The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Iffla) announced today its full lineup of narrative and documentary features, and shorts for the festival’s 19th edition, which will be held virtually and geo-blocked to California, on May 20-27.
“This is a very special year for Iffla. Taking the festival online has given us the freedom to curate programs we would not have been able to present in a physical setting. We have expanded our reach to all California residents, doubled the shorts program with a strong representation of films from the diaspora, added special programs like “Childhood on Edge”, and curated discussions on timely and pressing topics, celebrating the independent film community from India and the Indian diaspora,” said Christina Marouda, Executive Director.
Iffla will open with the Los Angeles premiere of the powerful female-centric film, Fire in the Mountains, the 2021 Sundance-selected debut feature by Ajitpal Singh that immerses audiences...
“This is a very special year for Iffla. Taking the festival online has given us the freedom to curate programs we would not have been able to present in a physical setting. We have expanded our reach to all California residents, doubled the shorts program with a strong representation of films from the diaspora, added special programs like “Childhood on Edge”, and curated discussions on timely and pressing topics, celebrating the independent film community from India and the Indian diaspora,” said Christina Marouda, Executive Director.
Iffla will open with the Los Angeles premiere of the powerful female-centric film, Fire in the Mountains, the 2021 Sundance-selected debut feature by Ajitpal Singh that immerses audiences...
- 4/16/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
The 19th edition Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles has announced an expanded virtual lineup of shorts and narrative and documentary features after canceling 2020’s event due to the pandemic and lockdown.
Taking place from May 20 to May 27, the Iffla boasts 40 films spanning 17 languages, with 16 women directors.
The festival will open with Ajitpal Singh’s “Fire in the Mountains,” which immerses audiences in the splendor of the Himalayas, and close with Akshay Indikar’s “Sthalpuran (Chronicle of Space),” which explores the inner life of its young protagonist, Dighu. Singh and Indikar’s films will be followed by Q&As with Asif Kapadia and Anurag Kashyap, respectively.
Special programs include “Childhood on Edge,” curated by Uma da Cunha; a panel featuring South Asian showrunners; and a screening of Prakash Deka’s “Fireflies” followed by a panel on transgender and non-binary representation in India and the diaspora.
Iffla’s feature lineup includes...
Taking place from May 20 to May 27, the Iffla boasts 40 films spanning 17 languages, with 16 women directors.
The festival will open with Ajitpal Singh’s “Fire in the Mountains,” which immerses audiences in the splendor of the Himalayas, and close with Akshay Indikar’s “Sthalpuran (Chronicle of Space),” which explores the inner life of its young protagonist, Dighu. Singh and Indikar’s films will be followed by Q&As with Asif Kapadia and Anurag Kashyap, respectively.
Special programs include “Childhood on Edge,” curated by Uma da Cunha; a panel featuring South Asian showrunners; and a screening of Prakash Deka’s “Fireflies” followed by a panel on transgender and non-binary representation in India and the diaspora.
Iffla’s feature lineup includes...
- 4/15/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Kelly Ripa took a moment during Monday’s Live broadcast to remember her late All My Children co-star John Callahan, who died on March 28 after suffering a massive stroke.
“I really had a bad weekend this weekend. A very dear friend of mine for many, many years — almost 30 years — passed away over the weekend,” said Ripa, who played AMC‘s Hayley Vaughan from 1990 to 2001. “He was a great actor, a really good friend, one of the funniest people I’ve ever met… He was 66 years old. Way too young to be taken from us.”
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“I really had a bad weekend this weekend. A very dear friend of mine for many, many years — almost 30 years — passed away over the weekend,” said Ripa, who played AMC‘s Hayley Vaughan from 1990 to 2001. “He was a great actor, a really good friend, one of the funniest people I’ve ever met… He was 66 years old. Way too young to be taken from us.”
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- 3/31/2020
- TVLine.com
John Callahan, a soap opera veteran with roles on All My Children and Days of Our Lives, died Saturday morning, according to his former wife and co-star Eva Larue. He was 66.
“Wing You to Your Rest my Dear Friend. Your bigger than life, gregarious personality will leave a hole in our hearts forever. We are devastated-My great friend, co parent partner, and loving father to Kaya,” Larue shared on Instagram. “You gave the best, most beautifully written tributes, and I am at a complete loss for words right now for you. I hope Heaven has baseball and that your team always wins! The Yankees has just lost their biggest fan.”
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“Wing You to Your Rest my Dear Friend. Your bigger than life, gregarious personality will leave a hole in our hearts forever. We are devastated-My great friend, co parent partner, and loving father to Kaya,” Larue shared on Instagram. “You gave the best, most beautifully written tributes, and I am at a complete loss for words right now for you. I hope Heaven has baseball and that your team always wins! The Yankees has just lost their biggest fan.”
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- 3/28/2020
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
John Callahan, a soap opera star on “All My Children,” died on Saturday morning after suffering a stroke at his Palm Springs, Calif., home on Friday. He was 66.
“Your bigger than life, gregarious personality will leave a hole in our hearts forever. We are devastated–my great friend, co-parent partner, and loving father to Kaya,” his ex-wife and former co-star Eva La Rue wrote on Instagram. “You gave the best, most beautifully written tributes, and I am at a complete loss for words right now for you. I hope Heaven has baseball and that your team always wins! The Yankees has just lost their biggest fan.”
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May Flights of Angels Wing You to Your Rest my Dear Friend. Your bigger than life, gregarious personality will leave a hole in our hearts forever. We are devastated-My great friend, co parent partner, and loving father to Kaya.
“Your bigger than life, gregarious personality will leave a hole in our hearts forever. We are devastated–my great friend, co-parent partner, and loving father to Kaya,” his ex-wife and former co-star Eva La Rue wrote on Instagram. “You gave the best, most beautifully written tributes, and I am at a complete loss for words right now for you. I hope Heaven has baseball and that your team always wins! The Yankees has just lost their biggest fan.”
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May Flights of Angels Wing You to Your Rest my Dear Friend. Your bigger than life, gregarious personality will leave a hole in our hearts forever. We are devastated-My great friend, co parent partner, and loving father to Kaya.
- 3/28/2020
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
All My Children and Santa Barbara vet John Callahan died on Saturday morning after suffering a massive stroke at his home in Palm Desert, Calif. He was 66.
“May flights of angels wing you to your rest, my dear friend,” Callahan’s ex-wife and former AMC screen partner, Eva La Rue, shared on Instagram. (The two were wed from 1996 to 2005, and have an 18-year-old daughter, Kaya McKenna.) “Your bigger-than-life, gregarious personality will leave a hole in our hearts forever.
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“May flights of angels wing you to your rest, my dear friend,” Callahan’s ex-wife and former AMC screen partner, Eva La Rue, shared on Instagram. (The two were wed from 1996 to 2005, and have an 18-year-old daughter, Kaya McKenna.) “Your bigger-than-life, gregarious personality will leave a hole in our hearts forever.
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- 3/28/2020
- TVLine.com
Hey, "NCIS: Los Angeles" fans. We are back in action, tonight, to let you guys in on a few spoiler secrets. These spoilers will be for the next,new episode 17 in the NCIS: Los Angeles season 11 line up. Thanks to CBS and their new episode 17 press release, we were able to get the main plotline teaser description for episode 17. CBS also released a couple of new preview photos for episode 17. We're going to talk about all of that good stuff right now. Let's get started. First off, we have been informed that episode 17 is officially titled, "Watch Over Me." It sounds like episode 17 will feature some very intense, dramatic, dangerous, action-filled, interesting and suspenseful scenes. In the new episode 17, an FBI agent is going to get murdered while attempting to find the whereabouts of an agent that went undercover.
- 3/2/2020
- by Eric
- OnTheFlix
Exclusive: As the $71.3 billion Disney-Fox deal nears the finish line, there is a steady earner that often gets overlooked among the assets that will remain behind as part of Fox Corp.: MyNetworkTV.
The programming service, launched with fanfare in 2006 as a bid to counter the emerging CW, had to regroup not long after its debut. Its ambitious slate of English-language telenovelas failed to gain traction, the economy was souring, and MyNetworkTV stations were anxious about the trajectory of their advertising revenue as the country entered a financial crisis.
Rather than abandoning the effort, the company’s then-president, Greg Meidel (who has since become president of corporate sibling Twentieth Television) announced a pivot away from a full-blown network approach and toward a tighter programming focus. Over the decade since the 2009 switch — which reduced the MyNet schedule to two hours a night from Monday to Friday and a steady...
The programming service, launched with fanfare in 2006 as a bid to counter the emerging CW, had to regroup not long after its debut. Its ambitious slate of English-language telenovelas failed to gain traction, the economy was souring, and MyNetworkTV stations were anxious about the trajectory of their advertising revenue as the country entered a financial crisis.
Rather than abandoning the effort, the company’s then-president, Greg Meidel (who has since become president of corporate sibling Twentieth Television) announced a pivot away from a full-blown network approach and toward a tighter programming focus. Over the decade since the 2009 switch — which reduced the MyNet schedule to two hours a night from Monday to Friday and a steady...
- 2/27/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Television is a fast-paced business, where a show can be written, developed, ordered, cast, produced, and aired all within the course of a year. But sometimes, executives get ahead of themselves and shows are announced prematurely, or circumstances change, forcing delay.
IndieWire combed through some high-profile TV announcements from the past few years that haven’t yet seen the light of day, and asked their status. Some are still in the works; some are still “in development,” which could be code for “we don’t want to admit yet that this show is dead”; and some have quietly faded away.
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TNT announced an ambitious new “Tales from the Crypt”-branded horror block executive produced by M. Night Shyamalan last year, including a 10-episode order of the anthology series, “guided by a newly reinvented Crypt Keeper.
IndieWire combed through some high-profile TV announcements from the past few years that haven’t yet seen the light of day, and asked their status. Some are still in the works; some are still “in development,” which could be code for “we don’t want to admit yet that this show is dead”; and some have quietly faded away.
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“Tales from the Crypt” (TNT)
TNT announced an ambitious new “Tales from the Crypt”-branded horror block executive produced by M. Night Shyamalan last year, including a 10-episode order of the anthology series, “guided by a newly reinvented Crypt Keeper.
- 4/14/2017
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
Actress Jaimie Alexander was spotted on the set of Broken Vows with costar Wes Bentley on Thursday.
Jaimie Alexander films 'Broken Vows'
Alexander was captured exiting her trailer on the La set, wearing a bathrobe. Elsewhere on set, Bentley, best known for playing Seneca Crane in The Hunger Games, walked around shirtless on the lot. Carrying a box of food, Bentley put his character's ample tattoos on full display.
In Broken Vows, Bentley plays a man named Patrick, who goes on a downward spiral after getting a rejection from a women named Tara (Alexander) he was hoping to seduce. Though he appears charming, Patrick is a troubled soul. Also starring in the film are Cam Gigandet, Alexandra Breckinridge and Matt Gerald. Bram Coopens is directing the feature from a script by Jim Agnew and Sean Keller.
Alexander, who shot to superstardom playing Sif in the Thor films, had...
Jaimie Alexander films 'Broken Vows'
Alexander was captured exiting her trailer on the La set, wearing a bathrobe. Elsewhere on set, Bentley, best known for playing Seneca Crane in The Hunger Games, walked around shirtless on the lot. Carrying a box of food, Bentley put his character's ample tattoos on full display.
In Broken Vows, Bentley plays a man named Patrick, who goes on a downward spiral after getting a rejection from a women named Tara (Alexander) he was hoping to seduce. Though he appears charming, Patrick is a troubled soul. Also starring in the film are Cam Gigandet, Alexandra Breckinridge and Matt Gerald. Bram Coopens is directing the feature from a script by Jim Agnew and Sean Keller.
Alexander, who shot to superstardom playing Sif in the Thor films, had...
- 7/25/2014
- Uinterview
Actress Jaimie Alexander was spotted on the set of Broken Vows with costar Wes Bentley on Thursday.
Jaimie Alexander films 'Broken Vows'
Alexander was captured exiting her trailer on the La set, wearing a bathrobe. Elsewhere on set, Bentley, best known for playing Seneca Crane in The Hunger Games, walked around shirtless on the lot. Carrying a box of food, Bentley put his character's ample tattoos on full display.
In Broken Vows, Bentley plays a man named Patrick, who goes on a downward spiral after getting a rejection from a women named Tara (Alexander) he was hoping to seduce. Though he appears charming, Patrick is a troubled soul. Also starring in the film are Cam Gigandet, Alexandra Breckinridge and Matt Gerald. Bram Coopens is directing the feature from a script by Jim Agnew and Sean Keller.
Alexander, who shot to superstardom playing Sif in the Thor films, had...
Jaimie Alexander films 'Broken Vows'
Alexander was captured exiting her trailer on the La set, wearing a bathrobe. Elsewhere on set, Bentley, best known for playing Seneca Crane in The Hunger Games, walked around shirtless on the lot. Carrying a box of food, Bentley put his character's ample tattoos on full display.
In Broken Vows, Bentley plays a man named Patrick, who goes on a downward spiral after getting a rejection from a women named Tara (Alexander) he was hoping to seduce. Though he appears charming, Patrick is a troubled soul. Also starring in the film are Cam Gigandet, Alexandra Breckinridge and Matt Gerald. Bram Coopens is directing the feature from a script by Jim Agnew and Sean Keller.
Alexander, who shot to superstardom playing Sif in the Thor films, had...
- 7/25/2014
- Uinterview
Following the impressive success of the original low-budget horror movie, The Haunting in Connecticut, Lionsgate have returned to bring us the sequel, The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia, which is also loosely based on a true story.
Abigail Spencer (Oz the Great and Powerful, Cowboys & Aliens) takes the lead this time around as Lisa, starring alongside Chad Michael Murray, Morgana Shaw, Emily Alyn Lind, Cicely Tyson, Grant James, and Katee Sackhoff.
From the producers of The Haunting In Connecticut comes the chilling true story of the Wyrick family.
1993. The Wyrick family – Lisa, Andy and their young daughter Heidi, pack up and move from Atlanta to their own modest home in the country outside tiny Pine Mountain, Georgia. Upon moving into their new home, mother and daughter begin experiencing disturbing visions. Lisa has long struggled with strange visions, which she keeps at bay through medication, and the family hopes...
Abigail Spencer (Oz the Great and Powerful, Cowboys & Aliens) takes the lead this time around as Lisa, starring alongside Chad Michael Murray, Morgana Shaw, Emily Alyn Lind, Cicely Tyson, Grant James, and Katee Sackhoff.
From the producers of The Haunting In Connecticut comes the chilling true story of the Wyrick family.
1993. The Wyrick family – Lisa, Andy and their young daughter Heidi, pack up and move from Atlanta to their own modest home in the country outside tiny Pine Mountain, Georgia. Upon moving into their new home, mother and daughter begin experiencing disturbing visions. Lisa has long struggled with strange visions, which she keeps at bay through medication, and the family hopes...
- 8/28/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Following the success of the The Haunting in Connecticut, a sequel to the 2009 horror is set to arrive in theatres early next year, with a surprisingly impressive leading cast. The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia will see Chad Michael Murray, Katee Sackhoff, and Abigail Spencer star in the leads, and now the first trailer and poster have debuted online.
The original didn’t earn exceptional reviews, but it did take almost $80m. at the box office, which is an impressive feat for pretty much any horror, and here’s to hoping the sequel will tap into some of that success.
“When Andy Wyrick moves his wife Lisa and daughter Heidi to an historic home in Georgia, they quickly discover they are not the house’s only inhabitants. Joined by Lisa’s free-spirited sister, Joyce, the family soon comes face-to-face with a bone-chilling mystery born of a deranged desire…...
The original didn’t earn exceptional reviews, but it did take almost $80m. at the box office, which is an impressive feat for pretty much any horror, and here’s to hoping the sequel will tap into some of that success.
“When Andy Wyrick moves his wife Lisa and daughter Heidi to an historic home in Georgia, they quickly discover they are not the house’s only inhabitants. Joined by Lisa’s free-spirited sister, Joyce, the family soon comes face-to-face with a bone-chilling mystery born of a deranged desire…...
- 12/12/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Catalina Rodriguez is a talented Colombian-born actress who grew up in the States. By the time she graduated from a performing arts high school, she had won several beauty pageant titles and officially caught the acting bug. After getting her degree from the University of Miami, Catalina moved out to L.A. and hasn't looked back since. She's had a recurring role on the TV drama Watch Over Me, a guest stint on Dexter and appeared in the indie drama, April's Fool. She recently shot a funny indie flick with an all-star cast including Denise Richards and Jim Belushi called Cougars Inc., which will hit shelves May 10!
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- 5/4/2011
- by Sharon Tharp
- Filmology
It seems to be a morning for haunting stories. Charlize Theron is setting up Two Eyes Staring, and The Haunting in Georgia has its first cast member, in the diminutive form of Emily Alyn Lind.Following on from The Haunting in Connecticut, Georgia tells another story loosely based on a supposedly real happening, with another family in another state undergoing more supernatural shenanigans in a new home. It'd directed by Tom Elkins (who edited Connecticut) and written by David Coggeshall (head writer on TV series' Watch Over Me and Desire).If Emily's the main focus of the haunting, then it looks as if the film, with such a young protagonist, is trying for a Shining / Poltergeist vibe. Not an unreasonable ambition. The young actress (daughter of director John Lind and actress Barbara Alyn Woods) has Eastwick, Medium and All My Children on her TV CV, and movie-wise was previously in The Secret Life of Bees.
- 9/27/2010
- EmpireOnline
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: This is what it has come to? Freeze-framing “Entertainment Tonight” puff pieces to get our first, blurry look at secondary characters in anticipated summer blockbusters?
It would appear as such. This morning at ComingSoon.net, they have screen grabs that reportedly show us the first, unofficial look at Jaimie Alexander in Kenneth Branagh’s “Thor” adaptation, based on the popular Marvel Comic. Alexander has appeared on the TV shows “Bones,” “Kyle Xy” and “Watch Over Me.” Click here for all of the lo-res goodness.
Sif, for those who don’t know, is an Asgardian warrior and Thor’s lover. Since most of Branagh’s film allegedly takes place in Asgard — where Thor resides with the gods — it would make sense that Sif would play a crucial part of the story.
Now, this might not be Sif. It could be another Asgardian preparing for battle.
Hollywoodnews.com: This is what it has come to? Freeze-framing “Entertainment Tonight” puff pieces to get our first, blurry look at secondary characters in anticipated summer blockbusters?
It would appear as such. This morning at ComingSoon.net, they have screen grabs that reportedly show us the first, unofficial look at Jaimie Alexander in Kenneth Branagh’s “Thor” adaptation, based on the popular Marvel Comic. Alexander has appeared on the TV shows “Bones,” “Kyle Xy” and “Watch Over Me.” Click here for all of the lo-res goodness.
Sif, for those who don’t know, is an Asgardian warrior and Thor’s lover. Since most of Branagh’s film allegedly takes place in Asgard — where Thor resides with the gods — it would make sense that Sif would play a crucial part of the story.
Now, this might not be Sif. It could be another Asgardian preparing for battle.
- 6/14/2010
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
MyNet in 'meetings' over sked
MyNetworkTV is considering cutting back on its strategy of "all telenovelas, all the time," sources said.
The network, which launched Sept. 5, has a schedule comprising two 13-week drama strips, with new episodes airing Monday-Friday and hourlong recaps airing Saturday.
But in light of underwhelming ratings for the dramas, network executives are exploring other options, which could include reducing the number of nights on which the dramas air or throwing nondrama series programming into the mix, sources said.
The first two dramas, Desire and the Bo Derek-Morgan Fairchild starrer Fashion House, each averaged a 0.7 household rating/1 share over their 13-week run.
The newest dramas -- Wicked Wicked Games, starring Tatum O'Neal, and Watch Over Me, starring Casper Van Dien and Catherine Oxenberg -- debuted Dec. 6. In their first week on the air (a partial week consisting of three days because the shows debuted on a Wednesday), Games averaged a 0.7/1 among households, while Watch averaged a 0.6/1.
As for any possible on-air changes, it's believed there's no timetable for a potential revamping of the programming strategy.
The network, which launched Sept. 5, has a schedule comprising two 13-week drama strips, with new episodes airing Monday-Friday and hourlong recaps airing Saturday.
But in light of underwhelming ratings for the dramas, network executives are exploring other options, which could include reducing the number of nights on which the dramas air or throwing nondrama series programming into the mix, sources said.
The first two dramas, Desire and the Bo Derek-Morgan Fairchild starrer Fashion House, each averaged a 0.7 household rating/1 share over their 13-week run.
The newest dramas -- Wicked Wicked Games, starring Tatum O'Neal, and Watch Over Me, starring Casper Van Dien and Catherine Oxenberg -- debuted Dec. 6. In their first week on the air (a partial week consisting of three days because the shows debuted on a Wednesday), Games averaged a 0.7/1 among households, while Watch averaged a 0.6/1.
As for any possible on-air changes, it's believed there's no timetable for a potential revamping of the programming strategy.
- 12/17/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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