lifestyle WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2016

MUSIC & MOVIES

Rap mogul Knight accuses Rap mogul Knight Dr Dre of trying to kill him

ailed former gangsta rap mogul Marion “Suge” year’s box office-topping biopic on the group. “It is a well-known fact that Young and Knight Knight has filed a lawsuit against Dr Dre accus- Knight, a co-founder with Dr Dre of once thriv- are not friends,” said the lawsuit, which seeks finan- Jing the hip-hop star turned Apple executive of ing Death Row Records, is in jail for running over cial damages. Knight also took aim at Apple, alleg- hiring hitmen to kill him. In a lawsuit made public and killing industry colleague Terry Carter in ing that the tech giant paid lawyers to “badger” him Monday that was packed with loaded claims, January 2015 in the parking lot of a Los Angeles- and Death Row Records as the label sought bank- Knight alleged that Dr Dre agreed to pay him 30 area fast-food restaurant. In the lawsuit filed in Los ruptcy protection. An attorney for Dr Dre was quot- percent of his earnings for life-including his share of Angeles Superior Court, Knight said he had been ed in reports as dismissing the allegations as far- Apple’s $3 billion purchase in 2014 of Dr Dre’s Beats defending himself as another man, filmmaker Cle fetched. Sloan, who was injured in the parking lot line of headphones and other electronics. Knight Sloan, allegedly pulled a gun on him. Knight several incident, earlier denied threatening Knight. Knight, also named in the lawsuit leading movie studio months earlier was shot seven times at a Hollywood whose label once distributed top stars such as Universal, saying that it cooperated on the hit nightclub in a party thrown by R&B star Chris Tupac Shakur, has separately sued Chris Brown for a attempt as Dr Dre and other members of gangsta Brown. “Andre Young is responsible for both crimes,” lack of security at his party. — AFP rap pioneers N.W.A. spoke to Knight about the use the lawsuit said, referring to Dr Dre by his given of his likeness in “Straight Outta Compton,” last name.

Rita Wilson loves David S Pumpkins as much as the internet

ita Wilson’s phone has been blowing up - and it’s all David S Pumpkins’ fault. Ever since her hus- Rband, Tom Hanks, appeared on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” as the strange man in the pumpkin suit in that haunted elevator, Wilson has received all sorts of crazy David S Pumpkins things, including clips, texts and gifs. She couldn’t quite explain why the irreverent skit was so effective or why it’s become something of an In this photo provided by 2016 The Japan Foundation/UNIJAPAN, Malaysian actress In this photo provided by 2016 The Japan Foundation/UNIJAPAN, Filipino director internet sensation since airing last weekend. Sharifah Amani and Japanese actor Masahiko Tsugawa stand together near a pen for Brillante Mendoza, third from left in front, battles with snow he has not known when pigeons in a scene from a segment directed by Japanese director Isao Yukisada for making films back home, directing his segment for ‘Reflections,’ the first film produced by ‘Reflections,’ the first film produced by the Tokyo International Film Festival. the Tokyo International Film Festival. — AP photos Tokyo festival produces heartwarming trilogy of Asian films

annes-winning Brillante Mendoza is among the three “I think the world has so many problems already I don’t directors tapped by the Tokyo International Film Festival think we should look into the bad parts only. We should look Cto create “Reflections,” a trilogy that depicts the inter- into the beautiful part of each country, each nation. Because twining of stories among Asian nations. Be it a Filipino worker we need to live together. Otherwise, there will be war again,” in Japan or a Japanese bureaucrat in love with a Cambodian she added. “Why not see the beautiful side, and try to live woman, the main characters are old and lonely, caught in an together?” Crossing borders was also a welcome theme for Asian nation other than their own, in films that reflect the real- Japanese director Isao Yukisada, who worked with Malaysian life erasing of barriers in this region. Premiering today, actors and crew to shoot “Pigeon.” It explores Japan’s guilt “Reflections” marks the first production effort by a festival still about the colonization of Asia that led to World War II, juxta- struggling to gain stature. And so the work is a heartwarming posed with an elderly Japanese man living his retirement experiment, despite its relatively modest budget of 10 million years in Malaysia. yen ($100,000) for each of the three sequences. Yukisada noted that funding from outside Japan, such as Mendoza’s poetic piece “Dead Horse” centers on an elderly China, and filming with non-Japanese staff and actors, are Filipino, who is deported after having worked for decades as a increasingly becoming part of his life, an experience that’s In this file photo, Actor Tom Hanks, left, flanked laborer in Japan, betting on horses as well as taking care of feeding into his directing. “Crossing boundaries is a great way by his wife Rita Wilson, arrives to receive a life- them. His state is actually common: Filipinos are the most to rethink your own work. I’ve been making films for 16 years, time achievement at the Rome Film Festival, in Rome. — AP numerous foreigners in Japan, after Koreans and Chinese. In this photo provided by 2016 The Japan and so my style and filmmaking environment are getting Mendoza did research, talking to Filipinos working in Japan. Foundation/UNIJAPAN, actor Lou Veloso looks up at the more established. But if you think that means things are on a And shooting in the snow meant a fun challenge for snow in a scene from the segment directed by Filipino roll, that’s not the case. If anything, the production side makes But, like a Pavlovian response, “Whenever I see it, it Mendoza. The horses form a metaphor for the hero’s down- director Brillante Mendoza for ‘Reflections,’ the first film demands that take you farther away from the original work makes me want to laugh,” she said at the second annual trodden plight, as well as his integrity. The close-ups of actor produced by the Tokyo International Film Festival. you had in mind,” he said. Kenji Ishizaka, professor at Japan InStyle Awards on Monday night. Wilson giggled at the Lou Veloso’s forlorn face, speckled with the snowflakes of Institute of the Moving Image, who oversaw the trilogy, insists thought she might get her own repeat show at home. northern Japan, which he would never see in his tropical local woman. He stands deep in thought on the bridge, built independent Asian filmmaking has strengths and appeal, and “There might be a little David Pumpkins in my future,” home, are tragically majestic. by the Japanese, destroyed during Cambodia’s civil war and the festival plans to produce another in 2018, with new direc- she said. “I can just call him up and go ‘Bring it, I need a “After 30 years, he doesn’t have a family any more. You lose then rebuilt, a moment symbolic of an ideal love that can tors. little David S. Pumpkins today, honey.’” — AP the connection not only with his family but with everyone overcome cultural differences, separation or even death. The “These films don’t destroy everything in their path like around him. It’s a sad situation, but, in fact, it is really happen- theme of unshaken love was based on Kulikar’s parents. Her Hollywood blockbusters,” said Ishizaka, who had a bit role as ing,” Mendoza said in a recent interview. At a time when Japan father died when she was 2, killed in the war. Kulikar wanted a police officer in Mendoza’s section. “These movies are is widely criticized for not being repentant enough about to send a message to Cambodian people not to forget or bury about family, community, friends, what you might call World War II atrocities, a piece of Japan that’s surprisingly lov- the painful past, but to embrace it, she said. “That is a big mis- human-to-human contact, what ties people together, and able is presented by Cambodian director Sotho Kulikar in her take for us because we cannot emotionally move on, if we they address the effort of various ethnic groups and cul- “Beyond the Bridge.” have not accepted it,” said Kulikar, whose next film, a docu- tures co-existing.” — AP The man, played by Masaya Kato, returns after two mentary, is about the culture of rice, which she believes also decades to Cambodia, where he had a relationship with a connects Cambodians with Japanese. Jack O’Connell to star in Alexander McQueen movie nbroken” and “Money Monster” one of his greatest shows-a stunningly actor Jack O’Connell is set to beautiful re-working of his greatest designs “Ustar in a movie about fashion from the past 15 years,” according to a designer Alexander McQueen to be direct- statement from Pathe. “It was a show that ed by Andrew Haigh, best known for “45 he dedicated to his mother and one in Years.” Pathe will distribute the film in the which he tried to make sense of his life and UK, France and Switzerland, and will handle art. The film explores McQueen’s creative In this image released by Lionsgate, Tyler Perry por- sales in the rest of the world. Principal pho- process in the months leading up to the trays Madea in a scene from, ‘Tyler Perry’s Boo! A tography on the movie, which is produced show, providing an intimate portrait of the Madea Halloween.’ — AP Matthew McConaughey by Damian Jones at DJ Films, will start next man behind the global brand-a moving spring, and the pic is due for delivery at the celebration of a visionary genius whose McConaughey to be end of next year. The script is written by designs transcended fashion to become Chris Urch, award-winning playwright of art.” O’Connell’s credits include “‘71” and ‘Madea Halloween’ tops “The Rolling Stone” and “Land of Our “Starred Up”; Jones’ previous movies honored at the Napa Fathers,” based on the biography “Blood include “The Iron Lady,” “Belle” and “Lady in Beneath the Skin” by Andrew Wilson. the Van.” — Reuters N America box office Valley Film Fest “In 2009, Alexander McQueen put on Jack O’Connell oo! A Madea Halloween” scared off the competition scar-winning actor Matthew during its debut weekend to claim first place at the McConaughey will receive a tribute “BNorth American box office, industry data showed award at the Napa Valley Film Festival in Monday. The latest installment of Tyler Perry’s Madea comedy O franchise-in which Perry reprises his role as a tough-talking November. His latest film “Gold,” an adventure drama directed by Academy Award winner Lady Gaga will matriarch-raked in $28.5 million, box office tracker Exhibitor Stephen Gaghan, will screen at the festival on at Relations said. “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back,” another debut 9 am Nov 10. “Gold” centers around Kenny Wells perform during Super film, took second place with $22.9 million. The sequel to (McConaughey), a prospector desperate for a 2012’s “Jack Reacher” stars Tom Cruise again as a former Army lucky break, who teams up with an eager geolo- soldier going it alone, based on British author Lee Child’s “Jack gist, played by Edgar Ramirez, and sets off on a Bowl halftime show Reacher” novel series. journey to find gold in the uncharted jungle of The horror sequel “Ouija: Origin of Evil”-about home Indonesia. The film hits theater on Dec 25. After seances gone wrong opened in third place with $14.1 million. t’s official: Lady Gaga will headline the Super Bowl “The Accountant,” a financial thriller starring Ben Affleck, took the screening, McConaughey will be presented halftime show. The NFL and Pepsi announced with the Caldwell Vineyards Maverick Actor fourth with $13.6 million. Last week’s box office leader, it fol- Thursday that the pop star will take the stage Feb 5 Tribute for his outstanding contributions to the I lows an autistic mathematics savant who capitalizes on his art of acting and cinematic story-telling. at NRG Stadium in Houston. Gaga sang the national fondness for numbers by becoming an undercover forensic “Vintner John Caldwell is the original Napa anthem at the Super Bowl this year in Santa Clara, accountant for criminal organizations. The psychological Valley maverick winemaker, and Matthew California. Beyonce, Bruno Mars and Coldplay head- thriller “The Girl on the Train,” starring Emily Blunt as a McConaughey is the epitome of a maverick lined the halftime show. depressed, alcoholic divorcee who witnesses something odd when it comes to his work in the film industry,” Gaga will release a new album, “Joanne,” on Oct 21. as she rides a commuter train, dropped to fifth place with $7.2 said Napa Valley Film Festival co-founder and The Grammy winner’s hits include “Poker Face,” “Bad million in its third week. Rounding out the top 10 films were: director Marc Lhormer. “Matthew boldly Romance,” “Born This Way” and “Applause.” Fox will “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” ($5.9 million) inhabits each character that he plays on broadcast the Super Bowl. — AP “Keeping Up with the Joneses” ($5.5 million) screen, and we are just delighted to showcase In this Feb 7, 2016 file photo, Lady Gaga sings the national anthem before “Kevin Hart: What Now?” ($4.1 million) his latest film and to honor him at the festival the NFL Super Bowl 50 football game between the Denver Broncos and “Storks” ($4 million) this year.” —Reuters the Carolina Panthers in Santa Clara, Calif. — AP “Deepwater Horizon” ($3.4 million)—AFP