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Kris Kristofferson was playing a show in Iowa on Wednesday night, but one of his most famous compositions was blaring throughout Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena at the 53rd annual Cma Awards. Sheryl Crow and Dierks Bentley teamed up to perform Kristofferson’s “Me and Bobby McGee” with an assist from Chris Janson on harmonica and Brothers Osborne’s John Osborne and the Eagles’ Joe Walsh on guitar.

The performance was the centerpiece of a tribute to the 83-year-old songwriter and Country Music Hall of Fame member, who received the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award.

Matthew Byrd Oct 17, 2018

The next Pokemon Go update will introduce a new generation of Pokemon to the game.

Developer Niantic Labs has made the shocking decision to add more Pokemon to the popular mobile title, Pokemon Go. 

In a stunning move, the Niantic team seemingly decided that making money is a good thing and that the best way to continue doing so would be to add more iconic Pokemon to the game all about capturing and collecting Pokemon. It's a truly bold creative decision that has led to the stunning news that Generation 4 Pokemon from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum will soon be available to catch in Pokemon Go. 

This particular group of Pokemon will include creatures that sound like they were named by a development team who were about to leave the office for the weekend and realized they forgot to give the Pokemon names. As such, you'll soon be...

Matthew Byrd Oct 17, 2018

The next Pokemon Go update will introduce a new generation of Pokemon to the game.

Developer Niantic Labs has made the shocking decision to add more Pokemon to the popular mobile title, Pokemon Go. 

In a stunning move, the Niantic team seemingly decided that making money is a good thing and that the best way to continue doing so would be to add more iconic Pokemon to the game all about capturing and collecting Pokemon. It's a truly bold creative decision that has led to the stunning news that Generation 4 Pokemon from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum will soon be available to catch in Pokemon Go. 

This particular group of Pokemon will include creatures that sound like they were named by a development team who were about to leave the office for the weekend and realized they forgot to give the Pokemon names. As such, you'll soon be...

The Venice Film Festival’s independently run Venice Days section, modeled on Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, has unveiled its lineup of 11 competition entries, all world premieres, marked by a particularly strong presence of female directors.

The section will open with “Graves Without a Name” (pictured), a new documentary on the horrors of the Khmer Rouge era by revered Cambodian-born director Rithy Panh, producer of Angelina Jolie’s “First They Killed My Father.” The lineup mixes promising entries from both well-known auteurs and newcomers. The out-of competition closer is suicide-themed comedy “Emma Peeters” from young Belgian director Nicole Palo.

Venice Days artistic director Giorgio Gosetti noted that six out of 12 titles in the official selection are directed by women and said that “female characters play a crucial role in all the films.” But he also said his choice was unconstrained by gender considerations. “We sought the best that we could find and...

From Amy Schumer to Danny DeVito, there was no shortage of great, breakthrough performances on the Broadway stage. If these performances are any indication of what’s to come, then audiences are seeing the beginnings of successful theater careers -- and we can’t wait to see more!

Alex Newell, Once on This Island

Alex Newell and Hailey Kilgore. Joan Marcus

As Mother of the Earth in the revival of Once on This Island, Newell filled the Circle in the Square Theatre with his bombastic and vibrant performance of “Mama Will Provide.” It’s a show-stopping moment that literally brought audiences to their feet in rapturous applause. And his co-star, Hailey Kilgore, should not be overlooked. As Ti Moune, she carried the story about a peasant girl in love with a wealthy boy from one side of the island to the other and enjoyed her own standout moment, leading a rapturous dance during a ball scene. [More]

Amy Schumer, Meteor...

Now that 2016 is over, many expectant parents — celebrities included! — are looking to what’s hot for 2017’s best baby names.

Consequently, there’s no better time than January to release a list of the most on-trend names for the new year, which is precisely what popular baby-moniker site Nameberry did recently.

Here are 25 of the 100 Best Baby Names for 2017, according to Nameberry, along with some of their popular celebrity ties.

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Arrow: “Set to shoot upwards”

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Plus: Warner Bros dates all-female Ocean’s 8; Vimeo’s big plans for Staff Pick channel; and more…

La La Land will open and Jackie will close the 39th Denver Film Festival, set to run in Colorado from November 2-12.

Lion is the Centerpiece screening and Lost In Paris will receive the Rare Pearl Award.

“From Damien Chazelle’s modern musical La La Land, starring the dazzling Emma Stone, to Natalie Portman’s iconic portrait of Jacqueline Kennedy in Pablo Larraín’s Jackie, these films set the bar for the entire programme of impressive work coming to our screens in November,” said Denver Film Society festival director Britta Erickson.

Organisers will announce the full programme on Monday.

Warner Bros and Village Roadshow said on Wednesday the studio will release the all-femaleOcean’s 8on June 8 2018.Vimeo on Wednesday unveiled an initiative to extend its Staff Pick channel into a year-long online film festival. An open submissions...

Official competition to include Cary Fukunaga’s Beasts Of No Nation and European premieres for Jonás Cuarón’s Desierto and Johnnie To’s Office.Scroll down for competition titles

The full line-up for the 59th BFI London Film Festival (Oct 7-18) has been unveiled this morning, including the titles set to compete in its four competitions.

The festival will screen a total of 238 fiction and documentary features, including 16 world premieres, eight international premieres, 40 European premieres and 11 archive films including five restoration world premieres. The line-up also includes 182 live action and animated shorts.

As previously announced, the festival will open with Sarah Gavron’s period drama Suffragette, starring Carey Mulligan, and will close with Danny Boyle’s biopic Steve Jobs, starring Michael Fassbender as the home computer pioneer and Apple co-founder. Both are European premieres.

Further headline galas at the festival will be Todd Haynes’ Carol, Jay Roach’s Trumbo, Scott Cooper’s Black Mass, John Crowley...

San Diego Comic-Con 2015 has released their full schedule for Saturday, July 11. For your convenience, we have pulled out all of the movie, TV and DVD related panels and events below, but you can can visit Comic-Con.org to check out the full schedule including comic book and video game panels. Take a look at all of the movie, TV and DVD events that will take place during the first day of Comic Con.

10:00am - 11:00am SpongeBob SquarePants

The cast of SpongeBob is back! All your Bikini Bottom favorites are on hand to perform Idiot Box at a live table read as chosen by the fans online. Featuring Tom Kenny (SpongeBob), Bill Fagerbakke (Patrick Star), Rodger Bumpass (Squidward), and Dee Bradley Baker (all other Biukini Bottomites.. Following the performance will be a Q&A with the cast and creative director, Vincent Waller. Plus, a sneak peek at a...

San Diego Comic-Con has released the full schedule of events for Saturday, July 26, following the Thursday and Friday schedules that were released the past two days. You can clickHere to view the lineup in its entirety, which includes numerous comic book panels and events, but we have pulled out all of the movie, DVD and TV-related panels for your convenience.

San Diego Comic-Con has released the full schedule of events for Saturday, July 26, following the Thursday and Friday schedules that were released the past two days. You can clickHere to view the lineup in its entirety, which includes numerous comic book panels and events, but we have pulled out all of the movie, DVD and TV-related panels for your convenience.

Saturday, July 26

The Simpsons

Celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Simpsons-no gifts please-with creator Matt Groening, executive producer Al Jean, supervising director MikeAnderson, and director for life David Silverman.

Mike Myers has been busy since his last on-screen appearance in 2009′s Inglorious Basterds: busy painting variations on KFC’s Colonel Sanders, busy making GarageBand tunes, busy raising his two young children. But now he’s coming back to the film industry with his directorial debut, Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon – a documentary that follows talent manager Shep Gordon.

GQ spoke with Myers about Supermensch, what it was like standing next to Kanye West when he said that one thing, and how he really was the last person to receive a letter from The Beatles’ George Harrison. Read the...

CBS has given a pilot order to More Time With Family, a multi-camera comedy starring comedian Tom Papa. The project, which had a put pilot commitment, was one of the highest-profile comedy packages this season – with Ben Affleck and Matt Damon as executive producers, Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith as writers/exec producers and Papa as star. 20th Century Fox TV, where Yuspa and Goldsmith are based, is producing. Based on the stand-up of Papa and the experiences of Damon, More Time With Family centers on a husband and father (Papa) making a career change to spend more time with his family. The project originated with Papa and Damon who had worked together on two movies, The Informant and Behind The Candelabra. They teamed with Damon’s childhood friend and frequent collaborator Affleck, and Yuspa and Goldsmith came on board to write. Affleck will executive produce through his Pearl Street along with Papa,...

When Lorde won two awards (song of the year and best pop solo performance) at the 2014 Grammys, she didn't just become the third-youngest winner in the ceremony's history. Barely a year into her career, the 17-year-old Kiwi also surpassed dozens of industry legends in the great list of Grammy winners in the sky. Whether they've only won one Grammy, or are still waiting for their first golden gramophone entirely, here are some of the musical superstars who have taken home fewer Grammys than Lorde. (A note: We're only counting competition Grammys. Lifetime achievement awards don't count, nor do inductions into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

It's always an incredible night to see stars honor their fellow performers at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, and tonight was no exception (January 18).

The 20th Annual event was full of wonderful moments as many talented actors and ensembles took home the coveted statues awarded to them for their tremendous roles on the big and small screens.

The biggest award of the night went home to the cast of "American Hustle," taking home the Actor for Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture.

Other notable trophies went home to Cate Blanchett for Best Actress for her role in "Blue Jasmine," and Matthew McConaughey for Best Actor for his work in "Dallas Buyers Club."

Check out the full list of 2014 SAG Award nominees below:

Theatrical Motion Pictures

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Bruce Dern / Woody Grant – “Nebraska” (Paramount Pictures)

Chiwetel Ejiofor / Solomon Northup – “12 Years A Slave” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Tom Hanks / Capt.

It's always an incredible night to see stars award their fellow performers at the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, and tonight was no exception (January 18).

The evening was full of wonderful moments as many talented actors and ensembles took home the coveted statues awarded to them for their tremendous roles on the big and small screens.

The biggest award of the night went home to the cast of "American Hustle," taking home the Actor for Best Picture.

Other notable trophies went home to Cate Blanchett for Best Actress for her role in "Blue Jasmine," and Matthew McConaughey for Best Actor for his work in "Dallas Buyers Club."

Check out the full list of 2014 SAG Award nominees below:

Theatrical Motion Pictures

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Bruce Dern / Woody Grant – “Nebraska” (Paramount Pictures)

Chiwetel Ejiofor / Solomon Northup – “12 Years A Slave” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Tom Hanks / Capt.

© 2013 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. And Ratpac Entertainment. Photo Credit: Keith Bernstein.

(L-r) John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli, Erich Bergen as Bob Gaudio, Vincent Piazza as Tommy DeVito and Michael Lomenda as Nick Massi in Warner Bros. Pictures’ musical “Jersey Boys, ” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

Warner Bros. Pictures has released their slate of films for 2014. Along with each movie’s synopsis and photos, you will find Hobbits, dolphins, legos, Godzilla as well as the latest info and first image of Clint Eastwood’s take on the musical Jersey Boys.

The cinematic lineup hosts a bevy of A-listers for fans of Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Russell Crowe, Colin Farrell, Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Bryan Cranston, Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx, Chris Pine, Kevin Spacey, and Christoph Waltz.

Further on down the cinematic...

The award season is now in full swing. This morning, SAG-aftra announced the nominees for the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Nominations and wins at these awards often add to one’s Oscar hopes, so it’s always interesting to see which projects are getting the most attention.

One neat personal note here is that, since I’ve been a card-carrying member of the Screen Actors Guild for 7 years, I get to cast my votes on all of these. Looking forward to that.

And the nominees are…

20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations

Theatrical Motion Pictures

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Bruce Dern / Woody Grant – “Nebraska” (Paramount Pictures)

Chiwetel Ejiofor / Solomon Northup – “12 Years A Slave” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Tom Hanks / Capt. Richard Phillips – “Captain Phillips” (Columbia Pictures)

Matthew McConaughey / Ron Woodroof – “Dallas Buyers Club” (Focus Features)

Forest Whitaker / Cecil Gaines – “Lee Daniels’ The Butler...

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and specialty items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

Aazurn Publishing

Indie Comics Horror #2, $6.49

Abstract Studios

Rachel Rising #17, $3.99

Adhouse Books

Supermag Gn, $9.95

Amigo Comics

Rogues #2, $3.99

Amryl Entertainment

Cavewoman Oasis #2 (Of 2)(Budd Root Special Edition), Ar

Cavewoman Oasis #2 (Of 2)(Devon Massey Regular Cover), $3.75

Cavewoman Oasis #2 (Of 2)(Devon Massey Special Edition), Ar

Andrews McMeel Publishing

Dilbert Your New Job Title Is Accomplice Tp, $12.99

Get Fuzzy Volume 19 The Birth Of Canis Tp (not verified by Diamond), $12.99

Angry Viking Press

Evil Diva Volume 1 Gn (not verified by Diamond), $12.99

Antarctic Press

Macabre #1 (One Shot), $3.50

Ape Entertainment

Drew Hayes’ Poison Elves #3 (Cover A Darick Robertson), $2.99

Drew Hayes’ Poison Elves #3 (Cover B Montos), $2.99

Archie Comic Publications

Archie Comics Super Special #3 (not verified by Diamond), $9.99

Jugheads Double Digest #193, $3.99

Kevin Keller #9 (Dan Parent Regular Cover), $2.99

Kevin Keller...

Dustin Hoffman on being difficult, the movies he didn't make and why he's finally directing

Dustin Hoffman is on the phone to his wife. I know I shouldn't eavesdrop, but I can't help it. It's the voice. "Where's your meeting? Good luck. Bye-bye." So slow and deep and rich, like whipped cream mixed with gravel. Even when he started out 45 years ago in The Graduate, as virginal Benjamin Braddock about to be educated in the ways of love and lust, he had the voice. Hoffman is an extraordinarily convincing actor – when he sweats crazily in Straw Dogs, the sweat's for real; you can almost smell him as crippled hobo Ratso in Midnight Cowboy; and when he steps into a frock and heels for Tootsie, you know he's really learned to walk a lady's walk – but in the end it's down to the voice.

And to the choices he has made.

The sCare Foundation has announced that it will honor Malcolm McDowell with a Lifetime Achievement Award at its Halloween Benefit this weekend:

Los Angeles, CA — The sCare Foundation announced today it will honor legendary actor Malcolm McDowell (Rob Zombie’s Halloween, A Clockwork Orange) with the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 2nd Annual Halloween Benefit on October 28, 2012. The evening will be held at the Conga Room at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles, and will include great entertainment, a silent auction and plenty of exciting prizes. The evening will benefit the life-saving programs of the Hollywood Homeless Youth Project (http://hhyp.org/), as well as Safety Harbor Kids (http://www.safetyharborkids.org/).

“Malcolm is an amazing actor and true professional,” said sCare Foundation founder, Malek Akkad. “He’s always been an ardent supporter and we’re excited to be able to honor him in this way. Besides being one of our greatest actors,...

The sCare Foundation announced today it will honor legendary actor Malcolm McDowell (Rob Zombie’s Halloween, A Clockwork Orange) with the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 2nd Annual Halloween Benefit on October 28, 2012.

The evening will be held at the Conga Room at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles, and will include great entertainment, a silent auction and plenty of exciting prizes. The evening will benefit the life-saving programs of the Hollywood Homeless Youth Partnership, as well as Safety Harbor Kids.

“Malcolm is an amazing actor and true professional,” said sCare Foundation founder, Malek Akkad. “He’s always been an ardent supporter and we’re excited to be able to honor him in this way. Besides being one of our greatest actors, he has always shown unwavering support to our cause, and his generosity and compassion truly appreciated.”

Malcolm McDowell is arguably among the most dynamic and inventive of world-class actors,...

It always rained for the Ealing Studios director, but with the reissue of a lost noir classic, it's time his talent was recognised

Robert Hamer was the odd man out at Ealing Studios. He wasn't the only falling-down drunk there, and I daresay he wasn't the only unhappily closeted homosexual, but his work as a writer and director has a sharpness and bite lacking in the genial comedies we associate with the studio.

The revival of Hamer's almost forgotten kitchen sink noir classic from 1947, It Always Rains On Sunday, may come as a shock to those who know Hamer only through his comic masterpiece Kind Hearts And Coronets. Kind Hearts lacks exactly that titular quality, being a spiritedly mean-minded account of multiple murder by a spurned minor aristocrat. Likewise Hamer's last film, School For Scoundrels, which was completed by others as Hamer was by then often battling terrifying Dt hallucinations.

Watch 8 clips from Finding Nemo 3D, starring Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres and Alexander Gould! It's hard to believe it's almost 10 years since the animated Disney film helmed by Andrew Stanton (John Carter) and Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3) found release. Still, if there was ever an animated family film that will bring those once-were kids back into theaters, it's this one. Heck, I'll be there with my kids, since this came out a year before my son was born. Pic scripted by Bob Peterson, David Reynolds and Stanton, finds 3D re-release on September 14th, with a voice cast also including Erica Beck (Pearl), Elizabeth Perkins (Coral), Allison Janney (Peach), Barry Humphries (Bruce), Geoffrey Rush (Nigel), Vicki Lewis (Deb, Flo), John Ratzenberger (Fish School), Stephen Root (Bubbles), Erik Per Sullivan (Sheldon), Brad Garret (Bloat), Eric Bana (Anchor) and Stanton as Crush.

Watch 8 clips from Finding Nemo 3D, starring Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres and Alexander Gould! It's hard to believe it's almost 10 years since the animated Disney film helmed by Andrew Stanton (John Carter) and Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3) found release. Still, if there was ever an animated family film that will bring those once-were kids back into theaters, it's this one. Heck, I'll be there with my kids, since this came out a year before my son was born. Pic scripted by Bob Peterson, David Reynolds and Stanton, finds 3D re-release on September 14th, with a voice cast also including Erica Beck (Pearl), Elizabeth Perkins (Coral), Allison Janney (Peach), Barry Humphries (Bruce), Geoffrey Rush (Nigel), Vicki Lewis (Deb, Flo), John Ratzenberger (Fish School), Stephen Root (Bubbles), Erik Per Sullivan (Sheldon), Brad Garret (Bloat), Eric Bana (Anchor) and Stanton as Crush.

Hollywood Gives Back: The winners of the Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards for 2011 were announced tonight during the 64th Annual DGA Awards Dinner at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles. Michel Hazanavicius won the DGA?s Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for The Artist.

Following the welcome by DGA President Taylor Hackford to an audience of more than 1,600 guests, director/producer/actor Kelsey Grammer hosted the ceremony.

Presenters included (in alphabetical order): DGA Secretary-Treasurer Michael Apted; Kathy Bates (Midnight in Paris); Berenice Bejo (The Artist); George Clooney (The Descendants); Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad); Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men); Laura Dern (Enlightened); Jean Dujardin (The Artist); DGA President Taylor Hackford; 2010 DGA Feature Film Award winner Tom Hooper (The King?s Speech); Stana Katic (Castle); Ben Kingsley (Hugo); Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy); Kathleen Robertson (Boss); Octavia Spencer...

HollywoodNews.com:Directors Guild of America President Taylor Hackford today announced the DGA’s nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television and Commercials for the year 2011.

?The caliber of work being done on television these days is incredible, and our director nominees in each category are an indispensable element to the success of every project — establishing and enhancing the vision and tone, eliciting outstanding performances and furthering the narrative arc through their creative choices,? said Hackford. ?That they are able to create excellence regardless of obstacles like tighter schedules and in an environment in which audiences have more entertainment options to choose from — is a true testament to the importance of directorial skill in television.?

The winners will be announced at the 64th Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles.

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Movies For Television And Mini-series

The nominees for the Directors Guild...

With what looks to be the most stunning sequence of the upcoming Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol, director Brad Bird and his IMAX cameras captured Tom Cruise scaling the world’s largest tower, Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. The crew will return the city, as it has been announced this morning the film will open on December 7, 2011 at the 8th Dubai International Film Festival. This will be just over a week before its IMAX debut.

We also have smaller banners, with one featuring part of the cast. They also each get their own poster in international posters as well and expect hi-res English versions to arrive soon. Check it all below, along with the press release and previously posted TV spot (and a new one just added) for the film starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Josh Holloway, Michael Nyqvist, Vladimir Mashkov, Lea Seydoux and Anil Kapoor.

Dubai, UAE; November 14, 2011: Adrenaline,...

This much we can be sure of: everyone will know your name on the set of this show.

When Kirstie Alley joined the cast of "Cheers," it was already established as one of the top sitcoms of television, a two-time winner of the Emmy for Best Comedy Series. Rhea Perlman had already won three Emmys for Best Supporting Actress, and with Shelly Long leaving, she was the top lady on the show. Alley, of course, would go on to win Emmys of her own, making them two of the top actresses in television.

Nearly 20 years after that show ended, why not try it again?

Deadline reports that Rhea Perlman has joined the cast of Kirstie Alley's upcoming sitcom pilot, "The Manzanis." Alley will play a woman who moves with her family to New Jersey, and Perlman will play her mother-in-law. It will be Perlman's first regular TV role since 2001's Abbie Schaeffer,...

DVD Playhouse—September 2011

By Allen Gardner

In A Better World (Sony) Winner of last year’s Best Foreign Film Oscar, this Danish export looks at two fractured families and the effect that the adult world dysfunction has on their two sons, who form an immediate and potentially deadly bond. Director Susanne Bier delivers another powerful work that maintains its drive during the films’ first 2/3, then falters somewhat during the last act. Still, well-worth seeing, and beautifully made. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Deleted scenes; Commentary by Bier and editor Pernille Bech Christensen; Interview with Bier. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.

X-men First Class (20th Century Fox) “Origins” film set in the early 1960s, traces the beginnings of Magento and Professor X (played ably here by Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy), and how the once-close friends and colleagues became bitter enemies. First half is slam-bang entertainment at its stylish best,...

DVD Playhouse—August 2011

By Allen Gardner

High And Low (Criterion) Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 adaptation of Ed McBain’s novel King’s Ransom is a multi-layered masterpiece of suspense and one of the best portraits ever of class warfare in post-ww II Japan. Toshiro Mifune stars as a wealthy businessman who finds himself in a moral quandary when his chauffer’s son is kidnapped by ruthless thugs who think the boy is Mifune’s. Beautifully realized on every level. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Commentary by Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince; Documentary on film’s production; Interview with Mifune from 1984; Trailers and teaser. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 4.0 surround.

Leon Morin, Priest (Criterion) One of French maestro Jean-Pierre Melville’s rare non-crime-oriented films, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo as a devoted cleric who is lusted after by the women of a small village in Nazi-occupied France. When Fr. Morin finds himself drawn to a...

...Or we should say "Cheat Sheets" since this year's SXSW Film Festival boasts over 140 films, requiring more than just one page to cover every single one of the narrative and documentary features that will be playing in Austin from March 11th through 19th. While the festival has already provided a very helpful schedule to flip through and Pdf of the screening grid online, consider this your quick hit guide to all the features at the festival - every title leads to its corresponding festival page in addition to links to trailers, official sites, filmmakers' Facebook pages and Twitter accounts so you can follow the action from the festival or from home.

Meanwhile, there will be plenty of action during these next two weeks on IFC.com where, in addition to our live video page, Matt Singer (@mattsinger) and I (@mfrushmore) will be filing reviews and interviews throughout the film festival.

The 42 annual NAACP Image Awards nominations were announced Wednesday (Jan. 12) by actresses Kimberly Elisa and Sanaa Lathan, rapper 50 Cent, singer Smokey Robinson and actors Columbus Short and Affion Crockett at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, CA.

ABC and NBC led the TV categories with 18 nominations each, followed by CBS and the Lifetime Movie Network with 10 apiece. "Grey's Anatomy" and "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" tied at five noms apiece, while "For Colored Girls" topped all other movies or TV series with seven nominations. Tyler Perry's film and television projects had a combined total of 20 nominations.

The entire list of nominees is as follows:

Television

Outstanding Comedy Series

• "30 Rock" (NBC)

• "Are We There Yet?" (TBS)

• "Glee" (Fox)

• "Modern Family" (ABC)

• "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" (TBS)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

• David Mann - "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns" (TBS)

• Dulé Hill - "Psych" (USA)

• Lavan Davis...

Early in the 1990 horror film Troll 2, Michael Waits (played by Dr. George Hardy) now famously yells at his 10-year-old son Joshua (Michael Paul Stephenson), “You can’t piss on hospitality!” 20 years later, its stars have taken that lesson to heart. Adoring fans around the world have turned the once obscure, overwhelmingly flawed flick (witness a 0% score on rottentomatoes) into that rare gem of an actual cult classic.

Stephenson & Hardy have embraced the affection to reclaim their initially dark experience with a love letter of a documentary: Best Worst Movie. The film chronicles the making of Troll 2, its odd resurrection, the fans that made it happen and the cast members’ search for a little artistic redemption.

Collider chatted up Stephenson (Bwm’s director) & Dr. Hardy (its main subject) for a funny back-and-forth this week. Hit the jump for the interview’s full audio and transcript, along with stories of...

The following is a list of New York–area stage and film acting schools, teachers, and coaches organized by category and alphabetically. Each of the entries contains the following information, if applicable: name of teacher or school, address, phone and fax numbers, email address and/or website, average number of students per class, whether beginning, intermediate, or advanced students are taught, whether auditing is permitted, whether classes are ongoing or by sessions, any special emphasis used in classes or coaching, whether a work/study program is offered. Descriptions of the class, school, or coaching are provided by the instructor or institution and edited by Back Stage. Schools or teachers who have been omitted may contact, in writing, Listings, c/o Back Stage, 5055 Wilshire Blvd., 6th floor, Los Angeles, CA 90036, so that we may include you in our next list.Acting Technique/Scene Study29th Street Repertory School of TheatreTim Corcoran,...

Tacoma - Who could imagine making a documentary about dolphins could lead to so much trouble. When director Louie Psihoyos exposed what the Japanese locals were doing to dolphins in Taiji, Japan in The Cove, he found himself a wanted man. This sea-side community celebrates their relationship with the dolphin. But there’s a darkside when they herd dolphins into a cove, sell the prized ones to aquariums for $150,000 each. The remaining dolphins are slaughtered and given to school kids as whale meat. He found himself wanted by the Japanese law for various charges including videotaping undercover police officers.

Certain folks have defended this slaughter as cultural dining. How dare Americans protest what the Japanese eat. The falsely labeled dolphin meat has toxic levels of mercury. Remember that this is the same Japan that will shut off imports of American agriculture and livestock with the rumor of something being amiss.

The first-ever Fangoria Trinity Of Terrors has officially taken over the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, becoming The Place you want to spend your Halloween! Its 1:31am Vegas time as I type this and the party is continuing downstairs as Halloween has officially arrived in the city of Sin.

Opening night was a blast here, packed with film screenings, celebrity guests (including some unannounced surprises), horror, freaks, and rock. And to top it off, we're broadcasting the demonic debauchery Live!

Check out this clip from last night's Live webcast featuring John Kassir doing a little bit of The Crypt Keeper!

As the final screening of the night comes to a close with Black Devil Doll wrapping up in the Brenden Theatres, we're already prepping for the show floor to re-open at 10am. Tickets will be available at the door for only $20 beginning at 8:30am, and here's what horrors lie in-store for Halloween.

The inaugural Fangoria Trinity Of Terrors roars into The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas next weekend (October 30-November 1), and for those looking to plot out their weekend, we've got your first-look at the programming schedule for the Trinity.

With a massive list of celebrity guests, film screenings and premieres, musical performances, a VIP Party, Costume Contest, Tattoo Contest, Fango Foto Features, Autograph Sessions, and so much more - we want you to know the lay of the land so that you don't miss a single thing.

If you don't have your tickets for our massive Halloween Weekend yet, there is still time to pre-order online through http://www.trinityofterrors.com and through Vegas.com. You may also order tickets from Vegas.com by phone - 1-888-las-vegas (527-8342) 24 hours a day. Tickets Will Not Be Mailed - You may pick them up at the Trinity registration booth (next to...

The Trinity of Terrors hosted by Fangoria will kick-off during this Halloween Weekend! The Trinity movie and music festival will take place in Las Vegas and start Friday October 30 with several movie premieres. Some of the screenings include House of the Devil, Smash Cut, Sea of Dust and several more listed below. If you are a fan of horror, and in Vegas on the 30th then check out the celebration throughout the Halloween weekend. Have a look at the full event schedule inside with a list of some of the actors and crew members in attendance i.e. Ken Foree (Dawn of the Dead), Chris Jericho (Albino Farm), Tom Atkins (The Fog), Jake Kennedy(Penance), and many, many more!

Halloween Weekend

Friday, October 30-sunday November 1

Friday, October 30

8:30am Registration opens

4pm Event doors open

4:30pm Opening Greeting & Future Fears Film Preview- Brenden Theaters #2

4:30pm Sea Of Dust...

An amazing influx of stars have joined the already massive guest list, including the one and only Bruce Campbell, Buffy The Vampire Slayer's Kristy Swanson, original Fango editor Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin, Devil's Reject Bill Moseley, American Werewolf David Naughton and Night Of The Living Dead 1990's bad ass "Barbara" Patricia Tallman!

Tickets for our massive Halloween Weekend are now available online through http://www.trinityofterrors.com and through Vegas.com. You may also order tickets from Vegas.com by phone - 1-888-las-vegas (527-8342) 24 hours a day.

Need even more goodies? Then check out the unbelievably kick ass cover to the 32 page event program/autograph book by celebrated album cover artist Mr. Sam (Godhead, H.I.M., Iron Maiden)-

And now a little info about the Amazing free raffles we'll be doing all weekend long at the Trinity!

Everyone that attends, with any level ticket (Day, Weekend...

He's a genre icon and a Fango favorite, and now Bruce Campbell has joined the inaugural Fangoria Trinity Of Terrors, to be held October 30 through November 1 at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas!

Tickets for our massive Halloween Weekend are now available online through http://www.trinityofterrors.com and through Vegas.com. You may also order tickets from Vegas.com by phone - 1-888-las-vegas (527-8342) 24 hours a day.

From The Evil Dead to My Name Is Bruce and USA's Burn Notice, Campbell will be featured at two very special Q&A sessions on Saturday and Sunday. Autograph and Photo Op tickets will be available on the Official Trinity of Terrors website later today.

Campbell is just the latest to join our star-studded Vegas debut!

Fangoria Entertainment, publisher of the world’s best-selling horror magazine and industry leader of all things horror since 1979, is proud to announce the Fangoria...

The cast and crew of Albino Farm has joined the lineup for the inaugural Fangoria Trinity Of Terrors, to be held October 30 through November 1 at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas!

WWE Wrestling Superstar Chris Jericho will appear on Friday along with actor/musician Richard Christy (Death, Howard Stern Show), actress Tammin Sursok, and co-director Sean McEwen at a special panel devoted to their recently-released film.

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Fangoria Entertainment, publisher of the world’s best-selling horror magazine and industry leader of all things horror since 1979, is proud to announce the Fangoria Trinity Of Terrors---a brand new multi-media horror event presented in association with 5B Artist Management and sponsored by Hot Topic®, Vegas.com® and Coffin Case®. The...

The much-talked about H.G. Lewis-inspired Smash Cut has been added to our Fango Film Fest for the inaugural Fangoria Trinity Of Terrors taking place October 30 through November 1 at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas!

Able Whitman (David Hess - appearing at The Trinity!) is a horror-film director whose movies are panned by critics and audiences alike — until he starts killing people and using their body parts as props in his new flick.

Now, only intrepid Smash Cut. reporter April Carson (Sasha Grey) and celebrated private detective Isaac Beaumonde (Jesse Buck) stand between the demonic director and his unquenchable thirst for butchery at 24 frames per second!

Inspired by the career and filmography of Herschell Gordon Lewis, Smash Cut is a gore-splattered satire of the blood sport known as filmmaking.

This director's cut bleeds!

Smash Cut joins our Film Fest program which will be held in the Brenden Theatres inside the Palms Casino.

Genre favorites Tom Atkins (Night Of The Creeps, Escape From New York, The Fog) and Adrienne Barbeau (Swamp Thing, The Fog, Escape From New York) have joined the lineup for the inaugural Fangoria Trinity Of Terrors, to be held October 30 through November 1 at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas!

Both stars will be attending all weekend to meet with fans in our massive exhibition hall!

In other Trinity guest news, Fairuza Balk (The Craft) has been forced to bow out of the event due to accepting a film role which will be shooting at the same time as the convention. We wish Fairuza the best with her new role!

Fangoria Entertainment, publisher of the world’s best-selling horror magazine and industry leader of all things horror since 1979, is proud to announce the Fangoria Trinity Of Terrors---a brand new multi-media horror event presented in association with 5B Artist Management and sponsored by Hot Topic®, Vegas.

The anticipated throwback to the exploitation films of the 60's and 70's comes to the Fangoria Trinity Of Terrors as Bitch Slap has been added to our Fango Film Fest, taking place October 30 through November 1 at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas!

Directed by Rick (The Unborn II) Jacobson and produced by Jacobson and Eric Gruendemann, with Return Of The Living Dead co-star/The Willies director Brian Peck as an associate producer, Bitch Slap stars America Olivo (Friday The 13th), Julia Voth and Erin Cummings as three bad girls who run up against worse guys after their attempt to extort a fortune from a crime boss goes awry. The film, which tells its story through Memento-style reverse flashbacks, co-stars Ron Melendez, William Gregory Lee and Michael Hurst and Kevin Sorbo from TV’s Hercules, with brief appearances by Xena’s Lucy Lawless and Renee O’Connor. Death Proof’s...

Legendary genre star and Fango favorite Lance Henriksen (pictured below), star of Aliens, Pumpkinhead, Near Dark, Millenium and much more, has joined the lineup for the inaugural Fangoria Trinity Of Terrors, to be held October 30 through November 1 at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas!

Henriksen narrates the new genre doc Nightmares In Red, White, And Blue: The Evolution Of The American Horror Film (trailer below), which will screen at the Trinity as well. In addition, we'll also be screening another of Henriksen's recent works, Alone In The Dark II!

Lance will be available throughout the weekend to meet with those attending the Trinity Of Terrors, in our massive exhibition hall. Click here to get your tickets Now!

Fangoria Entertainment, publisher of the world’s best-selling horror magazine and industry leader of all things horror since 1979, is proud to announce the Fangoria Trinity Of Terrors---a brand new multi-media horror event...

Full Moon's Charles Band (pictured below), the legendary mind behind the Puppetmaster series, Evil Bong, Trancers, and more has joined the lineup for the inaugural Fangoria Trinity Of Terrors, to be held October 30 through November 1 at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

Fresh off of his latest Full Moon Horror Road Show (see previous item here), Band will be brining his Full Moon Magic to the Trinity Exhibition Hall, where he will be appearing all weekend. Click here to get your tickets Now!

Fangoria Entertainment, publisher of the world’s best-selling horror magazine and industry leader of all things horror since 1979, is proud to announce the Fangoria Trinity Of Terrors---a brand new multi-media horror event presented in association with 5B Artist Management and sponsored by Hot Topic®, Vegas.com® and Coffin Case®. The extravaganza fittingly takes place Halloween weekend, beginning Friday, October 30th and running through Sunday evening,...

Calling all Maggots, Gorehounds, and Fango Fiends! Yesterday at 10am, tickets went on-sale for the general public wishing to see Slipknot perform Live on Halloween at the Fangoria Trinity Of Terrors in Las Vegas. In a short period of time, Ticketmaster reported that the main floor was sold-out, and by last night only a few pairs of tickets in the upper balcony were left.

Do you want to grab the hottest ticket in-town for Halloween? How would you like to attend the Slipknot concert On The Sold-out Floor, Get Early Admission, and Meet The Band? Fangoria has a limited block of floor tickets set aside just for this occasion, and the only way to get them is through a Silver Bullet Pass available Exclusively through http://www.trinityofterrors.com

We'd set aside a limited block of tickets for just such an occasion, and since a bunch of those were sold...

The 61st Emmy Noms are here and some Oscar, Grammy, and Tony winners have been invited for the first time to the dance this year. While HBO’s series ‘True Blood’ was glaringly left off the list for Best TV Drama, it’s brilliant mini-series ‘Grey Gardens’ received a stellar 17 nominations!

Outstanding Drama Series

Big Love Breaking Bad Damages Dexter House Lost Mad Men Outstanding Comedy Series

30 Rock Entourage Family Guy Flight Of The Conchords How I Met Your Mother The Office Weeds Outstanding Made For Television Movie

Coco Chanel Grey Gardens Into The Storm Prayers For Bobby Taking Chance More nominees after the jump

Outstanding Directing For Nonfiction Programming

Project Runway • Finale (Part 1) • Paul Starkman Roman Polanski: Wanted And Desired • Marina Zenovich The Amazing Race • Don’t Let A Cheese Hit Me • Bertram van Munster This American Life • John Smith • Adam Beckman Top Chef • The Last Supper • Steve Hrynewicz Outstanding Directing For A Miniseries,...

"My Wife and Kids" co-creator/executive producer Don Reo has joined Fox's comedy series " 'Til Death" as exec producer/showrunner.

Reo will oversee day-to-day operations on the multicamera comedy, recently picked up for a fourth season. He will be an exec producer alongside series creators Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith, who also have a new comedy pilot, "The Fish Tank," in the running at CBS.

The Sony-produced "Death," which has defied the odds with a string of renewals despite modest ratings, underwent a major creative retooling this season when its two-couple premise was dropped to focus on the older couple, Eddie (Brad Garrett) and Joy (Joely Fisher), and Eddie's brother Kenny (J.B. Smoove).

Reo has not begun to outline next season -- production on "Death's" third season wrapped last month -- but he plans to continue to "exploit the talent that's there and play on (the trio's) strengths."

Reo,...

My Big Fat Greek Life, the small-screen spinoff of Nia Vardalos' big fat indie feature hit, got off to a terrific start Monday, but it was Fox's Joe Millionaire: The Aftermath special that drew the largest crowd of the night. Greek Life, which had a special showcase premiere in the post-Everybody Loves Raymond slot Monday before settling into its regular Sunday 8 p.m. slot this weekend, averaged 22.9 million viewers and a 7.4 rating/16 share in the adults 18-49 demographic, according to Nielsen Media Research. That marked the highest-rated debut of a comedy on any network since NBC's Jesse in 1998 and CBS' best comedy bow since 1995's Cosby and Pearl. Even against the hot Joe Millionaire, Greek Life, from Brad Grey TV/Sony Pictures TV, built on its lead-in from Raymond (22 million, 7.2/16), which posted its best numbers since its season premiere in September. CBS capped the night with a decisive win at 10 p.m. with CSI: Miami (19.1 million, 6.9/17), which helped CBS win the night in viewers (18.9 million) and place a strong second to Fox in adults 18-49 (6.4/15). The swan song of Joe Millionaire dominated the 9 p.m. hour with an average of 19.5 million viewers and 10.2/23 in adults 18-49, which sealed Fox's nightly win in adults 18-49 (7.2/17). NBC won the first hour of primetime with Fear Factor (15.6 million, 6.5/17) but fell off from 9-11 p.m. ABC was DOA for the night with "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!" and a rerun of last week's two-hour Bachelorette finale yielding an average of just 6.4 million viewers and 2.6/6 in 18-49 for the night.