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season 16 of The Bachelorette winds down at La Quinta Resort & Club in Palm Springs, ABC is gearing up to make moves to the East Coast.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterAs of late, the name Karen has been synonymous with entitlement, bigotry and “I want to speak to a manager” energy. What better way to explore this phenomenon than with a suspense thriller appropriately titled Karen starring Taryn Manning as the titular touchstone of privilege?The Orange Is The New Black alum is set to play Karen White (a suitable name) who believes that races should stick to their “own kind”.

Walker (Mo McRae) takes an immediate dislike to Boston (Trai Byers) when they first meet under Houston’s unforgiving sun: They’re digging a latrine, and Walker can’t abide Boston’s high mannered speech in conjunction with his skin tone, which is lighter than Walker’s by several shades. They tussle.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineOn Mrs.

Have you ever wanted to see Colin Farrell and John Malkovich in a brutal mano a mano? Or Jessica Chastain beat up a French killer in a Boston park after dark, or get into a catfight with fierce nightclub-cum-gambling-den owner Joan Chen? Ava, directed by Tate Taylor (The Help, Ma), gives you all that and more. And yet despite those obvious highlights, it’s hard to recommend Ava as a whole.

Kanye West, 43, shared a sweet moment with his Twitter followers on Aug. 17 when he posted a photo that showed him and his daughter North, 7, smiling and posing while enjoying their vacation.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterGenre-driven film fests Boston Underground, Brooklyn Horror, North Bend, Overlook and Popcorn Frights are teaming up for the collective virtual event Nightstream which will run October 8-11.The event is a response to the challenges the film community is facing during the pandemic and the aforementioned banded together for Nightstream.

Rebecca Rubin News Editor, OnlineThe New York Film Festival unveiled the main slate for its 58th edition on Thursday.This year’s selections showcases titles from 19 different countries and spotlights both emerging and veteran talent.

In the latest financial quarter, entertainment giants' earnings reports revealed pain from the pandemic, but CEOs tried to focus on bright spots, touting streaming growth and signs that the TV advertising market isn't cratering as much as anticipated. On investor calls, industry chiefs acted largely as a chorus on advertising, with the tune being that companies held up better than feared and that April marked the low point.

RISK TAKERRedstone was born on May 27, 1923, into a Boston family that owned a chain of drive-in movie theatres. He graduated first in his class at Boston Latin High School, went through Harvard in three years and worked with an elite U.S.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMondo.NYC, the music and tech conference created by the founders of CMJ Music Marathon, has announced the initial speakers for its fifth annual edition, taking place virtually Oct. 13-16.

around the same time as another police incident near junction 22 for Failsworth led to the M60 being closed in both directions.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe Titan Games lived up to its name, ruling over Monday night in primetime delivering a 0.7 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 3.55 million viewers in its season finale.

No Time To Die, Daniel Craig’s fifth and final James Bond film, has been shared online by the official 007 Instagram account.It shows a thrilling chase scene – filmed in Matera, Italy – in which Bond (Daniel Craig) Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux) ‘attempt to shake off pursuers’ in the classic Aston Martin DB5.

Former WWE sensation Marty Jannetty is answering to growing speculation that he confessed to a murder when he was just 13 after a Facebook post on Wednesday in which Jannetty suggested he “made a man disappear.” “I almost got raped. If I couldn’t have handled myself, that dude would’ve raped me,” Jannetty, 60, alleged in an interview on the Boston Wrestling MWF YouTube channel.

The British Film Institute, together with the U.K. government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, has started the recruitment process for a new BFI chair, with Josh Berger due to step down from the role in November.