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Get ready because BroadwayWorld is giving fans a look inside the BroadwayCon 2020First Look panel Be sure to head over toBroadwayWorld's Facebook pageat 230pm to get a peek at performances from current Broadway favorites like Hadestown and Jagged Little Pill, plus upcoming productions like Company and Six. You're not gonna want to miss all the fun you never know what surprises are in store...

Despite being released in its native country almost 12 months ago, The Pokémon Company has left fans outside of Japan hanging in regards to a potential localization of Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution.

The film, a CGI reimagining – but not quite a frame-for-frame remake – of the original 1999 pic that helped kickstart Pokéfever, stars series protagonist Ash Ketchum in the early days of his career alongside companions Brock and Misty. After receiving a mysterious message calling for a convergence of the world’s strongest Trainers, the trio heads to New Island to compete, only to discover that the gathering for a supposed tournament is, in fact, a ruse masterminded by Mewtwo.

We won’t reveal any further plot details (like you don’t already know what happens anyway), but suffice it to say that The Pokémon Company was responsible for theatres full of weeping children back in the 90s when that scene...

At BroadwayCon's First Look, attendees will be treated to an exclusive showcase of performances from the newest and most talked-about shows of the season. Hosted by Alex Newell, Broadway alum and star of NBC's new television series 'Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist,' First Look will feature ten shows, all performing exclusively for BroadwayCon fans. Newly added to the lineup are Caroline, or Change, Company, and Sing Street.

Singer Justin Bieber has joined the short-video creation platform TikTok and picked some of his throwback and new photos for his first post. It's literally like watching him grow just in a few seconds.

He captioned it: "Am I doing this right #morph."

Also Read:?Justin Bieber kicks off New Year with 'Yummy'

It has already received 153.5K likes.

Meanwhile, the pop-sensation is back with "Yummy" -- the first track from his forthcoming 2020 studio album.

He tweeted on January 3: "#YummyOutNow."

Last month, the 25-year-old had announced via a YouTube video that he would be releasing his first single, "Yummy", on January 3, before a full stadium album, tour and a docuseries.

He began the trailer by coming out of a shack like house and walking around the desert town. He made his way to a gas station where he sat and a voiceover of Bieber talking played.

"As humans,...

Tony Award winnerKatrina Lenk- who will star in the gender-blind 2020 Broadway revival of Sondheim's Company - sang Losing My Mind and Could I Leave You from Follies,Alexander Gemignaniconducted, andLonny Pricedirected. The program also featured selections and suites from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A Little Night Music, Assassins, Company, Follies, Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park with George, and Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Singer Justin Bieber had told fans in March that he was taking a break from music to focus on "repairing some deep rooted issues". Now, he has revealed that he is returning with new music, tour and a docuseries.

The 25-year-old announced on Tuesday via a YouTube video that he would be releasing his first single, "Yummy", on January 3 next year, before a full stadium album, tour and a docuseries, reports dailymail.co.uk.

Also Read:?Justin Bieber's new album to release in early 2020

He began the trailer by coming out of a shack like house and walking around the desert town. He made his way to a gas station where he sat and a voiceover of Bieber talking played.

"As humans, we are imperfect," he began in the trailer.

"My past, my mistakes, all the things that I've been through, I believe I'm right where I'm supposed to be...

One of the most powerful moments in Marriage Story comes when Adam Driver's character, Charlie, reflects on his failed marriage in an impromptu performance of "Being Alive." If you're wondering if that really is Driver singing, then you'll be pleasantly surprised to learn that it is! Driver tackles the famous Stephen Sondheim song from the musical Company without any assistance or dubbing.

"Where Noah [Baumbach] put it in the script I thought was really beautiful writing," Driver said in a Q&a, per IndieWire. "The two characters started in this polar opposite journey. Before the movie starts, Scarlett [Johansson's character] has already made a decision. She's executing for the first half and building herself and reclaiming the thing she thinks she lost. Whereas Charlie, a director, who is so used to being in control, is now on the back foot. He's playing catch up, and it's not until this spontaneous moment happens...

Abbott & Costello – The Complete

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1940-1955/1:33-1:85

Starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff

Directed by Arthur Lubin, Erle C. Kenton, Charles Barton

Two footloose Jersey boys with no particular place to go, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello finally found themselves – literally and figuratively – on the burlesque stage. Their act, equal parts smart talk and ancient slapstick, was honed alongside curvy chorus girls and tassel-twirlers but it took a lady of a decidedly different stature to make them superstars. On March 24, 1938, Kate Smith, “The First Lady of Radio”, invited them to perform “Who’s On First”, a routine delivered with such hairpin curve precision it left listeners breathless. That appearance fast-tracked the duo to their own radio series and a contract with Universal Pictures.

They made their big screen debut in 1940’s One Night in the Tropics, a low budget...

Certainly one of the most emotional centerpieces in Noah Baumbach’s devastating divorce drama “Marriage Story” is Adam Driver breaking down and singing Stephen Sondheim’s “Being Alive” at a piano bar. The moment arrives near the end of the film — which is now in theaters and hits Netflix on December 6 — and it offers a poignant window into Driver’s character Charlie’s state of mind at the end of a bitter separation from his estranged wife Nicole (Scarlett Johansson), who has left their New York life to pursue acting in Los Angeles.

At a recent Screen Actors Guild Q&a moderated by IndieWire Editor-at-Large Anne Thompson, Driver, joined by his castmates, explained the origins of the scene. The song “Being Alive” comes from Sondheim’s 1970 show “Company,” which revolves around a man struggling with commitment.

“Where Noah put it in the script I thought was really beautiful writing,” Driver said.

Noah Baumbach has made a career of dramatic comedies inspired by facets of his own life. He’s been writing bits and pieces of “Marriage Story” for years, and spent many hours discussing it with his go-to leading man Adam Driver. While they were in post on “The Meyerowitz Stories,” Baumbach decided he was ready to fulfill two goals: To make “Marriage Story,” and to end a movie with Driver singing “Being Alive” from Stephen Sondheim’s “Company.”

“I’d heard him sing,” he told me. “It’s good because it’s human. I wanted the song to have the same function songs do in musicals: the character arrives at another place by the end of the song. It’s story and character. This material offered many hidden and not so hidden genres in it: comedy, horror, thriller, court procedural, love story, musical.”

Baumbach crafted his most accessible and poignant...

“Somebody crowd me with love. Somebody force me to care,” Adam Driver sings, practically sneers, at a pivotal moment in filmmaker Noah Baumbach’s blistering new divorce drama, “Marriage Story,” his voice hemorrhaging, quivering with unbearable emotion, rising with searing anger but also pure, distilled desperation. “Somebody let me come through, I’ll always be there, As frightened as you, To help us survive!” he roars in his literal cry for help, belting out Stephen Sondheim’s “Being Alive,” from the 1970 musical play “Company,” like he’s gasping for air, looking to claw at the nearest life preserver and hold on for dear life.

Continue reading ‘Marriage Story’: Noah Baumbach Memorializes Divorce In Devastatingly Heartbreaking, Funny, Alive Drama [Venice Review] at The Playlist.

There’s a scene in D.A. Pennebaker’s “Original Cast Album: Company” that unites all Elaine Stritch fans. Of course, younger audiences know her Emmy-winning turn as Jack Donaghy’s sharp-tongued mother in “30 Rock,” and Broadway fans will never forget her Tony-winning one woman show “Elaine Stritch at Liberty,” the film version of which incidentally united her with Pennebaker decades later.

But it is her increasingly desperate attempts to record the most famous number of her career, the 11 o’clock number “The Ladies Who Lunch” from Stephen Sondheim’s “Company,” that Pennebaker captured and edited so sensationally, that shows a rare peek behind the curtain at the ferocious talent at her most vulnerable.

Less Broadway-inclined cinephiles may be unfamiliar with “Original Cast Album: Company.” The documentary legend, who died over the weekend at the age of 94, was known as a groundbreaking figure in the evolution of documentary filmmaking, helming...

D.A. Pennebaker, the documentary filmmaker who helped pioneer cinema verité in films like the 1967 Bob Dylan film “Don’t Look Back” and 1993’s “The War Room,” died Thursday at his home at age 94, Pennebaker’s son and executive producer and distributor for nearly all Pennebaker Hegedus films, Frazer Pennebaker, told TheWrap.

The celebrated cinematographer and director received an honorary Oscar in 2013 for his work, and an Oscar nomination, with Chris Hegedus, for “The War Room,” an inside look at the 1992 presidential campaign of Bill Clinton that helped make a star of Clinton’s then communications director and current ABC News chief anchor, George Stephanopoulos.

Pennebaker first rose to fame in the early ’60s after he and his colleague Richard Leacock developed one of the first fully portable 16mm synchronized camera and sound recording systems which revolutionized filmmaking.

Also Read: Harold Prince, Legendary Broadway Director and Producer, Dies at 91

His innovative...

The Broadway League said Wednesday that the Committee of Theatre Owners will dim the lights of its New York theaters for one minute Wednesday night at 7:45 Pm Et to commemorate the life of Harold Prince, the Broadway icon who died today at 91.

Prince was a former chairman of the board of the Broadway League, the national trade association for the Broadway industry. He died in Reykjavik, Iceland, after a brief illness.

“To be a both a genius and a gentleman is rare and extraordinary,” said Thomas Schumacher, the current chairman of The Broadway League, in a release announcing the honor, a Main Stem tradition. “Hal Prince’s genius was matched by his generosity of spirit, particularly with those building a career. Sitting on the T Edward Hambleton Fellowship panel of Mentors alongside Hal was both a lesson in producing and a lesson in humanity. He was a giant.”

Prince...

Broadway lost a true icon today, and the theater community is paying tribute to the man who produced and/or directed all-time classics ranging from Damn Yankees, West Side Story and Fiddler on the Roof to Cabaret, Evita and The Phantom of the Opera. Harold “Hal” Prince, who died today at 91, was the king of Main Stem musicals, and the outpouring of tributes reflects his influence, esteem and singular accomplishments.

Including the classics listed above, his résumé reads like a list of the most popular and acclaimed shows from the second half of the 20th century: The Pajama Game, Candide, A Little Night Music, Show Boat, Company, Fiorello!, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Show Boat, Follies, Sweeney Todd and many more.

Broadway theaters will dim their lights tonight in honor of Prince.

Here is a sampling of remembrances from people and institutions who knew, worked with,...

Harold Prince, the Broadway icon who produced or directed some of the 20th century’s most famous musicals West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Damn Yankees, Cabaret, Evita and The Phantom of the Opera, died today in Reykjavik, Iceland, after a brief illness. He was 91.

If you’ve ever hummed — or belted out — a showtune from the past half-century, there’s a good chance “Hal” Prince was involved in the original production of its musical. Winner of 21 Tony Awards — the second-most of anyone after Roger S. Berlind — he also produced or directed such iconic Main Stem musicals as The Pajama Game, Candide, A Little Night Music, Show Boat, Company, Fiorello! and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

Eight shows he produced won the Tony for Best Musical — ranging from The Pajama Game (1955) to Candide (1974). He also won the Best Direction of a Musical for eight shows including Show Boat,...

Exclusive: The Stellar Awards, honoring the best in gospel music, is returning to Bet after a nearly 15-year hiatus.

Bet acquired the rights and will air the awards show produced by Central City Productions, for the first time since 2005. The 34th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards presented by At&T will be taped in front of an audience at Las Vegas’ Orleans Arena on Friday, March 29, 2019. It will air Friday, April 19 at 8 Pm Et/7 Pm Ct and 10 Pm Et/9 Pm Ct on Bet.

Hosted by Kirk Franklin, the show will feature a posthumous tribute to Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin with artists Kelly Price, Regina Belle and Erica Campbell, followed by a presentation of the Aretha Franklin Icon Award. It also will feature performances by Brian Courtney Wilson, Charles Jenkins, Jekalyn Carr, Jonathan McReynolds, Kelontae Gavin, Koryn Hawthorne, Maranda Curtis, Todd Dulaney, Anthony Brown, Jj Hairston and Yolanda Adams.

Stellar Awards Executive Producer and Founder,...

Among the Broadway names of the past several decades, producer and director Hal Prince surely stands as one of the greatest. His name has been attached to some of the most iconic musicals of all time She Loves Me, Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret, Company, Evita, Sweeney Todd, and The Phantom of the Opera, just to name a few. The musical Prince of Broadway featured an all-star cast taking audiences on a journey through some of the highlights of Prince's career, and the cast album is a best-of-the-best compilation, preserving some of the brightest performances and clever takes on these well-loved songs.

After four weeks of box office domination, the incredible run of Marvel's Black Panther may finally be coming to an end, with four new movies hitting theaters in wide release this coming weekend. While many thought that A Wrinkle In Time would be the movie to take down Black Panther, that Ya adventure drastically underperformed, paving the way for Marvel's fourth win last weekend with $40.8 million. But with the superhero adventure is now going up against Warner Bros.' Tomb Raider, 20th Century Fox's Love, Simon, Roadside Attractions' I Can Only Imagine and Focus Features' 7 Days in Entebbe. We're predicting that T'challa and Company's hot streak is at its end, with Tomb Raider taking the top spot with an projected $28.3 million.

While we're expecting Black Panther to drop to second place at this weekend's Box Office, it will still likely be a close race at the top,...

Tamron Hall got to know Harvey Weinstein in the wake of her NBC exit last February, building a friendship with the Hollywood producer and even signing a talk-show development deal with The Weinstein Company three months ago.

But as a longtime detractor of crimes against women, the 47-year-old journalist says she found the allegations of decades of sexual misconduct against Weinstein to be “horrifying” — and called him directly to tell him so.

“It’s a woman’s worst nightmare to be in a situation where you believe someone more powerful has control over your life,” Hall told the The Huffington Post on Tuesday,...

Are you falling for dance yet? Autumn in the city is a great time to find new inspiration, teachers, and workshops as well as viewing season premieres and attending company auditions. We’ve gathered plenty of information for you to leap in and get those creative vibes flowing. Performances White Wave celebrates its 17th season of the Dumbo Dance Festival this week with 70 companies from New York and around the world from Oct. 5–8. Companies include Fjk Dance Inc., Tina Croll & Company, Michiyaya Dance, Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet, and more. General admission is only $10. Grab your tickets here. The Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center at Gibney Dance presents a mixed bill festival called Invocation Proclamation Manifesto. The festival aims to highlight the idea of “being a body at risk.” Choreographers include Elena Rose Light, Angie Pittman, Kristopher K.Q. Pourzal, Jess Pretty, Kenya Robinson, Alexandra Tatarsky, Eli Tamondong, Miriam Gabriel/Carlo Antonio Villanueva,...

This fall may be the best fashion season yet when it comes to size inclusion. With major plus-size brands teaming up with high-end designers such as Prabal Gurung and social media influencers like Girl with Curves, Gabi Fresh and The 12ish Style and more, curvy girls seemingly have more chic options available to them than ever before. For an industry that has been slow to adapt, this fall it finally offers a selection of incredibly chic and fashion-forward options for women of all shapes and sizes. Scroll down to check out six of our favorite plus size launches and shop...

There are lot of talented comedians around. But Dr Sanket Bhosale stands out. The manner in which he flawlessly imitates Bollywood actors like Salman Khan, Farhan Akhtar, Ajay Devgn, Sonu Nigam and especially Sanjay Dutt has made him a household name. Dr Sanket Bhosale is currently working on the comic show ‘The Drama Company’. SanjayRead More

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Bollywood actor, producer, director and singer, Farhan Akhtar will be attending the 17th annual Asian Achievers Awards, tying in with the theme of this year’s event, which centres around the fields of Media, Art and Culture. The awards will be held on Friday 22nd September and celebrate South Asian excellence at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane. Bollywood singer, actress and model, Raageshwari will join former Eastenders star Nitin Ganatra to host the glittering ceremony.

This year, women have stormed the 17th annual Asian Achievers Awards nominees list, with 22 of the 36 shortlisted contenders being female. It is one of the few times that any awards event, Asian or otherwise, has women outnumbering male nominees. The nominees include, Vanita Patel MBE of Anti-Slavery International; England cricketer Haseeb Hameed; playwright, Tanika Gupta MBE; ground-breaking chemist, Sir Shankar Balasubramanian Frs and BBC journalist, Tina Daheley – full list below.

Since launching, The...

Kapil Sharma is having a really bad 2017! Be it the flight brawl, drunken state of affairs or the last minute cancellations, re-shoots, ill health, once TV's top rated show is seeing bad days. The show's Trp is falling and a lot of people are blaming Kapil Sharma for it and more precisely, his bad health. Let's take a look back at all the past mishaps with the show that doomed its future. First, it was the untimely exit of Sunil Grover, Ali Asgar and Chandan Prabhakar from the show, following Kapil's rude behaviour on a flight. While the co-stars ultimately patched up, there was another thing bugging the show and it was the number of re-shoots that happened due to Kapil Sharma's ill health and cancellations. Big stars like Shah Rukh Khan, and most recently Ajay Devgn and Emraan Hashmi were forced to return when Kapil did not show up on the set.

Neeraj Vora is one of the famous faces in Bollywood who has acted in several films like Company, Pukar, Rangeela, Satya to name a few. Neeraj Vora even penned down Hera Pheri and directed Phir Hera Pheri and Chachi 420. There have been several reports suggested that third instalment of Hera Pheri has been putRead More

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Earlier we had mentioned that Vivek Oberoi will be investing in real estate and even before his projects are complete, the actor has decided to make a donation. Reportedly, the Company actor will be giving away 25 flats from the real estate project that he owns to Crpf (Central Resever Police Force) martyrs. The saidRead More

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Ram Gopal Varma recently became a victim of trolls after he commented on Tiger Shroff’s looks, calling him a ‘transgender’. Soon, many fans of the actor slammed the filmmaker on social media and this has resulted in Ram Gopal Varma on making a promise. Reportedly, the Company filmmaker recently revealed that he will refrain fromRead More

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Be it Maya Bhai from Shootout at Lokhandwala, gangster-turned-politician Pratap Ravi in Rakht Charitra, gangster Chandu in Company or the evil Kaal in the superhero franchise Krrish 3, Vivek Oberoi has always managed to pull off grey characters with élan. The actor, who seems to be fascinated by the grey zone, is all set toRead More

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Mubi is partnering with the New York Film Festival to present highlights from Projections, a festival program of film and video work that expands upon our notions of what the moving image can do and be. James N. Kienitz Wilkin's Indefinite Pitch (2016), recipient of the festival's Kazuko Trust Award, is showing on Mubi in many countries around the world from October 18 - November 16, 2016.I’ve come to the conclusion that movies always communicate the circumstances in which they were made, and most of the time, these circumstances are unconscious influences. If one identifies with movies, or has dedicated one’s life to, or expects to make a living from, movies, then circumstantially, one's personal ambitions, dreams and memories get riskily exposed. Indefinite Pitch tries to pinpoint this.But not everything can be pinned down. In music, not all instruments make notes with a clear pitch. The rising and falling background...

Fourteen years after Eesha Koppikar sizzled in 'Khallaas' in Ram Gopal Varma's gangster thriller Company, the filmmaker is gearing up to recreate the special number for his Veerappan biopic. The plot of Ram Gopal Varma's Veerappan covers Asia's biggest manhunt in history, the hunt for Koose Muniswamy Veerappan, also known as bandit Veerappan. While the 2002 film featured Ajay Devgn, Vivek Oberoi and Manisha Koirala, the biopic has Sandeep Bharadwaj in the titular character, and Lisa Ray. Zareen Khan, who made waves with her bold turn in Hate Story 3, steps into Eesha's shoes for the song. "The lyrics, 'Bachke tu rehna re... Nahin duja mauka milega sambhalna,' literally hint at Darwin's 'survival of the fittest' theory. Now the lyrics have been reworked to 'Khallas Veerappan', but its spirit remains the same, with a sexy Zareen dancing in the forest", states Rgv while talking about the recreated track.

Ram Gopal Varma never fails to make news. This time round, it's for a good reason. After releasing the trailer of his latest film Veerappan and announcing Rai, the maverick film maker has now confirmed that he is making Sarkar 3 with Amitabh Bachchan in the lead. Amitabh Bachchan recently he said that when he had visited Ram Gopal Varma at his new office (named 'Company'), Sarkar 3 was amongst the many things that they spoke about. Besides that, he did not say anything. On the other hand, Rgv stated that he was very excited about the film as for him, Sarkar 3 was as an opportunity to redeem, reinvent and redefine him. He added while they were keeping the essence of Sarkar, Amitabh Bachchan would be styled as per today's fashion trends. Additionally, while Aishwarya Rai Bachchan or Abhishek Bachchan won't be there in the film, Sarkar 3 will see a...

Ram Gopal Varma has left Hyderabad which was his home for the last four years. He has now returned to Mumbai, "for good", say sources. In fact Ramu has built a brand new state-of-the-art office for himself in one of Mumbai's most centrally located business areas. The office boasts of some of the most advanced interior equipment and reportedly cost Rs 15 crores to decorate. Ram Gopal Varma has named his new office 'Company'. He earlier owned an office named 'Factory.' Ramu returns to Mumbai after completing 6 Telugu films since 2013. Says a source close to the director, "Ramu kept away from Mumbai to avoid all the flak he was getting for making repetitive films. He spent 4 years re-charging his batteries in Hyderabad. Now he is back in Mumbai. He has already completed the entire shooting of a Hindi film Veerappan starring Lisa Ray. He plans to make a sequel to Company.

Ram Gopal Varma hit bull's eye with the gritty thriller Company that showcases the deep nexus of underworld in an unabashed manner. And now after fourteen years, a sequel to the film has been announced by none other than Vivek Oberoi, who also made his debut in 2002 with Company. Vivek Oberoi recently revealed that he wants to delve deeper into the process of filmmaking and hence decided to produce films and now the actor mentioned that he will also be producing Company 2, to be directed by Ram Gopal Varma. Appreciating the equation he shares with the filmmaker, Vivek also added that Rgv has always written great characters for him and that he trusts the director's vision completely. However, Vivek refrained from revealing any more details of the second installment since Company 2 is in its initial stages.

Focus Features is returning to its roots and will merge with Universal Pictures International Productions (Upip) to form a global specialty brand with a burgeoning worldwide production and acquisitions pipeline.

Peter Kujawski, a Universal star who has served as managing director of Upip and scored hits for the studio with territory buys on The Wolf Of Wall Street, Boyhood and Room, will lead the new Focus Features as chairman.

Kujawski will transition into the role following the exit of Current Focus Features CEO Peter Schlessel on April 1. Schlessel has worked on the merger over the last few months with Universal Pictures chairman Donna Langley, who paid tribute to the executive said his departure was a mutual decision given that “his interests are not solely focused on the specialised film marketplace.”

Upip co-managing director Robert Walak will become president and illustrates the global perspective and filmmaker ties the studio is keen to foster. As former...

Ram Gopal Varma is one of India's most prominent independent filmmakers over the last two decades. From his start with films like the Telugu crime classic Shiva through his Hindi gangster epic Company in the early part of the 21st century, Varma blazed an edgy trail through Indian genre cinema that encouraged and nurtured the careers of many who came after him. No less than the godfather of Indian Independent cinema himself, Anurag Kashyap, got his big break by writing Rgv's Satya over a decade ago. However, the last several years have been rough for Rgv.After a string of a dozen or more massive flops in multiple languages, Ram Gopal Varma has become associated with box office and critical failure. Even his highest profile ventures...

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Exclusive: Company will also launch new films from Lee Tamahori, Bouli Lanners and Sylvie Verheyde at Afm.Wild Bunch has boarded Cuban director Alejandro Brugues’s Antonio Banderas-starring New Faith about an American couple whose marriage-saving trip to Cuba lands them in a web of lies, violence, sexual intrigue and deadly double-crossings. “In reality both partners have separate hidden agendas, the dream trip quickly degenerates and the film tips into a genre movie in the vein No Country for Old Men and Blood Simple,” said Wild Bunch co-head Vincent Maraval. Banderas has signed to play a shady American expat fixer who crosses the couple’s path. Casting of the couple is expected to be announced during the Afm this week. It is a second feature for Brugues, whose debut political zombie thriller Juan of the Dead put him on the map as a talent to watch and won several including Spain’s Goya Award for Best...

Superstar Actor, Producer & Director Ajay Devgn’s first international production ‘Parched’ is all set to have its exciting world Premiere at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival in September 2015! Ajay Devgn will also be visiting Toronto to attend the World Premiere screening of ‘Parched’.

Produced by Devgn under his USA based venture Shivalaya Entertainment, in association with Blue Waters Motion Picture, Airan Consultants, “Parched’ is written by Leena Yadav & Supratik Sen & directed by Leena Yadav with talented ensemble cast of Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Surveen Chawla, Adil Hussain, Lehar Khan, Riddhi Sen, Mahesh Balraj & Chandan Anand.

Parched essays the story of four ordinary women, in a rural Indian village, who begin to throw off the traditions that hold them in servitude in an inspirational drama.

Ajay Devgn, Producer says “Parched’ is about the small battles that women must fight to win the big war. Films like ‘Parched’ need to be made,...

If you thought that the maverick film maker Ram Gopal Varma aka Rgv was on a long vacation, then here's the latest news update about the director. He has been really busy shooting in the snow-capped Poland. He has been filming a song with shock value in the European country for his upcoming, psychological romance, The Secret (which was earlier titled as The Affair) Speaking about the film, Sachiin Joshi said, "The Secret is about an incurable attraction and how social media and technology can doom a relationship." When asked about why he chose Ram Gopal Varma to helm the film, he said, "Like everybody else, I had my reservations too till Ramu pointed out that he's the same man who made Shiva, Satya, Rangeela and Company. He is always mistaken because he looks at things differently. He has a unique take on everything in life and has always gone ahead with his choices.

Lisa Lampanelli, Improv Shakespeare, and Actor's Express takes on "The Whale." It's this week's Atlanta Events Roundup. Lisa Goes WildLisa Lampanelli, comedy’s Queen of Mean and equal-opportunity offender on Howard Stern’s Sirius radio show, will be at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on Saturday, May 30, at 8 pm. Lampanelli describes herself as a cross between Don Rickles, Archie Bunker, and a vial of estrogen, so make sure to leave the kids at home. Shakespeare without a NetPerforming Shakespeare is tough enough, but making up Shakespeare as thou goest? ‘Tis madness! Yet that's exactly what the actors will do in "Shakespeare, Unscripted." Based on a few suggestions from the audience, actors will spontaneously create an improvised play in the style of theater from Elizabethan England. It all takes place this Saturday, May 30 at 8 pm at the Highwire Comedy Company. A Whale of a ShowWe recently profiled Freddie Ashley, Artistic Director at Actor’s Express.

Gone With The Wink

By Subhash K Jha

Bombay Velvet

Starring Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Karan Johar, Satyadeep Mishra, Manish Choudhary, K K Menon

Directed by Anurag Kashyap

Smoke-filled hazy but hectic frames jostle for supremacy in Anurag Kashyap’s most stylish film to date.

So far all his gangland gaathas were fiercely homespun. Unkempt unwashed immoral sods firing their desi guns in the sugarcane fields of the Indian hinterland. In Bombay Velvet Kashyap jazzes up his gangland theme, spruces up his act, sharpens his claws and emerges with a story of q hustler’s rise to notoriety in the Mumbai …sorry, Bombay, of the 1960s.

The power of the gun is palpable. The ambience of smokey nightclubs and messy shootouts on darkly-lit sinister nights is impeccable. We can almost touch the terror.

Feel the fear, then, as Johnny Balraj (Ranbir Kapoor) sets out to become a ‘big-shot’ in Mumbai...

Giving out duds at Box-office is not harmful but what is really demeaning is being part of unworthy, embarrassing movies. Though we are not making any perception about the caliber and potential of an actor like Ajay Devgn, there are few flicks which the superstar would also want disown like us or he might always regret of. While we take a look at the disasters he readily (and repeatedly) did, we also hope Ajay steers clear of it in future.

Action Jackson: With the actor putting on his dancing shoes, everyone deemed it to be an image changeover for Ajay Devgn and the most-anticipated spectacle of the year. On the contrary filmmaker Prabhu Dheva and Ajay's combination was shunned by all.

Son Of Sardar:It seems Ajay didn't really think before signing up this film. Looking at this choice we believe the ambition of ruling box-office has replaced doing performance-driven...

To be a Bollywood superstar, dancing is as important as acting. So we went to three of the biggest Bollywood actors to find out where they honed their dancing skills. All three had one answer – Shiamak! Here is what they had to say about their Dance Guru.

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Shahid Kapoor – “Shiamak has been a Guru and a friend to me. I learnt the fundamentals in professional conduct and dance from him. His contribution to my journey as a performing artist is huge and I will be ever grateful to him for all that he has taught me.” says Shahid Kapoor who is recognized as the most talented dancer in the film industry.

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Varun Dhawan – “Learning at Shiamak’s dance academy, performing with his Dance Company and training with his instructors really did change my life. In every student they instill discipline,...

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Hollywood’s sound pros nominated Birdman and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes for three awards apiece as the Motion Picture Sound Editors unveiled nods for its 62nd Mpse Golden Reel Awards, honoring the best feature film, television, animation and computer entertainment work of the year.

“2014 was a fantastic year for sound,” said Mpse president Frank Morrone. “The advent of new distribution channels, streaming services and gaming platforms is creating additional opportunities for sound artists to practice their craft beyond the traditional venues of film and television. This year’s nominations reflect that change, spanning an amazing diversity of mediums and genres, all executed at the highest level of creativity. We are truly inspired and impressed by the work of our colleagues.”

This year’s Golden Reels will additionally honor Noah director Darren Aronofsky with the Mpse’s annual Filmmaker Award. Oscar winner Skip Lievsay, known for his work...

Happy birthday Julia Louis-Dreyfus! The wildly successful Veep actress celebrates her 54th birthday Tuesday – but we all have start somewhere, and for Julia it was at The Practical Theater Company in Chicago.

Back in 1982, Et stopped by the theater for a special performance from Julia and the fellow members of her improv group, The Golden 50th Anniversary Jubilee, as they prepared to take their final bow for the opportunity of a lifetime.

"I am incredibly excited about moving to New York, working on Saturday Night Live! I can hardly sleep!" Julia told Et back in '82.

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That's right! Not just Julia, but the entire improv group was just hired by SNL as their newest cast members.

"This was kind of this supreme opportunity to become nationally successful," said Julia.

Other members of the group included Gary Kroeger, Paul Barrosse, and Brad Hall...

2015 is the year of the sequel! We're breaking down the major follow-ups hitting theaters as we kick off our 2015 movie preview.

The Divergent Series: Insurgent

March 20, 2015

Shailene Woodley and Theo James heat it up for the second installment of the Divergent series. Woodley reprises her role as Beatrice Prior, who must continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart.

Furious 7

April 3, 2015

The seventh installment of the Fast and Furious franchise marks Paul Walker's final film in the series. Walker tragically lost his life in the midst of production. The cast and crew ultimately decided that filming would carry on in honor of their late friend, with his brothers filling in for some of his scenes.

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Avengers: Age of Ultron

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As we told you recently, Bollywood Dance Guru Shiamak is getting ready to bring the magic of his Bollywood dance to the Us. Reaching out to over a million dance enthusiasts across India, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates, the Shiamak Dance Academy classes opening in New York and New Jersey, are just another way for the choreographer and teacher to, as he says “spread the joy of dance”. Free classes are being held this weekend and then the first batch of classes begin on October 11th.

We got the exclusive scoop from Shiamak about bringing his amazing Bollywood Jazz dance technique to America! Check out what he had to say!

If you had to explain Bollywood dance to someone who wants to come to your school what would you say?

Bollywood is celebration of India! For over hundred years, Bollywood has expressed our emotions, lives, colors and culture!

How did a low budget horror movie about a diminutive Irish monster spawn five sequels, a new reboot, and the career of Jennifer Aniston? EW tracks the deranged history of the Leprechaun franchise.

British actor Warwick Davis says he has “specific” fans—well-wishers who want to discuss just one of the several fantasy franchises in which he has appeared. “People talk about Star Wars, people talk about Harry Potter,” he explains, “and people talk about Leprechaun.”

Alert readers will have noticed that one of these franchises is not like the others. While Star Wars and Harry Potter have raked in billions of dollars,...

During promotions for “Pretty Little Liars,” Ashley Benson scored the cover spot on Company magazine’s August 2014 issue.

After posing for the gorgeous summery spread, the blonde beauty opened up about her character on the ABC Family series and what role she’d like to take on next.

Check out highlights of Ashley’s interview below and for more, head over to Company!

On ‘Pretty Little Liars’:

“Well, I’m going through a darker period of Hanna at the moment; she’s going to go through an edgy phase. I’m going to have black hair and she’s going to, like, change clothes and be grungier, which I love! So I’m super excited to see where my storyline goes.”

On her fans:

“When I went to Europe for the Spring Breakers tour, that was nuts because I also had Selena [Gomez] and Vanessa [Hudgens] with me. It just created a whole craze!