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The Orchard presents The Hero – starring Sam Elliott, Laura Prepon, Nick Offerman, Krysten Ritter and Katharine Ross. Directed by Brett Haley (I’LL See You In My Dreams).

Lee Hayden (Sam Elliott) is an aging Western icon with a golden voice, but his best performances are decades behind him. He spends his days reliving old glories and smoking too much weed with his former-co-star-turned-dealer, Jeremy (Nick Offerman), until a surprise cancer diagnosis brings his priorities into sharp focus. He soon strikes up an exciting, contentious relationship with stand-up comic Charlotte (Laura Prepon), and he attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter, Lucy (Krysten Ritter), all while searching for one final role to cement his legacy.

Opens in St. Louis Friday, June 23rd.

Wamg invites you to enter for the chance to win Two (2) seats to the advance screening of The Hero on Tuesday, June 20 at 7pm in the St. Louis area.

A teen at Springs High School near Houston, Texas was charged with murder after a fight in the school hallways escalated into a fatal stabbing. Here are five things to know about 17-year old Luis Alonzo Alfaro, who admitted his involvement in the Sept. 4 incident to police.

17-year-old Luis Alonzo Alfaro was charged with one count of murder after admitting to detectives that he fatally stabbed 16-year-old Joshua Broussard and injured three other teens at Spring High School on Sept. 4.

Texas School Stabbing Started With A Shoulder Bump — 5 Things To Know About The Stabber

1. The Violent Fight Broke Out After A Shoulder Bump

The fatal fight reportedly started in the school hallway after Luis bumped shoulders passing one of this victims. After exchanging heated words about the run-in, he shoved the teen, who he says punched him back. Luis responded by pulling a folding knife from his pocket and swinging it multiple times,...

A teen has been charged with one count of murder after admitting his involvement in the Sept. 4 Houston area high school stabbing to police. The attack left one student dead and three more in the hospital.

17-year-old Luis Alonzo Alfaro was charged with murder following the Sept. 4 fatal stabbing in Texas’ Spring High School. One student, Joshua Broussard, 16, was killed in the altercation that sent three other teens to the hospital.

Texas High School Stabbing — Student Charged With Murder

Spring High School student Luis Alonzo Alfaro was charged immediately after the fatal stabbing. According to police, he admitted to the stabbing after being questioned with other students. A police statement issued on Sept 4. said:

The stabbing occurred during a physical altercation between several students in the hallways. During the altercation, the suspect produced a knife and fatally stabbed the victim to death and injured 3 other victims.

The school was placed...

By Rachel Bennett

Less than a week after the loss of film legend Nora Ephron, critics and fans mourned the passing of another, older Hollywood great: Andy Griffith died at the age of 86 on Tuesday, July 3. The actor, who most notably starred in the TV series The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock, passed away at his home in Dare County, N.C., and was buried later the same day. The cause of death was a heart attack.

Griffith, who popped up on The Ed Sullivan Show throughout the 1950s, appeared as Sheriff Andy Taylor in a 1960 episode of Danny Thomas‘s show Make Room for Daddy, which served as the inspiration for The Andy Griffith Show, which aired from 1960 to 1968.

After his self-titled show went off the air, Griffith sought out film roles, but rarely found work worthy of his talents. His actually gave his best big screen performance before becoming widely known,...

Despite his popularity, the late Andy Griffith never won an Emmy: "Most best recognize Griffith for his work on 'The Andy Griffith Show,' which ran on on CBS between 1960 and 1968. Others recognize him still from some of his later work, especially 'Matlock,' which ran on NBC beginning in 1986, and ended its run on ABC in 1995 ... Despite his legendary television status, Griffith was only ever nominated for one Emmy -- in 1981 for Outstanding Supporting Actor for the special 'Murder in Texas,' losing to David Warner for 'Masada.' 'Andy Griffith Show' itself would be nominated for nine Emmys, winning six -- nearly all of them going to his co-star, [Don Knotts]. Frances Bavier, who played Aunt Bee in the show, also won an Emmy for her work." USA Today Chris Brown's latest album, "Fortune," drubbed by critics: "Brown's fifth studio album follows on the heels of his 2011 record 'F.

Yesterday a true entertainment legend passed into the great beyond. Andrew Samuel Griffith, best known as Mayberry’s humble sheriff Andy Taylor, passed away at 7:00 am on July 3, 2012. Born in Mount Airy, North Carolina on June 1, 1926, Andy lived a true working class life. Although a shy student that didn’t immediately fit in, he soon learned how to make his fellow schoolmates laugh. He always had an interest in music, and originally studied to be a preacher at Unc, but changed his major to music and joined a theatre group. His early showbiz experience was as a monologist, his most famous story being “What it Was, Was Football”, told from the point-of-view of a backwoodsman trying to understand the sport. It was released as a single and reached number nine on the charts.

His first television appearance was in “No Time for Sergeants”, a teleplay on The United States Steel Hour,...

Andy Griffith, the likable and versatile star who famously played a small town sheriff in The Andy Griffith Show, has died. He was 86 years old.

"Andy Griffith passed away, after an illness, during the early morning on July 3 at his home in Manteo, N.C., with his wife Cindi at his side," the star's family said in a statement to Et. "Mr. Griffith has been laid down to rest on his beloved Roanoke Island. His favorite causes were Outer Banks Conservationists and the Griffith Scholarship Fund at Unc-Chapel Hill," the statement added. The TV icon had suffered a heart attack in the past and underwent quadruple bypass surgery in 2000.

In the 911 call released by authorities in Dare County, Nc, Griffith's wife Cindi reports, "He has lost consciousness, he's drooling out of his mouth..." Another woman then takes the phone and indicates the star's grave condition. "I think he's pretty much... um, he might...

By Roger Friedman

HollywoodNews.com: Everyone is going ga-ga over the anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death on Friday.

But today also marks the first year since the passing of Farrah Fawcett. Her death was a little overshadowed by Jackson’s last year.

Farrah was first and f0remost The Sex Symbol of the 1970s. But she went on to prove herself a dynamic actress who wasn’t afraid to take on challenges. As she got older, she allowed herself to be funny, goofy and mischievous. As good as she was in TV movies like “The Burning Bed” and “A Murder in Texas,” she was also hilarious in her short lived sitcom with Ryan O’Neal, “Good Sports.”

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