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Social media and the internet were abuzz on Monday with headlines centered on Gwyneth Paltrow’s slightly stilted walk across the stage (as Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” played in the background) while presenting an award at Sunday night’s 71st annual Emmy Awards.

There, with husband Brad Falchuk, co-creator of the Netflix show Pose, the 46-year-old star presented the award for outstanding lead actress in a drama series to Jodie Comer. When Paltrow walked out onstage — looking glamorous in a black-and-white vintage Valentino dress with floor-sweeping tulle strips on the sleeves — all eyes shifted from her gown to her gait....

It was known ahead of time that the Emmy Awards planned to dispense with a traditional orchestra or pit band for the walk-up and bumper music. What wasn’t anticipated was that the music choices were being outsourced to a bar mitzvah DJ in Des Moines. Or, very possibly, it was a local who had found the right cords to hook the world’s last surviving iPod Mini into the board backstage at the Microsoft Theater, without any monitors that would allow him or her do anything so brazen as tailor the song choice to the winner.

Well, there was at least one match, early on, when Alex Borstein won for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” and her walk-up music was “Susie Q,” as in the character she plays, Susie Myerson. And that was just about it for the direct hits, as the playlist thereafter went mostly into a randomizer assortment...

ABC and The CW are shifting things around. Both networks just announced schedule changes for the season one finale of Reef Break and the TV show I Ship It, respectively.

An action drama, the ABC series Reef Break centers on Cat Chambers (Poppy Montgomery), a former thief who works as the fixer for the governor of a beautiful Pacific Island paradise. Meanwhile, the CW comedy I Ship It centers on Ella (Helen Highfield), an aspiring writer and devoted fangirl of the fictional series Superstition.

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From creator Yulin Kuang and based on the 2014 digital short of the same name, the musical comedy series I Ship It (which started out on CW Seed and is now airing its second season on The CW) follows Ella (Helen Highfield), a fangirl and aspiring writer who writes fan-fiction for her favorite TV show, Superstition, while dreaming of doing the real thing. After delivering a flower order to the showrunner of the series, Ella jumps at the chance to get herself a job as a writer’s assistant, quickly quitting her job at a boutique shipping agency to …...

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By definition, a synthesizer isn’t the keyboard-looking thing with knobs and dials that makes UFO sounds. It includes that sort of thing, but in its simplest form, a synthesizer is an electronic instrument that creates, and also modifies, sounds from electronic signals. Though many popular versions of synths take the shape of a keyboard (of sorts...

Billy Ray Cyrus took a break from basking in the glory of his collab with Lil Nas X to give one of his heroes a major shout out ... Stevie Wonder!!! We got Billy Ray at Lax and he couldn't stop grinning from ear to ear after Billboard announced this week Nas and Billy's massive hit, "Old Town Road," is topping the Hot 100 for the 11th straight week.  But, check out the clip ... our guy asks...

April 16th’s home media releases feature a small but eclectic array of titles, including Glass, the latest from M. Night Shyamalan, Replicas featuring Keanu Reeves, the Master of Dark Shadows documentary, and a trio of genre classics from Scream Factory: The Manitou, Grave of the Vampire, and Superstition. Other titles headed to Blu-ray and DVD this week include Cynthia and Close Calls.

Glass

Night Shyamalan brings together two of his standout original films—Unbreakable and Split— in this explosive comic book thriller. Elijah Price, also known as Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson), finds David Dunn (Bruce Willis) pursuing Kevin Wendell Crumb's superhuman figure, The Beast (James McAvoy), in a series of escalating encounters. Price, armed with secrets critical to both men, emerges as a shadowy orchestrator.

Alternate Opening Deleted Scenes The Collection of Main Characters A Conversation with James McAvoy and M. Night Shyamalan Bringing the Team Back Together David Dunn vs.

Fans of I Ship It will have to wait a little bit longer. The CW just announced the TV show's second season has been pushed back to this summer.

The musical comedy series follows Ella (Helen Highfield), “a fangirl and aspiring writer … writes fanfiction for her favorite TV show, ‘Superstition,’ and dreams of one day making her fantasies a reality.” The cast also includes Riley Neldam, Jazz Raycole, and Yasmine Al-Bustami.

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Variety has exclusively learned that Urban Movie Channel has set the new multi-generational family drama “A House Divided” for a summer 2019 premiere.

The series follows the direct descendants of Letty Sanders, who was enslaved in the 1800s and later became the wealthiest black woman in Los Angeles. The show centers on present-day members of the Sanders family, whose legacy is being threatened by the passing of its matriarch, a government investigation, and newly discovered secrets.

Currently in the beginning stages of production, the new series will star Demetria McKinney (Tyler Perry’s “House of Payne”), Paula Jai Parker (“Ray Donovan”), Lawrence Hilton Jacobs (“The Jacksons: An American Dream”), Brad James (“Superstition”), David McKnight (“Hollywood Shuffle”), Taja V. Simpson (Fox’s “Lethal Weapon”), and Art Evans (“Die Hard 2”).

“A House Divided” comes from Dan Garcia, the creator of Umc’s series “Bronx Siu.”

“A thrilling tale of scandal and secrecy...

Scream Factory, the horror distribution arm of Shout! Factory, is a primo source for classic reissues and today’s newest horror movies alike. They’ve got some great films coming down the pike, including a couple arriving on April 16th. Get ready for The Manitou and Superstition! Check out the details on both films below. The MANITOUWhat […]

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Are a fan of fandom? The CW just announced season two of the TV show I Ship It! will air in April.

The musical comedy series follows Ella (Helen Highfield), "a fangirl and aspiring writer ... writes fanfiction for her favorite TV show, 'Superstition,' and dreams of one day making her fantasies a reality." The cast also includes Riley Neldam, Jazz Raycole, and Yasmine Al-Bustami.

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A town's witchcraft past comes back to haunt it in violent fashion in Superstition (aka The Witch), and to follow up on their Blu-ray announcement of The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, Scream Factory has now revealed that they'll also bring Superstition to Blu-ray this April.

From Scream Factory: "We’re feeling lucky this spring as we unleash the 80s supernatural gory horror film Superstition (also known as The Witch in some circles) on Blu-ray for the first time! Street date is planned for April 16th.

Something horrible is happening at the old house on Mill Road. A series of ghastly accidents has occurred near the site where a witch drowned centuries earlier. But when an alcoholic minister and his family move into the cursed residence, an idealistic young priest (James Houghton) and a cynical police detective (Albert Salmi) start their own investigation into the unexplained violence. Has the...

This article marks Part 23 of the Gold Derby series analyzing 84 years of Best Original Song at the Oscars. Join us as we look back at the timeless tunes recognized in this category, the results of each race and the overall rankings of the winners.

The 2000 Oscar nominees in Best Original Song were:

“A Love Before Time” from “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”

“I’ve Seen It All” from “Dancer in the Dark”

“My Funny Friend and Me” from “The Emperor’s New Groove”

“A Fool in Love” from “Meet the Parents”

“Things Have Changed” from “Wonder Boys”

Won: “Things Have Changed” from “Wonder Boys”

Should’ve won: “I’ve Seen It All” from “Dancer in the Dark”

The dawn of a new millennium could have marked a remarkable turn of the page for the Oscars in Best Original Song, away from the ho-hum adult contemporary that so often dominated the category over the past three decades,...

When thinking of classic television performances by major recording artists, people usually mention “Saturday Night Live,” “Ed Sullivan,” Super Bowl halftimes, the Doobie Brothers on “What’s Happening” and late-night shows ranging from Johnny Carson to James Corden.

Rarely does anyone mention “Sesame Street” — which is understandable, because the show’s audience is overwhelmingly children aged 5 and below — and yet it holds one of the greatest and most unique music archives of the past 50 years.

You’ve got Stevie Wonder singing “Superstition” as well as a numbers freestyle on the show’s classic set in 1973. A beaming Lauryn Hill and the Fugees dancing around the streets of New York with Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus to a revised version of “Be Yourself.” Patti Labelle leading a rousing gospel-inspired musical reading of the alphabet. Opera icon Marilyn Horne singing an astonishing, pitch-perfect take on “C Is for Cookie” on an elaborate mock-Egyptian set surrounded by Muppets.

Stevie Wonder wanted to meet Tonto. He had just turned 21, was flush with cash and had all these songs and sounds in his head that he couldn’t get onto tape. A friend had loaned him a copy of an album called Zero Time that had been recorded using the world’s largest, most advanced music synthesizer: Tonto, an acronym for “The Original New Timbral Orchestra.”

The mastermind behind Tonto was an Afro’d, English bassist-turned–studio tech named Malcolm Cecil who lived above a midtown-Manhattan advertising recording studio. ““I...

The Dancing With the Stars spin-off, Dancing With the Stars: Juniors, is almost here! On Tuesday, Sept. 25, the very first DWTS: Juniors cast was announced and, after seeing the line-up, we can't wait to watch the new show! Though there are 12 celeb kids in the cast, we're super excited to see Stevie Wonder's 13-year-old son Mandla Morris hitting the dance floor when the series premieres on ABC on Oct. 7 at 8/7c. View this post on Instagram So happy to announce that I’ll be on the first season of dancing with stars Juniors!! Can’t wait for you guys to see A post shared by Mandla Morris (@mandlamorris) on Sep 25, 2018 at 6:31pm Pdt Mandla is an aspiring fashion designer and has been paired with mini pro dancer Brightyn Brems. The duo will be mentored by fan-favorite DWTS alum Cheryl Burke. The teen is just one of 68-year-old Stevie's nine children.

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Has a black cat crossed this series' path? Is the Superstition TV show cancelled or renewed for a second season on Syfy? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Superstition, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?   

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A Syfy horror drama, Superstition stars Mario Van Peebles, W. Earl Brown, Demetria McKinney, Diamond Dallas Page, Robinne Lee, Brad James, Morgana Van Peebles, T.C. Carter, and Tatiana Lia Zappardino. The supernatural series centers on the Hastings family of La Rochelle, Georgia. They happen to own the only funeral home and cemetery in town. Because of unexplained deaths due to demonic activity, the family also...

The 40th edition of the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, which runs from July 6 to 15, featured a truly impressive range of music with approximately 100 venues hosting over 1400 performing acts. The citywide celebration relies on a loose consortium of independent promoters, producers, programmers, musicians and club owners to book an array of talent showcasing Danish artists, elder journeymen, new talent and international stars from the world over — all with a healthy respect for the history and traditions of jazz.

Marquee acts like Jeff Beck, The Roots, and the Brad Mehldau Trio all had big nights early in the festival, while saxophone icon Pharoah Sanders (pictured) took the stage for two sold-out shows at the intimate Brorson’s Church. Veteran drummer Albert “Tootie” Heath enjoyed the support of a decidedly international band, as did Boston saxophonists George Garzone and Jerry Bergonzi, both of whom have been coming to the festival for years, each playing...

HBO has released the first trailer for its forthcoming documentary Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind, which chronicles the life and career of the late comedian.

The doc, which leans heavily on past Williams interviews, features remembrances from friends and collaborators Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, David Letterman, Steve Martin and Lewis Black, among others.

Press Play above to watch a preview of the pic, airing Monday, July 16 on HBO.

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* Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee will make its Netflix debut on Friday, July 6. Upcoming guest stars for Jerry Seinfeld’s roving talk...

The second annual Dance Party to End Alz was held on Sunday, June 3 at Nashville’s Wildhorse Saloon.

Hosted by Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Blair Garner, the sold-out event raised more than $340,000 for Alzheimer’s Association care, support and research programs.

Country stars performed their favorite hits from the ‘80s while dressed in colorful and classic fashion from that decade. Performances included Brad Paisley’s spin on ‘80s classics “Boys of Summer” and “Hot for Teacher”; Chris Young’s funky “You Dropped a Bomb on Me”; surprise guest Darius Rucker was joined by Brad Paisley on “Purple Rain”; Charles Esten's rocking “With or Without You,”; Chase Bryant’s “Superstition” and “Dirty Diana,”; Ashley Campbell’s fun take on “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”; Jamie O’Neal’s big voiced version of “Flashdance”; Lindsay Ell channeling her inner rocker on “Another One Bites the Dust,”; Emily West’s take on favorite “I...

Syfy doesn't restrict itself to science fiction programming. Some new fantasy dramas are making their debut in the 2017-18 television season. The first seasons of Ghost Wars and Superstition kicked off within a couple of weeks of each other. Is the supernatural still a safe bet for this cable channel? Will Superstition be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned. A horror drama, Superstition stars Mario Van Peebles, W. Earl Brown, Demetria McKinney, Diamond Dallas Page, Robinne Lee, Brad James, Morgana Van Peebles, T.C. Carter, and Tatiana Lia Zappardino. The Syfy series centers on the Hastings family of La Rochelle, Georgia. They happen to own the only funeral home and cemetery in town. Because of unexplained deaths due to demonic activity, the family also offers “afterlife care.” In addition to their arsenal of esoteric weapons, the...

We have some bad, but not unexpected, news. Syfy has cancelled its Superstition TV show after just one season. The cancellation had been expected since December of last year, when Syfy moved the drama series out of its primetime slot to Thursdays at 11:00pm. Robinne Lee, who starred as Bea Hastings, confirmed the Superstition cancellation on her verified Twitter account. Check it out, below. A Syfy horror drama, Superstition also stars Mario Van Peebles, W. Earl Brown, Demetria McKinney, Diamond Dallas Page, Brad James, Morgana Van Peebles, T.C. Carter, and Tatiana Lia Zappardino. The supernatural series centers on the Hastings family of La Rochelle, Georgia. They happen to own the only funeral home and cemetery in town. Because of unexplained deaths due to demonic activity, the family also offers “afterlife care.” In addition to their arsenal of...

Shelf sitters aren’t always bad news in my eyes; take for instance Superstition (1982). This Canadian curiosity was filmed in ’81, released abroad in ’82, and finally washed ashore in North America in early ’85; it is by turns goofy, gory, dumb, and creative in its kills, and is a great addition to a sub-genre I’m just going to call Italiadjacent, where films from this side of the pond look to that side for aesthetical inspiration and end up with nonsensical storylines. And while Superstition tries to keep it together, it can’t help but let loose and summon up its inner Argento from time to time.

Also known as The Witch, Superstition was part of the U.K.’s notorious early ‘80s Video Nasties scene, but landed on the non-prosecutable Section 3 list, which I guess were films still really bad for you, but not “go to jail” bad for renting or selling them.

If you came of age reading comics in the 80’s or afterward, Chris Claremont is a person who needs no introduction. Arguably, the most successful mainstream comic writer of all time, Chris wrote the singular team comic for a generation of readers and set the template for a myriad of other media featuring the world’s most Merry Mutants.

His work on such Marvel Comics as X-men, New Mutants and Wolverine didn’t just set the standard for super hero development and angst in its era. No, Chris’ impact extends to audiences that have never read one of his comics, making a way for Storm, Cyclops, Wolverine and Kitty Pryde to make their mark across the world and maybe across the Universe.

We can only hope.

In Chris Claremont’S X-men, we get a glimpse at the mad, zany world that took shape with the aid of many co-creators and...

Mario Van Peebles has a new horror-themed TV show called “Superstition” on the Syfy channel, and we’ve just received word regarding exactly when you’ll be able to check out the spooky goodness of its return. Episode 1.07 – “Echoes of My Mind” – airs on a new night and time – Thursday, December 14, at […]

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What's going on with Superstition? Recently, Syfy shifted the TV series to a different day and time.The horror drama centers on the Hastings family of La Rochelle, Georgia. They happen to own the only funeral home and cemetery in town. Because of unexplained deaths due to demonic activity, the family also offers “afterlife care.” The cast includes Mario Van Peebles, W. Earl Brown, Demetria McKinney, Diamond Dallas Page, Robinne Lee, Brad James, Morgana Van Peebles, T.C. Carter, and Tatiana Lia Zappardino.Read More…...

Although it was originally scheduled for an October 6th release, Syfy has rescheduled the Superstition TV show premiere to Friday, October 20, 2017 at 10:00pm Et/Pt. Syfy has also unveiled a new teaser-trailer (see below). Not debuting a TV show called Superstition on Friday, October 13th seems like an opportunity squandered, but we digress. A horror drama, Superstition stars Mario Van Peebles, W. Earl Brown, Demetria McKinney, Diamond Dallas Page, Robinne Lee, Brad James, Morgana Van Peebles, T.C. Carter, and Tatiana Lia Zappardino. The Syfy series centers on the Hastings family of La Rochelle, Georgia. The Hastings own the town's only funeral home and cemetery. They also offer “afterlife care,” in response to deaths of a supernatural nature, which happen far too frequently in this “landing patch” of a town. Read More…...

Aotn- Smt Heads, usually a film named “Tonight She Comes” would invoke something….well, something else than horror. But, get your mind out of the gutter… Thursday Trailers is always ready to bring the scary and this latest Asylum one-nighter is no different!

Check the trailer for “Tonight She Comes” and its national Cinemark theater listings right now:

Cinemark Theaters and The Asylum (the studio behind Sharknado) have joined forces to present fans with Thursday Nights At The Asylum,a weekly series offering exclusive access to the very best in underground and homegrown horror, thriller, sci-fi and cult cinema. Below you will find information for the second film in the series:

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Tonight She Comes Starring Nathan Eswine, Larissa White, Jenna McDonald, Brock Russell, Cameisha Cotton, Adam Hartley, Dal Nicole and Frank Ray Playing Exclusively At Cinemark Theaters On October 5, 2017 After a girl goes missing, two of her...

Atlanta actors, listen up! Stay in the loop about what’s currently filming in your fair city (and projects, big and small, seeking talent) with our weekly roundup. Atlanta is hot hot hot! There’s a major search for talent for YouTube’s adaptation of “The Karate Kid.” Casting directors are filling roles for actors that are a range of ages, as young as nine, and up to mid-forties. January Curry is casting for a few featured and background roles in Mario van Peebles’ “Superstition.” Talent is expected to start work at the very end of the month. An independently produced web series called, “We’re Pretty Terrible” is seeking teens for featured roles. It’s good pay, and an excellent opportunity for the 13–15-year-old set. For those in other parts of Georgia, there are some reshoots going on of “Encounter,” a sci-fi drama starring Luke Hemsworth and Anna Hutchison.

Syfy has something spooky in store. Recently, the network released newphotos from their upcoming TV show Superstition.The supernatural drama "centers around the Hastings family, owners of the only funeral home in the mysterious town of La Rochelle, Georgia. The family also acts as the keepers of the town’s dark secrets and history." The cast includes W. Earl Brown, Mario Van Peebles, Demetria McKinney, Diamond Dallas Page, Robinne Lee, Brad James, Morgana Van Peebles, T.C. Carter, and Tatiana Lia Zappardino.Read More…...