‘Firestarter’ and the evolution of the psychic teen girl

Esquire, Elliot Page revealed what it was like promoting a movie about a teen girl as a , as well as the way he's been treated since coming out in 2020.In 2007, was a huge indie hit, garnering writer Diablo Cody an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and Page, in the title role, a Best Actress nomination. But even though the success gave him the career he'd been working toward, the experience as the face of the film was complicated, to say the least. In a new personal essay for , the Umbrella Academy star revealed how the movie studio went so far as to control his clothing during the press tour.“I think of times when people actively were like, ‘No, you need to wear a dress’ in very, very, very pivotal moments.

Love Island star Luca Bish has dished on his flashy past and admitted to taking a girl on a private jet for their first date.The 23 year old fishmonger from Brighton is soon set to appear on the popular ITV dating series, where he's hoping to bag himself a relationship. And speaking of his dating history ahead of his arrival in the Majorcan villa, the hunk revealed he isn't afraid to pull out all the stops in order to impress a girl.

Directed by Louis Garrel, son of revered arthouse director Philippe, “The Innocent” is a quintessentially French comedy whose principle aim is to be a fun time. Though this may seem a relatively modest ambition, we all know it isn’t easy to do well, and Garrel certainly does not make things any simpler for himself as the film repeatedly leaves the realm of the bon mot to veer on the farcical.

Actor/director Louis Garrel’s heist film The Innocent (L’ Innocent), is flat out entertaining. It hits all of the familiar beats of a romantic dark comedy, but its the witty, sarcastic dialogue that carries the entire establishing arc all the way to the end.

Schmidt and Nick are together again!

Frank Grillo is set to star in Liam O’Donnell’s horror-thriller Merciless, which Sentient Pictures International is shopping here in Cannes this week. The company also has announced that Columbian actor Juan Pablo Raba (Peppermint, Narcos) has been tapped to lead Antonio Negret’s new action thriller Sombra.

EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award-winning writer and director Emerald Fennell has lined up her cast for her next film, Saltburn with Jacob Elordi and Barry Keoghan attached to star in the project from MRC Film. Deadline recently broke that Rosamund Pike will also co-star with  principal photography set to begin this summer in the UK. The pic will be produced by Fennell and LuckyChap Entertainment’s Josey McNamara, Tom Ackerley and Margot Robbie.

Sony Music Publishing has signed a global deal with songwriter Ashley Gorley, in partnership with Domain Capital Group. The agreement encompasses Gorley’s complete catalog of songs, as well as future compositions.Gorley has written 59 Country No.

Pope Francis and gave him a copy of his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of a young Vietnamese girl running naked down the road after a napalm attack.Ut and Kim Phuc Phan Thi, whose terror the AP photographer captured on June 8, 1972 during the Vietnam War, greeted Francis at the end of his general audience Wednesday in St. Peter’s Square, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the iconic image.Kim Phuc, who later resettled in Canada and raised a family there, had met the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio several years ago in his native Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she had travelled as part of her work as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N.

Bridgerton fans simply could not cope after Phoebe Dynevor and Regé-Jean Page had a sweet reunion at the 2022 Met Gala. The actors became household names last year after starring in the Netflix series, in which they played the Duke and Duchess of Hastings. Now it seems they’re still best buds, despite Regé-Jean not returning to the hit show for its second season.

K.J. Yossman Frank Grillo will fight a group of “terrifying, deadly creatures” in upcoming feature “The Dagon.”Brad Anderson (“The Machinist”) is set to direct the thriller, working from an original screenplay by Peter Mattei (“Outsiders”).In “The Dagon,” Grillo (“Kingdom”) will play Jack, a father who lives an isolated rural life alongside his family.

Frank Grillo (Kingdom) has signed on to star in the thriller The Dagon, from director Brad Anderson (The Machinist), which will soon head to Cannes. Independent Entertainment’s Head of International Sales Sarah Lebutsch will handle international at the Marché du Film, co-representing North American rights with CAA’s Nick Ogiony.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” breaks new ground among the more recent “Trek” shows by going back to the old ways — that is to say that the show is much more episodic as compared to the heavily serialized “Star Trek: Discovery” and “Star Trek: Picard.”In an interview with Variety, series star Anson Mount said that the idea of the show following that format was always the intention of its creators and allowed the cast to “get ourselves out of the way a little bit.”“I like to think that Pike is not the star of the show,” said Mount, who plays Captain Christopher Pike. “The star of the show is the Enterprise.

K.J. Yossman “Magic Mike” star Alex Pettyfer and “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’s” Maria Bakalova are set to star in “Branded.”Tom Hopper (“Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City”) and Frank Grillo (“Kingdom”) will also appear in the film.Kieron Hawkes (“Power”) is set to direct the feature, which is based on New Yorker article “The Brand” by longform journalist David Grann, whose book “Killers of the Flower Moon” has been adapted in the upcoming Martin Scorsese film of the same name.

Alex Pettyfer, Maria Bakalova, Tom Hopper and Frank Grillo are set to star in Branded, based on the New Yorker article “The Brand” by New York Times bestselling author David Grann.

Michele Amabile Angermiller Lea Thompson has always been at the top of her acting game, but she’s putting her experience competing on season 19 of “Dancing With the Stars” to use in a new music video. Featured alongside Tyler Posey (of MTV’s ‘Teen Wolf’ series), the clip for Canadian electro-pop artist Riotron, “Life Is What We’re Living,” was directed by Alissa Torvinen, who also helmed the camera for award-winning videos by Phoebe Bridgers, Pink and Black Eyed Peas, as well as Melanie Martinez’s “K-12” feature film, which boasts 100 million views on YouTube.The video, which can be viewed above, follows the emotional story of a man who has recently lost his mother, and is struggling to deal with their unresolved complicated relationship. “The song was inspired by a good friend who lost his mother to cancer,” said Riotron’s Jeff Fettes.

Kailia Posey is being remembered by those who knew the late pageant star. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Maureen Francisco – who worked with Posey at her most recent pageant – shared that she was "in shock" when she heard the news.  "When I first saw the post that her mom posted about Kailia, I was in shock, I didn’t believe it. At first, I thought maybe her mother’s Facebook got hacked, so I had to wait.

Jake Johnson, who stars in HBO's new show titled Minx, has one of the most loyal fanbases out there thanks to his other massively popular series, New Girl.MORE: New Girl's Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson and more pay tribute following devastating death of co-starOne of New Girl's biggest fans was known to be the late iconic singer Prince, who made an appearance in one of the sitcom's most beloved episodes.During a recent visit to The Kelly Clarkson Show, Kelly did not hesitate to ask about his experience with the rockstar, and what he was really like.WATCH: Nick and Jess fight on New GirlMORE: New Girl stars send fans wild with reunion announcementAs it turns out, fans who wanted nothing more than for Nick Miller, Jake's hilarious character, and Jessica Day, played by Zooey Deschanel, to end up together, owe a whole lot to none other than Prince himself.The actor started off the wild revelation about the singer, and his love for the show by explaining that: "Prince really liked New Girl… so he wanted to do the show," a fact that fans have always loved, that it was actually he who reached out to the show rather than the other way around.He went on to recount his eccentric mannerisms, recalling how the singer was once sitting next to Zooey, who was sitting next to Jake, and detailed how: "I saw him looking at me and he said to Zooey, 'I would like to meet Nick now,'" hilariously referring to him as his New Girl character.

EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has boarded worldwide sales rights to Hounds Of War starring Frank Grillo, Robert Patrick, and Rhona Mitra, and directed by Isaac Florentine.

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