•• Fox has released the first trailer for David O. Russell’s Joy, reuniting his Silver Linings team of Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro. The Christmas 2015 release tells the wild story of a family across four generations centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love pave the road in this intense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise facing a world of unforgiving commerce.

Edgar Ramirez, Isabella Rossellini, Diane Ladd, and Virginia Madsen round out the cast. Like Russell’s previous films, Joy defies genre to tell a story of family, loyalty, and love. From the looks of this first glimpse, Fox has a hearty feel-good holiday picture on its hands.

Russell penned the screenplay from a story he wrote with Annie Mumolo. Annapurna’s Megan Ellison is on-board as producer alongside John Davis, John Fox, Jonathan Gordon and Ken Mok. Michele Ziegler co-produces while Matthew Budman, Mary McLaglen, George Parra and Ethan Smith as exec producing.

•• On episode 4, Nick chatted with Oscar-nominee and beautiful thinker Virginia Madsen. They answered the following questions:

– Can Cesar Milan and his dogs help you with depression?
– What does it sound like when Nick encourages cats to knock over the microphone?
– How do you stop witches from getting your acting mojo?
– And… why both taking care of yourself and standing up for yourself are pretty essential for a long career.

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•• “An American Girl – Grace Stirs Up Success” is coming to Blu-ray and DVD on June 23! Pre-order it today here: http://www.uphe.com/movies/an-american-girl-grace-stirs-up-success. Own it on Digital HD 6/9. Own it on Blu-ray & DVD 6/23.

Grace has a real talent for baking and a passion for making delicious dreams come true. When her mom announces a trip to visit relatives in Paris, Grace isn’t so sure about leaving her friends and their cupcake business. That is, until she discovers she’ll get to work with her uncle and cousin in a real French pastry shop! But nothing goes as planned and her attempts to help out end in disaster. Grace is determined to make things better and with some help from her family and a little pup named Bonbon, she turns her vacation around. But when Grace returns home, she discovers a new problem, her grandparents’ bakery is in trouble! With their dreams on the line, can Grace find the winning recipe for success?