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Don Collier was an actor known for roles in Westerns, including “The High Chaparral” and “Outlaws.”After serving in the U.S. Navy and the Merchant Marine, Collier began his acting career with work as an extra.

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AMC Networks’ streaming bundle AMC+ and RLJE Films have picked up the Keira Knightley holiday comedic drama Silent Night which they’ll give a day-and-date release to in theaters and exclusively on AMC+ this December in the U.S. and Canada.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMK2/Mile End, the Quebec-based distribution outfit launched by French film studio MK2 and industry veteran Charles Tremblay, is set to expand into the English Canadian market with key appointments. The company, which launched in 2017 and is headed by Tremblay, has tapped well-established industry professionals Stephanie Azam from Telefilm Canada, and Lainie Elton at Level Film to spearhead this strategic expansion.

Naman Ramachandran Protagonist Pictures has closed sales on several key territories, including the U.S.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefTaiwan has launched a government-backed English-language streaming platform that is intended to carry a mixture of news, international affairs and local stories. Taiwan Plus went live on Tuesday after a Monday launch event.The project was commissioned by Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture.

It only took a few seconds with their newborn son Wilder James Ethridge for Eric Ethridge and Kalsey Kulyk to realize they likely have another musician in the family. “The doctor laid him on my chest and he just let out a big scream — I was like, ‘Oh, he’s definitely going to be a singer!’” recalls Kulyk. “And then he pooped on me.”

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Leo Barraclough International Features EditorVariety has been given exclusive access to the first footage to be released from Slovak director Peter Kerekes’ “107 Mothers,” which world premieres in the Horizons section of the Venice Film Festival. Films Boutique is handling world sales on the film.“107 Mothers” features mostly real-life female prisoners and prison guards in an Odessa women’s jail acting out their true stories.

Letitia Wright suffered minor injuries while filming Marvel’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” this week.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Clickbait,” streaming now on Netflix.In the first episode of Netflix’s new limited series, “Clickbait,” a husband and father named Nick (Adrian Grenier) is kidnapped and filmed holding a sign that says he abuses women and will be killed when the video reaches 5 million views.Unsurprisingly, the video goes viral and Nick’s fate is sealed.

Filming has wrapped in Canada on under-the-radar Canadian feature North Of Normal, we can reveal.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentAMC Networks genre streamer Shudder has dropped a first trailer for U.K.’s writer-director Ruth Platt’s “Martyrs Lane.” A tragic ghost story, the feature world premieres today at Canada’s Fantasia Festival before being released on Shudder on Sept. 9.One day after its Fantasia bow, “Martyrs Lane” receives its U.K.

Jamie Lang After making its North American Premiere in the Fantasia Film Festival’s Camera Lucida sidebar, Seth A. Smith’s dystopian sci-fi thriller “Tin Can” was picked up by Canada’s levelFILM for domestic distribution.In the film, a new fungal disease called Coral is spreading rapidly across the planet.

Dan + Shay have a new album out, and it might just be their best work yet. The duo sat down with ET's Rachel Smith to discuss their latest release in three years, , and how the pandemic made it possible.«Oh man, I mean this is the first time we have actually had time and I mean I guess it's a good thing because it is our fans fault,» Shay Mooney shared.

For HBO Max’s I May Destroy You, costume designer Lynsey Moore had two main objectives: make it real and make it vintage. The series follows Arabella (Michaela Coel), an influencer and writer on a deadline to finish her second book, as she deals with the aftermath of being drugged and raped. Arabella experiments with different ways to heal from the traumatic experience, which Moore mirrored with her outfit choices throughout the series.

Konami has announced that the previously discontinued mobile game, Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls, will soon be available exclusively on Apple Arcade.Previously ‘soft launched’ in Canada back in late 2019, Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls is a classic 2D Castlevania style game with 60 stages to play through.Players are able to choose from five characters from Castlevania history including Alucard best known from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Simon Belmont from the original Castlevania, Maria

KJ Apa, 24, and his pregnant girlfriend Clara Berry, 27, were all smiles while enjoying a night out in the early morning hours of Aug. 14.