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Rhonda’s Kiss Gala At Tao in NYC!

by Nova Bajamonti
written by Nova Bajamonti
Eustacde Montgomery Hicks, Kyle Stefanski
Katie Cassidy
Young Paris
Guest
Peter Tuchman, Guests
Guest, Kyle Stefanski, Marc Stefanski


Last night, Katie Cassidy continued to Raise the Bar, at Rhonda’s Kiss Charity Helping Cancer Patients in Need with the Second Annual Legacy of Love Gala in New York City at TAO Downtown. 

 
Guests included Zach Braff, Danny A. Abeckaser, Katie Cassidy, Rhonda’s Kiss Executive Director Kyle Stefanski, Richie Akiva, Michael Cayre, Adriam Grenier, John Powers Middleton, Foodgod, Bo Dietl, Diana Madison, Darren Weiss, Fatima Cuellar, Kailyn Shepherd, Sergio Farias, Mike Young, Eytan Rockaway, Jamar Hart, Eustace Montgomery Hicks, chef Jonah Johnson, Rhonda’s Kiss Chairman Marc Stefanski, and many more industry notables, influencers and supporters, with performers such as the legendary Slick Rick featuring DJ Kaos, and R&B Sensation Young Paris, plus DJ Pookie.

The fundraising event held at TAO Downtown was held to benefit the Maimonides Cancer Center Patient Care Program in partnership with Rhonda’s Kiss .

 Rhonda’s Kiss (RhondasKiss.org) is a national non-profit created to help cancer patients in need by donating to the non-medical expenses associated with cancer. The organization is passionate about giving patients and their families a fighting chance to recover. Through fundraising and annual events, the organization has worked to help raise awareness and funding towards cancer programs that are led by forward-thinking doctors at hospitals that support the charity’s overall mission.

Guests sipped on El Cristiano Tequila, Casa Luigi Prosecco, Mercer+Prince Whisky, and Maison No, 9 Rose.

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Award-winning composer Hildur Guđnadóttir on “A Haunting in Venice”

by Candace Higgins
written by Candace Higgins

Inspired by the novel Hallowe’en Party, director Kenneth Branagh stars in A Haunting in Venice as famed detective Hercule Poirot. Set in eerie, post-World War II Venice on All Hallows’ Eve is a terrifying mystery featuring the return of the celebrated sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world’s most glamorous city, Poirot reluctantly attends a séance at an old, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, he is thrusted into a sinister world of shadows and secrets.

Familiar with Kenneth Branagh’s works, composer Hildur Guðnadóttir jumped on board when asked to join this project. In our interview with her, she gives a preview of how she developed the music score for this film and explains the importance of music in story-telling.

“My beginning point is always to look at what world we are in , in the film, and how the music can best serve the story and the whole universe, in that film,” Guðnadóttir said.

She added, “In a story like ‘A Haunting in Venice,’ it takes on a more … I guess, instead of the score leading the character from in front of the character, it works much more in parallel and from the subconscious mind.”

“It’s all these physiological things about how the way the music works I think with and in connection with storytelling that I find so interesting about writing film scores, is to play with these different ways of hearing and perceiving music and how you can be moved by it in a very different but effective way,” Guðnadóttir said.

“A Haunting in Venice” is set to premiere in theaters September 15, 2023.

 

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EXCLUSIVE: Josha Stradowski, Daniel Henney and more talk Wheel of Time Season 2

by Joe Henkel
written by Joe Henkel

The Wheel of Time premieres Season 2 on September 1.

Based on the best-selling novels, The Wheel of Time returns for season 2. The extremely successful books by Robert Jordan have led to this incredible Amazon original series. In season one, Rand al’Thor (Josha Stradowski) learns about his great power as The Dragon Reborn. An army of powerful women become desperate to protect their world from the Dark One and his friends face new threats in Season Two.

The Knockturnal interviewed the stars of this series. (Note: This interview was completed before the SAG strike.) We spoke with Josha Stradowski, Daniel Henney, Ceara Coveney, Marcus Rutherford and Donal Finn. We asked Marcus about his relationship with the source material when building his character, he said, “It’s so useful to have it there. There’s all these journeys and relationships that you can pay homage with.” Daniel explained the joy he experiences playing Lan, “It’s kind of what you dream of as an actor to be able to have a character that can take you so many places.”

Watch the Wheel of Time Season 2 on Prime Video starting September 1.

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EXCLUSIVE: Joshua Bassett and Cast Talk High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Season Four

by Joe Henkel
written by Joe Henkel

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series season four is streaming now on Disney+.

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series returns for their forth and final season. This season they return to the iconic East High to perform the play “High School Musical 3: Senior Year.”  The students soon find out they will be filming “High School Musical 4: The Reunion” movie at their school. The new season brings back characters from the show, but also characters from the original trilogy return.

We recently interviewed Joshua Bassett (“Ricky”), Sofia Wylie (“Gina”), Dara Reneé (“Kourtney”), Frankie Rodriguez (“Carlos”) and Julia Lester (“Ashlyn”) about this wild new season. Joshua Basset said about the new season, “it’s pretty crazy because we have actual crew members who are playing crew members in the show.” He explained that there were cameras everywhere in the story, “there were times where I didn’t even realize that I was on camera because I thought it was a fake camera. And ‘Josh, why do you have your phone in your hand?’ I thought that they weren’t filming me.” They other actors shared their excitement about how “meta” the show gets and the emotion of a final season.

Watch season four as all eight new episodes of “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” are streaming now on Disney+.

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EXCLUSIVE: Jake Johnson and Ophelia Lovibond talk MINX Season 2!

by Joe Henkel
written by Joe Henkel

Watch Minx Season 2 on Starz starting July 21.

Minx follows Joyce as she creates a magazine for women and teams up with Doug. Set in Los Angeles in the 1970s, Joyce and Doug strive to find success with the magazine. In season 2, after they find success they have to decide what direction they continue to follow with their work.

We recently interviewed the cast of the show Ophelia Lovibond (Joyce Prigger), Jake Johnson (Doug Renetti), Idara Victor (Tina), Jessica Lowe (Bambi), Lennon Parham (Shelly), Oscar Montoya (Richie), and Elizabeth Perkins (Constance). Jake Johnson, who executive produced the series, explained what happened after HBO dropped Minx. After season 2 was canceled Jake told us that there were other streamers that wanted them, “We got word that there were three other streamers that were betting on us. So we knew pretty quickly we were going to find a home. And it was just a matter of of those three new streamers who was going to be the most aggressive and Starz became the most aggressive.”

We talked to the cast about their characters and the developments going into season 2. Ophelia Lovibond told us about the development of the magazine and success Joyce experiences puts her in a new position in season 2. Ophelia said, “She’s got the power now. She’s aware that the tables have turned and she’s gained ground, but she’s there’s hesitancy there because she just knows that there’s something about them. There’s something holding her back and then when when Doug comes with the idea of Constance publishing it, she’s makes a move there, but she’s definitely in a more she’s got more agency this time.” Joyce and the crew team up to continue the success of their magazine.

The second season of Minx begins premieres midnight Friday, July 21 only on Starz.

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EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Shannon Lee, Andrew Koji, Jason Tobin and More…

by Joe Henkel
written by Joe Henkel

Warrior Season Three is now streaming on HBO Max.

From the writings of martial arts legend Bruce Lee is the HBO series Warrior.  The concept for this TV show was written over 40 years ago by Bruce Lee. The first two seasons were produced and distributed by Cinemax. The show was then canceled until it moved to Max (formally HBO Max), then in April 2021 they renewed a third season.

Warrior follows Ah Sahm, a skilled martial artist who immigrates to San Francisco in search of his sister. Set in the late 19th century he is caught up in a violent gang war as soon as he arrives. He is the discovered by Young jun who takes Ah Sahm under his wing and brings him into his gang. Season three raises the stakes as we follow Ah Sahm deeper into this violent and desperate world.

The Knockturnal recently interviewed some of the show’s cast and creators. We interviewed actors Andrew Koji (Ah Sahm), Jason Tobin (Young Jun), Dianne Doan (Mai Ling), Olivia Cheng (Ah Toy) and Hoon Lee (Wang Chao). Hoon also worked as a writer on season 3. We also interviewed Jonathan Troppper (creator, executive producer, writer), Shannon Lee(executive producer, Bruce Lee’s daughter), Josh Stoddard (writer, showrunner), and Evan Endicott (writer, showrunner).

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