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Back in the soap opera glory days of the 1980s, I remember well Demi Moore‘s short stint on the popular “General Hospital.” With her distinctive gravelly voice, movie star beauty and strong personality, it was obvious that the small screen couldn’t contain her, and that she would go on to bigger things.

Demi Gene Guynes was born on November 11 in 1962 in Roswell, New Mexico. Following a difficult childhood, she left school her junior year and did some modeling before meeting and marrying musician Freddy Moore, with whom she co-wrote three songs. She had a couple of small film roles before landing the “General Hospital” gig in 1983. Then a series of popular films beginning with “Blame It On Rio” in 1984 led to an impressive string of blockbuster films throughout the 1980s and 1990s, making her one of the biggest stars of the era.

Moore’s star was on the...

Critics are calling Demi Moore‘s turn in “The Substance” a career-best performance as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister past her prime and drawn to the opportunity presented by a mysterious new drug. All it takes is one injection and she is reborn – temporarily – as the gorgeous, twentysomething Sue (Margaret Qualley). The only rule? Time needs to be split: exactly one week in one body, then one week in the other. No exceptions. Easy, right?

The satirical horror film was written, directed and co-produced by Coralie Fargeat, and is now Mubi’s biggest box office hit ever, grossing over $10 million stateside and nearly $20 million worldwide. Those numbers may sound like chump change after pundits referred to “Joker: Folie à Deux’s” $37 million opening as “a flop,” but the indie movie from Mubi had a much smaller budget and puts the distributor on the map like never before.

IndieWire calls it “An instant horror classic.

Creed will wrap up an extensive year of touring with three newly announced New Year’s Eve shows featuring support from Sevendust. Additionally, Creed singer Scott Stapp has booked a solo gig at the famed Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.

The New Year’s Eve concerts will take place December 28th at the Choctaw Casino & Resort in Durant, Oklahoma, and December 30th and 31st at The Colosseum Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

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Platinum and artist pre-sales have begun via Ticketmaster, with a Live Nation pre-sale beginning on Tuesday (October 8th) at 10 a.m. local time using the code Tempo, and a general on-sale starting Wednesday (October 9th).

Creed recently completed a highly successful summer reunion tour, and are gearing up for a fall North American outing with support from 3 Doors Down and Mammoth Wvh (pick up tickets here). The band also announced the lineup for its 2025 “Summer of ’99 and Beyond” cruise,...

The provocative new film “The Substance,” about an aging celebrity (Demi Moore) who takes an illicit drug to be young again, opened on September 20 following its May premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, where writer-director Coralie Fargeat won Best Screenplay. So we know what the festival jury thought. But what do critics think?

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As of this writing the film has a MetaCritic score of 77 based on 51 reviews counted. Of those, 43 are classified as positive, six are mixed reviews, and two are pans. Over on Rotten Tomatoes, where reviews are counted simply as positive or negative, the film is rated 88% fresh based on 176 reviews; out of all those, only 22 critics give the film a thumbs down. The Rt critics consensus says, “Audaciously gross, wickedly clever, and possibly Demi Moore’s finest hour, ‘The Substance’ is...

Jennifer Garner was introduced to a few new experiences playing the superhero Elektra. Not only did she end up headlining her own superhero movie, but she kissed another woman for the first time onscreen. And it was an experience she never forgot.

Jennifer Garner had a great kiss with her ‘Elektra’ co-star Jennifer Garner | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

Garner played the Marvel character Elektra twice in the 2000s. She was first seen in the role in the 2004 Daredevil. Afterwards, Garner reprised the superhero in her titular feature Elektra, which would follow her character’s own independent journey. But perhaps one of the film’s most memorable moments to some was seeing Garner make out with Elektra co-star Natassia Malthe. She reflected on the experience in an interview with Pride Source. According to the Alias alum, it was a moment that many on set were eager to see.

“It was a great kiss,...

The Cannes Film Festival is nearing its conclusion, with plenty of films making a splash on the starry Croisette on the French Riviera. However, one studio executive tells Variety, “There aren’t many Oscar-buzzy titles to be excited about, not even in the international feature space.”

This year’s main competition jury, led by president Greta Gerwig and including J.A. Bayona, Ebru Ceylan, Pierfrancesco Favino, Lily Gladstone, Eva Green, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Nadine Labaki and Omar Sy, will name its winners on Saturday.

It was looking like a foregone conclusion that the Palme d’Or win would be bestowed upon Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language musical “Emilia Pérez,” starring Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, and Karla Sofía Gascón, which was picked up by Netflix. However, on Friday, Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” garnered the most enthusiastic reactions on social media from attendees and the longest-standing ovation at 12 minutes. One awards publicist says,...

Hey, "Dateline NBC" fans. We're back in your faces with another new preview session for your favorite Friday night News show Dateline NBC. CBS is serving up the next, new episode 38 of this current season 32 tonight, May 3, 2024. NBC put out an official press release for tonight's new episode 38. So, we will certainly use it as a source for this preview session. Let's get into it. First thing's first. NBC provided an official title for this new episode 38 of Dateline NBC season 32. It's called, "If These Walls Could Talk." In tonight's new episode 38, the Dateline NBC team will take a deep look at a story about a Carlsbad, California woman who fell to her death after falling down some stairs. It appeared to just be a fatal accident at first.

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.

Today we speak to Nancy Savoca, the great filmmaker whose sophomore feature Dogfight is now available via Criterion. The digitally-restored, director-approved Blu-Ray includes new commentary from Savoca and producer Richard Guay, a new interview with Savoca and actor Lili Taylor conducted by filmmaker Mary Harron, and a great essay by film critic Christina Newland, among other features.

We speak with Savoca about Missing Movies, her mentors John Sayles and Maggie Renzi, her first film True Love, directing singular performers like River Phoenix and Lili Taylor, and the HBO creativity boom of the mid-to-late ‘90s (including Carl Franklin’s Laurel Avenue and Cher and Savoca’s If These Walls Could Talk), and lesser-seen gems of Savoca’s that...

Scott Stapp has just released his new solo album, Higher Power, and with it comes a music video for the moving ballad “If These Walls Could Talk” featuring Dorothy.

The single features the Creed singer and Dorothy trading verses as they sing about battling demons, with poignant lyrics like, “They’ve seen me pick the bottle up and put the bible down/ They’ve heard me crying out more times than I can count.” The song slowly builds into a powerful climax showcasing each singer’s impressive vocal range.

Heavy Consequence recently caught up with Stapp, and he told us, “[Dorothy] is a real powerhouse vocalist. Just in terms of what she’s capable of doing vocally, it just blows my mind. She has such an iconic, big, soulful voice. And it’s so dynamic — she can do so much, from rock to incredible gospel-esque melodies, all the way to having opera training.

When Babe Paley meets Truman Capote for the first time in 1955 in the FX anthology series “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans,” it is the story of Ann Woodward that the famous writer tells in order to captivate her and her luminous friends. As Tom Hollander relishes one of Capote’s many rich monologues, we see Demi Moore as Woodward playing out two versions of the gruesome tale of the death of her husband – one in which she mistakenly shoots him, thinking he’s a burglar, the other in which she commits an act of intention homicide.

When, by the end of the premiere episode, Capote publishes his infamous excerpt from the unfinished novel “Answered Prayers” in “Esquire” in 1975, it is Woodward who takes her own life. While not one of the most prominent characters in the show, Woodward and her demise demonstrate the stakes of the feud at the heart of the series’ title.

With the actor’s strike finally over, Matthew Lillard can finally talk about the plum role he has in Five Nights at Freddy’s. In a recent THR interview, Lillard mentioned being thrilled about how fans have reacted to the film, noting:

“Being 53 years old — and being around the block a couple times — I have a much deeper sense of appreciation in this moment than I probably have ever had because I didn’t expect it. I realize that these opportunities don’t come around that often. It’s been a really rich, joyful moment because I can sort of sit back and appreciate it on a deeper level.”

Lillard’s character, who has a rich mythology in the game, could well wind-up being a recurring presence in the Five Nights at Freddy’s world, especially with the film such a huge hit in theaters and on Peacock. But, it turns...

Scott Stapp has announced his fourth solo album, Higher Power, arriving March 15th via Napalm Records.

The Creed singer also shared the new single “What I Deserve,” which follows up the previously released title track. The new song features guitarist Yiannis Papadopoulos, and touts emotional high and lows, drifting from brooding balladry to heavy, big-chord choruses. The tune comes with a shred solo from Papadopoulos, along with lyrics that ponder the intricacies of a relationship.

“We all want back what we give,” Stapp commented in a press release. “‘What I Deserve’ is about two people understanding who they are individually and coming to a place where they can express exactly what they each want, need, and deserve. The duality in the song is that both sides are expressing the same thing and coming to an understanding of the faults of the other.”

He added, “This song pleads both guilty and...

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The Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade has given new poignancy to If These Walls Could Talk, HBO’s 1996 anthology film about three women in different eras — the 1950s, the 1970s and the 1990s — and their experiences with abortion.

Demi Moore, Sissy Spacek and Cher each starred in a segment, with Cher directing her portion. Cher and Moore also served as executive producers on the project. Co-writer and co-director Nancy Savoca recalls how the film broke new ground but was also met with backlash.

“We were always nervous,” Savoca says of anticipating the reaction to the movie, noting, “there were protesters while we were shooting.” She adds that one of the film’s actors lost a longtime commercial job because of their work on the film, and says it was the only project she’s ever done where there was no...

A statement released late Thursday gave the grim and upsetting news that Anne Heche is not expected to survive the injuries she sustained from an auto accident last week. The 53-year-old actress is currently in a coma at a burn center in West Hills Hospital, near Los Angeles.

“Unfortunately, due to her accident, Anne Heche suffered a severe anoxic brain injury and remains in a coma, in critical condition. She is not expected to survive,” the statement read. “It has long been her choice to donate her organs and she is being kept on life support to determine if any are viable.”

On August 5, Heche crashed her blue Mini Cooper, which had been traveling at what authorities called “a high rate of speed” in the residential Mar Vista area of Los Angeles. She then crashed into a home, igniting a fire that took firefighters roughly one hour to extinguish. A...

Antonia Nava’s Barcelona-based Neo Art Producciones has teamed with Rome’s Pupkin Production to co-produce gay romantic drama “Si las paredes hablasen” (“If Walls Had Ears”), the feature debut of Spanish femme director, Ceres Machado.

Scheduled to roll by this year-end or the first quarter of 2023 in Barcelona and Rome, the film will be produced by Nava and Pupkin’s Rita Rognoni.

Spanish actor Fernando Tejero is attached to star in a cast that will combine Spanish and Italian actors.

Co-written by Machado and scribe Salva Martos Cortés (“Maniac Tales”), “If Walls had Ears” will narrate, in 10 sequences, a Barcelona and Rome-set story of intense love, passion and pain between two men.

They are Juan, a 50 year-old married man who hides his homosexuality, and Leonardo, a 23-year Italian who arrives in Barcelona to try his luck as a soccer player.

Over a decade, they will live their romance, but...

Everyone knows someone who just can’t keep their face off of their phones. Well in this laugh-out-loud comedy, Adam Devine stars as a man who’s addiction goes off the rails! Jexi arrives on Digital December 24 and on Blu-ray (plus Digital), DVD, and On Demand January 14 from Lionsgate.

She had him at “Hello” in this outrageous comedy about an A.I. life coach becoming a tech nightmare when Jexi arrives on Digital December 24 and on Blu-ray (plus Digital), DVD, and On Demand January 14 from Lionsgate. Written and directed by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore, Jexi features a hilarious all-star ensemble cast including Adam Devine, Alexandra Shipp, Ron Funches, Charlyne Yi, Primetime Emmy winner Wanda Sykes, Justin Hartley, with Michael Peña, and Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy nominee Rose Byrne as the voice of “Jexi”. Jexi is produced by Primetime Emmy nominee Suzanne Todd, p.g.a., and executive produced by Mark Kamine...

Demi Moore has booked a recurring role in Brave New World, the upcoming USA Network drama series from Ucp and Amblin Television based on the Aldous Huxley’s groundbreaking 1932 novel.

Written by David Wiener, Grant Morrison and Brian Taylor, Brave New World imagines a utopian society that has achieved peace and stability through the prohibition of monogamy, privacy, money, family and history itself. Alden Eisenreich, Harry Lloyd and Jessica Brown Findlay also star.

Moore will play Linda, the brash, hard-living mother of John the Savage (Ehrenreich).

As citizens of New London, Bernard Marx (Lloyd) and Lenina Crowne (Brown Findlay) have only ever known a rigid social order, a perfect pharmaceutical called Soma, and a culture of instant gratification and ubiquitous sex. Curious to explore life beyond the strictures of their society, the two New Worlders embark on a vacation to the Savage Lands, where they become embroiled in a harrowing and violent rebellion.

After a decade at Warner Bros. TV, I. Marlene King, the creative force behind Freeform’s Pretty Little Liars franchise, is moving to 20th Century Fox Television with a multi-year overall deal.

The pact comes less then a week after the official close of the Disney-Fox deal, which made 20th TV and Freeform corporate siblings in a new TV group overseen by Dana Walden.

Under the overall deal, King will develop, write, produce and direct projects for network, cable and streaming platforms through her production company, Long Lake Media. Joining King at 20th TV will be Long Lake Media’s Evp of Development Lauren Wagner.

At 20th TV, King will work with President of Creative Affairs Jonnie Davis and Evp of Development, Comedy and Drama, Terence Carter.

“Terence and I were obsessed with bringing Marlene to 20th because she’s such a special talent– her voice is so...

Cher will no longer appear in the Lifetime movie about the 2016 water crisis in Flint, Michigan.

The "If I Could Turn Back Time" singer revealed in a statement on Friday that she'd no longer be able to meet her commitment to the forthcoming project, citing a "serious family issue."

"This has been a project so near and dear to my heart and I was truly looking forward to helping tell this story," the 70-year-old actress told Et in a statement via her rep. "Unfortunately, I will be unable to leave Los Angeles during the scheduled filming as I am dealing with a serious family issue that prevents me from going on location for the April filming."

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"I’m so glad that Craig and Neil [the producers] plan to move ahead and I know that this Lifetime movie will be done beautifully...

Cher, who in January was announced as both the star and co-executive producer of Flint, a Lifetime movie based on the ongoing Flint, Mich. water crisis, is no longer affiliated with the project.

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In a statement released exclusively to Deadline, the Oscar-winning actress says that a “serious family issue” has forced her to pull out of the Toronto-based production, which is still on track to begin filming in April.

“This has been a project so near and dear to my heart and I was...

Cher‘s got you, Flint.

The 70-year-old Oscar winner has tapped her next project — a Lifetime original movie about the water-contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan.

The upcoming film, titled Flint, examines the politics and poor management that lead to the poisoning of the Michigan water, Deadline reports — and the residents whose voices and suffering were ignored.

Cher will play a Flint resident whose family is impacted by the crisis.

It’s a fitting role for the actress and singer. She’s been outspoken on social media about the crisis, donating bottled water to the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan in the thousands.

The Flint water crisis is getting the Lifetime movie treatment… with an Oscar winner leading the cast.

Cher has signed on to star in Flint, the network’s fact-based original movie, our sister site Deadline is reporting. The chart-topping singer and Moonstruck actress will play a Flint resident whose family is affected by the Michigan town’s water-contamination scandal. Cher is also an executive producer on the film, along with Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (Smash, Hairspray Live!) and Katie Couric.

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This would mark Cher’s first...

If These Walls Could Catcall: Khoo’s Sex Omnibus Fails to Tantalize

Singaporean auteur Eric Khoo returns with his latest feature, In the Room, a decades spanning, multi-character chamber piece revolving around the inhabitants of a single hotel room and the private moments of love and intimacy that transpire there. Less titillating than the sum of its parts, documenting various acts across a range of orientations with a sort of unhurried inevitability, only the aural cues of creaky bed springs manage to wrench any tactile examination of humankind’s basic physical co-mingling.

Conservative, even rather rigid in its visual purveyance of sexual practices and traditional interactions, in Khoo’s preferred universe of multiple storylines, perhaps this time around he casts too many stories into the pool (unlike his celebrated 2005 title Be With Me, which consists of three separate stories), since despite the use of a unifying thread, the film’s...

Women In Film is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting equal opportunities for women, encouraging creative projects by women, and expanding and enhancing portrayals of women in all forms of global media. Given that women comprise fifty percent of the population, Wif's ultimate goal is to see the same gender parity reflected on and off screen. Founded in 1973, Wif focuses on advocacy and education, provides scholarships, grants and film finishing funds and works to preserve the legacies of all women working in the entertainment community.

Since 1977, Women In Film, Los Angeles has annually honored outstanding women in the entertainment industry – women who lead by example, who are creative, groundbreaking, and who excel at their chosen fields. This year’s Crystal + Lucy Awards® fundraising dinner, in support of Wif La’s educational and philanthropic programs and its advocacy for gender parity for women throughout the industry, is being held on Tuesday, June 16 in the Los Angeles Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City. The 2015 Crystal + Lucy Awards is sponsored by Max Mara, BMW of North America, and Tiffany & Co.

This year’s Crystal + Lucy Award honorees are:

2015 Crystal Award for Excellence in Film – Nicole Kidman 2015 Lucy Award for Excellence in Television – Jill Soloway 2015 Dorothy Arzner Directors Award® – Ava DuVernay The Women In Film Max Mara “Face of the Future®” 2015 – Kate Mara Presented by Nicola Maramotti Global Brand Ambassador for Max Mara

2015 Tiffany & Co. / Bruce Paltrow Mentorship Award – Sue Kroll 2015 Sue Mengers Award – Toni Howard

Cathy Schulman , President of Women In Film, Los Angeles, said in making the announcement, “We are proud to celebrate an extraordinary line-up of honorees this year. Each one of these women has made extraordinary contributions to the media art, and as a group they have forged sustainable careers that are emblematic of the positive and long overdue change that is taking root for women in Hollywood.”

Iris Grossman, President Emerita of Women In Film, Los Angeles, returning this year as Chair of the Awards, said “This year’s honorees are all women who have helped change the face of the business. Through their insight, determination, resilience and talent, they add substance and depth to their creative endeavors and to the entertainment industry as a whole.”

About the Honorees

Nicole Kidman / Crystal Award for Excellence in Film

The Crystal Awards were established in 1977 to honor outstanding women who, through their endurance and the excellence of their work, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry. Past recipients include Cate Blanchett, Laura Linney, Viola Davis, Annette Bening, Donna Langley, Jennifer Aniston, Diane English and the cast of The Women, Renée Zellweger, Jennifer Lopez, Sandra Bullock, Gwyneth Paltrow, Diane Lane, Halle Berry, Laura Ziskin, Jessica Lange, Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster, Angela Bassett, Meg Ryan, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Alfre Woodard, Polly Platt, Lauren Shuler Donner, Diane Warren, Amy Heckerling, Paula Weinstein, Martha Coolidge, Buffy Shutt and Kathy Jones, Gale Anne Hurd, Nancy Malone, Maya Angelou, Lily Tomlin, Ruby Dee, Penny Marshall, Jessica Tandy, Barbara Boyle, Nikki Rocco, Jean Firstenberg, Lee Remick, Lina Wertmuller, Bette Davis, Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Sherry Lansing, Nora Ephron, Dawn Steel, Fay Kanin, Lillian Gish, Whoopi Goldberg, Glenn Close and Amy Pascal.

Academy Award winning actress Nicole Kidman is internationally-recognized for her range and versatility. In 2002, Kidman was honored with her first Oscar nomination for her performance in the innovative musical, "Moulin Rouge!" For that role, and her performance in the psychological thriller "The Others," she received dual 2002 Golden Globe nominations, winning for Best Actress in a Musical. In 2003, Kidman won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award and a Berlin Silver Bear for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in Stephen Daldry’s "The Hours." In 2010 Kidman starred in "Rabbit Hole," for which she received Academy Award, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Independent Spirit Award nominations for Best Actress. The film was developed by Kidman’s production company, Blossom Films. In October 2012 Kidman starred in Lee Daniel’s "The Paperboy." Her performance earned her an Aacta, Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe nomination.

Upcoming films include "Strangerland," "The Family Fang" and "Genius." Kidman is currently in production on "The Secret in Their Eyes." Next up, she will being shooting The Weinstein Company’s "Lion."

In January of 2006, Kidman was awarded Australia’s highest honor, the Companion in the Order of Australia. She was also named, and continues to serve, as Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Development Fund for Women, Un Women, whose goals are to foster women’s empowerment and gender equality, to raise awareness of the infringement on women’s human rights around the world and to end violence against women. Along with her husband, Keith Urban, she has helped raise millions over the years for the Women’s Cancer Program which is a world-renowned center for research into the causes, treatment, prevention, and eventual cure of women’s cancer.

Jill Soloway / Lucy Award for Excellence in Television

The Lucy Awards were founded in 1994 by Joanna Kerns, Bonny Dore and Loreen Arbus and are presented in association with the Lucille Ball Estate. They were named for Lucille Ball, who was not only a legendary actress and comedienne, but also a producer, studio owner, creator and director. They are given to recognize women and men and their creative works that exemplify the extraordinary accomplishments she embodied; whose excellence and innovation have enhanced the perception of women through the medium of television. Past recipients include: Kerry Washington, The Women Of "Mad Men" (Christina Hendricks, January Jones, Elisabeth Moss, Jessica Paré, Kiernan Shipka), Bonnie Hammer, Nina Tassler, Courteney Cox, Holly Hunter, Salma Hayek, Shonda Rhimes and the women of "Grey’s Anatomy," Geena Davis, Debra Messing and Megan Mullally, Blythe Danner, Lily Tomlin, Rosie O’Donnell, Amy Brenneman, Tyne Daley, Phyllis Diller, Marcy Carsey, Carol Burnett, Barbara Walters, Shari Lewis, Garry Marshall, Angela Lansbury, Marlo Thomas, Gary David Goldberg, Diahann Carroll, Tracey Ullman, Fred Silverman, Imogene Coca, Camryn Manheim, Norman Lear, Bud Yorkin and the casts of "Sex and the City," " If These Walls Could Talk" and "If These Walls Could Talk 2."

Jill Soloway is the creator of Amazon Studios' Golden Globe-winning, "Transparent," a dark, deep, silly family series about boundaries, love and secrets.

Soloway won the U.S. Dramatic Directing Award at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival for her first feature, "Afternoon Delight." She recently founded WifeyTv, an internet brand producing and curating content to ignite the feminist revolution. Soloway is a three-time Emmy nominee for her work writing and producing "Six Feet Under."

She co-created the theater experiences, "Real Live Brady Bunch," "Miss Vagina Pageant," "Hollywood Hellhouse" and "Sit N Spin," and co-founded the community organization East Side Jews. Soloway lives with her family in Silver Lake.

Ava DuVernay / Dorothy Arzner Directors Award

Dorothy Arzner was the first female member of the Directors Guild of America. In her honor, the Dorothy Arzner Directors Award® was established to recognize the important role women directors play in the film and television industries. Past recipients include: Jennifer Lee, Sofia Coppola, Pamela Fryman, Lisa Cholodenko, Catherine Hardwicke, Nancy Meyers, Barbra Streisand, Mimi Leder, Barbara Kopple, Gillian Armstrong, Lian Lunson, Joey Lauren Adams and Nicole Holofcener.

Nominated for two Academy Awards, four Golden Globes, five Critics Choice awards, eight NAACP Image Awards and five Independent Spirit Awards, writer/director Ava DuVernay's most recent film "Selma" chronicles the historic 1965 voting rights campaign led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

She won the Best Director Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012 for her acclaimed feature "Middle of Nowhere." Her previous narrative and documentary work includes the feature film "I Will Follow" and the documentaries Venus Vs.," "My Mic Sounds Nice" and "This is The Life."

In 2010, DuVernay founded the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement (Affrm), a grassroots collective that distributes work from filmmakers of color. Prior to her directorial career, she worked as a film marketer and publicist for more than 14 years through her company, The DuVernay Agency.

Kate Mara / The Women In Film Max Mara “Face of the Future” Award

The Women In Film Max Mara “Face of the Future” Award® was inaugurated at Women In Film’s 2006 Crystal + Lucy Awards®. As the 13th year as presenting sponsor and longstanding Women In Film partner, Max Mara identifies an actress who is experiencing a turning point in her career through her work in the film and television industries with focus on her contributions to the community at large and recognizes her outstanding personal achievements and embodiment of style and grace. Past recipients include: Rose Byrne, Hailee Steinfeld, Chloë Grace Moretz, Katie Holmes, Zoë Saldana, Elizabeth Banks, Ginnifer Goodwin, Emily Blunt and Maria Bello.

Kate Mara made her feature film debut in "Random Hearts" for director Sydney Pollack. She then co-starred in Ang Lee’s "Brokeback Mountain" in which she portrayed Heath Ledger’s daughter. She also appeared in the Academy Award nominated film "127 Hours" with James Franco for director Danny Boyle and she co-starred in "Transcendence" alongside Johnny Depp and Morgan Freeman, which marked the directorial debut of Academy Award-winning cinematographer Wally Pfister.

Mara recently completed filming on location in Budapest director Ridley Scott’s outer space action film The Martian alongside Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain. Last fall, she completed filming the psychological thriller "Man Down" in which she plays the wife of a war veteran, played by Shia Labeouf and "Captive" in which she stars with David Oyelowo as a single mother struggling with meth addiction in the adaptation of the best-selling book An Unlikely Angel. This summer she will film "Morgan" for director Luke Scott, son of Ridley Scott, who will produce. Audiences will next see her star in "Fantastic Four" alongside Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Bell.

She received an Emmy Award® nomination for her role in David Fincher’s critically acclaimed television series, "House of Cards" in which she co-starred alongside Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright.

Sue Kroll/ Tiffany & Co. / Bruce Paltrow Mentorship Award

The Tiffany & Co. / Bruce Paltrow Mentorship Award was created to honor the late director and great mentor Bruce Paltrow. This year, Wif Presenting Sponsor Tiffany & Co. has joined the Paltrow family in recognizing an entertainment industry professional who has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to mentoring and supporting the next generation of filmmakers and executives. Past honorees include Kathleen Kennedy and Sherry Lansing.

Sue Kroll is President, Worldwide Marketing and International Distribution for Warner Bros. Pictures. As marketing chief, she oversees the strategic creation and implementation of marketing campaigns for the Studio’s global releases and collaborates closely with the Studio’s principals on the strategic development of its slate of films.

Her leadership of global marketing has propelled the studio’s releases to record-breaking box office and myriad awards. Most recently, the Best Picture Oscar nominee "American Sniper" became the top-grossing domestic film release of 2014 and has grossed more than $500 million worldwide. Other recent successes include the "Harry Potter," "Dark Knight," and "The Hobbit" film series, as well as such award-winning pictures as "Gravity," "Argo" and "The Departed."

Kroll joined Warner Bros. in 1994 and headed International Marketing from 2000 to 2008, when she was named to her current role at the studio. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Film Independent, the Los Angeles-based non-profit that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, and is one of the inaugural members of Big Brothers Big Sisters’ Women in Entertainment Mentorship Program.

Toni Howard / Sue Mengers Award

The Sue Mengers Award , named for the legendary agent and given for the first time in 2015, will be presented annually to a representative who is, and has been, instrumental in guiding careers. Sue Mengers was an icon in the entertainment industry. She was one of the most influential talent agents of her time, when women were not the norm, and she was devoted to her clients.

Toni Howard is a partner at ICM Partners. Toni joined the agency’s talent department in 1991 and quickly became a leader in the division, having served as its department head for the better part of a decade. She oversees a celebrated and eclectic group of actors who appear in film, television and on stage and have garnered an astonishing 46 Academy Award® nominations, 148 Emmy® nominations, and 125 Golden Globe® nominations. Among her award-winning clients are Alan Alda, Candice Bergen, Michael Caine, Bobby Cannavale, Edie Falco, Samuel L. Jackson, Topher Grace, Holly Hunter, Michael Keaton, Nathan Lane, Spike Lee, Laura Linney, Catherine O’Hara, Lily Rabe, Christina Ricci, Tim Robbins, Michael Sheen, Maggie Smith, James Spader, Julia Stiles, and Christopher Walken. Throughout her career at ICM Partners, Toni has mentored many young agents to incredibly successful careers of their own.

Prior to joining ICM, Toni was an agent at the William Morris Agency for seven years. She began her entertainment industry career as a casting director, working on such iconic projects as "Tootsie," "Superman," "The Right Stuff" and "Something About Amelia."

Recognized by her distinctive voice, Toni was cast by director Alexander Payne as the voice of agent ‘Evelyn Berman-Silverman’ in the film "Sideways."...

Exclusive: Producer Suzanne Todd has signed with the Paradigm Talent Agency for representation on her TV projects. She will continue to be repped by CAA on all film projects. Todd is a two-time Emmy award nominee for the HBO TV movies If These Walls Could Talk and If These Walls Could Talk 2. The first film was also nominated for three Golden Globes, while the sequel won Vanessa Redgrave a Golden Globe, Emmy and SAG Award for her performance. Currently, Todd is producing…...

Lifetime is officially moving forward with a third film in the "Flowers in the Attic" series, based on the novels by V.C. Andrews.

Jason Lewis and Rachael Carpani take over the roles of Christopher and Cathy Dollanganger respectively in "If There Be Thorns". The pair now live together as man and wife in California with Cathy's two sons (one played by Mason Cook), who are unaware of the nature of their parents’ relationship.

It's unclear which, if any, other cast members from either previous movie will return for the film which will air in 2015. An adaptation of the fourth book, "Seeds of Yesterday," is still planned and that would air late in 2015.

Andy Cochran will pen the script which will be directed by Independent Spirit Award nominee Nancy Savoca ("If These Walls Could Talk").

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If these walls could talk… Lindsay Lohan shared a glimpse of her bedroom on her site Monday morning. The boudoir is perfectly decorated with beige and pink tones and has a vintage-inspired theme. And while we first were struck by the large painting in the right corner, as well as the small pink vanity, but what most caught our attention was the dresser on the right. We're not saying it's from Ikea or anything, but lord help us if that doesn't look like a mirror image of an old Hemnes side table that we spent hours tirelessly putting together in our college days. But aside from that, LiLo's possibly-antique dresser and shag rug look equal parts cozy and stylish and we...

Rihanna unwittingly helps apprehend animal poachers in Thailand, Cory Monteith’s mother defends her son’s tribute, Finland to reconsider marriage equality

Cory Monteith’s mom Ann McGregor says that her son was worthy of the special Emmy tribute. Ann tells TMZ she believes you cannot judge worthiness by a person’s age because her son was on a path of greatness — not only with his acting and singing abilities … but with the charitable work he did. Ann tells us, ‘If he had lived 30 more years he would have accomplished much more.’”

Rihanna posted a picture of herself posing with an adorable slow loris while in Thailand, which is a protected species. While she probably didn’t intend to, she helped authorities apprehend the men who were charging tourists to pose with the animals, getting the animals back under protection.

Finland is set to reconsider marriage equality after receiving a...

That old phrase "If these walls could talk" is actually pretty terrifying if you really think about it (especially if they can see and hear and don't just blather on about what they've done today), but the intended idea that some houses and estates have seen a lot of history is a valid one, especially in Europe. ("...where the history comes from" - Eddie Izzard) This explains the rationale behind PBS's "Secrets of..." series which tours historically famous abodes with one of its famous, living residents giving us the rundown on the location's storied past. Two recent releases in that series include Henry VIII's Palace and Althorp (home of the Spencers, the family of Princess Diana), and while the factoids prove interesting and the hosts charming, the series requires a strong interest in the two homes, because otherwise the presentations are quite dry.

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Tune in alert for Syfy.s Tuesday night programming, featuring Exit and Total Blackout: · Exit stirs up more trouble in .If These Walls Could Talk.. · And Total Blackout airs at 11/10c Exit.Airs Tuesdays at 10/9c. If These Walls Could Talk . Sneak Peek Summary: Beam room/Shredder room/Wall Room/Ceiling room. Hands Off . Clip Summary: As Curt loves to warn, the Shredder is hungry! This time, for hand models. Tanked . Clip Summary: It seems like no one is good at Stage 2 of the Tank Room. Could you do it? Total Blackout.Airs Tuesdays at 11/10c. Season Two - Promo Summary: Now at a new time, join Jaleel White for Total...

If you listen to Jada Pinkett Smith, the pursuit of marital happiness just might be interpreted as looking the other way. When asked about the seemingly never-ending gossip that she and her A-list hubby of 15 years, Will Smith, have an open marriage, the If These Walls Could Talk star didn't necessarily deny the rumors as she explained her views on what keeps their relationship going strong. "I've always told Will, 'You can do whatever you want as long as you can look at yourself in the mirror and be Ok,'" she told HuffPost Live recently. "Because at the end of the day, Will is his own man. I'm here as his partner, but he is his own man. He has to decide who he wants to be and...

Catherine Keener is teaming with Charlie Kaufman for a new HBO series. According to Deadline.com, the new half-hour show will follow one day in a woman's life.

The untitled project, which Kenner will produce, will explore how events leading up to that day can affect the reality she lives in. Kaufman is executive producing, writing and directing.

Kaufman and Keener have worked together in the past on films including "Synecdoche, New York," "Being John Malkovich" and the upcoming "Frank Or Francis."

Over the course of her career, Keener has only made a handful of TV appearances. She appeared in the short-lived TV series "Ohara," did an episode of "Seinfeld" and a few TV movies including "If These Walls Could Talk."

If the Keener/Kaufman project makes it to series, it would join HBO's growing line-up of female-fronted comedies. The network currently has "Veep" starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Girls" from Lena Dunham...

Catherine Keener is teaming with Charlie Kaufman for a new HBO series. According to Deadline.com, the new half-hour show will follow one day in a woman's life.

The untitled project, which Kenner will produce, will explore how events leading up to that day can affect the reality she lives in. Kaufman is executive producing, writing and directing.

Kaufman and Keener have worked together in the past on films including "Synecdoche, New York," "Being John Malkovich" and the upcoming "Frank Or Francis."

Over the course of her career, Keener has only made a handful of TV appearances. She appeared in the short-lived TV series "Ohara," did an episode of "Seinfeld" and a few TV movies including "If These Walls Could Talk."

If the Keener/Kaufman project makes it to series, it would join HBO's growing line-up of female-fronted comedies. The network currently has "Veep" starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Girls" from Lena Dunham...

The force of nature known as Cher turns 66 today, and is about to celebrate her 50th year in show business. As tribute, lets take a look at a few of the reasons why she's remained an icon for decades.

Take a look at these 66 moments in time ... and then add your own. What's your favorite Cher memory?

1. - She knows how to dress like a serious actress.

2. - She's earned soft lighting.

3. - She gives great interview.

4. - "You are physically repulsive, intellectually retarded, you're morally reprehensible, vulgar, insensitive, selfish, stupid, you have no taste, a lousy sense of humor and you smell."

5. - Suspect. She's the only public defender in screen history who could rock a leather jacket and Windmere hair crimper.

6. - Mask

7. - Mask 2

8. - She's immortalized in Comic form.

9. - And some of us couldn't get enough.

10. - She starred in one of the greatest films of the 80's.

Sharon Stone and sexy Colombian actress Sofia Vergara are set to heat up the big screen as bisexual lovers in a new comedy.

The Oscar winner will play a dermatologist who enjoys a threesome with Modern Family beauty Vergara and John Turturro's escort character in Fading Gigolo.

A source tells Life & Style magazine, "Sharon thinks it's going to be a lot of fun playing the lover of one of the hottest actresses out there. The scenes will be steamy!"

Legendary filmmaker Woody Allen has been cast as The Big Lebowski actor's pimp.

The movie will begin shooting in New York in April with Turturro also serving as director.

Stone is no stranger to lesbian love scenes - she romanced a woman in 1992 thriller Basic Instinct and played comedienne Ellen DeGeneres' lover in 1996 TV movie If These Walls Could Talk.

When Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk's American Horror Story premiered on FX two weeks ago, many of us wondered if the experiment in graphic and twisted terror could sustain itself after the frenetic and boundary-pushing first episode. And while the show has gradually eased off of some of the tricks and gimmicks it threw our way right out of the gate, I'm very pleased to say that three episodes in it is still every bit as creepy, weird, and alive. More alive than most of its characters, in fact - but we'll get to that in a minute.

Seriously - wow. This episode grounded the show like a fresh cement foundation under a gazebo, didn't it? We had the resolution of a few storylines, the beginnings of a few new ones, and the entwining of several seemingly disparate threads. But more than anything, it had an emotional depth that...

That's right, folks - I hope you haven't taken your daily potassium supplement yet because American Horror Story is back with more Bananas. In the second episode of FX's aggressively kooky horror show the action was a bit more focused (instead of 10 storylines we only had about 7) but it was no less intense than the Certified Batsh*t premiere. Plus, this week they added a new ingredient to the mix: Axe murder!

Yes, Ep 2 decided to do a little redecorating by splashing buckets of blood on the wainscoted walls of the Harmon House. Grab your paint chips and let's see if we can match it!

As with the premiere, we begin with a flashback - this time to 1968. I'm already loving the idea that we could bounce around to any time period and see what the house was up to - the possibilities are endless, really. It's like If These Walls Could Talk,...

Lifetime's made-for-television movie "Five," airing Monday, could be an Emmy contender next year. The film about five women battling breast cancer includes segments directed by Emmy nominees Patty Jenkins ("The Killing"), Demi Moore (producer of "If These Walls Could Talk") and previous acting champ Jennifer Aniston ("Friends"). John Griffiths of Us Weekly called the flick "mostly maudlin," but applauded Aniston for eliciting, "a glowing turn from Patricia Clarkson as a feisty survivor-type." Clarkson is already a two-time Emmy winner for guest appearances on "Six Feet Under" and she could compete for "Five." In 2003, she earned a supporting Oscar nod as a cancer patient in "Pieces of April." Other stars of "Five" include Emmy nominees Jeanne Tripplehorn ("Grey Gardens"), Bob Newhart ("Newhart"), Jeffrey Tambor ("Arrested Develo...

If you've seen the posters and ads for American Horror Story you hope you're in for something sinister, bizarre and, well, horrifying . The FX series kicks off on October 5, and in anticipation of its debut, the network has launched YoureGoingtoDieInThere.com . Got the nerves to visit? As we're told by FX reps, the site wants viewers to "Help us welcome the Harmons to their new home and their new nightmare . a true American Horror Story. Go behind closed doors to discover the secret history that the Harmons don.t know. Explore the artifacts of murder, lust, perversion and betrayal that remain in the American Horror Story house. More artifacts will appear as each room.s frightening legacy is revealed over time. If these walls could talk, what stories would they...

If these walls could talk... Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have listed their ocean-view Malibu home for $13.75 million. A barely divorced Pitt purchased the home in 2005 for $8.41 million, but six years of A-list living has apparently put quite the premium on the place. So, what sort of bang for the buck are Brad and Angelina offering? Aside from the sweeping view of the Southern California coast, the recently renovated (you know Pitt and his thing for architecture) Mid-Century modern home boasts four bedroom suites (Omg, the six kids shared?!), four bathrooms, bamboo flooring, glass walls to let the outside in, a top-of-the-line kitchen with a walk-in refrigerator/freezer, three fireplaces...

J.P. had a night out on the town with Ames, while Ashley spent the evening watching ‘Bachelor Pad’ with her girls. Should J.P. be spending time with Ashley’s ex-boyfriend?

Bachelorette Ashley Hebert and J.P. Rosenbaum seem to be falling more and more in love every day. Ashley’s even moving to NYC to live with J.P. But while it seems the happy couple is living a beautiful fairytale, J.P. decided to hang out with Ashley’s ex-boyfriend Ames Brown — who Ashley said goodbye to during the hometown dates on The Bachelorette — on Aug. 22. Is it a bad idea for J.P. to spending time with Ames, especially when J.P. got jealous of Ashley’s relationships with the other guys while filming the show?

“Had to dvr #BachelorPad cause I’m out with @AmesBrown,” J.P. tweeted Aug. 22. “Good times last night with @AmesBrown. Great seeing u! Def going back to #eataly soon!

'Ghost' and 'Disclosure' star Demi Moore is set to team up with Alicia Keys, Jennifer Aniston, Patty Jenkins and one other star to make individual short movies which explore the impact of breast cancer on people's lives. According to reports in Variety "Project Five" will be an anthology of movies directed by different celebrities. Aniston will be the executive producer on her movie along with her "Friends" colleague Martha Kauffman. These short movies will be aired on the Lifetime network. President of the network, Nancy Dubuc said "I'm a big fan of this amazing group of powerful and creative women, and we are thrilled to be working with them on 'Project Five'. It's an awesome feeling to be able to give them such a strong platform to do what they do best - entertain and tell great stories - so that we all educate viewers about breast cancer through these five films of courage,...

The 8th annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is all set to run for ten days this Feb. 11-20 in Missoula, Montana. This year, the fest will have a whopping 140 film programs, a growth that necessitates an expansion from its regular home at the Historic Wilma Theatre — where it will occupy two screens — to also feature screenings at the former Pipestone Mountaineering store.

Special events at the fest include a free opening night screening of How to Die in Oregon sponsored by HBO Documentary Films. The film, directed by Peter D. Richardson, examines the impact the legalization of physician-assisted suicide has had on the state. (In 1994, Oregon was the first state to legalize the practice.)

Also, indie rock band Yo La Tengo will perform their acclaimed live score of the films of pioneering French underwater documentary film director Jean Painlevé, something they have done for other film festivals all over the world.

Academy Award-winning actress Mira Sorvino is once again trying to break away from her role of Romy in the hit 1997 movie ‘Romy And Michele’s High School Reunion’ by agreeing to star in the new film ‘Union Square’. The movie is being helmed by indie director Nancy Savoca, who rose to fame with her hit HBO movie ‘If These Walls Could Talk.’ Sorvino will star alongside Emmy winner Tammy Blanchard. The two will play two sisters who reluctantly reunite as one prepares to get married, and the other is on the brink of having a nervous breakdown. There’s no word yet when ‘Union Square’ will begin filming, or what kind of [...]...

Is it weird Mira Sorvino won an Oscar and people still think of her as Romy from Romy And Michele.s High School Reunion? I don.t think so, but then again, to me, Paul Newman will always be Reg from Slap Shot. You can.t change how people perceive you. That being said, you can continue to take risky, challenging movies and hope your work will stand for itself. According to Deadline, the former Woody Allen muse has agreed to star in indie director Nancy Savoca.s upcoming Union Square. You may remember Savoca as a force behind the made for HBO movie If These Walls Could Talk that saw Demi Moore play a 1950s woman trying to get an abortion. Union Square will follow two sisters, played by Sorvino and Emmy winner Tammy Blanchard, who reluctantly get together. One is ready to marry and one is ready for...

When ABC Family began airing promos for Pretty Little Liars, we thought it was going to be a silly summer diversion, something to carry us through the dog days until Gossip Girl returned— but boy, were we wrong. Not only did the show pull in monstrous ratings, it received glowing praise from critics (including us!). It was so well-received, in fact, that ABC Family ordered a full season and decided to split it into two cycles.

The driving force behind Pretty Little Liars success is creator/showrunner/executive producer/writer Marlene King, who conceived the original idea to adapt Sara Shepherd's young adult novels into a television series. You might remember Marlene as the writer of Now and Then, If These Walls Could Talk, and Just My Luck.These days, though, you can find her on the Warner Brothers back lot in Burbank, moving between the writers room and the set of Rosewood,...

"Dinner for Schmucks" may have officially been based on the French film "The Dinner Game," but when I first heard about the plot, I immediately thought of "Dogfight." The 1991 drama, directed by Nancy Savoca ("If These Walls Could Talk"), stars River Phoenix in one of his last major roles and Lili Taylor. Like "Dinner for Schmucks," it's about a game in which a group of terrible people compete to see who can find the most contemptible person. And in both films the protagonist ends up feeling bad about the game and starts to like and respect their victim. In…...

Ah, cruel fate! Lindsay Lohan probably wanted to spend her jail time in quiet contemplation. Maybe she’d carve herself a chess set, or take a class to learn how to read good. But her stint in the clink just got more interesting. According to People, Lindsay Lohan’s cell is right next to the cell occupied by Alexis Neiers, a member of the infamous “Bling Ring” that burglarized several celebrity homes…including, allegedly, the home of Lindsay Lohan. (To make things more surreal, Neiers’ cell was once occupied by Paris Hilton. If these walls could talk…they’d probably vom.

They’re both big fans of fashion, and last night (June 23) Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna were spotted at the Diane Von Furstenberg party in London, England.

The “Shakespeare in Love” actress and the “Papa Don’t Preach” songstress looked lovely as they posed for pictures at Claridges.

Von Furstenberg held the swanky celebrity-laden event to launch a series of print-filled suites she designed.

Diane addressed the crowd, “Like you, I’ve had affairs at Claridge’s, and I’ve done business at Claridge’s. If these walls could talk they would write books!”...

The Silver Docs nominees in the World Feature and Short Film categories have been announced with the latter featuring three Irish projects; Aideen O'Sullivan's 'Bye Bye Now', Ken Wardrop's 'The Herd' and Anna Rodgers' 'If These Walls Could Talk'. The Silver Docs film festival will run this year from the 21st to the 27th of June. The event's Sterling Short Competition features 40 shortlisted projects including three Irish works.