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- President Trump Tweetstorm Attacks NY Times, Ends With A Sales Pitch April 21, 2018President Donald Trump had an early morning tweetstorm on Saturday, taking on the New York Times and its recent reporting on his lawyer, Michael Cohen. Trump took the gloves off in his comments, which focused on perceptions that Cohen might cooperate in the ongoing investigations into Russia and other issues. He attacked New York Times […]
- Christina Hendricks & Alysia Reiner Foster Dialogue On Motherhood With ‘Egg’ April 21, 2018Receiving Risa Mickenberg’s script for Egg—premiering this week in Tribeca—director Marianna Palka had an instant, strong reaction to the material, recognizing something that had the potential to be really special. “David [Alan Basche] and Alysia [Reiner] sent me the script, and I was, I think, 19 pages into the script when I said I wanted to do […]
- Alex Pettyfer Discusses His Transition To Directing With ‘Back Roads’ — Tribeca Studio April 21, 2018Long dreaming of stepping behind the camera, actor Alex Pettyfer (I Am Legend, Elvis & Nixon) made his directorial debut recently with the Tribeca-premiering Back Roads, in which he also stars. Based on a novel by Tawni O’Dell, Back Roads centers on Harley (Pettyfer), a young man living in backwoods Pennsylvania, who is forced to become the caretaker for […]
- ‘A Quiet Place’ Still Noisy With $21M+; ‘I Feel Pretty’ $18M; ‘Super Troopers 2’ Arrests $16M – Saturday Update April 21, 2018UPDATE, Saturday AM: Paramount’s A Quiet Place in its third week prevails with $21.1M over a weekend filled with comedy both for women with STXfilms/Voltage/Wonderland Sound and Vision’s I Feel Pretty ($18M) and stoners with Fox Searchlight’s surprise sequel, Super Troopers 2 ($16M). While I Feel Pretty is ahead of its $11M-$14M tracking, Super Troopers 2 is really ahead, besting its $5M-7M projection. Said one happy Fox […]