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Paget Brewster can currently be seen in the psychosexual horror-comedy <a href="https://yellowveilpictures.com/touch-me/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Touch Me</a>, which is currently out in New York City, will be in limited theaters from March 27, and on demand and on digital April 7. She recently reprised her long-running role as Special Agent Emily Prentiss in the Criminal Minds and appeared on seasons one and two of Hulu&#8217;s How I Met Your Father. Other recent work includes Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series Hollywood and the CBS comedy Mom. Paget has also starred in the comedy shows Another Period, Grandfathered with John Stamos, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Huff and Community. Paget’s extensive voiceover work includes Family Guy, American Dad, Tuca &amp; Bertie, The Simpsons, and many more, and she was nominated for an Emmy in 2020 for her voice work in Ducktales. Among her feature film credits are Welcome to Happiness, My Big Fat Independent Movie, The Big Bad Swim, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Man of the House.

Paget Brewster

Film

Three Great Things: Paget Brewster

Noah Schamus is a filmmaker of both documentary and narrative films. Their first feature, Summer Solstice, had its world premiere at Provincetown Film Festival in June 2023, and has played at festivals including Deauville, Mill Valley and Woodstock, among others, and <a href="https://newfest.org/events/summersolstice/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">screens at NewFest on October 21</a>. The film was the recipient of the Panavision New Filmmaker grant, was a Notable Writer Project at the Outfest Screenwriting Lab, and won the Platige Image Award at US in Progress at the American Film Festival. Their most recent hybrid documentary short, The Script, co-directed with Brit Fryer, and produced by Multitude Films, was supported by Chicken &amp; Egg Pictures and the Ford Foundation. The film premiered at CPH:DOX 2023, and has screened at Frameline, BlackStar and others. (Photo by Leah James.)

Noah Schamus

How Watching The Real Housewives Made Me a Better Filmmaker

Alex Thompson grew up watching Humphrey Bogart films with his Popou and making movies, back when Coltneck Lane was still a cul de sac. He graduated from DePauw University and worked in casting before directing his first short, starring Olympia Dukakis and Rose Gregorio. He directed and produced Saint Frances, which won the Audience Award at SXSW in 2019. His second feature, Rounding, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2022 while Ghostlight, which he co-directed with Kelly O&rsquo;Sullivan, opened the Sundance Film Festival in 2024. He has been nominated for the Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Prize at the Gotham Awards and the Cassavetes Award at the Independent Spirit Awards. His latest feature, Mouse, which he co-directed with O&rsquo;Sullivan, premiered at the 2026 Berlin Film Festival.

Alex Thompson

Play It Again, Kim: Keeping Up with the Kardashians is the 21st Century’s Casablanca

As a Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-nominated producer, director and writer, Ken Mok has been a staple in the entertainment industry for over two decades, bringing innovative, inclusive, and ground-breaking projects to life from the page, to the screen. Ken makes his theatrical writing and directorial debut with Lionsgate’s heartfelt dramedy <a href="https://www.lionsgate.com/movies/the-right-one" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Right One</a>, starring Cleopatra Coleman, Nick Thune, Iliza Shlesinger and David Koechner, which comes out February 5. Through his production company, 10&#215;10 Entertainment, he created the smash-hit unscripted shows Making the Band and America’s Next Top Model. In 2006, Ken shifted from television to film, producing Invincible, starring Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear, and Elizabeth Banks, and going on to produce such films as the Oscar-nominated biopic Joy, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, and Bradley Cooper.

Ken Mok

What True Diversity Looks Like

Bret Easton Ellis is the author of six novels including Less Than Zero, The Rules of Attraction, American Psycho, Glamorama, Lunar Park and Imperial Bedrooms, and a collection of stories, The Informers. His works have been translated into 30 languages. He wrote the original screenplay for Paul Schrader&#8217;s The Canyons, and Less Than Zero, The Rules of Attraction, American Psycho and The Informers have all been made into films. He also hosts a podcast about movies, <a href="http://podcastone.com/Bret-Easton-Ellis-Podcast" target="_blank">The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast</a>, on PodcastOne.com. He lives in Los Angeles.

Bret Easton Ellis

The Way We Get By: Bret Easton Ellis on The Hills and The Crown

While most artists usually require a small village to take their first steps, LA based Tim Atlas requires nothing but his own two hands to mold his vision. After performing for Pharrell and Rihanna and receiving their encouragement, Tim took the leap and pursued music full-time. His 2018 EP, All Talk!, made a splash in the indie world, racking up over 20 million streams and taking him on headlining tours across the US and UK. Now, Tim is preparing to release his next EP, out Fall 2019, which has already been praised by Zane Lowe on his Beats 1 show and by a number of tastemakers alike.

Tim Atlas

Music

Tim Atlas Isn’t Just “That Guy from The Voice”

Dana Michelle Cook was born and raised in Los Angeles and currently resides in Chicago. A former reality TV producer turned documentary filmmaker, she’s dedicated to shining light on issues that bring about social change. In her continued commitment to creating content that showcases inspiring women, she’s co-created <a href="http://www.freeheartcreative.com" target="_blank">Freeheart Creative</a> with Katie Wilkes, producing a new docu-series focusing on global female leaders mobilizing communities in Kenya, Rwanda, Haiti, Syria, and beyond. Creating a film and movement alongside Sarah Moshman, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EmpowermentDocu/" target="_blank">The Empowerment Project</a> is her proudest accomplishment to date, and releases domestically and internationally on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and On Demand January 17, 2017. Follow Dana on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/danamichelle336/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.

Dana Michelle Cook

How I Hit Rock Bottom in Reality TV and Found Myself as a Feminist Filmmaker

Eric Juhola founded the film and television production company Still Point Pictures and produced the Gotham Award-nominated documentary Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa, winning 8 best documentary prizes at festivals around the world, followed by a theatrical release and US broadcast on the Sundance Channel. Eric is also the producer of the ITVS/PBS documentary Broken Heart Land which premiered at the Frameline Film Festival and aired on PBS WORLD Channel&rsquo;s series America ReFramed in 2014.&nbsp;Juhola&#8217;s directorial debut, Growing Up Coy, is available on iTunes and releases internationally on Netflix on January 6, 2017. The film, produced by <a href="https://www.stillpointpictures.com/" target="_blank">Still Point Pictures</a>, is also <a href="http://fiscal.ifp.org/project.cfm/888/Growing-Up-Coy/" target="_blank">currently raising funds</a> to embark on a community impact tour across the U.S. in spring 2017.

Eric Juhola

Moving the Cultural Dial When Your “Issue” Has Been Hijacked

Stuart Gordon was a writer-director-producer of film, television and theater. He is best known for the cult classic Re-Animator and for having murdered his wife Carolyn in his films whenever possible.

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