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Amber Heard is an American actress, model and activist. She is well-known for her roles in films such as The Rum Diary, Magic Mike Xxl, Aquaman and Zack Snyder’s Justice League. She has also appeared in television series such as Drive Angry and All My Children.

Her rise to fame began in 2008 when she appeared in Pineapple Express alongside Seth Rogen. She has since gone on to become one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood – and beyond.

Amber Heard is an outspoken activist for LGBTQ+ rights, which has made her an inspirational role model for many people around the world. She’s also a stylish icon – regularly appearing on fashion runways and magazine covers.

In this blog post we are going to take a closer look at all you need to know about Amber Heard: her career, her activism and her style.

Introduction to Amber Heard’s Career...

It’s almost June and that means Netflix is about to give their content a refresh. Some of the notable titles leaving in June include Rain Man, Taxi Driver, and Donnie Brasco. So if you haven’t seen some of these titles, plan your nights accordingly. We of course can look forward more than a few new titles including the premiere of the Wachowskis’ show Sense8, the new season of Orange is the New Black, Nightcrawler, and Jon Stewart’s film Rosewater.

Available June 1

Employee of the Month (2006)

Hidden Kingdoms (2014)

La Dictadura Perfecta (2014)

R.L. Stine’s Mostly Ghostly (2008)

R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour: Don’t Think About It (2007)

Sex Ed (2014)

Shaquille O’Neal Presents: All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Orlando (2012)

Shaquille O’Neal Presents: All Star Comedy Jam: Live From Atlanta (2013)

Shaquille O’Neal Presents: All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Las Vegas (2014)

The Aviator...

It's last call for a lot of great movies that are leaving Netflix in June, including "Taxi Driver" (1976), "Donnie Brasco" (1997), "Rain Man" (1988) and "The Rocketeer" (1991). Also, say goodbye to Best Picture Oscar winners "Amadeus" (1984), "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991), and "Crash" (2004). And take a bow, Madonna: Your films "Swept Away" (2002) and "Madonna: The Mdna Tour" (2013) are also being yanked in June, as is ex Guy Ritchie's "Snatch" (2000).

Here's a complete list of the movies that Netflix is pulling from your streaming list. And, just so you're not left empty-handed, here's a list of what's new on Netflix in June 2015. (All titles and dates provided by Netflix and subject to change.)​

Leaving June 1

"Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992)

"City of Ghosts" (2003)

"Dance with Me" (1998)

"DeRay Davis: Power Play" (2010)

"Dream Lover" (1994)

"Drugs, Inc.": Season 2- 3 (2010 series)

"Ever After: A Cinderella Story" (1998)

"Frankie and Johnny" (1991)

"G.I. Jane" (1997)

"Garfield and Friends": Vol.

Amber Heard Amber Heard, among whose credits are Patrick Lussier's Nicolas Cage action flick Drive Angry, Zombieland, and the Johnny Depp box-office disappointment The Rum Diary, arrives at the 2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards. The SAG Awards ceremony was broadcast on TNT/TBS directly from the Shrine Auditorium on January 29 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Lester Cohen/WireImage.) Among Amber Heard's other screen credits are Pineapple Express, The Joneses, The Stepfather, John Carpenter's The Ward, And Soon the Darkness, and The River Why. Aram Rappaport's Syrup, in which Heard is featured opposite The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2's Kellan Lutz, Prom Night's Brittany Snow, and Red Riding Hood's Shiloh Fernandez, is expected to open later this year.

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By Todd Garbarini

I have always loved movies that take place outdoors in the wilderness ever since seeing Ken Annakin’s The Swiss Family Robinson (1960) at a matinee showing in 1980 (when theaters still did that sort of thing) and John Boorman’s Deliverance (1972), though I will admit that the latter, although beautifully lensed by Vilmos Zsigmond, is enough to make anyone want to stay indoors! Matthew Leutwyler’s The River Why (2010), filmed in Portland, Oregon in the summer of 2008, is the film version of David James Duncan’s 1983 novel of the same name and the beautiful outdoors figures prominently in the film. Essentially, this is a coming-of-age story about a young man named Gus Orviston (Zach Gilford of Larry Fessenden’s The Last Winter and television’s "Friday Night Lights"), who is at his wits end when it comes to the constant bickering of his parents,...

Dane Cook is not cracking jokes in his new ensemble drama, Answers To Nothing. In this clip from the movie, the stand-up comedian gets serious on his mother played by Barbara Hershey.

Best known for his successul "Tourgasm" shows and comedies like Good Luck Chuck, Dane Cook takes the indie route to flex his dramatic acting chops in Answers To Nothing.

Indie director Matthew Leutwyler (Dead and Breakfast, The River Why) brings us a Crash-like story of interweaving stories set in Los Angeles. Dane Cook plays Ryan an unhappy husband to Elizabeth Mitchell's Kate ((“Lost,” “V”). Each of the characters in Answers To Nothing are connected by coincidence, geography or choice and finds themselves faced with a decision that will radically change the course of their lives—and the lives of others—often in ways they least

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Dane Cook is not cracking jokes in his new ensemble drama, Answers To Nothing. In this clip from the movie, the stand-up comedian gets serious on his mother played by Barbara Hershey.

Best known for his successul "Tourgasm" shows and comedies like Good Luck Chuck, Dane Cook takes the indie route to flex his dramatic acting chops in Answers To Nothing.

Indie director Matthew Leutwyler (Dead and Breakfast, The River Why) brings us a Crash-like story of interweaving stories set in Los Angeles. Dane Cook plays Ryan an unhappy husband to Elizabeth Mitchell's Kate ((“Lost,” “V”). Each of the characters in Answers To Nothing are connected by coincidence, geography or choice and finds themselves faced with a decision that will radically change the course of their lives—and the lives of others—often in ways they least

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There’s no rule saying that in a post-The River Runs Through It world you can’t make another film exploring the bonds of family and the transformation from adolescence to adulthood through the perspective of fly fishing. There are still plenty of metaphorical fish left in that narrative stream. Unfortunately, if you do decide to make that film, it’s damned hard to avoid comparisons to the Robert Redford classic. The River Why doesn’t blaze enough of its own trail to completely escape that fate, falling drastically short in how it explores a son escaping his father’s shadow by letting it fall-off almost completely, but it does develop a nice little romance between a young man uncertain of his purpose and a the woman who helps him recognize the truth treading water right in front of him.

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The Movie Pool dives into The River Why on DVD!

DVD Specs

Release Date: November 8, 2011

Rating: PG-13

Running Time: 104 minutes

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1

Subtitles: English, Spanish

Special Features: Interviews with cast and filmmakers, theatrical trailer

The Set-up

A young fishing prodigy (Zach Gilford) leaves his family home and moves into a cabin on an Oregon river. There, he makes a name for himself as an expert fly fisherman and falls in love with a local girl (Amber Heard). William Hurt, Kathleen Quinlan, and William Devane co-star. Based on the book by David James Duncan.

Screenplay by: Thomas A. Cohen and John Jay Osborn, Jr.

Directed by: Matthew Leutwyler

The Delivery

Based on the best-selling book by David James Duncan, The River Why is an understated yet affecting tale of self-discovery set against the beautiful backdrop of the Oregon wilderness. Zach Gilford (Friday Night Lights) is quite good as Gus,...

Just in case "Waiting.." and "Employee of the Month" weren't gritty enough for you, funny man Dane Cook is getting dramatic in the upcoming kidnapping drama "Answers to Nothing." The film, directed by Matthew Leutwyler ("The River Why"), also stars Elizabeth Mitchell ("Lost," "V"), Julie Benz ("Dexter"), Barbara Hershey ("Black Swan"), Zach Gilford ("Friday Night Lights"), and Miranda Bailey ("The Oh in Ohio"). With a brutal kidnapping case as the backdrop, "Answers" spins a web of inter-connected stories in Los Angeles.   Leutwyler co-wrote the screenplay with Gillian Vigman while Amanda Marshall and Sim Sarna produced. "This is the most personal...

Roadside Attractions announced today that is has acquired all U.S. rights to Answers to Nothing, directed by Matthew Leutwyler (The River Why) and starring Dane Cook, and will release the film nationwide on December 2, 2011. Answers to Nothing is a gritty drama of interweaving stories set in Los Angeles against the backdrop of a child kidnapping case.

Along with Cook, the film also features Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost, V), Julie Benz (Dexter, Rambo), Academy-Award Nominee Barbara Hershey (Portrait Of A Lady), Zach Gilford (Friday Night Lights, Dare), Kali Hawk (Couples Retreat), Erik Palladino (ER), Mark Kelly (Mad Men), Aja Volkman (lead singer of the band Nico Vega), and Miranda Bailey (The Oh In Ohio).

Answers to Nothing is based on an original story by Matthew Leutwyler, who also wrote the screenplay with Gillian Vigman. The film was produced by Amanda Marshall of La-based production company, Ambush Entertainment (Super) and Sim Sarna.

U.S. rights to Matthew Leutwyler's "Answers to Nothing" have been picked up by Roadside Attractions. The distributor plans a nationwide release December 2. Full acquisitions release follows: – Roadside Attractions announced today that is has acquired all U.S. rights to "Answers to Nothing," directed by Matthew Leutwyler ("The River Why") and starring Dane Cook, and will release the film nationwide on December 2, 2011. "Answers to Nothing" is a gritty ...

Review by Dana Jung

Using a river as a metaphor for life is nothing new. Many books and films (think A River Runs Through It) have made use of this strong and compelling image. The winding path of water, sometimes running fast with rapids, other times eddying into quiet pools and lagoons, teaming with a variety of river life, and so on. The potential for symbolism is endless. The new film The River Why can safely be added to this long list. Beginning as a slow and thoughtful hodgepodge of philosophical ideas, the movie ultimately becomes a sweet-natured love story.

Zach Gilford (TVs Friday Night Lights) is Gus, a young man living under the double weight of his father’s minor but overbearing fame as a fisherman & author, and his mother’s constant bickering with his father. When they argue, he says, “it’s not who’s getting the last word,...

Amber Heard is set to star in Arclight Films' thriller The Applicant , reports Screen Daily . Eric Bross will to direct and Hal Lieberman and J Todd Harris are producing. Production is set to begin early next year. Jeff Rothberg and Francis X McCarthy co-wrote the story about an underage prep school senior obsessed with admission to Yale who will stop at nothing to get her way, including seducing and ruining the life of an admissions director with connections to a top Yale professor. Heard's upcoming projects include And Soon the Darkness , Drive Angry 3D , The River Why , The Rum Diary and The Ward .

The Dallas International Film Festival will present its Texas Avery Animation Award to Pete Docter, one of the writers and the director of "Up."

  The fest, which runs from April 8-18, also unveiled a dozen titles in its lineup, including three world premieres. They are: Peter Rosen's "A Surprise in Texas," a documentary about the Van Cliburn International Piano Competion; Matthew Leuwyler's "The River Why," a drama based on the novel by David James Duncan; and Neil Truglio's drama "We Are the Sea."

The lineup also includes several films that recently played the Sundance Film Festival such as "Winter's Bone" and "Obselidia" as well as "The Dry Land," "Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child" and "Skateland."...

Whether you are landed gentry, a common farmer, or a young lady with no parents or prospects, Miss Emma Woodhouse of Highbury will be sure to put you in your place-matrimonially or otherwise. Jane Austen's Emma plays on Book-It Repertory Theatre's stage at the Center House Theatre October 20- November 22.

Jane Austen's fourth novel is a sparkling comedy of 19th-century manners centering on the well-intentioned Emma and her sometimes indiscreet, often misapplied, and always entertaining efforts as matchmaker. Clever, intelligent, and spoiled, Emma takes it upon herself to arrange a suitable marriage for her poor friend Harriet. But despite her advantages, she is oblivious to the true nature of almost everyone around her-including herself-until at last she happily loses her own heart. Austen's deliciously droll descriptions, ironic observations, and generous happy endings are Book-It fan favorites.

Jane Austen was born December 16, 1775 at Steventon near Basingstoke in England,...

All The Boys Love Mandy Lane starlet Amber Heard is set to join the long list of beauties chilled by John Carpenter's horror in his latest The Ward. Heard will play a young woman fighting off a malicious ghost when she becomes trapped in a mental hospital.Carpenter is excited to work with the young actress, saying: " I am especially pleased to be working with Amber because I know she will create a powerful central performance." Amber is a busy girl in 2009: with four films in post-production, including Ex-Terminators, The Joneses, The River Why and The Stepfather. She is also part of the ensemble cast for Brett Easton Ellis adaptation The Informers which has been languishing in Nowheresville for a while, but is due for release this year.Carpenter, meanwhile, has been on a little hiatus for the past few years but is back in the directors chair,...

William Hurt and Amber Heard have boarded Matt Leutwyler’s upcoming coming-of-age drama “The River Why,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Based on David James Duncan’s 1983 Sierra Club novel, the movie focuses on Gus Orviston (played by Zach Gilford), a young man who embarks on a quest to find an elusive steelhead trout. In fact, his search for the fish is a metaphor for his search for self-knowledge.

Hurt plays Gus’ father, while Heard jumps into the role of his love interest, an adventurous fly-fisher. Leutwyker is directing an adaptation by Thomas A. Cohen and John Jay Osborn Jr.

Heard recently starred in Jeff Wadlow’s action flick “Never Back Down.” She will next be seen alongside Seth Rogen and James Franco in David Gordon Green’s “Pineapple Express.”

Hurt is currently onscreen in Universal’s “The Incredible Hulk.” He recently wrapped principal photography for Julie Delpy’s upcoming drama “The Countess.

William Hurt and Amber Heard have joined Zach Gilford in The River Why, an adaptation of the 1983 Sierra Club novel by David James Duncan. Matt Leutwyler is directing.

The coming-of-age tale centers on a young man named Gus Orviston (Gilford) and his quest for an elusive rainbow trout, which is a metaphor for the man's internal search for self-knowledge.

Hurt is Gus' father, while Heard is his love interest, a tomboy fly-fisher.

Thomas A. Cohen and John Hay Osborn Jr. wrote the adaptation. Kristi Denton Cohen is producing. Lensing begins in early July in Oregon.

Hurt, repped by CAA, appears onscreen as Gen. Thaddeus Thunderbolt Ross in The Incredible Hulk. He next appears in Julie Delpy's The Countess.

Heard next appears opposite Seth Rogen and James Franco in Pineapple Express, due in August. She also stars in The Informers, opposite Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger and Winona Ryder, due out this year. She is repped by Endeavor and Hyler Management.