Get out those hazmat suits and gas masks. If you don’t want to go through the effort of planning a viewing party for the series finale of Breaking Bad, you can just join a few hundred people when it screens at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Sept. 29. The last episode of AMC’s popular meth production drama will screen the same night it airs on the cable channel.
The L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center’s The Village will be staging a production of The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, with plans to open next month. The concept came about after people involved in the original, The Laramie Project, returned to the community where Matthew Shepard was murder 10 years later to see what changes had occurred. The play features under a dozen actors playing over 50 different roles, while some characters will be played by different actors through the performance.
Wanda Sykes stars in today’s limited release of The Hot Flashes from Desperately Seeking Susan director Susan Seidelman. Some may have seen this from recent availability on pay-per-view cable systems. The comedy looks at a group of middle-aged Texas women who were high school basketball champs who challenge the current high school champs to a breast cancer fundraising game. The hilarity of ‘age and experience battles youthful cockiness’ costars Army Wives’ Brooke Shields, Kill Bill’s Daryl Hannah, Ghost Whisperer‘s Camryn Manheim, The Dark Knight’s Eric Roberts and Sideways’ Virginia Madsen.
Revolutionvet Graham Rogers joins Immortals‘ Isabel Lucas and My Best Friend’s Wedding alum Dermot Mulroney in Careful What You Wish For. The thriller comes from Ramona and Beezus director Elizabeth Allen. The drama explores the world of a young man whose life changes after having an affair with the wife of an investment broker. The cast also includes boy band member Nick Jonas and Goodfellas’Paul Sorvino.