“Saturday Night Live” writer Katie Rich has come under intense criticism in the last 24 hours after she made a joke about Barron Trump that many felt was in poor taste. Barron, the young son of President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, has been the subject of lots of Internet attention as he […]
In his first film “Hedi: a Wind of Freedom” Mohamed Ben Attia shows us what life is like for young Tunisians after the Arab Spring. Lives which are caught between the desire to live and the weight of conventions, like the young man who has to go through an arranged marriage. One look is enough
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastLOS ANGELES — Miguel Ferrer, an actor with a long list of credits ranging from “Twin Peaks” to his current role on CBS’ “NCIS: Los Angeles,” died of cancer Thursday. He was 61. A fixture on TV and in movies since the 1980s, Ferrer’s reputation as a scene-stealer began with 1987’s “RoboCop,” where he played
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastLatinos were shining bright at the People’s Choice Awards 2017 tonight. Our Bronx-diva Jennifer Lopez was honored for her work on “Shades of Blue” with the award for Favorite TV Crime Drama Actress. JLo beat out Lucy Liu, Mariska Hargitay, Pauley Perrette and Sophia Bush. Winning in the Favorite Comedic TV Actress, Sofia Vergara took
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & BroadcastThe National Endowment for the Arts, the independent federal agency that promotes and funds art in American communities, will be eliminated if the Trump administration has its way, the Hill reported Thursday. The NEA provides direct grants to art agencies and artists throughout the country. In 2015, the agency awarded grants in every Congressional district,
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USACNN’s president says the incoming U.S. commander in chief is trying to “delegitimize journalism.” The rift between President-elect Donald Trump and CNN was highlighted once again on Wednesday with the publication of a New York Magazine interview with Jeff Zucker. The piece prompted attacks against Mr. Trump after the writer revisited reporting on unverified intelligence
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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USALOS ANGELES — A former contestant on TV’s “The Apprentice” on Tuesday filed a defamation lawsuit against President-elect Donald Trump, whom she has accused of making unwanted sexual advances toward her. Summer Zervos announced the lawsuit at a downtown Los Angeles news conference with her attorney, Gloria Allred, three days before Trump’s inauguration. Zervos, who
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USALOS ANGELES (Press Release)—The Adam and Gila Milstein Family Foundation has announced the details of its second annual “Inspired by Israel” video contest, which it launched in partnership with the 12Tribe Films Foundation. Hosted on Israelvideonetwork.com, the contest asks entrants to submit videos that entertain, educate and inspire people about Israel. A total of $20,000 in
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAIn Donald Trump’s America, the jokes seem to write themselves. The president-elect gave “Saturday Night Live” writers a tall task this week: how to parody a press conference that already offered its own macabre humor, from “golden shower gate” to Trump’s plan to barely-not-really separate himself from his businesses to his insults directed at the
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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USATo some, he was the voice of Rodimus Prime on the mid-1980s animated TV show “The Transformers,” or Serpentor on the animated “G.I. Joe.” But for baby boomers, Dick Gautier was best known for his deadpan performance as Hymie the robot in the ’60s spy spoof “Get Smart.” Gautier’s daughter Denise told the Hollywood Reporter
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastWASHINGTON, January 14, 2017 – Screenwriter and novelist William Peter Blatty, who won widespread fame as the author of “The Exorcist” (1971), died Thursday morning, January 12 at a hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, the Washington, D.C. suburb where he lived. He was 89. William Friedkin, a longtime friend and colleague who directed iconic 1973 film
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By Jana Mazurkiewicz SAN DIEGO — Cygnet Theatre organized an informal lunch conversation earlier this month about Joshua Harmon’s comedy Bad Jews that will premiere in San Diego on January 12th. The meeting gathered journalists, theater enthusiasts, and cultural activists representing Jewish organizations based in San Diego. Cygnet Theatre’s artistic director, Sean Murray, and the marketing director, Autumn
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San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast“Patriots Day,” Peter Berg’s film about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, lands with all the subtlety of one of the deadly explosions that claimed three lives and injured 264 others. Terrorism, bad. Law enforcement, first responders, marathon runners and onlookers — as embodied by the fictional, Boston-proud composite character played by Mark Wahlberg who just
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAAmerican actress Natalie Portman has spoken out against women being objectified “in business, in government, and in storytelling.” The Jackie star, who was nominated for a Golden Globe award for her portrayal of the late Jacqueline Kennedy in the new biopic, said she believes Hollywood, like all industries, has a long way to go when
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