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Decker Sadowski (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and Shane West (ER, The Dirty South) are set to star in Katherine Dudas’ horror comedy Theater Is Dead.

As if it weren't hilarious enough in real life, Tinder (the wildly popular dating app) gets exposed in this comedy show. If you're hoping for some swiping tips (no matter how ridiculous), this is the event for you. Like Tinder in real life, anything can happen at this show hosted by Lane Moore.

To suggest that director Jack Bergert and co-screenwriter Dani Goffstein are playing with fire with the first act of their feature film debuts is an understatement of massive proportions. We haven’t walked out of a movie at a major film festival since before the pandemic, but if we weren’t assigned to review “Little Death” we might have.

Saturday Night Live’s 49th season premiered on October 14, and while the opening credits sequence welcomed new cast member Chloe Troast and added a special credit for “a film by Please Don’t Destroy,” the closing credits clued us in to which writers are on staff this season.

Writer, actor, comedian, and musician Lane Moore discusses the joy in connecting with your audience, inviting the right people into your world, art as self-care, and the importance of creating art that aligns with your values.

Moore’s honest take on finding and making friends feels hopeful, especially in our lonely world. In her new book You Will Find Your People: How to Make Meaningful Friendships as an Adult, she offers us a heartfelt guide for navigating the convoluted world of friendship, including how to make true friends later in life and deepen the company we have. The Sunday Paper chatted with her to discuss what we get wrong about friendship and how we can open ourselves to the companionship we all deserve.

The 2023 Emmy nominations were unveiled on Wednesday, July 12, and two NBC late-night shows received major recognition for their standout work. Late Night with Seth Meyers nabbed two nominations, while Saturday Night Live scored 10 — including nods for SNL Season 48 Hosts Pedro Pascal and Quinta Brunson.

"GMA" sits down with comedian Lane Moore's new book, "You Will Find Your People: How to Make Meaningful Friendships as an Adult.

There is a vast array of LGBTQI films and TV series to experience during Pride month, and Unidentified Objects should sit high on the must-see list. Not because it features gay characters but because it explores universal themes that unite us. Director Juan Felipe Zuleta saw that and creates a winning tale about two characters we can understand and root for.

Mayor of Kingstown co-creator Hugh Dillon first pitched the Paramount+ series to his fellow co-creator Taylor Sheridan when the latter was his acting coach in 2008. Dillon starred on CBS’ Flashpoint for five seasons, and Sheridan coached him throughout all 75 episodes. The duo became fast friends in the process, prompting Dillon to bring up the idea for Kingstown, based on his own experiences in Canada’s “penitentiary city” of Kingston.

Hugh Dillon’s professional relationship with Taylor Sheridan — the two co-created Mayor of Kingstown (Season 2 premieres January 15 on Paramount+) — goes way back.

You likely know that Dillon starred on Sheridan’s Yellowstone as Sheriff Donnie Haskell, John Dutton’s (Kevin Costner) friend who died during a hold-up at a diner.

An explosive 4-part series that dissects America’s complicated relationship with race through the lens of the people of Teaneck, New Jersey. Co-Director & Executive Producer Dani Goffstein gives an interesting insight into his upbringing and first start of developing stories.

Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Outfest kicks off its 2022 film festival in Los Angeles from July 14-24, unspooling 200 narratives, documentaries, short films, episodics, festival favorites, and a total of 42 world premieres spanning every genre and representing 29 countries.

One such film is Unidentified Objects by Colombian director Juan Felipe Zuleta. This dark comedy revolves around the unlikely road trip of free spirit and alien-obsessed Winona (Sarah Hay) and uptight, pseudo-intellectual dwarf Peter (Matthew Jeffers) as they set off across the border to northern Canada hoping to get answers for their own purpose in life.

The 2020 Nicholl Fellowships finalists are (listed alphabetically by author)

Andrew Wankier “Three Heavens”, Beth Curry “Lemon”, David Harrison Turner “Safe Haven”, Fred Martenson “Demons in America”, James Acker “SadBoi”, Jane Therese “Sins of My Father”, Kate Marks “The Cow of Queens”, Kris A. Holmes “The Seeds of Truth”, Robin Rose Singer “The Lions of Mesopotamia”, Vanar Jaddou “Goodbye, Iraq”.

Alexa Alemanni and Joe Boothe have signed on to write Anna Camp‘s thriller “The Serpent’s Bite,” Variety has learned exclusively.

Alemanni and Boothe have been on the writing staff of TNT’s “The Librarians” and are about to go into production on “Grief Camp,” with Alemanni starring. Alemanni is best known for her role as Allison, the secretary to Jon Hamm’s Don Draper character on “Mad Men.”

Russell Friedenberg is one of those rare filmmakers who has an impressive resume, unique visions for his movies, and a sense of humility that is rare to find in Hollywood. His recent film, Wind Walkers, is one of this years’ 8 Films to Die For. Wanting to learn more about his career and his thoughts on filmmaking, Friedenberg was interviewed for ScifiPulse.

The actor and writer-director reveals the way family and filmmaking mingle for him, and how his daughter unwittingly became an overnight TV star.