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Today.com
April 27, 2018
Best known for the TV series “Smallville,” actress Allison Mack is out on bail after being arrested for allegedly recruiting women into a sex trafficking sorority disguised as a women's empowerment group. Megyn Kelly TODAY welcomes Samia Shoaib, an actress who says Mack tried to get her to join theÃâà...
Medical Design & Outsourcing
April 27, 2018
On April 12, 2018, 20 representatives of stakeholders from industry and European Competent Authorities (CAs) had the opportunity to test the first Eudamed module. This module will be used for entering actor data. Get the full story here at the Emergo Group's blog. The opinions expressed in this blog postÃâà...
PEOPLE.com
April 27, 2018
They don't see the real person behind that character,” accuser Victoria Valentino, a former Playboy Playmate who alleged the actor drugged and ... he was scowling, he was mocking them and that was very painful to endure,” the actress — who alleged in May 2015 that Cosby drugged and raped her whileÃâà...
Seattle Times
April 27, 2018
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese actress who won a settlement last week from a director she said sexually harassed her said Friday that she plans to use the money to start a #MeToo group for Japan's entertainment industry. “I don't know any theater groups that don't have power or sexual harassment,” theÃâà...
NBCNews.com
April 27, 2018
This particular day, I had gone downtown to look at the stars of actors and actresses on the Walk of Fame and then I ended up walking past this huge theatre. And I thought, 'My God, I've never seen anything like this!' And that's a moment I can always recall in my memory, every moment that I spent thereÃâà...
IndieWire
April 27, 2018
Considering “This Is Us” Season 2 felt specifically designed to win Justin Hartley an Emmy, he could make up for his freshman year snub (thanks to increased screentime, heavy subject matter, and the fact that Sterling K. Brown and Milo Ventimiglia are both in the Lead Actor race.) Then there are newÃâà...
Playbill.com
April 27, 2018
The Compass, a podcast dedicated to the stories of working actors, writers, directors, designers, dancers, musicians, composers, and playwrights, welcomes actor Anna O'Donoghue for episode 116. Host Leah Walsh sits down with O'Donoghue for a conversation about her extensive work with new playÃâà...
Engadget
April 27, 2018
Battlestar Galactica's Kara "Starbuck" Thrace is embarking on another mission. Netflix has ordered a 10-episode season for a sci-fi drama original entitled Another Life, and yes, it stars Katee Sackhoff. The story revolves around Sackhoff's character, astronaut Niko Breckinridge, as she leads her crew on aÃâà...
New York Times
April 27, 2018
Gertrude Jeannette, Actor, Director and Cabdriver, Dies at 103 .... Her husband worked as a bodyguard of sorts for Paul Robeson, the baritone singer, actor and political activist. ... When the American Negro Theater closed in 1949, many of the company's black actors moved to California or elsewhere.
Page Six
April 26, 2018
Behind her saccharine-sweet exterior, Allison Mack was a cold and calculating recruiter for the Nxivm sex cult, according to an actress who said the “Smallville” star used feminism as a lure — as she targeted her during a “vulnerable” time in her life. “I'd had a traumatic experience and I was drinking tooÃâà...
TheStranger.com
April 18, 2018
Two things you might not have been aware of: 1) The Shorty Awards, which honor "the best of social media," including accolades for a small handful of "arts and entertainment" figures (actor, celebrity, music, dance, comedy, and TV), activists, pro-am internet entertainers (breakout YouTuber, Instagrammer,Ãâà...
Hollywood Reporter
April 18, 2018
Noah Jupe, the breakout actor who played the son in John Krasinski's hit horror movie A Quiet Place, will play a young Shia LaBeouf in Honey Boy, the biopic being made by Automatik. Lucas Hedges and LaBeouf are already on board for the indie, which was co-written by LaBeouf and tells, in aÃâà...
SFGate
April 18, 2018
Harry Anderson, an actor who starred as the kindhearted, zany Judge Harry Stone on the long-running NBC comedy “Night Court,” was found dead early Monday in his home in Asheville, N.C. He was 65. The Asheville Police Department, which confirmed the death, did not release a cause but said no foulÃâà...
The indy100
April 18, 2018
This could have been a golden opportunity to cast one of America's many trans actresses, and to make her a star. ... In a lengthy Twitter thread, the actress detailed the numerous ways in which the casting of cis men in trans roles is damaging, the first and most obvious of which is that it takes away the fewÃâà...
ABC News
April 18, 2018
Choi Eun-hee, a South Korean film icon once kidnapped by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's regime in 1970s, has died at age of 92. Interested in South Korea? Add South Korea as an interest to stay up to date on the latest South Korea news, video, and analysis from ABC News. South Korea. Add Interest.
Times LIVE
April 18, 2018
The safety of actors on set should be addressed urgently‚ the portfolio committee on arts and culture said on Wednesday. The committee's call for better and safer working conditions in the arts industry was sparked by the death of actor Odwa Shweni during a movie rehearsal in KwaZulu-Natal last ThursdayÃâà...
New York Times
April 18, 2018
Harry Anderson, who starred as the kindhearted, zany Judge Harry Stone on the long-running NBC comedy “Night Court,” was found dead early Monday at his home in Asheville, N.C. He was 65. The Asheville Police Department, which confirmed the death, did not specify the cause but said foul play wasÃâà...
CNBC
April 18, 2018
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that porn actress Stormy Daniels is pulling "a total con job." Daniels has been promoting an artist's sketch of a man she says threatened her to keep silent about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump years ago. The sketch depicts a white male in his 30s or 40sÃâà...
Newsweek
April 3, 2018
Actors Channing Tatum and his wife Jenna Dewan Tatum attend the 26th annual GLAAD Media Awards in Beverly Hills, California March 21, 2015. On Monday, the pair announced they were separating with a joint statement posted to social media. Reuters. According to Banktree, Channing Tatum's netÃâà...
William & Mary News
April 3, 2018
Groups were clustered for hours, eagerly awaiting the event of the season: William & Mary's 2018 Atwater Lecture, featuring transgender artist, actress and advocate Laverne Cox. Made possible through by Alma Mater Productions, the W&M Student Assembly and the Janet and Peter Atwater LectureÃâà...
Hurriyet Daily News
April 3, 2018
We see the ban on female actors that was applied in our parliament, which is supposed to represent the will of the people of Turkey, as the gravest example of gender discrimination,” Saran, a prominent actress, said during the protest. “We stand in every area of life as women, and will continue to do so.
Palm Beach Daily News
April 3, 2018
Mallory Newbrough took the best supporting actress in a musical prize for her performance in Beehive at The Wick Theatre in Boca Raton. ... Broward County theaters' five awards went to: Sarah Gracel, best actress in a musical and Elijah Word, best supporting actor in a musical for Dreamgirls at BrowardÃâà...
Herald-Whig
April 3, 2018
HANNIBAL, Mo. -- Secret agent fans, especially those who have followed the exploits of James Bond through the years, should be happy with the latest news from the Mark Twain Nostalgic Film Festival. Event coordinator Mike Marx reports George Lazenby has confirmed he will be appearing at the Sept.
Variety
April 3, 2018
South Korea's Justice Ministry has called on prosecutors to reexamine the death of actress Jang Ja-yeon, who committed suicide in 2009. She left a note claiming that she had been sexually abused by high-profile figures in the entertainment industry. The case was one of five that the ministry recommendedÃâà...
The Hill (blog)
March 27, 2018
Alana Evans, a friend of Stormy Daniels, said the adult-film actress held on to the dress she wore the day of her alleged affair with President Trump Ãâ÷ Donald John TrumpMcCaskill: Clinton should be more careful in how she describes Trump voters Stormy Daniels lawyer slams critics who say there wasÃâà...
Us Weekly
March 27, 2018
Chrissy Teigen Thinks She Knows Which Actress Bit Beyonce. Get the hottest celebrity news directly to your phone. Download the Us Weekly App now! By Nicholas Hautman. March 26, 2018. Error loading player: No playable sources found. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Ãâ÷ Click to share on TwitterÃâà...
PEOPLE.com
March 27, 2018
In the latest twist to an already strange saga, the model, 32, tweeted on Monday that she knows the unnamed actress who Tiffany Haddish claims bit the “Lemonade” singer in the face at an after-party for Jay-Z back in December. “I cannot leave this planet without knowing who bit Beyonce in the face,” sheÃâà...
Variety
March 27, 2018
French actor Jean Reno (“The Da Vinci Code”) has joined the cast of Ben Cookson's WWII drama “Waiting for Anya” which has just started shooting in France. Reno will star opposite Noah Schnapp (“Stranger Things”), Anjelica Huston (“The Witches”), Thomas Kretschmann (“The Pianist”), Elsa ZylbertseinÃâà...
Santa Clarita Valley Signal
March 27, 2018
An actor identified as the boyfriend of Adea Shabani, the 25-year-old actress missing this past month, shot and killed himself at the end of a long police chase Thursday, heightening concerns for Shabani's well-being. Shabani, of Los Angeles, was last seen by friends enrolled at the Stella Adler Academy ofÃâà...
Vanity Fair
March 27, 2018
The actor, who spoke to Vulture on condition of anonymity, said one of the issues with Lord and Miller's directing style was their penchant for dozens of takes. “Phil and Chris are good directors, but they weren't prepared for Star Wars,” the source said. “After the 25th take, the actors are looking at each otherÃâà...
BBC News
March 27, 2018
Now, he says a BBC report on his search has helped him find a family who never knew him. It's late March, and three men are gathered for a meeting they'd never thought they would have. One man is Anthony Wong, one of the most famous actors in the Chinese-speaking world, known for his roles in filmsÃâà...
LA Daily News
March 27, 2018
Adea Shabani, 25, was last seen Feb. 23, 2018, on Wilcox Avenue between Hollywood Boulevard and Franklin Avenue in Hollywood. Her family has hired a private investigator to help find her. A man described as her boyfriend who police believe was involved in her disappearance killed himself after a lawÃâà...
Decider
March 24, 2018
These are the films that made Sundance shriek, that gave an actor an actual STD, and the ones that are straight-up strange. ... From the actors that put their hands on (and in) themselves and others, we celebrate these stars for (consensually) taking their art form to new levels…and perhaps turning us on inÃâà...
Deadline
March 24, 2018
Now Jonathan Rhys Meyers has taken on a new role, that of client for ICM Partners, as the Irish-born actor has signed with the talent and literary ... and his iconic portrayal of King Henry VIII in the Showtime series The Tudors, for which he received two Golden Globes nominations for Best Actor in a TVÃâà...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
March 24, 2018
Amy Locane Bovenizer entered the courtroom, in Feb. 2013, to be sentenced in Somerville, N.J. for the 2010 drunk driving accident in Montgomery Township that killed 60-year-old Helene Seeman The actress, who served about two-and-a-half years of a three-year sentence, must return to court for aÃâà...
Vox
March 24, 2018
Mark Rylance is an interesting actor because there is such a split between his screen work and his stage work. Onscreen, in properties like Wolf Hall and Bridge of Spies, for which he won an Oscar, he is a paragon of restraint; his performances tend to lean, as my friend said, toward old and sad. (The majorÃâà...
New York Times
March 24, 2018
If there's one thing that defines HBO-era TV, it's dramas about violent men. If there's a second thing, it's comedies set in and around the entertainment business. “Barry,” which begins Sunday on HBO, is both, an audacious mash-up that puts the chocolate of premium cable into its peanut butter, its gun intoÃâà...
Deadline
March 24, 2018
Brown, a Chicago native, was a longtime theater actor before segueing to television, having performed at the Goodman, Victory Gardens, Lookingglass, Drury Lane, MPAACT and Pegasus Players in Chicago. Her other TV work also included guest spots on Empire and Shameless. In an interview last yearÃâà...
New York Times
March 24, 2018
Mr. Tabakov's biggest impact, though, was in the theater, as an actor, director and teacher. He led several important theater companies during his long career, championing not only Chekhov and the other Russian classics but also new works and directors and plays from abroad. Many actors who studiedÃâà...
Deadline
March 23, 2018
There are reports that the settlement will go to the Anton Yelchin Foundation and to the filming of a documentary on the young actor's life. Victor and Irina Yelchin sued Fiat Chrysler because the Cherokee model was among 1.1 million vehicles the company recalled two months before Yelchin's death.
The Hill (blog)
March 16, 2018
“Little House on the Prarie” actress Melissa Gilbert said Thursday she thinks Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Ãâ÷ Elizabeth (Betsy) Dee DeVosAmerican women will decide who wins and loses in 2018 elections Trump, Pence to address CPAC this week House Dems call for first Education Committee hearingÃâà...
Voice of America
March 16, 2018
The United States government is taking action against over 20 Russian “cyber actors” for interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The Treasury Department announced sanctions against the GRU, the Russian military intelligence organization, and 13 Russian citizens. Those individuals already faceÃâà...
Santa Fe New Mexican
March 16, 2018
Charlie Baca, an Albuquerque actor and singer who was still crooning and swinging at Vanessie of Santa Fe as recently as January, died of pneumonia March 7 in Albuquerque at the age of 91, said his daughter Alycia Baca. Even on his deathbed, her father was “oozing with charisma and throwing kissesÃâà...
Business Insider
March 16, 2018
In their day jobs, the actors in HBO's "Silicon Valley" pretend to be involved in the world of tech startups. But some of them have real-life involvement in tech investments too. Actor Kumail Nanjiani recently said he was "very worried" about the ethics of some entrepreneurs last November. "Often we'll see tech that is scary.
EW.com (blog)
March 16, 2018
We've already heard the final season of Game of Thrones will be full of character deaths, that it will be “the greatest thing ever aired,” and that it's so powerful it brought the cast to tears during its table read. Yet the actor who plays Ser Jorah Mormont warns that, quite naturally, not everybody is going to loveÃâà...
The Guardian
March 16, 2018
While characters with autism are not uncommon today, casting actors with autism to play them is. It wasn't until four years after its first performance that The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, a play framed through the mind of a boy with autism, featured an actor with autism in the lead role.
ESPN
March 15, 2018
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Actor Jim Caviezel has played Jesus and golfer Bobby Jones on the big screen. On Wednesday, he portrayed Kansas City Royals bench coach Dale Sveum. Sveum had a medical appointment for a stiff neck and missed the photo shoot, so Caviezel stood in for him. "That way we can photoshop the headÃâà...
ABC News
March 9, 2018
The "Star Wars" fans came out in full force on Thursday in Los Angeles, California, to see Mark Hamill receive his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Interested in Star Wars? Add Star Wars as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Star Wars news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Star Wars.
Hollywood Reporter
March 9, 2018
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story tells the story of the title actor's life but focuses on her talents as an inventor – most notably, for developing a radio guidance system during World War II which became the basis of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi technology. Whilst Lamarr's intelligence is undoubtable, SarandonÃâà...
NPR
March 9, 2018
This week, the accusation that President Trump had an affair more than a decade ago with an adult film actress became the subject of a lawsuit. The actress known as Stormy Daniels is suing the president so she can tell her story. The White House denies there was an affair but seemed to confirm that theÃâà...
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