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Filming begins for Tales Of The Underworld, an anthology film linked to Lucas & Albert, in Essex. More on the project here.

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Filming is getting underway for Tales Of The Underworld, a new anthology film from Longhurst and Putt Productions.

The film is closely linked with the studio’s previous film, Lucas And Albert, which won Best Feature Film at the 2020 National Film Awards.

Tales Of The Underworld will feature 12 stories that are all interlinked to each other. Filming is taking place next week and at the end of April in Tendring, North Essex.

Darren S Cook, who also helmed Lucas And Albert, is directing the film. The large ensemble cast includes Tony Denham, Michael McKell, Ian Burfield, Kim Taylforth, Sidney Livingstone, Sidney Kean, Cassandra French, Lovelace Akpojaro, Gary Hales, Steve Ward, David Biscoe, Jordan Abrams Susan Regan, Matthew Benham, James Pickering,...

At the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, TV is invading the schedule in a whole new way. The Park City film fest has previously dabbled in what’s possible on the small screen, but this year marks the launch of the Indie Episodics section — which will spotlight TV pilots that mostly lack mainstream distribution.

The selections include “America to Me,” a new docu-series by “Hoop Dreams” director Steve James; as well as “The Mortified Guide,” a screen adaptation of the popular stage show “Mortified,” spotlighting the most embarrassing true stories of adolescence. There’s also “This Close,” showcasing star/creators Josh Feldman and Shoshannah Stern (both of whom are deaf), and “Franchesca,” featuring digital star and “The Nightly Show” writer/contributor Franchesca Ramsey.

This marks a major change for Sundance, and a renewed commitment to independent television. While Sundance has featured TV programming since the premiere of “Top of the Lake” in...

The Slamdance Film Festival announced today their narrative and documentary feature film competition for its 24th Festival edition, taking place January 19-25, 2018 in Park City. Established in 1995 by a group of filmmakers whose work had been rejected by the Sundance Film Festival, Slamdance is dedicated to fostering a community for independent emerging artists, fashioning itself “the premiere film festival by filmmakers, for filmmakers.”

The feature competition includes 16 premieres, mostly produced in the U.S. All competition films are feature length directorial debuts with budgets of less than $1 million Usd, and without Us distribution. In addition, the festival announced a new partnership with alumni Anthony and Joe Russo (“Captain America: Civil War,” and “Avengers: Infinity War”) to establish the inaugural Russo Fellowship award. Every participating filmmaker will be eligible for a $25,000 cash prize and mentorship from the Russos in the development of the winner’s next project at the brothers’ Los Angeles studio.

San Diego Comic-Con 2017 concluded a week ago, but, if we’re hearing you correctly, you’re struggling to find the closure you need to move on. Help is on the way. Actually, help has arrived in the form of TVLine’s annual Sdcc highlight/outtake/blooper reel.

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Not only does the above 8-minute video offer assorted highlights from the dozens of exclusive Q&As conducted by yours truly as well as Kim Roots and Andy Swift in our Hint-infused interview suite, but it also — per tradition — features tons of never-before-seen,...

It’s The Handmaids vs. The Pearsons!

The dust is only beginning to settle from this morning’s Emmy nominations announcement, but Team TVLine is already looking ahead to the Sept. 17 ceremony — specifically the Outstanding Drama Series duel between NBC’s This Is Us and Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale. In the latest edition of the TVLine Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Michael Ausiello, Editor-at-Large Matt Mitovich, Executive Editor Kim Roots and Senior Digital Editor Andy Swift weigh in which of the two breakout dramas is the bigger frontrunner heading into the CBS-televised kudoscast.

Other topics raised and hashed out in the...

The first season of Twin Peaks remains one of the most satisfying viewing experiences of my life. When the 90-minute pilot debuted on ABC on April 8, 1990, just two months shy of my high school graduation, I was instantly slayed. It was like the TV gods took all of my favorite things — a compelling, suspenseful murder mystery, mountain-high emotional stakes, rich characters, measured quirkiness — and rolled them into one series.

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But like many Twin Peaks fans, I broke up with the series midway into Season 2, when David Lynch...

Happy birthday, Cher!

The "fashion icon Armenian Queen" received a touching tribute from Kim Kardashian in honor of her 71st birthday on Saturday.

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"Happy Birthday to my fashion icon Armenian Queen Cher!" Kardashian wrote on Twitter, before sharing pics of some of Cher's most iconic looks.

Watch: Kim and Kourtney Kardashian Step Out in Style, Pose With Cher at 'The Promise' Premiere -- See the Pics!

Cher is set to receive the Icon Award at Sunday's Billboard Music Awards -- where she'll also give her first awards show performance in 15 years.

See more in the video below.

Last year, Boom! Studios found a fresh way to tap into ’90s nostalgia with their Mighty Morphin Power Rangers comic book series. Now they're teaming up with Saban Brands to debut a new comic book series called Saban's Go Go Power Rangers this July, and we have a look at the various covers of the first issue.

Press Release:Los Angeles, Calif. (April 20, 2017) – Boom! Studios and Saban Brands announce Saban’S Go Go Power Rangers, an all-new ongoing comic book series that will debut in July 2017 and is based on the original, hit TV series “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.” The series will explore the transition of the original five Rangers from ordinary high schoolers to world-saving superheroes. Ryan Parrott (Star Trek: Starfleet Academy) returns to Boom! Studios and the Power Rangers franchise after his work on the sold-out, original graphic novel, Power Rangers: Aftershock, which followed the release of the 2017 feature film,...

Last Week’S Review: Brotherly Love Goes Bad as Danger Mounts in the Season 3 Premiere

[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for “Better Call Saul” Season 3, Episode 2, “Witness.”]

Case Summary

On the surface, things initially look good for fledging law practice Wexler-McGill — at the very least, they’ve got a pip of a new assistant and fancy new wall art. However, there’s danger lurking thanks to a tip-off from Ernie about Chuck’s recording of Jimmy’s confession. Kim has a legal strategy mapped out to take care of things, but when Jimmy loses his temper and decides to take matters into his own hands, the results are explosive.

Meanwhile, Mike’s efforts to figure out who’s been tracking him lead to everyone’s favorite chicken joint: Los Pollos Hermanos, where some very familiar faces lie in wait. The episode ends with Mike getting a call — a call which seems likely to change his life.

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Season 3 of “Better Call Saul” is quickly heading into “Breaking Bad” territory by including past characters. Of course, everyone’s favorite chicken/meth-peddling villain Gus Fring has been slated to appear for some time now, but another familiar face is teased in this exclusive clip from next week’s episode.

In the clip which you can watch below, Jimmy, now running his own law practice alongside Kim, seemingly jumps the gun on a new hire. Not one to waste any time, Jimmy decides to hire the very first applicant of their new law firm, much to the annoyance of Kim.

While the character isn’t named, they are “more than adequate,” according to Jimmy who realizes the potential of someone who “worked at the Dmv” which is “like the fifth circle of hell.”

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Further emphasizing the influence of “Breaking Bad” this season,...

Cher is happy to report that her mother Georgia Holt is doing "really great."

"You know, my mom is 91 and she's fabulous," the 70-year-old icon told Et's Carly Steel at Thursday's premiere of The Promise in Los Angeles. "She has some rough moments but for all [intents and] purposes, she barely takes any medication."

Exclusive: Cher on Outlasting Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez -- 'I Was Doing Vegas When They Were in Rompers'

"She has to worry about just a few things, about getting pneumonia," she continued. "That's the thing I worry about the most."

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Last month, the "Turn Back Time" singer worried fans when she dropped out of a Lifetime movie due to a "serious family issue." A source told Et at the time that Cher's inability to commit to the film stemmed from her concern for her mother's "fragile" state.

Watch: Kim and Kourtney Kardashian Step Out in Style With Cher at The Promise [link=tt...

More living dead adventures are on the horizon for TV viewers, as Netflix has announced a new, eight-episode Korean zombie series called Kingdom that will premiere in 2018.

Press Release: Seoul - March 6, 2017 - Netflix Inc., the world’s leading Internet television network, today announced its second Korean original television series - Kingdom. The eight-episode series, produced by a prominent Korean Drama production company, Astory, is set in Korea’s medieval Joseon period where a crown prince is sent on a suicide mission to investigate a mysterious outbreak that leads him to a brutal truth that threatens the kingdom.

Kingdom breaks new ground by combining two popular genres in one series: historical period drama and zombie action-thriller. The show is a collaboration between two of Korea’s strongest storytellers - director Kim Seong-hun whose latest success Tunnel was a top five movie in the Korean box office last year; and writer...

What is Love if not a battlefield — or just one man’s noble attempt to get a girl he likes away from his apartment so they can avoid rushing into sex?

Netflix’s underrated, delightfully rough-around-the-edges rom-com returns on Friday, March 10, beginning with a premiere that takes the concept of a bottle episode and essentially turns it on its head. The half-hour finds Mickey trapped at Gus’ apartment complex amid a police lockdown, trying to resist the urge to hook up in the wake of admitting that she’s a sex and love addict. Unfortunately, Gus’ efforts to help her...

[Editor’s note: Major spoilers for “Girls” Season 6, Episode 3, “American Bitch” follow. The episode airs Sunday, February 26 on HBO, but is now available to stream via HBO Now and HBO Go.]

When you ask Richard Shepard how he feels about directing episodes of “Girls” — specifically episodes like “American Bitch” — the word he uses is “lucky.” (More than once.) The Emmy-winning director has been a regular in the rotation of “Girls” directors, most notably being the helmer of choice for the show’s “bottle episodes” — relatively self-contained installments focusing on just one of the titular girls for an entire half-hour.

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“The bottle episodes are extremely challenging and also extremely fun because you get to spend all this direct time with the actors and the characters,” he told IndieWire via phone. “And you get to shift the cinematic style a little bit because of the nature of whatever it is. We do things that had not been done on the show before.”

As one example, Shepard mentioned “The Panic in Central Park,...

Following the Cambodian premiere of Angelina Jolie’s new film First They Killed My Father in Siem Reap, Cambodia Saturday, co-screenwriter, rights activist and author of the book that inspired the movie, Loung Ung, spoke to People about what it was like working on set, the challenges of portraying the Cambodian genocide on film and eating tarantulas to lighten the mood among the cast and crew.

Ung, who has been friends with Jolie since First They Killed My Father was published in 2001, said that there was a real “family feel” on set, with Jolie’s son Maddox, 15, helping with production and her second eldest Pax,...

A 25 New Face from 2006, So Yong Kim’s Lovesong premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2016 and opens today in New York from Strand Releasing. The below interview was originally published during the film’s Sundance premiere. While continuing to make subtle, emotional, character-based stories, So Yong Kim’s cinema has been one of change and evolution. Her debut feature, 2006’s In Between Days, spent several days surveying the burgeoning first love of two Korean teenagers living in Toronto. Largely filmed in Korean, and shot on a micro budget with non actors, the film landed Kim on our 25 New […]...

To the cadre of fans who have followed South Korean director Hong Sang-soo’s work over the years, he’s best-known for repeating different versions of the same formula: Portraits of chatty, neurotic creative types, usually filmmakers and actors, all of whom usually wind up drinking a lot of Soju and arguing through their problems with alternately funny and insightful results.

More recently, Hong has also been known as one half of a marriage scandal that dominated Korean tabloids more than any of his movies. While the media speculated, the peripatetic filmmaker quietly stuck to his one-film-a-year pace while remaining silent on the topic. Now, he has provided a response in the best terms at his disposal — with a movie. “On the Beach at Night Alone” is a fascinating sublimation of autobiography into Hong’s precise creative terms, a bittersweet character study as poignant, witty and deceptively slight as much...

The highly-anticipated Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is just a day away, and the models are getting themselves into tip-top shape before their big reveal down the runway. That means working out, waxing, spray-tanning, deep-conditioning their hair, and moisturizing their mugs in a way truly befitting an Angel: 24-karat gold face masks.

If you’re dying to get the glowing skin Alessandra Ambrosio, Sara Sampaio, Iza Goulart and Elsa Hosk are known for, behold the models’ pre-runway skincare secret: pricey, precious removable face masks.. If you’re willing to shell out $300 (yes, that’s the price of beauty), this gold...

Nearly a dozen bodies — mostly of women — have been found on Gilgo Beach in New York. Are they connected? Subscribe to People now for details of the Long Island Serial Killer, on newsstands now.

He’s the sort of killer who is often social and extremely good at making people feel comfortable. He grooms his victims before he strikes. He takes risks — and sadistic pleasure — in taunting his victim’s family and friends. He probably isn’t a substance abuser.

According to two experts, this is the emerging picture of whoever is responsible for at least some of the 10-plus...

Nearly a dozen bodies — mostly of women — have been found on Gilgo Beach in New York. Are they connected? Subscribe to People now for details of the Long Island Serial Killer, on newsstands now.

It seems the closest that anyone has gotten to catching the Long Island Serial Killer may be a phone call.

Little is known about whoever is responsible for the 10-plus bodies uncovered in recent years on Gilgo Beach in Long Island, New York. No suspects have ever been identified. But the victims’ friends and family do know this: The killer or killers like to taunt them.

For those familiar with the films of Hong Sang-soo, there’s really only one thing you need to know: The new one is pretty major, and not just because they drink beer this time instead of the usual soju. For those who haven’t yet been introduced to this singularly idiosyncratic Korean auteur, “Yourself and Yours” is as good a place to start as any.

But first, a quick primer: Hong Sang-soo movies have never been about what happens. Some of them are about what happened, some of them are about what could have happened, and — increasingly — some of them are about the difference between the two. Of course, the joke with Hong is that his movies are pretty much indistinguishable, these rueful, belligerently drunken comedies so similar that watching any two of them in succession is like doing one of those cartoon puzzles where you have to spot the...

Excited for the Halloween season yet? Syfy's 31 Days of Halloween kicks off this Friday and will feature The Crooked Man, starring Michael Jai White (The Dark Knight, Spawn). Also in today's Horror Highlights: trailers for both Night of the Living Dead: Genesis and StalkHer, festival screening details for films from Blanc/Biehn Productions, and details on a distribution agreement between XLrator Media and Blue Fox Entertainment.

The Crooked Man Airing on Syfy's 31 Days of Horror: "The Crooked Man, starring Michael Jai White (Spawn), Amber Benson (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) and Dina Meyer (Starship Troopers) kicks off Syfy's 31 Days of Halloween [on Saturday, October 1st at 9:00 p.m. Et.]

Synopsis: While at a slumber party, twelve year old ‘Olivia’ is blamed for the horrific and mysterious death of her friend after singing a song, created by a reclusive mastermind, ‘Milo’ (Michael Jai White), which summons a demonic figure known as "The Crooked Man". Returning to her hometown six years later,...

Kim McGuire, a New Orleans native whose film career wasn’t long, but was certainly memorable, has died. She was admitted to a Florida hospital on Tuesday with pneumonia; she did not respond to treatment, and died yesterday of cardiac arrest. Her husband, TV graphic and sound designer Gene Piotrowsky, broke the news on Twitter, saying, “Today is a very sad day. Kim “hatchet face” McGuire my best friend, and the love of my life [passed] away this afternoon. I love you so much.” She was 60.

As Piotrowsky mentioned in his tweet, McGuire was most famous for her role in John Waters’ Cry-Baby, where she dramatically exaggerated her features with makeup to play Mona “Hatchet-Face” Malnorowski, a tough-as-nails girl gang member who The New York Times described as “a hideously contorted floozy” in its review of the film. The character of Hatchet-Face became a breakout hit, and McGuire began...

Kim McGuire, best known for playing Mona 'Hatchet-Face' Malnorowski alongside Johnny Depp in the cult classic Cry-Baby, has died at the age of 60. McGuire's husband, Gene Piotrowsky, confirmed her death to The Associated Press on Thursday. Piotrowsky said she died Wednesday at a Naples, Florida, hospital of complications from pneumonia. McGuire had one of the most memorable performances in the 1990 John Waters' teen musical as the facially disfigured Malnorowsk, a devoted member of Cry-Baby's (Depp) gang of misfit teens. Fans of McGuire's work have already taken to Twitter with their condolences: "it's okay, hatchet. you're beautiful baby." ): #RipKimMcGuire #CryBaby pic.

Kim McGuire, best known for playing Mona 'Hatchet-Face' Malnorowski alongside Johnny Depp in the cult classic Cry-Baby, has died at the age of 60. McGuire's husband, Gene Piotrowsky, confirmed her death to The Associated Press on Thursday. Piotrowsky said she died Wednesday at a Naples, Florida, hospital of complications from pneumonia. McGuire had one of the most memorable performances in the 1990 John Waters' teen musical as the facially disfigured Malnorowsk, a devoted member of Cry-Baby's (Depp) gang of misfit teens. Fans of McGuire's work have already taken to Twitter with their condolences: "it's okay, hatchet. you're beautiful baby." ): #RipKimMcGuire #CryBaby pic.

Kim Maguire, an actress who played Mona “Hatchet Face” Malnorowski opposite Johnny Depp in Cry-Baby, died Wednesday of cardiac arrest at a Florida hospital. She was 60. A native of New Orleans, Maguire graduated from law school but by the mid-1980s was focused on acting. She responded to an ad for an audition and soon was cast by writer-director John Waters to play the grotesquely disfigured Hatchet Face, a member of the gang led by “Cry-Baby” Walker (Depp), in the 1990…...

Kim Maguire, an actress who played Mona “Hatchet Face” Malnorowski opposite Johnny Depp in Cry-Baby, died Wednesday of cardiac arrest at a Florida hospital. She was 60. A native of New Orleans, Maguire graduated from law school but by the mid-1980s was focused on acting. She responded to an ad for an audition and soon was cast by writer-director John Waters to play the grotesquely disfigured Hatchet Face, a member of the gang led by “Cry-Baby” Walker (Depp), in the 1990…...

After months of rabid speculation and agonizing misdirects — 24 of them, to be exact — Wednesday’s American Horror Story season premiere finally revealed the anthology series’ sixth theme.

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Curiously titled “Chapter 1,” the season premiere opened with confessional interviews — including one from Ahs fave Lily Rabe, being played in reenactments by Sarah Paulson — framed as being part of an apparent documentary called My Roanoke Nightmare. (Looks like those TMZ set photos were right!)

The premiere focused on a couple, the other half of which was played by Cuba Gooding, Jr., who...

The Toronto International Film Festival is mere weeks from kicking off, yet the annual fall fest is showing zero sign of slowing down when it comes to announcing the titles that will round out this year’s event. Today’s announcement brings with it a number of Cannes favorites, including Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or-winning “I, Daniel Blake,” Olivier Assayas’ divisive Kristen Stewart-starring “Personal Shopper” and Pedro Almodovar’s “Julieta.”

Read More: Tiff Reveals First Slate of 2016 Titles, Including ‘Magnificent Seven,’ ‘American Honey,’ ‘La La Land’ and ‘Birth of A Nation’

The slate will also play home to the Dardenne Brothers’ latest, “The Unknown Girl,” which has reportedly been through an edit since it debuted at Cannes earlier this year. Other standouts from Cannes include Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “Aquarius,” Boo Junfeng’s “Apprentice,” Cristian Mungiu’s “Graduation,” Brillante Ma Mendoza’s “Ma’ Rosa” and Cristi Puiu’s “Sieranevada.

As we wind down towards the end of the summer, one can’t help but have their minds wander towards what’s next, cinematically speaking. Namely, the fall festival season, which will soon be upon us. We’ve already had the Venice Film Festival announce their lineup, as well as most of the titles playing at the Toronto International Film Festival, but earlier today the New York Film Festival also announced what was playing at their shindig. Now, we mostly know the lay of the festival landscape, and it’s looking very exciting, if I do say so myself. The next few months can’t come soon enough… Below you will see what the Toronto International Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, and New York Film Festival have announced to date as their entries. Each fest has something interesting and exclusive to offer, while there is some crossover to be found as well.

Is there a best picture winner in the bunch? The Venice Film Festival has unveiled its 2016 lineup, including both in competition and out of competition offerings, and with the festival’s strong track record of debuting recent best picture winners — from “Spotlight” to “Birdman” — there might be another big winner among the slate’s ranks.

As had been previously announced, the festival will open with Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land,” which will later hit Toronto (and, presumably, also Telluride). The festival will close with Antoine Fuqua’s “The Magnificent Seven,” which kicks off its own festival run days earlier, when it will open Tiff.

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Other picks that will also do the Venice-tiff two-step include Tom Ford’s “Nocturnal Animals,” Denis Villeneuve’s “Arrival,” Francois Ozon’s “Frantz,” Nick Hamm...

After highlighting the best films of the year thus far, it’s time to turn our attention to the fall. While Venice and Telluride will get things going, the biggest seasonal event is easily the Toronto International Film Festival. With hundreds of titles from around the globe on its slate, many of our yearly favorites debut there and we’ll be covering in-depth yet again this year. To get a preview of what to expect, they’ve announced their initial line-up of titles.

The slate includes Tom Ford‘s Nocturnal Animals, Denis Villeneuve‘s Arrival, Damien Chazelle‘s La La Land, Kim Ji-woon‘s The Age of Shadows, Ewan McGregor‘s American Pastoral, the Miles Teller-led Bleed for This, Denial starring Rachel Weisz, Christopher Guest‘s Mascots, Werner Herzog‘s Salt and Fire, the Michael Fassbender-led Trespass Against Us, Una starring Rooney Mara, Rob Reiner‘s Lbj, A Monster Calls,...

Don’t Breathe and Blood Father to close genre fest; world premiere of the late Pascal Chaumeil’s last film; Brandon Cronenberg project in works-in-progress strand; genre Vr panel set.

The Fantasia International Film Festival’s (July 14 - August 3) 20th edition will close with Fede Alvarez’s Don’t Breathe and Jean-Francois Richet’s Blood Father, starring Mel Gibson.

In Don’t Breathe, three friends break into the house of a wealthy blind man with unexpected consequences.

The film is produced by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert, along with Alvarez. Sony Pictures will release in North America in late August, 2016.

Jean-Francois Richet’s Blood Father will make its North American premiere as part of the festival’s closing night events and as the official closing film of the Action! Section.

The thriller, which first premiered at Cannes in May, stars Mel Gibson as an ex-con who reunites with his estranged 16-year old daughter to protect her from...

The Most Crucial Art Documents of the Season

Setting from your Zombie Formalism section. It was an eventful year for craft publishing, with a lot of adjustments while in the scenery, as new guides exposed (including this one), or jumped up. or reinvented themselves. But beneath all-the institutional shuffles, what were the suggestions that got people excited? the remaining selection under is clearly an individual one, although I polled peers to attempt to answer that issue. The planet is reflected by it around me, and is weighted towards bits that reflect my own personal spot and my own personal feeling of this year;s troubled features. Regardless, listed below are a number of writing that I think are touchstones of 2014 of the items: Holland Cotter – Sophisticated, New York Times. Jan 17, 2014 It;s a little insane if you ask me that s fretful, condition that is sweeping -of-the-scene part is per year old.

The Most Important Art Essays of the Entire Year

Setting from the Zombie Formalism screen. It had been an eventful year for craft writing, with a lot of changes while in the panorama, as new publications popped (including this 1), or sprang up. or reinvented themselves. But beneath all of the institutional shuffles, what were? I polled colleagues to try to answer that concern, nevertheless the final choice below is obviously a personal one. The entire world is reflected by it around me, and it is measured towards pieces that replicate my own area and my own personal feeling of the year’s troubled attributes. Regardless, listed here are some of publishing that I believe are touchstones of 2014 of the items: Holland Cotter, Lost in the Gallery – Sophisticated, & quot York Times. January 17, 2014 It’s a bit nuts tome that state that is sweeping, s fretful -of-the-world piece has already been per year old.

One-and-a-third seasons in, AMC’s Better Call Saul has been extremely sparing with the Breaking Bad cameos — but a fun one popped up at the tail end of this Monday’s episode.

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Capping an hour that was otherwise wonderfully Kim-centric, banged-up-and-bruised Mike was approached at the diner by a stranger, someone who wanted to discuss Tuco Salamanca’s imminent sentencing and incarceration:

The hothead’s uncle Hector “Tio” Salamanca, again played by Breaking Bad bell-ringer Mark Margolis.

“He really did a number on you,” Tio observed upon climbing into a booth opposite Mike,...

Where They From: Ficarra & Requa and the Privileged Perspective

Cinematic depictions of the ongoing conflict(s) in the Middle East continue to be a touchy subject, particularly for those English language illustrations daring to convey a certain satirical element involving the U.S. presence there. While pleasing everyone is never a possibility, there are several elements about Glenn Ficarra and John Requa’s Whiskey Tango Foxtrot which could have been easily remedied to avoid inarguable ire, namely with its severely miscast supporting actors. Based on the 2011 memoirs of journalist Kim Barker, The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan, this is provocative subject matter made all the more alluring by the self-aware talents of Tina Fey doing her best to subvert our expectations of a white, privileged perspective. Overall, the end product has too many glaring demerits to warrant praise, but as a showcase for a well-rounded serious...

While Kendall Jenner was busy switching hair colors with Gigi Hadid for Balmain, siblings Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian West took it one step further.

The sisters played around with Snapchat's new Face Swap function Thursday and further showcased their similar features.

"I look really good," Jenner, 18, remarked in one video of the switcheroo, adding, "I've always wanted to look like you."

Agreed Kardashian West, "I think this is the best Face Swap ever."

A video posted by Kylie Jenner Snapchats (@kylizzlesnapchats) on Mar 3, 2016 at 5:30pm Pst

The Top 5 Reasons We're Obsessed with Kylie Jenner

"The Kim and Kylie mix is really so good,...

While Kendall Jenner was busy switching hair colors with Gigi Hadid for Balmain, siblings Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian West took it one step further. The sisters played around with Snapchat's new Face Swap function Thursday and further showcased their similar features. "I look really good," Jenner, 18, remarked in one video of the switcheroo, adding, "I've always wanted to look like you." Agreed Kardashian West, "I think this is the best Face Swap ever." A video posted by Kylie Jenner Snapchats (@kylizzlesnapchats) on Mar 3, 2016 at 5:30pm Pst The Top 5 Reasons We're Obsessed with Kylie Jenner "The Kim and Kylie mix is really so good,...

Portland’s Wesen, meet the hippest of Hep Aliens.

Gilmore Girls star Keiko Agena will guest-star in an upcoming episode of Grimm, and TVLine has exclusive details about her role.

Agena will play Madoka Akagi, a second-generation Japanese-American woman who loses her teenage son, Kuma, in a devastating tragedy that her husband believes is no accident.

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Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Man in the High Castle, Revenge) also will guest-star as Takeshi Himura, the Akagis’ family friend and lawyer whose loyalty provides great comfort during a related trial.

In just a few short weeks, the hit AMC series Better Call Saul will return with the Season 2 Premiere on Monday, February 15, just one day after the The Walking Dead returns. To get fans ready for this highly-anticipated return, Entertainment Weekly has a clip from this new episode. The clip features Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) helping himself to the cucumber water that he isn't supposed to drink.

A prequel to the award-winning series Breaking Bad, the series follows down-on-his-luck Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) as he navigates the moral dilemmas of the legal world while trying to step out of his older brother's shadow and make a name for himself. Season 1 found Jimmy stumble upon a large class-action lawsuit, which led to a promising job opportunity at a large firm. Having arrived at a fork in the road, will Jimmy take the straight and narrow path with a safe corporate job...

Former Good Wife private eye Archie Panjabi is headed back to the courtroom with a starring role in ABC’s The Jury.

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The potential drama series examines the ultimate social experiment that happens thousands of times a day in the U.S.: a person’s fate is placed in the hands of 12 strangers. Described as 12 Angry Men meets the podcast Serial, the project follows a single murder trial a season as seen through the eyes of the individual jurors, exploring the biases and experiences that influence the jurors’ judgment,...

When your blind date’s most scintillating conversation concludes with “I love all parts of pizzas,” you are in trouble indeed.

Jess learns that lesson the hard way in this Tuesday’s New Girl (Fox, 8/7c), and the fact that Saturday Night Live‘s Taran Killam plays her snoozy suitor is cold comfort — as you’ll see in the following exclusive sneak peek.

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The upside? Killam’s Fred has really cool parents, played by Henry Winkler (Happy Days) and Julie Hagerty (Airplane). And by the end of the video,...

If you’ve missed Fox Mulder’s monotone voiceovers, play Powerball: Today is your lucky day.

David Duchovny’s signature flat exposition kicks off The X-Files‘ upcoming revival, the first minute of which was released to the public on Monday.

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The video, available only at www.doyoustillbelieve.com, gives both newbies and fans of the sci-fi series a condensed catch-up on the highlights of Seasons 1-9, which aired on Fox from 1993-2002.

In the clip, as Mulder intones all the salient points about Mulder and his former FBI partner,...

Kim Kardashian West is continuing to take over the world one selfie (emoticon) at a time.

That's right – the reality star-turned-entrepreneur has just created a customized collection of emojis – aptly titled Kimoji – that includes more than 250 food, beauty and pop culture-related images that the mother of two has been working on with a design team for the past two years. (Think: Kim's scantily clad booty and penchant for selfies.)

More importantly, however, is the question plaguing every avid emoji user: "Is there a good time to ever use Kim's butt emoji?" Why yes, yes of course. In fact, the...

Kim Kardashian West is continuing to take over the world one selfie (emoticon) at a time. That's right - the reality star-turned-entrepreneur has just created a customized collection of emojis - aptly titled Kimoji - that includes more than 250 food, beauty and pop culture-related images that the mother of two has been working on with a design team for the past two years. (Think: Kim's scantily clad booty and penchant for selfies.) More importantly, however, is the question plaguing every avid emoji user: "Is there a good time to ever use Kim's butt emoji?" Why yes, yes of course.

Kim Kardashian West is continuing to take over the world one selfie (emoticon) at a time. That's right - the reality star-turned-entrepreneur has just created a customized collection of emojis - aptly titled Kimoji - that includes more than 250 food, beauty and pop culture-related images that the mother of two has been working on with a design team for the past two years. (Think: Kim's scantily clad booty and penchant for selfies.) More importantly, however, is the question plaguing every avid emoji user: "Is there a good time to ever use Kim's butt emoji?" Why yes, yes of course.

Festival top brass announced on Monday the 12 Narrative and eight Documentary Feature Film Competition films in 22nd edition, set to run in Park City from January 22-28, 2016.

The 20-strong line-up includes 12 world premieres, three North American premieres and one Us premiere.

All competition films are feature directorial debuts with budgets of less than $1m and without Us distribution.

Jury awards are presented to feature films in both categories and all films are eligible for audience awards as well as the Spirit Of Slamdance Award, judged by the filmmakers themselves.

“The standard of Diy filmmaking around the world is the highest we’ve seen, and the diversity of storytelling is the most we’ve experienced,” sad Slamdance co-founder and president Peter Baxter.

“With a record breaking number of submissions to select from, the narrative and documentary feature line-up has never been so competitive or as exciting to programme.”

All synopses provided by the festival.

Narrative Features...

Festival top brass announced on Monday the 12 Narrative and eight Documentary Feature Film Competition films in 22nd edition, set to run in Park City from January 22-28, 2016.

The 20-strong line-up includes 12 world premieres, three North American premieres and one Us premiere.

All competition films are feature directorial debuts with budgets of less than $1m and without Us distribution.

Jury awards are presented to feature films in both categories and all films are eligible for audience awards as well as the Spirit Of Slamdance Award, judged by the filmmakers themselves.

“The standard of Diy filmmaking around the world is the highest we’ve seen, and the diversity of storytelling is the most we’ve experienced,” sad Slamdance co-founder and president Peter Baxter.

“With a record breaking number of submissions to select from, the narrative and documentary feature line-up has never been so competitive or as exciting to programme.”

Al synopses provided by the festival.

Narrative Features...

Break out your special Daryl Dixon-themed calendar, 'cause it's time to mark down some premiere and return dates. Winter schedules were recently released for multiple networks, including AMC, Bravo, Crackle, Starz, and WEtv. On the AMC side, you'll get the 2016 return date for "The Walking Dead" Season 6, after its midseason break. Over on Bravo, we have reminders on premiere dates for "Top Chef" Season 13 and "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" Season 6, among others.

Here are highlights from the networks's winter schedules:

AMC

o. "The Walking Dead" Season 6B Premieres Sunday, February 14th at 9:00Pm Et/Pt

Based on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics, "The Walking Dead" reigns as television's most watched drama for Adults 18-49. "The Walking Dead" tells the story of the months and years that follow after a zombie apocalypse, and follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes,...