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| 'Train Dreams,' 'Lurker' win big at the Independent Spirit Awards | Train Dreams was the big winner at the Independent Spirit Awards at the Hollywood Palladium on Sunday. The drama took home the prizes for Best Feature, Best Director for Clint Bentley and Best Cinematography for Adolpho Veloso. Lurker scored the trophies for Best First Feature and Best First screenplay for Alex Russell. Naomi Ackie and Eva Victor respectively won the trophies for Best Supporting Performance and Best Screenplay for Sorry, Baby. The Best Documentary prize went to The Perfect Neighbor and the Best International Film honor went to The Secret Agent. Rose Byrne took home the statuette for Best Lead Performance for If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. |
| Adrian Lester describes 'Ponies' character Dane as 'the ultimate spy' | Primary Colors and The Sandman actor Adrian Lester says Dane Walter, the CIA handler he plays on the thriller, Ponies, is a secretive man who makes himself deliberately hard to read, even when he likes someone. "He's intriguing. He's kind of a closed book and I wanted to know what was written on the pages. You get a glimpse of that later on and without the promise of that, I think it wouldn't have interested me so much," Lester, 57, told UPI in a recent Zoom interview. "I knew going in that [show-runner] David [Iserson] was playing with the idea of Dane seeing a psychiatrist and seeing the cracks underneath the surface. But you wouldn't see them otherwise," the British actor said. |
| 'Stranger Things' cast reunites for Maya Hawke's wedding | Several members of the Stranger Things cast reunited for co-star Maya Hawke's wedding to singer Christian Lee Hutson this weekend. The New York Post said the couple tied the knot Saturday, Valentine's Day, at St. George's Episcopal Church in New York. People.com reported that Hawke's screen legend parents Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman attended the happy event, alongside Stranger Things veterans Joe Keery, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin and Sadie Sink. Photographs showed Hawke beaming and looking beautiful in a sleeveless floor-length white gown with a full skirt and veil. A reception was held nearby at the Players Club. |
| Julia Duffy: New dark comedy brings non-stop suspense to 'The 'Burbs' | Palm Royale, Newhart and Designing Women actress Julia Duffy says she loves that her new mystery dramedy, The 'Burbs, keeps viewers guessing until the finale. "Every episode ends in suspense," Duffy, 74, told UPI in a recent Zoom interview. "When I watched it with my daughter and her boyfriend -- they had sent us three episodes -- we had to watch them all in a row. I had told them as little as possible and they couldn't stop watching it," she said. "There's so much mystery and you're dying to know what happened and, meanwhile, it's so funny." Her co-star, Night Court and Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist alum Kapil Talwalkar, 32, added: "You watch the episode. It's like fun, fun, fun, anxiety, over! |
| McClarnon: Joe struggling with grief, loneliness in 'Dark Winds' S4 | Zahn McClarnon says his character Joe Leaphorn is still struggling emotionally, but trying to move forward when Dark Winds Season 4 kicks off Sunday on AMC. The screen adaptation of Tony Hillerman's best-selling novels follows Joe, a lieutenant with a tribal police department in 1970s New Mexico. Season 3 showed Joe's wife Emma (Deanna Allison) leaving him because of his decision to let the man who killed their son die alone in the desert. "I don't know if Joe's healed yet. He's, obviously, possibly losing the love of his life, his wife. So, I think Joe is exploring his cultural ways this season, through ceremonies. He's exploring... |