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From VancouverFilm.Net, here is the Vancouver Film Production Update for May 2021, with local productions responding individually, based on best practices for businesses/employers from the 'BC Centre for Disease Control', to stop the spread of Covid-19:

Features Bonfire Local Production Company: No Clocks Productions Ltd.  Producer: Jim Whitaker, Joe Roth Director: David Lowery 3/8/2021 - 6/30/2021  Easter Sunday Local Production Company: Sandals Productions Inc. Producer: Jonathan Eirich, Dan Lin Director: Jay Chandrasekhar 5/3/2021 - 6/18/2021  Emerald Hill Local Production Company: Red Energy Films Inc. Producer: Neal H. Moritz, Toby Ascher Director: Jeffrey Fowler 3/15/2021 - 5/12/2021  Heatwave Local Production Company: Heatwave Thriller Productions Inc. Producer: Mick MacKay Director: Ernie Barbarash 4/12/2021 - 5/7/2021  Lou Local Production Company: Deerfield Productions, Ulc Producer: JJ Abrams, Jonathan Cohen Director: Anna Foerster 6/14/2021 - 8/23/2021 TV Movie

26 Hour Day Local Production Company: Hour Road Productions Ltd. Director: David Winning 5/3/2021 - 5/21/2021  A Christmas Treasure Local Production Company: Christmas Treasure Road Productions Ltd. Director:...

Exclusive: The Good Doctor creator David Shore has re-upped his overall deal with Sony Pictures Television, extending his long-running relationship with the studio behind the hit ABC medical drama, which was just renewed for a fifth season.

Under the rich new four-year pact, believed to be in the eight-figure range, Shore will continue to executive produce and run The Good Doctor, as well as develop projects for the studio under his Shore Z Production banner.

With the new deal, Shore and Sony TV’s partnership will cross over the decade mark next year, one of the longest current showrunner tenures at Sony — and any TV studio. Other creative talent who have been at Sony TV for a long time include fellow showrunners Vince Gilligan, Shawn Ryan, Josh Berman and Robia Rashid as well as producers Doug Robinson, Neil H. Moritz and Seth Gordon.

Four seasons in, The Good Doctor ranks...

From VancouverFilm.Net, here is the Vancouver Film Production Update for November 2020, with local productions responding individually, based on best practices for businesses and employers from the 'BC Centre for Disease Control', to stop the spread of Covid-19:

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Bonfire

Local Production Company: No Clocks Productions Ltd.

Producer: Jim Whitaker, Joe Roth

Director: David Lowery

Change Of Pace

Local Production Company: Change Of Pace Film, Inc.

Producer: Graham Fraser

Director: Stephen Campanelli

Ellington

Local Production Company: Swan Song BC Productions Inc.

Director: Ben Cleary

Hello, Goodbye And Everything In Between

Local Production Company: Hello Goodbye Productions Inc.

Producer: Brian Robbins, Matt Kaplan, Kelsey Jackson

Director: Michael Lewen

Love Hard

Local Production Company: Love Hard Films Canada, Inc.

Producer: McG, Mary Viola

Director: Hernan Jimenez Garcia

Solitary

Local Production Company: Windor Productions BC Inc.

Producer: Aaron Gilbert, Nate Parker, Christina Lee Storm, David Oyelowo, Kevin Turen

Director: Nate Parker

Untitled...

While California wildfires are giving British Columbia's Vancouver some of the worst air pollution in the world, from VancouverFilm.Net, here is the Vancouver Film Production Update for September 2020, including "Batwoman", "Day Of The Dead", "Motherland: Fort Salem" and a whole lot more, all previously suspended due to the 'Covid-19' virus pandemic:

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Bonfire

Local Production Company: No Clocks Productions Ltd.

Producer: Jim Whitaker, Joe Roth

Director: David Lowery

3/8/2021 - 6/30/2021

Change Of Pace

Local Production Company: Change Of Pace Film, Inc.

Producer: Graham Fraser

Director: Stephen Campanelli

9/28/2020 - 10/16/2020

Ellington

Local Production Company: Swan Song BC Productions Inc.

Director: Ben Cleary

12/1/2020 - 3/17/2021

Hello, Goodbye And Everything In Between

Local Production Company: Hello Goodbye Productions Inc.

Producer: Brian Robbins, Matt Kaplan, Kelsey Jackson

Director: Michael Lewen

10/5/2020 - 11/9/2020

Love Hard

Local Production Company: Love Hard Films Canada, Inc.

Producer: McG, Mary Viola

Director: Hernan Jimenez Garcia

10/5/2020 - 11/24/2020

Solitary

Local Production Company: Windor Productions BC Inc.

Exclusive: Salli Richardson-Whitfield, the Eureka and I Am Legend star turned director, has signed an overall deal with HBO.

Richardson-Whitfield has struck a two-year deal with the premium cable network to develop projects. She has also come on board to direct and exec produce a handful of major titles for the WarnerMedia-owned company.

She will be an exec producer on Julian Fellowes’ upcoming drama series The Gilded Age, in addition to directing four episodes, and will also direct two episodes of Adam McKay’s upcoming untitled Lakers project, which is based on Jeff Pearlman’s book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s.

Richardson-Whitfield has had an interesting career trajectory. Having started voicing a character on Disney’s animated series Gargoyles, she was a series regular on Paul Haggis’ CBS drama Family Law, Syfy’s Eureka and Freeform’s Stitchers as well as...

From VancouverFilm.Net, here is the Vancouver Film Production Update for June 2020, including features/ TV series  temporarily suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic:

Features

Bonfire (Temporarily Suspended)

Local Production Company: No Clocks Productions Ltd.

Executive Producer: Tom Hammel

Producer: Jim Whitaker, Joe Roth

Director: David Lowery

Ellington (Temporarily Suspended)

Local Production Company: Swan Song BC Productions Inc.

Executive Producer: Shea Kammer, Jonathan King, Adam Shulman, Jacob Perlin

Director: Ben Cleary

Untitled Graham King Project (Temporarily Suspended)

Local Production Company: Cold Hut Production Ulc.

Executive Producer: Nicola Shindler, Graham King, Ken Kamins, Sally Wainwright, Colin Vaines

Producer: Nan Morales

Director: Nora Fingscheidt

TV Pilots

Kung Fu (Temporarily Suspended)

Local Production Company: 3253 Production Services Inc.

Executive Producer: Christina M. Kim, Martin Gero, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Hanelle Culpepper

Producer: Ian Smith

Director: Hanelle Culpepper

LA Brea (Temporarily Suspended)

Local Production Company: Gep La Brea Inc.

Executive Producer: David Appelbaum, Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman,...

Exclusive: Television writer, executive producer and playwright Anne Kenney has signed with APA.

Kenney most recently wrote and executive produced the third season of American Gods, scheduled to air on Starz later this year. Previously, Kenney worked on the first three seasons of the Starz series Outlander, beginning as co-executive producer in season 1 and rising to executive producer for seasons 2 and 3. She wrote multiple episodes of the series including the acclaimed “The Wedding” episode.

Kenney is currently developing the limited series Rebels, a historical drama based on the Stella-Award-winning book The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka by Dr. Clare Wright for Ruby Entertainment, a Melbourne-based production company.

Her play, Last Call had its world premiere at the Open Fist Theater Company in Los Angeles last winter.

After working at...

From VancouverFilm.Net, here is the Vancouver Film Production Update for March 2020, including "Arcadia", "Kung Fu", "Omens" and a whole lot more:

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10-31

Local Production Company: 10-31 Productions Canada Ltd.

Producer: Eli Roth, Roger Birnbaum, Raynor Shimabukuro, Jonathan DuBois

3/2/2020 - 4/8/2020

Arcadia

Local Production Company: Gramercy Film Productions Inc.

Producer: Cecil O'Connor, Pat Crowley

Director: Colin Trevorrow

2/24/2020 - 3/6/2020

Ellington

Local Production Company: Swan Song BC Productions Inc.

Director: Ben Cleary

5/11/2020 - 7/10/2020

Lou

Local Production Company: Big Indie Lou Canada Inc.

Producer: JJ Abrams, Jonathan Cohen

Director: Anna Foerster

5/11/2020 - 7/2/2020

Mixtape

Local Production Company: Gjln Film Productions Inc.

Producer: Gil Netter, Jim Wedaa

Director: Valerie Weiss

4/20/2020 - 6/5/2020

Umma

Local Production Company: Umma Productions BC Inc.

Producer: Matt Black, Jonathan Schwartz, Zainab Azizi

Director: Iris K. Shim

4/6/2020 - 5/26/2020

Untitled Graham King Project

Local Production Company: Cold Hut Production Ulc.

Producer: Nan Morales

Director: Nora Fingscheidt

2/3/2020 - 4/9/2020

New Media Feature

Bonfire

Local Production Company: No Clocks Productions Ltd.

Actor Stan Kirsch, best known for his role as Richie Ryan in Highlander: The Series, has died of an apparent suicide. He was 51.

According to TMZ, Kirsch’s body was discovered over the weekend by his wife, Kristyn Green.

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Kirsch starred in Highlander from its 1992 launch through Season 5, at which point he left the series.

Stan Kirsch, one of the stars of the syndicated fantasy drama “Highlander: The Series,” has died at the age of 51.

The news was announced on the Facebook page for the acting studio that Kirsch founded with his wife. “Dear friends,” the post read. “We tragically lost our beloved Stan Kirsch on January 11th. We will be closed for the next 2 weeks as we process and grieve. He was so loved and we are all just devastated. Thank you for your understanding and respecting our privacy during this incredibly difficult time.”

The Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office ruled the actor’s death a suicide.

Also Read: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2019 (Photos)

Kirsch starred on “Highlander: The Series,” a syndicated TV follow-up to the 1986 film of the same name, for five seasons. He played Richie Ryan, a fast-talking petty thief turned Immortal. The character was killed off the show...

Stan Kirsch, an actor who played the Immortal Richie Ryan for five seasons on the 1990s syndicated hit fantasy drama Highlander: The Series, died Jan. 11 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 51.

The cause of death was suicide, according to the L.A. County Medical Examiner’s Office.

His death was announced on the Facebook page of Stan Kirsch Studios, the Los Angeles acting studio he founded with his wife Kristyn Green in 2008. Green subsequently confirmed Kirsch’s death in a Facebook post thanking well-wishers

In addition to his five-season role Highlander role (he later returned for a series finale appearance), Kirsch made appearances on Jag, Invincible, Family Law and, in perhaps his most memorable guest starring role, Friends.

In the 1995 Friends episode “The One With The Ick Factor,” Kirsch played Ethan,...

Happy Tuesday, "General Hospital" fans. Unfortunately, we have some bad news for you guys in this article. According to a new report from soapcentral.com and other news outlets, Monica Quartermaine portrayer Leslie Charleson recently suffered a pretty bad leg injury while walking her dog. The injury is so bad that she actually has to step down from her General Hospital role temporarily! The official General Hospital Twitter page ran a tweet about this back on April 17, 2018. They wrote, "@lesliecharleson's beloved dog, Riley Rose, was a little too eager for her morning walk and tripped Leslie - injuring her leg. Unfortunately, she will need to be replaced in shows already written. Cont'd... (1/2)." You guys can view that tweet on General Hospital's Twitter page by Clicking Here. Shortly after that, General Hospital wished Leslie a quick recovery, and confirmed that she will be back as soon as she gets better.

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There’s a new boss at the Phoenix Foundation.

After the latest departure and sudden arrest of Director Patricia Thornton (Sandrine Holt), Phoenix Foundation has recruited needed a new director.

CBS announced actress Meredith Eaton will fill in those shoes as a series regular on MacGyver. She will play Matt Webber, the new director of operations and boss to Mac.

According to the press announcement, Matty Webber is a legend in the covert ops world. She was Jack’s (George Eads) superior for 18 months while on assignment in South America.

There’s also a little hint that Jack may not be happy to having her as a boss again.

“Matty Webber is a tough cookie and despite her history with Jack, she’ll have no problem finding her place in the Phoenix team. She may even teach Mac a few new tricks,” said executive producer and showrunner Peter Lenkov.

Four-time Golden Globe nominee Tony Danza is poised for a return to sitcoms, playing pop to comic Sebastian Maniscalco in an NBC pilot.

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In Sebastian, which is inspired by Maniscalco’s life and is being exec-produced by Greg Garcia’s (My Name Is Earl) shingle, the Who’s the Boss? alum will play the opinionated, old-school Italian father of the title character.

Austen Earl (The Millers) will pen the project and also serve as an Ep alongside Maniscalco.

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The very first pilot I watched on this job was for a CBS drama called "Ez Streets." Created by Paul Haggis — then best known for creating "Due South," but most commercially successful for having helped develop the "Walker, Texas Ranger" pilot — it was essentially an HBO drama before such a thing existed: dark, dense, ambitious, heartbreaking, and addictive. It even featured Joe Pantoliano playing a sociopath gangster years before he won an Emmy for it on "The Sopranos" (and was, to my mind, better as Jimmy Murtha than as Ralphie Ciffaretto). It was also the first time I got my heart broken in this job. Despite rave reviews from me and my more established colleagues across the country, "Ez Streets" was Doa: CBS pulled it off the air after only two episodes had aired, and though most of the remaining episodes would air the following winter, it was just running out the string.

Amazon is in negotiations with Sony Pictures TV to pick up the scrapped CBS drama pilot "Sneaky Pete" which they plan to put on their Amazon Prime Instant Video platform where they will invite viewers to weigh on its merits as a potential series.

"Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston and legendary "House" and "Family Law" producer David Shore serve as co-writers and executive producers on the project which follows a conman (Giovanni Ribisi) who assumes his former cellmate’s identity when he gets out of prison. He winds up working for the bail bond business run by his newly adopted family.

Marin Ireland, Margo Martindale, Libe Barer, Peter Gerety and Shane McRae co-star. The deal has not been finalized, but if it works it means producers of failed pilots may have an alternate option if commissioning networks decide against picking up their shows to series.

Source: Variety...

Screen Australia announced today it will invest nearly $10.7 million in 11 television and film projects which will trigger production worth almost $59 million.

In one of the most hotly contested funding rounds, six features succeeded. They include Wayne Blair.s romantic comedy Ali.s Wedding; Joe Cinque.s Consolation, a thriller about a troubled law student who tries to kill her boyfriend, from director Sotiris Dounoukos, whose A Single Body won best short at the Toronto International Film Festival, and Cameron and Colin Cairnes. horror movie Scare Campaign.

The other three are Taboo, the narrative feature debut of documentary filmmakers Bentley Dean and Martin Butler; Rachel Perkins. murder mystery Jasper Jones, based on the novel and play by Craig Silvey, adapted by Shaun Grant;. and Greg Mclean.s true-life thriller Jungle.

The TV projects are Shine Australia.s Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door for the Seven Network; a Jack...

Chicago – Not many Oscar winning screeenwriters change the course of their professional lives because of a dream (story below), but Paul Haggis is an exceptionally brilliant writer whose credits include “Crash” (2005) and “Million Dollar Baby” (2004) – which both won Best Picture – and his new film, “Third Person.”

“Third Person” is about the life a writer, portrayed by Liam Neeson, and it is about the circumstances surrounding his life. The ensemble cast includes Mila Kunis, Adrien Brody, Maria Bello, Olivia Wilde, James Franco and Kim Basinger, all surrounding and inspiring Neeson’s character. This is the fourth film Paul Haggis has directed, among his many creations as a TV and film writer.

Paul Haggis directs Liam Neeson and Olivia Wilde in ‘Third Person’

Photo credit: Sony Pictures Classics

Paul Haggis was born in London, Ontario, and bounced around in his early years as a artist and photographer, and studied cinematography at Fanshawe College in Canada.

The Sundance Institute announced I Origins as the winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, as well as the recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Lab Fellowship, which is presented through the Institute’s Feature Film Program.

These activities, as well as a panel at the Festival and the Alfred P. Sloan Commissioning Grant, are part of the Sundance Institute Science-in-Film Initiative, which is made possible by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The initiative supports the development and exhibition of new independent film projects that explore science and technology themes or that depict scientists, engineers and mathematicians in engaging and innovative ways.

“We are delighted to collaborate with Sundance Institute for the 11th year in a row and to recognize Mike Cahill’s original and compelling I Origins as the winner of this year’s Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize,” said Doron Weber, Vice President, Programs at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. “With Academy Award-nominated films like this year’s Gravity and Her, I Origins—as well as new scripts we are developing with Sundance Institute Labs such as The Buried Life and Prodigal Summer—demonstrates that not only are science and technology central to understanding, engaging with and dramatizing modern life, but they also make for cracking good films that draw large audiences.”

Keri Putnam, Executive Director of Sundance Institute, said, “Independent filmmakers offer unique perspectives on the role math, science and technology play in our world and culture. The Sundance Institute Science-in-Film Initiative, with critical support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, recognizes and encourages these projects as they make their way to audiences.”

Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize

I Origins, directed and written by Mike Cahill, has been awarded the 2014 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize and will receive a $20,000 cash award by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The Prize is selected by a jury of film and science professionals and presented to outstanding feature films focusing on science or technology as a theme, or depicting a scientist, engineer or mathematician as a major character.

In I Origins, a molecular biologist and his lab partner uncover startling evidence that could fundamentally change society as we know it and cause them to question their once-certain beliefs in science and spirituality. The cast includes Michael Pitt, Brit Marling, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Steven Yeun, Archie Panjabi. The jury presented the award to the film for its “intelligent and nuanced portrayal of molecular biologists as central characters, and for dramatizing the power of the scientific process to explore fundamental questions about the human condition.”

Previous Alfred P. Sloan Prize Winners include: Andrew Bujalski, Computer Chess (2013); Jake Schreier, Christopher Ford, Robot & Frank (2012); Musa Syeed, Valley of Saints (2012); Mike Cahill and Brit Marling, Another Earth (2011); Diane Bell, Obselidia (2010); Max Mayer, Adam (2009); Alex Rivera, Sleep Dealer (2008); Shi-Zheng Chen, Dark Matter (2007); Andrucha Waddington, The House of Sand (2006); Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man (2005), Shane Carruth, Primer (2004) and Marc Decena, Dopamine (2003). Several past winners have also been awarded Jury Awards at the Festival, including the Grand Jury Prize for Primer, the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award for Sleep Dealer and the Excellence in Cinematography Award for Obselidia.

This year’s Alfred P. Sloan jury members are:

Dr. Kevin Hand Dr. Kevin Hand is deputy chief scientist for Solar System Exploration at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His research focuses on the origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the solar system. His fieldwork involves exploring some of Earth’s most extreme environments from the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, to the depths of the Earth’s oceans, to the glaciers of Kilimanjaro.

Flora Lichtman Flora Lichtman is a science journalist living in New York. She has worked as a video journalist for the New York Times and National Public Radio’s Science Friday and writes regularly for Popular Science magazine. She is the coauthor of Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us.

Max Mayer Max Mayer is a founder and producing director of New York Stage and Film and has directed over 50 new plays by writers such as John Patrick Shanley, Lee Blessing, and Eric Overmyer. In addition to writing and directing Better Living and Adam, which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and won the Sloan Prize, Mayer has directed As Cool as I Am and episodes of The West Wing, Alias, and Family Law and written three produced plays.

Jon Spaihts Jon Spaihts is the screenwriter of The Darkest Hour, Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, and the upcoming Passengers and The Mummy. The one-time physics student and science writer continues to specialize in science fiction.

Jill Tarter Astronomer Jill Tarter, the Bernard M. Oliver Chair for the Seti Institute, has devoted her career to hunting for signs of sentient beings elsewhere. The lead for Project Phoenix, a decade-long Seti scrutiny of about 750 nearby star systems, she now leads Seti’s efforts to build and operate the Allen Telescope Array. A 2009 Ted prize recipient, she is also the real-life researcher upon whom the Jodie Foster character in Contact is largely based.

Sundance Institute / Alfred P. Sloan Lab Fellowship

The Buried Life (U.S.A.) Joan Stein Schimke and Averie Storck (co-writers/co-directors) An archaeologist risks her reputation for the dig of her career, but when her rock 'n' roll sister and overbearing father follow her to the excavation, she discovers her biggest challenge is facing what's above ground.

Joan Stein Schimke and Averie Storck have just attended the Institute’s January Screenwriters Lab with The Buried Life.

Joan Stein Schimke was nominated for an Academy Award® for her short film One Day Crossing, which won several other awards including the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Best Woman Student Filmmaker, Best Director, National Board of Review and the Student Academy Award® Gold Medal. Other directing credits include Law and Order and the short film Solidarity, which screened at over a dozen festivals including the New York Film Festival. Stein Schimke is an Mfa graduate of Columbia University’s Film Program and is currently an Associate Professor at Adelphi University in New York.

Averie Storck is an Mfa graduate of Columbia University’s Film Program. Her award-winning short films include Live at Five , which won the New Line Cinema Development Award and screened at more than 30 international film festivals. Prior to filmmaking, Storck worked for People and Vogue magazines, was a writer for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, and studied improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in NYC. She currently teaches and directs at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Founded in 1934, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is a non-profit philanthropy that makes grants in science, technology and economic performance. This Sloan-Sundance partnership forms part of a broader national program by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to stimulate leading artists in film, television, and theater; to create more realistic and compelling stories about science and technology; and to challenge existing stereotypes about scientists, engineers, and mathematicians in the popular imagination. Over the past decade, the Foundation has partnered with some of the top film schools in the country – including AFI, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, Nyu, UCLA, and USC – and established annual awards in screenwriting and film production and an annual first-feature award for alumni. The Foundation has also started an annual Sloan Feature Film Prize at the Hamptons International Film Festival and initiated new screenwriting and film production workshops at the Hamptons and Tribeca Film Festival and with Film Independent. As more finished films emerge from this developmental pipeline—four features were completed in 2013, with half a dozen more on deck—the foundation has also partnered with the Coolidge Corner Theater and the Arthouse Convergence to screen science films in up to 40 theaters nationwide. The Foundation also has an active theater program and commissions over a dozen science plays each year from the Ensemble Studio Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club and Playwright Horizons.

X-Men franchise director Bryan Singer, whose first two features debuted at the Sundance Film Festival — including The Usual Suspects in 1995 — was one of the industry figures named to the Sundance juries that will judge this year’s films when the festival begins next week. Singer, who has X-Men: Days of Future Past due in May, will be one of five members of the U.S. Dramatic Jury. Other members of the juries include Tracy Chapman, Lone Scherfig, Leonard Maltin, and screenwriter Jon Spaihts (Prometheus). A complete list of the juries, courtesy of the Sundance Film Festival, can be viewed after the jump.

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Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Looper) graduates from writing and directing short films to his first feature with Don Jon.

The movie follows Jon Martello (Gordon-Levitt), a good-looking womanizer who loves sex with real women but loves porn even more. When he meets Barbara Sugarman (Scarlett Johansson, Hitchcock), he falls hard and quickly becomes a one woman man.

Barbara, however, thinks real life should be like romantic movies, and when she discovers Jon’s love of internet women, she gives him an ultimatum. Trying to be the man Barbara wants him to be proves challenging, and soon, Jon’s re-thinking everything he knows about love and sex.

Rated R, the 90-minute movie also stars Julianne Moore (The Big Lebowski), Tony Danza (TV’s Family Law), Glenne Headly (The Joneses), Brie Larson (The Spectacular Now) and Rob Brown...

Perhaps mindful that Fast & Furious 6 is almost with us, and with some news about Fast 7 breaking just this morning, Alcon Entertainment have piped up with some information to remind the world that their Point Break remake is still happening. In development for years, we already knew it had a screenplay by Salt's Kurt Wimmer, but the new version of the most bodacious surfing, skydiving, foot-chasing heist movie now has a director, in the form of the awesomely-named Ericson Core.Core is a cinematographer, with credits on - here's that name again - The Fast And The Furious, Payback and Daredevil. As a director, he's helmed episodes of Family Law, and decent American football feature Invincible with Mark Wahlberg.Core's currently attached to a mafia action thriller called Fair Trade, but its status is unclear (the IMDb lists it in pre-production, but there's no cast yet). If that one isn't moving ahead,...

"Don Jon," Joseph Gordon-Levitt's debut as a writer and director, includes many shocking moments, but perhaps none more than the reemergence of Tony Danza. In a story about the way men and women objectify each other through the cultural lens of pornography and romantic comedies, it's the 62-year-old Brooklyn native -- playing Gordon-Levitt's brusque, onscreen father -- who steals his scenes with the fervor of a New Jersey dad devouring a plate of ziti and gravy.

"He said he wrote it with me in mind. That's not bad. That's pretty good," Danza, who hasn't appeared in a film since 2004's "Crash," told HuffPost Entertainment at the South By Southwest Film Festival this week. Ahead, Danza recalls why he thought Gordon-Levitt would make a good director, how being a prominent Italian shapes his career choices and why he thinks "Crash" won Best Picture.

It's great to see you in a movie.

Salli Richardson-Whitfield has been working steadily for the past several years. Aside from big screen roles in films including A Low Down Dirty Shame, Antwoine Fisher, I Am Legend, Black Dynamite and Ava Duvernay’s indie darling I Will Follow, Whitfield-Richardson has further proven her versatility as an actor on TV in shows such as Family Law, CSI Miami, Rude Awakening, among numerous guest-starring turns. On the small screen however, she is probably best known as Dr. Allison Blake in the sci-fi hit show Eureka. Despite recent news of the cancellation of her new Lifetime series’ pilot Secret Lives of Wives, the stunning actress isn’t disheartened. “In my mind,...

No doubt here — House creator David Shore is on his way back to primetime. ABC has handed a pilot order to Doubt, a legal drama written and executive produced by Shore. The project, from Sony TV where Shore is under a deal, centers on a former cop who’s now a cunning, but charming low-rent lawyer who uses his street smarts to work the system for his clients while battling his own demons and wooing his ex-wife. Related: Dramas From Kyle Killen, Sofia Vergara & Ben Silverman Get ABC Pilot Pickups Doubt originally landed at ABC with a pilot production commitment after heated bidding between ABC and CBS. It marks Shore’s return to his legal roots. He is a lawyer by trade and former partner at a boutique law firm in Toronto. A legal drama script, an L.A. Law spec, landed him his first writing job on Paul Haggis’ Due South.

On TV this Wednesday: Law & Order: Svu helps a holy man, Whitney wouldn’t mind ex-ing out her man’s old flame, ABC offers a Nashville catch-up and the Devil aims to give American Horror Story: Asylum‘s Monsignor his due. Here are eight programs to keep on your radar.

8 pm Mobbed (Fox) | Host Howie Mandel and thousands of strangers help a woman honor her firefighter father.

8 pm Whitney (NBC) | June Diane Raphael (Ntsf: Sd: SUV::) returns as Alex’s ex-fiancée Chloe, who causes contention when she crashes on the couples’ couch without Whitney’s Ok.

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Janet Leigh biography final. Check out previous articles: Touch Of Evil / Orson Welles / The Manchurian Candidate and Psycho / marriaget to Tony Curtis. Leigh's movie career slowed down in the mid-60s. Among her sporadic movies from 1966 on were: Jack Smight’s Harper (1966), with Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, and others; Jerry Lewis Three on a Couch; Robert Gist's An American Dream, with Stuart Whitman and Eleanor Parker; Jack Arnold's Hello Down There with Tony Randall; Giuliano Montaldo's Grand Slam, with Robert Hoffman, Mel Stuart's One Is a Lonely Number / Two Is a Happy Number, with Trish Van Devere, Monte Markham, and Melvyn Douglas; William F. Claxton’s Night of the Lepus (1972), with Whitman and Rory Calhoun; Stephen Verona’s Boardwalk, with Ruth Gordon and Lee Strasberg; and John Carpenter’s The Fog (1980), with Jamie Lee Curtis, Adrienne Barbeau, and Hal Holbrook. On TV, Leigh was featured in,...

Stephen Nathan, Bones‘ executive producer and creator/exec producer Hart Hanson’s right-hand man, has signed a new overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV, the studio behind the long-running Fox dramedy. The two-year pact (with an option for a third) keeps Nathan on Bones as the second-in-command to showrunner Hanson. Additionally, Nathan will have the ability to develop new projects for the studio. Nathan has been on Bones since Day 1 — he was recruited by Hanson to join the show after its pilot episode in 2005. “Stephen and Hart have had such an incredible creative partnership, and Stephen is somebody Hart has relied on in a huge way,” 20th TV chairman Dana Walden said. “Last season, Stephen demonstrated why he is so valuable as he enabled Hart to focus on (Bones spinoff) The Finder as he took on greater responsibilities on Bones and did an amazing job.” Nathan started off as...

David Shore might not be in the "House" any longer, but television viewers haven't heard the last of him. Shore, the creator of "House M.D.," has signed a three-year overall deal with Sony Pictures Television. Under the agreement, Shore will develop new projects. Shore's "House" ran its series finale after eight seasons on May 21. Aside from "House," Shore's resume also includes stints with "Law & Order," "Family Law" and the short-lived "Century City." Deadline first reported the news. Related Articles: ...

Exclusive: After eight years at NBCUniversal, House creator/executive producer David Shore is moving to Sony Pictures TV with a three-year overall deal to develop new projects. Under the eight-figure deal, Shore will build up his banner Shore Z Prods. into a full-fledged production company. He is expected to hire a development executive, and along with his own projects, will also develop shows with other writers. Shore, a former partner at a boutique law firm in Toronto, originally planned to pursue a career as a comedy writer but his legal background helped him break into the drama field with an L.A. Law spec script, which landed him his first writing job on Paul Haggis’ Due South. In 1996, David E. Kelley picked Shore as one of the three original writers on The Practice. After stints on several drama series, including Law & Order and Family Law, Shore wrote the pilot script for...

This Monday at 10/9c, NBC presents its case for Harry’s Law, the latest legal dramedy from David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal, The Practice). The series stars Oscar winner Kathy Bates as Harriet Korn, a patent attorney whose bad attitude lands her on the street, where she ultimately sets up a storefront law firm-slash-shoe store. Rounding out the cast are Studio 60‘s Nate Corddry (playing Harry’s first, unsolicited hire), American Dreamsgirl Brittany Snow (as Harry’s assistant, Jenna), and newcomer Aml Ameen (as the firm’s first new client).

Does Harry’s Law uphold Kelley’s quirky mantle?...

We have the trailer as well as 6 new clips in standard and high definition for Sony Pictures Classics' drama "Barney's Version." Richard J. Lewis directs the film from the screenplay by Michael Konyves based on the novel by Mordecai Richler. Lewis is known for his work as a TV director for "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and "Family Law" among others. Michael Konyves wrote the screenplay, adapted from the novel by Mordecai Richler. Starring are Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman, Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver, Rachelle Lefevre, Scott Speedman and Bruce Greenwood. "Barney's Version" is the warm, wise, and witty story of Barney Panofsky (Paul Giamatti), a seemingly ordinary man who lives an extraordinary life. A candid confessional, told from Barney‘s point of view, the film spans three decades and two continents, taking us through the different ?acts? of his unusual history. There is his first wife, Clara (Rachelle Lefevre), a flame-haired,...

We have the trailer as well as 6 new clips in standard and high definition for Sony Pictures Classics' drama "Barney's Version." Richard J. Lewis directs the film from the screenplay by Michael Konyves based on the novel by Mordecai Richler. Lewis is known for his work as a TV director for "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and "Family Law" among others. Michael Konyves wrote the screenplay, adapted from the novel by Mordecai Richler. Starring are Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman, Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver, Rachelle Lefevre, Scott Speedman and Bruce Greenwood. "Barney's Version" is the warm, wise, and witty story of Barney Panofsky (Paul Giamatti), a seemingly ordinary man who lives an extraordinary life. A candid confessional, told from Barney‘s point of view, the film spans three decades and two continents, taking us through the different ?acts? of his unusual history. There is his first wife, Clara (Rachelle Lefevre), a flame-haired,...

David E. Kelley is giving Nate Corddry a sparring partner on his new NBC legal drama Harry’s Law.

Christopher McDonald (Family Law, Happy Gilmore) has landed the recurring role of Thomas “Tommy” Jefferson, a fast-talking, attention-seeking lawyer whose office is perma-lit for press conferences.

Debuting in the show’s second episode, Tommy goes head-to-head with Corddry’s Adam in an unlikely case about the legality of China’s one child only policy. And just like that, a rivalry is born.

Law, which is slated to premiere at midseason, stars Oscar winner Kathy Bates as Harriet Korn, a former patent...

"Designing Women" star Dixie Carter has passed away from complications arising from endometrial cancer on Saturday. She was 70.

Husband and actor Hal Holbrook said in a statement, "This has been a terrible blow to our family. We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy."

Carter, who was best known from playing Julia Sugarbaker on CBS' "Designing Women," appeared in other TV series, such as "Family Law" and "Diff'rent Strokes," before landing a guest role in the ABC hit show "Desperate Housewives" as Marcia Cross' cranky mother-in-law Gloria Hodge. That stint gave her an Emmy nomination.

"Designing Women" co-star Annie Potts told eonline.com that the tragic star was a "goddess," further describing Carter as "Beautiful and brainy, smart and funny, prim and sexy, wickedly talented and divinely sweet."...

Dixie Carter In a story from The Hollywood Reporter, Dixie Carter has (Designing Women) passed away at age 70.

The actress died Saturday morning, according to publicist Steve Rohr. He represents Carter and her husband, actor Hal Holbrook. He did not offer the cause of death or where she died. Carter had lived with Holbrook in the Los Angeles area.

"This has been a terrible blow to our family," Holbrook stated. "We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy."

A native of Tennessee, Carter was most well known for playing wisecracking Southerner Julia Sugarbaker for seven years on Designing Women, the CBS sitcom that was on TV from 1986-93.

Carter's other credits included roles on the series Family Law and Diff'rent Strokes.

In addition to Holbrook, Carter is survived by daughters Mary Dixie Carter and Ginna.

Actress Dixie Carter has died at the age of 70. Carter, best known for her role in hit sitcom "Designing Women", passed away on Saturday, April 10. Her cause of death has not yet been released. Her husband, actor Hal Holbrook, says in a statement, "This has been a terrible blow to our family. We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy."

Carter began her small-screen career in 1974 when she was offered a role on U.S. soap opera "One Life to Live", and later appeared in series such as "Family Law" and "Diff'rent Strokes" before playing her most famous role as Julia Sugarbaker on "Designing Women".

In 2007, she received an Emmy nomination for her guest run on "Desperate Housewives", playing Marcia Cross' onscreen mother-in-law. She met her partner Holbrook after the pair worked together on 1980 TV movie the "The Killing of Randy Webster", and they married...

Dixie Carter, the tough-love mother hen on Designing Women who became the mother-in-law from hell on Desperate Housewives, died Saturday at age 70. Her publicist says she passed away in the morning and confirms to E! that it was from complications arising from endometrial cancer. "This has been a terrible blow to our family," husband and frequent costar Hal Holbrook said in a statement. "We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy." Aside from playing the straight-shooting Julia Sugarbaker on CBS' Designing Women opposite Delta Burke, Annie Potts and Jean Smart, Carter appeared in such series as Family Law and Diff'rent Strokes and scored an Emmy...

She died at age 70 Saturday morning. "This has been a terrible blow to our family," her husband hal Holbrook said in a written statement. "We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy." Every so often, an unforgettable TV role finds the right actress: so it was with Southern-born Dixie Carter and Designing Women's Julia Sugarbaker from 1986 to 1993. Carter's other credits included roles on the TV series Family Law and Diff'rent Strokes.

Dixie Carter passed away yesterday at the age of 70. Most of you likely know her from her role in the sitcom "Designing Women," which ran from 1986 to 1993. She played Julia Sugarbaker, an outspoken intellectual liberal (ironically, Dixie Carter was a Republican in real life). Carter also had a two-year stint on Amy Brenneman's "Family Law," and most recently, won an Emmy for her guest role in "Desperate Housewives."

Dixie Carter was also married to Hal Holbrook ("Deep Throat" in All the President's Men). Carter's last film appearance was in 2008's Evening Sun, in which she co-starred with her husband.

Sad news. Carter was a lovely lady.

Actress Dixie Carter has died at the age of 70.

Carter, best known for her role in hit sitcom Designing Women, passed away on Saturday. Her cause of death has not yet been released.

Her husband, actor Hal Holbrook, says in a statement, "This has been a terrible blow to our family. We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy."

Carter began her small-screen career in 1974 when she was offered a role on U.S. soap opera One Life to Live, and later appeared in series such as Family Law and Diff'rent Strokes before playing her most famous role as Julia Sugarbaker on Designing Women.

In 2007, she received an Emmy nomination for her guest run on Desperate Housewives, playing Marcia Cross' onscreen mother-in-law.

She met her partner Holbrook after the pair worked together on 1980 TV movie the The Killing of Randy Webster, and they married in 1984.

Holbrook appeared alongside Carter in her final acting project, That Evening Sun, in 2009.

The star is survived by Holbrook and two daughters, Mary Dixie and Ginna.

Just last night I was watching a TV commercial featuring Dixie Carter, talking to the camera about a terrible disease whose name escapes me at the moment. And tonight comes the news that Carter has passed away at the age of 70. No further details have been released yet.

Carter is probably best known for her role as feisty, outspoken (well, all of the women were pretty feisty and outspoken on that show, weren't they?) Julia Sugarbaker on 'Designing Women,' which ran on CBS for eight years. But younger TV watchers might know her from her role on 'Desperate Housewives' as Gloria, the loopy mom of Orson (she was nominated for an Emmy for the role). But she actually starred in several other TV shows over the years, including 'Family Law,' 'Ladies Man,' 'Filthy Rich,' 'Out of the Blue,' and 'On Our Own,...

Dixie Carter's knowing smile.

Dixie Carterr, best known as the dignified, intense southern belle on television's Designing Women has passed away at age 70, according to her husband, actor Hal Holbrook.

With a career in film and television that began in the early 1960s, she became the go-to actress for a strong independent woman in the 1980s, with key roles on Diff'rent Strokes before the defining role as interior designer Julia Sugarbaker, famous for her politeness until pushed too far. Then, like many southern women I've known, she was a force of nature that was a beauty to behold.

She later played to that strong type on Family Law, and recently had a character arc on Desperate Housewives.

Our condolences to her friends and family at this time.

 "Designing Women" actress Dixie Carter, who used her charm and stately beauty in a host of roles on Broadway and television, died Saturday. She was 70.Publicist Steve Rohr, who represents Carter and her husband, actor Hal Holbrook, said Carter died Saturday morning. He would not disclose where she died or the cause of death."This has been a terrible blow to our family," Holbrook said in a written statement. "We would appreciate everyone understanding that this is a private family tragedy."A native of Tennessee, Carter was most famous for playing quick-witted Southerner Julia Sugarbaker for seven years on "Designing Women," the CBS sitcom that ran from 1986 to 1993.She was nominated for an Emmy in 2007 for her seven-episode guest stint on the ABC hit "Desperate Housewives."Carter's other credits include roles on the series "Family Law" and "Different Strokes.

· If the cancellation of TNT's Raising the Bar left you heartsick, find comfort in the knowledge that Mark-Paul Gosselaar will resume the role of idealistic young lawyer in Franklin & Bash for TNT's sister network TBS. The erstwhile Zack Morris will play Steven Bash, alongside Breckin Meyer's Jared Franklin. The pair of lifelong friends are street lawyers who are recruited by the firm's patriarch after taking down a white-shoe law firm in a high-profile case. The hourlong comedy is from writers Kevin Falls (West Wing) and Bill Chais (Family Law). [THR]

Kathy Bates convinces David E. Kelley to consider a sex change, an Almost Famous alum weighs Wright vs. Wrong, and more TV Bites after the jump.

We have new preview clips from Fox's acclaimed "House M.D." series as well as a 100th episode red Carpet clip!   "House" is the winner of 3 Emmy Awards as well as two Golden Globe Awards. The series created by David Shore ("Family Law," "Traders," "Due South" and "The Practice") airs on Mondays at 9:30/8:30c.   There are a total of five clips - four previews and the red carpet clip. Check them all out below in the same player.           What's the series about? House, an innovative take on the medical drama, solves mysteries where the villain is a medical malady and the hero is an irreverent, controversial doctor who trusts no one, least of all his patients. Celebrating its 100th episode milestone on Feb. 2, 2009, House is the winner of three Emmy Awards, including an award for creator and executive producer David Shore (Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series). The series...

We have new preview clips from Fox's acclaimed "House M.D." series as well as a 100th episode red Carpet clip! "House" is the winner of 3 Emmy Awards as well as two Golden Globe Awards. The series created by David Shore ("Family Law," "Traders," "Due South" and "The Practice") airs on Mondays at 9:30/8:30c. There are a total of five clips - four previews and the red carpet clip. Check them all out in the same player.

We have new preview clips from Fox's acclaimed "House M.D." series as well as a 100th episode red Carpet clip! "House" is the winner of 3 Emmy Awards as well as two Golden Globe Awards. The series created by David Shore ("Family Law," "Traders," "Due South" and "The Practice") airs on Mondays at 9:30/8:30c. There are a total of five clips - four previews and the red carpet clip. Check them all out in the same player.

Did you see any stars from old TV shows while you were out holiday shopping? If not, it could be because they're on the sets of series (like The Big Bang Theory, Supernatural, and Bones) or movies.

Catch up with favorites like Michael Trucco (Battlestar Galactica), Barry Bostwick (Spin City), John Rubinstein (Day Break), Richard Libertini (Soap), Tasha Smith (Boston Common), Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars), Jason Bateman (Valerie's Family), Kristin Davis (Sex and the City), Carlos Ponce (Lipstick Jungle), Jon Huertas (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), Nathan Fillion (Firefly), Tamala Jones (One on One), Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Dear John), Susan Sullivan (The Nine), Joel Gretsch (The 4400), Laura Allen (The 4400), Kyle Gallner (Veronica Mars), Esai Morales (Vanished), Brittany Robertson (Swingtown), Megan Mullally (Will & Grace), Kelsey Grammer (Frasier), Charles S. Dutton (Threshold), Bebe Neuwirth (Cheers), Debbie Allen (Fame), Marisa Coughlan (Boston Legal), Kathleen Quinlan (Family Law), Rob Bogue (Oz), Josh Cooke (Big Day...

COLOGNE, Germany -- German public broadcasters have again put their commercial rivals to shame, dominating the nominations for this year's German Television Awards, the nation's top TV honors. Pubcaster ZDF led the pack with nominations in 24 categories, including multiple noms for historic miniseries Dresden and telefilm Die Nachrichten (The News). Sister channel ARD was close behind with 21 noms, with such series as multicultural comedy Turkish For Beginners and legal drama Family Law among those singled out. Of the commercial channels, RTL was the best represented, with 10 nominations. While drama and news programming was dominated by the pubcasters, RTL excelled with such comedy and entertainment shows as hit sitcom Everyone Loves Jimmy, about a Turkish-German family, and Let Dance! the local version of Dancing With the Stars.