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‘The Blues Brothers,’ and its memorable scene with Aretha Franklin, is 45 years old this weekend

‘The Blues Brothers,’ and its memorable scene with Aretha Franklin, is 45 years old this weekend

They were on a mission from God. When Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, and director John Landis decided they would adapt the popular Blues Brothers characters from Saturday Night Live into a feature film, there was a bidding war before there even was a script. The late-night show was already an established cultural marvel, the Landis-Belushi […]

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Impact Collaborative Opens L.A. Office

Impact Collaborative Opens L.A. Office

Impact Collaborative, the New York-based network of non-profits, has headed west and opened a Los Angeles office at the Preserve in Hollywood. As part of its expansion, it is launching Social Impact Entertainment Studio, with the aim of telling socially impactful stories and perhaps provide revenue streams for non-profit groups. The ambition is to help

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Abigail Breslin, Booboo Stewart to Star in ‘A Good Fight’ Movie

Abigail Breslin, Booboo Stewart to Star in ‘A Good Fight’ Movie

Booboo Stewart, Abigail Breslin and Aaron Kuban are set to star in a movie about an interview gone awry. The performers have been cast to lead director Robert Rippberger’s drama-comedy feature A Good Fight, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively. The indie film has a script from Pierce Gardner (Dan in Real Life), and producers

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Steven Spielberg gets specific about the mental toil of making ‘Jaws’ in new documentary

Steven Spielberg gets specific about the mental toil of making ‘Jaws’ in new documentary

“I think I just lost it.” Phrases like that are repeated by Steven Spielberg in the new National Geographic documentary Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story. The great director, who pole-vaulted from “promising newcomer” to “visionary behind the biggest moneymaker of all time” with the shark-hunting adventure, is clearly still rattled by the psychological

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Rebel Wilson and Anna Camp played pranks on ‘Bride Hard’ set

Rebel Wilson and Anna Camp played pranks on ‘Bride Hard’ set

Anna Camp and Rebel Wilson reveal the pranks they would pull on set of their new action-comedy, Bride Hard. The two also discuss how the film brought them closer together as friends. Wilson says it was also a good opportunity to work more one-on-one with Camp, unlike their ensemble experience on the Pitch Perfect series.

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Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders get ‘400 percent increase’ in pay after show

Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders get ‘400 percent increase’ in pay after show

The Dallas Cowboys’ cheerleaders scored the win this time. The second season of Netflix docuseries America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, which was released Wednesday, reveals the women landed a big raise. “‘Happy’ isn’t even the right word for it. It kind of felt like a relief, like everything had paid off. And finally, we were

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What the Critics Are Saying Review Roundup

What the Critics Are Saying Review Roundup

After more than two decades, director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland have returned to the world of the infected with 28 Years Later, the long-incubating sequel to 2002’s 28 Days Later. The film hosted its world premiere in London on Wednesday, with reviews from critics arriving shortly after — and so far the results

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