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Sherwood Schwartz's 1969 sitcom "The Brady Bunch" was progressive and retrogressive at the same time. On the one hand, it vaunted the virtues of remarrying and finding new families, showing that step-siblings and second spouses could produce as harmonious a domestic unit as more traditional nuclear families. On the other hand, the characters were clean-cut and virtuous to a cartoonish degree, only expressing the blandest sorts of domestic turmoil. It's easy to be harmonious when every member of the family is scrupulous and clean. The show was more about mild, silly pet peeves than about legitimately hard-hitting clashes of character. 

Of course, "hard-hitting" was not Schwartz's métier. He was a writer of high-concept, light-hearted comedies. This was, after all, the "Gilligan's Island" guy. He wasn't about to skew into Neil Labute family dramas with "The Brady Bunch." 

And "The Brady Bunch" was huge. It lasted a gangbusters 117 episodes over its five seasons,...

The A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise has some of the best heroines of the horror genre – and my personal favorite of the Elm Street heroines is Alice Johnson, played by Lisa Wilcox in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master and A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child. JoBlo’s own Ryan Cultrera was able to catch up with Wilcox at the Ve Neill’s Vampire Weekend convention in California last month and talked with her about her encounters with Freddy Krueger and the experience of working on those classic ’80s horror films. You can hear what Wilcox had to say by checking out the video embedded above.

Directed by Renny Harlin from a screenplay by Brian Helgeland, Ken Wheat, and Jim Wheat (with Helgeland also sharing story credit with William Kotzwinkle), A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master has the following synopsis: Your fave psycho-sandman is back!

Legendary comedian Chevy Chase has officially joined the cast ofa comedic thriller starring Bruce Dern and Joey Lauren Adams.

Per Deadline, Chase joins Dern and Adams in CATnip, a new thriller written and directed by Nyle Cavazos Garcia. An official description of the film reads: "A struggling family’s fresh start in a run-down apartment building turns into a fight for survival as a horde of feral cats unleashes terror, revealing the dark and deadly horrors lurking within its walls." Nyle Cavazos Garcia serves as both writer and director on the film, which also stars Jake Busey, Geoffrey Arend, Keli Price, Lorelei Linklater, Charlotte Kirk, Brooke Bundy, Kylee Levien, and River Jose.

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Original SNL cast member Dan Aykroyd has nothing but good things to say about the acclaimed new film, Saturday Night.

The film is expected to begin shooting in February,...

Chevy Chase, Bruce Dern and Joey Lauren Adams are to star in the comedy thriller 'CATnip'.The indie movie from writer-director Nyle Cavazos Garcia centres on how a struggling family's fresh start in a run-down apartment becomes a fight for survival as terror is unleashed by a horde of feral cats – revealing the dark and deadly horrors lurking within the walls.Other cast members include Jake Busey, Geoffrey Arend, Keli Price, Lorelei Linklater, Charlotte Kirk, Brooke Bundy, Kylee Levien and River Jose.Price is producing for his Price Productions banner alongside Garcia for his Small Town Pictures company. Javier C. Ortiz and Amado DeHoyos both serve as executive producers.The picture is set to begin shooting in Los Angeles this month.Meanwhile, director Jason Reitman revealed how Chevy, 81, jokingly told him that he should be "embarrassed" about his movie 'Saturday Night' – which tells the story of the premiere of the...

Joey Lauren Adams, Chevy Chase (“Community”), and Bruce Dern (The Hateful Eight) are set to star in writer/director Nyle Cavazos Garcia’s CATnip, a holiday horror thriller involving a horde of feral cats, Deadline reports today.

The indie horror thriller with comedic elements follows as “a struggling family’s fresh start in a run-down apartment building turns into a fight for survival as a horde of feral cats unleashes terror, revealing the dark and deadly horrors lurking within its walls.”

It also happens to be set over Christmas Eve.

It sounds like the apartment building is already stacked, too. The cast also includes Jake Busey, Geoffrey Arend, Keli Price, Lorelei Linklater, Charlotte Kirk, Brooke Bundy, Kylee Levien, and River Jose.

The film’s successful Kickstarter campaign refers to CATnip as “Gremlins for grown-ups.”

The page also includes a longer synopsis that reads, “The Betancourt family has just moved from...

Exclusive: Chevy Chase (Community), Bruce Dern (Palm Royale) and Joey Lauren Adams (Greedy People) are set to topline CATnip, a thriller with comedic elements from writer-director Nyle Cavazos Garcia (Clean). Anna Clols, an executive producer on the project, will also star.

Set to begin shooting in Los Angeles in February, the indie watches as a struggling family’s fresh start in a run-down apartment building turns into a fight for survival as a horde of feral cats unleashes terror, revealing the dark and deadly horrors lurking within its walls.

Other in the cast include Jake Busey, Geoffrey Arend, Keli Price, Lorelei Linklater, Charlotte Kirk, Brooke Bundy, Kylee Levien, and River Jose. Price is producing under his Price Productions banner, along with Garcia under his Small Town Pictures banner, with Javier C. Ortiz and Amado DeHoyos executive producing. Price also negotiated deals on behalf of the production.

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Jake Busey has taken on aliens in the likes of The Predator and Starship Troopers, vampires in From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, and was even a rampaging ghost himself in The Frighteners. With credits like The Reckoning, The Lair, and Duchess, we’ve also seen Charlotte Kirk face off with a variety of threats. But Busey and Kirk are set to take on their biggest challenge yet in the upcoming horror comedy CATnip: feral killer cats.

Coming Soon reports that CATnip is scheduled to begin filming in Los Angeles next month. Written and directed by Nyle Cavazos Garcia, who is also producing the film with Rob Margolies and Keli Price, CATnip is described as “Gremlins for grown-ups.”

Here’s the synopsis: The Betancourt family has just moved from the projects of New York City to an up-and-coming neighborhood in San Pedro, CA, hoping for a fresh start and better life.

Julie met her husband’s namesake on the December 4 episode of Days of our Lives. Well, it’s the name Doug Williams III changed it to. He offered Julie a little backstory and filled the audience in on what they needed to know about Doug’s father and grandfathers. But here at Soap Hub, we think there’s a lot more you need to know. So here we go.

Sibling Struggle

Doug (Bill Hayes) was a single dad to little Hope (not yet Kristian Alfonso). But Doug didn’t want Hope to be an only child. So, he hired an anonymous surrogate to have a baby for him as one does. The anonymous surrogate was his housekeeper, Rebecca (Brooke Bundy). She lied to Doug and said the baby was her boyfriend, Johnny’s. (Guess she was pulling a Moses’ mother deal and planning to be her own child’s wet nurse.

There’s a new Doug Williams on Days of our Lives, and fans have questions about him.

Julie (Susan Seaforth Hayes) was shocked to learn Doug’s grandson, Doug Williams III (Peyton Meyer), existed and was in Salem.

No, he will never be the Doug Williams portrayed by the legendary Bill Hayes.

However, the writers seem to be paving the way for Doug’s legacy to continue with a new namesake.

If you are confused about how this new Doug can be Doug’s grandson, join the club.

That is why we have a little refresher on the new Doug Williams in Salem.

Who is the new Doug Williams on Days of our Lives?

The backstory of how Doug could have a grandson who isn’t Julie’s goes as follows: When Hope was a child, Doug wanted to give her a sibling. Since he and Julie were separated, Doug...

General Hospital spoilers and rumors tease with Scott Reeves’ wife, Melissa Reeves, reprising her Days of Our Lives role, might he return to Gh as Steven Lars Webber? The couple live in Tennessee near Nashville, and Melissa is already filming-she’ll air nine months from now, so even though it hasn’t been announced, Scott could be filming as Steve soon!

General Hospital Spoilers – Steven Lars May Be On His Way Back

Recent developments in the show suggest that Steven Lars Webber might be making a return to the show soon, especially after a recent mention of his name.

His sister, Elizabeth Baldwin (Rebecca Herbst) was chatting with her close friend, Terry Randolph (Cassandra James), and brought up that Steven is out of prison and thriving in Sedona, Arizona.

While it seems he hasn’t resumed his medical career as a doctor, he is working in the healthcare sector; Terry...

General Hospital (Gh) spoilers and updates for Thursday, July 11 tease surprising requests, family negotiations and shocking conspirators!

Next On General Hospital

Heather Webber (Alley Mills) has a surprising request, Maxie Jones (Kirsten Storms) does family negotiations, and is Ava Jerome (Maura West) conspiring with John Cates (Adam Harrington)?

Surprising Requests

At Pentonville, Heather surprises Laura Collins (Genie Francis) with her request-Laura’s totally taken aback as she tells her she doesn’t want it to be put to the test.

Is Heather saying she doesn’t want her case reopened because of the new information of cobalt poisoning?

Trending! General Hospital News: What’s Next For Michael Easton?

Laura is certainly not looking for total exoneration for Heather, as her criminal history goes back years, even though as the Hook she became a murderer.

Heather has been a schemer and had attempted murder before when she dosed Diana Taylor’s...

General Hospital spoilers and updates report Gh vet Doug Sheehan has passed away at the age of 75 in Big Horn, Wyoming with wife Cate Albert at his side.

No cause of death has been announced, but according to the obituary from Kane Funeral Home in Big Horn, he passed away peacefully at home.

General Hospital Spoilers: Sheehan Played Joe Kelly

Sheehan’s career took off after making appearances in Charlie’s Angels and Kaz, along with a role in the Blake Edwards movie 10. However, it was his role as Joe Kelly in Gh that truly catapulted him to stardom in 1979.

Portraying the detective-turned-lawyer who romanced Anne Logan (Susan Pratt) and Bobbie Spencer (Jacklyn Zeman) led to a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Supporting Actor in 1982.

Rose Kelly (Loanne Bishop), Joe’s stepmother, was the owner of Kelly’s in Port Charles, and the name “Kelly’s” was derived from the Kelly family.

The first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation struggled to define Geordi La Forge's role as Chief Engineer, cycling through multiple characters before promoting Geordi in season 2. The creators of Tng originally envisioned a smaller role for the Chief Engineer, but the larger Galaxy-class USS Enterprise required multiple engineers. They also had difficulty finding a consistent actor for the role. Geordi La Forge evolved as a character in season 2, becoming a full Lieutenant and Chief Engineer. His abilities, such as his Visor, proved useful, and he became an invaluable member of the Enterprise crew.

Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton) is remembered as the Chief Engineer of the USS Enterprise-d, but he did not begin Star Trek: The Next Generation in that position. Following the voyages of the Enterprise-d under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), Star Trek: The Next Generation took a while to find its stride...

It’s time for a new episode of the Real Slashers video series, and with this one we’re looking back at a film that celebrates its 35th anniversary this year: A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (watch it Here)! To watch The Dream Master get the Real Slashers treatment, check out the video embedded above.

Directed by Renny Harlin from a screenplay by Brian Helgeland, Ken Wheat, and Jim Wheat (with Helgeland also sharing story credit with William Kotzwinkle), A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master has the following synopsis: Your fave psycho-sandman is back! It’s the one-man-sleep-disorder, the unspeakably demonic Freddy Krueger, returning with a vengeance in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master! But wait. This time around, the fiendishly Freddy is up against a powerful new adversary! After beautiful young Alice sees the remaining Elm Street kids succumb...

A new episode of our Real Slashers video series has just been released through the JoBlo Horror Originals YouTube channel, and in this one we’re looking back at one of the most popular slasher sequels ever made: 1987’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (watch it Here)! To find out what we had to say about this one, check out the video embedded above.

Directed by Chuck Russell from a screenplay that was initially written by Wes Craven and Bruce Wagner – and then given a substantial rewrite by Russell and Frank Darabont – A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors has the following synopsis:

During a hallucinatory incident, young Kristen Parker has her wrists slashed by dream-stalking monster Freddy Krueger. Her mother, mistaking the wounds for a suicide attempt, sends Kristen to a psychiatric ward, where she joins a group of similarly troubled teens. One of the doctors there is Nancy Thompson,...

One of Joe Dante’s finest pictures speaks heart-to-heart to gee-whiz space fans — transporting us from our backyard to the far reaches of the galaxy. With a boost from aliens unknown, Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix and Jason Presson are the intrepid space cadets that construct a fantastic vehicle from mysterious dream-signals, no Interociter required. Their dreams hint at the secret desires in their adolescent imaginations, even without an it’s-all-a-dream sandpit. They dare fly where no man has flown before, a genuine escape from the petty pressures of Junior High. New and old input on the Blu-ray finally tells the full story of the making of an underrated wonder movie.

Explorers

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1985 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 109, 106 min. / Street Date May 25, 2021

Starring: Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Jason Presson, Amanda Peterson, Dick Miller, Dana Ivey, James Cromwell, Brooke Bundy, Robert Picardo, Leslie Rickert, Mary Kay Place.

Cinematography: John Hora

Film Editor: Tina Hirsch

Production Design: Robert S.

Hookers! Devil worshippers! A naughty teenage voyeur! A deadly knife, a lethal sedan and a chainsaw-wielding psychopath! Nasal Spray! CineSavant breaks with the disc-reviewing norm and abandons journalistic integrity. Well, not really, but it is a heck of a lot of fun to finally review a film I edited 32 years ago, on a happy moviemaking money-losing vacation from Cannon Films’ advertising department.

Night Visitor

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Scorpion Releasing

1989 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 93 min. / Street Date June (?), 2020 / available through Ronin Flix and Diabolik DVD / 22.99

Starring: Allen Garfield, Elliott Gould, Derek Rydall, Michael J. Pollard, Shannon Tweed, Richard Roundtree, Teresa Van der Woude, Teri Weigel, Scott Fults, Brooke Bundy, Henry Gibson, Kathryn Kimler, Kathleen Bailey.

Cinematography: Peter Jenson

Film Editor: Glenn Erickson

Original Music: Parmer Fuller

Art Direction: Gyongyver Sovago

Still Photographer: Elizabeth Ward

Unit Production Manager, Associate Producer: Richard J. Abramitis

Written by Randal Viscovich

Produced by Alain Silver

Directed by Rupert Hitzig...

One of the most frustrating aspects of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is the obstinate refusal of many people to follow the very simple guidelines put forward, as they whine about their civil liberties being curtailed by a few minor inconveniences put in place in the interest of preventing countless unnecessary deaths.

In response, and following horror legend Robert Englund’s “Wear your glove” PSA, various actors from throughout the Nightmare On Elm Street saga have come together to create a sinister yet effective public information video to remind people of the basic information imparted that will help stop the spread of infection.

It features an eerie chant by the series’ two most prominent stars, Heather Langenkamp and Lisa Wilcox (Alice from The Dream Master and The Dream Child), riffing on the infamous “One, two, Freddy’s coming for you…” skipping rhyme that’s repeated throughout the films and has wormed...

Its stage has hosted performances from some of the most iconic and talented figures in rock and roll history, and on September 8th, one of the horror genre's biggest rock stars, Robert Englund, will take the stage at the Whisky A Go-Go to perform a live reading of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors along with fellow co-star Heather Langenkamp and members of the Dream Warriors themselves: Ira Heiden, Rodney Eastman, Bradley Gregg, and Penelope Sudrow.

A fundraiser for Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services, the live stage reading of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors will take place on Sunday, September 8th at 1:00pm. In addition to the aforementioned performers, special guests will also include other Nightmare on Elm Street alumni, including Brooke Bundy, Amanda Wyss, Tuesday Knight, Brooke Theiss, Steven Caffrey, Bill Allen, Byron Thames, and director Chuck Russell.

This sounds like a truly...

Elm Street fans listen up! A once-in-a-lifetime staged reading of the 1987 slasher classic, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors performed by the iconic actors from the original film as well as friends of the 35-year "Nightmare" legacy. Proceeds will benefit the Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services, dedicated to helping teens and transforming lives since 1942. A portion of each ticket is tax deductible.

The all star cast includes Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger; Heather Langenkamp as Nancy Thompson and Ira Heiden, Rodney Eastman, Bradley Gregg, Penelope Sudrow as the Dream Warriors. Special appearances by: Director Chuck Russell, Brooke Bundy, Amanda Wyss, Tuesday Knight, Brooke Theiss, Steven Caffrey, Bill Allen, Byron Thames and more.

40 VIP tickets at $300 will be available that offer preferred seating, a special souvenir signed by Robert Englund and the Nightmare actors plus an opportunity to take photos with the cast after the reading. 65 General Admission Seats...

1935: Backstage Wife premiered.

1985: Days of our Lives' Tony and Anna were married.

1994: All My Children's Erica found her mother, Mona, dead.

2002: Passions' Timmy died."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1935: Radio soap opera Backstage Wife premiered on the Mutual Broadcasting System (Mbs). The show moved to NBC Blue in 1936, NBC in 1938 and CBS in 1955, where it ran until January 2, 1959. Created by Frank and Anne Hummert, each episode opened with the announcer explaining:

Now, we present once again, Backstage Wife, the story of Mary Noble,...

1986: Another World's Cecile refused to relent to Cass.

1986: A giant "C" fell on Santa Barbara's Mary.

1995: One Life to Live's Antonio reunited with his brother.

2002: Guiding Light's Reva disconnected Richard's life support."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1949: The Brighter Day moved to CBS Radio after having aired its first nine months on NBC Radio. Bill Smith starred as Reverend Richard Dennis, pastor of a parish in the town of Three Rivers, where he tried to be both mother and father to daughters Elizabeth,...

1935: Backstage Wife premiered.

1985: Days of our Lives' Tony and Anna were married.

1994: All My Children's Erica found her mother, Mona, dead.

2002: Passions' Timmy died."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1935: Radio soap opera Backstage Wife premiered on the Mutual Broadcasting System (Mbs). The show moved to NBC Blue in 1936, NBC in 1938 and CBS in 1955, where it ran until January 2, 1959. Created by Frank and Anne Hummert, each episode opened with the announcer explaining:

Now, we present once again, Backstage Wife, the story of Mary Noble, a little Iowa girl who married one of America's most handsome actors,...

1986: Another World's Cecile refused to relent to Cass.

1986: A giant "C" fell on Santa Barbara's Mary.

1995: One Life to Live's Antonio reunited with his brother.

2002: Guiding Light's Reva disconnected Richard's life support."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."

― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1949: The Brighter Day moved to CBS Radio after having aired its first nine months on NBC Radio. Bill Smith starred as Reverend Richard Dennis, pastor of...

It’s hard for me to believe that another Flashback Weekend is nearly upon us, but in just a few short days, genre fans will descend upon the Crown Plaza Chicago O’Hare (5440 N. River Road, Rosemont, Il) for three days of horror-filled shenanigans. Beginning Friday, August 4th and running through Sunday, August 6th, Flashback is pulling out all the stops for their 15th anniversary, with their massive Nightmare on Elm Street reunion bringing together casts from nearly all of the films, including the legendary Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Lisa Wilcox, Amanda Wyss, Ronee Blakley, Joann Willette, Brooke Bundy, Tuesday Knight, Danny Hassel, Toy Newkirk, Kelly Jo Minter, Brooke Theiss, Andras Jones, Ricky Dean Logan, Katharine Isabelle, Ken Kirzinger, Paula Shaw, and Jesse Hutch.

And as if that wasn’t enough, Flashback 2017 will also feature a multitude of other notable guests, including Lance Henriksen, Ken Foree, Nancy Loomis, William Forsythe,...

It’s hard to believe that the Flashback Weekend horror convention in Chicago is already turning 15 years old, but Mike and Mia Kerz, the founders behind the long-running event, are pulling out all the stops to make sure this year’s show is a great experience for attendees, especially if you’re a fan of the A Nightmare on Elm Street series (and who isn’t, really?).

Horror legend Robert Englund headlines Flashback Weekend 2017, which runs from August 4th through the 6th at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare (5440 N. River Road, Rosemont, Il, 60018), and during the convention he’ll be joined by numerous cast members from a handful of sequels and the original Nightmare, including Heather Langenkamp, Lisa Wilcox, Amanda Wyss, Brooke Theiss, Joann Willette, Ricky Dean Logan, Katharine Isabelle, Toy Newkirk, Danny Hassel, Kelly Jo Minter, and many more.

Other notable guests for this year’s Flashback include genre icon Lance Henriksen, as well as Sean Patrick Flanery and David Della Rocca from The Boondock Saints, both Curtis Armstrong and Donald Gibb of Revenge of the Nerds fame, Lew Temple, and horror host extraordinaire, Svengoolie, will also be back to host the annual Sinister Visions costume contest like only Berwyn’s finest can.

For the entire lowdown on the 2017 Flashback Weekend guests and events announced so far, read on for more information from the official press release below. And for details on how to get your tickets and attend this year’s Nightmare on Elm Street blowout, check out the Fbw site Here.

Press Release: Horror legend Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger) headlines a major “Nightmare On Elm Street”

series reunion at the 15th Anniversary of Flashback Weekend Chicago Horror Con on August 4-6, 2017 at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare in Rosemont, Il.

In addition to Robert Englund, the “Nightmare On Elm Street” franchise reunion will feature celebrity guests from each of the eight Elm Street films including Heather Langenkamp (Elm Street 1, 3, & 7), Amanda Wyss and Ronee Blakley (Elm Street 1), Joann Willette (Elm Street 2), Lisa Wilcox (Elm Street 4 & 5), Brooke Bundy ( Elm St 3 & 4), Tuesday Knight (Elm St 4), Danny Hassel (Elm St 4 & 5), Brooke Theiss (Elm St 4), Andras Jones ( Elm St 4), Toy Newkirk (Elm St 4), Kelly Jo Minter (Elm St 5), Ricky Dean Logan (Elm St 6), Ken Kirzinger (Jason from Freddy Vs. Jason), Katharine Isabelle (Freddy Vs. Jason), and Jesse Hutch (Freddy Vs. Jason).

Other major guests include the legendary Lance Henriksen (“Aliens”, “Near Dark”) and pop culture icons Sean Patrick Flanery and David Della Rocca (“The Boondock Saints”), Curtis Armstrong (“Booger”) and Don Gibb (“Ogre”) from “Revenge Of The Nerds”, Lew Temple (“The Walking Dead”, “The Devil’S Rejects”), with more guests to be announced.

Special events include a giant screen outdoor movie showing of “Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master” (1988) introduced by Robert Englund and the Elm Street 4 cast. Chicago Horror Host legend Svengoolie (Rich Koz) will host the annual Sinister Visions Costume contest. Special parties each evening including a Costume Contest with prizes and celebrity guest appearances, and a wild party featuring illusionist Ron Fitzgerald and Burlesque.

Flashback Weekend Chicago Horror Con also features a huge vendor’s room, celebrity guest panels, and screenings throughout the weekend. Tickets are now on sale. For additional details, visit www.flashbackweekend.com

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Lots of goodies are in store for genre fans looking to plan out their new year in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, and we swooped in, made some choice cuts, and have 'em for you right here. Dig it!

First up is an image from Rupert Sanders' Snow White and the Huntsman starring Kristen Stewart as Snow White, Charlize Theron as Queen Ravenna, Chris Hemsworth as Eric, the Huntsman, Sam Claflin as Prince William, Lily Cole as Greta, and Christopher Obi as The Mirror.

Look for it in theatres on June 1st.

Synopsis

In a kingdom ruled by tyranny, the queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron) learns that her stepdaughter, Snow White (Kristen Stewart), will surpass her as ruler of her kingdom and become the fairest in the land. However, she is told by the Magic Mirror (Christopher Obi) that if she, Ravenna, consumes Snow White's heart, then she will live forever,...

Lionsgate announced today that Latarsha Rose and Brooke Bundy have joined the Gary Ross adaptation of Ya dystopian thriller The Hunger Games. Rose, whose resumé includes guest turns on All My Children and Bones, will play Peeta’s stylist Portia. Relative newcomer Bundy will play Octavia, a member of Katniss Everdeen’s beloved stylist Cinna’s prep team. As Capitol-dwellers, both women have garish, heavily stylized appearances — from their clothes to their skin dye. Meanwhile, Hunger Games fans pine for news of their Cinna.

Filming on The Hunger Games, which stars among many others Jennifer Lawrence, Woody Harrelson, Josh Hutcherson,...

The longer that Lionsgate holds off on announcing who's been cast in The Hunger Games as Cinna, Katniss's stylist and friend, the more convinced I become that they're casting someone really huge in the role. Meanwhile, they're brought on two more little-known actors to play two of the other stylists; the studio has announced via their Twitter feed that Latarsha Rose will play Peeta's stylist Portia, and Brooke Bundy will play Octavia, a member of the team along with Cinna that helps Katniss prepare for the public stage. They also helpfully provided each actress's headshot, to save me the frantic google time; those photos are what you see above, with Rose on the left. Bundy's acting credits are very limited, with just three titles listed on IMDb, but Rose has a fair amount of experience, including TV appearances on Law & Order and Bones and a handful of small movie roles...

Briefly...because you won't have heard of these two people anyway. If you thought the dark days of daily casting of unknowns for The Hunger Games was over, there are still a few roles yet to fill. Two more got knocked out today as Lionsgate announced that Latarsha Rose and Brooke Bundy will play Portia and Octavia in Gary Ross's adaptation.  What the heck are a Portia and an Octavia, besides...

Lionsgate has officially announced two of the glam squad roles in The Hunger Games.  Latarsha Rose and Brooke Bundy will play Portia and Octavia.

Portia is Peeta's stylist in the book, while Octavia is a member of Katniss' prep team.  They play a huge role in making Peeta and Katniss favorites in the first 'Hunger Games.'

Again, director Gary Ross has cast relative newcomers to the roles.  Rose has appeared in a small television roles and Bundy has had small parts in short films.

It will be interesting to see how this cast of newcomers work together and bring the beloved Suzanne Collins' novel to the big screen.

But who will play Katniss' main stylist Cinna?  We are so excited to see who they will cast in that role.

Who do you want to see as Cinna?...

Just when you thought is was safe to come out of the water, The Hunger Games casting shark jumps out and bites you in the ass. Yes, We have more Hunger Games casting news. Two more unknown actresses have joined the cast, Latarsha Rose and Brooke Bundy will take on the roles of Portia and Octavia in the big screen adaptation.

Portia is Peeta’s (Josh Hutcherson) stylist and helped create the idea of fire for the District 12 costumes, designing several fire themed outfits for their designated tributes. Octavia is a member of Katniss’s (Jennifer Lawrence) prep team who helps design her mockingjay soldier outfit. You see, when a Tribute gets picked to be in The Hunger Games a they get custom made outfits. They've got to look good before they are murdered by their peers.

Casting for the film is still not complete, there are a few more...

No, there aren't any strippers in The Hunger Games, they're just named that way. The roles of Portia and Octavia have been filled in Gary Ross' adaptation of the popular Suzanne Collins young adult novel and the lucky actresses are Latarsha Rose and Brooke Bundy who'll play Portia and Octavia respectively (Above Rose is on the left, Bundy is on the right). Portia is Peeta's (Josh Hutcherson) stylist and Octavia is a member of Katniss's (Jennifer Lawrence) prep team. We know, it sounds weird. Basically, when a Tribute get picked to be in The Hunger Games, they become celebrities and are each assigned a team of people to design their clothes, do their makeup, etc. You know, so they look good before they're brutally murdered for entertainment. In the novels these teams - especially for the two leads - have significance both in the plot and as a commentary on economic disparity.

Talk about Judgment Day — while Arnold Schwarzenegger puts his movie career on hold, Vin Diesel gets ready to launch a "Terminator"-like franchise of his own.

THR reports that Diesel is producing and starring in "The Machine," a new movie that centers on "a human-like machine created in secrecy by the Pentagon as the world's first true ultimate weapon." Twenty years after it's decommissioned and buried away, the machine is discovered by a child and the two become friends. Sounds kind of like "Terminator" meets "Iron Giant," doesn't it?

After the jump, check out the latest "Hunger Games" casting news and find out who's playing "The Transporter" in the new TV series!

"Hunger" Casting

For a story about some truly ugly subject matter, the film adaptation of "The Hunger Games" sure is getting prettier and prettier. Hollywood Crush reports that Latarsha Rose and Brooke Bundy are joining the cast of...

Latarsha Rose and Brooke Bundy have scored the roles of Portia and Octavia in the upcoming film adaptation of "The Hunger Games" for Lionsgate.

The story chronicles Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and her defiant struggle to survive in a future dystopia where The Capitol requires its twelve subjugated districts to atone for their onetime insurrection through the annual “Hunger Games,” a fight-to-the-death event held in a fantastical man made arena.

Portia is the stylist of Katniss' love interest Peeta (Josh Hutcherson). Octavia is a member of Katniss' prep team. The first photos of Lawrence as Katniss have appeared in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly and have gone online via the film's Facebook page:...

With the final big role in the upcoming dystopian Ya adaptation The Hunger Games, Cinna, yet to be announced, director Gary Ross is filling in the bits and pieces. TV actress Latarsha Rose and relative n00b Brooke Bundy have just been cast as Portia, Peeta's stylist, and Octavia, a member of Katniss's prep team, respectively. They join Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson, plus the stealthy sex appeal of one Stanley Tucci.

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The Hunger Games has found its Portia and Octavia, casting Latarsha Rose and Brooke Bundy to star opposite Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss), Josh Hutcherson (Peeta) and Liam Hemsworth (Gale).

Latarsha Rose will play Peeta's stylist, Portia, while Brooke Bundy has signed on as Octavia, a member of Katniss' prep team.

Yesterday we posted several photos of Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss wielding her famous bow and arrow which you can see here.

The Hunger Games comes to theaters March 23rd, 2012 and stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, John C. Reilly, Wes Bentley, Leven Rambin, Willow Shields. The film is directed by Gary Ross.

Wow. More casting for The Hunger Games. But really, how many friggin' people are in this thing? It's like every day there are two, three, four people added. Next up? More relative unknowns.

According to THR, Latarsha Rose and Brooke Bundy are the lastest to be cast in the film. Rose will play Peeta's stylist, Portia, while Bundy has signed on as Octavia, a member of Katniss' prep team. Now that we all know that, we'll finally be able to sleep at night.

They join the previously announced Woody Harrelson, Wes Bentley, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, Liam Hemsworth, Paula Malcolmson, Willow Shields, Leven Rambin & Jack Quaid (#1), Alexander Ludwig & Isabelle Fuhrman (#2), Ian Nelson & Kalia Prescott (#3), Ethan Jamieson & Tara Macken (#4), Chris Mark & Jackie Emerson (#5), Ashton Moio & Kara Petersen (#6), Sam Ly & Leigha Hancock (#7), Samuel Tan & Mackenzie Lintz (#8), Imanol Yepez-Frias & Annie Thurman (#9), Jeremy Marinas & Dakota Hood (#10), Amandla Stenberg & Dayo Okeniyi (#11), and Jennifer Lawrence & Josh Hutcherson (#12) in the film.

Some smaller roles in The Hunger Games have been cast, specifically a couple of glamazons from The Capitol. The roles of Peeta’s stylist Portia and glam squad member Octavia, who wax, buff, pluck and beautify the competitors from District Twelve. Latarsha Rose will play Portia and Brooke Bundy will take on the role of Octavia. Octavia’s skin is supposed to be dyed pale green, so it will interesting to see if they pull that off for the film adaptation.

Rose has appeared in bit roles on All My Children, CSI, Bones, Law & Order and reality show The It Factor. Bundy is a newcomer with only a few short films under her belt. Flavius and Venia, Octavia’s fellow prep team members, have yet to be cast but they are really holding out on revealing who will fill the shoes of Katniss’ stylist Cinna.

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Welcome to Team Katniss, Portia and Octavia! Lionsgate officially announced today that the glam squad-like roles have been filled by actresses Latarsha Rose and Brooke Bundy, respectively. But who are the two actresses lucky to win the casting lottery? Meet Latarsha Rose, who will be playing the role of Peeta Mellark's stylist, Portia. Rose has appeared in bit roles on All My Children, CSI, Bones, Swingtown, Windfall, and Law & Order. Ironically, Rose also appeared on the 2002 reality show, The It Factor, which followed 12 New York City actors as they go about the struggle of "making it" in the entertainment business. Welcome to the big leagues, Rose! Brooke...

The Evil (1978)

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Starring: Richard Crenna, Joanna Pettet, Victor Buono, Andrew Prine and Cassie Yates.

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