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Filming has wrapped on a horror thriller called The Cure, and Deadline reports that the film stars Ashley Greene of the Twilight franchise and genre regular David Dastmalchian, who was recently seen in the likes of Late Night with the Devil, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Afraid, and The Boogeyman. Newcomer Samantha Cochran also has a lead role.

Nancy Leopardi, who previously directed Nanny Cam and Lethal Seduction, was at the helm of this one, working from a screenplay by Jonathan Bernstein and James Greer, the writing duo behind Steven Soderbergh’s Unsane. The story they crafted for The Cure centers on Cochran’s character, Ally Braun, an adopted 16-year-old with a mysterious illness who learns her bio-tech billionaire parents (Dastmalchian and Greene) are harvesting her blood for nefarious purposes.

Sydney Taylor (American Born Chinese), Tyler Lawrence Gray (Wolfpack), and Dylan Flashner (Running on Empty) round out the cast.

In-demand actor David Dastmalchian (Late Night with the Devil) will star in the upcoming sci-fi horror movie The Cure alongside Ashley Greene (Twilight) and newcomer Samantha Cochran, Deadline reports today.

The Cure is directed by Nancy Leopardi and written by Jonathan Bernstein and James Greer (Unsane).

The horror movie follows “Cochran’s Ally Braun, an adopted 16-year-old with a mysterious illness who learns her bio-tech billionaire parents (Dastmalchian and Greene) are harvesting her blood for nefarious purposes.”

Leopardi called the film “a satirical take on the modern billionaire class cloaked in a crowd-pleasing thriller,” telling Deadline, “The Cure is made in the tradition of classic horror and sci-fi films that are inspired by terrifying socio-political realities and advances in bio-technology. Like Ex-Machina, A.I., and Videodrome I believe we are on the cusp of a revolution in science and the big question is – who will benefit?”

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Exclusive: David Dastmalchian (Late Night with the Devil), Ashley Greene (Twilight), and newcomer Samantha Cochran will topline The Cure, a horror thriller from director Nancy Leopardi that has wrapped production in Los Angeles.

Written by Jonathan Bernstein and James Greer, who penned Steven Soderbergh’s Unsane, the film centers on Cochran’s Ally Braun, an adopted 16-year-old with a mysterious illness who learns her bio-tech billionaire parents (Dastmalchian and Greene) are harvesting her blood for nefarious purposes.

In a statement to Deadline, Leopardi called the film “a satirical take on the modern billionaire class cloaked in a crowd-pleasing thriller,” adding, “The Cure is made in the tradition of classic horror and sci-fi films that are inspired by terrifying socio-political realities and advances in bio-technology. Like Ex-Machina, A.I., and Videodrome I believe we are on the cusp of a revolution in science and the big question is – who will benefit?”

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Soap actors have a tough job. There are times when they have to film emotionally challenging scenes and find a way to leave those feelings behind once they leave the set. General Hospital and Days of our Lives star Wally Kurth did just that. With his heartwarming performance on Instagram, he put a smile on his fans’ faces. If you’re feeling down, this video will put you in a good mood.

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Over the weekend, Kurth shared a new video on his Instagram page. In it, he performed Jackson Browne’s “Love Needs a Heart.” The Days star revealed that it’s one of his favorite songs from Browne’s album Running On Empty.

He wanted to warm some hearts. So, he decided to film himself singing and playing the piano to this song on Wednesday, November 6. This message is obviously needed right now.

Quick Links A Showbiz Family Shaken by a Tragic Sudden Death Joaquin Phoenix Rises From the Ashes

The gifted Thespian Joaquin Phoenix has a long and impressive list of films under his belt, portraying many different types of characters throughout his career. Joaquin has been acting since he was eight years old, and today, he is one of the most notable actors of his generation. That said, there was a dark and trying time when Phoenix considered quitting his acting career.

Joaquin Phoenix was only 19 years old when his brother River Phoenix, four years his senior, died from a drug overdose outside of Johnny Depps club, the Viper Room, on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. At this point, Joaquin and his brother were on track to become some of Hollywood's brightest young actors, but the death of River would alter this trajectory significantly and cause the young Phoenix brother to...

They say a friend in need is a friend indeed, and this couldn’t be truer for Sandra Bullock and Samantha Mathis. Have you ever wondered how deep the roots of friendship can grow in the world of Hollywood, where authenticity is a rare gem?

River Phoenix in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | Credit: Paramount Pictures

What these actresses have isn’t just any friendship; it’s an extended family dynamic. When River Phoenix, Mathis’ boyfriend and a beloved star, tragically passed away in 1993, it was undeniably one of the “scariest experiences” in Bullock’s life. Yet during those dark days, the latter’s sympathy and unflagging support provided a silver lining, mirroring her extraordinary empathy and deep bond with Mathis.

The Heartwarming Act by Sandra Bullock for River Phoenix’s Girlfriend

In the early ‘90s, River Phoenix was the darling of Hollywood, a young actor who seemed destined for greatness.

The movie “Running on Empty” explores what happens when a young man named Mortimer, played by Kier Gilchrist, learns he only has about one year left to live. As a mortician, Mort’s unusual job was to prepare deceased bodies for funerals. When a new medical discovery revealed each person’s exact death date, Mort was shocked to find out his time was almost up. How would he make the most of the limited days remaining?

Directed by Daniel Andre in his feature film debut, “Running on Empty” presented this unique premise as a romantic comedy with darker elements. The story follows Mort as he searches for connection and meaning after his long-time fiancée dumps him over their divergent life expectancies. Along the way, he encounters strange characters and bizarre situations through a dating app matching people by their time left.

While the concept offered potential for interesting drama or bittersweet romance,...

On Monday September 23 2024, Discovery broadcasts Contraband: Seized at the Border!

Running on Empty Season 5 Episode 10 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of *Contraband: Seized at the Border* titled “Running on Empty” airs on Discovery and dives into the intense world of law enforcement at the US-Mexico border. This border is known as the busiest in the world, where Customs and Border Protection officers are on high alert to intercept illegal activities. As they work tirelessly, they are seizing record amounts of illegal drugs, laundered cash, firearms, and ammunition.

In this episode, viewers will witness the ongoing struggles of officers as they confront the powerful cartels that operate in Mexico’s border towns. The episode highlights the dangers and challenges faced by law enforcement as they battle to keep these illegal substances and weapons out of the hands of criminals. The high stakes involved in these operations illustrate the complex dynamics at play in this critical region.

In Monday nights episode of Contraband: Seized at the Border, officers encounter a range of creative smuggling attempts, from farm equipment packed with narcotics to a secret compartment in a truck, requiring a complex code to access its illicit contents. The episode, titled “Running on Empty,” airing on Discovery, reveals the challenges faced by America’s […]

Contraband: Seized at the Border: Running on Empty...

River Phoenix‘s sister Rain Phoenix paid a touching tribute to the late actor on what would have been his 54th birthday.

In an Instagram post made Friday, the singer and actress shared a series of images of and quotes by the Stand By Me star. She captioned the post — set to her song “Immolate,” which features lyrics like “I’m gonna hold onto love / ’cause it’s the only way out” — “Happy Birthday River...

Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry team up for flirtatious action antics in Netflix’s “The Union,” and they do it all to a soundtrack jam-packed with crowd-pleasing needle drops. Wahlberg stars as Mike, a Jersey construction worker who goes from building bridges to dodging bullets when his high school girlfriend Roxanne (Berry) shows up unexpectedly and brings him into a covert intelligence agency called The Union.

The film wastes no time dropping track after track of familiar songs full of classic rock, pop and R&b classics, from a couple of Jersey essentials by Bruce Springsteen to Bill Withers and Pat Benatar. And, of course, as all things in the Brat Summer of 2024 must, it also has a Charli Xcx song. Check out the complete list of songs on “The Union” soundtrack below.

“The Union” Soundtrack List “Lovely Day” by Bill Withers “The Promised Land” by Bruce Springsteen “Big Road...

Academy Award winner Halle Berry and Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg have officially teamed up for the action-comedy movie The Union on Netflix, and it's one of the biggest new releases in August. The movie stars headline the high octane thriller about long-ago significant others who reunite in the most unexpected way you could ever imagine.

Berry plays Roxanne Hall, a spy for the United States government, while Wahlberg plays the fish out of water plumber Mike who's suddenly recruited into an action packed and risky intelligence mission. The Union features all of the heart, humor, and fast-paced action sequences movie fans could want, and the movie has an excellent soundtrack of catchy songs and thrilling score to set the scene.

One of the first songs played in the film is "Lovely Day" by Bill Withers, which sets the tone of additional throwback songs featured in the movie. Since Roxanne...

Lucy Hale's performance shines in the film. Keir Gilchrist and Hale have great chemistry. The cast struggles with a lack of direction and odd acting choices.

Running on Empty is a movie that clearly tries to deliver an impactful message about living life to the fullest, but it falters behind bizarre and lackluster comedy and writing. The movie stars Keir Gilchrist, and Lucy Hale, as young adults searching for meaning in their lives. This is made exponentially more important for Mort (Gilchrist), when he is told he has less than a year left to live.

Running on Empty

Director Daniel AndrRelease Date August 9, 2024Writers Daniel AndrCast Lucy Hale, Dustin Milligan, Jay Pharoah, Keir Gilchrist, Monica Potter, Jim Gaffigan, Rhys Coiro, Francesca EastwoodRating RRuntime 91 MinutesGenres Comedy

Mort is a mortician who is happily engaged and planning to purchase a house with his beautiful partner. However, when the couple decide to take an official scientific test,...

Don't miss the magnetic Francesca Eastwood in Running on Empty, a quirky rom-com that explores meaningful existence and unexpected love. Stay tuned for Clint Eastwood's upcoming film, Juror No. 2, where Francesca stars and praises the talented cast and solid performances. The thought of it being her father's last film is deeply saddening. Francesca also played a younger version of her mother's character in Fargo.

We spoke with actress Francesca Eastwood about her latest movie Running on Empty, a morbid romantic comedy that begs the question, "What if you knew the exact date of your death?" Francesca has been keeping busy with other projects as well, including a highly anticipated feature directed by her Oscar-winning father. Juror No. 2 is Clint Eastwood's next film, featuring a wildly talented cast, and moviegoers have been wondering if this might be the 94-year-old's final film.

"It's really hard for me as his daughter to...

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The excellent and endlessly fashionable Francesca Eastwood discusses her new death-centric dark comedy, Running on Empty, also with Keir Gilchrist and Lucy Hale. She discusses playing one of the oddballs in the film, and also the on-set experiences she had with her father Clint Eastwood's newest film, Juror No. 2. Running on Empty is now in theaters and on demand.

Keir Gilchrist, Lucy Hale, Francesca Eastwood and comic legend Jim Gaffigan star in a brilliantly quirky romantic comedy about celebrating life and living it to its fullest. Mortimer is an odd but clever young man living a lukewarm existence in Californias San Fernando Valley until he receives some life-changing news. Determined to make the most of every day, Mort sets out on a spirited quest to find meaning in his existence and discovers the girl of his dreams along the way.

Running on Empty aims to be a celebration of life amid uncertainty and has a stacked cast, but struggles with its scattered narrative and unclear direction. The film successfully borrows from successful comedy-dramas, with quirky characters and a valiantly oddball effort at storytelling. It's just too all over the place. Lucy Hale is excellent, but sadly her role is buried at the end.

If someone could tell you for a fact precisely when you'll die, and you couldn't alter fate, would you want to know? It's an old hypothetical that has surely sparked some interesting conversations over the years, and has been the narrative backbone of numerous films in some way or another, be it Clo from 5 to 7 to Eternity and a Day. We can add Running on Empty (2024) to that list, and while it's nowhere near as good or important as those older masterpieces, this newer movie's stacked cast...

“Running on Empty” is a new rom-com feature, written and directed by Daniel André, starring Keir Gilchrist, Lucy Hale, Francesca Eastwood, Rhys Coiro, Jay Pharoah, Dustin Milligan, Dylan Flashner, Lisa Yaro, Monica Potter and Jim Gaffigan, opening August 9, 2024 in theaters:

“…’Mortimer’ is an odd but clever young man living a lukewarm existence in California’s San Fernando Valley until he receives some life-changing news.

“Determined to make the most of every day, Mort sets out on a spirited quest to find meaning in his existence and discovers the girl of his dreams along the way…”

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In this clip from the new dark comedy Running on Empty, a man finds out he has less than a year to live. Running on Empty opens in theaters on August 9 and on VOD nationwide in the US/ Canada on August 27.

Keir Gilchrist, Lucy Hale, Francesca Eastwood and comic legend Jim Gaffigan star in a brilliantly quirky romantic comedy about celebrating life and living it to its fullest. Mortimer is an odd but clever young man living a lukewarm existence in Californias San Fernando Valley until he receives some life-changing news. Determined to make the most of every day, Mort sets out on a spirited quest to find meaning in his existence and discovers the girl of his dreams along the way.

The Karate Kid franchise which began in 1984, starred Ralph Macchio as Daniel Larusso. He played a young Italian American teenager who learns to defend himself against school bully Johnny Lawrence played by William Zabka, by learning martial arts from eccentric war veteran Mr Miyagi. Following two more films with the two actors, the franchise further expanded with Hillary Swank and later, with Jaden Smith playing the lead protagonist.

Ralph Macchio and William Zabka in Cobra Kai (image credit: Netflix)

The film series gave rise to a 2018 comedy television series called Cobrai Kai which saw Macchio and Zabka reprising their famous roles more than 3 decades later in a continuation of their rivalry-turned-friendship. Apart from feeling a sense of nostalgia on portraying these beloved characters again, Zabka was extremely excited to co-star with 3 alums of the original films with whom he hadn’t had the opportunity to star with in the earlier installments.

“Running on Empty” is a new rom-com feature, written and directed by Daniel André, starring Keir Gilchrist, Lucy Hale, Francesca Eastwood, Rhys Coiro, Jay Pharoah, Dustin Milligan, Dylan Flashner, Lisa Yaro, Monica Potter and Jim Gaffigan, opening August 9, 2024 in theaters:

“…’Mortimer’ is an odd but clever young man living a lukewarm existence in California’s San Fernando Valley until he receives some life-changing news.

“Determined to make the most of every day, Mort sets out on a spirited quest to find meaning in his existence and discovers the girl of his dreams along the way…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

"So what kinda gal are you lookin' for?" Lionsgate has revealed the official trailer for an awkward romantic comedy movie called Running on Empty, being released this summer starting in August (eventually on VOD later in August). Marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Daniel André, this was originally titled Mort in Sherman Oaks before the new title change, since it's set in the San Fernando Valley. The film follows an odd young man named Mort who discovers he has less than a year to live. After hearing the news, his fiancé leaves him, then he meets Kate using a dating service that matches people by their death dates, all while being stalked by a disturbed pimp. Definitely sounds kooky! Mort sets out on a spirited quest to find meaning in his existence and hopefully the girl of his dreams along the way. The film stars Keir Gilchrist, Lucy Hale,...

Collider is excited to reveal the first poster and trailer for the upcoming film Running on Empty, directed and written by Daniel Andr. The quirky romantic comedy is set to hit theaters on August 9, with a VOD release on August 27. Running on Empty follows Mortimer, an odd but clever young man living a mundane life in Californias San Fernando Valley. His routine existence is disrupted when he receives life-changing news, prompting him to make the most of every day. Mort sets off on a spirited quest to find meaning in his life and discovers the girl of his dreams along the way.

Sidney Lumet was the Oscar-nominated director who proved incredibly prolific during his career, directing over 40 movies in 50 years, from his feature debut “12 Angry Men” (1957) through his cinematic farewell “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead” (2007). But how many of those titles remain classics? Let’s take a look back at 20 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.

Born on June 25, 1924, Lumet got his start as a child actor, appearing in “One Third of a Nation” (1939) when he was 15 years old. After serving during WWII, he quickly began directing Off-Broadway plays before moving into the burgeoning medium of television, where he helmed hundreds of live teleplays. While working on episodes of “Playhouse 90,” “Kraft Theater” and many more, he honed his abilities to shoot quickly and economically.

His turned to movies with “12 Angry Men,” an adaptation of Reginald Rose‘s TV drama about a lone juror (Henry Fonda) holding out during a murder trial.

Through the lens of 2024, “Dogfight” plays like a subtle, personal film you would expect from indie director Nancy Savoca (“Household Saints”), but that’s not what Warner Bros. thought they were making.

“They were thinking ‘Porky’s.’ They thought it was a comedy,” said director Nancy Savoca while on IndieWire’s Toolkit podcast to discuss “Dogfight,” which is entering the Criterion Collection on April 30.

At the end of the 1980s headed into the early ’90s, when Warners was developing Bob Comfort’s “Dogfight” screenplay, teen comedies were big business for the studios. Alongside the wild success of the classic slate of teen comedies John Hughes wrote, directed, or produced, the “Porky’s” trilogy came to define the sex comedies of the era. It’s through this lens the studio saw the dogfight competition in Comfort’s script: A group of young soldiers pick up the “ugliest” woman they can find, bring her to a bar,...

Rooney Mara is pregnant!

The 38-year-old La Cocina star is expecting her second baby with fiancé Joaquin Phoenix, People reports.

The actress attended the premiere of La Cocina at the Berlin Film Festival in Germany on Friday evening (February 16), where she cradled her growing baby bump under a long black dress.

Keep reading to find out more…

The couple quietly got engaged in 2019 after first meeting in 2012 on the set of the sci-fi drama Her. The two have a son River, who was born in 2020.

Their son’s name honors Phoenix‘s older brother, who died at age 23 in 1993, and starred in movies like Stand By Me, Running on Empty and My Own Private Idaho.

Congratulations to the happy family! Find out who else is expecting in 2024.

Christian Slater replaced River Phoenix in Interview with the Vampire after Phoenix's tragic death. Slater was initially worried about taking on Phoenix's character due to the circumstances surrounding his passing. Slater still wonders what happened to his character, Daniel, as the movie ends on a cliffhanger.

Christian Slater was cast in Interview with the Vampire only because of a tragic event. Interview with the Vampire is the 1994 gothic horror movie adaptation of the 1976 novel of the same name by Anne Rice. Starring Tom Cruise as Lestat de Lioncourt and Brad Pitt as Louis de Pointe du Lac, Interview with the Vampire is a classic of LGBTQ+ vampire movies, a genre that has unexpectedly become the home of many queer TV shows and movies. Rice's novel is just a part of the 13-novel franchise The Vampire Chronicles, which also ties into her New Tales of the Vampires and Lives of the Mayfair Witches,...

Kate Winslet is striking fear into the hearts of her not-so-loyal subjects in HBO‘s The Regime teaser trailer. From Will Tracy and Frank Rich, the complex minds behind Succession, comes a limited series about power, corruption, and subterfuge.

The Regime “tells the story of one year within the walls of the palace of a modern European regime as it begins to unravel.”

“Since I became your Chancellor, we have grown considerably as a country. It is time to show America and the world precisely what we are worth,” Winslet’s Chancellor says in The Regime teaser trailer while addressing a crowd, asserting her authority. The vibes in the room quickly become hostile, eliciting fear and confusion about who’s in charge of the population’s wellbeing.

Joining the previously announced cast of Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton and Hugh Grant, the newly announced cast members include Danny Webb,...

Director Denny Tedesco previously scored a hit among music fans with his 2008 film “The Wrecking Crew,” a documentary about the battalion of 1960s studio musicians whose names were little known even among the cognoscenti, until these unknown soldiers started to quietly get their due decades later. Although it took another 15 years after that film to come to fruition, Tedesco had an easy go-to for an unofficial sequel. “Immediate Family” focuses on a smaller cadre of players that soon came to dominate the L.A. recording scene and who were, for a time, known collectively as the Section. One thing the earlier movie had that this one doesn’t was a sense of injustice corrected, because let’s face it — in the 1970s, everybody knew their names.

Well, let’s not exaggerate — maybe not quite everyone was devoted to fondling LP packaging and devouring it for information, even in the physical media era.

Christmas comes early on Max, as the streamer adds a bevy of holiday movies to its library for the month of November, alongside new TV debuts, a noteworthy documentary and more. “Elf,” “Christmas Vacation,” “Arthur Christmas,” “The Shop Around the Corner” and “Four Christmases” are some of the holiday films arriving on the streaming platform on Nov. 1.

This month also sees the Season 2 premieres of “Rap Sh!t” (on Nov. 9) and “Julia” (on Nov. 16) and the series premiere of “Two and a Half Men” creator Chuck Lorre’s new sitcom “Bookie” starring Sebastian Maniscalco (on Nov. 30).

On Nov. 11, check out the documentary “Albert Brooks: Defending My Life” in which the comedian, actor and filmmaker’s best friend Rob Reiner peppers him with questions about his life and career.

And Chip and Joanna Gaines renovate a 100-year-old building in “Fixer Upper: The Hotel,” which premieres on Nov. 8.

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It’s a lean month for new original content on HBO/Max. November will see the return of two scripted series in Julia and Rap Sh!t, both of which are debuting their respective second seasons, but this month’s fresh highlight is likely to be Bookie, a new comedy series from the partnership of The Big Bang Theory creator Chuck Lorre, and Nick Bakay. The show tracks an LA bookie called Danny (Sebastian Maniscalco), whose business is in peril as California movies to legalize sports gambling.

Elsewhere in November, there quite a few interesting documentaries to keep an eye on, and two that jump out as “must watch”. The first is Albert Brooks: Defending My Life, which chronicles the aging comedian’s life and career. The second is the previously-released Little Richard: I Am Everything, which tries to peel back the whitewashed canon of Richard Penniman in a true...

“Hollywood is mourning the loss of two of its own today,” the radio newscaster announced 30 years ago. My ears perked up, perhaps a bit more than the average listener’s would. “Federico Fellini,” he continued, “is dead at the age of 73.”

“Ah, well,” I thought. “He’s been ill for some time.”

“And in Los Angeles,” the newscaster said, “actor River Phoenix…” A sudden rush of adrenaline made my heart race and I felt as if I’d been punched in the stomach.

Five years earlier, I had spent the afternoon of River’s 18th birthday with him. At the time, I was working on a daily radio network program where I chatted with stars of new movies. Of the hundreds of actors I’ve interviewed, River easily made it to my personal “Top 10 Favorites” list.

River – accompanied by his mom – came to our studio, just off Times Square, to speak about his latest film,...

Sarah Lancashire and David Hyde Pierce in ‘Julia’ season 2 (Photograph by Sebastein Gonon/Max)

Max’s November 2023 schedule includes season two of Julia starring Sarah Lancashire as Julia Child and the return of Rap Sh!t with Aida Osman and Mia KaMillion. Bookie, a new comedy about sports gambling created by Chuck Lorre, makes its debut on November 30th with Sebastian Maniscalco starring as an LA bookie.

HBO documentaries Albert Brooks: Defending My Life and South to Black Power will stream on Max this November, along with CNN Films’ Little Richard: I Am Everything.

Series & Films Arriving On Max In November 2023:

November 1

Act of Valor (2012)

After the Thin Man (1936)

Aliens (1986)

The Ant Bully (2006)

Arthur Christmas (2011)

The Avengers (1998)

The Bachelor (1999)

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

Bells Are Ringing (1960)

Black Beauty (1994)

Boys’ Night Out (1962)

Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)

Brigadoon (1954)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

A Christmas Carol (1938)

Christmas Cookie Challenge, Seasons...

On Sunday, October 29, 2023, at 7:00 Pm on Dfc, “Restaurant: Impossible” presents Season 20, Episode 23 titled “Running on Empty.” In this episode, Robert Irvine faces a challenging task in Opelika, Alabama. He is on a mission to rescue a restaurant that’s located at a gas station.

The owner, Penny, is going through a tough time. Her health is declining, and her lifelong dream, the restaurant, is struggling. She’s at a point where she needs to make significant changes not just to her business but also to her life before she loses everything.

“Restaurant: Impossible” is all about helping struggling restaurants get back on their feet. Robert Irvine, a chef and restaurateur, uses his expertise to transform these places and give them a fresh start.

If you’re interested in stories of people facing challenges and turning things around, this episode is worth watching. Tune in at 7:00 Pm on Sunday...

On Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at 11:00 Pm on Discovery, viewers can catch the Season 1 Episode 2 of “Street Outlaws: Farmtruck & Azn Down Under” titled “Running on Empty.” In this episode, Farmtruck and Azn find themselves facing an unexpected challenge as a nitrous shortage threatens to disrupt their Australian fishing trip.

The episode delves into how Farmtruck and Azn handle this obstacle and whether they can find a solution to keep their adventure on track. As they navigate the nitrous shortage, viewers can expect to see their resourcefulness and determination put to the test.

“Street Outlaws: Farmtruck & Azn Down Under” follows the popular duo from the original “Street Outlaws” series as they take their antics and passion for cars to Australia. The show combines their love for street racing with exploring the local culture and experiencing unique challenges Down Under.

This episode promises to deliver more of the entertaining and adrenaline-fueled content that...

When River Phoenix died on October 31, 1993, after Phoenix collapsed outside of the now notorious Viper Room nightclub in West Hollywood, Phoenix’s death embodied the tragedy of early death and unfulfilled potential, as while Phoenix’s colleagues and followers have aged considerably since Phoenix’s untimely death, Phoenix will always be frozen in time.

Indeed, as Phoenix’s perpetual youthfulness is, along with Phoenix’s undeniable talent, the centerpiece of Phoenix’s enduring legacy, this also represents a morbid fascination, as while Phoenix would now be fifty-three years old, had he lived, Phoenix died as a twenty-three-year-old actor who seemed poised to become one of the most important adult actors of his generation but is best remembered for his teenage roles in the films Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Running on Empty, and Stand by Me.

Moreover, the passage of time has seemingly made people forget how truly messed...

River Phoenix played a young Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade but did not return for The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles TV series. Phoenix rejected reprising his role for the show as he didn't want to be typecast as a TV actor and preferred to focus on his movie career. While we can only speculate, Phoenix's involvement in the TV series may have altered certain aspects of the portrayal of Indiana Jones, but ultimately Sean Patrick Flanery did a good job in the role.

River Phoenix played a young Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, but he didn’t return to the role for the TV series based on the character. Phoenix began his acting career in television in the early 1980s, and would later go on to star in several popular movies, including Stand By Me, Running on Empty, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,...

Updated, with comment from Ramaswamy’s campaign: Eminem wants Vivek Ramaswamy to lose “Lose Yourself” and other rap works from his campaign’s playlist.

Music rights management service BMI sent Ramaswamy’s campaign a letter notifying them that Marshall Mathers, aka Eminem, had objected to their use of his compositions. (Read the Eminem letter). The BMI attorney, Pamela Williams, also informed them that the Eminem works are being removed from a BMI license agreement with the campaign.

“BMI will consider any performance of the Eminem Works by the Vivek 2024 campaign from this date forward to be a material breach of the Agreement for which BMI reserves all rights and remedies with respect thereto,” Williams wrote in the letter, which also was obtained by Deadline.

Ramaswamy drew huge attention for performing Eminem’s Oscar-winning 2002 hit “Lose Yourself” at the Iowa State Fair earlier this month.

Although he tried to separate himself...

Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, has bought U.S. rights to “The Animal Kingdom,” Thomas Cailley’s creature-filled dystopian thriller which world premiered as the opening night selection of Cannes Un Certain Regard.

Produced by Pierre Guyard at Nord-Ouest Films, “The Animal Kingdom” was financed and co-produced by Studiocanal, which handles French distribution and international sales. The film is set in a world where mutations in human genetics cause people to transform into hybrid creatures. It boasts stellar performances by Roman Duris (“Final Cut”), Adèle Exarchopoulos (“Blue Is the Warmest Color”) and Paul Kircher (“Winter Boy”). Magnet will release the film next year.

Duris stars as François, who sets off to save his wife, who has been affected by this mysterious condition. As some of the creatures disappear into a nearby forest, François embarks with Emile (Kircher), their 16-year-old son, on a quest to find her with...

This article contains spoilers for “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” season 2 of “Yellowjackets” and “Beef.”

2023 has been a year saddled with head-thumpingly obvious needle drops.

Excited to see robots scuffle in “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts”? A key fight scene will be soundtracked to LL Cool J’s 1991 hit, “Mama Said Knock You Out.” During the trailers beforehand, a spot for the Dracula movie “The Last Voyage of the Demeter” features a remix of Smashing Pumpkins’ “Bullet With Butterfly Wings,” in which Billy Corgan sings, “The world is a vampire / Sent to drain.” Chilling out after the movie to watch the new episode of “The Idol”? Prepare for star The Weeknd’s new song “Take Me Back,” which literally describes the toxic relationship between the two lead characters

Why are so many blockbuster films and some of television’s most adventurous shows addicted to cringey song choices? The unlikely...

A bold departure from France’s cinema tradition of social realism, Thomas Cailley’s widely ambitious sophomore outing “The Animal Kingdom” is equally a creature-filled dystopia, an emotionally charged father-and-son drama and a coming-of-age tale.

The character-driven film world premiered to warm reviews at the Cannes Film Festival where it bowed the Un Certain Regard section. “The Animal Kingdom” is represented in international market by Studiocanal and was produced by Pierre Guyard at Nord Ouest Films, and co-produced by Artemis.

“The Animal Kingdom” takes place in an undetermined future in France which has been swept by a genetic disease causing people to transform into creatures that are being hunted down and killed or institutionalized by authorities. Kircher, the breakout star of Christophe Honoré’s “Winter Boy,” plays 16-year-old Emile whose mother was institutionalized after showing first signs of a genetic mutation. He lives with his father Francois (Romain Duris) who is struggling to overcome grief.

Hey, you guys, The Goonies star Ke Huy Quan just won an Oscar! And while he had a sweet moment with former Temple of Doom co-star Harrison Ford on the stage, several of his Goonies co-stars sent their love through social media.

For one, Corey Feldman (who played Mouth) posted a video of himself on Instagram as the Best Supporting Actor Oscar category came up, cheering on his Goonies co-star from home as the enveloped was opened. “Watching My Brother @kehuyquan Win The Oscar @theacademy Award 4 #Bestsupportingactor Omg!!!…I #Love U! I Knew U Could Do It!!!” Feldman ended his extensive caption, “We #Love U Ke!! So Proud & Happy 4 U & Ecco. God Bless Buddy! Never 4Get!…#Gooniesneversaydie.”

My #Goonie Brother #Kehuyquan Just Won The Oscar Gold Like I Said He Would! Cuz He Deserves It! Not Just 4 A Fantastic Performance In #Eeaao But 4 The Perseverance Of Following His Dream & Never Giving Up!

David Lindley, the dexterous and elfin multi-instrumentalist who died yesterday at the age of 78, could delight in sharing a few tales about his days on the road with Jackson Browne, James Taylor, and the other leading troubadours and songwriters he backed during the Seventies and Eighties. There was the time, he told me in 2013, that he saw one of them talking up a backstage female visitor. Lindley grabbed a bottle of apple juice, went over to his boss and told him his urine sample was ready. Needles to say, the...

Judd Hirsch is a living legend. Best known for his portrayal of cabbie Alex Rieger, the warm, principled central character of the classic sitcom "Taxi," Hirsch has been effortlessly segueing from television to stage to film and back again for over 50 years. He won two Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Emmys for "Taxi," and two Tonys for his performances in Herb Gardner's "Conversations with My Father" and "I'm Not Rappaport." He received a Best Supporting Actor nomination in 1980 for his portrayal of the tough, yet compassionate psychiatrist Dr. Berger in Robert Redford's "Ordinary People." He probably would've won that year, but he was the victim of category fraud when Paramount opted to run his co-star, Timothy Hutton, in the Supporting Actor category rather than Best Actor, even though the young performer was clearly the lead of the movie. Hutton won, and Hirsch hasn't been nominated since.

Having once graced the cover of magazines like Tiger Beat, Leonardo DiCaprio knows a thing or two about being a teenybopper, and he knows a thing or two about outliving all that and coming to be regarded as a serious dramatic actor. So it is that DiCaprio has occasionally been in a position to dispense career advice to other young actors in Hollywood, the latest being "Dune" star Timothée Chalamet.

Chalamet is well-established as an Oscar-nominated thesp, but he, too, is something of a magazine idol, who just became the first guy to appear solo on the cover of the British edition of Vogue. In an interview with the magazine (via The Hollywood Reporter), Chalamet revealed that when he first met DiCaprio in 2018 — before they went on to costar in last year's "Don't Look Up" — DiCaprio gave him a piece of advice that has become a guiding principle for his...

This week’s 20 Questions on Deadline guest is Martha Plimpton.

Currently starring in new Freevee comedy series Sprung, Plimpton plays Barb, mother to a convict released early due to Covid, and the show takes a look at the early days of the pandemic and all the societal idiosyncrasies that showed up during lockdown.

Plimpton has acted since childhood, starring in such iconic films as The Goonies, Parenthood and Running on Empty and shows like ER and The Good Wife, for which she won an Emmy. Last year she won an Independent Spirit Award for her role in Fran Kranz’s film Mass.

Plimpton says of Sprung, “The intention is not to mock anyone, it’s just to find a little bit of humor in the absurdity of everything that we thought we had to do, and that we did do, like hoarding toilet paper and selling it for 20 a roll.

Maggie Gyllenhaal just earned her second Oscar nomination for writing the screenplay to “The Lost Daughter,” her feature directorial debut. This Best Adapted Screenplay bid follows in the footsteps of only two other women, Emma Thompson and Ruth Gordon, who also earned Oscar kudos for acting and writing. More significantly, however, is that there are now two Oscar-nominated screenwriters in the Gyllenhaal family, with her mother Naomi Foner having earned her own writing bid in the late 1980s.

Foner was a Best Original Screenplay nominee for the 1988 film “Running on Empty,” the Sidney Lumet film that starred River Phoenix in his only Oscar-nominated performance. Like Gyllenhaal with “The Lost Daughter,” Foner was also an executive producer on “Running on Empty.” Gyllenhaal’s nomination this year adds another accolade to the family, following her first bid in Best Supporting Actress for “Crazy Heart” (2009) and her brother Jake‘s only Oscar nomination...

After picking up an Oscar nomination for her adapted screenplay of Elena Ferrante’s novel “The Lost Daughter,” Maggie Gyllenhaal joins a very short list of three women who have been nominated for acting and writing. She previously scored a nod in 2011 for her supporting performance opposite Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart.”

“My mother told me this, so you might have to fact-check it,” Gyllenhaal told TheWrap with a laugh, admitting she wasn’t aware she had just made history. Her mother was correct – only Ruth Gordon and Emma Thompson have been cited in both writing and acting categories in the past. “If that’s true, that is my favorite thing,” Gyllenhaal said. “I’m so thrilled to be in that club.”

And while we’re on the subject of Gyllenhaal’s mother, there’s another bit of history making going on. Gyllenhaal and her mom, Naomi Foner, are the...

Filmmaking is quite literally in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s genes. Her mother is Oscar-winning screenwriter Naomi Foner (“Running on Empty”) who also directed the 2013 drama “Very Good Girls.” And her father Stephen Gyllenhaal has directed such films as 1992 “Waterland,” which featured his daughter, and 1993 “A Dangerous Woman.” But it took time for the Oscar-nominated actress (“Crazy Heart’) to follow in her parents’ footsteps.

“I think that now I have directed, I can see in a way I always was a director,” she noted in a recent American Cinematheque Zoom conversation with Oscar-winner Guillermo Del Toro (“The Shape of Water”). She added, though, it was so deep into her psyche that “it was even a secret for me.” She recently picked up Gotham Independent Film honors for writing and directing her first film, Netflix’s “The Lost Daughter,” starring Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Ed Harris and her husband Peter Sarsgaard.

Another month, another Criterion Channel lineup. In accordance with Black History Month their selections are especially refreshing: seven by Melvin Van Peebles, five from Kevin Jerome Everson, and Criterion editions of The Harder They Come and The Learning Tree.

Regarding individual features I’m quite happy to see Abderrahmane Sissako’s fantastic Bamako, last year’s big Sundance winner (and Kosovo’s Oscar entry) Hive, and the remarkably beautiful Portuguese feature The Metamorphosis of Birds. Add a three-film Laura Dern collection (including the recently canonized Smooth Talk) and Pasolini’s rarely shown documentary Love Meetings to make this a fine smorgasboard.

See the full list of February titles below and more on the Criterion Channel.

Alan & Naomi, Sterling Van Wagenen, 1992

All That Heaven Allows, Douglas Sirk, 1955

The Angel Levine, Ján Kadár, 1970

Babylon, Franco Rosso, 1980

Babymother, Julian Henriques, 1998

Bamako, Abderrahmane Sissako, 2006

Beat Street, Stan Lathan, 1984

Blacks Britannica, David Koff, 1978

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution,...

It took playing a woman who is empowered by becoming a film director in HBO series “The Deuce” for actress Maggie Gyllenhaal to imagine becoming one herself. As soon as she did, after binging the books of Elena Ferrante, from “My Brilliant Friend” to “The Days of Abandonment,” Gyllenhaal was inspired to take the plunge. Three years ago, on the verge of her 40th birthday, Gyllenhaal first wrote to Ferrante, asking the Italian author (whose identity is protected by her publisher) to let her option her 2006 novel “The Lost Daughter” for the movies. After a few email exchanges, the writer said yes. But her contract with Gyllenhaal was void, she told the actress, if she didn’t direct the feature herself. (Ferrante explained why in The Guardian.)

Gyllenhaal eventually obtained the author’s blessing on her script — which often departs from the original) —and cast Oscar winner Olivia Colman (“The Favourite...