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'The Darkest Minds - From Book to Film

From the best-selling book of the same title by Alexandra Bracken and the first in YA trilogy, “The Darkest Minds” brings the latest powerful pack of young adults who survived an incurable virus set in a turbulent America where 98% of the children’s population has died of a mysteries disease, deeming the 2% of the surviving children enemies of the state and forcing them on the run. Producing “The Darkest Minds” are Fox-based 21 Laps’ (Stranger Things, Arrival) Shawn Levy and Dan Levine along with Dan Cohen and John Starke.  “‘The Darkest Minds’ has been an interesting journey because we got the rights to the book five years ago and that was when as a company, 21 Laps, was known predominantly as a comedy or tent pole family film kind of company,” says Shawn Levy, whose company 21 Laps is producing the film. “But I always knew we wanted to move into this different space; a space that is what I would I call ‘character-anchored genre’.”

BuyBust starring Anne Curtis - Movie Poster

A new movie poster for Buy Bust  was uploaded on Anne Curtis and director Erik Matti's respective Instagram accounts on Friday night. The poster features a bloodied Anne like she's just been in a fight and has just killed ten opponents with the knife she's holding.

Phanendra Prasai wins Mister National Universe 2018

Mister Nepal Phanendra Prasai was named Mister National Universe 2018 during the coronation night that was held on Monday. Phanendra bested 18 other good looking candidates from around the world in being the second winner of the pageant, after Pankaj Ahlawat of India who was last year's and the first-ever Mister National Universe. First runner-up was the host candidate, Mister Thailand Natchanon Singlum. Mister Brazil Markos Vinicius was named second runner-up. Mister Philippines Kenley Filarca won the Mister National Universe 2018 Ambassador despite not making it to the top 5. Other contestants that completed the top 5 were Malaysia and India. Also part of the top 10 were Philippines, Indonesia, Puerto Rico, USA and Switzerland. Special awards included Best in National Costume (Thailand), Mister Photogenic (Switzerland), Mister Congeniality (USA), and People' Choice Award (Philippines). Photos via Facebook/Missosology and Missosology - Male Pageants

Widows - Trailer Debut

From Academy Award®-winning director Steve McQueen ( 12 Years a Slave ) and co-writer and bestselling author Gillian Flynn ( Gone Girl ), comes a blistering, modern-day thriller set against the backdrop of crime, passion and corruption: Widows is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities. Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, tensions build when Veronica (Oscar® winner Viola Davis), Alice (Elizabeth Debicki), Linda (Michelle Rodriguez) and Belle (Cynthia Erivo) take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.