A 26-year-old woman from New York is now facing 25 years behind bars for the alleged manslaughter and second-degree assault of a Broadway vocal coach.
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Tara McNamara “Make the movie unlike anything that’s ever been done before.”Scrawled across a production whiteboard, this guiding principle led Sony Pictures Animation’s “The Mitchells vs. the Machines” to break barriers with its fresh perspectives, unique artistry and richly drawn characters.Released on Netflix last April to acclaim from audiences and critics alike, the feature has become one of the most honored animated films of the season, with 30 critics group wins, nominations for best animated feature at the BAFTAs and the Academy Awards and eight nominations for the animation industry’s Annies — a testament to the project’s bold animated style and the wide appeal of its storytelling.
The Bonds and Inspiration of FamilyThe concept starts off grounded and relatable, with the Mitchell family driving cross-country to drop artsy daughter Katie off at film school. But the bonding endeavor turns into a fight for survival when a tech company’s product upgrade triggers a robot uprising.Creator Michael Rianda says the concept stems from “combining the thing I love most, which is my crazy family, and the thing I loved the most when I was a kid, which is killer robots.”Rianda brought on his former CalArts classmate Jeff Rowe to co-write and co-direct the story.“Mike’s goal from the beginning was to make it very much about real people,” Rowe says.The authenticity came from pulling character traits and observed behaviors directly from Rianda’s family — and the story needed equally fantastic original art.Rianda set out to assemble an animation team whose creativity would be less impacted by outside influences.
A 26-year-old woman from New York is now facing 25 years behind bars for the alleged manslaughter and second-degree assault of a Broadway vocal coach.
Love Island winner Tina Provis has opened up about the end of her relationship with Mitchell Hibberd, addressing cheating rumours with Abbie Chatfield on her podcast It’s A Lot.WATCH BELOW: Love Island's Tina Provis discusses her breakup with Abbie ChatfieldRumours of cheating between the reality TV couple had been bubbling away for a few weeks since the pair announced their split in February.Tina confirmed to Abbie that Mitch had not cheated, but rather moved on very quickly with fellow Love Island co-star Emily Ward.Emily, Mitch, and Tina had been in a love triangle on the show, with Mitch torn between the two girls after Emily’s entrance a few days into the show.Mitch and Tina won Love Island together at the end of 2021.“I found out that about five days after we had broken up, before we’d publicly announced it, that a certain couple of people had hooked up with each other,” Tina revealed.“So, it was Emily and Mitch,” Abbie cut in.“I feel like there’s no right or wrong in this situation, given we weren’t together,” Tina said.“You are free to hook up, date, move on in whatever way you see and feel fit, but I think there’s also a way to go about things and a way to give people respect, particularly when we hadn’t announced it publicly and had agreed it was going to be kept in private…“I also feel … I’m only human, it’s never nice to see your ex move on with someone else.”"It’s never nice to see your ex move on with someone else.”Their split was followed by a trip to the Gold Coast, where Tina was told about the hook up from Emily herself, leaving her devastated.“I’m not going to lie, there were some … profanities used in the club, I did run onto the street and have a moment.“It was like the scream-cry … it was very
Beck and St. Vincent are among the artists set to perform at a MusiCares event honouring Joni Mitchell.The iconic singer-songwriter, who was recognised last year during the 44th Kennedy Center Honours, is set to be honoured at MusiCares’ 2022 Person of the Year tribute concert; it takes place at MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 1.In addition to Beck and St.
For Netflix’s The Mitchells vs. the Machines, produced by Sony Pictures Animation, the idea of “Katie Vision” was bounced around for a bit, until production designer Lindsey Olivares got her hands on one of their animation tests. Director Mike Rianda said, “One weekend without telling anyone, she just stole some animation and drew on the screen and made it just with the crappy Photoshop she had on her computer. It was so exciting to see basically the super-expensive animated movie that some teenager had graffitied all over.”
Chris Willman Music WriterJoni Mitchell will be getting her own SiriusXM channel, starting today, pegged to her upcoming pre-Grammys MusiCares honor as that org’s person of the year.The time-limited Mitchell channel will be on the service in different time frames in its app and satellite iterations. It starts earlier on the SiriusX app, premiering today and running for about a month, through April 14.
Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor“Clive Davis: Most Iconic Performances,” a four-art series featuring concert clips chosen by and interviews conducted by the legendary music executive, will premiere exclusively on Paramount Plus in the U.S. and internationally beginning Wednesday, March 23.In this special miniseries, culled from his virtual 2021 pre-Grammy Gala events, sees Davis taking viewers through some of his favorite musical performances from the last few decades.
Mitchell Ryan has sadly passed away.
Actor Mitchell Ryan died on Friday. He was 88.
LOS ANGELES -- Mitchell Ryan, who played a villainous general in the first “Lethal Weapon" movie, a ruthless businessman on TV's “Santa Barbara" and had character roles on the soap opera “Dark Shadows" and the 1990s sitcom “Dharma & Greg," died Friday. He was 88.Ryan died of congestive heart failure at his Los Angeles home, his stepdaughter, Denise Freed, told the Hollywood Reporter.Rugged, granite-jawed and sporting a sleek mane of hair, Ryan was instantly recognizable on TV and the big screen.
Mitchell Ryan, a veteran film and television actor who captivated daytime television fans in his role as Burke Devlin on the groundbreaking daytime soap Dark Shadows, has died. He was 88 years old and no cause of death was given.
Carole Baskin and wild animal zoo owner Joe Exotic are TV stars once again. This time, as the subjects of Peacock’s scripted, true-crime series,, starring Kate McKinnon and John Cameron Mitchell. In April 2020, the two tiger enthusiasts unexpectedly became the biggest personalities in America thanks to the runaway success of the Netflix documentary,.
NEW YORK -- Joni Mitchell's latest honor finds her in company with some giants from other fields.The celebrated singer-songwriter and musician has received honorary membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the venerable institution based in Upper Manhattan where general inductees have ranged from Henry James and Hannah Arendt to Dizzy Gillespie and Jasper Johns. She now shares honorary status with a peer she knows well, Bob Dylan, along with Meryl Streep, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Martin Scorsese among others.“It’s fun to be part of such a historic roll call along with all of the talented and interesting people who have received this honor," Mitchell said in a statement.
Indiana Jones 5.The actor, reprising his titular role in the forthcoming film, is said to have noticed the medical emergency at Pinewood Studios on Monday (February 21).“All of a sudden a male member of crew collapsed,” a source close to the production told The Sun. They said Ford “was standing just yards away and yelled for a medic”.They went on to say “there was a huge amount of panic” at the time, as “the on-site first aider did CPR while they waited for an air ambulance and paramedics to arrive”.There has been no update on the condition of the crew member in question, while the source added that cast and crew members have “been at Pinewood and are due to finish Friday”.At the end of last year, rumours emerged that Phoebe Waller-Bridge might be in line to replace Harrison Ford as the lead actor in the Indiana Jones franchise.The Fleabag creator and star is starring opposite Ford in the fifth film in the instalment, and reports suggest that her character – currently undisclosed – could in fact be the lead.According to The Daily Mail, producer Kathleen Kennedy wants to make “big” changes with the new film, which could see Waller-Bridge take over the lead role.