Jessica Biel Joins ‘Playmates’ Movie At Searchlight Pictures

Jessica Biel Joins ‘Playmates’ Movie At Searchlight Pictures

Jessica Biel has found her next feature project in Playmates, the Searchlight flick inspired by filmmaker Lorraine Nicholson’s experiences growing up at the Playboy Mansion. Biel is playing a wife to Hugh Hefner and former Playboy Playmate — a fictional character we’re told isn’t modeled off any of Hefner’s three wives, specifically. Bill Pullman is…

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‘East Of Eden’ Tops Netflix Charts With Soft Opening

‘East Of Eden’ Tops Netflix Charts With Soft Opening

East of Eden, Zoe Kazan’s period miniseries adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic novel, managed to score top spot on Netflix’s weekly ratings charts, but it did it with only 6.5M views. The series, which stars Florence Pugh as Cathy Ames, launched on October 1, and managed to hold off Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story and…

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Freddie Jackson, “You Are My Lady” Singer, Dead at 69

Freddie Jackson, “You Are My Lady” Singer, Dead at 69

Freddie Jackson was everything fans needed and more. From songs like “You Are My Lady” and “Rock Me Tonight,” the R&B singer moved hearts and hips with his career. And his family proved his legacy would shine even after his death at age 69. “It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts that we share…

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Jessica Biel Reveals Her and Justin Timberlake’s Son Silas Makes Cameo in Matchbox: The Movie

Jessica Biel Reveals Her and Justin Timberlake’s Son Silas Makes Cameo in Matchbox: The Movie

Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake’s son Silas can’t stop the feeling of wanting to follow in his parents’ footsteps.  After all, the 7th Heaven alum revealed that the 11-year-old is not only musically inclined like his dad, but he also appears in her new movie Matchbox.  “My 11-year-old is a little bit of both,” Biel exclusively told E! News at the Matchbox: The Movie premiere in New York City Oct. 5.…

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ABC Tells Judge That Donald Trump’s Regulatory Threats Continue To Chill Its Speech, But Network Faces Jurisdictional Hurdle In FCC Lawsuit

ABC Tells Judge That Donald Trump’s Regulatory Threats Continue To Chill Its Speech, But Network Faces Jurisdictional Hurdle In FCC Lawsuit

A federal judge heard arguments on Tuesday in ABC‘s First Amendment lawsuit against the FCC, with the network’s attorney arguing that the Trump administration’s threats to its broadcast licenses have created an ongoing chilling effect. The network sued the agency in August after it issued an order calling for its eight broadcast stations to submit…

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Renny Harlin, Keith Kjarval Reteaming On ‘Athina’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Renny Harlin, Keith Kjarval Reteaming On ‘Athina’ (EXCLUSIVE)

EXCLUSIVE: Keith Kjarval and Renny Harlin, the producer and director of the upcoming The Beast, have set another feature collaboration in Athina, an action thriller to shoot in Europe next spring. Written by Kjarval, who produces via his Unified Pictures banner, the film sees two estranged brothers descend into Athens’ criminal underworld in search of…

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