Patrick J. Adams has lined up his next TV gig.
The Suits star has boarded Lockerbie, a limited series for Netflix and the BBC about the December 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over the titular Scottish town, our sister site Deadline reports.
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Rounding out the cast are Connor Swindells (Sex Education), Merritt Wever (Nurse Jackie), Peter Mullan (Ozark), Tony Curran (Your Honor), Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey...
The Suits star has boarded Lockerbie, a limited series for Netflix and the BBC about the December 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over the titular Scottish town, our sister site Deadline reports.
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Rounding out the cast are Connor Swindells (Sex Education), Merritt Wever (Nurse Jackie), Peter Mullan (Ozark), Tony Curran (Your Honor), Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey...
- 3/5/2024
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Colin Firth will star as a grieving father in Sky and Peacock’s true-life drama series Lockerbie.
The The King’s Speech and A Single Man actor has signed on to play Dr Jim Swire, a man who tragically lost his daughter when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over a small town on December 21, 1988. Swire and his wife, Pam, have doggedly pursued justice ever since.
Sky and Peacock’s limited series, a five-part Comcast co-production between Carnival Films, which is part of Universal International Studios, and Sky Studios, has also brought on Scottish playwright David Harrower as lead writer. Maryam Hamidi (Vigil) is guest writer on an episode, while Otto Bathurst is lead director. Jim Loach (Save Me) will also direct an episode.
The Lockerbie air disaster killed 259 passengers and crew, and a further 11 residents lost their life as the plane came down over the quiet Scottish town.
The The King’s Speech and A Single Man actor has signed on to play Dr Jim Swire, a man who tragically lost his daughter when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over a small town on December 21, 1988. Swire and his wife, Pam, have doggedly pursued justice ever since.
Sky and Peacock’s limited series, a five-part Comcast co-production between Carnival Films, which is part of Universal International Studios, and Sky Studios, has also brought on Scottish playwright David Harrower as lead writer. Maryam Hamidi (Vigil) is guest writer on an episode, while Otto Bathurst is lead director. Jim Loach (Save Me) will also direct an episode.
The Lockerbie air disaster killed 259 passengers and crew, and a further 11 residents lost their life as the plane came down over the quiet Scottish town.
- 1/23/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Academy Award winner Colin Firth is set to star in Lockerbie, a limited series for Peacock and Sky about the December 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over the titular Scottish town.
On Dec. 21, 1988, 259 passengers — including 35 Syracuse University students who had been studying abroad — and crew were killed when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie 38 minutes after take-off. Eleven Lockerbie residents also lost their lives, as the plane came down.
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On Dec. 21, 1988, 259 passengers — including 35 Syracuse University students who had been studying abroad — and crew were killed when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie 38 minutes after take-off. Eleven Lockerbie residents also lost their lives, as the plane came down.
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- 1/23/2024
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
On September 1, 1969, Muammar Gaddafi took the capital of Libya, ousting the monarchy and establishing what would become the Libyan Arab Republic. Over the next several years, hundreds of former government officials, as well as the Libyan royal family, were brought to court by Gaddafi's new regime, each one of them charged with treason. Gaddafi eventually established a single political party, ignored all previous local tribal rulers, and effectively became a dictator, a position he would hold until his death in 2011. In October of that year, anti-Gaddafi militants asserted control and liberated the country.
Back in 1976, however, Libya was militarily tetchy, and Gaddafi's military dictatorship was firmly ensconced. There was also a lot of resentment between Libya and its neighboring countries after Gaddafi had tried to form a multi-nation alliance called the Arab Islamic Republic. Those plans, however, fell through spectacularly, and Gaddafi was furious for years thereafter. It was said...
Back in 1976, however, Libya was militarily tetchy, and Gaddafi's military dictatorship was firmly ensconced. There was also a lot of resentment between Libya and its neighboring countries after Gaddafi had tried to form a multi-nation alliance called the Arab Islamic Republic. Those plans, however, fell through spectacularly, and Gaddafi was furious for years thereafter. It was said...
- 4/17/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Montreal-based Also Productions, the rising premium outfit behind the Series Mania title “Disobey” and the popular police drama “The Sketch Artist,” will next hit international waters with the facts-are-stranger-than-fiction geopolitical thriller “Chain Reaction.”
Based on the best-selling book from investigative journalist Vincent Larouche, the development project will untangle a multinational web that connected Quebecois businessmen to Swiss bankers to FBI agents to former Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi, telling the unbelievable true story of a corruption scandal that nearly brought down the Canadian government.
“The Sketch Artist” head writer André Gulluni will freely adapt Larouche’s page-turning exposé, which revealed the misdoings of Snc-Lavalin, a Montreal-based construction company alleged to have bribed and defrauded the Libyan government out of hundreds of millions of dollars. The ensuing (and cascading) financial scandal would soon rope in everyone from top politicos to Texas-based associates of Pablo Escobar.
“They were excellent at what they did,...
Based on the best-selling book from investigative journalist Vincent Larouche, the development project will untangle a multinational web that connected Quebecois businessmen to Swiss bankers to FBI agents to former Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi, telling the unbelievable true story of a corruption scandal that nearly brought down the Canadian government.
“The Sketch Artist” head writer André Gulluni will freely adapt Larouche’s page-turning exposé, which revealed the misdoings of Snc-Lavalin, a Montreal-based construction company alleged to have bribed and defrauded the Libyan government out of hundreds of millions of dollars. The ensuing (and cascading) financial scandal would soon rope in everyone from top politicos to Texas-based associates of Pablo Escobar.
“They were excellent at what they did,...
- 3/20/2023
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
The proprietor of the “Crazy Days and Nights” gossip blog has filed a motion to throw out a defamation suit filed in November by Diana Jenkins, a former cast member of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.”
Jenkins is seeking to reveal the true identity of the proprietor, who goes by the pseudonym Enty Lawyer. Jenkins alleges that Enty Lawyer has repeatedly defamed her with allegations that she is a high-end sex trafficker.
Enty Lawyer’s attorney, Ken White, filed a motion last week to strike the lawsuit under California’s anti-slapp statute, which protects defendants from frivolous suits intended to chill speech on topics of public interest.
The motion argues that Jenkins’ suit is unlikely to prevail in part because readers do not expect to get literal, provable facts from “Crazy Days and Nights,” which has been publishing blind items about celebrity sex scandals for the last 16 years.
“He...
Jenkins is seeking to reveal the true identity of the proprietor, who goes by the pseudonym Enty Lawyer. Jenkins alleges that Enty Lawyer has repeatedly defamed her with allegations that she is a high-end sex trafficker.
Enty Lawyer’s attorney, Ken White, filed a motion last week to strike the lawsuit under California’s anti-slapp statute, which protects defendants from frivolous suits intended to chill speech on topics of public interest.
The motion argues that Jenkins’ suit is unlikely to prevail in part because readers do not expect to get literal, provable facts from “Crazy Days and Nights,” which has been publishing blind items about celebrity sex scandals for the last 16 years.
“He...
- 1/9/2023
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Bernard Kalb, a veteran television journalist that worked at CBS and NBC News, has died. He was 100.
News of Kalb’s death was confirmed by The Washington Post which reported that he died on January 8 at his home in North Bethesda, Maryland following “complications from a fall.”
Kalb was born in New York City on February 4, 1922. His career in journalism started at The New York Times at the end of World War II and after serving in the Army. Kalb would later become a TV correspondent for CBS and NBC covering foreign affairs and based internationally.
In 1984, he was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs during the Ronald Regan presidency. He would later quit due to the “disinformation campaign” during the Reagan presidency against Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi.
Kalb would join CNN’s Reliable Sources in 1993 as the host of the talk show and would remain there until...
News of Kalb’s death was confirmed by The Washington Post which reported that he died on January 8 at his home in North Bethesda, Maryland following “complications from a fall.”
Kalb was born in New York City on February 4, 1922. His career in journalism started at The New York Times at the end of World War II and after serving in the Army. Kalb would later become a TV correspondent for CBS and NBC covering foreign affairs and based internationally.
In 1984, he was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs during the Ronald Regan presidency. He would later quit due to the “disinformation campaign” during the Reagan presidency against Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi.
Kalb would join CNN’s Reliable Sources in 1993 as the host of the talk show and would remain there until...
- 1/9/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
More than any other figure in broadcast journalism, the legendary Barbara Walters made sure her interviews qualified as TV events.
Walters, who died Dec. 30 at the age of 93, reigned as the master of the big-get sit-down with newsmakers of the moment, and in doing so she helped television news ascend to new heights of prominence and influence. Among her many skills was her dexterity in drawing insights from aging Golden Age stars such as Fred Astaire, John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn to world leaders in crisis, from Muammar Gaddafi to Anwar Sadat to Fidel Castro to Vladimir Putin.
From the mid-1970s through the early 2010s, Walters was the undisputed pace-setter in landing coveted interviews with boldface names. And by the accounts of her top competitors over the years, Walters was a fierce contender for big gets until the day she retired from ABC News in 2014. Walters’ March 4, 1999, sitdown with Monica Lewinsky,...
Walters, who died Dec. 30 at the age of 93, reigned as the master of the big-get sit-down with newsmakers of the moment, and in doing so she helped television news ascend to new heights of prominence and influence. Among her many skills was her dexterity in drawing insights from aging Golden Age stars such as Fred Astaire, John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn to world leaders in crisis, from Muammar Gaddafi to Anwar Sadat to Fidel Castro to Vladimir Putin.
From the mid-1970s through the early 2010s, Walters was the undisputed pace-setter in landing coveted interviews with boldface names. And by the accounts of her top competitors over the years, Walters was a fierce contender for big gets until the day she retired from ABC News in 2014. Walters’ March 4, 1999, sitdown with Monica Lewinsky,...
- 12/31/2022
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
After years defending the continued militarization of law enforcement agencies across the United States, Republican lawmakers appeared to have a change of heart Monday after learning the FBI executed a search at the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump. Faced with the possibility that the “good guys” aren’t necessarily on their side, prominent members of the party that made backing the blue a central tenet of its political platform began spouting rhetoric that belied their professed allegiance to the “rule of law.”
“The GOP majority must defund all...
“The GOP majority must defund all...
- 8/9/2022
- by Kat Bouza
- Rollingstone.com
The nominations are out for the International Emmys’ News and Current Affairs categories. The countries scoring noms today are The UK, Brazil, Qatar, Russia, The Netherlands and — for the first time ever — Kenya.
BBC World Service garnered the first nomination for a program from Kenya in the Current Affairs category. The BBC investigation Africa Eye: The Baby Stealers reveals the existence of a secretive but thriving illegal market for stolen babies in Kenya.
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will honor the winners alongside their American news peers during a virtual ceremony September 28.
“As the world continues to grapple with the pandemic and unrest every place, access to reliable news is more crucial than ever.” said Bruce Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “We salute the outstanding work and great courage of our nominees for reporting on difficult and sensitive matters, despite the global...
BBC World Service garnered the first nomination for a program from Kenya in the Current Affairs category. The BBC investigation Africa Eye: The Baby Stealers reveals the existence of a secretive but thriving illegal market for stolen babies in Kenya.
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will honor the winners alongside their American news peers during a virtual ceremony September 28.
“As the world continues to grapple with the pandemic and unrest every place, access to reliable news is more crucial than ever.” said Bruce Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “We salute the outstanding work and great courage of our nominees for reporting on difficult and sensitive matters, despite the global...
- 8/19/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced on Thursday the nominees for the news and current affairs categories. Brazil’s TV Globo as the only broadcaster nominated in both fields.
TV Globo is in the running for its coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazilian cities and hospitals, with the programs “Jornal Nacional: Covid-19 in Brazil” (news) and “Profissão Repórter/Fantástico: Covid-19: The Daily Routine of a Healthcare Team Inside a Public Hospital” (current affairs).
BBC World Service scored its first nom for a program from Kenya (in the current affairs category) for the BBC investigation “Africa Eye: The Baby Stealers,” which revealed the existence of a thriving illegal market for stolen babies in Kenya.
The eight nominees span six countries: Brazil, Kenya, Qatar, Russia, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
“As the world continues to grapple with the pandemic and unrest every place, access to reliable...
TV Globo is in the running for its coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazilian cities and hospitals, with the programs “Jornal Nacional: Covid-19 in Brazil” (news) and “Profissão Repórter/Fantástico: Covid-19: The Daily Routine of a Healthcare Team Inside a Public Hospital” (current affairs).
BBC World Service scored its first nom for a program from Kenya (in the current affairs category) for the BBC investigation “Africa Eye: The Baby Stealers,” which revealed the existence of a thriving illegal market for stolen babies in Kenya.
The eight nominees span six countries: Brazil, Kenya, Qatar, Russia, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
“As the world continues to grapple with the pandemic and unrest every place, access to reliable...
- 8/19/2021
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
A documentary about the Wirecard financial scandal is in the works at Sky Studios. Gabriela Sperl is developing the project with producer Sffp, it will be directed by Benji and Jono Bergmann of Babka, who will also co-produce. The doc will chart the rise and fall of Wirecard, a financial payments firm once seen as the poster child for German tech innovation before it suddenly collapsed after the discovering of a €1.9Bn accounting black hole. Today, Wirecard’s CEO Markus Braun remains in custody with COO Jan Marsalek on the run, following the issuance of an international arrest warrant. In addition to the documentary, Sperl is also developing a fictional mini-series on the same topic for Sky Studios.
BBC Four has commissioned Brook Lapping, part of Zinc Media Group, to make a feature-length investigative documentary examining what became of the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s huge wealth in the aftermath of the Arab Spring.
BBC Four has commissioned Brook Lapping, part of Zinc Media Group, to make a feature-length investigative documentary examining what became of the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s huge wealth in the aftermath of the Arab Spring.
- 9/14/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
“Forget about the world outside. It does not count anymore.”
The Syrian uprising originally started as a peaceful movement, a part of the Arabian Spring movement which had already led to uprisings and revolutions in Egypt and Libya, which the Assad regime, fearful of the consequences it had observed in the neighboring states, met with unparalleled force. In an interview published at the beginning of 2017, Julie Lenarz, director of the Human Security Centre, explains how unreliable the influx of information regarding for example the exact death toll within Syria’s civilian population is. Inaction, she continues, or hypocrisy, which constitute the world’s reaction to the conflict thus far, have only led to the situation becoming unbearable for many leading to an unknown number of deaths and injured, people without medical care or access to food and water as well as the large number of refugees fleeing their country since...
The Syrian uprising originally started as a peaceful movement, a part of the Arabian Spring movement which had already led to uprisings and revolutions in Egypt and Libya, which the Assad regime, fearful of the consequences it had observed in the neighboring states, met with unparalleled force. In an interview published at the beginning of 2017, Julie Lenarz, director of the Human Security Centre, explains how unreliable the influx of information regarding for example the exact death toll within Syria’s civilian population is. Inaction, she continues, or hypocrisy, which constitute the world’s reaction to the conflict thus far, have only led to the situation becoming unbearable for many leading to an unknown number of deaths and injured, people without medical care or access to food and water as well as the large number of refugees fleeing their country since...
- 11/3/2019
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Slate also features directorial duo Gustave Kervern and Benoit Delépine’s comedy drama Delete History.
Wild Bunch has boarded sales on Just Philippot’s fantasy drama The Swarm about a woman who develops an obsessional bond with grasshoppers she is breeding as a high-protein crop.
The film, produced by Capricci and Manuel Chiche’s The Jokers Films, is a first feature for Philippot.
The emerging French director participated in Sundance’s international shorts competition earlier this year with his Canal+ acquired short film Acide, about a disturbing acidic cloud which passes over a country spreading panic.
In The Swarm, Suliane Brahim...
Wild Bunch has boarded sales on Just Philippot’s fantasy drama The Swarm about a woman who develops an obsessional bond with grasshoppers she is breeding as a high-protein crop.
The film, produced by Capricci and Manuel Chiche’s The Jokers Films, is a first feature for Philippot.
The emerging French director participated in Sundance’s international shorts competition earlier this year with his Canal+ acquired short film Acide, about a disturbing acidic cloud which passes over a country spreading panic.
In The Swarm, Suliane Brahim...
- 10/30/2019
- by 1100380¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Director of Pm’s favourite film scene denounces ‘foolish’ rush towards no-deal Brexit
Westminster trembled in July when Boris Johnson told the Daily Mail his favourite movie scene was “the multiple retribution killings at the end of The Godfather”. But now the film’s director, Francis Ford Coppola, has taken his revenge on the prime minister, ruthlessly denouncing his “foolish” rush towards a potentially catastrophic no-deal Brexit.
Coppola pointed out that Johnson’s love of his 1972 mafia film put him in the company of some of “modern history’s most brutal figures”, including Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi.
Westminster trembled in July when Boris Johnson told the Daily Mail his favourite movie scene was “the multiple retribution killings at the end of The Godfather”. But now the film’s director, Francis Ford Coppola, has taken his revenge on the prime minister, ruthlessly denouncing his “foolish” rush towards a potentially catastrophic no-deal Brexit.
Coppola pointed out that Johnson’s love of his 1972 mafia film put him in the company of some of “modern history’s most brutal figures”, including Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi.
- 9/13/2019
- by Damien Gayle
- The Guardian - Film News
’I liked her. That’s why I wanted to make a film about her,” said the director.
Us director Lauren Greenfield is in Venice for the world premiere of her feature documentary, The Kingmaker, about the corruption and nepotism of the Marcos dynasty of the Philippines. The film was picked up by Dogwoof for international sales earlier this month. Showtime Networks will release it theatrically in the Us in October.
Greenfield admits her “astonishment” her 90-year-old subject, former first lady Imelda Marcos, was able to re-enter mainstream Philippine politics following countless corruption scandals and in spite of having had to...
Us director Lauren Greenfield is in Venice for the world premiere of her feature documentary, The Kingmaker, about the corruption and nepotism of the Marcos dynasty of the Philippines. The film was picked up by Dogwoof for international sales earlier this month. Showtime Networks will release it theatrically in the Us in October.
Greenfield admits her “astonishment” her 90-year-old subject, former first lady Imelda Marcos, was able to re-enter mainstream Philippine politics following countless corruption scandals and in spite of having had to...
- 8/31/2019
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Slate also includes four new festival title acquisitions and five previously announced Palme d’Or contenders.
Wild Bunch will launch sales on eight new titles at Cannes this year including Sylvie Verheyde’s Madame Claude about an infamous French brothel owner and Lou Ye’s upcoming black and white thriller Saturday Fiction.
The slate also features two recent acquisitions out of the Official Selection as well as two new Cannes Critics’ Week films alongside the five previously announced Palme d’Or contenders.
Verheyde’s Madame Claude stars Karole Rocher as the real-life, late Paris brothel owner whose clients allegedly included John F.
Wild Bunch will launch sales on eight new titles at Cannes this year including Sylvie Verheyde’s Madame Claude about an infamous French brothel owner and Lou Ye’s upcoming black and white thriller Saturday Fiction.
The slate also features two recent acquisitions out of the Official Selection as well as two new Cannes Critics’ Week films alongside the five previously announced Palme d’Or contenders.
Verheyde’s Madame Claude stars Karole Rocher as the real-life, late Paris brothel owner whose clients allegedly included John F.
- 5/9/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Slate also includes four new festival title acquisitions and five previously announced Palme d’Or contenders.
Wild Bunch will launch sales on eight new titles at Cannes this year including Sylvie Verheyde’s Madame Claude about an infamous French brothel owner and Lou Ye’s upcoming black and white thriller Saturday Fiction.
The slate also features two recent acquisitions out of the Official Selection as well as two new Cannes Critics’ Week films alongside the five previously announced Palme d’Or contenders.
Verheyde’s Madame Claude stars Karole Rocher as the real-life, late Paris brothel owner whose clients allegedly included John F.
Wild Bunch will launch sales on eight new titles at Cannes this year including Sylvie Verheyde’s Madame Claude about an infamous French brothel owner and Lou Ye’s upcoming black and white thriller Saturday Fiction.
The slate also features two recent acquisitions out of the Official Selection as well as two new Cannes Critics’ Week films alongside the five previously announced Palme d’Or contenders.
Verheyde’s Madame Claude stars Karole Rocher as the real-life, late Paris brothel owner whose clients allegedly included John F.
- 5/9/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
He's rich, handsome, went to school at Eton and will soon be related to Princess Kate. But that's just about where the comparisons end between Prince William and Pippa Middleton's future brother-in-law, Spencer Matthews. A former star of the popular U.K. Channel 4 reality show Made In Chelsea and the British version of The Bachelor, the 28-year-old Matthews - younger brother of Middleton's hedge-fund manager fiancé James Matthews - is notorious for his hard-living, womanizing ways, once telling a girlfriend on the show, "It's hard to respect you when you allow me to cheat on you." Since he...
- 7/21/2016
- by Philip Boucher, @philipboucher
- PEOPLE.com
The Doha Film Institute has announced the recipients of the Fall 2015 session of its grants program following the Dubai International Film Festival, where 15 of the Institute’s previous grantees, 4 of which are world premieres, were showcased. Thirty projects from 19 countries – comprising 16 feature-length narrative films, 10 feature documentaries and 4 short films – will receive funding for development, production or post-production.
The Fall session marks the 11th session of the grants program, which is dedicated to supporting new cinematic talent, with a focus on first- and second-time filmmakers.
Twenty-four of the projects are from the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region, while 6 are from the rest of the world. For the first time, filmmakers from Chile, Peru and Spain will receive funding from the program.
Stories of displacement, physical or spiritual journeys, tales of family life, the power of nature and the importance of protecting the environment are highlighted in the selections this Fall.
Four projects from Qatar-based filmmakers were awarded grants – Hafiz Ali Abdullah’s "The Search for the Star Pearl," about a young pearl diver from Doha who discovers a map to the most valuable gem on Earth, and sets sail with three teenage friends in search of it; Hamida Al Kawari’s "To the Ends of the Earth" – the first Qatari feature documentary to receive a grant from the Institute – which follows a Qatari woman on an environmental expedition to Antarctica in search of hope; A.J. Al Thani’s "Kashta," a family drama about a father who takes his sons out into the desert to teach them about hunting and survival; and Hend Fakhroo’s "The Waiting Room," about an Arab and a Western family who find themselves sharing a hospital room.
Among the 30 projects selected for funding, 5 are from Morocco – Fyzal Boulifa’s "Pagan Magic," the story of a poor youngster working as a maid for a middle-class family; second-time grantee Uda Benyamina’s "Bastard," about a 15-year-old girl who lives with her mother in a rough Parisian suburb; Yakout Elhababi’s "Behind the Doors," which looks at family life and childhood set high in the Rif mountains of Morocco; Hind Bensari’s "Weight Throwers," a documentary look at the struggles of two young athletes as they train for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro; and "Behind The Wall," by Karima Zoubir, a short film set in a Casablanca slum.
Also featuring strongly are three animation projects – established filmmaker Haifaa Al Mansour’s "Miss Camel," the story of a teenage Saudi camel who challenges the deep-rooted restrictions of her culture by travelling across the kingdom to compete in the Miss Camel beauty pageant in Doha; Mortada Gzar’s "Language," about a blind man on the streets of Baghdad who wakes up as a giant and reads the devastation of the city by touch; and Hafiz Ali Abdullah’s "The Search for the Star Pearl."
As in several previous sessions of the grants program, powerful projects from Argentina have also secured funding. Milagros Mumenthaler’s Swiss/Argentinian film "The Idea of a Lake" is about a photographer who undergoes a personal exploration of her past and the absence of her father while creating a book of her work, while Maximiliano Schonfeld’s "The Black Frost" is a drama set on a plantation where a pernicious black frost threatens to devastate the countryside until a mysterious woman arrives.
Continuing the environmental theme, Heidi Brandenburg and Mathew Orzel’s "When Two Worlds Collide" is the story of an indigenous Peruvian man and his people, and of the fate of one of our planet’s most valuable natural resources – the Amazon rainforest. The film, which has its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January, is the first-ever Peruvian recipient of a grant from the Institute.
Fatma Al Remaihi, CEO of the Doha Film Institute, said: “Our Fall grantees cover a broad range of subjects and represent some powerful new voices in cinema, especially from Qatar and North Africa with several projects supported from Morocco and Algeria.”
“Animated films are very popular in our region so it is very encouraging to see an acclaimed filmmaker like Haifaa Al Mansour turn her skills to this important genre; we support two other animated projects in this grants cycle as well.”
“Our grantees represent the core of the Doha Film Institute’s mandate to support emerging filmmakers and contribute to the development of the regional film industry. We have supported more than 255 films since the inception of the grants program and we continue to seek out projects with a strong directorial vision that are challenging, creative and thought-provoking. Our new round of grantees is no exception and I am delighted to welcome this outstanding crop of projects to our growing community of grantee alumni.”
Submissions for the next funding round open January 6 and close January 19, 2016. Funding is available to projects by filmmakers from around the world, with an emphasis on support for filmmakers from the Mena region. Certain categories of funding reserved for Mena and Qatari filmmakers.
The fund is primarily for first and second-time filmmakers. Post-production funding is available to established filmmakers from the Mena region.
For more information about eligibility and submissions, please visit
http://www.dohafilminstitute.com/financing/grants/guidelines
A full directory of past grant recipients is available to view at
http://www.dohafilminstitute.com/financing/projects/grants
The Doha Film Institute Grants Program funding recipients for the Fall 2015 session are:
Feature Narrative / Development
"Death Street" by Mohanad Hayal (Iraq)
Tariq, the sniper of Haifa Street in Baghdad, kills Ahmed on his wedding day. While Tariq prevents anyone from approaching the corpse in the street, an intimate and telling drama unfolds.
"Miss Camel" by Haifaa Al Mansour (Saudia Arabia)
A teenage Saudi camel challenges the deep-rooted restrictions of her culture by traveling across the kingdom to compete in the Miss Camel beauty pageant in Doha.
"Pagan Magic" by Fyzal Boulifa (Morocco, France)
A young, poor and uneducated girl works as a maid for a middle-class family in contemporary Morocco. Her use of pagan rites to confront her entrapment and make sense of her world ultimately corrupt her.
"The Search for the Star Pearl" by Hafiz Ali Abdullah (Qatar)
Ali, a 17-year-old pearl diver from Doha, discovers a map to the Star Pearl of Abu Derya, the most valuable gem on Earth, and sets sail with three teenaged friends in search of the pearl. Along the way, they face mythological beasts that challenge their skills and friendship.
Feature Narrative / Production
"Cactus Flower" by Hala Elkoussy (Egypt)
A flood leaves three Cairenes homeless. As they journey across the city in search of shelter, they depend upon one another to survive and keep their dreams alive.
"Poisonous Roses" by Fawzi Saleh (Egypt)
The world has left nothing to Taheya apart from her brother Saqr. When he disappears, Taheya pursues him in desperation.
"The Return" by Meyar Al-Roumi (Syria, France)
A love story blossoms between Taysir and Lina, exiles from Syria, while they drive across their homeland to bury Taysir’s brother, a victim of the armed conflict.
"Till the Swallows Return" by Karim Moussaoui (Algeria, France)
This is the story of three characters who are a product of the conflicted Algeria of the 2000s. Their ideals shattered and their moral strength drained, each now faces a difficult life choice.
Feature Narrative / Post-production
"Bastard" by Uda Benyamina (Morocco, France)
Fifteen-year-old Dounia lives with her mother in a rough Parisian suburb, where she has been saddled with the nickname “bastard”.
"The Black Frost" by Maximiliano Schonfeld (Argentina)
Soon after a mysterious woman arrives on a plantation, a pernicious black frost ceases to devastate the countryside. Hope emerges. Might she might be a saviour?
"Blue Bicycle" by Ümit Köreken (Turkey)
Young Ali saves up all the money he can working at a tyre repair shop to buy a coveted blue bicycle. Meanwhile, at school, his love for his schoolmate Elif leads him to defend her dismissal as school president. A story of childish love, dreams and resistance.
"The Dark Wind" by Hussein Hassan (Iraq)
Radical Islamists attack a village in Iraq where two young Yazidis are preparing for their marriage. At that moment, their lives become a nightmare.
"The Idea of a Lake" (note: previously titled Air Pocket) by Milagros Mumenthaler (Switzerland, Argentina)
Inés, a photographer, is creating a book of her work. Gradually, the process becomes a personal exploration of her past and the absence of her father, who was disappeared during the military dictatorship in Argentina.
"The Mimosas" by Oliver Laxe (Spain, Morocco, France)
In the Atlas Mountains in the past, a caravan searches for the path to take a Sufi master home to die. Among the party is Ahmed, a rascal who eventually becomes inspired to lead the caravan to its destination. Along the way, he is assisted by Shakib, a man sent from contemporary Morocco to guide Ahmed on his journey.
"Rey" (King) by Niles Atallah (Chile)
In 1860, a French lawyer dreamed of becoming the King of Patagonia – and he did just that. Or so it seemed.
"Suspension" by Ala Eddine Slim (Tunisia)
N is a candidate for an illegal crossing of the Mediterranean from Tunisia. A supernatural voyage, during which N will confront Nature and himself, begins.
Feature Documentary / Development
"Agnus Dei" by Karim Sayad (Algeria, Switzerland)
In Algeria, Ali and his sheep, bought for slaughter on Eid Al-Adha, are getting ready for the fight. Once the bets are in, the referee invites the owners into the ring…
"Behind the Doors" by Yakout Elhababi (Morocco)
High in the Rif mountains of Morocco, the people survive by growing kif. Beneath the shadow of the ambiguous legality of the crop, ‘Behind the Doors’ tells the story of a family through its children and their mirroring games.
"The Great Family" by Eliane Raheb (Lebanon)
In 1976, at the age of four, Marlene was put up for adoption in Lebanon and raised in France. In delving into her past, she discovers she is a survivor of the massacre at the Tal Al-Zaatar Palestinian refugee camp, and a family of survivors grows around her.
Feature Documentary / Production
"The Colonel’s Stray Dogs" by Khalid Shamis (Libya, South Africa)
While director Khalid Shamis watched television in his suburban London home, his father was plotting the overthrow of Muammar Gadaffi in his study. When the regime fell, Shamis sought answers about Libya under Gadaffi and his father’s role in its failed liberation.
"Ibrahim" by Lina Alabed (Jordan)
‘Ibrahim’ uncovers the long journey of the director’s father as a young man, when he was a secret member of Abu Nidal, a militant Palestinian revolutionary organisation.
"Searching for Janitou" by Mohamed El Amine hattou (Algeria)
A journey to unravel love in past and contemporary Algeria by exploring the unique phenomenon of a Bollywood film that swept the country in the 1980s.
"To the Ends of the Earth" by Hamida Al Kawari ( Qatar)
A Qatari woman travels on an environmental expedition to Antarctica in search of hope, before returning to the Gulf and finding unity and inspiration for positive change.
"Weight Throwers" by Hind Bensari (Morocco)
‘Weight Thowers’ follows the struggles of Azzedine and Youssef, disabled members of Morocco’s unemployed and disillusioned young generation, as they struggle to train for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Feature Documentary / Post-production
"Tadmor" by Lokman Slim, Monika Borgmann (Lebanon)
A group of Lebanese men re-enact the ordeals they experienced as detainees in Syria’s notorious Tadmor prison. An ode to the human will to survive.
"When Two Worlds Collide" by Heidi Brandenburg, Mathew Orzel (Peru)
A story of a man and a people, and of the fate of one of our planet’s most valuable natural resources – the Amazon rainforest.
Short Narrative / Production
"Behind the Wall" by Karima Zoubir (Morocco)
Nadia, a little girl, lives in a Casablanca slum that is surrounded by a wall. One day, the municipality begins to paint the wall – but why this sudden interest?
"Kashta" by A.J. Al Thani (Qatar)
A father takes his two sons out to the desert to learn about hunting and survival, but the results are not quite what he was expecting.
"Language" by Mortada Gzar (Iraq)
An old blind man walks throught the streets of Baghdad, then falls asleep while reading a book in Braille. When he wakes up, he finds he has become a giant and reads the devastation of the city by touch.
"The Waiting Room" by Hind Fakhroo (Qatar)
An Arab family and a Western family find themselves sharing a hospital room; the only thing that separates them is a curtain.
The Fall session marks the 11th session of the grants program, which is dedicated to supporting new cinematic talent, with a focus on first- and second-time filmmakers.
Twenty-four of the projects are from the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region, while 6 are from the rest of the world. For the first time, filmmakers from Chile, Peru and Spain will receive funding from the program.
Stories of displacement, physical or spiritual journeys, tales of family life, the power of nature and the importance of protecting the environment are highlighted in the selections this Fall.
Four projects from Qatar-based filmmakers were awarded grants – Hafiz Ali Abdullah’s "The Search for the Star Pearl," about a young pearl diver from Doha who discovers a map to the most valuable gem on Earth, and sets sail with three teenage friends in search of it; Hamida Al Kawari’s "To the Ends of the Earth" – the first Qatari feature documentary to receive a grant from the Institute – which follows a Qatari woman on an environmental expedition to Antarctica in search of hope; A.J. Al Thani’s "Kashta," a family drama about a father who takes his sons out into the desert to teach them about hunting and survival; and Hend Fakhroo’s "The Waiting Room," about an Arab and a Western family who find themselves sharing a hospital room.
Among the 30 projects selected for funding, 5 are from Morocco – Fyzal Boulifa’s "Pagan Magic," the story of a poor youngster working as a maid for a middle-class family; second-time grantee Uda Benyamina’s "Bastard," about a 15-year-old girl who lives with her mother in a rough Parisian suburb; Yakout Elhababi’s "Behind the Doors," which looks at family life and childhood set high in the Rif mountains of Morocco; Hind Bensari’s "Weight Throwers," a documentary look at the struggles of two young athletes as they train for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro; and "Behind The Wall," by Karima Zoubir, a short film set in a Casablanca slum.
Also featuring strongly are three animation projects – established filmmaker Haifaa Al Mansour’s "Miss Camel," the story of a teenage Saudi camel who challenges the deep-rooted restrictions of her culture by travelling across the kingdom to compete in the Miss Camel beauty pageant in Doha; Mortada Gzar’s "Language," about a blind man on the streets of Baghdad who wakes up as a giant and reads the devastation of the city by touch; and Hafiz Ali Abdullah’s "The Search for the Star Pearl."
As in several previous sessions of the grants program, powerful projects from Argentina have also secured funding. Milagros Mumenthaler’s Swiss/Argentinian film "The Idea of a Lake" is about a photographer who undergoes a personal exploration of her past and the absence of her father while creating a book of her work, while Maximiliano Schonfeld’s "The Black Frost" is a drama set on a plantation where a pernicious black frost threatens to devastate the countryside until a mysterious woman arrives.
Continuing the environmental theme, Heidi Brandenburg and Mathew Orzel’s "When Two Worlds Collide" is the story of an indigenous Peruvian man and his people, and of the fate of one of our planet’s most valuable natural resources – the Amazon rainforest. The film, which has its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January, is the first-ever Peruvian recipient of a grant from the Institute.
Fatma Al Remaihi, CEO of the Doha Film Institute, said: “Our Fall grantees cover a broad range of subjects and represent some powerful new voices in cinema, especially from Qatar and North Africa with several projects supported from Morocco and Algeria.”
“Animated films are very popular in our region so it is very encouraging to see an acclaimed filmmaker like Haifaa Al Mansour turn her skills to this important genre; we support two other animated projects in this grants cycle as well.”
“Our grantees represent the core of the Doha Film Institute’s mandate to support emerging filmmakers and contribute to the development of the regional film industry. We have supported more than 255 films since the inception of the grants program and we continue to seek out projects with a strong directorial vision that are challenging, creative and thought-provoking. Our new round of grantees is no exception and I am delighted to welcome this outstanding crop of projects to our growing community of grantee alumni.”
Submissions for the next funding round open January 6 and close January 19, 2016. Funding is available to projects by filmmakers from around the world, with an emphasis on support for filmmakers from the Mena region. Certain categories of funding reserved for Mena and Qatari filmmakers.
The fund is primarily for first and second-time filmmakers. Post-production funding is available to established filmmakers from the Mena region.
For more information about eligibility and submissions, please visit
http://www.dohafilminstitute.com/financing/grants/guidelines
A full directory of past grant recipients is available to view at
http://www.dohafilminstitute.com/financing/projects/grants
The Doha Film Institute Grants Program funding recipients for the Fall 2015 session are:
Feature Narrative / Development
"Death Street" by Mohanad Hayal (Iraq)
Tariq, the sniper of Haifa Street in Baghdad, kills Ahmed on his wedding day. While Tariq prevents anyone from approaching the corpse in the street, an intimate and telling drama unfolds.
"Miss Camel" by Haifaa Al Mansour (Saudia Arabia)
A teenage Saudi camel challenges the deep-rooted restrictions of her culture by traveling across the kingdom to compete in the Miss Camel beauty pageant in Doha.
"Pagan Magic" by Fyzal Boulifa (Morocco, France)
A young, poor and uneducated girl works as a maid for a middle-class family in contemporary Morocco. Her use of pagan rites to confront her entrapment and make sense of her world ultimately corrupt her.
"The Search for the Star Pearl" by Hafiz Ali Abdullah (Qatar)
Ali, a 17-year-old pearl diver from Doha, discovers a map to the Star Pearl of Abu Derya, the most valuable gem on Earth, and sets sail with three teenaged friends in search of the pearl. Along the way, they face mythological beasts that challenge their skills and friendship.
Feature Narrative / Production
"Cactus Flower" by Hala Elkoussy (Egypt)
A flood leaves three Cairenes homeless. As they journey across the city in search of shelter, they depend upon one another to survive and keep their dreams alive.
"Poisonous Roses" by Fawzi Saleh (Egypt)
The world has left nothing to Taheya apart from her brother Saqr. When he disappears, Taheya pursues him in desperation.
"The Return" by Meyar Al-Roumi (Syria, France)
A love story blossoms between Taysir and Lina, exiles from Syria, while they drive across their homeland to bury Taysir’s brother, a victim of the armed conflict.
"Till the Swallows Return" by Karim Moussaoui (Algeria, France)
This is the story of three characters who are a product of the conflicted Algeria of the 2000s. Their ideals shattered and their moral strength drained, each now faces a difficult life choice.
Feature Narrative / Post-production
"Bastard" by Uda Benyamina (Morocco, France)
Fifteen-year-old Dounia lives with her mother in a rough Parisian suburb, where she has been saddled with the nickname “bastard”.
"The Black Frost" by Maximiliano Schonfeld (Argentina)
Soon after a mysterious woman arrives on a plantation, a pernicious black frost ceases to devastate the countryside. Hope emerges. Might she might be a saviour?
"Blue Bicycle" by Ümit Köreken (Turkey)
Young Ali saves up all the money he can working at a tyre repair shop to buy a coveted blue bicycle. Meanwhile, at school, his love for his schoolmate Elif leads him to defend her dismissal as school president. A story of childish love, dreams and resistance.
"The Dark Wind" by Hussein Hassan (Iraq)
Radical Islamists attack a village in Iraq where two young Yazidis are preparing for their marriage. At that moment, their lives become a nightmare.
"The Idea of a Lake" (note: previously titled Air Pocket) by Milagros Mumenthaler (Switzerland, Argentina)
Inés, a photographer, is creating a book of her work. Gradually, the process becomes a personal exploration of her past and the absence of her father, who was disappeared during the military dictatorship in Argentina.
"The Mimosas" by Oliver Laxe (Spain, Morocco, France)
In the Atlas Mountains in the past, a caravan searches for the path to take a Sufi master home to die. Among the party is Ahmed, a rascal who eventually becomes inspired to lead the caravan to its destination. Along the way, he is assisted by Shakib, a man sent from contemporary Morocco to guide Ahmed on his journey.
"Rey" (King) by Niles Atallah (Chile)
In 1860, a French lawyer dreamed of becoming the King of Patagonia – and he did just that. Or so it seemed.
"Suspension" by Ala Eddine Slim (Tunisia)
N is a candidate for an illegal crossing of the Mediterranean from Tunisia. A supernatural voyage, during which N will confront Nature and himself, begins.
Feature Documentary / Development
"Agnus Dei" by Karim Sayad (Algeria, Switzerland)
In Algeria, Ali and his sheep, bought for slaughter on Eid Al-Adha, are getting ready for the fight. Once the bets are in, the referee invites the owners into the ring…
"Behind the Doors" by Yakout Elhababi (Morocco)
High in the Rif mountains of Morocco, the people survive by growing kif. Beneath the shadow of the ambiguous legality of the crop, ‘Behind the Doors’ tells the story of a family through its children and their mirroring games.
"The Great Family" by Eliane Raheb (Lebanon)
In 1976, at the age of four, Marlene was put up for adoption in Lebanon and raised in France. In delving into her past, she discovers she is a survivor of the massacre at the Tal Al-Zaatar Palestinian refugee camp, and a family of survivors grows around her.
Feature Documentary / Production
"The Colonel’s Stray Dogs" by Khalid Shamis (Libya, South Africa)
While director Khalid Shamis watched television in his suburban London home, his father was plotting the overthrow of Muammar Gadaffi in his study. When the regime fell, Shamis sought answers about Libya under Gadaffi and his father’s role in its failed liberation.
"Ibrahim" by Lina Alabed (Jordan)
‘Ibrahim’ uncovers the long journey of the director’s father as a young man, when he was a secret member of Abu Nidal, a militant Palestinian revolutionary organisation.
"Searching for Janitou" by Mohamed El Amine hattou (Algeria)
A journey to unravel love in past and contemporary Algeria by exploring the unique phenomenon of a Bollywood film that swept the country in the 1980s.
"To the Ends of the Earth" by Hamida Al Kawari ( Qatar)
A Qatari woman travels on an environmental expedition to Antarctica in search of hope, before returning to the Gulf and finding unity and inspiration for positive change.
"Weight Throwers" by Hind Bensari (Morocco)
‘Weight Thowers’ follows the struggles of Azzedine and Youssef, disabled members of Morocco’s unemployed and disillusioned young generation, as they struggle to train for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Feature Documentary / Post-production
"Tadmor" by Lokman Slim, Monika Borgmann (Lebanon)
A group of Lebanese men re-enact the ordeals they experienced as detainees in Syria’s notorious Tadmor prison. An ode to the human will to survive.
"When Two Worlds Collide" by Heidi Brandenburg, Mathew Orzel (Peru)
A story of a man and a people, and of the fate of one of our planet’s most valuable natural resources – the Amazon rainforest.
Short Narrative / Production
"Behind the Wall" by Karima Zoubir (Morocco)
Nadia, a little girl, lives in a Casablanca slum that is surrounded by a wall. One day, the municipality begins to paint the wall – but why this sudden interest?
"Kashta" by A.J. Al Thani (Qatar)
A father takes his two sons out to the desert to learn about hunting and survival, but the results are not quite what he was expecting.
"Language" by Mortada Gzar (Iraq)
An old blind man walks throught the streets of Baghdad, then falls asleep while reading a book in Braille. When he wakes up, he finds he has become a giant and reads the devastation of the city by touch.
"The Waiting Room" by Hind Fakhroo (Qatar)
An Arab family and a Western family find themselves sharing a hospital room; the only thing that separates them is a curtain.
- 1/5/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Wadjda director among 30 awarded grants in the Doha Film Institute’s latest round of funding.Scroll down for the full list of projects
Haifaa Al Mansour, the director of 2012 Bafta-nominated Wadjda, has received a grant for her first animated feature project Miss Camel (in development) as part of the Doha Film Institute’s Fall 2015 round of funding.
The film will follow a teenage camel in Saudi Arabia which travels across the country to compete in a beauty pageant.
In total, 30 projects have received grants, including 16 feature films, three of which are animations, and 10 documentaries.
Of the projects selected, 24 are from the Mena region, while for the first time filmmakers from Chile, Peru and Spain will all receive funding.
Fatma Al Remaihi, CEO of the Doha Film Institute, said: “Animated films are very popular in our region so it is very encouraging to see an acclaimed filmmaker like Haifaa Al Mansour turn her skills to this important genre; we...
Haifaa Al Mansour, the director of 2012 Bafta-nominated Wadjda, has received a grant for her first animated feature project Miss Camel (in development) as part of the Doha Film Institute’s Fall 2015 round of funding.
The film will follow a teenage camel in Saudi Arabia which travels across the country to compete in a beauty pageant.
In total, 30 projects have received grants, including 16 feature films, three of which are animations, and 10 documentaries.
Of the projects selected, 24 are from the Mena region, while for the first time filmmakers from Chile, Peru and Spain will all receive funding.
Fatma Al Remaihi, CEO of the Doha Film Institute, said: “Animated films are very popular in our region so it is very encouraging to see an acclaimed filmmaker like Haifaa Al Mansour turn her skills to this important genre; we...
- 12/21/2015
- ScreenDaily
New York, December 20: Mariah Carey is currently under fire for charging a staggering 1 million dollars for performing for the Angola dictator Jose Eduardo dos Santos and his family.
Carey performed twice in the country, which included a live public show at Luanda's Coqueiros Stadium, and a fundraiser gala for the Angola Red Cross attended by Santos and his wife, the New York Post reported.
Human Rights Foundation has slammed the 'Music Box' hitmaker's performance and said that Carey can't seem to get enough dictator cash, as she had earlier performed for Muammar al-Gaddafi.
The president of the Human Rights Foundation.
Carey performed twice in the country, which included a live public show at Luanda's Coqueiros Stadium, and a fundraiser gala for the Angola Red Cross attended by Santos and his wife, the New York Post reported.
Human Rights Foundation has slammed the 'Music Box' hitmaker's performance and said that Carey can't seem to get enough dictator cash, as she had earlier performed for Muammar al-Gaddafi.
The president of the Human Rights Foundation.
- 12/20/2013
- by Lohit Reddy
- RealBollywood.com
He may be the 'villain' who encourages ex-girlfriends to "cry [their] f**king eyes out" on E4's hit show Made in Chelsea, but Spencer Matthews is looking to set the record straight in his revealing new autobiography Confessions of a Chelsea Boy - out today (Thursday, September 26).
In the book, Spenny not only gives MiC fans the inside scoop on the series, but also delves into his globe-trotting boyhood, the romances you didn't see on television, his time spent gambling with Hollywood's finest and the night he was forced to go on the run from a terrorist's terrifying goons...
As a little teaser, here are 10 of the best and funniest quotes from Confessions of a Chelsea Boy - and trust us, much more gold is lurking within the book's pages...
> Spencer Matthews got "over-familiar" with man during teen 'sixsome'
> Spencer Matthews was victim of attempted sexual assault
"She made it...
In the book, Spenny not only gives MiC fans the inside scoop on the series, but also delves into his globe-trotting boyhood, the romances you didn't see on television, his time spent gambling with Hollywood's finest and the night he was forced to go on the run from a terrorist's terrifying goons...
As a little teaser, here are 10 of the best and funniest quotes from Confessions of a Chelsea Boy - and trust us, much more gold is lurking within the book's pages...
> Spencer Matthews got "over-familiar" with man during teen 'sixsome'
> Spencer Matthews was victim of attempted sexual assault
"She made it...
- 9/26/2013
- Digital Spy
He may be the 'villain' who encourages ex-girlfriends to "cry [their] f**king eyes out" on E4's hit show Made in Chelsea, but Spencer Matthews is looking to set the record straight in his revealing new autobiography Confessions of a Chelsea Boy - out today (Thursday, September 26).
In the book, Spenny not only gives MiC fans the inside scoop on the series, but also delves into his globe-trotting boyhood, the romances you didn't see on television, his time spent gambling with Hollywood's finest and the night he was forced to go on the run from a terrorist's terrifying goons...
As a little teaser, here are 10 of the best and funniest quotes from Confessions of a Chelsea Boy - and trust us, much more gold is lurking within the book's pages...
> Spencer Matthews got "over-familiar" with man during teen 'sixsome'
> Spencer Matthews was victim of attempted sexual assault
"She made it...
In the book, Spenny not only gives MiC fans the inside scoop on the series, but also delves into his globe-trotting boyhood, the romances you didn't see on television, his time spent gambling with Hollywood's finest and the night he was forced to go on the run from a terrorist's terrifying goons...
As a little teaser, here are 10 of the best and funniest quotes from Confessions of a Chelsea Boy - and trust us, much more gold is lurking within the book's pages...
> Spencer Matthews got "over-familiar" with man during teen 'sixsome'
> Spencer Matthews was victim of attempted sexual assault
"She made it...
- 9/26/2013
- Digital Spy
Syndrome E
Mark Heyman ("Black Swan") has been hired to adapt Franck Thilliez's international bestseller novel "Syndrome E" for Paramount and Indian Paintbrush.
The novel follows a beleaguered detective whose friend comes down with a case of spontaneous blindness after watching an extremely rare film from the 1950s - a film that those who come in contact with end up dead. [Source: Deadline]
Influence
John Brancato and Michael Ferris ("The Game," "Terminator 3") are set to pen the thriller "Influence" which is based on Dr. William Chasey’s book "Truth Never Dies."
The story details how a high-powered Washington lobbyist who took a job representing Muammar al-Gaddafi’s Libya in the wake of the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am 103. He soon saw his life systematically dismantled by the U.S. government. [Source: Deadline]
Killshot
Paige Cameron has been set to develop and co-write the script for the thriller "Killshot" at Smokewood Entertainment.
The story...
Mark Heyman ("Black Swan") has been hired to adapt Franck Thilliez's international bestseller novel "Syndrome E" for Paramount and Indian Paintbrush.
The novel follows a beleaguered detective whose friend comes down with a case of spontaneous blindness after watching an extremely rare film from the 1950s - a film that those who come in contact with end up dead. [Source: Deadline]
Influence
John Brancato and Michael Ferris ("The Game," "Terminator 3") are set to pen the thriller "Influence" which is based on Dr. William Chasey’s book "Truth Never Dies."
The story details how a high-powered Washington lobbyist who took a job representing Muammar al-Gaddafi’s Libya in the wake of the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am 103. He soon saw his life systematically dismantled by the U.S. government. [Source: Deadline]
Killshot
Paige Cameron has been set to develop and co-write the script for the thriller "Killshot" at Smokewood Entertainment.
The story...
- 2/5/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: John Brancato and Michael Ferris, who’ve scripted The Game and Terminator 3, have been set to write Influence, a thriller that incorporates a true story and terrorism and the dynamics of geopolitical power. Based on Dr. William Chasey’s book, Truth Never Dies, the story details how Chasey, a high-powered Washington lobbyist, took a job representing Muammar al-Gaddafi’s Libya in the wake of the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am 103, only to see his life systematically dismantled by the U.S. government. In his quest to understand why, Chasey discovered a CIA-led conspiracy to conceal the truth behind one of the worst terrorist acts in history. Mad Chance’s Andrew Lazar and Richard Middleton (The Artist) will produce along with the author, Renée George will be exec producer. This comes a day after producer Scott Stuber has a production start on Kill The Messenger, a Jeremy Renner-starrer about Gary Webb,...
- 2/1/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Lebanese businessman with links to Gaddafis among suspects
A "luxury" prostitution network supplied women to rich Middle Eastern clients during the Cannes film festival, a French court was told on Monday.
The alleged ringleader, a Lebanese businessman, was also allegedly linked to one of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's playboy sons.
The vice ring engaged the services of escorts, models and beauty queens to entertain wealthy men at five-star hotels, palatial villas and yachts in Cannes and in other cities according to prosecutors at the trial of eight people – seven men and a woman – in Marseille.
Only three of the accused were present in the dock. The others failed to turn up for the hearing and were said to have fled the country. One of them, Micheal Orsowitz, a Miami resident, is in custody in Britain contesting his extradition.
The accused include Elie Nahas, a 48-year-old Lebanese businessman who detectives...
A "luxury" prostitution network supplied women to rich Middle Eastern clients during the Cannes film festival, a French court was told on Monday.
The alleged ringleader, a Lebanese businessman, was also allegedly linked to one of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's playboy sons.
The vice ring engaged the services of escorts, models and beauty queens to entertain wealthy men at five-star hotels, palatial villas and yachts in Cannes and in other cities according to prosecutors at the trial of eight people – seven men and a woman – in Marseille.
Only three of the accused were present in the dock. The others failed to turn up for the hearing and were said to have fled the country. One of them, Micheal Orsowitz, a Miami resident, is in custody in Britain contesting his extradition.
The accused include Elie Nahas, a 48-year-old Lebanese businessman who detectives...
- 10/23/2012
- by Kim Willsher
- The Guardian - Film News
Former Big Brother housemate Makosi Musambasi has likened Lance Armstrong to Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden and Colonel Gaddafi in a Twitter rant about the media's treatment of the shamed cyclist. Armstrong recently received a life-time ban after allegedly heading what the Us Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) described as "the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme that [cycling] has ever seen". The athlete was today (October 22) formally stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, though he has not admitted to the allegations and has long accused the Usada investigation of being biased against him. Taking to Twitter this morning, Musambasi accused the press of holding Armstrong in the same regard as the dictators and terrorists following (more)...
- 10/22/2012
- by By Daniel Sperling
- Digital Spy
The 33rd Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards were dominated by the stories that continue to make headlines; the Arab Spring and the war in Afghanistan, which last weekend hit a grim milestone 11 years on: 2000 U.S. soldiers dead. And stories that revolved around monsters and tyrants dead (Gaddafi) and still living (Jerry Sandusky) earned Emmy recognition. Christiane Amanpour’s Nightline interview with a hubristic and, it turns out delusional Muammar Gadhafi, earned the Emmy for coverage of a breaking news story in a regularly scheduled newscast. The clip of Gadhafi telling Amanpour that his people still love him
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- 10/2/2012
- by Marisa Guthrie
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PBS led the pack at the 33rd News and Documentary Emmy Awards, which were handed out last night in New York City. The public broadcaster won nine awards, followed by ABC and CBS, tied with seven awards each. Among the individual programs, CBS’ 60 Minutes, ABC’s Nightline and PBS’ P.O.V. topped the list with five Emmys each. One of Nightline‘s wins was for Christiane Amanpour‘s interview with Muammar Gadhafi, while NBC’s Rock Center With Brian Williams won for Bob Costas‘ interview with Jerry Sandusky. Recognized investigative work included ABC News coverage of Solyndra and CBS News’ work on the Fast and Furious scandal. Here is the full list of winners.
- 10/2/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
She's currently shooting the futuristic Mad Max: Fury Road, but Charlize Theron has been turning her attention to more contemporary events in her down time. Along with producer Basil Iwanyk, Theron has just optioned the Vanity Fair article Marie Colvin's Private War, with a view to creating a biopic about the crusading journalist.Colvin was a Sunday Times war correspondent, specialising in the Middle East, whose fearless work saw her embedded in the likes of Kosovo, Chechnya, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe. She interviewed Colonel Gadaffi right after the Us bombing of Libya in 1986, and again in 2011 while reporting on the Arab Spring. She was instrumental in saving the lives of 1500 women and children in East Timor in 1999, when she refused to abandon their besieged compound, and continued to report from the scene for four days until their evacuation.Colvin lost her left eye to a Sri Lankan rocket propelled grenade...
- 8/30/2012
- EmpireOnline
While advertising and good taste are not comfortable bedfellows, these ads from Chile go further than most.
Images of Steve Jobs burying Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, Amy Winehouse burying prince William and his wife Kate, and Hosni Mubarek doing the same to Colonel Gadaffi do go a tad further than most.
Still, no doubt the ads – with the slogan “News travels fast” – will be a hit with awards juries.
Rather harshly, the UK’s Daily Mail describes the work as “shoddily Photoshopped”.
Images of Steve Jobs burying Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, Amy Winehouse burying prince William and his wife Kate, and Hosni Mubarek doing the same to Colonel Gadaffi do go a tad further than most.
Still, no doubt the ads – with the slogan “News travels fast” – will be a hit with awards juries.
Rather harshly, the UK’s Daily Mail describes the work as “shoddily Photoshopped”.
- 7/15/2012
- by mumbrella
- Encore Magazine
It's day two of the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival, and in a timely fashion we're kicking off our not-so-daily Cannes report. What's happened so far?
The low-key first day of the fest was taken over by his excellency, star of "The Dictator," Admiral General Aladeen (Sacha Baron Cohen). He brought camels, chicks, and gave the paparazzi a lot of good photo ops. The most shocking thing about a photo op that occurred on Aladeen's yacht? A bikini-clad woman went below deck with Aladeen's "bodyguards," and then they came back up without her, and then they dumped a body bag overboard. Rofl! Also? The dictator made out with Beth Ditto from The Gossip.
What else is going on? Well, it's only day two, so keep your pants on, but in general it seems like Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom" was warmly received (read our very positive review here). More mixed...
The low-key first day of the fest was taken over by his excellency, star of "The Dictator," Admiral General Aladeen (Sacha Baron Cohen). He brought camels, chicks, and gave the paparazzi a lot of good photo ops. The most shocking thing about a photo op that occurred on Aladeen's yacht? A bikini-clad woman went below deck with Aladeen's "bodyguards," and then they came back up without her, and then they dumped a body bag overboard. Rofl! Also? The dictator made out with Beth Ditto from The Gossip.
What else is going on? Well, it's only day two, so keep your pants on, but in general it seems like Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom" was warmly received (read our very positive review here). More mixed...
- 5/18/2012
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Though it might be considered a source of annoyance to Premiership managers and their European counterparts, robbing squads of their African talents at a crucial stage in the season, the African Nations competition remains a prestigious addition to the international football calendar. The whole continent – and specifically the co-host nations Equatorial Guinea and Gabon – will be alive with colour and in full voice to welcome the 16 finalists for the next month or so until the final on 12th February.
With a number of high-profile absentees, including Egypt who have won the competition more than any other competitor, as well as two nations making their bows, the smart money would be on one of the former winners walking away with the cup come February, with only five actually in contention this time around. The absences of Algeria and South Africa also mean that five of the top eight African nations (according...
With a number of high-profile absentees, including Egypt who have won the competition more than any other competitor, as well as two nations making their bows, the smart money would be on one of the former winners walking away with the cup come February, with only five actually in contention this time around. The absences of Algeria and South Africa also mean that five of the top eight African nations (according...
- 1/21/2012
- by Simon Gallagher
- Obsessed with Film
It turns out Christiane Amanpour's big-time career 180 -- she went from being CNN's chief foreign correspondent to anchoring ABC's Sunday talker "This Week" -- was short-lived. On Tuesday (Dec. 13), Amanpour announced that she was stepping down from the talk show gig to return to CNN and field reporting. She will, however, continue to do some work for ABC -- including primetime specials.
"It's been an incredible experience to have had a ringside seat to democracy in action at This Week," says Amanpour in a statement. "It's been an incredible honor to anchor such a prestigious program and I thank all of you who have helped me on that journey."
George Stephanopoulos, who left "This Week" to co-anchor "Good Morning America," will be returning to his old gig while continuing his "Gma" gig.
Despite landing big interviews with former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and late Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi, "This...
"It's been an incredible experience to have had a ringside seat to democracy in action at This Week," says Amanpour in a statement. "It's been an incredible honor to anchor such a prestigious program and I thank all of you who have helped me on that journey."
George Stephanopoulos, who left "This Week" to co-anchor "Good Morning America," will be returning to his old gig while continuing his "Gma" gig.
Despite landing big interviews with former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and late Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi, "This...
- 12/13/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Former MADtv star Orlando Jones has been criticized for tweeting a joke about liberals killing Sarah Palin. Jones was responding to reports about the death of Libyan dictator Muammar Gadhafi. He tweeted: "Libyan Rebels kill Gaddafi, if American liberals want respect they better stop listening to Aretha & kill Sarah Palin(:" Several of the comedian's Twitter followers condemned his joke, with one user questioning whether Jones actually wanted the former Alaska governor dead. Jones replied: "No I don't. I think it's funny that you are so upset about my inane tweet." The star has thus far refused to apologize for his comment and accused conservatives (more)...
- 10/25/2011
- by By Justin Harp
- Digital Spy
Some people have referred to ousted Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi as the “Mad Dog of the Middle East.” But what about his actual dog? He might look… a little something… like this: This pup was spotted at the 2nd Annual Patterns For Paws Benefit in Los Angeles, a puppy fashion show which raises money The Amanda Foundation. The outfit is beyond authentic, though I think we can all agree that that dog is waaay too Irish looking for that hijab. (Photo: Getty)...
- 8/25/2011
- by Michelle Collins
- BestWeekEver
There is still fighting going on, but rebels have entered Muammar Gadhafi's palace, and have brought out official documents they say were taken from inside, as well as gold plated Ak-47s. Whether or not Muammar Gadhafi is actually within the walls of the Bab al-Aziziya, Libyan rebels' claims that they have taken control of the dictators compound stand as an important symbolic gain.
- 8/23/2011
- by Zara Golden
- Mediaite - TV
While the world is debating what to do in Libya, the rebels have been getting technical--here's a look inside two mobile-phone networks created by the Libyan rebels to make calls without pesky surveillance and jamming. The best part? Local calls are free.
While fighting between Libyan rebels and Muammar Gadhafi's government forces continues, the rebels have gained an innovation--two Diy mobile phone networks of their own. Earlier this month, engineers arrived via fishing boat to set up a mobile network in the recently conquered city of Misurata. The result is a working phone network... where customer service can be found via Twitter.
Ousama Abushagur, a Libyan telecommunications engineer who returned to the country from the United Arab Emirates after the anti-Gadhafi rebellion began, is the founder of rebel mobile phone network Free Libyana. Abushagur, who speaks fluent English thanks to a childhood in Alabama, maintains a constantly updated Twitter...
While fighting between Libyan rebels and Muammar Gadhafi's government forces continues, the rebels have gained an innovation--two Diy mobile phone networks of their own. Earlier this month, engineers arrived via fishing boat to set up a mobile network in the recently conquered city of Misurata. The result is a working phone network... where customer service can be found via Twitter.
Ousama Abushagur, a Libyan telecommunications engineer who returned to the country from the United Arab Emirates after the anti-Gadhafi rebellion began, is the founder of rebel mobile phone network Free Libyana. Abushagur, who speaks fluent English thanks to a childhood in Alabama, maintains a constantly updated Twitter...
- 7/27/2011
- by Neal Ungerleider
- Fast Company
There may be political unrest in Tunisia, Egypt and other parts of the Arab world, but Muammar al-Gaddafi has taken the time to discuss Justified before the Season 2 finale. Apparently, he has been teased over the past two years for supporting Justified after the end of Deadwood.
In this clip, Gaddafi also shows off his love of writing and shares a few other tidbits on his personal entertainment interests and overall fanboy-hood towards Timothy Olyphant’s work. He’s also quite scary. The video is accompanied by a translation track for English speaking audiences.
If you ever wondered how foreign nationals and political leaders view American entertainment, here’s a hint.
Let us know your thoughts!
In this clip, Gaddafi also shows off his love of writing and shares a few other tidbits on his personal entertainment interests and overall fanboy-hood towards Timothy Olyphant’s work. He’s also quite scary. The video is accompanied by a translation track for English speaking audiences.
If you ever wondered how foreign nationals and political leaders view American entertainment, here’s a hint.
Let us know your thoughts!
- 4/26/2011
- by Mo Fathelbab
- BuzzFocus.com
It was revealed last week that Arnold Schwarzenegger would be making his return to entertainment in a fashion one might not have expected: in a comic book and animated series, both of which are co-created by the former Governor and Stan Lee. Given the appropriate title of The Governator, it would focus on his crime fighting after his time as Governor of California has ended.
Now, it’s been revealed that the series will be branching out into films, with a movie version of (I would assume) the cartoon making its way to theaters in 2013.
Deadline (via /Film) attended the panel held for the series, where the project was announced. Out in early 2013, it would contain more of the ass-kicking former elected official’s exploits, but possibly with a modern twist. He was asked about the possibility of his character taking on reviled Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, and he responded with this:
“Who knows?...
Now, it’s been revealed that the series will be branching out into films, with a movie version of (I would assume) the cartoon making its way to theaters in 2013.
Deadline (via /Film) attended the panel held for the series, where the project was announced. Out in early 2013, it would contain more of the ass-kicking former elected official’s exploits, but possibly with a modern twist. He was asked about the possibility of his character taking on reviled Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, and he responded with this:
“Who knows?...
- 4/4/2011
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Arnold Schwarzenegger's first big move back into entertainment after finishing out his term as governor of California is the animated TV series and superhero comic book project The Governator, which is being developed with Stan Lee. The show will be exactly what the title suggests: Arnold voices and is the the design basis for a superhero that fights bad guys and gridlocked state legislatures. (Or something like that.) But a comic book and TV series aren't enough, so there will be a 3D film as well. Deadline reports from the press conference that was originally going to announce the whole project before EW got to break some of the news. The film will be ready in 2013, and while the site doesn't specify that it will be animated, that is the implication. There is also the reiteration of the fact that the actor is considering a great many other scripts,...
- 4/4/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Filed under: Reality-Free, TV Replay
Fox News reported Monday that Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi had used journalists from CNN and Reuters as human shields by inviting them to inspect damage to his compound. According to the report, British forces were forced to call off additional fighter jet attacks because the journalists were there.
On 'Piers Morgan Tonight' (Weeknights, 9Pm Et on CNN) CNN's Nic Robertson, who was in Gaddafi's compound when this allegedly happened, lashed out at Fox News's reporting on the issue, calling it "Unimaginable, hypocritical, irresponsible, outrageous."
Robertson then disputed Fox News's position that they hadn't sent any of their employees to the compound because they suspected they would be used as human shields. According to Robertson, there was in fact somebody working for Fox News in the compound with him.
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Fox News reported Monday that Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi had used journalists from CNN and Reuters as human shields by inviting them to inspect damage to his compound. According to the report, British forces were forced to call off additional fighter jet attacks because the journalists were there.
On 'Piers Morgan Tonight' (Weeknights, 9Pm Et on CNN) CNN's Nic Robertson, who was in Gaddafi's compound when this allegedly happened, lashed out at Fox News's reporting on the issue, calling it "Unimaginable, hypocritical, irresponsible, outrageous."
Robertson then disputed Fox News's position that they hadn't sent any of their employees to the compound because they suspected they would be used as human shields. According to Robertson, there was in fact somebody working for Fox News in the compound with him.
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- 3/22/2011
- by Jeremy Taylor
- Aol TV.
With the air attack in Libya underway in order to implement a no fly zone, Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi is not happy and his son Saif spoke to Christiane Amanpour to express the family's frustration. Saif claimed he was surprised by the attack from the Americans, British and French that "terrorized children" with bombing everywhere, and warned that the western countries were choosing the wrong side in the conflict.
- 3/20/2011
- by Matt Schneider
- Mediaite - TV
Hardball host Chris Matthews was quite impressed with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's speech about the U.S.'s current take on Libya its leader, Muammar al-Gaddafi. Matthews - despite relative silence on the issue from those on his panel - praised Clinton for her strength and "hawkishness." He even felt she looked, well. Downright presidential. Unlike a certain President Someone...
- 3/18/2011
- by Alex Alvarez
- Mediaite - TV
New York, Mar 11 – 50 Cent has made a donation to Unicef after performing for Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi at the Venice film festival in 2005.he rapper announced he would be making the donation after it was revealed he was one of a group of pop stars who performed for the Libyan leader’s family in the past.
“In light of the ongoing events in Libya, 50 Cent will.
“In light of the ongoing events in Libya, 50 Cent will.
- 3/11/2011
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
Despite the best efforts of the State Department and media titans such as The New York Times, unredacted WikiLeaks cables appear to be making their way across the internet.
Information wants to be free and that, apparently, even applies to censored portions of WikiLeaks. Unredacted versions of censored WikiLeaks cables appear to be quietly (and widely) disseminating through the torrentsphere, conventional websites, and the murky subculture of conspiracy- and cryptography-oriented websites. Meanwhile, a controversial Russian figure associated with WikiLeaks has announced his intent to release further unredacted cables to the web.
The leaked diplomatic cables currently available through both the primary WikiLeaks website and its mirrors and through journalistic partners such as The Guardian and Der Spiegel go through a process of editing before formal release to the public. In an interview with NPR's Terry Gross, The New York Times' David Sanger described a process in which his newspaper and...
Information wants to be free and that, apparently, even applies to censored portions of WikiLeaks. Unredacted versions of censored WikiLeaks cables appear to be quietly (and widely) disseminating through the torrentsphere, conventional websites, and the murky subculture of conspiracy- and cryptography-oriented websites. Meanwhile, a controversial Russian figure associated with WikiLeaks has announced his intent to release further unredacted cables to the web.
The leaked diplomatic cables currently available through both the primary WikiLeaks website and its mirrors and through journalistic partners such as The Guardian and Der Spiegel go through a process of editing before formal release to the public. In an interview with NPR's Terry Gross, The New York Times' David Sanger described a process in which his newspaper and...
- 1/15/2011
- by Neal Ungerleider
- Fast Company
George Bush calls his work “sick.” Dan Quayle says it’s “obscene.” Sixty congressmen signed a letter pronouncing it “vile” and “despicable.” “Ugly, destructive and disgusting” says New York governor Mario Cuomo. Oliver North, of all people, wants the organization behind this man who stirs up “hatred and … violence” brought up on charges of sedition.
Who is this villain, this enemy of the state? Saddam Hussein? Muammar el-Qaddafi? Is he an international terrorist, a spy, a drug smuggler?
No, this menace to society is rapper and occasional actor Ice-t, and...
Who is this villain, this enemy of the state? Saddam Hussein? Muammar el-Qaddafi? Is he an international terrorist, a spy, a drug smuggler?
No, this menace to society is rapper and occasional actor Ice-t, and...
- 8/20/1992
- by Alan Light
- Rollingstone.com
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