March 15, 2022
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Leading Lawmakers Celebrate the Motion Picture Association's Centennial

...work, American culture, American values, American aspiration are just a click away.” “The film and television industry has been such an important social, cultural, and economic force in the communities I’m privileged...

February 21, 2023
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"Knock at the Cabin" VFX Supervisor Tommy Tran on Creating an Unnervingly Believable Apocalypse

...his group. The director even sent an ice cream truck to visit the FuseFX studio over their lunch break. “I always give all my clients 100% no matter what – good, bad,...

March 9, 2023
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"Champions" Star Kaitlin Olson on Doing Improv With Woody, Her Bond With Her On-Screen Brother & More

...and saying to Bobby, “Oh, my God, she’s giving it 100%, and she’s so good!” It was so lovely to overhear. I know that he didn’t mean for me to hear that,...

October 9, 2023
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Greta Gerwig Reveals “Barbie” Joys, Anxieties, and Teases Next Project

...it was also like, ‘Oh no, this could be just terrible, but now I’m committed.’” The song was one of the film’s most beloved moments, hit Billboard’s Hot 100 list, and amassed...

March 11, 2024
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Legacy Forged: Christopher Nolan & "Oppenheimer" Have Huge Oscars Night

...Zone’s sound designer Johnnie Burn and sound mixer Tarn Willers won for Best Sound. Staying international, co-writer/director Justine Triet and screenwriter Arthur Harari won an Oscar for Original Screenplay for their stunning...

July 9, 2024
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“The Acolyte” Costume Designer Jennifer Bryan on Dressing Jedis, Witches, Wookies & More

...purple. It’s the color of royalty. I wanted them to look elevated and show they had their own foundation as a community. In moving up the ladder in that community, you have...

August 20, 2013
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The World’s End: What's Behind our Apocalypse Obsession?

...fear of our mortality—predictable. Lissek collaborated with National Institute of Mental Health neuroscientist Christian Grillon and others and found out that an unpleasant or painful experience is more tolerable when it's predictable....

September 1, 2015
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Back to School Watch List: College Edition

...Is Good." Incoming freshmen Larry "Pinto" Kroger (Tom Hulce) and Kent "Flounder" Dorfman (Stephen Furst) find themselves rejected by the pretentious Omega fraternity, and instead pledge to Delta House. The Deltas are...

December 4, 2015
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From Germanic Folklore to Hollywood, the Spooky Arrival of Krampus

...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6cVyoMH4QE Krampus obviously couldn’t arrive stateside without doing it in a big way, and Dougherty’s version of the folktale sees a picture-perfect but dysfunctional family, headed by mom Sarah (Toni Collette) and...

January 12, 2016
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Writer/Director Michael J. Larnell on Cronies, His Inspirations & More

...and homegrown soundtrack (every song you hear in the film was performed by local St. Louis artists) gives Cronies a visceral, vivid charge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKe5XmD15N4 We spoke to Larnell about his path to Cronies, his inspirations, and...