Newt Gingrich: Thanksgiving reminder – amid hardships, Americans must remain grateful

Several years ago, after his success debuting “The Birth of a Nation” at film festivals, it seemed that Nate Parker was bound to become one of the most exciting filmmakers in America.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentVertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Nate Parker’s police brutality drama “American Skin,” which world premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2019 and won the Sconfini section’s best film award.Vertical is planning a theatrical and digital release for January 2021, which would make the movie eligible for the Oscars.

Dave McNary Film ReporterThe Traveling Picture Show Company and GiGi Films have cast Tom Pelphrey as con man Jason Derek Brown in “American Murderer,” alongside Ryan Phillippe playing the FBI agent tasked to hunt him down.Idina Menzel and Academy Award nominee Jacki Weaver have also been cast. AFI alumnus Matthew Gentile wrote the script and will direct, with principal photography commencing in Salt Lake City.

Ozark Season 3 standout Tom Pelphrey has been tapped to star as the infamous conman and fugitive Jason Derek Brown in American Murderer, opposite Tony-winner Idina Menzel, Ryan Phillippe and Jacki Weaver. Matthew Gentile wrote the script and is directing the indie, which is shooting in Salt Lake City.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticAmong the shiny, bouncy, madly infectious musical numbers that are a big part of what make Ryan Murphy’s “The Prom” such an old-fashioned newfangled blast, one of the show-stopping highlights is “Love Thy Neighbor,” which Trent (Andrew Rannells), a struggling Broadway drama queen who has landed on the distant planet known as small-town Indiana, sings to a bunch of clean-cut and pious Middle American teenagers from James Madison High School.

On paper, the new Netflix film from Ryan Murphy should tick all the boxes for a musical theatre and film lover.

TMZ reported on Monday.The host, 45, put his 9,000-square-foot home on the market after buying it from Ellen DeGeneres for $39 million in 2012.

Ant Anstead isn’t taking the good things in his life for granted amid his divorce from Christina Anstead.The former Wheeler Dealers host, 41, shared a photo via Instagram on Thursday, November 26, of his 14-month-old son Hudson, with whom he shares with Christina, 37.“To all my American friends and family …. Happy Thanksgiving,” Ant captioned the post.

Ryan,Scott and Adam Thomas’ dad Dougie James has passed away, BBC Radio Manchester has reported.The ‘70s soul star Dougie, who was the lead singer of Dougie James And The Soul Train, had tributes pour in on social media after it was reported. BBC Manchester's Mike Shaft lead the tributes to Dougie as he said: “He played all over the north west, in those days when they were playing places like Golden Garter they'd have bands on, an American band and then Dougie James.

An American tourist has returned a fragment of ancient marble stolen from a trip to Rome — along with a note apologizing for “being such an American a--hole.” The Nation Roman Museum received a bulky package this week from Atlanta, which contained the rock inscribed with the message, “To Sam, love Jess, Rome 2017” in black marker, the Guardian reported. Along with the parcel was a letter asking for forgiveness from a visitor, who museum officials assume was a young woman named Jess.

Saoirse Ronan has landed a role to die for – or not – as she is set to star in a new murder mystery movie.

Last week Senate Republicans released a supplement to their recent report on Hunter’s Biden’s overseas business dealings.The five-page addendum shows millions of dollars in wire transfers further tying Joe Biden’s son to the Chinese government. I bring this up not to focus on Hunter or Joe Biden, but rather to note that if this story was about one of President Trump’s sons, then it would be on the front page of every major newspaper.

Seventy-five years after the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp and the defeat of Nazism, anti-Semitism is on the rise. In many places around the world, Jews are vilified, demonized, and physically attacked.This increase in incidents is being reported across the globe.

Ryan Dorsey has reportedly filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of son Josey for his mum Naya Rivera, who lost her life in a tragic accident in the summer.The action was filed on Tuesday 17 November, reports American magazine Us Weekly. Ryan and Naya were married between 2014 and 2018 and they shared their five-year-old son together.

American Horror Story creator, Ryan Murphy.Fans could totally see Lohan trying out her hand at horror on AHS, or even portraying a real-life figure in his show, American Crime Story. Whatever the situation, Lilo says that she wants to work with the Glee creator professionally.During an interview on the Listen To Me, The OG Mama D Podcast with her mother, Dina Lohan and Chanel Omari, the actress opened up about her aspirations to work on television.“Now he’s someone I would love to work with.