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Produced through Art Theatre Guild, “At This Late Date, the Charleston” represents one of the most daring and personal works in the late career of director Kihachi Okamoto, a war survivor himself. Best known internationally for his biting samurai films like “Kill!” and “Sword of Doom”, Okamoto’s oeuvre is in fact as irreverent as it is diverse. His partnership with Atg allowed him the freedom to experiment both formally and thematically, as already demonstrated in “The Human Bullet” (1968) and “Battle Cry” (1975). With “Charleston”, he leapt fully into absurdist satire, crafting a tragicomic allegory of postwar Japan wrapped in the skin of a zany farce, in a style that definitely draws from Seijun Suzuki’s similar films. Though not widely screened abroad, the film was met with critical acclaim domestically and is now recognized by cinephiles as a hidden gem of 1980s Japanese cinema.

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“Anora’s” Sean Baker urged the Hollywood community to invest in theatrical releases and support movie theaters, especially those that are independently run, during a passionate speech following his Best Director Oscar win at the 97th annual Academy Awards on Sunday.

Baker opened his acceptance speech by thanking Quentin Tarantino, who presented him with the Best Director statuette, for casting Mikey Madison in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” He credited her role in that film to her casting in “Anora,” which was made for $6 million.

Baker, who has exclusively made indie films throughout his career, called on the industry to put support behind the communal experience of going to the theaters.

“We’re all here tonight and watching this broadcast because we love movies. Where did we fall in love with the movies? At the movie theater watching a film,” he said. “Watching a film in a theater with an audience is an experience.

Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ballis a shonen anime about far more than fights, but it’s easy for these action-packed spectacles to take over the narrative and end up the only thing fans talks about. Dragon Ball fights are well known for intense Ki attacks, flight, and apocalyptic powers, but the series' battles are rooted in martial arts above all else.

It’s one thing to be powerful enough to fire off deadly ki attacks, but characters need the right skills to put these powers to good use. Dragon Ball’s battles often find the right balance between over-the-top action and grounded martial arts, but the series has a bad habit of emphasizing comedy and shock value instead of the quality action Dragon Ball is known for every now & then.

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Back in July, Shinichiro Watanabe and Manglobe's Samurai Champloo anime celebrated its 20th anniversary with a global Video Clash contest, which tasked fans with making their own music videos using footage and music from the anime. Now the results are in, with winners revealed for the overall awards and the shorts category. Those who won the Shorts category will receive a US$300 gift card and those who won the Music Video category will receive a US$1,000 cash prize. The Music Video category was split into two awards, with director Shinichiro Watanabe and his staff choosing the FlyingDog Award recipient. Popular vote determined the Community Award. Here's who took the prizes home, including links to the winning videos: Music Video Category FlyingDog Award Winner: suckafish80 (@suckafish80) Song: sincerely / Tsutchie Video suckafish80’s YouTube channel Community Award Winner: Skildfrix (@skildfrix) Song: Hiizuru Style / Force Of Nature featuring Suiken & S-word Video Skildfrix...

This week on The Anime Effect: UK band Oma and Shing02 stop by the pod on their Luv(sic) Hexalogy Tour, plus even More updates about Dragon Ball Daima and the hosts eagerly await playing as Zelda in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom . Episode 31 of The Anime Effect is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere else you listen to your podcasts! If you're waiting to watch the video episode, it'll be live on Crunchyroll and YouTube at 7 p.m. Et. Listen or Watch on: Episode 32 Summary In this week's episode, LeAlec is joined by guest hosts Alex Lebl and Josellie Rios to share their deepest, darkest secrets but also talk  Bocchi The Rock! movie news, even more Dragon Ball Daima updates and Solo Leveling season two premiere announcement, plus more! Then, Leah and LeAlec sit down with UK band Oma, who recently toured with Shing02, and chat about their hip-hop influences,...

Shing02, the hip-hop artist and producer who many anime fans know as the singer and lyricist behind Samurai Champloo theme song "battlecry," is about to embark on a new North American tour with Manchester-based group Oma. That tour has since expanded, with more cities joining the tail-end of the Luv(sic) Haxalogy Tour.  The tour starts at the Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix, Az on Saturday, August 10, 2024 before making its way from the West to East Coast with a bunch of dates in between. Here are the newest additions to the tour: Monday, September 9, 2024 - Richmond, Va - Richmond Music Hall Tuesday, September 10, 2024 - Chapel Hill, Nc - Local 506 Wednesday, September 11, 2024 - Atlanta, Ga - Aisle 5 Friday, September 13, 2024 - Denver, Co - Cervantes Other Side Tickets for all stops of the tour can be purchased right here , and you can see the rest of the destinations below.  Saturday, August 10, 2024 - Phoenix,...

The 8th annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards just concluded in Tokyo — with “Jujutsu Kaisen” Season 2 wining a total of 11 honors, including the top prize of anime of the year.

Crunchyroll revealed the winners of the fan-voted awards during a live ceremony Saturday, March 2, featuring celebrity presenters and musical performances. (The full list of winners is below.) A replay of the 2024 Anime Awards, hosted by voice actor Sally Amaki and entertainer Jon Kabira, will be available to stream on Crunchyroll’s official YouTube and Twitch channels.

Three-time Grammy-winner Megan Thee Stallion (pictured above) presented the award for anime of the year to “Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory/Premature Death.” The series also won trophies for best director (Shota Goshozono), best action, best character design, best cinematography, best ending and opening sequences, best supporting character (Satoru Gojo) and three voice actor awards.

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The 2024 Crunchyroll Anime Awards are nearly here!

The Anime Awards will take place on Saturday (March 2) with a live ceremony hosted by renowned voice actress Sally Amaki and popular entertainer Jon Kabira.

Fans can tune into the Anime Awards livestream on Crunchyroll channels on YouTube and Twitch beginning at 6 p.m. Jst.

The Crunchyroll Anime Awards is the leading yearly awards program celebrating the fan-favorite anime series, characters, and creators across streaming, film, and music. Global anime fans cast more than 34 million votes this year, up from 18 million votes last year.

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Pre-show and Live Ceremony Presenters:

Aquaria

Che Lingo

Chiaki Kuriyama

DeMarcus Lawrence

Emiru

Iman Vellani

Joaquim Dos Santos

Labrinth

Lena Lemon

LiSA

Liza Soberano

Megan Thee Stallion

Mercedes Varnado

Nava Rose

Phil Lord & Chris Miller

Porter Robinson

Rashmika Mandanna

Roland

So Takei

Vinnie Hacker

Yaeji

Ylona Garcia

Musical Performances by:

Hiroyuki Sawano & Kohta Yamamoto,...

Now turning 20 years old, the Samurai Champloo anime is being celebrated in the funkiest, grooviest way possible.

In honor of the classic anime's 20th anniversary, the soundtrack for Samurai Champloo is being made widely available through several means. This includes global outlets such as Spotify, with the series' music set to be easier to stream than ever. Given that previous releases were on esoteric or now outdated media, this is vitally important for fans. Blending traditional Japanese music with the sounds of hip-hop, the show's score is considered to be one of the best in the history of anime.

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In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the TV anime Samurai Champloo , streaming of its soundtrack music began on various music streaming services and major download sites worldwide, such as Spotify, iTunes Store, RecoChoku, and mora, on January 8, 2024. Flying Dog's official YouTube channel has posted a teaser clip to announce the news below. Samurai Champloo was directed by Shinichiro Watanabe, known for his directorial works for Cowboy Bebop , and aired for 26 episodes from May to September 2004. While the story is set in the Edo period (1603-1868), the anime used innovative visuals influenced by hip-hop culture, such as DJ scratching and breakdancing. Nujabes, fat jon, Force Of Nature, Tsutchie, and others participated in the soundtrack, and the music they created now are presented to the world once again. Crunchyroll, which streams the anime's all 26 episodes , describes the story: Mugen is a ferocious, animalistic warrior with a fighting style inspired by break-dancing.

“Battle Cry” is a very interesting film for Kihachi Okamoto. Considering that his most famous works in the beginning of the 60s, “Samurai Assassin” and “The Sword of Doom”, even though were critical of Bushido, were also chanbara epics, the fact that later in his career, he decided to mock the exact concept, comes as a surprise, particularly because he seems to mock his filmic past. Atg was the place to do so at the time, and after “The Human Bullet” which satirized WW2, Okamoto came up with “Battle Cry”, which does the same thing with the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868.

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The movie begins with a narrator that talks about a thug with a penis like a horse, instigating that this will be his story. The person in question is Sentaro, and as the movie begins,...

The opening theme for an anime is almost as important as the anime series itself. The opening sets the tone, gives the feel, and introduces the viewers to what they are getting into. While there have been many grand anime openings over the years, some are more memorable than others.

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If an anime is quite long, the series will likely have more than one opening. Fans might have their personal favorites among those, but most fans agree that a particular opening will hit harder than others. Some of the best anime opening themes of all time include tracks from childhood favorite anime like Pokémon to more recent hits like My Hero Academia.

Updated on May 11th, 2023 by Casey Coates: This list has been updated to reflect Cbr's current publishing style.

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L.Q. Jones, a veteran character actor whose career spanned seven decades, died Saturday of natural causes at his home in the Hollywood Hills. He was 94 years old.

Jones’ death was confirmed by his grandson, Erté deGarces. DeGarces shared that Jones died surrounded by his family.

Born Justice Ellis McQueen on Aug. 19, 1927 in Beaumont, Texas, Jones attended the University of Texas at Austin where he met Sue Lewis, his wife of 23 years. The two divorced in the 1970s.

McQueen took on his stage name, L.Q. Jones, with his first film role in the 1955 Raoul Walsh film “Battle Cry.” Jones would wear the name through his entire screen acting career. His most recent turn came in 2006 with Robert Altman’s final film “A Prairie Home Companion.”

Jones collaborated with several of the most established directors of mid-20th century Hollywood, including Walsh, Don Siegel for “An Annapolis Story” and Mervyn LeRoy for “Toward the Unknown.

Feature documentary, The Cave of Adullam, is set to world premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival on Monday, June 13. Directed by Academy Award and Emmy nominated filmmaker Laura Checkoway, the film is produced by Laurence Fishburne and Helen Sugland of Cinema Gypsy Productions, Banca Studio’s Roy Bank, and Wavelength’s Founder & CEO Jenifer Westphal and President Joe Plummer.

The Cave Adullam follows author Jason Wilson and depicts a rarely seen and raw approach of initiating young Black boys into adulthood at his martial arts dojo in inner-city Detroit, aptly called The Cave of Adullam.

While using the mantra “it’s easier to raise boys than repair broken men”, Jason’s methodology teaches emotional stability instead of discipline, setting vulnerable children on a new path to become whole adults. As the film follows four young recruits, all at various crossroads in their lives, Jason guides them into confronting their inner struggles – overcoming issues with anger,...

Twisted Sister lead vocalist Dee Snider wrote a tweet in support of Ukrainians, and said that they should feel free to use his hit song “We’re Not Gonna Take It,” as a “battle cry.” Snider also revealed a personal connection to Ukraine in that he is descended from a Ukrainian in his grandfather. I absolutely approve […]

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An all star cast features in the adaptation of Leon Uris’ “Battle Cry,” available on Blu-ray via the Warner Archive Collection. The granddaddy of contemporary WWII melodramas like “The Winds of War” and “Band of Brothers,” “Battle Cry” was one of the first big dramatic war stories which followed multiple characters through boot camp, romance, heartbreak, the battlefield, death and homecoming. One of my favorite movies in this genre is Otto Preminger’s “In Harms Way” from 1965 which teamed John Wayne and Kirk Douglas. “Battle Cry” was first a best selling novel released in 1953 and quickly adapted to the big screen. Some people criticize these types of military themed melodramas as being light on action and heavy on romance, but there’s certainly a place for both.

“Battle Cry” begins with the narrator setting the stage. It’s...

By Andrew J. Rausch

Lq Jones is a legend. He’s been in some of the greatest American films ever made, and his extensive filmography (consisting of well over 100 films) features a virtual Who’s Who of American American cinema. He made his film debut in the 1955 Raoul Walsh war picture Battle Cry, credited with his birth name Justus E. McQueen. The character he played was a young private named...Lq Jones. Soon, at the behest of the studio, the young actor changed his name to that of the character, and the rest is history.

Lq Jones isn’t a household name, and that’s a shame, because it deserves to be. Among knowledgeable cineastes he’s seen as a god among men, a gifted and accomplished performer. He’s one of those character actors people instantly recognize, as he’s been in films with the likes of Elvis Presley,...

With just six weeks left for 2018, Gold Derby celebrates over 40 celebrities and entertainers who died in the past 12 months. Tour our photo gallery above as we feature tributes to 25 losses from this year so far.

Stan Lee, co-creator of many iconic superheroes, died on November 12 at age 95. For Marvel Comics and later many films and TV programs, his characters included Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, X-Men, Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America and the Avengers.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen died on October 15 at age 65. He and Bill Gates helped start the microcomputer revolution in the mid-1970s by creating the world’s largest PC software company.

Burt Reynolds died on September 6 at age 82 in Florida. He was an Oscar nominee for “Boogie Nights” and an Emmy winner for “Evening Shade.” He was one of the top box office stars of the 1970s with movies such as “Deliverance,” “Smokey and the Bandit,” “The Longest Yard,...

A bat used by Jack White at a charity baseball game outside Cooperstown, New York has been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Warstic, the baseball bat company co-owned by White and current Los Angeles Angels second baseman Ian Kinsler, announced Friday that White’s game-used bat had been enshrined in the Cooperstown museum.

Prior to White’s May 27th concert in Cooperstown, his Warstic Woodmen baseball team faced off against the local Leatherstocking All Stars in a sandlot baseball game. The Boarding House Reach rocker’s bat from...

Approximately one month after news broke that a biopic about Anthony Perkins and Tab Hunter is in development at Paramount, Hunter died on July 8. The project, titled “Tab & Tony,” has now taken on new meaning for producer Zachary Quinto, who feels a responsibility to pay homage to the late actor and gay icon.

“It’s really motivating for me to feel like I want to honor his legacy,” Quinto tells Variety in an interview. “It was so meaningful that he was a part of the process up until his death and provided firsthand, unique, and otherwise irretrievable access to that time and that journey that he had. I feel like I’m just more committed now than ever to telling his story and celebrating his legacy and honoring his contribution to the industry.”

Quinto and co-producer J.J. Abrams are developing the film, which will chronicle the titular actors’ secret love...

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Tab at the beach in the early '50sApologies that we didn't say our goodbyes to one of Hollywood's best hunks, Tab Hunter, in a timelier fashion.

Tab's real name was Arthur Kelm but back in the studio days almost everyone got a catchier name to boost their celebrity appeal... and you can't really beat Tab Hunter for a memorable name, can you? (Sometimes we wonder why actors don't do that now. Benedict Cumberbatch as a stage name and so many actors use their real names even if their real name is  long and hyphenated and hard to imagine on a marquee!).

Though born in New York his sun-kissed blonde beauty was a perfect fit for sunny California and Hollywood and he rose through the ranks quickly in films. Despite a few well regarded performances peppered throughout his career he was never considered a particularly strong actor...

The actor, who died on Sunday at the age of 86, kept his sexuality a secret at a time when the industry wasn’t ready for an openly gay heartthrob

Hollywood heartthrob Tab Hunter, the beloved boy-next-door of 1950s Warner Brothers classics like Battle Cry, The Burning Hills and Damn Yankees, died on Sunday at the age of 86. A blonde, square-jawed and wholesome symbol of mid-century American masculinity, Hunter, born in 1931 as Arthur Gelien, was gay but kept his sexuality a secret for the bulk of his career, until coming out in his 2005 autobiography Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star.

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“To ask ‘Whatever happened to Tab Hunter?'” a reporter for The New York Times once wrote, “is to ask ‘Whatever happened to America?'”

As we remember Hunter — the Hollywood heartthrob who died this week a few days shy of his 87th birthday — it’s clear that his own career and personal path follows America’s (and Hollywood’s) arc of understanding homosexuality in the post-wwii era. A performer who was once deeply closeted in the industry could, in his later years, make two outrageous comedies in which his romantic co-lead was played by legendary drag queen Divine.

Born Arthur Gelien, Tab Hunter was one of a stable of performers groomed for stardom by agent Henry Willson, who gave the neophyte performer his name and his first forays onto the big screen.

Hunter made his big-screen debut in 1950 and would become one of the decade’s biggest stars, both...

Tab Hunter has passed away at the age of 86. The movie star, musician, novelist and gay icon passed away just three days shy of what would have been his 87th birthday. The news of his death was confirmed by the Tab Hunter Confidential Facebook page, which has been an official source for news regarding Hunter in recent years. Here's what the page had to say about his passing.

"Sad News: Tab passed away tonight three days shy of his 87th birthday. Please honor his memory by saying a prayer on his behalf. He would have liked that."

Starting in the early 1950s and lasting through the early 1990s, Tab Hunter starred in more than 70 movies and TV shows. He rose to fame in 1955 with a starring role in Track of the Cat and would later cement himself as a true star and heartthrob in movies such as Battle Cry and The Burning Hills.

Stars are mourning Hollywood heartthrob and gay icon Tab Hunter on social media. The “Damn Yankees” and “Battle Cry” actor died on Sunday at age 86 in Santa Barbara, Calif., after a blood clot in his leg caused cardiac arrest, Allan Glaser, Hunter’s partner for more than three decades, confirmed to Variety.

Elton John, Zachary Quinto, William Shatner, and Diane Warren are among those who have taken to Instagram and Twitter to share their memories and condolences.

“Rip to the most handsome and special man,” John wrote on Twitter. “‘Young Love’ forever.”

Rip to the most handsome and special man. “Young Love” forever. #RIPTabHunter E xx pic.twitter.com/TIrAjpbRtw

— Elton John (@eltonofficial) July 9, 2018

Quinto, who is producing a movie about Hunter’s secret love affair with Anthony Perkins, penned a lengthy tribute to the late actor on Instagram, along with a black and white photo of a young Hunter,...

With his blonde hair and all-American good looks, Tab Hunter was the picture of a 1950s heartthrob. At the height of his career, he made waves as a wholesome boy next door in films like “Battle Cry” (1955), “The Burning Hills” (1956) with Natalie Wood, and “Damn Yankees” (1958). He enjoyed a short career resurgence in the ’80s, after playing Divine’s love interest in John Waters’ “Polyester” (1981). On Monday, July 9, a Facebook post announced that Hunter had died. He was 86.

Hunter wrote candidly about his life as a closeted man in Hollywood in a 2005 memoir “Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star,” including his relationships with Olympic figure skater Ronnie Roberston and “Psycho” star Anthony Perkins. Their romance is the subject of a film from J.J. Abrams and Zachary Quinto in the early stages of development at Paramount, tentatively titled “Tab & Tony.” Hunter’s memoir was adapted into a documentary in 2015, directed by Jeffrey Schwarz.

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Actor Tab Hunter has died at age 86 after sudden complications from a blood clot lead to a fatal heart attack. Hunter's blonde hair and hunky build made him a natural for the kind of beefcake leading men that characterized 1950s Hollywood. He was put under contract at Warner Brothers and became the studio's top grossing star during the years 1955-1959. Among Hunter's biggest hits of the era was the WWII film Battle Cry and the screen adaptation of the Broadway musical Damn Yankees. Hunter's popularity briefly extended to singing and his recording of "Young Love" was a smash hit, displacing Elvis Presley at the top of the charts. However, changing attitudes among fickle movie-goers in the 1960s swerved away from the traditional studio concept of a leading man. Hunter continued to work but in less-than-stellar productions. He did, however, have memorable cameos in big studio productions such...

Fans of Tab Hunter, who died at the age of 86 on Sunday, have taken to social media to pay tribute to the late actor.

“Rip to the most handsome and special man. ‘Young Love’ forever. #RIPTabHunter E xx,” legend Elton John posted on Twitter.

Actor Zachary Quinto, who is producing and starring in a film about Hunter, wrote, “so sad to wake up to the news of the passing of tab hunter. i was honored to get to know him in the past year and am so grateful to have experienced his sheer joy and love of life.”

Also Read: Tab Hunter, Actor and '50s Hollywood Golden Boy, Dies at 86

“Tab passed away tonight three days shy of his 87th birthday,” his Facebook page announced late Sunday night. “Please honor his memory by saying a prayer on his behalf. He would have liked that.”

Hunter, who starred in such films as 1955’s “Battle Cry,...

Tab Hunter, the 1950s epitome of the blond Hollywood heartthrob and teen icon pin-up, whose career included early A-list fare like Damn Yankees! and Battle Cry to later (much later) cult classics Polyester, Lust in the Dust, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and authorship of a memoir in part describing his life as a closeted gay movie star, has died. He was 86.

Hunter came out as gay with his 2005 autobiography Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star – later the basis for Jeffrey Schwarz’ 2015 Netflix documentary Tab Hunter Confidential – clearing up longstanding Hollywood rumors that. Since his ’80s resurgence in the John Waters and Paul Bartel films costarring Divine, Hunter had relaxed into a more self-amused, even self-deprecating attitude about the vast chasm between the man born Arthur Gelien in 1931 and the teen idol manufactured and rechristened Tab Hunter by Henry Willson, the agent behind such creatively named Hollywood hunks as Rock Hudson,...

Tab Hunter, a former on-screen heartthrob and gay icon, has died. He was 86.

Hunter died Sunday night in Santa Barbara after a blood clot in his leg caused cardiac arrest, Allan Glaser, Hunter’s partner for more than three decades, confirmed to Variety.

With his All-American good looks, wavy blonde hair, piercing blue eyes, and toothy smile, Hunter rose to the top ranks of Hollywood leading men in the 1950’s and early ’60’s. He appeared in the likes of “Damn Yankees” and “Battle Cry,” and had chart-topping records such as “Young Love.” But at the height of his popularity, he was dogged by rumors that he was gay, a potentially career-ending rumor during that culturally conservative era. At one point, he was “outed” by the gossip rag, Confidential.

Hunter fell out of favor as the 1960s continued and a new breed of stars such as Dustin Hoffman and Al Pacino,...

Tab Hunter, who rose to fame as a movie star in 1950s Hollywood with his California surfer-boy looks, has died at age 86, according to a Facebook page closely tied to the star.

The cause of death was not disclosed. A rep for the actor did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.

Hunter, who starred in such films as 1955’s “Battle Cry,” 1956’s “The Burning Hills” and the 1958 musical “Damn Yankees,” also parlayed his onscreen success into music, scoring a Billboard hit with the 1956 single “Young Love.”

Also Read: Tab Hunter Remembered by Elton John, Zachary Quinto and More: 'Most Handsome and Special Man'

The star later found a younger cult audience playing opposite the drag queen Divine in John Waters’ 1981 film “Polyester” and Paul Bartel’s 1985 film “Lust in the Dust.”

In his 2005 memoir “Tab Hunter Confidential,” he disclosed that he had remained a closeted gay man...

J.J. Abrams is teaming up with his Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness star Zachary Quinto to develop a new biopic entitled Tab & Tony, about the secret gay love affair between actors Anthony Perkins and Tab Hunter. The project has no director or actors attached at this time, with both Abrams and Quinto only currently attached as producers, with Abrams producing through his Bad Robot company along with Zachary Quinto, Neil Koeningsberg and Hunter's long-time partner Allan Glaser. Playwright Doug Wright, who won a Pulitzer for his play "I Am My Own Wife," has been hired to write the screenplay.

The movie will be adapted from Hunter's own 2005 biography "Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star," which chronicled his struggles as a gay actor in the 1950s, while detailing his rise to stardom where he was being marketed as a Hollywood heartthrob and the ideal leading man.

Jj Abrams and Zachary Quinto are producing a movie for Paramount about the secret love affair between Tab Hunter and Anthony Perkins.

The project, titled “Tab & Tony,” is in early development without actors or a director attached. Playwright Doug Wright, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “I am My Own Wife,” has been hired to write the screenplay.

Producers are Abrams through his Bad Robot company, his “Star Trek” collaborator Quinto, Hunter’s longtime partner Allan Glaser, and Neil Koenigsberg.

The movie is based on Hunter’s account of his struggle to come to terms with being gay in the 1950s. Hunter wrote the 2005 book “Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star,” which became a New York Times bestseller and detailed his rise to Hollywood heartthrob status in the 1950s while he was being marketed as the ideal man, as well as his issues with revealing his sexuality...

Actress Dorothy Malone, who starred in the primetime soap opera Peyton Place, died Friday in her hometown of Dallas. She was age 93.

Malone died in an assisted living center from natural causes days before her 94th birthday, said her daughter, Mimi Vanderstraaten.

After 11 years of mostly roles as loving sweethearts and wives, the brunette actress decided she needed to gamble on her career instead of playing it safe. She fired her agent, hired a publicist, dyed her hair blonde and sought a new image.

"I came up with a conviction that most of the winners in this business became stars overnight by playing shady dames with sex appeal," she recalled in 1967. She welcomed the offer for Written on the Wind, in which she played an alcoholic nymphomaniac who tries to steal Rock Hudson from his wife, Lauren Bacall.

"And I've been unfaithful or drunk or oversexed almost ever since— on the screen,...

Move over James Jones — Leon Uris clobbers the big screen with a sprawling adaptation of his WW2 combat novel, loaded down with roles for promising young actors. This is the one where twice as much time is spent on love affairs than fighting. War may be hell, but if Mona Freeman, Nancy Olson, Dorothy Malone and Allyn McLerie are going to be there for comfort, sign me up.

Battle Cry

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Warner Archive Collection

1955 / Color / 2:55 widescreen / 148 min. / Street Date , 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99

Starring: Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Mona Freeman, Nancy Olson, James Whitmore, Raymond Massey, Tab Hunter, Dorothy Malone, Anne Francis, William Campbell, Fess Parker, Justus E. McQueen (L.Q. Jones), Perry Lopez, Jonas Applegarth, Tommy Cook, Felix Noriego, Susan Morrow, Carleton Young, Rhys Williams, Allyn Ann McLerie, Gregory Walcott, Frank Ferguson, Sarah Selby, Willis Bouchey, Victor Milian.

Cinematography: Sidney Hickox

Film Editor: William H. Zeigler

Original Music: Max Steiner...

Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West know how to go big!

When news broke that the superstar couple quietly sold their Bel-Air mansion for $17.8 million, there should have been no surprise that the figure set a record for the most expensive sale ever in the exclusive Bel Air Crest neighborhood. So, how did the Wests sell their home for nearly twice as much as they paid for it? Et has the exclusive details behind the sale.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Sell Their Bel-Air Mansion for $17.8 Million

“It’s all about exclusivity,” Million Dollar Listing’s Josh Altman told Et about closing the record-setting deal. Altman and his brother Matt represented both the Wests and the new buyer in the sale.

Josh and Matt Altman

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“Kim is super savvy when it comes to real estate,” Altman shared, explaining that the reality star has a particular knack for the business. Over the last decade...

The Magicians will continue to cast a spell at Syfy.

The network has renewed the magical fantasy series — based on Lev Grossman’s bestelling novels — for Season 3, it was announced Wednesday.

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To date, Season 2 — which wraps its run on Wednesday, April 19 at 9/8c — is up 15 percent year-to-year in the 18-49 demo.

The Magicians is slated to return for Season 3 in 2018.

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Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.

– Bleecker Street has announced it has acquired U.S. and select territory rights to “The Man Who Invented Christmas,” to be directed by Bharat Nalluri. The film will start shooting next month and is targeting a holiday 2017 release date.

The cast includes Dan Stevens as Charles Dickens, Christopher Plummer as Scrooge and Jonathan Pryce as Dickens’ father. The Solution is handling rights for the rest of the world. The script is written by Susan Coyne and is based on the book “The Man Who Invented Christmas” by Les Standiford, published by Crown. The film recounts how Charles Dickens created the classic holiday fable, “A Christmas Carol.”

– Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures has announced it has acquired exclusive distribution rights...

Wgn America pulling out of Manhattan.

The cabler announced Wednesday that the acclaimed, ratings-challenged period drama would not be returning for a third season.

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“After careful consideration, we have reached the very difficult decision not to move forward with a third season of Manhattan,” Wgn America president Matt Cherniss in a statement. “We are proud of this critically acclaimed series, an extraordinary original drama, and are deeply disappointed that such a wonderful show could not find a larger audience. We thank the immensely...

Marilyn Manson is poised to join the beautiful people (the beautiful people) of Salem, TVLine has learned.

The musician will guest-star as Thomas Dinley, the town’s barber/surgeon to whom residents go for anything “from a shave and a haircut to being leeched, bled, sliced open or sewn up,” per the official character description.

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Though Manson has never before appeared on the Wgn America drama, he collaborated with composer Tyler Bates on “Cupid Carries a Gun,” Salem‘s theme song.

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Artist: Joykill Collective Single: Battle Cry The tormented angst and concerns of every generation are often believed to be influenced by media figures who are feeding their ideas to their fans through their personal corrupt sense of propaganda. But often times those powerful public personalities, notably such dominant artists as musicians, are only showcasing the injustices of everyday life in relatable society through their work. One of the latest bands to be emphasizing those inequalities is the UK’s alt rock band Joykill Collective, who infused their latest single, ‘Battle Cry,’ with their left wing political message. Influenced in part by the music of other popular rock bands as the Foo [ Read More ]

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Gregory Walcott, a prolific character actor whose career was often overshadowed by a starring role in Ed Wood’s Plan 9 From Outer Space, has died. He was 87. The news was made public earlier this weekend on his son’s Facebook page. Born Bernard Mattox in North Carolina in 1928, he began his acting career with an appearance as a drill instructor in the 1955 World War II drama Battle Cry, made while he was still serving in the Us Army. This led to several other roles as…...

When it comes to cultural impact, mega-sales and drama, this year’s Best Original Song category at the Academy Awards is going to have an awfully difficult time competing with last year’s category.

The 2013 winner, you might remember, was “Let It Go,” the anthem from “Frozen” that became a hit around the world and spawned a zillion amateur YouTube renditions.

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And “Let It Go” was joined as a nominee by another song that was so ubiquitous that most sentient human beings got sick of hearing it before the Oscars – Pharrell Williams’ “Happy,...

The list of possible contenders for Best Original Song at the Oscars 2015 has been revealed.

Coldplay, Lorde and Lana Del Rey make up three of the 79 potential nominations released by the academy, four more songs than last year's 75.

Coldplay's 'Miracles' is eligible, which features in Angelina Jolie's Unbroken, while Lorde's 'Yellow Flicker Beat' from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 is also in the running.

Del Rey created the lead song from Tim Burton film Big Eyes, and other contenders include Glen Campbell and Patti Smith.

'Everything Is Awesome' from The Lego Movie could also scoop the prize, as well as Sia's 'Opportunity' from Annie.

Nominations will be announced on January 15.

Listen to Coldplay's 'Miracles' below:

The full list of contenders is as follows:

'It's on Again' - The Amazing Spider-Man 2

'Opportunity' - Annie

'Lost Stars' - Begin Again

'Grateful' - Beyond the Lights...

Three hundred twenty-three feature films are eligible for the 2014 Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today.

To be eligible for 87th Academy Awards consideration, feature films must open in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County by midnight, December 31, and begin a minimum run of seven consecutive days.

Under Academy rules, a feature-length motion picture must have a running time of more than 40 minutes and must have been exhibited theatrically on 35mm or 70mm film, or in a qualifying digital format.

Feature films that receive their first public exhibition or distribution in any manner other than as a theatrical motion picture release are not eligible for Academy Awards in any category. The “Reminder List of Productions Eligible for the 87th Academy Awards” is available at http://www.oscars.org/oscars/rules-eligibility.

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This year's Best Original Song Oscar race hasn't really achieved much lift-off. Of course, the contenders have been obvious. "Lost Stars" from "Begin Again" may well be the best of them, though "Everything is Awesome" from "The Lego Movie" certainly has its punch-drunk fans. Elsewhere, though, there are a few popular artists in the mix. John Legend and Common put together a hell of a track for "Selma" called "Glory." Lana Del Rey is back in the mix with the title track from "Big Eyes." Coldplay even wants to, uh, play, with "Miracles" from "Unbroken." The Academy announced the list of 79 eligible contenders Friday afternoon, and many of them you've seen outlined clearly in our dedicated Contenders section for the category all season. Let's take a closer look… Animated players "The Book of Life" and "The Boxtrolls" each have a pair of ditties and "Big Hero 6" has one as well.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said today that 79 songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2014 are in contention for nominations in the Original Song category for the 87th Oscars. They include “It’s On Again” from The Amazing Spider-Man 2, “Lost Stars” from Begin Again, and “Everything Is Awesome” from The Lego Movie. The nominations will be announced live on January 15. See the complete list below:

“It’s On Again” from “The Amazing Spider-Man 2″

“Opportunity” from “Annie”

“Lost Stars” from “Begin Again”

“Grateful” from “Beyond the Lights”

“Big Eyes” from “Big Eyes”

“Immortals” from “Big Hero 6″

“The Apology Song” from “The Book of Life”

“I Love You Too Much” from “The Book of Life”

“The Boxtrolls Song” from “The Boxtrolls”

“Quattro Sabatino” from “The Boxtrolls”

“Ryan’s Song” from “Boyhood”

“Split The Difference” from “Boyhood”

“No Fate Awaits Me” from “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them...

The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences said on December 12 that 79 songs are in contention for the original song category for the 87th Oscars.

A maximum of two songs may be nominated from one film.

Academy rules state that to be eligible, “a song must consist of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for the film.

“A clearly audible, intelligible, substantive rendition of both lyric and melody must be used in the body of the film or as the first music cue in the end credits.”

The original songs, along with the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below in alphabetical order by film title and song title:

It’s On Again, The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Opportunity, Annie

Lost Stars, Begin Again

Grateful, Beyond The Lights

Big Eyes, Big Eyes

Immortals, Big Hero 6

The Apology Song, The Book Of Life

I Love You Too Much, The Book Of Life

The Boxtrolls...

The 2014 MTV VMAs were held Sunday, Aug. 24 at The Forum in Englewood, Calif., where Beyoncé took home the Michael Jackson Vanguard Award and Miley Cyrus earned the Moonman for Video of the Year.

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Cyrus’s “Wrecking Ball” bested the anticipated winner “Drunk In Love” by Beyoncé and Jay Z, as well as Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy,” Sia’s “Chandelier” and Pharrel Williams’ “Happy.” Cyrus’s once-homeless friend Jesse accepted the award on her behalf and the behalf of America’s 1.6 million runaways and homeless youth.

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Best Male Video went to Ed Sheeran (feat. Pharrell Williams) for “Sing.” The British singer-songwriter beat out Eminem, John Legend, Sam Smith and Pharrell Williams. Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” came out on top of music videos from Iggy Azalea, Beyoncé, Ariana Grande and Lorde to win Best Female Video.

The video for "Problem" by Ariana Grande...

Rapper Angel Haze and her girlfriend Ireland Baldwin made their red carpet debut as a couple at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards Sunday night.

Angel Haze, Ireland Baldwin Hit MTV VMAs Together

Haze and Baldwin held hands as they made their way down the red carpet at the VMAs, which was held at The Forum in Englewood, Calif. For the awards show, Haze wore black leather pants and a dark green jersey tunic under a black blazer. Baldwin, a model, dressed to match in a plunging black dress with red heels.

Haze was nominated for Best Video with a Social Message for “Battle Cry,” which features Sia. However, she ended up losing out to Beyoncé’s “Pretty Hurts.” Despite the loss, Haze was happy to have Baldwin, daughter of actors Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, by her side.

you make me feel like i won anyway. thanks 4 coming babe @IrelandBBaldwin pic.