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SSN AWARDS ORIGINALS
PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Each year, right before the Oscars and the Golden Globes, stars head to the California desert for this event. This year, the 26th annual fest will play host to 10 days of screenings, panels, and of course, fancy galas that celebrate honorees.
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TODAY’S HEADLINES
In a time where television networks commonly cancel new series after only a handful of episodes, hitting the 100th show mark can seem unlikely. NBC’s
Parenthood is about to hit that milestone just under the wire in its final season, after proving to be the little drama that could.
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Along with news about the new
Star Trek sequel, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw joining Matthew McConaughey in
Free State Of Jones, there is news on
Deep Cover,
The Conjuring 2 and
Pete’s Dragon remake, among others.
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Patrick Wilson, Ted Danson and Jean Smart all sign on for the second season of the FX Network’s ongoing anthology series, joining the previously cast Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, Nick Offerman, Jeffrey Donovan and Angus Sampson. The story this time around will be set in 1979.
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Producer Marc Platt, who oversaw the adaptation from a best-selling book into the Broadway musical that became an international sensation, said he hopes to have the film done by then, but it is “not set in stone.”
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Michael Keaton will join J.K. Simmons in the
King Kong prequel, which will also star Tom Hiddleston. The movie will go before cameras this year for a March 10th, 2017 release.
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Matthias Schoenaerts has joined the cast, which is led by Eddie Redmayne. Story chronicles Danish painter Einar Wegener's life in the early 1930s as he became the first man to undergo a sex change operation, becoming Lili Elbe. Alicia Vikander and Amber Heard are also attached.
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There are few surprises in the list, other than the exclusion of
Noah, which is on the Academy’s shortlist for an Oscar nomination. On the list of nominees are films like
Guardians of the Galaxy,
Into the Woods and
The Theory Of Everything.
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The actor has become the face of Activision's "Call of Duty" in the Chinese market as the star of a blockbuster ad. The extended-length spot was shot by award-winning filmmakers Longman Leung and Sunny Luk.
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The first look at the Ryan Reynolds horror-comedy, directed by
Persepolis director Marjane Satrapi, also starring Anna Kendrick, Gemma Arterton and Jacki Weaver, and premiering in theaters and on VOD February 6th.
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