In the opening frames of the “Marshall” trailer, the future U.S. Supreme Court justice gets a setup worthy of a superhero: In the trailer’s opening frames, 32-year old NAACP lawyer Thurgood Marshall (Chadwick Boseman) sips whiskey at a bar; a group of threatening racists gather around him. “You gentlemen are making a mistake,” says Marshall, in the tone of a calm badass as he steadies himself for the inevitable physical confrontation.
Boseman said a cocksure portrayal is the only logical interpretation. “His job was to be the lone attorney running around for the NAACP, dealing with cases in towns where there was racial prejudice and there was inequality,” he said. “Who has the arrogance to walk into those places and actually believe that they either will win, or they can set up the case in such a way that it can go to a higher level, and then you can win on that level,...
Boseman said a cocksure portrayal is the only logical interpretation. “His job was to be the lone attorney running around for the NAACP, dealing with cases in towns where there was racial prejudice and there was inequality,” he said. “Who has the arrogance to walk into those places and actually believe that they either will win, or they can set up the case in such a way that it can go to a higher level, and then you can win on that level,...
- 10/16/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
I've got a great trailer here for you to watch for a fantastic looking new film called Marshall. The movie based on the true-life events of legendary attorney and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, who is played by Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther, 42). He is joined by Josh Gad (Beauty and the Beast) who takes on the role of Sam Friedman, a lawyer who works alongside Marshall. This looks like it will be quite a powerful film. Here's the synopsis:
Marshall is based on a true incident in the life of Thurgood Marshall, when he was a young lawyer, long before his appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. As the nation teeters on the brink of WWII, a nearly bankrupt NAACP sends Marshall to conservative Connecticut to defend a black chauffeur against his wealthy socialite employer in a sexual assault and attempted murder trial that quickly became tabloid fodder. In need of a high profile victory but muzzled by a segregationist court, Marshall is partnered with Samuel Friedman, a young Jewish lawyer who has never tried a case. Marshall and Friedman struggle against a hostile storm of fear and prejudice, driven to discover the truth in the sensationalized trial which helped set the groundwork for the Civil Rights Movement to come.
The movie has a very talented cast of actors that also includes Kate Hudson (Almost Famous), Dan Stevens (The Guest), James Cromwell (Babe), Sterling K. Brown (The People vs. O.J. Simpson) and Keesha Sharp (The People v. O.J. Simpson).
Reginald Hudlin is directing the film and it's set to be released on October 13th.
Marshall is based on a true incident in the life of Thurgood Marshall, when he was a young lawyer, long before his appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. As the nation teeters on the brink of WWII, a nearly bankrupt NAACP sends Marshall to conservative Connecticut to defend a black chauffeur against his wealthy socialite employer in a sexual assault and attempted murder trial that quickly became tabloid fodder. In need of a high profile victory but muzzled by a segregationist court, Marshall is partnered with Samuel Friedman, a young Jewish lawyer who has never tried a case. Marshall and Friedman struggle against a hostile storm of fear and prejudice, driven to discover the truth in the sensationalized trial which helped set the groundwork for the Civil Rights Movement to come.
The movie has a very talented cast of actors that also includes Kate Hudson (Almost Famous), Dan Stevens (The Guest), James Cromwell (Babe), Sterling K. Brown (The People vs. O.J. Simpson) and Keesha Sharp (The People v. O.J. Simpson).
Reginald Hudlin is directing the film and it's set to be released on October 13th.
- 6/22/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
After mansplaining, the next worse thing for a woman is to be repeatedly interrupted by a man. Especially if you are a female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. But female Supreme Court justices are being interrupted by the male justices at approximately three times the rate of their male colleagues during oral arguments, according to a new study to be published in the Virginia Law Review this fall. The most-interrupted female justice is 84-year-old Ruth Bader Ginsberg. “Ginsburg is interrupted six times as often” as her male colleagues Justices Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor is.
- 4/14/2017
- by Susan Seager
- The Wrap
President Trump on Tuesday night announced Neil M. Gorsuch as his pick for the U.S. Supreme Court.
“I am a man of my word, I will do as I say, something that the American people have been asking for from Washington for a very long time,” Trump said in a nationally televised, prime-time announcement from the White House.
“The most important thing the President of the United States can make is the appointment of a Supreme Court Justice, I took the task of this nomination very seriously,” Trump said, adding that Gorsuch “closely defines what we’re looking for.”
Gorsuch...
“I am a man of my word, I will do as I say, something that the American people have been asking for from Washington for a very long time,” Trump said in a nationally televised, prime-time announcement from the White House.
“The most important thing the President of the United States can make is the appointment of a Supreme Court Justice, I took the task of this nomination very seriously,” Trump said, adding that Gorsuch “closely defines what we’re looking for.”
Gorsuch...
- 2/1/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Donald Trump's pick for U.S. Supreme Court has never squarely ruled on abortion, but he's left clues. Neil Gorsuch, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals, wrote a book called "The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia," and said, "All human beings are intrinsically valuable and the intentional taking of human life by private persons is always wrong." Judge Gorsuch also wrote an opinion siding with religious organizations that didn't want to provide contraception under Obamacare,...
- 2/1/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
President Donald Trump wanted another Antonin Scalia for the U.S. Supreme Court. On Tuesday, Trump tapped Neil Gorsuch, a Harvard Law School educated judge whose prominent clerkships, impeccable writing and undying commitment to hew closely to the text of the U.S. Constitution and statutes have drawn comparisons to the late conservative idol.
Gorsuch, 49, will now go through the confirmation process, and with Republicans snubbing former President Barack Obama's pick Merrick Garland and a nation divided over Trump's executive orders on immigration, it will surely be contentious. Few individuals will be subjected to as much scrutiny as Gorsuch in...
Gorsuch, 49, will now go through the confirmation process, and with Republicans snubbing former President Barack Obama's pick Merrick Garland and a nation divided over Trump's executive orders on immigration, it will surely be contentious. Few individuals will be subjected to as much scrutiny as Gorsuch in...
- 1/31/2017
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kim Kardashian's armed robbery might be a total fabrication according to a U.S. Supreme Court Justice ... who actually brought up the incident during oral arguments. The Supco was hearing a case on Tuesday where a guy from Cali is arguing it wasn't bank fraud when he drained someone's bank account ... because the bank's money is insured. Justice Stephen Breyer jumped on the opportunity to show off his pop culture prowess, saying ... "Even Kardashian's thief,...
- 10/4/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is sorry for her recent harsh remarks about presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, she said in a statement on Thursday, multiple outlets report. The 83-year-old veteran justice backtracked on her insinuation that she'd consider fleeing the country if Trump was elected, saying, "On reflection, my recent remarks in response to press inquiries were ill-advised and I regret making them." She continued, "Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office. In the future I will be more circumspect." In an interview published Sunday in The New York Times, Ginsburg said, "I can't...
- 7/14/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
Watch: "It's imperative for the future of this country that Donald Trump not be elected President." - @BernieSanders https://t.co/4xOH8dD8I4— Good Morning America (@Gma) July 13, 2016 "It is absolutely imperative for the future of this country that Donald Trump not be elected President of the United States." That's what Bernie Sanders had to say about the upcoming presidential election, when appearing on Good Morning America Wednesday - a day after officially endorsing former presidential rival Hillary Clinton during a joint appearance at a campaign event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. "At a time when this country has enormous crises,...
- 7/13/2016
- by Dave Quinn, @NineDaves
- PEOPLE.com
Presumptive Gop presidential nominee Donald Trump called for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to resign late Wednesday night. “Justice Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court has embarrassed all by making very dumb political statements about me. Her mind is shot – resign!” Trump tweeted. Trump’s message comes after the Notorious Rbg has spent the past few days bashing Trump in media interviews. Ginsburg, 83, was appointed to the Supreme Court by Bill Clinton back in 1993. Also Read: How Donald Trump Proves the Equal Time Rule Is a Joke Justice Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court has embarrassed all by making very.
- 7/13/2016
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
Tom Brady will appeal Monday for a second hearing before the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in regard to his four-game suspension amid the long-running "Deflategate" football-tampering controversy. The New England Patriots quarterback will file a petition en banc, so that his case will be heard before all judges of the court. Seven of the 13 judges must sign off on the format in order for the session to be held - if it isn't granted, Brady and his legal team could take the case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, reports ABC News. Judges usually take...
- 5/23/2016
- by Rose Minutaglio, @RoseMinutaglio
- PEOPLE.com
Tom Brady will appeal Monday for a second hearing before the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in regard to his four-game suspension amid the long-running "Deflategate" football-tampering controversy. The New England Patriots quarterback will file a petition en banc, so that his case will be heard before all judges of the court. Seven of the 13 judges must sign off on the format in order for the session to be held - if it isn't granted, Brady and his legal team could take the case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, reports ABC News. Judges usually take...
- 5/23/2016
- by Rose Minutaglio, @RoseMinutaglio
- PEOPLE.com
Donald Trump on Wednesday released an apparently all-white list of 11 potential nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by Antonin Scalia, who died in February at age 79. The campaign said the list, which includes three women but no racial minorities, was compiled following consultation with respected conservatives and Republican party leaders. In a statement, the likely Gop nominee said his short list was “representative of the kind of constitutional principles I value and, as President, I plan to use this list as a guide to nominate our next United States Supreme Court Justices.” Also Read: Donald.
- 5/18/2016
- by Itay Hod
- The Wrap
Kerry Washington told E! News that she hoped her new HBO movie, Confirmation, would inspire viewers to hold people in elected positions accountable and to spark conversations about sexual harassment and victims' rights. Washington played Anita Hill in Saturday's film, which followed the attorney's 1991 testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee that U.S. Supreme Court Justice (and then-nominee) Clarence Thomas (played by Wendell Pierce) sexually harassed her when they worked together in the 1980s. "I think the importance of having these confirmations, to be willing to have nuanced conversations about race, gender and power. I think that's something I really hope people are encouraged to...
- 4/17/2016
- E! Online
There’s a 16-minute stretch of Confirmation — premiering Saturday at 8/7c on HBO — that’s absolutely riveting: Oklahoma law professor Anita Hill sits before the Senate Judiciary Committee and slowly, painstakingly testifies about the sexual harassment she endured while working for Clarence Thomas, whose nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court is under their review.
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Scandal‘s Kerry Washington plays Hill with quiet resolve. She’s a reluctant witness, we’ve been reminded over and over again, but despite the slightest tremble in her voice, she maintains a deliberate,...
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Scandal‘s Kerry Washington plays Hill with quiet resolve. She’s a reluctant witness, we’ve been reminded over and over again, but despite the slightest tremble in her voice, she maintains a deliberate,...
- 4/14/2016
- TVLine.com
President Barack Obama nominated appeals court Judge Merrick Garland for the U.S. Supreme Court position vacated by the death of Antonin Scalia during a press conference on Wednesday. Obama lauded Garland’s many legal accomplishments, which include graduating magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. Garland obtained the rank of partner at a prestigious law firm just a few years later, but left the job after four months to become a federal prosecutor, taking a 50 percent pay cut in the process. Obama also said that Garland has the “respect and admiration of leaders from both sides of the aisle” and that he.
- 3/16/2016
- by Joe Otterson
- The Wrap
A Texas county judge said on Monday that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had been suffering from serious health problems in the days leading up to his death, contradicting claims that Scalia had been in good health before passing away in his sleep on Saturday. Presidio County Judge Cinderela Guevara, who declined to request an autopsy on Scalia, told The Associated Press that she spoke with Scalia’s personal physician, who said that he had been dealing with heart conditions, high blood pressure and a torn rotator cuff that he was too weak to have surgically repaired. Guevara also said.
- 2/16/2016
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
5:50 P.M. Pst -- President Obama just set the stage for political war, vowing to "fulfill my constitutional duties" and send a Supreme Court nominee to the Senate. The Republican leadership has made it clear they don't want an Obama nominee. Since the Republicans control the Senate, it's game on.U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the heart and soul of the conservative justices, was found dead Saturday morning in Texas. Scalia arrived at...
- 2/13/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Sen. Ted Cruz perused Internet porn for work once -- which might sound cool .... except for the fact he had to do it with freakin' U.S. Supreme Court Justices like Sandra Day O'Connor. Back in the 1990s ... Cruz was a clerk for Chief Justice William Rehnquist and the Internet was still in its early, early days -- and when Scotus had to rule on Internet porn, they naturally did their research. Check out Ted's memory...
- 7/15/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Natalie Portman is in negotiations to portray Ruth Bader Ginsburg in The Basis of Sex a biopic of the U.S. Supreme Court Justice . Marielle Heller, who wrote and directed the Sundance movie Diary of a Teenage Girl, is in negotiations to direct while Focus Features is in negotiations to finance and to distribute in North America. Ginsburg, appointed by President Bill Clinton, was the second woman on the country’s top bench and the first female Jewish justice. During her career, she has championed many woman’s causes while also cracking glass barriers, co-founding the first law journal focused on
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- 5/9/2015
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It's been over two decades since the explosive 1991 hearings in which law professor Anita Hill discussed allegations of sexual misconduct by then U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. With the premiere of "Anita," the new feature length documentary reflecting on those events, the question that continues to come up from audiences and press alike is, "Why tell this story now?" When director Freida Lee Mock began filming in 2011, she was looking to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the hearings. But beyond the benchmark in American history, the film proves to be timely as it highlights issues surrounding sexual harassment that are very much alive today. The...
- 5/8/2015
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
Scandal star Kerry Washington has signed on to deal with another wave of political controversy in real life drama Confirmation. Groundswell Productions and ABC Signature Studios are producing the feature for HBO, which takes its inspiration from the scandal-plagued nomination process of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Washington is expected to tackle the role of Anita Hill; the woman who testified against Thomas during his nomination season.
Per The Wrap, here’s a brief rundown of the story:
Confirmation follows Hill as she accuses Thomas of sexual harassment while he was being considered to replace Thurgood Marshall on the U.S. Supreme Court. Eventually she was called before Congress to testify that Thomas had harassed her while serving as her supervisor at the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Scripting duties have been awarded to Erin Brockovich scribe Susannah Grant, whose screenplay for the Julia Roberts...
Per The Wrap, here’s a brief rundown of the story:
Confirmation follows Hill as she accuses Thomas of sexual harassment while he was being considered to replace Thurgood Marshall on the U.S. Supreme Court. Eventually she was called before Congress to testify that Thomas had harassed her while serving as her supervisor at the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Scripting duties have been awarded to Erin Brockovich scribe Susannah Grant, whose screenplay for the Julia Roberts...
- 3/12/2015
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
If this isn't the role of the lifetime for Kerry Washington, it sure comes close.
The Scandal star will play Anita Hill, who was thrust into the spotlight in 1991 when she accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment – for an HBO biopic called Confirmation, People has confirmed.
The movie is set to document the subsequent confirmation hearings and their indelible impact on modern culture and the workplace.
The biopic will be written by Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich), according to The Hollywood Reporter, which first broke the news.
Washington will also executive produce the biopic. No word yet on who will play Thomas.
The Scandal star will play Anita Hill, who was thrust into the spotlight in 1991 when she accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment – for an HBO biopic called Confirmation, People has confirmed.
The movie is set to document the subsequent confirmation hearings and their indelible impact on modern culture and the workplace.
The biopic will be written by Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich), according to The Hollywood Reporter, which first broke the news.
Washington will also executive produce the biopic. No word yet on who will play Thomas.
- 3/12/2015
- by Lynette Rice, @lynetterice
- People.com - TV Watch
From serving justice as Olivia Pope to seeking justice as Anita Hill! Kerry Washington has officially signed on to her next role, and this one will have some serious historical significance. The Scandal star, 38, will play Anita Hill, the attorney who took U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas to trial for sexual harassment in 1991's history-making case, the Hollywood Reporter revealed. The court proceedings in Hill’s case against her former boss were widely broadcast at the time, but Thomas still ended up getting voted in as a [...]...
- 3/12/2015
- Us Weekly
Kerry Washington has been tapped to star as Anita Hill in “Confirmation,” the upcoming HBO Films feature about the scandal-plagued nomination process of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, a spokesperson for the network told TheWrap. Set in 1991, “Confirmation” follows Hill as she accuses Thomas of sexual harassment while he was being considered to replace Thurgood Marshall on the U.S. Supreme Court. Eventually she was called before Congress to testify that Thomas had harassed her while serving as her supervisor at the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The script for the TV movie will be...
- 3/12/2015
- by Travis Reilly
- The Wrap
It's been over two decades since the explosive 1991 hearings in which law professor Anita Hill discussed allegations of sexual misconduct by then U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. With the premiere of "Anita," the new feature length documentary reflecting on those events, the question that continues to come up from audiences and press alike is, "Why tell this story now?" When director Freida Lee Mock began filming in 2011, she was looking to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the hearings. But beyond the benchmark in American history, the film proves to be timely as it highlights issues surrounding sexual harassment that are very much alive today. The...
- 7/14/2014
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
The most important day of my life is Jan. 3, 2014. It's the day I married my husband, Fabian Quezada-Malkin. The second most important day actually occurred less than six months before that. On June 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court essentially struck down California's anti-gay marriage ballot initiative Prop 8, as well as the Defense of Marriage Act (Doma), the federal government's ban on recognizing same-sex unions. And that is why I shed more than a few tears the other night at the L.A. premiere of The Case Against Prop 8, a fascinating and powerful documentary about the federal lawsuit to overturn Prop 8. Filmed over five years, the movie follows lawyers Ted Olson and David Bois as they fight...
- 6/5/2014
- E! Online
Title: The Case Against 8 Director: Ben Cotner & Ryan White Starring: Kris Perry, Sandy Stier, Paul Katami, Jeff Zarrillo, David Boies, Ted Olson Love is love. And the Cotner-White documentary attests this through a powerful emotional account of the journey that took the fight for marriage equality all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. ‘The Case Against 8’ takes a riveting inside look at the groundbreaking Supreme Court case that overturned Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage. Ben Cotner and Ryan White provide a resourceful and authentic snapshot of what it took to accomplish this. The high-profile trial first made headlines with the unlikely pairing of Ted Olson [ Read More ]
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- 5/26/2014
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding the Broadcast Networks suit against Aereo Tuesday, April 22.
Broadcast Networks vs. Aereo
Aereo is a new company that combines free antenna television access to public networks with the facility and perks of streaming video and a DVR. Essentially, Aereo uses antennas to transmit television broadcast signals directly to individual subscribers. Subscribers can record certain shows, which will be stored in the cloud (internet storage) and be accessible to any connected mobile device.
Aereo may sound like an extension of Netflix Instant Watch or Hulu, or even a regular cable or dish subscription, but what makes it different is it’s use of free antenna signals. Because Aereo uses antennas to receive broadcast TV signals, the company doesn’t pay the broadcast networks for their content, as cable companies do. As a result, the broadcasting networks, NBC, Fox, CBS, PBS, Univision, Telemundo and ABC...
Broadcast Networks vs. Aereo
Aereo is a new company that combines free antenna television access to public networks with the facility and perks of streaming video and a DVR. Essentially, Aereo uses antennas to transmit television broadcast signals directly to individual subscribers. Subscribers can record certain shows, which will be stored in the cloud (internet storage) and be accessible to any connected mobile device.
Aereo may sound like an extension of Netflix Instant Watch or Hulu, or even a regular cable or dish subscription, but what makes it different is it’s use of free antenna signals. Because Aereo uses antennas to receive broadcast TV signals, the company doesn’t pay the broadcast networks for their content, as cable companies do. As a result, the broadcasting networks, NBC, Fox, CBS, PBS, Univision, Telemundo and ABC...
- 4/23/2014
- Uinterview
QFest St. Louis which begins this weekend, will screen the documentary The Case Against 8 at 3:30pm Sunday April 27th.
QFest St. Louis, the annual gay and Lesbian Film Festival presented by Cinema St. Louis, kicks off this Sunday, April 27th. It runs through May 1st and all films will be screened at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar in The Loop, University City, Mo)
QFest uses the art of contemporary gay cinema to spotlight the lives of Lgbtq people and celebrate queer culture. The 2014 event features an eclectic slate of contemporary Lgbtq-themed feature films, documentaries, and shorts. Tickets are now on sale for all shows.
The Case Against 8 at 3:30pm Sunday April 27th
This compelling documentary The Case Against 8 – which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival – provides a behind-the-scenes look inside the historic case to overturn California’s ban on same-sex marriage. The high-profile trial first makes...
QFest St. Louis, the annual gay and Lesbian Film Festival presented by Cinema St. Louis, kicks off this Sunday, April 27th. It runs through May 1st and all films will be screened at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar in The Loop, University City, Mo)
QFest uses the art of contemporary gay cinema to spotlight the lives of Lgbtq people and celebrate queer culture. The 2014 event features an eclectic slate of contemporary Lgbtq-themed feature films, documentaries, and shorts. Tickets are now on sale for all shows.
The Case Against 8 at 3:30pm Sunday April 27th
This compelling documentary The Case Against 8 – which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival – provides a behind-the-scenes look inside the historic case to overturn California’s ban on same-sex marriage. The high-profile trial first makes...
- 4/22/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It's been over two decades since the explosive 1991 hearings in which law professor Anita Hill discussed allegations of sexual misconduct by then U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. With the premiere of Anita, the new feature length documentary reflecting on those events, the question that continues to come up from audiences and press alike is, "Why tell this story now?"When director Freida Lee Mock began filming in 2011, she was looking to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the hearings. But beyond the benchmark in American history, the film proves to be timely as it highlights issues surrounding sexual harassment that are very much alive today. The documentary is less about...
- 3/21/2014
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
It's been over two decades since the explosive 1991 hearings in which law professor Anita Hill discussed allegations of sexual misconduct by then U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. With the premiere of Anita, the new feature length documentary reflecting on those events, the question that continues to come up from audiences and press alike is, "Why tell this story now?"When director Freida Lee Mock began filming in 2011, she was looking to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the hearings. But beyond the benchmark in American history, the film proves to be timely as it highlights issues surrounding sexual harassment that are very much alive today. The documentary is less about...
- 2/13/2014
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
They have been given a date. The broadcasters and Aereo will argue their case before the Supreme Court on April 22 at 11 Am, the court announced today. Scotus agreed on January 10 to hear arguments on the petition that ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and several other broadcasters submitted in October. The broadcasters want the High Court to review an April 1, 2013 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York that confirmed a District Court decision and rejected their request for a preliminary injunction against the Barry Diller-backed streaming service. However, there are still a few more steps before the parties show up in Washington D.C. Briefs are due from the broadcasters on February 24 and March 3. Aereo must submit its response to the petitioner’s brief by March 26 and send in an amicus curiae brief of its own by April 2. Like in the decision by the Court to hear the case in early January,...
- 2/11/2014
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to "Anita," Freida Mock's documentary on Anita Hill. The film screened at the Sundance Film Festival and more recently played at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival. It follows the legacy of Hill's shocking 1991 Senate testimony alleging U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas made harassing sexual statements to her while she was employed at the U.S. Department of Education and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Director Freida Mock has been nominated for five Academy Awards throughout her career and won an Oscar for Best Documentary (Feature) in 1995 for "Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision." Her last nomination came in 2002 for "Sing!" Mock said in a statement, "I'm very excited to be working with the great team at Samuel Goldwyn Films to bring "Anita" to moviegoers this fall." The film features footage from the televised event as well as one-on-one interviews with Hill and her family.
- 8/14/2013
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired all U.S. rights to Freida Mock's documentary "Anita," which recently screened as part of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival following its Sundance debut earlier this year. The company plans to release the film this fall. "Anita" reveals a rare glimpse into her private life with friends and family; she speaks openly and intimately for the first time about her experiences that led her to testify before the Senate about sexual harassment she endured while working with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. Hill's graphic testimony was a...
- 8/14/2013
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Samuel Goldwyn Films acquired U.S. rights to the Freida Mock-directed Anita, the film about Anita Hill which debuted at Sundance and just screened as part of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival. Goldwyn will release this fall. In a backdrop of sex, politics, and race, the film describes Hill and the firestorm that occurred when she sat before a Senate committee 22 years ago and recounted the repeated acts of sexual harassment she had endured while working with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. That October day in 1991 Anita Hill, a bookish law professor from Oklahoma, was thrust onto the world stage and instantly became a celebrated, hated, venerated, and divisive figure. Hill took part in the docu and described the experience and the aftermath. According to Peter Goldwyn, Senior Vice President of Samuel Goldwyn Films: “We are excited to be working with the talented Freida Mock in bringing Anita’s powerful,...
- 8/14/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts has announced that the remaining opinions of the current term will be released on Wednesday at 10 a.m. Est. As a result, two eagerly awaited rulings on same-sex marriage will be delivered tomorrow. In a week that has seen the high court direct lower courts to exercise more scrutiny toward affirmative action programs, strike down an important provision of the Voting Rights Act and toughen the standards by which labor lawsuits are brought, the justices' opinions on the constitutionality of restrictions on gay marriage have been left until the final day. In March, the
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- 6/25/2013
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Anita Hill received standing ovations at last weekend’s two screenings of Anita at Hot Docs — perhaps 22 years overdue. In 1991, Anita Hill was a law professor from Oklahoma when she appeared at a U.S. Senate hearing and accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment. Ironically, Thomas was Hill’s boss at the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission a few years earlier. Hill accused Thomas of talking about things like pubic hairs on Coke cans and the girth of his manhood. A panel of 14 male politicians challenged Hill, painting her as …...
- 4/30/2013
- by Allan Tong
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today in favor of the cable provider, saying an $875 million antitrust lawsuit filed on behalf of many as 2 million Philadelphia-area customers could not proceed as a single class-action suit. In a 5-4 ruling, the justices overturned a lower court decision to certify the case as a class action, saying the customers did not provide a common method that could be used to determine monetary damages for each individual party to the lawsuit, proof that is required before the case can proceed as a class action. Justice Antonin Scalia wrote the opinion for the majority. The plaintiffs alleged that the company was monopolizing the Philadelphia market in an attempt to control the market and unfairly raise prices. Comcast has denied the allegations.
- 3/27/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an attempt by Philadelphia area residents to sue Comcast Corp. for antitrust violations allegedly committed as the company consolidated its hold of the Philadelphia cable market from 1998 to 2007. In a 5 to 4 vote, the majority of justices overturned an appellate court decision that would have let the $876 million antitrust proceed. Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the court majority, said the Comcast subscribers didn't have enough of a common interest to mount a class action suit. "Respondents class action was improperly certified,"...
- 3/27/2013
- by Ira Teinowitz
- The Wrap
Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, hearing the first of two oral arguments this week on same-sex marriage, on Tuesday repeatedly raised procedural questions about a case involving the legality of California's 2008 Proposition 8 ban on same sex marriages. The court also took the unusual step of releasing a tape of the morning arguments shortly after the arguments concluded. (Listen to the arguments here or read the transcript here.) Seconds into attorney Charles J. Cooper defense of the legality Prop 8, Chief Justice John Roberts interrupted, questioning Cooper's authority to argue on...
- 3/26/2013
- by Ira Teinowitz
- The Wrap
Lilly Ledbetter, the inspiration for President Obama's fair-pay act of 2009, has signed with producer/director Rachel Feldman to film a biopic about her crusade for equal pay for women. Ledbetter endured more than two decades of sexual harassment and cronyism as she worked her way out of poverty in an Alabama Goodyear factory, only to discover she was paid 40 percent less than her male counterparts. She sued Goodyear for compensation and won $3.8 million in damages but the U.S. Supreme Court overturned that decision on a technicality. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg...
- 2/8/2013
- by Alexander C. Kaufman
- The Wrap
Los Angeles — Ashton Kutcher as Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Amanda Seyfried as porn star Linda Lovelace are among the highlights at January's Sundance Film Festival.
Kutcher headlines director Joshua Michael Stern's "jOBS," one of 18 star-studded premieres announced Monday for Robert Redford's independent-cinema showcase. Chronicling 30 years in the life of the Apple mastermind who died last year, "jOBS" is the closing-night film at Sundance, which runs Jan. 17-27 in Park City, Utah.
Seyfried has the title role in Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's "Lovelace," a portrait of the adult-film actress who became an anti-porn crusader years after starring in the hardcore hit "Deep Throat."
The roles are dramatic departures for Kutcher, best-known for broad movie comedies and the TV sitcoms "That `70s Show" and "Two and a Half Men," and Seyfried, best-known for romances such as "Dear John" and "Mamma Mia!"
But dramatic departures often are what it's all about at Sundance,...
Kutcher headlines director Joshua Michael Stern's "jOBS," one of 18 star-studded premieres announced Monday for Robert Redford's independent-cinema showcase. Chronicling 30 years in the life of the Apple mastermind who died last year, "jOBS" is the closing-night film at Sundance, which runs Jan. 17-27 in Park City, Utah.
Seyfried has the title role in Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's "Lovelace," a portrait of the adult-film actress who became an anti-porn crusader years after starring in the hardcore hit "Deep Throat."
The roles are dramatic departures for Kutcher, best-known for broad movie comedies and the TV sitcoms "That `70s Show" and "Two and a Half Men," and Seyfried, best-known for romances such as "Dear John" and "Mamma Mia!"
But dramatic departures often are what it's all about at Sundance,...
- 12/3/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
New York -- The Supreme Court used to be called Nine Old Men. That's nothing compared to the ageless Rolling Stones. The justices on average are the kid brothers and sisters of the forever young rock n' rollers.
The average age for the four living members of The Rolling Stones is about two years older than the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood have an average age of 68 years and 297 days, while the Supreme Court justices' average is 66 years and 364 days. That makes the rock band one year and 10 months older than the members of the highest court of the United States.
The Rolling Stones are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year with a five-date tour in New York, New Jersey and London, where the first show kicked off Sunday night.
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Rolling Stones:
Mick Jagger, 69
Keith Richards, 68
Charlie Watts, 71
Ronnie Wood,...
The average age for the four living members of The Rolling Stones is about two years older than the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood have an average age of 68 years and 297 days, while the Supreme Court justices' average is 66 years and 364 days. That makes the rock band one year and 10 months older than the members of the highest court of the United States.
The Rolling Stones are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year with a five-date tour in New York, New Jersey and London, where the first show kicked off Sunday night.
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Rolling Stones:
Mick Jagger, 69
Keith Richards, 68
Charlie Watts, 71
Ronnie Wood,...
- 11/27/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Despite a hurricane that threatens much of the Northeast, the U.S. Supreme Court opened as usual Monday morning. Justice John Roberts, just named as a "Brave Thinker" by The Atlantic for his role in upholding the Affordable Care Act this year, is defying a storm that has caused the shutdown of most federal government agencies, transportation and many businesses from Washington up to Connecticut. The entertainment industry in the region will grind to a halt in reaction to 90 mph winds, but Hurricane Sandy doesn't have standing at the high court. At the Supreme Court, the show is going
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- 10/29/2012
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Good afternoon and Tgif!
Happy birthday to Maggie Grace, Cheryl Hines, Nancy Travis, Ricki Lake, Nicole Richie and Faith Hill!
Maggie Grace at Comic-Con in San Diego, CA
Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images
Comic and gay ally Sarah Silverman has a great (and Nsfw) video skewering the "new, super f----ed up" voter ID laws that may impact voter turnout in the upcoming elections.
Here's a glimpse of out actress Lindsay Lohan in the Lifetime movie Liz & Dick.
And, if you care, here's a still of Lohan in bed with Charlie Sheen from upcoming film Scary Movie 5.
Scarlett Johansson will be taking her talents to Broadway. Johansson will star as Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York. The play opens on January 17, 2013 so make sure you purchase tickets before they sell out.
Good afternoon and Tgif!
Happy birthday to Maggie Grace, Cheryl Hines, Nancy Travis, Ricki Lake, Nicole Richie and Faith Hill!
Maggie Grace at Comic-Con in San Diego, CA
Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images
Comic and gay ally Sarah Silverman has a great (and Nsfw) video skewering the "new, super f----ed up" voter ID laws that may impact voter turnout in the upcoming elections.
Here's a glimpse of out actress Lindsay Lohan in the Lifetime movie Liz & Dick.
And, if you care, here's a still of Lohan in bed with Charlie Sheen from upcoming film Scary Movie 5.
Scarlett Johansson will be taking her talents to Broadway. Johansson will star as Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York. The play opens on January 17, 2013 so make sure you purchase tickets before they sell out.
- 9/21/2012
- by Bridget McManus
- AfterEllen.com
“Most of the American people would see 15-second takeouts, and they wouldn’t be characteristic,” U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia tells C-span’s Brian Lamb in an interview to be broadcast this Sunday. Lamb has long championed cameras in courtrooms including the Supreme Court — and Scalia has vigorously opposed them. He says it would “miseducate” people about proceedings that typically involve “dull stuff that only a lawyer could understand or be interested in.” Is there a First Amendment issue? Scalia says it has “nothing to do” with whether cameras belong in the courtroom.
- 7/26/2012
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
It’s a mixed day for broadcasters at the U.S. Supreme Court — but with a limited win for CBS in the case of Janet Jackson’s famously exposed nipple in her performance with Justin Timberlake at the 2004 Super Bowl. Justices upheld a lower court ruling that overturned the FCC’s $550,000 fine against the network for violating rules that limit indecent broadcasts. It was unclear at the time whether the FCC’s ban on fleeting expletives also applied to fleeting images, Chief Justice John Roberts said — adding, though, that Jackson and Timberlake “strained the credulity of the public by terming the episode a ‘wardrobe malfunction’.” Since then, the FCC has clarified its rules somewhat. “It is now clear that the brevity of an indecent broadcast—be it word or image—cannot immunize it from FCC censure,” he says. As a result, “any future ‘wardrobe malfunctions’ will not be protected” on the same grounds.
- 6/29/2012
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
New York — The star-studded West Coast performance of the gay marriage play "8" led by George Clooney and Brad Pitt will be heard again this month – on radio and online.
A recording by L.A. Theatre Works of the March 3 performance in Los Angeles will be broadcast in the coming days on 90.7 Kpfk in Southern California, 89.7 Wgbh in Boston, 91.5 Wbez in Chicago, 94.9 Kuow in Seattle, 91.1 Krcb in San Francisco, 89.3 Wpfw in Washington, D.C.; and over 100 other markets nationwide. June is Gay Pride Month.
The play is about the 2010 federal court fight against Proposition 8, the gay-marriage ban that California voters approved in 2008. The play by Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black made its Broadway debut last year in similar starry fashion.
Relying largely on transcripts from court proceedings, "8" introduces viewers to the couples who challenged the California initiative, the attorneys who argued their case and witness who spoke out against them. The legal fight over Prop.
A recording by L.A. Theatre Works of the March 3 performance in Los Angeles will be broadcast in the coming days on 90.7 Kpfk in Southern California, 89.7 Wgbh in Boston, 91.5 Wbez in Chicago, 94.9 Kuow in Seattle, 91.1 Krcb in San Francisco, 89.3 Wpfw in Washington, D.C.; and over 100 other markets nationwide. June is Gay Pride Month.
The play is about the 2010 federal court fight against Proposition 8, the gay-marriage ban that California voters approved in 2008. The play by Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black made its Broadway debut last year in similar starry fashion.
Relying largely on transcripts from court proceedings, "8" introduces viewers to the couples who challenged the California initiative, the attorneys who argued their case and witness who spoke out against them. The legal fight over Prop.
- 6/4/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Associated Press Bob Dylan performing in L.A. in January 2012.
Bob Dylan may have a better shot than ever at getting a Nobel Prize, now that President Obama has announced he will receive a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The movement has been building for the past few years. Dylan has won 11 Grammys – including a Lifetime Achievement Award (in 1991) — an Oscar and a Pulitzer Prize. France even named Dylan a Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Art et des Lettres.
To his supporters,...
Bob Dylan may have a better shot than ever at getting a Nobel Prize, now that President Obama has announced he will receive a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The movement has been building for the past few years. Dylan has won 11 Grammys – including a Lifetime Achievement Award (in 1991) — an Oscar and a Pulitzer Prize. France even named Dylan a Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Art et des Lettres.
To his supporters,...
- 4/26/2012
- by Jon Friedman
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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