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Plot: Set in the 1970s Southwest, Duster explores the life of a gutsy getaway driver for a growing crime syndicate that goes from dangerous to wildly, stupidly dangerous when a tenacious young agent comes into town hellbent on taking his crime family down.

Review: When Lost debuted in 2004, it introduced audiences to several fresh faces, including Josh Holloway. Playing the smart-ass anti-hero Sawyer, Holloway became a sex symbol and seemed to have a big career ahead. Despite a small role in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, the short-lived series Intelligence and Colony, and a supporting turn on Yellowstone, Josh Holloway has been criminally underutilized in Hollywood. Lost co-creator J.J. Abrams and Latoya Morgan set out to create Duster as a showcase for Holloway, which evolved into a rip-roaring retro thriller blending 1970s vibes and mystery series and an intense modern sensibility. Giving Josh Holloway a starring role tailor-made for his good looks and swagger,...

Pete Brown, the British poet and singer who helped co-write some of Cream’s most enduring songs — including “White Room” and “Sunshine of Your Love” — has died at the age of 82.

Brown’s death Friday following “a courageous battle with cancer” was announced on his official Facebook page.

“Brown started his artistic career as a Beat Poet in the late 1950s,” the statement notes. “By the mid 1960s he had sold out The Royal Albert Hall with both his British and American contemporaries including Alan Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Michael Horowitz...

San Francisco, Aug 20 (Ians) After a security researcher claimed that iOS Vpn (virtual private networks) apps are broken due to a flaw, Apple said it has already offered a fix. However, ProtonVPN says its only a partial solution.

According to security researcher Michael Horowitz, VPNs on iOS are broken.

“At first, they appear to work fine. The iOS device gets a new public IP address and new Dns servers. Data is sent to the Vpn server. But, over time, a detailed inspection of data leaving the iOS device shows that the Vpn tunnel leaks,” he wrote in a blog post.

“This is not a classic/legacy Dns leak, it is a data leak. I confirmed this using multiple types of Vpn and software from multiple Vpn providers,” he claimed, saying that Apple knows about this flaw for at least two and a half years.

Apple insists it has offered a...

“Tom Swift,” a spinoff of the mystery series “Nancy Drew,” will premiere its first episode May 31 on The CW, the network announced Friday.

The series, which was first announced in 2020, stars Tian Richards as the title character, who was first created in the 1910 book “Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle.” Originally portrayed as a teen inventor, the series reimagines Swift as a Black, gay billionaire who is thrust into conflict with a mysterious global cabal following the sudden disappearance of his father. Richards first appeared as the character in Season 2 of “Nancy Drew.”

Ashleigh Murray co-stars in the series as Swift’s best friend Zenzi. Marquise Vilsón, April Parker Jones and Albert Mwangi also star, while LeVar Burton voices Swift’s AI companion Barclay. The series is created by Melinda Hsu Taylor, Noga Landau and Cameron Johnson, who executive produce with Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage.

The first episode of...

Former president Donald Trump is totally buying into the idea that the National Security Agency is illegally spying on Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

In an appearance on “The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show” — Fox’s replacement for Rush Limbaugh’s program — Trump said he thought there could be some truth behind Tucker’s seemingly madcap theories that the Nsa is monitoring his communications at the request of President Biden.

“I think it’s true. It’s totally believable,” Trump said of Tucker’s claims. The full clip of Trump’s remarks is available via Mediaite.

During a June 28 episode of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on Fox News, Tucker said he has been tracked by the Nsa and also implied that other members of either the show or at Fox were being targeted.

Tucker said an anonymous leaker “repeated back to us information about a story that we are working on,...

Disney+ gives a fresh take on the 1989 film, “Turner & Hooch,” starring Tom Hanks as Detective Turner, by continuing Hooch’s legacy within Turner’s son, U.S. Marshal Scott Turner. In this version, Hanks’ character has since died and left his son an unruly and slobbery dog named Hooch that he insisted was a reincarnation of the original Hooch.

In a trailer for the streamer’s upcoming series, “Drake and Josh” star Josh Peck plays Scott, an overwhelmed newcomer to the federal agency who is determined to focus on his career. But when his sister makes a surprise delivery of Hooch, Scott’s life turns upside down as he attempts to balance this pooch with his professional life.

After wrecking havoc in his home and career, Hooch earns some points when he leads Scott to success at work and in romance. Despite the chaos created by this untrained dog,...

Exclusive: New Turner, new Hooch, same David Sutton. Reginald VelJohnson, who co-starred in the 1989 film Turner & Hooch, will reprise his role as David Sutton — now a mayor — on the upcoming Turner & Hooch sequel series for Disney+.

On the show, from Burn Notice creator Matt Nix, when an ambitious, buttoned-up US Marshal (Josh Peck) inherits a big unruly dog, he soon realizes the dog he didn’t want may be the partner he needs. Turner & Hooch stars Peck as Scott Turner, son of Detective Scott Turner portrayed by Tom Hanks in the 1989 film.

VelJohnson will recur on the series as Mayor David Sutton. Back in ’89 David Sutton was Scott Turner Sr.’s (Hanks) partner and helped him and the original Hooch solve the biggest case in Cypress Beach History. Thirty years later, David is now mayor of Cypress Beach and a close family friend to his old partner’s kids,...

We have our first look at the new Turner & Hooch TV show coming to Disney+, as well as a release date. Disney has shared a new photo from the upcoming show, which features Josh Peck in the lead role. The photo also gives us our first glimpse at his canine sidekick. We will get a full look at the detective duo when the show arrives this July.

#DisneyPlus has released a first look at ‘Turner & Hooch’. pic.twitter.com/oEYEhtl9nV

— Disney+ Updates (@moredisneyplus) February 24, 2021

Turner & Hooch will officially premiere on July 16 on Disney+. The series centers on when an ambitious, buttoned-up U.S. Marshal who inherits a large unruly dog. He quickly discovers that the dog he didn't want may be the partner he needs. Josh Peck stars as Scott Turner, the son of Detective Scott Turner, who was played by Tom Hanks in the original 1989 movie.

Disney+ has set spring and summer premiere dates for and released first-look photos for new series Turner & Hooch, The Mysterious Benedict Society and Chip ‘N Dale: Park Life and the second season of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.

Here are the premiere dates in chronological order, with series descriptions and first-look photos:

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: Season 2

In Season 2, the East High Wildcats, who are preparing to perform Beauty and the Beast as their spring musical, face off against rival school North High to win a prestigious and cutthroat student theater competition. Wigs are snatched, loyalties are tested, and ballads are belted. The season also features new solos written by Olivia Rodrigo and Joshua Bassett.

Disney+ Sets Premiere Dates For ‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ And Marvel Studios’ ‘Loki’

The series stars Olivia Rodrigo, Joshua Bassett, Sofia Wylie, Matt Cornett, Larry Saperstein,...

As a leader in the Black Lives Matter demonstrations in St. Louis after the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown, Cori Bush was used to showing up at protests and seeing police, often fully deck out in riot gear, already waiting for them. Those memories came back to her as she watched videos of rioters, including one toting a Confederate flag, break into the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. “We knew at any moment we would be maced, pepper sprayed, tear gassed, rubber bullets would start flying,” Bush says. “But that...

Exclusive: Matt Hamilton (The Actress Diaries), Paul Campbell (Battlestar Galactica) and Cristina Rosato (Little Italy) are set for recurring roles in Turner & Hooch, Disney+’s reboot of the classic 1989 buddy-cop comedy feature. The TV series, which has a 12-episode order, comes from Matt Nix and 20th TV.

Like the movie, the hourlong series centers on Scott Turner (Josh Peck), who now is a U.S. marshal — versus the police detective played by Tom Hanks in the film. When the ambitious, buttoned-up marshal inherits a big, unruly dog, he soon realizes the dog he didn’t want might be the partner he needs.

The series also stars as Carra Patterson as Jessica Baxter, Scott’s brave, street-smart partner; Brandon Jay McLaren as Xavier Wilson, a cool, enigmatic Marine-turned-marshal; Anthony Ruivivar as Chief James Mendez, Scott’s boss with a secret soft spot for Scott’s new dog, Hooch; Lyndsy Fonseca as Laura Turner,...

Exclusive: As documentary films and series continue to escalate in prominence in this age of binge watching, here’s a package that is creating some excitement as it is shopped this week and next. Imagine Documentaries and Appian Way Productions have partnered to produce Timothy Leary: Follow Me to Freedom, a docuseries that draws upon Leary’s vast archives and is fueled by exclusive access to his longtime personal archivist, Michael Horowitz. Malcolm Venville is set to direct what the filmmakers believe will be the definitive account of Timothy Leary’s odyssey, with never-before-seen access to Leary’s personal archive.

This is thanks to resources provided by Horowitz, a rare books and manuscripts specialist who was building a library in San Francisco on the history of mind-altering drugs when he learned that psychedelic scientist/LSD advocate Leary had been imprisoned in Governor Ronald Reagan’s crackdown.

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz created waves in Washington last week with the release of a lengthy report about the origins of the “Crossfire Hurricane” Trump-Russia investigation.

Pundits focused on his finding of no “political bias” in the decision to investigate Donald Trump, while conservatives focused on abuses of the Fisa process. Horowitz left a lot of key questions about the Russia investigation unanswered, however, including:

Who is Joseph Mifsud?

A congressional source last week said, “I don’t see any way the investigation can be aboveboard if Mifsud isn’t a Russian agent.

An aggressive President Donald Trump warmed up for his appearance later today at the annual Army-Navy football game with some smash-mouth tweeting.

In an unusually busy early morning, the Commander-in-Tweet treated his Democrat foes like it was Ravens vs. Jets, running over them with taunts, threats and retweets. The game plan appears to be aggressive targeting of the 31 Democrats in Trump-won congressional districts, who must be feeling like a rookie cornerback facing Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers.

We’ll update as more communications roll-in. The tweetstorm so far:

The newly signed Usmca is a sweet relief to farmers in rural districts like mine, writes @RepTedBudd https://t.co/oZ5nUvUgHY

— WSJ Editorial Page (@WSJopinion) December 14, 2019

Enough! These Democrats in Trump districts said they were with @realDonaldTrump. They lied! – Now now its time to hear from Our Movement. Here’s a complete thread of their handles & phone #s. Call non-stop, tweet at them,...

Donald Trump gave his first extended interview following this week’s impeachment inquiry hearings to Fox & Friends, and it was what would be expected: A lengthy attack, even a tirade at times, on Democrats, the news media and Ukraine.

The hosts at times questioned some of Trump’s assertions.

Trump advanced a debunked conspiracy theory that the hacked Democratic National Committee server was somehow given to the Ukrainians to hide the country’s role – not Russia’s – in meddling in the 2016 election.

“The FBI went in and said, ‘We’re not giving it to you.’ They gave the server to Crowdstrike, which is a company owned by a very wealthy Ukrainian. And I still want to see that server. You know the FBI has still never gotten that server. That is a big part of this whole thing. Why did they give it to a Ukrainian company?”

Host Steve Doocy interjected,...

California Senator Kamala Harris’ pointed questioning of Attorney General Bill Barr during this week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearings garnered a lot of attention. Not only because Harris asked questions with unflinching precision but because she left Barr with no choice but to obfuscate about whether or not President Donald Trump or other White House officials “asked or suggested” Barr open an investigation into anyone.

On Friday, Harris sent a letter to the Justice Department’s inspector general Michael Horowitz asking for an investigation into the matter. According to CNN,...

Spoiler Alert: This story contains plot details from the first episode of Prison Break‘s season five. Prison Break cast and creatives were on hand at Paley Center’s PaleyLive event with Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Robert Knepper, Rockbound Dunbar, Paul Adelstein, Mark Feuerstein, Inbar Lavi, Augustus Prew, Creator and Executive Producer Paul T. Scheuring, Ep Vaun Wilmots, and Ep Michael Horowitz in attendance to speak on the show’s upcoming fifth season. Before…...

James Patterson is back on the small screen. Deadline reports both CBS and ABC are developing new series based on books by the prolific author.CBS is developing a drama based on Patterson's upcoming book (co-written by Duane Swierczynski) Stingray, while ABC has bought a new drama based on the author's book series with Michael Horowitz, NYPD Red.Read More…...

CBS is developing Stingray, a thriller drama from James Patterson, David Marshall Grant (Code Black) and Timberman-Beverly Prods. (Elementary), based on Patterson’s upcoming book. Additionally, James Patterson Entertainment has sold a cop drama based on Patterson’s best-selling book series NYPD Red to ABC with writer Michael Horowitz (Burn Notice). Written by Grant based on the upcoming BookShot — thrillers 150 pages or less that sell for under $5 — which Patterson wrote…...

“Prison Break” is back and busting loose again.

In the revival series, Sara (Sarah Wayne Callies) and Lincoln (Dominic Purcell) have found out that somehow Michael (Wentworth Miller) is alive. But of course he’s in prison. Time to do what they do best: Break out of prison. Meanwhile, Michael has a plan, and it involves something very innocuous. Check out this never-before-seen clip:

Along with the clip, Callies, Purcell, Miller and Robert Knepper, aka T-Bag, and execute producers Vaun Wilmott and Michael Horowitz appeared on the Comic-Con panel today in San Diego. Although we didn’t find out just exactly how Michael is alive (since he had apparently died in the series finale) we do learn that his tattoos are different this time around.

Miller said, “Michael has a fresh set of tattoos and they’re central to the plot. But they don’t work quite as they did the first time around.

Thanks to VancouverFilm.Net, here is the Vancouver Film Production Update for June 2016, including "Death Note",  "Juggernaut", "Prison Break" and a whole lot more:  

Feature Film:

Boundaries

Boundaries Pictures Inc.

Exec. Producer(s): Chris Ferguson, Kenneth Burke

May 02/16 - Jun 02/16

Death Note

Dn (Canada) Productions Inc

Exec. Producer(s): Brendan Ferguson

Jun 30/16 - Aug 30/16

Further Adventures Of Max & Banks 2 & 3

Gramercy Film Productions

Producer: Michael Deluca, Erika Mitchell, Dana Brunetti, Marcus Viscidi

Feb 16/16 - Jul 06/16

Hot Street

Hot Street Productions Ltd

Exec. Producer(s): Alex Tkach

Producer: Chris Brough

Co-Producer: Ralph Zondag

May 23/16 - Jun 10/16

Juggernaut

Forlorn Hope Productions Inc.

Exec. Producer(s): Ben Silverman

Producer: Matthew Cervi

May 16/16 - Jun 08/16

Max 2: White House Hero

Max 2 Productions Canada

Producer: Karen Rosefelt, Ken Blancato, Matt Bierman

Line Producer: Kelley Sims

Jun 13/16 - Jul 13/16

Status Update

Status Productions Inc.

Exec. Producer(s): Shawn Williamson, Arielle Boisvert

Jun...

Thanks to VancouverFilm.Net, here is the Vancouver Film Production Update for April 2016, including "Frequency", "Miranda's Rights",  "Beyond" and a whole lot more:   

Further Adventures Of Max & Banks 2 & 3

Feature

Gramercy Film Productions

Producer: Michael Deluca, Erika Mitchell, Dana Brunetti, Marcus Viscidi

Feb 16/16 - Jul 12/16

Herschel Additional Photography

Feature

User3 Productions, Ltd.

Mar 24/16 - Apr 13/16

Shirt

Feature

Shirt Productions Canada Inc.

Exec. Producer: Brent O'Connor

Feb 29/16 - May 25/16

The Solutrean

Feature

Solutre Inc.

Exec. Producer: Stuart Besser

Producer: Andrew Rona, Robin Le Chanu

Feb 22/16 - May 06/16

Project MC2

Web Series

Project MC2 Productions Inc.

Exec. Produce: Shauna Phelan

Mar 21/16 - Jun 16/16

Frequency

TV Pilot

1996 Films, a division of Adjacent Production Services Inc.

Exec. Producer(s): J. Carver, J. Gwaltz, J. Rickard, T. Emmerich, D. Lin, B. Anderson

Line Producer: Jae Marchant

Mar 14/16 - Apr 01/16

Miranda's Rights

TV Pilot

Gep Miranda Inc.

Producer: Gordon Mark

Mar 21/16 - Apr 10/16

Project 727

TV Pilot

Project 727 (Canada) Productions Inc

Exec.

TV and film writer Drew (formerly Andrew) Chapman is set to adapt his upcoming first novel, The Ascendant, as a drama series for Fox through 20th Century Fox TV. In the vein of Three Days of the Condor, The Ascendant is described as a modern, subversive take on the white-knuckle thriller. It centers on Garrett Reilly, a 26-year-old NYC bond trader and financial wunderkind who recognizes a huge U.S. Treasury bond selloff and an opportunity to become incredibly rich but stumbles upon something much larger — and scarier: the first attack in a covert war of unthinkable proportions. The novel – which will be published by Simon & Schuster in January with a big initial print run of 75,000 — is envisioned as a franchise, with Chapman already writing the second book. In TV, Chapman, repped by Rothman Brecher Agency, Original Artists, Regal Literary, Ragna Nervik Management and Jonathan Shikora is writing ABC’s...

Today’s film is the 2001 short Doppelganger. The film is written by Burn Notice staff writer Michael Horowitz, who also co-directs with Gareth Smith, and stars Timothy Olyphant. Olyphant, who has been on shows such as Deadwood and Damages, can currently be seen on the FX show Justified, playing Deputy Marshal Raylan Givens. The fourth season of the show begins on January 8th.

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Actor of poise and beauty who enjoyed a rich and productive career on both sides of the Atlantic

Faith Brook, who has died aged 90, was an actor of remarkable elegance, poise and beauty. She was the daughter of Clive Brook, a pillar of the so-called Hollywood Raj, the British acting community that settled in Los Angeles in the 1930s. He appeared opposite Marlene Dietrich in Shanghai Express. Even if she was never a star on the scale of her father, Faith enjoyed a rich and productive career in theatre, film and television on both sides of the Atlantic.

She was born in York and moved with Clive and her mother, Mildred, to California, where her father had already put down roots. Her brother, Lyndon, was born four years after Faith and also became a successful actor.

She was educated in Los Angeles, London and Gstaad, Switzerland. She made her stage...

We haven't done a new edition of "A History of..." in so long! So herewith a new episode of our exhaustively researched 100% true* constantly on "hiatus" series... today's subject is Winona Ryder who turned 40 this weekend.

1971 Near Lake Winona in Minnesota an immaculately beautiful girl child "Winona Laura Horowitz" is born to Cynthia Palmer and Michael Horowitz. Three wise men, family friends, attend the birth: poet Allen Ginsberg gifts her with angel-headed hispterism and non-conformity (the things she'll say in early interviews!), scifi author Philip K Dick gifts her with the ability to question reality itself (her onscreen eye-rolling will become legendary!), and her godfather LSD guru Timothy Leary will gift her wi ---- so much history to get through! We'd better keep moving.

1978 The Horowitzes move from Minnesota to a ranch commune in California and live with 7 other families so that young "Noni" will not feel alone... utterly alone.

New show clips as well as interview clips are in from ABC Family's "Beauty and the Briefcase" starring Hilary Duff, Jaime Pressly, Matt Dallas, Chris Carmack, Michael McMillian, Edrick Brown, Billy Slaughter, Cedric N. Burton, Dean J. West and Kevin Kirkpatrick. "Beauty & the Briefcase" is directed by Gil Junger and written by Michael Horowitz. Executive-producers are Hilary Duff, Frank Von Zerneck, Robert Sertner, Ira Pincus and Jessica Horowitz. We have interviews with Hilary Duff, Michael McMillian, Matt Dallas and Chris Carmack as well as five clips. Gil Junger directs from the writing by Michael Horowitz. The show airs on April 18, 2010 (8:00 Pm Et/Pt) and is produced by Hilary Duff, Frank Von Zerneck, Robert Sertner, Ira Pincus and Jessica Horowitz.

For nearly a quarter century, lovely actress Winona Ryder has been making legions of cinema-goers fall in love with her. Though she’s had her share of personal troubles, she is now experiencing a career resurgence. Ever charming, always entrancing, sorely missed of late ... the doe-eyed beauty is back. Winona Ryder was born Winona Laura Horowitz on October 29th, 1971 in Olmstead, Minnesota (not far from Winona, Minnesota, for which she was named). She is the daughter of Michael Horowitz, author, editor, publisher, and antiquarian bookseller, and Cynthia Palmer, writer, editor and video producer. Winona has a younger brother named Uri, as well as an older half-sister, Sunyata, and an older half-brother, Jubal. As the daughter of self-described hippies (not that there’s anything wrong with that), Winona’s godfather was Lsd guru Dr. Timothy Leary (for whom her father was an archivist). When Winona was 7-years-old...

Nickelodeon's TV movie/musical "Spectacular!" doesn't premiere until Presidents Day, but the cable channel is quietly laying the groundwork for a possible sequel.

"Spectacular!" writer James Krieg has been hired to pen a potential second installment, which would be directed by Robert Iscove, helmer of the upcoming original about a wannabe rock singer who joins the school choir. A green light for the project is still a ways away, but Nickelodeon is said to have high hopes about turning "Spectacular!" into a franchise a la Disney Channel's "High School Musical."

Additionally, Krieg and "Spectacular!" exec producer Jessica Horowitz have set up "Den Brother," a two-hour movie, at Disney Channel. The script will be adapted from an unpublished manuscript by Michael Horowitz about a high school hockey player forced to lead his sister's Brownie troop.

Also in the hopper is "After Midnight," an animated series Krieg is producing with Jessica Horowitz...