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St. Vincent, Paul Bettany, Bella Heathcote & More Debut Their Movies at Sundance!

St. Vincent, Paul Bettany, and Bella Heathcote walk the red carpet at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival during the premieres of their respective movies on Saturday (January 25) in Park City, Utah.

St. Vincent, whose real name is Annie Clark, was joined by co-star Carrie Brownstein and director Bill Benz for the premiere of their new music drama The Nowhere Inn, in which they play themselves.

Paul was at the festival for the premiere of his film Uncle Frank, where he was joined by writer and director Alan Ball (known for creating True Blood) and co-stars Sophia Lillis, Britt Rentschler, Cole Doman, and Stephen Root.

Bella premiered her new movie Relic at the festival with co-stars Emily Mortimer and Robyn Nevin as well as director and co-writer Natalie Erika James and co-writer Christian White.

Andrea Riseborough and Christopher Abbott were at the festival that day with director and writer Brandon Cronenberg for the premiere of their film Possessor.

Alec Baldwin is the executive producer of a new film called Beast Beast and he joined director and writer Danny Madden and cast members Shirley Chen, Will Madden, Jose Angeles, Courtney Dietz, Daniel Rashid, Anissa Matlock, and Stephen Ruffin at the premiere.

FYI: Sophia is wearing a Maje dress.

50+ pictures inside from the many premieres at Sundance… More Here! »

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'Here & Now': HBO Drops Trailer for New Series - Watch Now!

HBO has released the trailer for its brand-new series Here And Now!

The dramedy, filmed in Portland, Ore., hails from the creator of True Blood and Six Feet Under, Alan Ball.

Here And Now stars Holly Hunter, Tim Robbins, Sosie Bacon, Jerrika Hinton, Raymond Lee, and more.

It tells the story of a multi-racial family made up of husband, wife, three adopted children from Somalia, Vietnam and Colombia and one biological child, who find their bonds tested when one of the children begins seeing things which the rest cannot.

Don’t miss Here And Now when it premieres in February 2018!

Watch the trailer below.

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'Banshee': True Blood Creator's New Show!

True Blood creator Alan Ball‘s latest project, Banshee, has been picked up by Cinemax!

The network has ordered 10 episodes of the show, “which centers around an ex-convict and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, Penn., where he continues his criminal activities even as he’s being hunted by the shadowy gangsters he had betrayed years earlier,” according to Deadline.

House director Greg Yaitanes will helm the first episode of Banshee. Filming is expected to begin this spring in Charlotte, North Carolina, with a 2013 premiere.

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Stephen Moyer Jumps Into Ocean At Wedding Reception

Newly married Stephen Moyer is seen out and about Los Angeles with his son Billy on Sunday afternoon (August 22).

Last night, the 40-year-old True Blood actor and his co-star Anna Paquin, 28, got married at a private residence in Malibu.

The reception was held at a beach house across the street, where Stephen changed into a pair of board shorts and jumped into the Pacific Ocean. Talk about making a splash!

Celebrity guests at the wedding included True Blood creator Alan Ball, costars Ryan Kwanten, Sam Trammell, Rutina Wesley and Carrie Preston (with her husband, Lost‘s Michael Emerson) as well as actor Elijah Wood.

15+ pictures inside of Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer‘s wedding reception…More Here! »

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