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From time to time, your friends at Paste scour Kickstarter to find projects worthy of your support and love. Support independent art today by becoming a backer, and spread the word, why dontcha? Today’s favorite is a project called Chute Fighter, and although it’s unfortunately not a mashup of Mma and Chutes and Ladders (although — not to self…), it’s pretty awesome nonetheless. Chute Fighter is a short narrative film set in the rodeo world, with a young female protagonist. Here’s the producers’ summary: Chute Fighter examines an American family in mourning, set within the backdrop of the rodeo world...

Star of British film thrillers who specialised in the role of the classy girlfriend

In the 1950s, while watching a second feature before the "big picture" at their local cinema, regular British filmgoers would often have seen Rona Anderson, who has died aged 86. Anderson starred in 20 movies between 1950 and 1958, mostly well-crafted, low-budget thrillers. Opposite such luminaries as Robert Beatty, Jimmy Hanley, John Bentley, Paul Carpenter and Lee Patterson, Anderson was the classy girlfriend who helps the hero solve a murder, usually via a visit to the criminal underground, all within the hour allotted to the film.

According to the Scottish comedian Stanley Baxter, Anderson "had this incredible, porcelain-like face, too beautiful for film … The camera likes angularity, to see the edges, and I think Rona's face was just too perfect." Whatever the reason, Anderson made few major movies, though she appeared in many popular television series, such as The Human Jungle...

Nicolas Winding Refn follows up his Los Angeles pulp thriller Drive with an ultraviolent far eastern crime oddity

Like his mentor, the 57-year-old enfant terrible Lars von Trier, the 42-year-old Nicolas Winding Refn is equally fascinated by extreme violence and the austere, mystical Lutheranism of Carl Dreyer, the father figure of Danish cinema and still its greatest exponent. His new film as writer-director, Only God Forgives, exhibits both these elements but is set far from Denmark in a stylised, present-day Bangkok, almost entirely at night in underpopulated, garishly neon-lit streets and dark interiors, though there's one memorable, downbeat shot of the oppressive, smog-ridden city in the early morning.

The film's central character is an American expatriate played by Ryan Gosling, who made a serious impression as a getaway driver in Refn's Los Angeles-set Drive. More recently he appeared as a sad fairground performer and criminal in Derek Cianfrance's A Place Beyond the Pines,...

A new trailer has been released for the latest take on the classic story of "Romeo & Juliet."

Adapted by "Downton Abbey" creator Julian Fellowes, "Romeo & Juliet" stars Douglas Booth ("From Time to Time") and Hailee Steinfeld ("True Grit") as the ill-fated lovers.

The trailer borrows classic Shakespeare lines, beginning, "Never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo." Romeo and Juliet are shown falling in love as Juliet's cousin Tybalt (played by Ed Westwick of "Gossip Girl" fame) warns the young woman against being with a man from the Montague family, the rivals of her own family, the Capulets. Take a look at the clip above.

"Romeo & Juliet" has been adapted for the big screen many times. Notable iterations include Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, and George Cukor's 1936 adaptation starring Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer.

The 2013 adaptation of William Shakespeare...

The Monsters University star has been a big screen presence for a number of years. Here's some of his most memorable moments

John Goodman first rose to prominence in sitcom Roseanne, starring as long-suffering working class everyman Dan Conner. The show began in 1988, and over the intervening years he's been a consistently engaging screen presence on the big and small screen – although he can be a fractious interviewee, as Xan Brooks found out earlier this year when interviewing him for Argo:

Fishing responses from him is like chipping at granite. He says, "No, sir" and, "I don't know"; "I suppose" and, "I wouldn't know about that." From time to time, he emits a long, breathy groan, as though invisible doctors are subjecting him to some invasive medical procedure. I don't know whether he's exhausted or sick; whether he hates interviews or this particular interviewer. On balance, with the benefit of hindsight,...

Mayfield Depot, Manchester

It's an irony, given his obsession with our surveillance culture, that if you were to cast the voice of Orwell's Big Brother, Adam Curtis would be hard to beat. The BBC documentary-maker – justly celebrated for series that include The Century of the Self, The Power of Nightmares and All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace – speaks with such paternal conviction, such stylish wisdom, that given half a day in a film archive you suspect he could have you believe pretty much anything. This Manchester international festival collaboration with Bristol-based trip-hop pioneers Massive Attack is billed as a playful showdown, a versus, in the manner of a rap contest or a prize fight; the vast derelict train depot in which this battle is being staged over 10 nights offers a suitably raw-boned backdrop for the high-decibel stand-off – earplugs are given out at the door – but it quickly becomes...

From time to time we run across a gem that has nothing much to do with current cinema but worth sharing all the same. Someone called LadyPhantomThe has collected dozens...

Around 200 European and international distributors and festival programmers are expected in London next week for the 10th edition of the London UK Film Focus (Luff), running June 24-27.

Premieres include Exclusive Media’s Formula 1 doc 1, StudioCanal’s horror thriller In Fear, the Damian Jones-produced Powder Room starring Sheridan Smith, Metro International’s raucous comedy The Stag and Altitude Film Sales’ The Hooligan Factory.

uConnect, the London-based sales outfit run by Peter Rogers, will be screening Summer In February, starring Dominic Cooper and Dan Stevens.

“The timing is very good for us. We did think it would stand out at Luff,” said Rogers. The love triangle tale was released in the UK earlier this month by Metrodome.

Luff will return to the BFI Southbank to showcase features.

Natalie Brenner, Evp of international sales at Metro International, said: “You have the best screening rooms in London. You have an invited list of really good distributors who sit and...

Islamabad, June 21: Much needs to be done for reviving Pakistan's film industry, said a leading Pakistani daily Friday.

"Given the challenges this country faces, the casual observer could be forgiven for thinking that cultural activity is at a low ebb. That, however, is not the case. From Karachi to Peshawar to Swat, cultural activities are drawing audiences," said an editorial in the Dawn.

"From time to time, these are of a nature that cause haunting nostalgia, a tangible desire to return to the gentler Pakistan where music, art and culture were amongst the state's priorities," it added.

The Karachi Arts Council is holding.

From time to time we like to check out some real crime-action. You know, things like greed, betrayal, murder, and stuff like that. Arthur Louis Fuller‘s latest flick Assassins Tale includes all that (and more), and that’s exactly why we’re here today – to share the official trailer and poster for the movie which stars lovely Anna Silk and (obviously) promises a lot of action. Take a look! In case you’re not so familiar with the title, let me first inform you that Fuller directed the whole thing from a script he co-wrote with Guy Garner, which revolves around a trio of assassins who stand...

Th 84-year-old director rolled into Cannes this week to discuss his latest film La Danza de la Realidad, a magic-realist memoir of his youth. He talks about his troubled childhood, his passion for psychomagic – and why ageing doesn't trouble him

Missing, believed lost, Alejandro Jodorowsky rolls into Cannes like a conquering hero. He has a room at the Croisette and a film in the directors' fortnight – a rambunctious sidebar away from the Palais. "I am like the rain, I go where I'm needed," the director explains. "If I were in the big house, with the red carpet and photographers and all the fancy women, I would be ashamed." He has always been happier way out on the fringes.

Jodorowsky turned 84 last birthday. He has white hair, bright eyes and a crocodile smile. It is now more than four decades since he thrilled the faithful as El Topo, a mysterious gunslinger in rabbinical black,...

When Wayde King married his wife, Heather, she came as part of a package deal with her brother, Brett Raymer, and her father, Irwin "The General" Raymer, and a business partnership that became Las Vegas-based Acrylic Tank Manufacturing.

Now that Atm is the focus of the reality show "Tanked," airing Fridays on Animal Planet, King and Raymer spend a lot of time together, both for television and business.

"We've been together almost 17 years, so we're like brothers," Raymer tells Zap2it while sitting at a picnic table with King at a Malibu, Calif., winery where they've just installed an aquarium built into a covered wagon.

He continues, "We know each other's pet peeves; we know each other's good and bad points."

"I irritate him more," says King.

"Over the years," says Raymer, "we've learned to the point where, if I've got a problem with him, I just walk away. Fifteen minutes later,...

Securing an interview with The Great Gatsby star Leonardo DiCaprio required un-Luhrmann-like levels of attention

The 66th Cannes film festival opens with The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann's star-spangled adaptation of the nightclub in Southsea. Luhrmann's opus has the swimming pools and fireworks. It's got a thousand extras, 40 Prada party dresses, 288,000 crystals and an exclusive VIP area containing the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan. To commemorate this grand unveiling, the press is allowed behind the velvet rope to meet them.

Day one of the festival begins with an interview with Luhrmann, who is altogether delightful. It then continues towards a promised audience with the film's star, DiCaprio, out at the Hôtel du Cap on the cliffs beyond town. En route through the grounds, the people carrier gets lost in a maze of rutted, unsigned roads and effects a series of jolting six-point turns as the security...

After five seasons of high drama, "90210" ends its run on Monday (May 13) with its series finale, "We All Fall Down." We recently spoke to Matt Lanter (Liam) about what was coming and about how it felt to bring this character to an end.

Is Liam really going to run off to Australia? Because I don't know if that's going to be okay with people.

Matt Lanter: [laughs] Yeah, I don't think it would be okay with people. But I guess that would be a big spoiler if I said I did run off. Let's just put it this way: I just want Liam to be happy, whatever he does. And I think fans should be cool with that. I mean, this kid has gone through so much strife in the past five years -- like his dad, his relationships, women have taken advantage of him in every way possible. I...

From time to time, Mondo likes to welcome a few new artists into the fold. They’re also big on launching posters as part of a larger “series”, as in their ongoing Universal Monsters releases, the still-waiting-for-a-Martin-Ansin-Twelve-Monkeys series based on the films of Terry Gilliam, or the somewhat-unofficial Tyler-Stout-doing-Quentin-Tarantino-films series. Today, they’re doing all of these things at once: a new poster series based on the filmography of Paul Thomas Anderson has been announced, and they’re bringing in both artists new and old to see it through to completion. See some of that action after the jump, Captain. Mondo’s just announced something incredible, a poster series based on the films of Paul Thomas Anderson: "This was my first large-scale curatorial project. It was much more work than I had anticipated, but the end result is something I'm incredibly proud of," said Aaron Horkey. "It's been great...

After 27 years at the helm, Sir Alex Ferguson today shocked the world of sport by announcing his retirement. As the plaudits pour in for this living legend it makes United’s latest title triumph all the more poignant.

Manchester United will be presented with the league trophy for the 20th time, on 12th May, and incredibly, as we look back on Fergie’s career, it will be his 13th Premier League title triumph. In total he has won 38 trophies with United (including the Charity/Community Shield) and overseen the creation of some memorable sides.

He has seen off all challengers, shown durability and has mastered the skill of being adaptable, whilst retaining elements of an old fashioned managerial approach. The man is the embodiment of the term “living legend.” When you think of the players and managers that were around when he took over at United (Norman Whiteside, Brian Clough...

"Ain't no party like a Scranton cause a Scranton party don't stop!" Thousands of fans gathered in Scranton over the weekend to send-off the cast and crew of The Office, just two weeks before the series finale airs on NBC Thursday, May 16. As many took part in The Office Wrap Party with the Dunder Mifflin crew, it's hard to imagine who would skip out on the opportunity—unless of course, you burnt your foot on a George Foreman grill or something. Fans got the chance to sit-in for a writers Q&A panel, watch the cast celebrate in a parade downtown, and got a special Michael Scott surprise at Pnc Field Saturday night as the characters we've all come to love said their goodbyes to over 10,000 people in the crowd.

| Related: When A Scranton Graduate Sits Down With Office Star Kate Flannery |

The event featured appearances by 14 members of the cast,...

Compared with last week’s episode, Game of Thrones‘ sixth frame of season three was a bit of calm following what was a furious episode of movement. It’s fitting, then, that it begins with a rather quite scene by the fire, checking in on Samwell Tarly and his stolen wildling girl Gilly. Still her most awkward of heroes — not even fit to start a damn fire — Sam attempts to pass their time in the wilderness Beyond the Wall with a soothing song. Just as a fiery sword battle set the tone for last week’s rage, Sam’s tender moment establishes the big goal for “The Climb”: it’s about moving characters forward with smaller, calmer moments. And taking a trip into much darker territory. From here, there will be advanced talking points from this week’s episode, “The Climb.” Read on at your own peril. “I saw Jon Snow… Surrounded...

His first column appeared in April 1963 and he would become the doyen of UK film critics. Having announced he will soon file his last column, he talks about meeting Chaplin, and Hollywood's greatest canine actors

Philip French's international reputation as a film critic is unrivalled. As recently as February, after a career with the Observer that began in 1963, an American film journal rated him as Britain's "greatest living movie analyst". But at the end of August he is to file his last column as this newspaper's film critic. After an illustrious half century, French, who was honoured with an OBE in January, has decided to step down following his 80th birthday the same month.

In his first column for the Observer, he bemoaned the lack of British films offering a believable picture of criminathe underworld. He noted "the tired vignettes of sub-Runyon characters" in The Small World of Sammy Lee starring Anthony Newley.

From time to time, there are issues so divisive that they threaten to tear apart the entire Vulture staff and, if left untended, could destroy the very fabric of reality as we know it. It is incumbent on us, then, to address these issues in a manner befitting their extreme importance. Today's hot topic: Should we be excited about Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby? Kyle Buchanan and Amanda Dobbins will now work through their anxieties.Amanda: Kyle! After months (years, really) of staring across the bay at Baz Luhrmann’s very bright green light, the moment is upon us. We finally get to watch Leonardo DiCaprio throw shirts and to hear what money sounds like as interpreted by Carey Mulligan’s American accent. It is very exciting — or at least I think it is, despite the six-month delay, the poorly Photoshopped posters, and the loud, histrionic trailers. Are these warning signs,...

For my first of what will hopefully be many articles for Whatculture.com, I have decided to present 5 reasons why Nxt is an absolute must-see wrestling broadcast. Pro wrestling has been an almost constant in my life. In fact, if you perused the Schibler family photo album you would find photos of my mom and dad when I was a small child attending a local Texas wrestling show, featuring the likes of Percy Pringle III, the master of Destrucicity the Ultimate Warrior, and the Von Erichs. So from a young age, I have watched, studied, and reenacted professional wrestling matches, be it with my brother or with various other inanimate objects and dolls around the house. The Schibler household was home to many a tag team classic between The Brothers Schibler and My Buddy Doll Collective.

So when I tell you I love wrestling, you know it’s a deep love.

From time to time I like to use the opening paragraph to discuss my latest screenprint investments and/or dream items. This week I'm playing a similar note as I recently picked up Olly Moss' "Batman's Rogues Gallery" set on eBay for very close to what the timed edition went for originally. Those of you who follow posters and prints know how redeeming it can be to finally get an item you originally missed out on without having to pay exponentially more than its original asking price. Now, if only Ken Taylor's Halloween print would stop being so rare/expensive, I could officially run out of room on my walls. I'll stop gushing and leave any more in-depth poster/print talk to our own Limited Paper. For my part, this week's Top 5 includes the first trailer and a video blog recap of 10 minutes of footage from Neill Blomkamp's Elysium,...

From time to time, you'll have to drag your atrophied body from the couch and stop playing "Skyrim." Fortunately, you can still remain partially in the fantasy epic with a little piece of the game posed tastefully on your desk or mantel. Partnering with Gamingheads, this version of the Dovahkiin can be yours... for a price.

Modeled in high quality poly-stone, the statue stands at 16 inches and features swappable hands- one of which that glows with power as the magical Nord readies a fireball! The pictures show a right pretty creation of the promotional Dragonborn you've all seen in trailers and posters. Too bad, as I rocked an Argonian thief that really looks nothing like the default master of shouts. Still, if the pics are any indication of the final product, it'll sit right at home for any serious collector.

You'll have to act fast as this bad boy is...

From time to time, the Poster Gods will look fondly upon the dirty unwashed masses. “We should do something nice for these hopelessly addicted fools”, the Gods say, and after much brainstorming about what that nice thing should be, they will just shrug their shoulders and say, “Eh, just let everyone get a poster this time”. This is what’s known as an “open” (or “timed”) edition, and it only happens once in a while with artists or galleries that you’d actually get excited about. Well, guess what, kids? The Gods have smiled upon you again, and this time they’re doing it by combining three of your favorite things: Jurassic Park, artist Mark Englert , and individually-sketched posters. Wanna know more? Sure ya do. Meet me after the jump. Alright, folks, we’re going to make this one short and sweet: artist Mark Englert—last seen churning out a...

Los Angeles, Feb 3: Actress Jennifer Aniston reportedly still can't get over her ex-husband Brad Pitt and is seeking counseling to get rid of the obsession.

"From time to time, she even pulls out a box of mementos she's kept - love letters, her handwritten wedding vows, pictures from their romantic vacations abroad, even one of Brad's old, ratty T-shirts that she claims still has his smell on it," showbizspy.com quoted a source as saying.

Aniston, who is engaged to actor Justin Theroux, is so consumed by thoughts of Pitt that she recently enlisted friend and actress Courteney Cox to spy on him by way of their mutual friend.

‘American Idol’ is back and in full swing. Get ready for a season of new judges, hidden talent — and a lot of tone deaf contestants. Sounds like fun, right, HollywoodLifers?

The twelfth season of American Idol kicked off Jan. 16, and with it came new judges Nicki Minaj, Keith Urban, Mariah Carey, and the beginning of weeks worth of drama. I wonder if Ryan Seacrest and Randy Jackson know what they’re in for?

The two-night premiere started with my personal favorite part of the whole show: the auditions. Let’s take a look at the judges, America’s next stars and some people we’d rather forget.

Who Was Terrible

The auditions are all about separating the good from the bad — and there were plenty of ‘em in New York City.

Fifteen-year-old James Bae admitted he sings in his room in preparation for his sure-to-be filled concert halls. This Bielieber...

From time to time, real gems turn up online and this is one of them. Theres a pretty good chance that you've got some Toy Story toys lying around the house, regardless if you've kids or not. Using a combination of stop motion and puppetry Jonason Pauley and Jesse Perrotta have produced a live action version of Toy Story, shot for shot.  There is also a great facebook page cataloging their journey (which included a trip to Pixar who gave their blessing) as well as outtakes and lots of other good stuff. So sit back and enjoy, and if you've got kids in the house, make sure they see it as it will blow their mind!!!

The fake advert appears on directgov website offering salary of £60,000, with 'performance bonuses on completion of missions'

Ever wondered how much James Bond gets paid to whirl around the world killing enemies of the British state, in between motorbike chases and train-top fisticuffs? An advert on Friday on the directgov website – used for government recruitment – seeking a "target elimination specialist" might have let slip the answer: £50,000-£60,000, with "performance bonuses on completion of missions". Whether that involves trips to casinos, or money for the restoration of Scottish ruins, isn't specified.

"From time to time the UK government has a need to remove people whose continued existence poses a risk to the effective conduct of public order," begins the advert, claiming to be placed by the Secret Intelligence Service – aka MI6. "So we require particularly skilled professionals who are prepare to work on a non-attributable basis to deal with these problems.

A prank job advertisement inspired by James Bond has been posted on Directgov. The listing's reference code is '007', the code name given to Ian Fleming's fictional character. The advert reads: "From time to time, the UK government has a need to remove people whose continued existence poses a risk to the effective conduct of public order. "So we require particularly skilled professionals who are prepared to work on a non-attributable basis to deal with these problems. "The role will involve international travel to a number of countries (more)...

Social media has become an added medium of coverage to all news genres, including sports, politics and entertainment. We’re bringing you a social media round-up of interesting and entertaining items making film headlines in the social sphere.

Some of comedy’s best came out to honor one of the best-of-the-best on Wednesday night, as Spike TV put together a well-needed tribute show to actor and comedian Eddie Murphy. As DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg put it, "From time to time, people use the phrase 'comedian genius,' but this is a guy who really deserves to earn those words,” he said during the evening.

The special two-hour event titled “One Night Only,” saw many of Murphy’s closest friends, like Chris Rock and Adam Sander, sharing a few fond memories of the performer over the years. And the stage was just as hot on Twitter. Many jumped online to...

When Secret State hits our screens, watch out for the vicar: he's played by novelist and former MP Chris Mullin, who wrote the book it's based on, A Very British Coup. Here is his diary from his time in front of the camera

Thursday, 16 February, 2012

To Manchester where I am to have a walk-on part in a new TV version of my first novel, A Very British Coup, about the overthrow of a radical, very left-wing prime minister. Not that this new series bears much resemblance to my book. Even the title has been changed – to Secret State – and the credits say "inspired by" rather than "based on".

Director Ed Fraiman has kindly agreed that I might have a walk-on part, a la Alfred Hitchcock. I thought he might reincarnate me as a backbench MP or even a minister; instead I am to be the vicar conducting a memorial service...

It’s hard to believe how fast time has flown, as we’re just over two weeks away from the launch of Nintendo’s Wii U console and its much-anticipated first party experience, New Super Mario Bros. U. No matter how much it feels like we’re still in October, it’s actually November, and that means good things for fans of the Big N.

This morning, the video game giant released a detailed press release, which revealed some of the new modes and gameplay assets that will be featured within New Super Mario Bros. U. Its list includes a multiplayer coin collecting competition and varied challenge types, in addition to a brand new character named Nabbit, who just so happens to be an aptly-named thief whom players must stop. Those who do will be able to get some of Toad’s stolen items back, and will receive a P-Acorn as a reward,...

Official synopsis: “The comedy stars Maggie Smith (Harry Potter franchise, Gnomeo And Juliet), Billy Connolly (Gulliver’S Travels, The Last Samurai), Michael Gambon (Hary Potter franchise, The King’S Speech) and Pauline Collins (Albert Nobbs, From Time To Time). Quartet, written by Sir Ronald Harwood, marks the directorial debut of Hoffman. Quartet tells the story of Reggie (Courtenay), Wilf (Connolly) and Cissy (Collins) who reside in Beecham House, a home for retired opera singers. Each year they stage a concert to celebrate Verdi’s birthday, which also raises funds for the home. Reggie’s ex-wife Jean (Smith) arrives at the home and creates tension, playing the diva part but refusing to sing in the concert.” Enjoy the trailer… Source: Yahoo! Movies...

Chris Brown and Karrueche Tran have rekindled a relationship, but is it all for money? A source close to Chris tells HollywoodLife.com all the exclusive details. Karrueche Tran was spotted taking money from Chris Brown's bodyguard on Oct. 22 as she received $20 for gas. Is this a sign of a reconciliation? Chris told HollywoodLife.com on Oct. 4 that he had broken up with Karrueche, telling us, “I have decided to be single to focus on my career. I love Karrueche very much but I don’t want to see her hurt over my friendship with Rihanna. I’d rather be single allowing us to both be happy in our lives.” Ironically, Chris and Karrueche have been spotted on a couple of dates and he's giving her money. So, what gives? A source close to Chris tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively, "Chris isn't paying for [Karrueche]. He isn't a captain saving a [girl]. From time to time,...

Careful What You Wish For

Once in awhile, as a reviewer, I come across some strange little gems. They won’t win major prizes. The may not even be distributed worldwide. In the end, they may not even be celebrated. But they exist. Trust me. A good example would be this little movie right here: “Chonmage Purin”. A quirky family oriented comedy about a time-travelling samurai who inadvertently lands in front of a present-day Tokyo supermarket.

To his amazement and horror, the unfortunate warrior slowly begins to cope with the fact that he no longer exists in his time period. Scared out of his wits, he is befriended one day by a single-mother, Hiroko Yusa ( Rie Tomosaka ), and her little boy Tomoya ( Fuku Suzuki ). And so, Yasube Kijima ( Ryo Nishikido ), ex-officer to the Shogun, finds himself in quite a pickle: either the place where he has lived all of his...

Director Mads Brugger discusses his new documentary The Ambassador, currently available on Blu-ray and DVD

Mads Br&#252gger first made his mark on the world of cinema with his documentary The Red Chapel, which took home a Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. The Danish director employs a style he calls "performative journalism," which, to me, seems like an amazing cocktail of Fletch, Hunter S. Thompson, and Borat all rolled into one. This provocateur is back with his latest film The Ambassador, where he heads to the Central African Republic, under the guise of a foreign diplomat from Liberia. The filmmaker takes us inside a country that is just as dangerous as it is mysterious, to expose the "blood diamond" trade and government corruption with a style that is incredibly informative and entertaining. I recently had the chance to speak with the director about his new film, which...

Washington, Mass. — Folk singer Arlo Guthrie has announced the death of his wife, Jackie, at age 68.

Jackie Guthrie had inoperable cancer and died Sunday at the couple's winter home in Sebastian, Fla., according to an obituary released by Arlo Guthrie's record label. The couple had recently celebrated their 43rd wedding anniversary.

In a Facebook posting, Guthrie says his relationship with his wife was "a very great love."

"We didn't always like each other," he wrote. "From time to time there were moments when we'd have our bags packed by the door. But, there was this great love that we shared from the moment we met – a recognition – It's You! And we would always return to it year after year, decade after decade and I believe life after lifetime."

Jackie Guthrie was from Salt Lake City and grew up in Malibu, Calif. She met Arlo Guthrie in 1968 while working as a cashier at the Troubadour,...

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Oct. 16, 2012

Price: DVD $29.98, Blu-ray/DVD Combo $39.99, Blu-ray 3D $54.99

Studio: DreamWorks Animation/Paramount Home Entertainment

In their third movie, Alex the Lion (voiced by Ben Stiller, Little Fockers), Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock, Grown Ups), Gloria the Hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith, Collateral) and Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer, TV’s Friends) are still trying to get back to New York in Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted.

The zoo animals, who accidentally got transplanted to Madagascar in the original film, join a traveling circus in Europe this time around, hoping it will get them back home. And with the Penguins, King Julien (Sacha Baron Cohen, The Dictator) and Maurice (Cedric the Entertainer, Larry Crowne), the group transforms the circus Madagascar style.

The animated family movie, which is rated PG, also features the voices of Frances McDormand (Moonrise Kingdom), Jessica Chastain (Lawless), Bryan Cranston (John Carter) and...

From time to time, we like to try something a little different here at HeyUGuys, and having spent more time than I’m sure I’d like to admit on sites like Sporcle, who have an excellent variety of user-made quizzes on movies and much, much more, I thought I’d give it a shot myself and see if I could successfully design my own film-related crossword.

After finding the right software to do it – much thanks to Across Lite for the interactive system below – all that was left to do was come up with a set of answers that would fit with each other, and then word the clues.

For this first attempt, I’ve tried to keep things fairly straightforward – to make things a little easier for me, but hopefully still a little stretching for you – and have set ‘Films of 2012’ as the theme.

So all of the...

Being a gamer is a double edged sword. From time to time, a title comes along that absolutely changes your life (or takes over it at least) with an incredible story, and amazing new gameplay dynamic or innovation, or is otherwise badass to the point that addiction is a certainty. But how often is that, really?

More often than not, you’re forced to content yourself with sub-par games that you yourself know you’re only playing to fill the space in between those games that actually warrant your attention. Yet still, you play on, you beat sub-par game after sub-par game until finally you’re GTA comes out, your Portal 2 or your Skyrim, and so you get your fill of excellence and begin again.

It must be difficult developing and publishing video games, especially today, when it must seem like everything has been done, every idea has been had and incorporated.

A once 'alternative' newspaper, accusations over sex-trafficking, a corporate ruse … it's mildly entertaining but all deeply phony

After several years of calumny related to its business in sex-related classified advertising, the company that owns the Village Voice, as well as a collection of other papers that used to be called the alternative press, has decided to sell the papers and keep the lucrative sex ads. In truth, this is more legerdemain than actual transaction, and nothing but some corporate filings will likely change. But put that aside for the moment.

The Village Voice and other like-minded papers have always been supported in part by sex ads. In the case of the Voice, that's more than 60 years of sex ads. Indeed, the Voice's ads might fairly be said to have helped make the world safe for a remarkable variety of fetishes.

Rupert Murdoch bought the Voice in 1977, in part because he...

Ksl-tv, an affiliate on NBC in Utah, will not air Ryan Murphy's The New Normal this fall, labeling the sitcom - which focuses on a gay couple and its surrogate's family - as "inappropriate" material.

“From time to time we may struggle with content that crosses the line in one area or another,” Jeff Simpson, CEO of Ksl’s parent company, Bonneville International, told the Salt Lake Tribune. “The dialogue might be excessively rude and crude. The scenes may be too explicit or the characterizations might seem offensive.”

Ksl is owned by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and chose not to air The Playboy Club last fall for similar reasons.

The New Normal star Ellen Barkin referred to the move as "blatantly homophobic" and wondered how the affiliate could justify airings of Law & Order: Svu, but not her sitcom. She added:

"[A] loving gay couple having a baby is inappropriate?...

Ryan Murphy's new NBC series The New Normal has been pulled by the network's Utah affiliate Ksl-tv - owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - from the fall lineup because of its gay content. The New Normal, co-created by Ali Adler, follows a gay couple (Justin Bartha and Andrew Rannells) with successful careers in Los Angeles, who meet a single Midwestern mother (Georgina King) and subsequently becomes their surrogate. "From time to time we may struggle with content that crosses the line in one area or another," Jeff Simpson, CEO of Ksl's parent company Bonneville International, told the Salt Lake Tribune. "The dialogue might be excessively rude and crude. The scenes may be too explicit or the characterizations might (more)...

NBC's Utah affiliate Ksl-tv has taken The New Normal off its fall lineup.

The upcoming Ryan Murphy comedy, which focuses on a gay couple who are having their first baby through a surrogate, was deemed inappropriate by the Mormon-owned station.

"From time to time we may struggle with content that crosses the line in one area or another," Jeff Simpson, CEO of Ksl's parent company, Bonneville International, told The Salt Lake Tribune. "The dialogue might be excessively rude and crude. The scenes may be too explicit or the characterizations might seem offensive."

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The adorable mother-daughter pair were spotted at Make Meaning craft studio in New York creating their own special projects! HollyBaby.com has all the Exclusive details! Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise had a girls' night out, and they used it to make crafts! The two visited Make Meaning in New York City's Upper East Side, where they made their own creative projects. After coming into the studio around 7 p.m. on Aug. 20, Suri worked on a ceramics project, while Katie made six decorative coasters out of glass. "From time to time, Katie would help Suri with her ceramics project. They looked very cute and happy -- didn't seem like they had a care in the world," a source told HollyBaby.com Exclusively. The two made their projects in the studio's public space, and didn't ask for any special treatment. And even though paparazzi began to swarm outside, it didn't damper their mood the source said.

Lionsgate has confirmed to EW that they have acquired the rights to the 1970 Jack Finney novel Time and Again, news first reported by Variety’s Showblitz. The time travelling adventure follows New York illustrator Simon Morley, who — by way of a military experiment — goes back in time to 1882 and falls in love with a woman named Julia. Simon must decide whether to stay in the past with the woman he loves, or return to the present where he belongs.

The novel has been bounced around Hollywood for a number of years — Robert Redford even tried to get a project off the ground in the ‘90s.

Lionsgate has picked up rights to Jack Finney's illustrated novel Time and Again with Doug Liman set to helm and produce.

The novel follows Manhattan illustrator Simon Morley, who partakes in a secret government experiment in the mid 20th century. The experiment transports him back to 1882 New York, where he falls in love and struggles with the decision to either go back to his original time or stay in the past with his lover. The novel was originally published in 1970 and has sold 200,000 copies. The author also wrote the fantasy novel "The Body Snatchers" and a sequel to Time and Again titled From Time to Time.

The director is best known for his work on The Bourne Identity and Mr. and Mrs. Smith. He will also direct All You Need Is Kill, which stars Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt.

No production details have been released for the project.

Have you ever read Jack Finney's "Time and Again?" It's a classic time travel book from 1970 about an ad exec who enters an apartment in New York's The Dakota (where John Lennon once lived, also the setting for Roman Polanski's "Rosemary's Baby") and goes back in time to soon after the landmark building was built in 1882 (actually it was two years later), when it was surrounded by fields.  Robert Redford and Paul Newman were among the many players who tried--and failed--to make it into a movie. Finney also wrote a 1996 sequel, "From Time to Time,"bpublished one year after his death, and saw his paranoid thriller "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" spawn more than one movie. Now  Lionsgate production chief Erik Feig is going to give it a go with talented but disorganized filmmaker Doug Liman ("The Bourne Identity," "Mr. and Mrs. Smith") on board, reports Variety. Liman will produce with his.

Lionsgate has landed the rights to Time and Again, a sci-fi romance novel from late author Jack Finney which has been sought after for some time. The illustrated novel from the author of “The Body Snatcher” centers on Simon Morley, an illustrator living in Manhattan who volunteers for a military experiment that sends him back in time to 1882. When he falls for a woman in the 19th century, Si (as he’s often referred to) must choose between two lovers in two very different time periods. Lionsgate has tapped Doug Liman (Mr. and Mrs. Smith) to direct; Liman will also producer with Hypnotic partner, Dave Bartis. Hit the jump for more from Time and Again. Variety reports that Lionsgate has finally secured the rights to Time and Again, a property that Robert Redford attempted to adapt in the mid-1990s. The novel also saw tries at a network mini-series and various feature iterations.

Like a sweaty, snarling, Ott wrestler, Jack Finney’s illustrated 1970 novel Time And Again has beaten off all Hollywood’s champions who have tried to wrestle it to the cinematic mat and force it on screen. Now Summit / Lionsgate is hoping Doug Liman might be the man with the gumption to finally crack the adaptation.Finney’s romantic time travel tale follows Simon Morley, an illustrator living in ‘70s New York who agrees to be part of a secret government programme. He’s zapped back to 1882 where he falls in love with a beautiful woman and must decide between his life (and current girlfriend) in the present and the past. It sounds a bit like Kate & Leopold except, y'know, not dreadful.Time And Again slowly built up a huge following and Finney even wrote a sequel, From Time To Time, which arrived one year after he died in 1996.The first...