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There is no actor that defines late '80s and '90s romantic comedies more than Meg Ryan. Her irrefutable movie star magnetism, combined with an incongruous sense of relatability, gave her an alluring aura that lent an undeniable "America's Sweetheart" charm to the films in which she starred. From 1989's "When Harry met Sally" to 1993's "Sleepless in Seattle" and 1998's "You Got Mail" — which remains dated in the most fun way possible — Meg Ryan was essentially the face of rom-coms for well over a decade, and deservedly so.

But Ryan wasn't only known for romancing Tom Hanks. Though the actor became synonymous with romantic comedies following "When Harry met Sally" (still one of the best Meg Ryan movies), she also starred in a wide variety of Hollywood fare, from her small role in 1986's "Top Gun" to playing Jim Morrison's girlfriend, Pamela Courson, in Oliver Stone's...

New year, new Hulu! As the streamer welcomes in dozens of new and classic titles this January, including its new whodunit series “Death and Other Details,” it will first have to say goodbye to the old.

A few titles have already been removed from the library so far this month, including the hit samurai thriller “13 Assassins,” but over the next few weeks of January, dozens more titles will be leaving the platform, including the beloved baseball coming-of-age comedy “The Sandlot,” several Christmas classics, and the 1996 box office buster “Twister.”

Don’t miss your last chance to watch— fill up your watch list with The Streamable’s top picks (and everything else) for what’s leaving Hulu this month!

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Meg Ryan, 61, was spotted on a night out in New York City after news that her upcoming rom-com’s release date has been pushed back.

In a green dress and Dr. Martens Oxfords, with a stylish messenger bag, Ryan and her friend wandered around the busy Soho neighborhood. The actress looked happy despite how her rom-com’s release date was pushed back another month.

Ryan was recently in the news after fans expressed shock over photos of her at the premiere of Michael J. Fox‘s documentary where she looked utterly unrecognizable.

The film’s production company, Bleecker Street, announced that the premiere of Ryan’s highly anticipated return to rom-coms, What Happens Later, was delayed until after the release of Taylor Swift’s Era Tour concerts movie.

Ryan wanted to avoid competition with Swift’s movie at the box office. Originally scheduled to premiere in theaters on October 13, the...

The month of April for Hulu is jam-packed with TV and film goodies, from Adam Sandler’s 1999 comedy “Big Daddy” to Fox’s hit sitcom “New Girl.”

On top of Hulu’s rollout of a new interface, it’s also adding some major film and TV titles to its platform. Some of the highlights that set off the first day of April include “American Psycho,” “Shrek” and its sequel “Shrek 2,” plus the Tim Story-directed “Think Like a Man.”

Anime series will be all the rage on Hulu with the dubbed version of the new popular series “Chainsaw Man” arriving, along with “Spy x Family” and “Black Clover.” If you’re looking for something a little bit more kid-friendly, the family can al enjoy “Despicable Me” and “Despicable 2,” “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days” and “Nanny McPhee.” For the lovers and heartless romantics, “Dear John” and “Date Night...

Even if you’ve signed up for every streaming service out there, it can feel monumental when a title moves from one to another. In April, Netflix mainstay “New Girl” moves to Hulu; still streaming, but not where fans are used to finding it — like rearranging the furniture in your apartment and waking up surprised every day that the couch is over there now.

But what’s important is that “New Girl” lives on, now joining Hulu’s own TV and movie library and originals from Freeform, FX, National Geographic, and more. Later in the month, Leila Gerstein’s “Saint X” — based on the novel by Alexis Schaitkin — premieres with three episodes, recounting the story of a young girl found dead during a family vacation and the sister piecing it together years later. Alycia Debnam-Carey, Josh Bonzie, West Duchovny, Jayden Elijah, Bre Francis, Kenlee Anaya Townsend, Betsy Brandt, and Michael Park star.

If you’re looking for a documentary that tells you about David Bowie, the man, researched and presented with clear-eyed, journalistic rigour, then Moonage Daydream is not it. You won’t learn Bowie’s date of birth, the names of his first school or first girlfriend or children, his personal politics, favourite colour or even the nature of the disease that killed him. You won’t learn why he chose this or that film role or the meaning of this or that lyric. The words “David Robert Jones”, Bowie’s legal name for his entire life, are not mentioned once. The smattering of biographic detail we do get – a light-touch look at his relationship with his troubled half-brother and distant mother, his meeting second wife, Iman tell us little that a Bowie fan can’t find out from watching literally any of the dozens and dozens of Bowie documentaries produced over the years.

Plot: The life and art of David Bowie, as depicted through archival interviews, performances and footage.

Review: Moonage Daydream comes from director Brett Morgen. Over his long career, Morgen has tried to elevate the biographical documentary into an art form. He never uses talking head interviews, preferring to allow his subjects to do the talking for him. In The Kid Stays in the Picture, he had producer Robert Evans alive and well, allowing him to record narration for the film, which, as Patton Oswalt memorably described it, was like listening to Lucifer read his memoirs. In his Kurt Cobain doc, Montage of Heck, he had to get creative, creating musical montages and sound collages. His latest, Moonage Daydream, plays like a melding of the two styles. On the one hand, the movie has constant narration by its subject, the late David Bowie, cribbed from the endless amount of interviews he gave over his career,...

The Critics Choice Association (Cca) has announced that award-winning actress, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Kristen Bell will receive the fourth annual #SeeHer Award at the 25th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards.

The star-studded gala will once again be hosted by film, television, and stage star Taye Diggs, and broadcast live on The CW Television Network on Sunday, January 12, from 7:00 – 10:00 p.m. Et (delayed Pt).

The #SeeHer Award recognizes a woman who embodies the values set forth by the SeeHer movement, to push boundaries on changing stereotypes and acknowledge the importance of authentic portrayals of women across the entertainment landscape. SeeHer is the leading global movement for accurate portrayals of women and girls in media. Led by the Association of National Advertisers (Ana), SeeHer is a collective of leading marketers committed to creating advertising and supporting content that portrays women and girls as they really are. Previous award recipients are Viola Davis,...

Alan Paul and Andy Aledort’s new book, Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan — out August 13th — chronicles the life of the legendary guitarist in his own words, and those of his closest friends, collaborators, and admirers. The following excerpt, an abridged version of a chapter entitled “Serious Moonlight,” delves deep into Vaughan’s short-lived collaboration with David Bowie on the 1983 album Let’s Dance and a planned tour that never came to be.

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While Double Trouble was in Los Angeles recording what would become their debut album,...

David Bowie is a music legend that truly needs no introduction. His art lives on in our hearts and his legacy of innovation and reinvention will live on forever, truth be told. To do you one better, though, Vans just dropped a Bowie-inspired collection of apparel and accessories that is so on-point, you'll want every single piece for yourself. Vans even made toddler sneakers for your mini-me. The capsule collection includes standout pieces, each style designed to represent remarkable moments from the Aladdin Sane and Ziggy Stardust album covers to the Serious Moonlight tour. It just came out today, so keep scrolling and grab yours before it sells out! We love these products, and we hope you do too. E!...

Exclusive: ICM Partners has inked multi-hyphenate and multi-Emmy nominated actress Cheryl Hines.

The former Groundlings alum is best known for her role as Cheryl David, the foil and former wife to Larry David’s Larry David on HBO’s Emmy winning series, Curb Your Enthusiasm which landed her two Comedy Supporting Actress Primetime Emmy noms and three SAG ensemble noms.

Hines made her feature directorial debut with the 2009 pic Serious Moonlight which starred Meg Ryan, Timothy Hutton, Kristen Bell, and Justin Long. The pic was from a script by late actress-filmmaker Adrienne Shelly, and followed a high-powered attorney who duct tapes her adulterous husband to the toilet prior to their home being invaded by burglars. Hines starred in Waitress, the 2007 film Shelly directed, wrote and starred in and which went on to inspire a posthumous successful Broadway musical.

Hines’ credits include such films as Bad Moms Christmas, Along Came Polly,...

David Bowie’s “Beat of Your Drum” is reworked into bruising, majestic art-rock in a 2018 mix of the track. The new version appears on the Loving the Alien (1983-1988) box set, a collection of Bowie’s studio and live albums from that era.

Sawing strings and David Torn’s crashing guitars highlight the cut, which originally appeared on Bowie’s 1987 LP, Never Let Me Down. “Torn’s ambient guitars start the song that now lead into a much darker world than its shiny predecessor,” producer Mario McNulty said in a statement,...

The upcoming David Bowie box set Loving the Alien (1983 – 1988) has revealed its newly revamped take on “Zeroes,” a track off the full-album “2018 version” rerecording of the late icon’s 1987 LP Never Let Me Down.

Prior to his January 2016 death, Bowie expressed a desire to rerecord Never Let Me Down, “a bitter disappointment” as he called it, with less-dated production and instrumentation; this version of “Zeroes” strips off the Eighties synths and gated drum sound and fills in the void with newly recorded guitar work while keeping Bowie’s original vocal track intact.

Parlophone Records announced Wednesday that “David Bowie: Loving the Alien 1983-1988,” the fourth in its series of boxed sets compiling the late artist’s work from 1969, will be released on Oct. 12. The era was Bowie’s most commercially successful period and includes the hit albums “Let’s Dance” and “Tonight.”

The 11 CD/15 LP set follows the formidable collections “Five Years (1969-1973),” “Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976),” and “A New Career in a New Town (1977-1982).”

It also includes a near-complete re-recording of Bowie’s 1987 album “Never Let Me Down,” which he’d often said he wanted to re-do, overseen by producer / engineer Mario McNulty with new instrumentation by longtime Bowie collaborators Reeves Gabrels (guitar), David Torn (guitar), Sterling Campbell (drums), and Tim Lefebvre (bass), as well as string quartet with arrangements by Nico Muhly and a guest cameo by Laurie Anderson on “Shining Star (Makin’ My Love).”

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David Bowie‘s mid-Eighties career will be explored in the new box set Loving the Alien (1983-1988), a massive collection that gathers the late icon’s albums, live LPs and more from the era.

The 11-cd or 15-lp Loving the Alien, due out October 12th, features three Bowie studio albums – 1983’s Let’s Dance, 1984’s Tonight and 1987’s Never Let Me Down – alongside a pair of first-time-on-vinyl live albums – Serious Moonlight (Live ’83) and Glass Spider (Live Montreal ’87) – and the newly assembled compilation Dance, which collects 12 contemporaneous remixes from the era.

This article originally appeared on EW.com.

The Royal Mail will immortalize the late David Bowie with a series of new stamps, the British postal service announced Wednesday. The series of 10 stamps honor various eras of Bowie’s career and become available to the public in March. According to a press release, it’s “the first time Royal Mail has dedicated an entire stamp issue to an individual music artist or cultural figure.”

Six of the stamps commemorate the iconic artwork of Bowie’s albums: 1971’s Hunky Dory, 1973’s Aladdin Sane, 1977’s “Heroes”, 1983’s Let’s Dance, 1997’s Earthling, and his final album,...

Belladonna Of Sadness

Release Date: Coming Soon from Cinelicious Pics Written By: Yoshiyuki Fukuda, Jules Michelet (novel), Eiichi Yamamoto Directed By: Eiichi Yamamoto Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Katsuyuki Itô, Aiko Nagayama

When I heard about Cinelicious Pics’ plans to restore and release the long lost 1973 anime Belladonna Of Sadness, I was well and truly excited. I’m a huge aficionado of 70s-era anime, and this baby has been a “holy grail” of sorts for folks like me for a good many years — much desired but damn near impossible to obtain. So that being said, and with those expectations set freakin’ sky high, let’s see if ol’ Belladonna was worth the wait or will it just fill me with sadness of my own!

Belladonna Of Sadness, based loosely (and by that I mean hardly at all) on the French novel La Sorcière by Jules Michelet, tells the brutal tale of Jeanne,...

Even though the fellow English crooners had a lot in common, David Bowie managed to leave Sting in awe. In an exclusive statement to People, Sting reflects on Bowie's death at the age of 69 on Sunday. For Sting, 64, the loss of music's history-making icon brought back a cherished memory he shares with wife Trudie Styler, 62. "The first time Trudie and I met David was during the Serious Moonlight Tour somewhere in the U.S.," Sting says of Bowie's 1983 jaunt. "We were watching the show from the side of the stage, Trudie heavily pregnant with our daughter Mickey." Sting continues, "David...

Sales exec joins Australian outfit from Pinnacle Films.

Odin’s Eye Entertainment (Oee) has appointed Martin Gallery as Svp of international distribution and acquisitions.

Gallery will be based in Oee’s Sydney offices to oversee sales and acquisitions throughout Asia and Australia/New Zealand.

The appointment follows a three year stint as theatrical director at Pinnacle Films, releasing the Oscar-winning Dallas Buyers Club; Jobs and the Spierig Brothers’ Predestination.

Gallery previously spent 12 years at 21st Century Pictures, rising to general manager overseeing acquisitions, marketing and sales to the Anz marketplace for titles including Source Code, Serious Moonlight and Fahrenheit 9/11.

Gallery said his first market with Oee would be Busan (Oct 1-10).

Oee’s La-based svp of sales and acquisitions, Ildi Toth Davy and Favelle will be attending the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 10-20) with a soon-to-be announced line-up.

No wonder John Mellencamp couldn't let Meg Ryan go! Making her first official public appearance since the 41st Annual Chaplin Award Gala in April 2014, the French Kiss actress looked trés chic at Paris Fashion Week Monday. Ryan attended the Schiaparelli Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2015-16 show and was seated in the front row beside model/actress Farida Khelfa. Ryan wore a form-fitting dress and understated makeup. The actress, who hasn't appeared in a movie since 2009's Serious Moonlight, next stars in the movie Ithaca, which she also directed. Based on the 1943 novel The Human Comedy by William Saroyan, the film stars her son, Jack Quaid, plus Tom Hanks, Melanie Griffith, Christine Nelson...

Kristen Bell and Fred Armisen will host the 2015 Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, February 21, live on IFC at 2:00 pm Pt / 5:00 pm Et, from executive producer Joel Gallen.

Also Read: Spirit Awards Get Live Broadcast for 30th Anniversary

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Film Independent President Josh Welsh announced today that Fred Armisen and Kristen Bell will co-host the 2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards. The nonprofit, which also produces the Los Angeles Film Festival and Film Independent at Lacma, will hold the 30th annual awards ceremony as a daytime luncheon in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica on Saturday,...

It’s been some time since Meg Ryan has lit up the big screen in a comedy. After abandoning her 80s persona initiated by her now-synonymous role in When Harry Met Sally, the actress dove into darker projects around the early 2000s. To be honest, who wouldn’t want to star in a gritty Jane Campion drama in just your birthday suit? Still, that was some ten years back, and following a dabble in forgettable fare such as The Women and Serious Moonlight, Ryan could be in line to rekindle her cinematic career with Fan Girl.

Under the direction of Paul Jarrett, the film will apparently follow a by-the-numbers teen movie formula. The story is “about a 15-year-old post-Millennial teen who lives for making movies and idolizing her favorite band. Given only a few days to complete a final film project, she comes up with an idea that could bring her two passions together.

Mad Men‘s Kiernan Shipka has been joined by Meg Ryan and Moonrise Kingdom‘s Kara Hayward in Fan Girl, about a 15-year-old post-Millennial teen who lives for making movies and idolizing her favorite band. Given only a few days to complete a final film project, she comes up with an idea that could bring her two passions together.

Pop punk band All Time Low lends its music to the Fan Girl soundtrack and will also appear as themselves. Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Big Hero 6), Joshua Boone, and Bill Sage (We Are What We Are) also star. Paul Jarrett is making his directorial debut with the semi-autobiographical film scripted by Gina O’Brien, whose own Sundance entry Once More With Feeling was produced by Jarrett. Jarrett, Nick Huston, and Adam Spielberg in association with Rosetta Films, Filament Productions and Literally Films are producing. O’Brien and Jonathan Gray are exec producers.

Meg Ryan is the latest star attached to the How I Met Your Mom spinoff How I Met Your Dad.

Meg Ryan Joins 'How I Met Your Dad'

Ryan, who hasn’t appeared in anything for a number of years, has taken the role of the narrator – voicing the future version of Greta Gerwig’s character Sally, reported Entertainment Weekly. In How I Met Your Mother, “future Ted” was voiced by Full House actor Bob Saget over the course of the comedy series’ nine seasons.

Ryan’s last film role was in 2009’s Serious Moonlight. Since then, she’s made appearances on Lisa Kudrow’s Web Therapy. For the most part, however, Ryan has been taking the time off to focus on raising her adopted daughter Daisy. The actress appears to be eager to get back into the business these days, with a rumored sitcom in the works...

The actor will team with her two-time romcom partner Tom Hanks on Ithaca, a World War II drama in which she will also star

Meg Ryan is directing her first feature film, Ithaca, an adaptation of the 1943 William Saroyan novel The Human Comedy.

She will also star in the film alongside Sam Shepard and Melanie Griffith, while Tom Hanks, who Ryan memorably starred alongside in Sleepless In Seattle and You've Got Mail, will be executive producer. Also starring will be Meg Ryan's son Jack Quaid, best known for his role as Marvel in The Hunger Games movies.

The Human Comedy, written for the Ryan version by Band of Brothers producer Erik Jendresen, is about a teenage telegram delivery boy in small-town America during World War II, witnessing the impact of the conflict on those he delivers messages to. The novel was actually originally written as a screenplay by Saroyan,...

2013 will close out nicely for Bob Odenkirk, with the actor saying farewell to "Breaking Bad" and soon to be seen in Alexander Payne's "Nebraska." While he waits for things to get moving on that Saul Goodman spinoff, he's joining another TV show that is already getting all sorts of attention. FX's Coen Brothers produced "Fargo" series has finalized its cast with Odenkirk, Kate Walsh, Joey King and Oliver Platt joining Martin Freeman, Colin Hanks and Billy Bob Thornton in the show. Plot details thus far are being kept under wraps, but it's another "true crime" story with a Minnesota nice vibe. Production on the 10-episode series gets underway next month, and it will air in the spring. [Variety/Deadline] Remember Meg Ryan? Once the go-to rom-com actress, Meg Ryan has been little seen in recent years, with her last feature role in 2009's movie-you-forgot-about "Serious Moonlight" while more recently she's had...

Meg Ryan is bringing her business to the small screen. The “Sleepless in Seattle” star has entered a development deal for a new comedy, which Ryan would star in and executive produce. Also read: Meg Ryan Goes for Comedy in ‘Serious Moonlight’ Ryan will play Rose, a sunny, devoted and desperately non-confrontational single mom who decides to return to her New York publishing house where she was once a brilliant editor to find that she now works for Brenda, her neurotic 30 year old boss who was once her former intern. Rose must find a way to keep her boss, her teenage kids,...

Stone Faced: Rahimi’s Concept Bogged Down By Transparency

As he did with his 2004 film, Earth and Ashes, Afghan filmmaker Atiq Rahimi adapts one of his own novels, The Patience Stone, for his latest feature. A situational drama inspired by a native fable concerning the titular stone, Rahimi proposes a ‘what if’ scenario that unfortunately gets repetitively tiresome, even if its locale grants it a certain compelling fervor. What if a Muslim woman could speak her mind truthfully without fear of consequence, relay her innermost thoughts and emotions to a catatonic spouse that’s kept her under the harsh thumb of his oppression for a decade? Whatever agency our lead protagonist is able to establish for herself, there’s an arid hue of hopelessness surrounding her specific situation, and its dubious streak of fortune makes this feel like science fiction.

In an unspecified Afghan city set during the country’s recent upheaval,...

Porter Profiles Public Defense With Appreciative Probing

Before dipping her toes into the film world as an executive producer on films like Serious Moonlight and Showtime’s The Green, debuting director Dawn Porter worked as an attorney for ABC Television. So, it’s no wonder that with her first docu feature she approaches the legal system with a critical eye while paying tribute to the men and women that work in the paperwork-filled trenches of lawyership as valiant, but under-appreciated public defenders. Following a trio of Georgia and Mississippi based attorneys as they inventively fight for the freedom of their clients in the face of moral axioms, mounting caseloads and suffocating six-figure student debts, Gideon’s Army veritably asks, with such professional pressure and often thankless clientèle, is justice for all even possible?

With the support of their vehement mentor Jonathan Rapping, young lawyers Travis Williams, Brandy Alexander and June...

Before embarking on her film career, documentary filmmaker Dawn Porter was an attorney at ABC Television. Since, she's gone to work in narrative features as an executive producer for films including "Serious Moonlight," which premiered in 2009 at the Tribeca Film Festival, and Showtime’s "The Green." She's at Sundance this year with "Gideon's Army." What's It About: "Young public defenders working in the deep south. They have low salaries, large case loads and little help." What's It's Really About: "Idealistic young people who want to help poor people. The criminal justice system is their Goliath and they have very limited tools to fight back. In the end being a good lawyer is not enough - they have to decide how much they are willing to sacrifice." My Chief Challenge: "The actual practice of law is not a very visually interesting thing - its a lot of computer research...

Two new movies are opening wide this weekend:

The sci-fi adventure prequel Rise of the Planet of the Apes directed by Rupert Hyatt and starring James Franco, Freida Pinto, Andy Serkis, John Lithgow and Brian Cox is already guaranteed to top the weekend box office. The film’s music is composed by Patrick Doyle. A soundtrack album featuring the Doyle’s score will be released on CD later this month on Varese Sarabande. The album is also already available digitally on Amazon. For more details on the soundtrack and to listen to audio clips, visit our previous article.

The other wide release of the week is the comedy The Change-Up directed by David Dobkin and starring Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann, Alan Arkin and Olivia Wilde. John Debney has written the score for the movie. No soundtrack release has been announced. For a short audio clips from Debney’s score,...

I came across a few images of Meg Ryan at the start of the weekend and nearly fell out of my chair. The actress has been away from the big screen for a little while (good idea), apparently getting ready to direct her first feature film. The last time I saw her was when she made a guest appearance on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and that was shocking enough. (By the way Larry, just when I thought you had gotten yourself into All the trouble, you did what you did last night...) But back to our girl Meg, Jesopus H. Godtopus, what has she done to her face? People are always talking about Nicole Kidman's botox; she's got nothing on Ryan. And of all the women out there doing stuff to their faces, I think I'm most disappointed in Meg. She was so damned adorable and she could have aged pretty gracefully,...

Meg Ryan is in talks to star in the drama "Long Time Gone."According to Variety, producer Sarah Siegel-Magness ("Precious") will make her directorial debut on the film.The film is based on the novel "Angel, Angel" by April Stevens.Karen McCullah wrote the adaptation.The film centers on a damaged family that begins the healing process upon the arrival of the girlfriend of the youngest son at their home.Bobbi Sue Luther, Gary Magness and McCullah are producing through Magness' Smokewood Entertainment. Andrew Sugerman and Seth Jaret are executive producing. Production begins in the fall. Ryan was recently in "Serious Moonlight" and "The Women."...

Los Angeles….Katie Holmes (Batman Begins, Thank You For Smoking, Go) and Chace Crawford (“Gossip Girl”, Twelve) have signed on for the starring roles in the comedy-romance Responsible Adults, written by Alex Schemmer. Jon Poll, the director of Charlie Bartlett and a producer/ editor of Dinner for Schmucks and Meet The Fockers will direct. Michael Roiff (Serious Moonlight, Waitress) from Night & Day Pictures is producing with Julie Yorn (Unstoppable, Bride Wars, The Exorcism of Emily Rose). Myriad Pictures is pre-selling international rights in Cannes this week. Holmes plays 30-year-old-med student Liz Quinn, who meets charming 22-year-old Baxter Wood (Crawford). Their chemistry is electric until she realizes they have already met - she was his babysitter 15 years ago. But Baxter isn’t going to give up that easily on the one person he always felt knew him better than anyone else. Kirk D’Amico, Myriad Pictures CEO said, “We look forward...

Responsible Adults has cast Katie Holmes and Chace Crawford in the Jon Poll comedy written by Alex Schemmer. Michael Roiff (Serious Moonlight, Waitress) produces alongside Julie Yorn (Bride Wars, The Exorcism of Emily Rose). In Responsible Adults, Holmes plays a thirty-year-old med student who meets a charming 22-year-old and they share an electric chemistry, until she realizes she babysitted him fifteen years before that! Sugar momma! The film marks Schemmer's first screenplay and casting is underway for other supporting characters..

Responsible Adults has cast Katie Holmes and Chace Crawford in the Jon Poll comedy written by Alex Schemmer. Michael Roiff (Serious Moonlight, Waitress) produces alongside Julie Yorn (Bride Wars, The Exorcism of Emily Rose). In Responsible Adults, Holmes plays a thirty-year-old med student who meets a charming 22-year-old and they share an electric chemistry, until she realizes she babysitted him fifteen years before that! Sugar momma! The film marks Schemmer's first screenplay and casting is underway for other supporting characters..

Responsible Adults has cast Katie Holmes and Chace Crawford in the Jon Poll comedy written by Alex Schemmer. Michael Roiff (Serious Moonlight, Waitress) produces alongside Julie Yorn (Bride Wars, The Exorcism of Emily Rose). In Responsible Adults, Holmes plays a thirty-year-old med student who meets a charming 22-year-old and they share an electric chemistry, until she realizes she babysitted him fifteen years before that! Sugar momma! The film marks Schemmer's first screenplay and casting is underway for other supporting characters..

Meg Ryan will make her feature directorial debut on the dramatic comedy "Into the Beautiful."According to Variety, Ryan will not act in the film.Wendy Finerman of Wendy Finerman Productions ("Forrest Gump," "The Devil Wears Prada," "P.S. I Love You") will produce along with Natalie Marciano.Bcdf Productions will co-produce.Anne Meredith wrote the script.The film focuses, much like John Sayles' "Return of the Secaucus 7" and Lawrence Kasdan's "The Big Chill," on a group of longtime friends reuniting.Casting is underway with shooting set to begin in September in New York.Ryan was recently in "Serious Moonlight" and "The Women."...

Meg Ryan will make a comeback to the movies, but behind the lens – the actress will make his first feature, a comedy drama called Into the Beautiful.

Centered on a screenplay by Anne Meredith, the pic is presented as a contemporary adaptation of The Big Chill, focusing on a group of friends who get back in touch.

The 1983 Big Chill was directed by Lawrence Kasdan including Jeff Goldblum, Glenn Close, William Hurt and Kevin Costner as the dead character Alex.

Wendy Finerman and Nathalie Marciano will produce and Finerman will executive produce along Lisa Zupan. Finerman told Variety:

I’m often drawn to pictures that make you laugh and cry. I think this is the perfect project for Meg to bring to life. She’s poignant and funny and heartfelt.”

Finerman also said she’s planning to start casting soon but Meg Ryan does will not appear. Should all the pieces come together,...

Meg Ryan will step behind the camera with the dramedy Into the Beautiful, her rep confirms to EW. As Variety reports, the feature is “being developed as a contemporary Big Chill with longtime friends reconnecting,” and as of now, there are no plans for Ryan to act in the film as well. But should she?

On one hand, this is material Ryan obviously connects strongly to, and if a role is right for her, it could remind audiences why they used to love seeing her onscreen. I think of something like Helen Hunt’s 2008 feature directorial debut, Then She Found Me,...

Meg Ryan will be making her directorial debut with Into The Beautiful, Variety is reporting.

The film is to be a comedy-drama, scripted by Anne Meredith, a relatively little-known writer, who was part of the team that wrote Rated X, the Emilio Estevez-directed TV movie about the notorious Mitchell Brothers, starring Estevez and his brother Charlie Sheen in the leading roles.

Ryan, who is approaching the big 50 mark this year with her birthday in November, has had a wealth of experience in comedy-dramas throughout her career, after her leading role in When Harry Met Sally… brought her international recognition back in 1989. Now, she has decided to step behind the camera lens for the first time, and I have to admit, I’m quite looking forward to seeing how this film turns out. Ryan’s expertise in the genre will almost certainly give her a great vantage point from which to start her directorial career.

For the first time, Meg Ryan will be the one to yell action and cut.

The star actress is going from in front of the camera to behind it, Variety reports, as she's set to direct her first movie. Titled "Into The Beautiful," the film centers on friends reuniting after a long time apart.

"I'm often drawn to pictures that make you laugh and cry," the film's producer Wendy Finerman told the trade publication. "I think this is the perfect project for Meg to bring to life. She's poignant and funny and heartfelt."

Ryan's career has slowed of late; best known for hit romantic comedies "When Harry Met Sally," "Sleepless in Seattle," and "You've Got Mail," she was last seen on the big screen in a less sucessful romcom, "Serious Moonlight," in 2009. She starred in another poorly reviewed effort, "The Women," in 2008.

In her own romantic life, she's been frequently...

Meg Ryan’s acting career hasn’t exactly been firing on all thrusters recently, so it’s understandable that she might want to take a crack at some other creative outlet. Like many actors before her, she’s decided that she really wants to direct, and will make her debut with Into The Beautiful. Not much is known about Cavedweller writer Anne Meredith’s latest script, except that it apparently focuses on a Big Chill-style reunion of old friends."I'm often drawn to pictures that make you laugh and cry," producer Wendy Finerman tells Variety. "I think this is the perfect project for Meg to bring to life. She's poignant and funny and heartfelt."While Ryan will be behind the camera for the movie, there are apparently no plans for her to step in front of it – she and Finerman will start casting shortly, and the cameras will crank this September in New York state.

Screen writer Adrienne Shelly went for the gusto with Serious Moonlight.  This 2009 dark comedy has such a mixture of genres, it's difficult to claim a specific category.  With Serious Moonlight, you get comedy, crime, action,  feel good scenes, more comedy, a little violence, only to be zapped at the end.  What you thought was a predictable movie was anything but.The film begins with Ian (Timothy Hutton) as he drives out to his country home with roses.  Displaying numerous bouquets in vases and throwing rose petals on the floor, the flick...

Yesterday, when I mentioned, once again, that the Veronica Mars movie was still basically dead, I wondered again what has happened to Kristen Bell and all that potential I once thought she had. Then, this morning, I see that Zach Braff is starring in an off-Broadway play (granted, an off-Broadway play directed by one of the Weitz Brothers), and then I thought: What happened to his career? Where did that Garden State potential go.

Those two examples, and the other three I'm offering below, just goes to show that no matter how beloved a television character may be, the actor depicting that character is not always well suited for the big screen. It's not for lack of trying in any of the five actors' cases. It's not really typecasting, either. I think what we have, in these five actors, are performers who simply cannot fill out a movie screen. Their presence is not "big" enough.

Consider yourself warned! Switch on the TV today, and you could be sitting in front of it for hours thanks to any one of the following marathons. All times Eastern:

Discovery: Deadliest Catch (9 a.m. to 3 a.m.)

Bravo: Real Housewives (of New York City, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.; of New Jersey, 2 p.m. to 3 a.m, with a new episode at 10 p.m.)

MTV: Jersey Shore (2 p.m. to midnight)

Food: Grill It! With Bobby Flay (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

Tlc: Cake Boss (6 a.m. to 3 a.m., with a new episode at 9 p.m. and a...

Some lucky people are getting out of town for Memorial Day 2010. But some of us are staying at home. Luckily, all your favorite channels are doing mega marathons of all your favorite shows.

Zap2it is the one-stop shop for all your Memorial Day programming. From delightfully bad reality TV like "Real Housewives" and "Jersey Shore" to the quirky 1990s dramedy "Twin Peaks" to the serious TCM salute to war movies, there's something for everyone on TV this weekend. All times Eastern, but check your local listings for times and channel numbers.

Saturday, May 29, 2010

A&E (11 a.m. - 6 p.m.): Flip This House

Animal Planet (1 p.m. - 7 p.m.): River Monsters

BBC America (8 p.m. - 8 a.m.): Doctor Who

Bet (10 a.m. - 7 p.m.): Everybody Hates Chris

Biography (8 p.m. - 3 a.m.): Celebrity Ghost Stories

Bravo (9 p.m. - 2 a.

I just watched one of the most bizarre movies I think I’ve ever seen in the form of Serious Moonlight. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t say it was bad, just bizarre! It’s directed by Cheryl Hines and stars Meg Ryan, Timothy Hutton, Kristen Bell and Justin Long.

The movie opens with Meg Ryan’s character, Louise, a high-powered lawyer coming home to discover that her husband of 13 years (Timothy Hutton) plans to leave her and move to Paris with his new girlfriend Sara (Kristin Bell). She quickly decides that the only way to stop him from leaving is to smash him over the head with a plant pot and tie him up with gaffer tape!

I opened with the word ‘bizarre’ as this movie takes what could be an emotional trauma and makes fun of it. That said, writer Adrienne Shelley realises that this whole...

The juror panel at the Tribeca Film Festival is going to look like the red carpet at a major Hollywood premiere.

Several celebrities, including Jessica Alba, Whoopi Goldberg, Aaron Eckhart and Brooke Shields, were asked to serve on the six competitive festival categories. They will announce the winning films, filmmakers and actors in their respective categories at the Tff Awards Night Party, which will be held on April 29. The 2010 Tribeca Festival runs from April 21 to May 2 in New York City.

“This year’s jury features the same impressive range and depth as our films playing in competition. They are distinctive and accomplished storytellers, artists and entrepreneurs from the worlds of film, theater, culture, fashion, television and new media – all of whom share a passion for film, a thirst for discovery and a spirit of independence,” said Jane Rosenthal, co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival.

Here’s a list of all...

The Tribeca Film Festival announced Tuesday morning the 35 jurors for its six competition categories.

Filmmakers, actors, screenwriters, journalists and media figures such as Aaron Eckhart, Jessica Alba, Cheryl Hines, America Ferrera, Alicia Keys, Zach Braff, Hope Davis, Gary Ross, Whoopi Goldberg and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey will participate on the juries.

"This year's jury features the same impressive range and depth as our films playing in competition," fest co-founder Jane Rosenthal said. "They are distinctive and accomplished storytellers, artists and entrepreneurs from the worlds of film, theater, culture, fashion, television and new media -- all of whom share a passion for film, a thirst for discovery and a spirit of independence."

Winners in the world narrative, world documentary, New York narrative, New York documentary, narrative short and documentary and student short film categories will be announced at the awards night party April 29. Together, the six juries will award $130,000 in cash and prizes,...