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John Malkovich
John Malkovich to play disgraced movie mogul in new Mamet play
LONDON — Actor John Malkovich will take the starring role in a new play by Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet about a disgraced Hollywood studio head, a story he said was written partly in reaction to the scandal engulfing film producer Harvey Weinstein.Speaking to BBC Radio on Tuesday, Malkovich described "Bitter Wheat", which opens in London in the summer, as "a black farce about a very badly behaved movie mogul", who he said was "not particularly" Weinstein. The producer will go on trial in New York in May on charges of sexually assaulting two women."It's a great deal about that business and a great deal about how people in that business, in positions say as studio heads have behaved really for more or less a century now. So many of them were so...
January 30, 2019

John Malkovich to play disgraced movie mogul in new Mamet play

A visitor walks past exhibits at the National Museum of Indian Cinema (NMIC), the country's first museum showcasing the history of its film industry, in Mumbai. — AFP
First Indian film museum opens in home of Bollywood
Mumbai — From silent black-and-white films to colorful blockbusters bursting with song and dance, the evolution of Indian cinema is traced by a new museum in the home of Bollywood.Costing Rs1.4 billion ($19.6 million), India's first national film museum is spread across a stylish 19th-century bungalow and a modern five-storey glass structure in south Mumbai."It showcases to the world outside what Indian cinema has achieved in its entirety over more than 100 years," Amrit Gangar, a consulting curator on the project, told AFP.Movie-mad India today produces around 1,500 films a year, dwarfing even Hollywood's output.The government-funded National Museum of Indian Cinema (NMIC) boasts stacks of memorabilia, recordings and film-making tools as well as interactive touch...
January 29, 2019

First Indian film museum opens in home of Bollywood

In this file photo taken on January 9, 2019 (L-R) US actor Samuel L Jackson, US director Night Shyamalan, US actress Sarah Paulson and British actor James McAvoy pose on arrival for the European premiere of
'Glass' tops N. America box office for second week
Los Angeles — M. Night Shyamalan's latest thriller "Glass" bested the competition at the North American box office for a second straight weekend, taking in $18.9 million, industry figures showed Monday.The film unites the narratives of the director's "Unbreakable" (2000) and "Split" (2016), and stars Bruce Willis, Samuel L Jackson and James McAvoy.The second and third spots at the box office remained unchanged from last weekend.Buddy drama "The Upside" -- starring Bryan Cranston as a wealthy quadriplegic who hires ex-convict Kevin Hart as his caretaker -- earned $11.9 million.Superhero flick "Aquaman," starring Jason Momoa as the underwater king, hauled in another $7.3 million.It has now generated $1.09 billion in global box...
January 29, 2019

'Glass' tops N. America box office for second week

Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson's family calls new documentary 'public lynching'
LOS ANGELES — The family of Michael Jackson on Monday described reaction to a new documentary about alleged child abuse by the late singer as a "public lynching" and said he was "100 percent innocent" of such accusations.The statement followed the premiere at the Sundance film festival on Friday of "Leaving Neverland," in which two men, now in their 30s, say they were befriended by the "Thriller" singer and sexually abused by him starting from when they were 7 and 10 years old.The documentary received a standing ovation at Sundance on Friday, Variety and other entertainment media reported. It will be shown on cable channel HBO and Britain's Channel 4 television network this spring.Jackson, who died in 2009, was acquitted at a 2005 criminal...
January 29, 2019

Michael Jackson's family calls new documentary 'public lynching'

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'Black Panther' roars at Screen Actors Guild Awards
Los Angeles — Groundbreaking superhero blockbuster "Black Panther" on Sunday won the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards -- a major boost to its campaign for Oscars glory next month.The film won for best ensemble cast, besting musical romance "A Star Is Born," Spike Lee's "BlacKkKlansman," Queen biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" and rom-com "Crazy Rich Asians."Chadwick Boseman, who plays the title role in what was the top-grossing film in North America in 2018, explained the film's significance alongside his co-stars, nearly all of them black."We all know what it's like to be told that there is not a place for you to be featured, yet you are young, gifted and black," Boseman told the audience at the Shrine...
January 28, 2019

'Black Panther' roars at Screen Actors Guild Awards

A competitor emerges from muddy water as he negotiates a water obstacle in the Tough Guy endurance event near Wolverhampton, central England. — AFP
'Cold, hellish, terrifying' — tough guys go for it in UK comp
Wolverhampton, United Kingdom — Submerged in mud, running over fire, crawling through electrified wires -- it's not most people's idea of fun.But 1,500 people from 27 countries, many of them in fancy dress, did just that in the "Tough Guy" competition this weekend in central England.This year the event had around 300 obstacles designed to test the limits of endurance, from the "Colditz Walls" and "Tyre Torture" to "Vietcong Tunnels"."I'm so happy that it's over," said Francesca Chiorando, 33, after completing the estimated eight-mile course on a bitterly cold January day."It's cold, hellish, terrifying. To be honest I quite want to cry now," said Chiorando.She knew what it was like, because she had done it...
January 28, 2019

'Cold, hellish, terrifying' — tough guys go for it in UK comp

Film producer Harvey Weinstein attends a hearing in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City. — Reuters
Judge OKs new Harvey Weinstein
New York — A New York state judge on Friday approved Harvey Weinstein's overhaul of his legal team to defend him against criminal sexual assault charges, though two of his new lawyers represented one of the disgraced Hollywood mogul's most vocal accusers, actress Rose McGowan.At a Manhattan court hearing, Weinstein told Judge James Burke he accepted the potential conflicts of interest that Jose Baez and Ronald Sullivan might have from recently representing McGowan in a Virginia drug possession case, where she pleaded no contest. — Reuters
January 28, 2019

Judge OKs new Harvey Weinstein

This handout photo taken in 2018 and released courtesy of Rae Finlay, the chief executive of the Niue Chamber of Commerce, shows Trevor the duck on the Pacific island of Niue. — AFP
'World's loneliest duck' Trevor dies on tiny Niue
Sydney — A lone duck named Trevor that lived on the tiny Pacific island nation of Niue has died, officials say, sparking an outpouring of grief from as far away as New Zealand.The celebrity mallard found fame last year after a visiting journalist from New Zealand discovered that his makeshift home, near a puddle, was used for directions.But his 15 seconds of fame were tragically cut short when he was "seen dead in the bush after being attacked by dogs" this weekend, a Facebook page dedicated to Trevor said.The chief executive of the Niue Chamber of Commerce, Rae Findlay, said it was a "sad time for Niue"."He captivated the locals, of which there are only 1,600 in Niue, and the 9,000 visitors to Niue each year," Findlay told the Australian Broadcasting...
January 28, 2019

'World's loneliest duck' Trevor dies on tiny Niue

Alan Alda poses backstage with his Life Achievement Award. — Reuters
Alan Alda hailed for 60-year career
Los Angeles — Alan Alda, best known for playing a wise-cracking Army doctor on the long-running anti-war television comedy "M*A*S*H," received a lifetime achievement award from his fellow actors on Sunday, celebrating a 60-year career on stage and screen.Alda, 82, who announced in July that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease three years earlier, was presented the honor by film star and one-time-costar Tom Hanks at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards dinner in Los Angeles. — Reuters
January 28, 2019

Alan Alda hailed for 60-year career

Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein arrives State Supreme Court in Manhattan with his new team of lawyers Jose Baez (2nd L), Ronald Sullivan (L) in New York on Friday. — AFP
Sundance, where Weinstein was king, airs film chronicling his fall
Park City, United States — For more than 20 years, Harvey Weinstein reigned supreme as rainmaker at the Sundance Film Festival, spending millions of dollars to buy up the best in independent cinema.Now he's back, but in a film detailing his stunning downfall that gives voice to his many sexual assault accusers."Untouchable," directed by Ursula Macfarlane, makes no claim to offer shocking new revelations. Rather, it attempts to retrace, as rigorously and scrupulously as possible, both the talent and the decadence of one of the most powerful men in Hollywood -- a man who now awaits trial on charges of rape and sexual aggression.The Sundance Film Festival, once Weinstein's favorite hunting ground, presented the film's world premiere Friday, just hours after showing...
January 27, 2019

Sundance, where Weinstein was king, airs film chronicling his fall

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