Tag: Leah Remini

‘Charlie’s Angels,’ ‘The King of Queens’ Series Sets on Mill Creek October Disc Slate

Complete series sets of the classic 1970s TV show “Charlie’s Angels” and “The King of Queens” are among the titles on the October disc slate for Mill Creek Entertainment

Due Oct. 15 is the complete series of “The King of Queens,” starring Kevin James and Leah Remini, on DVD. The series, which ran for nine seasons, stars James as Doug Heffernan, a lovable regular guy with an adoring wife, Carrie (Remini), and a frustrating father-in-law (Jerry Stiller) under his roof. The set is priced at $74.98.

Oct. 29 comes the complete series set of “Charlie’s Angels” on Blu-ray Disc for the first time at $169.98. The 1970s detective show stars Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd, Shelley Hack and Tanya Roberts. The series, about three girls who go to work for Charles Townsend, a mysterious man they never see, at his Beverly Hills detective agency, ran for five seasons. The set includes the 2011 TV reboot starring Rachel Taylor, Anne Ilonzeh and Minka Kelly.

Also due Oct. 29 is the double feature Blu-ray of Little Women and Marie Antoinette at $14.98. Little Women stars Claire Danes, Winona Ryder (“Stranger Things”) and Kirsten Dunst in the class Louisa May Alcott story. Marie Antoinette, directed by Sofia Coppola, stars Dunst as the famously fashionable and villainous queen who purportedly told her starving people, “Let them eat cake.” Dunst portrays the ill-fated child princess who married France’s young and indifferent King Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman). Feeling isolated in a royal court rife with scandal and intrigue, Marie Antoinette defied both royalty and commoner by living like a rock star, which served only to seal her fate.

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Finally, on Oct. 29, Mill Creek releases the horror thriller The Thing (2011), a prelude to John Carpenter’s 1982 classic film, at $14.98 on Blu-ray. When paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive.

Jennifer Lopez Comedy ‘Second Act’ Due on Digital March 12, Disc March 26 From Universal

The Jennifer Lopez romantic comedy Second Act is coming to digital March 12 and Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and on demand March 26 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

Lopez plays Maya, a 40-year-old woman struggling with frustrations of not having achieved more in life. She is passed over for a promotion solely because she doesn’t have a college degree, but then she gets the chance to prove that street smarts are as valuable as book smarts. The film features Lopez’s latest single “Limitless” and also stars Leah Remini, Vanessa Hudgens and Milo Ventimiglia.

Special features include “Connecting with Milo Ventimiglia,” which explores how Lopez and  Ventimiglia connected on and off screen; “The Empowering Women of Second Act,” which offers an inside look at how the women of Second Act empowered and supported each other; “Friendship On and Off Screen,” which explores the relationship of real life best friends Lopez and  Remini; and “Working with the Ones You Love,”  a behind-the-scenes look at how the whole cast had fun while filming Second Act.

Church of Scientology Launching TV Service

The Church of Scientology March 12 is launching a branded television network that will be streamed on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku, in addition to being broadcast on DirecTV.

The app is available on the App Store and Google Play.

The church’s online TV platform is slated to bow at 8pm ET, 5pm Pacific from its two-year-old Scientology Media Productions in Los Angeles.

Created by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard in 1954, the Church of Scientology has generated controversy over years, in addition to several high-profile members, including John Travolta, Tom Cruise, Kristie Alley, Elisabeth Moss, Laura Prepon, Juliette Lewis and Jenna Elfman, among others.

Critics contend the church is a cult, described in a 1991 Time cover story as a “hugely profitable global racket” that subjects members to psychological and even physical abuse. The religion has failed to achieve legal status in Germany due in part to ongoing political and social reservations.

Actress Leah Remini famously broke from the church after 30 years in 2013, writing a book about her experiences, and more recently appearing on the A&E show, “Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath.”

The church has characterized the show as the musings of a “bitter ex-Scientologist,” alleging that “bitterness and anger” now dominate Remini’s life.

“[Remini] needs to move on with her life instead of pathetically exploiting her former religion, her former friends and other celebrities for money and attention to appear relevant again,” reads a statement the ScientologyNews website.

In promoting its online TV platform, the church says, “It’s time for us to tell our story.”