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In a new episode, Ghosts reveals another way the titular spirits can have a little fun. They can always make up rumors to create a little needed drama in their afterlife. One ghost in particular just might make themselves the perfect star of such gossip.

Even Ghosts Have An Ear For Gossip

In one clip for the upcoming episode, “The Work Retreat,” two of the ghosts, Hetty and Sass, try to find ways to enjoy themselves while trapped in a seemingly “endless Purgatory.” As Hetty enters the scene, Sass notes he’s been keeping an eye on the branch at the estate, to see if it will fall. However, he admits he’s been waiting 23 years.

Hetty and Sasappis, or “Sass,” decide that a little gossip will spice up their afterlife, so they agree to make up a rumor. The only issue is just who should they start a rumor about.

Long before TV series and movies were available for us to binge-watch on streaming platforms, many of us would be glued to our TV screens, eagerly waiting for the next episode of our favorite cartoons. Back in that day, for fans of the superhero world and DC, Batman Beyond proved to be an exceptional piece of work, whose futuristic depiction of Gotham City made it an absolute gem.

Batman Beyond | Credit: Warner Bros. Television Animation

So for years, fans of the beloved series have longed for a live-action project, only to be left disappointed year after year. But their wish might finally be fulfilled thanks to one upcoming fan film, Batman Beyond: Year One, starring Titans star Ryan Potter as Terry McGinnis.

Batman Beyond: Year One— A Fan Film Based on the 1999 Animated Series Batman Beyond: Year One | Credit: Lumis Entertainment / YouTube

The 1999 animated series Batman Beyond is...

Rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars electrified fans at Toronto’s Budweiser Stage this week, as part of their ongoing Seasons World Tour. The performance marked a significant stop on the North American leg of their global trek.

Led by brothers Jared and Shannon Leto, the band delivered a high-energy set that spanned their two-decade career. The show featured tracks from their latest album, It’s the End of the World But It’s a Beautiful Day, alongside fan favorites from earlier releases.

Frontman Jared Leto, known for his music career and Oscar-winning acting, expressed his enthusiasm for performing with his brother. “Touring the world with Thirty Seconds to Mars is one of life’s greatest gifts,” Leto told Good Morning America. “The bond we share on stage is irreplaceable.”

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Exclusive: Keshet Studios’ U.S. unscripted operation has just turned one and we can reveal the outfit is working with some of the biggest names in the game.

Keshet Studios has active projects in development with the likes of Chrissy Teigen’s Huntley Productions, Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door, Lilly Singh/Polly Auritt’s Unicorn Island and Howie Mandel’s Alevy Productions, its bosses have told us, while the company has optioned formats with South Korean behemoth Cj Enm and France’s Satisfaction Group.

Bosses are keeping mum about the projects but they each involve a collaboration with the production companies run by the big-name talent, according to Peter Traugott, who runs the Israeli major out of LA, and Rebecca Mayer, who joined from Banijay to lead the unscripted launch last year with Benjamin Long.

“The plane is ready to take off,” Traugott said of the circa-30 projects Keshet Studios unscripted has in active development.

A Family Affair is Netflix’s latest rom-com directed by Richard Lagravenese from a screenplay by Carrie Solomon. The Netflix film follows the story of Zara, a young woman with aspirations of becoming a film producer, but currently, she works as an assistant for a self-obsessed and childish movie star, Chris Cole. While Zara hates her job and boss, she still tolerates them, but things get worse when she finds out that her mother and boss are romantically involved. A Family Affair has an amazing cast, including Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman, Joey King, and Kathy Bates. So, if you loved the romance, banter, and hijinks of A Family Affair, here are some similar romcoms you could watch next.

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The Idea of You is a romantic comedy film directed by Michael Showalter from a screenplay co-written by Showalter and Jennifer Westfeldt. Based...

The Bloody Disgusting-powered Screambox is home to a variety of unique horror content, from originals and exclusives to cult classics and documentaries. With such a rapidly-growing library, there are many hidden gems waiting to be discovered.

Here are five recommendations you can stream on Screambox right now.

King of the Ants

While Stuart Gordon cemented himself as a master of horror with early works like Re-Animator and From Beyond, his later output is also worthy of exploration. 2003’s King of the Ants kicked off a trio of intense thrillers (alongside Edmond and Stuck) that would end up being Gordon’s final features. It was also one of the first productions from The Asylum, who would go on to create Sharknado, Z Nation, and Black Summer.

Based on the 1992 novel by Charlie Higson, who also wrote the screenplay, the film’s unusual structure makes it unpredictable. Struggling to make ends meet,...

Chicago Med fans, we’ve got a fresh off the press preview for the new Season 9 Episode 9 episode titled Spin a Yarn, Get Stuck in Your Own String!

Find out everything you need to know about the Spin a Yarn, Get Stuck in Your Own String episode of Chicago Med, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!

Chicago Med Spin a Yarn, Get Stuck in Your Own String Season 9 Episode 9 Preview

Get ready for another gripping episode of “Chicago Med” titled “Spin a Yarn, Get Stuck in Your Own String,” airing on NBC at 8:00 Pm on April 3, 2024. In this intense installment, viewers are in for a rollercoaster of emotions as the staff of Gaffney Chicago Medical Center faces challenging cases and personal struggles.

In this episode, Dr. Ripley and Dr. Charles find themselves entangled in the delicate world of a cult as they...

Netflix’s One Piece Live Action’s popularity has reached worldwide, and fans are eagerly waiting for the second season, which has already been announced by the producers. Initially, the fans were skeptical about the series, especially after watching how the previous live actions have failed miserably. However, they did not lose hope since Eiichiro Oda was involved with the project.

Before the series was released, the promotion phase saw the cast of the Straw Hats giving interviews and hosting questionnaires regarding the upcoming series and the anime. During one such interview, Emily Rudd, live-action Nami, was asked presently who the strongest member of the Straw Hat is. Her answer left the entire One Piece fandom in awe, and they could not help but appreciate her ‘Nami-ness.’

The Entire One Piece Fandom Is Emily Rudd’s Fan Emily Rudd (Credit: IMDb)

Emily Rudd is an avid One Piece fan. She...

Anyone who knows me would say my taste runs ever so slightly counter to the popular opinion but up top I wanted to shout out some big titles that I appreciate but didn’t quite make my favorites list. Oftentimes it feels like the days of true-blue horror icons are behind us, but Gerard Johnstone and Akela Cooper’s M3GAN was a veritable hoot that gave us an instantly iconic tiny terror in tights who more than lived up to the memes and showed everyone that hasn’t quite come around yet on HBO’s Girls just how #mother Allison Williams is. Also, that Skatt Brothers “Walk the Night” needle drop took up residence in my head last January and has not left. Talk to Me was one of the more intense in-theater experiences I had this year, and though it lost something the more I sat with it, what...

ABC announces the Hollywood lineup for ‘New Year’s Rockin Eve 2024’

Bebe Rexha, Green Day, Janelle Monáe, and Ellie Goulding will perform on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024. The Hollywood lineup also includes Aqua, Doechii, Loud Luxury, Two Friends, Ludacris, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Paul Russell, Reneé Rapp, Coco Jones, and Thirty Seconds to Mars.

Emmy winner Jeannie Mai has been tapped to host the Hollywood portion of the broadcast, with Ryan Seacrest returning to host from New York for his 19th year. Rita Ora will join Seacrest live from Times Square. The broadcast kicks off on Sunday, December 31st at 8pm Et.

Last year, 13.8 million viewers tuned in to celebrate the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023.

ABC released this description of the just-announced 2024 performers:

Danish dance-pop group Aqua is set to perform hits “Barbie Girl” and “Doctor Jones,” both from the three-time certified platinum 1997 album Aquarium.

In case you were wondering what Jared Leto was up to this morning, the chameleon-like actor and frontman of the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars was busy climbing New York City’s iconic Empire State Building! Yup! You know, like you do!

Leto engaged in the first-ever complete climb of the landmark on the morning of November 9. Leto says he’s been fascinated with the historic building since he was a kid and could not think of a better way to celebrate the launch of Thirty Seconds to Mars’ 2024 tour than by scaling the massive structure. “The building is a testament of all the things that can be done in the world if we put our minds to it,” Jared explains, “which is largely the inspiration behind our most recent album, It’s The End Of The World But It’s A Beautiful Day.”

Leto’s climb up the...

Swedish director Ruben Östlund has been announced as a guest of honor at the 15th edition of France’s Les Arcs Film Festival, in the role of its Talent Village Ambassador.

The two-time Cannes d’Or winner has a strong connection with the festival’s Alpine setting, having shot his breakthrough 2014 feature Force Majeure in and around the Les Arcs ski resort, and he has also attended the festival as its jury president in 2018.

Previously announced high-profile guests of this year’s edition of Les Arcs, running from December 16 to 23, include Iranian director Asghar Farhadi as president of the jury.

In his role of Talent Village Ambassador, Östlund will meet with eight emerging directors selected for the sixth edition of Les Arcs’ Talent Village and also give a masterclass.

The Talent Village takes place under the auspices of the Les Arcs Industry Village, running from December 16 to 19.

The program has...

The annual iHeartRadio Music Festival kicked off and hosted many famous and talented faces, such as 90s boyband Backstreet Boys member Aj McLean and rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars.

Although McLean did not perform for the two-day festival, he was one of the celebrity presenters. Backstage, he and Thirty Seconds to Mars’ lead singer, Jared Leto, took a picture together.

McLean wore a white shirt layered with a plaid button-up and black pants, as he accessorized with sepia sunglasses and a black trucker hat. Leto, on the other hand, wore a black hoodie with the word “Stuck” printed on the front, red and blue shark pants, and accessorized with dark sunglasses and a black ball cap with “This Actually Is My First Radio” written on it.

While McLean was there to join the music festivities and present celebrities, he was also preparing to celebrate his sobriety.

This week marks his second year of sobriety,...

The “America’s Got Talent” season 18 finale on September 27 concluded with the announcement of this year’s million dollar act. Eleven acts competed in a two-hour show on September 26 after earning enough votes from the public in the qualifiers. Some also needed the support of this season’s panel of judges — Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum and Sofia Vergara — to make it this far.

The line-up for Tuesday’s final night of performances: singer Lavender Darcangelo, dog act Adrian Stoica and Hurricane, synchronized dance group Murmuration, comedian Ahren Belisle, chorale group Mzansi Youth Choir, singer Putri Ariani, shadow dance group Chibi Unity, magician Anna DeGuzman, chorale group 82nd Airborne Chorus, acrobatic duo Ramadhani Brothers and wildcard dance group Avantgardey.

See ‘America’s Got Talent’ judges rankings: All 13 judges ranked from worst to best

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[Editor's Note: This article was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being discussed here wouldn't exist.]

“Joe Lynch is no Stuart Gordon!” That’s what many horror fans (yours truly included) have been shouting to the heavens since it was announced that the Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007) and Mayhem (2017) director was helming the late master of horror and his frequent collaborator Dennis Paoli’s long-unproduced adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s 1933 short story, The Thing On the Doorstep. Famous for their work together on Re-Animator, From Beyond, Castle Freak, and Dagon, finding a suitable fit to bring the project to the screen after decades of false starts and the death of the maestro would seem a fool’s errand, but Barbara Crampton, the actor most associated with Gordon’s body of work, was up to the task. She hand-picked Lynch, and right she was to do so, because, wonder of wonders Suitable Flesh is less suitable than it is superlative: a playful, gleefully horny Lovecraftian thriller...

The 2023 MTV VMAs celebrated some of the biggest and brightest music stars of the year. The ceremony, held Sept. 12 in Newark, NJ, awarded trophies to artists including Ice Spice, Nicki Minaj, Anitta, Tomorrow X Together, Sza, and many more. Taylor Swift was the night's biggest winner, taking home multiple awards including video and artist of the year. The ceremony also honored two legends: Shakira recieved the Video Vanguard Awards and Diddy was awarded the Global Icon Award.

This year's nominees were announced back on Aug. 8, and Swift led the bunch with a total of eight nominations, including seven nods for her song "Anti-Hero" from "Midnights," as well as a nomination for artist of the year. Sza had the second most nominations with a total of six, followed by Olivia Rodrigo, Nicki Minaj, Doja Cat, Kim Petras, Sam Smith, and Miley Cyrus, who all trailed behind with five each. Many pointed...

Taylor Swift was the big winner at the 2023 MTV VMAs, including the top award of the night Video of the Year for “Anti-Hero.” The singer-songwriter had the odds in her favor as she was the most nominated artist of the night going into the award show with eight mentions.

Other winners of the night included Shakira with the Video Vanguard Award as well as Best Duo alongside Karol G for their song “Tqg.” Anitta took Best Latin for “Funk Rave,” while Nicki Minaj won the Best Hip-Hop trophy for “Super Freaky Girl.”

Diddy also took the stage to perform some of his hits and to accept the Global Icon Award.

One of the big moments of the night was when Nsync took the stage to present the first award of the night. Joey Fatone, Lance Bass, Justin Timberlake, Jc Chasez and Chris Kirkpatrick came together to hand out Swift with the Best Pop award.

The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards were held on Tuesday, September 12 at 8:00pm Eastern and Pacific from New Jersey’s Prudential Center. So who won when the VMAs were handed out? Scroll down for the complete list in all categories.

Taylor Swift led the way with 11 total nominations, including bids in the top categories voted on by fans online like Video of the Year and Artist of the Year. She was also up for awards in professional categories like Best Direction and Best Cinematography that were decided by music industry insiders. Her last nominations came in social categories like Song of Summer and Album of the Year where the voting took place in MTV’s Instagram Stories.

R&b star Sza was next in line with eight noms. Blackpink, Doja Cat, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj and Olivia Rodrigo came in with six. Kim Petras and Sam Smith snagged five. And Beyoncé,...

The 40th annual MTV Video Music Awards will be held tonight, September 12, at 8:00pm at New Jersey’s Prudential Center. So who will the big winners be? Scroll down for our official odds in 14 top categories. Those odds were calculated by combining the predictions of Gold Derby users who have placed their bets here in our predictions center. Our projected winners are highlighted in gold.

We’re predicting four victories for Taylor Swift out of the five of her categories that we’re predicting. Among those, we’re betting on her for Video of the Year for “Anti-Hero,” which would be her fourth win in the category, extending her all-time record. She’s also favored for Artist of the Year, Best Pop and Best Direction. Overall she has 11 nominations including professional categories that are voted on by music insiders and social categories that are decided on MTV’s Instagram Stories.

The nominees for the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards were announced on August 8, and they’re led by Taylor Swift with eight bids, followed by Sza with six, and many others with five apiece including Sam Smith and Kim Petras, Doja Cat, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo, and Nicki Minaj. Effective immediately fans can cast their votes in 15 gender neutral categories — including the brand new Best Afrobeats award — at vote.mtv.com. Scroll down for the complete list of contenders.

The 2023 VMAs will be held on Tuesday, September 12 at 8:00pm Eastern and Pacific from New Jersey’s Prudential Center.

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Video Of The Year

Doja Cat – “Attention”

Miley Cyrus – “Flowers”

Nicki Minaj – “Super Freaky Girl”

Olivia Rodrigo – “vampire”

Sam Smith, Kim Petras – “Unholy”

Sza – “Kill Bill”

Taylor Swift – “Anti-Hero”

Artist Of The Year

Beyoncé

Doja Cat

Karol G

Nicki Minaj

Shakira

Taylor Swift

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It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday — especially when it’s New Music Friday! We’re breaking down this week’s best new tracks to keep on your radar.

New Music Friday – May 12th, 2023

Jonas Brothers – “Miracle”, The Album (Album)

Shakira – “ACRÓSTICO”

BTS – “The Planet”

Dolly Parton – “World On Fire”

Janelle Monáe – “Lipstick Lover”

Thirty Seconds To Mars – “Stuck”

Scott Helman – “back together”

Pretenders – “Let the Sun Come In”

beabadoobee – “Glue Song (Dirty Hit)”

Victoria Anthony – “New Disaster”

Queens of the Stone Age – “Emotion Sickness”

New Music Videos:

Lana Del Rey – “Candy Necklace”

Steakhouse – “National”

Killer Mike – “Don’t Let The Devil” ft. El-p, thankugoodsir / “Motherless” ft. Eryn Allen Kane

Other noteworthy artists with releases this week include Armnhmr & Lights – “Someone To Forget”, Ernest – “Takes After You”, LØLØ -“omg” , Remi Wolf “Prescription”, Preston Pablo “For Keeps”, Pentatonix – “Creep”.

Keep On Your Radar:

Kesha – Gag Order (Album)

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New music from brothers Jared and Shannon Leto is on the way. On Monday, Thirty Seconds to Mars also announced their first album in 5 years, It’s the End of the World But It’s a Beautiful Day, out this September. The band also released their newest single, “Stuck.”

“I knew I’d stay with you after just one touch/The way you move has got me/Stuck,” sings Leto on the chorus for “Stuck.”

The Jared Leto-directed video for the track features both siblings singing into the camera,...

Stars: Quinn Nehr, Brynn Beveridge, James Matthew Fuller, Omar Vega Jr., Amanda Buhs, Anthony Pape, Gary Soumar, Tony Lee Gratz | Written and Directed by John Patrick Tomasek

“We’re explorers, not fake ghost hunters” Marcus tells Jessie at the beginning of Hell’s Half Acre. And he means it, he’s not interested in looking for ghosts in an allegedly haunted prison. Even if some ghost hunting might make his floundering urban exploration YouTube channel the money needed to help save his mother’s house, where he still lives, from foreclosure.

He is willing to do one of his usual videos in the prison, however. So he, Jesse, Dan, Jose (Omar Vega Jr.; Chicago P.D.), and the new addition to the team Cassie make plans to explore Rockland Heights Prison. But he’s going to have to deal with the supernatural whether he likes it or not.

Writer/director John...

In February 2020, Folxlore bursts onto the podcast scene in sensational fashion winning three Audio Verse Awards including Best New Storytelling Production, and featuring as one of only two independent fiction podcasts in The Atlantic’s 50 Best Podcasts of the year. Three years on and the puzzlebox of audio horror by queers, for queers launched its final season on March 5th 2023 with Episode 1, “Stuck”.

“‘Stuck’ is a poetic exploration of my own anxieties around being an immigrant. The pressure of having to prove your worth, your permanency, is deeply unsettling, especially as a queer, trans human. Juniper metaphorically and physically feels the walls closing in, because I wanted to show the claustrophobia and violence that borders create in our lives.” - Bibi June, producer on Folxlore and writer of ‘Stuck’

Folxlore has depicted, subverted, or in other ways dealt with queer fears from passing in public to parenthood, paranoia to private landlords,...

Amazon Prime Video has acquired the North American and Latin American rights to Anthony Nardolillo’s “7th & Union,” starring Mexican actor/comedian Omar Chaparro. Grandave Intl. is handling world sales, and will be presenting the movie to buyers at the virtual European Film Market.

“7th & Union” is the story of an unlikely ally, a broken promise and an improbable chance that inspires two down-and-out men from opposite sides of the track to find a way to use their old passions to pursue their dream of connecting with their family and providing an opportunity for a brighter future.

The movie features Edy Ganem (“Devious Maids”), Gregg Daniel (“Truth Or Dare”) and Erinn Westbrook.

The deal was brokered by Tamara Nagahiro of Grandave Intl. for the production company, Broken English Productions. “We are thrilled to have Amazon as a partner for ‘7th & Union’ in North and Latin Americas and are looking forward...

Happy Thursday, everyone! As we get closer to the weekend, you may be thinking about catching up on some horror and sci-fi movies over the next few days. And if that is the case, then perhaps I can help out with a recommendation—or 40. With our Indie Horror Month celebration still underway, I scoured the entirety of Tubi TV’s streaming horror library to put together this list of 40 excellent genre movies that are currently available to watch on their platform.

And because Tubi TV’s variety of titles are vast, I was able to put together an extensive list that should have a little something for every kind of genre fan out there. So, if you’re looking to expand your horizons a little bit—or maybe you want to catch up with some of your own genre favorites—check out this list of 40 indie horror and sci-fi films...

Philly rapper Tierra Whack has released a new song, “Dora,” alongside a charmingly weird animated video.

“Dora” boasts a decisively playful quality, with a beat centered around burbling synths and a simple yet serene vocal loop. Whack both matches this tenor and toys with it as she bends and twists her voice, peeling off bars like, “Shining like a diamond, fine dining/Forty thousand, turn that shit to fifty thousand/Bitch I’m wilding, stranded on an island/Money piling, Rolex cause I put that time in.”

Conceptual artist Alex Da Corte...

Stuck in Neutral: Cohn Cooks Up Sensitive (and Hilarious) Fast Food Tragedy

Andrew Cohn delivers a heart-wrenching ode to the working class, missed connections and guilt. In a superb of-the-moment character study, Richard Jenkins is perfect as longtime fast-food worker Stanley, the quintessential put-upon everyman (even his character’s laugh sounds desperate); promising newcomer Shane Paul McGhie plays Jevon, an ex-con father and new employee whom Stanley has to train. For those expecting a cheerful odd couple dramedy, think again: while The Last Shift dishes plenty of unexpected laughter, it’s no escapist fantasy; instead, Cohn (a documentary filmmaker) has the guts to examine economic and racial bias, contradictions and chaos included.…...

Budding social media star Enya Umanzor has signed with A3 Artists Agency for representation in all areas.

The Honduran, Cuban, and Irish influencer was raised in North Miami, and launched her social career on Vine, having amassed 500,000 followers before the Twitter-owned micro video platform shuttered. Subsequently, Umanzor ported over to YouTube, where she has collected roughly 994,000 subscribers. Her content comprises makeup rants, comedic satire, music, and day-in-the-life vlogs.

A3 will support Umanor as she continues to pursue an acting career, having nabbed the leading role in the Brat series, Stuck, whose pilot nabbed 1 million views on YouTube, following a defiant high school student who finds herself repeating the same day over and over again. Umanzor also stars in Field Trip (below) -- a surreal, comedic YouTube series that she wrote, produced, and stars in for youth entertainment company Kyra TV.

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U2 will relaunch their YouTube page Friday to mark the 20th anniversary of their 2000 LP All You Can’t Leave Behind, with the band rereleasing “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of” as a remastered 4K video to mark the occasion.

The remastering of the “Stuck” video is the first in a months-long process that will see all of U2’s music videos getting an HD digital update. The continually evolving YouTube page will also become the home for previously unreleased live videos, behind-the-scenes footage and remixed content.

Disney Plus subscribers may have just spent their weekend working their way through all the new content that arrived on the streaming service last Friday, so let’s look ahead to what’s headed to the site at the end of this week. It’s an even larger haul than the last one, comprising 18 movies and TV shows. There’s a little bit of everything coming this Friday, too, including a ton of National Geographic content, some new stuff for the children and a quartet of major movies – two previously released big hits and two Disney + Originals.

As part of the site’s Summer Movie Nights season, Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp lands on Friday. With the addition of this 2018 sequel starring Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly, that leaves just three McU films that are not on D+ – The Incredible Hulk and the two Spider-Man flicks.

Another smash-hit drops...

Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, also known as 6ix9ine, posted an Instagram video last week accusing Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber of purchasing the number one spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 list. The post is featured on the rapper’s Igtv, Instagram TV, account. On this week’s Billboard Hot 100 chart, Grande and Bieber’s “Stuck with U” came […]

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Nicole Dade and Leah Purcell.

As a development producer, writer, script editor and assessor, Nicole Dade is pondering the future of storytelling once the pandemic has passed.

Among the questions she is mulling over: What stories do we want to tell when we have no idea what we or the world will look like?

How will stories resonate with the themes that the world is facing now? How can those themes be embedded in existing work or in creating new work? Is there still a place for feature length drama?

While she doesn’t pretend to have the answers, she is gratified to see Screen Australia and state agencies divert more funding for development.

“While there is opportunity, it is still extraordinarily competitive,” Dade, who spent four years as a development executive at Screen Australia, tells If. “It is a time to be bold and brave about the stories we now tell.

The nicest man I ever met in show business was also perhaps the most underrated movie director of his era. His name was Stuart Gordon, and if you know him at all you probably know him for his breakthrough horror film “Re-Animator” from 1985 — a cheeky, excessive, blackly comedic masterpiece of the ’80s horror renaissance loosely based on H. P. Lovecraft but mostly based on Stuart’s cheerful subversive streak.

“Re-Animator” is a kind of Frankenstein upgrade in the Grand Guignol manner, and the movie’s cultural imprint was large enough that it got mentioned in the Best Picture winner “American Beauty.” Lester, the mid-life agonistes character played by Kevin Spacey, has smoked a joint with a neighborhood kid and asks, “Did you ever see that movie where the body is walking around carrying its own head… and then the head goes down on that babe?”

Yep, that was “Re-Animator,” an...

IndieWire asked Larry Fessenden, actor/producer/filmmaker and founder of indie production outfit Glass Eye Pix to remember fellow filmmaker and long-time playwright Stuart Gordon, best known for his trademark horror offerings “Re-Animator,” “Dagon,” and “From Beyond.” On Tuesday, Gordon died at at age 72.

Like many horror fans of my generation, I saw “Re-Animator” in the theater on the big screen. It was a revelation, so bold and sassy and that Barbara Crampton, whew! The practical effects had such exuberance (talking severed head in a medical tray anyone?) you could sense his history in experimental theater by the way he staged gore gags. “Re-Animator” put filmmaker Stuart Gordon squarely in the company of iconic horror auteurs John Carpenter and George Romero, and it began his life-long affinity for H.P. Lovecraft adaptations. His follow-up film was another Lovecraft story, “From Beyond” and it did not disappoint. Gordon would go on to...

Filmmaker and theater director Stuart Gordon passed on March 24, as his family confirmed to Variety. The cause of death was not released as of press time. Gordon was 72.

Best known for his directorial debut Re-Animator, as well as indie horror favorites From Beyond and Abel Ferrara’s Body Snatchers, the latter of which he wrote, Gordon was also the co-creator of the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids franchise. He wrote the first film with an eye to direct, and he would go on to produce the sequel Honey, I Blew Up the Kid and write on the TV series.

Gordon was born in Chicago on Aug. 11, 1947. He apprenticed as a commercial artist before majoring in theater at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In March 1968, Gordon produced The Game Show on the Play Circle stage of the school’s Wisconsin Union Theater. During the play, the audience was locked in the...

A scene from Gordon's cult hit Re-Animator

The horror community was in mourning today following news of the death of writer and director Stuart Gordon, who was much loved both for his work and as a person. He passed away last night at the age of 72, from unspecified causes.

Gordon was best known for the anarchic horror romp Re-Animator, part of a series of works loosely based on the tales of Hp Lovecraft which also included From Beyond and Dagon. He enjoyed the works of Edgar Allan Poe, adapting The Pit and the Pendulum, and strayed into science fiction with cult favourite Robot Jox. He was known for his exuberant approach to special effects, layering on the gore but always maintaining a sense of playfulness.

Stuart Gordon Photo: Damon D'Amato

Beyond his genre work, Gordon explored film noir, working with David Mamet on Edmond and breaking into the mainstream with the thriller Stuck.

Stuart Gordon — the horror-film director who helmed the cult classic Re-Animator and co-created the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids franchise — has died at the age of 72.

Gordon’s wife Carolyn Purdy-Gordon confirmed her husband’s death to Variety. No cause of death was revealed.

Over a film career that spanned three decades, Gordon was best known for his ability to harness the weirdness of H.P. Lovecraft’s works and translate them to the big screen: In addition to 1985’s Re-Animator, a modern update of Lovecraft’s 1922 novella, Gordon also helmed From Beyond,...

Stuart Gordon, the horror filmmaker known for his cult classics inspired by H.P. Lovecraft stories like “Re-Animator” and “Just Beyond,” has died. He was 72.

Gordon’s representative Dominic Mancini shared the news to Twitter on Wednesday morning. “I’m so gutted to see this & at a loss of words. To my dear friend & client, to one of my favorite filmmakers, to a constant beacon of light in the horror genre, to a man who did it better than most..goodbye Stuart. I’ll miss you,” Mancini said in a tweet.

No cause of death was given.

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Gordon was known for his bloody, body horror and sci-fi films, starting with “Re-Animator” in 1985 about the story of a doctor who learned to re-animate dead human tissue. The film won a Critics Prize at the Cannes Film Festival that year.

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is spending the first weeks of the new decade celebrating an iconic part of film history: the VHS tape. The company is launching a publishing arm with the new book by video historian Josh Schafer, Stuck On […]

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"We're just trying to get to where we're going..." Eammon Films has debuted an official trailer for an indie musical film titled Stuck, which originally premiered at a few smaller film festivals back in 2017. Based on a play by Riley Thomas, the film is about six strangers who get stuck on a New York City subway together and change each others lives in unexpected ways. This is definitely a theater concept, but adapted for the big screen and brought to life with a few vibrant and uplifting performances. This looks charming and inspiring, in all the ways Broadway can be. Starring Giancarlo Esposito (seriously singing his heart out), plus Amy Madigan, Ashtanti, Omar Chaparro, Arden Cho, & Gerard Canonico. Don't know why it has taken almost two years for this to be released, it's looks wonderful. Who doesn't love a good musical? Check it out. Here's the first official trailer (+ new poster) for Michael Berry's Stuck,...

Two production companies attached to the original John Wick film have declared bankruptcy, and it's sparked a new fight in a long-gestating legal battle with a lender.

According to the filing, Mjw FIlms formed J Wick Productions for the financing and production of the 2014 Keanu Reeves-led film John Wick. Mjw owns half of J Wick, and a Michigan-based investor named Sam Eyde owns the other half. 

Mjw turned to Michael Singer for a short-term $235,000 loan because of a funding shortfall on another film called Stuck, according to the complaint. Now, J Wick claims Singer is trying to use ...

Two production companies attached to the original John Wick film have declared bankruptcy, and it's sparked a new fight in a long-gestating legal battle with a lender.

According to the filing, Mjw FIlms formed J Wick Productions for the financing and production of the 2014 Keanu Reeves-led film John Wick. Mjw owns half of J Wick, and a Michigan-based investor named Sam Eyde owns the other half. 

Mjw turned to Michael Singer for a short-term $235,000 loan because of a funding shortfall on another film called Stuck, according to the complaint. Now, J Wick claims Singer is trying to use ...

Not many artists get to experience as many pop lives as Teddy Geiger. She was a teen idol by 16, with a mushy soft-rock hit, “For You I Will (Confidence),” on her hands. At 19, she starred as the romantic lead opposite future Oscar winner Emma Stone in the comedy The Rocker. After an early retirement at 21, she took a few steps back out of the spotlight and began writing songs for and with other artists, most famously becoming one of the names behind Shawn Mendes’ biggest hits (“Stitches,” “Treat You Better”).

“It was pretty natural,...

Chicago – One of the Windy City’s greatest annual cultural events will open its 2018 edition at the Gene Siskel Film Center. The 24th Black Harvest Film Festival runs from August 4th through 30th, 2018, and features a cornucopia of African American themed features and shorts celebrating stories, dreams, history and legacy. Many of the screenings will include filmmaker appearances, including the Opening Night short film overview, “A Black Harvest Feast,” featuring “Training Wheels” (directed by Sanicole), “Shotgun Wedding” (Derek Dow), “Stuck” (Praheme) and “Riverment” (Shaya Racquel).

August 4th-30th, 2018, at the Gene Siskel Film Center

Photo credit: Black Harvest Film Festival

Opening Night kicks off the month of screenings, including the Sunday, August 5th “Ali and Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes,” a look back at the unique relationship between Muhammed Ali and talk show host Dick Cavett (who will appear with director Robert S. Bader); short film programs with international,...

Back in June, the 2017 Los Angeles Film Festival took over Southern California, hosting screenings at numerous locations and featuring numerous genre films that horror and sci-fi fans should definitely keep on their radars in the coming months. Here are my thoughts on three of the movies that I had the opportunity to watch at the festival:

Replace: As far genre feature film debuts go, co-writer/director Norbert Keil has a lot to be proud of with Replace, a stunning and beautifully executed cinematic mystery that’s part body horror/part psychological thriller. Something of a hallucinatory fever dream at times, Keil has crafted an intriguing and chilling portrait of just how far some folks are willing to go in the name of vanity, and the whole affair is anchored by a trio of powerhouse performances by Rebecca Forsythe, Barbara Crampton, and Lucie Aron.

In Replace, we’re introduced to...

Fluffy is getting a makeover. This week, Fuse announced they've renewed the Gabriel Iglesias series Fluffy Breaks Even for a third season and renamed it Fluffy's Food Adventures (working title).The new season will center on "star comedian and actor Iglesias (known as ‘Fluffy’ to his millions of fans around the world), and feature his eccentric tour mates and fellow comedians Martin Moreno (Stuck), Rick Gutierrez (I’m Not Mad, I’m Just a Parent), Alfred Robles (The Fluffy Movie: Unity Through Laughter) and G Reilly (Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution) as they bring their humor (and appetites) to Harlem, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, Atlanta, New Orleans and Nashville for a taste of the locals’ favorite spots."Read More…...

Not all horror movies have ghosts or zombies or monsters or masked murderers hacking up teenagers. Sometimes, horror movies just find regular people in terrible circumstances and watch as things heat up, like ants put under a magnifying glass in the sun. That’s the case in Body, the feature debut from the writing/directing team of Dan Berk and Robert Olsen and a solid four character thriller and a welcome surprise this year.

Three friends, Holly (Helen Rogers), Mel (Lauren Molina) and Cali (Alexandra Turshen) are hanging out on Christmas Eve. They’ve eaten too much, they’ve smoked a little weed and now they’ve gotten bored. Cali suggests they go over to her rich uncle’s house, which is empty for the holidays. They head over and drink some more and goof around a little. Then a man (Larry Fessenden) shows up and surprises them. There is an accident.

Veteran Canadian film and television producer Ken Gord (The Brain, Highlander, Stuck, Daughter Of Darkness and many, many more) contacted Fango today to share a memory about working with the late, great Sir Christopher Lee… From Ken Gord: “I’m really glad you’re doing this, because I’m saddened and I’d like to share my personal experiences […]...

Fuse Media, the parent company of Fuse and NUVOtv networks, has greenlit a half-hour stand-alone field-based comedy starring comedian Gabriel Iglesias (aka Fluffy) as part of a multi-year partnership to develop new original comedy series. Their first project, Fluffy Breaks Even! (wt) begins production today in Las Vegas. The six-episode series, set to premiere on Fuse in October, will feature Iglesias along with his tour mates and fellow comedians Martin Moreno (Stuck, The…...