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Some subgenres of horror are so well-worn that it’s hard to find genuinely original new films in that style. We Bury the Dead offers an unconventional approach to the zombie genre, emphasizing emotion over straightforward scares, resulting in a film that is much more affecting and dread-inducing than the typical flick about the undead.

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The film is set in Tasmania after the accidental detonation of a weapon that kills everyone on the island, as a woman volunteers to retrieve the bodies of the dead, hoping to find her missing husband, soon discovering that many of the dead are exhibiting signs of life. Although Zak Hilditch’s script hits many familiar beats and tropes, it explores them with an uncommon emotion and vulnerability that elevates it beyond this familiarity.

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Flying Lotus may be best known as a musician, winning a Grammy for producing Kendrick Lamar’s masterpiece To Pimp a Butterfly, but in the cinephile community, he is known as one of horror cinema’s most exciting sickos. His sophomore feature, Ash, offers every ounce of aesthetic style that fans will expect, but it is squandered on an uninteresting and derivative script.

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Ash follows a woman who wakes up as the sole survivor of a vicious attack on her interplanetary mission as she sets out on a mission to discover what happened to the rest of her crew. It’s an unholy conglomeration of every sci-fi horror trope you can think of, from Alien to The Thing, resulting in a film that is very difficult to get invested in.

Because Ash is so generic, it ends up dragging despite a runtime that is just over 90 minutes. It...

The premise for writer/director Jess Varley‘s feature debut instantly intrigues; the mostly single-location sci-fi thriller stars Kate Mara as The Astronaut who may have brought something back with her upon re-entering Earth’s orbit. It’s a concept that Varley mines for psychological tension, playing on the ambiguity of whether the threat is internal or external to drive up the paranoia and fear. Varley’s eventual answer to this looming question audaciously delivers something new, though it struggles to stick its landing.

The Astronaut opens with the rescue of Captain Sam Walker (Mara) at sea, found unconscious in her pod with her helmet’s faceplate shattered and a baseball-sized hole in the side of the spacecraft. Combined with unsettling bruising on her hand, routine re-entry quarantine comes with extra surveillance and concern from her military handlers. Luckily, her father, General William Harris (Laurence Fishburne), works high up in...

Oscar night is a time when dreams come true, but for some, it also brings a wave of heartache. The 97th Academy Awards were full of surprises, but nothing quite shook the room like Demi Moore’s unexpected loss to Mikey Madison. We couldn’t help but feel for The Substance star, 62, as she sat there, waiting for her name to be called, only to hear a name she hadn’t prepared for.

As a fan of her work, we could see how hard it hit her, and her one-word response— “nice”—said it all.

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You could almost feel the weight of the moment in that chilly nod. It’s moments like these that remind us how much these actors pour into their roles. This year’s Oscar night was more than just about a statue—it was about perseverance,...

In September, Griff took the stage at New York’s Terminal 5 to a sold-out audience on her Vertigo world tour. The space holds a capacity of nearly 3,000 people, but for the duration of her set, the British singer-songwriter and producer transformed the venue into a room that matched the energy of a show at Madison Square Garden. Before she emerged with thundering live renditions of songs from her debut album, Griff joined Rolling Stone backstage for an episode of The Green Room to discuss the making of Vertigo, carving out...

The upcoming episode of “House Hunters: Cabin Dreams” promises an exciting journey as it follows a female astronaut turned artist on her quest for the perfect home. Titled “Arizona Astronaut Seeks Space,” this episode will air at 5:00 Am on Thursday, November 28, 2024, on HGTV. Set in the vibrant city of Mesa, Arizona, the episode showcases the unique blend of creativity and practicality.

In this episode, the astronaut is on the lookout for a midcentury modern home that will serve as her creative sanctuary. With a background in space exploration, she brings a unique perspective to her artistic endeavors. The search is not just about finding a house; it’s about creating a space where her imagination can soar. However, her best friend, who is more grounded in reality, has concerns about the potential for the astronaut to get carried away with a fixer-upper. The friend worries that the costs might spiral out of control,...

Tears for Fears stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday night to perform “The Girl That I Call Home,” one of the new songs included on their recent live album Songs for a Nervous Planet.

With their live band and backing vocalists in tow, Tears for Fears gave a wistful performance of “The Girl That I Call Home.” Roland Orzabal, who wrote the song about his wife, took the lead through the song’s delicate verses, and was joined in a high harmony by his bandmate Curt Smith in the chorus. Watch the band’s performance below.

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Tears for Fears shared the live album Songs for a Nervous Planet, which featured “The Girl That I Call Home,” “Astronaut,” and two other new originals, on October 25th. The album arrived with an accompanying concert film that was screened in theaters around the world the weekend of release.

Tears for Fears are back with “Astronaut,” the latest new song off their upcoming live album Songs for a Nervous Planet.

“Astronaut” features some sublime, reverb-ridden falsetto from Roland Orzabal and takes a majestic, glammy turn in the chorus. “I wanna be an astronaut,” Orzabal sings with harmonies surrounding him. “Emotionally it’s about this guy who doesn’t feel he belongs here and wants to be an astronaut floating out into space… a lot of people identify with the emotion of that song, that sense of alienation,” said the band’s Curt Smith in a statement.

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The song came together during the sessions for Tears for Fears’ 2022 album, The Tipping Point. “Once we realized that we were going to end up doing more than just one new track for this album, Roland sent me the original recording of “Astronaut” and I had forgotten...

New Wave heroes Tears for Fears have announced their first-ever live album, Songs for a Nervous Planet, out everywhere on October 25th. In addition to live classics recorded during the band’s recent tour, there are four new original tracks on Songs for a Nervous Planet, including today’s teaser track, “The Girl That I Call Home.” Pre-order the album here.

Songs for a Nervous Planet is comprised of 22 tracks, with the four new studio cuts kicking off the album. The rest of the live album follows the career-spanning setlist of Tears for Fears’ “Tipping Point Tour Part II,” with the recordings coming from a July 11th, 2023 show at FirstBank Amphitheater in Franklin, Tennessee. In addition to several cuts from the band’s 2022 album The Tipping Point, Songs for a Nervous Planet features live performances of several Tears for Fears classics like “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” “Mad World,...

Noted American actor Richard Dreyfuss has been on the receiving end of stark criticism after his appearance at a special screening event of Jaws at The Cabot theater in Beverly, Massachusetts. The 76-year-old was the special guest at an “An Evening With Richard Dreyfuss + Jaws Screening” which was held over Memorial Day.

However, hundreds of attendees allegedly walked out of the Q&a session following multiple homophobic, transphobic, and racist comments allegedly made at the event by Dreyfuss. According to social media responses, Dreyfuss allegedly spoke offensively about Barbara Streisand, and criticized the Academy’s rules on inclusivity, before going on a rant against transphobic people ‘affirming their gender.’

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The actor, who was last seen in Sweetwater, has continued to work in recent years but might get in further trouble considering the kind of responses from fans.

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Almost exactly one year ago, it was announced that Emma Roberts (Abandoned) and Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix) had signed on to star in the sci-fi thriller The Astronaut, which would mark the solo feature writing and directing debut of Jess Varley, who previously contributed a segment to the anthology film Phobias. The Astronaut has since made it way through production, but not with Roberts in the lead. Roberts had to drop out of the project and was replaced by Kate Mara (Class of ’09). Now a first look image that shows Mara as the title character has made its way online, and you can check it out at the bottom of this article.

The screenplay Varley wrote has the following synopsis: When astronaut Sam Walker (Mara) returns from her first space mission, she’s found miraculously alive in a punctured capsule floating deep off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. General...

“The Catalan industry is healthy in the sense that we’re producing a lot,” says producer-director David Matamoros.

Led by Escac, “Society of the Snow” director J.A. Bayona’s alma mater, its film schools turn out top notch novel directors and technicians.

Produced by Barcelona’s Arcadia Motion Pictures, “Robot Dreams” has just scored an Academy Award nomination for best animated feature, while proving one of Neon’s first U.S. pick-ups announced at Cannes.

In 2022, the last year for which records are available, international shoots generated more investment in Catalonia, €77.8 million ($85.6 million), apart from the Canary Islands (€112.9 million: $120.8 million).

Catalonia’s government is also aiming for larger TV industry overseas impact, while firing up 3Cat, Catalonia’s public broadcaster, as an international player.

From 2023, every year, producers of up to five higher-end Catalan-language series, budgeted at over €4 million ($4.3 million), can receive a grant of €1.5 million ($1.6 million). 3Cat can add...

Adam Sandler's next movie, Spaceman, pays off a joke from his previous film Funny People, giving fans something to look forward to. Spaceman's astronaut role for Adam Sandler comes 14 years after Funny People teased a fake space movie called Astro-Not. Spaceman diverges from the comedic tone of the fake movie in Funny People and takes on a more dramatic and potentially award-worthy storyline.

Adam Sandler's next movie is highly anticipated by longtime fans of the comedian, but it also pays off a joke from one of his previous movies. Sandler remains incredibly busy as an actor and comedian, starring in a variety of Netflix movies and reminding viewers of his dramatic range with occasionally different roles. The next movie that Adam Sandler will star in is Spaceman, an astronaut movie from Chernobyl director Johan Renck that also includes Paul Dano and Carey Mulligan in major roles. It is thought...

Buenos Aires — Mr. Miyagi Films co-founder David Matamoros, firmly established as one of Barcelona’s leading specialists in international film finance, is now in post-production on his solo feature directorial debut, “Astronaut” (“Astronauta”) as Matamoros explores novel movie financing sources as a producer while building co-productions across Europe and Latin America.

Produced by Mr. Miyagi, Sombra Cine and Mother Superior and backed by Spain’s Icaa, Argentina’s Incaa, Uruguay’s Pua and Catalan pubcaster TV3, “Astronaut” which is set for delivery in early 2024, weighs in as a queer romcom which questions classic romcom narratives, asking in a bigger picture what now form bedrock affective family relationships in a modern age.

Inspired by true events that actually happened to the director, Matamoros freely admits, “Astronaut” turns on David, an inveterate romantic film producer who organizes a trip down Route 66 with a stop in Las Vegas but is rejected by his...

The Masked Singer season 10 will feature special guest clue givers from *Nsync and The Office. The show will have theme nights including Trolls, Harry Potter, Elton John, NFL, One Hit Wonders, Disco, 2000's, Rock and Roll, and Soundtrack of My Life. Alumni from previous Masked Singer seasons such as Adrienne Bailon-Houghton, Le’Veon Bell, Bret Michaels, Hunter Hayes, and Jewel will perform unmasked.

The Masked Singer season 10 will welcome some special guests from *Nsync and The Office to the show, but they won't be appearing as panelists or competing as contestants. The Masked Singer returns for its milestone season with host Nick Cannon and panelists Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, Ken Jeong, and Nicole Scherzinger. Sixteen celebrities in all-new masks will compete during The Masked Singer season 10. There will again be theme nights, including Trolls (to celebrate the November release of DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls Band Together), Harry Potter (airing Halloween week), Elton John,...

Film is set to start shooting next week in Buenos Aires and to continue in Barcelona and Las Vegas.

Barcelona-based production company Mr. Miyagi has teamed with Uruguay’s Mother Superior and Argentina’s Sombracine to co-produce queer romantic comedy Astronaut, the feature directorial debut of producer-director David Matamoros.

Lead-produced by Mr. Miyagi’s Matamoros and Ángeles Hernández, Astronaut follows David, an inveterate romantic who has a travel agency specialising in trips linked to romantic comedies. His 15-year relationship with Quique is stagnant. So, David decides to give Quique a trip down Route 66 with a special stop in Las Vegas.

Screen Producers Australia (Spa) has revealed the last round of finalists for its 2022 awards, with the Short Film Production of the Year category now open for voting.

A field of 15 titles will contend for the prize, a selection of which are available to view on Spa’s YouTube channel as part of the organisation’s ‘Summer of Shorts’.

Bus Stop Films is the only multiple nominee on the list, getting the nod for Groundhog Night and Stairs.

Spa CEO Matthew Deaner said it was “extremely impressed” with the finalists announced today.

“These shorts each provide a snapshot of the abundant skill and creativity that our members possess and demonstrate their capacity to affect audiences in this condensed format,” he said.

“I congratulate each of these productions and look forward to celebrating our member’s achievements at Screen Forever in March 2022.”

The Spa Awards will be presented on the final night of the Screen Forever conference,...

Exclusive: OWN has set the lead cast for The Kings of Napa, its new drama series about the power struggle between wealthy siblings in Napa Valley. Ebonee Noel (FBI), Rance Nix (Zero Issue), Karen LeBlanc (Ransom) and Yaani King Mondschein (For All Mankind) have been tapped to star in the series from Claws executive producer/showrunner Janine Sherman Barrois, Warner Bros. Television and Harpo Films.

Created by Sherman Barrois, who serves as showrunner, The Kings of Napa is focused on a picturesque Napa Valley, California vineyard owned by the Kings, an aspirational African American family whose wealth and status lands them on the pages of design magazines and society pages. The wine business has brought the family success and acclaim, but following the patriarch’s sudden exit from the company, his three children must grapple for the reigns to the kingdom — to their own power, wealth and legacy.

Noel plays August King,...

The star-studded expedition to the top of Paramount Mountain comes to a head in Paramount+‘s big Game Day ad.

The ViacomCBS subscription service is an expanded rebrand of CBS All Access, with dedicated hubs for the company’s portfolio of cable properties such as Nickelodeon, MTV, BET and Comedy Central. Since Jan. 24, the streamer has released six teasers featuring a motley crew of characters — including, but not limited to: Beavis and Butthead; Blue Bloods‘ Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck); Dora the Explorer; The Good Fight‘s Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski); the MTV Astronaut; Star Trek: Discovery‘s Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green...

Next month marks the 40th anniversary of Duran Duran’s debut single “Planet Earth.” It was the start of an incredible run of hits that made them the defining group of England’s New Romantic scene. And that term was first heard by many people in the lyrics to “Planet Earth.” “I heard you making patterns rhyme,” Simon Le Bon sings in the first verse. “Like some new romantic looking for the TV sound.”

Here’s video of the band playing the song on the Swedish television show Måndagsbörsen on September 11th,...

Oscar Isaac of the third Star Wars trilogy is in talks to suit up as Moon Knight for Disney+‘s upcoming Marvel hero series, our sister site Variety reports.

“In talks” may be the operative words, though. As recently as a few days ago, both Daveed Diggs (Snowpiercer) and Nick Kroll (The League) were rumored to be in contention for the plum gig. And Tatiana Maslany recently refuted similar, seemingly solid reports that she had landed the lead in Disney+’s She-Hulk series.

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Cinema numbers are shrinking again as Covid-19 cases rise across Europe.

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It has been a complicated few days for French distributors and exhibitors following the introduction of a night-time curfew from Saturday night in Paris and eight other major cities, as part of measures to slow the spread of Covid-19.

The measure, which obliges people to return home by 9pm, effectively wipes out key evening screening slots although exhibitors are lobbying the government for a special dispensation for cinemagoers. A final decision was expected late Friday or over the weekend, but if the answer is ‘no...

Duran Duran and Warner Chappell Music have entered into a global publishing agreement. Warner Chappell will take over the group’s catalog from 1986 to the present and the agreement will also cover the group’s future compositions. Included in the deal are albums like Notorious, Duran Duran (The Wedding Album), Astronaut, Red Carpet Massacre and Paper […]

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The Astronaut on The Masked Singer told a little lie to get on the show. Warning, spoilers follow! On the Wednesday, April 29 episode of The Masked Singer, the Astronaut was revealed to be none other than Hunter Hayes. To get on the show, Hayes said he wasn't entirely honest and hid some things from producers. "In one of the questionnaires when you sign up, they ask you if you're claustrophobic. I've had both experiences. I've had experiences where I have zero problem being in a confined space, but I've also had, like, mild panic attacks being in confined spaces. But I didn't want them to know that. I won't say I lied, but I didn't really tell them about the potential for...

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“The Masked Singer” revealed which competitors made it into Season 3’s Top 5 on Wednesday’s episode, which ended with the elimination and unmasking of an out-of-this-world contestant.

During the hour, titled “The Battle of The Sixes: The Final 6,” Frog, Kitty, Rhino, Astronaut, Turtle and Night Angel all performed. Following the six contestants’ latest attempts to stump them, “Masked Singer” panelists Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger, Ken Jeong, and Robin Thicke, along with guest judge Gordon Ramsay and the studio audience, to choose one for elimination.

They picked Astronaut, who had performed One Direction’s “Story of My Life.” He was unmasked and revealed to be country music singer Hunter Hayes. Hayes will be interviewed on tonight’s episode of “The Masked Singer: After the Mask,” the Fox singing competition’s new aftershow, which airs at 9 p.m. Et/8 p.m. Ct.

With network shows wrapping early and endless streaming options at our disposal, the communal viewing experience is becoming a rarity. Enter the TVLine Binge Club, a new opportunity for everyone to get back on the same page — or at least the same channel — to reflect on classic shows that once brought us all together.

The legacy of Fox’s The X-Files is that it used science-fiction to explore the greater mysteries of life, making existential quandaries (Is humanity alone in the universe? Is there a grand design to life?) more palatable by cloaking them in stories about extra terrestrials and the ability to bend reality.

The April 22 episode of the “The Masked Singer” is the second of the two quarter-finals of season 3. Facing off against each other this week are the Banana, Frog, Kitty and Rhino. The first quarter-final that aired on April 8 saw three of the other remaining contenders — Astronaut, Night Angel and Turtle — move ahead in the competition after the Rhino was revealed to be model Jordyn Woods.

In between these two episodes, a special sing-along version of the show screened on April 15. In that episode, we got a new clue about the Banana who says he he can hardly see in his costume. But, as he readily admits, a little danger is a small price to pay for doing what he loves the most — being the life of the party and entertaining an audience. His first flashback performance was “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd, which the Banana performed as part of...

It is also putting three planned theatrical releases on hold until later in 2020.

UK distributor Parkland Entertainment has revealed plans to release a raft of new titles onto digital platforms early, including three new acquisitions, as cinemas remain closed nationwide due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Astronaut, starring Richard Dreyfuss, was set to be released on 65 screens on March 20 – three days before theatres shut their doors – but will now be available to rent and own from digital platforms on April 27.

Documentary Camino Skies will be released as a premium VOD title on Curzon Home Cinema from May 8, the original theatrical release date,...

The results are in, and the two contestants that viewers of “The Masked Singer” most want to win Season 3 are Turtle and Night Angel. These powerful vocalists topped our recent poll that asked fans to name who they wanted to join the likes of T-Pain (Monster) and Wayne Brady (Fox) on the “Masked Singer” winners list. The complete poll results were as follows: Turtle (33%), Night Angel (25%), Kitty (18%), Astronaut (9%), Frog (8%), Rhino (4%) and Banana (3%). Do you agree or disagree with those numbers? Sound off down in the comments section.

Both of these fan-faves have performed five times so far on Fox’s wild and wacky competition series (see the song lists below) and have advanced to the Top 6. They’ll next be seen on the April 29 show as the remaining half-dozen costumed celebs give it their all on the stage in front of the studio audience and judges Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy,...

The April 15 episode of “The Masked Singer” is a special sing-along edition. It showcases past performances by the contenders for the Golden Mask. The lyrics of each song will be seen on screen, allowing viewers to join in. Three of the lucky seven celebrities still in the competition — the Astronaut, Night Angel and Turtle — were featured on the first quarter-final on April 8 (the other four compete in quarterfinal 2 on April 22).

Of this trio, the Astronaut was the one at risk of being eliminated when he ended up in a Smackdown with the Kangaroo; she lost and was revealed to be Jordyn Woods. The Astronaut won over the four judges with his version of “Bye Bye Bye” by Nsync. Earlier in the show, he had tackled a hit from another teen idol, “If I Can’t Have You” by Shawn Mendes.

While the Astronaut has a great voice, he struggled to...

Spoiler Alert: Do not read ahead if you have not watched Season 3, episode 11 of “The Masked Singer,” which aired April 8 on Fox.

Jordyn Woods had never performed in front of an audience before “The Masked Singer.” But now the model, who on Wednesday became the latest celebrity to be revealed on the hit Fox series, said she’d love to pursue a music career.

“Definitely, this is the star of a lot,” said Woods, whose previous TV credits include “Life of Kylie.” “I think that now I don’t have a choice. The people want the album.”

As the Kangaroo, Woods performed “No Air,” by Jordin Sparks, on Wednesday night’s episode. In previous weeks she performed “Not Ready to Make Nice,” by Dixie Chicks; “Diamonds,” by Rihanna; “You Know I’m No Good,” by Amy Winehouse”; and “Dancing on My Own” by Robyn.

“I was probably the person who sung the most ballads,...

Last week on “The Masked Singer” the nine remaining celebrity contestants competed together on the same stage, but this week they were once again divided into groups. Up first on April 8 were Kangaroo, Turtle, Astronaut and Night Angel. The other four — Banana, Frog, Kitty and Rhino — will compete on April 22. At the end of Wednesday’s all-new hour, did panelists Robin Thicke, Nicole Scherzinger, Jenny McCarthy, Ken Jeong or guest judge Yvette Nicole Brown correctly guess this week’s secret identity? What about You at home?

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Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Masked Singer” recap of Season 3, Episode 11, titled “The Mother Of All Final Face Offs, Part 1,” to find out what happened Wednesday, April 8 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite costumed celebs on Fox’s reality TV show,...

We’re had to wait seven weeks to see the return of one of the best vocalists on season 3 of the “The Masked Singer”: the Turtle. He, along with the other Top 3 in Group A — the Kangaroo and the White Tiger — made the cut back on February 12. On the special two-hour edition of “The Masked Singer” on April 1, they competed along with the best of Group B and Group C.

Each is hoping to win enough votes from the studio audience to stay in the competition and make it to the quarter-finals. Of this Super 9, the Turtle is the one who has most confounded the four judges. We are sure that they are wrong with their guesses that the Turtle is either Jenny McCarthy‘s husband Donnie Wahlberg or his New Kids on the Block bandmate Joey McIntyre.

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Last time we saw the Rhino on “The Masked Singer” he had just found out he numbered among the top 3 in Group C. On the April 1 episode, he returned, along with Astronaut and Night Angel, to face off against the best of both Groups A and B.

This Super 9 are fighting for their places in the quarter-finals. To do so, they must win over both the studio audience and four judges. Of the remaining contestants, the Rhino is the one who has shown the most improvement.

He started off shakily with his version of the John Hiatt hit “Have a Little Faith in Me.” He did a whole lot better with “Nice to Meet Ya” by Niall Horan. And he proved to be quite the showman with his take on “Tracks of My Tears” by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles.

We’ve watched all those performances again as well as the three clues videos.

At the beginning of Wednesday’s ninth episode of “The Masked Singer,” four costumed celebrities from Group C still remained in the competition: Astronaut, Night Angel, Rhino and T-Rex. Each singer gave it their all on the stage, but at the end of the hour one contestant received the lowest number of votes and had to unmask in front of America. Did panelists Robin Thicke, Nicole Scherzinger, Jenny McCarthy, Ken Jeong or guest judge Will Arnett (“Lego Masters”) correctly guess this week’s secret identity? What about You at home?

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Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Masked Singer” recap of Season 3, Episode 9, titled “Old Friends, New Clues: Group C Championships,” to find out what happened Wednesday, March 25 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite costumed celebs on Fox’s reality TV show,...

The coronavirus pandemic has crippled much of the entertainment industry, with countless TV shows and movies being affected. People across the world are being asked to stay at home, which means no more studio audiences for talk shows, game shows, reality TV series, etc. So why is “The Masked Singer” carrying on every Wednesday night on Fox as if nothing is wrong in the world? It’s simple: the show finished filming Season 3 before all of this craziness took place.

Gold Derby has confirmed that all episodes of “The Masked Singer” are in the can, which means a winner has already been crowned. That’s good news indeed, as fans are clamoring to find out who’s hiding behind the remaining costumes on television’s most viral competition program. Imagine not finding out the winner of Season 3 until many months later — oh, the agony that would’ve been!

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At the start of Wednesday’s eighth episode of “The Masked Singer,” five costumed celebrities from Group C still remained in the competition: Astronaut, Night Angel, Rhino, Swan and T-Rex. Each singer gave it their all on the stage, but at the end of the hour one unfortunate contestant received the lowest number of votes from the audience and had to unmask in front of America. Did panelists Robin Thicke, Nicole Scherzinger, Jenny McCarthy, Ken Jeong or guest judge Joel McHale correctly guess this week’s secret identity? What about You at home?

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Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Masked Singer” recap of Season 3, Episode 8, titled “It Never Hurts to Mask: Group C Playoffs,” to find out what happened Wednesday, March 18 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite costumed...

Fall is upon us, and so is Hulu’s list of every title coming and going from the streaming service in November.

Among the list of arriving titles is a new episode of Hulu’s original monthly anthology series, “Into the Dark.” November’s episode is called “Pilgrim,” and claims to be inspired by true events — in which a woman invites a bunch of Pilgrim re-enactors over for Thanksgiving dinner. But things get spooky when the “actors” refuse to break character.

Other new arrivals include Season 5 of “You’re the Worst,” described as a modern look at love, the complete first seasons of “Dollface,” about a young woman re-entering the world of women, “The Accident,” which begins with a deadly explosion at a construction site, and “Love Island: Australia,” an answer to the U.K. and U.S. versions of the beloved reality dating show.

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Companies attending for first time include A24, Cornerstone Films, Film Constellation.

A Brexit-inspired comedy written by Sally Potter and new work from The Florida Project producer Kevin Chinoy are among the line-up at Ontario Creates’ 14th International Financing Forum (iff), set to take place from Sept 8-9 in association with and during the Toronto International Film Festival.

The competitive feature film co-financing and co-production event will bring together producers, sales agents financiers, distributors and agents from Canada and the international sector for two days of networking, one-on-one producer and executive meetings, a state-of-the-industry panel discussion, a luncheon, and a producers’ opening night networking reception.

Film premiered at this year’s Edinburgh film festival.

UK distributor Parkland Entertainment has picked up Shelagh McLeod’s space drama Astronaut, which stars Richard Dreyfuss as a widower who enters a competition to win a trip to space.

The film premiered at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival. Parkland is lining up a theatrical release in early 2020 across the UK and Ireland.

Producers on the project are Jessica Adams and Sean Buckley. It marks the feature directing debut of UK-based Canadian actress McLeod, who also wrote the screenplay.

Parkland Entertainment was launched last year by former Arrow Films...

The recently widowed retiree Angus (Richard Dreyfuss) might be in the gutter, but he looks at the stars. Indeed, despite his flailing health and tricky family situation, the hopeful septuagenarian lives by that famous Oscar Wilde quote in “Astronaut,” actress-turned-filmmaker Shelagh McLeod’s caringly observed debut feature. It’s a modestly scoped, visually amateurish film, but limited resources don’t stop McLeod from reaching for galactic emotions with the story of a fantasist chasing his lifelong dream of becoming an astronaut. In the end, only a fraction of McLeod’s ambitions sticks a landing. But “Astronaut” stays afloat with sweetness, thanks to a measured performance from Dreyfuss.

And that might just be intriguing enough for Dreyfuss loyalists, as well as aging viewers starved for original stories centered on their own demographics — after all, it’s not only the below-60 crowd that deserves to have an outer space adventure. But even...

How long has it been since Richard Dreyfuss got a proper starring vehicle? No matter what answer you give, the most apt one is this: too long. Well, this weekend, that changes with the release of Astronaut, an independent drama about a man hoping to become an astronaut late in life. Dreyfuss elevates the material, which could get a bit of an extra push considering the recent anniversary of man walking on the moon. Renewed interest in Nasa and space exploration might help put a bit of a bonus spotlight on this one, though Dreyfuss himself is enough of a selling point. Nothing too special is happening here, but it’s a small scale movie that does just enough right in order to warrant a recommendation. The film is a light drama about an older gentleman finally trying to achieve a lifelong dream. Angus (Dreyfuss) was once a highly respected civil engineer,...

Richard Dreyfuss will attend the festival in support of the world premiere of Astronaut Photo: Courtesy of Eiff Richard Dreyfuss, Timothy Spall and David Hayman will be among the stars attending this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Other confirmed attendees include Spanish director Icíar Bollaín - who has a section of the festival dedicated to her work - director Douglas Mackinnon and composer David Arnold, who will be attending a special screening of Good Omens.

Artistic director Mark Adams said: “The chance for our audiences who come along to Festival screenings and get to see and sometimes meet some of the film talent involved is always a highpoint of the Eiff experience. We love to have guests at our screenings and to involve them in post-screening Q&a sessions and I think the guests themselves also get a kick out of the experience.”

Dreyfuss will be in town for the world premiere of Astronaut,...

Eddie Izzard in ‘The Flip Side.’

Five Australian films have been invited to the 73rd edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, which runs from June 19–30.

Wayne Blair’s Top End Wedding, Thomas M Wright’s Acute Misfortune, Marion Pilowsky’s The Flip Side and Miranda Nation’s Undertow will screen in the World Perspectives strand.

Tony D’Aquino’s debut feature The Furies, a female-driven survival thriller, will be showcased in the Night Moves strand.

The festival describes D’Aquino’s film, which stars Airlie Dodds, Danielle Horvat, Linda Ngo and Taylor Ferguson, as a “gripping modern take on the 1980s slasher film, full of gore.”

Acute Misfortune is a “striking, brilliant and unconventional portrait” of one of Australia’s most acclaimed and idiosyncratic painters Adam Cullen; The Flip Side is a breezy rom-com about a budding chef and a British actor; Undertow is a tense and moving female-led...

With the 23rd annual Fantasia International Film Festival kicking off in Montreal this July, the first wave of programming has now been revealed, giving horror fans plenty of must-see titles to add to their watch lists this year, including Fangoria's Satanic Panic, the world premiere of Critters Attack!, Come to Daddy, Little Monsters, Phantom of Winnipeg, and many more movies!

Check out Fantasia's full first wave of programming below, visit their website for more information, and stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates on the festival!

"Montreal, Quebec - 29 May 2019 - The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 23rd Anniversary in Montreal this summer, taking place from July 11 - August 1, with its Frontières International Co-Production Market being held July 18 - 21. The festival’s full lineup of over 130 feature films will be announced in early July. In the meantime, Fantasia is excited to reveal a selected first wave of titles,...

New titles include ‘Balance, Not Symmetry’ and Emily Harris’ ‘Carmilla’.

The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has launched its full programme with 18 world premieres, 12 international premieres, eight European premieres and 78 UK premieres for its 73rd edition of the festival (June 19-30).

Jamie Adams’ Balance, Not Symmetry, a drama about a Glasgow art student, which has a soundtrack written by Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro, will have its world premiere as the People’s Gala screening at the event. It stars Laura Harrier, Bria Vinaite and Lily Newmark. Biffy Cyro lead singer Simon Neil co-wrote the screenplay with Welsh writer-director Adams.

Here’s a trailer for the film Astronaut, about an elderly man played by Richard Dreyfuss who is fascinated with space. When a rich man puts together a lottery for someone to be able to take a trip into space, the man knows he has to be the one to go. It’s like an old-man version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, in space. It looks like it may border on cheesy, but it will be a nice family friendly film, and it’s always nice to see Richard Dreyfuss.

Here’s the synopsis:

Angus, a lonely widower, has his long-extinguished dream to become an astronaut reignited when a national competition is announced. The prize? One ticket for a trip to space! Way over the age-limit, Angus alters his birthdate so he can enter the competition. Against all odds, but with help coming from his dysfunctional family, he must battle against preconceptions,...

"You know I have to do this..." "I know you do." Quiver Distribution has unveiled the official trailer for an odd little indie drama titled Astronaut, the feature directorial debut of Canadian-British actress Shelagh McLeod. The concept for this sounds like it could be a super goofy comedy, but it's really a straightforward drama - and it looks very, very cheesy. Richard Dreyfuss stars as a lonely widower who battles his family, ill health, and time, in order to win a competition for a golden ticket to visit space. The cast includes Lyriq Bent, Krista Bridges, Graham Greene, Richie Lawrence, and Colm Feore as the Elon Musk-esque billionaire who offers the once-in-a-lifetime trip to space. I'm stunned this film even exists, seems so bland. Here's the first official trailer (+ two posters) for Shelagh McLeod's Astronaut, direct from YouTube: Angus (Dreyfuss), a lonely widower, has his long-extinguished dream to...