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Wham-pow! Like her now? Tara Macken is an ass kicking caregiver in the action thriller of the season. Today, we have a first look at Intensive Care, which should get any old school action fan hyped.

Flying in like a round house kick to the head from Screen Media Films, Intensive Care throws so many punches directly at the screen, you might actually find yourself in the hospital after watching it. So bring a neck brace. The bullet sprayed fun comes to On Demand and Digital HD starting November 6th. So make sure to mark that down on your holiday to-do list.

Jared Bentley directs Tara Macken, Jai Rodriguez and Kevin Sizemore in Intensive Care. Three low-life criminals plan to rob an elderly woman's home, but her caregiver turns out to be a former special ops agent with an agenda of her own.

The trailer comes out of the gate hard,...

If the COs of Litchfield were to ask the inmates if they've ever felt personally victimized by Badison Murphy, we're pretty sure we'd have a room filled with raised hands, à la Mean Girls. During season six of Orange Is the New Black, fans are introduced to a vicious new bully, and although Badison is a far cry from Regina George, they both sure know how to piss off a lot of people. Originally named Madison before dubbing herself "Badison" (and once called Sadison), the small but mighty inmate proves that she'll do anything to be Carol's top dog. With a memorable Boston accent and an obvious lack of conscience, Piper's new bunkmate becomes the center of a lot of drama in the new season. But with such a strong presence, we can't believe we didn't recognize actress Amanda Fuller from her previous roles.

Not only did Fuller star as...

A day before Britney Spears’ 35th birthday (December 2), the folks over at Lifetime released a handful of photos from the upcoming singer’s biopic, and boy were we confused.

The images feature the Princess of Pop (Natasha Bassett) – which in the glam pic looks more like a 2008 Taylor Swift – along with her then-beau Justin Timberlake (Nathan Keyes), ex-husband Kevin Federline (Clayton Chitty) and the rest of the *Nsync crew, none of which actually look like the real-life celebrities.

Lifetime has a knack for casting actors who tend to not look like the celebrities they are portraying, e.g., Amanda Fuller in “The Brittany Murphy Story,” Camilla Luddington and Nico Evers-Swindel in “William & Kate,” so it’s not surprising to see such unrecognizable faces portraying the stars. (Really, that’s supposed to be *Nsync?!)

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Welcome to today's edition of Nerd Alert, where we have all the quirky, nerdy news that you crave in one convenient spot. What do we have in store for you on this wondrous Wednesday? One fan creates a massive version of Lord of the Rings' Erebor with Legos, the short film Frozen Fever gets an Honest Trailer and Christina Applegate takes on the role of a lifetime in a new "biopic" centering on Meryl Streep. But first, the Real Fake History crew breaks down The Walking Dead's Battle of Woodbury. Sit back, relax and check out all that today's Nerd Alert has to offer.

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Real Fake History wraps up its first season with a humorous look at the Battle of Woodbury in AMC's The Walking Dead. Instead of focusing on Rick and The Governor's forces going to war, the show centers...

What would you do to make it big in Hollywood? In Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer’s Starry Eyes, a hopeful actress finally gets her big break from a peculiar production company, but soon learns that her newfound success comes with terrible consequences for herself and those close to her. Starry Eyes is coming out on home media in early February and we have details on the special features and a look at the cover art.

Press Release – “An aspiring actress finally gets a role to die for in Starry Eyes, “one of the most exciting independent horror films to come out in a long time” (Michele Galgana, Twitch). The nerve-shattering film comes to Digital Download, Blu-ray and DVD from Mpi Home Video on February 3, 2015.

Determined to make it as an actress in Hollywood, Sarah Walker (Alex Essoe, Passion Play, Boy Toy) spends her days working a dead-end job, enduring...

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With Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B making its debut this Saturday, we’re most struck by the resemblance between the film’s star Alexandra Shipp and the late R&B singer. The young actress has Aaliyah‘s style down, especially when she serves the singer’s tomboy-ish, hip-hop swagger. And then at other times, we’re reminded that this is a Lifetime film and there’s really no replicating Aaliyah. Overall Shipp does a better job of bringing the singer’s story to life on the small screen than other performers who came before her. Amanda Fuller was too distracted by a poor choice of wigs in The Brittany Murphy Story to accurately portray the troubled actress. When it came to Liz & Dick, there was no getting past that Lindsay Lohan was somehow just playing an older version of herself. And then there was Jewel as...

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With Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B making its debut this Saturday, we’re most struck by the resemblance between the film’s star Alexandra Shipp and the late R&B singer. The young actress has Aaliyah‘s style down, especially when she serves the singer’s tomboy-ish, hip-hop swagger. And then at other times, we’re reminded that this is a Lifetime film and there’s really no replicating Aaliyah. Overall Shipp does a better job of bringing the singer’s story to life on the small screen than other performers who came before her. Amanda Fuller was too distracted by a poor choice of wigs in The Brittany Murphy Story to accurately portray the troubled actress. When it came to Liz & Dick, there was no getting past that Lindsay Lohan was somehow just playing an older version of herself. And then there was Jewel as...

Twin Peaks is coming back. Those are five words David Lynch fans having been waiting to hear for a long time. On Monday, Showtime announced they are reviving the ABC cult classic for a nine episode run in 2016, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Both of the show's original writers, Lynch and Mark Frost, are back to pen the new season, with Lynch also signed on to direct the reboot. Now that the news is officially out, Twin Peaks devotees are wondering where the revival will pick up. Those involved in the project are staying tight-lipped about details, including whether the original cast will return,...

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Lifetime aired its buzzed-about biopic on the late Brittany Murphy — aptly titled The Brittany Murphy Story — Saturday night. Controversy reached a fever pitch last week when Murphy’s father Angelo Bertolotti told Examiner he is “outraged” by the “hideous, unauthorized, and completely untrue” film. However, after watching the movie, he isn’t too far off-base.

The Brittany Murphy Story is bad, and that’s an understatement. The film is plagued by poor acting (yes, even for Lifetime), choppy time jumps, and tonal inconsistencies. If we’re to believe Lifetime, Murphy (played by Amanda Fuller) was a too-trusting, insecure victim to paparazzi and shady con-artists — namely, her husband Simon Monjack, who died five months after Murphy in the same room from the same cause. The film is more exploitative than exploratory. Is any of this true? We might never know, but fans certainly shouldn’t be happy about it.

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By Christopher Rosa

Lifetime aired its buzzed-about biopic on the late Brittany Murphy — aptly titled The Brittany Murphy Story — Saturday night. Controversy reached a fever pitch last week when Murphy’s father Angelo Bertolotti told Examiner he is “outraged” by the “hideous, unauthorized, and completely untrue” film. However, after watching the movie, he isn’t too far off-base.

The Brittany Murphy Story is bad, and that’s an understatement. The film is plagued by poor acting (yes, even for Lifetime), choppy time jumps, and tonal inconsistencies. If we’re to believe Lifetime, Murphy (played by Amanda Fuller) was a too-trusting, insecure victim to paparazzi and shady con-artists — namely, her husband Simon Monjack, who died five months after Murphy in the same room from the same cause. The film is more exploitative than exploratory. Is any of this true? We might never know, but fans certainly shouldn’t be happy about it.

Lifetime’s Brittany Murphy biopic, The Brittany Murphy Story, premiered Saturday night to largely negative reviews from TV critics.

The Brittany Murphy Story chronicles the late movie star’s struggle to break into Hollywood, through her rise and success and into her troubled final years. Starring as Murphy in the made-for-tv biopic is Last Man Standing’s Amanda Fuller, while Adam Hagenbuch plays Murphy’s onetime boyfriend and Just Married costar Ashton Kutcher.

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Murphy’s father Angelo Bertolotti has chastised Lifetime and slammed its attempt at recreating his daughter’s life and career. Critics, like Bertolotti, have found the movie distasteful and a poor representation of the late actress. Furthermore, Fuller’s performance has been panned for being flat and seeming like she simply read off the page. The production value has also taken a hit.

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Amanda Fuller has defended Lifetime TV's Brittany Murphy biopic.

The Last Man Standing actress, who has a starring role in The Brittany Murphy Story, told ABC News that the intent of the biopic was "to honour Brittany's memory".

Murphy's father Angelo Bertolotti recently said that he was "disgusted" by the network's decision to "produce such a trashy project".

Fuller, however, described Murphy as "a crazy girl from Jersey with that quirky spirit", before suggesting that Brittany's mother would have given her blessing.

"I think if she were to see the film, she would see the intent was only to honour Brittany's memory and bring her beautiful spirit to life."

Fuller also responded to negative reactions on social media, arguing that "it comes with the territory".

The Brittany Murphy Story premieres tonight (September 6) at 8pm.

The father of Brittany Murphy is not happy about his late daughter being the subject of a Lifetime movie or about the actress chosen to play her.

The film, The Brittany Murphy Story, stars Amanda Fuller as the Clueless and 8 Mile star, who died at age 32 in 2009. The movie focuses on Brittany's personal struggles and circumstances surrounding her death and will show how her "Hollywood dream turned into a nightmare," according to the cable network. The casting of Fuller, who also plays one of Tim Allen's character's daughters on the sitcom Last Man Standing, was announced in August.

"My daughter #brittanymurphy would be horrified to know who they chose to play her and how cheap it all is," tweeted the actress's dad, Angelo Bertolotti, whose Twitter username is @BrittMurphyDad, on Monday.

Lifetime and Fuller have not commented about his remarks. Bertolotti has also retweeted scores of users who have...

The father of Brittany Murphy is not happy about his late daughter being the subject of a Lifetime movie or about the actress chosen to play her.

The film, The Brittany Murphy Story, stars Amanda Fuller as the Clueless and 8 Mile star, who died at age 32 in 2009. The movie focuses on Brittany's personal struggles and circumstances surrounding her death and will show how her "Hollywood dream turned into a nightmare," according to the cable network. The casting of Fuller, who also plays one of Tim Allen's character's daughters on the sitcom Last Man Standing, was announced in August.

"My daughter #brittanymurphy would be horrified to know who they chose to play her and how cheap it all is," tweeted the actress's dad, Angelo Bertolotti, whose Twitter username is @BrittMurphyDad, on Monday.

Lifetime and Fuller have not commented about his remarks. Bertolotti has also retweeted scores of users who have...

The father of Brittany Murphy is not happy about his late daughter being the subject of a Lifetime movie or about the actress chosen to play her.

The film, The Brittany Murphy Story, stars Amanda Fuller as the Clueless and 8 Mile star, who died at age 32 in 2009. The movie focuses on Brittany's personal struggles and circumstances surrounding her death and will show how her "Hollywood dream turned into a nightmare," according to the cable network. The casting of Fuller, who also plays one of Tim Allen's character's daughters on the sitcom Last Man Standing, was announced in August.

"My daughter #brittanymurphy would be horrified to know who they chose to play her and how cheap it all is," tweeted the actress's dad, Angelo Bertolotti, whose Twitter username is @BrittMurphyDad, on Monday.

Lifetime and Fuller have not commented about his remarks. Bertolotti has also retweeted scores of users who have...

The drama surrounding Lifetime's upcoming biopic, “The Brittany Murphy Story,” hasn't been confined to the small screen. Murphy's father, Angelo Bertolotti, has expressed his unhappiness over the movie and has since entered into a bitter online feud with the actress playing his daughter, Amanda Fuller. Some in the press, including TheWrap, has characterized Bertolotti's tweets and retweets about Fuller as cyber bullying. In turn, Bertolotti says that Fuller actually started the feud. “Amanda Fuller attacked my daughter, Brittany Murphy, as well as myself and our relationship, which she knows nothing about,” Bertolotti told TheWrap. ”She did that in response to one single tweet,...

Brittany Murphy’s father is speaking out about Lifetime’s upcoming biopic about the actress, and he’s not happy about it. In an interview with the Examiner, Angelo Bertolotti reportedly said, “I am disgusted and outraged that Lifetime decided to produce such a trashy project, defiling the memory of my beautiful, talented daughter, Brittany Murphy. Frankly, I am amazed at their audacity of calling it ‘a true story,’ without conducting any research or consulting with any members of the family.”

Bertolotti went on to call Lifetime’s casting of Amanda Fuller “atrocious.” “Amanda Fuller, the girl playing Brittany, looks absolutely nothing like her,...

Brittany Murphy's father is outraged about his late daughter's upcoming Lifetime biopic, The Brittany Murphy Story. Since watching the commercials leading up to its Sept. 6 premiere, Angelo Bertolotti has been lashing out via Twitter about the film's alleged lies -- and slamming Amanda Fuller, the actress portraying the Clueless and 8 Mile star. "My daughter #brittanymurphy would be horrified to know who they chose to play her and how cheap it all is," he tweeted on Monday, Sept. 1. "#brittanymurphy would have been Mortified if she [...]...

Brittany Murphy's father is outraged about his late daughter's upcoming Lifetime biopic, The Brittany Murphy Story. Since watching the commercials leading up to its Sept. 6 premiere, Angelo Bertolotti has been lashing out via Twitter about the film's alleged lies -- and slamming Amanda Fuller, the actress portraying the Clueless and 8 Mile star. "My daughter #brittanymurphy would be horrified to know who they chose to play her and how cheap it all is," he tweeted on Monday, Sept. 1. "#brittanymurphy would have been Mortified if she [...]...

Back in 2009, she left the world grieving and looking for answers when she died, and now Brittany Murphy's story is getting the Lifetime treatment.

In a newly-released teaser trailer for “The Brittany Murphy Story,” the “Clueless” actress is depicted as living a pretty stressful and difficult existence.

Played by Amanda Fuller, Murphy appears to be addicted to pills while phrases like “the suspects,” and “afraid for her life” flash across the screen.

Clearly, Lifetime believes that Brittany’s cardiac arrest was much more sordid than previously reported, and Murphy’s fans will get to see the new project when it debuts on September 6th at 8pm.

Actress Brittany Murphy died of cardiac arrest in 2009, but the upcoming Lifetime movie about the star claims Murphy died of something other than heart problems.

In a trailer for the film, titled The Brittany Murphy Story, Murphy (played by Amanda Fuller) shields her eyes from camera flashes and fumbles with pill bottles as the title screen displays dramatic phrases like “afraid for her life” and “the suspects,” suggesting the film will focus on speculations that Murphy was murdered.

Aside from the actress’s death at age 32, the film will also focus on Murphy’s rise to fame beginning with her...

Lifetime released its trailer for the network's upcoming biopic The Brittany Murphy Story Friday – and it's dramatic.

Flashes of Murphy (played by Grey's Anatomy's Amanda Fuller) struggling with pill bottles and harassed by paparazzi and reporters in her face pass quickly in the footage, while words like "paranoid" and "targeted" flicker between scenes – all set to a haunting, slow-burning cover of Haddaway's "What Is Love" by Canadian import Kiesza.

The clip ends with a distraught Simon Monjack (Murphy's husband, played by Eric Petersen) telling reporters, "You all killed her!"

The late actress, best remembered for her turn in Clueless,...

Certainly Brittany Murphy‘s life ended under strange circumstances, but was it murder? Lifetime's first trailer for its upcoming television movie starring Amanda Fuller, “The Brittany Murphy Story,” will explore her father's attempts to reopen her case, claiming forensic evidence proved she was being poisoned. See video: Watch the First 5 Minutes of Lifetime's ‘Saved by the Bell’ Movie Before that, the movie will explore the Atlanta native's move to Los Angeles as a teenager and her career's fast climb with her mother, Sharon Murphy, along for the entire ride. She would be able to capitalize on a “fish out of water role” in.