Filmmaker says America's most inbred family 'like scene out of Deliverance'

Karen Idelson When writer-director Leon Cheo was crafting his Indeed Rising Voices short “The 25th Filial Exemplar,” he drew inspiration from old Hollywood films with terrifying depictions of the parent-child relationship, both classic (“Psycho”) and unintentionally camp (“Mommie Dearest”).But his initial creative spark came from something much closer to home: an article he read about a man in China who dressed up as his late sister to help ease his mother’s feelings of loss and grief. Cheo’s own parents live in his native Singapore, and he’s aware that as they grow older, he may have to help them navigate the health care system. It’s rare in Asian culture for parents to go into nursing homes or for people outside the family to provide assistance, so he knows that the burden of providing care could very well fall on him.  “It’s an unpaid job that kind of lasts a lifetime,” says Cheo. Cheo amped up the psychological terror and turmoil in “The 25th Filial Exemplar,” infusing the story with the dark tone of a horror movie and adding sibling rivalry to the thematic mix. While it’s often the first-born male child who becomes the favorite in Asian cultures, in this film, it’s the daughter — though the “daughter” is actually the son dressed as his dead sister.

Film Festival), Swift presented the nearly 15-minute that she directed and debuted last November. The short, which boasts 67.7 million views on YouTube, opens with a quote from Pablo Neruda, stars Sadie Sink, Dylan O’Brien, Shawn Levy, and Swift herself, and concludes at a bookstore on a snowy night. This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Joining Swift, Sink, and O’Brien on stage to dish about her process was Mike Mills, director of C’mon C’mon, 20th Century Women, and Beginners, as well as a slew of shorts for artists like The National, Blonde Redhead, Yoko Ono, and .

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who won a Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Take Me Out, said the leaking of a naked photo of cast member Jesse Williams from a performance hasn’t made him less trustful of Broadway audiences.

Selome Hailu Brett Goldstein, who serves as a writer on “Ted Lasso” and stars as Roy Kent, has said that the show’s third season is being written as its last.“We are writing it like that,” he told Sunday Times when asked if Season 3 would be the end. “It was planned as three. Spoiler alert — everyone dies.”Goldstein’s comments are consistent with what other members of the “Ted Lasso” crew have said in the past.

Lucy Mecklenburgh has opened up on being a new mum-of-two. The former The Only Way is Essex star, 30, who admitted she and partner Ryan Thomas have yet to name their baby daughter following her birth last week, shared her candid experience with her 1.7million followers on Instagram.

knowing things.”He went on: “I know it’s super important to stop the grooming of our kids or, I don’t know, to start it, and certainly critical race theory must be stricken from the curriculum or, who knows, maybe included in all of it.

Kim Kardashian would do almost anything to look younger, even eat poop. The 41-year-old SKIMS founder made the comment while speaking about her upcoming skincare line, SKKN. "I’ll try anything," Kardashian told The New York Times.

Arden Cho is opening up about her reasons for leaving the Teen Wolf franchise behind.

A filmmaker who was able to document America's most famous inbred family has shared their horrifying secrets.

As Danny Dyer prepares to leave EastEnders later this year, he has revealed his character could be killed off the BBC soap. Resident pub landlord Mick Carter will exit Albert Square this winter after nine years on the show. Danny, 44, has teased that the long-running character could be killed off in an "epic" exit storyline, according to The Sun.

Liam Gallagher has said he might dedicate a song to brother Noel when he plays Knebworth next weekend.Speaking to Zoe Ball on The Radio 2 Breakfast Show, Gallagher was asked if he will be sending Noel a card for his birthday this weekend.“Nah nah nah,” Liam replied. “When is it, Sunday? …I’ll have just done Knebworth, bless him, I might give him a shout out, dedicate one of his songs to him.

Emily Andre has gushed she and her husband Peter Andre “still make each other laugh” as she opened up about their six-year marriage.The couple have been together for over 10 years and will celebrate seven years of marriage in July. And speaking exclusively to OK!, Emily says the pair relished in a recent evening alone together. Writing in her latest OK! column, Emily says: “We also made the most of him [Pete] having some free time between Grease shows and went to Alexander House hotel for his belated birthday present.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorMichelle Yeoh was honored with the SeeHer Award during Gold House’s inaugural gala on Saturday night. In a night that celebrated AAPI excellence and heritage, Yeoh said, “All women’s stories need to be told and seen.”“I arrived here and saw the sea of amazing Asian beautiful faces and realized I’m not in Hong Kong, I’m not in Malaysia, I’m in freaking in Los Angeles, and we are celebrating each other,” Yeoh said as she accepted the award from directors Jon M. Chu and Destin Daniel Cretton, and producer Jonathan Wang.She talked about the importance of women and representation.