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Ronia Tamar Goldberg, popularly known as Angelyne, is an actress, singer, and model who was born on October 2, 1950, in Chmielnik, Poland. Her parents, Bronia Zernicka and Hendrik Goldberg, were Holocaust survivors who endured the horrors of Nazi concentration camps. After the liberation by allied forces, they moved to Poland for a while before eventually settling down in the United States after living in Israel for a while. Therefore, Angelyne spent most of her early life in the Fairfax District of the City of Angels, where she attended the James Monroe High School....

SPONSORED LINKS Lifetime’s latest true crime offering, ‘Phrogging: Hider in My House,’ focuses on a startling phenomenon that left people scared for their safety in their own homes. Phrogging is a term used to describe strangers living in someone else’s home without their permission, sometimes for weeks and even months. The first episode details the stories of two women who went through this and lived to share their stories: Madisyn Gidrey and Brittany Campbell....

Directed by David I. Strasser, UPtv’s ‘Love’s Second Chance’ is a sweet romance movie that follows Rose, a talented fashion stylist who lives in New York. When she inherits her grandmother’s vintage dress boutique, she returns to her hometown St. Helena to manage it. Seeing the deteriorating state of business, Rose decides to close the store. However, her perspective changes when she meets her high school crush Cole, who advises her to restore the shop and use it to help the less fortunate....

Created by Aaron Guzikowski, ‘Raised by Wolves’ is a sci-fi drama TV series on HBO Max. It revolves around two androids named Mother and Father, who are created by an atheist android architect when a war due to religious differences destroys Earth. Mother and Father are tasked with raising human children and establishing a colony on the planet Kepler-22b. However, the arrival of a devout religious order of human survivors named Mithraic threatens to disrupt the peace of the androids and their family....

Directed by Chris Weitz, ‘The Golden Compass’ is a fantasy movie based on Philip Pullman’s 1995 eponymous novel, also known as ‘Northern Lights.’ The book is the first part of the writer’s ‘His Dark Materials’ trilogy. The film is set on an alternate Earth, where a part of every person’s inner spirit exists outsides their bodies in the shape of an animal called a dæmon. Lyra Belacqua (Dakota Blue Richards) is an orphan who lives at Jordan College....

Created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon, ‘Zoey 101’ is a comedy-drama TV series that follows the lives of Zoey Brooks, her brother Dustin, and her friends as they all go to the same boarding school named Pacific Coast Academy. The narrative begins with the private boarding school, once an all-boys academy, taking applications from girls for the first time since its establishment. As Zoey settles in her new school, she makes tons of new friends....

‘1883‘ centers on the journey of a group of travelers headed to Oregon. On their road across the Great Plains, viewers get to interact with a variety of unique and interesting characters. Characters such as Colton, Cookie, Noemi, and Carolyn each add a new dimension to the main characters and their story arcs. However, after the seventh episode, we are sure that a new and surprising character will lead the race for the fan-favorite title....

The ninth episode of AMC’s post-apocalyptic series ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ season 7 depicts Alicia dealing with the realization that the dead Senator Vazquez cannot lead her and her group to PADRE. She dreams of the senator, who still insists on guiding her to the alleged haven. After waking up, she meets Paul, who brought an unconscious Alicia to his home upon encountering her in a barn. She thinks about a masked girl who had tended to her when she passed out in the street....

‘Troy‘ is an impactful historical drama movie loosely based on Greek author Homer’s epic poem ‘Iliad.’ Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, it chronicles the love story between the Trojan prince Paris and Helen, the beautiful wife of King Menelaus of Sparta. When they elope, the latter’s brother King Agamemnon assembles the Greeks and declares war on Troy, vowing to bring back Helen. As the Greek forces inch toward victory, matters get complicated when their best warrior Achilles (Brad Pitt) falls for a Trojan priestess....

As ‘1883‘ approaches the finish line, Elsa Dutton’s journey of self-discovery is also drawing to a close. In the first season’s penultimate episode, Elsa (Isabel May) once again proves that she is made for the hardships-filled life in the American Wild West. The episode sees Elsa taking the lead in settling a conflict between the caravan and the Lakota people, a Native American tribe. The situation stems from a misunderstanding but results in numerous casualties for the caravan....

The disaster movie genre has been one of the most divisive, with several of them producing polarising results at the box office and among critics. Nonetheless, the divisiveness of the genre is also behind its popularity. The genre utilizes an impending disaster or cataclysmic event as a plot device to explore several complex interpersonal relationships or themes. Moreover, they have a grand scope and stunning visuals that make for enthralling cinematic experiences....

The cinema from the East has been gaining popularity amongst the international audience. Be it Japan, Korea or the Philippines, the viewership for the films and TV shows from these places has seen exponential growth in the past couple of years. Netflix has played a big part in bringing their cinema to an international audience, and honestly, once you get hooked, there is no going back. If you’re looking for some great films to start your obsession with Filipino stories, then you have come to the right place....

The big screen has really been a good friend. It has given us some of the finest films – stories that made us really feel, stories that captured and presented humanity to us, it gave us great plots, great sequences, even more brilliant directors, and it gave us the characters themselves. Movie characters are always larger than life – we want to be them, or we want to be with them....

SPONSORED LINKS Honorable Mentions: “Lethal Weapon”, “Batman”, “Mad Max 2”, “Escape From New York”, “Top Gun”, “ Conan the Barbarian”, “Rambo II”, “Never Say Never Again” 12. Commando (1985) Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as elite ex-black ops commando who sets out on an explosive mission to save his daughter who has been kidnapped by a band of revenge-seeking thugs. The whole movie is literally lit up and nothing can stop Schwarzenegger as he takes on an army of thugs all by himself....

SPONSORED LINKS Helmed by Matthew Reilly, Netflix’s ‘Interceptor‘ is an action drama movie that revolves around JJ Collins — a newly appointed Captain of a secluded missile defense base in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Her years of military training and expertise are called into action when a team of terrorists, led by Alexander Kessel, tries to take over the interceptor base. As the terrorists aim to set 16 nuclear weapons toward the US, Collins and her crew must stop their wicked plan to come to fruition before it’s too late....

SPONSORED LINKS Ryan Murphy has teamed up with his old collaborators Brad Falchuck and Ian Brennan for his first Netflix original series, ‘The Politician’, a comedy revolving around the life of a highly ambitious high school student. The student in question is Payton Hobart, the young son of a wealthy family whose ultimate dream is to become the President of the country. For him, this is not just a daydream; he actually imagines himself as the future President of the United States and wants to do everything that will smoothen his path to the White House....

In January 2022, Hallmark Channel released ‘The Perfect Pairing,’ a romantic comedy about food, wine, and love. Cut to four months later, in May, and Netflix began streaming ‘A Perfect Pairing.’ Despite the similarities in the names and themes, as far as one can tell, the two films aren’t related to each other. While the one made by Hallmark revolves around a food and wine critic who loses her memory after an accident and begins a relationship with the owner of a winery that she once criticized, the Netflix production is about a high-flying wine executive attempting to carve out a space for herself in the heavily competitive wine importing sector....

‘Married at First Sight‘ or ‘MAFS’ is a reality show that reverses the established ideas of relationships. Through this, singles who are ready to get married but do not have someone to get married to are paired with people of similar mindsets. On their first day on the show, couples who have been pre-decided by the show experts get married. After the ceremony, the newlyweds become a part of each other’s lives and get to know one another....

‘Below Deck’ is a reality show about a group of men and women who work aboard a superyacht and their subsequent experiences during charter season. Despite desperate attempts to keep their professional lives rolling without hiccups, personal issues always come to the forefront. Developed by Mark Cronin, Rebecca Taylor Henning, and Doug Henning, the series premiered on July 1, 2013, and has spawned nine seasons to date. The latest edition featured a 50-meter (164-foot) yacht, which was renamed Honor for the show and captained by Lee Rosbach....

Investigation Discovery’s ‘American Monster: Nothing Can Stop Us’ takes the audience through the brutal and gruesome murder of Brandon Duran. A shocking crime of hatred that shook the state of Oklahoma saw Brandon Duran shot and killed near Elmore City on August 7, 2012. His dismembered body was later found disposed of in cement-filled buckets in the bottom of a pond. The subsequent police investigation saw the perpetrators arrested and brought to justice....