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Pixar's "Elio" was the unfortunate victim of bad marketing, which led to a lackluster box office performance. Though the studio has gotten back on its feet in recent years after a tough early era on Disney+ (and during the Covid-19 pandemic), with major hits like 2023's "Elemental" and 2024's "Inside Out 2," Pixar has still struggled to find the consistent financial wins that used to be a guarantee. Most of that has little to do with the quality of the studio's films, however, which have remained fantastic, and more to do with how Disney has positioned the animation powerhouse, as well as the larger film and streaming landscape. Elio is a great example -- a fun movie that flopped at the box office despite earning strong reviews from critics and viewers alike.

If, like most people, you missed the film at the box office, you'll soon have the opportunity to catch up at home.

Note: This interview was originally published as part of our 2024 NYFF coverage. Afternoons of Solitude opens in theaters on June 27.

When J. Hoberman placed game 6 of the 1986 World Series on his Village Voice year-end list, we had one of the first, most convincing attempts to enshrine live sports as cinema. And while a game can carry the compressed rise and fall, and dramatis personae, of a great narrative, you can further hone in on visual grammar: a televised match is also a spectacle of live editing––close-ups and masters seamlessly stitched together, rules of offscreen space and eyeline-matching also respected.

To make a UK-centric reference: Albert Serra’s new film Afternoons of Solitude is more akin to two hours of Sky Sports than you’d expect from the guy who once made Story of My Death. Following the rules, if not the spirit, of ever-festival-fashionable observational and direct cinema, we...

Kicking things off with a small but enticing update, following last year’s incredible cine-memoir It’s Not Me, Leos Carax is finally prepping a 2026 shoot for his first narrative feature since Annette. While not much is known about the project, a casting call confirms Léa Seydoux and Adam Driver will star in the Paris-set feature. Speaking of Driver: he’s also set to soon shoot James Gray’s Paper Tigers, in which Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller stepped in for Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong, respectively.

Last year, when we spoke to Albert Serra about his planned collaboration with Kristen Stewart for Out of This World, he seemed hesitant if the casting may come together and, indeed, it proved too good to be true. Variety now reports Riley Keough will lead the film alongside F. Murray Abraham and Liza Yankovskaia. The film follows “an American delegation traveling to...

Riley Keough has joined the cast of “Out of This World” directed by Albert Serra, the Spanish director whose 2022 film “Pacifiction” competed at Cannes and won a pair of Cesar Awards. Keough will star opposite F. Murray Abraham and Liza Yankovskaia (“Frau”).

Serra’s English-language film debut, “Out of This World” follows an American delegation traveling to Russia in the midst of the Ukrainian war to try to find a solution to an economic dispute. The project explores the decades-long rivalry between Russia and the U.S. While it will mainly shoot in English, it will also include some Russian dialogue. Kristen Stewart was previously attached to star in the movie.

“Out of This World” is being represented internationally by Alice Lesort’s sales team at Losange Films, Charles Gillibert’s auteur-driven sales and production boutique which is a sister label to CG Cinema. The feature, which marks Serra’s eighth film,...

Taylor Swift won the Major Tour of the Year award for the second year in a row at the 2025 Pollstar Awards in Beverly Hills Wednesday night, while Stevie Nicks, Chappell Roan, Jelly Roll, Billie Eilish and Bruce Springsteen took home top awards as well.

Nicks was inducted into the Pollstar Live Hall of Fame, alongside veteran concert promoters Barrie Marshall and Louis Messina, while Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium was inducted too. Chappell Roan won for New Headliner of the Year, Jelly Roll won for country tour of the year and Eilish beat out Swift for pop tour of the year. Dead and Company’s high profile residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas unsurprisingly won for residency of the year.

Pollstar’s awards show is one of the marquee events at the annual Pollstar Live conference, with the awards considered among the highest honors in the live music industry.

Feature film projects from Palme d’Or winner Cristian Mungiu, Neasa Ní Chianáin, Albert Serra and Kantemir Balagov are among 23 titles that have received a combined €7.1m in the latest session of Council of Europe co-production fund Eurimages.

The titles include five documentaries and two animations. Twelve are to be directed or co-directed by women, representing 39% of the total funding awarded.

Romania’s Mungiu, best known for 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days, was awarded €500,000 for his first English-language title Fjord, which shoots in Norway and stars Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve.

Ní Chianáin, whose 2022 film Young Plato won several festival awards,...

Filmmakers Kantemir Balagov, Cristian Mungiu (both currently in production) and Albert Serra are among the wave of filmmakers receiving significant coin via the Eurimages Project Evaluation Session of 2025. In total we find 23 feature films, including 5 documentaries and 2 animation projects. Among the almost two dozen projects we have invested interested in Gagarine tandem (read review) Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh‘s Green Eyes (which we reported on back in 2023) and Mary Rose by Irish filmmaker Colm Bairéad who broke out big with 2022’s The Quiet Girl. Here are all the selected projects:

A Detour via Diane – Ann Sirot, Raphaël Balboni (France) – €150 000

Butterfly Jam – Kantemir Balagov (Russia) – €471 000

Children of Liberty – Léahn Vivier-Chapas, Rémy Schaepman (France) – €500 000 Animation

Fjord – Cristian Mungiu (Romania) – €500 000

Folk Play – Mirjana Karanović (Serbia) – €250 000

Get Up Stand Up – Mari Sanders (Netherlands) – €390 000

Glory B – Konstantinos Antonopoulos (Greece) – €340 000

Green Eyes – Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh (France) – €390 000

Killabees – Eché Janga (Netherlands) – €350 000

Low Expectations – Eivind Landsvik...

Robinhood Box Office: Budget & Target For A Hit Verdict ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Nithiin and Sreeleela’s Robinhood has arrived in theatres today. Amid a decent buzz, the film clashed with another Tollywood biggie, Mad Square. This clash is expected to cause a major dent to Nithiin’s latest entertainer, and as far as the start is concerned, the effect could be already seen. But in the long run, will it be able to secure a clean hit verdict at the Indian box office? Let’s discuss it below!

Reception of the film

Directed by Venky Kudumula, the Telugu heist action comedy has opened to mixed responses from critics. While the performances and fun elements are praised, the film is criticized for being predictable and uninteresting in the second half. Even among the ticket-buying audience, word-of-mouth is mostly mixed. Some are calling it a fun ride, others are labelling it as a passable affair.

Snow White North America Box Office: Crosses One Mini Milestone ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot’s magnum opus, Snow White, is turning out to be a major dud at ticket windows. It was expected to do well considering the pre-release buzz around itself but unfortunately, the film is heading for a premature ending at the North American box office and it seems that even the $100 million mark will be missed. Keep reading for a detailed collection report!

Directed by Marc Webb, the live-action reimagining of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was theatrically released last Friday. Before making a domestic debut, the film opened in selected markets like France and Italy. Domestically, it opened on March 21. Poor reviews and word-of-mouth took a toll on the run, thus posting a disappointing total on the board.

Snow White registered a decent start of $16.25 million, and over the opening weekend,...

Thanksgiving is a time for family, friends, food, and favorite traditions. While The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital, and The Young and the Restless continue to make new memories for their fans, we’re taking advantage of the holiday to look back on some of the celebrations past from soaps we’ve lost over the years.

Cut It Out

For the last few decades of the show’s run, it wasn’t a Thanksgiving on As the World Turns unless the Snyder family was hunkering down to carve the old Hubbard squash. Enjoy this complete episode from 1994, and your glimpses of the Hughes, Stewart, Snyder, and Walsh families… along with a very young Jason Biggs, long before he got up close and person with an American Pie.

Children’s Table

The Martin family was there for the first episode of All My Children, and they were there for the last.

Ask nearly anyone to describe Mr. T. and you’ve got the same description: the mohawk, the gold jewelry, the tank top, the muscles…It’s so distinct that it must be planned. And it is. But we bet you couldn’t tell us the significance of any of it: what the mohawk and chains symbolize, what the “T” really means deep down. And we bet you couldn’t tell us Mr. T.’s real name if your mama’s life depended on it. Is it for Tender? Or Tough? Maybe a little of both, depending on if he’s spitting motivational phrases or ready to whoop some butt at the club.

But rest assured, every move of Mr. T.’s – ever since being discovered by Sylvester Stallone – has been calculated, whose presence and aura – despite being tied to one specific moment in time – remains unforgettable. And yet, we know so little about the man.

The V/H/S franchise returns to Shudder with brand new Shudder Original V/H/S/Beyond this coming Halloween season, and the new poster promises an out of this world experience in terror.

V/H/S/Beyond will premiere on Shudder October 4, 2024.

From Shudder and Studio71, the upcoming seventh installment of the series “will feature six new bloodcurdling tapes, placing horror at the forefront of a sci-fi-inspired hellscape.”

Here’s the full list of segment titles and directors for this year’s V/H/S/Beyond, which is packed with big names including Justin Long, Mike Flanagan and Kate Siegel…

“Stork”: Directed by Jordan Downey, screenplay by Downey and Kevin Stewart “Fur Babies”: Written and directed by Christian Long and Justin Long “Live and Let Dive”: Directed by Justin Martinez, story by Martinez and Ben Turner, screenplay by Turner “Dream Girl”: Directed by Virat Pal, written by Pal and Evan Dickson “Stowaway”: Directed by Kate Siegel,...

1980s sitcoms like She's the Sheriff, The New Adventures of Beans Baxter, and Eight Is Enough are now underrated and forgotten. Shows like Sanford, AfterMASH, and Mary tried to capture the success of their predecessors but failed to find lasting popularity. Too Close for Comfort transitioned to a more focused narrative, while Out of This World struggled to find its place in television history.

The 1980s were a groundbreaking era for sitcoms, with numerous shows making their mark on television. However, not all of these series have stood the test of time. Many 1980s sitcoms, despite their initial popularity and unique concepts, have faded into obscurity. These shows, which ranged from family-centric comedies to quirky fantasy series, often struggled with shifting audience tastes and changing TV landscapes.

Shows like Eight Is Enough, She's the Sheriff, and The New Adventures of Beans Baxter are good examples of '80s sitcoms that are incredibly underrated.

Now that’s a legend. Missy Elliott blew the roof off Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Monday night in her historic Out of This World Tour — her first headlining tour ever. It was a celebration of her gold mind and its evolution through the years. But it was also a revelation of her impact and her one-of-a-kind artistic legacy, as her avant-funk hip-hop and R&b style has shaped the way pop music has sounded for the past three decades. Her last full album, The Cookbook, dropped nearly 20 years ago,...

Bob Booker, the veteran writer and producer whose crowning achievement was the hugely popular 1962 comedy album The First Family, which poked fun at President John F. Kennedy and won the Grammy for album of the year, has died. He was 92.

Booker died Friday of heart failure at his home in Tiburon, California, his family announced. He spent 75 years working in the recording industry and in radio, film and television.

Booker also teamed with George Foster to write the cult film The Phynx (1970), about a rock band who goes to Albania to rescue celebrities (among them Colonel Sanders and Leo Gorcey of The Bowery Boys) taken captive by communists.

He wrote and produced five seasons (1987-91) of the syndicated sitcom Out of This World, which starred Donna Pescow, Maureen Flannigan and friend Burt Reynolds, who as a favor agreed to voice the extra-terrestrial father on the show.

Booker and partner Earle Doud...

TV producer/writer Bob Booker, who spent 75 years working in television, radio, film, and the recording industry, died July 12 at his home in Tiburon, California, at age 92 from heart failure, according to his daughter, Laura Booker.

Booker was best known for the Grammy Award-winning album, The First Family,

In 1963, Booker, with partner Earle Doud, wrote and produced The First Family, a lampoon of President John F. Kennedy and his family starring Vaughn Meader. The album became the largest- and fastest-selling record in the history of the record industry, selling one million copies per week for the first six weeks and ultimately selling 7.5 million copies. The First Family went on to win the Grammy for Best Album that year.

JFK was known to have enjoyed parody, and when asked about the album, he replied, “I listened to Mr. Meader’s record, and frankly, I thought it sounded more like Teddy than it did me.

Acclaimed horror director James Wan is dipping his toes into the comedy genre by producing a new half-hour sitcom about aliens for CBS. Wan is, of course, the director of such notable horror hits as Saw, Insidious, The Conjuring, and Malignant. While he hasnt directed anything since 2023s Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Wan has been staying busy behind the scenes producing the upcoming Stephen King adaptations Salems Lot and The Monkey, as well as the sequel to the 2021 video game adaptation, Mortal Kombat.

Per Deadline, Wan will produce the new sitcom, titled Area 51, through his Atomic Monster banner, which has also had a hand in producing such TV shows as MacGyver, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and Archive 81. Bringing the new sitcom to life are God Friended Me creators Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt, and Laura Moran, who previously served as writer and producer on another CBS hit,...

Steve Burton has been playing Jason on General Hospital for decades. He recently opened up about how his late co-star Stuart Damon helped shape his career. Keep reading for more about his relationship with the man who played his father on the soap.

From Jason Quartermaine To Jason Morgan

Steve Burton was just 21 when he took on the role of rich kid Jason Quartermaine on General Hospital. Despite his young age, it wasn’t his first acting credit. His breakout role was on the sitcom Out Of This World in 1987. A stint on Days of Our Lives as Harris Michaels followed, a role he briefly reprised in 2023.

In 1991, he joined General Hospital in a role he’d play off and on for over three decades. But he’s actually played two roles on the soap opera: Jason Quartermaine and Jason Morgan. In 1995, Jason Quartermaine was involved in a car crash that caused amnesia.

Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. To keep up with our latest features, sign up for the Weekly Edit newsletter and follow us @mubinotebook on Twitter and Instagram.Newsa Man of Integrity.Having banned producers of and actors in Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024) from leaving the country in an apparent attempt to pressure the director to pull the film from the Cannes Film Festival, Iranian authorities have now sentenced Rasoulof to eight years in prison, whipping, a fine, and confiscation of property, his lawyer announced today, adding that the courts consider the director’s films examples of collusion with the intention of committing a crime against the nation’s security.A group of about 200 French festival workers called Sous les écrans la dèche (“Under the screens the waste”) announced Monday that it will move ahead with plans for a strike during Cannes,...

Despite her iconic role in Star Trek, Nichelle Nichols' net worth was $500,000 at the time of her passing, primarily from conventions and acting. Nichols, at 5'3", was a trailblazer on and off the screen, inspiring diversity in NASA, recruiting female and Black astronauts, and supporting Stem. Nichols' advocacy for space exploration led to historic recruitment, including astronauts like Sally Ride, showcasing her lasting impact.

Nichelle Nichols' net worth is surprising given her status as TV royalty. Born Grace Dell Nichols on December 28, 1932, Nichols was a trailblazing actress and singer best known for her role as Lieutenant Nyota Uhura in the original Star Trek series. Nichols broke barriers as one of the first Black women to be cast in a major network TV series, helping to redefine how people of color were portrayed on screen. Her on-screen kiss with William Shatner (Captain James T. Kirk) in 1968 made television history as one...

Not even 12 hours ago we learned Kristen Stewart had nabbed a new auteur in Panos Cosmatos, a wise choice by the ever-adventurous actress. Her other choice on May 2, 2024 is quite another level of intrigue: Albert Serra, the perpetual festival favorite whose Pacifiction was something of a breakout hit, yes, if not quite to a level anyone anticipated. (Anyone but the man himself.) Per Film Stiftung, Serra’s previously announced Out of This World has secured funding, coinciding with a planned 2025 premiere.

Out of This World will likely feature an uncharacteristic level of English dialogue for Serra. As the official synopsis goes: “An American delegation travels to Russia in the midst of the Ukrainian war to try to find a solution to an economic dispute linked to sanctions. Out of This World explores the eternal rivalry between Russia and the USA.”

“As is often the case, one of the year’s...

Missy Elliott is going out on her first ever headlining tour!

The 52-year-old star announced the Out of This World — The Missy Elliott Experience tour on Monday (April 8).

Joining her on the tour will be her producing partner Timbaland, as well as Busta Rhymes and Ciara. General tickets will go on sale this Friday. Pre-sale begins tomorrow!

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Out Of This World — The Missy Elliott Experience Tour 2024 Dates:

Thursday, July 4 — Vancouver, BC — Rogers Arena

Saturday, July 6 — Seattle, Wa — Climate Pledge Arena

Tuesday, July 9 — Oakland, CA — Oakland Arena

Thursday, July 11 — Los Angeles, CA — Crypto.com Arena

Saturday, July 13 — Las Vegas, Nv — T-Mobile Arena

Tuesday, July 16 — Denver, Co — Ball Arena

Thursday, July 18 — Austin, TX — Moody Center

Saturday, July 20 — Houston, TX — Toyota Center

Sunday, July 21 — Fort Worth, TX — Dickies Arena

Wednesday, July 24 — Tampa, Fl — Amalie Arena

Thursday,...

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Quite a bit of time has passed since the last TopSpin game came out, but after spending a few hours with TopSpin 2K25 it's amazing how quickly old reflexes can come back. The interposing 13 years between releases have given players tennis titles like Mario Tennis Aces, Tennis World Tour, and Matchpoint - Tennis Championships, but nothing has really topped TopSpin 4 as the best go-to tennis game. Any sequel after so many years obviously comes pre-loaded with big expectations, but thankfully 2K Games and Hanger 13 seem poised to meet them.

Last week, Screen Rant was invited to preview TopSpin 2K25 at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, CA, which also happens to be one of the playable courts in the game. In addition to getting some hands-on playtime with TopSpin 2K25, I was also able to speak briefly with Remi Ercolani,...

Over the last seven years or so, the ever more capitalized Catalan industry, much based in capital Barcelona, has driven into domestic co-production with other parts of Spain. One result: an exciting new generation of young directors and producers, often women, which have scored a Berlin Golden Bear (Carla Simon’s “Alcarràs”) and best lead performance.

The Catalan film-tv industry is now, however, in the throes of a gathering industry makeover which is showing its first fruits. One driver, as so often in Europe, is public sector funding.

In 2019, total allocated Catalan government audiovisual funding stood at €12.6 million ($13.7 million). It rose to €40.8 million ($44.5 million) in 2022 and will rise again to an estimated €50 million ($54.5 million) in 2024, if the Catalan Parliament approves the budget, says Edgar Garcia, director of the governmental culture industry unit Icec.

In response to ramped-up funding, Catalonia industry has grown vibrantly. 130 execs and talent, representing 80 companies, attend 2024’s Berlin Film Market.

Arte France Cinéma are throwing their support behind the new projects (which will drop in 2025) from Albert Serra, Hafsia Herzi, Kleber Mendonça Filho and a new project by Tarik Saleh which was flying under the radar. We just reported on Serra moving into English language film with Out Of This World – we can now confirm that filming will take place from June to July in Latvia. Look for casting announcements in the new year.

Herzi’s third feature The Youngest Daughter (which follows in the footsteps of Cannes preemed Tu mérites un amour et Bonne Mère) is now confirmed as a March and April shoot.…...

Having achieved the unprecedented feat of having a film in our top 20 of last year and the same film in our top five of this year with his astounding Pacifiction, expectations are certainly high for the next feature from Albert Serra.

It’s now been announced Serra will begin production this summer on his next film Out of This World, with a 2025 premiere in store. The project will find him tackling modern international relations head-on, as the synopsis reveals: “An American delegation travels to Russia in the midst of the Ukrainian war to try to find a solution to an economic dispute linked to sanctions. Out Of This World explores the eternal rivalry between Russia and the USA.”

“As is often the case, one of the year’s most compelling films comes in the form of one of its most unrelatable stories: the lonesome, lingering descent of a seasoned French...

Post masterwork Pacifiction (read review), it appears that Spanish filmmaker Albert Serra will stick to murky politics and scope once again for what is indeed his English-language project debut. If Kristen Stewart is available, then this would indeed be the project to join. Serra will be moving into production next summer, likely earmarking a Cannes 2025 showcase.

The Les Films du Losange folks have identified Out of this World as Serra’s next project. This is about an American delegation who go to Russia amid the Ukrainian war to try to find a solution to an economic dispute linked to sanctions.…...

It's been nearly forty years, but people still remember "The A-Team." The action adventure series went on for five seasons, but stuck around in the public consciousness for much, much longer. People still remember the theme song, the cartoonish violence, the catchphrases. But although many viewers throughout the 2000s wanted a revival of the show, the TV series itself never came back.

Instead, we got a feature film in 2010 starring an updated A-Team, with the characters being veterans of the Iraq War instead of veterans of Vietnam. The film underperformed at the box office, however, and they never made a sequel. Unlike "21 Jump Street," a franchise where the later movies have now long-since overshadowed the TV show for most younger viewers, when people of all ages today think of "The A-Team," they're still almost certainly thinking of the show.

So what have the cast members been up to since...

When you tell folks you’re going to interview legendary magicians Penn & Teller, someone is liable to ask: “How are you going to do that? Does Teller even talk?”

If you have more than a passing knowledge of the pair — who have been hosting the magic game show Fool Us since 2011 — you’ll know what’s a silly question. Although, as part of their act, Teller keeps mum, in person the two are your classic goofball and straight man. Penn Jillette carries running jokes to their breaking point, in this...

Kévin Mischel in Out Of This World Photo: Bulldog Film Distribution

Marc Fouchard’s Out Of This World (Hors Du Monde) is one of those films which will blow you away when you first see it, and which you will hesitate to watch ever again. It’s the story of Léo (Kévin Mischel), a shy, emotionally damaged man who seems constantly uncomfortable with the world around him. He finds relief only in composing music, and in killing, which gives him inspiration – but this is very much unlike most serial killer films. There is no glamour, no sense of power, no sexual titillation – just sadness and brokenness. When Léo meets a young deaf woman, Amélie (Aurélia Poirier), who is a dancer and listens to his music by pressing her face against the door of his taxi, he is intrigued by her, and a tentative relationship begins – but can he control his compulsions?...

Now in its eleventh year, a post-pandemic Cartoons Underground is returning to an in-person format at its first ever theatre venue, Projector X, at the historic former Cathay Cinema on Handy Road, on October 22, 2022, at 7 pm.

Organisers received the largest number of submissions ever, having to choose just sixteen films from almost 1,700 animators from 96 different countries. Nine animated shorts will be competing in the international competition, ‘Out of this World’, while seven by young Singapore-based animators, will be weighed by the judges for the student competition, ‘Wild Times’. All will be competing for the Best Film Award. The programme screening will be followed by a Q&a with the Singapore-based directors and a networking session, both open to all.

The festival has also joined forces with *Scape and Lasalle College of the Arts to launch Animated Visions, a series of events intended to increase access for all to the animation industry including masterclasses,...

New Jersey rockers the Smithereens have unearthed a “lost album” five years after the death of singer Pat Dinizio and nearly 30 years after they recorded it.

Dubbed The Lost Album, the LP stems from a batch of unreleased songs the Smithereens recorded during fall 1993 studio sessions when the band was between record contracts. “The result of those one month marathon recording sessions is this album, unheard by the outside world until now,” the band said in a statement on Facebook.

Ahead of The Lost Album’s release on Sept. 23, the...

Exclusive: Beyond Salem may end up luring a whole new set of fans from General Hospital now that Steve Burton has joined the Days of Our Lives spinoff on Peacock. The beloved actor, who who left the ABC soap in 2021 after failing to adhere to its vaccine policy, has joined the second installment of Beyond Salem.

Though Gh fans certainly miss him as Jason Morgan, Burton couldn’t be more thrilled about reprising his role as Harris Michaels — a Dool character he originated in 1988 and is now reprising for Beyond Salem starting Monday. New episodes of Beyond Salem will drop each day through next Friday.

“Look, the circumstance [of his Gh departure] was tough and you know, that’s just the way it is,” Burton tells Deadline. “I’ll always be grateful for my time there. It was my family for so long. I grew up there and the fans have always been awesome to me.

Next month, John Coltrane’s label, Impulse!/Ume, will release Blue World, a new album by the legendary saxophonist. Recorded in 1964 and largely unreleased until now, the 37-minute session was intended as a soundtrack for Le chat dans le sac (“The Cat in the Bag”), a film by the Quebecois director Gilles Groulx. Only 10 minutes’ worth of the music actually appeared in the film, and none of it has appeared on any prior album.

Like Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album, an unearthed mid-Sixties Coltrane LP released for the...

It’s been nearly a decade since she last appeared on the show, but Catherine Tate hasn’t stayed away from the world of Doctor Who for good. Since 2016, she’s been reprising the role of Donna Noble opposite David Tennant in Big Finish Productions’ The Tenth Doctor Adventures audio drama series. In her next outing, however, Tate will be going at it alone, meaning Donna will be the star for once.

Big Finish has announced that a new boxset titled Donna Noble: Kidnapped! is on its way. The four stories will see the Doctor nowhere to be found with Donna left to pilot the Tardis by herself and go around saving the universe in his stead. She’ll even get her own companion in the form of Nat (Niky Wardley), who’s described as “everything Donna isn’t – a career woman, happily married, successful, and confident.”

For those who care about continuity,...

Chicago – July 20th, 2019, will mark the 50th Anniversary that a human being – astronaut Neil Armstrong – first stepped on the moon. All month in July/August, PBS station Wttw is featuring its “Summer of Space,” with special programming dedicated to both the Apollo 11 moon landing/walk and other space-themed shows. Participating are Chicago media personalities Bob Sirott and Marianne Murciano, in “Jim Lovell in Booth One with Sirott and Murciano.” For a schedule of showings, click here.

Bob Sirott and Marianne Murciano, besides being married, are a media power couple in Chicago, having co-hosted TV’s “Fox Thing in the Morning,” and had radio shows on Wgn and Wls. Before their collaborations, Bob Sirott was a Top 40 style disk jockey on Wls-am during the heyday of that format in the 1970s. He went on to network television, as one of the correspondents of CBS-tv’s “West 57th,”a newsmagazine show that...

In today’s roundup, Paramount greenlights “68 Whiskey” from Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, and PBS announces the dates for the documentary series celebrating the 50th anniversary of the summer of 1969.

Greenlights

Paramount Network ordered 10 one-hour episodes of “68 Whiskey,” a new scripted comedic drama series from Imagine Television Studios and CBS Television Studios. The dark comedy follows a multicultural mix of men and women deployed as Army medics to a forward operating base in Afghanistan nicknamed “The Orphanage.” Together, they endure a dangerous and Kafkaesque world that leads to self-destructive appetites, outrageous behavior, intense camaraderie and occasionally, a profound sense of purpose. Brian Grazer will serve as an executive producer along with Ron Howard, Imagine Television Group Chairman Francie Calfo, Imagine Television President Samie Kim Falvey, and Roberto Benabib (“Weeds”), who is also set to write. Zion Rubin, the creator of the Israeli television series “Charlie Golf One,” from...

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) today proudly announced that Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes, stars of television, film and stage and Sid and Marty Krofft, two legendary television producers, will be honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards this year during the Daytime Emmy® Awards. The Krofft Brothers will be celebrated at the 45th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards which will take place on Friday, April 27th, 2018, while Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes will be celebrated on Sunday, April 29th, 2018 at the 45th Daytime Emmy Awards. Both presentations will take place at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Southern California.

“I’ve been star-struck by the dynamic duo of Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes for decades,” said David Michaels, Svp, Daytime Emmy Awards, NATAS. “The scope of their work across the television, film and stage landscape is amazing. Their continuing roles of almost 50 years on Days of our Lives,...

Buzz Belmondo, a comedian, actor and writer who was a regular on the syndicated sitcom Out of This World and recurred on Baywatch, died Tuesday of blood cancer at his Los Angeles home. He was 70, His friend and longtime comedy partner Brad Slaight confirmed the news. Born Lorenzo Matawaran on February 20, 1947, in San Francisco, Belmondo began his decades-long career in the San Francisco comedy scene. He was a regular at the famed Holy City Zoo comedy club that launched…...

On Friday, Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt popped up at a Passengers photocall in La where they were joined by costar Michael Sheen, writer Jon Spaihts, and director Morten Tyldum. With mirrored walls and hundreds of holiday string lights, it was hard not to imagine that the costars were getting into the spirit of the holiday season . . . in space, of course. We've been following Jen and Chris on their delightful press tour, which has been taking place since the beginning of December. Of course, the whole affair hasn't been without its bumps and shenanigans. While Chris has consistently and hilariously been cropping Jen out of his photos, Jen dealt with a bit of controversy after sharing a story from the Hunger Games set in Hawaii. Passengers hits theaters Dec. 21, so there should be plenty more fun in the weeks to come. Related:Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence's Chemistry Is...

It's down to the final four contestants on Dancing With the Stars!

Ahead of the competition's two-night finale, Et caught up with the remaining season 23 couples in Los Angeles on Friday, where they each revealed what they think it will take to win the coveted mirror ball trophy.

Watch: Gleb Savchenko Delivers Perfect 'DWTS' Performance With Jana Kramer

"It's been a very stressful week for [Gleb Savchenko]," country singer Jana Kramer explains. "Like, obviously I'm stressed, too, but he has to choreograph two dances. It's the finals. He's got to step it up in the choreography, so I think he's stressed."

"I was a little bit stressed, but today's better," Gleb adds. "We've got everything almost ready."

Unfortunately, the two won't be reprising their iconic shower dance as many fans expected. "I wish we were," Jana confirms. "They won't let us." Instead, they'll be reprising their sexy Viennese waltz from week one and a new freestyle that the two...

Led by the Disney/Marvel’s “Doctor Strange” and “Trolls” (20th Century Fox/DreamWorks Animation), the Top 10 box office continues to be strong. And with three new wide releases, totals could be 20 percent over last year.

Those new films — “Arrival” (Paramount), “Almost Christmas” (Universal), and “Shut In” (EuropaCorp) — won’t top the second-week blockbusters. Even if “Doctor Strange” and “Trolls” each drop 50 percent, they’d gross $42 million and $23 million, respectively. None of the new titles are likely to cross $20 million, though “Arrival” and “Almost Christmas” could come close.

This weekend gets an added boost from Veteran’s Day on Friday, a Federal holiday that gives many school kids the day off. That will boost all grosses, but particularly “Trolls” and also the already well-received “Doctor Strange.”

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Lindsay Arnold and Calvin Johnson are continuing to heat up the Dancing With the Stars ballroom, with a little help from their biggest competition -- James Hinchcliffe and Sharna Burgess.

Following their elegant Cats-themed waltz to "Memory" on Monday night, Et caught up with the 22-year-old dance pro, where she spilled all on the former NFL pro's bromance with "Hinchtown."

Watch: Inside Calvin Johnson's 'Dancing With the Stars' Rehearsal

In addition to their individual couples performances, Johnson and the IndyCar racer also teamed up for a Paso Doble "Team-Up Challenge" during Showstoppers night, and according to Arnold, their rehearsals were far from boring.

"These two guys! James and Calvin in the room together, it's laughter 100% of the time," she dished. "Sharna and I were a little bit worried, because in dress rehearsal, they couldn't stop laughing and we weren't sure if they were going to be able to pull it together for the live...

Tom Ford proved he was a born filmmaker with his stunning 2009 debut “A Single Man,” and now he returns this year to prove he’s here to stay with “Nocturnal Animals.” The meta-narrative thriller premiered to rapturous acclaim at the Venice Film Festival last week, and in advance of the movie’s next stop at Tiff and its November release, Focus Features has released four new character posters for the roles played by Jake Gyllenhaal, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

Read More: ‘Nocturnal Animals’ Review: Tom Ford’s Ambitious Second Feature Is a Two-Hander With Bite

Based on the 1993 Austin Wright novel “Tony and Susan,” Ford’s latest starts Adams has a Los Angeles artist who receives a manuscript from her ex-husband (Gyllenhaal), who she hasn’t seen in nearly 19 years. The script details a shocking crime that happened to a family of three after they encountered a...

Star Trek: The Original Series aired 50 years ago, Thursday. (Actually, that's a bit of a cheat: The series originally aired Sept. 6, 1966 … in Canada, so you know, it doesn't count.)

The show never achieved high ratings during its original run of three seasons, but as it went into syndication throughout the 1970s, it became the cult classic it is today, with 13 feature films and five additional television series following. In honor of its 50th anniversary, we're rounding up some facts you might not have known about the series that boldly went where no other show had gone before.

1. Some of the...

Star Trek: The Original Series aired 50 years ago, Thursday. (Actually, that's a bit of a cheat: The series originally aired Sept. 6, 1966 … in Canada, so you know, it doesn't count.) The show never achieved high ratings during its original run of three seasons, but as it went into syndication throughout the 1970s, it became the cult classic it is today, with 13 feature films and five additional television series following. In honor of its 50th anniversary, we're rounding up some facts you might not have known about the series that boldly went where no other show had gone before. 1. Some of the...

Star Trek: The Original Series aired 50 years ago, Thursday. (Actually, that's a bit of a cheat: The series originally aired Sept. 6, 1966 … in Canada, so you know, it doesn't count.) The show never achieved high ratings during its original run of three seasons, but as it went into syndication throughout the 1970s, it became the cult classic it is today, with 13 feature films and five additional television series following. In honor of its 50th anniversary, we're rounding up some facts you might not have known about the series that boldly went where no other show had gone before. 1. Some of the...

The Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) announced today that Ethan Hawke and Amy Adams will be presented with Actor and Actress Tributes, and Oliver Stone will receive the Director Tribute at the 2016 Ifp Gotham Independent Film Awards. The awards will take place on Monday, November 28th at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

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“We are honored to have Amy Adams, Ethan Hawke, and Oliver Stone as our Actress, Actor, and Director Tribute honorees at this year’s Gotham Awards,” said Joana Vicente, Executive Director of Ifp and the Made in NY Media Center. “Each with a remarkable body of work that continues to challenge, thrill, and inspire audiences, we are proud to celebrate their numerous artistic achievements and honor their contributions to the landscape of cinema with these Tributes.”

Amy Adams has been nominated for five Oscars for her performances in “Junebug,...

Mel Gibson’s “Hacksaw Ridge” was a surprise addition to this year’s Venice Film Festival, instantly provoking curiosity as to how his first directorial effort since 2006’s “Apocalypto” would be received amid so many other autumnal prestige pictures. The answer, at least so far, is pretty well — early reviews from Venice tend toward the favorable.

Read More: Mel Gibson’s ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Emerges as Surprise Awards Contender

Variety‘s Owen Gleiberman draws attention to Gibson’s battle scenes:

“It immerses you in the violent madness of war — and, at the same time, it roots its drama in the impeccable valor of a man who, by his own grace, refuses to have anything to do with war.”

Alonso Duralde of TheWrap is similarly positive, crediting Gibson’s controlled chaos — while also pointing out a certain irony:

“Gibson has created some of the most breathtakingly exciting wartime footage in recent memory.

Seven years after premiering his directorial debut, “A Single Man,” at the Venice Film Festival, fashion designer Tom Ford returns to the festival with his second feature, “Nocturnal Animals.” And judging by the first reviews, he’s done an outstanding job the second time around. Starring Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal, the film is based on “Tony and Susan,” a novel by Austin Wright, and follows the story of an art gallery owner who is haunted by her ex-husband’s novel, a thriller that she interprets as a revenge tale. Here’s what the critics have to say.

IndieWire’s Ben Croll gave the film an A-, writing that Ford’s ambitious second film is a “two-hander with a bite”:

“‘Nocturnal Animals’ is an impressively ambitious effort, one part mean Texas thriller, one part middle-age melodrama, and makes for a meta-textual riddle that is almost as pleasurable to reflect...