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Just in time for SXSW, Byron Allen’s Digital Freestyle Releasing has promoted Bill Vergos to Head of Digital Film Distribution. He had been VP Operations & Sales since 2015.

EXCLUSIVE: Chaz Bono (American Horror Story) and Bonnie Aarons (The Nun) have signed on to star alongside Randy Couture, Reid Miller, Mike Manning, Kathleen Kenny and Cathy Marks in the action-horror pic The Bell Keeper, from director Colton Tran (Snow Falls).

EXCLUSIVE: Tony Amendola (Stargate SG-1) will topline Rough Magic: Exit Shakespeare, a new film from veteran TV director Andy Wolk (The Practice) and Silver Spring Road Films that has recently wrapped production.

EXCLUSIVE: Police officer turned video game writer and technical director Morley Nelson (MIB: Alien Crisis, The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct) is currently in production in Minnesota on Uncontained, a horror-thriller that he is directing from his original screenplay.

EXCLUSIVE: Indican Pictures has acquired One Moment, a family comedy starring the late Danny Aiello, with plans to release it in theaters in May and on VOD in July.

EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media has acquired North American rights to the narrative documentary Acting: The First Six Lessons, written by and starring Beau Bridges and his daughter Emily Bridges. The digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group/Entertainment Studios plans to release the drama across VOD platforms on March 8.

EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media has acquired North American rights to the narrative documentary Acting: The First Six Lessons, written by and starring Beau Bridges and his daughter Emily Bridges, as well as to the Batman-themed feature documentary Batman and Me, from director Michael Wayne. The digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group/Entertainment Studios plans to release both titles across VOD platforms on March 8.

EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media has acquired North American rights to Double Play, the latest feature from award-winning filmmaker Ernest Dickerson (DMZ, Juice). The digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group/Entertainment Studios will release the film, based on Curaçaoan author Frank Martinus Arion’s internationally acclaimed Dutch-language novel Dubbelspel, on digital and VOD platforms on February 22.

EXCLUSIVE: WWE star Natalie Eva Marie is set to star alongside Randy Couture, Neal McDonough, former WWE tag team champion Oleg Prudius, Bai Lin and former UFC Lightweight champion Rashad Evans in Phoenix Rises, an action-thriller from Tadross Media Group, Bulldog Brothers Entertainment and director Daniel Zirilli that has entered production in Miami.

Talented freestyle rapper Harry Mack stops by “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Tuesday to show off his incredible rapping skills.

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has the first trailer and teaser scene from Patrick Longstreth’s documentary Iron Family, which is set to make its world premiere at the 2022 Slamdance Film Festival.

EXCLUSIVE: Indie production company Thornbyrd Films has launched production on Healed, a psychological thriller starring Guinevere Turner (American Psycho), Shantell Yasmine Abeydeera (The Influencer), Emily Goss (Snapshots), Benjamin Barrett (The Politician) and Todd Lowe (True Blood), which has been awarded the coveted ReFrame Stamp from the Sundance Institute and Women in Film for gender-balanced hiring.

EXCLUSIVE: Rebecca Eskreis has signed on to direct ClearMind, a thriller about the dark side of Virtual Reality therapy and the slippery slope of using simulated life to avenge the real.

The death of Young Dolph last month shook the world of hip-hop, and prompted many rappers to share heartfelt tributes to the Memphis icon. On Wednesday, Kevin Gates paid homage to Dolph with a freestyle over the instrumental to Dolph's 2021 single "Talking to My Scale." The track is classic Gates: fierce bars with an accountant's meticulousness documenting the drug trade, his life of luxury, mental health struggles, and sexual conquests.

EXCLUSIVE: Noble Story Co. has secured the rights to New York Times bestselling author Andy Andrews’ The Heart Mender, with plans to develop it for film.

EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media has acquired U.S.

Dancing With the Stars' finale on November 22, beating out and Jenna Johnson, who were the favorites to win. It was a historic night all around. Shumpert made history as the first to win the show, and and Johnson were the competition's first same-sex pairing. So what tipped the scales in Shumpert's favor? His incredible freestyle dance, which he performed to hit song “Lose Control.” Guest judge Julianne Hough called it her favorite DWTS freestyle ever.

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has your first look at Six Days to Die, the second film in a sci-fi western trilogy series by Matt Campagna, which he wrote, directed, shot and edited.

Skepta has performed a freestyle on the video series ‘Plugged In’ by producer Fumez The Engineer.Earlier this week (November 1), Pressplay Media premiered the clip, where the grime legend appeared in a leather racing jacket, black gloves, and a balaclava.Skepta freestyled on a beat produced by Carns Hill, reviving classic verses from past work, including his Jme collaboration ‘Nang’, 2009 track ‘Dark’, and other various freestyle performances.Watch Skepta freestyle on ‘Plugged In’ below.In July,

EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media has acquired North American VOD rights to Slater Brothers Entertainment’s horror-thriller, The Darker The Lake, with plans to release it across internet, cable, and satellite platforms on March 1, 2022.

Freestyle Love Supreme is closing out the 2020 Tony Awards with a super fun performance!

Lin-Manuel Miranda hits the red carpet in a snazzy suit at the 2020 Tony Awards on Sunday (September 26) at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City.

Freddie Gibbs appears to have taken a shot at Kendrick Lamar on a new freestyle called ‘Vice Lord Poetry’ – listen to it below.The Indiana rapper – whose most recent album, ‘Alfredo’ with The Alchemist, was nominated for a Grammy this year – released a new freestyle yesterday (September 11) that hears him rap over the beat for Drake‘s ‘Certified Lover Boy’ intro track, ‘Champagne Poetry’.On the track, which is originally produced by Shlohmo, J.L.L., Maneesh, Masego and 40, Gibbs spits: “The

Lupe Fiasco has turned Drake‘s ‘Champagne Poetry’ into ‘Diet Soda Poetry’ with a new freestyle over the track.The original song serves as the opener to Drake’s long-awaited sixth studio album, ‘Certified Lover Boy’, which arrived last week after a series of delays.

Puddle Of Mudd’s Wes Scantlin has given a bizarre new interview that saw him break into a freestyle rap midway through.The frontman sat down for a chat with YouTube channel Sofa King Cool, during which he revealed that he thinks he’s had coronavirus three timesScantlin mentioned that he felt sick after the band’s recent tour, after which the interviewer asked him if he had taken a COVID test. “I’ve been tested for COVID,” he replied.

DaBaby has joked about receiving negative backlash over homophobic comments he made last month, sharing a new freestyle titled ‘Whole Lotta Money’ in which he labels himself “cancelled”.Sampling BIA’s single of the same name, the freestyle arrives alongside a music video which opens with a shot of DaBaby crying, holding up tissues to his eyes.

Megan Thee Stallion has dropped her second freestyle of the month. "Tuned In" sees the Houston rapper reference voodoo dolls, demons, and Pokémon.

Hot Girl Meg shared a brand new freestyle to "Outta Town" on Thursday. Having dropped a previous freestyle over the same production, the rapper said she was "re-inspired by" the Lil Ju-produced beat in a caption when she initially posted the minute-long clip to Twitter.

Meek Mill has gotten on gossip-rap's wrong side over the past year thanks to his unfortunate Clubhouse argument with DJ Akademiks and rumors of a feud with Rick Ross, the head of his label Maybach Music Group. As fickle as the internet can be, Meek has the kind of talent that can cut through almost any attempt to let the memes overshadow the music.

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Whelm, the Great Depression-era indie written and directed by Skyler Lawson and shot on Kodak 16mm, is setting its rollout that will include a 35mm roadshow screenings that begins next month in Beverly Hills.

Ava DuVernay’s arts and social impact collective Array has taken the wraps off plans for its first masterclass, headlined by Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima. Liberated Territory: A Masterclass by Haile Gerima will be a five-day workshop at the Array Creative Campus in Glendale that explores the catalyst of storytelling and a story’s structure crafted from personal narrative accents.

Dean Boxall completely lost it as Ariarne Titmus won the 400m Freestyle Final during the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan on Monday (July 26).

ShortsTV is presenting The Game Changers: Oscar Winning Shorts That Shaped Hollywood, a virtual theatrical event spotlighting four Oscar-winning short films selected for their roles in “changing storytelling expectations in Hollywood.”

The 114th episode of the L.A. Leakers freestyle series features Vince Staples, the Long Beach rapper who's dropping his self-titled album on Friday.