Meet the cast of Netflix’s gritty new NYC high-school drama ‘Grand Army’

NEW YORK -- An Afghan man has been brought to the United States to face charges in the 2008 gunpoint kidnapping of a journalist for The New York Times, an Afghan journalist and a driver in Afghanistan, federal authorities announced Wednesday.The charges against Haji Najibullah, 42, were in a six-count indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court.He was to make an initial court appearance.

NEW YORK -- Rudy Giuliani is shown with his hand down his pants after flirting with an actress playing a young woman pretending to be a television journalist in a scene in Sacha Baron Cohen's latest mockumentary, a sequel to his hit “Borat” film.The scene shot in a New York hotel room in July — which resulted in Giuliani calling police — includes a moment when Giuliani is seen lying on a bed with his shirt untucked and his hand down his pants with the young woman nearby.Giuliani went to the

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Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant have never worked together onscreen. That is, until now, in HBO’s stylish, thrilling new series, .

, Sofia went on a dinner date to Nobu Malibu (do celebrities actually eat anywhere else? asking for a friend) with Matthew Morton. I know, I know—Matthew's name sounds totally and completely unfamiliar, but that's because he isn't in the typical Hollywood crowd!, a matcha-themed café with locations in New York City and Los Angeles.

Grand Army looks like a game-changer. The show presents itself as a powerful, nuanced depiction of adolescents in present-day New York City: traumatized, tired, yet stubbornly immune to despair.

DOC NYC, the documentary film festival set to run Nov. 11-19 in New York City, has unveiled its virtual 2020 edition lineup, with 23 world premieres, including Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker's The Meaning of Hitler and Gong Cheng and Yung Chang's Wuhan Wuhan.

Angelique Jackson Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Alliance stepped outside the box to unveil the next phase of its Law Enforcement Accountability Project (LEAP).This week, LEAP debuted call-to-action messages on billboards, kiosks and atop taxicabs in South Los Angeles, Atlanta and New York City. The messaging on the outdoor media campaign, titled “Flowers,” reads: “Flowers are beautiful.

Ruby Rose had “fun kicking butt” as she did almost all of her own stunts in the new action movie The Doorman.The flick sees Ruby star as Ali, a former soldier who returns to New York City and takes a job as a doorman at a fancy high rise building during its renovation, only to find thieves are using the building work as a cover to locate something hidden somewhere in the hotel.Speaking to website ThirdCoastReview.com, the star revealed she did “99.9 percent” of her own stunts in the movie,

“Evil” will be returning to Global with its second season, and the series’ cast and creators appeared virtually on Saturday for a panel hosted by New York Comic Con.

Brandon Choe Photo EditorThe Smallville cast reflected on their time on set during their virtual New York Comic Con panel Saturday morning. Their reunion marks almost a decade since the show’s end on The CW.The panel was moderated by Garrett Wang (Star Trek: Voyager) and joined by lead Tom Welling (Clark Kent), Michael Rosenbaum (Lex Luthor), Sam Witwer (Davis Bloome) and Laura Vandervoort (Kara).Rosenbaum revealed he was ready to explode by the seventh season.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerThe cast and creatives behind Hulu’s new comedy series, Woke, were on hand for Day 1 of the New York Comic-Con virtual edition following the full release of season 1. New Girl alum and star of the series Lamorne Morris was joined by fellow cast members Blake Anderson and T.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineToday at New York Comic Con, TNT announced that Snowpiercer will return for its second season on January 25th, with Sean Bean and Rowan Blanchard joining the main cast.Based on a 2013 film by Oscar winner Bong Joon-ho, Snowpiercer is set on an enormous train of the same name, which perpetually circles the globe, following an event that turned the world into a frozen wasteland.

Eboni K. Williams is joining the cast.

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Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Netflix has acquired the rights to the Matt Lopez spec script Wraith with Sebastian Hofmann attached to direct and Lopez on board to write. The spec is based on the bestselling novel Cyberstorm with Emile Gladstone on board to produce.Based on the self-published novel by Matthew Mather, the novel follows resident of New York City, who is trying to keep his family together when he is thrust into new problems of staying alive.