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Michael Douglas and real-life son Cameron Douglas are set to reunite on the big screen.

Good Deed Entertainment has acquired domestic rights to Looking Through Water — a family drama feature starring Michael Douglas — and is planning a late summer theatrical release, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively. Roberto Sneider helmed the film that co-stars Cameron Douglas alongside Walker Scobell, David Morse, Michael Stahl-David, Ximena Romo and Tamara Tunie.

Looking Through Water centers on a father who attempts to bond with his estranged son by teaming up with him for a father-son fishing competition.

Sneider (Tear This Heart Out) directed the movie from a script by Rowdy Herrington (director of the original Road House) and Zach Dean (Fast X). Hailing from Aeth Entertainment, the project is based on the novels Catching Big Fish and Looking Through Water from author Bob Rich, who executive produces.

Producers include Robert Mitas, Stan Spry, Carla Woods and Eric Woods.

When Kirk Douglas died in 2020 at the age of 103 (!), he left behind a massive legacy of over 90 films that even the most stalwart cineastes haven't been able to work their way through. Known for his affable smile and intense performances, Douglas is one of Hollywood's most famous leading men, and was the industry's most profitable actor throughout the 1950s. He was also a producing powerhouse, having started his own production company, Bryna Productions, which handled some of his best-known films. Bryna backed the Stanley Kubrick movies "Paths of Glory" and "Spartacus," as well as "The Vikings," "Seconds," "Seven Days in May," and, later on, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." Douglas never lost sight of the evolving nature of film, rarely resting on trends or genres. 

In 1962, Bryna also backed a neo-Western called "Lonely Are the Brave." Set in the present day, "Brave" stars Douglas as a Korean War veteran...

Peter Billingsley, known for his role as Ralphie in A Christmas Story, made a cameo as Ming Ming in Elf. Uncredited for his Elf role, Billingsley's appearance went unnoticed for many years until the internet rediscovered it. Billingsley and Jon Favreau have collaborated multiple times, with Billingsley producing several of Favreau's films and working together on others like Iron Man.

Peter Billingsley's most iconic role is Ralphie from A Christmas Story, but it still comes as a shock to many that he also made a cameo in Elf. The late Bob Clark had one of the wildest directing careers of all time, having helmed classics in very different genres. He directed 1974's Black Christmas, a slasher tale that's seen as a precursor to films like Halloween, and the original rowdy teen comedy Porky's. His most beloved work remains 1983's A Christmas Story, where Peter Billingsley's Ralphie has various misadventures leading up to Christmas Day.

Ah, summer. The gentle warmth of the sun, the green grass, waves caressing your feet as you walk the sands of the beach, freely licking flagpoles without your tongue sticking to it... What better time to talk about the sequel to the perennial holiday classic A Christmas Story. No, not A Christmas Story Christmas, the so-called "proper" sequel with the original Ralphie, Peter Billingsley, released in 2022, a full 39 years after the original. That would be madness. No, we are talking about the long forgotten sequel My Summer Story, aka It Runs in the Family, from 1994, helmed by Bob Clark, who directed the first film.

Chicago – One of the peculiar secrets … since revealed … in the new Apple TV+ series “High Desert” is that the icon Bernadette Peters portrays two characters. One is the mother (Rosalyn) of main character Peggy, and the other is mysterious actor Ginger who somehow ended up in California desert country. New episodes drop every Wednesday.

“High Desert” features Peggy Newman (Patricia Arquette), an ex-heroin addict who lives in arid California and needs a life change. That is difficult, for besides her visits to a local methadone clinic she is just barely holding on as a performer in Pioneer Town, a rundown tourist attraction. The only thing she desperately wants to cling to is the house of her deceased mother (Bernadette Peters), but her sister Dianne (Christine Taylor) is intent on selling it. Peggy needs to raise some extra cash, so she comes up with a plan to become a private investigator,...

Chicago – How has actor/singer/Broadway icon Bernadette Peters ended up in the arid lands of California? She is featured in the new Apple TV+ series “High Desert.” It has an ensemble cast led by Patricia Arquette as Peggy Newman, a recovering human being in an odd and spiritual place. The series begins streaming on May 17th.

Newman is an ex-heroin addict who realizes her life needs to begin again. That is difficult, for besides her visits to a local methadone clinic, she is just barely holding on as a performer in Pioneertown, a rundown tourist attraction. The only thing she desperately wants to cling to is the house of her deceased mother (Bernadette Peters), but her sister Dianne (Christine Taylor) is intent on selling it. Peggy needs to raise some extra cash, so she comes up with a plan to become a private investigator, in the office of Bruce...

What is the criteria for playing a character based on a factual person? How much artistic license is granted toward playing such a character in a fiction piece? Should an actor portray said character based on the knowledge or experience required for the role? Those are the ethical dilemmas at play in Victoria Linares Villegas’ sophomore feature Ramona. In the originally planned, Covid-thwarted fiction film, actor and casting director Camilla Santana plays the eponymous girl, a pregnant woman amidst the teen pregnancy epidemic in the Dominican Republic.

But the pandemic forced Villegas to make this preconceived idea into a documentary where the slightly older Santana interviews six tween / young-adult mothers to get an understanding of Ramona. She seeks the character’s authenticity by grasping their imaginations of how Ramona lives, her fashion style, physical appearance, body movement, and how she interacts with male bargoers. The consensus that Santana gathers is...

Ahead of its world premiere screening as part of Berlinale’s Generation 14plus strand, Alief has swooped on global sales to Dominican director Victoria Linares Villegas’s second non-fiction feature, “Ramona,” and has provided Variety exclusive access to its first look trailer.

After its Berlin run, “Ramona” is set for a North American bow at the True False Documentary Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri this March, where Linares will receive the Visionary Award.

A postmodern look into the class divide and lives of an already vulnerable population, the project has emerged as a documentary with glimpses of scripted narrative, which the director credits to the adolescents she interviewed; their predicaments became paramount.

“I started developing ‘Ramona’ in 2016 as a fiction film, about a pregnant teenager who escapes the outskirts of Santo Domingo in search of a casting call for her favorite telenovela,” Linares recounted in a statement.

“As I was writing the screenplay,...

Last month, we heard that Zazie Beetz (Atlanta), Josh Hartnett (Penny Dreadful), Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), Kate Mara (House of Cards), Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You), Danny Ramirez (Top Gun: Maverick), Clara Rugaard (Love Gets a Room), Auden Thornton (Arlington Road), and Anjana Vasan (Spider-Man: Far from Home) has signed on to star in season 6 of the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror. Now Deadline reports that Rory Culkin (Scream 4) has been cast in an episode of the show as well.

No details have been revealed about any of the characters these cast members will be playing. We do know that, other than Culkin, all of the actors listed above will be appearing in the first three episodes of the season. It’s not clear when Culkin will be showing up.

Created and written by Charlie Brooker, who executive produces the show with Annabel Jones, Black Mirror is

an...

True/False, the preeminent non-fiction festival, returned as an in-person event Thursday, drawing documentary notables and fans of their work to a Missouri college town for the first lineup under the artistic direction of Chloe Trayner.

There were 31 features and 19 short non-fiction films at the fest, which had more of an international tilt than usual and concludes March 6. Eight features, including “Fire of Love,” “I Didn’t See You There” and “The Territory,” had previously debuted virtually at Sundance in January, but screened for the first time for public audiences at True/False.

Their respective directors — Sara Dosa (“Fire of Love”), Reid Davenport (“I Didn’t See You There”) Alex Pritz (“The Territory”) – were among the filmmakers making the trek to Columbia for the 19th edition of True/False. Fellow Sundance 2022 doc directors including Isabel Castro (“Mija”) and Joe Hunting (“We Met in Virtual Reality”) also attended.

“Sundance was amazing, but True...

The Walloon Regional Investment Fund will support a variety of new works to the overall tune of €1.3 million. On the occasion of its 101st session, held under such very special circumstances, Wallimage’s Walloon Regional Investment Fund is throwing its weight behind 8 new film projects, as well as 2 considerable animated series projects. The first work supported by the fund is C’est de famille!, a debut feature film by young Belgian director Elodie Lélu, which follows in the footsteps of Manon, an introverted, 16-year-old teen who finds herself having to co-habit with her unbearable grandma Yvonne, a former militant feminist now unable to live alone. The situation intensifies when Yvonne becomes confused and starts to believe Manon is her daughter… Toplining the film, we find the likes of young Belgian actress Fantine Harduin (the heroine of Fabrice du Welz’s Adoration) alongside Bouli Lanners and Hélène Vincent. The film is...

Prepare to feel pleasantly nostalgic, as the beloved locomotive with the slightly creepy face, Thomas the Tank Engine, is chugging his way back onto the big screen courtesy of Mattel Films and Marc Forster's production company 2Dux². Described as a mixture of CGI and live-action akin to Alvin and the Chipmunks and Detective Pikachu, the script for the new take on Thomas & Friends is ready to go with director Marc Forster on board to helm the project.

"Thomas has been a personal favorite of mine since childhood," said Marc Forster. "I couldn't be more excited to be working with Robbie and the entire team at Mattel, and embarking on this beautiful journey with such a timeless property."

Forster is best known for directing the apocalyptic action horror World War Z starring Brad Pitt and the twenty-second movie in the James Bond franchise and second starring Daniel Craig, Quantum of Solace.

Tron 3 is finally happening a decade later and Jared Leto is getting ready to make it happen. The Oscar-winning actor will lead the cast of the latest entry in the franchise and he is starting to get in shape for his trip to The Grid. Leto has begun his workout regime for the movie and, as we can see from a new photo revealed by the actor, he intends to get ripped for the role.

"Starting the Tron workout... join me?"

Taking to Instagram, the 48-year-old filmmaker and musician revealed that he is starting his workout for Tron 3. Not much has been shared in the way of official details about the sequel but it seems Jared Leto feels it would be best if his character is absolutely jacked. The photo shows Leto in a tank top sporting a grizzly beard with his arms and a small bit of his chest on display.

New Republic Pictures (Nrp) has closed a multiple picture co-financing deal with Paramount Pictures, producers Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer announced on Thursday.

Nrp will partner with the studio on 10 upcoming movies, including “Mission: Impossible 7,” “Top Gun: Maverick,” “The Tomorrow War,” “Infinite,” “Without Remorse,” “Coming 2 America”, “Transformers 7,” “The Tiger’s Apprentice,” “Clifford the Big Red Dog,” and “Under the Boardwalk.”

“Following the box office and critical success of ‘Rocketman,’ we are thrilled to be partnering with Paramount on a number of their upcoming projects,” Fischer said in a statement to TheWrap. “The studio has been producing an enviable slate of commercially exciting, quality films, leveraging their storied library, talent relationships and creative instincts to cultivate existing franchises while launching new ones.”

Also Read: Jake Gyllenhaal, Riva Marker's Nine Stories Production Company Signs First-Look Deal With New Republic Pictures

“We look forward to continuing this fruitful relationship and working closely with Jim,...

Saban Films has acquired the North American distribution rights to “Love, Weddings and Other Disasters,” a romantic comedy starring Diane Keaton and Jeremy Irons, the distributor announced Thursday.

Dennis Dugan directs and wrote the comedy that also stars Maggie Grace, Jesse McCartney, Chandra West, Diego Boneta, Andrew Bachelor and Veronica Ferres. Saban Films will announce release plans at a later date.

“Love, Weddings and Other Disasters” is a multi-story romantic comedy about the people who work on weddings to create the perfect day for a loving couple – while their own relationships are outlandish, odd, crazy and far from perfect.

Also Read: Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, Diane Keaton Comedy Pitch 'Family Jewels' Acquired by New Republic Pictures

Dugan also served as a producer along with Align’s Adrian Politowski and Martin Metz, and Fortitude International’s Nadine de Barros.

“Dennis Dugan is one of the most successful comedy directors of our...

Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton-founded production company Dirty Films has entered into a first-look feature production deal with a production and financing company New Republic Pictures, led by founder Brian Oliver and president Bradley Fischer.

Dirty Film is the executive producer of the new FX series, Mrs. America, as well as co-created and executive producer of the limited series Stateless, which first premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, will launch globally on Netflix next month.

The independent film and television production company has also announced that Los Angeles-based producer Coco Francini, who currently serves as an executive producer on Mrs. America, will join as a partner. Most recently, Francini was an executive at Activision Blizzard Studios and previously served as EVP at Stacey Sher’s Shiny Penny. Her producing credits include Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight and Zach Braff’s Wish I Was There.

“We are extremely excited to partner with Brian,...

Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton’s Dirty Films banner has signed a first-look feature film production deal with New Republic Pictures (Nrp), the company announced on Tuesday.

Coco Francini, who executive produced “Mrs. America” alongside Blanchett, has joined Dirty Films as a partner. Francini most recently served as a producer on Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight” and also produced Zach Braff’s “Wish I Was There.” A former executive at Activision Blizzard Studios, Francini previously was an executive vice president at Stacey Sher’s Shiny Penny.

Blanchett and Nrp President Brad Fischer previously collaborated on “The House With a Clock in Its Walls” and “Truth.”

Also Read: Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, Diane Keaton Comedy Pitch 'Family Jewels' Acquired by New Republic Pictures

Founded by Brian Oliver and led by Fischer and Oliver, New Republic Pictures launched in May 2018 and financed the Elton John biopic “Rocketman,” which was the first...

Coco Francini joins Dirty Films as partner.

1917 producer New Republic Pictures has signed a first-look deal with Cate Blanchett’s Dirty Films.

Blanchett founded film and TV production company Dirty Films with Andrew Upton and the company’s recent executive producer credits include Mrs. America for Hulu, and Berlinale selection and limited series Stateless, which launches on Netflix on July 8.

Los Angeles-based producer Coco Francini, who served as executive producer on Mrs. America and produced The Hateful Eight, has joined Dirty Films as partner.

Blanchett worked with New Republic Pictures president Fischer on The House With A Clock In Its Walls and Truth.

Diane Keaton is the action hero moviegoers deserve.

Over the weekend, the Oscar winner, 74, shared a laugh-out-loud funny mashup that inserted her First Wives Club character, into a particularly violent scene from last year’s John Wick 3. The comedic blend sees Keaton’s Annie from the 1996 comedy preaching pacifism to Keanu Reeves, as he engages in a brutal knife fight with several adversaries.

“I thought we were supposed to be helping each other, not ripping each other to shreds!” Keaton shouts in the scene, edited to appear as if she’s scolding Wick and his assailants.

Keaton adorably captioned the humorous edit on Instagram,...

Les Films du Kiosque, the Paris-based production company behind Nicolas Bedos’ Cannes-premiering “La Belle Epoque” and Netflix’ hit original “Family Business,” is set to reteam with Bedos on “Masquarade,” and will produce Mabrouk El Mechri’s “Kung Fu Zohra.”

El Mechri’s film follows Zohra, a young cashier from the suburbs who is being physically abused by her violent husband Omar. Zohra is trying everything she can to shelter her 6-year-old child and sets off to learn how to defend herself. Her life changes after she crosses paths with Chang Sue, a kung fu master who runs the municipal gymnasium. Set to start shooting in March, the film will star Sabrina Ouazani, Ramzy Bedia and Eye Haïdara.

Gaumont has come on board to acquire French distribution and international sales rights to the film.

François Kraus and Denis Pineau-Valencienne founded Les Films du Kiosque. Kraus told Variety that “Kung Fu...

The First Wives Club members Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, and Diane Keaton are calling another meeting to order with a silver screen reunion in the comedy Family Jewels. New Republic Pictures won the rights to Family Jewels, a multigenerational family comedy that will reunite Hawn, Midler, and Keaton 24 years after they co-starred in the 1996 comedy The First Wives […]

The post ‘First Wives Club’ Alums Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler & Diane Keaton Call Another Meeting With the Comedy ‘Family Jewels’ appeared first on /Film.

The band is getting back together!

Nearly 25 years after they starred in The First Wives Club, actresses Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler and Diane Keaton will appear onscreen together in a new comedy titled Family Jewels, Entertainment Weekly confirmed Wednesday.

“The chemistry of Diane, Bette and Goldie is unmatched and irresistible, and I’m thrilled to help reunite them on screen for generations of fans,” producer Bradley Fischer said in a statement.

Family Jewels, which is set to begin production sometime this year, will follow the three women’s characters as they are forced to spend the holidays together, along with their kids and grandkids,...

Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler and Diane Keaton are starring in the family comedy “Family Jewels” for New Republic Pictures.

It’s a reunion for the trio, 24 years after they starred in the Paramount comedy “The First Wives Club.” New Republic is planning a 2020 production start for “Family Jewels.”

New Republic principals Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer will produce, along with Alan Nevins. Tracey Nyberg will executive produce. Fischer and Nevins packaged the project with the three leads and, together with Nyberg, brought in screenwriter Peter Hoare.

“Family Jewels” will center on the characters played by Hawn, Midler and Keaton, who are forced to spend the Christmas holidays together, along with their kids and grandkids, after the man they were all once married to drops dead in a New York City department store.

“The chemistry of Diane, Bette and Goldie is unmatched and irresistible, and I’m thrilled to help reunite...

New Republic Pictures has won the auction for “Family Jewels,” a comedy pitch starring Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler and Diane Keaton, who have not appeared on screen together since 1996’s “The First Wives Club.”

Peter Hoare is writing the screenplay, while New Republic principals Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer are producing alongside Alan Nevins. Tracey Nyberg is executive producing. Fischer and Nevins packaged the project and brought in Hoare with Nyberg.

The film, which is eyeing a 2020 production start, is a multigenerational family comedy in which Hawn, Midler and Keaton are forced to spend the Christmas holidays together along with their kids and grandkids — after the man they were all once married to suddenly dies in a department store.

Also Read: Chris Hemsworth and Tiffany Haddish $40 Million Comedy 'Down Under Cover' Picked Up by Paramount

“The chemistry of Diane, Bette and Goldie is unmatched and irresistible, and I’m thrilled...

New Republic Pictures has won an auction for Peter Hoare’s pitch Family Jewels, a multigenerational family comedy that returns Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler and Diane Keaton back on the big screen together for the first time since the 1996 blockbuster The First Wives Club.

In Family Jewels, Hawn, Midler and Keaton’s characters are forced to spend the Christmas holidays together, along with their kids and grandkids, after the man they were all once married to drops dead in a New York City department store. New Republic is eyeing a production start this year. Hoare will also write the screenplay. Last May, one of the biggest deals to come out of the Cannes Film Festival was the sale of Hoare’s original spec Down Under Cover to Paramount with Chris Hemsworth and Tiffany Haddish attached to star. His new dramaedy starring Billy Crystal and Ben Schwartz, Standing Up, Falling Down,...

Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton are set to share the screen for the first time in over two decades, since 1996's First Wives Club, in the multigenerational comedy Family Jewels from New Republic Pictures. 

They will play three women forced to spend the Christmas holidays together, along with their kids and grandkids, after the man they were all once married to drops dead in a New York City department store. 

Screenwriter Peter Hoare penned the movie, which is eyeing a production start date for later this year. New Republic principals Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer will produce, along with ...

Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton are set to share the screen for the first time in over two decades, since 1996's First Wives Club, in the multigenerational comedy Family Jewels from New Republic Pictures.

They will play three women forced to spend the Christmas holidays together, along with their kids and grandkids, after the man they were all once married to drops dead in a New York City department store.

Screenwriter Peter Hoare penned the movie, which is eyeing a production start date for later this year. New Republic principals Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer will produce, along with ...

Los Angeles – From his chiseled-from-marble good looks to his actor intensity on screen, Kirk Douglas defined the very concept of Movie Star. The actor also broke records for longevity, living to the ripe old age of 103. Kirk Douglas died of natural causes on February 5th, 2020, at his home in Los Angeles.

Douglas was known for his fierce commitment to his craft, and his independent spirit … he formed his own production company after dissatisfaction with the movie studio system of his era. He made several classic films, even a popular Walt Disney live action feature. He was father to Oscar-winner Michael Douglas, as well as three other sons from two marriages (his was married to his second wife for 66 years). He also committed his life to several charitable causes.

I Am Kirk Douglas: The Actor in ‘Spartacus’

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Douglas was born Issur Danielovich in Amsterdam, New...

It was confirmed earlier today that, after being attached to play Eric Draven in Sony's The Crow reboot for nearly two years, Jason Momoa is leaving the long-gestating project. Now the actor has issued a message to his fans. Momoa took to Instagram this morning to express his love for director Corin Hardy, who also left the project after being attached for three and a half years, and Sony Pictures, while stating that he'll be ready to play Draven when the film is "right." Here's Jason Momoa's statement to the fans below.

"I've waited 8 years to play this dream role. I love you @corinhardy and @sonypictures unfortunately I may have to wait 8 more. Not our team. But I swear I will. James O'Barr sorry to let you down I won't on the next. This film needs to be set free. And to the fans. Sorry. I can't play anything...

In this edition of Canon Of Film, we take a look at Bob Clark‘s holiday classic, ‘A Christmas Story‘. For the story behind the genesis of the Canon, you can click here.

‘A Christmas Story’ (1983)

Director: Bob Clark

Screenplay: Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown & Bob Clark based on the novel ‘In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash,’ by Jean Shepherd

I know there’s a lot of people out there who regret the commercialization of ‘A Christmas Story‘ and sure, it’s totally out-of-hand. There’s a live televised version of ‘A Christmas Story‘ that happened on TV recently, which is one of the more benign examples to occur. I’d be remissed if I didn’t bring up the egregious straight-to-dvd sequel they made a couple years ago to widespread scorn; if for no other reason than the fact that there already was a sequel to ‘A Christmas Story‘ out there!

Cameron Douglas is ready to join the family business and become an actor — but he’ll need a judge’s permission before he heads to Hollywood.

The 38-year-old son of Michael Douglas, 72, and grandson of Kirk Douglas, 100, asked a New York court on Thursday to consider letting him move to Los Angeles to live with his grandfather while he’s out on bail, according to Page Six.

“For a good actor to be successful, they have to be where the jobs are,” Douglas’s lawyer Benjamin Brafman said in court, adding that his client would continue drug treatment and probation in California,...

Need to catch up? Check out the previous Homeland recap here.

Quinn’s paranoid delusions land him in hot water this week on Homeland. (Actually, that water looks quite cold.)

At first, he’s humbled, apologizing to Astrid for going Awol last week. But as soon as she heads out for a jog, he starts snooping around the cabin. In a drawer, he finds an envelope containing all of his pills, a wad of cash and a fake passport and IDs ready for him with the name “David Ekley.” Then he searches her car, finding a gun under the seat.

It runs in the family: she's faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound just like her famous Kryptionian cousin. But as both a superheroine and as a young woman still coming into her own, "Supergirl" has a lot to learn about the world.

For the new CBS series debuting in the fall, actress Melissa Benoist ("Glee," "Whiplash") takes on the iconic mantle of the Ingenue of Steel and her alter ego Kara Danvers, and during her first trip to Comic-Con International in San Diego she revealed all sorts of Super-details, from learning to throw a punch during her super-workout to dancing through the sky to a particularly constraining portion of that caped costume.

Moviefone: Taking on this character, there's all the comic book history, there's Helen Slater's interpretation from the '80s, the animated version,...

Actress Diana Douglas, mother of Michael Douglas and Joel Douglas, died today at the Motion Picture and Television Home in Woodland Hills, CA. The first wife of actor Kirk Douglas, she was 92 and died of cancer, her husband of 15 years Donald A. Webster said. Diana Douglas had a long career in movies, TV and in theater. She appeared in 22 films. Her final feature film was the Fred Schepisi-directed It Runs in the Family, which also starred Kirk, Michael, Joel and grandson…...

Actress Diana Douglas, mother of Michael Douglas and Joel Douglas, died today at the Motion Picture and Television Home in Woodland Hills, CA. The first wife of actor Kirk Douglas, she was 92 and died of cancer, her husband of 15 years Donald A. Webster said. Diana Douglas had a long career in movies, TV and in theater. She appeared in 22 films. Her final feature film was the Fred Schepisi-directed It Runs in the Family, which also starred Kirk, Michael, Joel and grandson…...

Actress Diana Douglas, the first wife of Kirk Douglas and the mother of Michael Douglas, has died. She was 92.

Douglas, who was married to the legendary actor from 1943 until their divorce in 1951, then starred in two films with her ex-husband, died Friday from cancer at the Motion Picture and Television Home in Woodland Hills, said Donald Webster, her husband of 15 years.

In the 2003 film It Runs in the Family, about a dysfunctional New York clan, Diana played devoted matriarch Evelyn Gromberg opposite Kirk as her husband, Michael (who also produced the movie) as her son and Cameron Douglas (Michael’s son ...

Actress Diana Douglas, the first wife of Kirk Douglas and the mother of Michael Douglas, has died. She was 92.

Douglas, who was married to the legendary actor from 1943 until their divorce in 1951, then starred in two films with her ex-husband, died Friday from cancer at the Motion Picture and Television Home in Woodland Hills, said Donald Webster, her husband of 15 years.

In the 2003 film It Runs in the Family, about a dysfunctional New York clan, Diana played devoted matriarch Evelyn Gromberg opposite Kirk as her husband, Michael (who also produced the movie) as her son and Cameron Douglas (Michael’s son ...

Actress Diana Douglas, the first wife of Kirk Douglas and the mother of Michael Douglas, has died. She was 92.  Douglas, who was married to the legendary actor from 1943 until their divorce in 1951, then starred in two films with her ex-husband, died Friday from cancer at the Motion Picture and Television Home in Woodland Hills, said Donald Webster, her husband of 15 years.   In the 2003 film It Runs in the Family, about a dysfunctional New York clan, Diana played devoted matriarch Evelyn Gromberg opposite Kirk as her husband, Michael (who also produced the movie)

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Though many sons take after their father's looks, few were also passed down their old man's acting chops and followed his footsteps to Hollywood. In honor of Father's Day, THR rounds up six real-life fathers and sons who have starred opposite each other onscreen. Read More 6 Mother-Daughter Duos Who Have Appeared in Films Together (Video) 1. Kirk Douglas and Michael Douglas Michael had an uncredited cameo in his father's 1966 film Cast a Giant Shadow before both starred together in 2003's It Runs in the Family. Cameron Douglas, Kirk's grandson, also had a supporting role in the

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While the box office return on "Tron: Legacy" wasn't stellar — $400 million on a $170 million budget — it was enough to encourage Disney to keep the franchise going. In 2012, Jesse Wigutow ("It Runs In The Family," "The Crow" reboot) was hired to write the script, and Joseph Kosinski was attached to direct. And before the year was out, Garrett Hedlund himself confirmed he would be returning for the followup. And that was the last anyone heard for a couple of years, but it would appear things are ramping up. Local outlet Vancity Buzz is reporting that "Tron 3" will start shooting in Vancouver starting on October 5th, with Kosinski directing and Hedlund as the only confirmed cast member returning (for now). The green light has apparently already been given to the movie, and it hasn't taken long for more chatter to surface. Badass Digest has a source that also confirms the sequel...

We thought they were all equally adorable - insert awww - but there could only be one top dog at Westminster. Congrats, Miss P! The beagle from the hound group ran off with the prestigious Best in Show title Tuesday at the 139th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Miss P (formal name: Ch Tashtins Lookin For Trouble) beat out six other fierce furballs: the Patty Hearst co-owned Rocket (toy group), Flame (non-sporting group), Swagger (herding group), Liz (sporting group), Matisse (working group) and Charlie (terrier group).Miss P has 19 U.S. best in shows under her belt. As if...

Last year, the London Film Festival was bookended by a pair of Tom Hanks movies. This year, the fest is going in a different direction with opening- and closing-night films set during World War II. The event will open with The Imitation Game on October 8 and now has set David Ayer’s Fury as the capper on October 19. The pic stars Brad Pitt, Shia Labeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña, and Jon Bernthal. Pitt and Ayer are confirmed to attend the closing-night festivities in Leicester Square with screenings to be simulcast to cinemas across the UK. The film is set in April 1945 as the Allies make their final push in the European Theater. A battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy (Pitt) commands a five-man Sherman tank crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines where they face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany. Written and directed by Ayer,...

In comics news this week, Matt Fraction, one of Marvel’s brightest stars and writer of the award-winning Hawkeye, has been replaced by Charles Soule as the writer of the upcoming new Marvel series, Inhuman, though Joe Madureira remains the series artist. No reasons were given for the switch nor for pushing back the release date from January to April. Inhuman spins off of the Marvel Event Infinity where thousands of new Inhumans appeared after Black Bolt exploded a Terrigen Bomb, with the series looking at the changed lives of the newly transformed Inhumans. Soule is a prolific comics writer, currently helming Superman/Wonder Woman, Swamp Thing and Red Lanterns for DC, Letter 44 for Oni, and Thunderbolts for Marvel along with the new She-Hulk series set to debut in February.

DC are going to end two of their original New 52 line-up titles, Animal Man and The Dark Knight, early next year.

Tue in alert for truTV's Hardcore Pawn! The next episode is Family Business Break Hardcore Pawn Season 8 - Ep. 01 Sneak Peek: Les and Ashley worry that Seth is no longer loyal to the family business. New episodes return December 17. From truTV Hardcore Pawn TV-14-dlsv Tuesdays 9P Starting December 17 At the largest pawnshop in Detroit, every day brings new rewards and new drama. Follow the Gold family as they wheel and deal with colorful customers, manage temperamental employees, and squabble with each otherall in the name of making a buck in one of the most troubled cities in America. This isn't your typical trading post; this is Hardcore Pawn.

The long-gestating adaptation Fire is moving forward with screenwriter Jesse Wigutow signing on to provide the screenplay.

The project has been in development at Universal Pictures since January 2010, when Zac Efron signed on to star. The story, based on Brian Bendis' graphic novel, follows a college student who gets recruited by the CIA, only to discover that this program trains expendable spies. Brian Bendis was originally set to write the script after selling his graphic novel to Universal at Sundance in 2010.

Neal H. Moritz and Toby Jaffe are producing through their Original Film company, along with Circle of Confusion's David Engel. Zac Efron and Jason Barrett will serve as executive producers. No production schedule was given.

Jesse Wigutow's writing credits include It Runs in the Family, Peter and the Starcatchers, Irreparable Harm and the upcoming Tron 3, The Crow and The Osterman Weekend.

Fire was released in 2012 and stars Zac Efron.

"A Christmas Story" hit movie theaters on November 18, 1983 and the holiday would never be the same.

Now, we can't help but think of being "double-dog dared," leg lamps, and, of course, a Red Ryder Bb gun. The period movie wasn't a hit when it was released, but has became a holiday favorite over the years, even being run in a 24-hour marathon at Christmas time on TBS. It yielded a lesser-seen sequel in 1994, "It Runs in the Family," which recast all the major roles.

In 2012, the film received two honors: Being selected for preservation by the Library of Congress and opening on Broadway as a hit musical. "A Christmas Story: The Musical" received three Tony Award nominations and is returning to the stage this year in Boston, New York's Madison Square Garden and Hartford, Connecticut.

Last month, the town of Hammond, Indiana (where the film is set) unveiled a statue...

Over the weekend, Luciana Barosso renewed her vows to hubby Matt Damon in Saint Lucia wearing gorgeous, ethereal gowns by designer Naeem Khan. The dreamy dresses proved to be picture-perfect for the romantic ceremony and star-studded celebratory dinner, as are all of Khan's creations.  Not quite sure who the creative mastermind is quite yet? We'll catch you up.  Here are five things to know about Naeem Khan. 1. He Was Born in India: The designer was born and raised in the exotic country surrounded by beautiful culture, architecture and history. He didn't move to the United States until he was teenager. 2. It Runs in the Family: Khan developed his craft...

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Actor best known as the haughty department store supervisor Captain Peacock in the TV comedy Are You Being Served?

The actor Frank Thornton, who has died aged 92, had a flair for comedy derived from the subtle craftsmanship of classical stage work. However, he will be best remembered for his longstanding characters in two popular BBC television comedy series – the sniffily priggish Captain Peacock in Are You Being Served? and the pompous retired policeman Herbert "Truly" Truelove, in Roy Clarke's Last of the Summer Wine.

Robertson Hare, the great Whitehall farceur, told him: "You'll never do any good until you're 40." And, said Thornton, "he was quite right." In the event, he was 51 when David Croft, producer of another long-running British staple, Dad's Army, remembered the tall, long-faced actor from another engagement and decided to cast him as the dapper floor-walker in charge of shop assistants played by Mollie Sugden, Wendy Richard,...

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There's a new man in the frame for the reboot of The Crow. And that man is James McAvoy...

On paper, a cinematic reboot of The Crow is hardly the kind of project to get people over-excited. Personally though, I look at it the same way as I do the RoboCop reboot: sure, the original is great and it doesn’t necessarily need rebooting, but it’s hard to argue that a new reboot is going to ruin the original any more than the number of shoddy sequels that have been released since.

It's been some time since The Crow reboot was last discussed, and at one point, Mark Wahlberg was being mentioned as a potential lead. However, nothing seemed to come of that. Now though, there's a new name in the frame to take on the role of Eric Draven (so far most...