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The following contains major spoilers for Chicago Fire Season 13, Episode 9, "A Favor," which debuted Wednesday, Jan. 8 on NBC.

Chicago Fire Season 13, Episode 9, "A Favor" is pretty low-key by the standards of the NBC show. It has an action-packed storyline featuring Joe Cruz, but compared to the utter chaos that's happened in other Chicago Fire episodes -- particularly premieres, midseason premieres and finales -- it's almost calm. In some ways that works really well, and in other ways, the audience might be a little restless.

"A Favor" primarily centers on Cruz, who has to deal with Junior's threat to end his career over a tragic event in the show's early years. The other storyline concerns Mouch's first shift as a lieutenant, and the way he tries to turn up for a man no one else seems to remember. Almost all the remaining characters have little to do, but that's less noticeable...

With the UK streaming release of South of Hope Street this week, writer/director Jane Spencer talks about exploring ‘the big questions’, working with Michael Madsen, black shoes and shunning the Hollywood system.

Your latest film, the visually arresting dystopian drama South of Hope Street, depicts an oppressed society surrounded by wars. As Writer. Director what inspired you to make it?

I have always been very much interested in ‘the Big Questions’: Why do we exist? What, exactly, Are we? Why are we here? A great way to pose these questions is to place us against the forces that do not allow free thought, and to think about these questions.

I wanted t to explore this in an allegory, a sci-film film, with all the characters representing forces in our world: forces of repression, forces of peace, mystery, poetry. Films like this are films that are inspiring to me,...

If there’s one thing Don Johnson knows how to do, it’s leave a lasting impression.

Whether he’s rocking pastel suits as Sonny Crockett in Miami Vice or stealing scenes in Knives Out, Johnson has been a Hollywood staple for decades.

With his signature mix of cool swagger, tough-guy grit, and undeniable charisma, he brings a certain je ne sais quoi to every role he plays.

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Now, he’s gearing up for another exciting role as Captain Robert Massey in Ryan Murphy’s upcoming series Doctor Odyssey.

Set on a luxury cruise ship with a medical twist, this new show proves that Johnson isn’t slowing down and continues to take on intriguing, unexpected characters that keep fans hooked.

From chasing bad guys and solving mysteries to tackling a wide range of roles, his career has been a rollercoaster of hits and misses.

Daddy Issues, the BBC sitcom written by Danielle Ward and starring David Morrissey and Aimee Lou Wood, has been renewed for a second series.

Sex Education is one of those shows where you could legitimately call every main actor a breakout star. Asa Butterfield continues to star in a wide variety of films, Ncuti Gatwa is the Fifteenth Doctor, and Emma Mackey and Connor Swindells snagged roles in Barbie.

Aimee Lou Wood is no exception. She was recently seen in the terrific Living, opposite Bill Nighy, and British comedy Seize Them!

She recently headined BBC sitcom Daddy Issues opposite David Morrissey, which has now been renewed for a second series.

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When hedonistic 24 year old Gemma (Aimee Lou Wood) discovers she’s pregnant after a random hook-up, she has no choice but to turn to her hapless father Malcolm (David Morrissey) for support. Recently divorced from...

Fresh from winning an Emmy for hosting Peacock’s The Traitors, Alan Cumming has lined up a new gig.

The multi-hyphenate talent, a veteran and Tony Award-winning star of the stage, has been named artistic director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre, known as “Scotland’s theater in the hills.” Cumming replaces Elizabeth Newman who is departing in November after serving Pitlochry since September 2018. Her last production, The Sound of Music, runs Nov. 15 – Dec. 22. It was announced in July that Newman would be exiting as artistic director in favor of a leadership role, a move that launched a three month recruitment period and selection process.

Cumming assumes the artistic director post beginning in January 2025, and has sights set on programming the 2026 season. Up first, Pitlochry will stage previously announced productions The Great Gatsby, Grease, The 39 Steps and four new plays in the venue’s studio.

“For me, all roads lead to the...

How Much Did Salman Khan & Anushka Sharma Get Paid For Sultan? ( Photo Credit – Facebook )

Salman Khan went through a drastic transformation for the 2016 sports drama Sultan. Anushka Sharma beautifully supported him by undergoing intensive training to portray the role of his love interest as a state-level wrestler. But do you know how much the leading actors were paid? Scroll below for a detailed box office analysis, profits, and more!

Released in July 2016, Sultan received massive praise from audiences and critics alike. It opened up to an earth-shattering sum of 36.54 crores and surpassed all prior Eid releases, including Chennai Express, Ek Tha Tiger, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, and Kick.

Sultan Budget & Box Office Collection

Yash Raj Films splurged a massive sum of 90 crores for Sultan. As opposed to the budget, the film made box office collections of 300.45 crores in India. It was declared a super duper hit. The magic wasn’t restricted nationwide but also globally.

Oppenheimer took the marquee Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) honor and The Holdovers landed the top Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy) award at the 74th Ace Eddie Awards Sunday. Hosted by Nina West, the winners were announced live in a ceremony at UCLA’s Royce Hall.

Jennifer Lame Ace, edited Oppenheimer, a film that has so far swept awards season with recent SAG Awards, PGA, DGA, for director Christopher Nolan, BAFTA, and more. The honor puts Oppenheimer and The Holdovers in frontrunner status in the Best Film Editing Oscar race, for which both are nominated, along with Anatomy of a Fall, Killers of the Flower Moon and Poor Things.

Since the turn of the 21st century, the Eddie winner for theatrical drama has gone on to score the Academy Award for Best Editing 13 of 23 times — but none of the past four years. In a twist, it was the Eddies’ 2023 comedy winner,...

Back in 1997, Beyoncé stepped into the recording booth to croon the lyrics to “Sail On,” the Commodores single that Destiny’s Child covered on their eponymous debut album. Her thick Southern twang still coated her singing voice — she was only 15 — as she lamented the end of a relationship in a song penned by Lionel Richie nearly two decades prior. The song was an outlier on Destiny’s Child, buried deep on the track list, and applied the group’s R&b methodology to the Commodores’ country-influenced original.

It was also...

Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, who appears in a cameo in the film ‘Ab Dilli Dur Nahin’, based on a rickshaw puller’s son becoming an Ias Officer, spoke about why he wanted to be a part of this movie.

Bhatt was also involved in the creative process of this film.

He said: “A film that depicts the struggles of an ordinary person can be powerful and relatable. Imran Zahid and Vinay Bhardwaj’s film ‘Ab Delhi Dur Nahin’ which has a big heart is a refreshing break from big-budget spectacles.”

“Smaller, independent films often have a personal and authentic feel, which can make a big impact on audiences.”

Director Mahesh Bhatt considers Imran Zahid has his protege who has performed in several plays based on his films, including ‘Arth’, ‘Daddy’, and ‘Hamari Adhuri Kahani’.

Imran Zahid said: “He is the one who brought me into this industry. He is like my mentor,...

In 1988, Boogie Down Productions, Eric B. & Rakim, Doug E. Fresh, Kool Moe Dee, and Biz Markie were in the middle of the Dope Jam Tour when an altercation broke out during a stop at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. Concertgoer Julio Fuentes, 19, was stabbed once in the chest amid an apparent robbery attempt mere minutes after he entered the venue. He died 30 minutes later at Nassau County Medical Center. Coupled with the murder of DJ Scott La Rock—a founding member of Boogie Down Productions who’d been...

From spanking to swordfighting, why does the Dane have to keep stripping off? As he appears alongside Christopher Walken in Outlaws, the actor talks about dodgy directors, the joy of physical contact – and his booming synth pop sideline

This spring, film fans and theatregoers got a lot of Claes Bang for their buck, with the brilliantly named Danish actor starring in two of the most talked-about offerings of the season. In The Northman, he was the evil Fjölnir the Brotherless, stealing the crown of his nephew Amleth (Alexander Skårsgard). In “Daddy”, at the Almeida theatre in London, Bang played Andre, the gay billionaire art collector who struck up a relationship with a much younger, much poorer, emerging Black artist, and installed him in his Hollywood pad – complete with a real pool that drenched the front row.

Bang infused both roles with sinister charm – he was also, let us not forget,...

Hey everyone! We’re back with a whole new batch of home media releases that will be arriving on Tuesday, and it includes quite an eclectic array of titles that genre fans are going to want to check out. If you missed out on the previous edition, Arrow is releasing the Standard Special Edition of Legend this week which is absolutely worth checking out, and for all you cult film fans, Severin Films is showing some love to Don’t Go Into the House with their Special Edition presentation.

Kino Lorber is resurrecting Alberto De Martino’s The Antichrist on Blu-ray this Tuesday, and if you’re looking to catch up on some recent horror, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City and Student Body are both being released on multiple formats as well.

Other releases for February 8th include Santo: El Enmascarado De Plata Box Set, Bloody Mary, Hiruko the Goblin,...

Exclusive: Miranda Rae Mayo is reteaming with her former Chicago Fire co-star Yuriy Sardarov on Daddy, a dark comedy written and directed by Neal Kelley and Jono Sherman, which will enter production in Topanga Canyon next week.

The film is set in a dystopian society where the state has the power to determine who can and cannot father children, watching as four men attend a government sanctioned retreat in the remote mountains of California. When they show up at the site, only to find no guide or instructions waiting for them, they are left to their own devices and must prove to themselves—and each other—that they have what it takes to become fathers.

Kelley and Sherman are producing the film—also starring Pomme Koch (The Band’s Visit)—under their Twnshp Pictures banner, with The Kalin Company’s Sophia Kalin. Nathan Nemon is exec producing.

Mayo is best known...

"In most families, the danger doesn't come from some stranger – danger comes from someone you already know..." Shudder has unveiled the trailer for a horror anthology film titled Horror Noire, a showcase of six different stories of Black horror. "Six stories, one film. Experience the next chapter of Black horror." This is a spin-off feature inspired by the outstanding documentary with the same title: Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (which I highly recommend watching). The six stories featured in the anthology are titled: Daddy, Bride Before You, Brand of Evil, The Lake, Sundown, and Fugue State. The casts include Lesley-Ann Brandt, Luke James, Erica Ash, Brandon Mychal Smith, Sean Patrick Thomas, Peter Stormare, Malcolm Barrett, and Rachel True, among many others. With new and adapted stories by Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes, Victor Lavalle, Shernold Edwards, Al Letson and Ezra C. Daniels. I'm always down for more creative horror!

Another week, another “Saturday Night Live” hosting debut in the books. This week’s “SNL” saw Academy Award winner Rami Malek step into the hosting role for the first time ever to promote the latest James Bond film, “No Time to Die.”

Following both Owen Wilson and Kim Kardashian West’s solid entries into the “SNL” first-timer’s club, Malek came into Studio 8H with a tone set for this current season.

Host: Rami Malek

Rami Malek’s monologue took somewhat of a page out of the Peter Sarsgaard book of “SNL” hosting, focusing on his reputation as an intense actor. As Malek said himself, he has “resting villain face.”

Once again, the monologue really set a comforting tone for the rest of the episode, as this season so far has done so much to play to the strengths of its hosts from week to week. Malek’s strange charm...

Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour rebounded to Number One in its fifth week on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart with 9,900 sales, 23,300 song downloads, and 119.6 million streams. Sour arrived at Number One in May with the biggest debut week of 2021. It was subsequently displaced by Taylor Swift’s Evermore — an oldie which climbed to Number One thanks to a well-timed vinyl release — Lil Durk and Lil Baby’s joint project The Voice of the Heroes, and Polo G’s Hall of Fame. As Sour returned to Number One, Rodrigo also enjoyed...

When Faith No More keyboardist Roddy Bottum and his boyfriend Joey Holman visited Oxnard, California, a town 60 miles west of downtown Los Angeles, last year to handle a family matter, they suddenly found themselves isolated due to pandemic lockdown restrictions. So the couple started making music together.

“Roddy was just like, ‘We’re both musicians, let’s just do it to pass time.’ At first, we were just going to share with our friends,” Holman explains. Then, after releasing their first track and video, “Daddy,” under their new Man on Man moniker last May,...

CinemaThe Tamil-Malayalam bilingual film is being directed by Fellini Tp of 'Theevandi' fame.Tnm StaffThe first look of Kunchako Boban and Arvind Swami’s upcoming bilingual thriller was released by the makers recently. Titled Rendagam in Tamil and Ottu in Malayalam, the poster for the film was shared by actor Dulquer Salmaan. Rendagam will mark Kunchako Boban’s Tamil debut. The film is being directed by Fellini Tp of Theevandi fame. Rendagam / Ottu is being produced by actor Arya’s banner The Show People, and is being presented in association with Shaji Nadesan’s August Cinema and Cineholix. The film’s cinematography is being handled by Vijay and will be edited by Appu N Bhattathiri. Rendagam/ Ottu will have music by Ah Kaashif. The poster is a multi-tiered design, common to what we’ve been seeing lately when it comes to film posters. The poster has stills from...

ABC is rounding out cast for multi-camera comedy pilot Black Don’t Crack (fka Untitled Regina Hicks). Essence Atkins (Marlon) and Tisha Campbell (My Wife and Kids) are set as the two remaining leads opposite Sherri Shepherd, and Tahj Mowry (Baby Daddy), Beth Grant (Words on Bathroom Walls) and Isaiah Mustafa (It: Chapter Two) join as series regulars in the pilot from writer/executive producer Regina Hicks and exec producers Viola Davis & Julius Tennon and Larry Wilmore.

Black Don’t Crack (fka Untitled Regina Hicks) follows three former sorority sisters, played by Shepherd, Atkins and Campbell, who lost touch after college and reunite during a pivotal point in their lives. They realize sometimes it’s okay to crack and when you do, no one will be there for you like your friends.

Atkins will play Nia Hillis Davis. A bougie, conservative politician’s wife who has lost touch with her more fun-loving college self.

Exclusive: Amazon Studios is developing a series adaptation of Margarita Montimore’s bestselling novel Oona Out of Order, from Spyglass Media Group. Australian screenwriter Alice Bell (The Beautiful Lie) is attached to adapt and executive produce, with Amazon-based Patrick Moran also executive producing.

Oona Out of Order is described as a sophisticated love story that chronicles a romance interrupted and a lifetime rearranged. It revolves round Oona Lockhart, who at the strike of midnight on her nineteenth birthday wakes to find she is the surprise new inhabitant of her 55-year-old body. Where did her life disappear to? Stunned and terrified, Oona grapples with what feels like a catastrophic universal mistake until her following birthday when it happens again – then again and again, without explanation. As Oona leaps from year to year, living her life out of order, she strives to find her way back to her youth and her first boyfriend.

Sarah Mary Chadwick knows she’s broken. She gracefully contorts the ache in her voice into bizarre postures throughout her latest album, Me and Ennui Are Friends, Baby, as she parses grief, breakups, and general feeling of worthlessness. But she never allows herself to break down completely. Instead, she props herself on her piano and divines the right chords to treat each of her wounded words like a salve as she makes sense of her middle-age wreckage. “Maybe I should chill out on blaming my parents,” she posits over sparse chords on the title song,...

“Minyan,” an acclaimed tale of sexual and spiritual identity directed by Eric Steel, has sold to Strand Releasing in North America.

The film, starring stage breakout Samuel H. Levine of Broadway and the West End’s “The Inheritance,” played in the official selection at last year’s Berlin International Film Festival and went on to win Outfest’s grand jury prize for U.S. narrative feature.

In Judaism, a minyan refers to the minimum amount of celebrants required for certain religious traditions. Set in 1980s Brighton Beach, the film follows a young Russian Jewish immigrant who is caught up in the tight constraints of his community. He develops a close friendship with his grandfather’s new neighbors — two elderly closeted gay men who open his imagination to the possibilities of love and the realities of loss. In the East Village, he finds a world teeming with the energy of youth,...

Exclusive: Jonathan Parks-Ramage’s upcoming novel Yes, Daddy, set in a nightmarish scenario in the Hamptons, has landed at Amazon Studios for development.

The streamer is working on an adaptation of the book, which is set to be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in June 2021, with Patrick Moran’s Pkm Productions and Little America director Stephen Dunn writing and directing.

The book follows an ambitious young man who is lured by an older, successful playwright into a dizzying world of wealth and an idyllic Hamptons home where things take a nightmarish turn

It is centered around Jonah Keller, who moved to New York City with dreams of becoming a successful playwright, but, for the time being, lives in a rundown sublet in Bushwick, working extra hours at a restaurant only to barely make rent. When he stumbles upon a photo of Richard Shriver, the glamorous Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright and...

“The Voice” is back for Season 19 with one of the strongest coaching panels in the program’s long history: Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson, John Legend and Gwen Stefani. For its latest season, NBC’s reality TV show has evolved slightly due to Covid-19 — the live studio audience was replaced by remote Zoomers and the contestants’ family members/cheerleaders stayed safely at home. Tuesday’s installment was another two-hour deep dive into the blind auditions, with the coaches pushing their buttons when they heard voices that inspired them. So which coaches added the best artists to their teams in the second episode?

SEEEverything to know about ‘The Voice’ Season 19

Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Voice” recap of Season 19, Episode 2 to find out what happened Tuesday, October 20 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite artists on NBC’s long-running reality TV show,...

It’s common knowledge that Paul Thomas Anderson is a huge Adam Sandler fan. In fact, he’s gone on the record calling “Big Daddy” one of his favorite movies. The duo has even worked together, beginning with the film “Punch-Drunk Love” back in 2002. But when did the love affair between Anderson and Sandler begin? Well, apparently it was way back in Sandler’s ‘SNL’ days and it’s all because of Tom Cruise.

Continue reading Tom Cruise Is The Reason Paul Thomas Anderson & Adam Sandler Did ‘Punch-Drunk Love’ at The Playlist.

Whether you enjoy his work or not, there’s no denying that Adam Sandler has an impressively large collection of films under his belt. Though most of them are mediocre efforts that see him phoning it in and rarely stepping out of his comfort zone, that hasn’t stopped the actor from becoming one of comedy’s most recognizable and successful talents.

And though you can always count on Sandler to draw in a big crowd at the theater, Netflix is another place where he’s proven to be a hot property as well, with the Hollywood star having established a long, fruitful partnership with the streaming giant that has resulted in a string of films that consistently get torn apart by critics, but always go over well with subscribers.

The latest example of this is Hubie Halloween, his new holiday-themed flick which debuted yesterday and quickly took the #1 spot on the most-watched movies chart.

Jewel has shared a previously unreleased demo of her 1996 hit “You Were Meant for Me,” set to appear on the 25th-anniversary edition of Pieces of You, out November 20th.

The demo (understandably) boasts a much rawer feel than the final product, with the woodwinds and soft drums stripped away to leave just Jewel’s voice and guitar. Joining Jewel on the demo is co-writer Steve Poltz, who provides a bit of back-up as they sing, “Dreams last so long, even after you’re gone/And I know that you love...

In 2019, Jimmy Cliff said he considered Frederick “Toots” Hibbert and the Maytals’ 1962 album Never Grow Old the birth of the reggae genre. The two singers often pushed each other artistically through friendly competition, with Cliff also recruiting Toots and the Maytals to appear in The Harder They Come. Following the death of his longtime friend and tourmate “Toots,” fellow reggae legend Jimmy Cliff spoke to Rolling Stone Saturday about the Maytals’ singer.

Toots, he’s out there somewhere now vibrating. Toots was one of the artists that I really loved and respected,...

CAA has signed writer, photographer, director and actor Tommy Dorfman.

Known for their role as Ryan Shaver on the Netflix drama 13 Reasons Why, Dorfman most recently starred alongside Alan Cumming in Jeremy O. Harris’ off-Broadway hit Daddy.

Most recently, they joined the cast of Freeform’s forthcoming Covid-19 drama Love in the Time of Corona which includes Leslie Odom Jr., Nicolette Robinson, Rainey Qualley, Gil Bellows, Rya Kihlsted, Ava Bellows and L. Scott Caldwell. The four-part limited series was produced virtually and follows four interwoven stories about the hopeful search for love and connection during this time of quarantine.

In addition to being featured in campaigns for Calvin Klein, Fendi, Diesel and Ugg, Dorfman art-directed a digital campaign for Ferragamo, which featured queer, trans and plus-size talent — a first for the fashion label. They also recently photographed and art-directed Pete Davidson for Paper Magazine.

Dorfman is managed by Doreen Wilcox Little at Anonymous Content.

Roddy Bottum — the veteran Faith No More keyboardist who has also played with Nastie Band, Imperial Teen, and Crickets — is no stranger to pushing boundaries. He came out publicly in the early Nineties when that sort of brazen honesty could lose friends and any chance of being in a hard rock band. “It felt dangerous then,” he told Out magazine in 2012. “I got a lot of warnings. At the same time, it was exciting to be amid people asking, ‘Are you sure you want to do this? You might lose fans.

Coldplay update George Orwell’s Animal Farm in the video for “Trouble in Town,” off their double LP Everyday Life, released last fall.

The band brings the satirical classic to the drug-addled streets of New York, where the city is plagued with homelessness and crime under the regime of a pig dictator (undoubtedly a nod to Trump). The 2020 Democratic debates are mocked as pig politicians argue at podiums on a television screen, which soon escalates into a fight.

A reindeer huddles under a blanket, reading Orwell’s book. A cat...

Coldplay used their NPR Tiny Desk Concert as an opportunity to cover Prince’s “1999.” The band, who also played their own “Cry Cry Cry,” Viva La Vida,” “Broken” and “Champion of the World,” was joined by the nine-piece For Love Choir. See the full concert here.

“Cry Cry Cry,” “Broken” and “Champion of the World” come off the band’s recent album, Everyday Life, which dropped in November. Some of the For Love Choir members joined Coldplay in the studio to record the album, causing single Chris Martin to note during the NPR clip,...

Coldplay soundtrack a couple’s romance in the music video for “Cry Cry Cry,” a track from their latest album Everyday Life.

The clip was co-directed by actress Dakota Johnson (who is also frontman Chris Martin’s partner) and Cory Bailey, with choreography by Celia Rowlson-Hall. Filmed at London’s Rivoli Ballroom, “Cry Cry Cry” follows a couple through the beginning stages of their relationship to their twilight years, dancing all along the way.

Coldplay released Everyday Life, their first double album, this past November, and have shared the singles “Orphans,...

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Marielle Heller)

It sounds almost too perfect: Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers, the beloved children’s entertainer. Of course, who else could it be, really? It is so seemingly predestined, in fact, that Hanks’s first onscreen appearance as Fred Rogers elicits knowing laughter from the audience. Yes, Tom Hanks playing Mr. Rogers looks and sounds exactly how you would imagine. Marielle Heller’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, however, is much more than an obvious biopic. It’s not really a biopic at all. Nor is it a rehash of 2018’s much-heralded documentary profile of Fred Rogers, Won’t You Be MyNeighbor?...

The passing of a parent is life-changing for anyone, under any circumstances. But for a filmmaker, the epiphany that life is short, which often results from that harrowing and devastating journey, can ultimately be used for another transformative experience: making a cathartic, therapeutic movie. That’s certainly what acclaimed producer, Ant Timpson did with his feature […]

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The PornHub closed captioning lawsuit has gotten a response from the website itself, commenting on the active lawsuit that they allegedly violated the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act. Earlier this week, it was revealed that a deaf man was suing the popular adult site for not including closed captioning services.

PornHub offers all types of services, but Yaroslav Suris says he can't enjoy his pornography without subtitles explaining the plot to him. The site, which is also a popular hub for looking up superheroes, has decided to respond to Suris' accusations.

PornHub has been in the news quite a bit over the past several months. They made headlines recently when they added an image of shirtless Eternals actor Kumail Nanjiani. He's now the model for their Muscular Men category. However, the latest lawsuit almost seems like something ripped from an Onion headline. PornHub's Vice President Corey Price had this to say in response to the lawsuit.

PornHub superhero searches may have been quite popular in 2019. But one man isn't buying into the hype, and is instead suing the adult site for not providing closed captioning on their videos. Pornhub, which hosts millions of adult videos, offers all kinds of upgrades to enhance the video watching experience. There's videos streaming in crisp HD quality, playlists, full screen modes, download options, and a ton of other features for the person looking for a good time. However, the site is making it harder for the deaf community to enjoy.

Yaroslav Suris is suing the PornHub video sharing website, claiming "it's denied the deaf and hearing-impaired access to its videos that others can easily enjoy." According to court documents, "Suris says a lack of closed captioning violates their rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act."

While many are probably wondering why you would really need closed captioning for pornography, there...

During the late Eighties and early Nineties, Oakland A’s sluggers Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco shot a bunch of steroids and crushed a ton of homers and dubbed themselves the Bash Brothers as they embodied a new kind of mullet-bro excess in sports. The duo would go on to break sacred records (McGwire), date Madonna (Canseco) and generally play a huge role in signaling an unfortunate transition from baseball’s coked-up, free-wheeling New-York-Mets-trashing-a-plane era to the dark dawn of A Rod. And if you were a certain kind of...

The heart of Paris beats for film industry in June. Industry Week is the professional part of the Champs-Elysées Film Festival.

The submissions for Us in Progress are now open till August 15th here.

This label includes the Us in Progress (USiP) and Les Arc Film Fesstival’s team presenting the Paris Coproduction Village and La Residence de la Cinefondation which welcomes a dozen young directors who come to Paris to work on their first or second fiction feature project for 4 and 1/2 months. All together, they offer 24 film projects at different stages, from development to post production. More than 200 professionals from the industry, producers, international sellers, distributors, etc. are welcomed.

This year Us in Progress broke out. It has become a top event for discovering American independent cinema not only for the Europeans invited to attend, but for Americans who find themselves in Paris for the event or who even...

Exclusive: Gerald McCullouch’s feature debut set to world premiere at Montreal.

M-appeal has sold Gerald McCullouch’s Daddy to the UK (Tla Entertainment) and France (Optimale Sarl), ahead of its world premiere at the Montreal Film Festival (Aug 27 - Sept 7).

The relationship drama previously sold to Pro-Fun for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

The story centres on Colin and Stew, whose lifelong friendship is put to the test when Colin falls for a younger man.

Us actor McCullouch, known for his role on 10 seasons of CSI, also stars as Colin in the film.

He played the same role in the New York stage version of Daddy, written by Dan Via, who also stars in the film alongside Jaime Cepero and Tamlyn Tomita.

m-appeal has picked up Argentinian director Gabriel Lichtmann’s How To Win Enemies ahead of the Marché du Film in Cannes.

The Doménica Films production, which had its world premiere during the Bafici festival in Buenos Aires last month, centres on a young lawyer who believes he has finally found his ideal woman until she disappears without a trace – and with his life savings

The Berlin-based sales agent has also added three new Lgbt titles to its line-up.

The films are Israeli filmmaker Michal Vinik’s coming of age lesbian love story Barash, actor-director Gerald McCullouch’s Daddy, based on Dan Via’s acclaimed play of the same name, and Micaela Rueda’s Uio: Take Me For A Ride.

M-appeal will also be continuing sales in Cannes for such films as veteran German director Rosa von Praunheim’s latest feature Tough Love (Härte) which premiered at the Berlinale’s Panorama in February.

Last week, the...

Though it never charted above No. 72, Korn’s self-titled 1994 debut has had unparalleled influence over the last two decades of American heavy music: the rise of nu-metal’s whomping pain-stomp, the road to platinum genre-smashers like Linkin Park and Slipknot, the popularity of the 7-string guitar, the emergence of superstar producer Ross Robinson and his method-acting-style techniques and even the mosh-centric rhythms of stadium dubstep artists like avowed Korn fan Skrillex.

While aging metalheads were trying to walk confidently through alternative nation, Korn lurched into the world like hip-hop zombies rocking Adidas tracksuits,...

Buried within Sunday’s crazypants Revenge finale was a glorious Easter egg for devoted TV watchers: a newscast delivered by none other than Perd Hapley, a.k.a. Pawnee, Indiana’s most beloved TV personality.

Well, sort of. Perd, of course, isn’t real — he’s played by Jay Jackson, who’s delivered fictional news reports on series including Scandal, Dexter, The Mentalist, The Closer, and Body of Proof, not to mention movies like Battleship and Fast Five. Look at Jackson’s IMDb page, in fact, and you’ll find that he’s played a reporter nearly every single time he’s appeared onscreen.