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Warning: Spoilers for Star Trek: Discovery's Series Finale - "Life, Itself"

Discovery Star Trek's series finale set promotion records for Burnham and Saru, both rising from Commanders to Captains to Admirals during the show's five seasons. Burnham and Saru's promotions showed a realistic portrayal of career advancement in Starfleet, with nearly every crew member on Discovery also moving up the ranks. The finale epilogue also introduced Captain Leto Burnham, Michael's son, continuing the tradition of notable promotions in Star Trek: Discovery.

Star Trek: Discovery's ending set a record for Star Trek promotions by creating two new Starfleet Admirals. Written by Kyle Jarrow and Michelle Paradise, and directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi, Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 10, "Life, Itself", concluded the series by resolving Captain Michael Burnham's (Sonequa Martin-Green) hunt for the Progenitors' life-creating technology. Discovery's finale also ended with an emotional coda that jumps 30+ years into the...

BioTrekkie with the Admiral returns with Jayne Brook and Dr. Mohamed Noor to teach biology through Star Trek: Discovery. New episodes coincide with the premiere of Star Trek: Discovery season 5, tackling 2 episodes in each 30-minute video. Subscribe to their YouTube channel to learn about real-world biology using on-screen depictions from the show.

Star Trek: Discovery actor Jayne Brook and Star Trek Science Consultant Dr. Mohamed Noor announce the return of their YouTube science miniseries, BioTrekkie with the Admiral. First launched in 2021, BioTrekkie with the Admiral uses on-screen depictions from Star Trek: Discovery as springboards to teach real-world biology. Brook, who played Admiral Katina Cornwell in Star Trek: Discovery seasons 1 and 2, and Noor, who has provided his scientific expertise for Star Trek: Discovery seasons 2 and 4, as well as Star Trek: Prodigy, alternate taking on the role of student and teacher of their respective crafts, biology versus acting and production in their YouTube series.

Nearly four years have gone by since it was announced that Treehouse Pictures was developing a remake of the 1991 Christina Applegate cult classic Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead (watch it Here) that would be directed by Bille Woodruff (Beauty Shop and the Honey quadrilogy) from a screenplay by Chuck Hayward (Dear White People). All that was revealed about the project at the time was that it would be “a present-day retelling centered on a black family.” Then that’s the last we heard about it. Apparently it made its way through production while flying under the radar, though, because Film Ratings has revealed that the remake has already received its rating from the Motion Picture Association ratings board… and it’s a surprising one. While the original film was rated PG-13, the remake has earned an R rating for “teen drug use, language and some sexual references.”

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It’s been 26 years since Gattaca was released. This sci-fi film wasn’t a great box office success, and it was kind of forgotten, but its themes, performances, and style have made it a must-watch. This is the story of Vincent (Ethan Hawke), a man created by love in a world where babies are made genetically perfect. His genetic deficiencies make him an “invalid”, someone who can only be part of a maintenance staff, while he dreams of going to space. To do so, he switches identities with Jerome (Jude Law), a “valid”, who had an accident and is in a wheelchair, and who will give him his blood, urine, and other body samples, so Vincent can pass the daily tests at Gattaca, his place of work, and go to space.

Gattaca Release Date September 7, 1997 Director Andrew Niccol Cast Ethan Hawke , Uma Thurman , Gore Vidal , Xander Berkeley , Jayne Brook , Loren...

Warning: This article contains Spoilers for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2.Star Trek: Discovery's Klingon war continues to cast a long shadow over Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2, as many veterans are now serving aboard the USS Enterprise. Commander Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) triggered the Federation-Klingon War in Discovery season 1, and it caused the deaths of a hundred million Federation citizens between 2256 and 2257. The threat of a second war with the Klingons would hang over the Federation until 2293, when the First Khitomer Accords were signed.

The fallout from Discovery's Klingon war hampered the efforts of Lt. Spock (Ethan Peck) and the crew of the USS Enterprise to rescue LA'an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong) from Cajitar IV. As the planet was located on the fringes of Klingon space, it was a hotly contested location for the mining of the Dilithium needed to facilitate warp travel. The rescue mission to Cajitar...

Here is a breakdown of all USS Enterprise Captains across the various Star Trek movies, live-action series, comics, and books. Beginning with Star Trek: The Original Series, the Starship Enterprise has been at the very heart of the enduring sci-fi franchise created by Gene Roddenberry in 1966. Of course, the two most famous Captains of the Enterprise are James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), who shared the big screen together in 1994's Star Trek Generations, but Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) is quickly achieving greatness in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

Star Trek has introduced other successful spinoffs set on different starships like Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Discovery, as well as the space station-based Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. But, in the eyes of many fans, it isn't truly Star Trek unless it's about the Enterprise. The men and women who have commanded the Enterprise...

Star Trek: Discovery has featured a surprisingly high number of commanding officers over its first four seasons, but only one captain is the show's true leader. Part of the novelty of Discovery's original premise was that it would be the first Star Trek show where the captain was not the main character. Instead, the show would be told primarily from the perspective of Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green), a former Starfleet commander who was tried and convicted of mutiny at the outset of the Federation-Klingon War in the mid-23rd century.

That approach opened up the show to try some new narrative tricks with the captain of the USS Discovery. The ship's captain's chair would go on to be inhabited by a number of different characters including Mirror Universe tricksters, misguided admirals, and even legitimate Star Trek icons. After the ship and its crew jumped to the far-flung future of the 32nd century,...

One of the weirdest Star Trek: Discovery tropes about the USS Discovery's Captain finally ended in season 4. In the upcoming Star Trek: Discovery season 5, Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and her eponymous starship embark on a hunt for "the greatest treasure in the known galaxy." It promises to be a welcome reset toward galactic adventure following the dire cataclysms of Star Trek: Discovery's previous seasons.

Star Trek: Discovery had a strange habit of not settling on who was Captain of the Discovery in its first three seasons. The show began with the Disco controlled by Captain Gabriel Lorca (Jason Isaacs), who was eventually exposed as a sinister imposter from the Mirror Universe. Vice Admiral Katrina Cornwell (Jayne Brook) briefly sat in Discovery's Captain's chair, and Commander Saru (Doug Jones) also served as Acting Captain. Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) commanded the Discovery in season 2, and Saru was promoted to...

The reason the USS Enterprise missed Star Trek: Discovery's Klingon War could explain why Captain Jean-Luc Picard's (Patrick Stewart) USS Enterprise-e didn't lead the fighting in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Dominion War. The main conflict of the Dominion War coincided with the time frame of Star Trek Insurrection, when Picard and his crew protected the Ba'ku and the Briar Patch from being exploited by Starfleet Admiral Dougherty (Anthony Zerbe) and the Son'a. The war was ultimately won by the coalition of Romulans, Klingons, and the United Federation of Planets led by Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks).

Of course, the real-world reason why Picard and the Enterprise - the Federation flagship - didn't take the lead in the Dominion War is because the Star Trek: The Next Generation cast was making movies. The Dominion War took place entirely on DS9, and it was a storyline executive producer Rick Berman wasn't fond of.

Star Trek: Discovery still hasn't topped its best villain, season 1's Captain Gabriel Lorca. The show took a lot of chances when it debuted on CBS All Access in 2017, from unwelcome changes to the Klingons to its serialized narrative structure. Plus, viewers had to wait until Star Trek: Discovery's third episode to see the titular starship and meet its captain.

Star Trek: Discovery bucked tradition by making its captain one of the main villains, but it paid off with Gabriel Lorca. Jason Isaacs's performance in his earlier episodes really sold the character's assumed identity as a flawed yet engaging hero. Then Lorca's unmasking in Star Trek: Discovery season 1, episode 12, "Vaulting Ambition," as the Mirror Universe counterpart to the real, missing Federation captain was a high point of the first season. The audacity and ambition of the Mirror Universe Lorca's long con, and his near-success achieving it, made him a great villain.

Warning: Spoilers for Star Trek: Lower Decks' Season 3 Finale - "The Stars At Night"The finale of Star Trek: Lower Decks season 3 revisited a classic, and infamous, Starfleet Admiral trope: Vice Admiral Les Buenamigo (Carlos Alazraqui) was evil all along. In Star Trek: Lower Decks season 3's finale, Admiral Buenamigo tried to force the decommissioning of the California-class starships and replace them with his creation, the Texas-class starships, which are fully operated by artificial intelligence. However, Ensign Samanthan Rutherford (Eugene Cordero) and Captain Carol Freeman (Dawnn Lewis) of the USS Cerritos foiled Buenamigo's scheme, and the corrupt Admiral was killed by his own USS Aledo when the robot ship went rogue and attacked Starfleet.

Perhaps Captain Freeman should have guessed Admiral Buenamigo's was evil because Starfleet has a long history of flag officers who turn violently insane. Buenamigo's motivation was simply career advancement; even after rising to Vice Admiral, he...

More than 400 prominent female writers and showrunners sent a letter today to the heads of the major studios expressing their “grave concerns” about the companies’ “lack of specific production protocols” to protect their workers in anti-abortion states.

The letters, which state that “it is unacceptable to ask any person to choose between their human rights and their employment,” also demanded that the companies “pledge to discontinue all political donations to anti-abortion candidates and political action committees immediately.”

Deadline has obtained a copy of the letter to Netflix, which organizers say was sent to top executives at Amazon Studios, AMC Networks, Apple, Disney, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount Global, , and Warner Bros. Discovery.

The letters, whose signers include Ava DuVernay, Shonda Rhimes, Amy Schumer, Marta Kauffman, Callie Khouri, WGA West vice president Michele Mulroney and WGA West secretary-treasurer Betsy Thomas, said that “this situation raises basic matters of equality, health, and safety in the workplace.

Exclusive, Updated With Additional Details, 10:15 a.m.: Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) has signed on to star in My Mother’s Wedding — the first feature directed by Oscar-nominated actress Kristin Scott Thomas (Slow Horses), which is currently in production.

Details with regard to the film’s plot have thus far been kept under wraps, though we know Thomas wrote it with John Micklethwait. Sienna Miller, Emily Beecham and Freida Pinto will also star in the pic produced by Finola Dwyer and Steven Rales.

Johansson notched both of her two Oscar nominations in 2020 for her turns in Noah Baumbach’s custody-battle drama Marriage Story and Taika Waititi’s satire Jojo Rabbit. She most recently reprised her role as Natasha Romanoff (aka Black Widow) for Disney’s Marvel pic of the same name, and will next be seen in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City. Other upcoming projects include the Apple tentpole...

Star Trek will be well-represented at this week’s Comic-Con@Home virtual event as all three contemporary Trek shows will be getting back-to-back panels this Thursday, July 23rd. And earlier today, CBS All Access released a short teaser trailer for what’s to come in these panels, which will be studded with stars from across the series.

The three panels to look forward to cover Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek: Picard (in that order). All three panels will be hosted by Deadline’s Dominic Patten. The Discovery panel will feature a virtual table read of the season 2 finale, “Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2,” to remind us where we left the characters before we head into season 3. The Lower Decks panel, meanwhile, will debut an exclusive clip ahead of its premiere next month.

The Star Trek panels will kick off at 10Am Pt. A chat from EPs...

This year’s virtual Comic-Con@Home has announced its schedule for Thursday, July 23. The highlights are below.

The virtual event replaces the annual San Diego Comic-Con, the largest fan convention in North America, which was to be held July 22–26 at the San Diego Convention Center, until the Covid-19 pandemic forced its cancellation.

In June, Comic-Con International — the non-profit organization that oversees Sdcc and its sister event, WonderCon in Anaheim, Calif. — announced it was moving forward with the virtual event on the same dates. This time, however, the event is free and open to all.

Thursday’s events include major panels for a shows from HBO (“His Dark Materials”), Amazon Prime Video (“The Boys”) and CBS All Access (“Star Trek: Picard”).

The Comic-Con@Home schedule — starting with Wednesday, July 22 — is being announced daily through Sunday.

All times are Pacific Daylight.

10–11 a.m.

“Star Trek Universe” Virtual Panel — featuring the casts and...

Exclusive: After the Hall H triumphant of 2019, Jean-Luc Picard will be back in the Comic-Con house again this year. However, due to concerns and restrictions over the coronavirus pandemic, the Sir Patrick Stewart-led CBS All Access series will be making its appearance remotely at this year’s Comic-Con@Home on July 23.

Comic-Con will be releasing another part of its schedule later today, but, setting phasers to shock and awe, Star Trek: Picard will be the headliner in another behemoth Star Trek Universe panel later this month. That sprawling Trekverse shindig also includes 2020 virtual appearances from Star Trek: Discovery, the lead cast of newest franchise addition Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and the August 6th premiering animated Star Trek: Lower Decks.

Helping to kick off the first full day of what would have been Sdcc 51, the Trekverse panel starts at 10 Am Pt on the 23rd with a welcome and...

Ryan Britt Dec 26, 2019

Lost in Space made its big Netflix comeback count by going back to basics.

Editor's note: This story appears in our latest Den of Geek special edition magazine presented in parternship with Netflix. You can find more infomation on the issue here.

Before the Netflix reimagining premiered in April 2018, the idea that any new version of Lost in Space would be decent—much less excellent—seemed unlikely, if not outright impossible. Prior to the Netflix version, there were two reboots: one you’ve forgotten and another you’ve likely never seen—the underwhelming 1998 Lost in Space film from New Line Cinema and an unaired 2004 series directed by John Woo called The Robinsons. Like some of the Alpha Centauri colonists who failed to dodge the death-ray from a robot, both failed spectacularly. So, the challenge facing a new version of the Robinsons’ epic adventure was clear: How could...

Will “Star Trek: Discovery” win Emmys this year? It would be a major breakthrough for CBS All Access, a new streaming service that earned its first nomination in 2017 when “The Good Fight” contended for its main title theme music. And it would be a major comeback for the “Star Trek” franchise: “Discovery” is the first “Trek” series since “Enterprise” ended in 2005. But the “Trek” shows have a strong track record with the television academy. Scroll down to find out what actors and episodes were submitted by the show across all Emmy categories save music composition (those races follow different procedures and don’t release public ballots).

The original “Star Trek” series ran from 1966-1969 and didn’t win any Emmys, but it was nominated 13 times, including twice for Best Drama Series (1967-1968). “Star Trek: The Next Generation” followed two decades later and aired for seven seasons from 1987 to 1994, during which...

In a Gold Derby exclusive, we have learned the category placements of the key Emmy Awards contenders for CBS Studios. They have “The Good Fight” (Christine Baranski) and “Star Trek: Discovery” (Sonequa Martin-Green) for CBS All Access, “Jane the Virgin” (Gina Rodriguez) and “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” (Rachel Bloom) for CW and “American Vandal” (Jimmy Tatro) for Netflix among their 2018 contenders.

See‘The Good Fight’ impeachment episode ‘Day 450’ deserves major Emmy kudos

Below, the list of CBS lead, supporting and guest submissions for their comedy, drama and limited series, plus other genres. Keep in mind that several shows that air on the network, like “The Big Bang Theory” and “Young Sheldon,” are being submitted by their studios instead. More names might be added to the list below by the network before final Emmy paperwork deadlines. Also note that performers not included on this list may well be submitted by their personal reps.

Now that the Discovery is back from the Mirrorverse I’m sure I’m not the only one that wanted to see the return of Lorca (Jason Isaacs). It seems if that is going to happen we’ll have to wait, as this week’s Star Trek: Discovery decides to focus on the small issue of taking on the Klingon Empire.

The Discovery is back in their own universe back to their own universe, and Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Saru (Doug Jones) find themselves face-to-face with Admiral Cornwell (Jayne Brook), Sarek (James Frain) and a boarding party demanding Lorca be turned over. With the revelation of his apparent death, the focus soon turns on taking on the Klingon Empire.

With the pace that Star Trek: Discovery has been on in the last few episodes, it almost feels strange that this week things are slowed down. In reality though, this makes...

In the first episode of Star Trek: Discovery, one thing that the Klingons made clear is the fact the Federation may say they come in peace, but many times they don’t. This week that peacefulness is put to the test on a new planet.

When U.S.S. Discovery takes a high priority mission to a planet called Pahvo they encounter a new lifeform. When the lifeform offer Saru (Doug Jones) a way to calm the unrest in his mind, it once again pits him against Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) who fights to keep them on mission.

One thing that I’m starting to notice with Star Trek: Discovery is that there is a cycle of episodes. We have the ship based ones, ones that feature more of the Klingons, then ones that question the Prime Directive and how the crew of Discovery can manage to bend the rules around it.

Now that we are six episodes into Star Trek: Discovery it is easy to pick out the interesting and fan favourite characters. With this week’s episode of Discovery, it we start to get into moments that shape these characters for what is to come.

With Ash Tyler (Shazad Latif) now a part of the crew, people are intrigued to find out more about him. For Michael (Sonequa Martin-Green) though, her thoughts are off the ship as Sarek (James Frain) calls out for help. While she is allowed to go search for him, Captain Lorca (Jason Isaacs) is visited by Admiral Cornwell (Jayne Brook) who is worried about his tactics.

While fan favourites Michael, Tilly (Mary Wiseman), and Stamets (Anthony Rapp) get a lot of focus on Star Trek: Discovery, it seems now that Ash Tyler is going to be another to have a connection with Michael. The fact that...

James Hunt Oct 11, 2017

Discovery delivers another great modern Star Trek episode in its fourth instalment. Spoilers and geeky spots ahead in our review...

This review contains spoilers.

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1.4 The Butcher's Knife Cares Not For The Lamb's Cry

What a title this episode has. If Discovery has done nothing else, it’s brought back the spirit of the original series’ episode titles, which were essentially “how grandiose and Shakespearean can we be in fewer than 10 words”. Turns out: very.

Of course, it’s not completely without meaning. There are lots of butcher’s knives in this episode, and lots of lambs crying. Metaphorically, of course. The most Star Trek thing about this episode was Burnham’s insistence that science and compassion prevail over, like, randomly shooting stuff in the face.

CBS All Access’s newest iteration of “Star Trek” continues to spark with imagination: In “The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry,” Burnham makes a big discovery, the Klingons fight both Starfleet and each other, and a character we barely met last week meets a tragic end.

[Editor’s note: Spoilers for Season 1, Episode 4, “The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry” follow.]

Read More:‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Review: ‘Context Is for Kings’ Launches the Series Into a Weird, But Fascinating New Universe You Spin Me Right Round, Baby, Right Round Like a Starship

One of the most exciting moments of “The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry” was actually seeing the Discovery in action — not only discovering that the saucer section consists of spinning discs, but that when the spore drive is fully implemented, the entire ship turns into a dazzingly spinning top.

The effects are great, and while the battle at Corvan II was a bit brief,...

Soul Windows: Burton Returns to the Biopic with Flagging Interest

Long judged as a director clearly intent on recycling the same motif, themes, and styles, generally with the same few cast members, Tim Burton throws an interesting curveball with his latest film, Big Eyes, a reenactment of the art world Keane scandal of the 1960s. Scripted by Burton’s Ed Wood (1994) scribes, the title that remains the sole point of comparison with which his latest will be compared, many will be disappointed to find a rather basic film, devoid of Burton’s customary flourish or that earlier, celebrated title’s ingenuity. And though the film’s greatest challenge will be to breathe under the weight of its creators’ own reputations, it’s a likeable recapitulation of 1950s era America and the strange mutations that occur involving those humans attempting to buck the wrongly conditioned trappings of gender based social mores.

Us actress best known for her work in Coen Brothers’ movies including Fargo to receive talent award.

Us actress Frances McDormand is to be awarded the Persol Tribute to Visionary Talent Award 2014 at the 71st Venice International Film Festival (Aug 27 - Sep 6).

The prolific actress is best known for her collaborations with the Coen Brothers in films including Fargo, Raising Arizona, Burn After Reading and her first ever film role, Blood Simple.

McDormand will receive the honour on Sept 1 in the Sala Grande (Palazzo del Cinema) and will be followed by the out of competition screening of Olive Kitteridge directed by Lisa Cholodenko.

The four-part HBO miniseries adaptation of the eponymous Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Elizabeth Strout co-stars Richard Jenkins, Bill Murray, John Gallagher Jr. and Zoe Kazan.

The Playtone / As Is production will debut on HBO in the Us in November and is executive produced by McDormand alongide Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks and [link...

Actress Frances McDormand will be honored with the Persol Tribute to Visionary Talent Award 2014 at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. McDormand will receive the award on September 1, following by a screening of Olive Kitteridge, a project that McDormand initiated by optioning the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Elizabeth Strout. The four-part HBO miniseries directed by Lisa Cholodenko also stars Bill Murray and Richard Jenkins. McDormand executive produced alongside Jane Anderson, Gary Goetzman and Tom Hanks. “Thanks to her long-standing experience in theatre, film and TV, dedicated to the search for truth, the career of Frances McDormand is

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Glenn Close has been cast in The Wife.

The Damages actress will star in Swedish director Bjorn Runge's adaptation of Meg Wolitzer's novel.

Close will take on the role of the wife of a New York novelist who decides to leave her unfaithful husband on the night that he is due to accept a prestigious book award in Stockholm.

The event forces them to reassess their long relationship.

Jane Anderson (Olive Kitteridge) wrote the screenplay for the film, which has been in development for over a decade.

Close will next be seen in Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy.

The Wife is seeking a male lead in preparation for a winter/spring 2015 shoot.

The multiple Oscar nominee has committed to play the title role in Jane Anderson’s adaptation of Meg Wolitzer’s bestseller.

Björn Runge will direct and the producers are Rosalie Swedlin for Anonymous Content with Meta Louise Foldager for Meta Film Stockholm and Sweden’s Maria Dahlin and Gila Ulfung.

The Wife is a drama about the unravelling of a marriage during a couple’s journey to the Nobel Award ceremony in Stockholm.

The film will shoot primarily in Stockholm in both English and Swedish. Production is planned for early 2015 and the producers are searching for the male lead.

“The first time I read The Wife I was instantly inspired by the story of love, creativity and a secret larger than life in itself that the main characters, Joan and Joe, are carrying,” said Runge. “After meeting the amazing Glenn Close, I was convinced that directing this film would be a creatively wonderful and challenging experience.”...

Six-time Oscar nominee Glenn Close has committed to play the title role in an adaptation of Meg Wolitzer's bestselling novel “The Wife,” it was announced Thursday by Anonymous Content. Swedish filmmaker Bjorn Runge will direct from a script by Jane Anderson. Rosalie Swedlin will produce for Anonymous Content along with Meta Louise Foldager of Meta Film Stockholm and Swedish producers Maria Dahlin and Gila Ulfung. “The Wife” is a drama about the unraveling of a marriage during a couple's journey to the Nobel Award ceremony in Stockholm. The film will shoot primarily in Stockholm in both English and Swedish languages.

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Emily and Daniel star in The War Of The Graysons, and Patrick learns the shocking truth about his father.

Here are five highlights:

Poker? I Hardly Know Her!

Egads! The show gets off to a bizarre start when Emily wakes up in a pool of blood. Somehow she clawed out her stitches during the night (this is why men have balls to scratch), and Niko comes to the rescue to repair the damage. Emily doesn’t want a patch job, though, she decides on a “quicker fix.”

Niko: “You called me here to cauterize you? That’s insane. I’m not doing it.”

Emily: “Do you know what orphans dream of when they stop wishing for their parents to return? We think about filling the emptiness with families of our own. Thanks to Daniel, that hope is gone for me.”

Niko: “This doesn’t mean you...

Producers Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel and Louise Gund have announced that James Eckhouse, most recently seen in the world premiere of Jane Anderson's 'The Escort' at The Geffen Playhouse and best known for playing Jim Walsh on the original 'Beverly Hills 90210', will play the role of Robert McNamara in the Broadway bound production of All The Way by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan The Kentucky Cycle.

Bill Murray is the latest film actor to take his talents to the small screen. Deadline is reporting that Murray has joined the cast of HBO's new mini-series "Olive Kitteridge," which is an adaptation of Elizabeth Strout's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name.

With the exception of his time on "Saturday Night Live," this newly announced starring role is Murray's first real television project he's ever been on. Of course, this new series is more of an extended film than a traditional TV show anyway. He'll be playing a local widower named Jack Hennison who main character Olive Kitteridge, who is played by Frances McDormand.

Also in the mini-series are Richard Jenkins, Rosemarie DeWitt, John Gallagher Jr., Jesse Plemons, Zoe Kazan and Cory Michael Smith. The project will be directed by "The Kids Are All Right's" Lisa Cholodenko, and was adapted by Jane Anderson.

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For a while there, seeing Bill Murray in a movie was like spotting a rare animal. Tales of his being difficult to reach and non-committal even when taking film roles were the stuff of legend, but it seems these days he just really wants to work. With roles already in three 2014 films — "Monuments Men," "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "St. Vincent De Van Nuys" — and currently shooting Cameron Crowe's next effort, Murray has already signed up for his next gig. He'll be joining Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, John Gallagher Jr, Zoe Kazan, Jesse Plemons, Brady Corbet, Cory Michael Smith and the also recently added Rosemarie DeWitt in Lisa Cholodenko's HBO miniseries "Olive Kitteridge." Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Elizabeth Strout, and adapted by playwright Jane Anderson, the series will chronicle the dirty laundry of one, small New England town as seen through the eyes of the...

Bill Murray has joined the cast of HBO’s Olive Kitteridge miniseries which is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Elizabeth Strout, reports Deadline. Jane Anderson adapts, while Lisa Cholodenko, known for the strong drama The Kids Are All Right, directs. The story tells of Olive (played by Frances McDormand) who chronicles the tale of what looks to be a placid New England town, but is filled with crime, affairs and tragedy. Murray is in as a local widower called Jack Kennison who makes friends with Kitteridge. Also on board are Richard Jenkins as Olive's husband as well as Rosemarie DeWitt, John Gallagher Jr., Zoe Kazan, Jesse Plemons and Cory Michael Smith.

Bill Murray to make a rare appearance on the small screen by starring in the HBO mini-series, Olive Kitteridge. Based on Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Olive Kitteridge was adapted by Jane Anderson and will be directed by Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right). The story focuses on a retired schoolteacher in a small Maine town and the characters that surround her. The various tales of affairs, suicide, and emotional problems are told through her eyes. Her the jump for more. Deadline reports that Murray will join the Olive Kitteridge mini-series on HBO. Frances McDormand will play the title character, Richard Jenkins plays Olive’s husband, and Murray "is playing Jack Kennison, a local widower whom Kitteridge befriends." John Gallagher Jr., Rosemarie DeWitt, Zoe Kazan, Jesse Plemons, and Cory Michael Smith also star. As for Murray, the veteran just wrapped Ted Melfi's St. Vincent De Van Nuys,...

Exclusive: In a rare small-screen stint, Bill Murray has joined the cast of HBO’s Olive Kitteridge, the miniseries based on Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Adapted by Jane Anderson and directed by The Kids Are All Right’s Lisa Cholodenko, the mini tells the tale of a seemingly placid New England town fraught with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, as chronicled through the eyes of Olive who is tough on the outside but has a strong moral center. She’s played by Frances McDormand, and Murray is playing Jack Kennison, a local widower whom Kitteridge befriends. Richard Jenkins plays Olive’s husband, and John Gallagher Jr, Rosemarie DeWitt, Zoe Kazan, Jesse Plemons, and Cory Michael Smith also star. The miniseries is a co-production between Playtone and As Is, with Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman exec producing with McDormand and Anderson. Steven Shareshian is co-exec producer and David Coatsworth.

Exclusive: In a rare small-screen stint, Bill Murray has joined the cast of HBO’s Olive Kitteridge, the miniseries based on Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Adapted by Jane Anderson and directed by The Kids Are All Right’s Lisa Cholodenko, the mini tells the tale of a seemingly placid New England town fraught with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, as chronicled through the eyes of Olive who is tough on the outside but has a strong moral center. She’s played by Frances McDormand, and Murray is playing Jack Kennison, a local widower whom Kitteridge befriends. Richard Jenkins plays Olive’s husband, and John Gallagher Jr, Rosemarie DeWitt, Zoe Kazan, Jesse Plemons, and Cory Michael Smith also star. The miniseries is a co-production between Playtone and As Is, with Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman exec producing with McDormand and Anderson. Steven Shareshian is co-exec producer and David Coatsworth.

Frank Grillo (Captain America) is set to star in DirecTV’s original series Navy St., from Byron Balasco and Endemol Studios. Written on spec by Balasco, Navy St. is a gritty family drama set against the backdrop of Navy Street, a mixed martial arts (Mma) gym based in Venice, CA. Grillo, repped by CAA and Management 360, will play the gym’s owner, Alvey Henderson, a former fighter who never made it big due to a drug addiction but is now sober. Grillo has the perfect background for the role – in addition to his long acting career, he is a lifelong wrestler-turned-boxer-turned-mma-er who trained with Greg Jackson, one of the top Mma trainers in the world, for his role as the trainer in the 2011 Mma feature Warrior. Grillo and Warrior star Joel Edgerton bunked together at Jackson’s Mma gym in Albuquerque for four months while he was training. Rosemarie DeWitt...

"The Newsroom's" John Gallagher Jr. is staying within the HBO family, having scored a role in "Olive Kitteridge," the cable network's new high-profile miniseries.

According to Deadline, Gallagher, "Friday Night Lights" and "Breaking Bad" regular Jesse Plemons, and "Ruby Sparks'" Zoe Kazan will star alongside Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins in the adaptation of Elizabeth Strout's novel. "Olive Kitteridge" centers around a seemingly quiet New England town wracked with affairs, crime and tragedy. McDormand plays the titular character, while Jenkins co-stars as her husband, Henry.

Gallagher will play Christopher Kitteridge, Olive and Henry's son; Kazan will play Denise, a co-worker at Henry's pharmacy; and Plemons will appear as Jerry McCarthy, Henry's pharmacy delivery boy.

The four-hour miniseries will be directed by "The Kids Are Alright" helmer Lisa Cholodenko and written by Jane Anderson. Playtone's Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman will serve as executive producers.

Exclusive: The Newsroom‘s John Gallagher Jr. is set to co-star opposite Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins in HBO’s miniseries Olive Kitteridge, directed by Lisa Cholodenko and produced by Playtone. Also cast in the project, based on the novel by Elizabeth Strout, are Breaking Bad regular Jesse Plemons and Zoe Kazan. Written by Jane Anderson, Olive Kitteridge tells the story of a seemingly placid New England town wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, told through the lens of Olive (McDormand), whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and a staunch moral center. Gallagher plays Christopher Kitteridge, the son of Olive and Henry (Jenkins). Kazan plays Denise, who works with Henry at his pharmacy. Plemons plays Jerry McCarthy, Henry’s delivery boy at the pharmacy. Olive Kitteridge is executive produced by Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, McDormand and Anderson. Plemons is with TalentWorks and Hirsch Wallerstein.

L.A.'s oldest film festival, Outfest, will open its 31st annual Lgbt film fest on July 11 with writer-director Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s “C.O.G.,” the first film adaptation of David Sedaris’s work, which stars Jonathan Groff, Denis O'Hare, Corey Stoll, and Dean Stockwell. Outfest will be held July 11 – 21, 2013. That same night at the Orpheum Theatre, Outfest will also present its 17th annual Achievement Award to writer/director Kimberly Peirce (“Boys Don’t Cry,” “Stop-Loss,” “Carrie”). The Achievement Award is presented in recognition of a body of work that has made a significant contribution to Lgbt film and media. Outfest has previously given this award to John Waters, Jane Lynch, Bill Condon, Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, Don Roos, Donna Deitch, Kenneth Anger, Greg Araki, Todd Haynes, Jane Anderson, Christine Vachon, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Freidman, Gus Van Sant, Ian McKellen, John Schlesinger, and Strand Releasing. The complete lineup for Outfest 2013 will be announced.

Actress Frances McDormand has been trying to get an adaptation of author Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Olive Kitteridge off the ground for years, and it looks like things are now finally moving forward. Deadline reports that The Kids Are All Right director Lisa Cholodenko will helm a miniseries adaptation of the novel for HBO in which McDormand and Richard Jenkins will star. The story focuses on a retired schoolteacher and the characters that surround her, as the various tales of affairs, suicide, and emotional problems in her small Maine town are told through her eyes. McDormand will star as the schoolteacher, Olive Kitteridge, while Jenkins will play her husband. Cholodenko had previously been attached to direct an adaptation of the childrens book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, but she recently dropped out. Jane Anderson wrote the screenplay for the four-hour miniseries. Hit the...

Exclusive: HBO has set The Kids Are All Right helmer Lisa Cholodenko to direct and Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins to star in a miniseries adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Elizabeth Strout novel Olive Kitteridge. Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman will be executive producers along with McDormand and her As Is banner and Jane Anderson. Anderson adapted the book into the four-hour mini. David Coatsworth is producing. Olive Kitteridge tells the alternately poignantly sweet, acerbically funny, and devastatingly tragic story of a seemingly placid New England town wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, told through the lens of Olive, whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and a staunch moral center. McDormand plays the title character and Jenkins plays her husband, Henry. Getting this cast, director and a four-hour commitment from HBO is a real testament for McDormand. I’ve been following this one for years,...

Exclusive: HBO has set The Kids Are All Right helmer Lisa Cholodenko to direct and Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins to star in a miniseries adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Elizabeth Strout novel Olive Kitteridge. Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman will be executive producers along with McDormand and her As Is banner and Jane Anderson. Anderson adapted the book into the four-hour mini. David Coatsworth is producing. Olive Kitteridge tells the alternately poignantly sweet, acerbically funny, and devastatingly tragic story of a seemingly placid New England town wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, told through the lens of Olive, whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and a staunch moral center. McDormand plays the title character and Jenkins plays her husband, Henry. Getting this cast, director and a four-hour commitment from HBO is a real testament for McDormand. I’ve been following this one for years,...

Network: ABC

Episodes: 111 (hour)

Seasons: Six

TV show dates: September 26, 2007 -- January 22, 2013

Series status: Ending

Performers include: Kate Walsh, Tim Daly, Audra McDonald, Paul Adelstein, KaDee Strickland, Chris Lowell, Taye Diggs, Amy Brenneman, David Sutcliffe, Reef Karim, Geffri Maya Hightower, Jayne Brook, Brian Benben, Jay Harrington, Jane Clark, Andy Milder, Nina Siemaszko, Christopher Wiehl, Karen Strassman, David Pearl, Shavon Kirksey, Kathy Christopherson, Jeffrey Doornbos, Frederick Keith Johnson, Siena Goines, and Sharon Leal.

TV show description:

Having left Seattle Grace Hospital behind, renowned surgeon Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery (Kate Walsh) moves to Los Angeles to begin a new life.

Addison joins the chic co-op Oceanside Wellness Center that's owned by two of her medical school friends; fertility and hormone specialist Dr. Naomi Bennett (Audra McDonald) and internist and...

Rank the week of August 23rd’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the best films of all-time: New Releases Blitz

(Blu-ray & DVD | Nr | 2011)

Flickchart Ranking: #9439

Win Percentage: 51%

Times Ranked: 215

Top-20 Rankings: 5

Directed By: Elliott Lester

Starring: Jason Statham • Paddy Considine • Aidan Gillen • Zawe Ashton • David Morrissey

Genres: Crime • Crime Thriller • Police Detective Film • Thriller

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The Beaver

(Blu-ray & DVD | PG13 | 2011)

Flickchart Ranking: #5199

Win Percentage: 52%

Times Ranked: 858

Top-20 Rankings: 6

Directed By: Jodie Foster

Starring: Mel Gibson • Jodie Foster • Anton Yelchin • Jennifer Lawrence • Zachary Booth

Genres: Comedy Drama • Drama • Psychological Drama

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Win Win

(Blu-ray & DVD | Nr | 2011)

Flickchart Ranking: #2107

Win Percentage: 61%

Times Ranked: 2455

Top-20 Rankings: 6

Directed By: Thomas McCarthy

Starring: Paul Giamatti • Amy Ryan • Bobby Cannavale • Jeffrey Tambor • Burt Young

Genres: Comedy Drama • Drama • Sports Comedy • Sports Drama

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The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

(Blu-ray & DVD | PG13 | 2011)

Flickchart Ranking: #5643

Win Percentage: 49%

Times Ranked: 725

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My So Called Life alumna A.J. Langer is joining Private Practice in a recurring role, TVLine has learned exclusively.

There’s just one problem: It’s anyone’s guess who she’s playing.

Her character, Erica. “will be someone from one of the Oceanside doctor’s pasts,” is all an ABC rep would say.

Perhaps Shonda Rhimes is staging an onscreen reunion between Langer and her former Eyes costar Tim Daly? It’s doubtful considering A) Pete is a widower and B) we already met a woman from his past in Season 2: Meg Porter (played by Jayne Brook).

A...

Castle (Nathan Fillion) has to sign waivers to work with Beckett (Stana Katic) , so that no one; including "My lifeless body, can sue the city." Beckett just wants to shoot him now. That's another comment about wanting to shoot him, last episode she said she has a gun. Must be trigger happy. She has a case and he's got paperwork. Now did she seriously think she could elude him, it's like Castle's got eyes and ears everywhere. A nanny is found in the dryer and Beckett notices the bleach bottle and blood on the floor. He's already there, as Castle says she thought she'd given him the slip. Never. And refers to the Db as 'Nanny Mcdead'. Beckett is his inspiration and he doesn't know when inspiration will strike (usually at the end of the episode when he actually gets to write.) Well inspiration is a slow process and...

Benjamin Bratt is looking forward to do some 'cleaning up' tonight when the second season of "The Cleaner" premieres on A&E. From sweeping the streets from any kind of addicts to assisting high profile individuals to do a recovery, Bratt's character William Banks will face one of his toughest challenges in the season opener.

In "Hello America", an old friend Michelle Durham seeks William's help to get her high-profile national news anchor husband Davis, clean. But the news anchor is a national spokesperson for recovery, so William has to be especially discrete in his methods. And the news anchor's wife has an illness that forces William to confront his own personal problems.

Michelle is portrayed by Jayne Brook while Davis is played by Gary Cole. But they are not the sole attractions for this season. The show brings back Whoopi Goldberg as William's sponsor for three episodes and lines up other prominent actors.