| Shiri Appleby in talks for Disney Plus movie 'Wouldn't It Be Nice'
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| Director Shiri Appleby is in discussions with Disney Plus to helm the streamer's upcoming movie "Wouldn't It Be Nice". Appleby is best known for starring and directing many episodes of Lifetime series "unREAL". "Wouldn't It Be Nice", which has a script from Emma Fletcher, will mark Appleby's feature directorial film debut, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The story follows two teenage friends a star football player on the rise and a brainy girl with few prospects who wake up 20 years later to find out they are married and living a life neither of them expected. ? The project will be produced by Andrew Gunn.
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| MP govt orders closure of liquor shops till April 14
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| The Madhya Pradesh government on Saturday issued a fresh order, asking the liquor shops owners to keep their outlets shut during the countrywide lockdown imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus, officials said. The state government also extended till 14 the closure of cinema halls in the state, they said. The government had earlier ordered that the cinema halls be kept shut till March 31 as a preventive measure to check the spread of coronavirus. In the order issued on Saturday, the Commercial Tax Department of the state asked the liquor shop owners to keep their outlets shut till April 14. On Friday, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had directed the authorities to order closure of liquor shops during the ongoing lockdown. So far, 33 COVID-19 patients were found in Madhya Pradesh. Two of them have died, officials said.
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| Ryan Gosling to star in space drama 'Project Hail Mary'
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| Actor Ryan Gosling will be venturing into the space genre once again with the upcoming film adaptation of author Andy Weir's book "Project Hail Mary". According to The Hollywood Reporter, MGM studio is in negotiations to pick up the project. Gosling, 39, who last portrayed astronaut Neil Armstrong in director Damian Chazelle's "First Man", will also produce the new movie alongside Ken Kao. Weir's book, which will be published in 2021, is about an astronaut on a spaceship that is tasked with saving the planet. The author's first book The Martian was successfully adapted into a feature film in 2015 by veteran filmmaker Ridley Scott. The movie, starring Matt Damon, was both a commercial as well as critical success.
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| 'Contagion' Cast collaborate with scientists to unveil series of coronavirus PSAs
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| With the aim of disseminating evidence-based information about the coronavirus, the cast of 'Contagion' in collaboration with scientists from Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health and Participant unveiled a series of PSA videos on Friday.According to The Hollywood Reporter, in the YouTube videos castmembers Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Winslet and Jennifer Ehle explore the key tactics to slow the spread of the respiratory illness, such as social distancing, how to properly hand wash and ways to decipher the information in this difficult period.All of the PSAs were written with guidance from the medical experts who advised Steven Soderbergh on Contagion, including Dr. Larry Brilliant, Mark Smolinski, Laurie Garrett and Dr. W. Ian Lipkin.The film's original screenwriter, Scott Z. Burns, also contributed to the authoring the projects.
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| Happy Birthday, Moon Moon Sen: 5 best films of the actress to binge watch during quarantine if you are a classics fan
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 It's Moon Moon Sen's birthday today. The veteran actress turns 66, but her charm is still the same. Daughter of late actress Suchitra Sen and businessman, Dibanath Sen, Moon Moon used to accompany her mother on the sets of her films. No doubt, she was enthralled with the filmmaking business. She went on to do modeling and films. She worked in several Indian language films like Bengali, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi and Kannada. On her birthday today, we would like to give the actress a tribute with 5 best films of hers. You will love them more if you are a classics fan. Here you ...
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