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Patriots Day Trailer

On the morning of April 13, 2013 the citizens of Boston city awoke in a good mood, it's Patriots' Day and also the day the Boston marathon is held on. As is usually the case, additional police are asked to put on their uniforms and help with crowd control for the event which is always popular with residents and tourists.

Tommy Saunders was one of the officers to take to the streets and help police the event. As the race starts, the mood in the crowd is high and all are seen to be having a good time; The sergeant talks to his boss, Police Commissioner Ed Davis and then sees a familiar face in the crowd; his wife Carol be beckons Tommy over and the two begin to have a brief chat before an almighty noise and tremor is unleashed through the streets.

The police officers on the street run into action and begin to help wounded runners and bystanders. Hundreds of people are on the streets injured and worried; first responders begin treating as many people as possible and sending the injured off to hospital.

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Blake Jenner seen posing alone and with Melissa Benoist at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival premiere of 'The Edge of Seventeen' held at Roy Thomson Hall - Toronto, Canada - Saturday 17th September 2016

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Get Your First Look At Tyler Hoechlin As Superman In 'Supergirl' Season 2

By Holly Williams in Movies / TV / Theatre on 29 July 2016

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Kal-El finally gets to catch up with cousin Kara.

It had to happen eventually! We'll finally get to see a new incarnation of Superman for the 'Supergirl' TV series as season 2 arrives on our screens this fall. He'll be portrayed by Tyler Hoechlin, who's best known for playing Derek Hale in 'Teen Wolf'.

Melissa Benoist is Supergirl

The first family image of Supergirl and Superman together has been unveiled, and it's also our first glimpse of the new Clark Kent's outfit. It's very similar to Henry Cavill's 'Man Of Steel' suit, though perhaps a little cleaner. It was designed by costume designer Kiersten Ronning, who also did Supergirl's outfit and also happened to work on the set of 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'.

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CBS Cancels Planned Episodes Of 'Supergirl' And 'NCIS' Following Paris Attacks

By Stephanie Chase in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16 November 2015

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The network has decided not to air the scheduled episodes due to their plots’ similarities to the recent events in Paris.

CBS has announced it will not air planned episodes of ‘Supergirl’ and ‘NCIS: LA’ on Monday out of respect for the events in Paris. Both shows' plots featured similarities to Friday’s attacks on Paris, which left at least 129 people dead.

Melissa Benoist stars in 'Supergirl'.

Monday’s planned episode of ‘Supergirl’, titled ‘How Does She Do It?’, revolved around a large city being hit by bombings. CBS will now show the episode ‘Livewire’ in its place, which was originally set to air on November 23rd.

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Calista Flockhart Supports Harrison Ford’s Return To Flying After His Plane Crash

By Elinor Cosgrave in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 11 August 2015

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Calista Flockhart is “100 percent” behind her husband’s return to flying, five months after he had a plane crash in which he suffered a broken pelvis.

Calista Flockhart is fully supportive of her husband’s return to flying. Flockhart’s husband, Star Wars actor Harrison Ford, was involved in a plane crash earlier this year which left him in hospital for a number of weeks. Ford’s quick thinking ensured no one on the ground was injured but it was certainly a near miss.

Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart at the 86th Annual Oscars in March 2014.

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Jenna Dewan-Tatum Cast As Lucy Lane In CBS’ ‘Supergirl’

By Elinor Cosgrave in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 04 August 2015

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Jenna Dewan-Tatum has joined the cast of CBS’ ‘Supergirl’.

Jenna Dewan-Tatum has reportedly been cast in a recurring role in CBS’ upcoming series, Supergirl. The 34-year-old actress will play Lucy Lane, Lois Lane’s younger sister, in the upcoming series.

Jenna Dewan-Tatum at the 5th Annual Dizzy Feet Foundation 'Celebration of Dance' Gala in Los Angeles in August 2015.

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Melissa Benoist & Blake Jenner Are Married! Couple Wed In Small Ceremony In March, Sources Confirm

By Elinor Cosgrave in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 14 July 2015

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Melissa Benoist and Blake Jenner are married! The former ‘Glee’ co-stars married in March after dating for three years.

Melissa Benoist and Blake Jenner are married! The wedding ceremony reportedly took place a number of months ago but multiple sources close to the couple have only just confirmed the news.

Melissa Benoist and Blake Jenner are married!

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CBS's Supergirl Series Thwarted By Pre-Premiere Leak

By Victoria Pavlova in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22 May 2015

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So how will this affect the pilot's viewership?

So, in Supergirl news, the pilot has made its way online a little ahead of schedule. About six months, actually. The first episode of the CBS series was leaked on Friday morning, making its way to torrent portals far ahead of its scheduled premiere date.

Glee discovery Melissa Benoist stars as Kara Zor-El

The CBS series is being billed as a superhero-story-meets-rom-com in TV show form and it tells the story of Superman, aka Kal-El’s lesser known cousin, Kara Zor-El. As her alter ego Supergirl, Kara will face crime and injustice, but her greatest nemesis could turn out to be internet piracy. The news came after the Supergirl trailer beat all expectations and reached 10 million views on youtube just days after its release.

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Take A Look At Melissa Benoist's 'Supergirl' Costume For Upcoming CBS Series

By Stephanie Chase in Movies / TV / Theatre on 07 March 2015

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We can all breathe a sigh of relief, there’s no midriff on show here.

The first images of Melissa Benoist as ‘Supergirl’ in CBS’ upcoming series have just been released and of course all the talk is about the heroine’s new costume. The ‘Glee’ actress has dyed her hair blonde to portray the superhero, with the network already giving the series a one season commitment.

Melissa Benoist is your new 'Supergirl'

‘Supergirl’s’ all important costume was designed by Academy Award winner Colleen Atwood, who is also responsible for the look of DC characters ‘The Flash” and ‘Arrow’ on the CW. The costume keeps the character’s traditional colour combination of red, blue and gold, going for a long sleeved top with the famous ’S’ logo, a red skirt, over the knee boots and a long flowing cape.

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'Glee''s Melissa Benoist Cast As CBS' 'Supergirl'

By Ed Biggs in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23 January 2015

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The 26 year old 'Whiplash' and 'Glee' star will portray DC's 'Supergirl' in the forthcoming TV series.

After an extended search, CBS has announced that it has cast ‘Glee’ star Melissa Benoist to head up its superhero show ‘Supergirl’. She’ll play Kara Zor-El in the network’s series adaptation of the DC comic book story.

The 26 year old actress is most famous for portraying Marley Rose in the fourth and fifth seasons of Fox’s tween steamroller ‘Glee’, but she also has credentials on the more serious side of acting, with a role in the 2014 indie movie Whiplash, which was recently nominated for five Academy Awards including ‘Best Picture’.

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'Glee''s Melissa Benoist has been cast as CBS' 'Supergirl'

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Whiplash Review

By Rich Cline

Extraordinary

It's hard to think of another film that leaves us quite so out of breath. Adapting his short film, first-time feature filmmaker Damien Chazelle grabs hold of the audience and never lets up, pounding us into submission with an exhilarating pace, blistering performances and never-flagging energy levels. It's an astonishing movie that reminds us of the visceral power of cinema in a story about the tenacity required to make it to the top.

At the centre of the storm is Andrew (Miles Teller), an aspiring drummer who is attending New York's most prestigious and cutthroat conservatory. His goal is to get into the elite jazz band led by Professor Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), whose brutal reputation is well-earned. A demanding, often cruel teacher, he belittles students with vein-popping diatribes. And he seems to have an extra well of bile just for Andrew, who is willing to put up with anything to be in his band. The question is whether Fletcher is trying to break him or push him to achieve even more. If Andrew hopes to survive, he might not be able to maintain a relationship with his new girlfriend Nicole (Melissa Benoist). But maybe it's worth the pain.

This is the blackest comedy imaginable, so harsh that our only response is to laugh bitterly at every hideous insult Fletcher heaps on his young musicians. Chazelle directs the film with such a brisk pace that it sometimes feels difficult to hang on for the ride, and even though some of the plot turns feel rather contrived, it's moving so quickly that we don't have time to worry about that. The entire film charges forward with the rhythms and energy of a powerful jazz riff, and even though it's often terrifying the ride is so much fun that we don't want it to end.

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The Longest Ride Trailer

Sophia Danko is a young student unwittingly about to enter into a world of whirlwind young love when she meets a dashing cowboy named Luke Collins at her first rodeo. Handsome, charming and impossibly daring with a passion for bull-riding, he captures Sophia's heart and the two become inseparable. As they ponder their happily ever after, they come across a severe car crash, rescuing an elderly man named Ira from the wreckage. While visiting him in hospital, Ira shows her some old letters that he wrote to the love of his life Ruth during the war and she reads them to him, learning more and more about this man's life and also that no relationship is as perfect as it seems. Sophia's connection with Luke starts to strain when he suffers a near miss at another rodeo event, and she begins to resent his disregard for his own life.

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Danny Collins - Trailer

1970s rocker Danny Collins (Al Pacino) has earned a reputation for himself as a sell-out. He hasn't written a song for years, and his family has been left behind while he embarks upon the life of a true rock star. But when his manager reveals a previously lost handwritten letter from John Lennon, instructing Collins to remember who he is and not lose himself. Wondering what could have happened if he had actually received the letter 40-years-ago, Collins embarks on a journey to rediscover his family and find out just what made him famous in the first place.

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Whiplash Trailer

Andrew Neyman is a jazz drummer whose massive ambition has landed him a place at a prestigious American music academy. It's there he is picked up by Terence Fletcher; a notorious jazz composer who may be renowned for his teaching abilities, but is also feared for his unconventionally cruel methods. He is invited into his band where he is eventually given the chance to substitute the usual drummer after memorising the entire music sheet and subsequently is made to perform in the next competition. Unfortunately for Andrew, it seems Terence's faith in him has made him eager to push Andrew to the brink of insanity as he slowly turns him into a volatile obsessive with the desire to become the greatest drummer of his time. Meanwhile his father is furious at the treatment of his son and Andrew forces himself to break up with his girlfriend in order to put more time into practice.

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Whiplash - Clip

Andrew Neyman is an aspiring young jazz drummer who is thrilled to land a place at a prestigious American music academy. However, with amazing opportunities comes a lot of serious pressure and Andrew finds himself struggling under the ruthless instruction of his pedantic band conductor Terence Fletcher. With his decades of experience, Fletcher has an ear for music Andrew couldn't hope to emulate and yet his struggles to correct his own miniscule mistakes go totally unsympathised with. He is left flustered and on the verge of tears during one particularly heated band practice, whereby Fletcher's unsuccessful attempts to correct Andrew's tempo lead to the latter being nearly struck over the head with a chair by the volatile teacher who precedes to slap him hard around the face several times. Is Andrew strong enough to survive such fierce scrutiny, or are his dreams of musicianship almost over?

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Glee Recap: 'Dynamic Duets' Brings Back The Warblers And A Hefty Amount Of Bromance

By Joe Wilde in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23 November 2012

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Whilst people across America were digging into their roast turkeys, the people over at Fox had their own special Thanksgiving gift for the nation: a brand new episode of Glee. A don't you worry, as it in no way disappointed whatsoever.

Having stolen New Directions' National Champs trophy, ex-Warbler Blaine heads to his former school to get their deserved prize back, which brings us to the return of former 'Klaine' villain Sebastian, who as it turns out is no longer captain of the Warblers, as that honor now belongs to Hunter (Nolan Funk). Hunter pleads with Blaine to "come home" - aka rejoin the Warblers - and brings out his old blazer and despite his hardest efforts to avoid temptation Blaine can no longer take the pressure and returns to his old gang, with the track 'Dark Side' with he reunited comrades.

Blaine soon realises that the only thing keeping him at McKinley is Kurt (Chris Colfer), so he decides to transfer back to Dalton too, just when it seemed like things were going oh so smoothly. Fortunately for the New Directions team, Sam (Chord Overstreet), has already proved more than his fair share of support for most of the gang in their respective times of need, and again he was there to offer a shoulder to lean against.

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