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The Songwriters Hall of Fame will recognize Stephen Schwartz — the arranger and composer behind the music from “Wicked,” “Godspell” and “Pippin” — as the recipient of the 2025 Johnny Mercer Award at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala, slated for June 12 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.

The Johnny Mercer Award is the most prestigious honor bestowed by the Songwriters Hall of Fame, is exclusively reserved for a songwriter or songwriting team who has already been inducted in a prior year and whose body of work is of “such high quality and impact that it upholds the gold standard set by the legendary Johnny Mercer,” per the Shof. Schwartz was first inducted into the Hall in 2009.

“With every lyric and melody, Stephen invites us on an unforgettable journey,” said Shof Chairman Nile Rodgers. “From his iconic list of award-winning musicals, including ‘Godspell’, ‘Wicked’ and ‘Pippin,’ Stephen...

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Movies serve as more than simply a medium through which we get experience; they are an emotion we like to incorporate into our lives. Numerous films are released each month on multiple streaming services, which is quite convenient for many of us. However, with so many alternatives at hand, it can be a hassle to pick the right film. To make things easier, we've compiled a directory of every film coming to major streaming services in March 2025, including Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, and more.

Movies Coming to Netflix

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Here's every movie coming to Netflix in March 2025:

Annie (2014) — March 1

Black Hawk Down (2001) — March 1

Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982) — March 1

Cell 211 (2009) — March 1

Midnight in the Switchgrass — March 1

Runaway Jury (2003) — March 1

Sicario (2016) — March 1

Ted (2012) — March...

General Hospital (Gh) star, Chris McKenna (Jack Brennan) recently hopped on social media to reveal some sad news. He posted about One Life to Live (Oltl) fellow alum, Alice Hirson, who passed away at the age of 95. More details on this are below.

Remembering Alice Hirson

McKenna shared a number of photos of Hirson on Instagram. In the caption he started with, “We lost a radiant soul and a daytime legend yesterday. Alice Hirson shone her light on this world for 95 glorious years.”

McKenna went on to say, “My family and I were so blessed to have her in our lives however briefly. Unforgettable woman. Her final words were ‘It’s nice to have an audience.’”

He ended the caption with, “Thank you, Alice. Good night. Legend. #Gh #Oltl #Dallas #Ellen”

Hirson’s Incredible Career

Hirson first began her soap opera career on the CBS daytime drama The Edge of Night...

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Max ha desvelado un nuevo tráiler de la aclamada y esperada tercera temporada de The White Lotus.

En esta tercera entrega, la sátira social se ambienta en un exclusivo resort tailandés y sigue las hazañas de varios huéspedes –tres amigas de toda la vida en un viaje de chicas después de no haberse visto durante un tiempo, una pareja y sus tres hijos y un hombre rudo con un chip en el hombro que viaja con su novia menor que él– y empleados a lo largo de una semana.

El reparto de esta nueva temporada, formada por ocho episodios a diferencia de los seis de las anteriores entregas, está encabezado por Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, la cantante Lalisa Manobal, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Lek Patravadi (In Family We Trust), Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell retomando su papel de la primera temporada,...

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HBO ha renovado su aclamada serie The White Lotus por una cuarta temporada, incluso antes de que podamos degustar la tercera (que se estrena el próximo mes de febrero).

Por ahora, no hay detalles del destino de esta nueva entrega ni de quiénes serán sus rostros protagonistas. Pero, ojo, lo que sí tenemos claro es lo que se nos viene en su esperadísima tercera temporada.

En esta nueva tanda de episodios, escrita y dirigida por Mike White, al igual que las dos anteriores, la sátira social se ambienta en un exclusivo resort tailandés y sigue las hazañas de varios huéspedes –tres amigas de toda la vida en un viaje de chicas después de no haberse visto durante un tiempo, una pareja y sus tres hijos y un hombre rudo con un chip en el hombro que viaja con...

Robert Picardo is an accomplished singer and actor whose career has lasted 45 years and shows no sign of slowing. He has been performing professionally since he was in college in the mid-1970s, appearing on stage in high-end productions like Leonard Bernstein's "Mass" and singing in his college a cappella choir. After college, he was recognized for his performance in a 1976 production of David Mamet's "Sexual Perversity in Chicago."

His movement to television was natural for a hard-working actor, starting with small roles in notable hit shows. He appeared on two episodes of "Kojak" in 1977 and has never had a "down" period since. He thereafter popped up in "Taxi," "Silver Spoons," "Alice," "Benson," "21 Jump Street," and 15 episodes of "The Wonder Years" as the hard-nosed Coach Cutlip, in addition to dozens of other TV shows that are too plentiful to list here. On the big screen, Picardo became...

Forget your fictional crime dramas; Channel 4’s 24 Hours in Police Custody delivers the real deal. “Breakout” follows the chaotic aftermath of a mass escape from Yarl’s Wood immigration removal center, plunging viewers into a high-stakes manhunt. What began as a demonstration in the gym quickly escalated, forcing security staff to withdraw and allowing detainees […]

24 Hours in Police Custody: Inside the Manhunt After a Mass Escape – “Breakout”...

If you can’t make it to Rome this Christmas Eve, you can still watch Pope Francis’ traditional holiday mass from the comfort of your home.

The mass, often called the Midnight Mass, traditionally took place at midnight but in recent years is held much earlier, partly due to the Pope’s age. (The pontiff turned 88 on Dec. 17.)

The mass is free, but tickets are required.

Here’s what you need to know to watch the Christmas Eve mass:

How to watch “The Pope’s Christmas Eve Mass”: Is it streaming?

Yes, you can stream the ceremony on the Vatican’s YouTube channel.

In past years, the mass has also been streamed live by outlets including PBS NewsHour and Fox News.

There’s also a WhatsApp channel.

What time is “The Pope’s Christmas Eve Mass”?

This year, the mass is set to begin at 7:00 p.m, Central European Time,...

On Tuesday December 24 2024, NBC broadcasts Christmas Eve Mass!

Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Christmas Eve Mass” promises to be a heartwarming experience for viewers. Set to air on NBC, this episode captures the spirit of the holiday season through the lens of a traditional Christmas Eve service. The story unfolds in a small town, where the community gathers for this special occasion.

As the episode begins, the church is filled with decorations, twinkling lights, and the sounds of holiday music. Families come together, sharing their hopes and joys. The atmosphere is filled with warmth and anticipation as everyone prepares for the evening’s service. The characters are introduced, each bringing their own stories and struggles to the church.

Throughout the episode, themes of faith, love, and forgiveness emerge. The community faces challenges that test their bonds, but the mass serves as a reminder of the importance of togetherness. As the service unfolds,...

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Max ha desvelado por fin la fecha de estreno y el primer tráiler de la aclamada y esperada tercera temporada de The White Lotus.

En esta tercera entrega, la sátira social se ambienta en un exclusivo resort tailandés y sigue las hazañas de varios huéspedes –tres amigas de toda la vida en un viaje de chicas después de no haberse visto durante un tiempo, una pareja y sus tres hijos y un hombre rudo con un chip en el hombro que viaja con su novia menor que él– y empleados a lo largo de una semana.

El reparto de esta nueva temporada, formada por ocho episodios a diferencia de los seis de las anteriores entregas, está encabezado por Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, la cantante Lalisa Manobal, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Lek Patravadi (In Family We Trust), Parker Posey,...

Reed Birney and Kieron Moore will star in “Blue Film,” a provocative indie about a fetish camboy who agrees to spend the night with an anonymous client, only to discover a disturbing tie to his past. The film is the feature debut of writer and director Elliot Tuttle. It wrapped production this year and is aiming to hit the early 2025 festival circuit.

Birney is an acclaimed stage and screen actor. He won a Tony and numerous other awards and nominations for plays including “The Humans,” “Casa Valentina,” and “Man From Nebraska.” On television, he can be seen in the most recent season of “American Horror Story”. He was also recently on Peacock’s “Poker Face”, and “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.” Other TV credits include HBO’s “Succession” and Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale.” He is also well known for his performance as Vice President Donald Blythe in the Netflix series “House of Cards.

When it's released, Mass Effect 5 may have Dlc added at some point. However, whether that Dlc is released with the game or it comes out later, it can't repeat the biggest mistake the Dlc of the original trilogy made with the options that added story content. Unfortunately, common Dlc practices in gaming tend to be frustrating at best, so it's difficult to say how ME5 might approach additional content.

Mass Effect 5 brings the focus of the series back to the Milky Way Galaxy after a short break to explore a bit of Andromeda, which can mean many unanswered questions from ME3 could finally be addressed. The next game could also confirm whether Shepard is dead or alive after ME3 and what Liara's role in the galaxy is now that she's seen in one of the trailers. With these pieces of information alone, it's easy to see how the potential...

Martha Plimpton and Mireille Enos have joined the cast of “Task,” an upcoming HBO drama series starring Mark Ruffalo.

Set in the working class suburbs outside of Philadelphia, “Task” follows Tom (Ruffalo), an FBI agent leading a task force meant to tend to a string of drug-house robberies led by an unsuspecting family man (Tom Pelphrey).

Plimpton plays Kathleen McGinty, the FBI supervisory senior resident in charge who recruits Tom to lead the task force just as she learns that she is being forced to retire, while Enos plays Tom’s wife, Susan Brandis. The pair married young, which is the reason Tom left the priesthood.

Plimpton’s credits include films like “The Goonies” (1985), “The Mosquito Coast” (1986) and “Parenthood” (1989), as well as the 2010-2014 Fox sitcom “Raising Hope.” More recently, she has appeared in the 2021 film “Mass” and the HBO series “The Regime,” which aired earlier this year. She is...

Amazon MGM Studios is officially developing a Mass Effect TV series, Variety has reported, marking a major step forward for the popular video game franchise. The project will be written and executive produced by Daniel Casey, known for his work on F9: The Fast Saga. Casey will be joined by executive producers Karim Zreik, under his Cedar Tree Productions banner, as well as Ari Arad and Michael…

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Space opera video game series "Mass Effect" is officially making the jump to television. Variety reports that Amazon MGM Studios has ordered a "Mass Effect" series from writer Daniel Casey ("F9"). Executive producers include Karim Zreik of Cedar Tree Productions, Michael Gamble of "Mass Effect" owner EA (Electronic Arts), and Ari Arad (son of famous "Spider-Man" producer Avi Arad).

A "Mass Effect" TV series was first revealed to be in the works at Amazon back in 2021. Previously, there were also plans to turn the "Mass Effect" video games into a movie, but that never rose out of development hell.

It's easy to trace this news back to Amazon's recent success with adapting the "Fallout" games into a TV series. Amazon MGM Studios also recently announced a "God of War" TV series (showrun by "Star Trek" and "Battlestar Galactica" legend Ronald D. Moore) and "Mass Effect" fits right in with these other plans.

Phoenix was one of Valorant’s first agents but has been outshined by all three other launch duelists for the longest time. While Riot has made a lot of small changes to the agent over the years, he has remained underwhelming even today. Fans have asked for more buffs for the longest time.

The meta is about to change with this buff. | Image Credit: Riot Games

And Riot has answered. According to new leaks, Phoenix will get not just a buff but almost a rework in Patch 9.10. Set for a potential release date of November 19, 2024, this update will completely change his role in the meta. Let the reign of Phoenix begin!

Valorant‘s Phoenix is Finally Rising From The Ashes

Episode 9: Act 2 is coming to an end in Valorant, and the game is due for more updates soon. Riot Games recently released a teaser video for the next act...

The “East of Eden” limited series adaptation at Netflix is rounding out its cast.

Variety has learned that Tracy Letts, Martha Plimpton, Ciarán Hinds, Joseph Zada, and Joe Anders have all joined the series.

They will appear alongside previously announced cast members Florence Pugh, Christopher Abbott, Mike Faist, and Hoon Lee.

Letts will play Cyrus Trask, while Plimpton will play Faye, Hinds will play Samuel Hamilton, Zada will play Cal Trask, and Anders will play Aron Trask.

Based on the John Steinbeck novel of the same name, the series is said to “explore the multigenerational saga of the Trask family, focusing new attention on its indelible antihero, Cathy Ames (Pugh).”

Production on the seven-episode series is now underway in New Zealand. In addition to writing, Zoe Kazan serves as executive producer and co-showrunner. Her grandfather, Elia Kazan, directed the original film adaptation starring James Dean. Jeb Stuart serves as co-showrunner and executive producer as well.

The New York-based distributor Bleecker Street is ten years old – and affirmed its ongoing commitment to films for “grown-ups”.

At ten years old, and with more than 70 films under its belt, the American distributor Bleecker Street has backed a whole host of films that others may not have put the same heft and care behind.

In its first few years, it was involved with the likes of Eye In The Sky, Captain Fantastic, The Lost City Of Z and Beasts Of No Nation. And in more recent times, it’s brought films such as Mass, The Assistant and Breaking to the screen. On the surface, it’s looking tougher and tougher to get the films it’s backing to break through at the box office, but thankfully, that’s not stopping the Bleecker Street team from trying.

In a new interview at Variety, Kent Sanderson (president of the company), Andrew Karpen...

Bleecker Street executives Kent Sanderson and Myles Bender can vividly remember their first time seeing “Eye in the Sky,” a drone warfare thriller starring Helen Mirren and Alan Rickman that premiered in 2015 at Toronto Film Festival with hopes of finding distribution. Not long into the Canadian screening, they were held rapt by film but quickly realized their contemporaries in the room didn’t feel the same way.

“Within 15 minutes, I started watching a lot of other buyers get up and leave. I guess they felt the film was too challenging,” says Sanderson, Bleecker Street’s president. He and Bender, head of marketing and creative advertising, pushed for their boss, the film company’s co-founder and CEO, Andrew Karpen, to watch the film so they could bid on the distribution rights. Bender recalls, “We were looking at each other and saying, ‘What are we seeing that they aren’t?’”

Karpen shared...

Quick Links Who *Was* "Whitey" Bulger? James "Whitey" Bulger Was a Dangerous Man to Offend The Departed and Other Film Portrayals

Spoiler alert: This article contains plot spoilers for Black Mass (2015). When Johnny Depp tackled the role of gangster James Bulger in 2015's Black Mass, he couldn't have imagined that he'd have to worry about angry mobsters in addition to the usual slate of nitpicky movie reviewers. Turns out everyone is a critic. Director Scott Cooper was more aware of the pitfalls of angering powerful lunatics like Bulger on eggshells lest he agitate the guy who appeared on the FBI's Most Wanted List and once called Alcatraz home. We aren't sure if Depp ever got any nasty letters from the clink, but James Bulger wasn't the type of fella you'd want for an enemy nor a confidant.

As comfortable mingling with G-men as he was with low-life loan sharks and hitmen,...

Black Mass has found another wave of success since the 2015 film was released on Netflix, and the film already has a fantastic companion movie thanks to Marin Scorsese's crime thriller from 2006. Many consider Martin Scorsese to be the filmmaker who perfected the gangster genre, with his films like Goodfellas, Casino, The Irishman, and more being some of the most critically acclaimed movies of all time. Black Mass is a rare gangster movie that was successful without Scorsese's involvement, but it is very similar to one of the director's movies from 2006.

Black Mass is a 2015 film by director Scott Cooper, with it chronicling the story of James "Whitey" Bulger, who is played in the film by Johnny Depp in one of his most well-received roles. Black Mass is the most famous and faithful adaptation of the real-life gang leader's story, with it following Whitey throughout the decades as Bulger and...

Johnny Depp's gangster movie Black Mass is trending now on Netflix and nearly a decade later, I still can't believe Depp got snubbed for the Oscar. Directed by Scott Cooper, Black Mass chronicles the true story of the real-life crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger, one of the most notorious gangsters and kingpins in United States history. Depp portrays Bulger, who was the brother of Massachusetts State Senator Billy Bulger and eventually became an FBI informant who helped weaken the Italian Mafia's power in New England. Bulger became an infamous figure of the Irish Mob out of South Boston, Massachusetts, and died in federal prison in 2018.

Black Mass has an outstanding supporting cast, which also got widely overlooked at the 2016 Academy Awards. Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Joel Edgerton, Dakota Fanning, David Harbour, Peter Sarsgaard, and Kevin Bacon were astoundingly all in the same movie and none of them walked away...

The pre-look poster of Megastar Chiranjeevi’s upcoming film Vishwambhara has generated significant buzz ahead of its full reveal. Released just before Chiranjeevi’s birthday, the poster showcases him holding a weapon, standing against the backdrop of a massive, brightly-lit snow-covered mountain. The caption, “When myths collide, Legends arise,” suggests an epic narrative filled with mythical elements, which has heightened anticipation for the movie.

Vishwambhara is shaping up to be a landmark film in Chiranjeevi’s career, both in terms of scale and ambition. Directed by Vassishta Mallidi and produced by Uv Creations, the film features an ensemble cast including Trisha, Kunal Kapoor, and several young actresses such as Ashika Ranganath, Isha Chawla, and Surbhi in pivotal roles. The music, composed by the Oscar-winning Mm Keeravani, is expected to be a significant highlight of the movie.

The first look poster is set to be released later today, and the film...

Netflix announced today that Rosario Dawson, André Holland, Sonoya Mizuno, and Ann Dowd have joined the previously-announced Timothy Olyphant in Terminator Zero.

Terminator Zero will premiere on Netflix on August 29, 2024 (also known as “Judgement Day”). The anime hails from Japanese animation studio Production Ig (Ghost in the Shell).

The eight-episode series will be part of the Terminator universe but will center around new characters. It will be the first-ever iteration of the franchise to be animated.

2022: A future war has raged for decades between the few human survivors and an endless army of machines. 1997: The AI known as Skynet gained self-awareness and began its war against humanity.

Caught between the future and this past is a soldier sent back in time to change humanity’s fate. She arrives in 1997 to protect a scientist named Malcolm Lee, who is working to launch a new AI system designed to compete...

When Andrew Karpen wants to convince a filmmaker to let him release their movie, he doesn’t blow them away by offering more and more money. For one thing, Bleecker Street, the indie studio he founded in 2014, doesn’t have the financial firepower of an Apple or a Netflix.

“Our pitch is always centered around the kind of experience that they will have with us, knowing that we will be collaborative and transparent,” Karpen says. “I always say, ‘This is not a campaign where you will just be emailed the final poster and trailer and given two tickets to the premiere.’”

And over nearly 70 films, that openness has kept Karpen and his small but mighty staff in the game. While Bleecker is celebrating its 10th anniversary, many of its competitors haven’t managed to survive in a business that’s only become more treacherous to navigate. Several of Bleecker’s contemporaries,...

In episode 8 of American Horror Story: Delicate, actor Hamish Linklater made a brief cameo, which was a funny little addition, but also hints at a Linklater horror series that audiences certainly shouldn't forget about, Midnight Mass. During the eighth installment of American Horror Story's twelfth season, Linklater made a small appearance as himself presenting at the Academy Awards. Though this role was quite tiny, it brings up the fact that this is far from Linklater's first part in a horror project. In fact, his last horror series is a show that, even three years later, deserves plenty of attention.

Hamish Linklater's acting roots run far back, even farther than his start in the 2000 television series, Gideon's Crossing. Linklater's mother, Kristin Linklater, was a professor of theatre and was part of a Shakespearean acting troupe, which Hamish Linklater joined at the age of eight. His long history in the...

Mike Flanagan should focus on original horror shows like Midnight Mass before diving into his second Stephen King adaptation for Amazon. Midnight Mass showcased Flanagan's storytelling talents, proving that he should create more original horror. Flanagan's only confirmed projects for Amazon are adaptations, two of which will bring King's stories to life.

Esteemed horror director Mike Flanagan has another Stephen King adaptation coming down the pike, but the show shouldn't happen until his three-year-old Netflix project receives a follow-up — even if it's an unofficial one. Flanagan has created a number of beloved Netflix series, starting with The Haunting of Hill House in 2018. Most recently, he directed and wrote The Fall of the House of Usher. And with his horror projects for Netflix proving so successful, it's no surprise that Amazon sought Flanagan for a deal. He's moving to Amazon, where he'll produce more movies and shows for his dedicated audience.

Stars: Andrew Sykes, Devanny Pinn, Lew Temple, Jeremy London, Lisa Wilcox, Eileen Dietz, Nicky Whelan | Written by Eric Pereira, Brandon Slagle | Directed by Devanny Pinn

The Black Mass, the title of actress Devanny Pinn’s directorial debut is not, as one might guess, a reference to a Satanic ritual. It’s the description one of the survivors gave of the man who, across one long night in 1978, attacked four of her sorority sisters, killing two of them as well as attacking a random woman he encountered nearby.

That man was Ted Bundy. That doesn’t mean that The Black Mass is a typical true-crime film or even a straightforward slasher film. Pinn and co-writers Eric Pereira and Brandon Slagle keep the killer in the background figuratively and literally for much of the film.

While he is in almost every scene, or the scenes are shot from his perspective, for the...

Buddy Duress, the actor who appeared in two Safdie Brothers films including 2017’s Good Time starring Robert Pattinson, died last November of what his brother said this week was “cardiac arrest from a drug cocktail.” Duress was 38.

Duress’ death was announced on social media last week by director Jay Karales, whose upcoming film Mass State Lottery features Duress. The cause of death was announced yesterday to People by the actor’s brother Christopher Stathis (Duress was born Michael C. Stathis).

“This man was an absolute treasure,” Karales, known professionally as LowRes Wünderbred, wrote. “Without a doubt, Buddy Duress was one of the most entertaining people I’ve ever met and his stories were unrivaled. I remember seeing him in Good Time in 2017 and saying, ‘That is what the future of acting needs to be. That guy.’ He brought a certain authenticity and charisma to the screen that you just don’t see anymore.

Director Bradley Cooper describes “Maestro” as a series of movements through the life of the legendary conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein and his wife, actress Felicia Montealegre. Precisely because the film seeks to chase a more emotional throughline, every aspect of the filmmaking has to evolve, too. The “Maestro” production team didn’t just need to capture a succession of time periods — although they did need to nail those time periods — they needed to visually dramatize the ever-changing dynamic between Lenny (Bradley Cooper) and Felicia (Carey Mulligan). If you’ll forgive the obvious metaphor, every department head had to move in concert with each other and with Cooper’s vision.

When thinking about how to intuitively make the audience feel the shift into the ’70s, for example, cinematographer Matthew Libatique wanted to create a sense of nostalgia for the era, both because it’s far enough away from our own...

This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine’s daily What to Watch listings and our monthly breakdown of What’s on Streaming.

With nearly 600 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.

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The Stars-Hana fund, which combines Peter Luo’s Stars Collective, the Hana Investment firm, and Starlight Media, was assembled to “invest in film, TV, comics, games, collectibles, consumer goods, AI, and new tech over a three-year period.” Now Deadline reports that Stars-Hana will be creating video games based on Stars Collective film IP – and this includes several projects that are being produced by horror icons James Wan and Sam Raimi!

Stars-Hana is teaming up with game companies like Tencent, DreamSky Technology, Hyjz, and Forevernine to develop video games based on the following properties:

The Garfield Movie, starring Chris Pratt

Every House Is Haunted, from Sam Raimi and Roy Lee

The Burden, from James Wan and Sam Raimi

Hunting Season, from James Wan and Don Murphy

James Wan’s The Call of Cthulhu, Mass Extinction and Gmo

The Goxfather with Jon M. Chu

Memory Lost in Space, based on the novels...

The greatest film score of 2023 isn’t eligible for an Academy Award. That’s because Leonard Bernstein composed it between 1944 and 1977, multiple pieces that collectively form the musical backdrop of “Maestro,” Bradley Cooper’s film about the 20th century American composer-conductor.

The classical excerpts functioning as dramatic score include Bernstein’s ballets “Fancy Free” and “Facsimile,” parts of his Broadway scores for “West Side Story” and “Candide,” his opera “A Quiet Place,” music for the film “On the Waterfront,” portions of his second and third symphonies as well as his “Mass” and “Chichester Psalms.”

“I think of the score as the co-star of the film,” says the composer’s oldest daughter, Jamie Bernstein. “We knew that Bradley wanted to use our dad’s music in the score, but I don’t think, in the beginning, we even grasped how much of a presence it would wind up having in the film.

The shift marks the first time these high-profile Prime Video originals are available to stream for free.

Amazon is taking a page from Netflix’s playbook, with a twist. Netflix has beenlicensing titles from Warner Bros. Discovery and its streaming service Max for months now, and now Amazon is using that same basic idea in shifting some of its Prime Video original titles to another service.

Amazon is making episodes of several titles such as “Jack Ryan” available to stream on Freevee, its free ad-supported streamer. This is the first time these titles have been taken out from behind the Prime Video paywall. The move could be intended to keep users who are thinking of canceling Prime Video ahead of the incorporation of ads on the service. 30-Day Free Trial $8.99+ / month amazon.com Which Prime Video Titles Are Moving to Freevee?

Instead of licensing titles to a direct competitor, however, Amazon...

Midnight Mass explores the intersection of horror and faith, delving into the human need for forgiveness and the dire consequences of religious fanaticism. The characters in Midnight Mass struggle with the need to be forgiven, to forgive others, or to forgive themselves, highlighting the personal importance of forgiveness and its role in personal growth. Forgiveness is a central theme in Midnight Mass, revealing its power to relieve guilt and grudges, and its importance in religious beliefs and seeking spiritual peace. Mike Flanagan's shows often delve into deeper themes and explore the complexities of forgiveness.

Mike Flanagan’s Midnight Mass depicts the intersection of horror and faith gone wrong, with the underlying meaning based on the human need for forgiveness. The 2021 Netflix series documents a religious, small isolated community on Crockett Island, whose town sees miracles and inexplicable changes once a young priest, Father Paul, arrives. As Father Paul cements himself within the community,...

26 October 2023 — Directed, written, produced by, and starring Bradley Cooper in the title role, opposite Carey Mulligan, Maestro is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love. Deutsche Grammophon is delighted to be releasing the original soundtrack album for the movie, which has already garnered widespread critical acclaim. All the music in the film was chosen by Cooper, and the new recordings on the soundtrack were made by the London Symphony Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who also worked closely with the actor-director as conducting consultant before and throughout the film-making process.

The album will be released digitally on November 17, 2023, and on CD and vinyl on December 1. A taster track featuring an excerpt from the Finale of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”, with soprano Rosa Feola,...

Midnight Mass avoids using the word "vampire" to explore deeper themes of faith, guilt, and fanaticism, distinguishing itself from traditional vampire stories. By refraining from using the term "vampire," the show avoids being confined to established vampire mythology and tropes, allowing for a unique and thought-provoking narrative. Similar to how The Walking Dead avoids using the term "zombie," Midnight Mass creates its own terms for its creatures, allowing for a fresh and unpredictable story that focuses on human conflicts and convictions.

The monster in Midnight Mass is very much a vampire, but the show never once uses the word “vampire.” Mike Flanagan's decision to omit the explanation behind the creature has to do with the overall themes of the series, and how the show doesn't want to be pigeonholed as a "vampire show." Following the acclaim of his Netflix haunted house horror shows The Haunting of Hill House and its standalone successor Bly Manor,...

Bradley Cooper’s Maestro opens presumptuously with a quote that Leonard Bernstein uttered during a lecture he gave at Harvard University in 1976: “A work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them; and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers.” To some degree, the quote encapsulates Cooper and co-writer Josh Singer’s mosaic-like method in attempting to capture Bernstein as a human being—one that lays the man’s contradictions bare without overt psychologizing. It also, though, inevitably raises the question of whether Cooper’s film approaches the breadth and majesty of its subject.

Maybe no biopic, however sensitively done, can come close to encompassing the entirety of Bernstein’s life. This was a man so filled with passion for music in all its forms that he couldn’t help but let it out not only in the music he composed, but also on...

Exclusive: The End of the F***ing World producer Clerkenwell Films and Envision Entertainment are co-creating a six-part drama series about a working-class teenage girl sent to an elite finishing school.

Swans is now in development as female-led show set in the so-called ‘Swinging ’60s.’ It will include “a rich seam of humour, scandals and singular characters, touching on social themes of class and women’s rights” and “a cast of international characters” that represent the diversity of British life in the 1960s, according to the producers.

The show is from rising writer Amy Mason, and follows 19-year-old working-class east London girl Ally, who joins a posh finishing school when her street trader dad wins the football pools.

The story was inspired by the real life experiences of Mason’s mother and aunt, who both attended a finishing school just as society was changing for women. It marks Mason’s first TV screenwriting project.

DJ Shadow has revealed his eighth album Action Adventure will drop on October 27th along with the nearly all-instrumental collection’s first single, “Ozone Scraper.”

The 14-track project eschews the California producer’s more recent, guest-friendly offerings in an effort to “write music that flexed different energies.” He first prefaced the creative shift in an Instagram post on August 9th, sharing, “I needed to get personal and make music for myself again. I didn’t want to compromise or write music to give someone else a runway, I wanted to force myself to permeate every available sonic space and ‘own’ the total composition.”

“This is about my relationship to music,” he added in a statement tied to the official announcement. “My life as a collector and curator. All my records and tapes, and no one else’s.”

For his first sampling from the project, DJ Shadow has shared “Ozone Scraper,...

In the latest TV show ratings, NBC’s America’s Got Talent of course dominated an especially quiet summertime Tuesday, both in viewers and in the coveted and savory 18-49 demographic.

NBC | AGT, with 5.7 million total viewers and a 0.6 demo rating (read recap), was down a tick week-to-week, while Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge (1.6 mil/0.2) in turn slipped to its smallest numbers yet.

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This article contains spoilers for The Testaments novelLike its predecessor, The Handmaid's Tale, The Testaments sees many talented stars join the cast to help bring Margaret Atwood's complex characters to life. Based on the 2019 novel of the same name, The Testaments is set 15 years after The Handmaid's Tale and follows the lives of three women: Aunt Lydia, Agnes Jemima, and Daisy, who all band together to help the resistance bring Gilead down from the inside. Although Aunt Lydia is considered to be one of the biggest villains in The Handmaid's Tale series, her true allegiances are shown as The Testaments novel revealed that she had secretly been a spy for Mayday all along.

Helmed by The Handmaid's Tale showrunner, Bruce Miller, and set to be released on Hulu, the writers involved in The Testaments will likely add their own artistic liberties to the show given that The Handmaid's Tale...

Fans of the beloved actor Michael Shannon, who most recently reprised his role as Zod in The Flash movie, understand him as a performer with a strong onscreen presence and even better emotional conviction. After a career of over 30 years, Shannon turns his talents towards directing. A long-time lover of stage plays, it’s not entirely shocking that his debut would be an adaptation of one. In his first feature film, he explores grief, guilt, and blame after a school shooting plagues a small town with turbulent sorrow. Eric Larue is a devastating and emotionally gripping story enhanced by Shannon’s longtime experience with stage plays and Judy Greer’s perfect performance.

Adapted from a stage play written by Brett Neveu (who also wrote the screenplay), Eric Larue examines the lives affected by a school shooting. Greer stars as Janice Larue, the mother of a high schooler who takes the life of three classmates.

A month away from potentially receiving his first Emmy nomination, Michael Shannon is branching out into directing with “Eric Larue,” Brett Neveu’s adaptation of his own 2002 play. Following a mother seeking some semblance of normalcy in a town rocked by the horrific act of violence perpetrated by her son against three classmates, the movie just premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival to significant acclaim for its leading lady, veteran character actor Judy Greer. Considering the subject, comparisons to “We Need to Talk About Kevin” and “Mass” are unsurprising.

Alexander Skarsgård co-stars as Greer’s born-again husband, and Paul Sparks (with whom Shannon has worked on “Boardwalk Empire” and “Waco”), Alison Pill (“The Newsroom”), Tracy Letts (“Lady Bird”), Annie Parisse (“The Following”), Kate Arrington (“George & Tammy”) and Nation Sage Henrikson (“Shameless”) comprise the rest of the main cast. David Rooney (The Hollywood Reporter) calls the acting “uncommonly strong across...

Premiering Saturday night in the Tribeca Film Festival’s Spotlight Narrative category, Eric Larue is an intense and devastating account of the after effects of a school shooting, but the focus is almost entirely on the parents of that boy who shot and killed three male classmates and is now in prison. Adapted by Brett Neveu from his own 2002 stage play, it has taken on new weight in the two decades since it was first presented at Chicago’s Red Orchid Theatre in light of the seemingly endless numbers of school shootings and the fact that the number one cause for deaths of young people is now by gun. But for his feature film directorial debut actor Michael Shannon was most interested in looking at the effects of this traumatic life-changing incident from the point of view of the parents, those of the kids killed, and particularly the pair of...

An ensemble of gifted actors effectively play against type in Michael Shannon’s quietly powerful directing debut, none more so than Judy Greer, outwardly numbed by sorrow but raw inside as a mother whose son shot and killed three high school classmates. While the subject matter inevitably invites comparison with Mass, that well-received 2021 chamber piece — also a first feature by an actor, Fran Kranz — kept its focus tight on two sets of parents on either side of a similar tragedy. Eric Larue casts a wider gaze, taking in the broader community and the religious leaders fumbling or manipulating the conversation about healing.

Shannon’s deep roots in Chicago theater are evident in his choice of material and his success at assembling a first-rate cast — uncommonly strong across the board for a modestly scaled indie like this.

The script was adapted by Brett Neveu from his play of the same name,...

The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 27th edition with a whiplashing program of screenings, workshops, and launch events running from July 20 through August 9, 2023, taking place at the Concordia Hall Cinema, with additional screens at the Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma du Musée.

The festival’s full lineup will be announced in early July. In the meantime, Fantasia reveals a selected first wave of titles and happenings.

Here’s the press release:

Bright Spotlights On South Korean Cinema Illuminate Fantasia’s 27th Edition

Since the selection of Kang Je-gyu’s Gingko Bed at Fantasia’s 1998 edition, the festival has become one of the premiere destinations for South Korean cinema. Over the years, Fantasia’s audience has had the opportunity to discover several essential Korean auteurs: Bong Joon-ho (Barking Dogs Never Bite), Park Chan-wook (Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance), Kim Ji-woon (The Quiet Family), Hwang Dong-hyuk (Miss Granny), and Yeon Sang-ho...

Apple has unveiled the first images from the upcoming limited series “The Crowded Room,” starring and executive produced by Tom Holland.

The show, created by Oscar-winning executive producer Akiva Goldsman (“A Beautiful Mind”), also stars Amanda Seyfried and Emmy Rossum. The first three episodes out of 10 premiere Friday, June 9, 2023, with the rest rolling out weekly until July 28.

“The Crowded Room” follows Danny Sullivan (Holland), a man arrested for his involvement in a shooting in New York City in 1979. Through interviews with interrogator Rya Goodwin (Seyfried), viewers learn Sullivan’s life story. His mysterious past comes into play, and some twists and turns lead him to a life-changing revelation. The psychological thriller is set in Manhattan, and Goodwin is tasked with solving the mystery behind Sullivan’s behavior.

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Jeffrey R. Epstein, a vice president of corporate communications for Disney and the man who spearheaded the official Disney fan club D23, was among those laid off this week, TheWrap has confirmed.

Previously working under Zenia Mucha, the feared and respected former senior executive vice president and Cco (otherwise known as the “Director of Revenge”), Epstein is perhaps best known as the spokesperson for D23 – an official Disney fan club that included a quarterly published glossy magazine and, eventually, an official fan convention known as D23 Expo, held every other year in Anaheim, California. Stephen Clark initially developed the concept and the current president of D23 is Michael Vargo.

The last D23 Expo event was held in 2022, having its schedule thrown off by the pandemic. Epstein additionally co-hosted a D23-themed podcast, “D23 Inside Disney,” along with Oh My Disney’s Sheri Henry.

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Marvel Studios veteran Victoria Alonso was fired for promoting “Argentina: 1985,” which was in violation of her employment contract, TheWrap has confirmed.

Alonso had been with Marvel Studios since the first “Iron Man” and served as president of Physical, Post Production, VFX and Animation.

“Argentina: 1985” was distributed by Amazon and Alonso is one of eight credited producers of the historical legal drama. However, by promoting the film, Alonso “breached a 2018 agreement that saw her violate the company’s standards of business conduct that stated employees would not work for competing studios,” according to the Hollywood Reporter, which first reported the news.

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Alonso was warned repeatedly, and was even given a dispensation on the condition she would not work, promote or publicize the film going forward. Disney’s management audit team became involved and a new memo was signed.

Alonso was reminded...