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‘Big Brother’ Houseguests Announced for the 2015 Summer Season

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Rebecca Murray
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Big Brother 2015 Summer Season Contestants

The new season of CBS’ reality series Big Brother will kick off on June 24, 2015 at 8pm ET/PT followed by a one-hour episode on June 25th at 8pm ET/PT. Big Brother will move to its regular Sunday and Wednesday night spots beginning on June 28th, and eviction shows will take place on Thursday nights starting on July 2nd at 9pm ET/PT.

Julie Chen is back as host and today the network’s released the names of the 14 people who will be competing as Houseguests this summer. Here’s the complete list of the Houseguests who will be attempting to win the $500,000 grand prize:


Jace Agolli (23) (pronounced A-goalie)
Hometown: Dunwoody, Ga.
Current City: Venice Beach, Calif.
Occupation: Personal Trainer

Becky Burgess (26)
Hometown: Denver, Colo.
Current City: Denver, Colo.
Occupation: Retail Manager

Clay Honeycutt (23)
Hometown: Dickinson, Texas
Current City: College Station, Texas
Occupation: Graduate Student (Texas A&M)

James Huling (31) (pronounced Hue-ling)
Hometown: Sumter, SC
Current City: Wichita Falls, Texas
Occupation: Retail Associate

Meg Maley (25)
Hometown: Collingswood, N.J.
Current City: New York, N.Y.
Occupation: Server

Austin Matelson (30)
Hometown: Woodland Hills, Calif.
Current City: Woodland Hills, Calif.
Occupation: Professional Wrestler

John McGuire (27) (will turn 28 on 6/28/15)
Hometown: Scranton, Pa.
Current City: Jefferson Township, Pa.
Occupation: Dentist

Audrey Middleton (25)
Hometown: Villa Rica, Ga.
Current City: Villa Rica, Ga.
Occupation: Digital Media Consultant

Steve Moses (22)
Hometown: Gouverneur, NY
Current City: Gouverneur, NY
Occupation: College Student

Liz Nolan (23)
Hometown: Miami
Current City: Miami
Occupation: Marketing Coordinator

Shelli Poole (33)
Hometown: Marietta, Ga.
Current City: Atlanta
Occupation: Interior Designer

Da’Vonne Rogers (27)
Hometown: Inglewood, Calif.
Current City: Los Angeles
Occupation: Poker Dealer

Vanessa Rousso (32)
Hometown: Las Vegas
Current City: Las Vegas
Occupation: Professional Poker Player

Jason Roy (25) (will turn 26 on 8/13/15)
Hometown: Fall River, Mass.
Current City: Swansea, Mass.
Occupation: Supermarket Cashier

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‘The Walking Dead’ and ‘Fear The Walking Dead’ Coming to Comic Con

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Rebecca Murray
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The Walking Dead, Fear The Walking Dead Coming to Comic Con
Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes and Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon in ‘The Walking Dead'(Photo Credit:Frank Ockenfels 3 / AMC)

San Diego Comic Con ticketholders: prepare yourselves for a very busy Friday, July 10th. AMC’s The Walking Dead and its spinoff Fear The Walking Dead will be well represented with cast members and executive producers taking the stage in Hall H at the San Diego Convention Center to discuss all things Walking Dead. AMC will also be presenting the new much-anticipated martial arts series Into the Badlands.

The Walking Dead:
Panel – Friday, July 10 in Hall H from 12-1pm PT
Autograph Session – July 10 at Booth 4237 from 10-11am PT
Who – The Walking Dead panelists include cast members Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira, Melissa McBride, Chandler Riggs, Michael Cudlitz, Lennie James and Sonequa Martin-Green along with Executive Producer and Showrunner Scott M. Gimple, Executive Producer Gale Anne Hurd, Executive Producer Robert Kirkman, Executive Producer, Director and Special Effects Make-up Supervisor Greg Nicotero and Executive Producer David Alpert.

Fear The Walking Dead:
Panel – Friday, July 10 in Hall H from 1-2pm PT
Autograph Session – July 11 at Hilton Gaslamp from 1-2pm PT
Who – Fear The Walking Dead panelists include cast members Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Frank Dillane, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Lorenzo James Henrie, Ruben Blades and Mercedes Mason along with Executive Producer andShowrunner David Erickson, Executive Producers Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, Greg Nicotero and Dave Alpert.

Into the Badlands:
Panel – July 11 in Room 5AB from 10:30-11:30am PT
Who – Into the Badlands panelists include cast members Daniel Wu, Marton Csokas, Aramis Knight, Emily Beecham and Orla Brady as well as Creators, Showrunners and Executive Producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, Executive Producer and Director David Dobkin and Executive Producer and Fight Director Stephen Fung.


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Showtime Renews ‘Penny Dreadful’ for Season 3

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Rebecca Murray
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Penny Dreadful Renewed for Season Three
‘Penny Dreadful’ cast (Photo: Jonathan Hession/SHOWTIME)

Penny Dreadful will be sticking around for a third season as just announced by Showtime President David Nevins. The series featuring iconic horror characters will film season three in Dublin, Ireland this fall with Showtime aiming for a 2016 premiere of its nine episode third season.

Penny Dreadful was created by John Logan and stars Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Harry Treadaway, and Reeve Carney. Logan writes and executive produces the series which will finish up season two on July 5, 2015 at 10pm ET/PT.

“John Logan’s brilliant writing and this amazingly talented ensemble continue to draw a passionate, global fan base into the meticulously crafted world of Penny Dreadful,” stated Nevins, announcing the renewal. “Together with our wonderful partners at Sky Atlantic, we’re excited to see what new haunts John and his team have in store for season three.”

“Penny Dreadful is the perfect fit for Sky Atlantic; truly international in scale and ambition but with a raft of British talent at its core, and filmed in the Republic of Ireland.” said Zai Bennett, Director of Sky Atlantic. “I’m thrilled to have the series returning to the channel, and to once again be partnering with John Logan and continuing to work with our good friends at Showtime.”

The Penny Dreadful Season Two Plot:

Penny Dreadful’s second season has found Vanessa Ives (Eva Green) and Ethan Chandler (Josh Hartnett) forming a deeper bond as the group, including Sir Malcolm (Timothy Dalton), Dr. Frankenstein (Harry Treadaway), and Sembene (Danny Sapani), unite to banish the evil forces that threaten to destroy them. Meanwhile, Dorian Gray (Reeve Carney) and the Creature (Rory Kinnear) are all waging battles of their own. Two-time Tony® Award winner Patti LuPone appeared as a special guest star, a mysterious character of great importance in Vanessa’s past. Helen McCrory returned as Evelyn Poole, the seductive spiritualist who poses a unique threat to our protagonists, along with Simon Russell Beale, who is back as eccentric Egyptologist Ferdinand Lyle. Additional guest stars include Douglas Hodge as a Scotland Yard investigator and Sarah Greene as Poole’s powerful daughter, Hecate.

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Neil Gaiman’s ‘American Gods’ Gets a Series Order at Starz

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Rebecca Murray
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Neil Gaiman's American Gods Greenlit by Starz

Neil Gaiman’s fantasy novel American Gods is the source material for a new series just greenlit by Starz and produced by FremantleMedia North America. Gaiman will be involved as an executive producer, with Hannibal‘s Bryan Fuller and Heroes‘ Michael Green writing the series and serving as showrunners. Fuller, Green, Craig Cegielski, and Stefanie Berk are also executive producers.

According to Starz’ official announcement, American Gods is currently looking for the actor to play lead role of Shadow Moon.

“STARZ is committed to bring American Gods to its legions of fans. With our partners at FremantleMedia and with Bryan, Michael and Neil guiding the project, we hope to create a series that honors the book and does right by the fans, who have been casting it in their minds for years,” stated Starz CEO Chris Albrecht. “The search for Shadow begins today!”

“I am thrilled, ‎scared, delighted, nervous and a ball of glorious anticipation. The team that is going to bring the world of American Gods to the screen has been assembled like the master criminals in a caper movie: I’m relieved and confident that my baby is in good hands,” commented Gaiman. “Now we finally move to the exciting business that fans have been doing for the last dozen years: casting our Shadow, our Wednesday, our Laura…”

And Bryan Fuller and Michael Green added, “Almost 15 years ago, Neil Gaiman filled a toy box with gods and magic and we are thrilled to finally crack it open and play. We’re grateful to have STARZ above us and FremantleMedia at our backs as we appease the gods, American or otherwise.”

The Plot:

The plot posits a war brewing between old and new gods: the traditional gods of biblical and mythological roots from around the world steadily losing believers to an upstart pantheon of gods reflecting society’s modern love of money, technology, media, celebrity and drugs. Its protagonist, Shadow Moon, is an ex-con who becomes bodyguard and traveling partner to Mr. Wednesday, a conman but in reality one of the older gods, on a cross-country mission to gather his forces in preparation to battle the new deities.

American Gods – Available at Amazon.com


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New ‘The Peanuts Movie’ Trailer – Charlie Brown, Snoopy and a New Kid in Town

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Rebecca Murray
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Snoopy and Charlies Brown in ‘Peanuts’ (Photo © 20th Century Fox/Blue Sky Studios – Courtesy of USA Today)

20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios have released a new trailer for the family-friendly animated film The Peanuts Movie featuring the beloved characters created by Charles Schulz. The new trailer has Charlie Brown ready to take charge of his destiny with the help of his canine BFF, Snoopy. Directed by Steve Martino, the voice cast of The Peanuts Movie includes Noah Schnapp, Hadley Belle Miller, AJ Tecce, Noah Johnston, and Venus Schulthe.

The Peanuts Movie arrives in 2D and 3D on November 6, 2015.

The Plot:

Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and the rest of the beloved “Peanuts” gang make their big-screen debut, like they’ve never been seen before, in state of the art 3D animation. Charlie Brown, the world’s most beloved underdog, embarks upon an epic and heroic quest, while his best pal, the lovable beagle Snoopy, takes to the skies to pursue his arch-nemesis, the Red Baron. From the imagination of Charles M. Schulz and the creators of the Ice Age films, The Peanuts Movie will prove that every underdog has his day.

Peanuts Movie Trailer Moments

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First Photo: Kerry Washington as Anita Hill in ‘Confirmation’

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Rebecca Murray
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Confirmation First Photo - Kerry Washington as Anita Hill
Kerry Washington in Confirmation (Photo: Frank Masi © 2015 HBO)

Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Kerry Washington used her time off from Scandal to star in HBO’s dramatic movie Confirmation. Confirmation is the story of Anita Hill, the law professor at the center of Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas’ confirmation hearings who testified that while her supervisor at the Department of Education and the EEOC Thomas repeatedly sexually harassed her. Washington plays Hill and today she shared the first photo from the upcoming film.

Washington posted the photo on Facebook:

“Dear HBO
Thank you for the profound opportunity of getting to inhabit Anita Hill and help tell this story!
Yours Truly,
K-Dub (aka super excited Exec Producer)
#Confirmation”

In addition to Washington, the Confirmation cast includes Wendell Pierce as Clarence Thomas, Greg Kinnear as Joe Biden, Jennifer Hudson as Angela Wright, Jeffrey Wright as Charles Ogletree, Cobie Smulders as Harriet Grant, and Alison Wright as Virginia Thomas.

The Soloist screenwriter Susannah Grant wrote the script and Rick Famuyiwa (Dope) directed it.

‘Stanford Prison Experiment’ Trailer: Based on a True Story

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Rebecca Murray
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The Stanford Prison Experiement Trailer
Michael Angarano, Jesse Carere, Brett Davern, Tye Sheridan, Johnny Simmons, Ezra Miller, and Chris Sheffield in Kyle Alvarez’s THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT (Photo Courtesy of Steve Dietl. Copyright STANFORD PRISON, LLC. An IFC Films Release)

It seems like we’ve been hearing about The Stanford Prison Experiment for years, but the official trailer proves the wait has been worth it. The trailer’s compelling, disturbing, and incredibly intense, and hopefully, the feature film is just as riveting. Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez, The Stanford Prison Experiment stars Billy Crudup, Ezra Miller, Olivia Thirlby, Tye Sheridan, Keir Gilchrist, Michael Angarano, and Thomas Mann.

The Stanford Prison Experiment opens in theaters on July 24, 2015.

The Plot:

What happens when a college psych study goes shockingly wrong? In this tense, psychological thriller based on the notorious true story, Billy Crudup stars as Stanford University professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo, who, in 1971, cast 24 student volunteers as prisoners and guards in a simulated jail to examine the source of abusive behavior in the prison system. The results astonished the world, as participants went from middle-class undergrads to drunk-with-power sadists and submissive victims in just a few days. Winner of two awards at the Sundance Film Festival, including Best Screenplay, and created with the close participation of Dr. Zimbardo himself, The Stanford Prison Experiment is a chilling, edge-of-your-seat thriller about the dark side of power and the effects of imprisonment.

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‘Steampunk’d’ Competition Series Coming to GSN

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Rebecca Murray
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Steampunk'd Series Coming to GSN
Jeannie Mai (Photo Credit: GSN)

Steampunk fan Jeannie Mai is set to host GSN’s new competition series Steampunk’d premiering later this summer. Season one will consist of eight episodes featuring 10 talented Steampunk designers competing for a $100,000 prize. Filming is underway in Los Angeles with Kimberly Ehrhard, John Ehrhard, and Jennifer J. Duncan executive producing.

“Exemplified by the designs of films like Mad Max and Sherlock Holmes, the incredibly rich and creative subculture of Steampunk is increasingly filtering into pop culture,” said Amy Introcaso-Davis, Executive Vice President of Programming and Development for GSN. “Like the amazing painters in Skin Wars, these makers will astonish audiences with their talent and creativity and this show reinforces GSN’s commitment to bringing cutting-edge skill-based competition to our air.”

The Plot:

Inspired by the Victorian era, Steampunk is a retro-futuristic design movement seen in everything from fashion to technology to design. In Steampunk’d, 10 contestants (also known as “Makers”) will be challenged to marry objects from the past and present in order to create impressive futuristic designs. Dramatic reveals each week will build to a grand finale of a fully realized Steampunk’d manor and the winner will take home a $100,000 grand prize.

Check Out the ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip’ Poster

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Rebecca Murray
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Alvin and the Chipmunks The Road Chip Poster

Alvin and his chipmunk buddies return to the big screen in the animated film Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip and 20th Century Fox/New Regency just released a new poster for the comedy movie. Directed by Walt Becker (Wild Hogs), Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip will open in theaters on December 23, 2015 with a voice cast that includes Jesse McCartney, Matthew Gray Gubler, and Justin Long.

Jason Lee reprises his role as the Chipmunks’ adopted dad, Dave.

The Plot: Through a series of misunderstandings, Alvin, Simon and Theodore come to believe that Dave is going to propose to his new girlfriend in New York City…and dump them. They have three days to get to him and stop the proposal, saving themselves not only from losing Dave but possibly from gaining a terrible stepbrother.

‘Pitch Perfect 3’ Gets a 2017 Release Date – Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson Will Return

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Rebecca Murray
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Pitch Perfect Premiere Date and Cast News

Universal Pictures took to Twitter to officially announce the release date for Pitch Perfect 3. The third – and maybe not final – film of the aca-awesome franchise will open in theaters on July 21, 2017. Yes, that’s too long to wait for another Pitch Perfect movie, but it’s actually slightly shorter than the wait between films one and two. The original Pitch Perfect arrived in theaters on October 5, 2012, grossing $20 million-ish between its first weekend in limited release and its first wide release weekend, domestically. Pitch Perfect 2, currently playing in theaters, opened to a $70+ million first weekend.

Moving forward on a third film was a no-brainer, based on the box office performance as well as audience and critical reaction to the sequel. And two of the films main characters – Beca and Fat Amy – will be back, with Anna Kendrick sharing a photo on Instagram and Twitter holding up three fingers with the caption: “Happening #3.”

The Hollywood Reporter broke the news last week that screenwriter Kay Cannon is currently working on a deal for the third film.

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