The second annual Chicago Underground Film Festival was held in 1995, at multiple locations in the city, from Thursday, July 20 to Sunday, July 23.
The festival opened on July 20th at the International Cinema Museum with the film What About Me?, directed by Rachel Amodeo. Other highlights included a retrospective of the work of Kenneth Anger, who attended the fest and screened Fireworks (1947), Scorpio Rising (1963) and Kkk (Kustom Kar Kommandos) (1965) at the Congress Hotel, 520 S. Michigan, on Friday, July 21. Winnipeg filmmaker Guy Maddin also attended and screened films on July 23; while the Reverend Ivan Stang of the Church of Subgenius screened films on July 22.
Also, Charles Pinion screened the world premiere of his feature film Red Spirit Lake, which was preceded by the short film The Operation, directed by Jacob Pander and Marne Lucas. Other short films that screened were Desktop and a preview of Monday 9:02 am, both directed by Tyler Hubby.
The festival opened on July 20th at the International Cinema Museum with the film What About Me?, directed by Rachel Amodeo. Other highlights included a retrospective of the work of Kenneth Anger, who attended the fest and screened Fireworks (1947), Scorpio Rising (1963) and Kkk (Kustom Kar Kommandos) (1965) at the Congress Hotel, 520 S. Michigan, on Friday, July 21. Winnipeg filmmaker Guy Maddin also attended and screened films on July 23; while the Reverend Ivan Stang of the Church of Subgenius screened films on July 22.
Also, Charles Pinion screened the world premiere of his feature film Red Spirit Lake, which was preceded by the short film The Operation, directed by Jacob Pander and Marne Lucas. Other short films that screened were Desktop and a preview of Monday 9:02 am, both directed by Tyler Hubby.
- 7/23/2017
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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Donald Trump‘s surprise 2016 victory could pave the way for a different celebrity president in 2020 — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
According to a new national poll from Public Policy Polling, People’s 2016 Sexiest Man Alive would lead Trump 42 to 37 in a prospective match-up in 2020. Not only that, but the wrestler-turned-actor would have the support of 15 percent of Americans who voted for Trump in 2016.
According to the survey, 36 percent of voters see Johnson favorably, while 13 percent hold a negative view of him. Both Democrats (38/15) and Republicans (31/17) view Johnson positively, although 50 percent of voters have no opinion of him either way.
The Baywatch...
According to a new national poll from Public Policy Polling, People’s 2016 Sexiest Man Alive would lead Trump 42 to 37 in a prospective match-up in 2020. Not only that, but the wrestler-turned-actor would have the support of 15 percent of Americans who voted for Trump in 2016.
According to the survey, 36 percent of voters see Johnson favorably, while 13 percent hold a negative view of him. Both Democrats (38/15) and Republicans (31/17) view Johnson positively, although 50 percent of voters have no opinion of him either way.
The Baywatch...
- 5/17/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
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Making it big in the world of Hollywood with a dream debut like Baywatch, Priyanka Chopra aimed at making it big globally. She is on her way to fulfill her dream but that is not all. Her face has now become a regular on international magazine covers as the ‘Quantico’ star gears up for theRead More
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- 5/16/2017
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
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Making it big in Hollywood was only one chapter in Sherry Lansing’s life.
Lansing helmed Paramount Pictures from 1992 to 2005 and was the first woman to ever lead a major film studio before she decided step away from the movie-making business to focus on philanthropy. The former studio chief, 72, is opening up about her decision to make the change in a new biography on her life, Leading Lady: Sherry Lansing and the Making of a Hollywood Groundbreaker, by Stephen Galloway.
Though the book mostly focuses on Lansing’s life before and after moving to Hollywood to pursue a career...
Lansing helmed Paramount Pictures from 1992 to 2005 and was the first woman to ever lead a major film studio before she decided step away from the movie-making business to focus on philanthropy. The former studio chief, 72, is opening up about her decision to make the change in a new biography on her life, Leading Lady: Sherry Lansing and the Making of a Hollywood Groundbreaker, by Stephen Galloway.
Though the book mostly focuses on Lansing’s life before and after moving to Hollywood to pursue a career...
- 4/28/2017
- by Ale Russian
- PEOPLE.com
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Flawless!
Jennifer Lopez rocked a show-stopping Julian Macdonald designed black dress to the Billboard Latin Music Awards at the Watsco Center in Miami, Florida on Thursday
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The Shades of Blue star hit the red carpet (sans boyfriend Alex Rodriguez) in a sheer black dress complete with a plunging neckline and cutouts showing off her curves.
Keeping her hair in a simple but chic ponytail and smokey-eye makeup, Lopez complimented her fierce look with black heels and a matching clutch.
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Watch: Jennifer Lopez Sports Sexy Sheer Dress on Miami Date Night With Alex Rodriguez
Besides slaying the carpet, the 47-year-old entertainer will be taking the stage to perform the first single from her forthcoming Spanish album.
The show's star-studded performance lineup is packed with Latin music stars including Yandel, Daddy Yankee, Pedro...
Jennifer Lopez rocked a show-stopping Julian Macdonald designed black dress to the Billboard Latin Music Awards at the Watsco Center in Miami, Florida on Thursday
Related: Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez Are All Smiles at Lunch in NYC After She Calls Him 'The Greatest of All Time'
The Shades of Blue star hit the red carpet (sans boyfriend Alex Rodriguez) in a sheer black dress complete with a plunging neckline and cutouts showing off her curves.
Keeping her hair in a simple but chic ponytail and smokey-eye makeup, Lopez complimented her fierce look with black heels and a matching clutch.
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Watch: Jennifer Lopez Sports Sexy Sheer Dress on Miami Date Night With Alex Rodriguez
Besides slaying the carpet, the 47-year-old entertainer will be taking the stage to perform the first single from her forthcoming Spanish album.
The show's star-studded performance lineup is packed with Latin music stars including Yandel, Daddy Yankee, Pedro...
- 4/28/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
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If you’re wondering where the next Damien Chazelle will come from, look no further than the 2017 Sundance Film Festival short film lineup.
Sundance has a long history of discovering the next generation of acclaimed filmmakers by first championing their short films. Chazelle made his first big splash by winning the 2013 Grand Jury Prize for “Whiplash” (the short). Last year, Jim Cummings won that prize for “Thunder Road,” and he’s back this year with a new short. Also generating a lot of pre-festival buzz is Kristen Stewart, making her writing/directing debut with the short “Come Swim.”
Before the Sundance Film Festival commences on January 19, 2017, here’s a briefing on Cummings’ “The Robbery,” Stewart’s “Come Swim” and eight other buzzworthy shorts (two of which are viewable online).
IndieWire reached out to the filmmakers to ask about their inspiration, production challenges and future projects. Check out our list below,...
Sundance has a long history of discovering the next generation of acclaimed filmmakers by first championing their short films. Chazelle made his first big splash by winning the 2013 Grand Jury Prize for “Whiplash” (the short). Last year, Jim Cummings won that prize for “Thunder Road,” and he’s back this year with a new short. Also generating a lot of pre-festival buzz is Kristen Stewart, making her writing/directing debut with the short “Come Swim.”
Before the Sundance Film Festival commences on January 19, 2017, here’s a briefing on Cummings’ “The Robbery,” Stewart’s “Come Swim” and eight other buzzworthy shorts (two of which are viewable online).
IndieWire reached out to the filmmakers to ask about their inspiration, production challenges and future projects. Check out our list below,...
- 1/10/2017
- by Kim Adelman
- Indiewire
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In 1995, Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson wrote down four goals on a piece of paper. One of those objectives? Help his homeless grandmother find somewhere to live.
And he did — just not in the way he’d planned.
“She was actually homeless and she was living with another family for over a year,” the 2016 Sexiest Man Alive tells People. “The family would call us and write letters, ‘Please you have to get your grandmother, you have to get your mom,’ but we couldn’t afford to.”
Johnson, 44, says he planned to get drafted into the NFL after graduating from the University of Miami that year.
And he did — just not in the way he’d planned.
“She was actually homeless and she was living with another family for over a year,” the 2016 Sexiest Man Alive tells People. “The family would call us and write letters, ‘Please you have to get your grandmother, you have to get your mom,’ but we couldn’t afford to.”
Johnson, 44, says he planned to get drafted into the NFL after graduating from the University of Miami that year.
- 11/16/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
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Just call it magic. Mat Franco made America's Got Talent history Wednesday night as the first magician to win the NBC variety competition. "I couldn't help but just be shocked and honored," the Johnston, Rhode Island, native tells People. "It's great to be an inspiration to people. … The underlying message is following your passion. Whatever it is you like to do, do it: Dreams can come true." Making it big in the biz has been a dream of Franco's since he was 4, when he started to teach himself card tricks. The season 9 winner used to record the pros on TV...
- 9/19/2014
- by Jeff Nelson, @nelson_jeff
- PEOPLE.com
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Just call it magic. Mat Franco made America's Got Talent history Wednesday night as the first magician to win the NBC variety competition. "I couldn't help but just be shocked and honored," the Johnston, Rhode Island, native tells People. "It's great to be an inspiration to people. … The underlying message is following your passion. Whatever it is you like to do, do it: Dreams can come true." Making it big in the biz has been a dream of Franco's since he was 4, when he started to teach himself card tricks. The season 9 winner used to record the pros on TV...
- 9/19/2014
- by Jeff Nelson, @nelson_jeff
- PEOPLE.com
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Richard Kiel, the 7'2" actor best known for portraying steel-toothed villain Jaws in a pair of James Bond films, has died. He was 74. A spokesperson at Saint Agnes Medical Center in Fresno, California, confirmed Wednesday that Kiel was a patient at the hospital and died. Kiel's agent, Steven Stevens, also confirmed his death. Both declined to provide further details. Kiel famously played the cable-chomping henchman who tussled with Roger Moore's Bond in 1977's The Spy Who Loved Me and 1979's Moonraker. Bond quipped of the silent baddie: "His name's Jaws. He kills people." Despite his appearance in several other films and TV shows,...
- 9/11/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
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Richard Kiel, the 7'2" actor best known for portraying steel-toothed villain Jaws in a pair of James Bond films, has died. He was 74. A spokesperson at Saint Agnes Medical Center in Fresno, California, confirmed Wednesday that Kiel was a patient at the hospital and died. Kiel's agent, Steven Stevens, also confirmed his death. Both declined to provide further details. Kiel famously played the cable-chomping henchman who tussled with Roger Moore's Bond in 1977's The Spy Who Loved Me and 1979's Moonraker. Bond quipped of the silent baddie: "His name's Jaws. He kills people." Despite appearing in several other films and TV shows,...
- 9/11/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
The web site TMZ has reported that actor Richard Kiel has passed away at age 74. Details are sketchy but the site states that Kiel entered the hospital last week in Fresno, California, for treatment of a broken leg. It is not known whether any complications from that injury contributed to his death.
Kiel was an iconic figure in both television and feature films. His imposing stature often led to him being cast as a heavy. Those of us who were privileged to call him our friend always found this ironic, since he was a kind, gentle man who virtually never said an unkind word about anyone else. Kiel appeared in the 1960s in a slew of major TV shows and played the role of the seemingly benign alien in the classic Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man". Although his role had no dialogue, Kiel's presence was so impressive that, decades after the telecast,...
Kiel was an iconic figure in both television and feature films. His imposing stature often led to him being cast as a heavy. Those of us who were privileged to call him our friend always found this ironic, since he was a kind, gentle man who virtually never said an unkind word about anyone else. Kiel appeared in the 1960s in a slew of major TV shows and played the role of the seemingly benign alien in the classic Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man". Although his role had no dialogue, Kiel's presence was so impressive that, decades after the telecast,...
- 9/11/2014
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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Richard Kiel, whose towering height and distinctive baritone voice defined his nearly 50-year career in television and films, most notably as the steely toothed James Bond villain Jaws, died Wednesday afternoon in Fresno, Calif. at the age of 74, TMZ reports. The actor had been hospitalized after breaking his leg earlier in the week, but it is still unclear if that was related to his death.
Kiel’s rep did not immediately respond to EW’s request for comment.
The Detroit-born Kiel, who grew to be 7 feet 1.5 inches, worked various odd jobs, including cemetery plot salesman and nightclub bouncer, before making...
Kiel’s rep did not immediately respond to EW’s request for comment.
The Detroit-born Kiel, who grew to be 7 feet 1.5 inches, worked various odd jobs, including cemetery plot salesman and nightclub bouncer, before making...
- 9/11/2014
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
This weekend, officials in Los Angeles have decided to ruin everyone’s weekend and shut down the most heavily trafficked portion of the 405 freeway. Now, if you know people in Los Angeles, you know that any slight anticipation of discomfort loosely translates to the end of the world. This is why you will see women in mink beekeeper’s costumes when the weather hits 60 degrees. It’s also why people take a sick day when it rains. (Trick joke: No one here actually works.) So really, we were left with no other choice than to dub this highway closing: Carmageddon. It’s not a joke. It’S Real. So real that officials turned to celebrities on Twitter such as Ashton Kutcher to try to tweet the news that the world (i.e. La) is coming to an end. Hell, I have multiple friends who are leaving the city altogether… because a highway is shutting down.
- 7/14/2011
- by Michelle Collins
- BestWeekEver
Australian films are making a big international impact this week with the most recent announcement that both Sean Byrne's The Loved Ones and Rachel Ward's directorial debut Beautiful Kate will be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) in September. They join Jane Campion's Bright Star, The Spierig Brothers' Daybreakers, Glendyn Ivin's Last Ride, Bruce Beresford's Mao's Last Dancer, Granaz Moussavi's My Tehran For Sale, Sarah Watt's My Year Without Sex and Warwick Thornton's Cannes-winning Samson & Delilah in the program of the world renowned non-competitive film festival, which is renowned for attracting major players from film distribution, mixing it up with Toronto locals.
- 7/24/2009
- FilmInk.com.au
Dancer. Rapper. Philosopher. Father of the year. And now, Kevin Federline may be adding another entry to his résumé: Weight-loss program spokesman. In Touch reports that Britney Spears' increasingly portly ex-husband has been offered a deal by NutriSystem to promote its Men's Plan program—and he's seriously weighing the offer. "Kevin wants to lose weight, and he needs to make money," a friend of the 31-year-old former dancer notes. "He’s seriously thinking it over." If K-Fed does take up the offer—and, really, what else does he have going on?—he'd join such esteemed company as former NutriSystem spokesmen Dan Marino, Tony Orlando and Larry the.
- 4/22/2009
- by Celebuzz
- Celebuzz.com
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