Wrinkle In Time director offers thanks to New Gods creator Jack Kirby on Twitter.
Ava DuVernay will direct Warner Bros superhero pic New Gods, which forms part of the DC Extended Universe.
DuVernay, whose Wrinkle In Time (reviewed here) grossed $42.2 million in its first six days in North America, becomes the first African-American woman to direct a major superhero tentpole release, and the second woman after Patty Jenkins steered Wonder Woman to $822 million worldwide last year.
The director, who is currently on the press tour for Wrinkle In Time, acknowledged the news on her Twitter account, posting a photo of Jack Kirby,...
Ava DuVernay will direct Warner Bros superhero pic New Gods, which forms part of the DC Extended Universe.
DuVernay, whose Wrinkle In Time (reviewed here) grossed $42.2 million in its first six days in North America, becomes the first African-American woman to direct a major superhero tentpole release, and the second woman after Patty Jenkins steered Wonder Woman to $822 million worldwide last year.
The director, who is currently on the press tour for Wrinkle In Time, acknowledged the news on her Twitter account, posting a photo of Jack Kirby,...
- 3/16/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Let's take a break from the "Selma" Oscar snub controversy and just talk about how director Ava DuVernay got here. She was a longtime film publicist who, just under a decade ago, ventured into moviemaking with short films, made her first documentary, "This is the Life," in 2008, and followed up with features "I Will Follow" in 2010 and "Middle of Nowhere" 2012. The latter really put her on the radar, marked her first pairing with David Oyelowo, who would go on to lead her Best Picture nominee "Selma," and now, you too can check out the movie that really got the buzz on DuVernay going. Featuring Emayatzy Corinealdi, Omari Hardwick, Edwina Findley, Sharon Lawrence, and Lorraine Toussaint (also in "Selma"), the movie follows Ruby, a medical student whose marriage to Derek hits a roadblock when he goes to prison four years ago. As she struggles to keep hope alive, she crosses paths with.
- 1/16/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
It’s time to hop on the Ava DuVernay bandwagon before it leaves you in the dust. Thanks to her beautiful film Selma, which focuses on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches led by Martin Luther King, Jr., the 42-year-old filmmaker just made history: DuVernay is now the first African-American woman to ever earn a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director. An Oscar nomination is sure to follow.
Before Selma hits theaters on Christmas Day, get to know all about this game changer.
DuVernay quit a successful career in publicity to pursue directing full time.
Although she dabbled in journalism, at one point interning for CBS News, while going to school at UCLA (from which she earned a B.A. in English and African American studies), DuVernay immediately went into film publicity after graduation. After briefly working for Savoy Pictures, she created her own company, The DuVernay Agency, in...
Before Selma hits theaters on Christmas Day, get to know all about this game changer.
DuVernay quit a successful career in publicity to pursue directing full time.
Although she dabbled in journalism, at one point interning for CBS News, while going to school at UCLA (from which she earned a B.A. in English and African American studies), DuVernay immediately went into film publicity after graduation. After briefly working for Savoy Pictures, she created her own company, The DuVernay Agency, in...
- 12/23/2014
- by Tara Aquino
- TheFabLife - Movies
It’s time to hop on the Ava DuVernay bandwagon before it leaves you in the dust. Thanks to her beautiful film Selma, which focuses on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches led by Martin Luther King, Jr., the 42-year-old filmmaker just made history: DuVernay is now the first African-American woman to ever earn a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director. An Oscar nomination is sure to follow.
Before Selma hits theaters on Christmas Day, get to know all about this game changer.
DuVernay quit a successful career in publicity to pursue directing full time.
Although she dabbled in journalism, at one point interning for CBS News, while going to school at UCLA (from which she earned a B.A. in English and African American studies), DuVernay immediately went into film publicity after graduation. After briefly working for Savoy Pictures, she created her own company, The DuVernay Agency, in...
Before Selma hits theaters on Christmas Day, get to know all about this game changer.
DuVernay quit a successful career in publicity to pursue directing full time.
Although she dabbled in journalism, at one point interning for CBS News, while going to school at UCLA (from which she earned a B.A. in English and African American studies), DuVernay immediately went into film publicity after graduation. After briefly working for Savoy Pictures, she created her own company, The DuVernay Agency, in...
- 12/23/2014
- by Tara Aquino
- VH1.com
Having most recently been playing it for laughs in Dads on the small screen, and A Million Ways To Die In The West on the big screen, Giovanni Ribisi is set to make his return to hard-hitting drama, with a role in the upcoming civil rights film, Selma – directed by Ava DuVernay (This Is The Life).
Focusing on the Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches of 1965 that were led by James Bevel, Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis and Hosea Williams, the film will include the infamous events of ‘Bloody Sunday’ – when armed officers attacked civil rights demonstrators on the Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River, as they tried to march to Montgomery. The impressive cast features Tom Wilkinson as Lyndon B. Johnson, David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr., and Common as James Bevel, as well as Tim Roth, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Carmen Ejogo.
Ribisi will take the role of Lee C.
Focusing on the Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches of 1965 that were led by James Bevel, Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis and Hosea Williams, the film will include the infamous events of ‘Bloody Sunday’ – when armed officers attacked civil rights demonstrators on the Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River, as they tried to march to Montgomery. The impressive cast features Tom Wilkinson as Lyndon B. Johnson, David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr., and Common as James Bevel, as well as Tim Roth, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Carmen Ejogo.
Ribisi will take the role of Lee C.
- 6/13/2014
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Here's the latest trailer for Tom Hardy's upcoming thriller, Locke. The Steven Knight-directed film looks really good. One of our writers had a chance to see the film at Sundance, and she really enjoyed Hardy's performance. You can read her review of it here.
Ivan Locke has crafted a nearly flawless life. Professionally, he is an obsessive perfectionist, respected by his coworkers and loved by his bosses. He cherishes the bond he shares with his two sons and the unshakeable partnership he has developed with his wife. This is the life he always imagined, an ideal existence built with painstaking care. Hours before the biggest day of his career, Locke receives a phone call that threatens to destroy the life he has worked so meticulously to create. As he struggles to keep his world intact, he is forced to confront his imperfections and the fractured foundation where they are rooted.
Ivan Locke has crafted a nearly flawless life. Professionally, he is an obsessive perfectionist, respected by his coworkers and loved by his bosses. He cherishes the bond he shares with his two sons and the unshakeable partnership he has developed with his wife. This is the life he always imagined, an ideal existence built with painstaking care. Hours before the biggest day of his career, Locke receives a phone call that threatens to destroy the life he has worked so meticulously to create. As he struggles to keep his world intact, he is forced to confront his imperfections and the fractured foundation where they are rooted.
- 3/7/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
For those of you who are fans of Tom Hardy, we've got the first trailer for his new thriller Locke for you to watch. The movie showed at Sundance last month, and I heard a lot of positive buzz. It looks like a really intense film. It was directed by Steven Knight, and here's the synopsis:
Ivan Locke has crafted a nearly flawless life. Professionally, he is an obsessive perfectionist, respected by his coworkers and loved by his bosses. He cherishes the bond he shares with his two sons and the unshakeable partnership he has developed with his wife. This is the life he always imagined, an ideal existence built with painstaking care. Hours before the biggest day of his career, Locke receives a phone call that threatens to destroy the life he has worked so meticulously to create. As he struggles to keep his world intact, he is forced...
Ivan Locke has crafted a nearly flawless life. Professionally, he is an obsessive perfectionist, respected by his coworkers and loved by his bosses. He cherishes the bond he shares with his two sons and the unshakeable partnership he has developed with his wife. This is the life he always imagined, an ideal existence built with painstaking care. Hours before the biggest day of his career, Locke receives a phone call that threatens to destroy the life he has worked so meticulously to create. As he struggles to keep his world intact, he is forced...
- 2/17/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Feature Louisa Mellor 31 Jan 2014 - 07:00
A look at the pre-Grimm work of co-creators David Greenwalt and Jim Kouf, a screenwriting partnership that’s lasted over thirty years…
A poker table in the late seventies, a bathroom in the mid-noughties… television shows have many birthplaces. Had screenwriters David Greenwalt and Jim Kouf not been introduced at a card game over thirty years ago, and had producer Todd Milliner not taken a 2006 shower in which he pondered what existing stories were in need of a modern update for TV, then Grimm might never have existed.
First, that poker game. Greenwalt and Kouf’s friendship began a couple of years before their first official screenwriting credit on 1982’s horror spoof Wacko, a job for which the pair were paid the princely sum of fifteen thousand dollars…
“We did a lot of fun movies back then”
That’s what Greenwalt told Collider...
A look at the pre-Grimm work of co-creators David Greenwalt and Jim Kouf, a screenwriting partnership that’s lasted over thirty years…
A poker table in the late seventies, a bathroom in the mid-noughties… television shows have many birthplaces. Had screenwriters David Greenwalt and Jim Kouf not been introduced at a card game over thirty years ago, and had producer Todd Milliner not taken a 2006 shower in which he pondered what existing stories were in need of a modern update for TV, then Grimm might never have existed.
First, that poker game. Greenwalt and Kouf’s friendship began a couple of years before their first official screenwriting credit on 1982’s horror spoof Wacko, a job for which the pair were paid the princely sum of fifteen thousand dollars…
“We did a lot of fun movies back then”
That’s what Greenwalt told Collider...
- 1/30/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
To mark the release of Milius on 18th November, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on DVD.
This is the life story of filmmaker John Milius, one of the most influential and controversial film directors of his generation. Made by debut directors Joey Figueroa and Zak Knutson, the documentary follows Milius’ childhood aspirations to join the military, his formative years at the University of Southern California Film School, his legendary work on films such as Apocalypse Now, Jaws, Conan The Barbarian, Dirty Harry and Red Dawn, to his ultimate dismissal from Hollywood due to his radical beliefs and controversial behaviour.
Millius turned his hand to writing after he was refused entry to the USmarine-corps because of his chronic asthma. He was able to sell his early screenplays for record amounts and forged a Hollywood career alongside his USC Film School contemporaries Steven Spielberg and George Lucas (both of...
This is the life story of filmmaker John Milius, one of the most influential and controversial film directors of his generation. Made by debut directors Joey Figueroa and Zak Knutson, the documentary follows Milius’ childhood aspirations to join the military, his formative years at the University of Southern California Film School, his legendary work on films such as Apocalypse Now, Jaws, Conan The Barbarian, Dirty Harry and Red Dawn, to his ultimate dismissal from Hollywood due to his radical beliefs and controversial behaviour.
Millius turned his hand to writing after he was refused entry to the USmarine-corps because of his chronic asthma. He was able to sell his early screenplays for record amounts and forged a Hollywood career alongside his USC Film School contemporaries Steven Spielberg and George Lucas (both of...
- 11/18/2013
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
“Movie Houses of Worship” is a regular feature spotlighting our favorite movie theaters around the world, those temples of cinema catering to the most religious-like film geeks. If you’d like to suggest or submit a place you regularly worship at the altar of cinema, please email our weekend editor. The Indiana University Cinema Location: 1213 East 7th St. Bloomington, In Date Opened: January 13, 2011 No. of Screens: 1 Current first-run titles: Only God Forgives. This weekend, the cinema devoted itself to a retrospective of the work of director Nicolas Winding Refn, who was present for several introductions, conversations, Q&As and (of course) his latest Gosling-fest. Repertory Programming: Filling out the rest of the Refn series were screenings of Bronson, Valhalla Rising and Drive, all presented on 35mm prints. And in a shrewd programming move during a weekend that hosted a director known for his love of B-movies and schlock cinema, this weekend launched the Cinema’s annual Midnight...
- 9/15/2013
- by Landon Palmer
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Tribeca’s 12th annual festival, running from April 17-28, surpassed its first week and has just announced the winner of the first ever Heineken Affinity Award to director Ava DuVernay. DuVernay, of Los Angeles, won the Best Director Award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for her second feature film, Middle of Nowhere. Below is the official press release highlighting the announcement.
Heineken And The Tribeca Film Institute Announce
Winner Of The First Ever Heineken Affinity Award
One African-American Filmmaker Receives $20,000 Prize
And Industry Support for Future Projects
Heineken USA, the world’s leading international brewer, and the Tribeca Film Institute® (Tfi) announced the winner of the inaugural Heineken Affinity Award. The award, given to an African-American filmmaker (age 21 and over) to empower and encourage them to continue to craft stories through film, was awarded to Ava DuVernay. In addition to a $20,000 cash prize awarded at an event tonight, DuVernay will...
Heineken And The Tribeca Film Institute Announce
Winner Of The First Ever Heineken Affinity Award
One African-American Filmmaker Receives $20,000 Prize
And Industry Support for Future Projects
Heineken USA, the world’s leading international brewer, and the Tribeca Film Institute® (Tfi) announced the winner of the inaugural Heineken Affinity Award. The award, given to an African-American filmmaker (age 21 and over) to empower and encourage them to continue to craft stories through film, was awarded to Ava DuVernay. In addition to a $20,000 cash prize awarded at an event tonight, DuVernay will...
- 4/21/2013
- by Christopher Clemente
- SoundOnSight
Treme is not really like any other show on television. Set in the city of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the series follows a huge cast of characters through myriad subplots set in the city’s overlapping cultural spheres, with regular tangents into the worlds of jazz musicians, local politicians, celebrity chefs, and even the occasional fishermen. The show was co-created by David Simon, the famously provocative TV auteur who created The Wire. Treme shares The Wire’s symphony-of-a-city panoramic perspective. With the show returning for its third season on Sunday night, Simon got on the phone...
- 9/23/2012
- by Darren Franich
- EW - Inside TV
The TV host and her entrepreneur hubby are so excited to be parents to baby Edward Duke! Read what they have to say about their new bundle of joy. Giuliana Rancic and her husband Bill Rancic battled a long, hard journey to be parents, including infertility and Giuliana's struggle with breast cancer, but the reality TV couple finally welcomed their first baby -- and are so happy to share the news with fans! Since welcoming baby Edward Duke Rancic on Aug. 29, the E! News anchor has been vocal on her Twitter account, and sharing her favorite mommy moments so far. "It's true what they say (and what u all told us).... @BillRancic and I couldn't love little Duke anymore than we do. He's a dream..." she wrote on Aug. 31. Instead of going on on Saturday nights, the couple is staying home with their new baby -- and they wouldn't have it any other way!
- 9/2/2012
- by Christina Stiehl
- HollywoodLife
Forgotten Classics is a recurring feature, a look back and reflection on great motion pictures that often slip under the radar and become under-appreciated, ignored relics of a previous era or simply damned by lack of face time in the spotlight.
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Road to Perdition
Directed by Sam Mendes
Screenplay by David Self
Us, 2002
Anyone who still retains core doubts over Sam Mendes taking a shot at the Bond franchise should feel reassured by the fact that, despite having an undoubted reputation for art-house design and social drama, he’s a director not afraid to mix things up. Beyond 2005’s Jarhead, a war film with no war, is the more significant Road to Perdition, his follow up to the mega-hit American Beauty, and a tour de force in both enthralling action and arresting style.
Everything about Road seems to stand up and defy convention. After all, this is a gangster...
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Road to Perdition
Directed by Sam Mendes
Screenplay by David Self
Us, 2002
Anyone who still retains core doubts over Sam Mendes taking a shot at the Bond franchise should feel reassured by the fact that, despite having an undoubted reputation for art-house design and social drama, he’s a director not afraid to mix things up. Beyond 2005’s Jarhead, a war film with no war, is the more significant Road to Perdition, his follow up to the mega-hit American Beauty, and a tour de force in both enthralling action and arresting style.
Everything about Road seems to stand up and defy convention. After all, this is a gangster...
- 8/12/2012
- by Scott Patterson
- SoundOnSight
One of the many spectacles on Rick Ross’s God Forgives, I Don’t (out, finally, this week) is a song called “Diced Pineapples,” which turns out to be not so much about canned fruit as it is about sex. Still, the song’s title is part of the long, time-honored tradition that is Rozay rapping about food. Lobster bisque, SpaghettiOs, chocolate milk — entire restaurants could be run from his musical food diary. And truly, the man can turn any food stuff into a synonym for money. It is a gift. So, in honor of the Boss’s culinary enthusiasm, here, now, is a list of pretty much every single vaguely edible item ever mentioned in a Rick Ross song or verse. (Yes, metaphors count.)Breads * Baguettes (“Hustle Hard Remix” (Ace Hood song): Rolex embedded with princess and baguettes)* Biscuit (“This is the Life”: Started with a biscuit...
- 8/1/2012
- by Sarah Lawson,Amanda Dobbins
- Vulture
Fourth of July: The day America freed itself, and the day Donald Glover released his new mixtape Royalty, the follow-up to his freshman album Camp, which debuted at No. 11 on Billboard's charts back in November. The new hourlong release features lots of production from Glover himself and boasts high-profile appearances from Bun B, RZA and Ghostface Killa (apt, as Gambino's name famously came from a Wu-Tang name-generator), Danny Brown (on a track sampling Britney Spears's "Toxic"), Beck rapping or doing spoken-word poetry, and Tina freaking Fey closing out the whole affair with a not-short bit on "Real Estate." "We ballin’ till we fuckin’ up the hardwood, homey," Fey Lemonem half-says, half-spits. "This is the life we live, son / My president is black and my Prius is blue, motherfucker." Etc. Just go listen.
- 7/5/2012
- by Zach Dionne
- Vulture
Between now and June 28, the deadline for Emmy voters to return nomination ballots, EW.com is running a series called Emmy Watch, featuring highlight clips and interviews with actors, producers, and writers whom EW TV critic Ken Tucker has on his wish list for the nominations announcement on July 19.
Walton Goggins has made a name for himself playing the bad guy. When he phoned EW earlier this week to talk about the two scenes we’re hoping nab him his second Emmy nomination for his always interesting performance as Justified’s eloquent Kentucky outlaw Boyd Crowder, he was at a...
Walton Goggins has made a name for himself playing the bad guy. When he phoned EW earlier this week to talk about the two scenes we’re hoping nab him his second Emmy nomination for his always interesting performance as Justified’s eloquent Kentucky outlaw Boyd Crowder, he was at a...
- 6/25/2012
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW - Inside TV
MTV
In this week’s episode of “Jersey Shore,” Snooki’s Single Girl behavior may have left her a single girl.
Also, there is Still no Ronnie and Sammi drama. What’s it, like almost a week now without them fighting? They even go out to separate clubs and don’t break up. A record, ladies and gentlemen.
Let’s get right to business. We pick up where we left off last week – the scene of Snooki’s accident. Snooki...
In this week’s episode of “Jersey Shore,” Snooki’s Single Girl behavior may have left her a single girl.
Also, there is Still no Ronnie and Sammi drama. What’s it, like almost a week now without them fighting? They even go out to separate clubs and don’t break up. A record, ladies and gentlemen.
Let’s get right to business. We pick up where we left off last week – the scene of Snooki’s accident. Snooki...
- 9/23/2011
- by Josée Rose
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
This is the life! The eighteenth annual amfAR Cinema Against AIDS gala took place yesterday at the Cannes Film Festival. The super schmancy event was held at the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France and involved the usual — gowns and jewelry worth approximately three of our lifetimes! Kirsten Dunst showed up looking as fresh as a daisy, completely unaffected by the rumor that her nighttime partying kept Brangelina up all night.
Janet Jackson looked pretty svelte and rocked some bright blue nail polish! Irina Shayk showed up with a slit cut up till there, while cuties Dev Patel and Frieda Pinto snuggled up for the cameras. Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani added a bit of punk to the proceedings while old hands Goldie Hawn and Brooke Shields looked flawless in dull gold and white respectively. Join us in our envy by taking a look at the photos below. We’re making margaritas!
Janet Jackson looked pretty svelte and rocked some bright blue nail polish! Irina Shayk showed up with a slit cut up till there, while cuties Dev Patel and Frieda Pinto snuggled up for the cameras. Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani added a bit of punk to the proceedings while old hands Goldie Hawn and Brooke Shields looked flawless in dull gold and white respectively. Join us in our envy by taking a look at the photos below. We’re making margaritas!
- 5/20/2011
- by Ambika Muttoo
- TheFabLife - Movies
Chicago – Michael Connelly is one of the most successful thriller writers alive, winning nearly every major award possible for his genre. He may be best known for a series of books featuring retired L.A. cop Harry Bosch but one of his other beloved characters, Mickey Haller, is making it to the big screen first in “The Lincoln Lawyer” with Matthew McConaughey. The thriller co-stars Marisa Tomei, William H. Macy, Ryan Phillippe, Josh Lucas, and Bryan Cranston and hits theaters this Friday, March 18th, 2011. It was directed by newcomer Brad Furman and the author of the source material recently sat down with HollywoodChicago.com to discuss watching Mickey Haller come to life on the big screen.
HollywoodChicago.com: How involved with the production are you?
Michael Connelly: I don’t want to exaggerate it — I would say very limited. And it’s not like I was cut out or anything.
HollywoodChicago.com: How involved with the production are you?
Michael Connelly: I don’t want to exaggerate it — I would say very limited. And it’s not like I was cut out or anything.
- 3/17/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
In Part One of our interview with The Young And The Restless's Thom Bierdz, the acclaimed artist and outspoken actor shared details of his return to Y&R on March 15th, as well as intimate details of his process writing the top-selling book "Forgiving Troy." In Part Two below we explore ideas of "forgiveness," the ups and downs of going public with his family trauma, and how his paintings serve to help himself and society.
We Love Soaps TV: What does “forgiving” mean to you?
Thom Bierdz: Growing up when I did as a gay man, when the entire world doesn’t want you and thinks you're disgusting, you know what it’s like to be subjected to that. So a lot of gay people grow up very compassionate, or some turn around and are very bitter because they feel powerless. Growing up as a gay man I was very sensitive early on,...
We Love Soaps TV: What does “forgiving” mean to you?
Thom Bierdz: Growing up when I did as a gay man, when the entire world doesn’t want you and thinks you're disgusting, you know what it’s like to be subjected to that. So a lot of gay people grow up very compassionate, or some turn around and are very bitter because they feel powerless. Growing up as a gay man I was very sensitive early on,...
- 3/16/2011
- by Damon L. Jacobs
- We Love Soaps
When you think Rockstar Games, you think "Grand Theft Auto." Or maybe "Red Dead Redemption." Games where strong stories and writing take a backseat to big explosions and gun battles. The company's next game, "La Noire" flips that concept on its head, emphasizing dialog, voice acting and story progression over everything else. It's slow-paced, thought-provoking and may just be too smart for its own good.
An Interactive La Confidential
If you saw the 1997 thriller, "La Confidential," or read the 1990 novel of the same name, you can consider yourself to be fully prepped for the world of "La Noire." Set in Los Angeles in the late 1940s, "Noire" has you controlling the life of Cole Phelps, a patrolman in the Lapd who works his way through the ranks to become a homicide detective.
A hero in World War 2, the Lapd uses Phelps as a poster-child for the department, which is widely...
An Interactive La Confidential
If you saw the 1997 thriller, "La Confidential," or read the 1990 novel of the same name, you can consider yourself to be fully prepped for the world of "La Noire." Set in Los Angeles in the late 1940s, "Noire" has you controlling the life of Cole Phelps, a patrolman in the Lapd who works his way through the ranks to become a homicide detective.
A hero in World War 2, the Lapd uses Phelps as a poster-child for the department, which is widely...
- 11/18/2010
- by Russ Frushtick
- MTV Multiplayer
London, Nov 05 – Rapper 50 Cent is swimming in money and to prove it he has tweeted pictures of himself playing with stacks of money said to be in the amount of half a million dollars.
The singer, 35, real name Curtis James Jackson, is seen in one picture stacking some playing cards on top of a huge pile of used notes.
Added to it was the caption: “This is the life baby I’m going to Vegas with Floyd I’ll double this quick,” the Daily Mail reported.
In another photo he is shown flicking through huge wads of cash, he Tweeted: “Holy s**t bat man I think I’m.
The singer, 35, real name Curtis James Jackson, is seen in one picture stacking some playing cards on top of a huge pile of used notes.
Added to it was the caption: “This is the life baby I’m going to Vegas with Floyd I’ll double this quick,” the Daily Mail reported.
In another photo he is shown flicking through huge wads of cash, he Tweeted: “Holy s**t bat man I think I’m.
- 11/5/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
Scottish singer Amy Macdonald was so moved by the rescue of 33 trapped Chilean miners this week, she started work on a song inspired by their plight. The "This Is the Life" hitmaker spent a marathon 24 hours in front of her TV set as she watched the miners' dramatic rescue after they spent two months buried underground following a tunnel collapse.
Macdonald reveals the footage moved her to tears and inspired her to write a new track. She says, "I watched the whole thing all the way through, from start to finish. I just found it so moving. I cried 33 times, once for each one as they came out. It was so inspiring for me. I have half-written a little song based on their plight. It is just a verse and a chorus so far... It was so moving, seeing them being reunited with their families. What they went though was...
Macdonald reveals the footage moved her to tears and inspired her to write a new track. She says, "I watched the whole thing all the way through, from start to finish. I just found it so moving. I cried 33 times, once for each one as they came out. It was so inspiring for me. I have half-written a little song based on their plight. It is just a verse and a chorus so far... It was so moving, seeing them being reunited with their families. What they went though was...
- 10/16/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
What's an art form without women's voices? That's a question that kept popping in my mind as I sat mesmerized in a screening of Bet's first-ever original music documentary, My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth about Women in Hip-hop, which premieres tonight on the network. This film is brilliant. Directed and executive produced by Ava DuVernay, what's so seductive about this film is that it feels like how I would imagine a girls' night out would be. Here the women say what they want to, how they want to without feeling the need to censor themselves because the men are in the room. It's their game. DuVernay, who made her directing debut with the 2008 critically-acclaimed hip-hop documentary This is the Life, lets us in on her conversations with many of the female icons of hip-hop: Salt-n-Pepa, Missy Elliot, Mc Lyte, Eve,...
- 8/30/2010
- by George Alexander
- Huffington Post
Amy Macdonald has criticised the music industry for prioritising looks over talent. The singer, who had a number one album with This Is the Life, admitted that she believes many artists choose style over substance. Speaking to Sky News, she said: "If I like a song on the radio, I'm not not going to buy it just because the person doesn't look immaculate. I think there are a lot of artists who are completely style over substance - and it's taking it away from people who actually write their own songs to get where they are." Macdonald brushed off criticism she has received for dating footballer (more)...
- 8/1/2010
- by By Colin Daniels
- Digital Spy
On the heels of Deadliest Catch’s most-watched season ever, EW talked to Executive Producer Thom Beers about the evolution of his series, what it was like to film Capt. Phil Harris’ final days, and where the gritty reality show will go in its seventh season on Discovery. (Spoiler Alert: Don’t go to the jump if you’ve yet to watch tonight’s season finale).
Entertainment Weekly: What were you trying to accomplish with the season six finale?
Thom Beers: We’re back to fishing. We had a traumatic loss this season with Capt. Phil, but I think...
Entertainment Weekly: What were you trying to accomplish with the season six finale?
Thom Beers: We’re back to fishing. We had a traumatic loss this season with Capt. Phil, but I think...
- 7/28/2010
- by Lynette Rice
- EW - Inside Movies
Scottish singer Amy Macdonald is enduring the anguish of long-distance love - her soccer player boyfriend has been forced to move out of their shared home and relocate to England for his career. The "This Is the Life" hitmaker is currently engaged to sports star Stevie Lovell, who was playing for Scottish side Partick Thistle until last year.
Last month, he signed a contract with A.F.C. Bournemouth, who are based on the south coast of England - a trip of almost almost 400 miles. The move means singer/songwriter MacDonald is struggling to spend time with her man, even when she is not on tour.
She tells Scotland's Daily Record, "It's a bit of a nightmare at the moment but once he finishes pre-season training and my tour ends, we'll be able to see each other for a few days... It's not an issue. We knew this would happen.
Last month, he signed a contract with A.F.C. Bournemouth, who are based on the south coast of England - a trip of almost almost 400 miles. The move means singer/songwriter MacDonald is struggling to spend time with her man, even when she is not on tour.
She tells Scotland's Daily Record, "It's a bit of a nightmare at the moment but once he finishes pre-season training and my tour ends, we'll be able to see each other for a few days... It's not an issue. We knew this would happen.
- 7/24/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Airing on a network responsible for Mad Men and Breaking Bad, Rubicon is being hyped as the next great AMC drama.
It will officially premiere on August 1, but we've seen a sneak peek at the pilot episode and aren't ready to anoint it with must-watch status just yet - but the series is off to a fascinating start.
While conspiracy thrillers are making a comeback on the small screen (cases in point: the now-canceled FlashForward and the sure-to-be-awful The Event), Rubicon stands out... by not trying to stand out.
There are no flashy special effects, no tricks of the camera, no overly confusing developments or mysterious happenings that are clearly meant just to confuse the audience into tuning in for more information down the line.
Instead, the show grounds its story in its main character, played by James Badge Dale. His name is Will Travers, he works at a federal...
It will officially premiere on August 1, but we've seen a sneak peek at the pilot episode and aren't ready to anoint it with must-watch status just yet - but the series is off to a fascinating start.
While conspiracy thrillers are making a comeback on the small screen (cases in point: the now-canceled FlashForward and the sure-to-be-awful The Event), Rubicon stands out... by not trying to stand out.
There are no flashy special effects, no tricks of the camera, no overly confusing developments or mysterious happenings that are clearly meant just to confuse the audience into tuning in for more information down the line.
Instead, the show grounds its story in its main character, played by James Badge Dale. His name is Will Travers, he works at a federal...
- 7/20/2010
- by matt@iscribelimited.com (M.L. House)
- TVfanatic
Amy MacDonaldMercury Records*** Closing the loop of second albums, the last sophomore album of the week is Macdonald’s follow-up to her stunning debut, 2007’s‘This is The Life. Much like all singer-songwriters, life is the biggest inspiration for her music. So, while Amy went goggle-eyed at the world first time around, she looks inside this time. She finds inspiration amongst her old notebooks, murdered children, grandparents, wanna-be celebs and even Michael Jackson. Macdonald’s debut album knocked Radiohead from the top spot in the UK during the Christmas of 2007, making her an artist to watch out for and be reckoned with. As ...
- 4/5/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Amy MacDonald has decided to stop promoting her debut album in favour of producing new material. The Scottish singer has sold more than two million copies of her 2007 disc This Is The Life, but is finally ready to lay the project to rest. Writing on her online blog, MacDonald revealed: "I'm on the home stretch. After two years of promoting this album it is about to come to an end. "It wasn't really a natural end as people are still constantly requesting promotional trips. It's more a case of if we don't come to an end with (more)...
- 3/25/2009
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Womanizer isn’t just one of the top songs in the U.S. It’s also at the top of the charts in Europe as well. Britney’s single has made it to the top of the charts on the European Hot 100 Singles this week. And what’s funny is that the top five artists on this chart are almost all American. Britney Spears is in the #1 spot, bumping Katy Perry’s song Hot N Cold down to #2. Coming in at #3 is British pop star Amy MacDonald with her song This Is The Life. Beyonce’s...
- 12/19/2008
- Hollyscoop.com
Amy MacDonald has admitted that she will not be celebrating her birthday next week. The Scottish singer turns 21 on Monday, but months of international promotion for her debut album This Is The Life have left MacDonald too exhausted to plan a party. "I'm knackered. I won't be celebrating at all," MacDonald told the Daily Record. "Whenever I get time I need to sleep. Maybe somebody will throw me a (more)...
- 8/23/2008
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Amy MacDonald has voiced her disgust at the T In The Park stabbing which left a man fighting for his life. The Scottish singer, best known for her song 'This Is The Life', admitted that she was shocked by the incident, which marred the music festival yesterday. "It is absolutely shocking. It shouldn't have happened. No one should be carrying knives, it is a stupid thing to do," MacDonald said. "It is terrible it happened here because people come to have a good time and enjoy themselves." She continued: "You hear news stories and it seems to be happening everywhere. But people can sort out problems (more)...
- 7/14/2008
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Charles Burnett's Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation was awarded the PAFF Vision Award at the 16th annual Pan African & Arts Festival, which ended Sunday.
The fest, which took place at the AMC Magic Johnson Crenshaw 15 Theaters in Los Angeles, gave its best documentary prize to Pierre-Yves Borgeaud's Return to Goree.
Bryon Hurt's Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes was named best short documentary, while Dee Rees' Pariah was best narrative short.
Clement Virgo's Poor Boy's Game was chosen best feature.
Ernst Gossner was named best director, first feature, for his film South of Pico.
Leon Lozano's Something is Killing Tate took the fest's Oscar Micheaux Award, as well as the audience award for favorite feature.
The favorite documentary was Ava DuVernay's This is the Life, and favorite short were Daniel Junge's docu Iron Ladies of Liberia and Deon H. Hayman's narrative short The Don of Virgil Jr. High.
The fest, which took place at the AMC Magic Johnson Crenshaw 15 Theaters in Los Angeles, gave its best documentary prize to Pierre-Yves Borgeaud's Return to Goree.
Bryon Hurt's Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes was named best short documentary, while Dee Rees' Pariah was best narrative short.
Clement Virgo's Poor Boy's Game was chosen best feature.
Ernst Gossner was named best director, first feature, for his film South of Pico.
Leon Lozano's Something is Killing Tate took the fest's Oscar Micheaux Award, as well as the audience award for favorite feature.
The favorite documentary was Ava DuVernay's This is the Life, and favorite short were Daniel Junge's docu Iron Ladies of Liberia and Deon H. Hayman's narrative short The Don of Virgil Jr. High.
- 2/19/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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