Ava Duvernay‘s Origin and Matthew Heineman‘s American Symphony were among the top winners at the Virginia Film Festival, the four-day Charlottesville event that ran from Oct. 25-29.
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Harlequin romance novels are getting a new lease of life in audio form.
The company has struck a deal with podcast company Audio Up, which is behind Stephen King’s Strawberry Spring, to adapt a number of its books into audio series.
Harlequin is the company responsible for the books behind series such as Sweet Magnolias and Virgin River. The plan is to turn 52 books into podcasts.
First up is Montana Mavericks, a scripted dramatic podcast based on In Search of the Long-Lost Maverick, written by Christine Rimmer.
The series is set in Bronco Heights with its small-town charm and Western allure, where Melanie Driscoll, seeking a fresh start, returns home from the big city into the waiting arms of Gabe Abernathy, a rugged cowboy from the town’s most powerful family with secrets of his own.
It will also have an original soundtrack from a number of rising stars within country music including Abby Anderson, who just wrapped her tour opening for Stevie Nicks, Brooke Butler, whose latest release racked up over three million streams, and Clayton Johnson, an up-and-coming Nashville favorite.
The series, which launches on October 16, is exec produced by Audio Up CEO Jared Gutstadt as well as Audio Up president David Thwaites and adapted and produced by Audio Up chief creative officer Jimmy Jellinek, along with Creator Rights Co. president Brad Pelman and Centinel Media CEO Craig Cegielski.
“This is a truly revolutionary audio experience,” said Jellinek. “We’re creating a blockbuster for your ears, combining the rugged independence of Yellowstone with the relationship drama of Days of our Lives. Never before has a podcast been created with such laser focus on elevating a genre for its fans into something truly spectacular.”
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Ava Duvernay‘s Origin and Matthew Heineman‘s American Symphony were among the top winners at the Virginia Film Festival, the four-day Charlottesville event that ran from Oct. 25-29.
Fashion fans who love shopping at retailers like River Island, Top Shop, ASOS, Miss Selfridges and more can get clothes from all brands at a major discount on one website.
, and it honestly looks so fun. The Ghost star just posted pictures from her excursion along the Colorado River, where she swam beneath waterfalls, danced while rafting, and also hung out with Emily Osment.
My Chemical Romance fans have been speculating about the possibility of an upcoming album from the band, following a cryptic Instagram post.Fans think they may have spotted a teaser for a new project in a now-deleted post by an associate of the band who goes by the handle @bigwormser.The post shows a photograph of an acoustic guitar alongside a framed print bearing the slogan ‘I’m Not OK’. Attached is a post-it note, and on the note is written: “5OON”.A new My Chemical Romance album would mark the band’s fifth studio record, and the cryptic post has left some fans speculating that the message signals a new LP is on the horizon.The band’s most recent material was 2022’s ‘The Foundations of Decay’ – a surprise single that was their first new release in eight years and first since they announced their reunion in 2019.
The headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow haunts the American imagination each autumn. New York City native Washington Irving breathed life into the galloping ghost in 1819, when he penned "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," one of his tales of life among Dutch settlers along the Hudson River. It stands 203 years later as one of the most famous ghost stories in world history — remade in many versions and retold in scores of languages.
Love Island star Montana Brown has given fans a sweet insight into her autumnal day out pumpkin picking with son Jude. As she cradled Jude at the patch - who donned an incredibly cute pumpkin hat and teddy bear embroidered baby grow - Montana looked glowing.The star opted for an all-black ensemble including trainers, an oversized leather jacket and sunglasses.The 27 year old captioned the post, "Pumpkin patch time" and used the pumpkin emoji.
The NBA roared back onto the airwaves Wednesday night giving ESPN its most-watched opening night in 11 years.
Dave Grohl has joined Norah Jones to play some Foo Fighters rarities on her podcast – listen below.The Foo Fighters frontman has previously collaborated with the jazz singer on the song ‘Virginia Moon’, which appeared 2005 album ‘In Your Honour‘. The duo performed a cover of the song in the podcast below.
Hot off the premiere of “The Fall Of The House Of Usher” on Netflix, Mike Flanagan is already working hard on his next project. And it’s another Stephen King adaptation, shooting in Alabama under an interim agreement.
Frankie Bridge has ditched jeans and a nice top for a more 'stylish' and 'versatile' £75 outfit from River Island for the upcoming Christmas party season. Proving that simplicity sometimes is best, the Loose Women star paired the River Island Blazer jumpsuit with some heels and jewellery for a fuss-free elegant look.
River Island announces 'grey is having a moment' as fashion fans fall in love with the high-street retailers £30 winter jumper that has the 'perfect' pop of colour. The chunky knit flatters all body types, and is a must have statement piece for cold autumn and winter days alongside a pair of jeans, trousers or a skirt.
Montana Brown has credited Celebrity SAS for getting her pregnant and even joked that her co-star Jermaine Pennant is her son's real dad.The star, 28, who found fame on Love Island, had struggled to conceive for months but got pregnant days after she came back from being on SAS and saw her partner Mark O'Connor again. Speaking to The Sun, Montana explained: "I was trying to have a baby for so long before SAS and literally in the few days that I got back I conceived.
Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor How does one create a film festival during an actors strike? Middleburg Film Festival executive director Susan Koch explains she’s approached programming the Virginia fest in the same manner as she has always done. “We looked for the strongest films and a wide range of films that represent diverse voices and ones we feel will expand our view of the world,” she tells Variety. Now in its 11th year, the festival continues to be a carefully curated weekend of films and conversations, including many of the year’s buzziest titles.
Disney+ has unveiled some brand new stills from the upcoming Percy Jackson and the Olympians television series!
Suits finally fell from grace.
Emergency services are continuing to search for a woman in the River Kelvin after a man was rescued and rushed to hospital last night.
Well, they did it! Billy Ray Cyrus and Firerose got hitched!
A man has been rescued from the River Kelvin in Glasgow and a second remains missing.
expanded “Don’t Say Gay” law.Charlotte County Schools Superintendent Mark Vianello and Michael McKinley, the attorney for the Charlotte County Schools, recently responded to questions from the district’s librarians at a July meeting asking whether the law required the removal of books with LGBTQ characters but contained no explicit sex scenes.“Books with LBGTQ+ characters are not to be included in classroom libraries or school library media centers,” Vianello and McKinley said in response, according to a district memo obtained under a public information request by the Florida Freedom to Read Project.The nonprofit group, which opposes the law’s provisions making it easier to challenge or remove books from schools, provided the memo to The Associated Press last week.After receiving negative press, the district backed off slightly from an across-the-board ban, clarifying that it primarily applied to elementary and middle schools.The district said that high school libraries could keep non-explicit books with LGBTQ characters and themes in their collections, but could not use any of those books in classroom instruction, according to the investigative journalism website Popular Information.The expansion of the “Parental Rights in Education” law — dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law by critics — passed earlier this year after conservatives said the original 2022 law didn’t go far enough in stopping LGBTQ-themed materials from being accessed by minors.Under the new restrictions, the ban on LGBTQ content was applied to all grades — except in rare instances for some high school biology or health classes.The law also allows any county resident — regardless of whether they have children enrolled in school — to demand the removal of books
It’s a record breaker. Suits has again landed in the No. 1 spot on the overall Nielsen Streaming Top 10 for a 12th week, surpassing Ozark for the most No. 1 overall finishes on the overall chart ever — since Nielsen began reporting the Top 10s in 2020. Only 11 streaming titles have sat atop Nielsen’s Top 10 for five weeks or more.