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EXCLUSIVE:  Blue Fox Entertainment has taken the US rights to Paul A. Kaufman’s YA dramedy Butter. An autumn theatrical release is currently planned. The movie tells the story of Butter (Alex Kersting), a smart, funny high school junior who happens to be obese. Butter manages to befriend the prettiest girl at school…

Weibo, a Chinese government-controlled social media service, is banning prominent accounts for fans of the South Korean pop group BTS. The Chinese outlet Global Times said Friday that Weibo banned seven BTS accounts and ten pop music fan accounts. The move comes as the group’s single, Butter, set a record on YouTube…

EXCLUSIVE: Mykelti Williamson (Fences, Chicago P.D.), Annabeth Gish (The Haunting of Hill House, The X Files), Ravi Patel (upcoming Wonder Woman 1984), Brian Van Holt (The Bridge, Black Hawk Down), McKaley Miller (upcoming Blumhouse film Ma), Monte Markham (The Six Million Dollar Man), Matthew Gold (K.C. Undercover)…

EXCLUSIVE: Mira Sorvino, an Oscar winner for her role in Woody Allen’s Mighty Aphrodite, has signed on to star in Butter, an indie film written and being directed by Paul A. Kaufman (Run The Wild Fields). The drama, which will begin shooting in LA next month, follows a lonely, obese teenager everyone in his high…

Radius-TWC is the multiplatform division of The Weinstein Company launched a year ago. It has partnered with Starz’s home entertainment division Anchor Bay, which will distribute Radius-TWC’s titles on DVD and Blu-ray including Butter, Bachelorette, Pusher, The Details, Dragon and Lay The Favorite. The multiyear deal…

The Weinstein Company has released the trailer for Butter which stars Jennifer Garner who is also one of the producers. The movie set in the world of competitive butter carving debuted at last year’s Telluride Film Festival. Cast includes Hugh Jackman, Olivia Wilde, Ashley Greene, Alicia Silverstone and Ty Burrell…

Academy Announces Winners Of 2011 Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowships Although they are certainly best known for those other awards they hand out in February, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences do a lot more throughout the year. One of its prized events happened Thursday evening at a dinner at the Beverly…

I ran into Jennifer Garner Saturday afternoon at the candy counter of Telluride’s tiny Nugget Theatre and told her I was looking forward to seeing the new film she produced and stars in, Butter, which was having an official sneak preview at the festival later that night. “Thanks, but I hate it when people tell me…