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The Waterboys will return in 2025 with a new album revolving around the life of legendary actor Dennis Hopper, with an impressive guest list — including Bruce Springsteen and Fiona Apple — helping the long-running U.K. rockers along the musical journey.

Life, Death and Dennis Hopper, due out April 4th via the band’s new label Sun Records, is an ambitious 25-track “song cycle” that charts not only the late actor’s life story but also the past 75 years of Western pop culture.

“The arc of his life was the story of our times,...

In the upcoming episode of “Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum,” titled “I Am William Shakespeare; I Am Katherine Johnson,” viewers can expect an enriching adventure that airs on Monday, September 9, 2024, at 1:30 Pm on PBS. This Season 2 Episode 14 introduces two iconic figures from history who help the young characters navigate their feelings and interests.

William Shakespeare takes center stage as he meets Brad, guiding him through the emotional ups and downs he faces. Shakespeare’s wisdom and creativity remind Brad that it’s okay to express his feelings, making for an uplifting message about understanding and acceptance. Meanwhile, Katherine Johnson, the brilliant mathematician known for her work at NASA, inspires Yadina to embrace her passion for turtles. Katherine encourages Yadina to be proud of what she loves, fostering a sense of self-confidence and pride in individual interests.

This episode promises to blend fun and education as the characters learn...

The use of prominent virtual assistants, such as Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft’s Cortana, Samsung’s Bixby, and Ibm’s Watson, is a popular subject. Popular and prominent home service devices have become so commonplace in society that they have recently found their way into the lexicon of worldwide storytelling. The new Blumhouse film, AfrAId, is no exception.

Many of these movies, like the acclaimed film Her (and you can even go farther back to 2001: A Space Odyssey), can be seen in cinemas, on televisions, and on phones via streaming services near you. They have become such staples that I still hope Ask Jeeves will return. These films can be thoughtful, enlightening, and even entertaining.

However, AfrAId is not one of them.

John Cho in AfrAId (2024) | Image via Sony Entertainment Related“We can do something good”: John Wick 4 Star Keanu Reeves Was Cast in Cowboy...

Quick Links The Role of Katherine in Sound of Freedom Mira Sorvino on Katherine and Child Trafficking

Actress Mira Sorvino has steadily made her mark in the film industry since the early '90s, appearing in over 20 films, including Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Summer of Sam (1999), The Final Cut (2004), and Netflix's After We Fell (2021). Known for her artistic range and authenticity in her performances, Sorvino has continued to take on significant roles in recent years. This includes Sound of Freedom (2023), a film that follows a former CIA agent named Tim Ballard who decides to go on a mission to rescue children from human traffickers in Latin America.

Katherine Ballard, Tim's wife, is played by Sorvino. Based on the true story of Tim's mission, Katherine provides unwavering support to Tim as he embarks on a dangerous journey. The film is controversial and dramatized, with push back against its alleged ties to QAnon and right-wing ideologies.

The Young and the Restless (Y&r) spoilers for the week of July 22, 2024 are in! Expect Traci Abbott (Beth Maitland) to take the next step with Alan Laurent (Christopher Cousins).

Devon Hamilton-Winters (Bryton James) spontaneously proposes to Abby Newman-Abbott (Melissa Ordway). Sally Spectra (Courtney Hope) and Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson) connect.

Meanwhile, Mariah Copeland (Camryn Grimes) and Tessa Porter (Cait Fairbanks) have a picnic. Keep reading to find out what is coming up in the CBS soap opera.

Monday, July 22, 2024: Reality Checks

Y&r spoilers for Monday, July 22 reveal that Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) and Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott) will meet up.

While talking, Jack and Nikki end up in an argument about Diane Jenkins-Abbott (Susan Walters). Daniel Romalotti, Jr. (Michael Grazaidei), Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford), and Lucy Romalotti (Lily Brooks O’Briant) have a get-together.

Plus, Phyllis has a reality check for Heather Stevens (Vail Bloom).

Meanwhile, Chelsea...

According to The Hollywood Reporter, television vet and character actor James B. Sikking was announced by his publicist, Cynthia Snyder, to have passed away this Saturday at his Los Angeles home due to complications with dementia. Sikking was a regular and a frequent collaborator of Steven Bochco shows. The actor is known for portraying the stern Lt. Howard Hunter on the cop series, Hill Street Blues, as well as playing the dad to the titular teenage doctor character played by Neil Patrick Harris on the drama Doogie Howser M.D. Sikking was 90 at the time of his passing.

In addition to being known for television, Sikking can also be seen in a bevy of notable film roles. He played a mocking hitman in the John Boorman film Point Blank (1967). He was also the stuffy Captain Styles who James T. Kirk would defy in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), directed by Leonard Nimoy.

"The Twilight Zone" isn't any old kind of zone. It's a bizarre place where anything can happen. Aliens can invade at any moment, William Shakespeare can get a job as a Hollywood ghostwriter. Heck, the creator of the series, Rod Serling, even got killed by his own creations once. The limits are only those of the human imagination, which are damn near infinite, except maybe without the words "damn near."

Yes, sometimes "The Twilight Zone" shows us things we never expected to see, which are hard to describe without making it seem like you're the one making it up. This is especially true for the less-popular, but still sometimes great reboots, which in the 1980s, early 2000s, and late 2010s allowed a whole new generation of actors, writers, and filmmakers to play in Rod Serling's unusual sandbox. Unlike the 1960s series, which was a cultural phenomenon in the 1960s and...

Some TV shows have successfully continued despite the departure of their main characters, such as Two and a Half Men and The Vampire Diaries. Main characters leave TV shows for various reasons like burnout, creative differences, or pursuing other opportunities. When a main character leaves, it can be challenging for creators to recapture the magic they brought to a series, but many shows have attempted to survive the loss with varying degrees of success.

While it's difficult for a TV show to continue without its main character, some TV shows tried to keep going despite the protagonist leaving. Several TV shows have changed their format and focus throughout their runtime, especially when an important character is no longer part of the show. It is challenging to fill in the gaps when a main character leaves. Still, some hit TV shows, such as Two and a Half Men, continued to have...

Warning: This article contains Spoilers for A Haunting in Venice.

Katherine, Hercule Poirot's first wife and great love, haunts him throughout A Haunting in Venice, impacting his relationships and beliefs. Katherine died in a train accident while on her way to visit Poirot in the hospital, leaving him closed off from love and full of guilt. Poirot's personal isolation and lack of faith in the afterlife stem from the loss of Katherine and his belief that everyone he loves dies.

While Hercule Poirot encounters a number of spooky specters in A Haunting In Venice, the ghost that haunts him the most is a woman from his past named Katherine. In the latest Kenneth Branagh adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel, Michelle Yeoh's fraudulent medium Joyce Reynolds attempts to flex her perceptive powers by discussing Poirot's past ties to death, and she name-drops "Katherine". To viewers who did not see...

A Nightmare on Elm Street is an iconic slasher movie series for a reason. Even casual horror movie fans are aware of the antagonistic legend that is Freddy Krueger. The child killer who brutally murders his victims while they're asleep, played by notable actor Robert Englund, has been giving slasher fans nightmares for decades. His murderous Mo and his razor-sharp puns paired with that infamous razor-sharp glove are just a couple of the many recognizable aspects of this maniacal murderer. An aspect that is often overlooked or even unknown to fans, however, is the fact that Freddy Krueger has a daughter.

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, the sixth and considered to be the worst installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, expanded upon the lore of the series' notorious villain. While Freddy Krueger's fans know of his origin as the "son of 100 maniacs," his adult life before being burned...

Desperate Housewives season 6 waved goodbye to Dana Delany’s character, Katherine Mayfair. Having portrayed Katherine since Desperate Housewives season 4, Delany’s exit was abrupt, which felt strange considering the high praise for her character. Katherine had her own intense secrets hiding from the neighborhood that culminated in her departure, and Delany had good reasons of her own.

With Sex and the City making a comeback, Desperate Housewives may be ready for a revival. The ladies of Wisteria Lane have moved on to various ventures, including politics and starting their own businesses, following the conclusion of Desperate Housewives, but Lynette, Gaby, Bree, and Katherine will always be connected by their time spent in that famous cul-de-sac. Even if a Desperate Housewives reunion never happens, however, Delany’s abrupt exit from Desperate Housewives still found a satisfying conclusion for Katherine.

Related: Why Desperate Housewives Season 9 Never Happened (Was It Cancelled?)

Why Dana...

“We also all knew one another better, which is always an advantage, because it means you’re straight in with the shorthand and you can be playful,” declares casting director Dixie Chassay about the energy that permeated production on the second season of “The Great.” It allowed cast and crew to push the envelope and take more risks. For our recent webchat she adds, “We knew what this thing was, and although we didn’t know where it could journey to, it felt very alive, it felt like it had been given a really good strong base,” she explains. “The response was excellent and therefore we could really play around.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.

“The Great” returned for an even more outrageous second season late last year to a 100 “fresh” rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Elle Fanning stars as the titular Catherine the Great in the genre-bending Russian royalty satire for Hulu,...

Corsets were an essential undergarment for Victorian women, which lifted and supported the bosom, created a flat front and provided women a form-fitted figure. But they were notoriously restrictive. As essential as corsets are to the 18th century, they are equally as important to period costume design in the 21st century.

However, as period-era dramas filled the air, costume designers of many Emmy-contending shows followed up to dress their cast members in corsets — but with the modern twist of added comfort.

Carrie Coon, who plays wealthy socialite Bertha Russell in HBO’s “The Gilded Age,” is no stranger to wearing corsets. Her theatrical background meant she wore them on stage under heavy, upholstered fabrics that had to withstand all kinds of weather. During a costume fitting for the show’s second season, Coon tells Variety: “Every job is different. No matter what the period and so they’re built differently.

Photo: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ The grand premiere of 'Top Gun: Maverick' at Cannes Film Festival 2022, a surprise Palme d'Or for Tom Cruise, and Cruise walking Katherine, Duchess of Cambridge, up the steps at the London premiere - this film deserves all the accolades and more. A sequel 36 years in waiting, successfully surpasses the first one on many levels - and its entertaining for sure. And more. We live in an era where numerous sequels and remakes of popular Hollywood films reek as desperate cash grabs by major movie studios. These sequels and remakes usually consist of the same ingredients which include cheap callbacks to the original film that typically induce nothing more than an eye roll, a retelling of the same story, as well as an overall lack of anything for the audience to become even remotely attached to on an emotional level. ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is the...

When Jane Schoenbrun’s “We’re All Going to The World’s Fair” debuted at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, they were not only introduced as a solo filmmaker, but as their true self for the first time. A longtime fixture in New York’s independent film scene, Schoenbrun has worn many hats. They co-created the experimental online variety show “The Eyeslicer,” which featured work from David Lowery, Ari Aster, and Shaka King, among others. They spearheaded the omnibus film “collective:unconscious,” which saw five experimental filmmakers interpreting each other’s dreams. They also launched The Radical Film Fair, an ambitious but short-lived film flea market that connected independent filmmakers, film-lovers, and distributors.

That was all before their “egg cracked,” a shorthand for the moment when a trans person finally comes out to themselves. In true Shoenbrun fashion, “We’re All Going to The World’s Fair” isn’t a straightforward narrative about being trans.

1986: Bobby was alive and well on Dallas; his death was a dream.

1994: All My Children's Erica visited her mother's grave.

1995: Another World's Grant shot his brother, Ryan, in the back.

1997: Days of our Lives recast the role of Jack...in a shower."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1938: Radio soap opera Houseboat Hannah premiered on the NBC Red Network. Hard working Dan O'Leary, who lost an arm in a factory accident, moved his financially strapped family aboard a house boat in Shanty Fish Row on San Francisco Bay.

The following post contains spoilers for Love, Victor‘s entire second season.

It’s been two days since Love, Victor‘s second season dropped on Hulu, and the fandom is divided between Team Benji and Team Rahim — but which team is Victor himself going to join?

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The Season 2 finale almost gave us an answer to that question, but stopped agonizingly short of revealing which love interest had won Victor’s heart.

Tim Bevan, Alison Owen and Iain Canning were speaking at the Restart conference hosted by Screen International.

The “horrendously expensive” costs of enforcing Covid-19 protocols on film sets have come under the spotlight in a conversation between three of the biggest independent producers in the UK, who said the measures were impacting the kinds of films they were able to make.

Tim Bevan, co-chairman of Working Title Films, said the costs associated with coronavirus safety measures were “horrifically expensive, and that needs to be brought down”.

Working Title, the production company behind Darkest Hour and The Theory Of Everything, shot...

Tim Bevan, Alison Owen and Iain Canning were speaking at the Restart conference hosted by Screen International.

The “horrendously expensive” costs of enforcing Covid-19 protocols on film sets have been criticised by three of the biggest independent producers in the UK.

Tim Bevan, co-chairman of Working Title Films, said the costs associated with coronavirus safety measures were “horrifically expensive, and that needs to be brought down”.

Working Title, the production company behind Darkest Hour and The Theory Of Everything, shot Joe Wright’s Cyrano and Lena Dunham’s Catherine, Called Birdy during the pandemic and is in production on Matthew...

Another film in the Conjuring universe is heading your way this summer, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It is the seventh film in the “Conjuring” Universe, the largest horror franchise in history, which has grossed more than $1.8 billion worldwide. It includes the first two “Conjuring” films, as well as “Annabelle” and “Annabelle: Creation,” “The Nun,” and “Annabelle Comes Home.”

The film opens in theatres and IMAX nationwide on June 4, 2021 and will be available on HBO Max for 31 days from theatrical release.

The Conjuring movies, and all haunted house/ghost/evil possesion films, lead me back to Eddie Murphy and his take on scary places as fast as possible. Fyi – the video if Nsfw.

“The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” reveals a chilling story of terror, murder and unknown evil that shocked even experienced real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren.

Exclusive: HBO Max has acquired the film and TV rights to Tina Andrews’ praised historical novel about Queen Charlotte, Charlotte Sophia: Myth, Madness and the Moor. If a project is put into development, Andrews would serve as creator/showrunner and executive producer.

Andrews’ 20 years of major research on Queen Charlotte culminates in the journey of a young German Princess whom the British did not know was a woman of color. She becomes Queen in an arranged marriage to King George III.

BAFTA and Emmy-winning producer, David M. Thompson (HBO’s Catherine the Great) will executive produce alongside Andrews.

“I’m thrilled to be developing this extraordinary story with Tina and HBO Max,” added Thompson. “It’s got all the makings of a very entertaining, distinctive and provocative drama.”

Queen Charlotte also is the subject of a Bridgerton franchise prequel limited series written by Shonda Rhimes, which just received a greenlight at Netflix.

1975: Ryan's Hope's Jack visited Sister Mary Joel.

1984: Santa Barbara's Jade ran into David Hasselhoff.

1986: Another World's Reginald had a fire started to stop a story.

2003: The Young and the Restless' John punched Victor."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1941: On radio soap opera Life Can Be Beautiful, "Chichi" Conrad (Alice Reinheart) coped with heartbreaking news.

1967: CBS aired the first color broadcast of The Secret Storm.

1972: The Edge of Night began airing at 2:30 p.m. Et, moving from its usual 3:30 p.

'Saint Joan': Constance Cummings as the George Bernard Shaw heroine. Constance Cummings on stage: From sex-change farce and Emma Bovary to Juliet and 'Saint Joan' (See previous post: “Constance Cummings: Frank Capra, Mae West and Columbia Lawsuit.”) In the mid-1930s, Constance Cummings landed the title roles in two of husband Benn W. Levy's stage adaptations: Levy and Hubert Griffith's Young Madame Conti (1936), starring Cummings as a demimondaine who falls in love with a villainous character. She ends up killing him – or does she? Adapted from Bruno Frank's German-language original, Young Madame Conti was presented on both sides of the Atlantic; on Broadway, it had a brief run in spring 1937 at the Music Box Theatre. Based on the Gustave Flaubert novel, the Theatre Guild-produced Madame Bovary (1937) was staged in late fall at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre. Referring to the London production of Young Madame Conti, The...

Three-quarters of a decade after its launch, the management firm run by partners David Schiff, Courtney Kivowitz and Christian Donatelli has adopted a new moniker. The Schiff Company henceforth will be known as Mgmt. Entertainment. “The name change is meant as a symbolic acknowledgement of the incredible growth of the company since it’s inception 7 plus years ago, founder and partner David Schiff said in a statement. “The change further reflects the significant contribution from partners Kivowitz and Donatelli.”

Mgmt’s roster continues to include such boldface names as Michael B. Jordan, Katherine McPhee, Ethan Hawke, Keira Knightley, Jeff Bridges, Melissa McCarthy, Kevin Bacon, Dane Dehaan, Sienna Miler Jane Lynch, Helena Bonham Carter, Anna Gunn, Aubrey Plaza, Emmy Rossum, Ben Falcone, Sissy Spacek, Jennifer Connelly, Ellen Burstyn, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Colin Hanks. Its managers include Mimi Ditrani, Adam Isaacs, Risa Shapiro, Kenny Goodman, Michael Diamond, Dianne McGunigle and Kristin Konig.

Chicago – Some people spend the rest of their lives trying to compensate for slights felt in high school – that social jungle is staged in “Carrie: The Musical.” Based on Stephen King’s novel, the story of Carrie White is presented as an adversarial tale by Bailiwick Chicago at Victory Gardens Theater.

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Say the words “Carrie: The Musical” and the first reaction might be a preparation for a campy romp. The Stephen King story is best remembered in the Brian De Palma film of 1976, starring Sissy Spacek. Although the film is serious, the disco-era styles and graphic ending of that version could easily be sent up. But this stage adaptation – in what began as a 1988 straightforward Broadway musical – is more interested in exploring the bullying torture of the main character, and the consequences for her persecutors. This Carrie is serious business about high school rejection, and is brought together...

On Friday's 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, it's only natural to dwell on how the tragedy affected the nation. But while we remember and pay tribute to the charismatic 35th President half a century later, it is also relevant to assess the Kennedy legacy and look forward. The Kennedy family has shaped the politics, news and minds of America. Their power and allure continues with the new generation of Kennedys. JFK's grandchildren, great nieces and great nephews are making names for themselves in a variety of fields. Read on to learn more about the most recent...

Boardwalk Empire alum Patrick Kennedy, Dominique McElligott and Laila Robins have been cast opposite Brendan Gleeson in The Money, David Milch‘s new drama pilot for HBO. Written/exec produced by Milch, exec produced by Art and John Linson and directed by Justin Chadwick, The Money is about wealth and corruption among the super elite, focusing on American mogul and patriarch James Castman (Gleeson), who wields power and influence to expand his media empire and control his family. Kennedy, repped by Brillstein and Curtis Brown, will play John Castman, James Castman’s dutiful and ethically strong son who is a key lieutenant in Castman’s empire. McElligott will play James’ beloved daughter Katherine Castman. Robins will play Ruth Castman, James’s wife and mother of his three adult children Katherine, John and Greg.

HBO’s Girls is going Instagram-wild in its new promo.

The following teaser for the acclaimed comedy’s upcoming Season 3 (bowing in 2014) is made up of an abundance of behind-the-scenes photos, seemingly pulled from the beloved iPhone app.

Press Play below for tons of little glimpses at Lena Dunham & Co. in action, then hit the comments with your snappy judgements.

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• The Young and the Restless will pay tribute to late suds vet Jeanne Cooper’s Genoa City dame Katherine Chancellor with two alumni-packed episodes airing Sept. 3 and 4. Per TV Guide Magazine,...

Photo: Dreamworks Pictures Let me start by saying this article isn't about naming the best film of 2011. That's another discussion for another time. This article isn't even about whether or not I enjoyed The Help, though I did indeed love the film. Instead, this article is to let everyone know I believe The Help is the first Best Picture lock so far this year, and why I even believe it is an early frontrunner to win it all. Bold, I know, but here are my five reasons for such an opinion.

1. Oscar loves period Which period you ask? Shakespearian times, Elizabethan times, the Civil War period, World War 2, the '60s, the '70s. Any time other time than the present.

That's not to say films representing the present day can never win the Best Picture Oscar. Films like The Best Years of Our Lives, Midnight Cowboy, Ordinary People and...

Jung talks of the anima and animus as the unconscious's ego--a dark figure of our dreams--for men it's an elusive princess, devouring witch, beautiful maiden asleep in a block of ice; for women a werewolf lover, a dark demon wolf with big eyes all the better to drink your essence with, like Twilight. The animus is best exemplified in the Beauty and the Beast myth. The unassimilated animus is a wild beast, untamed and surly. The assimilated is tamed and 'absorbed' into the female consciousness, i.e. once the animus becomes a prince and not a beast, the woman starts to get bossy and surly herself!

Don't we see this all the time in marriages? Before the marriage the man is in charge, tall and dominating... sometime after the wedding the alchemical change occurs and the woman starts bossing him around, making important decisions. In my essay on the Twilight mythos,...