Acclaimed director Mary Harron (I Shot Andy Warhol, American Psycho, The Notorious Bettie Page) returns with the neo-Gothic horror The Moth Diaries, based on the bestselling novel by Rachel Klein. This coming-of-age chiller follows Rebecca and her friendship with Ernessa, a mysterious new arrival at an isolated boarding school. As their friendship spirals into obsession

Update 4/9/12: A hit with critics and audiences, the show was one of the highest-rated shows of the season. Ms. Vergara also made a popular appearance recently on NuevOn, a broadband tv venture of Latin We and Electus International. (Frederick P. Bimbler represents Latin We). Watch Frederick P. Bimbler’s client Sofia Vergara as she hosts

“Relax, you legions of Hunger Gamers. We have a winner,” raves Peter Travers in Rolling Stone. A host of film critics have joined these legions, helping spread the five-alarm box office fire of this first installment in the film franchise based on the wildly successful book series by CDAS client, author Suzanne Collins. “This Hunger

NuevOn, a celebrity-oriented Hispanic pop-culture and lifestyle Google/YouTube channel, launches in April. One of its shows generating buzz features international star and author Alejandro Chaban in a health-focused reality series. NuevOn is the new broadband television venture of Latin We and Electus International. (Frederick P. Bimbler represents Latin We). Please check back here for a

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry opens the Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto; (the festival runs from April 26 through May 6). The documentary directed by Alison Klayman, (and winner of the Special Jury Prize, Documentary at Sundance), offers an unprecedented look at artist and activist Ai Weiwei, known for his architecture, subversive art, and his

Featured recently in The New York Post and the Huffington Post, the reality series Mama’s Boys of the Bronx premieres on TLC on Monday, April 9. The series stars five boyhood friends in their 30s who each proudly live at home with their mother. The cast includes Anthony, 35, who has given up his job

CDAS Partner Nancy E. Wolff will be speaking at the 27th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference in Arlington, Virginia. Her event, “Fashion Protection: Will it Wear Well?”, will be held Thursday, March 29, 1:45p to 3:15p, and will address the Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Protection Act, a controversial proposed bill. Many argue it will

Tropfest New York (and Tropfest International), the world’s largest short film festival, is now open for entries through Thursday, May 10, 2012. Finalists will be screened in Bryant Park, Saturday June 23rd. Tropfest is free to attend. The festival is an outdoor celebration complete with live music and entertainment, red carpet arrivals, and highly anticipated

Partner Susan H. Bodine attends the Festival Internacional de Cine in Guadalajara, Mexico (FICG27) (Friday, March 2 to Saturday, March 10). As the premier film festival in Latin America, FICG serves as a rich forum for the creative exchange between professionals, filmmakers, critics, students, and audiences of Ibero-America. It is a diverse selection of international

Reminder: Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams and Sheppard LLP is proud to sponsor the Fordham Center on Law and Information Policy’s (CLIP’s) Sixth Annual Symposium, Big Data, Big Issues later this week. (Friday, March 2, 8:30am to 6pm). The event, which immediately sold out, addresses the new form of data processing, “Big Data,” in which computers analyze