The full story? Leo Temory is spilling all the tea about what really went down on The Challenge: USA after his elimination on Wednesday, August 24.
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life as a crusader and vigilante fighting to help women and children flee abusive men who were protected by family court rulings. A charismatic, passionate advocate, Yager found sympathetic people all over the country willing to stealthily lend their time, their homes and their money to her cause.In the new FX series “Children of the Underground,” archival footage of Yager and clips of her frequent talk show appearances show how she set up an extensive network of collaborators and safe houses throughout the US and abroad – and how her passion for helping other women got tangled up in the Satanic Panic of the ’80s.Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite (“Blackfish”), who co-directed the series, interviewed Yager, now in her early eighties, in 2021.
“She’s larger than life, she’s still every bit as sharp and fiery,” said Cowperthwaite. “She has a wry sense of humor.
One of the first things she said to me is that she’s the only Southern woman with a 2,000-page FBI file.”When Yager first discovered the abuse of her own daughter, she gathered all the evidence she could against her husband — including medical reports of the 4-year-old girl having contracted gonorrhea. But even in the face of medical proof, the court deemed Yager’s claims implausible; her husband tried to have her committed.
A judge eventually awarded full custody of Michelle to Yager’s husband, Roger Jones, who would eventually be found guilty of molesting other underage girls, but never punished for his abuse of his own daughter, to which he would eventually admit. (Michelle is 53 now, and appears in the series as a fierce defender of her mom.) When she heard the story of another mother who’d gone on the run after a court denied her allegations of abuse — something
.The full story? Leo Temory is spilling all the tea about what really went down on The Challenge: USA after his elimination on Wednesday, August 24.
Rob McElhenney will come to centre stage in the new Disney Plus documentary Welcome To Wrexham, which lands on Thursday, August 25. The American actor and producer, 45, bought a football club in 2021 with fellow actor and close friend Ryan Reynolds. The new series will explore the incredible story of McElhenney and Reynold’s decision to buy Wrexham AFC, a fifth-tier team in the English Football League.
Angelique Jackson Filmmaker Malcolm D. Lee has long considered how he’d wrap up the stories of “The Best Man” crew — Lance (Morris Chestnut), Shelby (Melissa De Sousa), Harper (Taye Diggs), Candace (Regina Hall), Quentin (Terrence Howard), Robyn (Sanaa Lathan), Jordan (Nia Long) and Murch (Harold Perrineau).
Lea Michele as Fanny Brice. On Friday, the Twitter account for Broadway's shared a promo of Michele embodying the iconic role, which she's stepping into after Beanie Feldstein's shortened run. In the promo, Michele sings a portion of «I'm the Greatest Star,» as footage rolls of her at rehearsals for the show. Michele dances, looks over her script, practices her blocking, and chats with her castmates in the video.«Who is the pip with pizazz? / Who is all ginger and jazz? / Who is as glamorous as? / Who's an American Beauty rose With an American Beauty nose / And ten American Beauty toes,» Michele sings as the footage plays, before the camera turns to the actress herself as she belts out the final line.«Hey, Mr.
Korn reunited with Evanescence frontwoman Amy Lee last night (August 16) to perform their 2007 version of the former’s ‘Freak On A Leash’ – watch fan-shot footage below.The two bands kicked off their joint US tour at the Ball Arena in Denver yesterday, with both performing hits from the respective back catalogues.At the end of Korn’s set, Lee joined the band for a live rendition of their 2007 MTV Unplugged collaboration – a take on Korn’s 1998 track ‘Freak On A Leash’, which featured on their album ‘Follow The Leader’.You can watch fan-shot footage of Korn and Lee performing ‘Freak On A Leash’ below.The two bands will continue their tour at Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre tomorrow night (August 18), and wrap up their jaunt in Washington on September 16. Any remaining tickets for the tour can be purchased here.Last month, Korn and Evanescence made an appearance at the 2022 Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival alongside Disturbed and Breaking Benjamin.The three-day event took place at the Ohio State Reformatory, an old prison that was made famous in the film The Shawshank Redemption.
EXCLUSIVE: Alice Lee (Our Man from Jersey) is set to co-produce and star in the darkly comedic thriller Samson, from director Ruth Du (The Deadliest Lie). She’ll be joined in the indie’s ensemble by Will Brittain (Blow the Man Down), Emilio Garcia Sanchez (The Society) and newcomer Ryan Dance.
House of the Dragon star Steve Toussaint opened up about the racist backlash he faced after getting cast on HBO’s upcoming Game of Thrones spinoff.
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Recorded Music has unveiled a new global joint venture with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Lee Daniels’ (The United States vs. Billie Holiday) company, Lee Daniels Music.
Hunt will get a US theatrical release in December.On August 15, Deadline reported that film distributor Magnolia Pictures has acquired US rights to the South Korean film Hunt and is currently planning a December theatrical release.The spy-action film notably marks the directorial debut of veteran actor Lee Jung-jae, who gained significant international recognition for his role in Netflix’s 2021 hit series Squid Game. He also wrote the screenplay for Hunt, which is set in the ’80s at the height of South Korea’s military dictatorship.Lee also stars in the film alongside with Jung Woo-sung as intelligence agents tasked with hunting down a North Korean spy embedded in their agency.
onstage at the 1973 Academy Awards ceremony on behalf of Marlon Brando.The now-75-year-old was booed, laughed at and heckled for refusing Brando’s award for Best Actor in “The Godfather.” Now, almost 50 years later, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has offered her a formal apology.“The abuse you endured because of this statement was unwarranted and unjustified,” wrote academy President David Rubin in the note. “The emotional burden you have lived through and the cost to your own career in our industry are irreparable.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterRon Perlman, Nick Nolte, Charles Melton, and Tim Blake Nelson have all joined the cast of the upcoming Peacock series “Poker Face,” Variety has learned exclusively.Perlman (“Sons of Anarchy,” “Hellboy”), Nolte (“Warrior,” “Graves”), Melton (“Riverdale,” “American Horror Stories”), and Nelson (“Watchmen,” “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”) join the show’s already expansive cast. Natasha Lyonne will lead the series, with previously announced cast members including: Adrien Brody, Audrey Corsa, Benjamin Bratt, Chloe Sevigny, Danielle MacDonald, Dascha Polanco, Ellen Barkin, Jameela Jamil, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Judith Light, Lil Rel Howery, Niall Cunningham, Nicholas Cirillo, S. Epatha Merkerson, Simon Helberg and Tim Meadows.
EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Chris Naoki Lee’s feature directorial debut, Dinner Party, in which he stars alongside Kara Wang (Top Gun: Maverick), Imani Hakim (Mythic Quest) and Kausar Mohammed (The Flash). The global indie distributor has slated the pic for a day-and-date release on August 19.
A university student was jailed for two years after taking abortion pills which she claims were bought online by her abusive ex-partner.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefLee Jung-jae, the Korean actor who has received an Emmy nomination for his role in Netflix hit series “Squid Game,” has re-edited “Hunt,” the film that marked his feature directorial debut. The new version will play at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.“Hunt,” a 1980s-set espionage thriller about rival agents from North and South Korea, had its debut at the Cannes Film Festival in May.