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Gabriela Hearst Resort ‘23 /

Photographer Zoe Ghertner @zoeghertner / Styling Camilla Nickerson #CamillaNickerson / Hair Jawara @jawaraw / Makeup Fara Homidi @farahomidi / Set Design Mila Ty @mila_ty / Casting Jess Hallett @jesshallettcast / Production AP Studio Inc. @apstudioinc / Talent Saskia de Brauw, Moses Battiest, and Cranston  @saskiadebrauw @donotperceiveme @bonelocks /

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Kieran Culkin for Esquire (2023)

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Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow - Novità sul Film DCU

Nel nuovo universo cinematografico della DC Comics, Supergirl sta per avere il suo momento sul grande schermo con “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow“. Ecco le prime informazioni ufficiali sul progetto.

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow – Sceneggiatura

Secondo The Hollywood Reporter, la sceneggiatura dello stand-alone Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow sarà curata da Ana Nogueira, un’attrice e sceneggiatrice nota per il suo lavoro in serie come “The Vampire Diaries” e “The Michael J. Fox Show“. Nogueira è anche coinvolta nell’adattamento del romanzo breve di Alice Sola Kim, “Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters“.

Regia e cast

Al momento, diversamente da Superman: Legacy, non c’è l’annuncio del regista o la regista ufficiale del film. La Nogueira, nel 2022, aveva lavorato ad altro film sul personaggio. Si trattava di un possibile spin-off di The Flash, che vede l’ultima apparizione di Supergirl interpretata da Sasha Calle.

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow – Contesto Narrativo

Secondo James Gunn, che fa parte del team dietro il nuovo corso dei DC Studios, la Kara Zor-El di “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow” è un personaggio che ha vissuto su Krypton e ha assistito alla morte degli abitanti del suo pianeta. Questo contesto dona al personaggio una profondità emotiva unica.

Le altre Supergirl

Il prossimo ritratto di Kara Zor-El sul grande schermo non sarà la prima interpretazione di Supergirl. Oltre a Woman of Tomorrow, nel corso degli anni sono state diverse le attrici che hanno dato vita all’iconica supereroina in varie forme.

La prima performance degna di nota è stata quella di Helen Salter nel film originale del 1984 (Supergirl – La ragazza d’acciaio), uno dei primi tentativi di portare un supereroe donna alla ribalta dell’universo cinematografico.

Un’altra interpretazione da citare è stata quella di Laura Vandervoort, che ha interpretato il personaggio nella popolare serie televisiva Smallville. La versione della Vandervoort del personaggio è stata introdotta nella settima stagione dello show.

Più recentemente, Kara Zor-El ha visto in vita da Melissa Benoist nella serie di successo della CW, Supergirl. La serie fa parte dell’Arrowverse, un universo condiviso che comprende altri popolari show di supereroi come Arrow e The Flash.

Nel complesso, il personaggio di Supergirl è stato interpretato da diverse attrici di talento nel corso degli anni, ognuna delle quali ha apportato la propria interpretazione unica al ruolo. Mentre il personaggio si prepara a essere esplorato in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, i fan non vedono l’ora di vedere come l’attrice prescelta per il ruolo (Sasha Calle?), darà vita all’amata supereroina.

Le ultime novità rivelano il continuo impegno dei DC Studios nel portare avanti il loro nuovo universo cinematografico, con Supergirl pronta a essere esplorata in dettaglio in “Woman of Tomorrow“

#dc comics #supergirl

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Chris Garofalo designed this artwork for the upcoming Rabid remake directed by the Soska Sisters (American Mary, See No Evil 2). 18x24 screen prints, limited to 40, are available for $30 from Quiltface Studios.

Based on David Cronenberg’s 1977 horror film of the same name, Rabid stars Laura Vandervoort, Ben Hollingsworth, Ted Atherton, Hanneke Talbot, Mackenzie Gray, Phil "CM Punk" Brooks, and AJ Mendez. Currently in production, Shout Factory will distribute in the U.S. in 2019.

What happens when you realize that to achieve your dreams you have to live a nightmare? Rose is a quiet, demure, unassuming woman in her looks and actions. Her dream is to become a famous designer in the fashion world, but a terrible accident leaves Rose scarred beyond recognition. She seeks out a radical untested stem cell treatment. The treatment is nothing short of a miracle and wallflower Rose turns into the belle of the ball. It all seems to good to be true. She is now everything she wanted to be. But everything in life comes at a price and this new found perfect life is no exception.

#rabid #david cronenberg #soska sisters #the soska sisters #cm punk #phil brooks #aj lee #april mendez #laura vandervoort #twisted twins #jen and sylvia soska #chris garofalo #quiltface studios #art #gift

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New York fashion photographer Joseph Paradiso Yuki NYC www.paradisonyc.com

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[hallmark-movie-fanatics]

LAURA VANDERVOORT AND HARRY LENNIX ARE UNLIKELY FRIENDS IN SEARCH OF SECOND CHANCES IN ‘A CHRISTMAS TOGETHER WITH YOU,’ A NEW, ORIGINAL MOVIE PREMIERING NOVEMBER 20, ON HALLMARK CHANNEL

Part of the Network’s Annual “Countdown to Christmas” Programming Event 

Niall Matter Also Stars

STUDIO CITY, CA – October 29, 2021 – Laura Vandervoort (“Smallville”), Niall Matter (“Eureka”) and Harry Lennix (Batman v. Superman) star in “A Christmas Together With You,” a new, original movie premiering Saturday, November 20 (8 p.m. ET/PT), on Hallmark Channel, as part of the network’s “Countdown to Christmas” programming event – your home for the holiday.

When widower Frank (Lennix) finds a picture of his first love, Claire (Liza Huget, “Motherland: Fort Salem”), his young friend Megan (Vandervoort), proprietor of the café he frequents, convinces him to go on a road trip to track her down. Though reluctant, Frank agrees to the trip when he sees that it might help Megan recover from her recently broken engagement. The two set off on their adventure and find themselves opening up to each other. Along the way, Megan has an awkward run-in with a man and his dog that she can’t seem to shake off. The pair soon arrive at Claire’s address only to find the home vacant. Not deterred from their search, they stay at a nearby lodge where a surreptitious clue ultimately leads the pair to Claire. However, when they don’t get the reception they expected, the story of how Frank’s first love ended slowly reveals itself. Meanwhile, Megan learns that the man she’d met earlier, Steve (Matter), is the lodge’s owner. She helps him with some of his holiday responsibilities and they soon warm to each other and find that they are each grappling with their hopes for the future. As Megan helps Frank pursue a second chance at love and he reminds her not to give up on her dreams or her heart, these unlikely friends find that sometimes the closest family is the kind we make.

“A Christmas Together with You” is from Kabinet Productions Inc. Howard Braunstein and Angela Mancuso are executive producers. Gilles Laplante is producer. Kevin Fair directed from a script by Graham Locke and Don Locke.

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TRIGGER POINT (2021) Preview of action thriller with Barry Pepper

TRIGGER POINT (2021) Preview of action thriller with Barry Pepper

Trigger Point is a 2021 Canadian action-thriller about a retired U.S. special operative who becomes part of an elite “invisible” team. Directed by Brad Turner (Goofballs) from a screenplay written by Michael Vickerman, the High Park Entertainment-Landmark Studio Group production stars Barry Pepper, Laura Vandervoort, Colm Feore and Eve Harlow. Plot: Nicolas Brazer (Barry Pepper) is a retired U.S.…

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#2021 #action thriller #Barry Pepper #Brad Turner #Colm Feore #film #Laura Vandervoort #movie #Trigger Point

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JOHNNY CARSON

October 23, 1925

John William Carson was a television host, comedian, writer, and producer best known as the host of “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” (1962–1992). He was born in Corning, Iowa, and moved to Nebraska at age 8. Carson joined the Navy in 1943. He attended the University of Nebraska and studied journalism but with a keen interest in comedy writing. 

His first on camera credit was an afternoon television show called “The Squirrel’s Nest” in 1949 in Omaha. Carson also wrote the program. 

Carson’s first brush with Lucille Ball came in February 1961 as a panelist (along with Betsy Palmer, Harry Morgan, and Bess Myerson) on “I’ve Got a Secret”. Guest Lucille Ball was then starring on Broadway in the musical Wildcat. Moore tells Lucy that her secret will be to get the panel to imitate her based on words that appear on the screen. During Carson’s turn, the word is “ROMANTIC” and then “TIPSY.”  

In May 1962, Carson is host of the 14th Annual Emmy Awards, at which Lucille Ball is a presenter. 

They would also be host and presenter for the 23rd Annual Emmy Awards in 1971. Lucille Ball is not nominated for “Here’s Lucy”, despite the fact that there were only three nominees in her category. Gale Gordon lost to Edward Asner (”The Mary Tyler Moore Show”) and the writers were nominated for “Lucy Meets the Burtons” but lost to “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” Lucy attended the Awards with her husband Gary, her daughter Lucie, and her then son-in-law Phil Vandervoort.

At the 36th Annual Emmy Awards in 1980, Lucille Ball was again a presenter, but this time Carson was a nominee, not the host. The hosting duties were taken by Tom Sellek. 

A few weeks later, Carson and Ball are on hand at the 14th Anniversary of “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Lucille Ball makes a cameo appearances riding atop an elephant!  

In “Jack Benny’s Carnival Nights” (March 1968), Benny’s all-star cast includes Johnny Carson as a carnival barker introducing Luscious Lucille (Lucille Ball), the red-headed bombshell.  

Barker: “The girl who made Little Egypt surrender to the Israelis, Luscious Lucille is the most fantastic dancing girl in all history. When Lucille made her first appearance, Gypsy Rose Lee retired, Lily St. Cyr burst her bubble, and Sally Rand grabbed her fans and flew back to Capistrano.”

Later in the special, Carson plays Jack Benny’s son, Jackie, an aspiring TV comic. Lucy played Jackie’s worn-out mother, Agnes. 

In July 1968 Lucille Ball made her first appearance on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson,” having already been a guest on the show hosted by Jack Paar. She was there to promote her new show, “Here’s Lucy.” 

She returned to the guest chair in August 1969, and November 1969, where she brought rehearsal footage of Carson on “Here’s Lucy.”  

“Lucy and Johnny Carson” (HL S2;E11) aired on December 1, 1969.  

Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon play themselves as Lucy Carter goes to see “The Tonight Show”.  In fact, the episode was not shot at the set of the “Tonight Show,” but one replicated by “Here’s Lucy” on their soundstage at Paramount. 

Lucy Carter is picked to play Stump the Band, a staple audience interaction sequence of “The Tonight Show.” Lucy sings “Snoops the Lawyer” a song she says she learned from her father.  

Speaking of parents, sitting just across the aisle from Lucy is her real-life mother, Dede Ball. Carson even directs some of his lines toward her. 

After the show, Harry and Lucy see Johnny and Ed at the Brown Derby restaurant. The Brown Derby scene is very similar to the Brown Derby scene in “Hollywood at Last!” (ILL S4;E16) aka “L.A. at Last!”.  

In “Lucy and Johnny Carson,” Lucy jumps up when she sees Gregory Peck and causes the waiter to spill a tray of drinks on Carson. 

In “Hollywood at Last!” Lucy jumps up when she sees Gregory Peck and causes the waiter to spill a tray of cream pies on William Holden.  

The episode opens with a spoof of the TV series “Mission: Impossible” (1966-73), which was a Desilu / Paramount series.

In 1970, Lucille Ball made two more appearances on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson”: in February and November. 

In between, in September 1970, Carson, Ball and other stars helped Dean Martin kick off the sixth season of “The Dean Martin Show.”

Lucile Ball made several more appearances on “The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson” throughout the 1970s:

1971 ~ May and August

1973 ~ November

1974 ~ March (with surprise guest Desi Arnaz Sr.)

1975 ~ December

1977 ~ April and November

1980 ~ February

In 1976, Carson was happy to participate in "CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years” recalling his time on her show in a segment titled “Being Upstaged.”

In 1978, Carson and Ball did two tribute shows: “A Tribute To Mr. Television Milton Berle” and “Happy Birthday, Bob!” a celebration of Bob Hope’s 75th birthday at the Kennedy Center. 

On May 6, 1979, Johnny Carson received an award from the Friars Club during a testimonial dinner at Waldorf-Astoria and friends such as Lucille Ball was accompanied by her husband Gary Morton and daughter Lucie Arnaz.

In 1980, Lucille Ball made the momentous decision to break with CBS and sign a contract with NBC. The event was publicized by a fact meets fiction special titled “Lucy Moves To NBC” in which the NBC stars welcome Ball to the Peacock Network. Carson played himself. Lucy’s Secretary announces Carson’s entrance into her office just as Ed McMahon did on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson”: “Heeeeeere’s Johnny!” Carson comes in with the “Tonight Show” theme music playing. Breaking the fourth wall, he cuts off the studio audiences’ applause with a sweeping gesture and they instantly fall silent, just as he did on his talk show. Carson delivers some one-liners about his favorite target, Burbank. There is also some innuendo about Johnny Carson’s work schedule at NBC. In 1980,after more than a year of speculation, Carson finally re-negotiated his contract with the network for a shorter work week, only doing one hour a night, four nights a week. Perhaps not so coincidentally, the evening this special aired, Johnny’s guest was Bob Hope, who will be the next NBC star through Lucy’s office door.

Although Lucy’s tenure at NBC yielded very little, she did join Bob Hope on numerous specials, including “Bob Hope Buys NBC?” in May 1985. Ball and Carson both have cameos in the tongue-in-cheek program.

As years went on, Ball and Carson were often part of tribute shows for other celebrities:

“AFI Achievement Award: A Tribute to Billy Wilder” ~ March 6, 1986

“America’s Tribute to Bob Hope” ~ March 5, 1988

“AFI Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Jack Lemmon” ~ March 10, 1988

Their final appearance on screen together was for “The Fifth Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame” on January 23, 1989, just a few months before Ball’s death. She inducted her friend Red Buttons into the Hall of Fame. Both Lucy and Johnny were former honorees.  

Johnny Carson was married four times - twice to his second wife Joanna. He had three children. He died in 2005, age 79, of emphysema.  He will forever be known as “The King of Late Night”. 

Carson received six Emmy Awards, the Television Academy's 1980 Governor's Award, and a 1985 Peabody Award. He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1987. Carson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992 and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1993.

[cinemamablog]

5 Bloodthirsty Women Directed by Women

I can only make an educated guess about why women feel so drawn to vampiric or cannibalistic characters, but I have a hunch: cis women experience an intense and personal blood-letting on a monthly basis. It’s not pretty, and personally, I feel like a badass for making it through another week of heavy bleeding while going about my life and work. So I’m guessing women are drawn to the opportunity to externalize and make public such an intimate (but often treated as repulsive) aspect of our lives and anatomies.

In honor of Women in Horror Month and the US Blu-ray release of the Soska Sister’s Cronenberg reimagining, Rabid, Let’s start with my review of Rabid, and then we’ll travel back in time to the 1970s and onward.

1. Rabid (2020), Jen & Sylvia Soska

Rabid follows the sick fate of a socially anxious fashion assistant, Rose, as she undergoes experimental surgery to restore her mangled face to a state of normalcy. Rose begins to suffer from hallucinations of acting out on cannibalistic (you might even say rabid) desires. Or are they hallucinations? The question doesn’t linger long, since there wouldn’t be much of a movie for the audience to watch if the attacks only occurred in Rose’s imagination.

The Twisted Twins’ manifesto against the science of transhumanism, built on the foundation of David Cronenberg’s body horror classic of the same name, Rabid plays better the further its auteurs stray from their source material. References to the original film stick out in a negative manner, so that even if you don’t understand the reference, you have the gut feeling that it doesn’t belong in THIS movie.

For instance, Rose’s doctor and surgeon is named William Burroughs and it took me out of the movie, as I wondered: “wait, what does the writer William S. Burroughs have to do with this movie’s themes?” I know he hung out with the Beat poets, obsessed over occultism and chaos magick, and wrote the novel Naked Lunch. And then it clicked for me: David Cronenberg directed the film adaptation of Naked Lunch. Here I was, Googling “William S. Burroughs + transhumanism” and it wasn’t even that deep; just another thrown-in Cronenberg reference.

On the positive side of Rabid, the lead actresses, Laura Vandervoort and Hanneke Talbot, turn in impressive performances. All the male characters in Rabid act stilted and almost inhuman, which I love because that’s how most guys seem to me: an alien approximation of humanity due to growing so out of touch with themselves. (The men in the Soskas’ American Mary behave in a similar fashion, so I’m hoping it’s an artistic choice for them.) The third act delivers on the body horror promised by the very presence of the name “Cronenberg” on the Blu-ray cover, but I only wish my favorite sisters had littered the path to the third act with a few more gruesome treats to enjoy along the way.

2. The Velvet Vampire (1971), Stephanie Rothman

One of legendary producer/director Roger Corman’s few female proteges, Stephanie Rothman directed a desert sun-soaked, bisexual camp masterpiece. The plot of The Velvet Vampire follows a dimwitted California couple as they accept a mysterious and sexy woman’s invitation to her desert home. She lives in the desert, and despite a lack of respectful fear of the sun, maintains the deathly pallor of her skin. Since the audience knows the name of the film is literally The Velvet Vampire, the film lacks a sense of mystery, but makes up for it in over-the-top seduction scenes and a unique aesthetic for a horror film during this time period, when the costumed Hammer films were at their peak: a very American, very ‘70s romp in the desert. Sucking the poison from a snake bite has never been hotter, both figuratively and probably literally; that desert looks scorching.

3. Jennifer’s Body (2009), Karyn Kusama

Let’s take a break from vampires and rabid surgical victims, because Diablo Cody wrote a demonic masterpiece with her critically-panned, but universally adored, horror film, Jennifer’s Body, directed by genre favorite Karyn Kusama (The Invitation, Destroyer). 

The victim of a misogynist ritual at the hands of pretty pop punk boys (the most dangerous boys of all), a boy-crazy demon possesses Megan Fox’s character Jennifer’s body, driving her to eat her male classmates one-by-one to maintain her human shell. A lesbian subtext flows through the movie, as Jennifer’s best friend Needy’s (Amanda Seyfried) intense loyalty fails to hide an obvious romantic attachment, which the demon inside of Jennifer exploits. Megan Fox kills it as Jennifer and deserves plenty of recognition for originating this iconic role. Also, the entire soundtrack is a certified bop and instantly brings me back to high school, but in a good way. Please, movie studios, bring back pop punk soundtracks, like in the good old days of Jennifer’s Body and Snakes on a Plane.

4. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014), Ana Lily Amirpour

Iranian-American director Ana Lily Amirpour’s debut feature takes place in a fictional dystopian town in Iran: Bad City. Shot in atmospheric black and white (is there any other kind of black and white?), the film follows a nameless, lonely, and skateboarding vampire as she dabbles in vigilante justice and basic human connection. Perhaps this simple movie wouldn’t play as well as it does without its unique look and unsettling performances, but to be fair, visuals and acting are a huge part of any great movie. Not every movie has to follow an epic, three act plot and A Girls Walks Home Alone at Night thrives on its own terms.

5. Raw (2016), Julia Ducournau

My personal favorite movie about cannibalism, Raw takes place in a veterinary school as the lead character, Justine (Garance Marillier), discovers an unignorable and genetic propensity for devouring human flesh, long evaded by her strictly vegetarian diet. The film draws a clear line connecting Justine’s cannibalistic revelation with her sexual awakening, even mixing the two elements (cannibalism and sex) in a gruesome love scene between Justine and her bisexual roommate. Justine’s sister Alexia (Ella Rumpf) confides a similar taste for human flesh and takes Justine under her wing, which drives the plot to a disturbing conclusion. For what it’s worth, Raw also features the most stressful bikini wax ever shot on film.

#lists #critique

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Sucks to get shut down on Twitter for sharing the an image of our star, Laura Vandervoort, wearing prosthetics from our team at Masters FX Toronto, on the banner for Fright Fest who are giving us our World Premiere. But the support that has come as a result has been incredible 🙏 Thank you for helping get the word out about our Canadian film. We’re not a big studio, all the press and support means the world to us and gives this film a life it couldn’t have otherwise. While we’re in twitter jail, please tell your friends about the film! Check out our newly released trailer too - https://youtu.be/sufZil1fhAU #Rabid https://www.instagram.com/p/BzwYbgnl-HB9vildKvJsrJJHXOXCfPG4lsmpeI0/?igshid=1jqllj63wi2zp

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Sophia Lillis for Tidal Magazine

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BTS @the.peterdo S19 knits (at Vandervoort Studio)

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Cook, Ortiz, Weldele, Hallett Among Top Creators At Wizard World Portland, January 24-26

“Cozy Space Baby” by Brett Weldele

Industry veterans Tom Cook (Hanna-Barbera Studios, “Smurfs”), Phil Ortiz (“The Simpsons,” “Muppet Babies”), Brett Weldele (“The Surrogates,” “Vampirella 1969”), Jonathan Hallett (“Hereditary,” “Action Point”), Christopher Priest (“Black Panther,” “Captain America: Civil War”), Jed Thomas (CryptTV, “The Amity Wars”), Joe Wos (“Mazetoons,” “Charlie the Tuna”) and Randy Emberlin (“Amazing Spider-Man,” “Venom”) are among the leading creators scheduled to populate Artist Alley at the eighth annual Wizard World Portland at the Oregon Convention Center, January 24-26. The weekend will also feature many demonstrations and discussions at the Creative Stage, as well as numerous local Oregon creators.

Greater Portland creators on hand include Mitzi Fordyce (sculptures/jewelry), Tayler Howard (illustrations), Dezra Otto (Disney, Motion Logic Studios), Christopher Levin (graphic design, illustrations), Michael Flynn (graphic art/retro), Brad Eastburn (Lucky Comics, video game art), Celeste Ingalls (original art prints, stickers), Collin Schlicht ("Jak and Daxter," Hero Complex Gallery), Kate Patrick (illustrations), Becca Wilson (Geek it Up Portland, pop culture pillows), Alexander Burrows (illustrations, fantasy art), Melissa Kaylor (pixel art, plush toys), Misty Figueredo (sculptures).

Wizard World Portland will also include non-stop live entertainment, gaming, exclusive Q&A sessions with select celebrities and autographs/photo ops with top stars such as “Smallville” headliners Tom Welling (“Clark Kent”), Michael Rosenbaum (“Lex Luthor”), Erica Durance (“Lois Lane”), John Glover (“Lionel Luthor”) and Laura Vandervoort (“Kara/Supergirl”), Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride), Dylan McDermott (“American Horror Story,” “The Practice”) and James Marsters (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Vidiots”), Chandler Riggs (“The Walking Dead,” “A Million Little Things”), Robin Lord Taylor (“Gotham”), Craig Parker (Lord of the Rings, “Spartacus”), Nick Zano (“Legends of Tomorrow,” Minority Report), Holly Marie Combs (“Charmed,” “Pretty Little Liars”) and more, along with Wizard World’s Master of Ceremonies, Kato Kaelin.

Wizard World events bring together thousands of fans of all ages to celebrate the best in pop culture: movies, television, gaming, live entertainment, comics, sci-fi, graphic novels, toys, original art, collectibles, contests and more. The second event scheduled on the 2020 Wizard World calendar, Portland show hours are Friday, January 24, 4-9 p.m.; Saturday, January 25, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sunday, January 26, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Kids 10 and under are admitted free with paid adult.

Wizard World Portland is also the place for cosplay, with fans young and old showing off their best costumes throughout the event. Fans dressed as every imaginable character – and some never before dreamed – will roam the convention floor and participate in the famed Wizard World Costume Contest on Saturday evening.

For more on the 2020 Wizard World Portland, visit http://wizd.me/PortlandPR.

[hallmark-movie-fanatics]

LAURA VANDERVOORT AND NICHOLAS GONZALEZ STAR IN ‘PLAYING CUPID,’ A NEW, ORIGINAL MOVIE PREMIERING FEBRUARY 13, ON HALLMARK CHANNEL

Part of the Network’s Annual “Love Ever After” Programming Event

STUDIO CITY, CA – January 4, 2020 – Laura Vandervoort (“V-Wars”) and Nicholas Gonzalez (“The Good Doctor”) star in “Playing Cupid,” a new, original movie premiering Saturday, February 13 (9 p.m. ET/PT), on Hallmark Channel as part of the network’s annual “Love Ever After” programming event.

Middle-school teacher, Kerri Fox (Vandervoort), a favorite among her students, assigns a project in her class where each student must create and run his/her own small business. Thirteen- year-old Clara Martinez (Mia Quaranta De La Rosa) decides to put her vast matchmaking skills to the test and becomes Cupid Clara, much to the chagrin of her newly single father, David (Gonzalez). As the weeks progress and Cupid Clara begins to flourish, Kerri gets more than she bargained for when Clara sets her sights on her newly single teacher as a potential match for her divorced dad. Can these two opposites really attract, and will they become yet another successful match for Cupid Clara?

“Playing Cupid” is produced by Cupid Productions Inc. Alexandre Coscas, Ben Silverman, Michael R. Goldstein, Caitlin Friedman and Jef Kaminsky serve as the executive producers. Shel Piercy and Theresa Piercy serve as producers. David Weaver directed from a script by Nina Weinman. 

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