Arrow Stars in Other Roles

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Another Reborning review...

When Artists Recreate Lost Children for Mourning Mothers
Angelica Frey   July 25, 2019
https://hyperallergic.com/511033/reborning-soho-playhouse/

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And while Reborning does touch on these implications with perhaps an overly dramatic, almost 1990s-network-television-after-school-special flair, where it really shines is in its quite accurate representation of what it means to be an artist in the 21st century. Kelly and Daizy, both RISD-educated sculptors, are not creating work based on their thorough education, but, in order to make a living, adapting their skills to market demands. While Kelly crafts reborn dolls for clients ranging from grieving parents, to empty nesters to upcoming retirees about to receive a “fun” gift, Daizy, aside from working as a teacher’s assistant, sculpts hyper-realistic dildos.

The play also delves into the all-consuming nature of an art practice. While what Kelly and Daizy do just seems like a trade, a kind of day job, at one point Kelly — eager to meet the expectations of the very demanding Emily — lets her practice progressively consume all areas of her life, neglecting eat, sleep, and personal hygiene. She becomes fixated on making the doll’s eyes more life-like, and this becomes a Sisyphean task that makes her makes her engage in behaviors that are usually ascribed to the “tortured artist” cliché, going all the way to completely identifying herself with her works, that is, lose her sanity. Thankfully, Dohrn’s writing and Rickards acting avoid glamorizing this spiral, and instead focus on the trauma Kelly has been carrying her whole life, thus making her struggles about her art and life believable and concrete, instead of lofty and somehow romantic.
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In the span of 90 minutes, Reborning explores the meaning of art, grief, and trauma, both personal and inter-generational, all through the lens of reborn dolls. It could have been overkill, but it’s a pleasantly disquieting ride, devoid — thank God — of gratuitous, doll-themed horror visuals.

Edited July 27, 2019 by tv echo

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First-rate acting performances add plenty of flavour to Superior Donuts
by Andrea Warner on July 23rd, 2019
https://www.straight.com/arts/1277926/first-rate-acting-performances-add-plenty-flavour-superior-donuts 

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Arthur (David Nykl) and Franco (Chris Francisque) form a hopeful friendship while challenging assumptions about racism in Ensemble Theatre Company's Superior Donuts.
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Arthur Przybyszewski (David Nykl) is the sad-sack owner of Superior Donuts. The son of Polish immigrants, he’s aged out of his ’60s-era radicalism and into something much more emotionally stunted and defeatist. He’s missing work, forgetting to do basic things like ordering coffee and supplies, and he barely reacts when his shop is broken into and vandalized. But everything changes when Franco Wicks (Chris Francisque), a young African-American man, answers Arthur’s “Help wanted” sign. Franco is 21 years old, hilarious and opinionated, lively and hopeful. As the two men slowly bond, they tackle everything from racism to relationships, but both are burdened by legacies their fathers left behind. Superior Donuts could also be called Toxic Masculinity Is Destroying Men and Ruining the World, but I get why playwright Tracy Letts went with the shorter, if less satisfying, title.
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Letts is, obviously, a gifted writer. He has a Pulitzer Prize for his 2007 play August: Osage County. There are some wonderful lines throughout Superior Donuts, but Letts doesn’t push or interrogate his characters’ motivations as deeply as he could, and the play’s violent but tidy resolution is deeply dissatisfying. Thankfully, this production has two lead actors who turn in brilliant performances. Nykl and Francisque flawlessly elevate the material, drawing out every laugh and every nuance of their characters’ emotionally complex pas de deux. They almost make Superior Donuts live up to its name.

Edited July 27, 2019 by tv echo

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I found this site called Show-Score ("By Theater Fans, For Theater Fans") that lists critics' reviews and members' reviews for theater productions in NYC - including this page for Reborning...
https://www.show-score.com/off-broadway-shows/reborning

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MEMBERS SAY: Great acting, Edgy, Intense, Absorbing, Quirky

The current average member score (from 49 member reviews so far) is 74. If you want to read the members' reviews, go to the above link.

If you want to read the critics' reviews, most of them have already been posted here upthread. In addition, here are three more reviews...

Reborning
By Dan Rubins July 11, 2019
http://www.curtainup.com/reborning19.html

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Though Rickards' limber performance balances Kelly's caustic wit and ever-encroaching despair, Dohrn lets his protagonist's self-description as a "basket case" explain away her abrupt character development. That feels a bit like a cop-out. Kelly's sudden spiraling catapults the play towards familiar melodrama and away from the specific idiosyncrasies of the earliest scenes. 

Review: REBORNING (seen July 11, 2019)
Samuel L. Leiter   July 12, 2019
https://slleiter.blogspot.com/2019/07/41-2019-2020-review-reborning-seen-july.html

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As played by Emily Bett Rickards, she’s attractive in a funky, tank top-wearing, dyed red hair, tattooed kind of way. She may have been in rehab but she still drinks heavily, smokes weed, and pops pills, struggling to handle whatever demons may be disturbing her. Those demons lately have cooled her sexual heat with Daizy (Paul Piaskowski), the boyfriend in whose loft she lives and sculpts.
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Anyway, I’m taking this flatly written, flatly acted (aside from the spunky Rickards, of TV’s “Arrow”), and flatly directed (by the actress playing Emily) play too seriously. Very little about the production other than its reborning premise is distinctive. That includes Peter Triolo’s so-so setting, with its upstage wall including an elevator fronted by a metal, cross-hatched gate.

Reborning
Christopher Caz, Critic   July 16, 2019
http://www.theaterscene.net/plays/offbway-plays/reborning/christopher-caz/

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Kelly is a troubled young woman; she struggles with having been callously injured as a baby and abandoned in a dumpster. Richards [sic] plays the role as earnestly as any actor could. Her character is so busy consuming large quantities of alcohol, smoking pot, popping pills, throwing fits and exhibiting other signs of emotional illness that any acting finesse goes unnoticed. The audience feels as alienated by her as the other characters do, which, in the end, results in a prevailing sentiment of pity, albeit from a distance.
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All three of the actors have moments in their performances which appear less than organic, but it is most often when they’re written to say or do things which just don’t ring true.
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There is a prevailing sense that the script tries to cover too much intellectual ground on the topic of reborning in too short a time frame, placing a burden on the characters to experience more than would seem realistic in an ordinary world. Nevertheless, through the efforts of the actors and valiant direction by Triolo, this dark play does succeed in bringing to light some of the complexities of motherhood, child loss and abandonment through the very unique reborning lens. Check it out for yourself.

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Too bad EBR isn't playing Penny Lane in this same production...

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It’s all happening — and potentially, tap-penning, depending on just how Broadway this musical adaptation gets — the musical adaptation of Almost Famous has a cast. Producers announced today that theater and TV vet Colin Donnell (Violet, Anything Goes, Arrow) will star in the musical as Russell Hammond, a.k.a. the Billy Crudup part in the movie, with Casey Likes as William Miller, a.k.a. the Patrick Fugit. The show will have its world-premiere run at the Old Globe in San Diego from September 13 to October 20 this fall. Cameron Crowe, who wrote and directed the original movie, is writing the book and lyrics for the adaptation, with music, lyrics, and orchestrations from the ever-busy Tom Kitt and choreography from Lorin Latarro.

The rest of the cast in this run includes Solea Pfeiffer as Penny Lane, ....

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Last night was the closing performance of Reborning...

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Megalyn E (who played Mari McCabe/Vixen, in 4x15 of Arrow) will be starring in a new tv series called Almost Family (premiering this fall)...
https://deadline.com/2019/08/fox-almost-family-annie-weisman-brittany-snow-tca-1202663076/ 

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Fox’s new fall series Almost Family is about an only child finds her life turned upside down when her father reveals that, over the course of his prize-winning career as a pioneering fertility doctor, he used his own sperm to conceive upwards of a hundred children, including two new sisters. As these three young women slowly embrace their new reality, they will attempt to form an untraditional bond as sisters, even as they must welcome a tidal wave of new siblings into their rapidly expanding family.
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[EP Annie] Weisman was joined by stars Brittany Snow, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Emily Osment, Mustafa Elzein, Mo McRae, Victoria Cartagena and Timothy Hutton as well as executive producer Jason Katims, who also acknowledged “ethical and moral implications” or the show’s premise.

 

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Manu Bennett has accepted a role on another CW series, Pandora, which films in Bulgaria (warning: instagram post is spoilerish)...
https://www.instagram.com/p/B03fhrRh9XY/

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Hawaii Five-0 Adds Katrina Law as Series Regular for Season 10
By Matt Webb Mitovich / August 14 2019,
https://tvline.com/2019/08/14/hawaii-five-0-katrina-law-series-regular-season-10/

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CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 has set its sights on Katrina Law, adding the Arrow alum to its Season 10 cast as a series regular.

TVLine has learned that Law will play Quinn Liu, a former Staff Sergeant with Army CID who was recently demoted for insubordination. After an explosive collision with Five-0 during a case involving veterans, Quinn becomes a loyal ally to the team. Sharp-tongued in several languages, she has a deep understanding of military culture, a mysterious past and a deft ability to match wits with McGarrett (played by Alex O’Loughlin).
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“We are thrilled to have Katrina join the [cast],” says showrunner Peter M. Lenkov. “She dazzles as Quinn, the team’s newest recruit, and viewers are going to love seeing how she first encounters McGarrett and Danny (played by Scott Caan). If you know the show well, you’ll be feeling some déjà vu.”

In addition to years of intermittent appearances as Arrow‘s Nyssa al’Ghul — whom she last played in a March flash-forward episode — Law’s previous TV credits include The Oath, Sacred Lies, Training Day, Legend of the Seeker and Spartacus. She most recently was attached to TV’s latest attempt to pilot a Frankenstein-y series.

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5 hours ago, tv echo said:

CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 has set its sights on Katrina Law, adding the Arrow alum to its Season 10 cast as a series regular.

Oh wow.  I might have to start watching again. 😄 I wonder if they will make her character a love interest for Steve McGarrett?   That might be fun to watch.

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"He has the mind of an artist in the body of a warrior"...

'Arrow’ Star Stephen Amell To Headline Starz Wrestling Drama Series ‘Heels’
By Nellie Andreeva  August 19, 2019
https://deadline.com/2019/08/stephen-amell-star-heels-wrestling-drama-starz-picked-up-series-order-mike-omalley-1202670994/

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Amell has signed on to topline Heels, an hourlong drama set in the outrageous world of independent professional wrestling, which had been eying an eight-episode series pickup at Starz. With him on board, the project has received a series greenlight and an eight-episode order.

Written by Michael Waldron (Loki), with Mike O’Malley set as showrunner, Heels is about the men and women who chase their dreams in the world of small town pro wrestling. Set in a close-knit Georgia community, it follows a family-owned wrestling promotion as two brothers and rivals — one of them played by Amell — war over their late father’s legacy. In the ring, somebody must play the good guy and somebody must play their nemesis, the heel (Amell). But in the real world, those characters can be hard to live up to — or hard to leave behind.

In the ring, Amell’s Jack Spade is the charismatic villain, or heel, of the Duffy Wrestling Association (DWA). In the real world, he’s its hard-working owner, a husband and father trying to make ends meet while fighting to realize his impossible dreams. He has the mind of an artist in the body of a warrior, and a Steve Jobs-ian need for perfection — and for control. He says he’ll do whatever it takes to build the DWA into an empire. Will he go so far as to risk his marriage, or his relationship with his brother?

Heels was set up at Starz by Paramount Television in early 2017 and was quickly put on fast track for an eight-episode series pickup. Starz later became the lead studio, with Lionsgate TV eventually laking over as part of the recent integration of Starz and Lionsgate’s TV production operations.

Heels is produced by Lionsgate TV in association with Paramount TV. Along with Waldron and O’Malley, LBI Entertainment’s Julie Yorn, Chris Donnelly and Patrick Walmsley will also serve as executive producers.

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1 minute ago, tv echo said:

'Arrow’ Star Stephen Amell To Headline Starz Wrestling Drama Series ‘Heels’
By Nellie Andreeva  August 19, 2019
https://deadline.com/2019/08/stephen-amell-star-heels-wrestling-drama-starz-picked-up-series-order-mike-omalley-1202670994/

I'm surprised he's jumping right back into TV so soon but an 8-episode series should be easy to shoot. Not a bad career move -- instead of trying movies again, segueing into prestige TV drama makes a lot more sense. (Though "prestige" doesn't always align with Starz -- and its reach is limited.)

[Chaser]

Sounds like his dream role.

[RS3]

Just now, Chaser said:

Sounds like his dream role.

Sound more like the role was created to fit him. That description... Good for him because it would mean they didn't consider anyone else for the role. 

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2 minutes ago, RS3 said:

Sound more like the role was created to fit him. That description... Good for him because it would mean they didn't consider anyone else for the role. 

It most likely was, or at least tailored to be, since the series wouldn't exist without him, but good for him if his involvement alone allows a project to be greenlit

[Featherhat]

Definitely within his wheelhouse for interest personally (for him) and inline with moving on from Arrow but staying where his fans might follow him. Starz can be a mixed bag quality wise but this is interesting. Before Glow I wouldn't have thought a wrestling TV show would be something I would watch, even for actors I like but I will check this out. 

I'm not surprised he didn't go back to trying to break in to movies (or at least try longer) since it's been a mixed bag of success (very mixed) and this is something his name could get greenlit and is only 8 episodes as opposed to 22-24. And I guess it's a strike whilst the iron and interest is hot thing. 

[benteen]

I've been waiting for them to do a TV show on the wrestling industry for years.  Sounds like something Amell would love to do.  Though I think a premise like this would work better set in the 70s or 80s.  I'll definitely watch.

[statsgirl]

It sounds like his dream role and the project getting green lit with his name attached works for his ego too.

[Primal Slayer]

So much for him being done with television. But good for him.

[tennisgurl]

Sounds like the kind of role he’ll love, and the show sounds interesting anyway. Good for him.

[popgoesculture]

Sounds like Glow, but concentrating on dudes. I'm glad he's found work that also lets him use his physicality. I'm interested to see where the other cast members go after the show.

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I'm interested to see who gets cast as his brother and as his wife in Heels.

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Amazon Prime's Carnival Row: Marc Guggenheim Red Carpet Interview
Published on Aug 22, 2019, by LRM Online

-- When enumerating the reasons why he was initially attracted to a project like Carnival Row, MG: "... And finally, the idea that this was something original. Like, everything nowadays is, you know - when people come to me and they offer me projects, it's always based on a book or based on a comic book or based on a movie. And that's all well and good - Godfather was based on a book - like, I'm not saying that's bad. But I loved the idea that this was something original. That really excited me."

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Like 'GLOW'? Then Get Excited for 'Heels'
Kieran Fisher   August 21, 2019
https://filmschoolrejects.com/glow-and-heels/

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Heels will explore the more interesting side of pro wrestling. Forget about the big leagues, forget about Dwayne Johnson. The independent scene rarely receives any mainstream attention, but it’s where some of the best real-life wrestling stories are forged. It’s populated with performers like the character Jack Spade who are willing to sacrifice everything to make their dreams come true.
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Heels sounds more like The Wrestler, though, albeit more optimistic. Jack Spade is just like the thousands of indie wrestlers out there who haven’t given up hope of making it to the top someday, as opposed to a washed-up veteran who’s forced to take bumps just to make enough bucks to scrape by. That’s a whole other side of the profession that deserves a series in its own right.

Interestingly, Amell also invited Cody Rhodes to work with him on the series. He accepted. In case you don’t know, Rhodes is a professional wrestler who became friends with the actor after appearing in Arrow as a guest star. On top of that, he also introduced Amell to the world of pro wrestling by competing against him in a tag team match at WWE’s Summerslam 2015 pay-per-view event.

Since then, Amell has continued to make some in-ring appearances here and there. He was a part of 2018’s historic All In event, a massive indie show — spearheaded by Rhodes and a group of wrestlers known as The Elite — that marked the spiritual birth of All Elite Wrestling, a new mainstream company whose weekly show is debuting on TNT this fall. Rhodes has said that Amell is welcome to join the promotion any time.

What makes Rhodes’ involvement particularly interesting, however, is the fact the plot sort of mirrors his own wrestling journey. He’s the son of the legendary Dusty Rhodes and the younger brother of Dustin Rhodes, whose Goldust character is one of the most unique personalities to ever don some spandex. When he became a wrestler, he had two huge familial shadows to step out from behind.

Rhodes and his brother are close, but in the past, there’s been some rivalry between the pair in regards to their own father’s legacy. Recently, the duo squared off at AEW’s inaugural Double or Nothing pay-per-view event and the meat of their storyline revolved around a sibling rivalry that mined inspiration from reality.
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Rhodes’ part in the show remains to be seen. Maybe he’ll just show up to act, as he’s rather good at that as well. But at least the show is bringing in people who understand the business, and with Amell on board, Heels has a lead star who’s an experienced grappler. Expect the actual wrestling in this show to be the real deal.

That said, non-wrestling fans should give Heels a chance when it arrives on Starz. Regardless of your thoughts on the sport itself as a form of entertainment, the stories of the people who dedicate their lives to it are often compelling. GLOW has already proven this, and with the talent involved in Heels, the show has the potential to be just as good as the Netflix drama.

Edited August 23, 2019 by tv echo

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‘Secrets & Lies’ Brenda Blethyn & ‘Arrow’s Jimmy Akingbola To Front ITV Comedy ‘Kate & Kolo’ – Edinburgh
By Peter White  August 22, 2019
https://deadline.com/2019/08/brenda-blethyn-jimmy-akingbola-kate-and-kolo-itv-1202701493/

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Secrets & Lies star Brenda Blethyn and Arrow star Jimmy Akingbola will front a sitcom for British broadcaster ITV. The pair will star in six-part series Kate and Kolo from Flack producer Hat Trick.

Kate and Kolo, which launches next year, centers on a working-class woman who runs an old-fashioned café in a neglected seaside town and who develops a strong, if sometimes volatile, friendship with an asylum-seeking African doctor.

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Exclusive: Pandora Casts Manu Bennett and Charisma Carpenter in Key Roles
By RUSS BURLINGAME - August 26, 2019 
https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/2019/08/26/pandora-casts-manu-bennett-and-charisma-carpenter-in-key-roles/

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Manu Bennett (Arrow, Spartacus, The Hobbit Trilogy) and Charisma Carpenter (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Veronica Mars) have been cast on The CW's sci-fi series, Pandora. In the series, both Bennett and Carpenter play characters who sound like they're, if not villains, at least villain-adjacent. That, of course, i snot a terrible idea, since casting familiar faces and beloved character actors in villainous roles gives the audience a built-in sense of empathy for the bad guy that can make them feel more complex and sympathetic with relatively little screen time given to their actual abckstories. You can check out the series trailer above and their official character descriptions below.

According to The CW, Manu Bennett will play Leone Vokk, an intergalactic bounty hunter sent by the malevolent Parallax Corporation to capture Jax (Priscilla Quintana) and gain the secret of portal technology. But Vokk will need to face off against Jax’s allies, who will sacrifice anything to protect their friend.

Meanwhile, Charisma Carpenter will play a mysterious woman named Laura, who might have all the answers to Jax’s questions about her origins, but who also might be Jax’s most dangerous enemy yet.

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Hawaii Five-0 season 10 spoilers: First Katrina Law photo!
August 28, 2019
https://cartermatt.com/377470/hawaii-five-0-season-10-spoilers-first-katrina-law-photo/

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The image above is one of the first of the Arrow actress as her new character Quinn Liu, someone who is looking to make a big splash around the Task Force. While details about her personal backstory are not 100% clear as of yet, we know that she’s someone who will appear as an ally to the team. (Let’s just hope that it will remain that way.) The synopsis for the first episode reveals that a new ally is going to surface as McGarrett and company do battle against an assassin, someone looking to take down some notable mob bosses. Sure, the mob doesn’t feel like the sort of people the police would be altogether eager to protect, but this is the thing with good police — they protect and serve everyone.

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Bex Taylor-Klaus is going to play a deputy in the Fox mid-season show Deputy.  One of the EPs is Will Beal, who wrote Aquaman and was one of my favourite Castle writers.

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David Nykl has a small role as a Victorian London cop in Carnival Row...

And here's a podcast interview that MG did with THR about Carnival Row (already renewed for a second season) - yes, he uses the terms "game-changer" and "cliff-hanger" in this interview...

'Series Regular' Podcast: What to Know About Amazon's 'Carnival Row'
AUGUST 29, 2019 6:45am PT by Josh Wigler
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/carnival-row-podcast-showrunner-marc-guggenheim-previews-amazon-fantasy-series-1235242

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TIFF’s rising stars on being part of the changing face of film
By Cassandra Szklarski  Sept. 1, 2019
https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2019/09/01/tiffs-rising-stars-on-being-part-of-the-changing-face-of-film.html

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It’s hard to stand out amid the A-listers who descend upon the Toronto International Film Festival each year, but a quartet of emerging Canadian performers are willing to try.
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Kacey Rohl

This Vancouver actress has amassed several TV roles over the past decade in series including AMC’s The Killing, CW/Space’s Arrow, NBC/Citytv’s Hannibal and Fox/Citytv’s Wayward Pines, and is currently shooting CBC’s upcoming spy thriller Fortunate Son.

In her new TIFF film White Lie, Rohl dominates nearly every frame as a young woman who becomes a campus celebrity after pretending to have been diagnosed with cancer.

Directed by Calvin Thomas and Yonah Lewis, the film is billed as an examination of social media’s impact on contemporary culture, including the alarming proliferation of manipulation and falsehoods across the internet.

The 28-year-old Rohl plays the attention-hungry Katie, who finds herself unable to give up the fantasy world she’s created even as it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain the elaborate ruse.

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John Barrowman officially confirmed as new Dancing on Ice judge
BY FILIZ MEHMEDOVA   September 1, 2019
https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a28881003/dancing-on-ice-2020-judge-john-barrowman-confirmed/ 

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It looks like those rumours were true, as I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! and Torchwood star John Barrowman has officially been confirmed as the new judge on Dancing on Ice.

ITV has announced that Barrowman will be replacing Jason Gardiner and joining the line-up alongside head judges Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean and dance choreographer Ashley Banjo for the 2020 series.

It's not the first time Barrowman has had dealings with the ice panel either as the actor and performer competed on the very first series of Dancing on Ice back in 2006 alongside professional ice dancer Olga Sharutenko, finishing 4th on the show.
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"I am so excited to be returning to the Dancing On Ice family," Barrowman said of his new gig.

"Unlike most I have been through the rigorous task of skating live as a contestant in the first series. This is a thrilling adventure for me and I hope to bring a Fresh, Fun and Fab-u-lous angle to the judging panel."
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"John's quick wit, inimitable talent and all round fabulous personality make him the perfect addition to Dancing on Ice's all star panel," ITV's Head of Entertainment Commissioning Katie Rawcliffe added.

"We're looking forward to seeing him bring his own brand of sparkle to the show."

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[Trisha]

On 9/1/2019 at 11:16 AM, tv echo said:

TIFF’s rising stars on being part of the changing face of film
By Cassandra Szklarski  Sept. 1, 2019
https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2019/09/01/tiffs-rising-stars-on-being-part-of-the-changing-face-of-film.html

I'm seeing Kacey Rohl's movie at TIFF. Can't wait -- the buzz is great!

Also, great news for the Amells:

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Retweeted by Colin Donnell (more pics in the article)...

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Almost Famous begins performances Sept. 13 at San Diego’s Old Globe Theater and runs through Oct. 27, with a cast that includes Colin Donnell as Russell, Casey Likes as William, Solea Pfeiffer as the enigmatic Penny Lane, Drew Gehling as singer Jeff Bebe, Anika Larsen as William’s mother Elaine, and Rob Colletti as legendary rock critic Lester Bangs (who Crowe says you could meet, hanging out in the audience in character, if you get to the theater early).

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Congrats to Byron Mann - his career seems to be doing well (I've removed or not quoted the portions of this headline and article that are spoilery for Arrow)...

Byron Mann To Recur In Hulu’s ‘Little Fires Everywhere’; [DELETED]
By Denise Petski  September 6, 2019 8:45
https://deadline.com/2019/09/byron-mann-recur-little-fires-everywhere-returning-arrow-final-season-1202713441/

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EXCLUSIVE: Wu Assassins‘ Byron Mann is set for a recurring role opposite Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington, Rosemarie DeWitt and Joshua Jackson in Little Fires Everywhere, Hulu’s upcoming limited series based on Celeste Ng’s bestselling book.

Developed and written by Casual‘s Liz Tigelaar, the series hails from Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, Washington’s Simpson Street and ABC Signature Studios. Little Fires Everywhere follows the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. The story explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, the ferocious pull of motherhood – and the danger in believing that following the rules can avert disaster.

Mann will play Ed Lan, a shaker Heights lawyer with a fierce pride in his own Chinese heritage who readily takes on the custody battle between ‘Bebe Chow’ (Huang Lu) and the wealthy, white McCullough family in what soon becomes the biggest trial in the city’s history.
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Mann can currently be seen starring as Uncle Six in Netflix’s Wu Assassins and on the big screen opposite David Oyelowo in the Blumhouse thriller Don’t Let Go. Mann is repped by UTA, Echelon Talent Management and Eric Feig Entertainment & Media Law.

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RG's perfume commercial...

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Includes first video footage of Katrina Law...

Hawaii Five-0 Season 10 Promo (HD)
Published on Sep 6, 2019, by televisionpromosdb

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[Trisha]

The Jar takes care of its own. (Though I guess this means she won't be reprising her crossover role in Batwoman?)

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Manu Bennett will appear in the last two episodes of Season 1 of The CW's Pandora (both episodes airing on Oct. 1)...

112 synopsis:
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20190911cw06/

113 synopsis:
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20190911cw07/

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Kacey Rohl will participate in this live read of Some Like It Hot at the Vancouver Film Fest on Oct. 1...

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Arrow Vet Joins NCIS: Los Angeles Season 11 With A Signature F-Bomb
Gina Cardone   Sep. 13, 2019
https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2480217/arrow-vet-vinnie-jones-joins-ncis-los-angeles-season-11-signature-f-bomb

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Yes, an Arrow vet -- who was also in one episode of MacGyver, several episodes of Galavant, and a ton of badass action movies -- is coming to NCIS: Los Angeles Season 11 on CBS. And, true to form, Vinnie Jones has already told one of NCIS: LA's main stars to "fuck off."

British former footballer Vinnie Jones is known from films like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; Snatch; and X-Men: The Last Stand, but he also played Danny "Brick" Brickwell across nine episodes of The CW's Arrow from 2015 to 2018.
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Daniela Ruah (Kensi Blye) just showed off an Instagram post with two of the 2019-2020 season's new guest stars, Steve Valentine and Vinnie Jones. The first photo with Valentine is innocent enough, but slide over to her video with Jones to hear him reply "Fuck off" to her "Hey Vinnie" shout-out. She obviously wasn't offended, as you can hear from her delighted cackle:

Edited September 15, 2019 by tv echo

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LMG is in a new movie called Clemency, which was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this weekend...

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Alexander Ludwig is a 27-year-old Canadian actor (he's 6'2") - you may remember him from Vikings and The Hunger Games...

Alexander Ludwig To Star Opposite Stephen Amell In Starz’s Wrestling Drama Series ‘Heels’
By Nellie Andreeva  September 16, 2019 
https://deadline.com/2019/09/alexander-ludwig-cast-star-co-leadstarz-stephen-amell-wrestling-drama-series-heels-1202736137/ 

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EXCLUSIVE: Alexander Ludwig (Vikings, The Hunger Games) is set as the co-lead opposite Stephen Amell in Heels, Starz’s eight-episode hourlong drama set in the outrageous world of independent professional wrestling.

Written by Michael Waldron, with Mike O’Malley as showrunner, Heels is about the men and women who chase their dreams in the world of small-town pro wrestling. Set in a close-knit Georgia community, it follows a family-owned wrestling promotion as two brothers and rivals, Jack (Amell) and Ace (Ludwig) Spade, war over their late father’s legacy. In the ring, somebody must play the good guy (Ludwig) and somebody must play their nemesis, the heel (Amell). But in the real world, those characters can be hard to live up to — or hard to leave behind.

In the ring, Ludwig’s Ace Spade is the beloved hero and star of the DWA. Things are more difficult in the real world, where he struggles to reconcile his town idol status with his insecurities and demons. He’s brash, cocky and self-destructive — yet so damn charming and good-looking that you can almost forgive him. If he can keep it together, he’ll have a ticket out of Duffy and to the big time. But that’s a big if.

Edited September 17, 2019 by tv echo