Paul Bettany directs his wife Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly in Shelter which will be premiering at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival and is now showing off the first official photo. Bettany also wrote the screenplay for the dramatic film that finds Connelly co-starring with Anthony Mackie in a story about New York City’s homeless population.
The Plot:
Hannah (Connelly) and Tahir (Mackie) come from two different worlds. But when their lives intersect, they’re at the same place: homeless on the streets of New York. How did they get there? As we learn about their past, we begin to understand that to have a future, they need each other. There are more than 50,000 homeless people living on the streets and in the shelters of New York City. To most of us they are nameless and faceless, and occasionally a nuisance. But every single person has a story. And Hannah and Tahir are no different. And theirs is a story of loss, love, hope and redemption.
Samuel Goldwyn Films has unveiled the first trailer for Rudderless, the feature film directorial debut of actor William H Macy (Shameless). Rudderless will be released theatrically as well as on Digital HD and VOD on October 17, 2014 (Paramount Home Media’s handling the digital release). Billy Crudup and Anton Yelchin lead the cast which includes Macy’s spouse Felicity Huffman along with Laurence Fishburne and Selena Gomez.
The Plot:
Billy Crudup plays Sam, a former high-profile advertising executive whose life is torn apart by the sudden death of his son. Living off the grid on a docked sailboat, he wastes away his days while drowning his pain in alcohol. When Sam discovers a box filled with his son’s demo tapes and lyrics, his own child’s musical talent is a revelation for him, a grieving father who felt he’d been absent from his son’s life. Communing with his deceased son’s dashed dreams, Sam learns each song and eventually musters the will to perform one at a local bar. When Quentin (Yelchin), a young musician in the audience, is captivated by the song, the unlikely duo forms a rock band that becomes surprisingly popular and revitalizes both of their lives.
Legendary silver screen star Lauren Bacall will be honored by Turner Classic Movies (TCM) with a special marathon of 11 of her classic films, including all four films she made with her husband, Humphrey Bogart. The marathon will take place on September 15 and 16th, kicking off with a screening of Private Screenings: Lauren Bacall (2005), an in-depth interview with Bacall hosted by Robert Osborne.
Bacall, who passed away on August 12, 2014 as the result of a stroke, would have turned 90 on September 16th.
“Lauren Bacall was a wonderful and generous friend of ours at TCM, and a great connection to the ‘golden age of cinema,'” said TCM host Robert Osborne. “Personally, I have to admit that she never failed to make my heart beat faster and my voice to stammer when we spoke. Talk about true star quality – that was Bacall. We are truly blessed to have had her as an integral part of our TCM family.”
TCM Remembers Lauren Bacall
Monday, Sept. 15
8 p.m. – Private Screenings: Lauren Bacall (2005)
9 p.m. – To Have and Have Not (1944)
11 p.m. – The Big Sleep (1946)
1 a.m. – How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
2:45 a.m. – Private Screenings: Lauren Bacall (2005)
3:45 a.m. – Harper (1966)
Tuesday, Sept. 16
6 a.m. – Bright Leaf (1950)
8 a.m. – Young Man with a Horn (1950)
10 a.m. – Dark Passage (1947)
Noon – Key Largo (1948)
2 p.m. – Blood Alley (1955)
4 p.m. – Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
6 p.m. – Designing Woman (1953)
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in ‘To Have and Have Not’ (1944) – Photo Provided by TCM
David Ramsey at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con (Photo by Richard Chavez/Showbiz Junkies)
David Ramsey’s expecting big things for John Diggle on season three of The CW’s Arrow. “You can expect Diggle with a Bjorn and a Glock, at the same time,” said Ramsey, laughing, at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con. “The Bjorn is not a joke. That actually might happen. Daddy Diggle—he will have a child legitimately and it will cause some tension with the team. Not so much with Diggle because Diggle is very clear on his purpose. He doesn’t see why a personal life should hinder that, but Oliver may have some issues with that as early as the first episode. It’s going to come out very, very soon.”
Fans of the series will also see a more fleshed-out arc for Diggle over the course of the third season. “The relationship with Lyla…I mean, it’s The CW so it kind of skews young, but that’s a very adult relationship. Lyla and Diggle, they have a long history back in the military. There will be some of that, you’ll see some of that again from the beginning. They’ll go forward with that as she leads A.R.G.U.S., is now the leader of A.R.G.U.S. and how Diggle gets more involved with A.R.G.U.S. and the suicide squad. So, the return of the suicide squad, more A.R.G.U.S., daddy time…so you’re going to see a lot more of Diggle’s personal side.”
Check out our full interview with David Ramsey on his training routine, exercise videos, keeping his shirt on, and what we can expect from season three:
Texas Rising will make its debut on History on Memorial Day 2015, as just announced by HISTORY & H2 Executive Vice President and General Manager Dirk Hoogstra. The eight-hour miniseries tells the story of the legendary Texas Rangers and stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Bill Paxton, Brendan Fraser, Ray Liotta, Olivier Martinez, Thomas Jane, Crispin Glover, Rhys Coiro, and Jeremy Davies.
Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Christopher McDonald, Max Thieriot, Chad Michael Murray, Robert Knepper, Jeff Fahey, Rob Morrow, and Kris Kristofferson also star.
“We’re ecstatic with what we’ve seen so far from production,” said Hoogstra, “I can’t think of a better way to kick off summer than with a big television event that’s sure to resonate with our fans.”
Texas Rising is being directed by The Killing Fields‘ Roland Joffé.
The Plot:
In 1836, west of the Mississippi was considered the Wild West and the Texas frontier was viewed as hell on earth. Crushed from the outside by Mexican armadas and attacked from within by ferocious Comanche tribes – no one was safe. But this was a time of bravery, a time to die for what you believed in and a time to stand tall against the cruel rule of the Mexican General Santa Anna. The heroic General Sam Houston, the rag-tag Rangers, and the legendary “Yellow Rose of Texas” lead this story of the human will to win against insurmountable odds. At the end, the Texas flags stood tall and victorious, claiming a piece of history for all eternity.
Candice Patton at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con (Photo by Richard Chavez / Showbiz Junkies)
Candice Patton knows that fans of The Flash comics may have been a bit surprised when they learned she’d been cast as ‘Iris West’ but, as she explained at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con, Iris is not about her ethnicity. “She’s not. I know comic book fans have an attachment to these characters, and I get it. When you love something so much, you kind of want it to be the way you imagined it. But, what I love about Iris is…what drew me to her is not her skin color. It’s her heart and her lightness, and she’s the girl next door, and she’s fun-loving. I think everyone wants that in their life,” explained Patton.
“She’s Barry’s light at the end of the tunnel,” said Patton. “He’s going through all of these changes and he’s dealing with all of these villains and rogues, and it’s nice to come home, and then there’s Iris. The light in his life. It’s fun playing that.”
As for how much research she did before taking on the character, Patton said, “I did some research. I went to my local comic book store because I felt like that was a good place to start. I had to Google comic book stores because I had no idea where they even were. And I went in, and I was kind of like, ‘Guys, help me. I’m doing a show called The Flash and I’m playing Iris West.’ And they looked at me like, ‘You’re playing Iris West? How does… What?’ So I read a couple of comic books just to get the tone of what Barry Allen and The Flash is all about, and then I kind of trusted the scripts that were being created for the show because it is an adaptation and I felt like Geoff [Johns] knew what he was doing and Andrew [Kreisberg] knows what he’s doing, so the bulk of that would be in the scripts.”
Check out the rest of our interview with the lovely Candice Patton for more on what viewers can expect from season one of The CW’s The Flash:
Steve Buscemi in ‘Boardwalk Empire’ season 5 (Photo: Macall B. Polay/HBO)
HBO’s kicking off the fifth and final season of the critically acclaimed drama Boardwalk Empire on September 7, 2014 at 9pm ET/PT. The final season of the award-winning show will find Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) squaring off with rivals Lucky Luciano (Vincent Piazza) and Meyer Lansky (Anatol Yusef) while trying to establish legitimate deals with liquor producers. Prohibition is coming to an end, the country’s struggling through the Great Depression, and Atlantic City is a hotbed of criminal activity.
Per HBO’s official announcement: “The first four seasons took place during the 1920s. In the final season, which takes place in the depths of the Depression in 1931, Nucky recalls his Atlantic City roots and plots a post-Prohibition future.”
The cast of season five also includes returning stars Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham, Stephen Graham, Paul Sparks, Michael Kenneth Williams, Gretchen Mol, Jeffrey Wright, Ben Rosenfield, Patricia Arquette, and Michael Zegen.
Joining the cast for the final season are Jim True-Frost, Matt Letscher, Giampiero Judica, and Louis Cancelmi.
Boardwalk Empire September 2014 Episodes
Episode #49: “Golden Days for Boys and Girls”
Debut: SUNDAY, SEPT. 7 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Other HBO playdates: Sept. 7 (11:30 p.m., 2:00 a.m.), 8 (12:40 p.m.), 9 (midnight), 10 (8:00 p.m.), 11 (10:00 p.m.) and 13 (11:00 p.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Sept. 8 (8:00 p.m.), 10 (10:00 p.m.) and 14 (1:50 p.m.)
Nucky (Steve Buscemi) is awash in memories from pier-boy days growing up in 1884 Atlantic City, when the young Nucky (Nolan Lyons) caught the eye of the Commodore (John Elllison Conlee). In 1931 Cuba, Nucky joins Sally Wheet (Patricia Arquette) and, with a U.S. Senator in tow, forges ties with Bacardi Rum in hopes of Prohibition’s repeal in the U.S. Working on Wall Street, Margaret (Kelly Macdonald) finds herself in the hot seat when her boss, facing an internal investigation, decides his own future. Down but never out, Chalky (Michael Kenneth Williams) seizes an opportunity to extricate himself from a difficult situation. In New York, Lucky Luciano (Vincent Piazza) sets in motion a bold plan that reverberates all the way to Nucky in Cuba.
Written by Howard Korder; directed by Tim Van Patten.
Episode #50: “The Good Listener”
Debut: SUNDAY, SEPT. 14 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Sept. 14 (11:30 p.m., 1:00 a.m.), 15 (12:05 a.m.), 16 (11:30 p.m.), 17 (8:00 p.m.), 18 (10:00 p.m.) and 20 (11:30 a.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Sept. 15 (10:00 p.m.), 17 (10:00 p.m.) and 21 (3:45 p.m.)
Back from Cuba after a dangerous encounter, Nucky pays a visit to the now-retired Johnny Torrio (Greg Antonacci), who agrees to broker a meeting with the new “Boss of Bosses,” Salvatore Maranzano (Giampiero Judica). In Chicago, Eli (Shea Whigham) and Van Alden (Michael Shannon) are tasked by Mike D’Angelo (Louis Cancelmi), Al Capone’s (Stephen Graham) new right-hand man, to recoup money lost during a federal raid by Eliot Ness (Jim True-Frost). Fresh out of law school, Willie Thompson (Ben Rosenfield) has a job interview. Rebuffed by a group of would-be financiers, Nucky dines with Tonino Sandrelli (Chris Caldovino) before sending a message to Lansky (Anatol Yusef) and Luciano (Vincent Piazza). In 1884, a young Nucky deals with the death of his sister, Susan (Onata Aprile), while his father (Ian Hart) has a standoff with the Commodore.
Written by Terence Winter; directed by Allen Coulter.
Episode #51: “What Jesus Said”
Debut: SUNDAY, SEPT. 21 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Sept. 21 (11:30 p.m., 1:00 a.m.), 22 (12:15 a.m.), 23 (11:00 p.m.) 24 (8:00 p.m.), 25 (10:00 p.m.) and 27 (1:45 a.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Sept. 22 (9:00 p.m.), 24 (10:00 p.m.) and 28 (12:15 p.m.)
Chalky heads in a new direction after assessing his latest partnership. In New York, Margaret finds herself in a quandary as a result of her association with Arnold Rothstein. Nucky hosts a prospective “big fish” partner from Boston. Luciano and Siegel meet with Narcisse (Jeffrey Wright) in Harlem, promising business as usual, but encounter resistance. In 1884, young Nucky is privy to the passion of a hotel guest, and flirts with a young girl.
Written by Cristine Chambers and Howard Korder; directed by Ed Bianchi.
Episode #52: “Cuanto”
Debut: SUNDAY, SEPT. 28 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Sept. 28 (11:30 p.m., 1:00 a.m.), 29 (10:45 p.m.) and 30 (midnight), and Oct. 1 (8:00 p.m.), 2 (10:00 p.m.) and 4 (11:00 p.m.)
HBO2 playdate: Sept. 29 (9:00 p.m.)
Facing a shared dilemma, Nucky and Margaret find common ground in Atlantic City. Luciano encounters an old adversary while meeting with Capone (Stephen Graham) in Chicago. Sally Wheet (Patricia Arquette) makes a payment in Cuba amidst concerns of a grass-roots uprising. In 1884, young Nucky shows young Eli (Oakes Fegley) how the other half lives, and takes another step up the Commodore’s ladder.
Written by Howard Korder & Cristine Chambers & Terence Winter; directed by Jake Paltrow.
American Horror Story series creator Ryan Murphy used Twitter to announce the casting of Jyoti Amge, the world’s smallest woman. Amge has joined the cast of the fourth season of FX’s American Horror Story titled American Horror Story: Freak Show and set in Jupiter, Florida in the ’50s.
The Nagpur, India native stands just over 2′ tall and is the world record holder as the smallest woman in history. Amge weighs less than 15 pounds and wears specially designed clothes and jewelry due to her size which is caused by a growth anomaly called achondroplasia. She’s been interested in acting for years and starred in the documentary Body Shock: Two Foot High Teen.
American Horror Story: Freak Show debuts on October 15, 2014.
ABC Family has good news and bad news for fans of Switched at Birth and Twisted. First up, the bad news. Twisted has been in limbo since it finished up its first season back in April, but now it appears the series will not be back. Twisted, starring Avan Jogia, had earned three Teen Choice 2014 awards nominations but it didn’t draw in enough viewers to warrant a second season pick-up order.
The news is much better for fans of the network’s Switched at Birth. ABC Family has given the dramatic series a fourth season order. Season three will finish up on August 18th and has been pulling in enough female viewers to make it cable TV’s #1 series in its time period, according to the network.
“Fans will be clamoring for season four and to know what happens with Daphne and Bay after the season three finale next week,” stated Tom Ascheim, President ABC Family.
The Switched at Birth Plot:
The critically-acclaimed Switched at Birth tells the story of two teenage girls who discover they were accidentally switched as newborns in the hospital. Despite overwhelming socio-economic and ethnic differences, both families must learn to co-exist as parents and blend their lives into one for the sake of their daughters.
Switched at Birth stars Katie Leclerc, Vanessa Marano, Constance Marie, D.W. Moffett, Lea Thompson, Lucas Grabeel, Sean Berdy, and Marlee Matlin.
All of the songs featured on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack were hits back in the ’60s and ’70s and not a single tune was recorded just for the film, which makes the soundtrack’s #1 position on the Billboard 200 chart a first among soundtracks. Most movie soundtracks contain at least one song written expressly for the movie, but Peter Quill’s Awesome Mix Vol. 1 is made up of classic tracks from David Bowie, Jackson 5, and The Raspberries.
Guardians of the Galaxy hit the #1 spot by selling 169,000, making it the second soundtrack this year to top the chart. Another Disney movie, Frozen, was the first.
The Guardians of the Galaxy Soundtrack Track List:
1. “Hooked on a Feeling” Blue Swede
2. “Go All the Way” Raspberries
3. “Spirit in the Sky” Norman Greenbaum
4. “Moonage Daydream” David Bowie
5. “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” Elvin Bishop
6. “I’m Not in Love” 10cc
7. “I Want You Back” The Jackson 5
8. “Come and Get Your Love” Redbone
9. “Cherry Bomb” The Runaways
10. “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” Rupert Holmes
11. “O-o-h Child” Five Stairsteps
12. “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
