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Click here to read the full article. SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched “The Bob’s Burgers Movie.” For over 10 years, Loren Bouchard has been telling the stories of the Belcher clan on a weekly basis. Created by Bouchard, “Bob’s Burgers” premiered in 2011 as an animated sitcom about married couple Bob (H. Jon Benjamin) and Linda Belcher (John Roberts) and their three kids — Tina (Dan Mintz), Gene (Eugene Mirman) and Louise (Kristen Schaal) — as they operate their small family owned burger shop and navigate the mundane absurdity of everyday life. More from Variety Will 'Top Gun: Maverick' Be Tom Cruise's First $100 Million Opening Weekend? 'The Bob's Burgers Movie' Review: A Plain and Tasty Quadruple Helping of the Animated Series 'Bobs Burgers' Cast Picks Five Must-See Episodes Before the Film Initial reviews of the show when it premiered were mixed; for Variety , Brian Lowry wrote that it “too often falls on the wrong side of … [Read more...] about ‘The Bob’s Burgers Movie’ Creators on Taking the Belcher Family to the Big Screen and a Potential Sequel Film

"Hi, baby. Surprise." Those were the first words most people heard Ray Liotta speak, in Jonathan Demme's 1986 road trip comedy "Something Wild." At least, it was a road trip comedy until that moment. During the preceding hour, Lulu, played by Melanie Griffith, and Charlie (Jeff Daniels) seemed to be embarking on an eccentric picaresque about mismatched lovers taking a zany car ride from Manhattan through Pennsylvania. When Liotta's character - Lulu's ex-husband, coincidentally named Ray - showed up, the emotional weather changed in an instant. Staring down Lulu and Charlie with ice-blue eyes, his muscles bulging alarmingly under a black T-shirt, Ray injected real menace into a quirky romance that turned murderously ugly the moment he appeared on screen. Who is that guy? viewers immediately wondered about Liotta, who died at 67 on Thursday in the Dominican Republic, where he was filming a movie. (The cause is still being investigated.) "Something Wild" wasn't Liotta's screen … [Read more...] about Ray Liotta delivered one of cinema’s greatest breakout performances

Jon Hamm, who played the dapper Don Draper for seven seasons on the AMC network hit "Mad Men," may be Hollywood's most-famous advertising executive. He's also a pretty busy real-life pitchman. The Emmy-winning actor has appeared in multiple commercials, selling everything from Mercedes-Benz cars to H&R Block tax preparations services. He promoted Apple TV+ during the NFL playoffs and spoofed his own promotional skills on "Saturday Night Live," in a faux commercial for sliced ham you can eat in the bathroom. "It's not lost on me that some of our greatest film directors got their start in the commercial space, like Ridley Scott and David Fincher," the actor said in an interview. "The old school stigma of doing commercials has rightfully washed away.'' Hamm is still acting of course. He stars in "Corner Office," a dark comedy premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival next month, and as Vice Admiral Beau "Cyclone" Simpson in the new 'Top Gun: Maverick" sequel now in theaters. … [Read more...] about Hollywood’s most-famous ad man just loves to do commercials

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 9 CANNES, France (AP) — Lukas Dhont's sensitive coming-of-age film “Close,” about the tender friendship of two 13-year-old boys whose bond is tragically separated, has provided a late, emotional wallop at the Cannes Film Festival. “Close," the Belgian director's second film after his controversy-generating debut “Girl,” has emerged as one of the standouts at Cannes, and one of the most poignant. While heartbreak in film is usually expressed through romantic relationships, Dhont's movie traces the painful fallout of two exceptionally close boys who drift apart when their intimacy is ridiculed. “It comes from deep within,” Dhont said in an interview on a balcony in Cannes a few days before the Thursday premiere of “Close.” “When I was young because of fear I had for this closeness, I think I pushed a lot of friends away. If I hadn’t done that, maybe … [Read more...] about Lukas Dhont’s tender boyhood drama ‘Close’ stirs Cannes

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 5 CANNES, France (AP) — “Shoplifters” director Hirokazu Kore-eda returns to the Cannes Film Festival with “Broker,” another tale of misfits from society’s margins. This time, the film centers on the use of a “baby box,” a controversial method of anonymously dropping off newborns to be cared for by others used in Japan, South Korea and other parts of the world. “In Japan, the biggest criticism was that the baby box was making it too easy for the mothers to give up on their responsibility to raise the child. But, on the other hand, some people said that these boxes were actually saving lives because otherwise, the children might die,” he said. “I just thought that was an interesting argument to base a film on.” The director says his interest in the issue dates back to 2013. “When I was making ‘Like Father, Like Son.’ I researched the Japanese adoption system and it was then … [Read more...] about Director Kore-eda returns to Cannes with film about baby box

In a previous article , I discussed how corporate giants like Coca-Cola and Acura were venturing into the burgeoning world of NFTs, and the metaverses that are increasingly linked to them, in a slew of novel and imaginative ways. In this installment, I'm focusing less on how companies are leveraging their iconic brands to make much-hyped debuts, and more on something that has always been crucially connected to the popularity of NFTs: the indelible power of a single irreproducible image. From unforgettable cinematic moments to photojournalism at its finest and most illuminating, these NFT drops can remind businesses how many words pictures are worth when they're inextricably woven into a shared cultural history. Owning a piece of photography history Earlier this year, The Associated Press announced that it would be launching its own NFT marketplace featuring the AP's illustrious archives of photojournalism. The Associated Press framed the marketplace — which debuted Jan. 31 — … [Read more...] about 3 Compelling NFT Projects Your Company Can Learn From