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  • Annabella Sciorra joins crime drama feature ‘Fresh Kills’

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Actor Annabella Sciorra has boarded the cast of crime drama movie “Fresh Kills”.

    Set in the world of organised crime, the story is penned by Jennifer Esposito, who is also directing the film.

    According to Variety, Esposito will also star opposite Sciorra in the feature project.

    The story is inspired by the writer-director’s upbringing in New York City’s Staten Island.

    It centres on the loyal women behind the mob men who loomed over New York City in the late 20th century.

    Sciorra will play a widow named Christine, and Esposito will portray her protective older sister Francine Larusso.

    “Fresh Kills” is being produced by Esposito, Alexis Varouxakis and Christine Crokos.

    Jason Weinberg is attached as executive producer. 

  • Years after being accused of sexual misconduct, Louis C.K. announces 2021 comeback tour

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: Disgraced American comedian Louis C.K. recently announced that he is staging a comeback by doing a multi-city tour across the United States. The comic had previously admitted to misconduct with at least five women.

    According to Fox News, C.K. has been keeping relatively under the radar since 2017 when he was accused of sexual misconduct at the height of the #MeToo movement.

    After a handful of unpopular attempts to get back on stage and do comedy, the 53-year-old announced on Wednesday that he’s embarking on a tour that begins at New York City’s Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on August 13 and 14.

    “Hello Person that you are being right now, I am writing to you today because I am going to be touring around the United States of America, performing stand-up comedy in theatres in several different cities,” C.K., whose real name is Louis Szekely, said in an email announcing the tour.

    His website states that the tour is slated to end on December 11 in Boston, Mass. after he hits roughly 30 cities across the country, performing multiple shows in places like Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Portland, Minneapolis, Kansas City, San Diego and more.

    Also included in his email was a pledge to comply with the COVID guidelines for audiences at live venues in each state he visits. He concluded the email by writing that he’s looking forward to seeing people “as I tell some rather impolite jokes and stories.”

    This announcement comes as his first major city tour after being accused in 2017 by multiple women of masturbating in front of them without their consent.

    A news outlet published an article at the time in which five women came forward and told similar stories about the comedian and noted that he used his clout as one of stand-up comedy and TV’s top names to create a power dynamic in which they felt they could not refuse him and maintain their careers.

    C.K. admitted as much in a lengthy statement he penned shortly after the article came out in which he admitted the allegations were true.

    “The power I had over these women is that they admired me. And I wielded that power irresponsibly,” he wrote at the time.

    Back then, many criticized C.K.’s response as being too self-serving. As per Fox News, he attempted to stage a quiet comeback at clubs around New York City, but faced a poor reception and landed himself in more hot water with a set in Long Island in which he mocked survivors of the Parkland shooting. 

  • ‘Sex and the City’ revival will tackle COVID-19 pandemic, says Sarah Jessica Parker

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Actor Sarah Jessica Parker has revealed that coronavirus pandemic will “obviously be part of the storyline” of the upcoming “Sex and the City” revival.

    The popular series ran on HBO from 1998 through 2004 and featured Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw, Cynthia Nixon as Miranda Hobbes and Kristin Davis as Charlotte York.

    HBO Max ordered the popular show’s revival, titled “And Just Like That…”, earlier this month with the lead stars returning.

    “The series will follow Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s,” the show’s description reads.

    In an interview with Vanity Fair, Jessica Parker said she is hopeful that the writers of the show will touch upon COVID-19 and its effects on the lead characters’ friendship.

    Anything is possible. This is New York. @AndJustLikeThat ⁦⁦@hbomax⁩ ⁦⁦@SJP⁩ @KristinDavis⁩#AndJustLikeThat #SATCNextChapter pic.twitter.com/IB0NnbqZcL
    — Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) January 10, 2021

    “(COVID-19 will) obviously be part of the storyline, because that’s the city (these characters) live in. And how has that changed relationships once friends disappear? I have great faith that the writers are going to examine it all.”

    The new 10-episode limited series is based on the book, “Sex and the City”, by Candice Bushnell and the original TV series created by Darren Star.

    Jessica Parker, Nixon and Davis will also serve as executive producers, along with Michael Patrick King, the producer of the original series and the “Sex and the City” films.

    The 55-year-old actor said she and her co-stars are excited to see how the three characters have grown with time.

    “I think that Cynthia and Kristin and I are all excited about the time that has passed. You know, who are they in this world now? Have they adapted? What part have they played? “Where have they fallen short as women, as friends, and how are they finding their way? Did they move with momentum? Are they like some people who are confused, threatened, nervous (by what’s happening in the world)? I’m so curious and excited to see how the writers imagine these women today,” she said.

    “Sex and the City” ran for six seasons and 94 episodes between 1998-2004 and was followed by two feature films in 2008 and 2010.

    A third movie was also announced but never progressed.

    A prequel series to the show, “The Carrie Diaries”, was launched on The CW in 2013, with AnnaSophia Robb playing a young Carrie Bradshaw, and ran for two seasons.