Studio 666, now out in theaters, finds rock band the Foo Fighters in a musical slump. Their record label rep offers a solution: rent a creepy mansion to get their creative juices flowing, discover a new sound and record their tenth album.
Bryan Cairns

Bryan Cairns
Bryan Cairns is a freelance writer who spends too much time watching television and movies. He can recite the dialogue--and music--from his favourite Hollywood fare: 1991's Beauty and the Beast animated feature, Aliens, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series.
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Hunter Clowdus talks All American, Teen Wolf, and staying fit
by Bryan Cairnsby Bryan CairnsIn sports lingo, All American could be Hunter Clowdus’ latest touchdown. Inspired by professional football player Spencer Paysinger, the teen drama follows Spencer James, played by Daniel Ezra, a breakout athlete recruited by Beverly Hills High.
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Cody Christian on Notorious Nick, the All American finale, and superheroes
by Bryan Cairnsby Bryan CairnsTeen Wolf and All American’s Cody Christian stars in Notorious Nick as Nick Newell, an individual born with a congenital arm amputation. The movie chronicles his journey from high school wrestler to professional MMA fighter, and all the pain, obstacles and heartache along the way.
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Summer Bishil and Margo’s mojo on ‘The Magicians’ season 3
by Bryan Cairnsby Bryan CairnsThe Magicians have lost their mojo. At the end of the supernatural drama’s second season, magic seemed to simply disappear. Poof! That left numerous characters in quite the predicament, most notably Margo (Summer Bishil) and Eliot (Hale Appleman). The two current rulers of Fillory were about to contend with an army of inhospitable fairy invaders–and, now, they are powerless. However, in season three, audiences know that whether she’s capable of casting spells or not, never underestimate Margo. Ever.
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‘NeverKnock’: On set with director Sheldon Wilson & actor Dominique Provost-Chalkley
by Bryan Cairnsby Bryan CairnsIn 1986, three kids mysteriously died after knocking at the door of 59 Oakwood Lane. The case was never solved. The killer never locked away. The urban legend says that anyone who knocks on that door again will meet the same ghastly fate. On Halloween night, Grace (Wynonna Earp’s Dominique Provost-Chalkley) and her friends ignore that superstitious warning and instead, they knock knock, knock.
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Kevin Alejandro talks ‘Lucifer’, Detective Dan Espinoza, and directing
by Bryan Cairnsby Bryan CairnsKevin Alejandro believed he knew all the ins and outs of portraying a law enforcement agent–until Lucifer. The 41-year-old actor honed those types of procedural roles on various TV series, including Southland, Golden Boy and The Returned.
Bank heists rarely go off without a hitch. Robbers often double-cross each other. Cops get trigger happy. Hostages wind up in the crossfire. Double-crosses occur. Those ordinary curveballs would be welcomed in The Vault. Opening on September 1, the movie finds two estranged sisters–Vee (Taryn Manning) and Leah Dillon (Francesca Eastwood)–forced to rob a bank in order to save their brother.
Midnight, Texas provides a safe haven for supernatural and human misfits. The remote town’s residents include a vampire, an angel, a witch and an assassin-for-hire. However, each one of these misfits harbour some deep, dark secrets. Every week, the TV series fills in the blanks for one of the characters. In tonight’s episode, “Unearthed”, pawn shop owner Bobo Winthrop’s (Dylan Bruce) past comes back to haunt him.
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’12 Monkeys’ interview: Monkey business with Amanda Schull, Aaron Stanford, Emily Hampshire & Terry Matalas
by Bryan Cairnsby Bryan CairnsThe fate of the timeline and the world hang in the balance in 12 Monkeys. The show began in 2043 with scavenger Cole (Aaron Stanford) splintering back to the year 2015 in order to prevent the Army of the 12 Monkeys from unleashing a virus that would wipe out mankind. Along the way, virologist Cassie Railly (Amanda Schull) and enigmatic math genius Jennifer Goines (Emily Hampshire) joined the cause and have proven integral in thwarting their enemies.
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Nicholas D’Agosto talks murder mystery and comedy in ‘Trial & Error’
by Bryan Cairnsby Bryan CairnsMurder has never been funnier than in NBC’s Trial & Error. The series follows Nicholas D’Agosto as Josh, an eager New York defense lawyer who ventures to the small Southern of East Peck Hill for his first case. Could beloved and eccentric poetry professor, Larry Henderson (John Lithgow), who constantly incriminates himself by saying the wrong thing at the wrong time, possibly have murdered his wife? Hilarity ensues as Josh’s ragtag legal team of bumbling misfits piece together the clues and mount a defense. Tonight’s two-part finale will reveal who the killer is–and whether Josh has a future as a lawyer.