Viggo Mortensen Makes Directorial Debut With ‘Falling’

Dave McNary, a veteran film reporter for Variety, died Saturday in Pasadena. He was 69.

Every Christmas, there’s a discussion around whether a certain film is a Christmas film or not. Is “Die Hard“? What about “Harry Potter“? The movie, or trilogy, if you will, people usually forget about but is essential Christmas viewing is “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.

TMZ obtained the prison menus for famous convicts across the nation, finding that many jailbirds will be feasting on a festive fowl this Chrimbo.Disgraced “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin, 56, is set to dine upon Cornish game hen with pan gravy and roasted jerk roast beef with horseradish sauce at California’s low-security FCI Dublin.

In Covid-19 ravaged California on Christmas Day, remaining ICU capacity for the first time fell to zero across the entire state.

Convicted killer David Misch has been charged with the kidnapping and slaying of a 9-year-old California girl who went missing more than 32 years ago.  It was a cold case that "shocked not just the local community, but the entire Bay Area and the nation" for decades, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O' Malley said.  Michaela Joy Garecht, last seen on Nov.

EXCLUSIVE: Adam Anders, the producer of Netflix’s The Prom and the longtime executive music producer of the mutli-award winning series Glee, will make his directorial debut early next year on the Monarch Media, SPACE + ART Entertainment and STORY Collective musical feature Road To Bethlehem.

Meghan Markle is continuing to support women in business! ET can confirm that the 39-year-old Duchess of Sussex has a personal investment in Clevr Blends, a female founded business from CEO Hannah Mendoza that makes instant oat-milk lattes and is located near Markle's Montecito, California, home.

The 2019 Oscars ceremony is memorable for many reasons. However, what still stands as one of the most unforgettable parts of the awards show is the very end, when “Green Book” took home the Best Picture trophy.

Also Read: Viggo Mortensen Explains How His Family History Influenced Directorial Debut 'Falling' (Video)“Falling” follows John (Mortensen) who lives with his partner, Eric (Chen), and their daughter, Mónica (Gabby Velis), in California, far from the traditional rural life he left behind years ago. John’s father, Willis (Henriksen), a headstrong man from a bygone era, lives alone on the isolated farm where John grew up.

With “Falling,” Viggo Mortensen does it all. He stars in, wrote, and directed, and composed the score for the film.

EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Distribution has landed U.S. rights to Falling, the directorial debut of Oscar-nominated actor Viggo Mortensen that had its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. A theatrical, digital and on-demand release is set for February 5.

The horses Viggo Mortensen rode in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy have died. The actor bought the steeds he mounted as Aragorn in Peter Jackson's epics when filming wrapped but announced the creatures are dead.

Lord of the Rings horses have died.The actor, who played Aragorn in Peter Jackson’s trilogy, told NME that he bought the horse his character rides in the film as well as two others.“There were actually three horses that I bought, they were up for sale once the movies were done,” he explained.

Nearly two years after winning the 2019 Best Picture Oscar, the controversy of “Green Book” has yet to abate.

If you’ve been waiting for a sequel to David Cronenberg’s crime thriller, “Eastern Promises,” since its release in 2007, we have some good news…and some bad news. The good news is that a follow-up film set in the same universe of “Eastern Promises” is coming, titled “Small Dark Look.” Unfortunately, the film isn’t going to see the return of Cronenberg or star Viggo Mortensen, and it won’t continue the story featured in the first film.