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When indie film veterans Marc Goldberg, Christian Mercuri and Jared Goetz joined forces last year to form a new U. S. distribution company, Aura Entertainment, they knew they were entering a tough market. The past two years had seen a flood of new indie buyers — Row K, Room 8 Films, Obscured Releasing, 1-2 Special, Sumerian Pictures, 101 Studios — launch with big dreams but, to date, only meager results. So they kept things modest, focusing on commercially oriented, midbudget films with theatrical potential that could still make their money back on digital release. “We don’t try to go too big,” says Mercuri. “We’re not dreamers; we’re pretty grounded, [and] we try to produce and distribute films with that mindset.”

Russell T Davies says he gets daily hate messages for supporting trans rights2 hours agoCharlie BucklandBBC WalesGetty ImagesRussell T Davies says he receives hate messages everyday online calling him a "paedophile" Screenwriter Russell T Davies has said he gets called a "groomer" and a "paedophile" every day by online trolls over his support of transgender rights. The Doctor Who writer said comments were fuelled by his latest mini series TipToe, which focuses on a feud between neighbours on opposite ends of the political debate. Davies described it as a reflection of "real world issues" he felt necessary to speak up on and admitted he now has agents who monitor his hate "every day". "I think the rise of the online voice, the voice of anger, which is becoming more homophobic and misogynist and anti-Semitic and every problem you could name, is stepping out of the online world into the real world," he said. "I genuinely think there are dangers out there... that's the story of TipToe, every prejudice and problem arriving at your front door. "I'm very safe, I'm well off, nicely paid, I'm a white man, I have support around me...

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TV veterans Téa Leoni and Tim Daly are married in real life, and now they're playing a couple who rushes into marriage on the new NBC sitcom "Newlyweds. " But did Friday's premiere make you want to stick around past the honeymoon? When we meet Jeanie (Leoni) and James (Daly), they're grumbling about being stuck on yet another blind date. But when they see each other, they're instantly smitten. They seem like complete opposites — she's an eighth-grade teacher who seizes the day; he's a philosophy professor who keeps his feet firmly on the ground — but there's definitely a spark there. When his talk of roasting vegetables gets her hot, they end up in bed together, and they're still glowing the next morning... until he explains he has to go to Norway for a month.