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Exclusive: Italian sales company scores deals on multiple titles.

Italian sales outfit True Colours has scored a series of deals for titles on its Cannes slate.

Among those are Sergio Castellitto’s Un Certain Regard drama Fortunata [pictured], which stars Jasmie Trinca as a young mother fighting for her dream to open a hair salon.

True Colours inked deals for the film in eight territories: France (Paname Distribution), Latin America (Fenix Distribuidora), former-Yugoslavia (Stars Media), Greece (Seven Films), China (Times Vision), Hungary (Mozinet), Bulgaria (Bulgaria Film Vision) and Australia (Palace Films). Negotiations are ongoing for Spain.

The company also signed multiple deals for Simone Godano’s body-swapping comedy Wife & Husband (Moglie e Marito), which stars Pierfrancesco Favino and Kasia Smutniak.

The film has been sold to Swallow Wings (Taiwan), Estin Film (Estonia), Times Vision (China), Film Medya (Turkey) and New People Film Company (Russia) and Palace Films (Australia).

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If that photo of Shelby’s parents in Sunday’s Quantico brought to mind headbands, the Upper East Side and precocious, privileged teenagers, here’s why: The picture featured Gossip Girl‘s Kelly Rutherford, who has been cast as Agent Wyatt’s presumed-dead (until recently) mother, TVLine has learned.

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Rutherford will kick off her multiple-episode arc as Laura in next week’s Quantico; Laura’s husband Glenn, played by Almost Perfect‘s Kevin Kilner, will make his debut then, too. As those who watched this week’s installment are aware,...

Danish actor Casper Crump will play Vandal Savage, the immortal main villain for The CW’s Legends Of Tomorrow…

Legends Of Tomorrow has found its main villain – Casper Crump will portray Vandal Savage, an immortal warrior with a quest to conquer the planet.

Savage was confirmed as the primary antagonist for the series months ago, but it’s good to finally put a face to the name. Casper Crump is a Danish actor, seen in shows like The Killing (the original one) and films such as Almost Perfect. He also has a role in 2016’s Tarzan film, which is now in post-production.

Here's a nice big picture of Mr Crump to get you prepared...

Vandal Savage will debut in some Arrow and The Flash crossover episodes before spinning out to terrorise Legends Of Tomorrow’s league of heroes and villains.

Here’s the Warner Bros. description of the character: “Vandal Savage is immortal,...

Lyndsy Fonseca will soon be stretching her boundaries as an actress — quite literally, at that.

The Nikita and How I Met Your Mother alumna has signed on to Amazon’s comedy pilot Down Dog, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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Penned by Robin Schiff (Almost Perfect), the series centers on Logan (One Life to Live vet Josh Casaubon), a charming surfer who is left in charge of his ex-girlfriend’s yoga studio. Fonseca will play Winter, an instructor who becomes a love interest for Logan.

The series also stars Paget Brewster as Logan’s ex,...

Criminal Minds alum Paget Brewster is getting her “Om” on, joining the cast of Amazon’s yoga-centric comedy pilot Down Dog, TVLine has learned exclusively.

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Written by Almost Perfect‘s Robin Schiff, Down Dog centers on Logan (One Life to Live grad Josh Casaubon), a laid-back, charming surfer who is left in charge of his ex-girlfriend’s yoga studio.

Brewster will play said ex, Amanda.

Since exiting Criminal Minds as a series regular, Brewster has shown the funny in gigs on Modern Family and Community, as well as recent passed-on ABC comedy pilots Spy and Saint Francis.

Amanda Bynes is at it again! The actress was spotted wearing a loud blue wig as she passed the paparazzi on her way to her scheduled court appearance in New York City on July 9. Keep reading for more info!

On June 9, Amanda Bynes was spotted looking a bit “blue” on her way to Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City. The actress, who is due to appear for an incident back in May, was photographed wearing an unusual blue and blonde wig. Do you think this look is cool or just straight up crazy?

Amanda Bynes’ Blue Hair — Wigging Out

Amanda is due to appear in court for an incident back in May where she reportedly threw a bong off the 36th floor of her apartment building. The 27-year-old actress was on her way to her scheduled court appearance on June 9 in NYC when we caught a glimpse of her latest beauty alteration — blue hair!

Ace choreographer turned filmmaker Farah Khan admitted to hospital after she complained of high fever. Farah Khan is on the road of recovery and she tweeted about her illness. "I'm still in hospital guys, thanks for your concern and prayers.. Should be out soon! Keep sending me positive energy. It really helps. God bless," Farah posted on Twitter. "Rain outside, hot tea and toast butter.. Almost perfect except I'm havng it in hospital.. Still.. Time 2 go home now.. It's too much now (sic)," she added. Farah Khan is currently busy judging dance reality show Did Super moms. Farah Khan’s next is ‘Happy New Year’ with Shahrukh Kha...

Royal Pains‘ upcoming fifth season is shaping up to be a real horror story.

The USA Network dramedy has recruited American Horror Story‘s Frances Conroy for a multi-episode guest arc, TVLine has learned.

Conroy will play Blythe Ballard, a member of the Hamptons elite who lives next door to Hank and Evan’s Shadow Pond.

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Revisiting 18 years of pop culture, from Britpop to the Spice Girls, via Father Ted

1994: Mad fer it!

Issue No 1 Previously a broadsheet section in the newspaper, The Guide was expanded into a magazine proper on 27 August 1994. Nobody bothered to archive a copy, though, so the best we can do is show you a Xeroxed reproduction of the cover. At the time we were concerned with the weird state of science shows on TV and had a wander around the Notting Hill Carnival.

Spotted! All Saints From a review of their single Silver Shadow: "Born in the same year and in the same area of London, what else could these girls do but form a swingbeat group? Their debut is a sickly Atlantic Starr cover with an idiotic number of mixes, encompassing every dance style bar Morris. Eternal may rest easy in their Timberlands." Note: swingbeat was a form of...

Diane Kruger left a radio station in Paris yesterday carrying her iPhone. The actress donned a peacoat and a chain-embellished drivers' cap as she stopped by Europe 1 studios to chat about her film A Plan Almost Perfect with her costar Dany Boon. After their interview, the duo stopped on their way out to pose for a picture with a young fan. Diane kept busy today promoting her latest French film, but she's looking forward to tackling the small screen in the Us this Fall. She's signed on to play a tough Texas detective in the FX pilot The Bridge. Meanwhile, Diane's longtime boyfriend, Joshua Jackson, has been keeping busy on his own series, shooting the final season of Fringe in Vancouver in recent months. Diane has been spotted sporting a gold band on her left ringer in recent weeks, though she and Josh have both previously suggested that marriage isn't in the cards for them.

Russell Brand offers the best description of addiction I've ever read. “This is when you know it’s a disease. It doesn’t matter that I sat in that flat in Hackney and now I’m in the [upscale hotel] Savoy. I’m jealous of me then. It doesn’t make a difference to me. The money, the fame, the power, the sex, the women — none of it. I’d rather be a drug addict.”

We just landed a one ton mobile laboratory on Mars, and we managed to get pictures from the event in 15 minutes, which beats the hell out of the six hour delay we're getting for the Olympics, taking place in London. I stole that from somebody I'd like to credit, but now I forgot who.

The Human Rights Campaign has designated $250,000 each to Washington, Maryland, Maine and Minnesota to fight the ballot amendments on marriage taking place this November.

Vancouver, Canada – Whether it be rides to the airport, relationship advice or a place to crash, whenever anyone in her family needs ‘saving’, Vanessa (Kelly Hu) is the one they rely on.

But as things get complicated with her almost perfect new boyfriend, family problems arise that become too much for Vanessa to handle.

The 30-something career woman must try to find a balance between her demanding family and her new found love as Vanessa realizes she is the one who needs to be saved from it all.

Director Bertha Bay-Sa Pan’s film, Almost Perfect, shows how difficult it can sometimes be to juggle love, commitment and family.

The film gives a realistic portrayal of Asian-American siblings and tells a story that many Asian-Americans and other cultures alike can relate to.

Almost Perfect features good solid performances by the actors such as Tina Chen who played a very convincing mother.

Vancouver, Canada – Providing a forum for independent North American Asian filmmakers, the upcoming Vancouver Asian Film Festival (Vaff) will offer audiences a diverse selection of shorts and full features.

Celebrating its 15th year, the festival’s theme for 2011, ‘Love Letters to Vancouver’, ties in with the city of Vancouver’s 125th birthday celebration. The plywood background for the program guide cover may seem familiar because it was inspired after the Canucks riot when everyone wrote their ‘Love Letters’ to the city on the plywood covering broken windows and doors.

With almost 60 films and over 60 diverse Asian filmmakers, actors and special guests scheduled to attend this year’s festival, this is the largest Vancouver Asian Film festival to date.

Here are a few Vaff 2011 films we are looking forward to:

The Opening Night Presentation – Almost Perfect

Directed by award winning writer/director Bertha Bay-Sa Pan

Thursday, Nov 3 at 7:00pm

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New York is about to get a whole lot sillier with The Friar's Club Comedy Film Festival launching tomorrow and running through Sunday. There are a host of Twitch faves playing in the festival - Fantasia and Fantastic Fest award winner Clown closes it out with Some Guy Who Kills People, Red Light Revolution, Gnarr and The Catechism Cataclysm also on the bill. Edison Chen will apparently be there in a rare post-naughty-picture-scandal live appearance to present Almost Perfect while the Trost Brothers' dance-to-the-death extravaganza The Fp screens Saturday night.And it's that last one where we can help you out. Twitch has five pairs of tickets to give away to the screening of The Fp and one can be yours. All you have to...

Asian superstar Edison Chen is returning to the big screen for the first time since a sex photo scandal threatened to ruin his career.

The Hong Kong-based singer/actor hit headlines last year after over 1,000 intimate shots of him engaged in sexual acts with several different women - all rising stars in Asia - hit the web.

The furore around the sex snaps forced Chen to flee Hong Kong and the controversy ended the entertainment careers of most of the girls involved.

But studio bosses have decided to give Chen another chance, and have signed him up to appear in new English-language comedy Almost Perfect.

The film tells the story of a girl who juggles her boyfriend and her family, and is reportedly set to his Chinese cinemas next year.

Chen has previously appeared in Infernal Affairs, The Grudge 2, and also had a cameo in last year's Batman movie The Dark Knight.