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by Daniel Walber
Location is everything. Daphne du Maurier’s My Cousin Rachel is so intimately associated with the Cornish landscape that you can go take a “My Cousin Rachel Walk” along the coast. Its cliffs and pastures feature prominently in the new adaptation of the book, starring Rachel Weisz, which was shot close to the novelist's home.
The 1952 version, meanwhile, was shot almost entirely inside an American film studio. The real Cornwall only makes a few brief appearances. But, despite the appeal of literary tourism, authenticity is not necessarily art. The location choice forces much of the plot indoors, taking full advantage of the complex and Oscar-nominated work of art directors Lyle R. Wheeler and John DeCuir and set decorator Walter M. Scott. It's more subtle, more effective.
by Daniel Walber
Location is everything. Daphne du Maurier’s My Cousin Rachel is so intimately associated with the Cornish landscape that you can go take a “My Cousin Rachel Walk” along the coast. Its cliffs and pastures feature prominently in the new adaptation of the book, starring Rachel Weisz, which was shot close to the novelist's home.
The 1952 version, meanwhile, was shot almost entirely inside an American film studio. The real Cornwall only makes a few brief appearances. But, despite the appeal of literary tourism, authenticity is not necessarily art. The location choice forces much of the plot indoors, taking full advantage of the complex and Oscar-nominated work of art directors Lyle R. Wheeler and John DeCuir and set decorator Walter M. Scott. It's more subtle, more effective.
- 6/12/2017
- by Daniel Walber
- FilmExperience
When Rich Williamson met with his Ryerson University peer, Daniel Voshart, to view his weighty personal project, he only intended to provide a sounding board, and a person to confide in, not realizing that he would stumble on a fresh perspective on a national news story, bearing implications on a much larger scale. In the resulting Frame 394, an Oscar shortlisted documentary short, we see the fatal shooting of North Charleston local Walter Scott by police officer Michael…...
- 1/6/2017
- Deadline
Ensemble in a Drama Series
“Downton Abbey”
“Game of Thrones”
“House of Cards”
“This Is Us”
“Westworld”
Spoiler: “Better Call Saul”
It’s time for a change. No, not with “Downton Abbey.” That three-time ensemble winner (including the last two) isn’t going anywhere in its final season, but with “Mad Men” no longer eligible and “Homeland” feeling shaky, there could be two new ensembles looking to take home a collective trophy in 2017. “Mr. Robot” earned some love last year for Rami Malek, but Christian Slater’s snub spells trouble for the show overall. “Better Call Saul” is similarly hampered by a lack of past recognition outside its lead, though its prestige factor could push it through. That being said, we’re betting the hot drama of the fall season, “This Is Us,” will ride a wave of love for Sterling K. Brown, Milo Ventimiglia, and Mandy Moore to a nomination here.
“Downton Abbey”
“Game of Thrones”
“House of Cards”
“This Is Us”
“Westworld”
Spoiler: “Better Call Saul”
It’s time for a change. No, not with “Downton Abbey.” That three-time ensemble winner (including the last two) isn’t going anywhere in its final season, but with “Mad Men” no longer eligible and “Homeland” feeling shaky, there could be two new ensembles looking to take home a collective trophy in 2017. “Mr. Robot” earned some love last year for Rami Malek, but Christian Slater’s snub spells trouble for the show overall. “Better Call Saul” is similarly hampered by a lack of past recognition outside its lead, though its prestige factor could push it through. That being said, we’re betting the hot drama of the fall season, “This Is Us,” will ride a wave of love for Sterling K. Brown, Milo Ventimiglia, and Mandy Moore to a nomination here.
- 12/14/2016
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Few recent images have shocked America as much as the shaky cell phone video of Charleston police officer Michael Slager shooting unarmed Walter Scott in the back eight times. Cable news analysis of the video painted a black-and-white picture of a corrupt cop, who after radioing in that Scott had grabbed his taser — supposedly justifying the shooting — initially tried to plant his taser next to Scott’s dead body. It’s story that culminated this week when the trial led to a hung jury.
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Young Canadian cinematographer Daniel Voshart, who had developed his own technique for image stabilization, instantly started playing with the shaky footage when it hit the internet. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting he produced a small clip, that was steadier and sharper compared to what had been made publicly available.
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Young Canadian cinematographer Daniel Voshart, who had developed his own technique for image stabilization, instantly started playing with the shaky footage when it hit the internet. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting he produced a small clip, that was steadier and sharper compared to what had been made publicly available.
- 12/9/2016
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
A South Carolina judge declared a mistrial Monday for disgraced cop Michael Slager, following four days of unsuccessful jury deliberations over his fatal shooting of a fleeing, unarmed suspect, which was captured on video.
“We’re back to square one,” Judge Clifton Newman said as he thanked jurors for their service.
State prosecutors could move to refile murder charges against Slager but have yet to publicly announce their plans.
It was not immediately clear if the deadlock Monday was the result of one or more jurors. The mistrial comes just days after one of the jurors proclaimed he could not...
“We’re back to square one,” Judge Clifton Newman said as he thanked jurors for their service.
State prosecutors could move to refile murder charges against Slager but have yet to publicly announce their plans.
It was not immediately clear if the deadlock Monday was the result of one or more jurors. The mistrial comes just days after one of the jurors proclaimed he could not...
- 12/5/2016
- by chrisharristimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
Jury selection is underway for the murder trial of former South Carolina cop Michael Slager, who shot and killed unarmed motorist Walter Scott during a traffic stop in early April 2015 in what prosecutors have alleged is murder, People confirms.
On Monday, potential jurors began being interviewed in a Charleston, South Carolina, court room as Slager’s attorneys recently sought either a dismissal of the entire case or an alternate venue for the 34-year-old’s impending trial, a court official tells People.
He has pleaded not guilty and faces 30 years to life without parole if convicted. Jury selection will take at least two days,...
On Monday, potential jurors began being interviewed in a Charleston, South Carolina, court room as Slager’s attorneys recently sought either a dismissal of the entire case or an alternate venue for the 34-year-old’s impending trial, a court official tells People.
He has pleaded not guilty and faces 30 years to life without parole if convicted. Jury selection will take at least two days,...
- 10/31/2016
- by chrisharristimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
Brody Jenner stirred controversy with an Instagram post about police shootings, but followed it up with a lengthy apology about Black Lives Matter. Brody Jenner Apologizes About a week ago, Jenner’s friend Taylor Mosher took to Instagram with a screengrab from CNN about Walter Scott’s fatal shooting by police. “I normally don’t speak about this […]
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- 10/4/2016
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
Yesterday, as a sniper shot 13 police officers in Dallas, killing five, Michael Bautista logged onto Facebook Live and began recording. He speaks directly to viewers, calmly narrating the horrors he’s captured on his phone camera. He responded in real time to comments he received on the social network: “Don’t worry, I’m behind a tree… I’m safe, man, don’t worry about it. I appreciate it though, I love y’all.”
Just the day before, Black Lives Matter activists gathered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to mourn the death of Alton Sterling, who sold CDs outside a convenience stores; his killing was captured by bystanders. And, even as they mourned, many of those activists were watching Diamond Reynolds in St. Paul, Minnesota on Facebook Live as she streamed her nightmarish ordeal with the Roseville County Police Department after an officer shot and killed her boyfriend, Philando Castille, during a routine traffic stop.
Just the day before, Black Lives Matter activists gathered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to mourn the death of Alton Sterling, who sold CDs outside a convenience stores; his killing was captured by bystanders. And, even as they mourned, many of those activists were watching Diamond Reynolds in St. Paul, Minnesota on Facebook Live as she streamed her nightmarish ordeal with the Roseville County Police Department after an officer shot and killed her boyfriend, Philando Castille, during a routine traffic stop.
- 7/8/2016
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
When Mary Ann Sherman's son started acting erratically after smoking synthetic marijuana last November, she did what she thought was the right thing: She called police for help. The Florida mom had no idea her 32-year-old son, Chase Sherman, would end up dead after allegedly being handcuffed and then Tasered multiple times by deputy sheriffs. The deadly incident, which played out in front of his parents' eyes, was caught on police body-camera and dashboard videos, which have been obtained by People. The videos, taken on November 20, 2015, show Chase Sherman apparently resisting arrest as shouts of "Stop fighting!" can be heard in the background.
- 5/23/2016
- by K.C. Baker, @KCBaker77777
- PEOPLE.com
When Mary Ann Sherman's son started acting erratically after smoking synthetic marijuana last November, she did what she thought was the right thing: She called police for help. The Florida mom had no idea her 32-year-old son, Chase Sherman, would end up dead after allegedly being handcuffed and then Tasered multiple times by deputy sheriffs. The deadly incident, which played out in front of his parents' eyes, was caught on police body-camera and dashboard videos, which have been obtained by People. The videos, taken on November 20, 2015, show Chase Sherman apparently resisting arrest as shouts of "Stop fighting!" can be heard in the background.
- 5/23/2016
- by K.C. Baker, @KCBaker77777
- PEOPLE.com
Walter Scott's family and friends gathered at Live Oak Cemetery in North Charleston, South Carolina, on Monday, April 4, 2016, to pray, lay flowers on his grave and release balloons in blue and white, the colors of the Dallas Cowboys, which was Walter's favorite football team. Exactly a year ago, Scott, a 50-year-old unarmed black man, was fatally shot by police officer Michael Slager, 34, in North Charleston. While his family's grief has lessened since the father of four died, their pain remains, lurking just below the surface. "It's painful, we miss him every day," older brother, Anthony Scott, tells People. His mother,...
- 4/7/2016
- by Michaele Ballard
- PEOPLE.com
Walter Scott's family and friends gathered at Live Oak Cemetery in North Charleston, South Carolina, on Monday, April 4, 2016, to pray, lay flowers on his grave and release balloons in blue and white, the colors of the Dallas Cowboys, which was Walter's favorite football team. Exactly a year ago, Scott, a 50-year-old unarmed black man, was fatally shot by police officer Michael Slager, 34, in North Charleston. While his family's grief has lessened since the father of four died, their pain remains, lurking just below the surface. "It's painful, we miss him every day," older brother, Anthony Scott, tells People. His mother,...
- 4/7/2016
- by Michaele Ballard
- PEOPLE.com
Merle Oberon films: From empress to duchess in 'Hotel.' Merle Oberon films: From starring to supporting roles Turner Classic Movies' Merle Oberon month comes to an end tonight, March 25, '16, with six movies: Désirée, Hotel, Deep in My Heart, Affectionately Yours, Berlin Express, and Night Song. Oberon's presence alone would have sufficed to make them all worth a look, but they have other qualities to recommend them as well. 'Désirée': First supporting role in two decades Directed by Henry Koster, best remembered for his Deanna Durbin musicals and the 1947 fantasy comedy The Bishop's Wife, Désirée (1954) is a sumptuous production that, thanks to its big-name cast, became a major box office hit upon its release. Marlon Brando is laughably miscast as Napoleon Bonaparte, while Jean Simmons plays the title role, the Corsican Conqueror's one-time fiancée Désirée Clary (later Queen of Sweden and Norway). In a supporting role – her...
- 3/26/2016
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Some thoughts on tonight's excellent black-ish coming up just as soon as I explain Peabo Bryson to you... The '80s and '90s gave the concept of Very Special Episodes a bad name, because they tended to involve superficial sitcoms clumsily tackling important issues — Arnold Jackson avoids being molested by the man at the bike shop! Jesse Spano gets hooked on caffeine pills! — because it seemed like the right thing to do, and not because anyone involved was particularly adept at it. Other sitcoms of the period like Taxi, Cheers, and Frasier would turn serious so frequently, and so deftly, that the concept of A Very Special Episode seemed besides the point; an episode where Sam talked about his drinking problem was just another episode of Cheers. "Hope" was in many ways A Very Special black-ish, with the entire Johnson family gathered in the living room to talk about...
- 2/25/2016
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
A South Carolina judge allowed former police officer Michael Slager, who is charged with murdering unarmed motorist Walter Scott last April, to be released on a $500,000 bond Monday. Scott's family members gasped when Circuit Judge Clifton Newman announced his decision in court, reports Wcsc-tv. But attorney Justin Bamberg said the family still has faith in the system to bring justice in the case. "Just be peaceful, like we have been," Bamberg urged the Scott family's supporters, according to the network. "Know at the end of the day, justice will run its course. I believe in the legal system, and the Scott family believes in it.
- 1/5/2016
- by Tim Nudd, @nudd
- PEOPLE.com
Grossing an estimated $60 million this weekend, the N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton has already been established as one of summer's most unlikely non-franchise blockbusters and bona fide box-office smashes, dwarfing the openings of higher-profile offerings such as Fantastic Four and Terminator Genisys. (And, if that number holds, it will have had a better first weekend than even Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, the crowned king of this season's name-brand entries which debuted with a domestic haul of $55.5 million according to Box Office Mojo.) But in hindsight, Compton's sleeper-success story isn't that surprising at all.
- 8/17/2015
- Rollingstone.com
If 2014 was the year black oppression began to illustrate for the world that Black Lives Matter, the summer of 2015 is the time to show that blackness also exists worldwide beyond pain – it can be funny, beautiful and life-affirming too
Heading into this summer we need black heroes and black superheroes, in art and in real life, more than ever. And lucky for us, they’re turning up worldwide in comic books, on movie and TV screens, splashed across canvasses, and shimmying up flagpoles just when we need them. The castings of Michael B Jordan and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Marvel movies might sound disconnected from the Black Lives Matter movement or the toppling of the Confederate flag, but they’re not.
The connective tissue of being black worldwide in 2015, and the experiences of living in brown skin in images transmitted from McKinney, Texas, to the Mediterranean sea, is often riddled with pain,...
Heading into this summer we need black heroes and black superheroes, in art and in real life, more than ever. And lucky for us, they’re turning up worldwide in comic books, on movie and TV screens, splashed across canvasses, and shimmying up flagpoles just when we need them. The castings of Michael B Jordan and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Marvel movies might sound disconnected from the Black Lives Matter movement or the toppling of the Confederate flag, but they’re not.
The connective tissue of being black worldwide in 2015, and the experiences of living in brown skin in images transmitted from McKinney, Texas, to the Mediterranean sea, is often riddled with pain,...
- 7/1/2015
- by Steven W Thrasher
- The Guardian - Film News
With Rachel Dolezal talking of being ‘culturally black’, there couldn’t be a better time for this director’s crowd-funded comedy, Dear White People, with its whip-smart riffs on racial identity
“I think I have a threshold for taking things too seriously,” says Justin Simien. With a title like Dear White People, you would expect Simien’s movie to be confrontational and racially charged, which it is, but it navigates its way through the contemporary minefield of not just racial but also gender, generational and power inequalities with honed wit and audacious humour. Simien’s script is jam-packed with whip-smart dialogue, pop-culture references and penetrating one-liners - “People who say ‘African-American’ are only too scared to say ‘black’ because they actually want to say ‘nigger’” - all culminating in a frat-house “blackface” party that would be absurd it it wasn’t ripped from the actual headlines. It never occurred to...
“I think I have a threshold for taking things too seriously,” says Justin Simien. With a title like Dear White People, you would expect Simien’s movie to be confrontational and racially charged, which it is, but it navigates its way through the contemporary minefield of not just racial but also gender, generational and power inequalities with honed wit and audacious humour. Simien’s script is jam-packed with whip-smart dialogue, pop-culture references and penetrating one-liners - “People who say ‘African-American’ are only too scared to say ‘black’ because they actually want to say ‘nigger’” - all culminating in a frat-house “blackface” party that would be absurd it it wasn’t ripped from the actual headlines. It never occurred to...
- 6/25/2015
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Veteran Time Magazine Film Critic Richard Corliss died at 71 on Thursday after suffering a stroke last week. Time.com published a powerful tribute piece for Corliss Friday, beginning: “To any fan or friend who would ask whether a new movie was “worth seeing,” Time film critic Richard Corliss had a stock, succinct reply: ‘Everything is worth seeing.’ He meant it.” Corliss was Time’s movie critic for 35 years, possessed by a sheer joy of watching movies and writing about them. Also Read: Time Magazine's Bold Cover Answers Walter Scott Shooting: 'Black Lives Matter' “He savored it all: the good, the bad,...
- 4/24/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
Time came out with its most 100 influential people around the world Thursday, picking everybody from celebrities to politicians and world dignitaries. Kanye West (Boundary Breaker), Bradley Cooper (The cinematic chameleon), Ruth Bader Ginsburg (The high Court’s counterweight), Misty Houston and Jorge Ramos (America’s news anchor). These five appear on the cover of five different versions of the magazine; each magazine includes the other cover. Also Read: Time Magazine’s Bold Cover Answers Walter Scott Shooting: ‘Black Lives Matter’ “In our annual Time 100 issue, we tell 100 stories of individual influence,” editor Nancy Gibbs said. “But taken together, these stories are an anthem.
- 4/16/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
It was a highly emotional and bittersweet day for Walter Scott's family yesterday. Scott's loved ones finally came face to face with 23-year-old Feidin Santana, the bystander who recorded a South Carolina officer fatally shooting 50-year-old Walter Scott on his cell phone. NBC News was there to exclusively capture the powerful meeting at the Scott home in Charleston on Thursday. "Oh, thank you God!" Scott's mother, Judy Scott, said while tightly hugging Santana. "Thank you, Lord. Blessed God. Thank you, thank you God. Thank you, thank you!" Walter Scott Sr. sweetly said, "Thank you for another son, God, thank you. You've got a family in Charleston right...
- 4/10/2015
- E! Online
About Elly (Darbareye Elly) Cinema Guild Reviewed by: Harvey Karten for Shockya. Databased on Rotten Tomatoes. Grade: B+ Director: Asghar Farhadi Screenplay: Asghar Farhadi, story by Azad Jafarian Cast: Golshifteh Farahani, Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Merila Zare’I, Mani Haghighi, Peyman Moaadi, Ra’na Azadivar, Ahmad Mehranfar, Saber Abbar Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 4/4/15 Opens: April 9, 2015 There may be cultural differences between Americans and people in the non-Western world, but one truth is universal: thou shalt not lie. Lying may get you somewhere in the short run, but ultimately as Walter Scott said, “Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.” Not to be [ Read More ]
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- 4/10/2015
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Even as horrible events continue in reality, such as the police shooting of Walter Scott in South Carolina this week, American Crime continues its gritty reflection of our reality. Looking at Twitter comments the past few weeks during AC episodes, I’ve noticed a theme among some viewers that are similar to what I have been feeling: American Crime, in its storylines, themes and presentation, can be so realistic that it is almost hard to watch. When you hear and read about, and look at, events such as the Scott killing, do you really want to watch a show that reflects a similar reality, or would … Continue reading →
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- 4/10/2015
- by Jeff Pfeiffer
- ChannelGuideMag
As the media collectively covers the South Carolina shooting death of Walter Scott and the subsequent murder charges filed against the police officer who killed him, Time magazine published a provocative cover to spotlight the issue. The cover features big, bold lettering that states, “Black Lives Matter,” followed by, “This Time The Charge Is Murder.” Below the text appears cell phone footage of Walter Scott, an African American man, fleeing North Charleston police officer Michael Slager, who subsequently shot him eight times. Also Read: Lester Holt Lands First Interview With Man Who Taped South Carolina Police Killing (Video) “When we got news of this story,...
- 4/9/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
Lester Holt flew to North Charleston, Sc, to anchor NBC Nightly News last night, snagging an exclusive interview with the witness who recorded the shooting death of Walter Scott by a local policeman. It was a great “get” for NBC News, coming, as it did, just days after ABC’s World News Tonight had snapped Nightly‘s 288-week total viewer winning streak. As soon as the interview aired on the East Coast, other news outlets glommed on, effectively promoting NBC’s newscast to…...
- 4/9/2015
- Deadline TV
On Wednesday, an anonymous user created an Indiegogo campaign to raise money for Michael Slager, the South Carolina police officer charged with murder Tuesday after fatally shooting Walter Scott, a 50-year-old black man, in the back as he was running away. A social media campaign has gained momentum against Indiegogo, with people on Facebook and Twitter urging the crowdfunding service to delete the campaign. Some critics are calling for a boycott against Indiegogo and are sharing the image below on social media. In response, the company issued the following statement: "Indiegogo allows anyone, anywhere to fund ideas that matter to them and just like other open platforms -- such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter -- we don't judge the content of campaigns as long as they are in compliance with our Terms of Use." As of Wednesday night, the campaign had raised less than $200 towards its $5,000 goal. Earlier in the day,...
- 4/9/2015
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
“NBC Nightly News” anchor Lester Holt traveled to South Carolina to conduct the first interview with the man who recorded the fatal police shooting of apparently unarmed black man, Walter Scott. In the exclusive interview, which aired Wednesday evening, Holt spoke with Feidin Santana near the grassy area where he captured the graphic cellphone footage. The video showed Michael Slager, 33, shooting 50-year-old Scott eight times, as he ran away from the white police officer in North Charleston on Saturday. Officer Slager said he feared for his life because Scott had taken his stun gun in a scuffle after a traffic...
- 4/9/2015
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
The Obama administration issued its first official response to the shooting of Walter Scott by South Carolina police officer Michael Slager during Wednesday's White House press briefing. In response to a question from reporters, Press Secretary Josh Earnest said he had not spoken to President Barack Obama about the shooting, but said others in the White House found the video of the incident "awfully hard to watch."...
- 4/8/2015
- by Matt Wilstein
- Mediaite - TV
Michael Slager, a South Carolina police officer, is under arrest for murder after video of him shooting an unarmed man during a traffic stop surfaced on Tuesday. Officer Michael Slager Shot And Killed Walter Scott [Video] Officer Slager, a white man, shot and killed Walter Scott, an African American man, age 50, on Saturday morning […]
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- 4/8/2015
- by Olivia Truffaut
- Uinterview
For the longest time, I turned to Anderson Cooper as a compassionate, caring voice in media. But, last night, with the segments on Walter Scott, I was done with CNN. Last night, the video of Walter Scott’s murder was broadcast, internationally. His cold blooded murder was on a loop, shown over and over and over again. Now, mind you, CNN is shown in airports, at restaurants, in venues all over the world, uninterrupted. Venues where children are; venues where teenagers are; venues where adults are. Where people can look up at a screen, over dinner and see a Black man being murdered, repeatedly. No filter. No warning. No regard for Walter Scott’s life or death. Absolutely No regard for his...
- 4/8/2015
- by Tanya Steele
- ShadowAndAct
Too much loss. Celebrities took to Twitter on Tuesday, April 7, to mourn the death of Walter Scott. The South Carolina man, 50, was shot and killed by a police officer named Michael T. Slager in North Charleston, S.C. on Tuesday. Video of the incident, provided to the New York Times, quickly went viral as it shows the officer repeatedly shooting Scott as he runs away. Officer Slager has since been fired from the force and charged with murder. The tragedy follows earlier deaths of African-American men at [...]...
- 4/8/2015
- Us Weekly
Hmm … oh, gosh. Well. I know that this is a recap of a 22-minute network sitcom about a group of wacky friends finding love — and laughter! — in their oversize L.A. loft and not my social-justice blog, so I will keep this focused on the merits of “Par 5” as an episode of New Girl. With that said, there is a pretty big elephant in the room, and New Girl has been skirting around it since it sent Winston to the police academy. Tonight’s episode attempted to confront it head-on, but man, was the timing poor.Of course, network schedules are set months in advance, and there was no way for Fox or the New Girl showrunners to know that the video of the abhorrent shooting of Walter Scott, yet another unarmed black man who fell victim to a broken law-enforcement system, would break last night. It was poor...
- 4/8/2015
- by Jenny Jaffe
- Vulture
A white South Carolina police officer has been charged with murder for shooting an apparently unarmed black man 5 times as he ran away -- and video has just surfaced of the horrific incident. The victim is Walter Scott -- a 50-year-old man who was pulled over in North Charleston on Saturday for having a broken taillight on his Mercedes-Benz. According to police, Scott ran away from Officer Michael Slager during the stop ... Slager ran after him,...
- 4/8/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Disturbing cellphone video that surfaced Tuesday showing a white South Carolina police officer fatally shooting a black man in the back, has sparked angry responses across Hollywood. The footage shows Officer Michael Slager, 33, shooting Walter Scott, 50, as he ran away from Slager into a grassy lot in North Charleston on Saturday. Slager said he feared for his life because Scott had taken his stun gun in a scuffle after a traffic stop for a broken tail light, according to the The New York Times, which was the first media outlet to release the video. Actor Isaiah Washington was among the...
- 4/8/2015
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
Hollywood is reacting to the death of Walter Scott who was allegedly shot eight times by a South Carolina police officer. After witness video surfaced online that showed the 50-year-old's final moments, celebrities including Isaiah Washington couldn't help but voice their opinions online. "Okay, watching the #WalterScott video was horrible, but I think the brave person who captured the murder is a Hero and a Godsend," the actor and producer wrote on Twitter. "I have 2 sons to raise in this country and #WalterScott atrocity weakens my hope that they can survive in this Nation. Now what?" He continued, "Now what? @MichaelEDyson What did #WalterScott do wrong? Run away? That...
- 4/8/2015
- E! Online
Exclusive: Tan Twan Eng’s award-winning novel set for English-language feature to be co-produced with HBO Asia.
Malaysia’s Astro Shaw has optioned Tan Twan Eng’s award-winning novel The Garden Of Evening Mists, which it plans to adapt as an English-language feature to be co-produced with HBO Asia.
Set across three time periods, the book follows a woman who lost her sister during the Japanese occupation of Malaysia and later becomes the apprentice and lover of a Japanese gardener in the Cameron Highlands.
It was awarded the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2012 and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction.
“We see it as a project that will really showcase the best of Malaysia in terms of literature, culture and locations,” said Astro vice president, business development, Najwa Abu Bakar.
Acclaimed dramatist and actor Huzir Sulaiman is scripting the adaptation.
The project joins a rapidly expanding production slate for Astro Shaw, the film arm...
Malaysia’s Astro Shaw has optioned Tan Twan Eng’s award-winning novel The Garden Of Evening Mists, which it plans to adapt as an English-language feature to be co-produced with HBO Asia.
Set across three time periods, the book follows a woman who lost her sister during the Japanese occupation of Malaysia and later becomes the apprentice and lover of a Japanese gardener in the Cameron Highlands.
It was awarded the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2012 and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction.
“We see it as a project that will really showcase the best of Malaysia in terms of literature, culture and locations,” said Astro vice president, business development, Najwa Abu Bakar.
Acclaimed dramatist and actor Huzir Sulaiman is scripting the adaptation.
The project joins a rapidly expanding production slate for Astro Shaw, the film arm...
- 2/8/2015
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
How did the lone cowboy hero become such a potent figure in American culture? In an extract from his final book Fractured Times, the late Eric Hobsbawm follows a trail from cheap novels and B-westerns to Ronald Reagan
Today, populations of wild horse-riders and herdsmen exist in a large number of regions all round the world. Some of them are strictly analogous to cowboys, such as gauchos on the plains of the southern cone of Latin America; the llaneros on the plains of Colombia and Venezuela; possibly the vaqueiros of the Brazilian north-east; certainly the Mexican vaqueros from whom indeed, as everyone knows, both the costume of the modern cowboy myth and most of the vocabulary of the cowboy's trade are directly derived: mustang, lasso, lariat, sombrero, chaps (chaparro), a cinch, bronco. There are similar populations in Europe, such as the csikos on the Hungarian plain, or puszta, the Andalusian...
Today, populations of wild horse-riders and herdsmen exist in a large number of regions all round the world. Some of them are strictly analogous to cowboys, such as gauchos on the plains of the southern cone of Latin America; the llaneros on the plains of Colombia and Venezuela; possibly the vaqueiros of the Brazilian north-east; certainly the Mexican vaqueros from whom indeed, as everyone knows, both the costume of the modern cowboy myth and most of the vocabulary of the cowboy's trade are directly derived: mustang, lasso, lariat, sombrero, chaps (chaparro), a cinch, bronco. There are similar populations in Europe, such as the csikos on the Hungarian plain, or puszta, the Andalusian...
- 3/21/2013
- by Eric Hobsbawm
- The Guardian - Film News
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents a new print of the 1965 musical classic “The Sound of Music” as the fourth film in its series “The Last 70mm Film Festival” on Monday, July 30, at 7 p.m. at the Academy.s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The evening will also welcome actress Kym Karath, who played Gretl, the youngest of the seven Von Trapp children in the film.
Based on the Broadway musical, the film follows Maria (played by Julie Andrews in her second Oscar®-nominated role) a young woman who leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed navy captain (Christopher Plummer). The film was nominated for ten Academy Awards® including Actress (Julie Andrews, “Maria”), Actress in a supporting role (Peggy Wood,” Mother Abbess), Art Direction – Color (Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Ruby Levitt), Cinematography – Color (Ted McCord), Costume Design,...
Based on the Broadway musical, the film follows Maria (played by Julie Andrews in her second Oscar®-nominated role) a young woman who leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed navy captain (Christopher Plummer). The film was nominated for ten Academy Awards® including Actress (Julie Andrews, “Maria”), Actress in a supporting role (Peggy Wood,” Mother Abbess), Art Direction – Color (Art Direction: Boris Leven; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Ruby Levitt), Cinematography – Color (Ted McCord), Costume Design,...
- 7/24/2012
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
After retiring from his 33 years on "60 Minutes" just last month, TV writer Andy Rooney died Friday night in a New York City hospital. He was 92.
Rooney was hospitalized after developing serious complications after minor surgery. Two weeks before his hospitalization, Rooney taped his final show on October 2, delivering his 1,097th televised commentary. He appeared on the CBS show from 1978 to 2011.
"Andy always said he wanted to work until the day he died, and he managed to do it,...
Rooney was hospitalized after developing serious complications after minor surgery. Two weeks before his hospitalization, Rooney taped his final show on October 2, delivering his 1,097th televised commentary. He appeared on the CBS show from 1978 to 2011.
"Andy always said he wanted to work until the day he died, and he managed to do it,...
- 11/5/2011
- Extra
Will Ferrell plays it straight as a bitter alcoholic in Dan Rush's finely observed adaptation of a Raymond Carver short story
The novel long preceded the short story, and in his celebrated history of the short story Walter Allen calls Walter Scott's "The Two Drovers", written in the early 19th century, the first fully achieved example of the genre. It is a more difficult form to master, as well as being generally less lucrative; journalists who've made a name writing for newspapers seek publishers' contracts to write novels rather than try their hands at short stories.
Paradoxically, perhaps, short stories are better suited to the cinema than novels are, whether they conclude with O Henry-style twists in the tail or Chekhovian epiphanies to be absorbed. John Huston, who took on both The Bible and Moby-Dick in his prime, had his two greatest late successes with film versions of classic stories,...
The novel long preceded the short story, and in his celebrated history of the short story Walter Allen calls Walter Scott's "The Two Drovers", written in the early 19th century, the first fully achieved example of the genre. It is a more difficult form to master, as well as being generally less lucrative; journalists who've made a name writing for newspapers seek publishers' contracts to write novels rather than try their hands at short stories.
Paradoxically, perhaps, short stories are better suited to the cinema than novels are, whether they conclude with O Henry-style twists in the tail or Chekhovian epiphanies to be absorbed. John Huston, who took on both The Bible and Moby-Dick in his prime, had his two greatest late successes with film versions of classic stories,...
- 10/15/2011
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Michael Curtiz and William Keighley, 1938
What a strange and different movie this might have been had it starred Jimmy Cagney, as was originally planned. Happily his suave and seductive replacement Errol Flynn made the part his own and the movie still stands as one of the most energetic and likable swashbucklers of Hollywood's prewar heyday. Fine-tuned for endless thrills and maximum entertainment value, Robin Hood shows the Warner Brothers house style at its best, with every part, small or large, perfectly cast with one or another of the studio's contract players: Alan Hale as a rambunctious Little John, Eugene Pallette as a gravel-voiced Friar Tuck, Basil Rathbone as Sir Guy of Gisbourne and the breathily virginal Oliva de Havilland as a winsome Maid Marian.
Plot-wise, it's Walter Scott (he who first split arrow with arrow) meets the gruff, left-inclined Warner Brothers writing unit, with Hood's "rob-the-rich-to-feed-the-poor" ethic striking a particularly...
What a strange and different movie this might have been had it starred Jimmy Cagney, as was originally planned. Happily his suave and seductive replacement Errol Flynn made the part his own and the movie still stands as one of the most energetic and likable swashbucklers of Hollywood's prewar heyday. Fine-tuned for endless thrills and maximum entertainment value, Robin Hood shows the Warner Brothers house style at its best, with every part, small or large, perfectly cast with one or another of the studio's contract players: Alan Hale as a rambunctious Little John, Eugene Pallette as a gravel-voiced Friar Tuck, Basil Rathbone as Sir Guy of Gisbourne and the breathily virginal Oliva de Havilland as a winsome Maid Marian.
Plot-wise, it's Walter Scott (he who first split arrow with arrow) meets the gruff, left-inclined Warner Brothers writing unit, with Hood's "rob-the-rich-to-feed-the-poor" ethic striking a particularly...
- 10/19/2010
- by John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
Adam Lambert (Sort Of) Kissed A Girl ... And No One Could Stop Talking About It
The big gay news of the week is that one big gay icon did something not so gay and set the gay blogosphere abuzz. That's right, Adam Lambert posed for some racy pictures with a nekkid girl and the reaction of our readers was all over the place as demonstrated by the nearly 70 comments folks posted. Our follow-up poll the next day registered nearly 2,000 votes and generated another 50+ comments.
As for the poll results — it was a dead heat with 41% of folks loving the pics and 41% saying "Ew" and believing that someone was trying to give Adam a "hetero" make-over. I'll say one thing; you folks had a ton of passionate, mostly articulate things to say about the topic.
Personally, I see the whole issue as being a nice little zeitgeist-y moment in how we...
The big gay news of the week is that one big gay icon did something not so gay and set the gay blogosphere abuzz. That's right, Adam Lambert posed for some racy pictures with a nekkid girl and the reaction of our readers was all over the place as demonstrated by the nearly 70 comments folks posted. Our follow-up poll the next day registered nearly 2,000 votes and generated another 50+ comments.
As for the poll results — it was a dead heat with 41% of folks loving the pics and 41% saying "Ew" and believing that someone was trying to give Adam a "hetero" make-over. I'll say one thing; you folks had a ton of passionate, mostly articulate things to say about the topic.
Personally, I see the whole issue as being a nice little zeitgeist-y moment in how we...
- 10/23/2009
- by michael
- The Backlot
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