Erica Durance is opening up about her new Hallmark Movies & Mysteries flick, Color My World With Love, and revealing just how meaningful the movie ended up being for her.
24.05.2022 - 01:07 / variety.com
Leo Chu I remember when I became the showrunner of my first live-action series, “Supah Ninjas,” I thought I had arrived.Somehow, against all odds, this show I created with my partner Eric S. Garcia was shooting on the Paramount lot. On the same stage as “Family Ties.” I was officially a part of Hollywood history.
When I set foot on stage, I was surprisingly whisked away by an A.D. “Surely,” I thought, “I was being taken to my fancy director’s chair that would make a killer humble-post on my socials.” But instead, I found myself in the holding area with the extras. I learned two things that day.
I did not look like someone’s idea of a showrunner. And the holding area is hard to leave. It was a good reminder that perception shapes reality – and you can literally be trapped by someone else’s perception.
It’s not enough to simply break in. You have to break out.Creatively, my partner and I always try to bring something new into the world, and by doing so, change it. “Supah Ninjas” grew from us being sick of seeing women and POC as the ones being rescued all the time.
So we created three teen heroes – Black, female, and AAPI – who did the rescuing instead.With “Afro Samurai,” we wanted to see a Black hero in one of our favorite genres: animé. When Samuel L. Jackson signed on, he told us that as a Black actor he had never had a love interest before.
We were floored. So we wrote him one.But the work doesn’t stop there. You have to create the world you want to see off-screen as well by changing what people perceive and believe to be possible.When we were staffing “Supah Ninjas,” we were told by agents that there weren’t any AAPI writers, which I knew wasn’t true because they were talking to one.The truth is most of them didn’t
.Erica Durance is opening up about her new Hallmark Movies & Mysteries flick, Color My World With Love, and revealing just how meaningful the movie ended up being for her.
Zack Sharf Tom Hiddleston told Lily James during their conversation as part of Variety’s “Actors on Actors” series, presented by Apple TV+, that the Marvel Cinematic Universe must “reflect the world we live in.” That’s why the actor is so happy his Disney+ series, “Loki,” finally made it clear within the MCU that his eponymous anti-hero is bisexual.“Back from my early days of researching the character in the ancient myths, the identity of Loki was fluid in every aspect and in gender, in sexuality,” Hiddleston told James when she mentioned that Loki is the first explicitly queer character in the MCU. “It’s a very ancient part of the character and I think I thought about it. … It hadn’t emerged in the stories we’ve told.
Hallmark's upcoming romance, , is telling a new kind of love story. The film's star, Lily D. Moore -- whom viewers may know from Netflix's as Paxton's fashion-minded sister -- is ready for the world to see and experience love through a different lens.The film, which premieres Sunday on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, follows Emma's daughter Kendall (Moore) who becomes engaged to Brad (David DeSanctis).
Original cast members of the 2006 Broadway production of Spring Awakening will reunite for a special performance during this Sunday’s Tony Awards events, producers said today.
Katie Holmes is exploring life and love in lockdown in her introspective new romantic drama, ET exclusively debuts the teaser trailer for the upcoming film, written and directed by Holmes, which is set to make its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival next week. The film stars Holmes as June, a food critic who accidentally double-books an AirBnB upstate for herself and her boyfriend, John (Derek Luke), in March 2020. But when John has to bail on the trip to take care of his parents, June is forced to cohabitate with the other guest, newly-single Charlie (Jim Sturgess) as the pandemic restrictions start to sink in, essentially stranding them together.
Katie Holmes is exploring life and love in lockdown in her introspective new romantic drama, ET exclusively debuts the trailer for the upcoming film, written and directed by Holmes, which is set to make its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival next week. The film stars Holmes as June, a food critic who accidentally double-books an AirBnB upstate for herself and her boyfriend, John (Derek Luke), in March 2020. But when John has to bail on the trip to take care of his parents, June is forced to cohabitate with the other guest, newly-single Charlie (Jim Sturgess) as the pandemic restrictions start to sink in, essentially stranding them together.
Love Island fans are quickly forming their opinions on the Islanders just days into the series returning. The hit ITV2 dating show burst back onto screens on Monday night (June 6) and after only two days of action, viewers are already making very big claims.
the 12-minute standing ovation the Broker cast received at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.The actress recently appeared on an episode of SBS Power FM’s Cine Town segment, where she spoke about what it was like to be part of the Broker cast at the annual film festival. “It felt so unreal,” Lee, who plays Detective Lee in the film, said of the experience, per SBS News.“I had a feeling that Song Kang-ho [who plays the character Sang-hyeon in Broker] would be named ‘Best Actor’ for his performance, so I kind of looked forward to that,” she added.
Love Island finally returned to screens on Monday night (June 6) for another summer of love but it was host Laura Whitmore who was heaping the praise. The presenter made her first appearance of the 2022 series during the launch show as she headed to the new villa for the first coupling up.
Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorHulu’s “Pam & Tommy” takes audiences back to sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll in 1990s Los Angeles. It was a pre-9/11 world, when “the internet hasn’t robbed us of our privacy,” points out production designer Ethan Tobman. “The rest of the world adores us and wants to be us.
Lee Collinson is ready for stardom, something the British singer demonstrated when he took to the stage of “America’s Got Talent” in the May 31 season premiere.
Clayton Davis We shouldn’t only celebrate AAPI representation in May, as the artistic contributions of our global talents have produced some of the best television and film productions in the last decade. However, as we come to the close of the annual celebration, it’s worth noting the multiple acting contenders that are in the running for Primetime Emmy nominations.Netflix’s “Squid Game” rocked the streaming world, becoming the most-watched series in the platform’s history.
Contestants on this year’s Love Island will take part in inclusion training and hear from former Islanders before appearing on the show as producer, ITV Studios’ Lifted Entertainment, boosts its duty of care protocols for season eight.
Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s sons — have just begun a new chapter in Southern California. Following the $3 million March sale of their five-bedroom home in Malibu, the two have just closed on a home in the Los Angeles area, which they spent $3.99 million to call their own, The Post has confirmed.TMZ first reported news of the deal for the ranch-style retreat, located in Encino.
Manchester United stars Bruno Fernandes and David de Gea have sent their best wishes to Lee Grant after the veteran goalkeeper announced that he would be retiring this summer.