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The KOOP Radio interview with EDIE ARNOLD IS A LOSER’s Adi Madden Cabrera and McKenna Tuckett, writer/director Megan Rico, and director Kade Atwood:
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The Catholic high school/pop-punk band comedy screens today during #SXSW2026

#SXSW @koopradio.bsky.social

The KOOP Radio interview with ADAM’S APPLE subject/writer Adam Sieswerda and his mother, director Amy Jenkins: www.lightscameraaustin.net/adam-sieswer...

The documentary screens today during #SXSW2026.

#SXSW @koopradio.bsky.social

The KOOP Radio interview with THE LIFE WE LEAVE director JJ Gerber: www.lightscameraaustin.net/jj-gerber-ma...

The documentary screens today during #SXSW2026.

#SXSW @koopradio.bsky.social

Elle Fanning and Michelle Pfeiffer striking poses opposite the Paramount.
#SXSW2026

#SXSW2026 begins!

Join me today for KOOP at the Movies’ big SXSW 2026 Austin film preview show at 3-4:30 pm CST today:

Featuring:
- ANIMA’s Sydney Chandler
- THE SH*THEADS’ Macon Blair
- STAGES’ David Ramirez
- AMERICAN DOLLHOUSE’s John Valley

Plus more!

Listen at KOOP 91.7 FM / koop.org

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Son had the night off from his World Baseball Classic duties, went to the Miami Heat on a whim, and watched history being made …

Corey Parker, ‘Will & Grace’ Actor, Dies at 60 He died Thursday in Memphis, Tennessee, following a cancer battle, his family told TMZ.

RIP Corey Parker.
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Jennifer Runyon, ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Charles in Charge’ Actress, Dies at 65 Jennifer Runyon, an actress known for her roles in 'Ghostbusters' and the CBS sitcom 'Charles in Charge,' died at 65.

RIP Jennifer Runyon.
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Country Joe McDonald, Country Joe and the Fish Singer, Dead at 84 Country Joe McDonald, Country Joe and the Fish singer who penned the anti-Vietnam War anthem "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag," has died at the age of 84.

RIP Country Joe McDonald.
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The KOOP Radio preview of this year’s SXSW Film & TV Festival with senior programmer Peter Hall: www.lightscameraaustin.net/peter-hall-f...

#SXSW2026 runs March 12-18. @sxsw.com #SXSW @peterhallhuman.bsky.social @koopradio.bsky.social

Jeremy Larner, Oscar-Winning Screenwriter on Robert Redford’s ‘The Candidate,’ Dies at 88 A speechwriter for presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy, he also adapted his novel for the Jack Nicholson-directed ‘Drive, He Said.’

RIP Jeremy Larner.
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Alan Trustman, Screenwriter on ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ and ‘Bullitt,’ Dies at 95 After working on the Steve McQueen classics, the former attorney penned ‘They Call Me Mister Tibbs!’

RIP Alan Trustman.
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James G. Robinson, Producer and Morgan Creek Co-Founder, Dies at 90 The Baltimore native spearheaded such films as 'Young Guns,' 'Major League,' 'Ace Ventura: Pet Detective' and 'The Last of the Mohicans.'

RIP James Robinson.
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Netflix, After Walking Away From Warner Bros. Deal, Will ‘Move Forward’ With ‘$2.8 Billion in Our Pocket That We Didn’t Have a Few Weeks Ago,’ CFO Says Netflix CFO Spence Neumann, speaking Wednesday at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, reiterated the company's position that it bailed out of the bidding for Warner Bros. becaus...

Almost enough to finance the next KNIVES OUT trilogy.
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Slava Tsukerman, Director of Cult Indie Hit ‘Liquid Sky,’ Dies at 85 Slava Tsukerman, the Russian-born writer and director of the stylish 1982 indie sci-fi hit "Liquid Sky," died Monday. He was 85.

RIP Slava Tsukerman.
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Movie Theater Chain iPic Files for Bankruptcy iPic Theaters, a cinema chain that specializes in dine-in service, has filed for bankruptcy protection for a second time.

If I’m the Drafthouse or the Moviehouse & Eatery, I’m buying the IPIC Austin at the Domain if it becomes available.
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Sorry but “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” is better than any of this year’s Best Original Song Oscar nominees.

Bar shooting in Austin leaves 3 dead, including the suspect, and 14 injured Authorities say three people — including a suspect — were killed and 14 others were wounded after a shooting at a bar in Austin, Texas.

My thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones.
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SCREAM 5 and 6 employed the franchise’s past to push it forward.

SCREAM 7 is unfortunately stuck in the franchise’s past.

Neil Sedaka, a Pop Hitmaker Across Two Eras, Dead at 86 Neil Sedaka, the songwriter and performer behind hits like "Laughter in the Rain" and "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do," has died at age 86.

RIP Neil Sedaka.
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Max Landis, Whose Career Imploded During #MeToo, Returns with ‘G.I. Joe’ Movie at Paramount (Exclusive) At the same time, Danny McBride will also be writing a separate 'G.I. Joe' script.

We’re this close to Paramount picking up that new Jonathan Majors/Daily Wire thriller …
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Netflix Declines to Raise Offer for Warner Bros. Netflix said it it won't match Paramount's latest offer for WBD, walking away.

Inching closer to Disney 2.0 … only potentially worse for multiple reasons.

(Not that a Netflix-WB merger would have been good for the entertainment industry.)
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Binge-watching POP CULTURE JEOPARDY with the 15 y.o. and:

"I want you to place your hand there on the TV screen."
MAN FINDS TAPE hits physical media today - DVD and Blu-ray.
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Actor Robert Carradine Dies At Age 71 Actor Robert Carradine Dies At Age 71

RIP Robert Carradine.
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‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Joining Criterion Collection (EXCLUSIVE) 'KPop Demon Hunters' and Guillermo del Toro’s 'Frankenstein' are two of Netflix's award season films that are joining the Criterion Collection.

Gen Alpha poised to go Criterion crazy!
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I miss the days when an action comedy such as THE WRECKING CREW would drop in the middle of August and make $60M-$80M by the end of Labor Day Weekend.

‘GOAT’s Got Game Over ‘Wuthering Heights’ In U.S. With $17M, But Jacob Elordi & Margot Robbie Pic Hugs $151M+ WW Cume – Box Office Update 'GOAT' won over 'Wuthering Heights' in second weekend at U.S. box office in $17M, but the Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi movie is eyeing $152+ WW.

Not a great start for Glen Powell’s HOW TO MAKE A KILLING. But Deadline confirms what we all suspected: A24, which picked up KILLING for a reported $5M, all but dumped it.
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