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Before Sarah Michelle Gellar became a Primetime TV Icon with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, before she became a big-screen icon with Cruel Intentions, she was a Daytime TV Icon with All My Children. On AMC, she played Kendall Hart, the daughter of the legendary Erica Kane. She ultimately crushed the character and conquered daytime soaps before exiting to star in Buffy and a zillion other TV shows and movies. An audience at a fan event in Brazil recently gave Smg her well-deserved flowers with thundering applause and a standing ovation. Gellar felt the emotion.

Applause, Applause

It all happened at the Ccxp, the 2024 Comic Con Experience, held in São Paulo, Brazil, from December 5 to 8. Gellar made an appearance there promoting Showtime’s Dexter prequel, Dexter: Original Sin. She and her cast mates appeared on a panel for the upcoming serial killer drama.

Read This: Sarah Michelle Gellar looks back at her AMC days.

Chicago – On September 13th, the celebrity participants of the 32nd Season of “Dancing with the Stars” was revealed, and among those taking on the challenge is Mira Sorvino, the Oscar-winning actor and activist. Ms. Sorvino was recently photographed by Joe Arce of HollywoodChicago.com at Chicago’s Fan Expo in August.

Mira Katherine Sorvino was born in New York City, and is the daughter of actors Paul Sorvino and Lorraine Ruth Davis. Despite many directions in her young life, including a study of East Asian studies at Harvard University and fluent Mandarin, she chose to follow the path of her parents and made her TV debut with the syndicated “Swans Crossing” in 1992. A year later she made her film debut with “Amongst Friends” and followed that up with 1994 roles in “Quiz Show” and “Barcelona.” “Mighty Aphrodite” (1995), directed by Woody Allen, put her in the spotlight for the Oscar win, and...

Chicago – The celebrity line-up at the upcoming Fan Expo Chicago is top of the pops, and making a prime appearance is actor Mira Sorvino, who made a big splash by winning the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for “Mighty Aphrodite” in the 1990s. The Fan Expo takes place from August 10-13, 2023. For tickets and information, click Fan Expo Chicago.

Mira Katherine Sorvino was born in New York City, and is the daughter of actors Paul Sorvino and Lorraine Ruth Davis. Despite many directions in her young life, including a study of East Asian studies at Harvard University and fluent Mandarin, she chose to follow the path of her parents and made her TV debut with the syndicated “Swans Crossing” in 1992. A year later she made her film debut with “Amongst Friends” and followed that up with 1994 roles in “Quiz Show” and “Barcelona.” “Mighty Aphrodite” (1995), directed by Woody Allen, put her in...

Quibi launches today with tons of content available, and even though recent events have provided us all with a large amount of time for entertainment, that doesn’t mean you want to spend it wading through underwhelming content, even at Quibi’s easily digestible lengths. Quibi’s hook is right in the title. The service, short for “Quick Bites,” offers viewers a variety of movies, shows and news programs, all of which clock in at less than 10 minutes, perfect for short attention spans and mini-binges.

Of those made available to the press ahead of time, here are the five best shows and movies Quibi is streaming into your phone on Day One:

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Cruel Intentions‘ biggest, baddest bitch is officially back.

Sarah Michelle Gellar will be part of the NBC pilot that is a sequel to the 1999 movie in which she starred, the actress announced Wednesday via Instagram.

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Per Gellar’s social media post, she’ll reprise the role of Kathryn Merteuil, who in the movie was a vindictive, two-faced, cocaine-sniffing manipulator and stepsister to Ryan Phillippe’s Sebastian.

Picking up over 15 years after the end of the movie, the project follows the cunning Kathryn as she vies...

Cult movie classic ‘Pretty Poison’ filmmaker Noel Black dead at 77 (photo: Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins in ‘Pretty Poison’) Noel Black, best remembered for the 1968 cult movie classic Pretty Poison, died of pneumonia at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital on July 5, 2014. Black (born on June 30, 1937, in Chicago) was 77. Prior to Pretty Poison, Noel Black earned praise for the 18-minute short film Skaterdater (1965), the tale of a boy skateboarder who falls for a girl bike rider. Shot on the beaches of Los Angeles County, the dialogue-less Skaterdater went on to win the Palme d’Or for Best Short Film and tied with Orson Welles’ Falstaff - Chimes at Midnight for the Technical Grand Prize at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival. Besides, Skaterdater received an Academy Award nomination in the Best Short Subject, Live Action category. (The Oscar winner that year was Claude Berri’s Le Poulet.) ‘Pretty Poison’: Fun and games and...