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“Here Today,” starring Billy Crystal as a venerable TV comedy writer and Tiffany Haddish as the saintly, rough-around-the-edges street singer who becomes his unlikely pal, is a movie that feels like it could have been made 30 years ago: a friendly, adult-skewing, tart-witted but never nasty, jokes-and-hugs-built-around-a-serious-crisis character study that’s just ’90s enough to be comfortably old-fashioned, like an old pair of tasseled loafers. What’s good about the movie is that Crystal, who co-wrote and directed it, has an inside knowledge of the showbiz comedy world (as he demonstrated in 1992 when he directed and starred in the acerbically accomplished “Mr. Saturday Night”), and the prickly vivacity with which he portrays it roots the movie in something real.

Crystal’s Charlie Burnz lives in a beautiful Brooklyn brownstone and walks each day to the cable-television studio where he’s the senior writer on “This Just In,” a popular sketch-comedy show...

Under the slogan “Film Goes On,” the 22nd Jeonju International Film Festival organizers announced its full lineup at a press conference on April 6, 2021. The press conference was held at the Jeonju Digital Independent Cinema and was streamed on Zoom. Kim Seung-su, the director of the organizing committee and Jeonju Mayor, festival director Lee Joondong and programmers Chun Jinsu, Moon Seok, and Sung Moon spoke at the conference.

The conference started with unveiling the full lineup for this year. The full lineup was announced via a YouTube video posted on the official YouTube channel. Remarks by the directors followed. After that, the programmers and actor Moon Choi talked about sections of the festival, introducing titles to be featured in each section. Special sections for this year’s edition include “Special Focus: Corona, New Normal” and “Special Focus: I am Independent.”

A hybrid online and off-line press conference took place with a Q&a session followed.

Kollywood‘VJS46’ marks the first-time collaboration between actor Vijay Sethupathi and director Ponram.Tnm StaffTwitterVijay Sethupathi, who recently bagged the National Award for his performance in the 2019 Tamil movie Super Deluxe, is currently shooting for his upcoming movie with director Ponram. Recently, photos taken on the sets of the tentatively titled VJS46 have gone viral on social media. The photos feature Vijay Sethupathi along with actor Pugazh, who has gained popularity after taking part in the TV reality show Cook with Comali. The photos show Vijay Sethupathi and Pugazh riding a bike. Vijay Sethupathi, sporting a casual look in a yellow t-shirt and grey pants, is spotted riding the bike while Pugazh is seated behind him. Fans are eager to see Pugazh in the movie as many actors have made it to the silver screen after starting their career on television shows. The long list of actors includes Sivakarthikeyan, Santhanam,...

At a time when limited series on Ott seem to be re-shaping audience viewing patterns, a few soaps have still managed to hold sway for over a decade. There is a large section of the TV audience that still get their daily dose of entertainment from the longest running shows on small screen.

Shows such as Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, Saath Nibhana Saathiya and Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah have clocked in more than 10 years and are still going strong where the TRPs are concerned. This week, Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai raked in a Trp of 3.0, while Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 2 got 2.9. Tarak Mehta ka Oolta Chashma secured 2.3.

Saath Nibhana Saathiya producer Rashmi Sharma says that it is challenging to keep a show relevant for so many years.

"It is difficult to sustain but when you have a strong team, good story line and talented actors, it becomes easy.

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There seems to be some positive development for the exhibition trade, as some filmmakers are venturing to release their films at the cinema halls. Last year, due to Corona, some of the best release slots were lost. Since then, neither filmmakers nor viewers have come forward to take in a movie at a cinema hall.

Not that any film released since lockdown in cinema halls was withdrawn -- albeit with restrictions -- had what is called face value or promotion. The few films that managed to release were not worth one's while even during normal situation, least of all in Corona time.

Since the cinemas reopened in September last year, films like "Khali Peeli", "Bolo Hau", "Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari", "Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi", "12 'O' Clock", "Madam Chief Minister", "Kaagaz", "Indoo Ki Jawani", "Amma Ki Boli" and a few other such films released in cinema halls. They had...

Six more characters are coming to the pilot for HBO Max’s psychological thriller Red Bird Lane. Crispin Glover will join the cast as a series regular and James Urbaniak, Jamie Clayton, Rya Kihlstedt and Grantham Coleman will appear as recurring. Damon Dayoub will guest star.

Red Bird Lane, written by Sara Gran and directed by David Slade, is a psychological thriller that follows eight strangers who arrive at an isolated house, all for different reasons. Upon their mysterious and coincidental arrival, the strangers realize that something sinister and terrifying awaits them.

Glover will play Jonah, a bad man who arrives at the mysterious house in the center of the thriller for money. Glover is known for playing George McFly in Back to the Future and Willard Stiles in Willard. The actor, filmmaker and author has also appeared in American Gods and Alice in Wonderland. He is repped by APA.

If you’ve been patiently waiting to see what could very well be the most tone deaf movie of 2020, then you’re in luck, because Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes production company are releasing the ill-conceived and very poorly timed Songbird this weekend to stake out a claim as the most tasteless spin on the current global health crisis since Corona Zombies arrived at the beginning of the pandemic in March.

Of course, as a filmmaker, Bay has never been known for things like restraint or subtlety. So it makes complete sense that he oversaw a project shot in the middle of our current situation and uses it as the basis for a low budget genre effort.

For those unfamiliar, Songbird is set in 2024, where Covid-19 has mutated into Covid-23 and the pandemic is in its fourth year. Infected people are shoved into concentration camps for the sick, where they either recover or die.

One Oscar nomination isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? Multiple Oscar nominations.

A few filmmakers, performers and artists may hear their names called several times when the Academy announces its nominations March 15. These contenders hail from all categories, including acting, writing and technical pursuits.

For context, no one is in a position to break the record Walt Disney set in 1954, when the mogul nabbed six noms: “The Alaskan Eskimo” (best documentary short), “Ben and Me”, “Bear Country” “The Living Desert” (best documentary feature), “Rugged Bear” and “Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom”. Francis Ford Coppola is next in line with five nominations in 1974 spread between his films “The Conversation” and “The Godfather Part II.”

Here are the three most likely multi-nominees in contention this year.

Terence Blanchard • “Da 5 Bloods” (original score) • “One Night in Miami” (original score)

The veteran composer received his first nomination for 2018’s “BlacKkKlansman.” Teamed...

With depictions of pandemic catastrophes, war, failing empires, the divide between rich and poor, shooting rampages and massive power outages, Germany’s newest TV shows appear to reflect the current apocalyptic zeitgeist.

German broadcasters and streaming services alike are going heavy on suspense, crime, psychological thrillers, action and adventure, often colored by themes of societal disruption and armed conflict.

Showrunner Christian Alvart (“Dogs of Berlin”) was in production with Zdf Enterprise’s new series “Sløborn” well before the Covid-19 pandemic but the storyline was eerily prescient: A community on the North Sea island of Sløborn is slowly devastated when a deadly virus begins killing residents while being largely ignored by most of the population until it’s too late. Alvart says he wanted to make a series about a crisis that occurs because people are too occupied with their daily lives to take the situation seriously.

In Zdf’s “Shadowplay,...

You can tell we’re approaching October when more scary content starts to appear on major services, with the latest offering, Spanish psychological horror The Paramedic, having a trailer and batch of images released.

When you see news about a movie with any kind of medical or sickness connotation to its title or central concept, it’s difficult to not immediately jump to the assumption that it’s a cynical attempt to exploit current world circumstances, such as the hatefully abysmal Corona Zombies. Thankfully, The Paramedic is nothing like that, instead being an insidious tale of paranoia and control.

After a road accident during a call-out, the titular first responder Ángel is confined to a wheelchair, his bitterness and reliance on his partner Vane leading him to suspect she’s cheating on him, resulting in him first stalking her movements and communications, then keeping her prisoner in their apartment, in...

When I heard the concepts for the show Love in the Time of Corona and film Coastal Elites, I thought I was in for heartwarmingly interconnected stories in the vein of Love Actually. With Love in the Time of Corona, that's exactly what I was getting! With Coastal Elites, it was something else entirely. Yet with both the show and the film, all I could focus on was the backdrop of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

Instead of rooting for Love in the Time of Corona's Oscar (Tommy Dorfman) and Elle's (Rainey Qualley) respective romances, I was thinking about how unlucky in love my quarantine swiping had been. Rather than relating to (or laughing along at the satirical take of) Coastal Elites's Mark (Daniel Levy) or Clarissa (Sarah Paulson), it made me feel like I was being pandered to in a way I hadn't asked for. It all felt...

Level 33 Entertainment presents Corona Available On Demand 9.1.20 Fear Is A Virus Director Mostafa Keshvari Writer Mostafa Keshvari Producer Mostafa Keshvari Starring Andrea Stefancikova, Andy Canete, Emy Aneke, Josh Blacker, Richard Lett, Traei Tsai, Zarina Sterling Synopsis When unlikely neighbors are trapped in an elevator with a suspected Coronavirus victim, …

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We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Yellowstone, The Chi, I May Destroy You and Coroner! But first, a special Republican National Convention section:

1 | Did Night 1 speaker Kimberly Guilfoyle not know she had been provided with a microphone?

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2 | On Night 4, when the...

If you were hoping for more Love in the Time of Corona episodes, sorry to let you down, but it looks like this is it. Starring Tommy Dorfman, Leslie Odom Jr., Rainey Qualley, and Nicolette Robinson, the four-episode Freeform series premiered over two nights on Aug. 22 and Aug. 23 and follows the cast's search for love and connection during the coronavirus pandemic. The show - which is now available to stream on Hulu - was released as a limited series, which indicates that the end of the series has already been predetermined.

However, if Freeform does decide to extend the series, à la HBO's Big Little Lies, it would probably be easy for them to do so, given that the cast filmed the show in their very own homes. For those who don't know, Odom Jr. (James) and Robinson (Sade) are actually married in real life, as are Gil Bellows (Paul...

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In our Q&a series Last Call, we get down to the bottom of every last thing with some of our favorite celebs - from the last thing they texted to the last thing they binge-watched. This week, actor Tommy Dorfman takes our call.

What do you do when the world shuts down during a global pandemic and you're still searching for love? Freeform is navigating that exact dilemma with its new two-night, aptly named limited series, Love in the Time of Corona, featuring Tommy Dorfman. Filmed remotely and shot in the cast's homes, the series explores four stories about the search for love and connection during an isolating pandemic.

In celebration of the new series, we chatted with Tommy for our Q&a series Last Call, where they answered everything from the last spontaneous thing they did to the last piece of advice that changed their life!

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

With more than 530 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.

More from TVLineWhat's New on Netflix in August — Plus: Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu & PeacockTV Streaming Service Guide: Disney+, Netflix,...

If you’re feeling weary of pandemic-related shows, Love in the Time of Corona executive producer Joanna Johnson completely understands.

The four-part limited series — airing this Saturday, Aug. 22, and Sunday, Aug. 23 at 8/7c on Freeform — tells four interconnected stories about life during the early months of quarantine. But given that viewers are still very much living in a coronavirus-plagued world and being inundated with content about Covid-19, “that was one of the things that we really talked about in the beginning: Do people really want to watch this?” Johnson tells TVLine. “That’s why our take on the show was more about relationships and connections,...

The artist-activist has secretly assembled a powerful and artful look at how the pandemic was handled in China

In the west, governmental response to the coronavirus has been marked by sluggishness, miscommunication and widespread disorder at the highest institutional levels. From the Trump White House to Johnson’s Number 10, citizens have been left in the dark or left to die as official policy and implemented containment programs offer far too little, too late. But in Asia, it would seem that they did everything right. Swift and sweeping action “flattened the curve” and kept one of Earth’s most populous countries to a casualty count under 5,000 – a figure dwarfed by the death toll in the United States.

Related: Love in the Time of Corona: the pandemic TV drama none of us wanted...

Location shoots in Los Angeles were pretty much wiped out completely in the second quarter of this year. It has been reported that 98% of all location shoots were completely stopped, due to current events. The entertainment industry has basically been shut down since the middle of March, with movie and TV productions coming to a halt, along with commercials and music videos. Things were starting to look up back in June, but it looks like most major productions will have to wait until August.

There's really no way to tell when things will get back to some form of normalcy as cases across the country continue to spike. Los Angeles is also seeing more and more cases, which means it might be a long time before location productions are able to start up again. This is leading to some hesitation about setting things up in advance. FilmLA President Paul Audley had this to say.

MollywoodThe post appears to be a response to the stand taken by Kerala Films Producer Association asking new films to wait for pending ones to release.Tnm StaffSeventeen hours ago, Lijo Jose Pellissery, esteemed director of Malayalam movies, put a curious post on his Facebook page. "I am going to make a film, who is going to stop me." This, he wrote in Malayalam, in a slightly daring tone. “Njan oru cinema pidikyaan pokuvada aarada thadayan." The post seems to be a response to the stand taken by the Kerala Film Producers Association (Kfpa) that new films should not be shot now since there are many films pending release. When all film production work and screening stopped on March 11 due to the lockdown necessitated by the Covid-19 pandemic, several completed films got shelved. The Kfpa wants all of these films – 66 in total – to release first before new films are started.

Even though the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has slowed Hollywood to a virtual standstill, there’s still been a steady stream of announcements, reveals, and rumors making their way to the internet. As we’ve already seen, some of the industry’s biggest projects have been derailed or delayed (including all of Marvel’s Phase 4 films), but we recently caught wind of a new development surrounding one of the most anticipated McU movies.

As seen down below, a new video filmed on the set of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings shows the titular hero himself (played by Chinese-Canadian actor Simu Liu) along with actress Awkwafina (whose role has yet to be revealed) arriving by cab to a rather seedy-looking area of an Asian city or district. Normally, this sort of establishing shot isn’t all that interesting, but some intrepid fans have noticed the two characters walk by...

This is the eighth installment of Rolling Stone’s Music in Crisis series, which looks at how people all across the music industry are coping with the coronavirus pandemic.

On March 3rd, Victor Alarcon traveled to Rovaniemi, in the Finnish Lapland, a region so frigid and remote that it proclaims itself the home of Santa Claus. For the singer, a Peruvian-born musician based in Dusseldorf, Germany, it was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime: an expedition to film a music video under the Northern Lights. Alarcon, who records...

The Fosters and Good Trouble co-creator Joanna Johnson has teamed up with Anonymous Content to produce limited scripted series Love in the Time of Corona for Freeform.

The four-part romantic comedy takes a look at the search for love, sex and connection during this time of social distancing.

The series will follow several interwoven stories with an ensemble of characters who are sheltering in their homes, some of whom are wondering if a hook-up with a roommate can ever be casual, while another is kicking herself for deciding to isolate with an ex.

Love in the Time of Corona will be filmed using remote technologies while using homes of the talent as the backdrop to the stories.

It is the latest scripted series to be produced under the Covid-19 production shutdown, including Jenji Kohan’s Netflix series Social Distance, Jeff Pope’s British series Isolation Stories, which will air on BritBox,...

Freeform has picked up a new scripted limited series titled “Love in the Time of Corona,” the network announced Thursday.

Executive produced by “Good Trouble” duo Joanna Johnson and Christine Sacani, alongside Anonymous Content’s Robyn Meisinger, the four-part romantic comedy series is described as “a funny and hopeful look at the search for love, sex and connection during this time of social distancing.”

The series will film remotely and is set to premiere in August. It in will center on an ensemble of characters who are sheltering in their homes, some of whom are wondering if a hookup with a roommate can ever be casual, while another is kicking herself for deciding to isolate with an ex.

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“This is the perfect show for a generation who is learning to love and be loved in a time...

It seemed only a matter of time until someone created a series about romance during the coronavirus, and that time is already here.

Freeform has ordered a four-part limited series titled “Love in the Time of Corona,” which the Disney-owned network is hoping to debut in August. The show hails from “Good Trouble” executive producers Joanna Johnson and Christine Sacani, as well as Anonymous Content’s Robyn Meisinger.

This series is described as a funny and hopeful look at the search for love, sex and connection amid social distancing. It will follow several interwoven stories with an ensemble of characters who are sheltering in their homes, some of whom are wondering if a hookup with a roommate can ever be casual, while another is kicking herself for deciding to isolate with an ex.

The show will be filmed remotely, using the actors’ real living spaces as the backdrop to for story.

Electronic producer Diplo’s country-themed project will soon put out its debut album. The album Chapter 1: Snake Oil will be released May 29th under the name Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley.

A handful of tracks from the project have been issued to the public over the last few months, including the violin-driven dance track “So Long” with Cam, the trap-influenced ballad “Heartless” with Morgan Wallen (as well as its remix with Julia Michaels), and Diplo’s remix of Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road.” Additional guests include masked cowboy singer Orville Peck,...

TV actors talk about how they are taking care of their mental health in the current scenario of corona scare?

1)Amrita Prakash- I'm constantly working on my mental health as much as keeping my physical health in check, through this time. I think they're both interdependent. I plan workouts for my mental health as well. I read a lot and also write articles and stubs to create enough stimuli to keep my mind engaged and active. Also, I'm using this time to nurture myself, my family and my home. I cook every day, clean the house, tend to my garden, play games and spend time with my parents.

2)Sanjay Gagnani-?? We humans tend to ignore mental health and only concentrate on physical wellbeing.?Without good mental health, we can't?be physically strong. Good mental?health comes from happiness, so do all the things that keep you happy. While everyone is under self-quarantine,...

Drashti Dhami is known for playing Geet in Geet Hui Sabse Parayi, Madhubala in Madhubala Ek Ishq Ek Junoon, and Nandini in Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka.

She shared a still from her serial ?Silsila Badalte ?Rishton Ka?and does Corona prayer amid Covid-19.

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Drashti Dhami shared a still and captioned, ?Corona prayer from daily soap actor... Tan tan (temple bell sound)?????? (Angry) khush toh aaj bahut hoge tum.... (Emotional angry) Kabhi Nipah.. kabhi Sars... usse nahi hua toh Covid-19... ghar mein chhup kar baitha dia hai... (Emotional) Sabb theek kar do bhagwan... shooting shuru karwa do... nange pair, 'mon to friday', roz seediyan chadhungi... (Sobbing) Woh bhi without sunscreen and umbrella....And sobbing continues... #coronavirushumor?? #quarantine #stayhome# missingshootinglife#tvactorforlife ?????? @ayushdas?

In the photo, Drashti is seen standing at the temple ringing the bell and in other hand holding a thali of aarti.

Unfortunately, there seems to be no end in sight for the Covid-19 coronavirus, which continues to wreak havoc across the globe. The death toll keeps increasing day by day and most countries are now in some sort of lockdown, with governments encouraging everyone to stay at home and practice social distancing. And as the pandemic gets worse, it’s beginning to impact many businesses in unusual ways.

For instance, Wizards of the Coast, who are responsible for the popular American trading card game Magic: The Gathering, announced this week that they’re removing a card from the upcoming Godzilla-inspired set Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths. Why, you ask? Well, because the card in question is titled “Spacegodzilla, Death Corona,” and quite obviously, that name now has a very, very negative connotation.

Explaining the decision to remove it, here’s what Wizards of the Coast said in a recent statement:

Months ago,...

Review of Panchayat is here. Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, the web series created by Tvf (The Viral Fever) stars Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav and Neena Gupta in pivotal roles. The series is directed by Deepak Kumar Mishra.

Immediate reaction when the end credits roll

What happens when Mohan Bharghav from Swadesh lands in a village of Sharad Joshi?. A sly, quirky and healthy desi panchayat is formed. Deepak Kumar Mishra?s Panchayat streaming during this lockdown period due to the Covid ? 19 Corona scare, is an option that is a gunj (recall) of those Malgudi Days on Doordarshan that went lapata (lost).

The Story of Panchayat

Abhishek not Abhisek (Jitendra Kumar) is the new Secretary in the panchayat of Phulera village in Uttar Pradesh. A job that Abhishek never wanted but his majboori (helplessness) has forced him to do so. The Mba aspirant who needs to score in the Cat...

Corona could hardly be more timely as director Mostafa Keshvari touts his trapped-in-an-elevator drama as the first Covid-19 movie of the coronavirus era.

"The idea came to me when I was in an elevator reading news about Chinese tourists being attacked, and I thought I'm going to make a movie in an elevator," Keshvari tells The Hollywood Reporter on Monday. The thriller, shot on a soundstage in Vancouver and already edited and ready for sale, uses the coronavirus pandemic, which originated in China, as a symbol to explore fear and racism among trapped apartment tenants.

Corona follows six unlikely neighbors ...

Now that the apocalypse that is Corona is here, let’s take a brief break from the panic and talk about the father of the animated d*** joke. This is the man who brought “yo mama” into the 21st century with the style and grace of a fart wafting in the wind. I speak of course, of Seth MacFarlane. Lord of the Dark Arts of Phallic Humor, Seth MacFarlane continuously puts out side-splitting humor. He began his journey with the show every teenage boy watches when their parents are out of the house, Family Guy. *People may say shows like Family Guy rot the brain but a lot of socks have gone unsoiled thanks to teenagers being distracted by MacFarlane’s work.* For that, we salute you, Mr. MacFarlane! A true American hero.

The late night comedians are stuck at home like the rest of us, and so are sending out digital messages via social media in an effort to keep their shows alive. It’s a little more than a week after the society shutdown, and the material is getting a little slim in some cases.

Stephen Colbert, who will start producing new remote versions of his The Late Show next week, had a kitchen segment to lead his media moment of the evening.

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Colbert Colbubba with Tonight’s Menu. #StaySterile pic.twitter.com/LNHdHuLXqi

— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) March 27, 2020

Samantha Bee continues her reports from the woods behind her home. In tonight’s segment,...

People are starting to freak out over the Tangled and coronavirus similarities. Social media has been the way that a lot of people all over the world are spending their time since everybody is supposed to stay indoors. With people spending so much time at home, they have been watching a lot of movies and TV shows to help pass the time and forget about the world for a few hours. As it turns out, Tangled is a movie that a lot of people have been gravitating towards.

In Tangled, Mandy Moore's Rapunzel is abducted by Mother Gothel and confined to an isolated tower in the village of Corona. The main character is basically quarantined, like everybody else across the world, so we can all relate. However, the Corona village aspect is hitting a little too close to home for some Disney fans. "Remember the film Tangled? and how...