‘My Best Friend’s Exorcism’ Review: Amazon Prime’s New Possession Horror Comedy Captures The Terrifying Teen Experience, But It Needs More Laughs

CAA on Wednesday said it would be closed for Election Day on November 8, giving its employees a paid day off for an “Election Day of service.” The aim is to encourage the agency’s employees to “engage in nonpartisan civic activities, including text banking and supporting poll workers, to help drive record voter turnout.”

EXCLUSIVE: Other Angle Pictures is launching sales on the crime thriller Double Down South, starring Sons of Anarchy actor Kim Coates. Other Angle will present the completed film to buyers at AFM next month. 

EXCLUSIVE: The L.A.-based Happy Place has announced its intention to move into film and TV with the addition of Ari Hyman and Jake Martin to its executive team. The former industry veteran will serve as Executive Producer and Head of Unscripted, with the latter as Creative Producer and Head of Scripted.

NATPE, which recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has decided to cancel its annual January conference.

Are Britney Spears and Selena Gomez feuding?? Sure seems like it… at least that’s what we’re being led to think.

Learn from our mistake at Color Me Mine – so you don’t repeat it!!! Thankfully, though, the kids really enjoyed their time painting the pottery. From what they chose to how they decorated it, each one is very special. And some are even unintentionally hilarious! Watch the LOLs!

Meghan Markle doesn’t have any regrets about revealing some of her personal experiences working on Deal or No Deal back in the day.

Surprisingly, Prime Video has become a hub for mature genre work, especially when it comes to animation. Just recently, you have projects such as “The Boys: Diabolical” and “Invincible” both becoming major hits for the streamer and pulling no punches in terms of content.

A popular radio station based at Perth Royal Infirmary has launched a new service for some of the region’s care homes.

Teresa Giudice had fans doing a double take with her bizarre photo on her Instagram page.The Real Housewives of New Jersey star, 50, posed for a photo with her orthodontist, sporting two different hair colors, which sparked photoshop rumors.Fans called the newlywed out in her comments on the apparent Photoshop fail, pointing out that it looked like she took an image of darker hair and placed it on herself to give herself more volume in the front.  Very odd: Teresa Giudice had fans doing a double take with her bizarre photo on her Instagram pageIn the image, Teresa's mid-tone brown highlighted hair sits in front of her on her left shoulder in waves.On her right shoulder sits black hair, also in waves, which doesn't match her highlighted tresses. It appears that her highlighted hair was sitting behind her right shoulder, so that the apparent Photoshop was done to create volume on that side.Fans couldn't take the apparent Photoshop, asking Teresa in the comments questions like 'No one told her to delete this??' and 'Will she fix your hair?' referring to the orthodontist she posed with and tagged in the Instagram pictures.

Penny Lancaster participated in a passing out parade with the City of London Police yesterday, marking the official completion of her special constabulary training. The 51-year-old, who decided to join the force last year, received a certificate at the ceremony and marched in a procession alongside some of her colleagues in the capital.

The Scholastic Play By Play Classics will no longer be hosting the basketball team from Kanye West's Donda Academy, in the wake of the rapper's anti-Semitism scandal.  In a statement announcing their decision to remove the team from this season's schedule on Tuesday, the Play By Play Classics said Kanye's recent controversial statements and actions violated the values held by their organization.However, they did have compassion for the team players, calling them 'hardworking student-athletes' who are now having to suffer the consequences of Kanye's actions. 'Kanye's words and actions violate our values': The Scholastic Play By Play Classics will no longer be hosting the basketball team from Kanye West's Donda Academy in the wake of the rapper's anti-Semitic controversy'In light of recent anti-Semitic statements by Kanye West, we will no longer be hosting Donda Academy at this year's Play-By-Play Classics events, including the Kentucky Play-By-Play Classic scheduled for December 11, 2022 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, KY.'Kanye's words and actions violate our values as a company and a country, and what we seek to ensure at all of our events - a spirit of diversity, sportsmanship, inclusion, equity, and mutual respect.

Alexis Bellino had some family news to share on Tuesday.The Real Housewives of Orange County veteran shared on Tuesday that her 14-year-old son, Miles, is transgender.'Hey world, this is Miles. My transgender son. He's now a month shy of 15 yrs old, so he's seen the questions and comments made about him on my IG,' the 45-year-old TV star wrote online.

Helen Skelton 's ex-husband Richie Myler was pictured with his pregnant girlfriend Stephanie Thirkill after playing a rugby match. The 32-year-old was seen cuddling pregnant Stephanie, who's father is the president of Richie's team Leeds Rhinos, at the Ireland vs Lebanon game at the weekend.

A mum couldn't stop laughing after receiving a banner for her son's christening - and realised that the shop her taken her wording request a bit too literally. Denise Smith had ordered the sign for her son Raymond's baptism celebration and told staff at the printing store: "I just want 'On your Christening day' printed on a banner, please."

Four people have been rushed to hospital following a crash in the Scottish Borders. The incident took place shortly after 2pm today when two motors collided on the A68 at the Ravenswood Roundabout, near Earlston.

After years of low-budget indie films, Oscar winner Nicolas Cage is back in demand enjoying a career resurgence and 'commanding $4M a picture.''However, he will do discounts on things if he is really into the project,' an indie movie source noted to THR on Tuesday.The 58-year-old father-of-three reportedly received close to $3M from Universal Pictures for a supporting role as Count Dracula in Chris McKay's horror-comedy Renfield, which hits US theaters April 14. 'Commanding $4M a picture!' After years of low-budget indie films, Oscar winner Nicolas Cage is back in demand enjoying a career resurgence (pictured April 18)Nicolas was said to have been paid $7M to produce and star as a fictionalized version of himself in Tom Gormican's meta action comedy Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, which earned $29.1M at the box office last spring.Cage's renaissance has brought him closer to reprising his roles in sequels to National Treasure and Face/Off, which both currently have scripts nearing completion and awaiting his approval.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards, Features Editor Though many of them weren’t even alive in the 1980s, the cast of “My Best Friend’s Exorcism” said it was a dream come true to recreate the era for their new film. Now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, the horror-comedy held its world premiere Thursday night at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica as part of the 2022 Beyond Fest Film Festival. The afterparty was held at Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier, where guests could play carnival games and feast on funnel cakes and nachos. Based on Grady Hendrix’s novel with a screenplay by Jenna Lamia, “My Best Friend’s Exorcism” is directed by Damon Thomas and centers on best friends Abby (Elsie Fisher) and Gretchen (Amiah Miller), who are struggling with high school when another challenge is thrown their way — Gretchen begins exhibiting signs of demonic possession. In desperation she turns to Christian Lemon (Christopher Lowell), a wannabe evangelist who tours the mall and local schools preaching the word of God and physical fitness.

Courtney Howard We may joke that teen girls are possessed, but the creators behind “My Best Friend’s Exorcism” take that concept to heart. Based on the book by Grady Hendrix, director Damon Thomas’ adaptation is centered on a pair of inseparable best friends dealing with a shattering blow when one of them is overtaken by a satanic spirit. Though this ’80s-set horror-comedy takes an old-school approach to capturing the horrific happenings, the stunts are lackluster and the comedic hijinks are a tiresome bore. With very little interest conjured from the filmmakers to properly develop their characters, there’s little incentive to stay interested. Abby’s (Elsie Fisher) greatest fear in life is losing her best friend Gretchen (Amiah Miller). Little does she know their relationship will be put to the test, and not solely because Gretchen’s scheduled to move over the summer. The pair are in a world of their own, a late-’80s dreamland filled with Aqua Net fumes, bombastic fashions and pop star crushes. But they occasionally make room for their classmates, including painfully shy Glee (Cathy Ang), brash bigot Margaret (Rachel Ogechi Kanu) and her obnoxious jock boyfriend Wally (Clayton Royal Johnson).