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Warbach Lighting and Design Studio hosted the 2018 Austin Film Society Grant Party on October 4th, and  filmmakers gathered together to celebrate and discuss their projects. AFS Head of Film Holly Herrick commented on this year’s crop of grantees, “Our program is evidence that regionally-based filmmakers are the driving innovators of American independent film. Texas
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Waitress, the Tony nominated musical will be premiering at Bass Concert Hall on January 22-27, 2019 for a limited engagement and is looking for two young girls to perform the role as “Lulu” for the duration of the engagement.  The attached provides all the details with links to sign up and for more information.  Space is limited to the first 60 applicants to sign up.

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Interview by John Wisniewski William Elliott Whitmore is a is an American blues, country, folk singer and musician newly  signed to Bloodshot Records.  His new release Kilonova is a covers record, including songs by Bad Religion, Bad Religion, Bill Withers, Captain Beefheart, Johnny Cash, The Magnetic Fields, and ZZ Top. Whitmore has toured with Chris Cornell, City and
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Hollywood, Calif. –  September 28, 2018 — Netflix, announced three new sci-fi series The I-Land, October Faction and Warrior Nun.   These new series join Netflix’s growing sci-fi slate which includes recent announcements The Order, Wu Assassins, Locke & Key, V Wars, and Another Life. Details regarding each new series are below: NEW SCI-FI ADVENTURE SERIES THE I-LAND  STARRING NATALIE MARTINEZ, KATE BOSWORTH AND ALEX PETTYFER The I-Land is a new sci-fi action adventure series. When ten people wake up on a treacherous island with no memory of who they are or how they got there, they set off on a…

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Two-time Oscar®-winner Tom Hanks is Mister Rogers in TriStar Pictures’ Untitled Mr. Rogers / Tom Hanks Project, coming to a neighborhood near you October 2019 Two-time Oscar®-winner Tom Hanks portrays Mister Rogers in Untitled Mr. Rogers/ Tom Hanks Project, a timely story of kindness triumphing over cynicism, based on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. After a jaded magazine writer (Emmy winner Matthew Rhys) is assigned a profile of Fred Rogers, he overcomes his skepticism, learning about empathy, kindness, and decency from America’s most beloved neighbor. Directed by: Marielle Heller Written by: Noah Harpster…

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Fantastic Fest announced this year’s Fantastic Fest Award winners today, stating “It has been an outstanding year for Features and Shorts, making the job of honoring a select crop all the more difficult, but our esteemed team of jurors have done the nearly impossible and chosen the best films of the festival.” The audience awards are presented by accounting firm Maxwell Locke & Ritter (http://www.mlrpc.com/), who provided the certified tabulation of ballots this year and are the exclusive accounting sponsor of Fantastic Fest. “MAIN COMPETITION” FEATURES Best Picture: DONNYBROOK directed by Tim Sutton Best Director: Peter Strickland for IN FABRIC…

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