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When a Hollywood actor is big and making lots of movies, it kind of feels like they'll stick around forever. There are plenty who do, but so often a familiar face will enjoy a hot streak before vanishing from the limelight. Back in the '90s we had a number of such actors. Alicia Silverstone, Meg Ryan, and Bridget Fonda all hit their peak during the decade and became household names thanks to their hits. And then they were gone, either suffering from a string of poor choices (Silverstone), taking a break from acting (Ryan), or retiring altogether (Fonda). Another Hollywood star who enjoyed her heyday in the '90s before vacating our multiplexes was Rene Russo. But why exactly did she disappear from Hollywood?

Russo was one of several models who crossed over into acting during the '90s. Some made a big splash in their breakthrough roles, like...

Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller are returning for Meet The Parents 4, continuing a franchise which has been tolerated since the start of the millennium.

Though Robert De Niro is quite rightly acclaimed as one of the greatest actors of all time, his forays into comedies have been mixed, to say the least. Analyze This and Analyze That did a good job of parodying his tough guy screen persona, and Midnight Run is one of the all time great buddy comedies. But in recent years, you really do have to wonder why he put his name to films like The Adventures Of Rocky And Bullwinkle and gross out comedy Dirty Grandpa. Cash, presumably.

His most successful foray into comedy – commercially if not critically – is easily the Meet The Parents franchise, which was a remake based on a 1992 independent film of the same name written by Greg Glienna (who directed) and Mary Ruth Clarke.

Matt Damon famously plays the younger version of the eponymous James Ryan in Saving Private Ryan, but who plays the older version in the framing narrative? Although the accuracy of whether or not the U.S. military would risk an entire platoons lives to bring one soldier home has been called into question, Saving Private Ryan is renowned as one of the greatest war movies ever made. Tom Hanks portrayal of Captain Miller subverts the usual brave-faced war heroes played by the likes of John Wayne to show that most World War II soldiers were just regular people drafted to fight.

Since its the most iconic stretch of the movie, Saving Private Ryans D-Day landings sequence is often described as its opening scene. But the movie actually opens with a framing device. In the present day, an older James Ryan visits the Normandy Cemetery to pay his respects to his fallen brothers-in-arms.

The Tribeca Festival started in the shadow of Sept. 11, as founders Robert De Niro, his longtime collaborator Jane Rosenthal and real estate investor Craig Hatkoff (at the time married to Rosenthal) attempted to bring commerce and culture back to Lower Manhattan.

In the years since, it has exploded in popularity and importance, with major film premieres and fine discoveries playing every year — now with even more to see and experience.

“There’s always challenges,” Rosenthal said about putting on a festival of the size and complexity of Tribeca. “We were the first festival that came out of Covid. It was great. There’s always challenges, always challenges.”

This year Tribeca is embellished with something else – a complementary festival called De Niro Con, which celebrates the life and career of the Tribeca cofounder that coincides with his 80th birthday. There will be special screenings, conversations and live events.

“I am excited for De Niro Con.

The turn of the millennium was an interesting time for children's cinema. The 3D animation of Pixar and DreamWorks through titles such as Toy Story, Bug's Life, and Antz set a new precedent for cartoons with a completely different production process than that of the hand-drawn, 2D classics of yesteryear. Live-action family films seem to be slowly losing their popularity, with fewer of the Hollywood blockbusters for kids' of the 90s getting made, like Jumanji or Parent Trap, replaced with cynical, industry-driven productions like the post-Home Alone 2 sequels or the Cheaper by The Dozen remake, which bombed critically and failed to garner any staying power. Right in the middle of this strange, transitory period for kid's entertainment, we got one of the weirdest family films ever made, with an even weirder choice of star for the role of the main villain: The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, with an all-star...

Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell are a comedic duo who have worked together on shows like All That and Kenan & Kel, bringing their hilarious sense of humor and chemistry to the screen. Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fillion have a longstanding working relationship, having appeared in shows like Firefly, Con Man, and The Rookie. Their onscreen collaborations have proven successful and enjoyable for viewers. Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, who previously worked together on Friends, have a unique chemistry that shines through in their performances on The Morning Show, where they play the roles of newscasters.

A TV show is made even more special when actors who have worked together before reunite on a new project. TV shows often feature dynamic duos that have great chemistry and are a match made in TV heaven. However, that doesn't mean that every actor who has worked together on more than one TV...

Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie, a sequel to the 2021 film, features the eponymous group with new superpowers as they battle evil scientist Victoria Vance. The movie includes a star-studded cast, including Mckenna Grace, Marsai Martin, Kim Kardashian, and Taraji P. Henson. Lil Rel Howery, known for his work in family-friendly projects, discusses his love for voice work and his upcoming projects, including Good Burger 2 and Dashing Through the Snow.

After its successful box office run, Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie is coming to home platforms, and an exclusive clip introduces one of its new cast members. Both an expansion of the hit Nickelodeon show and sequel to the 2021 movie, the animated adventure finds the eponymous group given superpowers from crystals embedded in a meteor and have to use their new abilities to put a stop to evil scientist Victoria Vance and their arch-nemesis Mayor Humdinger. With a cast of new and returning faces,...

At the start of the writers strike, The Animation Guild, an entirely separate union to the WGA, came out in support of the labor action, pledging to “stand in solidarity” with WGA members.

However, as the strike hits the eight-week mark, one of the key issues in the TV animation world has reared its head again: the unusual way that animation projects are covered by labor unions.

Michael Jamin, a co-executive producer of animated series including King of the Hill and Brickleberry as well as live-action series such as Tacoma Fd and Lopez, highlighted the topic in a recent video (see it below).

“By some strange loophole, animated shows are either covered by the Animation Guild or the WGA, and strangely, it’s the studios that get to decide which one, not the writers themselves,” he said. “It seems to be me as that should be illegal, it seems like...

Television animated series began with Crusader Rabbit in 1950, followed shortly by The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, a creation of Crusader Rabbit's producer Jay Ward. Animated series would reach immense popularity with the prime-time show The Flintstones in 1960, proving there was an audience for animation on TV (it held the record for longest-running prime-time cartoon until The Simpsons surpassed it with the February 1997 episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show"). As the 1960s wore on, the perception of animation was that it was a children's medium, prompting networks to move animated series from prime-time to Saturday mornings. The Golden Age of the Saturday morning cartoon began in 1966 when all three major networks aired animation blocks on Saturday mornings. Nothing lasts forever, as they say, and after years of running on fumes, the ritual drew its dying breath in 2014, when The CW canceled The Vortexx. So what happened?...

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Ever since Jaws birthed the summer blockbuster in 1975, motion-picture studios have saved their priciest, splashiest films for beach season. Every year between May and August you can expect the latest superhero extravaganza,...

Robert De Niro, Samuel L. Jackson in Jackie Brown Screenshot: Lionsgate/Miramax Every actor has worked on bad movies at some point in their career. For a long time, though, Robert De Niro’s bad films always felt like exceptions to the rule. The actor earned his place as one...

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Every actor has worked on bad movies at some point in their career. For a long time, though, Robert De Niro...

Welcome to Paramount+, home of the “Good Burger 2” movie. May Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell take your order?

Paramount+ has ordered up a sequel to the ’90s-kid classic film “Good Burger.” Both Thompson and Mitchell are coming back to reprise their respective roles as Dexter Reed and Ed, reuniting the Nickelodeon comedy duo more than 25 years after the first movie’s release.

“I can’t believe it’s been a little over 25 years since great customer service was born at Good Burger! Being a part of something so many generations of people have come to love has made me so proud and now to be back where it all began working on the sequel is surreal,” Thompson said in a statement shared with IndieWire. “Love performing with my brother Kel and can’t wait to show the fans what these characters have been up to since we last saw them.

Don Jurwich, a longtime writer-director-producer at Hanna-Barbera and Marvel Productions, died July 13 of natural causes. He was 87.

Starting his career in animation as a layout and background artist, Jurwich worked his way up in storyboarding, eventually becoming a producer and director.

While working at Hanna-Barbera, Jurwich produced and directed “Scooby Doo,” “The Superfriends,” “Captain Caveman, “Richie Rich,” “Fonz and the Happy Days Gang,” along with one hour prime-time special, “Scooby Goes Hollywood.”

At Marvel, Jurwich directed “Spiderman and His Amazing Friends.” He also produced 85 half-hour episodes of “G.I. Joe,” along with the miniseries “G.I. Joe: The Movie,” which was later released as a feature film.

Over the course of his 40-year career, Jurwich contributed to animated series including “Road Runner,” “The Pink Panther,” “Rocky and Bullwinkle,” “The Flintstones,” “George The Jungle,” “Yogi Bear,” “Tom & Jerry” — along with their mini-me successor, the “Tom & Jerry Kids Show.” Jurwich also...

If there’s one thing DC loves, it’s reboots. The comics cycle through their continuity in one form or another every decade or so, the movies…well…that’s a whole thing, too. So of course now it’s time for the DC animated movies to get a fresh start. And this time, they’re doing it with the hero who should pretty much always be the center of these things: Superman.

Since 2014, there have been 20 DC Universe Animated Original Movies, most of which existed in a shared continuity that began with Justice League: War and culminated in this year’s Justice League Dark: Apokalips War. With that story arc now complete, Superman: Man of Tomorrow will set up a new continuity for future movies. Butch Lukic is the new Supervising Producer for these DC movies, with Chris Palmer directing Man of Tomorrow.

The voice cast includes Darren Criss (Glee) as Clark Kent/Superman,...

The return of classic-style Warner Bros. animation with “Looney Tunes Cartoons” for this week’s launch of HBO Max took some persuading at the studio: Would kids under 10 get the slapstick humor and find the legendary Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, and the rest of the gang relatable? That’s when showrunner Pete Browngardt (“Uncle Grandpa”) suggested group testing some of the old cartoons for families to see how they played.

“There was a concern about the familiarity of the characters and how violent they could be,” Browngardt said. “And they worked perfectly. They’re perfect capsules of comedy.” Among the cartoons they tested were “The Great Piggy Bank Robbery” (1946) with Daffy at his loony best, and “Easter Yeggs” (1947) with Bugs and Elmer Fudd. Unfortunately, the gag with a revolver as a pacifier didn’t go over well given the preponderance of elementary school shootings, so they...

ABC’s venerable soap General Hospital leads all shows and CBS and Amazon Prime Video top all networks in nominations for the 47th annual Daytime Emmy Awards, which were unveiled Thursday. Winners will be revealed June 26 during a live virtual ceremony on CBS, returning the awards show to broadcast primetime for the first time since 2011.

General Hospital scored a total of 23 noms, edging rivals NBC’s Days of Our Lives (22 noms) and CBS’ Young and the Restless (21) and The Bold and the Beautiful (13). The digital soaps followed, led by Netflix’s Eastsiders and Amazon Prime’s Studio City both with eight noms apiece.

All four broadcast soaps are up for the top drama series honor, while Eastsiders and Studio City are joined by Amazon Prime’s After Forever, The Bay The Series and Dark/Web in the top digital drama race.

CBS led all networks with 57 nominations, followed by Amazon with 55. Among newcomers,...

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced the winners of the 46th Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. The gala was held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Southern California.

“Tonight’s awards ceremony is an example of the extraordinary depth and breadth of Daytime television,” said Terry O’Reilly, Chairman, NATAS. “It is with great pleasure that we honor these talented nominees and a special honor to be recognizing Jacques Pepin’s culinary career with our Lifetime Achievement Award.”

Check out the Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards winners list below.

Digital Drama

Best Digital Actress

Vanessa Baden Kelly, “Giants”

Best Digital Actor

Kevin Spirtas, “After Forever”

Best Digital Supporting Actress

Erin Cherry, “After Forever”

Best Digital Supporting Actor

Terrence Terrell, “Giants”

Best Digital Guest Performer

Sean Patrick Flannery, “The Bay”

Best Digital Writing

“After Forever”

Best Digital Directing

“After Forever”

Talk Show

Best Talk/Entertainment...

Season 2 of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, now available to stream on Amazon, is bringing in some big guns. We have an exclusive clip to share with you that shows off one of the epic guest stars stopping by to hang with Moose and Squirrel. Featuring Mark Hamill as Captain Great Guy, this new clip teases the superhero tips that the veteran crimefighter shares with heroes-in-training, Squirrel Wonder and Amazamoose. And this tease is from just one of three acts that the second season will deliver to fans around the globe. Returning to Amazon Prime Video …...

DreamWorks Animation Television is delighted to share the season 2 trailer for The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle in celebration of the second season debuting January 11th only on Amazon Prime Video!

From executive producer Scott Fellows, the world-famous talking moose and flying squirrel are back in season 2 of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, a serialized comedy divided by unique arcs about two goofball best friends who routinely find themselves thrust into harrowing situations but end up saving the day time and again. The series was recently nominated for three Annie Awards, two for Character Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production and one for Production Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production.

The first arc of the season, “Almost Famoose” has Rocky & Bullwinkle go viral as famous rock stars followed by their lofty treasure hunting plans in “The Legends of the Power Gems” arc, and last but not least...

DreamWorks Animation Television has unveiled the first trailer for Season 2 of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle along with the news that the second season will be debuting January 11th only on Amazon Prime Video. From executive producer Scott Fellows, the world-famous talking moose and flying squirrel are coming back to a screen near you in the awards-worthy cartoon show. The series was recently nominated for three Annie Awards: two for Character Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production and one for Production Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production, and we're in store for more …...

With 2019 right around the corner, that means a slew of new shows and movies to streaming on Amazon Prime.

New titles available to stream with your Amazon Prime membership next month include the debut of Amazon original series “Four More Shots Please!” and new seasons of fellow Amazon originals “The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle,” “Informer” and “The Grand Tour.” The first season of AMC’s critically acclaimed hit “Breaking Bad” will also become available as a New Year’s Day treat for subscribers.

Movies available include the Steve Carell-Timothée Chalamet drama “Beautiful Boy” and Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11” follow up, “Fahrenheit 11/9.” The original “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory” and Oscar winning “A Beautiful Mind” will also be available to subscribers next month.

See the full list below.

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Available Jan. 1

Breaking Big, Season 1

First Civilizations,...

Two sequels from Disney/Pixar, “Incredibles 2” and “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” led all films in nominations for the 46th Annual Annie Awards, the top prizes given out in the field of animation.

In nominations announced on Monday morning by Asifa-Hollywood, Brad Bird’s “Incredibles 2,” a Pixar Animation Studios film, landed 11 nominations, including Best Animated Feature, Best Directing in an Animated Feature Production and Best Writing in an Animated Feature Production. Phil Johnston and Rich Moore’s “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” from Walt Disney Animation Studios, received 10 nominations.

Aardman Animation’s “Early Man” and Sony Pictures Animation’s “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” each received seven nominations, while Wes Anderson’s “Isle of Dogs” received four.

Also Read: 'Incredibles 2' Film Review: Pixar's Superhero Family Is Back, Baby - and What a Baby

“Mary Poppins Returns,” a live-action film that features an extended sequence of hand-drawn animation,...

The Twitter account of Rachel Butera, the voice actor who plays Leia Organa in Disney Channel’s upcoming “Star Wars Resistance” animated series, has vanished.

The disappearance of her Twitter handle came after a backlash over a video Butera posted mocking the voice of Christine Blasey Ford, who testified Thursday in a highly charged Senate hearing that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her.

“I just have this kind of a voice, like a baby, even though I’m a doctor and I’m on this media circus, political stage, and I have kids myself, that I don’t know why I speak with vocal fry,” Butera said in the video (pictured above) she posted on Twitter along with the comment: “I can’t believe this is my voice, can you???. Dr. Christine Blasey-Vocal Fry-Ford.”

“I sound like I’m back at that high-school party,” Butera said in the video,...

Amazon's all-new take on the classic cartoon series The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle makes its anticipated debut today! To celebrate that fact, I got to speak with the new voice of Rocket J. Squirrel, the one and only Tara Strong. If you count Twilight Sparkle, Raven, Harley Quinn, Timmy Turner, Ben Tennyson, Bubbles, or any of a huge number of cartoon characters among your childhood favorites, you already know Strong's voices. I'm happy to say that, though stepping into the shoes of the late June Foray for this role was no small feat, Strong absolutely …...

Originally debuting back in 1959, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle is now back in a big way thanks to DreamWorks Television Animation, Dhx Media, and Jay Ward Productions, debuting this Friday on Amazon Prime Video. It's a super-silly and expertly animated comedy series that's sure to please returning fans as well as a whole new generation of audiences meeting Moose and Squirrel & Co. for the first time. I had a chance to chat with The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle co-creator, writer, and executive producer Scott Fellows about …...

“The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle” executive producer Scott Fellows knew a voice was missing when the casting team replayed the audition tapes for the show’s titular flying squirrel. “Where’s Tara Strong?” he asked.

Strong had submitted voice auditions twice for the character of Rocky — once for the initial call, which proved unsuccessful, and another when her agent told her Rocky would be recast. Until Fellows inquired, casting agents had pushed her auditions aside. But upon hearing her tape, they immediately changed their minds.

“This is no fault of any studio, but a lot of times they say, ‘Oh that actor’s on everything, so let’s try new blood,'” Strong tells Variety. “Which truthfully is silly because voice actors who work all the time do so because they’re versatile, and sometimes you have no idea it’s that person.”

If the “Rocky and Bullwinkle” creative...

Second in fame (or infamy) only to the title characters of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle are Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale, the notorious super spies under the command of Fearless Leader. Amazon's new take on the classic cartoon property brings back Moose and Squirrel in hilarious fashion but they haven't forgotten about the masters of spycraft who dog their every step. And it's my absolute pleasure to offer you this exclusive clip from the new series that features not just one pair of pun-friendly characters, but two instead! The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle …...