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Jodie Foster's career has been famously wild. As a child, she appeared in lightweight Disney films like "Napoleon and Samantha" and "Freaky Friday," while also taking the world by surprise playing an underage sex worker in Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver." Throughout the 1980s, she successfully continued acting as she grew, appearing in films like "Foxes," "The Hotel New Hampshire," and "The Accused," for which she won her first Academy Award. In 1991, Foster won her second Oscar for playing FBI cadet Clarice Starling in Jonathan Demme's bleak serial killer thriller "The Silence of the Lambs," one of the few films to win "The Big Five" Oscars. That same year, Foster made her directorial debut with the child-prodigy drama "Little Man Tate."

From then on, Foster was a Hollywood staple, leading multiple high-profile studio dramas like "Maverick," Robert Zemeckis' "Contact," and "Anna and the King." She also worked with...

In a 2021 interview with The New York Times, Jodie Foster, one of our most guarded movie stars, confessed, "I am a solitary, internal person in an extroverted, external job. I don't think I will ever not feel lonely. It's a theme in my life. It's not such a bad thing. I don't need to be known by everyone."

Movie stardom can be a curse in this regard. Each performance, splashed across a big screen and examined time and again in the home-viewing format of your choosing, draws us near to them. We want to know them, befriend them, tear up the town with them... we want them. And since we are typically not an empathetic species (particularly in the United States), too many of us do not understand why these seemingly blessed individuals recoil from the public eye or feel ambivalent about their success.

This tension has been the central theme of Foster's career,...

One of the most high-profile releases in the spring of 1983 was “Flashdance,” starring Jennifer Beals, directed by Adrian Lyne, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson. It marked Beals’ feature film debut, as well as Lyne’s second major feature following 1980’s “Foxes.” It was also one of Bruckheimer’s and Simpson’s earliest projects, coming soon after “American Gigolo.” Released 40 years ago on April 15, 1983, “Flashdance” took second place at the box office its opening weekend with four million dollars, but then it became the sensation of the spring movies, jumping up to first place the next weekend and staying there well into early May. By the end of its run, “Flashdance,” about a woman who works as both a welder and an exotic dancer and wants to get into ballet school, made more than $90 million in the United States and more than $200 million worldwide. Read on for our...

It’s been almost 20 years since Peppa Pig first aired, and this popular UK children’s TV show is now a hit with preschoolers the world over, with the show’s achievements including over 350 episodes, eighteen music singles, and four theme parks across three continents.

While many top kids’ TV shows are so irritating they make parents rethink their life choices, the very best of children’s entertainment recognises that you have to win the grownups over too, and Peppa Pig, like Hey Duggee, is a prime example. Yes, Peppa herself is a total brat, and it’s all very Loud and Colourful, but the show also generously peppers (pun intended) the narrative with jokes for the grownups that mostly fly over the little ones’ heads:

When Peppa Lost Her Sh*t About Whistling

There are many wholesome moments in children’s television designed to reassure little ones when they...

Sally Kellerman, who was Oscar nominated for her supporting role as Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan in Robert Altman’s “Mash” feature film, died Thursday in Woodland Hills, Calif. She was 84.

Her publicist Alan Eichler confirmed her death, and her daughter Claire added that she had been suffering from dementia for the past five years.

Among her other roles were a cameo in Altman’s “The Player,” a professor in Rodney Dangerfield’s “Back to School” and a Starfleet officer in the “Star Trek” episode “Where No Man Has Gone Before.”

The willowy blonde actress with the characteristically throaty voice appeared in two Altman films in 1970; the other was the more experimental “Brewster McCloud,” in which she starred with Bud Cort and Michael Murphy. In this film, which did not have a conventional narrative, Kellerman played Louise, the mother of Cort’s bewinged character, Brewster.

She next starred opposite Alan Arkin...

As other European TV giants such as the Rtl Group, Spain’s Atresmedia, owner of the Ott service Atresplayer Premium, is finding the sweet spot between auteur and broad audience shows.

Launched two years ago, Atresplayer Premium boasts fast growth in terms of subscriptions – reaching 400,000 users in Spain alone – and content production volume, readying some 20 new TV projects for this year.

Promoting original voices, the platform is winning international visibility. Iconic original series “Veneno,” created by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, “Los Javis,” successfully launched on HBO Max in the U.S. and Latin America, with a strong impact on the international media, which contributed to strengthening the Atresplayer brand.

Now, “Cardo,” from creators and writers Claudia Costafreda and Ana Rujas, executive produced by Los Javis after becoming one of the hottest indie series of last year for TV critics and audiences, is close to an important international distribution deal.

Marking a new phase of expansion, Barcelona-based Scenic Rights, the biggest literary rights broker for Spanish-language film and TV series, is set to enter Central and Eastern Europe opening offices in Prague in January 2022.

Further new international offices will be announced shortly, Scenic Rights has announced.

Scenic Rights Cee marks a collaboration with the creative heads of Dramedy Productions, an independent Prague-based film-tv production house that created retro family drama “Wonderful Times” (“Vyprávěj”), a Golden Nymph winner at the Monte Carlo TV Festival. Dramedy also co-produced Italian crime drama “Maltese” with Palomar and Zdf Enterprises, which was written by “Gomorrah” scribes Leonardo Fasoli and Maddalena Ravagli.

Dramedy will manage operations in Central and Eastern Europe, led by its CEO, seasoned showrunner-producer Filip Bobiňski. Martin Porges and Teresa Lacinová, Dramedy International head of production, will also join the team.

Scenic Rights’ Cee branch reflects a broader market perception that Central and...

Spain’s Atresplayer Premium unveiled a slate of new and returning programs on Monday evening in a live presentation streamed from Madrid’s famed Gran Via, hosted by the streamer and featuring some of the most recognizable faces behind its impressive lineup of original local programming.

2021 was a banner year for Atresplayer, which closed agreements with major broadcasting and streaming partners including Movistar, Vodafone, Google and Apple. Due to its global reach, the service has also become a lifeline to Spaniards living abroad, with hundreds of thousands of subscribers worldwide who tune in to keep up on Spanish news and culture.

Below, highlights from the first Atresplayer Premium Day:

“Vestidas de azul” A continuation of the service’s award-winning global hit series “Veneno,” picked as one of Variety’s best international series in 2020 which sold to HBO Max in the U.S. Series creators Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi are back to produce,...

Tabling straightforward simple stories and experimenting with new narratives, the newest wave of Basque film talents has started to dip their toe into the international scene, landing at movie launchpads such as Venice, Berlin and San Sebastian festivals.

The new generation addresses universal issues telling small, local stories, attaining quality standards thanks in part to studies in Spain and quite often at film schools in Europe and the U.S..

The newest directors are emerging at a moment when SVOD giants and private investors are broadening the range of financing possibilities as co-production options, especially with the rest of Spain, are expanding.

“We come from disparate life experiences and we have very different paths, which greatly enriches the current Basque film scene,” says filmmaker Maider Oleaga.

“This is an ambitious generation in the sense that it face without fear the challenge of being faithful to the creative spirit of their projects,...

Exclusive: Former Game of Thrones star Lena Headey is expanding the executive team at her Peephole Productions, naming Jamie Rhys-Lawrence as Head of Development.

Rhys-Lawrence comes to Peephole from Sharon Hall’s Mom de Guerre Productions. She will join Headey and Tina Thor, who will serve as executive producers across all Peephole projects, both film and television.

Under Peephole Productions’ first-look deal with Boat Rocker Studios, Headey stars in the company’s co-production of Zak Penn’s TV adaptation of Hugh Howey’s sci-fi novel Beacon 23 via Spectrum Originals and AMC. Peephole and Boat Rocker also are in development on Christian McKay Heidicker’s Newbery Honor-winning children’s book, Scary Stories for Young Foxes.

Rhys-Lawrence most recently served as Director of Development at Mom de Guerre, where she oversaw a slate of television and feature projects within and beyond the company’s Sony Pictures Television deal. She developed several series including Unsportsmanlike Conduct,...

In this edition of TV Bits: Michael Rapaport is starring in a TV series about shoe designer and entrepreneur Steve Madden. Disney is currently looking for their Percy Jackson lead. Noah Centineo gets his own Netflix series. Watch a trailer for Betty season 2. Lena Heady will produce and star in Scary Stories For Young Foxes. Check out a […]

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Exclusive: Lena Headey is lining up a spooky animated adaptation of Christian McKay Heidicker’s Scary Stories for Young Foxes.

The Game of Thrones star is attached to voice a character in an animated miniseries adaptation of the award-winning kids’ horror novel and co-produce it with Boat Rocker Studios.

Her production company Peephole Productions, which struck a first-look deal with Boat Rocker last year, will produce with the company’s Kids & Family division.

Scary Stories for Young Foxes is the coming-of-age tale of two young foxes, born of different families, whose youthful misfortunes bring them together. The eight interconnected stories explore the power of scary tales, why we tell them and how we react to them.

It comes as she is starring in the company’s co-production of Zak Penn’s television adaptation of Hugh Howey’s sci-fi novel Beacon 23 for Spectrum Originals and AMC.

Headey and Christian McKay...

In the late 1970s, when Hollywood was in the middle of its most seismic transformation since the collapse of the studio system, there was a much-talked-about trend that seemed to fit all too snugly into the new world order. That was the arrival of hotshot British movie directors who had honed their craft in the rarefied world of English TV commercials.

At first there were two such transplants: Alan Parker and Ridley Scott. They were soon joined by Adrian Lyne (who made his first feature in 1980) and Scott’s younger brother, Tony Scott (who released his first major film in 1983). All four became players in the industry, and each developed his own style and brand and personality. Ridley Scott was the artiste of the group, crafting visionary sci-fi like “Alien” and “Blade Runner.” Adrian Lyne, director of “Foxes” and “Flashdance,” was the youth-culture maven, and Tony Scott, of “Top Gun” fame,...

Describing weird fiction, writers Ann and Jeff VanderMeer muse that “with unease and temporary abolition of the rational, can come the strangely beautiful, intertwined with terror.”1 The weird tale, in all of its conceptual murkiness and eerie liminality, braids together Irish filmmaker Lorcan Finnegan’s body of work. Finnegan’s films—made in close collaboration with screenwriter Garrett Shanley—build visually distinct, unsettling worlds. These films push weirdness beyond Lovecraftian motifs and conventions, inviting audiences to consider the precarity of human life on the planet, a precarity expedited by tilted sociopolitical systems. In the short Foxes (2012) these ideas were channeled through a narrative in which a couple living in an isolated housing estate in Ireland are beckoned by a feral skulk of foxes to join their unruly natural surroundings. Finnegan’s first feature, Without Name (2016), depicted the mysterious pushback of a forest against a land surveyor mapping it for corporate developers.

Here’s the latest episode of the The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.

For those unfamiliar, with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors. They also shoot the breeze about their new films, The Dare, World of Darkness,...

In Lorcan Finnegan’s Vivarium, home ownership takes an unsettling turn when two young prospective buyers (played by Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg) find themselves trapped inside a suburban subdivision, with no way out and their sense of hope dwindling with each passing day.

For Finnegan, the journey towards making Vivarium began years ago with a short film project of his entitled Foxes (which this writer was thrilled to screen as part of a film festival I used to host in SoCal), and during a recent interview, I spoke with him about his approach to this story, the through lines it shares with Foxes, and what inspired writer Garret Shanley’s script as well.

We also chatted about the challenges he faced while in production on Vivarium and his experiences collaborating with both of his co-stars, too.

Vivarium will arrive on VOD and Digital platforms this Friday, March 27th, courtesy of Saban Films.

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Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg star in Vivarium, a mind-bending horror film from director Lorcan Finnegan.

Vivarium, a concept-driven indie horror film, is an intriguing showcase for stars Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg, taking shape as a sci-fi-themed drama about a couple stuck in a nightmarishly pleasant residence; one that doesn’t seem to exist in the real world and they therefore cannot leave.

Lorcan Finnegan directed the film, following up his 2016 feature debut, Without Name, which was preceded by award-winning shorts such as Foxes, Changes and Defaced. Finnegan worked off a screenplay by Garret Shanley, based off a story he helped develop.

Vivarium Trailer

The Vivarium trailer showcases the dilemma of Gemma (Poots) and Tom (Eisenberg), whose homeowning endeavors lead them toward the misfortune of attending a most fateful house showing. Now stuck – by way of a seemingly supernatural force – in a house and neighborhood that...

San Sebastian – Barcelona-based Lastor Media and Malmo Pictures have teamed with San Sebastian’s Irusoin to produce “Suro” (The Cork), the feature debut of Mikel Gurrea and a product of San Sebastian’s Ikusmira Berriak program.

The film stars Laia Costa, who broke through with Sebastian Schipper’s “Victoria” and also serves as executive producer, and Pol López (Josep M. Fontana’s “Boi”). “Suro” is scheduled to start shooting next year.

Set in the Empordà region of Catalonia, close to the French border, “Suro” is a Catalan-language dramatic thriller with an auteurist voice but aimed at wider audiences, according to its producers.

The news comes as Irusoin, producers of “Loreak,” Spain’s international Oscar entry in 2015, world premieres in main competition section “The Endless Trench,” directed by Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño and Jose Mari Goenaga. Another Irusoin production, Asier Altuna and Telmo Esnal’s “Agur Etxebeste,” a sequel of “Aupa Etxebeste!

Laura Dern has been acting since she was a small child. Her first big break came in 1980, with Adrian Lyne’s Foxes, a teen movie that starred Jodie Foster. She proved her dedication to acting when she was just 13 and sued her mother for emancipation so she could be in Ladies and Gentleman, The Fabulous Stains.

Since then, she’s been known for working with David Lynch, though her most recognizable part is probably as Ellie Sattler in Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III. Her career has spanned four decades, and during it, she has won 22 major awards and garnered 57 nominations. Laura Dern is a powerhouse of talent, and she shows no signs of slowing down. So here are her top 10 best roles—so far.

(Beware, there are spoilers in here!)...

“I’ve always loved fables and parables,” says Lorcan Finnegan. “Stories that entertain but carry a message or warning. I grew up on faery stories, ghost stories and reading Greek and Roman mythology, and being Irish, I’m genetically drawn towards the liminal, twilight world.”

Finnegan caused a stir on the genre circuit in 2016 with the psychedelic woodlands horror Without Name, in which a land surveyor is driven insane by something otherworldly in the forests outside Dublin. “It did well at festivals,” Finnegan recalls, “but it mostly receded back into the twilight from whence it came. Some people are discovering it on Amazon or iTunes and are digging it, but that’s enough for me. It’s a hidden gem. Career-wise, it had a bit of profile by premiering in the Vanguard section at Tiff and getting decent critical reaction, which helped financing and casting of Vivarium.”

Premiering in Critics’ Week,...

Bruce Dern is celebrating 60 years as an actor, having made his Broadway debut in the 1958 “Shadow of a Gunman” while studying with Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan. This year, his film work includes playing two real-life characters: Joseph Kennedy in “Chappaquiddick” and Roman Wershe in Studio 8’s “White Boy Rick.” The latter film, about a 14-year-old who was arrested in 1980s Detroit, opens Sept. 14.

What drew you to “White Boy Rick”?

It’s real. I play the grandfather of the young boy, Rick Wershe Jr. He had to take a package across town and police busted him. He was just released this year after 29 years. He was 14 [when he was imprisoned], so to lighten his sentence, they made him an informer. Wershe was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The movie shows that “It ain’t fair.” My whole life is about trying to be fair. My aunt married Herbert F.

And the winner is……..St. Louis!

With this years St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, we’ve again proven that our city is packed with ridiculously talented filmmakers, actors, and other artisans.

The St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, an annual presentation of the nonprofit Cinema St. Louis, serves as the area’s primary venue for films made by local artists. The Showcase screens works that were written, directed, edited, or produced by St. Louis natives or films with strong local ties. The various film programs that screened at the Tivoli from July 13-22, 2018 serve as the Showcase’s centerpiece. The programs ranged from full-length fiction features and documentaries to multi-film compilations of fiction and documentary shorts. Many programs included post-screening Q&As with filmmakers. Filmmakers of all ages within a 120 mile radius of St. Louis were strongly encouraged to submit their works, or at the very least attend the event to celebrate the amazingly talented St.

Jodie Foster has been a working actress for over half a century. That fact is a bit surprising since she is only 55 years old. Foster started acting when she was only three and was cast in a famous Coppertone sun tan lotion commercial. The appearance led to numerous other commercials and guest appearances on practically all the popular TV shows of that era such as “Bonanza”, “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father”, and “Gunsmoke”. She would also take over Tatum O’Neal’s Oscar winning role in “Paper Moon” when that show was made into a television series. While she worked steadily none of her television series were particularly successful which probably helped her avoid the typecasting that kids from “The Brady Bunch” and other shows faced.

She only began to earn name recognition in her early teen years when she starred in a number of successful films, some directed by Martin Scorsese.

Gerald Ayres, a former Columbia Pictures executive who produced Jack Nicholson's The Last Detail and wrote the screenplay for George Cukor's final film, has died. He was 82.

Ayres died April 7 of complications from dementia at a hospice facility in Watertown, New York, his spouse, Guy Ayres, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Ayres also produced Cisco Pike (1972), starring Kris Kristofferson, Gene Hackman and Karen Black, and wrote and produced Foxes (1980), which starred Jodie Foster in a coming-of-age-tale set in the San Fernando Valley. (Ayres also was set to direct that film, but the studio replaced him with Adrian...

The top three on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart are immovable for yet another week. Drake remains at number-one for an eighth week in a row with “God’s Plan,” followed again by Ed Sheeran (“Perfect”) at number-two and Bruno Mars and Cardi B (“Finesse”) at number-three. But right behind them is a song on the rise: “Meant to Be” by Florida Georgia Line and Bebe Rexha, which rises one spot to number-four. That’s a personal best for both artists.

Before this Rexha’s personal best was, well, last week’s chart when “Meant to Be” was number-five, so this just continues to improve her all-time highest mark. But for Florida Georgia Line this is a milestone they haven’t reached since their debut single “Cruise” peaked at number-four in 2013. This may be especially good timing for the country artists as they’re looking to reclaim Vocal Duo of...

February has been a busy month, as there have been a ton of indie genre offerings coming out each and every week, and I had a chance to check out a trio of recent titles: The Cured from Irish filmmaker David Freyne, the quirky romance/body horror hybrid Are We Not Cats, and Derek Nguyen’s gothic romance, The Housemaid.

The Cured: Right from the start, it is evident that writer/director David Freyne wasn’t looking to make a typical zombie movie, as The Cured begins its story at a juncture where most filmmakers never venture: a deadly zombie outbreak has been curbed after a cure has been discovered, and those no longer afflicted by the disease are able to rejoin the general population. Of course, this causes a myriad of problems, as society doesn’t exactly welcome the former flesh eaters back with open arms, causing a deep...

Giorgio Moroder and Britney Spears have rolled out the lyric video for their new collaborative single 'Tom's Diner'.

The classic Suzanne Vega hit gets a breathy electronic update for this remake, which features on Moroder's latest album Déjà Vu.

This lyric video for 'Tom's Diner' was directed by Superbros, the creative team who have worked for the Snowbombing Festival and Trojan in the past.

Moroder announced the track as his next release on Twitter today (October 9), writing: "Excited to announce my new single, 'Tom's Diner' feat. @britneyspears!"

Excited to announce my new single, "Tom's Diner" feat. @britneyspears! Watch the lyric video! https://t.co/LVUapgkCBs #TomsDiner #Dejavu

— Giorgio Moroder (@giorgiomoroder) October 9, 2015

Moroder released his 17th studio album Déjà Vu in June - making it his first collection of new music in 30 years.

Déjà Vu boasts collaborations with Sia, Kylie Minogue, Charli Xcx, Kelis and Foxes - but received only a modest critical reception.

Giorgio Moroder already has what we're calling one of the most addictive songs of the Summer, his track "Déjà Vu," featuring Sia. Now, the DJ and disco legend has released a new music video megamix of his entire album, featuring a crazy-awesome blend of modern ballet, disco, and break dancing by So You Think You Can Dance-worthy performers. It doesn't hurt that the album also features collaborations with Britney Spears, Charli Xcx, Foxes, and Kelis, just to name a few. Give it a watch, but we're warning you: you might find yourself dancing in your desk chair if you're at work.

By David Savage

Kino Lorber was right to bring out Foxes (1980) in Blu-ray under their Kl Studio Classics series. The elegant re-issue seems aimed at convincing film snobs that this little gem from the last days of disco finally deserves their attention after a distance of 35 years, during which time it was either dismissed as another insignificant teen comedy of the ‘80s, or as a guilty pleasure. But longtime champions of the film, myself included, need no convincing. We owned the clamshell VHS, we owned the first-generation DVD, and now, if anything, I’d venture to say we feel vindicated that it now carries the stamp as a bonafide classic by a home video label as respected as Kino Lorber. Indeed, a major fist-pump moment comes during director Adrian Lyne’s remark in the audio commentary that Roger Ebert selected it as his favorite film of 1980 and took it with...

Lady Gaga will work on new music with Giorgio Moroder in the coming weeks.

The legendary producer admitted that he was supposed to meet up with the Us singer earlier in the year, but their studio session had to be pushed back.

Asked who his favourite modern artists are, Moroder told Digital Spy and other journalists: "I love Rihanna and I'm going to work with Lady Gaga when I'm back.

"I was going to meet her in the studio about a week ago, but I had a terrible cold so I couldn't. So of the new [artists], those two are great."

The musician also revealed that he has plans to work on a new movie soundtrack, after making his name with music for Midnight Express, Flashdance and Superman III back in the 1970s and '80s.

"I have an offer to do a big movie," he said. "I cannot tell you...

Giorgio Moroder is mounting a comeback. The music pioneer, who helped usher in the disco era by producing a string of monster hits for Donna Summer in the late 1970s, has announced the release of his first solo studio album in 30 years. Set to be released next spring by Sony International/RCA Records, the as-yet-untitled LP will feature collaborations with such current stars as Britney Spears, Sia, Charli Xcx, Kylie Minogue, Mikky Ekko, Foxes, Matthew Koma, and more to be announced soon. "Sony/RCA constitutes one of the most groundbreaking histories in the world," said Moroder in a statement. "As my new label, I believe my record will live up to their history, but more importantly, pave the way for the future! Sony from here to eternity." In advance of the new set, Moroder has unveiled "74 is the New 24," the album's dancefloor-ready first single that will surely become an anthem...

It's come to this. There are only three spots available in next week's Season 4 finale on "The Voice," with five incredibly talented artists vying for a spot. Who will make the cut? Will coaches Adam Levine, Usher or Shakira be knocked out of the competition, as each only have one left? It's incredibly likely. Will Blake Shelton move into the finals with both of his remaining artists? That's more unsure.

The Swon Brothers took the stage first, dedicating "Turn The Page" by Bob Seger to all the guys in Oklahoma who've ever played with them. Adam and Usher praise them for dedicating it to the ones who really matter. Blake says the performance set the tone for the night.

Danielle Bradbery and Amber Carrington get video messages from Tim McGraw and Katy Perry, respectively, which is pretty cool.

Sasha Allen's up next, chosing Whitney Houston's "I Will Always...

Things got viciously, competitively real on The Voice‘s Season 4 Top 5 performance episode. How real, you ask?

How about Adam Levine declaring that “from a technical standpoint it doesn’t get more proficient” than human ray of sunshine Danielle “I’ll make more money by 20 than you will in a lifetime” Bradbery’s TimMcGraw cover? Or Shakira declaring “you did good” after Amber Carrington’s disappointing “Firework”?

Related | The Voice‘s Judith Hill on Reworking Bieber & Xtina and Coping With Front-Runner Pressure

Okay, I know, those critiques qualify as faint praise at worst, but This Is The Voice — Btw, any...

To say Tina Fey and Amy Poehler did a good job at the 2013 Golden Globes Sunday night would be a complete understatement. Though viewers on Twitter exclaimed how much they wanted to see more of them throughout the evening, the big opening monologue and the Gifs the ladies brought were enough to bring huge laughs from the room filled with talent. From the 30 Rock and Parks and Recreation stars to Adele and Jodie Foster, here's 25 great comments from the big night!

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1. "I've been in sweatpants for quite awhile, so this is exciting!" – Claire Danes on becoming a mom

2. "He picks my dresses most of the time because I trust him more than anyone." – Megan Fox on Brian Austin Green

3. "Any time you're sexy, that's a good thing…...

To say Tina Fey and Amy Poehler did a good job at the 2013 Golden Globes Sunday night would be a complete understatement. Though viewers on Twitter exclaimed how much they wanted to see more of them throughout the evening, the big opening monologue and the Gifs the ladies brought were enough to bring huge laughs from the room filled with talent. From the 30 Rock and Parks and Recreation stars to Adele and Jodie Foster, here's 25 great comments from the big night!

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| Related: Top 25 Quotes From The 2013 Golden Globes |

| Related: Top 25 Moments You May Have Missed At The 2013 Golden Globes |

1. "I've been in sweatpants for quite awhile, so this is exciting!" – Claire Danes on becoming a mom

2. "He picks my dresses most of the time because I trust him more than anyone." – Megan Fox on Brian Austin Green

3. "Any time you're sexy, that's a good thing…...

To say Tina Fey and Amy Poehler did a good job at the 2013 Golden Globes Sunday night would be a complete understatement. Though viewers on Twitter exclaimed how much they wanted to see more of them throughout the evening, the big opening monologue and the Gifs the ladies brought were enough to bring huge laughs from the room filled with talent. From the 30 Rock and Parks and Recreation stars to Adele and Jodie Foster, here's 25 great comments from the big night!

| Related: Top 5 Gifs At The 2013 Golden Globes |

| Related: Top 25 Quotes From The 2013 Golden Globes |

| Related: Top 25 Moments You May Have Missed At The 2013 Golden Globes |

1. "I've been in sweatpants for quite awhile, so this is exciting!" – Claire Danes on becoming a mom

2. "He picks my dresses most of the time because I trust him more than anyone." – Megan Fox on Brian Austin Green

3. "Any time you're sexy, that's a good thing…...

The Globe Nominations were announced bright and early... I followed on CNN the only live stream that seemed to be working. They began with the credits for their 70th anniversary and a weird applause break (without initial applause) for Cecil B DeMille Tribute winner Jodie Foster. After that the first Mr Golden Globe was revealed (Sam Fox, son of the Michael J Foxes) along with our usual Miss Golden Globe (this time that's Francesca Eastwood, daughter of Clint & Francesca)

Megan Fox started us the announcements but Jessica Alba also joined in.

Best Song

For You -Act of Valor (Keith Urban)

Not Running Anymore - Stand Up Guys (Jon Bon Jovi)

Safe and Sound - The Hunger Games (Taylor Swift) *not eligible for Oscar consideration*

Skyfall - Skyfall (Adele)

Suddenly -Les Misérables (performed by Hugh Jackman)

Best Song is a tough category to predict for Oscar but Globes always...

First thought upon hearing the plot for the just-announced comedy Save the Date: "another goddamn wedding movie?" First thought after seeing the cast: "I can't believe I'm going to be excited to see another goddamn wedding movie!" The script focuses on two sisters and their approaches to life and marriage: "one who's happy with the status quo and doesn't see any reason to marry her musician boyfriend while the other's obsessed with planning her upcoming wedding." (Melancholia much?) But the cast is already impressive: Alison Brie (Community, Mad Men) and Lizzy Caplan (Mean Girls, Party Down) play the sisters and Marin Starr (Adventureland, Party Down), Geoffrey Arend (Super Troopers) and Mark Weber (Scott Pilgrim) are the supporting cast we've got so far. And I don't need any more than that -- ticket sold. The script is by graphic novelist Jeffrey Brown, and Mike Mohan will direct the film in July in La.

HollywoodNews.com: Our selected celebrity to be included in our “Hot Hollywood Celebrity Photo Gallery of the Day” is Jodie Foster. She just premiered her new movie “The Beaver” in Cannes.

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Jodie Foster - 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival - "The Beaver"

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Jodie Foster - 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival - "The Beaver"

Alicia Christian “Jodie” Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress, film director, producer as well as being a former child actress.

Foster began acting in commercials at three years of age, and her first significant role came in the 1976 film Taxi Driver as the preteen prostitute Iris for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Also that year, she starred in the cult film The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress in...

Jodie Foster has been part of film as long as I've been paying attention.  She's eight years older than I am, so by the time I was paying attention to movies at all, she was already working and familiar and established, a regular guest star on every show on TV, it seemed.  I saw her in movies like "Tom Sawyer" and "Bugsy Malone" and "Freaky Friday," and once I got a little bit older, I started seeing her in other films like "Taxi Driver" and "The Little Girl Who Lived Down The Lane" and "Foxes" and "Carny," and she was constantly...

This in-your-face look at teenage life and the rock scene in mid-1970s Los Angeles begins with menstrual blood dripping from a 15-year-old, who's having her first period on the way to an outing with her elder sister. The movie is a sex'n'drugs'n'rock'n'roll biopic of the first big rock girl band, the Runaways, a collection of social misfits brought together and manipulated into becoming a provocative quintet by the grotesque, foul-mouthed promoter Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon).

It's an unedifying story given a certain sheen by Floria Sigismondi, an experienced director of pop videos, whose first feature this is. Kristen Stewart from the Twilight series plays the group's driving force, Joan Jett, who still performs and is credited as co-producer. Former child star Dakota Fanning plays the band's star attraction, Cherie Currie, disturbed daughter of a broken marriage who became the lead singer.

Cherie was chosen by Fowley for her resemblance...

I went to a really fun event last week at the The Cinefamily the venue (also known as the Silent Movie Theater). I hope that most of you in L.A. know about this great place.

The night sleepover party themed. The main event was a double feature of a film released in 1980 called Foxes, which starred Jodie Foster, features a teenage skateboarding Scott Baio, and a creepy cradle robbing Randy Quaid.

There was complimentary wine provided by Bear Flag Winery and delicious gelato from Paciugo.

This trailer does not do justice at all to the insane campy brilliance of this film's dialog.

 

If your parents bought you cigarettes as a teenager. If you ever got mixed up with a tranny named Burt. If you have ever gone toe-to-toe with a pimp on the boulevard. If you love Donna Summers or if you love the movie "Nowhere" by Gregg Araki...

The Runaways, the biopic about the groundbreaking all-girl rock band starring Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart, just opened this weekend - and People caught up with real-life members to catch up on their lives 30 years after their split. Best known for hits like "Cherry Bomb" and "Queens of Noise" and controversy-courting style in the days when rock music was dominated by men, the band became an international sensation, inspiring countless artists who followed. "People would say, 'Girls can't play rock 'n' roll,' because socially, rock 'n' roll is sexual and that was threatening to a wide majority of people,...

A number of readers have ripped me for writing an entire review of The Runaways in which I somehow failed to include a single word about Dakota Fanning's performance. You're right, point taken, I should have. All right, here goes: She was perfectly okay. Actually, when I realized that I'd written the review that way, I just figured that I'd let my lack of comment on Fanning's performance stand as an implicit statement that there wasn't all that much to say about it. She's quite the critics' darling these days -- always has been, really -- but to me,...

Cherie Currie rocketed to international stardom as the teenage lead vocalist for the now legendary all-female rock band, The Runaways, alongside band mates Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Sandy West and Jackie Fox. After three albums with The Runaways, Cherie went on to record two solo albums, then as an actress, starred in numerous films including “Foxes” with Jodie Foster as well as guest spots on series television. Cherie is the co-author of “Neon Angel: The Cherie Currie Story,” which is considered one of the best rock & roll biographies of all time. The multi-talented Cherie continues to act, record and perform around the world. She also has her own Chainsaw Art Gallery in Chatsworth, California which you can check out at ChainsawChick.com.

MoviesOnline caught up with Cherie at the press day for the new movie, “The Runaways,” which chronicles the groundbreaking, all girl 1970s rock band’s rise to fame.

If the '80s gave a sniffling speech at the Decade Achievement Awards, Harold Faltermeyer and his scores would be thanked somewhere after Shigeru Miyamoto and Super Mario Bros. and Magic Johnson's Lakers. A classically trained German composer with an affinity for rock and disco, Faltermeyer got his start in Hollywood assisting mustachioed electro-don Georgio Moroder on soundtracks for Oliver Stone's provocative Midnight Express and Adrian Lyne's jail-bait fave Foxes. With the release of Beverly Hills Cop in 1984, everyone acknowledges how Faltermeyer's theme song, "Axel F," hopped into bed with America's zeitgeist like few songs before or since. The track's equation of urgent nightlife synths plus cool-black-dude drum effects, then buffered to an upbeat Cali finish, not only paralleled the confident, crowd-pleaser m.o. of sure-shot producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson, it embodied and celebrated it. Soon following "Axel F," Faltermeyer crafted incredibly memorable and fun...

Now that the rock biopic The Runaways is a hit at Sundance (see our review here), and since it will probably also be a success in theaters thanks to Twilight star Kristen Stewart's involvement, it's time to think about a sequel. Wait, to a biopic? Yes, to a biopic. I haven't seen the movie yet, but I hear it ends just as all the girls went their separate ways -- Joan Jett (Stewart) beginning a solo career, Cherie Currie (Dakota Fanning) going off to be in the movies, etc. -- so why not keep following the lives of these characters?

However, I also hear that Michael Shannon, as producer Kim Fowley, is the best thing about The Runaways, and therefore instead of making a movie like Bad Reputation: The Joan Jett Solo Story or Cherie in Hollywood: The Making of Foxes, I propose that the makers of the...

The Runaways were the original 'rock chicks', a wild all-girl teen band whose story is told in a film that opens today. Cherie Currie, the band's singer, tells us how it really was…

Cherie Currie was 15 when she started scandalising middle America. That was when she auditioned to become the lead singer of all-female teenage rock band the Runaways, a group that would send shockwaves through the suburbs with their attitude-fuelled performances and sexually explicit lyrics.

Their first single, "Cherry Bomb", talked unapologetically about "wild girls" and "street boys" and several radio stations refused to give it airtime. Currie would routinely appear on stage wearing stockings, suspenders and a tight-fitting basque so that even the reliably liberal Village Voice was moved to denounce the girls as "bimbos".

The year was 1976. Jimmy Carter was about to be elected president. It seemed America was not yet ready for five adolescent females who...

We've already caught a glimpse of Kristin Stewart as Joan Jett in the currently filming The Runaways, but a handful of new pics over at Just Jared have captured an all-growed-up Dakota Fanning in costume as keyboardist Cherie Currie.Currie wrote the autobiography that the film is largely based on. After The Runaways she appeared in a few movies (Foxes with Jodie Foster, This is Spinal Tap) and TV shows (Murder, She Wrote, Matlock) and recorded a couple of solo albums. She was once described as "the lost daughter of Iggy Pop and Brigitte Bardot", which kind of explains the look here.She has a twin sister. Will we see Dakota in a dual role?!

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Unlike the high school hellcats twenty years before them, tossing globes out of classroom windows and firing on police officers (see High School Confidential), Foxes (1980), is a portrait of teenage torpor at the dawn of the Eighties. These jaded teens, led by Jodie Foster, would rather pop a ‘lude and put on a Boston LP.

Examining the loosely woven friendship between four high school girls in the San Fernando Valley, each with typical problems of her age – and therefore seemingly insurmountable – Foxes looks at how each personality type copes with life, sex and parents, all of whom are divorced and too busy trying to find themselves rather than guide their children through the rockiest period of their lives.

Released between two movies that became classics of the L.A. High School genre, Rock ‘n Roll High School (1979) and Fast Times at Ridgemont...