In today’s film news roundup, Bill Bellamy and Julie Gonzalo join “The Great Illusion,” Tommy Ragen gets the lead in “Chasing,” and shooting wraps on human-trafficking drama “Natalie.”
Castings
Bill Bellamy, Julie Gonzalo, Ireland Basinger-Baldwin, and Ava Locklear are rounding out the cast of the horror-thriller “The Great Illusion,” Variety has learned exclusively.
Previously announced cast includes Graham Greene, Selma Blair, Glenn Morshower, Tokala Black Elk, Jon Lindstrom, Kenzie Dalton, and newcomer Oscar Cardenas. “The Great Illusion” is co-written by Cardenas and daughter Maria Gabriela Cardenas, who will direct as her feature film debut. Amy Williams is producing.
“The Great Illusion” follows a tortured FBI agent suffering from an irrational fear of darkness, as he investigates a mysterious former prostitute in order to catch a vicious serial killer. Production starts on June 4 in Los Angeles.
Bellamy hosts “Bill Bellamy’s Who’s Got Jokes?” Gonzalo starred in TNT’s “Dallas.
Castings
Bill Bellamy, Julie Gonzalo, Ireland Basinger-Baldwin, and Ava Locklear are rounding out the cast of the horror-thriller “The Great Illusion,” Variety has learned exclusively.
Previously announced cast includes Graham Greene, Selma Blair, Glenn Morshower, Tokala Black Elk, Jon Lindstrom, Kenzie Dalton, and newcomer Oscar Cardenas. “The Great Illusion” is co-written by Cardenas and daughter Maria Gabriela Cardenas, who will direct as her feature film debut. Amy Williams is producing.
“The Great Illusion” follows a tortured FBI agent suffering from an irrational fear of darkness, as he investigates a mysterious former prostitute in order to catch a vicious serial killer. Production starts on June 4 in Los Angeles.
Bellamy hosts “Bill Bellamy’s Who’s Got Jokes?” Gonzalo starred in TNT’s “Dallas.
- 6/2/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Look what you made Taylor Swift do!
The 27-year-old singer released her new album, Reputation, to a very solid reception, and she celebrated by hosting a secret invite-only event with At&T for fans in New York City on Nov. 13, which also helped launch her "The Making of a Song" video series.
Photo: At&T
Maroon 5 is also coming off a big studio release. The pop-rock group were excited to play songs off their album, Red Pill Blues at their iHeartRadio Album Release Party at the iHeartRadio Theater in Burbank, California, on Nov. 7. In addition to new songs like "Wait" and "What Lovers Do," they also performed fan favorites like “She Will Be Loved,” “This Love” and “Harder To Breathe.”
“It can be scary to follow a band on their journey, because they may or may not do things that you don’t like,” frontman Adam Levine admitted to host JoJo Wright. “You can’t make...
The 27-year-old singer released her new album, Reputation, to a very solid reception, and she celebrated by hosting a secret invite-only event with At&T for fans in New York City on Nov. 13, which also helped launch her "The Making of a Song" video series.
Photo: At&T
Maroon 5 is also coming off a big studio release. The pop-rock group were excited to play songs off their album, Red Pill Blues at their iHeartRadio Album Release Party at the iHeartRadio Theater in Burbank, California, on Nov. 7. In addition to new songs like "Wait" and "What Lovers Do," they also performed fan favorites like “She Will Be Loved,” “This Love” and “Harder To Breathe.”
“It can be scary to follow a band on their journey, because they may or may not do things that you don’t like,” frontman Adam Levine admitted to host JoJo Wright. “You can’t make...
- 11/15/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Star Sightings: Demi Lovato Parties in Vegas, Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton Snap Date Night & More!
What happens in Vegas doesn’t always need to stay in Vegas! Rocking a black mesh crop top and matching pants, Demi Lovato gave an unannounced performance of her new single, "Sorry Not Sorry," at Xs Nightclub in Wynn Las Vegas on July 14.
The 24-year-old pop star was backed by The Chainsmokers, who were spinning a set as part of their Wynn Nightlife residency. After the surprise drop-in, Lovato parked herself at a stage table with her group of 20, which included Bff Nick Jonas, and later chatted with producer-dj Diplo.
Xs Nightclub
Watch: Gwen Stefani Sports Native American Garb While Visiting Cultural Center With Blake Shelton
Lovebirds night out! Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton celebrated a mutual friend's birthday at Beauty & Essex Los Angeles on July 26, enjoying delicious fare like avocado toast and surf and turf. As she is wont to do, the "Misery" singer Snapchatted the evening, especially her favorite detail of the restaurant: the ballerina...
The 24-year-old pop star was backed by The Chainsmokers, who were spinning a set as part of their Wynn Nightlife residency. After the surprise drop-in, Lovato parked herself at a stage table with her group of 20, which included Bff Nick Jonas, and later chatted with producer-dj Diplo.
Xs Nightclub
Watch: Gwen Stefani Sports Native American Garb While Visiting Cultural Center With Blake Shelton
Lovebirds night out! Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton celebrated a mutual friend's birthday at Beauty & Essex Los Angeles on July 26, enjoying delicious fare like avocado toast and surf and turf. As she is wont to do, the "Misery" singer Snapchatted the evening, especially her favorite detail of the restaurant: the ballerina...
- 7/28/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
After Heather Locklear reportedly checked into rehab for the fifth time in nine years, it seems she is out and looking happy and healthy. The Melrose Place star, 55, donned her finest beachwear while lounging in Hawaii, taking a vacation with her daughter, Ava Sambora, whom she shares with ex Richie Sambora. She wore a light blue bikini, which she later covered up with a multi-colored romper. Locklear smiled as she and her daughter walked around the resort. Although Locklear didn't say that she had checked into rehab at the beginning of 2017, she did tell E! News that she was taking care of herself to make 2017 a great year. "I am feeling great and am taking steps to enrich and better my life,"...
- 3/6/2017
- E! Online
Heather Locklear is seeking resolution as a new year begins.
In a statement to People amid reports that she had entered rehab, the former Melrose Place star said, “I am feeling great and am taking steps to enrich and better my life. Currently I am working on tying up some loose ends regarding certain issues so I can hit 2017 full steam ahead.”
Locklear, 55, has battled drug and alcohol abuse over the years. In June 2008, the actress sought treatment at an Arizona facility for anxiety and depression. In July 2010, she completed a 30-day in-patient rehab program after being cited for a misdemeanor hit and run.
In a statement to People amid reports that she had entered rehab, the former Melrose Place star said, “I am feeling great and am taking steps to enrich and better my life. Currently I am working on tying up some loose ends regarding certain issues so I can hit 2017 full steam ahead.”
Locklear, 55, has battled drug and alcohol abuse over the years. In June 2008, the actress sought treatment at an Arizona facility for anxiety and depression. In July 2010, she completed a 30-day in-patient rehab program after being cited for a misdemeanor hit and run.
- 1/3/2017
- by juliejordanpeople
- PEOPLE.com
Ava Sambora is daddy's little girl, for sure. "She and I are close and have a candid relationship," Richie Sambora told People exclusively from the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky, where he performed at the famed Barnstable Brown Gala, hosted by sisters Patricia and Cyb Barnstable, on Friday. "Boundaries are set," says the Bon Jovi guitarist, 54. "That doesn't budge. She is an amazing kid and dedicated to school. She's acting. The first audition she [went] out for was Judd Apatow's This is 40 - and she got it. She's been doing Disney stuff. I'm really proud of her - she's just a joy.
- 5/4/2014
- by K.C. Baker
- PEOPLE.com
Good genes run in the family!Ava Sambora, the daughter of actress Heather Locklear and Bon Jovi rocker Richie Sambora, was photographed Monday on the beaches of Maui, enjoying a day of fun in the sun.The 16-year-old rocked a black and pink bikini as she showed off her beach volleyball skills.Not only does the teen look like her famous mother, but she's also following in her acting footsteps!"Ever since I was five or six, I've wanted to be an actress," Ava told Teen Vogue last year. "I loved attention and would always try to be onstage and in front of people. It was easy to figure out what I wanted to be."The budding actress and model made her film debut in "This is 40" in 2012 and also starred in the TV series, "Good Luck Charlie."Looks like we're going to be seeing a lot more of Ava!
- 12/31/2013
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
This week on Disney Channel’s Jessie (Friday, 8:30/7:30c), the titular nanny makes like the Terminator and visits from the future in the name of saving mankind — and we’ve got a first look at her eyepatch-rocking self.
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As seen in the clip below, Future Jessie (played by Debby Ryan) leaps back 60 years in time to warn her wards of an invasion by an army of Bertram-Bots, which will one day be created by Ravi. The years have apparently been unkind to the childcare professional, at least...
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As seen in the clip below, Future Jessie (played by Debby Ryan) leaps back 60 years in time to warn her wards of an invasion by an army of Bertram-Bots, which will one day be created by Ravi. The years have apparently been unkind to the childcare professional, at least...
- 7/24/2013
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
She's still a fabulous beach babe. Heather Locklear took in the holiday weekend with a Hawaiian beach trip and rocked it out in a white bikini, showing that age - she's 51 - is truly just a number. Locklear, who is reportedly dating celebrity plastic surgeon Dr. Marc Mani, showed off toned abs and hot curves as she frolicked with pals while wearing a demure white crocheted mini-skirt over her two-piece. A California native and mother of lookalike daughter Ava Sambora, 15, Locklear, who most recently joined the cast of TNT's Franklin & Bash, has showed off her active side, but also confessed...
- 7/8/2013
- by Andrea Billups
- PEOPLE.com
Disney Channel — which as my sons will be the first to tell you has a penchant for unofficially “themed” weekends — is setting up seven of its shows for a “future” shock, with its first-ever Flash Forward Weekend event.
The slate of all-new, futuristic episodes kicks off Friday, July 26 with A.N.T. Farm, and wraps that Sunday. (Nestled in the middle of the time-jumping fare, on Saturday at 8/7c, is the Dance Along edition of Teen Beach Movie, which premieres Friday, July 19).
Get an exclusive first look at Good Luck Charlie‘s flash-forward episode, in which Heather Locklear’s daughter Ava Sambora guest-stars as grown-up Charlie.
The slate of all-new, futuristic episodes kicks off Friday, July 26 with A.N.T. Farm, and wraps that Sunday. (Nestled in the middle of the time-jumping fare, on Saturday at 8/7c, is the Dance Along edition of Teen Beach Movie, which premieres Friday, July 19).
Get an exclusive first look at Good Luck Charlie‘s flash-forward episode, in which Heather Locklear’s daughter Ava Sambora guest-stars as grown-up Charlie.
- 7/2/2013
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Los Angeles, May 12: Actress Heather Locklear's daughter Ava Sambora shot for Disney Channel's "Good Luck Charlie".
The show revolves around a Denver family who try to adjust to the births of their fourth and fifth children, reports people.com .
"It was amazing and also extremely fun. Everyone on set was so sweet and super funny. It was just over all a really great experience and I had a great time," said Sambora, 15.
Ians...
The show revolves around a Denver family who try to adjust to the births of their fourth and fifth children, reports people.com .
"It was amazing and also extremely fun. Everyone on set was so sweet and super funny. It was just over all a really great experience and I had a great time," said Sambora, 15.
Ians...
- 5/11/2013
- by Meeta Kabra
- RealBollywood.com
Like mother, like daughter. Following Ava Sambora's acting debut in Judd Apatow's This Is 40, Heather Locklear's only child filmed a guest-starring role in Disney Channel's Good Luck Charlie. In the episode, Ava, 15 - whose dad is Richie Sambora - plays Charlie Duncan 10 years into the future. The show revolves around the Denver, Colo.-based Duncan family, who try to adjust to the births of their fourth and fifth children. Of working on the episode, which is slated to premiere this summer, Ava tells People: "[It] was amazing and also extremely fun. Everyone on set was so sweet and super funny.
- 5/10/2013
- PEOPLE.com
It's clear where Ava Sambora gets her good genes. Heather Locklear's daughter accompanied the actress to the "Scary Movie 5" premiere, and it is almost hard to tell the two women apart.
Ava is only 15 years old, but she still looks strikingly similar to her 51-year-old mother. That's good news for both women, as Locklear looks younger than her years Ava can look forward to a lifetime of good looks -- and potentially a career in Hollywood, as she just made her acting debut in Judd Apatow's "This Is 40."
If the last name "Sambora" sounds familiar, it's because Ava's father, Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, recently skipped out on the first leg of the band's upcoming tour over "personal issues." "Richie Sambora will not be performing on this upcoming leg. All shows will go on as scheduled," Bon Jovi said in a statement.
Ava is only 15 years old, but she still looks strikingly similar to her 51-year-old mother. That's good news for both women, as Locklear looks younger than her years Ava can look forward to a lifetime of good looks -- and potentially a career in Hollywood, as she just made her acting debut in Judd Apatow's "This Is 40."
If the last name "Sambora" sounds familiar, it's because Ava's father, Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, recently skipped out on the first leg of the band's upcoming tour over "personal issues." "Richie Sambora will not be performing on this upcoming leg. All shows will go on as scheduled," Bon Jovi said in a statement.
- 4/14/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
The apple definitely doesn't fall far from Heather Locklear's tree. On Thursday, April 11, the Melrose Place actress hit the red carpet for the premiere of her new flick, Scary Movie V, at Hollywood's Arclight Cinerama Dome, where she proudly showed off 15-year-old daughter Ava Sambora -- who just happens to be the spitting image of her famous mom. (Ava is the star's only daughter with Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, her second ex-husband. Prior to their relationship, she was married for seven years to Motley Crue [...]...
- 4/12/2013
- by Allison Takeda
- Us Weekly
Ava Sambora is all grown up! To celebrate her feature film debut in the Judd Apatow comedy This Is 40, the 15-year-old aspiring actress invited her mother, TV icon Heather Locklear, to join her on the red carpet at the Palladium Jewelry-sponsored premiere in L.A. Dec. 12. Ava wore a sleeveless Lbd and black platform pumps for the event, also attended by Megan Fox, Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd and Lena Dunham. The teen's mother, 51, wore a form-fitting red mini-dress, a black leather jacket, heeled boots and a [...]...
- 12/13/2012
- by Zach Johnson
- Us Weekly
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