‘Dear Comrades’ Is A Beautifully Crafted Look At A Bloody Soviet Tragedy [Venice Review]

HBO is defending Euphoria.

Sarah Hyland is opening up about some difficult moments for her on the set of the fan-favorite series Modern Family, revealing that at one point she was “exhausted all the time,” due to a medical condition known as kidney dysplasia.“There are some episodes of ‘Modern Family’ where I do not remember filming because I was asleep. Dead-asleep,” she explained, referring to the third episode of the 2011 season, “That entire episode I was asleep for,” she added, “I don’t remember filming it at all.”Sarah admits she suffered from kidney dysplasia, and was waiting to be eligible for a kidney transplant.

Zoe Kravitz is revealing more details about her preparation to take on the coveted role of ‘Catwoman’ in the long awaited film ‘The Batman,’ explaining that she did everything she could to get into character, including “drinking milk from a bowl.”The 33-year-old star talked to Jimmy Fallon about some of the unusual methods she used to embody Selina Kyle, with the TV host looking surprised when he asked “You drank milk out of a bowl?” to which Zoe responded, “I’m method, dude!”The actress had previously detailed some other methods she used, including studying animals to understand their movements and portray Catwoman better on the big screen. “I watched a bunch of cat videos, feline videos, watching them fight,” she continued “I was so interested in the fact that you can’t read their faces at all, which is why I think people are kind of creeped out by them.”She also reflected on their changes in behavior, explaining that the film crew put her “in a room with a bunch of cats… but the cats didn’t care.

Russell Wilson wants to add another member to his family so badly, he’s willing to propose all over again to make it happen.His wife, Ciara, guest hosted an episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday, where she was joined the Seattle Seahawks quarterback. During their time together, Wilson surprised the singer with an unexpected proposal, asking his wife if she wanted to have another baby.

Meghan Markle’s estranged half-sister Samantha Markle is reportedly suing her sibling for defamation a year on from her revealing US interview with Prince Harry.The 57 year old is said to be taking the Duchess of Sussex to court after documents were apparently filed claiming the former Royal lied about her family during the tell-all with Oprah Winfrey. Samantha has accused Meghan of creating a “false narrative” according to TMZ reports after she spoke of growing up in “virtual poverty” and having had to pay her way through her time at Northwestern University.Thomas Markle allegedly supported the 40 year old financially as a student Samantha has claimed in the documents and paid for her tuition at the institution, along with her attendance at other “elite and expensive private schools”.

Julia Fox revealed that she lost 15 pounds during her brief yet highly publicized time dating Kanye West in a new interview published on Thursday. The 32 year old described the short relationship as “not sustainable” as she attempted to keep up with the rapper’s fast-paced lifestyle alongside her own full schedule as a working mum to one year old son Valentino shared with ex husband, Peter Artemiev. "I tried my best to make it work.

Maksim Chmerkovskiy, 42, appeared on Good Morning America Friday, March 4 and explained how he fled from Ukraine amidst Russian attacks. Before Maks got on a train from Poland and escaped his native country, he was arrested for breaking curfew. “They’re like, ‘Passport.’ I pull out my American passport. He starts speaking English with me. I was like, ‘I speak Russian.’ Then I regretted saying that. I thought maybe it was wrong,” Maks explained on GMA.

“Grey’s Anatomy” fans got to say goodbye to Dr. Cormac Hayes this week.

Hilary Duff is not giving up on the fan-favorite Lizzie McGuire reboot, following the recent cancellation of the highly anticipated project, fans of the popular series were disappointed after it was announced that the show would not be premiering on Disney+, however she thinks there might a possibility to take on the role of the iconic character once more.And while the 34-year-old star of How I Met Your Father says she prefers not to talk discuss the Lizzie McGuire reboot too often, “I don’t love to talk about this, because the internet seems to explode whenever Lizzie stuff is brought up,” she thinks “there is always a possibility there.”“And even if she’s 40,” she continued, “I don’t think people care. It’s always going to be somewhat interesting to people to see where she ended up.” It was reported that the revival series were already in the works with Disney, however after experiencing creative differences, the project was canceled because executives thought it was going in an “adult” direction.The actress revealed the plans for the abandoned project during an interview in January, explaining that “everything does happen for a reason,” adding, “There’s always a time and a place for everything.

Ed Sheeran headed to court Friday after two musicians accused him of ripping off part of their 2015 song “Oh Why”.

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If you have not watched the reunion special of Love Is Blind season 2, bookmark this for later or proceed with caution. The season 2 reunion special of Love Is Blind was filled with drama, bombshells, and tears. Fans got to see the fate of the six couples who got engaged in the pods and those who said «I do» and «I don't» at the altar. The two couples who agreed to tie the knot — Jarrette Jones and Iyanna McNeely and Nick Thompson and Danielle Ruhl — are still together and married a year later.

Love Is Blind successful couples are an exclusive bunch. Netflix's kooky, addictive reality show is many things—a social experiment, a dating show, a highly-engineered drama factory—but it does actually lead to lasting relationships for some. Whether you believe that love is blind or not, there's no doubt that this twist on the The Dating Game is hard to stop watching. We love for a reason.

That 70’s Show, shared their efforts to raise $30 million in aid for Ukrainian people in a video posted to Instagram. Kunis began by sharing her connection to , having been born there when it was still a Soviet Union state before she and her family came to the United States. “I was born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine in 1983," she says in the video.

A+E Networks has taken a minority stake in management and production firm Range Media Partners. No financial details are being disclosed but the stake is believed to be in the high teens percent and the deal in the $50 million ballpark, with Range’s valuation at around $300 million. That is a hefty valuation, especially for a company that is just a year and a half old. It is close to what one of Hollywood biggest, most established management-production companies, 3 Arts, sold for in 2018 after 27 years in the business.

Shane/Nahley Communications has launched a diversity, equity and inclusion practice, which is headed by new hire Crisanta White.

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures’ 3000 Pictures has acquired the film adaptation rights to Lucy Foley’s new book, The Paris Apartment, which became an instant No. 1 New York Times best seller after its release by William Morrow, a U.S. imprint of HarperCollins on Feb. 22.

Stacey Solomon revealed the struggles of tongue tie her baby daughter Rose has been dealing with on Loose Women Friday during her return to the show for a candid discussion. The 32 year old brought along her four month old daughter as she reunited with fellow panellists Nadia Sawalha, Judi Love and Kaye Adams and spoke about the issue with the women as she opened about motherhood the fourth time round. “I checked Rose for tongue tie the minute she was born.They diagnosed her with tongue tie straight away and on day three or day four, I got it cut and the instant relief,” Stacey said.

The cast of Neighbours were pictured looking solemn taking furniture off set on Friday as they returned to work for the first time following the news of the show being axed. It was confirmed this week that the Australian soap is ceasing production after 37 years as key supporting network Channel 5 decided to no longer air the series.

Taking Soviet films from the past as its model, Russian veteran Andrei Konchalovsky’s Dear Comrades! (Dorogie Tovarischi!) pinpoints a moment inhistory when people’s unquestioning belief in the high-minded principles of the Communist party wavered as evidence to the contrary mounted and personally impacted their lives. Although at first sight this dramatization of a 1962 strike at a factory in the U.S.S.R.

Jessica Kiang How do you commemorate a shameful history long suppressed? One way is to render it in black and white images so stark there’s nowhere for the shame to hide, a feat achieved with stunning clarity by Andrei Konchalovsky’s perversely beautiful and coldly furious “Dear Comrades!” (exclamation point ironic). Meticulous and majestic, epic in scope and tattoo-needle intimate in effect, this scrupulous recreation of the lead-up to and aftermath of the Novocherkassk massacre six decades ago is excoriating proof that not all filmmakers are made sloppy or slipshod by anger.