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How much would you sacrifice to hide a family member from the authorities? Sure, it's understandable for people to put their lives and freedom on the line for a parent or a child, but what about a niece? How long would you hide your nephew or second cousin for, if at all? What if you've only met them once in your life, and barely recall what they look like? What if they may not even be who they say they are? What are you willing to risk?

That's the interesting thought experiment at the heart of the new film, My Uncle Jens. However, it isn't the thriller it may sound like; if there is any dread, it's mostly of the awkward comedy type. Instead, My Uncle Jens is a loose, friendly dramedy that nonetheless comments on the hot-button issues of immigration and deportation. As Europe continues to grapple with constant...

What would you consider the best film franchise of all time? Despite the objective metrics for success -– box office, critical consensus, awards and quantifiable impact -– this is a surprisingly subjective question, and the answer you give may say more about yourself than anything else. You might go to bat for genre-defining classics like the "Alien" franchise or "Scream" movies, or highlight childhood favorites for your generation, like "Harry Potter" or "Indiana Jones." Franchises surrounded by big mythology (on screen and off), like "Star Wars," often earn greatest-of-all-time status for fans, while arthouse lovers may pick something less familiar to American audiences, like Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy.

It's a question with either no right answers or many, depending on how you look at it, but the folks at aggregate site Metacritic recently decided to answer it for themselves once and for all by using their well-established system...

This article contains Spoilers for Divorce in the Black.

"Divorce in the Black" soundtrack features songs by various artists in different genres. The music score perfectly captures emotional moments in the film. The Divorce in the Black soundtrack features songs by artists such as Pharrell Williams and Beyonc.

Tyler Perrys Divorce in the Blacks soundtrack is filled with several songs spanning from different genres. The Amazon Prime Video movie chronicles Avas life after she divorces her toxic husband. Tyler Perrys new movie has had a lukewarm reception from audiences because of its inconsistency and tonal shifts. Although the Divorce in the Black reviews have been divisive, the soundtrack is one of the best things about the film.

With a music score created by Sherri Chung which can be heard throughout the movie, the Divorce in the Black soundtrack perfectly captures every emotional moment in the film. The Divorce in the...

Paris-based international film sales company Pulsar Content has formed a strategic partnership with Digital District Entertainment, a leading post-production, VFX and production facilities company, with offices in France, Belgium and India. The partnership will create “a streamlined and cost-effective production process for international film projects,” according to a statement.

Pulsar Content’s Cannes lineup includes Un Certain Regard’s “Niki” by Céline Sallette, Antoine Chevrolliers’ “Block Pass,” premiering in Critics’ Week, and Camila Beltran’s “Mi Bestia,” premiering at Acid.

Dde’s Cannes lineup includes Julien Colonna’s “Le Royaume” in Un Certain Regard and Patricia Mazuy’s “Visiting Hours” in Directors’ Fortnight.

The companies have previously worked together on several films, including “The Deep House” by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, which sold to Blumhouse for the U.S. and Universal for international territories. They also teamed up on Edouard Salier’s “Tropic” and “Mads” by David Moreau.

Dde...

"Barbie" is a hilariously clever and entertaining comedy that goes beyond simple laughs to offer social commentary and satire. The film draws inspiration from cinematic legends like Jacques Tati and Charlie Chaplin, using visual comedy to explore themes of feminism and gender roles. While "Barbie" satirizes both the matriarchal fantasy of Barbieland and the goofy patriarchy of the Real World, it ultimately ends on a sentimental note about mother-daughter love and the role of Barbie in a child's imagination.

It kind of goes without saying… Barbie is one of the funniest comedies to come out of the Hollywood system in quite some time. If you spent your weekend celebrating the unofficial Barbenheimer holiday, you’re probably privy to the comical genius that is Barbie. Amazingly clever, entertainingly smart, and oftentimes with Dad joke corniness, Greta Gerwig’s new feature film is nothing short of hilarious.

Although the common notion pervades...

Barbie director Greta Gerwig names the movies that inspired her live-action adaptation of the popular Mattel doll. The upcoming movie, co-written by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, will star Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken as they explore the real world. The comedy will also star Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Emma Mackey, Alexandra Shipp, and Hari Nef as different versions of Barbie, while Kingsley Ben-Adir, Simu Liu, Scott Evans, Ncuti Gatwa, and John Cena also play different versions of Ken.

Speaking to Letterboxd, Gerwig started to list 29 movies that inspired her to make Barbie, but the number went up to 33 by the time her interview ended. Here are the movies that she listed below:

Splash The Wizard of Oz An American in Paris Singin' in the Rain The Red Shoes A Matter of Life and Death Oklahoma Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown His Friday Girl...

Greta Gerwig, director of the highly anticipated Barbie film, reveals the influences, inspirations, and references she used in her creation.

In an interview with Letterboxd, Gerwig shared a watch list of 29 must-see films integral to her shaping of the Barbie world. The films spanned genres and decades and revealed a broad palette of influences on everything from set design to tone. Gerwig described the Barbie film as a "movie driven by music, but not a musical," much in line with John Badham's 1977 film Saturday Night Fever, a key inspiration. However, this did not stop the Academy Award-winning director from including ten musicals on her list: Grease (1978), Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935), Oklahoma! (1955), All That Jazz (1979), The Red Shoes (1948), Singin' in the Rain (1952), An American in Paris (1951), The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), and The Wizard of Oz (1939).

Related:Greta Gerwig Reveals the Real-Life Inspiration for Barbie

A Watchlist for Barbie...

The 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival came to a close on Saturday, May 27 after two weeks of films, celebrities, parties and interviews in the small city on the French Riviera. Now that the prizes have been given out, we can start looking at what could be top contenders for next year’s Oscars. Let’s analyze the results from this year’s festival and see this history that each category has when it comes to the Academy Awards.

Over the past several years the festival has been a springboard for major players in the Oscar derby. We’ve really seen it be an influence in the International Feature category where in-competition films have been nominated a regular basis. Recent Cannes films that ended up being top awards contenders in above the line categories include “Triangle of Sadness,” “Drive My Car,” “Parasite,” “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “BlacKkKlansman.

After two years of cancellations and delays, the Cannes Film Festival finally returned to the south of France during the month of May. The winners of this year’s festivities were announced on Saturday, May 25. How many of these will become major players in this year’s Oscar derby? Below let’s review the results from the 75th installment of the international festival and examine the history each serves as a forecaster for the Academy Awards.

In recent years, Cannes has served as a launching pad for films that have become major contenders in awards season. This is particularly true in the International Feature category which, for the past several years, has had several nominees that were screened in competition. It’s also been true in other categories, including several above the line races, with films like “Drive My Car,” “Parasite,” “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “BlacKkKlansman” having their premieres on the Croissette.

TelevisaUnivision reached a deal with Hemisphere Media Group to acquire Pantaya, a U.S. streaming platform for Spanish-language movies and TV series, snapping up the rival streamer to bolster the ViX service.

The companies didn’t disclose a value for the Pantaya deal. Last year, Hemisphere Media bought out the remaining 75 stake of Pantaya it didn’t own from Lionsgate for about 124 million in cash; Pantaya was launched in 2017 as a joint venture of Lionsgate and Hemisphere.

The pact will add Pantaya’s content, subscribers and management team to TelevisaUnivision’s own subscription-streaming platform, ViX+, which is expected to launch in the second half of 2022. In April, TelevisaUnivision launched ad-supported VOD service ViX, which combined Univision’s PrendeTV and Televisa’s Blim TV.

The deal for Pantaya comprises cash and includes the transfer of some of TelevisaUnivision’s Puerto Rican radio stations, including Wkaq-am and KQ105-fm, to Hemisphere (which...

Pantaya, the fast-growing premiere U.S. Hispanic/Latino SVOD service, has signed a multiyear production partnership with Mexico’s Corazón Films, producer and co-creator of smash hit “El Juego de las Llaves” and the anticipated “Mi Tío,” starring José Eduardo Dérbez and Ariadne Díaz.

Both these series were produced with Amazon and Pantaya. The new production partnership now builds on the Pantaya-Corazón Films relationship, seeing Corazón committing to produce premium original series exclusively for the streamer.

First up by way of shows is “Erotica,” described by Pantaya as a “sexy anthology exploring the realm of fantasy in a similar way as ‘Red Shoe Diaries,’ but following the Pov of female desires that is characteristic of Corazón Film’s previous work.”

Airing from August 2019, “El Juego de las Llaves” turned on four young but longterm couples who experiment with swinging.

“Erotica” will mark the debut of eight new female directors in...

The November 12, 1958 edition of The Village Voice featured the first installment of the column “Movie Journal” by Jonas Mekas.

“Movie Journal” would become what the Underground Film Journal would argue was the most significant organizing tool of avant-garde cinema created by Jonas, even more so than the Film-makers’ Cooperative and the Anthology Film Archives he helped found. But what was the column like before it gained such notoriety?

Well, we don’t have to guess. The book collection Movie Journal doesn’t start reprinting Jonas’s columns until 1959, but the entire archives of the Voice are online.

As a weekly publication, the Voice only published twelve “Movie Journal” columns in 1958. The Underground Film Journal has read all twelve and extracted what films Jonas reviewed each week; as well as made notes of significant avant-garde film happenings.

Jonas reviewed only a few avant-garde films those first two months, including Maya Deren...

Above: poster for Playtime by Vincent Mahé.The art print movie poster phenomenon that exploded in the last decade —in which posters were produced as collectibles for fans rather than commercial ephemera created by a distributor to promote a film’s release—has been notable for two things: first an extraordinary, beyond-belief artistry and, second, a rather restricted frame of reference. Filmmakers like Kubrick, Scorsese, Malick, and Tarantino are very well represented while a whole host of world-class auteurs rarely seem to merit a single limited edition Mondo print run. Where are the art prints for Ozu or Antonioni, one wonders? One wonderful exception in recent years was a series of prints devoted to Jacques Tati released from 2015 to 2019 by the Nautlilus Art Prints studio in Brussels, Belgium.The posters, covering all five of Tati’s major features, were illustrated by two Belgian artists, David Merveille and Laurent Durieux, one French artist,...

With it being seven years since his last live-action film, 2014’s The Grand Budapast Hotel, Wes Anderson is hard at work. Following a Cannes premiere, The French Dispatch finally arrives in limited theaters on October 22 followed by a wide release the following week, and he’s already shooting his next film (recently revealed to have the title Asteroid City) outside of Madrid with Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray, Adrien Brody, Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie, Rupert Friend, Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Bryan Cranston, Hope Davis, Jeffrey Wright, Liev Schreiber, Tony Revolori, and Matt Dillon.

As is the case with all of his work, Wes Anderson synthesizes cinema history in his own specific language and for The French Dispatch he has provided a list of influences. As revealed in a promotional book sent to The Flim Stage and styled after the film’s magazine, 32 films are listed that “provided inspiration to the filmmakers,...

France has been a supreme force in the Oscars’ international feature race for decades. This year, three acclaimed films from women directors — Céline Sciamma, Audrey Diwan and Julia Ducournau — are believed to be at the top of the list to represent the country for the upcoming 94th ceremony, set to take place on March 27. Though France is the most-nominated country in the history of the category, it hasn’t walked away with the prize in nearly 30 years. Can that change this year?

The French submission is decided annually by the National Cinema Center. The committee will hold its first meeting on Thursday to pre-select a shortlist of films, with the producers being “auditioned” by the committee on Oct. 12, before the final choice is made. Sciamma’s “Petite Maman,” Ducournau’s “Titane” and Diwan’s “Happening” are believed to be the favorites for consideration. “Happening” was just acquired by IFC Films...

After going virtual last year and not handing out any prizes due to the Covid pandemic, the 2021 Cannes Film Festival returned to form by announcing its winners on July 17. How many of these will figure in the upcoming Oscar race? We recap the results from the 74th edition of this foremost of film festivals and review its history as a forecaster of the Academy Awards.

The top award at Cannes is the Palme d’Or. Over the years, 40 winners of this prize have amassed 135 Academy Award nominations. Seventeen of these have claimed a combined 32 Oscars. This year, the Palme d’Or went to French filmmaker Julia Ducournau‘s “Titane.” Her dramatic thriller centers on a father reunited with his son who was missing for a decade during which several unexplained crimes were committed. Ducournau is the second woman to take this top prize following Jane Campion‘s breakthrough in 1993 with “The Piano.

Legendary screenwriter collaborated with scores of filmmakers including Jacques Tati, Luis Buñuel, Milos Foreman and Louis Malle.

French screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière, whose 60-year career spanned more than 150 writer credits and collaborations with Jacques Tati, Luis Buñuel, Milos Foreman and Louis Malle, has died in Paris aged 89.

Born into a family of winegrowers in south-western France, Carrière moved to the outskirts of Paris at the age of 14 when his parents took over the running of a bar.

After obtaining a degree in history and literature, he embarked on a writing career, publishing debut novel Lezard in 1957. Set against the backdrop of a restaurant in the suburbs,...

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Marielle Heller)

It sounds almost too perfect: Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers, the beloved children’s entertainer. Of course, who else could it be, really? It is so seemingly predestined, in fact, that Hanks’s first onscreen appearance as Fred Rogers elicits knowing laughter from the audience. Yes, Tom Hanks playing Mr. Rogers looks and sounds exactly how you would imagine. Marielle Heller’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, however, is much more than an obvious biopic. It’s not really a biopic at all. Nor is it a rehash of 2018’s much-heralded documentary profile of Fred Rogers, Won’t You Be MyNeighbor?...

The 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival has wrapped and the two films that looked well-positioned for this year’s Oscars (Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood” and Terrence Malick’s “A Hidden Life”) both went home empty-handed.

Cannes’ coveted Palme d’Or went to South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho’s comedy-drama, “Parasite.” The film, about two families from different classes that find themselves on a collision course with each other, had the most glowing reviews of this year’s entries. Bong is now the first Korean director to win the top honor. The film’s win here could catapult it into serious Oscar consideration. Since 1955, 39 winners of this top honor have amassed a total of 129 Academy Award nominations, with 28 Oscar wins spanning 16 films. And 15 Palme d’Or champs scored Best Picture nominations: “Marty” (1955), “Friendly Persuasion” (1957), “M*A*S*H” (1970), “The Conversation” (1974), “Taxi Driver” (1976), “Apocalypse Now...

Luis Buñuel (left) and Jean-Claude Carrière (right).“The screenplay is not the last stage of a literary journey. It is the first stage of a film.” —Jean-Claude Carrière, The Secret Language of FilmThe screenwriting career of Jean-Claude Carrière begins with a gag. Or, it at least seems like a gag that one of the most prolific and distinguished of French screenwriters should have gotten his start by doing the very opposite of what he became known for—that is, by writing novelizations of two films. Having just published his first novel Lizard in 1957, the 25-year-old Carrière was approached by his publisher Robert Laffont to enter a curious writing contest. The prize? A commission to turn Jacques Tati’s Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953) and Mon Oncle (1958)—the latter still in production at the time—into written works. Recalling the incident later on, Carrière writes: “I agreed, and won—thus deciding, although...

Mubi is showing Jacques Tati's Jour de fête (1949) and PlayTime (1967) in December 2018 and January 2019 in many countries around the world as part of the series A Holiday with M. Tati.The characters played by director Jacques Tati, in Jour de fête (1949), Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953), Mon oncle (1958), PlayTime (1967), Trafic (1971), and Parade (1974), are rarely the singular focus of their respective film. Sure, his endearing M. Hulot appears in four of these features, and his François, from Jour de fête, is the most prominent resident of that film’s snug provincial hamlet. But Tati’s on-screen persona, whatever his name (he has none in Parade), is often more of an escort, an inimitable figure whose primary function is to introduce surrounding characters by way of his direct and indirect interaction, and to establish the capacity of each film’s essential setting, which is usually enlivened by his mere existence if not his actual relevance.

The Cannes Film Festival just wrapped up its 71st edition and the film with the biggest Oscar potential got a big boost at the closing ceremony. Spike Lee’s, “BlacKkKlansman,” the true story of an African-American cop who infiltrated the Kkk, took home the Grand Prix, the second highest prize of the festival. It was Lee’s first time competing on the Croisette since 1991 when “Jungle Fever” was in competition and was a bit of retribution for Lee after his widely acclaimed 1989 film, “Do the Right Thing,” received nothing from the jury.

If “BlacKkKlansman” were to get nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, it would be the second time a Grand Prix winner has gotten into the race for Oscar’s top honor. The first was “Life is Beautiful” in 1998. Thirteen past Grand Prix winners went on to earn 22 total Oscar nominations with five films scoring seven wins. Each...

[[tmz:video id="0_e0nw6ezj"]] Samuel L. Jackson's name was invoked during a crazy arrest at Lax this weekend, where cops say weapons were found on a guy claiming Slj's his uncle. An unidentified man got busted at the airport Sunday for carrying what police say were multiple weapons, including knives, a long piece of rebar and a handful of tools. During the arrest, you can hear him say, "My uncle's Samuel Jackson. Samuel L. Jackson!"  It's unclear what,...

Hollywood actors and musicians are mourning the loss of David Cassidy, who died from organ failure Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was 67.

Cassidy’s famous friends and fans expressed their condolences on social media following the news of the Partridge Family actor’s passing.

“On behalf of the entire Cassidy family, it is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our father, our uncle, and our dear brother, David Cassidy,” his family said in a statement to People. “David died surrounded by those he loved, with joy in his heart and free from the pain that had gripped him for so long.

Hollywood is mourning the death of David Cassidy.

The former Partridge Family star's rep confirmed to Et on Tuesday that he had died at age 67. Cassidy was rushed to a Florida hospital on Wednesday after suffering organ failure.

"On behalf of the entire Cassidy family, it is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our father, our uncle, and our dear brother, David Cassidy. David died surrounded by those he loved, with joy in his heart and free from the pain that had gripped him for so long," Cassidy's rep told Et in a statement from the family. "Thank you for the abundance and support you have shown him these many years."

Stars took to social media to pay tribute to Cassidy, with Brian Wilson reminiscing about the time they spent together at the beginning of their careers.

"I’m very sad to hear about David Cassidy," Wilson tweeted. "There were times in...

Tamra Judge isn’t giving up hope on reconnecting with her daughter, Sidney.

“[There’s] not a whole lot of movement between the two of us,” she admits to Et. “But I’m very hopeful, because I feel like if she’s removed from [home] – she’s [at college] out of state -- she’s on the East Coast, so just the fact that she’s living on her own and thinking on her own, I think it will be really good for her. I really do.”

The Real Housewives of Orange County star’s relationship with her 18-year-old daughter has been strained since her 2011 divorce from Sidney’s father, Simon Barney. The two had not seen each other in more than three years, but reconnected briefly when Sidney extended an invite to her high school graduation this past spring.

Things appeared to be moving in a positive direction, but took a turn for the worse when season 12 of Real Housewives premiered in July...

Chicago – Opening Night of the fifth season of the Asian Pop-Up Cinema is Wednesday, September 20th, 2017, and the first film is a doozy. “The Gangster’s Daughter” is a different take on the popular Taiwanese mobster movie, a relationship film as much as the pure crime. At the helm is director Mei-Juin Chen, with her first narrative film.

“The Gangster’s Daughter” is about the relationship between Keigo (Jack Kao) and Shaowu (Ally Chiu), as a father who practices organized crime in Taipei (the capital of Taiwan) is forced to take in his rebellious teenage daughter after her mother dies. The move creates a different direction for the gangster, and allows him to reassess his entire life of crime. Shaowu, in the meantime, is flexing her adolescent freedoms, which includes a deep Daddy Complex. This clash disrupts both paths for the father and the daughter.

‘The Gangster’s Daughter,’ Directed...

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (Steve James)

Steve James’ filmography has long been about finding entry into larger conversations through intimate portraits. The director’s landmark debut, Hoop Dreams, and latter-day efforts like 2014’s monument to critic Roger Ebert, Life Itself, don’t have much in common on the surface, but they both use their central characters to tell larger stories about big picture topics like structural dysfunction and the purpose of film criticism.

In the second edition of Canon Of Film, we take a look a Jacques Tati‘s ‘Playtime’. For the genesis of Canon Of Film, you can click here.

“Playtime” (1967)

Director: Jacques Tati

Screenplay: Jacques Lagrange and Jacques Tati; with addition English dialogue by Art Buchwald

Jacques Tati’s ‘Playtime‘ is clearly a masterpiece, but I think almost nobody can actually master it. According to film scholar Noel Berch, ‘Playtime‘, doesn’t have to just be seen multiple times, but has to be seen from several different points in the theater itself. The movie is all action. Not the way we normally think of action, but “action” in terms of filling up the screen. To watch one thing – usually in the foreground – means you’re missing many things happening in the background, and vice-versa.

The most expensive French film made at the time, the film’s box office failure would eventually bankrupt Tati.

After polling critics from around the world for the greatest American films of all-time, BBC has now forged ahead in the attempt to get a consensus on the best comedies of all-time. After polling 253 film critics, including 118 women and 135 men, from 52 countries and six continents a simple, the list of the 100 greatest is now here.

Featuring canonical classics such as Some Like It Hot, Dr. Strangelove, Annie Hall, Duck Soup, Playtime, and more in the top 10, there’s some interesting observations looking at the rest of the list. Toni Erdmann is the most recent inclusion, while the highest Wes Anderson pick is The Royal Tenenbaums. There’s also a healthy dose of Chaplin and Lubitsch with four films each, and the recently departed Jerry Lewis has a pair of inclusions.

Check out the list below (and my ballot) and see more on their official site.

100. (tie) The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese,...

Predictably, most of the memorials for the late great horror director George A. Romero focused on his influence on the zombie and wider horror genre. Yes, he was important and influential in that area. But his legacy is much wider. More than any other filmmaker, Romero changed the course of independent film making in America.

Independent films have been around as long as movies existed. Indeed, in their infancy all early features from around 1912 were basically independent, before the Hollywood studio system rapidly evolved in the late teens.

Though the majors dominated moviemaking and distribution from their hub in Southern California, many independent filmmakers such as Edgar G. Ulmer, the idiosyncratic Edward Wood, African-American pioneer Oscar Micheaux and various ethnic cinemas flourished on the side. In 1955 Robert Altman was making industrial films in Kansas City when he was hired by a local businessman to make his first feature, the low-budget...

White people trust Jordan Klepper, the lanky, blonde and affably midwestern Daily Show correspondent best known for going into the field to ostensibly prove that police don't have racial biases or to quiz supporters at Trump rallies about the relative feminism of "Trump That Bitch." Klepper worked just one year under Jon Stewart, but when Trevor Noah arrived in 2015, Klepper understood his voice in the show. Like many correspondents before him, including Steves Carell and Colbert, Klepper excels at playing a self-assured blowhard, cluelessly flaunting his white privilege, or cleverly,...

A father and his two teen two daughters were killed early Friday morning outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota, according to police.

Wade Gordon McIntosh, 47, Olivia Felis McIntosh, 17, and Maria Alana McIntosh, 19, were fatally shot, according to the St. Paul police. Another person who was shot remains in critical condition at Regions Hospital, according to the police statement.

According to police, when officers arrived at the scene and searched for suspects, they found another deceased male — Jeffrey Jemaile Taylor, 20 — in a wooded area near the apartment building were the incident occurred.

According to investigators, Taylor shared an 18-month-old child with Maria. The...

Bonner Bolton and Sharna Burgess are opening up about Monday's romantic Viennese waltz, and the emotional inspiration that helped the bull rider "connect" to the powerful routine.

While Burgess and Bolton's amazing chemistry was stronger than ever on Monday's Dancing With the Stars, the pair's performance was far more emotional than their sexy cha cha from last week.

Speaking with Erin Andrews after their dance, Bolton dedicated the dance to his uncle, who is confined to a wheelchair after suffering an injury in a horse accident last year.

"I know if he could, he'd be slow dancing with his wife, Vicki, right now," an emotional Bolton said, as his grandma and other family members cheered for him from the audience.

Watch: Sharna Burgess and Bonner Bolton Talk Explosive Chemistry on 'DWTS'

Speaking with Et's Cameron Mathison after the show, Bolton and Burgess opened up about the emotional dedication.

"My uncle suffered from a bad horse wreck last year...

The controversial episode about Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor of the British series Urban Myths has officially been cut, a spokesperson for Sky confirmed on Friday.

Watch: Paris Jackson Responds to Joseph Fiennes' 'Shameful' Portrayal of Her Late Father Michael Jackson

“We have taken the decision not to broadcast ‘Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon,’ a half hour episode from the Sky Arts Urban Myths series, in light of the concerns expressed by Michael Jackson’s immediate family,” Sky’s statement read. “We set out to take a light-hearted look at reportedly true events and never intended to cause any offence. Joseph Fiennes fully supports our decision.”

Fiennes was previously cast to play the late iconic singer, which sparked much backlash online. The first footage from the episode was released this week, which prompted Michael’s daughter, Paris Jackson, to speak out against the series’ portrayal of her late father.

"I'm so incredibly offended by it, as I'm sure...

The backlash against Joseph Fiennes' portrayal of Michael Jackson -- in the upcoming TV movie, Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon -- continues to grow as several of Michael's family members are speaking out about the casting decision.

A day after the King of Pop's daughter, Paris Jackson, took to Twitter to slam the recently released trailer showing the actor in full prosthetic makeup, T.J. Jackson shared his disdain for the "insulting" portrayal.

Watch: Paris Jackson Responds to Joseph Fiennes' 'Shameful' Portrayal of Her Late Father Michael Jackson

"My uncle was incredibly proud of his heritage and of who he was," said T.J., son of Michael's brother, Tito Jackson, in a statement released to The Insider on Thursday. "He was proud to be a black man who suffered from the skin disease vitiligo."

"He loved all people as my entire family does. But for a white actor to play my uncle, a black man...

The Film Society of Lincoln Center

and Cinema Tropical announce

Neighboring Scenes: New Latin American CinemaJanuary 26–31: The Film Society of Lincoln Center announces the second annual Neighboring Scenes, a showcase of contemporary Latin American cinema, co-presented with Cinema Tropical

Exhibiting the breadth of styles, techniques, and approaches employed by Latin American filmmakers today, the festival highlights impressive recent productions from across the region. Featuring titles from Paraguay, Peru, and the Dominican Republic for the first time, as well as films from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico, Neighboring Scenes celebrates the expanding range of contemporary Latin American filmmaking in its second edition.

“This year, we are pleased to highlight several emerging filmmakers, with many fantastic debut and second films in a range of styles — from political thriller and bleak comedy to observational documentary,” said Film Society of Lincoln Center Programmer at Large Rachael Rakes. “Furthermore, half of the works...

Amy (Duggar) King will be starring in a new reality show, but will her famous family be tuning in for it? Not likely.

“My Uncle was like, ‘Ohhh… that,’ ” she recalled of telling the father of 19 to People Now. “I mean, he wasn’t negative about it, but I don’t think he understands the whole show.”

Amy and her husband Dillon King will be starring in the new season of Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars, which airs Jan. 6, on We tv, and there’s some heated drama that the Duggar family wants to steer clear of.

“There’s definitely...

‘Toni Erdmann’ (Courtesy: Tiff)

By: Carson Blackwelder

Managing Editor

It’s not too often that foreign-language films get recognized for anything at the Oscars beyond the best foreign-language film category — but it does happen. And, believe it or not, it happens more for best original screenplay and best adapted screenplay than many other categories. A prime example of that is Toni Erdmann, Germany’s submission this year that is proving to be a cross-category threat, which could score a nomination — or a win — for its writing.

The story of Toni Erdmann — which has a solid Rotten Tomatoes score of 91% — follows a father who is trying to reconnect with his adult daughter after the death of his dog. It sounds simple enough but, of course, the two couldn’t be more unalike. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016 and where it won the Fipresci Prize. Since then, it...

Could these co-stars get any cuter?

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone headed over to Hollywood for their hand and footprint ceremony at Tcl Chinese Theater on Wednesday, where they clearly had trouble keeping a straight face as they commemorated their new film, La La Land, in a block of cement.

Exclusive: John Legend and Emma Stone Can't Get Over Ryan Gosling's Real-Life Piano Skills in 'La La Land'

Stone made Gosling laugh…

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…before he returned the favor.

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Exclusive: Watch Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling Adorably Set a Date 'For Research' in 'La La Land' Sneak Peek

The two then stepped into the block to leave their footprints…

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…creating the adorable final result!

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Watch: Emma Stone Recalls ‘Sweating All Over’ Ryan Gosling While Training for ‘La La Land’

Et caught up with the pair at La La Land's Los Angeles premiere on Tuesday, where Gosling...

Ryan Gosling is the hottest leading man in Hollywood and now, with his role in the new musical dramedy La La Land, the acclaimed star has returned to his song and dance roots.

Gosling has come a long way since he started off as a teenage star, but it turns out his favorite memory of his early days in musical theater came before he ever got his big break.

"My uncle was an Elvis impersonator and I was in his act when I was 8," the 36-year-old heartthrob told Et's Carly Steel at the premiere of La La Land in Los Angeles on Tuesday. "He was wonderful and an inspiration to me, so that was fun."

Watch: Ryan Gosling Singing and Dancing as a 12-Year-Old Will Make Your Day

Despite his background in performing, Gosling said that mastering the classic ballroom-style numbers in his latest film was a far cry from the dance styles he learned for his...

Jaime Pressly is sharing one powerful memory.

While speaking at the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation and SAG-aftra World Aids Day Panel event in Los Angeles this week, the actress opened up about the moment she realized her late uncle Alan had AIDS.

“My uncle Alan was one of the first seven in North Carolina to be diagnosed with AIDS in the ’80s,” Pressly told the crowd. “We found out — they thought he had Hep C — we found out when I was 7 or 8 years old. It was the very first article ever written, I’ll never forget it. My aunt was...

"I am feeling overwhelmed with sadness." Trinity Fatu heads back to her hometown of Orlando on tonight's Total Divas after hearing about the devastating mass shooting that took place at Pulse nightclub in June. "My uncle Buck and I are going to Pulse," Trinity says in the clip above. "Pulse was a place that welcomed everyone, even Jon went there and had a blast, we couldn't even get him out of the club." While visiting the memorial, Trinity breaks down in tears. "I am feeling overwhelmed with sadness," Trinity says. "Just seeing all the familiar faces and really realizing that these beautiful people were just there living life and they're gone like...

Pierre Étaix, the French clown, actor, and film director who won an Oscar for his 1962 short film Happy Anniversary and counted some of the world’s greatest filmmakers among his loyal fans, has died. Le Monde reports that the cause of death was an intestinal infection. Étaix was 87.

Born in 1928 in Roanne, Étaix initially studied to be a graphic designer, a background that he would often draw on for his act and subsequent film work. Influenced by the silent comedy of the stone-faced Buster Keaton and the dapper Max Linder, he established himself in the music halls of Paris in the early 1950s.

There, he caught the attention of actor-director Jacques Tati, who hired Étaix to come help him write gags for Mon Oncle (1958), his celebrated second outing as the clumsy, pipe-smoking Monsieur Hulot. Étaix was closely involved in the years-long process of developing the film ...

Le Monde reports that Pierre Étaix, the Oscar-winning French comedian and filmmaker, has died at the age of 88. He’s best known for his acclaimed short- and feature-length films in the 1960’s, all of which were tied up in rights disputes for over 20 years until their eventual restoration and revival in 2012, courtesy of Janus Films. These films include “Le Grand Amour,” “As Long as You’ve Got Your Health,” “Land of Milk and Honey,” “Rupture,” “The Suitor,” and “Yoyo.”

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Étaix began his career as a designer before meeting director Jacques Tati in 1954 when he worked as a gagman and assistant director on his film “Mon Oncle.” His apprenticeship with Tati eventually led to his collaboration with Jean-Claude Carrière, whom he wrote his short film “Happy Anniversary,” which won the Oscar for Best Short Subject in 1963. Étaix and Carrière would collaborate on the...

We've all joked about it with friends: "If we're both still single by age 40, let's get married!" But have people ever gone through with one of these pacts? It turns out, yes - sort of. When the question was posted on Reddit, these 14 people shared their experiences with marriage pacts and revealed how it worked out. 1. "She was the social butterfly, and I was the awkward sheltered kid. By way of sheer luck and proxy, we became very close friends in high school. I had a crush on her, but I wasn't going to make the move on someone so far out of my league.

We've all joked about it with friends: "If we're both still single by age 40, let's get married!" But have people ever gone through with one of these pacts? It turns out, yes - sort of. When the question was posted on Reddit, these 14 people shared their experiences with marriage pacts and revealed how it worked out. 1. "She was the social butterfly, and I was the awkward sheltered kid. By way of sheer luck and proxy, we became very close friends in high school. I had a crush on her, but I wasn't going to make the move on someone so far out of my league.

As a military kid, Miss District of Columbia Cierra Jackson saw the harsh impact of war on her family. Jackson's father, uncle and cousin all served overseas, and each came back with severe post-traumatic stress disorder. Her father also has a brain injury from an explosion that occurred while he was abroad, while her cousin has attempted suicide multiple times. "My uncle, he can't focus on his own Ptsd because he's worried about his son," Jackson, 24, tells People. "It's hard on my family - we're all connected by this responsibility and this duty that we have as military families." Jackson...

Dead Nightmare screens Sunday, July 19th at 9:30pm at Landmark’s The Tivoli Theater along with two shorter horror films as part of this year’s St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase. Ticket information can be found Here

Writer/director Michael Schilling’s Dead Nightmare tells the story of young people trying to survive the zombie apocalypse as it tears apart their lives are forced to face their fears and make hard decisions in a place where any moment could be their last.

Michael Schilling took the time to answer questions about his film for We Are Movie Geeks in advance of it’s screening at the St. Louis Filmmaker’s Showcase.

We Are Movie Geeks: What was your filmmaking experience before Dead Nightmare?

Michael Schilling: I had very little filmmaking experience prior to Dead Nightmare. I had worked on writing some create your own adventure zombie stories, where I...

American treasure and crown jewel in Gene Wilder's spectacular oeuvre Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory turns 45 this week. To celebrate, not only have we justly singled out the crime that was Gene Wilder getting passed over for an Oscar, but we're also giving fans an anniversary-based roundup of obscure facts and trivial bits about everyone's favorite vaguely sinister candy factory. 1. Wilder only accepted the role on one condition In a letter to director Mel Stuart, Wilder wrote that he'd read the script and would take the part on the condition that, "When I make my first entrance, I'd like...