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Sure, it’s been more than a handful of When Calls The Heart (Wcth) seasons since Elizbeth Thornton donned that beautiful wedding dress when she wed Jack Thornton (Daniel Lissing) in Season 5. Still, here we are, close to the end of Season 12 and Hearties everywhere are still raving about it!

The character’s portrayer, Erin Krakow, recently had an interview, divulging some interesting information about the iconic dress and where it was from.

Erin Krakow Said, “Yes” To The Dress

During an interview with Swooon, Krakow revealed that she went looking for and bought her character’s legendary wedding dress from Season 5. In fact, she went to the famous New York City dress shop where the reality show, ‘Say Yes To The Dress’ was filmed, Kleinfeld.

Krakow was visiting NYC, saw the dress, and knew it was ‘the one’. The actress told Swooon, “Fun fact. I was in New York,...

Ann Lowe — the pioneering fashion designer and American couturier — is getting the biopic treatment at TriStar thanks to Serena Williams and Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth Carter.

Sony’s TriStar Pictures acquired the pitch for the project, titled The Dress, about Lowe, one of the country’s most prolific but also least-known couturiers. Lowe, who died in 1981, designed mid-century wardrobes for the biggest names in American society and industry, including members of the Rockefeller, Roosevelt, Du Pont and Whitney families.

The story will focus on how Lowe, who was the first Black woman to own a shop on Madison Avenue, was commissioned to design the wedding dress that Jackie Bouvier wore at her 1953 wedding to John F. Kennedy.

Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, the writers behind the Mister Rogers movie A Beautiful Day in The Neighborhood, will pen the screenplay based on the book By Her Own Design by Piper Huguley.

Megan bought a Hayley Paige dress for $3,100, and while it wasn't the most expensive dress on the show, its price was still shocking. Jessie's Maison Signore dress cost $4,500, but she knew it was the one and didn't mind the price for her special day. Tabitha broke the record with her $70,000 Pnina Tornai dress, making it the most expensive dress ever purchased on the show.

Kleinfeld in New York is known for their bank-breaking dresses, but these ten brides on Say Yes To The Dress bought the most expensive wedding gowns in the show's history. Everyone expects their wedding to be a day they'll never forget, but some brides had astronomical budgets to ensure that everything, including their dress, was absolutely perfect. Kleinfeld is known to accommodate all budgets, but for some customers, the price ends up as less than an afterthought. Say Yes To The Dress will return for season...

Poland’s Oscar committee has selected The Peasants, a sumptuous animated literary adaptation from Loving Vincent directors Dk and Hugh Welchman, as the country’s submission for the best international feature category at the 2024 Oscars, over The Green Border, a critically-acclaimed film from two-time Oscar nominee Agnieszka Holland (Europa Europa, In Darkness).

The decision, announced by the committee in Warsaw Monday afternoon, comes after a concerted attack on The Green Border by Poland’s far-right government, with the justice minister and the country’s president condemning the film and comparing it to “Nazi propaganda” for its depiction of the refugee crisis on Poland’s border with Belarus.

The head of Poland’s Oscar committee, producer Ewa Puszczyńska, whose credits include the Oscar-winner Ida, the Oscar-nominated Quo vadis, Aida? and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest, the U.K. entry for the 2024 best international feature race, said deliberations were “tough...

Not sleeping in the is a big problem for many people but if they had a best friend who is also up with them, could it be really fun. Created by Steve Burge and Natalie Walter The new Apple TV+ comedy-drama series Still Up answers that question through a sweet story about two friends Lisa and Danny suffering from insomnia, who are connected mostly through video calls.

Still Up – Episode Guide (When are the Episodes Coming Out?)

Still Up consists of eight episodes in total and it premieres with its first three episodes on September 22, with the rest of the episodes releasing weekly. Check out the full episode guide with titles and release dates below:

Credit – Apple TV+ Episode 1 “The Pharmacy” – September 22 Episode 2 “The Dress” – September 22 Episode 3 “The Date” – September 22 Episode 4 “The Sleep Clinic” – September 29 Episode 5 “Veggie Veggie Bing Bong” – October 6 Episode 6 “The Road Trip” – October 13 Episode 7 “The Horse” – October...

The following contains spoilers for Superman & Lois Season 3, Episode 9, "The Dress," which debuted May 23 on The CW.

Superman & Lois Season 3 has had fans excited over the debut of Michael Cudlitz's Lex Luthor. The recent promo teased Lex as a bat out of hell once he gets out of prison. With the subsequent revelation he was falsely jailed, it really does feel like he's going to be quite angry and vengeful.

However, the show has stalled on revealing Lex and even neglected seeding out clues as to his intentions. Sadly, given Superman & Lois' renewal status is up in the air, with just four episodes left, there's a big issue being created. It's one that could end up leaving Lex as unfulfilled potential in the hit CW series.

Related: Superman & Lois Keeps Subverting Sam Lane - For the Better

Superman & Lois Is Short on Time to Make Lex Resonate

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The following contains spoilers for Superman & Lois Season 3, Episode 9, "The Dress," which debuted May 23 on The CW.

It's hard to deny Superman & Lois' renewal delay has fans on edge. The series has been set up so well to elaborate on the friends and family the Man of Steel has. From Lois Lane's cancer arc to Natalie and John Henry Irons Steel armors to Lex Luthor's arrival, there are many threads for a couple more seasons.

Interestingly, The Flash showrunner Eric Wallace has admitted he's willing to pitch ideas to add to the series. He wants to bring other Arrowverse characters into play to continue the vision Dctv had early on. However, while fans hope the Kents get more time to tell their story, the series doesn't need the baggage of the Arrowverse to succeed.

Related: Superman & Lois Season 3 Ends on a Cliffhanger Despite No Word on...

The following contains spoilers for Superman & Lois Season 3, Episode 9, "The Dress," which debuted May 23 on The CW.

One of the things Superman & Lois' third season teased was a lot more sex between Clark and Lois. It wanted to take the show into more mature territory while painting a realistic, relatable picture of a married couple. This way, fans would learn more about the mental and physical intimacy of the iconic DC duo, reiterating that they are more than just journalists saving the world.

Lois' shocking cancer diagnosis has changed the Kents' lives drastically. And come the latest episode, "The Dress," there's another layer piled onto the closeness of the power couple. In the process, it creates a nuanced sub-arc with Lois, filled with compassion and empathy and something real-world couples can connect to.

Related: If One Has to Go, Save Superman & Lois And Ditch Gotham Knights

Superman & Lois Addresses...

The following contains spoilers for Superman & Lois Season 3, Episode 9, "The Dress," which debuted May 23 on The CW.

As Season 3 of Superman & Lois continues, John Henry Irons (aka Steel) has been having his most nuanced arc yet. He's become Bruno Mannheim's main nemesis, obsessed with bringing Intergang to justice. Steel can't stand that Bruno killed this Earth's John and then threatened the rest of his family.

Bruno even tried to take out Lana, making it clear it was personal. Unfortunately, while many hoped Steel would temper his rage, the latest episode, "The Dress," has him killing a villain. It's altering Steel's personality and tipping him over the edge in a war that could have major ramifications.

Related: Superman & Lois Creates the Scariest Lex Luthor - Thanks to One Big Mistake

Superman & Lois' Steel Has Lost Compassion & Empathy

Steel is incensed by Bruno's men attacking him brazenly in broad daylight. It leads to Atom-Man,...

The following contains spoilers for Superman & Lois Season 3, Episode 9, "The Dress," which debuted May 23 on The CW.

The third season of Superman & Lois has pushed the Kent family, as well as Lana, into rocky emotional territory. Clark has to contend with Lois' cancer, figuring out how to help the boys get through it. Thankfully, Lana's there for Clark and other characters like Sam Lane.

It's impressive given how much she's had to deal with. She's ready to get the divorce done with Kyle while working on being a better mom to Sarah and Sophie. Interestingly, the latest episode, "The Dress," has Lana coming to the fore in an even more impactful manner, reminding fans why she's the bedrock of the Superman mythos and Clark's personal life.

Related: The Flash Boss Plans to Pitch Arrowverse Heroes Joining Superman & Lois

Superman & Lois Has Lana Healing Lois' Fears

When the show was first announced,...

The following contains spoilers for Superman & Lois Season 3 Episode 9.

Throughout this season of Superman & Lois, Bruno Mannheim has become an increasingly fearsome force. Now John Henry Irons, Aka Steel, has an ax to grind with the crime boss -- and for good reason. Bruno murdered this Earth's John Henry Irons. He also strapped a bomb to John's sister. And, perhaps worst of all, the bad blood has spilled over into their families. John's daughter, Natalie, has been dating Bruno's son, Matteo. Needless to say, the parents aren't thrilled.

In this week's Superman & Lois episode, "The Dress," their feud escalates even further. During a confrontation in downtown Smallville, John brought his hammer down on Atom Man, killing him, a development that will surely send the hero down a dark path. Wolé Parks recently spoke to Cbr about John shifting into protective parent mode, his beef with Bruno, personal stakes,...

Superman & Lois Season 3 has introduced a villain in Bruno Mannheim that has as many personal stakes for John Henry Irons and his daughter Natalie as he does for the Kent family. The differences in how Clark Kent and John Henry address the threat Mannheim presents come to a head in the season's ninth episode, titled "The Dress," kicking off the third season's final act. Bringing more action than the preceding episodes, the episode gives Steel a slightly questionable character arc that may put off viewers as some unnecessary or forced friction between the heroes.

Following Peia's reveal as the supervillain Onomatopoeia, she is placed in Department of Defense custody, with the heroes using this as leverage to reclaim materials stolen by Mannheim. General Sam Lane trusts John Henry to take point with Mannheim, though the villain's personal attacks make him act more aggressively than Clark and Natalie are comfortable with.

The following contains spoilers for Superman & Lois Season 3, Episode 9, "The Dress," which debuted Tuesday, May 23 on The CW.

With the revelation that Peia is the supervillain Onomatopoeia, Superman and Steel finally have the crime boss Bruno Mannheim on the defensive as Superman & Lois Season 3's final act begins. However, with Mannheim striking so close to John Henry Irons' personal life repeatedly, John becomes more obsessive in taking him down, to Clark Kent's chagrin. This leads to an escalation of Mannheim and John's bitter feud, taking a toll on both men's families and relationships.

With Peia in Department of Defense custody, John uses her as leverage against Mannheim, withholding visitation rights unless Mannheim relinquishes the assets he stole from the DoD. Clark feels John is being too extreme and vengeful in handling the situation. At the same time, Natalie Irons chafes under her father, forbidding her from seeing Peia...

Superman & Lois is on a hiatus but will be returning to continue its third season soon. On Superman & Lois, Tyler Hoechlin's Man of Steel is married to Lois Lane (Elizabeth Tulloch) and is the father to two teenage sons, Jordan (Alex Garfin) and Jonathan Kent. Raising his family in his hometown of Smallville, Kansas, Clark Kent is both the show's heroic lead and wise mentor to the up-and-coming Jordan, who has developed Kryptonian superpowers on par with his father's.

Superman & Lois has set up a possible villain war with Intergang leader Bruno Mannheim (Chad L. Coleman) and Lex Luthor (Michael Cudlitz) emerging as antagonists, along with the returning Bizarro (also played by Tyler Hoechlin). Superman & Lois airs on Tuesday nights on the CW, but there will be no new episode of season three this week. Fortunately, it will not be long before Superman & Lois returns to air.

The 2022 Oscars were quite the ride.

In a dramatic ceremony that saw Will Smith hit Chris Rock on stage, sci-fi epic Dune swept the board with the most prizes.

Apple TV+ movie Coda was the surprise Best Film winner, beating off competition from former favourite, Netflix’s The Power of the Dog.

The Eyes of Tammy Faye’s Jessica Chastain took home the gong for Best Actress, and Smith won for King Richard. Watch his tearful acceptance speech here.

Ahead of the 2023 ceremony, find the full list of 2022 Oscar winners below.

Best Picture

Belfast

Coda Winner

Don’t Look Up

Drive My Car

Dune

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

Nightmare Alley

The Power of the Dog

West Side Story

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye Winner

Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter

Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers

Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos

Kristen Stewart – Spencer

Best Actor...

Netflix has reaffirmed its 300 million commitment to Mexican cinema and series, announcing a slew of new movie projects to celebrate the country’s National Day of Cinema on Aug. 15 and as part of its #QueMéxicoSeVea initiative.

The year-old initiative, which can be roughly translated to “Let Mexico Be Seen” has the mission “to make visible the work of Mexican creators, screenwriters, writers, directors, actors and people who make national cinema possible,” as well as its wealth of original stories.

Leading the pack is the widely anticipated directorial debut of Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto who is helming an adaptation of Juan Rulfo’s seminal novel, “Pedro Paramo.” Produced by Redrum, the film’s crew includes Oscar-nominated production designer Eugenio Caballero and costume designer Anna Terrazas, whose notable credits include “Roma,” “Spectre” and “Bardo.”

“Our commitment to Mexican culture also includes adapting great Mexican works to the cinema, and ‘Pedro Páramo’ will...

UCLA’s latest Hollywood Diversity Report found some improvement in 2022 in regards to hiring women and people of color, but activist group Fwd-Doc is demanding that UCLA address other overlooked groups such as Lgbtqia+ individuals and the “invisible minority” — disabled people — in the industry.

Jim LeBrecht, co-founder of Fwd-Doc and co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary “Crip Camp” (2020), states, “UCLA’s report that stands for promoting diversity is an egregious case of exclusion and perpetuates the misconception that people with disabilities do not exist in the entertainment industry. In light of ‘Coda’s’ three Oscar wins at the recent 94th Academy Awards ceremony, this oversight reinforces Fwd-Doc’s assertion that this report is incomplete and not comprehensive.”

He adds that other groups have been under-represented, such as Lgbtqia+ people, but were ignored in the study.

The ninth annual report, from UCLA’s Division of Social Sciences, covers the top 200 theatrical English-language...

Indie ethos, costume drama and rich fantasy won the day at the world’s top cinematography event, EnergaCamerimage Film Festival, on Saturday, with Joshua James Richards’ naturalistic filming in Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” taking the Golden Frog plus Fipresci jury honors. The chronicle of life on the rough edges of America’s society among retirees living on the road in trailers, based on Jessica Bruder’s nonfiction book “Nomadland: Surviving in the Twenty-First Century,” is considered a strong Oscars contender.

The 28th edition of Camerimage also wrapped with its award to an actor of unique visual sensitivity for Johnny Depp, whose Japan-set war correspondent story “Minamata,” filmed by Benoit Delhomme, screened at the fest. Depp said in a letter to the fest that shooting with the celebrated Dp was “a sort of dance” encouraged by director Andrew Levitas, who “encouraged us to explore.”

Fest president Marek Zydowicz described the fest...

Last night, the Costume Designers Guild had their say in the Oscar race. The 22nd annual Cdg Awards were held and with only two of the five Academy Award nominees in the running here, all eyes were on this group to see if that might tell us anything. Well, that might just have happened, but not necessarily in the way that we were expecting. Did the race zig instead of zag? Read on for more to find out… The complete Costume Designers Guild Awards results are next, but the notable outcome (or at least the most notable outcome) was that in Excellence in Period Film, Jojo Rabbit and costumer designer Mayes C. Rubeo pulled an upset over presumed frontrunner Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood and costume designer Arianne Phillips. Could the Academy follow suit in February? Quite possibly. Knives Out and costume designer Jenny Eagan took home the Excellence in Contemporary Film prize,...

“Jojo Rabbit,” “Knives Out” and “Malificent: Mistress of Evil” have been named the best-dressed films of 2019 by the Costume Designers Guild, which handed out its annual awards on Tuesday night in Los Angeles.

“Jojo Rabbit” won in the Excellence in Period Film category, “Maleficent” in the Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film category and “Knives Out” in the Excellence in Contemporary Film category.

Of this year’s winners, only “Jojo Rabbit” is nominated for Oscars in the Best Costume Design category. “Knives Out” and “Malificent” are not, with the Academy’s Costume Designers Branch this year only nominating two of the 15 Cdg nominees, “Jojo” and “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood.”

Also Read: Oscar Nominees Luncheon Finds Academy Grappling With Change and Loss

Among the Hollywood guild awards, a Cdg win is not one of the more reliable Oscar predictors. In the previous 21 years, one of the Cdg winners has gone...

Knives Out, Jojo Rabbit and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil strode away with the film prizes at the 22nd annual Costume Designers Guild Awards, which were handed out tonight at the Beverly Hilton.

It was ladies’ night at the CDGAs as seven of the eight winners were female. Mayes C. Rubeo and Searchlight’s Jojo Rabbit bounded away with the Period Film prize, Knives Out costumer Jenny Eagan solved the Contemporary Film conundrum, and Ellen Mirojnick of Disney’s Maleficent sequel conjured up the Sci Fi/Fantasy Film victory. It was the third Cdga win for Eagan in five nominations, the first in four noms for Rubeo and the third in seven for Mirojnick, who also picked up the Costumers’ Career Achievement Award in 2016.

Jojo Rabbit‘s Rubeo, whose credits also include Thor: Ragnarok and World War Z, now could be considered the front-runner for the Oscar. Since the CDGAs launched 21 years ago,...

San Sebastian — Geraldine Gonard’s Inside Content has swooped on “Josefina,” acquiring world sales rights outside Spain and Germany to the Spanish movie project, which has already attached laureled Spanish actress Emma Suárez, star of Pedro Almodovar’s “Julieta,” to play the female lead.

One of the five film titles to be put through development at the Ecam Madrid Film School’s pioneering Incubator development program, “Josefina” is co-produced by Madrid’s White Leaf Producciones and Berlin’s One Two Films, whose recent films include Jennifer Fox’s “The Tale” and Isabel Coixet’s “The Bookshop.”

Producer Sergy Moreno is now beginning to reach out to potential actors comparable in stature to Suárez to play the male lead.

Described by Inside Content’s Geraldine Gonard as a romantic drama with lighter touches and a deft but penetrating criticize of contemporary societal ills, “Josefina” will be directed by Spanish short filmmaker Javier Marco.

Madrid — Multi-prized Spanish actress Emma Suárez, star of Pedro Almodovar’s “Julieta,” is attached to topline “Josefina,” a co-production between Madrid’s White Leaf Producciones and Berlin’s One Two Films, whose recent films include Jennifer Fox’s “The Tale” and Isabel Coixet’s “The Bookshop.”

A romantic drama-comedy to be directed by Spanish short filmmaker Javier Marco, “Josefina” turns on 50-year-old Juan, a prison officer attracted to Berta, the mother of one of the inmates, who passes himself off as another parent visiting the prison in order to see his incarcerated daughter, Josefina.

Josefina’s presence, however fictitious, facilitates a relationship between two people with grave emotional deficiencies, “lending an optimism, and moments of near surrealism and comedy to the film,” screenwriter Belén Sánchez-Arévalo said at the inaugural The Incubator, a development program launched this year by the Ecam Madrid Film School.

Suárez, also the star of Michel Franco’s “April’s Daughter,...

Schneider Vs. Bax

Director: Alex van Warmerdam // Writer: Alex van Warmerdam

Steadily working Dutch auteur Alex van Warmerdam has been systematically making bizarre, offbeat features since 1986’s Voyeur (aka Abel), with titles like 1992’s The Northerners or 2003’s Grimm reaching a wider international audience. But at Cannes 2013, Warmerdam’s eighth feature, Borgman, was a breakout success. Though it went home empty handed, it certainly increased Warmerdam’s profile with a delightfully strange film. His latest, Schneider Vs. Bax, sees the director with his usual set cast of returning characters, including Pierre Bokma and his wife, Annet Malherbe, who starred in nearly all his features. A hitman is assigned the simple task of killing a solitary writer before the night is through. Of course, things don’t go as planned.

Cast: Alex van Warmerdam, Annet Malherbe, Pierre Bokma

Production Co.: Graniet Film Bv, Czar, Verenigde Arbeiders Radio Amateurs (Vara)

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Exclusive: Fortissimo takes world rights to survival thriller that pits a writer against a hitman who gets more than he bargained for.

Fortissimo Films has acquired worldwide rights, outside Benelux and Scandinavia, to writer/director Alex van Warmerdam’s upcoming project, Schneider vs. Bax (working title).

The project is Van Warmerdam’s first since Borgman, which screened In Competition at last year’s Cannes Film Festival. Fortissimo is commencing pre-sales immediately.

Schneider vs. Bax revolves around two men, a contract killer and a writer, battling each other for survival. Schneider, the contract killer and a devoted family man, is offered a rush job on the morning of his birthday to liquidate Ramon Bax. Bax is a 50 year old writer living in his secluded cabin by the lake. What seems to be a simple assignment turns out to be more than expected.

Fortissimo Films’ long time partner, production company Graniet Film, is currently...

Exclusive: Fortissimo takes world rights to survival thriller that pits a writer against a hitman, who gets more than he bargained for.

Fortissimo Films has acquired worldwide rights, outside Benelux and Scandinavia, to writer/director Alex van Warmerdam’s upcoming project, Schneider vs. Bax (working title).

The project is Van Warmerdam’s first since Borgman, which screened In Competition at last year’s Cannes Film Festival. Fortissimo is commencing pre-sales immediately.

Schneider vs. Bax revolves around two men, a contract killer and a writer, battling each other for survival. Schneider, the contract killer and a devoted family man, is offered a rush job on the morning of his birthday to liquidate Ramon Bax. Bax is a 50 year old writer living in his secluded cabin by the lake. What seems to be a simple assignment turns out to be more than expected.

Fortissimo Films’ long time partner, production company Graniet Film, is currently...

Exclusive: Fortissimo takes world rights to survival thriller that pits a writer against a hitman who gets more than he bargained for.

Fortissimo Films has acquired worldwide rights, outside Benelux and Scandinavia, to writer/director Alex van Warmerdam’s upcoming project, Schneider vs. Bax (working title).

The project is Van Warmerdam’s first since Borgman, which screened In Competition at last year’s Cannes Film Festival. Fortissimo is commencing pre-sales immediately.

Schneider vs. Bax revolves around two men, a contract killer and a writer, battling each other for survival. Schneider, the contract killer and a devoted family man, is offered a rush job on the morning of his birthday to liquidate Ramon Bax. Bax is a 50 year old writer living in his secluded cabin by the lake. What seems to be a simple assignment turns out to be more than expected.

Fortissimo Films’ long time partner, production company Graniet Film, is currently...