Ariana Madix and Katie Maloney are speaking up about the Vanderpump Rules bombshell that was dropped during the third part of the Season 11 reunion.
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Gregg Goldstein Raoul Peck‘s life is as fascinating as his films, filled with unexpected twists and turns. From his early stints as a cab driver and journalist, to a minister of culture post in his native Haiti, to teaching, to founding his Velvet Film production shingle to his breakthrough when he earned an Oscar nomination as producer/director with the James Baldwin doc, “I Am Not Your Negro,” the common denominator is Peck’s drive to make life better through his work.
“I went into film because there were things I wanted to say, to express or deconstruct,” he explained. “And there is a fight to be had about the state of the world and wherever I’m living.” On May 20, Peck will have his third Cannes premiere with the Special Screenings doc “Ernest Cole: Lost and Found.” It chronicles the life of a South African photographer — another of Peck’s past professions — who published a 1967 book, “House of Bondage,” revealing the horrors of life under apartheid.
The film got off the ground when the late lensman’s family contacted Peck about a huge trove of negatives recently found in a Swiss bank deposit box, revealing portraits of Black Americans in New York and the South with disturbing parallels to Cole’s homeland. The mystery of how the photos got there, and Cole’s life as an expatriate struggling in the U.S., are equally powerful.
The film’s portrait of South Africa also has unsettling parallels to Peck’s experiences in Haiti. “You hear the words of [Ronald] Reagan, [Margaret] Thatcher and [Jacques] Chirac saying, ‘We shouldn’t boycott South Africa because we’d hurt the very people we want to help.’ [Yet] there was no problem boycotting Russia, even though big numbers of the population there were suffering,” he noted.
Ariana Madix and Katie Maloney are speaking up about the Vanderpump Rules bombshell that was dropped during the third part of the Season 11 reunion.
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The first iteration of the Cannes Film Festival, planned for 1939, was scuppered when Germany invaded Poland to trigger the start of World War II. But when the festival finally got off the ground in 1946, Indian cinema came out swinging. Mounted shortly after the conclusion of the war, the first “real” Cannes Film Festival featured competition entries from Billy Wilder (The Lost Weekend), Roberto Rossellini (Open City), and David Lean (Brief Encounter). In the spirit of post-war peace and reconciliation, the competition jury, headed by French historian Georges Huisman, handed the top prize — then the Grand Prix — to films from 11 of the 18 countries represented that year.
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Marta Balaga Following “The Zone of Interest,” Jesse Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain” and Berlinale offering “Treasure,” about a Holocaust survivor, the latter starring Stephen Fry and Lena Dunham, Poland might be welcoming more foreign shoots in the future. “I would always be willing to return and shoot in Poland,” says “Treasure” director Julia von Heinz. “Our co-producer Mariusz Włodarski from Lava Films realized that during the tenure of the Law and Justice [PiS] government, there was no chance of obtaining public funding for a story where Polish people are portrayed not just as victims and heroes, but as complex human beings.
EXCLUSIVE: Since Warner Bros acquired the rights to make more Middle-earth films based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s works and the canon established by New Line’s original trilogy, Peter Jackson and his Lord of the Rings cohorts Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens hovered over the proceedings for a long time, as they mulled how to return, and much to involve themselves into another deep dive into Tolkien mythology.
Ticketmaster with the code “SOUNDCHECK”. General tickets go on sale on Friday, May 17, at 10am local time via Ticketmaster.NOVEMBER02 – San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom03 – San Francisco CA – The Regency Ballroom06 – Santa Ana, Ca – The Observatory07 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco08 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco10 – Denver, CO – The Summit12 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall14 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox15 – Seattle, WA – The ShowboxDECEMBER07 – Austin, TX – The Mohawk09 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club11 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer13 – New York, NYC – Irving Plaza14 – New York, NYC – Irving Plaza20 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall21 – Chicago, IL – Thalia HallBesides announcing their first tour in 10 years, The Blood Brothers have also announced a 20th anniversary reissue of their seminal 2004 album, ‘Crimes’.
The resigned Miss USA and Miss Teen USA may allegedly be silenced from speaking out about the nightmares they faced in their crowns, but their mommas? They won’t be! The matriarchs have now gone into full momma bear mode and are spilling about the organization’s workplace environment!
The 59th Academy of Country Music Awards, one of country music’s biggest nights, will be live from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Many incredible country artists are up for nomination this year. Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton, Morgan Wallen and Lainey Wilson are all nominated for entertainer of the year.
Bambie Thug has given an update on their Eurovision complaint, claiming that the EBU confirmed Israli broadcaster KAN had “broken the rules of conduct”.Earlier today, it was reported that the Irish Eurovision entry lodged a complaint with the Eurovision organisers due to commentary made by a broadcaster on KAN. The comments, which told viewers to “prepare your curses” and claim Bambie’s performance was “the most scary” of the night, were labelled “in breach of the rules” of the EBU by Bambie.Now, the Cork singer has taken to their social media to claim that the EBU “confirmed” KAN had breached the rules, which “contradicts” a statement they had seen from the EBU Director General Noel Curran.“Over the last few days I have raised multiple complaints to the EBU regarding instances I have experienced this week.
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Graham Norton has said viewers will see "the Eurovision they know and love" when they tune into the grand final on Saturday night. Irish presenter Norton, 61, will host coverage of the event live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, while Scott Mills and Rylan Clark will lead commentary on BBC Radio 2.
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Police in San Antonio, Texas are beginning to piece together the awful timeline of a murder-suicide involving a 32-year-old woman and her 3-year-old son — and the details are truly bone chilling. Back on March 19, Savannah Kriger