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Ivana Miloš, Poppy of the Underworld (2022), monotype, gouache, and collage with poppy flower heads on paper.Sleeping Beauty"And now my beauties, something with poison in it I think, with poison in it, but attractive to the eye and soothing to the smell . . . poppies, poppies, poppies will put them to sleep."—The Wicked Witch of the West, The Wizard of OzThose who came back from the cave of Hypnos, god of sleep, couldn’t tell their kings and families waiting in the world above about its entrance, which was covered with bright red poppies drawing water from the flowing stream of Lethe, the river of forgetfulness. They simply forgot or were found in a strange trance mumbling in foreign tongues, somnambulant shadows of their former selves, wearing a distant but happy smile on their petrified faces. When faced with the seductive, herbaceous plants, which tilted their head to the ground...

Ivan Passer, a leading figure of the Czech new wave who directed films including “Cutter’s Way,” died Thursday of pulmonary complications in Reno, Nevada, an associate of the family confirmed. He was 86.

Passer was a close friend and collaborator of the late Czech filmmaker Milos Forman. Passer met Forman at a boarding school for delinquents or children who had lost their parents during the war (other students included Vaclav Havel and Jerzy Skolimowski). They reunited at film school in Prague, where he began collaborating on Forman’s films including “Loves of a Blonde” and “The Firemen’s Ball.” Passer’s first feature was the 1965 film “Intimate Lighting.”

Passer and Forman escaped Prague in 1969 as Russian tanks were advancing, when they pretended to be visiting Austria for the weekend. Though they lacked exit visas, a border guard who was a fan of Forman’s let them cross to safety, Passer told Variety...

He may be menacing each Sunday night as Miami gentlemen's-club-owner George Novikov on Showtime's crusading-serial-killer drama "Dexter," but in real life, Jason Gedrick is a single father of three sons, ranging in age from 22 to 14.

So when Gedrick got the script for Hallmark Channel's "The Wishing Tree," airing Saturday(Nov. 10), it not only reminded him of lessons he's learned as a father, but also of people who influenced him in his own life.

"You've got to mix it up a little bit," he tells Zap2it. "It's the Apollonian side of my career, not the Dionysian. It's a really cool story. It's one of those stories where you can kick back and just let the story tell itself. It's not overly sentimental, like some holiday shows can be.

"When I read the script, it reminded me of some of the mentors in my life, like an acting coach or a football coach,...

Dexter rides in Jason Gedrick of HBO's Luck Jason Gedrick has joined the cast of Dexter in it's seventh season, playing a manager of a gentleman's club in Miami, which is linked to a high-profile murder cast, reports Deadline. Gedrick, who impressed with his performance in HBO's now canceled horseracing series Luck, is a very experienced TV actor for the most part, with credits including Windfall, Boomtown, Falcone, Desperate Housewives and Necessary Roughness among many more. He can also be seen on November 11th in The Hallmark Channel's family film The Wishing Tree, alongside Erica Cerra, Emmalyn Estrada, Carrie Genzel, Rchard Harmon and Angelo Renai. Film-wise, Gedrick's been in Kurt Russell and William Baldwin starrer Backdraft...

Dexter rides in Jason Gedrick of HBO's Luck Jason Gedrick has joined the cast of Dexter in it's seventh season, playing a manager of a gentleman's club in Miami, which is linked to a high-profile murder cast, reports Deadline. Gedrick, who impressed with his performance in HBO's now canceled horseracing series Luck, is a very experienced TV actor for the most part, with credits including Windfall, Boomtown, Falcone, Desperate Housewives and Necessary Roughness among many more. He can also be seen on November 11th in The Hallmark Channel's family film The Wishing Tree, alongside Erica Cerra, Emmalyn Estrada, Carrie Genzel, Rchard Harmon and Angelo Renai. Film-wise, Gedrick's been in Kurt Russell and William Baldwin starrer Backdraft...