandter took to directing music videos for his own projects and other artists in 2005.

Named by Time Magazine as an artist “poised for U.S. stardom”, his music

and videos have been featured everywhere from Billboard to Vice Magazine and MTV, with NPR celebrating his video for “Cómo puedes vivir contigo mismo?”, an homage to “Paris is Burning”, for its courageous message of equality and non-discrimination.

In 2012 Alex Anwandter started preparing a new phase in his career.

Moved by the murder of young Daniel Zamudio, a gay boy murdered in a hate-crime in Santiago and fan of his work, Anwandter wrote his first script “You’ll Never Be Alone”. The film won both Sanfic’s and FICGuadalajara Work in Progress sections in 2015. In 2016 at its World Premiere in the Berlinale’s Panorama it won the Teddy Award’s Special Jury Prize and went on to win Ficg’s Premio Maguey, its top Lgbt Award.

In Guadalajara I caught up with the producer, Isabel Orellana Guarello of Araucaria Cine and asked her the following questions:

Sydney Levine: How did you finance “You’ll Never Be Alone”?

Isabel Orellana Guarello: We financed the shooting with private investment and sponsorship provided by the Recoleta Municipality of Santiago and the association with the film school of University of Development ( Escuela de Cine Udd) and Ortega Maniques.

After the shooting we obtained help from the Postproduction Fund supported by Council for the Arts & Culture of Chile (Cnca).There was also an important amount of investment provided by 5Am Producciones & Araucaria Cine, the companies that produced the film.

Sl: Did you participate in pre-markets, workshops, etc.?

Iog: The film participated in two competitions of work in progress, one in Sanfic October 2014, just 2 months after we wrapped the shooting, and which we won. And after that the film participated at Films in Progress at FICGuadalajara,where we won two prizes provided by Retina HD and Red Melissa.

Also the project participated at Sanfic Net and Industry Days of Locarno Film Festival both in 2014 and 2015 as part of the catalogue of projects of Araucaria Cine.

Sl: How did you choose your actors?

Iog: For the main character of Juan we directly contacted Sergio Hernandez, whom we loved from previous collaborations with Raul Ruiz and Sebastián Lelio.

It happened in the same way with other cast members such as Edgardo Bruna (the boss of Juan), Antonia Zegers (the doctor) Camila Hirane (the bank executive).

For the young cast we did an open call organized by Ivan Parra Reinoso, We searched in several acting schools and finally reached out to Andrew Bargsted (Pablo) and her real-life best friend Astrid Roldan (Mari). Both had an amazing chemistry between them.

In the open casting call we also found Jaime Leiva (Felix, Pablo's lover) and Benjamín Westfall (Martin, the leader of the Nazi gang).

All together, they created an amazing casting of which we're very proud.

Sl: How did the producers come on board, and particularly Daniel Dreifuss (my friend)?

Iog: I met Daniel Dreifuss at Sanfic Net in 2014. I pitched the project to him since I felt he could connect with this story and he definitely did. Then he finally came on board as Executive Producer of the film in 2015.

Sl: Does the film have Chilean distribution and if so what is the plan?

Iog: The film has already secured Chilean distribution and we're expecting soon to have the specific release dates. The film is gaining a lot of attention back in Chile and audiences are waiting for it after its success at the Berlinale and Guadalajara.

Does it have an international sales agent?

Iog: Yes, the international sales are handled by Wide Management, a French company. We actually met them at Films in Progress 2014!

Sl: How did you come to this project?

Iog: I came on board in February 2014, after meeting Alex through a common friend.

When I read the script - that he'd been working for 2 years already- I was profoundly moved by it. We started working right away. The shooting was in July 2014, so everything was pretty fast.

Sl: Does this depict Chile today?

Iog: Unfortunately yes. Just the same day we received the Teddy Jury Award at Berlinale, a Chilean transgender boy was shot and killed in San Bernardo, Santiago. His name was Marcelo Lepe.

These homophobic killings will continue to occur if there is not deeper reflection about our society and our actions. That's why we made “You'll Never Be Alone”.

Sl: Will this film go toward changing the situation?

Iog: We hope so. We still believe that cinema can make strong change of hearts and minds. So we're eager to show the film in Chile and also Latin America, and hopefully open some debates around the issues of homophobia and social injustice depicted in the film.

We also have a plan with the Municipality of Recoleta to show the film at high schools inside their Sexual Diversity Program, when we complete our commercial release.

It's very important to us that the film is discussed inside Chile and we're making all our best efforts for that to happen.

Sl: What are your current and next projects?

Iog: The director Alex Anwandter is currently releasing his new album "Amiga" in April. So new music videos and songs are coming up from him.

About me as producer, Araucaria Cine is currently producing a feature documentary with director Roberto Collio (“White Death”) and Rodrigo Robledo, named “Petit Frère” which will compete at Focus Chile in Visions du Reel 2016. Also I'm developing a feature doc with Maria Jesus Valenzuela, “Interna." Both projects were funded by the Council of the Arts & Culture and Corfo Chile.

On February 28th, the Academy Awards will honor the most acclaimed films of the year, and several of those films are currently available for purchase through Vimeo. Through the online video platform’s On Demand library, viewers can watch a collection of nominated short films as well as a handful of nominated long-form documentaries and foreign films.

The five films featured in this year’s Live Action Short Film category have all been collected in an anthology made available for release by Shorts HD. In addition, the package also includes several Oscar-nominated animated shorts, including ‘World of Tomorrow,’ the latest piece in Don Hertzfeldt’s library of dark comedies. All together, the short films add up to more than 141 minutes of runtime--for the rental price of $4.99, that’s a lot of bang for your buck.

Other films available for rental or purchase on the Vimeo On Demand library include Cartel Land,...

Exclusive: Romantic comedy exploring world of online dating to star Pierre Richard [pictured].

Memento Film International (Mfi) has boarded sales on French film-maker Stéphane Robelin’s upcoming romantic comedy Mr. Stein Goes Online, starring Pierre Richard as a widower who decides to explore the world of online dating.

Richard will play an elderly widower Pierre who has been a living a solitary life since the death of his wife. His daughter gets him a computer in the hope it might stimulate him and lead to him socialising online at least. With the help of young computer teacher Alex, he starts surfing the net and falls on an online dating website.

Under Alex’s identity, Pierre starts up a conversation with a fascinating young physiotherapist, going by the alias of Flora63. She in term is charmed by the elegant profile he has given himself. Caught up in the thrill of the online encounter, he accepts...

Exclusive: Romantic comedy exploring world of online dating to star Pierre Richard [pictured].

Memento Film International (Mfi) has boarded sales on French film-maker Stéphane Robelin’s upcoming romantic comedy Mr. Stein Is Online, starring Pierre Richard as a widower who decides to explore the world of online dating.

Richard will play an elderly widower Pierre who has been a living a solitary life since the death of his wife. His daughter gets him a computer in the hope it might stimulate him and lead to him socialising online at least. With the help of young computer teacher Alex, he starts surfing the net and falls on an online dating website.

Under Alex’s identity, Pierre starts up a conversation with a fascinating young physiotherapist, going by the alias of Flora63. She in term is charmed by the elegant profile he has given himself. Caught up in the thrill of the online encounter, he accepts...

Last week, we saw The Grinder flounder a bit. This week, we see the show at its best. Part of that is undoubtedly due to the return of breakout Grinder actor Timothy Olyphant, played by Timothy Olyphant — but it's also a tightly structured episode with an unusually razor-sharp focus. Plus: The cast nails a ton of smart, funny, fast-paced dialogue.I'm thinking of the first exchange, which follows a Sanderson family screening of a Grinder episode that revolves around one of those "What did you just say" moments. You know the trope, right? One character says some seemingly innocuous word, which suddenly causes the protagonist to Put It All Together? (For the record, Black Dynamite lampooned this better than anyone.) Anyway, Dean gets upset when Stewart does idle paperwork during the episode, thinking he missed the "what did you say" moment. He didn't, though; he just thought it was ridiculous.

Toil and Trouble #5

Written by Mairghread Scott

Artwork by Kelly Matthews and Nichole Matthews

Published by Boom! Studios

Toil and Trouble #5 resumes again with the three sisters. This time, however, Riata and Smertae’s tensions explode into a ceremonial fight, while their sister is left to judge their event. The artwork from Kelly and Nichole Matthews remains amazing for the whole comic. The different magical transformations of Smertae and Riata highlight the height of their work. Scott shines through with the dramatic and heartbreaking story telling during the climax. Toil and Trouble #5 adds another strong piece to the charged tale.

The story of Toil and Trouble #5 reopens with the arrival of Smertae as Riata eggs on Macbeth to commit murder. The two sister declare a ceremonial fight over the mind, the memories, and the heart of Macbeth. Riata’s and Smertae’s duel is brutal and harsh, as the two...

The father of a high school football player shot seven times Saturday as he walked to a Miami, Florida, grocery store tells People his 16-year-old son is back home and that doctors expect him to make a full recovery. "He just got home two hours ago," an elated Joseph Pieze confirms in a telephone interview with People. "He's doing fine. He's in a little pain. He has a cast on his foot and has to use a walker, but he's alive and he's healing." Seven bullets pierced Jamal Pieze, his father says, striking the sophomore athlete in his right foot and left hand.

The father of a high school football player shot seven times Saturday as he walked to a Miami, Florida, grocery store tells People his 16-year-old son is back home and that doctors expect him to make a full recovery. "He just got home two hours ago," an elated Joseph Pieze confirms in a telephone interview with People. "He's doing fine. He's in a little pain. He has a cast on his foot and has to use a walker, but he's alive and he's healing." Seven bullets pierced Jamal Pieze, his father says, striking the sophomore athlete in his right foot and left hand.

Joe Golem #2

Written by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden

Artwork by Patric Reynolds

Letters by Clem Robins

Colors by Dave Stewart

Published by Dark Horse Comics

Joe Golem: Occult Detective #2 picks up where issue one stopped and builds on the previous issue where Joe Golem saves children from The Rat Catcher, a water monster. Now, Joe continues to search Lower Manhattan for The Rat Catcher. The artwork from Reynolds is dark and gritty, which fits the detective story just right. The rough nature of the artwork fits well with setting up the mood of the comic as well as the action scenes. The writing from Mignola and Golden shows wit with the sly nature of Joe. Furthermore, the comic’s plot unfolds its mystery at a steady pace. All together, Joe Golem: Occult Detective # 2 stands out as an interesting detective story.

The issue shows Joe’s investigation of The Rat Catcher.

French investigators are in possession a two-hour-long recording of the terrorist attack inside the Bataclan concert hall in Paris on Nov. 13. According to French TV network TF1, the house recording system was activated before the attack began by a Bataclan technician who was making a personal tape of the Eagles of Death Metal performance on the night that three terrorists broke into the concert hall. All together, 90 people died inside the Bataclan - and the recording system remained on and active throughout the entire massacre. Describing the soundtrack as "a chilling document", TF1 reports that the two-hour-long recording helped investigators...

Happy December, everyone! Hard to believe the holidays are upon us but soon enough, it’ll be 2016 and we’ll be gearing up for yet another year of horror and sci-fi fun. In the meantime, we have a few titles arriving on VOD over the final weeks of 2015, including Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse and Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, as well as several notable indie films like L.A. Slasher, Dementia, Body and The World of Kanako.

Other horror films making their VOD debut in December include Indigenious, Crying Wolf, and Anguish.

Dementia (IFC Midnight) - December 4th

A disabled war veteran is in bad hands when his family hires the live in nurse from hell in this intense psychological shocker. George (The Sacrament’s Gene Jones) is an aging ex-soldier haunted by memories of Vietnam and struggling to reconnect with his estranged son and granddaughter. But when...

As her due date approaches, Jessa (Duggar) Seewald is enjoying some mommy-to-be pampering.

On Saturday, the reality star – who is expecting her first child in November – took to Instagram to thank her mother-in-law for some fun-filled activities.

"My sweet mother-in-law treated me to a pumpkin spice drink from #MamaCarmens, and Sierra insisted that I get something cheery painted on my toes in prep for labor! Y'all are spoiling me!" she wrote as the caption to a collage of pictures on Instagram, including one of her fresh pink pedicure as well as a picture of her and her husband Ben Seewald's mother.

With Teresa Giudice serving a federal prison sentence for most of the year, her brother, Joe Gorga, and his wife, Melissa, are stepping up in ways that she can't.

Sunday's episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey: Teresa Checks In, the second in a three-part special, showed the Gorgas being there for the Giudices, despite the family's sometimes turbulent history.

At one point in the episode, Melissa took her daughters out with Teresa's girls for a spa day, where she checked in with each of them to see how they have handled their mom's absence (while Milania...

Two YouTube celebrities can now say they have their own digital greeting cards. Tyler Oakley and Lilly Singh (aka IISuperwomanII) are the main focus of a new selection of online e-cards, thanks to a partnership between YouTube and Someecards.

A Someecards rep said in an email the online e-cards company worked closely with its in-house team to create cards which captured the spirit and character of both Oakley and Singh. For example, one digital greeting has a picture of the ever-polite and cheerful Oakley with his eyes closed and a cheesy grin on his face next to the words, “Sometimes I wish I could just close my eyes and make you agree with me.”

The greetings were created with shareability in mind, which has worked out well for a few of the cards in particular. One digital e-card featuring Singh garnered over 37,000 shares, while another with the 27-year-old Canadian vlogger pulled in 33,000 shares.

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #34

Written by Jeremy Whitley

Art by Andy Cook

Colors by Heather Breckel

Letters by Neil Uyetake

Published by Idw Publishing

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic tends to be either about the slice of life events of the main six ponies such as issues of being a good friend or a town fighting against itself. Yet, on the occasion between the daily events, there are the beginnings of an epic tale. My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #34’s plot unfolds with masterful pacing and an exciting battle in the middle of the story. Price’s art conveys both the humor of the series and outrageous battle scenes while truly showing the conflict behind the villain characters. Whitley’s writing matches the tone and mood of the artwork as the plot builds to a grand story. Together, Price and Whitley bring to life the promising...

Winter is coming and, after that, "Game of Thrones" Season 6 will be showing up in the spring. No one battles like GoT and it sounds like at least one doozy of a fight is headed our way in 2016.

Gwendoline Christie (Brienne) recently talked to The Sunday Times and dropped a little hint about a Season 6 scene she had been shooting in Northern Ireland. Here's a portion of the story, via Gwendoline-Christie.com:

I've been fighting for three whole days, three entire days without ceasing or desisting. Really vicious, vicious, up-close, thuggish fighting." Who with? "I can't tell you. I could, but I'd have to maim you." Who won? "Again, it would be the last thing you ever knew."

Nice. Three days of shooting a vicious, up-close fight. Brienne was just seen killing (we think) Stannis Baratheon. Who is she fighting this time? Well, we don't know, but some hints were...

Bravest Warriors #36

Written by Kate Leth (Backup by Jason Johnson)

Art by Ian McGinty (Backup by Kat Leyh)

Colors by Lisa Moore

Published by Boom! Studios

The power of friendship and redemption is victorious in Bravest Warriors #36, which is the final issue of Kate Leth and Ian McGinty’s excellent run on the series. In their sixteen issues on the title, they went beyond the cartoon’s mythos showing Catbug’s evil brother and father, giving Plum a lovely girlfriend named Peach, and homaging everything from Pacific Rim and Agatha Christie to The Great Gatsby and Lord of the Rings in a clever, silly manner. This final issue is a little low on suspense, but Leth and McGinty more than makes up for it by giving each Bravest Warrior a crowning moment of brilliance or funny, which play out in a character and plot twist.

Superficially, Bravest Warriors #36 may seem...

Image from Nintendo.

As I write this piece in my college dorm, my favorite Smash Bros.-themed Amiibos from my vast collection are to my right, and a playlist of competitive Smash for Wii U matches is playing on my iPad to my left. I didn’t think to put this playlist on to get me in the mood to write about the same game, and I certainly didn’t realize that the little statues meant that I’m sandwiched in between Smash as I write about it.

The simple fact is that I love it, so much so that it bleeds into my everyday life, even nearly a year after its release.

Smash 4 Uniquely Breaks My Game-playing Formula

Sometimes, when people learn I like playing video games, they ask me a simple question: What do you play? Then I have to go on my diatribe about how I like...

Swords of Sorrow #3

Writer: Gail Simone

Artist:Sergio Davila

Colorist: Jorge Sutil

Publisher: Dynamite

Swords of Sorrow # 3 is part of a collection of works being established by a groundbreaking team of all female writers at Dynamite. The comic works to bring together many different heroines from the Dynamite comics. Swords of Sorrow#3 has mixed genres, time periods, and beautifully rough artwork. Writer Gail Simone has this issue focus on Miss Fury and Black Sparrow in New York during 1939 alongside a subplot with Dracula and his daughter. Artists Sergio Davila and Jorge Sutil support Simone to their fullest with different colors from the various time periods and costume designs. If any flaw is to be found in the artwork it would be the heroines’ costume designs due to a lack of variety and some images lack the feeling of motion. All together, Swords of Sorrow #3 will give the reader a fast...

The fictional city of Vinci serves as the setting of the noir that is "True Detective" season two. Vinci is a place built on corruption and graft and despite having a minuscule population, money moves through the local government at an alarming rate. Nic Pizzolatto's city is actually based on a real place - Vernon, California (via The Hollywood Reporter). Based on a 2010 census data, Vernon had a population of 112 residents but more than 1,800 businesses called the city home. Corruption in the city dates back to the 1940s with a specific focus on the city's founder, John Leonis. Any charges leveled against him were eventually dropped before his death in 1953 which allowed his grandson, Leonis Malburg, to take power. While serving as mayor for more than 50 years, Malburg led a city council that saw uncontested elections every year from 1980 to 2006, and operated on an annual city budget of $300 million.

NBCUniversal Hispanic Group unveiled its new go-to-market strategy, “All Together. Latino.,” at its upfront today in NYC. Executives also unveiled digital initiatives for advertising partners and unveiled the 2015-16 programming lineups for Telemundo and NBC Universo, featuring more than 1,000 hours of original content. Mike Rosen, Evp Advertising Sales for NBCU's News and Hispanic Groups, introduced CultureFirst, the company’s latest strategic approach to help inform…...