Dan Byrd: Living his dream

Dan is known for following this passion, and creating his own reality by becoming a successful actor.

Reader’s Agenda Mon 12/9: Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?, Winter Wonderfest, and I Am Divine

In the animated film Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? , philosopher, linguist, and logician Noam Chomsky fields questions lobbed at him by Oscar-winning director Michael Gondry.

Daniel at the Kill Your Darlings premiere. Credit Anthony Devlin / PA Photos.

He may have hung up his wizard's cloak, but when it comes to landing roles, Daniel Radcliffe still has the magic touch.

Filibuster: You’ll miss it when it’s gone

From the nocturnal zombies of "Omega Man" to the nutritional nightmare of "Soylent Green" to the post-apocalypse world in "Planet of the Apes," Heston saw it all.

‘Another Hole in the Head Film Festival’ heads for New People Cinema

The Shining: Forwards and Backwards is exactly what it sounds like: a screening of The Shining with a reverse projection of The Shining screened on top.

Mom and four sons lose everything in fire

The fire broke out in the attic of a home in the 2000 block of county Road 32 in Helena.

Teen hit and killed on US 23 identified

The teenager struck and killed by a tractor trailer while walking along US 23 on Thursday night has been identified.

Nurse 3D Gets Trailer, Release Date

Nurse 3D caused some ripples online a couple of years ago with its decidedly NSFW teaser poster, which promised a 2012 release. However, the film, about a deranged nurse (Paz de la Huerta) with a violent streak, has since largely disappeared from the radar -- until now, that is. Lionsgate has released the first trailer and has announced a release date of February 7, 2014. It will be available on demand and in limited theatrical release on the same day. I figured that the striking poster artwork -- not only the NSFW first one, but also the more demure follow-up (pictured) -- would be an indication of a unique, off-kilter, cultish film, but the trailer looks like a pretty straightforward psycho, fatal attraction-type thriller. Not that it looks bad -- it could be an entertaining popcorn flick -- but nothing as "out there" as the posters make it seem.

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Cumberbatch breathes fire as motion-capture Smaug

Benedict Cumberbatch's sizable fan base get a full dose of his voice and presence with both the evil Necromancer and a greedy, psychopathic talking dragon in the sequel "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug."