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January will bring tons of thrilling content, including the much-awaited return of ‘The Traitors’ for its third season, a deep dive into the making of ‘Saturday Night Live’ with ‘SNL50,’ and the gripping ‘Lockerbie: A Search for Truth,’ starring Colin Firth. Plus, enjoy exciting debuts like ‘Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy,’ ‘Love Island All Stars,’ and more. Don’t miss out on the action this month!

January 2 – ‘Lockerbie: A Search For Truth’

‘Lockerbie: A Search for Truth’ is a series starring Colin Firth as Dr. Jim Swire, a father seeking answers after his daughter is killed in the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland. The series follows his journey to uncover the truth, meeting survivors and confronting the Libyan leader tied to the attack.

January 16 – ‘SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night’

‘SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night’ is a special documentary series on Peacock that celebrates the 50th anniversary of ‘Saturday Night Live...

Peacock has announced the lineup of movies, TV shows, and live sports that will be available on the streaming service in January. The Peacock January 2025 schedule includes Here Come the Irish, Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, The Traitors Season 3, and more.

Kick off the New Year with a look into the past with Lockerbie: A Search for Truth on January 2. Exploring events from the disaster and its aftermath, this new series starring Colin Firth provides an intimate account of a man, a husband, and a father who risks everything in memory of his daughter and the unflinching pursuit of truth and justice.

The Traitors Season 3

Dawn your cloaks for the season three premiere of the Emmy Award-winning Peacock Original The Traitors, hosted by Emmy Award-winner Alan Cumming. Tune in on January 9 at 6 p.m. Pt/9 p.m. Et for the three-episode premiere event of the nail-biting...

Starz has announced the movie and TV titles that will be available on the service in December. The Starz December 2024 schedule includes new episodes of Outlander Season 7 Part 2 all month long.

On the film front, Borderlands, Renfield, The Fabelmans, Midas, Polite Society, and several other notable titles will be joining the Starz app this month. This month, the app will feature a special collection, “Franchise Frenzy,” featuring titles from The Bourne series, The Chronicles of Riddick, Blair Witch, Divergent, and Ghostbusters, among others.

To get you through the holidays, Starz has a thrilling week of action-packed titles that are more naughty than nice, including The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Jurassic World Dominion: Extended Version, the Divergent trilogy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Cocaine Bear, and more.

Outlander Season 7 Starz Highlights

Outlander Season 7 Part 2

The land the Frasers call home is changing – and they must change with it.

Gabriel Basso's role in The Night Agent propelled him to fame, with critics praising the show's engaging plot and exciting twists. Despite his success, Basso's previous film Hillbilly Elegy received poor reviews, overshadowing his work in the thriller. Basso's portrayal of Peter Sutherland in The Night Agent showcases his talent and potential as an up-and-coming star in Hollywood.

Gabriel Basso has seen a recent boost in fame after starring in Netflix's hit political thriller, The Night Agent, but unfortunately, not all of Basso's roles have been so well-received. In 2023, Basso took on the lead role of Peter Sutherland in Netflix's sixth-most-watched television show of all time, The Night Agent. The thriller follows an FBI agent who, after receiving a mysterious phone call, gets pulled into a dangerous political conspiracy. At the moment, anticipation is high for The Night Agent season 2, yet Basso is also trending for another less exciting reason.

Gabriel Basso is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in Hillbilly Elegy (2020) and The Night Agent.

Gabriel Basso Biography: Early Life, Age, Family, Education

Gabriel Basso was born on December 11, 1994 (Gabriel Basso: Age 28) in St. Louis, Missouri to Marcie and Louis Basso Jr. He was homeschooled with his sisters, Alexandria and Annalise Basso.

Gabriel Basso Biography: Career

Basso’s first acting roles were in the 2007 movies Meet Bill and Alice Upside Down, although he went uncredited. His first credited role was in Alabama Moon in 2009. Some of his other movie credits include Super 8 (2011), The Kings of Summer (2013), The Hive (2014), Barely Lethal (2015), American Wrestler: The Wizard (2016) and Hillbilly Elegy (2020).

In Hillbilly Elegy, Basso starred as J.D. Vance as he looks back on his troubled childhood in Middletown, Ohio. As a child, J.D. and his sister Lindsay (Haley Bennett) lived with his grandmother, Mamaw (Glenn Close), as...

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Pirates of the Caribbean: on Stranger Tides – Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane

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Pirates of the Caribbean: on Stranger Tides

The Stars: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane

The Plot: Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too.

The Buzz: Who dares to release a film on the same day as the next Pirates film? No one dares. Well, slight correction — Woody Allen dares, but Midnight in Paris is a limited release. Really looking forward to that one too…but back on task…

I will admit my bias, as I absolutely adored the first three Pirates films, but that aside, this film’s first trailer knocked my socks off. Though it be a mere trailer, it had it all: Jack Sparrow (the...

After revealing the new trailer today, the next poster was also released. Paramount Pictures released a poster for the upcoming J.J. Abrams-directed “Super 8” on Apple iTunes. Here is the official synopsis of the film: “In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local deputy tries to uncover the truth – something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined.” The film stars Elle Fanning (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Door in the Floor”), Kyle Chandler (“Early Edition,” “Friday Night Lights”), Ron Eldard (“Black Hawk Down,” “House of Sand and Fog”), Noah Emmerich (“The Truman Show,” “Beautiful Girls”), Gabriel Basso (“The Big C,” “Alabama Moon”) , Joel Courtney, Ryan Lee...

Weeds and The Big C are renewed for new seasons by Showtime On the heels of record-breaking premiere night ratings for both original series, Showtime has picked up new seasons of its hit comedies The Big C and Weeds. Season 2 of The Big C (from Sony Pictures Television) and Weeds (from Lionsgate) will premiere on the network in 2011.

The Big C took the country by storm last month as more than 6.5 million people viewed the premiere episode across various platforms, making it the network's highest-rated original series premiere in 8 years. The night kicked off with Weeds, which also garnered over 6 million viewers - a record premiere episode for the series.

"The unprecedented viewership for both The Big C and Weeds proves that audiences love these shows as much as we do," said Showtime President of Entertainment David Nevins. "There are definitely more comedic adventures in store for these fascinating, complex women.

When I was in high school, there was one, well, two films I would watch religiously. They were Can’T Hardly Wait and Dancer, Texas Pop. 81. I was on this huge Breckin Meyer fix and really wanted to be that guy. In Dancer, Texas, he leaves his hometown to pursue his dreams in the big city. In high school, I dreamed of graduating and moving to L.A. to become a movie star. At that time, I felt like this movie was made just for me. Fast forward 12 years later and I’d be interviewing the writer/director of that film, Tim McCanlies.

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In its first year following the conclusion of its contract with AFI, the 2010 Dallas International Film Festival will take over all eight screens of the Angelika Film Center for an Opening Night Celebration. 1,600 film goers will participate in the festivities and see featured films including Bill Cunningham New York, Multiple Sarcasms, Nosotros los Pobres and Skateland. In addition, the Super Saturday lineup of films will be packed with four world premieres: Hold, Sin Ella, Virsa and We Are the Sea. This year, the Dallas Star Award – presented annually to film artists in recognition of their unique contributions to cinema – will be given to writer-director Guillermo Arriaga (Babel, 21 Grams), writer-director John Lee Hancock (The Rookie, The Blind Side), three time Academy Award nominated cinematographer Wally Pfister (Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight) and Mexican film Icon Pedro Infante (Nosotros los Pobres, Ustedes los Ricos, Pepe el Toro). Academy Award winning...

Yesterday, the nominations for this year's "Young Artist" Awards came down, and Taylor Lautner's name was listed for his work in The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Lautner is nominated alongside Jake T. Austin for Hotel For Dogs, Jimmy Bennett for Alabama Moon, Max Records for Where The Wild Things Are, and Devin Bostick for Adoration. The awards will take place on April 11th at the Beverly Garland in Studio City, California. No word yet on whether Taylor Lautner will attend. More information on the Young Artist Awards can be found here. Dakota Fanning is also nominated for her work in Coraline, and she won last year for her work in The Secret Life of Bees. Christian Serratos won last year a ...

Taylor Lautner could follow the step of his "Twilight" co-star Kristen Stewart who has just landed Orange Rising Star Award at 2010 BAFTAs. The 18-year-old hunk has been announced as one of the contenders to win Best Performance by Leading Young Actor at the 31st Annual Young Artist Awards for his portrayal of Jacob Black in "The Twilight Saga's New Moon". For the said prize, he will be up against Jake T. Austin ("Hotel For Dogs"), Jimmy Bennett ("Alabama Moon"), Max Records ("Where The Wild Things Are") and Devon Bostick ("Adoration").

Meanwhile, Emma Roberts and Saoirse Ronan are put under the same category, facing each other for the Best Performance by Leading Young Actress kudo. The "Hotel For Dogs" star and the "The Lovely Bones" beauty are additionally joined by Abigail Breslin ("My Sister's Keeper"), Jolie Vanier ("Shorts") and Yara Shahidi ("Imagine That") in the competition for the award.

The nominations...

Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato are placed in competition against each other at the upcoming 31st Annual Young Artist Awards. As the Young Artist Foundation unveiled this year's nominees, it is revealed that the two Disney stars and best friends are vying for Leading or Supporting Young Actress title in a category for TV movie, mini-series or special.

Both Selena and Demi received the nomination for their performance as Carter Mason and Rosalinda respectively in "Princess Protection Program". Beside each other, they are also up against two other hopefuls, Tori Barban of "The Christmas Hope" and Patricia Raven of "Dear Harvard".

The two teen stars are not the only Disney's leading lady to get nominated for 2010 Young Artist Awards. Miley Cyrus has earned a nod for Leading Young Actress in TV series for her role on "Hannah Montana". She is listed among four other contenders that include the star of Nickelodeon's "iCarly", Miranda Cosgrove.

Our hometown festival – the Dallas International Film Festival (Diff) – has just announced their first 10 Official Selections. There are a few Diff alumni filmmakers returning this year – Alex Gibney, Steve James and Tim McCanlies. Gibney brought Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson in 2008 when Diff was known as AFI Dallas. This year he’ll be showing his new film, Casino Jack And The United States Of Money. Also in 2008, James screened his film, At Death House Door, and this year he’ll bring his second documentary to the festival, No Crossover: The Trial Of Allen Iverson. Last and certainly not least, McCanlies came last year with The 2 Bobs, and will be screening Alabama Moon in just a few months.

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The 16th annual Austin Film Festival opened with a true screenwriting gem, Serious Moonlight. Penned by the late Adrienne Shelley around the same time she created Waitress – Shelley was murdered shortly after wrapping Waitress, before she had the opportunity to direct Serious Moonlight. I loved Waitress, and have been a fan of Adrienne Shelley since seeing her act in Hal Hartley’s The Unbelievable Truth and Trust. Serious Moonlight | Review "...the script is chock-full of clever Hitchcockian twists along with a impeccably strong (and mysterious) conclusion. Serious Moonlight is very conservatively directed by first-timer Cheryl Hines (who acted in Waitress with Shelley)." ____________________________________________________ I have long been curious about C.D. Payne’s 1993 epistolary novel Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp, and unfortunately I did not have the opportunity to read it prior to the Aff screening of Miguel Arteta’s film. Nonetheless, into the Paramount I went… I must...

Director: Tim McCanlies Writer(s): Watt Key (novel, screenplay) Starring: Jimmy Bennett, Gabriel Basso, Uriah Shelton, Clint Howard Moon (Jimmy Bennett) and his Pap (J.D. Evermore) are living the Libertarian dream – Ayn Rand and Ron Paul would be proud of this duo – illegally homesteading in the backcountry of rural Alabama. Pap raises Moon to never trust anyone, especially the government. That’s all well and good until Pap dies, leaving eleven year old Moon all alone in the wilderness. Moon opts to foot it towards Alaska (the Libertarian, survivalist and secessionist Mecca). It is not long before the local constable (Clint Howard) – who must have learned everything he knows about policing from Roscoe P. Coltrane – and his hound dog are hot on Moon’s trail. Moon is apprehended and sent to a boy’s prison called Pinson, but his inner wild child cannot be held by any cage. Moon...

Austin filmmaker Tim McCanlies (Secondhand Lions, The Iron Giant) premiered his latest family-friendly film Alabama Moon during Austin Film Festival at the Paramount. Based on the coming-of-age novel by Watt Key, this film's plot tugs at the heartstrings, reminiscent of the Disney film Old Yeller and other family classics.

After the unexpected death of his survivalist father, 11-year-old Moon (Jimmy Bennett ), who was raised in the Alabama wilderness, must learn how to make his way in the modern world. Doing so isn't very easy, with a local law officer (Clint Howard) intent on making sure that Jimmy stays a ward of the state in a reform school. There Moon meets and interacts with other boys, including the bully Hal (Gabriel Basso) and sickly Kit (Uriah Shelton) who become his friends and cohorts on an escape.

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Today is as much about what I didn't do at the fest, as the screenings itself. I overslept and miss the Hair of the Dog brunch and the Txmpa Incentives panel. I believe Debbie made it to the panel, so hopefully she'll be doing a writeup later. I did make it over the Driskill 1886 cafe for some lemony eggs benedict before heading to a screening that I ended up switching with Alabama Moon, so I had a lot of time on my hands today.

Alabama Moon, directed by Austin's Tim McCanlies, harkens back to the vintage Wonderful World of Disney films I used to watch on Sunday nights. Kid in trouble, the requisite mean and inept adults, the bully with a change of heart, and a few good and kind adults to bring about a happy ending. Austin favorite Clint Howard plays the constable who makes Moon's life really difficult after Moon's father dies.

Constantin Film just sent us the first official movie still from the upcoming film “Pope Joan” by director Sonke Wortmann and starring John Goodman (The Princess and the Frog, Alabama Moon), David Wenham (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 300), Iain Glen (Harry Brown), Anatole Taubman (Quantum of Solace), Johanna Wokalek and Suzanne Bertish (Rome). Film Synopsis: A 9th century woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from “Pope Joan”.

Tim McCanlies once told me, "I find your average beauty-parlor-operator in Texas to be far more interesting a person than your average studio executive in Hollywood." He's putting that theory to the test by working outside the studio system for his third directorial effort, "The 2 Bobs," a manic comedy that premiered at SXSW to an enthusiastic local crowd and was made for a budget that likely wouldn't have paid for craft services on his last film, the Michael Caine-Robert Duvall family flick "Secondhand Lions."

After a career spent working in Hollywood from his home in Bastrop County penning such films as "The Iron Giant" and quietly creating The CW's long-running "Smallville," the Texan is doing an indie two-step -- first with "Bobs," an Austin-set send-up of the video game industry about two game designers named Bob and their struggle to recover their most recent creation after it's...