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Citing the L.A. wildfires, insurance provider State Farm has canceled plans to run an ad on next month’s Super Bowl and also delayed production of a tie-in campaign with Apple TV+ series Severance. The Super Bowl ad was to have marked a return to the Big Game for the insurer, whose outing last year starring […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/HG4kKuE

A week after wildfires began ravaging Southern California, Christina Applegate is speaking out against insensitive remarks about the state. The 4x Golden Globe nominee addressed people who assume “celebrities are walking around running everything” in Los Angeles as she noted “a myriad of groups of humans” have been impacted. “You know what I have words […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/ieKp6vV

"My whole family is going to really need you... So you'll stay for dinner tonight, and then maybe after we can have a sleepover." Catch an early first look teaser for this short film premiering at the upcoming 2025 Sundance Film Festival this month. Such Good Friends is the latest creation from the team that made the excellent comedy short The Cowboy and the Samurai which we featured a few years ago. Their next brand new 11 minute short is about a friend and a family. After ending a toxic friendship, a people pleaser finds herself falling into old patterns with her former best friend's family. Apparently including a sleepover? Ha. Starring Mindy Sterling , Niamh O'Neill Culhane , Jared Lo Nigro , and Rachel Rambaldi . Directed by Bri Klaproth , written by Jon Walkup and Bri Klaproth. I'm always happy to support short films and as a big fan of their last one, this one is already on my radar at Sundance this year. Keep an eye out for it there. //  Continue...

Carrie Underwood will be joined by performers including Kid Rock, the Village People, Billy Ray Cyrus, Lee Greenwood, Rascal Flatts, Jason Aldean and more over the weekend and Monday as part of Donald Trump’s inauguration events in Washington, D.C. The Trump Vance Inaugural Committee revealed the lineup, confirming that Underwood will take part in the […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/l1gF0O5

Malibu Mayor Doug Stewart addressed his city’s response to the devastating Palisade Fire that ravaged the region last week. He praised “first responders, emergency crews, and all the agencies and organizations who have been working tirelessly during this crisis” and also gave updates on evacuation zones, utilities and more addressed some rumors. Read the letter […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/CL5iPoh

The Russo Brothers have shared a bit of the behind-the-scenes story behind their return to the MCU with a pair of forthcoming Avengers films, Doomsday and Secret Wars. In an interview with Empire Magazine published on Monday, filmmaker Anthony Russo, who’s directing the forthcoming films alongside brother Joe, shared that it “took a little time” […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/YudPcM0