‘Measure of Revenge’ Review: Melissa Leo Joins Forces With Uncredited Screenwriter on This Bafflingly Bad Thriller

Dennis Harvey Film CriticNaomi Watts has had a penchant for highly physical roles unusual among female stars not particularly associated with action movies. It made her acrobatics the most special effect amidst so many CG wonders in Peter Jackson’s “King Kong,” and a vividly plausible victim of grueling crises in films like “Funny Games” and “The Impossible.” Of course, one can always get too much of a good thing, as when recent, regrettable “The Desperate Hour” seemed to reduce the hot-button topic of school shootings to a gimmicky “Watch this fearless actress run the gamut of emotions while JOGGING!”Fortunately, there is nothing gratuitous about the physicality demanded of Watts by “Infinite Storm,” which is based on a real-life incident that took place in New Hampshire’s White Mountains a dozen years ago.

Ciara confirmed she has been cast inOprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of The Color Purple Musical film on Tuesday afternoon.Upon announcing the exciting news on her Instagram Story, the36-year-old Level Up singer revealed she is thankful to have landed the part asthe adult version of Nettie Harris.'Honored to be a part of this beautiful ensemble and historic film, The Color Purple. Truly grateful,' she gushed to her 31.2 million Instagram followers.

Zack Sharf Ewan McGregor is returning to “Star Wars” for the first time in 17 years with the upcoming Disney Plus series “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” but it turns out the actor didn’t entirely give up his Jedi training in the nearly two decades between “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith” and the new streaming series. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, McGregor admitted that he often uses the Force hand motion on automatic doors in various supermarkets.“I do it with doors!” McGregor said of the finger-slash-Force move. “I like to do that with automatic doors just for my own amusement.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorVeteran sportscaster Mike Tirico will join NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” next fall, pairing up with analyst Cris Collinsworth in the latest shake up among the announcers who call the plays of TV’s most-watched sport.Tirico fills a spot left vacant by the departure of Al Michaels, who is expected to join Amazon to call “Thursday Night Football.”“When Mike joined NBC Sports in 2016, it was our plan for him to become our primetime Olympics host and the play-by-play voice of Sunday Night Football,” said Pete Bevacqua, chairman of NBC Sports, in a statement. “We are excited to have Mike join Cris Collinsworth full-time in the booth this season.”NBC confirms speculation about the future of its “Sunday Night Football” booth with an NFL meeting slated to take place later this week.

The cast of Raven’s Home are joining the nationwide Disney employees walk out in protest – Just Jared Jr Huge update about Rachel Zegler – DListed Dua Lipa does desert yoga – Egotastic Meg Donnelly has an exciting new project – Just Jared Jr

Rafael Nadal is set to miss four to six weeks of action due to a rib injury which left him struggling to breathe. The Spaniard first felt discomfort during his Indian Wells semi-final win against Carlos Alcaraz on Saturday.He was visibly hampered in the first set of the final with Taylor Fritz, as the American overwhelmed the new world number three with his power and precision from the baseline.

Bridgerton.The actress is "heartbroken" as she has had to miss tonight's premiere of the Netflix drama series after getting "struck down with Miss Rona".Nicola shared a stunning picture of herself with a full face of makeup in a bathrobe.The actress looked great with her red lip, head towel, and matching bath robe.She appeared to be wearing her silver jewellery for the proposed event as well as having her nails painted.Nicola captioned the post in view of her 1.3 million Instagram followers: "My Bridgerton Premiere look- a little different than expected.A post shared by Nicola Coughlan (@nicolacoughlan)"So I’ve been struck down with Miss Rona and I’m missing our first premiere."Heartbroken is an understatement but sending so much love to my gorgeous cast mates who I hope have the best night."Also ‘infectious virus but make it fashion’ look by @aimeecroysdillwearing @tasaki_intl and @tekla Nails @michelleclassnails Makeup by me using @patmcgrathreal of course." (sic)Many co-stars and social media users alike took to the comments to share their regret over Nicola's sad news.Newcomer Charitha Chandran said: "We'll miss you so much my lovely."Presenter Clara Amfo added: "Sending all the love, eff this stupid virus!" (sic)Social media user Kassidyaverill commented: "I love that you still got all dolled up to be in the premiere spirit."You are lovely and I cannot wait to see you continue to bring this character to life."The actress spoke in a recent interview with The New York Times about her worry for her future on the show.Nicola recalled when she found out about the job, she said: "I should have been like, 'This is amazing'."Instead, I was like, 'This is fishy.

Newsweek. “You always have all of these plans and ideas for when you meet a celebrity and then when you do – especially national treasure Tom Hanks – you really become mush.

London Muslim Shopping Festival will once again host the popular cookery theatre and the Food court in association with London Halal Food Festival, will be serving up tasty dishes. Speaking to MyLondon, event director Waleed Jahangir said: "I myself come from an events background and I'm from the Muslim community, I grew up next to a mosque and at the same time everyone was thrown into a western environment so finding the balance was tricky.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticFor 20 years, ever since Gilbert Gottfried made the tasteless crack that inspired it just a few weeks after 9/11, “Too soon” has been the mantra we use to jokingly suggest someone is making a joke before the time is ripe for it. But the phrase could also be applied to certain music documentaries.

Most of the drama concerning the history of late-night television has been largely relegated to Jay Leno, David Letterman, and Conan O’Brien all clawing behind the scenes to host the “Tonight Show.” But, there is plenty of interesting material to explore from its quintessential former host Johnny Carson, who took the reigns from Jack Paar in 1962. A new high-profile series is in the works aiming to tackle Carson’s life.

EXCLUSIVE: Stephen Schneider (Broad City) has joined the cast of Paramount+’s upcoming esports series Players. The series hails from American Vandal co-creators Tony Yacenda and Dan Perrault, Funny or Die, Riot Games and CBS Studios.

A familiar face will be returning to Law & Order: SVU. Demore Barnes, who portrayed Deputy Chief Christian Garland in the NBC procedural, will return to reprise the role in an upcoming episode, Deadline has confirmed.

Two university students who went to confront a young man that they suspected of committing a sexual assault ended up breaking into his flat while he was out, a court heard.

“Soft and Quiet” begins as subtly as its title implies. It sneaks up on you.

Ciara is taking on a new role.

an open letter posted to her private Instagram account, Reka Gyorgy, who previously competed for her home country of Hungary in the 200-meter backstroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics, blamed the NCAA for its “decision to let someone who is not a biological female compete” in women’s swimming events, according to Fox News.“With all due respect, I would like to address something that is a problem in our sport right now and hurting athletes, especially female swimmers,” the post read. “Everyone has heard and known about transgender swimmer, Lia Thomas, and her case including all the issues and concerns that her situation brought into our sport.“I’d like to point out that I respect and fully stand with Lia Thomas; I am convinced that she is no different than me or any other D1 swimmer who has woken up at 5am her entire life for morning practice. She has sacrificed family vacations and holidays for a competition.

Gordon Cox Theater EditorExpanding accessibility is an ongoing concern for Broadway — and this spring, the musician Gaelynn Lea arrives with lessons she learned from advocating for the cause in the music industry.Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below:“Maybe the biggest lesson that I’ve learned is just how much people haven’t thought of [accessibility], and why it’s important to talk about it,” said Lea on the new episode of Stagecraft, Variety’s theater podcast. The singer-songwriter, a wheelchair user who was born with the genetic condition osteogenesis imperfecta, will soon get her first Broadway credit as the composer of the original music in the Broadway revival of “Macbeth,” starring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga.

Martin Scorsese’s Boston gangster movie “The Departed” was loosely based on the thrilling Hong Kong crime epic “Infernal Affairs” that starred Asian superstars Tony Leung and Andy Lau. Well, the pair of actors are reuniting for a new thriller, “Goldfinger,” aka, “Once Upon A Time In Hong Kong,” that will be written/directed by Felix Chong, who penned the “Infernal Affairs” trilogy.

Great British Bake Off are used to seeing Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas present the hit show as a pair. But in one upcoming episode, there will be a formatting shake up where comedian Noel will front the programme alone.

The settlement of North America is intricately linked with the abuse, conquer, and genocide of the Indigenous people. Not only were these First Nations stripped of their lands, but their individual mythologies, cultures, and languages were eradicated via this settlement, stolen children, and abuses in the reservation and residential school systems.