Multi Award-Winning Artist, The Weeknd, Collaborates with Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights8/16/2022
“After Hours” is The Weeknd’s fourth consecutive number one album and has spawned multiple chart-topping hits, including “Too Late,” “Heartless,” “In Your Eyes” and the wildly popular single “Blinding Lights” – which is ranked as the #1 Greatest Hot 100 Hit of All Time by Billboard. This fall, select tracks from the riveting album are being reimagined as a horror movie soundtrack for the outrageously haunting experience at Halloween Horror Nights. The dark undercurrent behind The Weeknd’s enigmatic persona will permeate the all-new Halloween Horror Nights haunted houses on both coasts. With the eerie sounds of “After Hours” reverberating throughout the experience, guests will step into a surreal living nightmare filled with grotesque characters and themes inspired by The Weeknd’s music and short films. As they’re stalked by slashers, bandaged maniacs, gruesome toad-like creatures and other unfathomable horrors from the mind of the artist, guests will be challenged to survive the night while trapped within the terrifying, unexpected world of “The Weeknd: After Hours Nightmare” – a place that only exists in The Weeknd’s vivid imagination and from which one may never escape. “I always wanted my own Halloween Horror Nights haunted house as Halloween has always been significant to my music, so this is a total dream come to life. I feel like my music videos have served as a launching pad for a collaboration like this, and I cannot wait for people to experience this madness!” said Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye.
Both events will run select nights through Monday, October 31, and more details and haunted houses will be revealed soon. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.HalloweenHorrorNights.com.
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A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure.
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We are looking into the life of producer Nadia Voukitchevitch, a New Yorker who is paving her way in the film industry.
She's a producer, writer and director. Voukitchevitch was born in New York City, earned her BA at Sarah Lawrence College and has been living in Los Angeles for almost 18 years. Nadia also has a Masters in Human Development with a concentration in Leadership in Education and Human Services from Pacific Oaks College. While at Sarah Lawrence, Nadia was elected Sophomore Class President and as a member of the Student Senate brought about change on campus particularly affecting students of color. Nadia directed several short films and documentaries, one called “Color & Differences @ SLC” about the experiences of students and professors of color on campus that caused some controversy. She also directed “Foreign Women Living in Russia” when she took her Junior year abroad in St. Petersburg, Russia, which lead her to become a finalist for Documentary by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 1998. When living in Russia, she was asked to play a small role in the film “Brother”, directed by Alexei Balabanov and starring Sergei Bodrov Jr., which received a Special Nomination at Cannes in 1997 and won numerous awards including Best Feature Film at the Brussels International Film Festival.
She directed, produced, wrote and edited a short film: “Behind Closed Doors”, and directed documentary Esperanza Community Housing Corp and PSAs for CHIRLA, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, who awarded her a certificate of recognition.
Nadia produced a short comedy, Ending Up, directed by Paige Morrow Kimball, starring Jenica Bergere and Matt Letscher, that won many awards at film festivals, including the Comedy Block Audience Award at the San Jose Short Film Festival. Nadia's passion for social justice and love for public service led her to raise funds for many non-profits. After sending her 287-page thesis on US Public School Education Reform to the White House, she received a letter from President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden acknowledging how critical education is to the long-term success of our Nation. She is also writing her memoir, and is developing a script, a period piece on her paternal ancestors and how they came to survive the Russian Revolution and WWI and migrated to the US on the brink of WWII while being torpedoed by a nazi submarine. Nadia ran the 5k in the Pasadena Triathlon and a 5k for BrittaCares: helping children survive cancer; her last Honolulu Marathon raised 8 million for APLA and the fight against AIDS. She is also the proud Mom to her 13-year-old son, who recently won a Grammy with the National Children’s Chorus, and their dogs Estrella and a rescue puppy Fearless. Nadia recently married her partner of 8 years, Director, Editor, Producer and VFX Supervisor, and Founder of VFXLA, Robb Hart.
Tras su llegada en formato digital el pasado 22 de junio, el filme acaba de arribar en forma física, tanto en 4K Ultra HD como en Blu ray y DVD. Pero además de volver a disfrutar de las grandes actuaciones, los elaborados efectos especiales y las características escenas de acción de toda buena película de Marvel, cada uno de esos sets nos permitirá conocer un poco mejor a Xóchitl Gómez, particularmente a través de un segmento titulado "Presentando a América Chávez", que a pesar de su brevedad explica el orígen del personaje en los comics, cuáles son los poderes que tiene y quien es la actriz que fue elegida para interpretarla.
Hija de un padre de orígen mexicano y una madre estadounidense que eligieron bautizarla con la palabra náhuatl que significa "flor", Xóchitl estudió desde pequeñas artes marciales, lo que no le vino nada mal para el rodaje de la película. Gómez, que tenía 14 años cuando se enteró que le habían dado el papel tras un proceso de casting que duró 6 meses, una noticia que hizo que se pusiera a llorar de emoción, apareció por primera vez en una pantalla cuando tenía 10 y participó como extra en la película "Intervowen" que protagonizó Mo'nique pero un año después ya tenía otros 4 créditos. 
Tras participar en numerosos cortometrajes y en series en episodios aislados, consiguió su primer papel importante en la producción de Netflix "The Babysitters Club", en la que también actuó Alicia Silverstone.
Hoy con 16 años y todo el futuro por delante, Chávez no sabe aún cuáles serán los planes de Marvel para su personaje, que apareció por primera vez en el cómic "Vengeance" en 2011 como la hija de dos madres que la han criado en un universo paralelo, a las que abandona inesperadamente cuando aparecen sus poderes por primera vez.
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En la película, América le explica a Doctor Strange que no tiene ningún control sobre su capacidad para cambiar de dimensión, y que es algo que suele ocurrir cada vez que tiene miedo. "América Chávez puede golpear y abrir mundos que son como naves que le permiten viajar de un universo al otro. Le cuesta confiar en los demás y a lo largo de la película podemos ver cómo logra superar ese problema, pero si algo la distingue es que es fuerte y resistente, y aunque todo vaya a explotar, ella sigue hacia adelante", comentó Xóchitl en una entrevista reciente. El set en 4K Ultra HD y Blu-ray trae también 3 escenas eliminadas, otros dos videos cortos y un comentario en audio.
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When two ICE officers maneuver into the Diaz family home over the Thanksgiving holiday, a domino effect ensues and the family is separated. Mother Marisol is arrested and detained, eldest son Koke is deported to Mexico and father Jorge flees to a synagogue for protective sanctuary. The two American born children left intact; freshman attorney Emiliano and his differently-abled teen sister Valentina, scramble to do whatever they can to reunite their family while the undocumented family members do whatever they can to get home. While each family member fights to return to each other, they also embark on a personal journey, discovering that their commitment to their family and faith in one another is much stronger than they think.
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