Teen Comedy THE A-LIST Coming to Video on Demand 5/12

Freestyle Digital Media has announced today that they have acquired all U.S. VOD rights and have set May 12, 2015 as the release date for teen comedy THE A-LIST. The funny HIGH SCHOOL centric film marks the directorial debut for Will Bigham, the winner of Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett's "On the Lot" reality show.

Alyson Stoner (Step Up films, "Phinneas & Ferb"), Hal Sparks ("Lab Rats" "Queer as Folk") and Skyler Vallo ("True Blood") costar in this hilarious comedy. Eric Schultz (Hudson Thames, "The Secret Life of the American Teenager") is the coolest student at Lake Odell High School. He has the looks, the girl, and the popularity. Even the school newspaper has turned into a gossip blog about his personal life. His guidance counselor, Sylvia Martin (Elizabeth Bond), is just as in awe of him as everyone else is. Being a nerd back in her day, Sylvia has always wished she could have done the things that come so easily to Eric. When she discovers he is missing one class to graduate, she makes a deal with him. If Eric completes a list of 5 things she always wanted to do in HIGH SCHOOL (like date the quarterback and be a cheerleader) she will fudge his transcript and allow him to graduate!

THE A LIST is produced by Astromech Records LLC, Kevin Callies, D.J. Halferty, and Matthew Karchesky.

"Who wouldn't like a HIGH SCHOOL do-over?" said Mark Borde, President of Freestyle, "This is a very funny film with a great cast and a very VOD-friendly genre.

"This film encapsulates the hilarious pettiness of high school," said Barry Barnholtz, CEO of Barnholtz Entertainment. "It took me back and made me laugh."

Producers DJ Halferty and Kevin Callies added, "The entire process of making The A-List was a dream come true. We couldn't be happier with the outcome, and we're excited that people will now have the chance to see it."

The U.S. deal was negotiated by Chris Charalambous on behalf of Freestyle Releasing and by Barry Barnholtz on behalf of Barnholtz Entertainment.

Concourse Film Trade, the worldwide sales arm of Matthew Shreder and Andrew Felts' Concourse Media, handled worldwide rights on the film and brokered the distribution deal.

Recent Freestyle titles include the box office hit GOD'S NOT DEAD, Michael Jai White action flick FALCON RISING, the teen thriller THE SISTERHOOD OF NIGHT, wholesome romance OLD FASHIONED, THREE NIGHT STAND starring Emmanuelle Chriqui, LEFT BEHIND starring Nicolas Cage, and TIGER EYES, the first big screen adaptation of a Judy Blume novel starring Willa Holland.

Lamar Odom, Jurassic World among top trending Google searches for 2015

 

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Posted December 16 2015 — 3:00 AM EST

You don’t have to Google “most searched terms of 2015” to find out what people were most interested in this year; the search engine has compiled lists of the top trending searches in the year that was.
Lamar Odom topped the list of trending general searches for the past year, beating out this summer’s blockbuster hit Jurassic World. American Sniper, Caitlyn Jenner, and Ronda Rousey rounded out the top five.
Odom also came in No. 1 on Google’s list of the top trending people for the year (not including deaths, the company notes), ahead of Jenner, Rousey, Trump, Ruby Rose, and Charlie Sheen.
Read on for more of 2015’s Google lists, including top trending movies, memes, and GIFs.
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