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- 10/1/2020
- by IMDbPro Affiliate
- IMDbPro News
On Friday, September 4, Multiple Sclerosis (Ms) advocate and Center Without Walls founder, Nancy Davis welcomed guests to the Rose Bowl for a very special reimagined live drive-in Race to Erase Ms Gala.
Marg Helgenberger Attends 27th Race To Erase Ms Drive-In
Credit/Copyright: Rich Fury/Getty Iamges
For the first time ever, in light of the current pandemic, guests were invited to “Drive-In” for an evening of socially distanced music, celebration, and raising funds and awareness for this life-altering disease. The event raised over $1.4 Million to benefit the Race to Erase Ms and its Center Without Walls program, a collaboration of top Ms research centers working together as a team on ground-breaking research with the goal of treating and, ultimately, finding a cure for Ms. The event honored Davis’s son Jason, who passed away earlier this year, with a very special posthumous “Medal of Hope.”
The event opened with...
Marg Helgenberger Attends 27th Race To Erase Ms Drive-In
Credit/Copyright: Rich Fury/Getty Iamges
For the first time ever, in light of the current pandemic, guests were invited to “Drive-In” for an evening of socially distanced music, celebration, and raising funds and awareness for this life-altering disease. The event raised over $1.4 Million to benefit the Race to Erase Ms and its Center Without Walls program, a collaboration of top Ms research centers working together as a team on ground-breaking research with the goal of treating and, ultimately, finding a cure for Ms. The event honored Davis’s son Jason, who passed away earlier this year, with a very special posthumous “Medal of Hope.”
The event opened with...
- 9/10/2020
- Look to the Stars
On the surface, the Ya adaptation All Together Now may seem like something Netflix is releasing in an effort to capture the tween market. Sure, it’s adapted from a Ya novel and has an appealing young cast, but the secret weapon here is that it’s made by an old soul in Brett Haley. The filmmaker made his bones directing veteran actors and actresses who were due starring roles, like Sam Elliott and Blythe Danner, before recently moving towards younger skewing casts. Now, this latest effort of his shows how effective material potentially meant for a younger audience can be in the right hands. Haley’s sure nature and talented direction makes this a family friendly but wholly effective work that’s absolutely heartwarming. The film is a drama, based on the novel Sorta Like a Rock Star by Matthew Quick. Amber Appleton (Auli’i Cravalho) is the kind of...
- 8/26/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
For those who were charmed by writer-director Brett Haley’s incisive microbudget debut “The New Year,” or his Sam Elliott-starring Hollywood fable “The Hero,” or his crowdpleasing father-daughter dramedy “Hearts Beat Loud,” it might initially come as a surprise to see his name attached to two glossy, unabashedly sentimental Netflix teen dramas within the same year: February’s “All the Bright Places” and this week’s “All Together Now.” Unexpected as it may be at first, the director’s abrupt lane change is one that his style ought to be able to accommodate. There’s a pervasive sense of warmth in all of Haley’s films, and he has an ease with melodrama and contrivance and cliché that somehow never betrays a hint of cynicism or schmaltz. His films always feel honest, even when the stories he’s chosen to tell aren’t.
Unfortunately, that is the case with his latest.
Unfortunately, that is the case with his latest.
- 8/26/2020
- by Andrew Barker
- Variety Film + TV
The Netflix feature "All Together Now" is based on Matthew Quick's novel "Sorta Like a Rock Star", directed by Brett Haley, starring Auli’i Cravalho, Rhenzy Feliz, Judy Reyes, Taylor Richardson, C.S. Lee, Anthony Jacques Jr., and Gerald Isaac Waters, streaming August 28. 2020 on Netflix:
"...'Amber Appleton' (Cravalho) remains an optimist even when her personal life is far less stable than it appears on the surface. A musically gifted high school student with aspirations to attend 'Carnegie Mellon', Amber balances her beloved high school drama club helmed by 'Mr. Franks' (Fred Armisen) with working long hours at a donut shop to help support herself and her down-on-her-luck single mom (Justina Machado).
"She also spends time at the local retirement community, giving care and attention to her favorite pessimistic resident (Carol Burnett). When new obstacles present themselves that threaten her dreams, Amber must learn to lean on the strength of her chosen family to move forward.
"...'Amber Appleton' (Cravalho) remains an optimist even when her personal life is far less stable than it appears on the surface. A musically gifted high school student with aspirations to attend 'Carnegie Mellon', Amber balances her beloved high school drama club helmed by 'Mr. Franks' (Fred Armisen) with working long hours at a donut shop to help support herself and her down-on-her-luck single mom (Justina Machado).
"She also spends time at the local retirement community, giving care and attention to her favorite pessimistic resident (Carol Burnett). When new obstacles present themselves that threaten her dreams, Amber must learn to lean on the strength of her chosen family to move forward.
- 8/10/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
“Moana” star Auli’i Cravalho’s latest film “All Together Now” adapts Matthew Quick’s novel “Sorta Like a Rock Star” and is a heartwarming, young adult drama about a musically gifted teen who has to overcome poverty and family problems to live out her dreams.
Brett Haley directs the film that’s dropping on Netflix on August 28, and this first trailer for the film really sings.
“The pain that you’re feeling, channel it, put it into your song. That’s what an artist does, and you’re an artist,” Cravalho’s teacher, played by Fred Armisen, says in the trailer.
Also Read: Netflix 'Away' Trailer Sends Hilary Swank on 3-Year Mission to Mars, but There's a Sacrifice (Video)
“All Together Now” tells the story of Amber, who balances singing and acting in her school’s drama club and has aspirations to audition and attend Carnegie Mellon with...
Brett Haley directs the film that’s dropping on Netflix on August 28, and this first trailer for the film really sings.
“The pain that you’re feeling, channel it, put it into your song. That’s what an artist does, and you’re an artist,” Cravalho’s teacher, played by Fred Armisen, says in the trailer.
Also Read: Netflix 'Away' Trailer Sends Hilary Swank on 3-Year Mission to Mars, but There's a Sacrifice (Video)
“All Together Now” tells the story of Amber, who balances singing and acting in her school’s drama club and has aspirations to audition and attend Carnegie Mellon with...
- 8/10/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Five-time Golden Globe winner Carol Burnett (The Carol Burnett Show), Fred Armisen (Portlandia) and Rhenzy Feliz (Runaways) are among cast to join Auli’i Cravalho (Moana) in Netflix movie Sorta Like A Rock Star.
Rising actor Feliz will star opposite Cravalho in the story of a teenage girl who, despite her difficult circumstances, is preternaturally optimistic about the world. She often helps those around her, resulting in strong bonds with a disparate group of outsiders in her community, until she faces a devastating loss and must confront her own challenges.
Also starring, we can reveal, are Justina Machado (One Day At A Time), Judy Reyes (Claws), Gerald Isaac Waters (Angie Tribeca), Taylor Richardson (Slender Man), and Anthony Jacques (Atypical).
Director Brett Haley’s (Hearts Beat Loud) feature, which begins shoot next month, is an adaptation of Matthew Quick’s (Silver Lining’s Playbook) novel of the same name.
Producers...
Rising actor Feliz will star opposite Cravalho in the story of a teenage girl who, despite her difficult circumstances, is preternaturally optimistic about the world. She often helps those around her, resulting in strong bonds with a disparate group of outsiders in her community, until she faces a devastating loss and must confront her own challenges.
Also starring, we can reveal, are Justina Machado (One Day At A Time), Judy Reyes (Claws), Gerald Isaac Waters (Angie Tribeca), Taylor Richardson (Slender Man), and Anthony Jacques (Atypical).
Director Brett Haley’s (Hearts Beat Loud) feature, which begins shoot next month, is an adaptation of Matthew Quick’s (Silver Lining’s Playbook) novel of the same name.
Producers...
- 9/19/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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