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'Bernhardt/Hamlet' Theater Review

Few performers today have the quicksilver command and agile wit of Janet McTeer, so casting her as Sarah Bernhardt, the famed French thespian of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was inspired. Even more so once the focus tightens onto The Divine Sarah as she chafes against the limited avenues open to women in

'Minions' and 5 Other Character Spinoff Films

1. Minions (2015) [embedded content] Though the Minions first were introduced as criminal mastermindGrus underlings in 2010s Despicable Me and its 2013 sequel, Despicable Me 2, the new prequel to the franchise follows three of them on their initial quest to find a master to serve.

'Outlander' Producers Bringing Cork O'Connor Novels to TV

Two producers of Starzs forthcoming Outlander prequel are taking on a different long-running book series for their next TV project. Story Mining & Supply Co., the production company founded by Jim Kohlberg, has acquired rights to Edgar Award-winning author William Kent Kruegers Cork OConnor mystery thriller novels, about a half-Irish, half-Ojibwe sheriff turned private investigator

Actress Mona Freeman Dies at 87

Actress Mona Freeman, cast as a perpetual teenager throughout the 1940s and 50s in such films as The Heiress, Junior Miss, Dear Ruth and I Was a Shoplifter, has died. She was 87. Freeman died May 23 in her Beverly Hills home after a long illness, her daughter, actress Monie Ellis, told the Los Angeles

AMC Theatres Investor Suit Settles In $17.4M Deal

A $17.4 million deal has been reached to end a lawsuit from AMC investors accusing the companys board of directors of illegally allowing its ex-majority shareholder Dalian Wanda Group to squeeze hundreds of millions of dollars out of AMC, according to a securities notice filed on Friday.