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If you can’t beat ’em, the old saying goes, join ’em. In Kevin Bacon’s case, that meant accepting the fact that Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon — the party game that requires you to link every known actor to Bacon in six movies or less — was never going away. So he embraced the phenomenon and founded SixDegrees.org in 2007, a charitable organization whose efforts to fight hunger are being honored Nov. 1 in New York City with a Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award (named for the “Cat’s in the Cradle” songwriter).

And speaking of joining ’em, Bacon’s daughter, Sosie Bacon — who stars in Paramount’s gruesome hit Smile — is now well on her way toward joining her father as a horror movie icon. (Dad, you may recall, has been in a number of classic scary films, dating all the way back to 1980’s Friday the 13th.

In between pandemic musical sessions with his goats, Kevin Bacon seems to have figured out the world. From admitting to having skin too thin to read social media comments to reflecting on how volatile Hollywood can be, a revealing 2021 interview with Esquire shows that he's also learned a lot about himself and life.

So, when he admits that there's only one film role he cares to revisit in the dozens of movies he's appeared in since his 1978 debut in "Animal House," we should pay attention. Bacon has walked a fine line between leading man and this generation's greatest character actor, playing everything from the provocative new kid in town in "Footloose" to a tortured and menacing child molester in "The Woodsman."

Bacon says he prefers to move on to the next role once a project is done, although there is one film that might be worth revisiting. One might say...

Kyle Allen, Alexandra Shipp, Kevin Bacon star in Big Swing Productions family film.

Blue Fox Entertainment has bulked up its AFM slate and added international sales rights to Tribeca 2022 family film Space Oddity, directed by Kyra Sedgwick and featuring a cast that includes Kyle Allen, Alexandra Shipp, and Kevin Bacon.

Allen stars in the Big Swing Productions feature as Alex, who longs to travel into space and finally gets his opportunity thanks to a privately funded Mars colony programme. During rigorous preparation he meets Daisy (Shipp), a new girl in town, and the pair connect.

When questions about the legitimacy...

It's the most wonderful time of the year. No, it's not quite Christmas time yet, but it is time for new Marvel Cinematic Universe releases. Thanks to Disney+, these occurrences are happening more often each year, which is sure to please all the good little True Believers across the multiverse. However, the latest Marvel Studios Special Presentation is still sure to put everyone in the holiday spirit because, with a month to go until its release, Disney+ has unveiled the first trailer for "The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special."

Following the events of "Avengers: Endgame" and "Thor: Love and Thunder," Star-Lord finally has time to let Gamora's fate sink in. Though there is another version of Zoe Saldana's character from a different timeline out there in the galaxy right now, the fact that the "original" one from the Sacred Timeline was sacrificed to complete Thanos' Infinity Gauntlet is...

Marvel Studios and James Gunn are bringing lots of holiday cheer to Disney+ this Christmas with The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special. Plot details have remained a mystery until today. Thanks to The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special trailer, we know the tale involves the galaxy’s biggest A-holes kidnapping Kevin Bacon to bring a smile to Star-Lord’s face!

In the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special trailer, Sean Gunn’s Kraglin Obfonteri informs the Guardians that Christmas is right around the corner. However, the gang is aware that one of their teammates, Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), is feeling down in the dumps after the loss of Gamora. Wanting to bring some Christmas cheer his way, Mantis and Drax decide to visit Earth to kidnap one of Star-Lord’s idols, Kevin Bacon. After breaking into Bacon’s cheerfully decorated home, the Footloose star makes a mad dash for safety,...

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Marvel Studios is feeling the holiday spirit in the first trailer for The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special — there’s even a surprise cameo.

Guardians filmmaker James Gunn wrote and directed the special, which closes out Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff and Sean Gunn — actors who are now all exactly 1 degree from Kevin Bacon.

Our Holiday gift to you – 11.25.22 – only on Disney+ pic.twitter.com/1M0Ky89sWA

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) October 25, 2022

In Guardians lore, Star-Lord (Pratt) reveres actor Kevin Bacon and his work in the dance-centric movie Footloose. The Guardians decide to meet Bacon as a way to give Star-Lord some holiday cheer, as he is mourning the loss of Gamora (Saldaña).

Bacon, who worked with Gunn on 2010’s Super, has spoken about being name-checked in Guardians.

The phenomenal success of "Footloose" launched Kevin Bacon into newfound stardom and recognition when it danced its way into theaters in February of 1984. Bacon had already appeared in "Friday the 13th" and Barry Levinson's coming-of-age classic "Diner," but the role of Ren McCormack essentially made the young heartthrob a household name. The surprisingly dark bike messenger drama "Quicksilver" came next, a movie I personally love that didn't exactly light the box office on fire. Working with John Hughes and Christopher Guest on "She's Having a Baby" and "The Big Picture" produced two quality films that showcased Bacon as an unconventional leading man; however, neither movie broke through to the mainstream. 

The heat generated from "Footloose" was burning out, and Bacon, in a recent EW interview, admitted he wasn't doing well financially when the creature feature "Tremors" came his way. 

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In 2017, Kevin Bacon was one of an estimated 40,000 people defrauded by Bernie Madoff in what was the largest Ponzi scheme in history. Now, he is reflecting on the crime with a positive vibe.

On the October 10th episode of the SmartLess podcast–hosted by Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Tracey Hayes–Kevin Bacon opened up about being swindled in Bernie Madoff’s infamous Ponzi scheme, which was estimated to be worth around 65 million, a feat not recognized by Guinness. What is, however, is the “most connected actor living”–and it’s not even Kevin Bacon, it’s Harvey Keitel!

Considering Kevin Bacon and his wife Kyra Sedgwick lost millions of dollars in the scheme, the Footloose actor has a remarkably hopeful outlook on the situation. “Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger…We just rolled up our sleeves.”

The positivity rings through some rather inspirational thoughts. “There’s obvious life lessons there,...

Kevin Bacon has opened up about losing “most” of his money in Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.

During Monday’s (10 October) episode of the SmartLess podcast, hosted by fellow actors Sean Hayes, Jason Bateman and Will Arnett, the Footloose star revealed that he and his wife, Kyra Sedgwick, had invested and lost “most of our money” in Madoff’s 50b (£45.2b) Ponzi scheme.

“There’s obvious life lessons there. You know, if something is too good to be true, it’s too good to be true,” Bacon reflected.

“When something like that happens, you know, you look at each other, then you go, ‘Well, that sucks. Let’s roll up our sleeves and get to work,’ you know?”

The 64-year-old later said: “We’ve made it this far. Our kids are healthy. We’re healthy. Let’s look at what we have that’s good.”

He further added that others...

Chlöe Bailey says she was moved to tears by her sister Halle’s journey in the upcoming The Little Mermaid remake.

Bailey, who was by her younger sister’s side as she auditioned for the film, reveals she got a little emotional during the audition process and says she can’t wait for audiences to see the final product.

“I went with my sister to the screen test before she officially got the role and seeing her perform ‘Part of Your World’ with just a piano, I cried,” Bailey tells Rolling Stone.

Sadly, some classic movies and one popular show in particular are leaving Netflix in October to make room for a spooky slate full of fright. “Schitt’s Creek” fans have until Oct. 2 to binge all six seasons before the show heads to Hulu for streaming. Any “After” fanfiction readers have until Oct. 8 to watch where the story begins between Hardin (Hero Fiennes Tiffin) and Tessa (Josephine Langford).

Other favorite films leaving the streamer in October include “Footlose,” “The Notebook” “Bridget Jones’ Diary,” “8 Mile,” “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” and “Miss Congeniality,” and most of those titles depart on Halloween. TV shows leaving include “Naruto” Seasons 1-9, “Sofia the First,” “Hemlock Grove” Seasons 1-3, and of course all six seasons of “Schitt’s Creek.”

Here’s a full list of what’s leaving Netflix in October and the dates that each title leaves:

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It remains to be seen if moviegoers are stoked for a return to the "Beverly Hills Cop" universe, but lots of big names are lining up to join Eddie Murphy onscreen for his first Axel Foley foray in 28 years.

According to Deadline, he latest star to sign on for "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley" is Kevin Bacon. Who's he playing? No clue. A by-the-book police chief who's heard of the Detroit detective's calamitous L.A. antics, and is determined to kick his streetsmart butt out of town? A slick, wealthy pillar of the community who's doing a little human trafficking on the side? Or maybe they'll borrow a twist from "Die Hard with a Vengeance," and make Bacon the revenge-seeking brother of Ellis DeWalt, the cop-killing antagonist from the universally beloved "Beverly Hills Cop III." 

It's impossible to say because, at present, we know nothing about "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley...

Actor Kevin Bacon was forbidden by wife Kyra Sedgwick from “dancing to ‘Footloose’ dressed as a giant peanut” for a commercial.

Married to the 57-year-old actress since 1988, the 64-year-old actor revealed that she “doesn’t like it when food talks”, reports aceshowbiz.com.

“It is true that I had to turn down dancing to ‘Footloose’ dressed as a giant peanut M&m for a commercial, because my wife doesn’t like it when food talks,” shared Bacon, who starred in the 1984 musical drama film ‘Footloose’.

“It’s just a thing she has. If she sees a talking grape, it freaks her out. When there was the possibility I might be a talking M&m, she just said, ‘No, that’s too far’.”

Despite this, Kevin has starred in lots of adverts for the UK mobile network operator Ee over the last decade.

The Hollywood star has actually enjoyed filming the light-hearted adverts,...

Sometimes even when you win, you lose. For Dianne Wiest, that might just be the case. The Academy Award-winning actor says that winning an Oscar wasn't the career boon she thought it would be. Despite flashing impressive range in roles that netted three Best Supporting Actress nominations and two wins, Wiest says she's been boxed in by playing the same character in nearly every movie she's offered.

When you think about Wiest, you might think of Vi, the mother of the rebellious Ariel in "Footloose." Or maybe you think of the struggling divorced mom Helen in "Parenthood." Or perhaps Peg, the mother-like figure for Edward in "Edward Scissorhands." Maybe Joan, the matriarch of the Short family in the CBS sitcom "Life in Pieces?" And of course, there's Lucy, mother of the vampire-fighting Emerson brothers in "The Lost Boys."

And that's Wiest's point. Despite her acting chops, authenticated by the two...

The actor answers your questions on filming in zero gravity, what happens if they play Footloose at a wedding he’s attending, and that scene in A Few Good Men

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Since the 80s, I’ve owned a farm with miniature horses and alpacas. We recently got a couple of pigs, June and Jonny, who I adore, so I don’t eat bacon any more. I don’t want to eat things that I have, so I don’t eat dog, horse, goat or pig.

Aditya Chopra’s Come Fall in Love – The Ddlj Musical, a new version of his iconie film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (Ddlj), had a spectacular opening night at The Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. Receiving a rousing standing ovation, the show is well on its way to a brilliant run at the classic theatre.

In Come Fall in Love – The Ddlj Musical, director Aditya Chopra, who is making his directing debut for the theatre, takes a fresh and exciting new look at his hit famous film, renewing it for a new generation and in a new format. With an American audience in mind, he moves the action of the early scenes to America and not England as in the film. He focuses the story more precisely on Simran’s experience, adding gravity and power to her journey. Chopra said, “Come Fall In Love is the story of Simran, an Indian American.

Aditya Chopra’s Broadway-bound musical Come Fall In Love- The Ddlj Musical is trying to tell an important and a relevant story in today’s times. It is about celebrating love and how it can unify people and cultures and break down all barriers. The musical has started its performances at the prestigious The Old Globe theatre in San Diego, and the musical has been receiving standing ovations from audiences every single night! Come Fall In Love marks Aditya Chopra’s debut as a director of a musical on stage, and his wife, Rani Mukerji, is traveling to San Diego to watch Come Fall In Love- The Ddlj Musical this weekend and cheer for Adi and the entire team of the production!

Come Fall In Love, the musical, is about the need for cultural unification in a growingly divisive and toxic world. It is about celebrating inclusivity and diversity in...

“Feeling proud as an Indian to see a standing ovation for ‘Come Fall In Love’ on the first night!” Vishal & Sheykhar, who are composing music for the Broadway-bound Aditya Chopra musical ‘Come Fall In Love’, reveal the show has got a standing ovation on the first night!

Aditya Chopra’s Broadway-bound musical ‘Come Fall In Love’ is trying to tell an important and a relevant thing in today’s times. It is about the celebration of love and how it can unify people, cultures and break down all barriers. The musical has started its performances at the prestigious The Old Globe theatre in San Diego and Vishal and Sheykhar, who are composers of ‘Come Fall In Love’, revealed how proud they felt as Indians to witness a standing ovation on the first night!

Vishal posted the video and wrote, “What a surreal feeling!! Our first standing ovation for an Indian...

This is one unique way to play guitar.

On Saturday, Kevin Bacon put his own very stripped back and delicious spin on the viral hit “It’s Corn”.

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In a video posted to Instagram, the actor performed an acoustic cover of the song, at one point strumming the strings of his guitar with a corn on the cob.

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Finishing off the song, Bacon took a bite out of the cob, singing, “It’s corn.”

The viral “It’s Corn” phenomenon began with a video clip of young child Tariq being interviewed about his love of corn.

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Kevin Bacon showcased his impressive vocals while serenading a group of goats with an acoustic version of a Beyoncé track – no, we’re not kidding!

The “Footloose” star took to Twitter on Sunday, Aug. 28 to share a video of himself performing “Heated” from Renaissance, as three adorable goats sat around listening.

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Hot day, hot song. The goats and I are feeling Heated, @Beyonce. Loving this track. #GoatSongs #Renaissance pic.twitter.com/nuLvngY8Us

— Kevin Bacon (@kevinbacon) August 28, 2022

“Hot day, hot song. The goats and I are feeling Heated,” wrote the actor, while tagging Bey in the post.

“Loving this track,” he added.

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This isn’t the first time that Bacon’s beloved goats have appeared on his social media.

Check out our new series, Popped Culture, in partnership with the free streaming services Popcornflix and Crackle!

In episode 1, Den of Geek host Aaron Sagers chats with Cracke’s Chris Woosley about three titles in the “Den of Geek Dozen” tray which lives on Popcornflix this month. Watch the episode below!

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Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield wants to clear some things up about method acting.

“Method acting has become something of a plague on the acting community, if you will—meaning that it leaves everyone with a bad feeling in the pit of their stomach when they hear the term, and actors are forced to put their opinions on the technique out into the world. Lately, that’s been largely thanks to horror stories of Jared Leto’s behavior on sets. He’s not alone. There are plenty...

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John Lithgow is set to direct the off-Broadway run of Everything’s Fine, the one-man show from Academy Award and BAFTA nominee Douglas McGrath.

The autobiographical play recounts the actor, writer and director’s life, starting at the age of 14 in Midland, Texas, the town made famous by the 1987 well rescue of “Baby Jessica.” The Emma and Nicholas Nickleby screenwriter will detail some of his most significant remembrances, including the courtship of his one-eyed father and his mother — the latter of whom worked at Harper’s Bazaar for Diana Vreeland and became pals with Andy Warhol — and an eighth-grade teacher who changed McGrath’s life in the most unexpected way.

Everything’s Fine will mark McGrath’s first New York stage performance in more than 25 years. The show serves as Lithgow’s return to directing after more than four decades.

The world premiere is set...

As the end of summer approaches, so does a slew of new movies and TV coming to Netflix this month.

This month, Netflix is serving up a documentary on the chaos of the ’99 Woodstock revival, Netflix’s take on “13: The Musical” and a juicy series expanding “Selling Sunset” into Orange County, California. Favorite returning Netflix series include “Never Have I Ever: Season 3,” “Queer Eye: Brazil” and the third season of “Locke and Key.”

As for library titles, the streaming service will add the “Spider-Man” trilogy, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Miss Congeniality” and “Space Jam,” as well as hallmarks of the beloved “Men in Black” and “Bridget Jones” series.

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Battle: Los Angeles

Bridget Jones...

Just a few months ago, Netflix appeared to be on a very rough track. Then Stranger Things season 4 came around and led to a less-apocalyptic-than-expected Q2 earnings report for the streamer. With its new releases for August 2022, however, Netflix is going to have to find another hit to keep the good vibes rolling. Here are some of their best options.

Perhaps the biggest breakout candidate for Netflix this month is The Sandman on Aug. 5. Though Neil Gaiman’s classic comic has long been thought to be unadaptable, the folks behind 10-episode series are betting they’re the ones for the job. Get ready to meet Morpheus, the king of dreams and the ruler of The Dreaming.

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The following post contains minor spoilers for The Umbrella Academy‘s Season 3 premiere.

The Hargreeves siblings were more than ready for a fight with their Sparrow Academy counterparts at the top of The Umbrella Academy‘s premiere — but first, they had to cut loose.

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Jeff Goldblum gave renewed meaning to the oft-used phrase “intimate concert” on Wednesday night during his jazz comedy show at The Sun Rose in West Hollywood.

Before Goldblum was joined on stage by the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, with whom he has released two jazz albums, the “Jurassic World Dominion” star kicked off the show solo by getting to know his audience. But this wasn’t your average pre-concert Q&a or call-and-response game. Goldblum went down a list of attendees’ names and held personal conversations with a good portion of the cozy 100-person room. Many were called at random, but Goldblum did find a few friends in the venue — including “Russian Doll” actor Charlie Barnett and TV host Naz Perez — and chatted about everything from upcoming weddings and microdosing to his recent trip to Italy to walk in Prada’s fashion show.

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Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you haven’t watched the first two episodes of Season 3 of “Umbrella Academy,” now streaming on Netflix.

When “The Umbrella Academy” last aired new episodes, in July 2020, its star occupied a different place in the culture, under a different name.

Elliot Page, the Academy Award-nominated performer, is by far the highest-profile member of the show’s cast — all playing a family of superheroes perennially trying to thwart apocalypse. And his public disclosure that he is a trans man in late 2020 presented the series with a conundrum as it looked ahead to a third season. How could “The Umbrella Academy” best leverage Page’s talent and honor the work he’d already put in on the show, while accounting for the fact that his character, known to this point as Vanya, had for two seasons presented as a woman?

The answer, with a new season...

Nowadays it’s hard for any superhero show to stand out on television. Through three seasons on Netflix, however, The Umbrella Academy has discovered that it sure does help to have a banging soundtrack.

Fittingly for a TV series based on a comic written by a musician (My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way), The Umbrella Academy knows its way around a tune. Season 1 was highlighted by an instant classic group dance session to Tiffany. Then the 1963-set season 2 upped the ante with a whole host of period-appropriate songs. For season 3, Umbrella Academy showrunner Steve Blackman wanted to make sure music played just as big a role.

“I write a lot of songs already into the script. And I encourage my writers to do the same thing,” Blackman tells Den of Geek. “Sometimes they make sense in the scene. Sometimes they’re a little weirdly subversive. And sometimes it’s just...

Regular viewers of “America’s Got Talent” are used to seeing dog acts year after year, but chicken acts are few and far between. In fact, the last time such an act graced the “AGT” stage was in 2017 when Jokgu, a piano-playing pollo, made it to the second round after playing “America the Beautiful” on a keyboard. Now, poultry fans at home have another such act to look forward to, only this time it’s an entire band of chickens collectively known as The Bock and Roll Band (watch above).

Led by young chicken trainer Zoe Tomas, the band of cluckers made its debut in the second episode of Season 17. The 11-year-old California girl explains to judges Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum and Sofia Vergara that she started training chickens when she was age seven, which prompts Howie to joke, “What came first, the chicken or the ‘AGT’?”

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"Top Gun: Maverick" star Miles Teller has become the internet's boyfriend overnight following his performance in the action-packed sequel to the 1986 blockbuster. Prior to his role as Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw in the film, he appeared in several films, including "Footloose," the Divergent franchise, "Project X," and "Whiplash," which earned him critical acclaim and several award nominations.

Since emerging into the film world in 2010, Teller has maintained a relatively private personal life, so there's not much known about who he's dated over the years. The actor has only publicly romanced Keleigh Sperry, whom he met in 2013 and married in 2019. Let's take a look back at how their sweet relationship came to be!

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Teller first met model Sperry at a Grammys afterparty in 2013. The actor revealed to People in 2017 that when they started talking, they clicked right away. Regarding their interaction that night,...

Not considered a seminal year in Hollywood history, 1984 delivered an amazing number of iconic American films. Here’s a sampling of movies that still resonate today: “Beverly Hills Cop,” “The Karate Kid,” “Footloose,” “Purple Rain,” “The Terminator,” “Scarface,” “Romancing the Stone,” “Police Academy,” “This Is Spinal Tap,” “Stop Making Sense,” “Stranger Than Paradise,” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street.”

Four 1984 releases ended up with domestic grosses above $400 million (adjusted to 2020 values). Three led the weekend that year. The top two, “Ghostbusters” and “Gremlins,” in an unusual event, opened in wide release on the same day.

The third-ranked film, in its third week and after two weeks in the top spot, was “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.” Fourth in its second week was “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.” “The Karate Kid” opened two weeks later. Five of 1984’s eight biggest hits opened within less than a month.

Melanie Parker didn’t know what to expect when she reopened Sweet Onion Cinemas in Vidalia, Ga., shortly after the governor lifted the stay-at-home order. It’s been a few weeks now, and the attendance numbers are pretty dismal.

The first weekend, 34 people came through the doors. The next weekend, it dropped to 14. Parker changed the lineup, adding some Christian movies, and it picked back up to 39 — still a fraction of a typical weekend before the pandemic.

“They’re scared,” Parker says.

Around the country, only a handful of states have allowed theaters to reopen, and in those places most cinemas — including all the big chains — have remained closed. About 3% of indoor theaters were open last week, and those were at limited capacity. Georgia was the first state to reopen, but only a handful of cinemas have actually done so.

Malcolm Neal runs the Ritz Theatre, a historic single-screen cinema in the town of Thomaston.

Take a look at new images of Emmy award winning actress Julianne Hough in the June 2020 issue of "Women's Health" magazine, wearing Abysse and Maya Brenner, photographed by Brian Bowen Smith:

Hough's first acting role was an uncredited role in the 2001 feature "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", as a 'dancer' in the 2010 musical feature "Burlesque"...

...as 'Ariel Moore' in the 2011 remake of Paramount's "Footloose", as 'Sherrie Christian' in the 2012 film adaptation of the Broadway musical "Rock of Ages"...

...starred in romantic drama "Safe Haven" and played 'Lamb Mannerhelm' in the 2013 feature "Paradise".

Other films include  "Curve" (2015) and "Dirty Grandpa" (2016). 

Hough also portrayed 'Sandy Young' for the Fox live TV presentation of the musical "Grease", January 2016, with her next feature "One Hit Wendy" in pre-production.

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AMC Studios has entered into multi-year overall deals with Rolin Jones, Gina Mingacci and Ray McKinnon.

Under the deals, all three will develop and produce new series for AMC Networks’ Entertainment Group as well as other content companies. The deals expand AMC Networks’ ongoing or previous creative partnerships with Jones, Mingacci and McKinnon.

“Our writers and producers are the center of everything we do and achieve, and I could not be happier to welcome (back) this massively talented triumvirate to AMC Networks,” said Sarah Barnett, president of AMC Networks’ Entertainment Group and AMC Studios. “Rolin, Gina and Ray are exceptional. I look forward to making incredible television with these brilliant humans, all of whom are incapable of doing anything that isn’t something special.”

Jones was the co-creator and showrunner of HBO’s upcoming “Perry Mason” series as well as the Season 1 executive producer and showrunner of “The Exorcist” for Fox.

Hulu is out with its monthly list of everything coming and going. This December, new additions include Season 6 of “Younger,” two new episodes of “Into the Dark,” and Season 3 of “Marvel’s Runaways.”

According to Hulu’s description, here’s what’s going on in the the new season of “Younger”: “After Liza lands her dream job by posing as a millennial, she realizes that the truth is much better than fiction.” That’s out Dec. 3.

Season 3 of “Marvel’s Runaways,” in which the Runaways search for their captured friends, is out Dec. 13.

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On Dec. 6, “Into The Dark: A Nasty Piece of Work” finds a mid-level employee at a big company faced with a challenge: in order to climb the corporate ladder, he must beat his co-worker in a violent competition.

On Dec. 27 comes “Into The Dark: Midnight Kiss,...

“The Masked Singer” returned on November 6 with a back-t0-back episodes. The second of these showcased the five celebrities who made the cut on the October 16 show, which was the last to air before the World Series break. Among these contenders is a star who is hidden inside a Flamingo costume. She won over the four judges and the audience with her toe-tapping cover of the Kenny Loggins‘ classic “Footloose.”

Although “The Masked Singer” has been off the air, we’ve kept busy trying to figure out the names of the famous faces underneath those elaborate masks. Keep reading if you want to know all “The Masked Singer” spoilers, including the real name of the Flamingo.

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Thursday, morning television did its best to embrace spookiness outside the realm of boardrooms or Washington, D.C. by dressing in scary, tacky, silly Halloween costumes.

NBC’s “Today”

At NBC’s “Today,” which is still being haunted by the ghosts of Matt Lauer and Megyn Kelly, Savannah Guthrie and Carson Daly went as Danny and Sandy. Hoda Kotb also channeled John Travolta, but chose Saturday Night Fever over Grease. Classic movies proved popular for the whole show, actually: Jenna Bush Hager and Willie Geist took on Dirty Dancing while Peter Alexander cut Footloose.

ABC’s “Good Morning America”

ABC’s “Good Morning America” wasn’t just Footlose: The whole cast had a 1970s-themed dance party, DJ’d by George Stephanopoulos. Robin Roberts was Donna Summer, Michael Strahan joined the Bee Gees,Lara Spencer was Liza Minnelli and Ginger Zee got to be Olivia Newton-John.

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The Cars were near their commercial peak when they agreed to perform at Live Aid in the summer of 1985, but there was so much talent packed onto the bill at JFK Stadium for the event that even a string of recent hits didn’t help them score a slot better than midway through the show. They came out at 5:39 pm, right after Kenny Loggins played “Footloose” and before Neil Young’s extended set.

They opened up with “You Might Think,” but the song wasn’t included on the official Live Aid DVD.

John Lithgow has joined the cast of the upcoming FX drama pilot “Old Man” alongside previously announced lead Jeff Bridges, Variety has learned. In addition, “Spider-Man: Homecoming” and “Spider-Man: Far from Home” director Jon Watts has come onboard to direct the pilot and executive produce the series.

Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Thomas Perry, the series centers on Dan Chase (Bridges), who absconded from the CIA decades ago and has been living off the grid since. When an assassin arrives and tries to take Chase out, the old operative learns that to ensure his future he now must reconcile his past.

Lithgow will play Harold Harper. Described as intelligent and tough with deep reservoirs of compassion and ruthlessness, Harper is called back to service by the FBI after suffering a terrible personal loss. He has a complicated past with rogue fugitive Chase, which makes him...

As its title character might put it, “Dolemite Is My Name” is a total motherf—kin’ blast. It tells the story — all true, all outrageous — of one of the most successful blaxploitation films of the ’70s, the insanely over-the-top and borderline inept “Dolemite” (1975), and of how that movie came to be. And it turns the story into a celebration of the effrontery of African-American showbiz. One definition of soul, given the history of racism in this country, is that it’s about the art of making more out of less. Soul food grew out of the fact that slaves were given the lowliest cuts of meat; they took those leftover slabs and turned them into America’s greatest homegrown cuisine. Rudy Ray Moore, played by Eddie Murphy with a motormouth brashness that won’t quit (and a twinkle of sweetness behind it), is dealing with his own version of slim...

BroadwayWorld has learned that The Muny announcedtoday 25 principal cast members for the first season of its second century. Complete company casting will be announced throughout April and May. The 101st season opens on a brand new, state-of-the-art stage with Muny favorite Guys and Dolls followed by the U.S. regional premiere of Kinky Boots. The season continues with 1776, Rodgers Hammerstein's Cinderella, Footloose and a newly-reimagined Lerner and Loewe's Paint Your Wagon. Season 101 closes with the highly-anticipated Muny debut of Roald Dahl's Matilda.

Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture.   Dream Movie Scene of the Day: Here's an impressive fan-made fight sequence that imagines where Spider-Man should show up in Venom:   Movie Connection of the Day: Speaking of Marvel movies, it's no secret that Star-Lord is a fan of Footloose, but Screen Crush digs deep into how much that classic teen movie influenced Guardians of the Galaxy:   Remade Trailer of the Day: Also speaking of Marvel movies, here's another animated version of the Captain Marvel trailer, this one via Smart Aleck Comedy:   Alternate Ending of the Day: With Solo: A Star Wars Story out on video, How It Should Have Ended unleashes its animated parody of the movie's...

Parents Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan know that being an actor can be very hard, so when their son, Jack Quaid, expressed interest in their profession at a young age, Dennis told him to wait until he was an adult. "I wanted him to grow up as a kid and have his childhood and life experience apart from being on a set, which he will be on for the rest of his life," Dennis, 64, recently told Us Weekly. "But, I wasn't really nervous about his ability. It was very obvious that he had a lot of talent and drive to begin with." Dennis and Jack in 2005. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) When Jack, 26, became a young adult, he later broke out into acting and portrayed Marvel in The Hunger Games. "I told him to learn his lines and don’t bump into the furniture," Dennis said to his son. "But, Jack...

Sneak Peek new images of actress Julianne Hough, in the February 2018 issue of "Redbook" magazine:

Hough's first acting role was an uncredited role in the 2001 feature film "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", as a 'dancer' in the 2010 musical feature "Burlesque", as 'Ariel Moore' in the 2011 remake of Paramount's "Footloose", as 'Sherrie Christian' in the 2012 film adaptation of the Broadway musical "Rock of Ages", starred in the 2012 romantiv drama "Safe Haven" and as

'Lamb Mannerhelm' in the 2013 feature "Paradise".

Other films include  "Curve" (2015) and "Dirty Grandpa" (2016). 

Hough also portrayed 'Sandy Young' for the Fox live TV presentation of the musical "Grease", January 2016.

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Chicago – When Johnny comes marching home again, as the old song goes, we’ll give him a hearty welcome then. Most Americans truncate that to the phrase, “Thank You for Your Service,” which is the title of a new film featuring Miles Teller, who portrays Iraq War veteran Adam Schumann, and is the directorial debut of Jason Hall.

The film is about the lingering effects of being on a battlefield, and the lack of care given to the soldiers who have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (Ptsd). Adam Schumann (Teller) comes home from the Iraq War to his wife and kids, along with a couple other buddies from his unit, Will and Solo (Joe Cole and Beulah Koale). As they try to assimilate back to normalcy, Will takes his own life. This triggers buried war traumas in Adam and Solo, and they lash out in different ways against the battle fatigue and families.

Luke Bryan has invited two of the top country acts for his fourth-annual concert vacation, Luke Bryan’s Crash My Playa!

On Thursday, Bryan, 41, announced that Blake Shelton and Sam Hunt will each headline one of the concerts on the beach in Riviera Maya, Mexico, during the Jan. 17-20, 2018 weekend. Bryan will give fans two headlining performances during the four-night bash.

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The results are in! Julianne Hough's wedding day deserves a perfect 10. The Dancing With the Stars judge married NHL star Brooks Laich on Saturday afternoon in a romantic ceremony in front of 200 guests near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, reports People. "I don't think I ever really necessarily dreamed about my wedding as a kid," the 29-year-old dancer told the publication. "But I know I will always cherish and remember it for the rest of my life." For the star-studded wedding, which was designed by event planner Troy Williams of Simply Troy Lifestyle + Events, the Footloose star wore a Custom Marchesa gown and Lorraine Schwartz jewelry. In keeping with his name, Brooks...

As the sleepy little town of America is placed under the rule of fear-mongering, puritanical traditionalists, hell-bent on oppressing our dangerously liberal ideas and banning lascivious merriment of any sort, those of us who would rebel are only emboldened to collude in secret, to meet in a place where everybody cut, everybody cut, everybody cuts loose. And so it is that the Resistance has naturally formed around the 2011 remake of Footloose, whose official Twitter recently reemerged, newly awakened to its political responsibilities, and began to lead the charge in kicking off our nation’s Sunday shoes.

As The Wrap reports, the @FootlooseMovie account—which had mostly laid dormant since 2011—returned yesterday with a fire that went well beyond promoting Julianne Hough’s disobedient dancing. The account changed its username to “The resistance” and its profile photo to a picture of Hillary Clinton, then began retweeting videos and tweets ...

Here’s how studios say they see it: Sure, we really want to hire women directors. But there’s almost no studio movie that isn’t big budget, and we can’t find women who have the experience necessary to handle the really big movies. (Never mind Colin Trevorrow. Or Marc Webb. Or Gareth Edwards. Or Jon Watts.)

Of course, that logic is a vicious cycle at best, but here’s a chance to break it. Director Reed Morano’s dazzling execution of the first three episodes of Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” suggests another excellent source for future women directors: top cinematographers.

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Women cinematographers work harder, longer, and have to be gifted and tough in order to keep landing jobs. As a cinematographer, make one mistake and you’re through. Any working cinematographer has more than...

Here’s how studios say they see it: Sure, we really want to hire women directors. But there’s almost no studio movie that isn’t big budget, and we can’t find women who have the experience necessary to handle the really big movies. (Never mind Colin Trevorrow. Or Marc Webb. Or Gareth Edwards. Or Jon Watts.)

Of course, that logic is a vicious cycle at best, but here’s a chance to break it. Director Reed Morano’s dazzling execution of the first three episodes of Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” suggests another excellent source for future women directors: top cinematographers.

Read More: 7 Female Genre Filmmakers You Should Get to Know Right Now

Women cinematographers work harder, longer, and have to be gifted and tough in order to keep landing jobs. As a cinematographer, make one mistake and you’re through. Any working cinematographer has more than...