Patricia Clarkson talks about playing equal pay activist Lilly Ledbetter in new movie
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Patricia Clarkson talks about playing equal pay activist Lilly Ledbetter in new movie

Patricia Clarkson, a three-time Emmy winner and Oscar nominee, stars as equal pay activist Lilly Ledbetter in the new movie, "Lilly." Ledbetter sued her employer in 1999 for sex discrimination after learning she was being paid substantially less than her male colleagues. She lost her case at the Supreme Court, but 10 years later, then-President Obama signed the "Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act."

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Documentary “SPEAK” deftly showcases hope for the future
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Documentary “SPEAK” deftly showcases hope for the future

Join Correspondent Tom Wilmer as he visits with Guy Mossman, co-director and director of photography for the documentary SPEAK showcased at the SLO FILM FESTIVAL following a rave world-premiere performance at the legendary Sundance Film Festival, February 2025.

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Patricia Clarkson Shows What a Great Actor She Is in ‘Lilly,’ a Whistleblower Drama for Our Time
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Patricia Clarkson Shows What a Great Actor She Is in ‘Lilly,’ a Whistleblower Drama for Our Time

Patricia Clarkson is an actor who always hits the true note, but it’s been quite a while since she nabbed a movie role as full-scale and invigorating as the one she has in “Lilly.” The movie, which opened yesterday, is a whistleblower drama, based on the life of Lilly Ledbetter, who was the image of a homespun citizen — an Alabama wife and mother working as a supervisor at the local Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company plant — when she became an activist almost in spite of herself.

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Cannes Is Getting The Horror Treatment With “LATE BLOOMER”
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Cannes Is Getting The Horror Treatment With “LATE BLOOMER”

Filmmaker Calvin Morie McCarthy is heading to the Cannes Film Festival! His script, “LATE BLOOMER”, was selected to be presented at Largo.ai’s signature event, “Producers Pitching Their Projects, Powered by AI Insights” at the Cannes Film Festival on May 13, 2025. Largo.ai is a platform that studios, producers, and distributors use to make informed decisions on content creation.

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2025 Tony Award Nominations: Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, Maybe Happy Ending Lead the Pack
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2025 Tony Award Nominations: Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, Maybe Happy Ending Lead the Pack

Musicals Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, and Maybe Happy Ending all tied to become the most nominated productions of the season, each including the much coveted Best Musical. (With a Special Tony Award being bestowed on Buena Vista Social Club's band, the musical is technically the most recognized in this nomination announcement.)

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Theater Review | ‘Parents in Chains’
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Theater Review | ‘Parents in Chains’

Full of clever, sometimes-brutal humor, and tender, relatable discussions about moving through life’s most overwhelming shifts, Parents in Chains, presented as a “disguised” reading by Ensemble Theatre Company in association with J. Todd Harris, is a smooth, comic pleasure.

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Patricia Clarkson on movie ‘Lilly’: 'The proudest moment of my life'
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Patricia Clarkson on movie ‘Lilly’: 'The proudest moment of my life'

Actor Patricia Clarkson talks about her latest film “Lilly,” where she plays Lilly Ledbetter, the tire factory worker who fought for equal pay. She discusses Ledbetter's legacy in history and what it meant to her to portray the activist. “It was the privilege of my life to play this great woman,” she says.

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William H. Macy, John Corbett, Joel Courtney & Others Set For Sean McNamara Pic ‘On Fire’ Based On True Story Of Severe Burn Survivor John O’Leary
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William H. Macy, John Corbett, Joel Courtney & Others Set For Sean McNamara Pic ‘On Fire’ Based On True Story Of Severe Burn Survivor John O’Leary

EXCLUSIVE: William H. Macy (Shameless), John Corbett (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), Joel Courtney (The Kissing Booth), DeVon Franklin (Jesus Revolution), and Stephanie Szostak (A Million Little Things) are among those set to star in On Fire, another new film from Sean McNamara (Reagan) that has landed a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement and will begin production in St. Louis November 6.

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