Month: March 2022

Actress Amanda Bynes, 35, has filed a petition to end her nearly decade-long conservatorship. The conservatorship had been established to give her parents full control of her personal and financial affairs.

Bynes was first placed under her parents’ temporary conservatorship in 2013 after starting a small fire in a neighbor’s driveway in Ventura County’s Thousand Oaks, and being hospitalized for a 72-hour mental health evaluation hold. The incident followed a year of erratic behavior by Bynes, who was charged at the time for driving under the influence and reckless endangerment (those charges were later dropped.).  After that temporary conservatorship lapsed, Amanda’s mother, Lynn Bynes, secured another one in 2014.  Bynes later shared that she had been diagnosed with bipolar and manic depressive disorders, but was doing well with medication and the help of a psychiatrist and psychologist. Tamar Arminak, an attorney for Bynes’ parents, said they support their daughter’s desire to take back control of her life and finances.

The former Nickelodeon star filed her request with California’s Ventura County Superior Court. Bynes’ attorney, David A. Esquibias, said in a statement: “Amanda wishes to terminate her conservatorship. She believes her condition is improved and protection of the court is no longer necessary.”

A hearing for Bynes’ request is scheduled for March 22.

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Daniel Radcliffe dons a Hawaiian shirt to portray musician “Weird Al” Yankovic in Weird: The Weird Al Yankovic Story. Radcliffe also rocks curly hair, glasses and is playing a piano accordion in the first photos released from the set of the film.

Yankovic said on Instagram alongside the photo of Radcliffe: “It never fails — we’re trying to shoot a movie here, and this cosplayer weirdo tries to crash our set. Ugh! I mean, I love my fans, but… boundaries, people! Don’t worry, we had security throw him out.”

Set to premiere on The Roku Channel, the biopic will explore the life and career of Yankovic, who is the biggest-selling comedy recording artist of all time. Yankovic produced and co-wrote the script with Eric Appel, who also serves as director and executive producer.

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Hulu has released the first teaser trailer for the limited series Under the Banner of Heaven, starring Andrew Garfield Garfield portrays a police detective who is investigating a double murder in a rural community.  The series also stars Sam Worthington, Wyatt Russell and Rory Culkin.

Under the Banner of Heaven is based on the best-selling, true-crime book by Jon Krakauer. Dustin Lance Black wrote the screen adaptation, with David Mackenzie directing, and Ron Howard and Brian Grazer producing.

A synopsis of the series reads: “A devout detective’s faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder that seems to be connected to an esteemed Utah family’s spiral into [Latter-Day Saints] fundamentalism and their distrust in the government. Andrew Garfield will star as Pyre, an LDS elder who is committed to his Church and family but begins to question some of the Church’s teachings through his contact with a suspected murderer. Daisy Edgar-Jones stars as Brenda, a young faithful Mormon who is the victim of a brutal murder.”

Take a look at the teaser for Under the Banner of Heaven – here.

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