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Quirks define everything in the sprawling universe of My Hero Academia. A good quirk can make or break an individual in society. While Kohei Horikoshi has shown us several explosive powers with intricate complexities, he failed to show us how even the most mundane of quirks can be made awesome through creativity. My Hero Academia: Vigilantes has taken up this job by showing us the evolution of Koichi Haimawari’s Slide and Glide (a mundane quirk). The simple quirk steals the spotlight, and by the end of the series, it transforms into something extraordinary.

My Hero Academia has always overlooked the potential of simple abilities. Vigilantes, however, has embraced the underwhelming and has crafted a narrative that makes the ordinary feel extraordinary, and even heroic in ways. This is something the main series hasn’t been able to achieve.

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes understands the beauty of the underwhelming Koichi...

Social media-first TV network Mad Realities has signed with CAA.

The media platform has a business model where it quickly produces and distributes short-form series on Internet platforms like TikTok and Instagram that consumer brands can tap into. That calls for turning around content in under 24 hours to keep pace with social media trending topics.

“We aren’t just creating content — we’re engineering cultural moments by moving at the speed of the internet,” co-founder and CEO Alice Ma said in a statement. “CAA understands our vision for the future of entertainment, and together, we’re proving a new model for IP creation that is faster, engages deeper, and builds franchises in real-time, all super-powered by technology.”

CAA will look to help Mad Realities expand into live events, branded deals, books and turning original IP into consumer products. Mad Realities has already worked with brands like Hulu, Neon and Smalls Pet Food,...

Legendary rock band Oasis announced that after a 15-year feud between the two brothers, they have settled their differences and plan to embark on a 2025 North American tour.

Seven stadium dates in North America are set for next summer, with shows in Toronto, New Jersey, Chicago, Mexico City and Los Angeles, and various sources have reported that the band is also expected to tour outside of the continent later in the year. Celebrated rock group Cage the Elephant will open for the Britpop duo.

Brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher formed Oasis in 1991, and the band went on to produce some of the most prominent songs of the 90s. To this day, their hit ‘Wonderwall’ is the quintessential song men use to demonstrate their acoustic guitar skills, usually at parties or on dates.

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Steven Spielberg has always had an eye for the extraordinary. Normalcy surrounding the everyday facets of life was not intriguing enough for the director, even as a bright-eyed 20-something-year-old filmmaker. For him, only stories that defied imagination and completely transported the audience to a land of impossibilities interested him enough to make it into a movie.

The Sugarland Express [Credit: Universal Pictures]

From Spielberg’s bottomless curiosity was born films like Jaws, E.T. the Extraterrestrial, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Jurassic Park. But it was also his need to unearth the mysteries of mankind that led Spielberg to tell stories based on true experiences, namely Schindler’s List, Catch Me If You Can, Empire of the Sun, Band of Brothers, and most importantly, The Sugarland Express – his feature directorial debut.

Steven Spielberg‘s Grand Hollywood Debut The Sugarland Express [Credit: Universal Pictures]

Even as a new kid on the block, Steven Spielberg showed enough chutzpah,...

At this point, one expects a Kanye West album to be incomplete in some way upon release, but Vultures 2, his second collaborative album with Ty Dolla $ign, is in shambles. It’s marked by improper mixes, unfinished verses, demo-quality audio, and one track in particular, the otherwise heartfelt “My Soul,” is panned to one speaker. Of course, these are trivialities that West will eventually get around to fixing like he did with 2016’s The Life of Pablo.

But Vultures 2 represents a tipping point for West’s methodology of pushing the limits of a deadline, resulting in songs that sound either half-assed, such as the too-cutesy “Promotion,” or simply incomplete. Which, in some ways, might be the point: Like the first Vultures, this one leans more heavily on vibes and aesthetics than substance or emotion.

Ty does reliably good work here, but he’s more or less relegated to a supporting role,...

In February, Ye (the former Kanye West) shocked the music industry when Vultures I, the first of a planned trilogy with Ty Dolla $ign as Y$, opened at Number One on the Billboard 200 chart. It was only a year ago when Ye’s rank antisemitism and adoration of white supremacists prompted an exodus of corporate supporters. Then, with Vultures I, he joined a wave of “canceled” men reestablishing ties with polite society. Critics stung by his unrelenting anti-Black stunts grudgingly admitted that Vultures was impressively produced. “Kids love Kanye,” declared...

Oasis will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their landmark 1994 debut, Definitely Maybe, with a fresh reissue that unearths the album’s initial, scrapped recording session and other outtakes.

Definitely Maybe (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) combines the 2014 remaster of the LP — from the 20th anniversary edition — with recordings made at Monnow Valley studios on the Welsh borders, where Oasis originally set out to record after signing their record deal.

While attempting to recapture the band’s live sound, the recordings were deemed too polished and overly technical, so the sessions were scrapped,...

Get ready for a splashing good time with the latest episode of “Bluey”! In Season 3 Episode 46, titled “Slide,” airing this Thursday, April 4th, at 9:30 Am on Disney, Bingo and her friend Lila can hardly contain their excitement as they gear up for a day of fun on their brand-new waterslide.

Join in on the laughter and adventures as Bingo and Lila take on the twists and turns of the thrilling waterslide. From squeals of delight to playful competitions, the two friends make the most of every moment as they glide down the slippery slope.

With its signature blend of heartwarming moments and imaginative play, “Bluey” continues to captivate audiences of all ages. Whether you’re a kid or just young at heart, this charming animated series is sure to bring a smile to your face and warmth to your heart.

Don’t miss the joyous antics of Bingo and...

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The most anticipated films of 2024Clockwise from bottom left: Madame Web (Sony Pictures), Inside Out 2 (Disney/Pixar), Dune: Part 2...

As Fantasia Barrino rides the awards season buzz for her feature film acting debut in “The Color Purple,” the “American Idol” winner is thinking of her next moves on the big screen.

“I want something very challenging,” Fantasia told Variety Tuesday night at Elle’s Women in Hollywood event in Los Angeles, where she was honored alongside her co-stars Danielle Brooks and Taraji P. Henson. “I want to step out and do a character you’d probably never think of me as.”

She added with a sinister laugh, “I want you to hate me.”

Fantasia suggests a “John Wick” movie or at least one that’s similar. “Was John Wick a villain?” she asked. “Maybe not, but he was kick-ass. I want something where I can kick ass!”

Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks and Taraji P. Henson attend Elle’s 2023 Women in Hollywood.

Brooks said she’s open to another musical...

Festival runs January 19-25 in person, January 22-28 online.

Slamdance Film Festival has announced the roster for its upcoming 30th anniversary edition, which is bookended by Carol Dysinger’s previously announced post-Afghanistan War documentary One Bullet and Vanessa Hope’s IDFA closing night documentary Invisible Nation, a profile of Taiwanese first female president Tsai Ing-wen.

Running January 19-25 in person and January 22-28 online, this year’s event returns to Yarrow Hotel in Park City where the festival launched and will showcase 32 features, of which 17 are world premieres, as well as 75 shorts, and five episodics.

Festival organisers said this year...

Adam Sandler produced a comical yet meaningful film in You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah and the Netflix movie is filled with funny and heartwarming quotes that add to its appeal. Produced by Sandler's Happy Madison Productions, You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah is a Sandler family affair. Sandler stars as Danny, the father of Ronnie and Stacy who are played by his real-life daughters Sadie and Sunny Sandler. Meanwhile, Sandler's wife, Jackie Sandler, plays the mother of Stacy's best friend.

The film follows Danny's younger daughter, Stacy, on her journey to her bat mitzvah, which is a coming-of-age ritual in the Jewish faith. Like a typical 13-year-old, Stacy makes her fair share of mistakes but finds her way in the end. You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah has received good critical reception, and much of its appeal comes from its witty and relatable dialogue.

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Nicki Minaj returns with a somber single off of her upcoming album Pink Friday 2, Doja Cat taps into her demonic side, and Lil Wayne drops his first solo single of the year. Plus, a collaboration that feels straight out of 2007 from the iconic trio of Timbaland, Nelly Furtado, and Justin Timberlake.

Nicki Minaj, “Last Time I Saw You” (YouTube)

Doja Cat, “Demons” (YouTube)

Lil Wayne, “Kat Food” (YouTube)

Timbaland,...

Instead of the usual Birthday Mix mixtape Lil Yachty has typically dropped around his birthday each year, the rapper has released the spacey new song “Tesla.” It leads off a four-song single pack/EP of the same name, which features a couple of other tracks he’s dropped this year.

“Tesla” has a hypnotic, fuzzy synth riff going behind Yachty’s boastful lyrics. “I ain’t goin’ back and forth with that n****/He ain’t even made no millions,” he says to kick off the under-three-minute track. The song...

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has "improved" on Breath of the Wild by fixing many glitches present in the previous game. Glitches like Windbomb, Bullet-Time Bounce, Bow Lift Smuggling, Shield Clipping, Unbroken Throw, and Thunderclap Rush no longer work in Tears of the Kingdom. While some glitches have been removed, players can still find new exploits in Tears of the Kingdom and rely on tricks with proper timing to enhance gameplay.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom improved on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in various ways, which is pretty astounding, considering the success and acclaim that Botw managed to get since its original release. In addition to adding a plethora of gameplay elements, expanding the map, and including more content, Nintendo also fixed many glitches that were present in the predecessor title. While some of these glitches were completely game-breaking, others...

Celebrating six decades as the animation industry’s premier international showcase and cementing a growing position as Hollywood’s preferred French getaway, the Annecy Intl. Animation Festival revealed its 2023 program in Paris on Thursday, unveiling a formidable selection of world premieres and industry debuts.

If only for the breadth of this year’s official selection, Annecy looks set to for its most fulsome and abundant edition.

Among the 11 titles competing for this year’s Cristal – Annecy’s top prize – Jérémie Périn’s sci-fi drama “Mars Express” and Jim Capobianco & Pierre-Luc Granjon stop-motion Leonardo da Vinci epic “The Inventor” will make their world premieres. Other eagerly anticipated titles include “Chicken for Linda!” from Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach, “Four Souls of Coyote” from by Áron Gauder, and “The Inseparables” by Jérémie Degruson.

Titles like Liu Jian’s “Art College 1994” and Sepideh Farsi’s “The Siren” will arrive in the idyllic French...

The Annecy International Animation Film Festival has unveiled the line-up for its 2023 edition, running from June 11 to 17.

More than 13,000 animation professionals are set to descend on the French festival’s lakeside setting for its traditional mix of screenings programs across all formats, Work-in-Progress and First-Look sneak peeks, and presentations going behind the scenes of upcoming animation productions.

Competition title Sirocco And The Kingdom Of The Winds by French director Benoît Chieux opens the festival. The fantasy follows the adventures of two young sisters as they try to make their way home after getting trapped in the world of their favorite book.

A Cat In Paris and Phantom Boy director Alain Gagnol co-wrote the screenplay for the feature lead produced by Paris-based Sacrebleu Productions.

The film, which world premieres in Annecy, is among 11 titles competing for the festival’s Crystal award.

Another three French productions debut in Competition: Chiara Malta and...

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Frank Ocean broke all the rules in 2016. Marked by its heart-shattering vocals, "Blonde" was an intimate and expressive sophomore album met with critical acclaim and continued devotion from fans. From "Nikes" to "Godspeed," the sorrowful lyrics had us hooked, but before the static-laced notes of "Futura Free" trickled to a finish, he was gone. Now, seven years later, Ocean's hiatus may finally be coming to an end. During weekend one of Coachella, Ocean appeared as a headliner at the 2023 festival alongside Bad Bunny and Blackpink, where he addressed rumors that a new album is in the works.

"It's been so long. Everybody talks about how long its been," he told cheering fans, according to video footage shared on Twitter. "It's been so long but I have missed you. I want to talk about why I'm here because it's not because of the new album.

The first day of Coachella was jam-packed with major artists making moves, while the second day seemed to revolve around pure pop. Sunday, day three, featured the weekend’s most eclectic lineup, with all kinds of genres represented on every stage. In the early afternoon, the Argentine rock band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs got people moshing, while GloRilla delivered hard-hitting bars just moments afterwards. Kali Uchis mesmerized the crowd with her luxe brand of R&b, and Björk transformed the festival into avant art in one of the most impressive and intricate performances of the evening.

Calvin Harris honoured Takeoff’s memory.

On Saturday night, the DJ performed a set at the Coachella music festival, and played a previously unreleased version of his 2017 track “Slide”, with a verse from Takeoff.

Read More: Quavo Pays Tribute To Late Nephew Takeoff With New Song ‘Greatness’, Seemingly Confirms Migos Are Done

The original track was a collaboration with France Ocean and Migos, though of the rap trio it originally only featured the voices of Quavo and Offset.

Takeoff’s verse on the version played at Coachella wasn’t exactly new either, having previously been featured on Harris’ Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 collaboration “Holiday”.

But fans roared in appreciation of Harris putting vocals from all three Migos rappers on the the track for the first time.

Read More: Offset Debuts Massive Back Tattoo Honouring Late Cousin Takeoff

Takeoff, whose real name was Kirsnick Khari Ball, was shot and killed outside...

Life Is Beautiful feels like Las Vegas … actual Las Vegas, not the touristy Strip about four miles south. While many festivals take place in unremarkable parking lots, dirt fields, or parks, Life Is Beautiful is baked into downtown Vegas. It may be the only large-scale festival where people actually live in houses and apartments within festival grounds.

Make no mistake about it, this is an urban festival, with all the markings of a hip downtown scene — a line of more than 30-people deep waiting to go to cocktail school at...

Five years ago, DJ and producer Calvin Harris released Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1, an All-Star Weekend for pop-edm: There was Frank Ocean teaming up with Migos on the breezy “Slide,” and Katy Perry and Pharrell Williams being flanked by Big Sean on the hiccuping “Feels.” It was part flex of Harris’ collaborator-wrangling muscle, part party record, part way for Harris to indulge in his love of the era where disco and funk commingled, and it spawned enough hit singles that a sequel was inevitable.

The second entry in the...

Calvin Harris’ upcoming Funk Wav Bounces Vol.2 LP is packed to the brim with special guests and on Friday, the British DJ gave fans the latest taste of the album with the release of “New to You” featuring vocals from Normani and Tinashe, along with a rap verse from Offset.

“This might be news to you/This thing might feel new to you,” Normani coos on the song’s chorus. “But if you like everything/I think you might love me, baby.” Offset build’s upon the ytrack’s sexy,...

The 15th annual Black List survey was revealed Monday December 16, and it includes 66 un-produced screenplays from up-and-coming literary talent. Results were pooled from a survey of more than 250 film executives, each of whom contributed the names of up to 10 favorite scripts that were written in, or are somehow uniquely associated with, 2019 and will not have begun principal photography during this calendar year. This year, scripts had to receive at least six mentions to be included on the Black List.

Since 2005, more than a third of the screenplays included in the annual Black List surveys have become produced films, and often to notoriety — such as “Argo,” “American Hustle,” “Juno,” “The King’s Speech,” “Slumdog Millionaire,” “Spotlight,” “The Revenants,” “The Descendants,” and “Hell or High Water.” Melina Matsoukas’s 2019 film “Queen & Slim,” written by Lena Waithe with a story co-authored by James Frey, was featured on the 2018 Black List.

Below is the...

Season 16 of Fox’s”So You Think You Can Dance” has come to a close with 19-year-old b-boy Bailey “Bailrok” Munoz taking the title of America’s favorite dancer. The key to success for the first-ever break-dancer to win the top spot was his versatility when it came to different types of choreography. The 5-foot-tall ball of energy was rarely daunted by routines outside of his comfort zone — save for maybe the cha cha. But this gifted entertainer always gave it his all.

In fact, Bailey was featured in nine routines of various permutations, including five duos – three with partner Mariah Russell, one with All-Star Koine Iwasaki and another with Gino Cosculluella. He was also took part in a male trio with Gino and ballroom dancer Ezra Sosa. And he participated in three group numbers with the rest of the Top 10 contestants. Gino came close to tying Bailey’s routine-a-thon...

Hey, "So You Think You Can Dance" fans. Tonight, September 16, 2019, the season finale did indeed air and a new champion was crowned! All the judges: Laurieann Gibson, Dominic “D-Trix” Sandoval, Mary Murphy and Nigel Lythgoe were, of course, on hand. The final four contestants: Gino Cosculluela, Bailey Munoz, Sophie Pittman and Mariah Russell joined the other six contestants that were eliminated to do a top 10 group number that was choreographed by Mandy Moore. Next, it was revealed that the judges and Top 4 got to choose their favorite dances of this season. After that, Laurieann picked her favorite dance, which was choreographed by Luther Brown. It featured Mariah and Bailey dancing hip hop to Lizzo by Missy Elliot. Next,Nigel picked his favorite dance. It was a jazz routine by choreographer Ray Leeper to the song, “You Can Keep Your Hat On” by Joe Cocker. It featured dancers Ezra and Madison.

Sneak Peek restricted footage from the upcoming 'crime thriller' "The Poison Rose", directed by George Gallo, adapting the novel by Richard Salvatore, starring John Travolta and Famke Janssen and Morgan Freeman, opening May 24, 2019:

"...'Carson Philips' (Travolta), a hard-drinking L.A. private eye takes a case in his old hometown of Galveston, Texas. While searching for a missing woman, Philips must confront a crime boss (Freeman), a shady doctor (Brendan Fraser), a sexy club singer (Kat Graham), his former lover 'Jayne Hunt' (Janssen) — and his own dark, disturbing past..."

Cast also includes Peter Stormare as 'Slide', Robert Patrick as 'Chief Walsh', Kat Graham as 'Rose'...

...Claudia Gerini as 'Violet Gregory' and Ella Bleu Travolta as 'Rebecca Hunt'.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Poison Rose"...

It’s been four years since the square-jawed, pork pie hat-wearing James Bay sprung the earnest-but-hip shaking gospel rock of “Hold Back the River.” Or in pop terms, an eternity. Just ask those pining for the return of Ireland’s own holy rolling Hozier — his bruised baritone was last heard in 2014 when the cascading “Take Me to Church” became a certifiable smash.

Bay was Hozier’s opening act then. A Brit who looked like Johnny Depp in “Benny & Joon,” he came on quietly and gangly, stooped over a strummed-hard acoustic guitar, and wound up outpacing the headliner with ardent, folksy romanticism. For that silty sound and stance, he eventually won over the U.K. and U.S. music execs with his troubadour’s warble and earthiness. His 2015 debut album, “Chaos and the Calm,” became the rustic antidote to Ed Sheeran, what with Bay’s rough-shod, intimate intertwining of blues,...

Shaun Grant.

Screenwriter Shaun Grant has been working non-stop since the release of Snowtown, his first film, in 2011.

Grant divides his time between La and Melbourne these days after wrapping up work on projects as diverse as Deadline Gallipoli, Jasper Jones and Berlin Syndrome at home in Australia.

Now working out of an office in West Hollywood, the scribe is working on several projects, including a long-gestating adaptation of Peter Carey.s True History of the Kelly Gang for producer Liz Watts and Snowtown director Justin Kurzel.

.It.s a beautifully written book,. says Grant. .He.s an iconic character in our country, so of course when Liz approached me I had some trepidation. But the things that scare me are usually the ones I.m drawn to. And Justin and I have been looking to work together since Snowtown..

Like Animal Kingdom before it, Snowtown put a rocket under...

James Stewart, Kate Jenkinson, Lincoln Younes and Olivia DeJonge will play a family that.s forced to enter a witness protection program in Hiding, an eight-part drama for the ABC.

Created and written by Matt Ford, the Playmaker Media series starts shooting in Sydney on Monday and will later location on the Gold Coast.

Hiding was developed through Screen Australia.s Scribe showrunner development initiative and is backed by Screen Australia, Screen Nsw and Screen Queensland.

Playmaker Media.s David Taylor told If the Scribe program has been so successful, helping to spawn House Husbands (Drew Proffitt), The Code (Shelly Birse) and Love Child (Sarah Lambert), the company will continue to run Scribe sessions, with another to be held later this year.

While the premise of a family forced to move to a strange city is similar to the Us series The Riches, Taylor said Ford got the idea from...

Brenton Thwaites, star of the highly anticipated sci-fi adaptation The Giver, is about to become the next big thing.

Who Is Brenton Thwaites?

Thwaites, 24, is an Australian actor whose Hollywood career picked up this summer with breakout roles, co-starring in the thriller Oculus and as Prince Phillip in Maleficent, in which he acted opposite Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning. Also this summer, Thwaites starred in The Signal opposite Laurence Fishburne. Before booking a string of Hollywood films, Thwaites starred on Australian television shows, SLiDE (2011) and Home and Away (2011-2012) and appeared in the Lifetime original movie Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012).

Thwaites, who is currently filming Gods of Egypt alongside Gerard Butler and Game of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, is certainly on his way to stardom, and he said working with more experienced Hollywood actors has been a huge step forward for him. In addition to his previous work with Jolie and Fishburne,...

DirecTV has bought Us rights to Playmaker Media.s The Code, a six-part series about two brothers who stumble across information about a new technology - information that people in the highest political echelons will kill to keep secret.

ABC-tv commissioned the thriller, which stars Dan Spielman (An Accidental Soldier, Offspring), Ashley Zukerman (The Slap, Rush), Adam Garcia (Coyote Ugly, Bootmen), David Wenham (Top of the Lake, Killing Time), Lucy Lawless (Spartacus), Aden Young (I Frankenstein, Rectify), Chelsie Preston Crayford (Mystery of a Hansom Cab, Underbelly: Razor), Adele Perovic (SLiDE), Dan Wyllie (Rake, Puberty Blues), Aaron Pedersen (Jack Irish, City Homicide), and Paul Tassone (Underbelly).

The show was created by Shelley Birse and written by Birse, Blake Ayshford and Justin Monjo, directed by Shawn Seet (Love Child, Underbelly, Mystery of a Hansom Cab) and produced by Playmaker.s David Maher and David Taylor and Birse.

Developed through the Scribe Initiative...

Brenton Thwaites has now taken a leading role in Alex Proyas' Gods of Egypt , Deadline reports. He joins Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Geoffrey Rush and Gerard Butler in the fantasy epic. Proyas is directing from an original screenplay by Burk Sharpless and Matt Sazama. The film tells the story of a common thief teaming with Gods on a magical quest. Coster-Waldau is playing Horus, God of the Sky, who teams with Hathor, the Goddess of Love, and the human thief to avenge the death of his father, Osiris. A relatively new face to American audiences, Thwaites is well-known in Australia for leading roles on the television series "SLiDE" and "Home and Away." He also has a number of major big screen projects in the pipeline, including director Robert Stromberg's Sleeping...

What’s really going on with Taylor & Brenton? The Aussie hunk sets the record straight.

Uh-oh! It looks like Taylor Swift might not have the chance to write a love song about Brenton Thwaites after all. The Australian hunk finally spoke out about their rumored romance, and it doesn’t sound as romantic as we all thought!

Brenton Thwaites Reveals He’s Not Dating Taylor Swift

Rumors about Taylor and Brenton’s romance sparked after the two were spotted flirting at the One Chance premiere on Sept. 9. But Life & Style reports Brenton was out in NYC on Sept. 11 complaining about the false reports that followed.

“He was with a group of about eight people at Bar Masa in NYC on Wednesday night,” an eyewitness tells the mag. “At one point, after dinner, I heard someone ask him about hanging out with Taylor at Soho House two nights ago in Toronto and he said,...

Uh oh! Brenton’s ex took to Tumblr to share her feelings on Brenton and Taylor’s romance. Let’s just say it doesn’t seem like she approves!

It looks like there’s going to be a third wheel in Taylor Swift‘s latest romance with Brenton Thwaites: his ex, Jessica Campion. The model apparently has unfinished business with Brenton — this could get complicated!

Jessica Campion Slams Taylor Swift After Night Of Pda

There’s nothing worse than finding out your ex has moved on (to Taylor Swift, nonetheless), and that appears to be what’s happening to Jessica.

On Sept. 11, Jessica posted “worst. day. ever.,” after fans on Tumblr alerted her to her ex’s new romance with Taylor. Even though they dated in 2012, in August she wrote a blog post that seems to be about him — clearly she hasn’t moved on.

“Look. I know you’re searching for things,...

Ooh la la! Has Taylor, 23, found a new boyfriend (and potential song topic)? Read on for all the romantic details.

Is it possible that Taylor Swift will eventually run out of guys to write songs about? Perhaps, but it doesn’t seem likely, considering there might be a new romance in the works. Tay was spotted flirting with Australian hunk Brenton Thwaites, 24, according to a new report.

Taylor Swift Gets Flirty With Sexy Actor Brenton Thwaites

After attending the premiere of One Chance at the Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 9, Taylor reportedly went to a private party at Soho House where she met Brenton. According to Us Weekly, they talked for about an hour.

“[They were] making each other laugh,” a source tells the mag. “She touched his leg a few times. They seemed very into each other.”

The source goes on to say that they were both, “making each other laugh.

What Michael Bay has planned is still in the works for the robots in disguise, but now more potential plans are crystallizing such as having veteran actor Mark Wahlberg star. Now, “Transformers” have found two new actors to anchor the films cast.

Actress Nicola Peltz will step in to play Wahlberg’s daughter. She has been in M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Last Air Bender,” and will be soon seen in the television off-shoot of “Psycho.” Taking up the role of her boyfriend will be Australian actor Brenton Thwaites who is known for the teen drama “SLiDE.”

With the movie now replacing Shia Labeouf and whichever female protagonist selected, the movies have been rumored to be a new trilogy, so expect the new couple to be in it for the long run.

“Transformers 4” is slated for a 2014 opening.

Source: Twitch...

Actor Brenton Thwaites has been cast as Prince Phillip in Maleficent, Disney's live action version of Sleeping Beauty.

Thwaites will star opposite Elle Fanning as Princess Aurora and Angelina Jolie (who will play the title character) in the film, which is slated for a March 2014 release.

Plot details are sketchy, but it is understood that Maleficent is a take on Disney's 1959 animated film, told from the perspective of Aurora's nemesis, the eponymous witch.

Thwaites, who will be seen in a remake of Blue Lagoon on the Us Lifetime channel next month alongside fellow Aussie Indiana Evans, has starred in popular soap Home and Away and Fox8 series SLiDE.

He is currently in London, where pre-production on Maleficent has already commenced. The actor is represented by Shanahan in Australia and Wme in the Us.

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Brenton Thwaites...

Ever since Disney announced "Maleficent," the live action adaptation of their classic animated hit "Sleeping Beauty," fans have been wondering who would step into the role of Prince Charming (aka Prince Phillip for those nitpickers out there).

After all, with Angelina Jolie on board as the iconic evil sorceress, the film would need someone equally awesome to battle her dragon form. Michael Fassbender, maybe? Matt Damon? Perhaps even Brad Pitt himself?

Well, all that speculation has finally come to an end, as according to Deadline, Disney has decided to give the role to... Brenton Thwaites!

And if anybody had ever heard of Brenton Thwaites, that would probably mean something.

Luckily, though, that's where we come in. And no, Disney hasn't gone completely off the deep end; Thwaites isn't actually obscure, he's just Australian, which may seem like the same thing but isn't. Instead, Disney is hoping that Thwaites can break...

Hollywood-based, Australian writer and executive producer of the NCIS franchise Shane Brennan will return to Australia to continue his involvement in Playmakers’ Scribe Showrunner Initiative.

The announcement:

Australian screenwriter and producer Shane Brennan is back in Australia to continue his involvement in Playmakers’ Scribe Showrunner Initiative for 2012.

Scribe was launched in 2011 with the support of Screen Australia’s Enterprise Program.

Inaugural participants Matt Ford (Panic at Rock Island, Slide) and Shelly Birse (Lockie Leonard, Wildside) are both currently in broadcaster funded development on their own Scribe projects.

Another Scribe success story is the newly announced Nine Network series, House Husbands, co-created by Drew Proffitt and Ellie Beaumont.

House Husbands is a 10 part drama series about four Australian families with one thing in common: the men are in charge of raising the kids.

Filming commenced in Melbourne this week.

In the next few weeks, Shane Brennan will mentor three of the...

Maleficent

Young Aussie spunk Brenton Thwaites ("Home and Away," "Slide") has joined the cast of "Maleficent" for Disney Pictures playing the handsome Prince opposite Elle Fanning's princess.

Shooting on "Maleficent" kicks off later this year for an early 2014 release. Thwaites will next be seen as the male lead in Lifetime's upcoming TV movie remake of "The Blue Lagoon". [Source: Deadline]

Map to the Stars

David Cronenberg says that his old cohort Viggo Mortensen is interested in a role in his upcoming project "Maps To The Stars".

The filmmaker says he and actor Robert Pattinson, who just worked together on "Cosmopolis", hope to make this their next picture. [Source: The Playlist]

Devil's Knot

"The Killing" U.S. remake star Mireille Enos will join Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth in Atom Egoyan’s West Memphis Three-themed drama "Devil’s Knot".

Enos will play Vicki Hutcheson, an important witness in the case and was a link between two of the trio.

Disney has finally cast the cherry on top of its long-gestating revisionist take on the Sleeping Beauty myth, setting up young Aussie actor Brenton Thwaites to play the prince to Angelina Jolie‘s evil Maleficent and Elle Fanning‘s innocent Princess Aurora. In the classic fairy tale, the part is generally referred to as Prince Phillip, but Deadline Evil Dark Woods doesn’t let on if that will be the case in Robert Stromberg‘s take on the tale. Despite his name, Thwaites is not a type of bread and he’s also not a knock-off of clothing brand Benetton, he’s one of those Aussie actor kids who cut his teeth on two of their many, many television series. Thwaites did a ten-episode run on SLiDe and also starred on continual favorite, Home and Away. He’ll next be seen as the male star in Lifetime’s take on The Blue Lagoon, next...

Australian actor Brenton Thwaites has been cast as the Prince in Disney’s Maleficent, a live-action film that explores the origins of the evil fairy Maleficent and what led her to curse Princess Aurora in the animated Disney classic Sleeping Beauty. Angelina Jolie will play Maleficent.

The Aussie actor is unknown here, but he starred in the Australian TV drama SLiDE and was part of the cast of the popular teen-soap Home and Away. It was his work in that series that scored him and fellow Aussie Indiana Evans in Lifetime’s Blue Lagoon: The Awakening, which airs next month.

Elle Fanning has been cast as Aurora, while South African actor Sharlto Copley will play King Stefan. Robert Stromberg is directing and Disney has set a March 14, 2014 release date.

Gallery of Brenton below.

Exclusive: Brenton Thwaites has been set as the prince in Maleficent, the Robert Stromberg-directed Disney film that stars Angelina Jolie as the title character and Elle Fanning as Princess Aurora. Who is Thwaites? He’s here from Australia, where he played a role in the Aussie TV series Home And Away, which got him the Lifetime Channel film Blue Lagoon: The Awakening. That film, which he shot with fellow Australian Indiana Evans, will be released next month. Before that he played in the TV drama SLiDE in Australia, which was his breakout role. He is repped by Wme and managed by Industry Entertainment and Australia-based Shanahan Management. Related: Wme Signs ‘Blue Lagoon’s Brenton Thwaites And ‘Hatfields & McCoys’ Matt Barr...

Australian production company Playmaker and the Nine Network have announced the cast of new series House Husbands.

The 10 part series about stay-at-home dads is due to begin production at the end of the month.

The series is produced by Slide’s Sue Seeary and Lockie Leonard’s Drew Proffitt and created by Proffitt and Ellie Beaumont and directed by The Great Mint Swindle’s Geoff Bennett and Offspring’s Shirley Barrett.

The cast includes Gary Sweet of Rescue Special Ops, Rhys Muldoon of Lockie Leonard, Gyton Grantley of Underbelly and Firass Dirani of Underbelly: Golden Mile as well as Celebrity Apprentice’s Julia Morris, Underbelly: Razor’s Anna McGahan and Winners and Losers’ Natalie Saleeba.

Executive producers are Nine’s Jo Rooney and Andy Ryan and Playmaker’s David Maher and David Taylor.

House Husband’s received funding from Screen Australia two weeks ago.

Omnilab Media may remain committed to developing the sequel to 2010 blockbuster Tomorrow, When the War Began but the film's star, Caitlin Stasey, feels her involvement in the project is over.

The actress, who won an If Award for her performance as Ellie Linton in the adaptation of the best selling John Marsden novel, believes that if a second film does eventually go ahead, it may not feature the original cast members.

"You always hear things, you always hear that someone's writing it, that someone's putting it together," says Stasey. "Nothing has happened until it happens. Unfortunately for the Tomorrow series, I feel that for the actors that were in the first film, maybe our commitment to it is done."

Tomorrow, When the War Began, which was written and directed by Stuart Beattie, was the highest grossing Australian film of 2010, taking $13.48 million at the box office. In February 2011 it was announced...

Fox8′s original new teen drama Slide, premiering on Tuesday August 16, 7.30pm, promises heavy audience interaction.

Shot entirely on location in Brisbane, Slide is a 10 part series created specifically for Fox8 co-produced by Playmaker Media (David Taylor/David Maher) and Hoodlum (Nathan Mayfield/Tracey Robertson).

Slide is about five teenagers’ move into adulthood with each episode set over 24 hours and built upon a group heist that leads the group into unknown territory.

Described by executive producer David Taylor as embracing a “user-driven approach – we didn’t assume what 17-year-olds wanted in a drama series or how they wanted it, we asked them. We learned from this demographic that they didn’t want it to be bleak and it needed to be like nothing else on TV. Importantly, they wanted a sense of ownership.” As a result audience testing was extremely important to the producers from the beginning of development.

“We...

For the second consecutive year, Encore has chosen a select group of screen professionals who have achieved new heights in 2010/2011, whose decisions influence and shape Australia’s audiovisual industry, and whose work has stood out from the crowd. These are our Power 50.

1. Emile Sherman – Producer

Last February, Sherman became the first Australian producer to receive an Academy Award for Best Picture, alongside his See-Saw Films partner Iain Canning, and Bedlam Productions’ Gareth Unwin. It also won at the BAFTAs and the Producers Guild of America, in addition to the many other honours for its cast and crew.

While technically a UK production, the Australianness of the film is undeniable – and so is its success; with a modest U$15m budget, The King’s Speech has grossed more than $405m worldwide – one of the most successful independent films of all time. Read Emile Sherman interview

2. Baz Luhrmann – Director, writer, producer

There...

Sydney -- Local production shingle Playmaker has secured a first-look deal with Fremantle Media Enterprises, with Fme announcing Tuesday it will develop, fund, and distribute Playmaker’s drama output around the world.

Playmaker, headed up by former Fox television production execs David Taylor and David Maher is currently in production on Foxtel’s groundbreaking new multiplatform drama Slide, with co-producers Hoodlum Entertainment, which Fme will distribute globally.

The deal is part of Fme’s wider global drama strategy to develop more scripted content with leading producers in key territories. Fremantle Media is also a 25 percent shareholder in locally listed TV production and distribution house, Beyond International.

Fme will have first look on all scripted projects from Playmaker including projects to come out of its recently launched Scribe program, an initiative to foster and develop writing talent backed by Screen Australia's Enterprise program. Scribe will see three leading Australian writers develop...

David Taylor/David Maher’s production company Playmaker has signed a multi-year first look deal with FremantleMedia Enterprises, working together to develop, fund and distribute content.

“Playmaker’s goal is to produce authored, distinctive and commercially successful Australian drama. We’re absolutely thrilled to be working with the Fme team in making that happen,” said Taylor.

The deal includes the projects that came out of the Scribe program – a writing development initiative backed by Screen Australia’s Enterprise program.

The partners are workin on the multi-platform drama Slide for Fox8 (a co-production with Hoodlum).

The deal is part of Fme’s global strategy to develop more scripted content.