‘Happiest Season’: Mary Steenburgen, Victor Garber, Aubrey Plaza, Alison Brie, Dan Levy & More Round Out TriStar Comedy

The 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards featured a handful of, often subtle calls for political action.Host Aubrey Plaza largely steered clear of politics in her opening song and pre-taped sequence but as she encouraged the audience to "Get Happy," she mused about the many problems in the world, including "pollution in the air, trash in the ocean, Cats in theaters."Later, though, taking the awards show to a commercial break, in a voiceover, Plaza joked that the show coming up there would be a

Aubrey Plaza returned to host the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, kicking off the awards show with a Judy-inspired sketch and onstage musical number.After Jon Hamm interrupted Plaza hallucinating herself transformed into Judy Garland in a pre-taped segment — "Why host an awards show for film when film is fucking dead? What even is film anymore?" Plaza cried mid-breakdown. "No one goes to the theaters.

Though the year's best in indie film were honored during the 2020 Independent Spirit AwardsSaturday afternoon in Santa Monica, host Aubrey Plaza was quick to celebrate something else: diverse nominees and female directors.Taking the stage for her opening monologue, the host was quick to explain why the Spirit Awards is "so much cooler than the Oscars" because they "recognize female directors." "All two of them," she said."I'm so proud of how diverse this show is.

Last year Netflix unleashed a movie starring Brie Larson called Unicorn Store and it was a 90-minute mistake. When the streaming service announced it was showcasing its upcoming release Horse Girl starring the similarly-named-but-they-are-admittedly-nothing-alike Alison Brie at this year's Sundance Film Festival, it was at the bottom of my list of things I was excited to see.

In his three previous trips to the fest as director, Jeff Baena has brought Sundancers offerings ranging from a heartfelt zombie love story (Life After Beth) to a winking take (The Little Hours) on bawdy 14th-century tales of nuns and priests. So it's little surprise that Horse Girl, starring and co-written by Alison Brie, is hard to categorize.

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Some of your favorite Avengers from the Marvel movies are venturing to the small screen, anchoring several new shows on the Disney+ streaming service. One of those series is WandaVision, which finds Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany reprising their roles as Wanda Maximoff, aka Scarlet Witch, and Vision, an artificial intelligence brought to life by the Mind Stone embedded in his forehead. Here's everything we know so far.

Last year Netflix released a film starring Brie Larson called Unicorn Store and it was a 90-minute full body cringe. When the streaming service brought a sneak peek of its upcoming release Horse Girl starring the similarly-named-but-they-are-admittedly-nothing-alike Alison Brie to Sundance, it was last on my list of things I wanted to see. I'm here to remind you to never judge a book or a streaming platform's next big title by its cover; Horse Girl is absolutely terrific.

By Brandon Choe

Aubrey Plaza gives a go-for-broke performance in “Black Bear,” a galvanizing and serpentine thriller about a weekend getaway that goes dangerously off the rails.

As Clea DuVall'sHappiest Season— the gay rom-com starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis — heads into production in Pittsburgh, the movie has rounded out its supporting cast.Mary Steenburgen, Victor Garber and Schitt's Creekcreator and star Dan Levy are joining the TriStar and Entertainment One project, along withGLOWstar Alison Brie and Aubrey Plaza.Happiest Seasonfollows a woman (Stewart) whose plan to propose to her girlfriend (Davis) while at her family’s annual holiday party is

If Victor Wanyama never plays for Celtic again then supporters can't say they didn't receive fair warning.

Actress Aubrey Plaza managed to score free tickets to a Jonas Brothers concert in Las Vegas by sending “creepy” direct messages to singer Joe Jonas.