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It’s almost time to head back to Tulsa to spend some more time with The General. On Sunday, September 15, Tulsa King Season 2 kicks off with its premiere episode “Back in the Saddle” on Paramount+, and it’ll pick up right where the first season left off. Dwight Manfredi (Sylvester Stallone) will find himself in deep trouble after being turned in for his attempted bribery by Stacy Beale (Andrea Savage), putting his newly established business and freshly reestablished family dynamics at risk. Season 2 will also see him facing some new foes as the series ushers in Neal McDonough and Frank Grillo to challenge his authority in T-Town. So what can we expect from these newcomers? And what else should we know about Tulsa King ahead of its Season 2 debut? TV Insider caught up with showrunner Terence Winter to find out. Sylvester Stallone didn’t really do TV before this. So...

On Monday 5 August 2024, 5Select broadcasts Sunken Warships: Secrets from the Deep!

The General Belgrano Season 2 Episode 1 Episode Summary

In this episode of “Sunken Warships: Secrets from the Deep,” titled “The General Belgrano,” viewers will explore the intriguing story of a ship that played a significant role in a pivotal moment of history. The episode focuses on the former light cruiser USS Phoenix, which was sold to Argentina after World War II and renamed General Belgrano.

The General Belgrano became a central figure during the Falklands Conflict, a war that stirred strong feelings and debates. This episode will delve into the circumstances surrounding the controversial torpedoing of the ship, examining the events that led up to that fateful day.

Through expert interviews and historical footage, the episode aims to uncover the secrets of the General Belgrano and the impact of its sinking on the war. The story promises to shed light...

The British Film Institute (BFI) is set to make waves with its upcoming “Art of Action” season, anchored by a re-release of Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 cult classic “Point Break.”

The U.K.-wide celebration of action choreography in cinema will run from October to December, offering audiences a high-octane journey through the evolution of the genre.

BFI Distribution will bring “Point Break,” starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze, back to U.K. cinemas on Nov. 8. The film’s return to the big screen after years of limited theatrical showings is expected to be a major draw for both nostalgic fans and new viewers alike.

The “Art of Action” season, presented by the BFI Film Audience Network using National Lottery funds, aims to showcase the artistry behind action sequences that have kept audiences enthralled for decades. The program will feature a diverse array of films, including silent era classics like Buster Keaton...

Brazil’s Boutique Filmes, producer of “3%,” the first Netflix non English-language series to break out abroad, is linking to Portugal’s SPi (“Glória”) to produce “Seven Women,” a reimagining of Brazilian Letícia Wierzchowski’s novel which yielded one of the biggest hits in Brazilian TV history: Globo’s “A Casa das Sete Mulheres,” sold to over 80 countries.

Globo’s telenovela had 51 episodes; Boutique and SPi’s rolls off this huge IP but weighs in as an eight-part historical drama.

Boutique Filmes produced Netflix’s first Brazilian series, “3%,” which ran to four seasons, and notably 2020’s “Omniscient” and Netflix’s first Brazilian true crime “Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime.”

Launched in 2017 by Sptv to create international co-productions and titles for streaming services, SPi produced Portugal’s first Netflix original series “Glória,” plus “Codex 632,” with Globoplay and Rtp, and “Vanda,” with La Panda and Legendary.

Boutique Filmes is...

With the underwhelming box office of the latest film in the decade spanning Mad Max franchise, Furiosa, there may be no more of these wonderful, experimental, and auteur-driven action films made. That is a shame. But we can dream.  As did this anonymous artist-designer who reimagined what the O.G. vehicle stunt spectacular auteur, Buster Keaton, might have made in the 1920s.  Either way, it is pretty clear Silent-Era cinema masterpiece, The General, was a major influence on the Max Max franchise; particularly so as George Miller leaned more and more into vehicular...

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Acast, the home of the world’s most valuable marketplace and some of Ireland’s biggest podcasts, has announced the launch of the newest podcast from Sunday World and well-known crime journalist Nicola Tallant: Crime World Presents “Caught in the Crossfire”: A True Story Of An Innocent Man Caught Up In A Gangland Murder.

The 80s had The General, the 90s had John Gilligan, and in the noughties, it was the reign of Martin Marlo Hyland. He ruled with an iron fist over gangland, working his way up the drug ladder with ferocious force, taking opportunities to step in when others fell by the wayside. But like many before him and many since, he got too big, too quick and a Garda crackdown on his mob saw him grow increasingly reckless and paranoid. Ultimately he became a liability. He had to go. And it was the circumstances of...

Sylvester Stallone’s Dwight “The General” Manfredi is heading to court in a new Instagram post shared by the Italian Stallion for Tulsa King Season 2. The Rocky actor revealed the release date month for the sophomore season of the Taylor Sheridan crime drama, which debuts on Paramount+ in early September.

In Stallone’s Instagram post, the Demolition Man discusses filming an “interesting scene in Tulsa King,“ which took place in a courtroom. After showing the elaborate set, Stallone says he’s “not supposed to be doing this” but that he “didn’t get here by following the rules,” and teases the release window for Tulsa King Season 2. Stallone says the follow-up episodes make for “a fantastic follow up,” and “this is looking great,” referencing the show’s progress. In a caption attached to the post, Stallone writes, “I’m not supposed to be doing this, but I am because I...

General Hospital (Gh) spoilers suggest that Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) is falling in love with Nina Reeves (Cynthia Watros). The two have been making their share of devious plans. They likely caught feelings during their time together. Keep on reading to learn more.

General Hospital Spoilers – Drew Cain Falling In Love With Nina Reeves

According to the General Hospital spoilers, Drew Cain could end up falling in love with Nina Reeves. This brought up an interesting debate on the SoapCentral.com Message Boards.

Gh fans wondered if the slimy duo was falling in love with one another. The user Carly/Jax brought up this question.

The original poster argued that Drew shouldn’t end up with Nina. Some questioned whether they would make a good soap opera couple.

Some Gh fans wished for the ’80s and ’90s when the soap was at the height of its prime. General Hospital had some...

The Sympathizer took the Max streaming service by storm, leading fans to want to know more about one of the show's brightest rising stars, Vy Le.

Based on the debut novel of the same name by Vietnamese-American professor and writer Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer is a political drama that follows a North Vietnamese plant placed in a refugee camp in the United States full of South Vietnamese people.

In the show, actress Vy Le portrays Lana, the daughter of Toan Le's The General.

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Ever since the dawn of cinema, stunts have been at the heart of the medium. The very first motion picture, Eadweard Muybridge’s 1878 reel The Horse In Motion, captured a jockey riding a horse at speed — cinema’s first stunt! And ever since then, fearless stunt people have been engaging themselves in the ultimate game of one-upmanship, putting their bodies on the line and minds at work to help make movies soar higher, go faster, hit harder, and be bigger than ever before. Even if the Oscars still aren’t ready to recognise that just yet with a Stunt category, we don’t need an awards ceremony to pay tribute to the crazy folk who do this stuff for real.

To celebrate the stunt community – and mark the release of stunt-tastic action extravaganza The Fall Guy – take a look back over the craziest movie stunts that were actually done for real.

by Cláudio Alves

This week, one of the best comedies ever made and a silent film masterpiece celebrates its centennial. It's none other than Sherlock Jr., Buster Keaton's 45-minute miracle of stunt work and cinematic considerations about cinema as materialized dream and broken escapism. A meta-movie for the ages, I consider it the old Stone Face's crowning achievement. Sure, The General is much more complex and Steamboat Bill, Jr. trumps it in sheer iconography. As for technical innovation, something like The Play House is probably Keaton's peak. However, there's something special about the 1924 lark, a simplicity that bolsters perfection, an ingenuity that rekindles my love for cinema whenever I set my eyes on it…...

Image: Clockwise from top: The Crying Game by Palace Pictures, The Banshees of Inisherin by Searchlight Pictures, The Secret of Kells by New Video

When you think about Ireland, the first thing that comes to mind may not be the country’s robust film industry. But the fact is that...

Sexually-explicit AI-generated images of Taylor Swift have caused alarm across the board, with major centers of power — including The White House, Microsoft, SAG-AFTRA, and more — now weighing-in on what the controversy means for the future of AI, and what steps are being taken to prevent further incidents like this one.

The scandal began when fake, crude images depicting Swift started circulating social media this week, with one image gaining over 47 million views on Twitter alone, before the account that posted them was suspended due to mass-reporting by Swifites. According to 404 Media, the viral images were traced back to a Telegram group chat where members shared AI content, sometimes made using Microsoft’s generative-ai tool, Designer.

Now, speaking to NBC News, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has expressed that the company finds the images “alarming and terrible,” and feels the pressure to “move fast” to combat nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfake images.

“Yes,...

Guns N’ Roses have unveiled an AI-generated music video for their recent single “The General.” The animated clip intersperses a narrative story with footage of the band performing live.

“The General” was officially released in December following its live debut a month earlier. It’s also paired with the band’s previous single, “Perhaps,” on a 7-inch vinyl version. Both songs started out as unreleased demos from Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy sessions, but were newly re-recorded with guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan, who rejoined the band in 2016.

The video shows Axl Rose and the other band members performing the song, as their human forms become animated versions of themselves. Per a press release, “Between the concert footage, [the video] dives into the subconscious of a young boy who stares down the monsters of dark childhood memories, blurring worlds in the process. The result is unlike anything the band has done...

Guns N’ Roses have officially released the new single “The General” after giving the song its live debut in early November at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The studio version is now available on all major streaming services, and can be heard below.

“The General” is the B-side to the vinyl edition of “Perhaps,” another new Gn’R song that was released earlier this year. The vinyl begins shipping today via Guns N’ Roses’ official merch store.

Both “The General” and “Perhaps” were originally written during sessions for 2008’s Chinese Democracy album, but were never released. The new recordings feature guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan, who rejoined the band in 2016, alongside singer Axl Rose and other current and former members of Gn’R.

Guns N’ Roses’ wrapped up their 2023 world tour last month, selling a whopping 1.3 million tickets during the course of the year. For now, they have...

Guns N’ Roses have released a new single, “The General.” The slow-building, guitar-led song marks the rock band’s second track of 2023 following “Perhaps,” which dropped in August.

Last month, Guns N’ Roses debuted “The General” live during their two-night stand at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl. The song has been floating around for years. In 2007, Sebastian Bach spoke about the track in an interview, saying, “It’s by far the heaviest metal tune I think I’ve ever heard Axl [Rose] do, this slow, grinding riff with these high, piercing vocals,...

Exclusive: John Patton Ford is writing to direct an untitled film for Netflix with 21 Laps producing. Ford wrote and directed the Aubrey Plaza starrer Emily the Criminal.

The drama follows a mysterious Union spy named James Andrews who, along with infantry volunteers, stole a Confederate steam engine and planned to destroy the entire Confederacy’s supply line to end the war.

Racing along at speeds up to 60 mph, they destroyed track to the main Southern supply route behind them and shut down communications by cutting telegraph lines, all to disrupt the Confederacy’s supply line. The six surviving raiders became the first to receive the Medal of Honor, awarded by Abraham Lincoln. The caper also would be the historical basis for Buster Keaton’s 1926 silent film The General.

Ford will write to direct the drama, which is based on his idea and is part of a package that includes Russell...

Guns N’ Roses performed at the Hollywood Bowl on Thursday night (November 2nd) in Los Angeles, and they offered up a special treat for the crowd. The legendary rock band gave the new song “The General” its live debut.

The band launched into “The General” 10 songs into the set, right in between the recent tunes “Perhaps” and “Absurd.” Before performing the track, singer Axl Rose said, “We’re gonna try a new song” and that the experience “could be very interesting.”

“The General” is the B-side to the recent physical release of “Perhaps,” which arrived earlier this year. The song marks the fourth new track Guns N’ Roses have released since the 2016 return of classic members Slash and Duff McKagan. All of the songs were reworked from earlier demos, mostly from the Chinese Democracy sessions.

Guns N’ Roses will close out their 2023 touring with a show on Sunday (November 5th...

Guns N’ Roses played the penultimate show of their 2023 tour at L.A.’s Hollywood Bowl on Thursday night, and they used the occasion to debut “The General.” “This could be very interesting,” Rose told the crowd. “If there’s ever a better place to fall on your face, I think this fuckin’ counts.” Check out a fan-shot video.

“The General” is one of many Chinese Democracy-era songs fans learned about long before the album came out. Former Skid Row vocalist Sebastian Bach raved about it in a series of interviews.

A producer for My Adventures With Superman explained why studio restrictions caused the series to avoid three key characters.

The animated series was an absolute hit for fans. The show managed to pull off a truly unique re-telling of Clark Kent’s origin as Superman, alongside his two best friends, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen.

But, when it came to the villains the hero faced in the freshman season, they weren’t what many expected. There was Deathstroke, Livewire, Task Force X, Parasite, and The General, just to name a few.

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After releasing their new single “Perhaps” earlier this week, Guns N’ Roses performed the song live for the first time on Friday night (August 18th) at Pnc Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Axl Rose and company broke out “Perhaps” as the 12th tune of their 27-song setlist. Fan-filmed video footage shows Slash playing the song’s bouncy guitar riff as Axl sings its wide-ranging vocals.

“Perhaps” leaked via bar jukeboxes last weekend, then was given its radio debut on Thursday via Audacy stations before officially premiering as a music video and on streaming services on Friday.

A 7-inch vinyl version of “Perhaps” will arrive on October 23rd, with another new track, “The General,” serving as the B-side. Pre-orders are available here.

According to Audacy, the song was “written and recorded by Axl Rose, Slash, and Duff McKagan this year,” and marks their “first collective new composition and recording together in 30 years since 1993’s The Spaghetti Incident?...

Hours after Guns N’ Roses finally released their new song “Perhaps,” Axl Rose and company debuted the single live during their concert Friday at Pittsburgh’s Pnc Park.

“Forgive me if I don’t run around and try to project as much because I’m gonna try to figure out how to fucking sing it live,” Rose warned. “I like to think of when we wrote this song it was like the immaculate inception.”

Gnr then launched into a mostly issue-free “Perhaps,” the semi-reunited band’s first new music since...

After a leak on bar jukeboxes over the weekend, Guns N’ Roses have officially released the new single “Perhaps” (watch the video below).

According to Audacy, the song was “written and recorded by Axl Rose, Slash, and Duff McKagan this year,” and marks their “first collective new composition and recording together in 30 years since 1993’s The Spaghetti Incident?”

A 7-inch vinyl version will be released on October 23rd, with another new track, “The General,” serving as the B-side. Pre-order here.

While Slash and Duff may have had a bigger hand in writing the official version of “Perhaps” than the band’s 2021 singles “Hard Skool” and “ABSUЯD” (which were both reworked from years-old demos), “Perhaps” is not an entirely new song.

A rough demo version of “Perhaps” has been floating around for several years, and Guns N’ Roses played the song during a soundcheck before a show in Israel in June of this year.

Growing up in the 80s it was a special time for kids who loved cars. Series like Magnum Pi, Knight Rider, and The A-Team all had an iconic vehicle that was a centerpiece of the series and epitomized the spirit of the show. But perhaps none was as iconic and memorable as the car at the heart of this episode, The General Lee.

The orange painted muscle car was the chariot of Bo and Luke, the two modern day Robin Hoods Aka The Duke Boys. In this episode of Gone But Not Forgotten we’re going climb through the window and get behind the wheel of The General as we revisit The Dukes of Hazzard.

The late 70s and early 80s were a massive time in the land of country music. It had become part of the main stream in a major way thanks to films like Urban Cowboy and outlaw musicians like Willie Nelson,...

Any Buster Keaton movie is a feast of visual invention and breakneck energy -- to the point of wondering if some of the performers ever broke their necks -- which is part of why they continue to hold up, even in the 21st century. To see the man in his prime is to see a true death-defier, one who braved the wilderness that was the world of early cinema and conquered it with grace and fearlessness.

In his 1926 film "The General," Keaton gave audiences what they wanted in the form of a chaotic romp and unpredictable stunts. He also delivered spectacle, with an episode of Civil War history that he could shape into a classic Buster Keaton experience. Keaton's movie was like the 19th-century equivalent of the post-apocalyptic car chase of "Mad Max: Fury Road," as director George Miller readily admits. Rather than futuristic, modded vehicles, it's a movie of trains,...

Creating timeless comedies is a truly remarkable accomplishment for filmmakers. It’s no secret that all movie genres have the potential to age poorly, but comedy, especially, has an expiration date due to its contextual and individualistic nature. What’s funny today might not make sense in the future, and what tickles some people may leave others cold.

When it comes to picking the best comedy movies of all time, durability must be taken into account. How well does this film hold up now? Will it still be hilarious years from now?

After intense research, we’ve found the ten highest-rated comedy films that represent laugh-out-loud hilarity and will stand the test of time. We can’t guarantee these will elicit uproarious laughter from everyone – then again, if they don’t…maybe you should take a step back and reassess your comedic sensibilities – or at least vote for your favorite comedy on IMDb.

While we’ve known the results of Jeanne Dielman Tops Sight and Sound‘s 2022 Greatest Films of All-Time List”>Sight & Sound’s once-in-a-decade greatest films of all-time poll for a few months now, the recent release of the individual ballots has given data-crunching cinephiles a new opportunity to dive deeper. We have Letterboxd lists detailing all 4,400+ films that received at least one vote and another expanding the directors poll, spreadsheets calculating every entry, and now a list ranking how many votes individual directors received for their films.

Tabulated by Genjuro, the list of 35 directors, with two pairs, puts Alfred Hitchcock back on top, while Chantal Akerman is at number two. Elsewhere in the top ten are David Lynch, Francis Ford Coppola, Jean-Luc Godard, Agnès Varda, Orson Welles, Yasujirō Ozu, and Stanley Kubrick, and tied for the tenth spot is Wong Kar Wai and Ingmar Bergman.

Check out the list below,...

Deadline has reported that Rami Malek is set to star in Amateur, a CIA thriller which James Hawes will helm.

Gary Spinelli wrote the most recent draft of Amateur, which follows “a CIA cryptographer who, after his wife is tragically killed in a London terrorist attack, demands his bosses go after them. When it becomes clear they won’t act due to conflicting internal priorities, he blackmails the agency into training him and letting him go after them himself.” James Hawes is best known for helming the first season of Slow Horses on Apple, so he certainly knows his way about spy-craft stories. Hawes has also directed episodes of Raised by Wolves, Snowpiercer, Black Mirror, Penny Dreadful, and more. No start date has been set for Amateur, but it could wind up being Rami Malek’s next project.

Related Rami Malek in talks to star in Buster Keaton series from...

“I knew from day one it was Geraldine Chaplin who needed to play The General,” says director Jessica Woodworth about having Charlie Chaplin’s daughter play one of the central characters in her latest drama, “Luka,” which is having its world premiere in the Big Screen Competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.

“Not because she’s female, however,” emphasizes the director. “This had nothing to do with it. In fact, my intention was to have her incarnate a male character, but our working relationship is so strong, I told her I couldn’t make a film without her. In the end, it became totally irrelevant whether she was male or female.”

The film is inspired by Dino Buzzati’s classic novel “The Tartar Steppe,” and stars Chaplin and Jonas Smulders, a previous European Shooting Star, as the titular character. “I studied Italian literature at university, and lived in Italy for a while,...

Rami Malek has been snagged to take on the role of the iconic comedy silent movie star Buster Keaton in a limited series from Warner Bros Television.

Known for his deadpan expression, actor-director Keaton starred in such movies as ‘The Playhouse,’ ‘Cops,’ ‘The Electric House,’ ‘Sherlock Jr’ and ‘The General’ among several others; the latter is considered to be his masterpiece. Born into a vaudeville family, Keaton’s career waned after he inked with MGM and lost his artistic independence. His wife divorced him, and he became an alcoholic. His career rebounded in the 1940s; he remarried and earned an Academy Honorary Award in 1959.

Also in news – 2023 BAFTA Film Awards nominations announced – ‘All Quiet on the Western Front,’ ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ hit big

James Curtis’ Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker’s Life is being eyed as the source material for the series, with negotiations underway by the studio to secure the book.

The Hong Kong actor gave an in-conversastion talk at Red Sea International Film Festival.

Update: Mike Tyson will appear in Rush Hour 4, Jackie Chan confirmed at the closing ceremony of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival.

Original story:

Jackie Chan revealed he is meeting with the director of Rush Hour 4 in Saudi Arabia this evening, to discuss the script for the latest instalment of the action comedy franchise.

Speaking at an in-conversation event at Red Sea International Film Festival (Rsiff) in Saudi Arabia, Chan said, “We’re talking about part four right now! But the script isn’t right.

The Hong Kong actor gave an in-conversastion talk at Red Sea International Film Festival.

Jackie Chan revealed he is meeting with the director of Rush Hour 4 in Saudi Arabia this evening, to discuss the script for the latest instalment of the action comedy franchise.

Speaking at an in-conversation event at Red Sea International Film Festival (Rsiff) in Saudi Arabia, Chan said, “We’re talking about part four right now! But the script isn’t right.”

“I will see the director tonight and we will be talking about it.”

Chan did not confirm who the director will be.

A fourth Rush Hour...

There ought to be an obscure, multisyllabic German word for the very specific feeling of pride one can take in discovering cinema through one of the medium's more highly regarded classics. There are those among us who had something of a cinematic awakening while watching an indelible classic such as, say, "Citizen Kane," "2001: A Space Odyssey," "Persona," "The Rules of the Game," or "The General." Conversely, there ought to be a similar term for the mixture of pride and embarrassment one feels when their cinematic awakening is instigated by something obscure or unknown. "2001" may be a great piece of cinema. But surely someone in the world fell in love with movies the first time they saw Tony Richardson's 1961 film "A Taste of Honey," or Russell Mulcahy's "Highlander 2: The Quickening." 

Actor Ben Kingsley, to offer a brief introduction, is undoubtedly one of the best actors of his generation...

In the silent film era, the practice of show-don't-tell was a necessity. People packed movie houses all over the country to see moving pictures, not to read. Obviously, some text was vital, particularly if you were staging a soundless -- save for the in-house musical accompaniment -- adaptation of Shakespeare or a popular novel. But the purest visual experiences of the pre-talkie era were the films with the fewest subtitles. And these were, of course, comedies.

There were a number of brilliant physical comedians delighting audiences in the early part of the 20th century, but most will agree that the early masters of this medium were Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Chaplin employed an elegant, sleight-of-hand magic that could touch the heart just as palpably as the funny bone, whereas Keaton earned gasps and laughs as he performed some of the most ingeniously conceived and effortlessly executed stunts in the history of cinema.

One of the biggest comedians in silent cinema, Buster Keaton, was offered a weekly television series at a low point in his career — but, to everyone's surprise, he turned it down.

Keaton was a legend of the silver screen and a master of physical comedy, but things took a turn for the worse when silent film went the way of the dodo. Guest spots on television shows like "The Donna Reed Show" and "The Twilight Zone" presented new opportunities for Keaton to showcase his talents. He was resistant to doing a regular weekly show, but it wasn't because he was reclusive. In fact, the star had one very specific reason for turning down his own series.

Transitioning Into Movies

Keaton is best known for the silent films he made in the 1920s like "The General" and "Sherlock, Jr.," but he actually started out in vaudeville theater. After being featured in...

One of the only photographs capturing Buster Keaton smiling is an early Vaudeville promotional still he took with his family when he was six. In the photos you'll see of Keaton in his cinematic heyday -- the late 1910s to the early 1920s -- his expression is flat, unsmiling, serious, and emotionless. He appears melancholy, defeated, stoic, mildly bemused, less-than-surprised, or completely nonplussed. His famed deadpan body language is the trademark of his comedy.

And yet, when one looks into the films Keaton wrote and directed, they will find a trove of impressive stunts, elaborate camera work, and scenes of utter danger. In 1926's "The General," Keaton was firing cannonballs. Keaton was also responsible for one of the most famous stunts in cinema history: For his 1928 film "Steamboat Bill, Jr.," Keaton stands up, facing away from a two-story house in a long shot. The house's entire front frame then fell forward in one giant plank,...

If you've taken any film class or read a list describing the best movies to watch before you die, the chances that you've heard of 1926's "The General" are high. Sure, there's a lot that you can criticize regarding its depiction of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, but it still remains a hallmark of physical comedy and of Buster Keaton's career.

However, Keaton's adaptation of William Pittenger's "The Great Locomotive Chase" did not nearly have the same reputation upon release as it does today. When it arrived in theaters, the film received mixed to negative reviews, barely making a profit with a 1...

The post Buster Keaton's Most Well-Known Project Was Actually A Flop appeared first on /Film.

It’s a gray April morning in a sleepy town outside Boston, and Chadwick Stokes is in the wood-walled studio above his garage, reworking a song he wrote decades ago.

“The General” tells the tale of a Civil War veteran who has a dream that makes him realize the futility of combat. Stokes wrote it for his band, Dispatch, and it originally appeared on the group’s 1997 album Bang Bang. Since then it has become one of the band’s most well-known tracks, a staple of Dispatch shows and big on streaming services.

Actor William Hurt, who won an Oscar for "Kiss of the Spiderwoman" and played ‘Eddie Jessup’ in director Ken Russell’s psychedelic feature “Altered States” has died:

Hurt made his film debut in 1980 as a troubled scientist in Ken Russell's “Altered States".

In 1981 he played a lawyer who gets involved with a scheming married woman played by Kathleen Turner in "Body Heat".

Other notable performances include "Broadcast News" and "Lost In Space".

In the 'Marvel Cinematic Universe', Hurt played 'General Thunderbolt Ross' in the features "The Incredible Hulk" (2008), "Captain America: Civil War" (2016), "Avengers: Infinity War" (2018), "Avengers: Endgame" (2019) and "Black Widow" (2020).

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Slate film critic and author Dana Stevens and I share something in common. We adore Buster Keaton. I discovered him as a teenager at New York’s Olympia Theater when silent film maven Raymond Rohauer released his “Rohauer Collection,” including eight Keaton classic 20s features, from “The General” and “The Navigator” to “Sherlock, Jr.,” that had been out of theatrical release for decades. All at once, a generation of film critics wrote about the Keaton oeuvre, as if discovering him for the first time.

And I fell in love, both as a cinephile admiring Keaton’s transformation of the language of cinema, and a girl with a crush on a handsome movie star. But it wasn’t just Keaton’s balletic fearless athleticism; something sad behind his eyes drew me in. I read the Rudi Blesh biography, and learned about Keaton’s rough and tumble youth on the Vaudeville circuit,...

Exclusive: With production on Indiana Jones 5 hitting the home stretch, James Mangold is getting his future dance card in order, with his attention now on a film centered around one of Hollywood’s most iconic talents. Sources tell Deadline that Mangold and 20th Century Studios are in development on a project about the life of filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton, with Mangold set to direct and produce. The film is based on the book Buster Keaton: Cut to the Chase by Marion Meade, and execs have made this a top priority as they meet with writers to adapt the book.

An icon of American cinema, Joseph Frank “Buster” Keaton was a pioneer in the the early days of silent movies and to this day is considered one of the great physical comedians in movie history. His stunt work on such classics like The General and Sherlock Jr. are still...

Actress Lindsey Pearlman is missing. According to her cousin, Savannah Pearlman, Lindsey was last seen on Feb. 15 at 9 p.m.

Pearlman’s last known whereabouts were the 1600 block of North Mariposa Avenue. She never returned home and has not been seen or heard from since, the Los Angeles Police Department said.

“It’s still an open investigation and there is no new information,” a spokesperson for the LAPD’s missing persons unit tells TheWrap.

Savannah shared the missing person’s report on Twitter Thursday, adding that Lindsey drives a dark silver 2015 Honda Fit. She also has a bumper sticker on her car that reads “Fix Your F—-ing Cats.”

Savannah also asked for help from Lindsey’s friends, who may “know anywhere she might go during a mental health crisis.”

Lindsey, 43, is 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs around 140 pounds. There are no details on what she was wearing at the time she went missing.

Fortress

They’ve been sharing co-directing duties since their inception with 2006’s Khadak, but there was only one director’s chair on set of Fortress. Jessica Woodworth has now gone solo but Peter Brosens is not too far behind – he wears the producer’s hat on what is their six feature film collab. A 2017 TorinoFilmLab project, filming took place last summer running up until October in Sicily, and from what we can tell from this Euro co-production is that Geraldine Chaplin (who is credited as The General) will steal some scenes (she was in Woodworth’s last film) but she is joined by Dutch actor Jonas Smulders (he had a bit role in Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic’s Murina) who likely toplined the project.…...

Vanessa Redgrave and Michael G Wilson have also been honoured.

Hope And Glory director John Boorman, Pressure filmmaker Horace Ové and No Time To Die producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson are among those recognised in the 2022 New Year’s Honours List.

UK director Boorman was awarded a knighthood for his services to film. His credits include Point Blank, The Emerald Forest, The General and Queen And Country. He also received a Bafta Fellowship in 2004.

Pioneer of Black British filmmaking Ové, who was born in Trinidad and Tobago, has also received a knighthood, for his services to media. The...

The new agreement between the TV Academy and The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences that realigns the Primetime and Daytime competitions based on content genre, not airtime, could bring a change to the Outstanding Daytime Drama race.

For seven years now, there have been four nominees in the top category, matching the number of daytime soaps left on the air: ABC’s General Hospital on ABC, CBS’ The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless and NBC’s Days Of Our Lives. The last time there were five entrants in the field was 2013 when One Life To Live made a final appearance post-cancellation.

That could change in 2022 as the Daytime Drama category has been redefined as open to “any multi-camera, weekday daily serial, spinoff or reboot.”

Under the existing rules, limited series Days Of Our Lives: Beyond Salem, which streams on Peacock, would’ve qualified for the Daytime Limited Drama category,...

After his exit from ABC’s ‘General Hospital’ for not following the popular show’s vaccine mandate, Ingo Rademacher, who plays Jasper Jacks, has filed a lawsuit against the American television network ABC, putting up the argument that their vaccine policy is unconstitutional. The actor was asked to leave the show after he refused to take the […]...

The 48th annual Daytime Emmy Awards are being handed out tonight in a virtual ceremony hosted by The Talk‘s Sheryl Underwood on CBS and Paramount+. Deadline will be updating the winners live as they are announced in more than 40 categories, starting with the non-televised awards at 5 p.m. Et/2 p.m. Pt.

The TV ceremony starts at 8 Et/5 Pt.

Nominations for programs broadcast between 2 a.m.-6 p.m., along with certain categories featuring digital and syndicated programming, were revealed May 25.

TV legends Regis Philbin, Alex Trebek and Larry King will get posthumous tributes during tonight’s telecast.

The Daytime Children’s Programming and Animation Emmy Awards will be presented in a stand-alone streaming show July 17, and the Daytime Lifestyle Programming Emmy Awards follow the next day. Noms for both will be revealed Monday.

Here are the winners at the 48th Daytime Emmys announced so far, followed by the...

Winners of the 48th annual Daytime Emmy Awards were unveiled by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on Friday.

The event was hosted for the fifth time by CBS’ The Talk’s Sheryl Underwood. “The content this year has been just stunning,” she said, taking the stage. “Tonight is going to be a party, and there’s going to be a lot to celebrate because TV is everywhere.”

Marla Adams was the first winner of the evening, for her supporting role in The Young and the Restless. Moments later, Max Gail won for his performance in General ...

Winners of the 48th annual Daytime Emmy Awards were unveiled by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on Friday.

The event was hosted for the fifth time by CBS’ The Talk’s Sheryl Underwood. “The content this year has been just stunning,” she said, taking the stage. “Tonight is going to be a party, and there’s going to be a lot to celebrate because TV is everywhere.”

Marla Adams was the first winner of the evening, for her supporting role in The Young and the Restless. Moments later, Max Gail won for his performance in General ...

The 2021 Daytime Emmy Awards air tonight, June 25, at 8:00pm on CBS, but who will the winners be? Hundreds of Gold Derby users placed their bets in 17 categories in our predictions center. Those combined forecasts generated our official racetrack odds below, so scroll down to see who we’re betting on, with our projected winners highlighted in gold.

“General Hospital” entered this event with by far the most nominations (21), compared to 11 for “Days of Our Lives,” 10 for “The Young and the Restless,” and nine for “The Bold and the Beautiful.” So it’s no surprise that we’re predicting “Gh” to win Best Drama Series for a record-extending 14th time.

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But don’t assume the ABC soap has safety in nomination numbers. The Daytime Emmy nominees and winners were decided in one round by panels...