BIRTHDAY GUY: Actor Jonathan Sadowski was born in Chicago on this date in 1979. This birthday guy's film resume includes "Chernobyl Diaries," "Live Free or Die Hard," and "Friday The 13th."
Hitting theaters today from Paramount Pictures and New Regency is Allied , the latest feature film from director Robert Zemeckis. Zemeckis, whose credits include films like Contact , Cast Away , Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and the Back to the Future trilogy, directs Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard in the World War II thriller, which boasts a screenplay by Academy Award nominee Steven Knight .
Like a wayward Santa for the Christmas obsessed, T Presents brings the legendary filmmaker John Waters to Ridgefield! Waters will perform an unforgettable night of holiday mischief with his critically acclaimed one man show, A John Waters Christmas at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Monday, December 19 at 8 pm. Waters pokes fun at the holiday season with adult-appropriate humor, effectively "putting the X in Xmas," developing a show for the open minded and slightly left-of-center audience.
Jackie Hoffman has got the guttural "ch" sound down like nobody's business. And she'll be showcasing her throat-clearing Hebrew in her upcoming one-woman show "A Chanukah Charol" on Dec. 7 at the Skirball Cultural Center.
The film, Silence, stars Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver as Christian missionaries who travel to Japan in search of their missing mentor, played by Liam Neeson . Problem is, at the time of the film Christianity is outlawed in the country, making them the epitome of personas no grata .
Good news for those of you looking forward to Dead Awake , written by Final Destination scribe Jeffrey Reddick. The flick has found a home to hag in! From the Press Release: FilmRise is proud to announce it has acquired the North American rights to Dead Awake, the next film from the creator of the Final Destination franchise.
Just in the nick of time! Obama gives out his last Medals of Freedom to stars including Trump-haters Robert De Niro, Bruce Springsteen, Ellen Degeneres and Tom Hanks Trump's showdown at the New York Times: Donald accuses paper of treating him 'very unfairly', says he doesn't feel 'strongly' about prosecuting Hillary and suggests Middle East role for Kushner Six electors have signed an agreement to try to block Donald Trump from securing the 270 Electoral College votes needed to become president Ellen DeGeneres' entry to White House for Presidential Medal Of Freedom ceremony is delayed because she forgot to bring her ID Judge won't oversee naturalization events after telling people at US citizenship ceremony they 'need to go to another country' if they object to Trump's presidency 'I condemn them': Trump denounces 'alt-right' movement's racist wing and defends top adviser 'unfairly' ... (more)
Just in the nick of time! Obama gives out his last Medals of Freedom to stars including Trump-haters Robert De Niro, Bruce Springsteen, Ellen Degeneres and Tom Hanks Trump's showdown at the New York Times: Donald accuses paper of treating him 'very unfairly', says he doesn't feel 'strongly' about prosecuting Hillary and suggests Middle East role for Kushner Six electors have signed an agreement to try to block Donald Trump from securing the 270 Electoral College votes needed to become president Ellen DeGeneres' entry to White House for Presidential Medal Of Freedom ceremony is delayed because she forgot to bring her ID Judge won't oversee naturalization events after telling people at US citizenship ceremony they 'need to go to another country' if they object to Trump's presidency 'I condemn them': Trump denounces 'alt-right' movement's racist wing and defends top adviser 'unfairly' ... (more)
TheWrap Magazine: "She's extraordinarily flawed but she's not being a bitch for no reason," actress says of her character in Jane Austen adaptation A version of this story on Kate Beckinsale first appeared in the "Dark Horses We Love" feature in The Oscar Race Begins issue of TheWrap's Magazine. Several years ago, Kate Beckinsale got what she refers to as "a really odd phone call" from her agency saying that director Whit Stillman wanted her for a movie about Martians.