DOCSLIB.ORG

P36-40 Layout 1

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
P36-40 Layout 1 lifestyle THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2015 Music & Movies Stewart opening animal sanctuary in New Jersey he former host of “The Daily Show” combat factory farming and encourage and his wife are transforming their awareness about farm animals. Jon Stewart TNew Jersey farm into a sanctuary for ended a 16-year run on Comedy Central’s neglected animals. Jon and Tracey Stewart “The Daily Show” in August. Tracey Stewart announced their plan Saturday while being is the author of the book “Do Unto honored by the animal advocacy group Animals.” — AP Farm Sanctuary. The property in Middletown, New Jersey, will be the fourth sanctuary affiliated with Farm Sanctuary. The organization’s other outposts are in Los File photo shows Jon Stewart appears Angeles; Orland, California; and Watkins onstage at Comedy Central’s ‘Night of Glen, New York. Too Many Stars: America Comes Farm Sanctuary was founded in 1986 to Together for Autism Programs’ at the Beacon Theatre in New York.—AP Ricky Gervais to return as Golden Globes host File photo shows Leah Remini arrives at the 2014 UNICEF icky Gervais will return to host the Golden over,” he said holding his trademark pint of beer. “You Ball in Beverly Hills, Calif. — AP photos Globes for the fourth time in six years. The HFPA could be a little Asian child with no possessions and Rmade the announcement on Twitter. Gervais’ no money. But you could see a picture of Angelina return comes less than a week after the Academy Jolie and you’d think, ‘Mummy!’” Remini talks to revealed that Chris Rock, another edgy comedian, Gervais later responded to the backlash by saying, would host the Oscars in February. “We’re excited to “I’ve told my agent to never let me be persuaded to do have Ricky Gervais back to host the most enjoyable it again though. It’s like a parachute jump.” Still, his last ‘20/20’ about awards show of the season in his own inimitable way,” hosting stint drew nearly 17 million viewers, which said NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt NBC noted in its press release. “What will he say? What in a statement. “Disarming and surprising, Ricky is will he do? We can’t wait to find out, and we are so Cruise, Scientology ready to honor-and send up-the best work of the year happy that he’s back!,” said Barry Adelman, EVP, ctress Leah Remini is talking about Scientology and in film and television. Fasten your seats belts.” Television for dick clark productions and executive Tom Cruise in a new interview with ABC’s “20/20.” She Gervais, who hosted the Globes for three consecu- producer of the 73rd Golden Globes, which will be Asays in a clip released Monday that “being critical of tive years from 2010-2012, will take over for co-hosts held Jan 10. Nominations for the 2016 Globes will be Tom Cruise is being critical of Scientology itself.” Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who also saw a three-year announced Thursday, Dec 10. Winners in 25 categories The interview is scheduled to air Friday at 10 pm EDT. stint. Gervais had previously sworn off hosting the — 14 in film and 11 in TV-are voted on by the Remini was raised as a Scientologist but left the church two Globes again after his controversial jokes, which Hollywood Foreign Press Association. — Reuters years ago. Her memoir, “Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood File photo shows actor Ricky Gervais poses for photog- included a dig at Jodie Foster’s sexuality, raised a few and Scientology,” is set for release next month. raphers upon arrival for the premiere of the film ‘Night eye brows at the Beverly Hilton. “Actors aren’t just Representatives for Cruise and the Church of Scientology did at the Museum, Secret of the Tomb’ in London. — AP loved here in Hollywood, they are loved the world not immediately respond to requests for comment.—AP Singer Lizz Wright makes a fresh start with her new CD five-year recording hiatus didn’t stop Lizz Wright tory that she hadn’t explored - a more energetic and young bell-wood tree stopped her from plunging down a from reclaiming a spot at the top of the Billboard aggressive side that is still organic to who she is.” That fresh ravine. “When my feet got on the ice again, I was very Ajazz charts with her new release, “Freedom & territory emerges on the new album in new tunes such as determined to make this record,” she said. “Since then I Surrender.” It’s a fresh start for the 35-year-old singer-song- the soulful, funk-driven “Freedom,” written by longtime col- have really been enjoying little things and I’ve been living writer - with a new label and producer - but the CD finds laborator Toshi Reagon, and the country blues “The New for little wonders that are common, but still amazing.” Wright returning to her roots as a preacher’s daughter from Game,” co-written with Klein and David Batteau. the rural South. Wright says she had to summon the “war- Just before Thanksgiving, Wright was cast adrift after Human experience rior person in her soul” to overcome doubts about her releasing four albums on Verve, starting with her critically Wright says her challenge as a songwriter is to strike a In this Sept 30, 2015 photo provided by Enrique Iglesias, musical career and obstacles to making the record. acclaimed 2003 debut, “Salt.” Wright kept working with balance between being autobiographical and expressing Iglesias wears his new ‘heart’ T-shirt in Miami. — AP “There’s a lot of fight in the mind and the soul to surface Klein during trips to Los Angeles. Soon after, the independ- universal feelings that resonate with her audience. “I think again and try to figure out why you want to keep working ent Concord label agreed to release the album. Then last as singers and performers we are ambassadors of the and why you want to keep doing your art,” Wright said in a February, just before she was to go into the studio, Wright’s human experience,” she said. “I don’t want to get bored just After hand surgery, recent interview. “I just felt a part of me that was fighting car slid across an icy mountain curve near her home. A talking about myself.” Wright says the opening track, for light and fighting to surface again and I gave voice to it.” “Freedom,” is about independence, individuality and find- Since her last recording, the 2010 gospel-themed ing one’s path, while the closing track, “Surrender,” co-writ- Enrique Iglesias “Fellowship” with mostly covers, Wright had gone through ten with Reagon, is about acceptance, reality and aligning a divorce. She moved from New York and eventually settled yourself with whatever is real for you. The folk-based in a mountainside community outside Asheville, North “Somewhere Down the Mystic” offers “impressions of my helping kids in crises Carolina, within a few hours’ drive of her hometown of Appalachian life,” she says, conjuring the mystical feeling nrique Iglesias is giving a helping hand to children deal- Hahira, Georgia. that she gets walking a mountain trail near her home. ing with emergencies after an accident with a drone led Wright balked at the suggestion of her then-record She traveled to Nashville, Tennessee, to work with coun- Eto him having reconstructive hand surgery. label, Verve, that she do another album of covers. “If I try rock songwriter J.D. Souther (The Eagles) on the tender Save the Children said Monday that Iglesias is working looked at my relationship with the music and with the peo- waltzlike ballad “Right Where You Are,” which she performs with the organization to sell white T-shirts with a red heart at ple - neither called for me to be exploring anyone else’s as a duet with Grammy-winning jazz singer Gregory Porter. its center - mirroring how Iglesias’ shirt looked after he cut his statement,” Wright said. “I had experienced enough to The album has two covers. Her darkly brooding version of fingers at a concert and wiped the blood on his shirt. Iglesias, where I wanted people to know and at least feel some- Nick Drake’s “River Man” draws on her impressionistic jazz 40, sliced his fingers in May when grabbing a drone at a show thing about where I had been.” Wright found a supportive side, while she turns the Bee Gees’ “To Love Somebody” in Tijuana, Mexico, and video and photos posted online high- partner in Grammy-winning producer Larry Klein, known into a slow ballad, inspired by the gospel music of her lighted his bandaged hand and blooded T-shirt. He under- for working with strong-willed female singer-songwriters youth. Wright says she conceived the album as a “wide can- went reconstructive hand surgery because he suffered a frac- including Tracy Chapman, Madeleine Peyroux and ex-wife vas” - on which she uses different musical styles as colors to ture that needed to be corrected. “I’m extremely excited to Joni Mitchell. create a cohesive multilayered work of art. “I call myself a partner with Save the Children to help kids who need it the singer-songwriter influenced by the gospel and jazz tradi- most. My heart goes out to the kids around the world who Natural talent tion,” Wright said. “Naturally because of my lifestyle and have lived through a humanitarian crisis and have to rebuild Klein had been thinking about doing a record with love for nature there’s a lot of folk and Americana there their lives from scratch,” Iglesias said in a statement.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Rooted and Grounded in Love (Eph 3:17)
    Rooted and Grounded in Love (Eph 3:17) Brynmawr Family Church Sermon Stuart Wheatman, Sunday 17th Jan 2010 Intro- • What shoes worn to church today? What are the grips like? I have seen a pattern in the 3 years we have been building Church here. The pattern is that we make progress and start to break through. Shortly later relationships are tested and people fall out with each other, get offended, and ground is lost that had been gained. It is like Rugby- the aim is to take ground and hold on to it, to also get the ball and hold on to it, but if we lose our focus or grip on the ball or lose our footing the opponent is not slow to step in. Recent snow- so many cars struggling to move, but no grip on the ground. Paul prayed that every Christian became 'rooted and grounded in love'- Eph 3:17. Love is the studs on our boots- it stops us from slipping over (by being offended). We may gain great ground in God, but if we are easily offended and hold on to grudges the ground can be lost in a second- we become divided and ineffectual. This is the week of prayer for Christian unity let's think about our own relationships with others and see if they are any areas we need to address. Read Eph 2:1-6, 11-18 Through the cross God broke the dividing walls • The curtain. We were God's enemies (2:2 'sons of disobedience') but reconciled to God through the cross (Rom 5:10-'..when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son').
    [Show full text]
  • Storefront for Art and Architecture, in Collaboration with the New York Comedy Festival, Presents: Jonah Freeman and Justin Lowe
    CONTACT: Jinny Khanduja, Director of Strategic Development [email protected] or 212.431.5795 STOREFRONT FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE NEW YORK COMEDY FESTIVAL, PRESENTS: JONAH FREEMAN AND JUSTIN LOWE PARANOIA MAN IN A RAT FINK ROOM NOVEMBER 2, 2016 - FEBRUARY 18, 2017 NEW YORK, NY - Storefront for Art and Architecture, in collaboration with the New York ​ Comedy Festival (NYCF), has commissioned Jonah Freeman and Justin Lowe to create Paranoia Man in a Rat Fink Room at Storefront's gallery space. The exhibition opened on ​ November 8, 2016, with special preview performances from November 2 - 6, 2016 during the NYCF. Paranoia Man in a Rat Fink Room continues after the festival with events and ​ ​ discussions brought together by Storefront through February 18, 2017. The exhibition follows a tradition of spatial experimentation at Storefront where the boundaries between architecture, art, and the subject are dissolved into one continuous environment. The installation is a historical pastiche of urban and architectural experiences linked through a mise-en-scène comprised of three architectural environments - a Canal Street style kiosk filled with the leftover DVDs and VHSs from Jungle Video (a now defunct media superstore in Los Angeles); a comedy club partially inspired by the original Rat Fink Room (the world's first dedicated stand-up comedy club, which opened in 1963); and a bathroom that has been converted into surveillance headquarters that will keep audio/video recordings of the last days of Storefront. ABOUT PARANOIA MAN IN A RAT FINK ROOM Storefront for Art and Architecture is closing its doors for good*.
    [Show full text]
  • Ricky Gervais's Sentimental Men
    111 NELE SAWALLISCH Ricky Gervais's Sentimental Men 1. Introduction Ricky Gervais's stage persona performs the part of enfant terrible in the current transatlantic Anglophone comedy scene. While his breakthrough as a stand-up comedian came comparatively late in his life or, as Itzkoff writes, "after his sitcoms were successful" (2012), Gervais has produced a substantial multimedia body of work which spans the radio, books, television, the stand-up stage, the big screen, streaming services, and – no less – social media. Gervais operates in front of as well as behind cameras; he is known as a workaholic who likes to be in full artistic control of his projects. He writes, directs, produces, casts, acts, performs and tweets, and has built a formidable media presence over the years. In his work, Gervais blurs the lines between such dyads as 'author'/'protagonist,' 'author'/'narrator,' or 'autobiography/fiction.' Such doubling also complicates our understanding of different masculinities that Gervais and his characters have toyed with throughout his career.1 The different 'funny' versions of men highlighted in his various projects include, for example, The Office's (2001-2003) king of cringe David Brent; background and second-rate actor Andy Millman from Extras (2005-2007); Derek Noakes, whose good-naturedness and naïveté endear him to his colleagues; and, most recently, widower Tony Johnson, whose cynical and morose outlook on after/life turn him into a misanthrope. This article focuses on the latter two shows, Derek (2012-2014) and After Life (2019-), Gervais's first original Netflix production, because they can be read together in terms of the subjects they address.
    [Show full text]
  • Awards Ballot.Pages
    Best Screenplay Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical Birdman Birdman Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel Gone Girl Into the Woods The Grand Budapest Hotel Pride The Imitation Game St. Vincent 2015 Golden Globes ! ! Best Animated Feature Film Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Big Hero 6 Picture - Drama FILM The Book of Life Jennifer Aniston, Cake Best Performance by an Actress The Boxtrolls Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything in a Supporting Role How To Train Your Dragon 2 Julianne Moore, Still Alice Patricia Arquette, Boyhood The LEGO Movie Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year ! Reese Witherspoon, Wild Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game ! Emma Stone, Birdman Best Director Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Meryl Streep, Into the Woods Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel Drama Ava Duvernay, Selma ! Steve Carell, Foxcatcher David Fincher, Gone Girl Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman Picture - Comedy or Musical Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler Richard Linklater, Boyhood Amy Adams, Big Eyes David Oyelowo, Selma Emily Blunt, Into the Woods ! Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything Helen Mirren, The Hundred-Foot Journey Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion ! Julianne Moore, Map to the Stars Picture - Comedy or Musical Best Motion Picture - Drama Quvenzhane Wallis, Annie Boyhood Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel Foxcatcher ! Michael Keaton, Birdman The Imitation Game Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Bill Murray, St. Vincent Selma Robert Duvall, The Judge Joaquin Phoenix, Inherent Vice The Theory of Everything Ethan Hawke, Boyhood Christoph Waltz, Big Eyes Edward Norton, Birdman ! Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher ! J.K.
    [Show full text]
  • JULIA CARTA Hair Stylist and Make-Up Artist
    JULIA CARTA Hair Stylist and Make-Up Artist www.juliacarta.com PRESS JUNKETS/PUBLICITY EVENTS Matt Dillon - Grooming - WAYWARD PINES - London Press Junket Jeremy Priven - Grooming - BAFTA Awards - London Christian Bale - Grooming - AMERICAN HUSTLE - BAFTA Awards - London Naveen Andrews - Grooming - DIANA - London Press Junket Bruce Willis and Helen Mirren - Grooming - RED 2 - London Press Conference Ben Affleck - Grooming - ARGO - Sebastián Film Festival Press Junket Matthew Morrison - Grooming - WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING - London Press Junket Clark Gregg - Grooming - THE AVENGERS - London Press Junket Max Iron - Grooming - RED RIDING HOOD - London Press Junket and Premiere Mia Wasikowska - Hair - RESTLESS - Cannes Film Festival, Press Junket and Premiere Elle Fanning - Make-Up - SUPER 8 - London Press Junket Jamie Chung - Hair & Make-Up - SUCKERPUNCH - London Press Junket and Premiere Steve Carell - Grooming - DESPICABLE ME - London Press Junket and Premiere Mark Strong and Matthew Macfayden - Grooming - Cannes Film Festival, Press Junket and Premiere Michael C. Hall - Grooming - DEXTER - London Press Junket Jonah Hill - Grooming - GET HIM TO THE GREEK - London Press Junket and Premiere Laura Linney - Hair and Make-Up - THE BIG C - London Press Junket Ben Affleck - Grooming - THE TOWN - London and Dublin Press and Premiere Tour Andrew Lincoln - Grooming - THE WALKING DEAD - London Press Junket Rhys Ifans - Grooming - NANNY MCPHEE: THE BIG BANG (RETURNS) - London Press Junket and Premiere Bruce Willis - Grooming - RED - London
    [Show full text]
  • Twenty Comic Masks
    Twenty Comic Masks Which One are You? Comic Mask Real World Example 1 The Stand-Up Jerry Seinfeld, Amy Schumer 2 The Aggressor Bill Burr, Chelsea Handler, Jim Jefferies, Bill Hicks, Whitney Cummings, Chelsea Handler 3 The Sad Sack Richard Lewis, Rodney Dangerfield, Gary Shandling 4 The Druggie Rebel Sam Kinison, Sandra Bernhardt, Lenny Bruce, Kat Williams 5 The Intellectual Jon Stewart, John Hodgman, Woody Allen, Mitch Hedberg, Steven Wright 6 The Socio-Political Satirist Jon Stewart, George Carlin, Lewis Black, Chris Rock, Bill Maher 7 The Storyteller Bill Cosby, Louis CK, Kevin Hart, Richard Pryor 8 The Rube Larry the Cable Guy, Jeff Foxworthy, Ron White, Bill Engvall 9 The Old-Timer George Burns, Mrs. Hughes 10 The Ethnic Type George Lopez, Maz Jobrani, Aziz Ansari, Katt Williams 11 The Immigrant Ricky Gervais, Maureen Murphy, Craig Ferguson THE TEAM 12 Partners Smothers Brothers, Key & Peele, Penn & Teller 13 The Sketch Performer Key & Peele, Monty Python, Kids in the Hall 14 The Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham, Terry Fator, Triumph, The Insult Dog THE ACTORS 15 The Impersonator Terry Fator, Jim Carrey, Kevin Pollack, Frank Caliendo 16 The Artists, Musicians, Bo Burnham, Kevin Nealon, Cartoonists Zach Galifianakis, Jimmy Fallon ​ 17 The Vaudevillian Penn & Teller, The Flying Karamazov Brothers (Other Jugglers, Magicians and acrobats) 18 The Improvisors Lily Tomlin, Jonathan Winters, Robin Williams 19 The Buffoon/The Airhead Andrew “Dice” Clay, Larry the Cable Guy, Rita Rudner 20 The Prop Comic Carrot Top, Gallagher, Do you fit into any of these categories? Maybe you’re so unique you are creating your own? Wouldn’t that be exciting! *Note: This is not a scientific study and some comedians can easily fit in multiple categories, this is just a guide and an example of character, persona and point of view through the ‘mask’ of the fictional character.
    [Show full text]
  • JOHN PARDUE BSC - Director of Photography (UK and USA PASSPORT HOLDER)
    McKinney Macartney Management Ltd JOHN PARDUE BSC - Director of Photography (UK and USA PASSPORT HOLDER) FOUR KIDS & IT Director: Andy De Emmony. Producer: Julie Baines, Anne Brogan, Jonathan Taylor. Starring: Michael Caine, Bill Nighy. Dan Films / Kindle Entertainment. LUTHER 5 Director: Jamie Payne. Producer: Derek Ritchie. Starring: Idris Elba, Dermot Crowley and Wunmi Mosaku. BBC. THE HUSTLE (Feature Film, 2nd Unit – Mallorca) Director: Chris Addison. Producers: Roger Birnbaum and Rebel Wilson Starring: Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson and David Hayman. Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer FINDING YOUR FEET Director: Richard Loncraine. Producers: Nick Moorcroft, Andrew Berg, Meg Leonard and Richard Wheelan. Starring: Imelda Staunton, Celia Imrie, Timothy Spall, Joanna Lumley and David Hayman. Eclipse Films / Powder Keg Pictures / Catalyst. DIRK GENTLY’S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY Director (Pilot episodes 1 & 2): Dean Parisot. Director (Episodes 5 & 6): Tamra Davis. Producers: Max Landis, Robert Cooper, Arvind Ethan David and Kim Todd. Starring: Elijah Wood, Samuel Barnett, Hannah Marks and Richard Schiff. Circle of Confusion / BBC America / Netflix. QUACKS (TV pilot - series commissioned) Director: Andy De Emmony. Producers: James Wood and Justin Davies. Starring: Rupert Everett, Rory Kinnear, Tom Basden, Matthew Baynton Lucky Giant. AND THEN THERE WERE NONE Director: Craig Viveiros. Producers: Abi Bach and Damien Timmer. Gable House, 18 – 24 Turnham Green Terrace, London W4 1QP Tel: 020 8995 4747 E-mail: [email protected] www.mckinneymacartney.com VAT Reg. No: 685 1851 06 JOHN PARDUE Contd … 2 Starring: Charles Dance, Toby Stephens, Miranda Richardson and Sam Neill. Mammoth Screen / BBC. STAN LEE’S LUCKY MAN (Season 1, Opening Episodes 1 & 2 tone establisher) Director: Andy De Emmony.
    [Show full text]
  • Ricky Gervais Actor, Comedian
    feedback/ Ricky Gervais actor, comedian Have a conversation with the chatty creator of the award-winning sitcom The Office, and it can be hard to distinguish the truth from a clever zinger. With the release of his new film, The Invention of Lying, on September 25, fans and movie audiences alike can see for themselves. “I’m a loser,” Gervais says of his character. “Then I discover I can lie, and suddenly the shoe’s on the other foot.” We caught up with the comedian to hear about his other favorite truths on animals, alcohol, and food. INTERVIEW BY BEKAH WRIGHT The British funnyman follows his conscience (but keeps his wicked sense of humor) wherever he eats. What would people be surprised What’s the perfect snack? adults, from mammals down not someone who likes to find in your kitchen? Chicken satay dipped in to insects. Antelopes eat deep-sea squid wrapped in Two fridges of wine and peanut sauce or cheese on toast. fermented apples and go down pure gold. I’m not having Champagne. I never want I love salt and monosodium to the watering hole the next it. I want starch, cheese, to run out of chilled Pinot glutamate—the end of instant day and they’re hungover. and chewy, nice meat with Grigio or Fumé Cuvée. ramen noodles when you salt. I don’t eat mollusks, haven’t mixed it well and it’s Where is your favorite restaurant, crustaceans, eels, or squid. Name three foods that are always the strongest bit. Oh, man, and what do you order there? I’ll do deep-fried scampi, in your refrigerator.
    [Show full text]
  • NYC & Company, New York Comedy Festival and COMEDY CENTRAL Announce the Second Annual Comedy Week, November 5-11
    NYC & Company, New York Comedy Festival And COMEDY CENTRAL Announce The Second Annual Comedy Week, November 5-11 -Comedy Central's Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele from the Network's Hit Series Key & Peele To Headline Free Comedy Week Show on Wednesday, November 7, at 8pm at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts— NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NYC & Company, New York City's official marketing, tourism and partnership organization, New York Comedy Festival and Comedy Central today announced the second annual Comedy Week, November 5—11. On the heels of Election Night, Comedy Central's sketch-comedy duo, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, from the hit series Key & Peele will perform a free Comedy Week show as part of the weeklong celebration on Wednesday, November 7, at 8 pm at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. In addition, more than 175 comedians will be in New York City to participate in the New York Comedy Festival, performing at some of New York City's most iconic venues, including the Apollo Theater, Carnegie Hall, the Beacon Theatre, Madison Square Garden, Town Hall and Carolines on Broadway. "From live television and theater to comedy clubs and performance artists, comedy is embedded in the fabric of New York City all year-round," said NYC & Company CEO George Fertitta. "We are proud to again present Comedy Week to provide New Yorkers and visitors opportunities to experience some of the funniest performers in the world as they showcase their humor and entertain audiences across the five boroughs." "We're thrilled to be partnering with NYC & Company again to present Comedy Week in New York CIty," says Caroline Hirsch, founder and owner of Carolines on Broadway and the New York Comedy Festival.
    [Show full text]
  • How Iron Man Star Robert Downey Jr Turned His Life Around from Prison and Cocaine | Mail Online 8/30/14 2:41 PM
    How Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr turned his life around from prison and cocaine | Mail Online 8/30/14 2:41 PM From washed-up drug addict to the $100m man: How Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr turned his life around from prison and cocaine By Paul Scott Published: 19:03 EST, 23 May 2013 | Updated: 03:40 EST, 24 May 2013 Robert Downey Jr is on the verge of pulling off the biggest ever single payday for a star by signing the first $100¿million (£65¿million) contract in movie history Given the high-stakes game of brinkmanship that he is currently engaged in with Hollywood’s moneymen, it is a http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2330012/How-Iron-Man-star-Robert-Downey-Jr-turned-life-prison-cocaine.html Page 1 of 10 How Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr turned his life around from prison and cocaine | Mail Online 8/30/14 2:41 PM good thing that Robert Downey Jr does not really ‘do’ self doubt. So confident is the 48-year-old actor of his own ability that, in an interview with GQ this month, he says he fully deserves the £33!million he got for his last film — and predicts it is only a matter of time before he wins his first Oscar. Downey can afford to be cocky. The new undisputed king of Hollywood is a walking, talking multi-billion-dollar business. As if to illustrate the fact, he is on the verge of pulling off the biggest ever single payday for a star by signing the first $100!million (£65!million) contract in movie history, reprising his role as superhero Iron Man in two more episodes of Disney’s big-screen franchise.
    [Show full text]
  • Movie Data Analysis.Pdf
    FinalProject 25/08/2018, 930 PM COGS108 Final Project Group Members: Yanyi Wang Ziwen Zeng Lingfei Lu Yuhan Wang Yuqing Deng Introduction and Background Movie revenue is one of the most important measure of good and bad movies. Revenue is also the most important and intuitionistic feedback to producers, directors and actors. Therefore it is worth for us to put effort on analyzing what factors correlate to revenue, so that producers, directors and actors know how to get higher revenue on next movie by focusing on most correlated factors. Our project focuses on anaylzing all kinds of factors that correlated to revenue, for example, genres, elements in the movie, popularity, release month, runtime, vote average, vote count on website and cast etc. After analysis, we can clearly know what are the crucial factors to a movie's revenue and our analysis can be used as a guide for people shooting movies who want to earn higher renveue for their next movie. They can focus on those most correlated factors, for example, shooting specific genre and hire some actors who have higher average revenue. Reasrch Question: Various factors blend together to create a high revenue for movie, but what are the most important aspect contribute to higher revenue? What aspects should people put more effort on and what factors should people focus on when they try to higher the revenue of a movie? http://localhost:8888/nbconvert/html/Desktop/MyProjects/Pr_085/FinalProject.ipynb?download=false Page 1 of 62 FinalProject 25/08/2018, 930 PM Hypothesis: We predict that the following factors contribute the most to movie revenue.
    [Show full text]
  • Alan Carr: Chatty Man Returns to Channel 4 with the 15Th Series in September!
    ALAN CARR: CHATTY MAN RETURNS TO CHANNEL 4 WITH THE 15TH SERIES IN SEPTEMBER! BAFTA award-winner and 2015 NTA winning chat show host, comedy favourite Alan Carr will be back on our screens for a new series of Alan Carr Chatty Man from Friday 11th September at 10PM. Taking to the sofa for the first episode of the 15th series, Alan will be kicking things off in truly epic Chatty man style as he’s joined by actor Tom Hardy. Tom will be talking about his latest movie 'Legend' where he plays both lead roles as the infamous Kray twin brothers, Reggie and Ronnie Kray. Also musician and actress Demi Lovato will be chatting to Alan as well as performing her latest single ‘Cool For The Summer’ live in the studio. (one more guest tbc). Back and bigger than ever before, Alan Carr: Chatty Man returns to Friday nights with 16 episodes, including a Christmas special, with a series that promises nothing but the most exclusive gossip, scandalous going’s on and outrageous shenanigans as Alan steers us through world of celebrity once again. From the man who posed nude for Lady Gaga, shook it off with Taylor Swift and gave Kim Kardashian-West a run for her money when he tried to break the internet, Alan will be joined by a fabulous showbiz line-up of international and home-grown stars from the worlds of music, film, TV and sport. Alan's impressive guest list over the past 13 series includes: Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Ricky Gervais, Taylor Swift, Russell Brand, Drew Barrymore, Rita Ora, One Direction, Katy Perry, Kate Hudson, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Justin Timberlake, Stephen Fry, Jennifer Lopez, Kylie Minogue and many, many more.
    [Show full text]