Riley Keough walks the red carpet for the premiere of War Pony during the 2023 SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas on Thursday night (March 16).
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The Last Of Us premieres today (February 26) and introduces a new but important character.Created by Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) and the original game’s co-creator Neil Druckmann, The Last Of Us follows Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) 20 years after modern civilisation has been ravaged by a deadly infection.So far, the pair have encountered a variety of different characters, with the likes of Gabriel Luna (Tommy), Nick Offerman (Bill), Murray Bartlett (Frank) and Melanie Lynskey (Kathleen) all guest starring throughout the season.Episode seven of The Last Of Us takes a pause on Joel and Ellie’s quest for a cure to focus on Ellie’s backstory, introducing new character Riley.Storm Reid plays Riley. According to the HBO website, Riley is “an orphaned girl growing up in post-apocalyptic Boston.”Riley was mentioned by Marlene (Merle Dandridge) to Ellie in episode one but this will be her first on-screen appearance.Reid’s breakout role was as Gia Bennett, the younger sister of Zendaya‘s Rue, in Euphoria.
She also starred as Tyla, the daughter of Idris Elba’s Bloodsport, in 2021’s The Suicide Squad and has had roles in 12 Years A Slave and A Wrinkle In Time.Speaking about her role as Riley, Reid told CinemaBlend: “It means the world. I am so fortunate and so grateful to be a part of this universe now, to be able to embody Riley, a character that people love, especially the union of Ellie and Riley.”“I think people are going to be heartbroken when they watch our episode,” she added.
“But it’s so beautiful, and Bella is wildly talented. To be able to just work with that whole team, with Neil, with Craig, everybody is just amazing.
So I’m so grateful.”Riley doesn’t appear in the original 2013 game. She was first
.Riley Keough walks the red carpet for the premiere of War Pony during the 2023 SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas on Thursday night (March 16).
Lala Kent is setting the record straight on last night’s “Vanderpump Rules” episode.
Melanie Lynskey and Jason Ritter are #CoupleGoals! In a thread on Twitter Tuesday, an eagle-eyed fan shared a BTS photo from the show, which they spotted Ritter on set as a Clicker.«Do I spy with my little eye @JasonRitter (in the The Last Of Us BTS) on set as a clicker…? @melanielynskey, gonna assume this was „Take Your Husband to Work“ Day
The Last Of Us have been review-bombed seemingly due to the inclusion of LGBTQ+ storylines.As per IMDb’s score system calculated from user ratings, the episodes Long Long Time and Left Behind have become the worst rated of the season.The third episode Long Long Time, which follows Bill (Nick Offerman) and Frank’s (Murray Bartlett) romance, has an 8.0 rating from over 211,000 reviews. The latter number far outweighs the amount of ratings for the rest of the season, with the closest being the premiere which has over 103,000.Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Riley’s (Storm Reid) relationship in seventh episode Left Behind is the worst rated episode with a 7.4 average from over 57,000 reviews.Speaking to GQ Magazine, showrunner Craig Mazin discussed the online blowback, referring to the third episode specifically which has been widely praised by critics.“To the extent that the storylines move people to rage, confusion, or disappointment or anger,” Mazin said.
EXCLUSIVE: Riley Keough and Gina Gammell’s feature directorial debut War Pony has seen its US and Canadian rights acquired by Momentum Pictures.
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Rainn Wilson, former star of the hit TV series “The Office”, said there is “an anti-Christian bias in Hollywood” following the eighth episode of “The Last Of Us”.
started reading from the Bible I knew that he was going to be a horrific villain. Could there be a Bible-reading preacher on a show who is actually loving and kind?“Defamation of Christianity has become the most unoriginal and tired cliches in movie/TV series storylines. It’s prevalence is much more than a bias against an entire people, it is meant to undermine faith and position the secular-minded as only ones with altruistic intentions,” LIBRE Initiative president Daniel Garza remarked.New Christendom Press CEO Eric Conn tweeted, “Goes back to Mr.
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Last year, as the industry was looking to lift itself out the pandemic’s purgatory at the box office, SXSW lit the wick on A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once, which wound up dynamiting the 18-34 hipster moviegoer set in what became the highest-grossing indie film of 2022, the best ever for the New York-based distributor, and now a potential Oscar Best Picture winner.
Katie Reul editor Nick Offerman plays a food-obsessed neo-Nazi in an upcoming episode of Starz’s “Party Down.” In a clip exclusive to Variety, Offerman’s alt-right character compliments the food cooked by Party Down’s head chef Lucy, played by Zoë Chao. As a flustered Chao picks up a knife for self-defense, Offerman praises her: “I just wanted to offer my sincere compliments. The food is sublime.” Premiering on Feb. 24 with episodes releasing weekly, Season 3 of “Party Down” picks up a decade after the first two seasons, which aired in 2009 and 2010. Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Ryan Hansen, Jane Lynch, Martin Starr and Megan Mullally (Offerman’s real-life wife) reprise their original roles. “Party Down” is created by John Enbom, Rob Thomas, Dan Etheridge and Paul Rudd.
reprises her role from the video game as resistance leader Marlene. The first season also features a wide slate of guest stars, including Nico Parker as Joel’s daughter Sarah, Bartlett and Offerman as Frank and Bill, Storm Reid as orphan Riley and Jeffrey Pierce as rebel Perry.“The Last of Us” airs Sundays at 9 p.m.
HBO’s penultimate episode 8 of The Last Of Us delivered 8.1 million viewers Sunday night across HBO Max and linear telecasts. That’s up 74% from the series debut night in January and sets a new series high ahead of next Sunday’s season finale, per Nielsen and HBO.
Selome Hailu The penultimate episode of “The Last of Us” Season 1 reached an impressive 8.1 million viewers on Sunday night. According to Warner Bros.
The Royal Burgh of Annan Pipe Band had a special role to play in Finland to celebrate a major milestone for the forestry industry.
Austin Butler had some tough expectations to live up to when he signed on to portray Elvis Presley in the Baz Luhrmann biopic, not only from fans, but of course from Priscilla Presley and the rest of the singer's legacy, the late Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough.The actor has been widely lauded for this portrayal as the late King of Rock in the critically-acclaimed movie, earning both a Golden Globe win and an Oscar nomination, but most importantly, the approval from Elvis' family.As the Oscars approach, and so does a possible first-time win for the actor, Elvis' first granddaughter, Riley, revealed her tearful reaction to seeing her grandfather's life reenacted.WATCH: Austin Butler pays tribute Presley family following Lisa Marie death after BAFTA winMORE: Riley Keough reveals her husband Ben Smith-Petersen makes an appearance on Daisy Jones & the SixDuring a recent appearance on Live! With Kelly and Ryan, she opened up about how emotional she was, for a week, after seeing the film."I think he was outstanding and incredible," she first maintained about Austin's portrayal, adding: "I couldn't have imagined anyone being able to pull off what he did in terms of embodying my grandfather."MORE: See how Riley Keough paid homage to grandfather Elvis Presley on Daisy Jones and the SixRecalling how much of an impact it had on her, she said: "It was really shocking and emotional.
The Last Of Us viewers have shared their praise for the show’s latest episode, which depicts the friendship and love story between Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Riley Abel (Storm Reid).In last night’s (February 26) episode ‘Left Behind’, viewers are shown a flashback to Ellie before she met Joel as a student at FEDRA’s military boarding school in the Boston Quarantine Zone.While there, her best friend Riley joins the Fireflies, which angers Ellie. Riley takes her to an abandoned mall, where they have fun together, though Riley admits that she is being taken to the Atlanta Quarantine Zone, with the surprise trip to the mall her goodbye.Ellie pleads with her to stay, which Riley agrees to, and they share a kiss.
Storm Reid is weighing in on some backlash The Last of Us experienced after airing the episode focused on the love story of Nick Offerman’s Bill and Murray Bartlett’s Frank.
Storm Reid is speaking up over the backlash over the queer relationship between her character Riley and Bella Ramsey‘s Ellie, on HBO’s The Last of Us.
A red carpet return. Riley Keough stepped out at the Thursday, February 23, premiere of Daisy Jones & The Six.