Author: Living Legends
Emmy winner Matthew Rhys has signed on to play the lead and executive produce Widow’s Bay, Apple TV+’s 10-episode series from creator Katie Dippold, with Hiro Murai set to direct the pilot. Widow’s Bay is about a mysteriously cursed New England island and its superstitious citizens, led by a mayor (Rhys) who refuses to believe […]
It’s not a common occurrence for composers or songwriters to be involved in a film so early on, which is why songwriters Clément Ducol and Camille were thrilled with the opportunity to help craft the story of Emilia Pérez with director Jacques Audiard. The early collaboration was fruitful, as among the film’s 13 Oscar nominations, the duo […]
It’s the Valentine’s Day 4-day weekend and nothing says I love you more to moviegoers than Marvel Studios’ Captain America: Brave New World and Sony/StudioCanal’s Paddington in Peru. But it’s also Presidents Day weekend, so consider Captain America to fit that bill. And with ttk% K-12 schools off, expect Paddington in Peru to get some […]
Amy Schumer overtook Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx on this week’s Netflix Top 10 as her new film Kinda Pregnant came in at No. 1 on the English films list. With 25.1M views in the first few days after release on February 5, it was also Netflix’s most-watched title of the week. Back in Action […]
EXCLUSIVE: After scoring massive viewership with Carry-On, his Netflix action-thriller starring Taron Egerton and Jason Bateman, which drew rave reviews in its December launch, director Jaume Collet-Serra has found his next project in Play Dead, a survival thriller described as Don’t Breathe meets 1917, sources tell Deadline. Specifics as to the film’s plot are under […]
SXSW has announced new keynotes and featured speakers for its 39th edition. Keynote additions include Insecure‘s Issa Rae, Signal President Meredith Whittaker, and the duo of actor Joe Manganiello and Ben Lamm, founder and CEO of Colossal Biosciences. Newly announced featured speakers include the creators and stars of HBO’s The Last of Us; video game […]
NORTH CAROLINA (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced on Monday a temporary restraining order to prevent ‘unlawful health care cuts’. The order stops the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from stripping funds that support medical and public health research at universities and research institutions across the country. On February 7, the NIH announced it would cut indirect cost rates to 15 percent, making it hard for medical research to continue. The NIH is the primary source of federal funding for medical research in the US, essential to funding clinical trials and treatments for cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s…
NORTH CAROLINA (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A new online dashboard that tracks the western NC’s Hurricane Helene recovery shows that after 135 days since the devastating hurricane hit, more than 5,000 are still displaced in the state. The North Carolina State Auditor’s office announced the launch of the new dashboard on Tuesday. The tool breaks down how many households are currently displaced as well as those using FEMA shelter assistance or still in need of assistance by county. The website shows an estimated 5,767 households are displaced due to Helene. In Buncombe County alone, there are 1,888 households displaced with…
CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A person was sent to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after multiple attempted traffic stops ended with the suspect being shot by an officer, according to Charlotte Mecklenburg Police. Around 2 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11, officers say they tried to pull a car over several times. The vehicle eventually pulled over at a gas station on South Boulevard near East Arrowood Road, and the suspect got out of the car. Sensing a deadly threat, at least one officer shot and hit the suspect, CMPD reported. Officers gave medical aid to the suspect, who was…
GASTON COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Amtrak reports that one of its passenger trains struck a vehicle on the tracks between Kings Mountain and Bessemer City. The incident happened just before 5 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11, near Bessemer City-Kings Mountain Highway near Lewis Farm Road. This is a little over a mile from the county line. “More damage (was) done to the actual tractor-trailer,” said Tryonota Fire Deputy Chief Nick Lane. “There was a fuel leak so we had to contact Gastonia Hazmat to come out and mitigate that leak. Also had a small leak of the product…