The Match Factory has acquired international sales rights to Cinema Laika, a documentary feature about Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki and his process of building a personal movie theater in Karkkila, Finland.
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posted on Instagram. “He was the greatest man I ever met.”Born in Brooklyn, New York City in 1930, Romita entered comics as an artist when he was just 19, in 1949.
Drafted into the Army in 1951, he continued working as an artist in his spare time and ended up being hired as a freelancer for Atlas Comics, the company that a decade later would become Marvel, by Stan Lee. Among his work during this era, he drew the short-lived “Captain America” revival, in addition to horror and western comics.
He also worked for other companies, including DC Comics during this period.Romita nearly left the comics industry in 1966 in order work in advertising, as he’d grown tired of the rough grind of working in comics and could make more doing less. But as he explained in an interview with Alter Ego magazine, he was convinced by Lee to work full time for Marvel with the promise of matching pay and perks like working from home.Sooner after, original “Amazing Spider-Man” artist Steve Ditko abruptly quit after growing creative differences with Lee.
Romita was put on the title and soon enough managed to carve out his own take on the character, drawing among other things the iconic “Spider-Man No More” story. It was during the late 60s that he also co-created Mary Jane Watson; while she’d been referenced more than once in “Spider-Man” and depicted with her face obscured before this, Romita designed her face and distinctive red hair.Responding to Romita Jr.’s announcement, Jim Lee, president, publisher and chief creative officer of DC Comics wrote in part that Romita “was an amazing, beautifully talented draftsman and artist who inspired and entertained so many generations of fans and creators.
But for me, he was more than that. Your dad was
.The Match Factory has acquired international sales rights to Cinema Laika, a documentary feature about Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki and his process of building a personal movie theater in Karkkila, Finland.
their $280,000 purchase but said that was all the more reason for them to push forward with their nostalgic grand scheme. The “Bupkis” star said he has seen detailed computer mock-ups of plans for the ferry’s interior during an appearance on Seth Meyers’ “Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers” podcast.
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Pink is already having a stellar 2023 after scoring her fourth UK Number 1 album in February with TRUSTFALL. The bop-packed album increased her tally of Top 40 singles to 38 after Never Not Gonna Dance Again and the Fred again..-produced TRUSTFALL peaked at Number 19 and Number 14 respectively.
Ethan Shanfeld “There is some kinky-ass shit in this house,” says Destiny in the fourth episode of HBO’s “The Idol,” apparently assuming the role of this series’ viewers. “This shit is weird, scary shit.” As the Weeknd’s Tedros tightens his grip on Lily-Rose Depp’s Jocelyn — both metaphorically and literally, with his hands around her waist in the studio — her managers, played by Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Hank Azaria, plot to save their troubled client from the predatory nightclub mogul. At the beginning of the episode, Destiny (Randolph) and Chaim (Azaria) run through Tedros’ rap sheet, which is full of violence and abuse charges. Oh, and his real name is Mauricio Costello Jackson.
Pink is already having a stellar 2023 after scoring her fourth UK Number 1 album in February with TRUSTFALL. The bop-packed album increased her tally of Top 40 singles to 38 after Never Not Gonna Dance Again and the Fred again..-produced TRUSTFALL peaked at Number 19 and Number 14 respectively.
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Iconic comic book artist John Romita Sr, known for his work on The Amazing Spider-Man and for co-creating such characters as Mary Jane Watson, Wolverine and the Punisher, has died. His son and fellow comic book artist, John Romita Jr, announced the news on social media saying his father passed away peacefully in his sleep on Monday June 12. He was 93.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Disney is to close its six remaining linear TV channels in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea as the conglomerate puts a greater emphasis on direct-to-consumer streaming. The channels concerned are National Geographic, National Geographic Wild, Star Chinese Movies, Star Chinese Channel, Star Movies and Star World. Linear services will end from September in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Korea, and by December in Taiwan. The group expects to retain a streamlined television portfolio with channels in Japan, China, Australia and New Zealand for the time being.
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J. Kim Murphy John Romita Sr., one of the key artists in Marvel Comics’ history who co-created characters such as Wolverine, the Punisher and Mary Jane Watson, has died. He was 93 years old.
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and dark American Westerns such ashas died at 89, his publisher, Knopf, said. Knopf said in a statement that McCarthy's son confirmed that he died on Tuesday of natural causes at his home in Sante Fe, New Mexico. McCarthy gained prominence for his unflinching explorations of some of the darkest corners of the American landscape. He won the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award for his 1992 novel McCarthy's 2006 novel about a father and son's journey of survival through an America decimated by an unspecified event, made readers confront extreme evil and resilient hope, and earned him the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, McCarthy was raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, and briefly attended the University of Tennessee, where he received the Ingram-Merrill Award for creative writing. McCarthy's decades-long career took off in 1965 with his first novel, a story of murder and isolation set in a small Appalachian community.
Daniel Albaladejo Robles Growing up on the island of Tenerife at a time when pursuing a career in animation and film was out of bounds, Albaladejo moved to Madrid to study both subjects at the Madrid Film School. His first jobs were on children’s series “Jelly Jamm,” “Pocoyo” and “The Amazing World of Gumball.” His VFX credits include “Game of Thrones” and “A Monster Calls” at El Ranchito in Madrid. “For the past few years, I have focused on storyboarding or animation, working as a freelancer for various studios, including Las Palmas-based Amuse,” he says. He recently worked on animated docu pic, “Mariposas Negras,” and is now collaborating on a U.K. series under wraps. AMDLF
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