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There’s no question that SXSW has outdone itself this year in terms of genre programming. The festival is kicking off its 31st year this Thursday in Austin, Texas, unleashing a dizzying slate of premieres and events, with a surprising emphasis on horror, sci-fi, and thrillers.

SXSW 2025 has filled its Headliner section, a programming track dedicated to the biggest gala film events and premieres with star power, with highly anticipated genre titles that include Flying Lotus‘s sci-fi horror movie Ash, Christopher Landon‘s ode to Brian De Palma in upcoming thriller Drop, and A24’s nightmare comedy Death of a Unicorn. But there’s so much more to discover beyond the big red carpet premieres. Not even the Midnighter category, which is dedicated to genre film, can contain the sheer volume of offerings.

This year’s SXSW features horror, thrillers, and sci-fi premieres across all categories, ensuring a robust...

U.K. sales and distribution outfit Blue Finch Films has acquired worldwide sales rights to “The Surrender,” a supernatural horror feature marking the directorial debut of Julia Max. The chiller is set to make its world premiere at SXSW as part of the fest’s Midnighter section.

Colby Minifie (“The Boys”) and Emmy nominee Kate Burton (“Grey’s Anatomy”) topline the cast alongside Neil Sandilands (“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”) in this supernatural tale that explores grief through horror.

The film follows a fraught mother-daughter relationship put to a terrifying test when the family patriarch dies. The grieving mother hires a mysterious stranger to resurrect her husband, but as the brutal resurrection spirals out of control, both women must confront their differences while fighting for their lives — and each other.

Max not only helmed the project but also penned the script and produced alongside Mia Chang (“It Follows”), Lovell Holder...

Derry Girls star Saoirse-Monica Jackson will make her New York stage premiere this spring in Irishtown.

The play, written by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth, will make its world premiere at the Irish Repertory Theatre’s Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage starting April 2, ahead of an April 13 opening night. The show, which also stars Kate Burton (Grey’s Anatomy), will play a limited Off-Broadway run through May 25.

In addition to Burton and Jackson, the play will feature Kevin Oliver Lynch (Purgatory, After Yeats), Brenda Meaney (Little Gem, Uncle Vanya), and Angela Reed (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), with voiceover work by Roger Clark (Red Dead Redemption Two).

Directed by Nicola Murphy Dubey, Irishtown follows a Dublin-based theater company that begins rehearsals for their new play, only to discover that the playwright has made the story too dark and experimental, and not Irish enough. The company decides to take matters into their own hands...

Picture Claire Danes at the Golden Globe Awards in 2023 – Getty / Kevin Mazur

Claire Danes will lead one of Netflix’s newest mystery thrillers, The Beast in Me. Filming recently concluded, and the series will be released on Netflix in 2025. We’ll cover everything you need to know about The Beast in Me, including the plot, cast news, production updates, and Netflix release dates.

Two heavyweights are behind this show: Howard Gordon, who will serve as the showrunner, and Gabe Rotter, the creator and primary writer.

The duo worked on The X-Files in both its incarnations. Gordon is reteaming with Danes on this project, having previously worked together on Homeland, where Gordon served as co-creator alongside Alex Gansa. Gordon’s other credits include being the showrunner for 24 and, most recently, working on Accused for Fox and Hulu.

Pictured: Howard Gordan (left) and Gabe Rotter (right) – Courtesy of Netflix / Photo Credit: Lewis Abel...

When "Grey's Anatomy" premiered as a mid-season replacement in March of 2005 thanks to creator and showrunner Shonda Rhimes, it's safe to say that nobody genuinely thought it would keep running and running and running until it became the longest-running medical drama in TV history. As of this writing, the show is partway through airing its 21st season — and even though Ellen Pompeo, the star of the series who puts the Grey in "Grey's Anatomy" as Dr. Meredith Grey, left the show as a main cast member in its 19th season, it shows no signs of stopping.

Due to the fact that, in real life, hospitals change personnel with some regularity and new intern classes begin their residencies each summer, "Grey's Anatomy" is able to remain (relatively) fresh even with hundreds of episodes under its belt, introducing new intern classes every few years to keep the momentum going. Beyond that, though,...

Ransom Canyon has a premiere date. The western drama will premiere in April, and Netflix has released first-look photos and a teaser for the new series, which is inspired by the Jodi Thomas novel.

Josh Duhamel, Minka Kelly, James Brolin, Eoin Macken, Lizzy Greene, Andrew Liner, Marianly Tejada, Garrett Wareing, and Jack Schumacher star in the series created by April Blair. The series’ recurring cast includes Kate Burton, Casey W. Johnson, Jennifer Ens, Brett Cullen, Jaren Robledo, Niko Guardado, Justin Johnson Cortez, Tatanka Means, and Kenneth Miller, with Philip Winchester and Meta Golding guest starring.

Netflix shared the following about the series:

“Welcome to Ransom Canyon, where love, loss, and loyalty collide beneath the crimson mesas of Texas Hill Country. With three ranching family dynasties locked in a contest for control of...

Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly are starring in the first look teaser for their upcoming new series Ransom Canyon!

The actors lead the cast of the upcoming modern western drama coming to Netflix later this year.

“At its core, Ransom Canyon isn’t just a town. It’s an idea. It’s the painful longing for your first love. It’s the burning desire to protect your family. It’s cowboys and lovers, grifters and thieves. Lust, deceit, heartache, home…Ransom has it all. I think people are going to fall in love with this little slice of Texas and the dramas and romances that we created there,” showrunner April Blair describes the series to Tudum.

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Here’s a synopsis: Welcome to Ransom Canyon, where love, loss, and loyalty collide beneath the crimson mesas of Texas Hill Country. With three ranching family dynasties locked...

Get ready to yee-haw all over again this spring with a brand-new Western series that's sure to become your new guilty pleasure. If you have been missing Yellowstone and all of its ranching drama, as well as the soapy romance of Virgin River, Netflix has quite the treat coming right up. The highly anticipated new series Ransom Canyon premieres on Thursday, April 17.

Netflix announced the release date of the Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly double-bill on Feb. 13 along with a long-awaited first look at the series. The teaser gives us everything we're looking for in an addictive drama series in the vein of Yellowstone and Virgin River: a small town, family legacy, cowboys, forbidden romance, high school football. What's not to love?

Based on the book series of the same by Jodi Thomas, Ransom Canyon takes place in the titular small town in Texas as a trio of ranching dynasties collide in conflict,...

Reboots are all the rage now, and here’s a quick rundown of every network show that is getting the treatment!

“Everything old is new again” surely applies to TV these days. It’s like you can’t flip a channel or put on a streamer without a new take on an old show, some of which went off the air not that long ago. Paramount+ just canceled the revival of Fraiser and some old cable shows like White Collar may get the sequel treatment soon.

For network shows, it looks like reboots won’t be dying anytime soon. Networks rely on name recognition for a TV show and often help if the original actors or creators take part in it. Some shows may seem to not need a reboot, while others are shows fans would love to see coming back.

As of now, here’s a rundown on every...

At some point during the filming of Bulldozer, law enforcement got word that the half-hour comedy pilot was filming without proper permits.

“They started trying to bust down the door,” recalls director Andrew Leeds of officers showing up to their shoot in the Valley, demanding the production clear out.

It was a potentially disastrous moment, given that Bulldozer was self-financed (no studio lawyers to intervene), and was largely made by calling in favors to people like Mary Steenburgen, who plays the mother to creator/star Joanna Leeds’ character. Producers held the door shut so they could finish filming, and tried to shield Steenburgen from the chaos, not wanting the show’s biggest name to feel she was on a production that didn’t have its shit together.

“I am literally chatting Mary up, looking over my shoulder at these cops going, ‘Oh my God, please don’t turn around,’” says executive producer Rhett Reese,...

Like any movie genre with hugely popular movies and franchises, there comes a time when the studios decide to revisit their existing IPs by remaking movies from their back catalog. The horror genre is no different, and while audiences often get some great remakes, such as 1982's The Thing, and The Fly from 1986, there are many horror remakes that would have benefited from a few changes.

There have also been some excellent modern horror remakes recently, such as the intoxicating Speak No Evil, plus hopes are high for Robert Eggers' upcoming Nosferatu. However, for every horror remake that lands a killer blow with audiences, and at the box office, there are other movies from the genre that would have been much better with a few tweaks. There's nothing wrong with remaking classic horrors, if they're remade with respect to the original.

Martyrs (2015) Directed By Kevin Goetz And Michael Goetz

When...

Fresh off of playing the character Francis Cobb on the hit HBO series The Penguin, Deirdre O’Connell has signed on to join Claire Danes (Homeland), Matthew Rhys (Perry Mason), Brittany Snow (Pitch Perfect), Natalie Morales (No Hard Feelings), David Lyons (Truth Be Told), and Tim Guinee (Horizon: An American Saga) in the cast of the the mystery thriller limited series The Beast in Me for Netflix – and Variety reports that O’Connell is just one of nine new additions to the cast! The other eight new additions are Jonathan Banks (Breaking Bad), Hettienne Park (The Last of Us), Aleyse Shannon (Leverage: Redemption), Will Brill (The Oa), Kate Burton (Grey’s Anatomy), Bill Irwin (The Dropout), Amir Arison (The Blacklist), and Julie Ann Emery (Better Call Saul).

Created, written, and executive produced by Gabe Rotter, who previously worked on The X-Files, The Beast in Me has the following synopsis: Since the tragic death of her young son,...

When you watch a TV show as disaster-prone as Grey’s Anatomy is, and when you follow a protagonist as trauma-ridden as Meredith Grey is, you’d better keep the tissues close at hand. Shonda Rhimes and the ABC hospital drama’s other writers have been pulling at our heartstrings for two decades now, but sometimes, they yank those strings hard enough to rip our hearts into shreds instead. Here are our selections for the saddest moments from the show’s run so far. 13. Bailey tells a desperate father he has to stop. In Season 5’s “Sweet Surrender,” a dad (Elden Henson) is ready to travel to Mexico to find a cure for his daughter’s case of Tay-Sachs. But Bailey (Chandra Wilson) convinces him to stay with his daughter during her final moments, and he offers his daughter a white lie before she dies. 12. Ellis belittles Meredith. Ellis Grey...

Southern Charm is officially down one gentleman. Jarrett Thomas (aka “Jt”) announced on Friday that he has “resigned” from the Bravo reality show after two seasons.

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“Yesterday I informed Bravo that I will not be participating in the … remaining green room interviews [before Season 10 airs], and that I no longer wish to participate in any ways moving forward with the TV show,” Thomas wrote in an Instagram post. “I will leave it at that for now, while I work on next steps to recover both physically and mentally from what has been an extremely challenging and exhausting year.”

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Greys Anatomy has gained a reputation for killing some of its most beloved characters off with some incredibly emotional deaths, and even main characters aren't safe. Greys Anatomy follows the basic premise of medical dramas, focusing on the lives of surgical interns, residents, and attendings as they balance their professional and personal lives, which more often than not overlap and create a lot of drama inside and outside Seattle Grace Hospital (now Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital).

The show is led by Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) alongside other main characters who became audience favorites, many lasting for several years through Grey's Anatomy's 20-season-plus run. Greys Anatomy has become infamous for killing characters when their time on the show is over, and only some lucky few have been given satisfying endings where they got to keep on living. Unfortunately, many of the main Grey's Anatomy characters who were killed off were...

Kurt Russell is a powerhouse of Hollywood with a great deal of credits to his name, not the least of which being a collection of commendable comedies. A versatile actor, Kurt Russell is best known for his work in action movies, particularly under the watchful eye of John Carpenter, making a name for himself in titles like The Thing and Escape From New York. It's easy to forget that outside of Russell and Carpenter's collaborations, he's also starred in quite a number of comedies, as well.

Compared to Kurt Russell's Westerns or cheesy 80s blockbusters, Russell is usually the best thing about the comedies he's in. In general, the actor's films historically haven't been massive hits at the box office, and his more humorous appearances keep to this unfortunate pattern. Whether or not the movie surrounding him holds up on his own, Russell always manages to bring a cheery performance...

Exclusive: Kate Burton (Grey’s Anatomy) and Colby Minifie (The Boys) will lead the cast of The Surrender, an indie horror film from first-time feature filmmaker Julia Max.

Others to appear in the film, currently shooting in Los Angeles, include Neil Sandilands (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes), Vaughn Armstrong (Star Trek: Enterprise), Mia Ellis (Lavender Men), Pete Ploszek (You), Chelsea Alden (13 Reasons Why), Riley Rose Critchlow, Lola Prince Kelly and Alaina Pollack.

A sales title with all rights available, The Surrender centers on a fraught mother-daughter relationship that is put to a terrifying test when the family patriarch dies and the grieving mother hires a mysterious stranger to bring her husband back from the dead. As the bizarre and brutal resurrection ritual spirals out of control, both women must reconcile their differences as they fight for their lives, and for each other.

“The Surrender is an incredibly personal...

FBI Season 6 can best be summed up in two words: Treading water.

Collins Dictionary defines treading water as "to be in an unsatisfactory situation where you are not progressing, but are just continuing doing the same things."

Ok, so maybe that definition is a little harsh when it comes to describing the latest FBI season.

Its powers-that-be did give viewers a dash or two of character development. Not the average amount they would have received from an entire season, but some.

Questions about the impact of those changes in the characters' lives will have to wait for the next complete season to be answered.

Yet ever present were those "ripped-from-the-headlines" storylines for which Dick Wolf is renowned.

The terrorists, the possibility of Armageddon, and the tense takes on terrible threats remained front and center. If anything, this procedural became even more procedural, if that's possible.

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Actor Brooke Shields has been elected president of Actors’ Equity Association, the union has announced.

Shields took the lead in a three-way race, beating out stage manager Erin Maureen Koster and actor Wydetta Carter. Actors’ Equity is represents 51,000 actors and stage managers.

Shields succeeds Kate Shindle as president, who announced in April that she would not seek re-election when her nine-year tenure ended May 23. Shindle has said that she will remain active in the labor movement but now intends to focus on resuming her acting career, noting that the unpaid position of president left her with so little time for acting that she had not been able to clock enough professional hours to quality for Equity health insurance.

Shields’ win was confirmed this morning by Equity, which announced the results of its 2024 Officer and Councilor Election. In total, 45 council seats across all three regions and representing four categories were filled, effective immediately. All terms are four years except where noted.

In addition to Shields, the 2024 officers include Rashaan James II, elected Eastern Regional Vice President; Sarah Labarr, elected Central Regional Vice President, without opposition. Jeffrey Landman was elected Western Regional Vice President, without opposition. All officers were elected to four-year terms.

In announcing her run for the presidency in April, Shields said, “I felt it was my responsibility to step up, I want to lead with strength. I want to lead with intelligence, with compassion, with passion. And, of course, a little bit of humor, always…I have been in the trenches with you and you have always had my back. And I’m here to tell you that I have your back.”

Shields comes to the position with no experience in union leadership, but has been a working actor since childhood. She has appeared on Broadway in Grease, Chicago, Cabaret, Wonderful Town and The Addams Family.

In addition to the national elections, the following candidates were elected in regional positions:

In the Eastern Region:

The following candidates were elected to four-year terms as Eastern Regional Principal Councilor:

Jeff Blumenkrantz Jennifer Cody Jacqueline Jarrold Claire Karpen Austin Ku Jeffrey Omura Kellie Overbey Kate Shindle Nancy Slusser Richard Topol

Michele Ragusa was elected to a two-year term as Eastern Regional Principal Councilor.

The following candidates were elected to four-year terms as Eastern Regional Chorus Councilor:

Belinda Allyn Holly Ann Butler Rebecca Kim Jordan Nikka Graff Lanzarone Melissa Hunter McCann T. Shyvonne Stewart

Ryan Rodiño was elected to a two-year term as Eastern Regional Chorus Councilor.

The following candidates were elected to four-year terms as Eastern Regional Stage Manager Councilor:

Anne McPherson Rebecca McBee Peter Royston

The following candidates were elected to four-year terms as Eastern Regional At-Large Councilor:

Tamara Anderson Logan Benedict Leslie Sears

In the Central Region:

The following candidates were elected to four-year terms as Central Regional Principal Councilor:

Rebecca Prescott Colin Sphar Nikki Switzer

The following candidate weas unopposed and deemed elected to a four-year term as Central Regional Stage Manager Councilor:

Katherine Nelson

The following candidate was unopposed and deemed elected to a four-year term as Central Regional At-Large Councilor:

Carolyn Fast

In the Western Region:

The following candidates were elected to four-year terms as Western Regional Principal Councilor:

Ry Armstrong Michael James Bell Kate Burton Barbara Callander Josh Grisetti Kwana A. L. Martinez

The following candidates were elected to two-year terms as Western Regional Principal Councilor:

Brian Herndon Cynthia Marty Gregory North

Juliane Godfrey was unopposed and deemed elected to a four-year term as Western Regional Chorus Councilor.

David S. Cohen was unopposed and deemed elected to a four-year term as Western Regional Stage Manager Councilor.

Michelle Dunn was unopposed and deemed elected to a four-year term as Western Regional At-Large Councilor.

[This story contains spoilers from the May 23 episode of Grey’s Anatomy, “I Carry Your Heart.”]

Caterina Scorsone and Kevin McKidd may not have been part of the original cast of Grey’s Anatomy. But in the last 15 years, between Grey’s and its two spinoffs, Private Practice and Station 19, Scorsone and McKidd have both logged enough hours in the O.R. to become two of the longest-lasting actors of the venerable ABC medical drama, which was recently renewed for a record-extending 21st season. (In the Grey’s universe, McKidd has played Dr. Owen Hunt in over 350 episodes; Scorsone has played Dr. Amelia Shepherd in over 280.)

At this point, the characters and the fictional world they live in feel as real to the audience as the actors who play them. While Grey’s began as a soapy romantic drama that followed the lives of surgeons at a Seattle teaching hospital, the show has indubitably become a cultural touchstone — and, in turn,...

Winston Ndugu's character in Grey's Anatomy season 20 remains stagnant and overshadowed by others. Winston's storylines revolve around his past relationship with Maggie Pierce, hindering his character development. The show fails to let Winston grow as an individual, making him solely defined by his connection to Maggie.

Grey's Anatomy season 20 proves that the show has a problem with its treatment of Dr. Winston Ndugu (Anthony Hill). Since joining the series in season 16, Winston has gone through quite a bit, especially where his personal life is concerned. While he was a surgical resident at Tufts, Winston had a crush on his teacher, Dr. Maggie Pierce (Kelly McCreary). Just before Winston becomes an attending, Maggie moves to Seattle to learn more about her birth parents, Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.) and Ellis Grey (Kate Burton). Six years later, Winston finally reconnects with Maggie at a surgical conference.

Post-conference, the love-struck surgeons continue their...

This was a much-overdue showcase for Oa that finally addressed the effects of his time with the Army in Afghanistan.

Not surprisingly, a case involving several Taliban on FBI Season 6 Episode 11 stirred things up for him.

And, frankly, you can never go wrong with a guest turn by Kate Burton portraying a weaselly politician.

It wasn't readily apparent why the FBI even got called in on an abduction of a random guy from his apartment building.

It must have been because NYPD discovered his boss was Leo Grant, the world's third-richest man, and they didn't want the inevitable pressure from above. Or maybe they passed it off because Tyler had wealthy parents, which would also lead to outside interference.

Oa was just relieved to get a call about any case so he would have an excuse not to explain the most painful time in his life to Gemma.

This again...

Exclusive: Meta Golding (Rabbit Hole) has been tapped for a key recurring role in Ransom Canyon, Netflix’s new romantic drama series, starring Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly.

Created, written and executive produced by April Blair based on Jodi Thomas’ book series, Ransom Canyon is a romance-fueled family drama and contemporary western saga that charts the intersecting lives of three ranching families, all set against the rugged expanse of Texas Hill Country.

Golding plays Paula Jo. Tougher than the toughest nail. A force to be reckoned with. Davis’ fiery ex-wife and Reid’s mom Paula Jo rolls into Ransom Canyon in her red Porsche and matching red-bottomed heels determined to make waves.

In addition to Duhamel and Kelly Golding joins previously announced series regulars James Brolin, Eoin Macken, Lizzy Greene, Marianly Tejada, Jack Schumacher, Garrett Wareing and Andrew Liner. Recurring cast includes Brett Cullen, Kate Burton, Jaren Robledo, Jennifer Ens,...

Katie Lowes and Guillermo Diaz are back to re-watch Scandal!

iHeartPodcasts’ Shondaland Audio series Unpacking the Toolbox will return with new episodes on April 11, via Variety.

The podcast originally paused amid the Hollywood strikes after covering the first two seasons of the ABC drama that ran from 2012 to 2018.

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Katie Lowes, who played Quinn, and Guillermo Diaz, who played Huck, first forged a friendship on the set of the series, with fans dubbing them Huckleberry Quinn.

In Scandal, Kerry Washington’s Olivia Pope is a D.C. fixer who also happened to be having an affair with the very married President Fitzgerald Grant (Tony Goldwyn).

The podcast’s new season will kick off with the Season 3 premiere of Scandal. Guests include Kerry Washington, Tony Goldwyn, Tom Verica, Melora Hardin, Scott Foley, Bellamy Young, Kate Burton, Dan Bucatinsky, Jeff Perry, Debbie Allen and Paul Adelstein.

Kerry...

Gladiators, suit up: The “Scandal” rewatch podcast, “Unpacking the Toolbox,” is set to return with new episodes on April 11.

“Unpacking the Toolbox” is hosted by former “Scandal” stars Katie Lowes (who played Quinn) and Guillermo Díaz (who played Huck) — their Irl friendship was forged on set, and fans nicknamed their twisted on-screen partnership Huckleberry Quinn.

Part of the iHeartPodcasts network, the Shondaland Audio series “Unpacking the Toolbox” — a reference to Huck’s torture kit — hit pause during the SAG-AFTRA strike, having covered the first two seasons of Shonda Rhimes’ ABC drama, which ran for seven seasons from 2012 through 2018.

“Scandal” revolved around Kerry Washington’s Olivia Pope, a D.C. fixer who also happened to be having an affair with the very married President Fitzgerald Grant (Tony Goldwyn). The series was a slow burn for ABC, ratings-wise, but midway through its second season, its delightfully batshit plotting and wild weekly cliffhangers caught on with audiences,...

Meredith Grey has a complicated relationship with her family, including her mother Ellis and her father Thatcher, who affected her deeply. Meredith's half-sisters, Lexie and Molly, had significant impacts on her life and relationships, shaping her path as a general surgeon. The addition of siblings like Maggie, Zola, Derek, and Ellis Grey Shepherd added depth to Meredith's personal and professional journey on Grey's Anatomy.

Grey's Anatomy showcases the family members of the main characters, but how many sisters does Meredith Grey have? During her time on the show, Grey's Anatomy chronicled the life and medical career of Meredith Grey, who started her residency at Seattle Grace Hospital. Until recently leaving the show, each season saw Meredith take on several complicated cases, placing a significant emphasis on the relationships she builds in the hospital, which inspired her to achieve the success she did.

However, Meredith isn't the only "Grey" to have featured in the show.

The cast of Netflix's Ransom Canyon is growing. James Brolin, Eoin Macken, Lizzy Greene, Marianly Tejada, Jack Schumacher, Garrett Wareing, and Andrew Liner have joined the upcoming romantic drama as series regulars. Jaren Robledo, Casey W. Johnson, Jennifer Ens, Brett Cullen, Kate Burton, Niko Guardado, Justin Johnson Cortez, and Kenneth Miller will recur, while Philip Winchester will be the guest.

Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly star in the new Ransom Canyon series inspired by the novel by Jodi Thomas. Created by April Blair, the Ransom Canyon series is described as a family drama and contemporary western saga that charts the intersecting lives of three ranching families, all set against the rugged expanse of Texas Hill Country.

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Exclusive: Marianly Tejada (One of Us Is Lying), Jack Schumacher (Top Gun: Maverick), Garrett Wareing (Manifest) and Andrew Liner (Vampire Academy) have joined Ransom Canyon as series regulars. Also cast in the Netflix drama series as recurring are Brett Cullen (Winning Time), Grey’s Anatomy alumna Kate Burton, Jaren Robledo (Rez Ball), Jennifer Ens (Chapelwaite), Kenneth Miller (The Cleaning Lady), Niko Guardado, Justin Johnson Cortez and Casey W. Johnson. Philip Winchester (Strike Back) will guest star.

The actors join previously cast series regulars Josh Duhamel, Minka Kelly, James Brolin, Eoin Macken and Lizzy Greene.

Based on the book series by Jodi Thomas, Ransom Canyon is a romance-fueled family drama and contemporary Western saga that charts the intersecting lives of three ranching families, all set against the rugged expanse of Texas Hill Country.

Tejada plays the rough and whip-smart Ellie Estevez, who is the personification of “Do no harm, but take no sh*t,...

We all know that if there’s one thing harder than predicting the winners of the three short film categories at the Oscars, it’s predicting which films will get nominated in those categories. Well Derbyites, we’re here to help make predicting those nominees a little easier. Below we have listed all 15 shortlisted titles for Best Live Action Short along with descriptions of each one. We’ve also included information and links on where you can view the finalists.

Among the plots of this year’s crop are a rideshare driver dealing with grief, a chance meeting between a trans woman and a cis man, a woman traveling out of state to obtain an abortion, and a fighter pilot in need of a miracle to make it home for Christmas.

SEEDozens of video interviews with 2024 awards contenders

“The After” – In the midst of his grief, a rideshare driver picks...

After taking a look back at House II: The Second Story (a favorite of mine since childhood), House of 1000 Corpses (which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year), the awesomeness of Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight, and the leg smashing in the Stephen King adaptation Misery, JoBlo’s own Lance Vlcek shifts his focus over to the works of John Carpenter with the latest episode in his The Best Scene video series. The Carpenter classic Lance is looking at with this one is the 1986 action extravaganza Big Trouble in Little China (watch it Here) – a movie that’s so good, he couldn’t pick just one “best scene”. He narrowed it down to three options, and you can hear all about them in the video embedded above.

In the video, Lance covers the opening gambling scene with our heroes Jack Burton and Wang, the alley battle scene that...

Billy Porter wrote the song “Always Be My Man” before he even knew about the film “Our Son,” let alone knew he would star in it, too. The multi-talented performer had wanted to pen a piece with collaborators Joe Killington and Conor Reeves about “the complexity of a relationship,” especially because he was living through a moment in which he was “fighting” with his now ex-husband. When the script for Bill Oliver’s film came his way soon after, the actor felt “the song was the law of attraction for me to receive this moment.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.

The desire to write a song for a film in which he also stars is one Porter has felt for a very long time. “I’ve been doing movies since 1999. I’ve been trying to get a song in a movie that I’m in since then. I have been completely dismissed for decades,...

Close bonds with family are often difficult to maintain, especially if blood relatives rope you into their heinous crimes. In Violent Ends, an upcoming Southern revenge thriller from director John-Michael Powell, Billy Magnussen and Alexandra Shipp, reluctantly encounter a legacy of violence and broken bonds.

Violent Ends, hailing from Midnight Road Entertainment, recently wrapped production in Northwest Arkansas. According to Deadline‘s exclusive report, the story centers on two star-crossed lovers (Magnussen & Shipp) making a life for themselves in the Ozark Mountains. In Violent Ends, “Lucas Frost (Magnussen) is an honest man brought up in a crime family whose only legacy is violence. As Lucas tries to make his own life with his fiancée, Emma (Shipp), he is suddenly pulled back into the family business he so despises when his cousin, Eli, perpetrates an armed robbery on a local scrap yard and an innocent life is caught in the crossfire,...

Writer/director John-Michael Powell (The Send-Off) recently wrapped production on Violent Ends, which is being described by Deadline this week as a violent revenge thriller.

Alexandra Shipp (Tragedy Girls) leads the cast, starring alongside Billy Magnussen (Coup!), James Badge Dale (Hightown), Nick Stahl (Showtime’s Let the Right One In), Kate Burton (Dumb Money), and Ray McKinnon (Knox Goes Away).

“A tale of star-crossed lovers set against the backdrop of the Ozark Mountains, Violent Ends chronicles the life of Lucas Frost (Magnussen), an honest man brought up in a crime family whose only legacy is violence. As Lucas tries to make his own life with his fiancée, Emma (Shipp), he is pulled back into the business he so despises when his cousin, Eli, perpetrates an armed robbery on a local scrap yard and an innocent life is caught in the crossfire.”

Midnight Road Entertainment is the company behind Violent Ends.

Exclusive: Billy Magnussen (Coup!) and Alexandra Shipp (Barbie) will topline Violent Ends, a Southern revenge thriller written and directed by John-Michael Powell that has wrapped production in Northwest Arkansas.

Actors rounding out the cast of the film from Midnight Road Entertainment include James Badge Dale (Hightown), Nick Stahl (Showtime’s Let the Right One In), Emmy winner Kate Burton (Dumb Money), and Academy Award winner Ray McKinnon (Knox Goes Away). Check out a first look still below.

A tale of star-crossed lovers set against the backdrop of the Ozark Mountains, Violent Ends chronicles the life of Lucas Frost (Magnussen), an honest man brought up in a crime family whose only legacy is violence. As Lucas tries to make his own life with his fiancée, Emma (Shipp), he is suddenly pulled back into the family business he so despises when his cousin, Eli, perpetrates an armed robbery on a local scrap...

"Why are you doing this? You're destroying everything that we built together?" Vertical has revealed the official trailer for an indie custody drama titled Our Son, from director Bill Oliver. This initially premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year, and it also played at the New Hampshire Film Festival this fall. Billy Porter stars as Gabriel, an aspiring artist struggling to find creative & personal spark while caring for the young son he shares with his ambitious partner, Nicky, co-starring Luke Evans. Stress and anxiety flare as their relationship gets to an unrepairable place, forcing the couple to head for a divorce. Now the two must navigate the unenviable position of revealing the news to shared friends & family. Thus begins the journey to find themselves and support their son. The film's cast also includes Robin Weigert, Andrew Rannells, Isaac Powell, Kate Burton, and Phylicia Rashad. So this is pretty...

Exclusive: After world premiering at the 2023 Tribeca Festival, the custody battle drama Our Son, starring Billy Porter (Pose), Luke Evans (Beauty and the Beast), and newcomer Christopher Woodley, has set release plans with Vertical. Directed by Bill Oliver, from his script written with Peter Nickowitz, the indie is set to hit select theaters December 8th.

Other titles opening that day include Searchlight’s Poor Things starring Emma Stone, Studio Ghibli/Gkids’ The Boy and the Heron, Kino Lorber’s thriller La Syndicaliste, Outsider Pictures doc Elis and Tom, Janus Films’ doc Anselm, and Republic Pictures’ The End We Start From.

Also starring Andrew Rannells (A Simple Favor), Robin Weigert (Deadwood), Kate Burton (Grey’s Anatomy), and Phylicia Rashad (Creed III), Our Son depicts the next step in the zeitgeist of Lgbtqia+ equality: the right to divorce. Married for 13 years, aspiring artist Gabriel (Porter) and his ambitious partner Nicky (Evans) appear to...

Legendary director John Carpenter is currently doing the press rounds to promote his new unscripted TV series, John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams (you can read our review at This Link), and during an interview with ComicBook.com he was asked which of his films he thinks would make for the best film-to-video game adaptation. His answer: the 1986 martial arts fantasy adventure Big Trouble in Little China (watch it Here)!

Here’s the direct quote from Carpenter: “I think, maybe Big Trouble in Little China, it seems to me would be a fun video game and kick ass. There’s also, by the way, a Thing card game. I mean, there’s a lot of these games. There’s actually a They Live game. I don’t know that there would ever be a Prince of Darkness game. I don’t see that.“

Now that Carpenter mentions it, it’s kind of...

Movies about the financial markets inevitably have the same problem. It simply isn’t that visually compelling watching people stare at their computers or phones and muttering expletives. Adam McKay’s The Big Short managed to avoid the pitfall thanks to its truly memorable characters and such stylistic flourishes as having Margot Robbie explain complicated financial concepts directly to the camera while lounging in a bathtub.

Craig Gillespie’s Dumb Money, about the 2021 GameStop stock phenomenon fueled by individual investors driven by social media, doesn’t prove quite as successful. Nonetheless, the film receiving its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival proves entertaining enough, thanks to its canny screenplay relating the story as a Frank Capra-style battle between the little people and the rich bigwigs hoisted by their own petards, and the fun performances by a terrific ensemble.

Based on Ben Mezrich’s book The Antisocial Network...

The official trailer for Sony’s “Dumb Money” has dropped, shedding light on how a group of amateur investors artificially increased the stock value of GameStop, the popular video game retailer.

The short squeeze occurred in January 2021 after Reddit users on a page called “Wall Street Bets” united to catalyze a market explosion. As a result, significant hedge funds and independent short sellers incurred devastating financial loss.

Based on author Ben Mezrich’s “The Antisocial Network,” “Dumb Money” similarly centers around the Reddit users behind the phenomenon with actors Seth Rogen, Paul Dano, Sebastian Stan and Pete Davidson in lead roles.

The star-studded cast also includes Nick Offerman, Shailene Woodley, America Ferrera, Dane DeHaan, Vincent D’Onofrio, Clancy Brown, Anthony Ramos, Kate Burton, Christina Brucato, Deniz Akdeniz, Talia Ryder, Myha’la Herrold, Larry Owens and Rushi Kota.

Emmy-nominated director Craig Gillespie, best known for his work on projects like “I, Tonya,” “Cruella...

Joseph L. Mankiewicz’ “Cleopatra,” which opened in New York on June 12, 1963 and in Los Angeles a week later, was not a flop. In fact, the 243-minute film was a box office champ making $26 million at the box office, $6 million more than the Cinerama epic “How the West was Won.” But being the most expensive movie of its time — the budget ended up being around $44 million which would be around $429.5 million in 2023 — it took a long time to recoup its staggering costs. The film was such a drain on Twentieth Century Fox, the studio ended up having to sell nearly 300 acres of its backlot. That acreage was transformed into Century City.

The budgets started to soar when the original production with Elizabeth Taylor, who asked for and received $1 million for her services, Peter Finch as Julius Caesar, Stephen Boyd as Marc Antony and veteran filmmaker Rouben Mamoulian as director, stopped production...

Does it count as representational progress when a drama about the fissures that destroy a gay marriage and the ensuing fight for primary custody of the couple’s child is just as bland as any heteronormative version of that sad story?

Bill Oliver’s Our Son boasts solid lead performances from Luke Evans and Billy Porter as the dads whose life together has hit a wall, plus a capable supporting cast stacked with talented theater actors. The movie is tasteful and restrained and sensitively handled at every step. But unless you count one of the men finding post-breakup sexual distraction wrapped around a slinky club kid named Solo (Isaac Powell), there’s too little here to distinguish the film from endless other broken-family dramas that have gone before.

There’s even less to put it on a level with standouts like Kramer vs. Kramer, The Squid and the Whale or Marriage Story.

Grey’s Anatomy was recently renewed for a season 20, and while it remains popular, it’s been over a decade since it received any attention from major awards bodies. Grey’s Anatomy premiered in 2005 and was an instant hit for ABC. Now, it’s the network’s longest-scripted primetime television series, but it is no longer considered a critical success in the way it once was in its early days. Grey’s Anatomy has nearly 40 Emmy nominations, but the last one – Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Loretta Devine (Adele Webber) – came in 2012 for a season 8 episode.

Grey’s Anatomy has been generally well-received by critics and audiences throughout its run and even spawned multiple spinoffs, but has been ignored by the major awards bodies for over half of said run. By the end of Grey’s Anatomy season 19, the series will have aired 420 episodes, marking yet another big milestone for the medical drama.

Dr. Maggie Pierce treated her last patient at Grey Sloan Memorial Thursday, after nine seasons as a core member of the “Grey’s Anatomy” cast.

For Kelly McCreary, the actress behind the talented cardiothoracic surgeon and Meredith Grey’s (Ellen Pompeo) half-sister, the ABC medical drama’s two-hour farewell gave her the perfect vehicle to honor Maggie’s journey, and to close a major chapter in her own life and career.

“It meant a lot to me,” McCreary told TheWrap about the episodes. “When I spoke to Krista [Vernoff, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ showrunner and executive producer], after she agreed to let Maggie go, I said it’d be very nice to be able to have scenes that feel like closure with all of the characters that have meant something to Maggie … my homies, my family that I’ve been doing this with for such a long time.”

“I felt really lucky. [Maggie] is...

[This story contains spoilers from the April 13 episode of Grey’s Anatomy, “Shadow of Your Love/Mama Who Bore Me.”]

After nine seasons of playing Dr. Maggie Pierce, Kelly McCreary has said farewell to Grey’s Anatomy.

The April 13 episode — a double hour with “Shadow of Your Love/Mama Who Bore Me” — brought Maggie’s arc to a crossroad after weeks of marital tension with husband Winston Ndugu (Anthony Hill) as the brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon found herself in a professional crisis: Stay and work on her marriage or accept the once-in-a-lifetime offer at the Heart Center of Chicago?

To help Maggie make her decision, Grey’s Anatomy invoked Maggie’s lineage. The half-sister to Meredith Grey shares a birth mother with Ellen Pompeo’s titular character, Ellis Grey (Kate Burton). The late world-famous surgeon has always loomed large over both of her now also world-famous surgeon daughters, and McCreary says Ellis’ role in Maggie’s life has been the North Star...

Grey’s Anatomy is saying goodbye to another one of its own.

Kelly McCreary who has played beloved doctor Maggie Pierce, the half-sister to Ellen Pompeo’s Meredith Grey, for nine seasons, is departing the hit ABC medical drama. Her farewell episode as a series regular will air April 13.

“After nine seasons, I am saying goodbye to Maggie Pierce and her Grey Sloan family. It has been a tremendous honor to be a part of such a legendary television institution as Grey’s Anatomy,” said McCreary in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “I will always be grateful to Shonda Rhimes, Krista Vernoff and ABC for the opportunity, and to the incredible fans for their passionate support.”

She continued, “To spend nine years exploring a character inside and out, while reaching a global audience with impactful stories, is a rare gift. It has afforded me an opportunity to collaborate with, learn from,...

Grey's Anatomy is losing another longtime cast member. The series, which is the longest-running primetime series currently on ABC, originally premiered in 2005. The series followed the romantic and professional travails of Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), who is both the narrator and the lead of an ensemble cast that throughout the years has included Katherine Heigl, Patrick Dempsey, Sandrah Oh, Sara Ramirez, and many more. Earlier this year on season 19, episode 7, "I'll Follow the Sun," Pompeo left the series as a regular cast member after 409 episodes.

Per Deadline, there are now more casting shakeups impending on Grey's Anatomy season 19. Kelly McCreary's Maggie Pierce is set to exit after starring on the series for nine seasons. Pierce, who is Grey's half-sister and the head of cardiothoracic surgery, will have her last episode as a regular cast member air on April 13.

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Exclusive: Grey Sloan Memorial will be losing both of Ellis Grey’s daughters this season. Kelly McCreary, who has played Maggie Pierce, Meredith Grey’s (Ellen Pompeo) half-sister and head of the hospital’s cardiothoracic surgery since the end of Season 10, is departing ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy after nine years. Her last episode as a series regular will air April 13. Like Pompeo, who is set to return for the Season 19 finale after Meredith’s big Feb. 23 sendoff, Maggie also will pop in to visit the doctors of Grey Sloan later this season, following her April 13 farewell.

“After nine seasons, I am saying goodbye to Maggie Pierce and her Grey Sloan family,” said McCreary who thanked Grey’s Anatomy creator/executive producer Shonda Rhimes, executive producer/showrunner Krista Vernoff, and ABC for the opportunity to be a part of the “legendary television institution” that the long-running medical drama is. “Playing Maggie Pierce...

The stage adaptation of “Room,” one of the most anticipated new plays of the spring Broadway season, is postponed indefinitely. The show was scheduled to begin performances on April 3, 2023 at the James Earl Jones Theatre. Rehearsals have ceased as the operation has shut down as of Thursday, March 16 2023.

The news must be particularly devastating for lead Adrienne Warren. The Tony-winner (“Tina: The Tina Turner Musical”) was widely predicted to receive another nomination for her turn as Ma. The role won Brie Larson an Oscar for the movie adaptation. Warren sat in fourth place in the Lead Actress in a Play category in Gold Derby’s combined odds.

Unless the Tony Administration Committee rules that any of the spring contenders will compete in a category contrary to their billing, Warren’s absence means there are just six women contending for a nomination. That is the lowest number of contenders a race...

The Broadway production of Room has been postponed indefinitely.

The production, which was in rehearsals with Adrienne Warren as the lead, will not go forward following a “shortfall in capitalization” and the withdrawal of a lead producer, the production said Thursday. The production, which was scheduled to begin performances April 3 at the James Earl Jones Theatre, was shuttered as of Thursday.

“In the midst of our rehearsals we were informed by one of our lead producers that due to personal reasons, they did not intend to fulfill their obligations to the production. Since being notified, the rest of the producing team has exhausted all possible avenues to keep the show on track, but the narrow timeline and economic shortfall created by this series of events has proven to be insurmountable,” producer Hunter Arnold said in the press release. “We are incredibly disappointed not to be able to open this remarkable...

Since Grey’s Anatomy first premiered in 2005, it has aired 19 seasons, 406 episodes, and birthed 3 spinoffs. Naturally the show has had to adapt as cast members come and go throughout the years. This sometimes makes it hard to recall what exactly went on in season 1. Although who can forget Addison Montgomery (then Shepherd) saying the iconic line, “I’m Addison Shepherd … and you must be the woman who’s been screwing my husband.”

With every new intern class that Grey’s introduces viewers to, it always throws in a few Easter eggs to remind fans what made them fall in love with the show in the first place. However, it seems season 19 wanted to take this even further. Grey’s Anatomy season 19 launches a soft reboot that allows the series to ground itself in its season 1 roots. If the “begin again” tagline of the season 19 poster wasn’t a giveaway, season 19 throws back...