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wo people were shot dead and three injuries. It was not immediately clear if were injured at a party hosted by Drake, who earned a Grammy in 2013 for TGrammy-winning rapper Drake at a his second studio album Take Care, was at downtown Toronto nightclub early yester- the party, which closed his annual Ovo day, police said. The shooting started in the music festival. Muzik Nightclub and spilled out onto the street. Police said in Twitter messages that New Raptors uniforms a man and woman were killed and three Rapper Drake took the wraps off new people were taken to hospital with serious uniforms for the Toronto Raptors on Monday night. The Grammy winner, who This photo collaborated with the team on the new provided by look, wore a black and gold version of the Roadside uniform while performing the finale of his Attractions, John OVO Fest concert in Toronto. Drake, the Cusack, left, as team’s “global ambassador.” wore the No. 6 Brian Wilson, and jersey of new Raptors guard Corey Joseph, Elizabeth Banks, who is from suburban Toronto. The as Melinda redesign isn’t radical. The Raptors will still Ledbetter in the wear white with red trim at home, and red film, “Love & with black trim on the road. The black and Mercy.” gold version is one of two road alternates, —AP photos the other being black and red. Both the home and road jerseys read “Raptors” across the chest. Previously, the road jer- seys had “Toronto” on the front. Hollywood takes on The shorts feature Toronto’s new logo, a stylized basketball with a dinosaur claw on one side. Combined with stitching above, troubled minds with it’s designed to spell out TO, in reference to Toronto. There’s also a maple leaf logo on the waistband. NBA All-Star Kevin Durant attended the concert while wearing a summer slate of films Canadian rapper Aubrey Graham, aka David Price Blue Jays jersey. Durant was he 1941 film “The Wolf Man” presents Larry more likely to be victims of violence than perpetra- “Drake”, as he arrives for the premiere of among the sellout crowd at Price’s Toronto Talbot’s transformation from man to wolf as a tors of violence,” Wedding said. the movie “Get Hard” at the TCL Chinese debut earlier Monday, a victory over form of schizophrenia. So little was known Experiences of mental illness aren’t necessarily Theatre in Hollywood, California. — AP T Minnesota. — Agencies about mental illnesses then, the explanation may tragic, and Hollywood loves a story of triumph. have seemed plausible. Hollywood has come a Consider Geoffrey Rush as pianist David Helfgott long way since portraying someone with mental ill- overcoming schizophrenia in “Shine,” or Russell ness as a monster, instead bringing characters to Crowe doing the same as John Nash in “A Beautiful the big screen whose mental struggles look more Mind.” Bradley Cooper’s bipolar character ultimate- like the ones experienced by many people in ly finds love in “Silver Linings Playbook,” and Brian everyday life. Wilson finds himself in “Love & Mercy.” “A lot of peo- The industry’s more realistic approach to such ple with mental illness often have stories of perse- conditions is on abundant display this summer. At verance and courage,” Carolla said. “They are dra- least half a dozen recent releases reflect nuanced matic stories, and real stories. And they often are characters, both real and fictional, facing mental ill- not just about the John Nashes, but also relatively ness. Among the conditions onscreen this season are ordinary people.” personality disorder (“Welcome to Me”), bipolar dis- order (“Infinitely Polar Bear,” “What Happened, Miss Stories to emerge Simone?”), schizoaffective disorder (“Love & Mercy”), The spate of recent releases is a good sign, he addiction and eating disorders (“Amy”), and major said: “It’s a reflection of the fact that there’s a grow- depression (“I Smile Back,” “The End of the Tour”). ing awareness in the country around mental health Movies have a formative effect on popular con- conditions of one kind or another, and there’s a cepts of mental illness in our culture, said psychiatry greater openness among people to discuss them.” professor Danny Wedding, co-author of “Movies & That allows for more stories to emerge, said Mental Illness: Using Films to Understand Koppelman, who believes the trend of movies Psychopathology,” making accuracy and empathy about mental illness reflects their creators’ efforts In this Aug 17, 2008 file photo, Amy Action star Jackie Chan speaks during an interview in Beijing. — AP especially important. “Films will reach millions of to make sense of their personal experiences with Winehouse performs at the V Festival in people who will never read a psychology textbook these conditions. “I Smile Back” is autobiographical, Essex, England, after which, according to her or who will never be in therapy,” he said. “And often as is “Infinitely Polar Bear.” “Most people I know who father, Mitch Winehouse, she will play one Jackie Chan wants to work with times people who don’t read books do go to are interested in this subject have been touched by more gig before taking an extended break movies, so I think films have tremendous potential it in one way or another, and this is a way of mining from playing live after Sept 6. The documen- son Jaycee on album, movie for shaping public attitudes to mental illness.” the truth so they can understand what happened,” tary film, “Amy,” looks at the talent and career ction star Jackie Chan says he wants to relax for 10 days. “I think sometimes I should Realistic presentations of people with mood or she said. “Any art form that makes you know that of Winehouse, and how fame and her battle work with his son Jaycee on a movie set up the jail holiday, force some rich peo- behavior issues can help promote understanding you’re not alone has some value in it. It helps you with bulimia, depression and addiction con- Aand an album as they mend their rela- ple, even myself, to go to jail,” he said. “These and ease stigma for real sufferers, who are plentiful. be able to put into words what you feel you can’t tributed to her death at age 27. The film is in tionship after Jaycee was imprisoned on a days all the people need to do this because One in four adults experiences mental illness in any articulate.” theaters now. drug charge. Jaycee Chan was released from they’re so busy.” After the detention of Jaycee given year and one in 17 lives with a serious condi- It’s not important for moviegoers to come away a 6-month prison sentence in February after Chan and other actors on drugs charges, tion such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, “One of the real powerful pathways to adaptation knowing a character’s specific diagnosis, Wedding pleading guilty to allowing others to use Chinese authorities said they would ban according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. is to embrace it. ... And that’s what these movies do: said, but to understand the possibilities for mental- marijuana at his Beijing apartment. Jackie celebrities linked to drugs from appearing in They say, ‘This is part of the human condition.’” ly ill people to recover. “If people are portrayed Chan, 61, said late Monday that prison was movies and TV shows in China. However, the good for his son because it made him mature younger Chan still appeared in a small role in Promotes productions Cinematic images of people with mental illness- sympathetically,” he said, “you can come away from and that their relationship has changed for Chen Kaige’s recent “Monk comes down a While personal interaction is the most effective es can also balance those created by news reports, a film thinking this person has a mental illness and the better. Before, “I was too Chinese, tradi- Mountain,” which had already finished film- way to eradicate stereotypes about people with where those who make headlines are often violent. you can come away optimistic, because this person tional - you, son, go away, I don’t want to ing when Chan was detained. mental illnesses, NAMI spokesman Bob Carolla said “The reality is people with mental illness are much can be treated.” — AP help you, you have to help yourself,” Chan “movies can be surrogates for personal contact.” said in an interview in Beijing. When filming Fight scenes The organization consults with filmmakers about the remake of “The Karate Kid” alongside Will Jackie Chan’s latest film, “Dragon Blade,” is accuracy and promotes productions that get it Smith’s teenage son Jaden Smith, Chan said a $65 million action movie set 2,000 years right. Sympathetic portrayals can also be reassur- he was struck seeing Will “helping his son to ago featuring Roman soldiers and a Chinese ing for sufferers and their families, providing an be in a movie, every day on the set.” force that protects the Silk Road. It was a big explanation for some behaviors, said “I Smile Back” “I say why am I so stubborn? I have to success in China, pulling in more than $115 author and screenwriter Amy Koppelman. “These help my son,” Chan told The Associated Press. million earlier this year, and debuts in the mood disorders are real, as real as diabetes,” she The Hong Kong actor said he was looking for United States on Sept 4. Chan plays a squad said, “and there’s this validation we can have” in suitable movie projects for Jaycee, 32, and in commander who strikes up a friendship with seeing them depicted authentically on-screen. the meantime his son would produce one of Roman general Lucius, played by John Actor Jason Segel embraced that notion in “The his records, expected out at the end of the Cusack, who has fled his homeland because End of the Tour,” in which he portrays author David year. He also said he hoped Jaycee would of ruthless ruler Tiberius, portrayed by Adrien Foster Wallace, who took his life at age 46 after sing a duet with him on one of the tracks. Brody. decades battling depression. “The primary thing “Probably there is one song that we will sing Chan, who choreographed the fight that’s really important, depression, addiction, any to each other,” said Chan, adding that in it he scenes, said Cusack knew how to free fight would apologize for ignoring Jaycee when he but not how to use a sword. “He cut me so of these subjects that we cover ... the most impor- was young. “I say ‘sorry, I was busy at that many times in the finger, again and again, tant thing is that it’s real,” Segel said. “And any sort time.’” Chan said he wasn’t sure his actor- and Adrien Brody same thing, but I had to of view that you can toughen up or feel your way singer son would go for it, and that he might pretend nothing happened, OK, continue.” out of this or why don’t you just change your out- have to find somebody to sing it for him. Chan’s movies in the pipeline include a look, it’s important to realize on a visceral level that He said Jaycee wrote songs and scripts China-Bollywood action comedy called this is a real, all-encompassing feeling.” and read a lot of books in prison, and joked “Kung Fu Yoga,” a World War II drama titled Fair depictions of mood disorders help normal- that a bit of prison time might be good for a “Railroad Tigers,” and “The Karate Kid 2.” The ize these common maladies, said Dacher Keltner, a lot of people. “So many rich people, like some “Karate Kid” script is still being written as Will psychology professor at University of California, of my friends, they take 10 days or a month Smith isn’t comfortable with it, Chan said. “I Berkeley. “When we stigmatize and suppress and to the mountain to purify,” Chan said, adding said ‘hurry up or otherwise Jaden will be reject and exclude people who are going through This photo provided by courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics shows, Mark Ruffalo, as Cam Stuart, that his busy schedule doesn’t allow him to taller than me,’” Chan said. — AP tough times, the conditions only worsen,” he said. in a scene from the film, ‘Infinitely Polar Bear.” Streep finds her inner rocker in ‘Ricki and the Flash’ McConaughey lends voice arly on in “Ricki and the Flash,” Tarzana neighborhood bar as the acter in recent memory. There’s no bags and guitar in hand, and asks Ricki (Meryl Streep) gets a call lead singer of a rock cover band and exposition. No voiceover. It’s all story him for the fare. He’s not surprised. to Morris’ audiobook Ethat disarms her before she’s then suffer through but tolerate her advancing character specifics that even decided to pick it up. With day job as a clerk at a Los Angeles are amplified by Streep’s layered per- Reintegrate herself atthew McConaughey isn’t just encouraging piece of art out of something I put a tremendous smoky eyes, braided rocker hair and Whole Foods stand-in with a smirk formance as this broke 60-something Such a concoction could only people to read his friend’s book. He’s also rais- amount of hard work into,” Morris added. a swagger that suggests skin that’s as and an attitude. woman with the spirit and soul of a come from (or at least make it to the Ming his voice. The Oscar-winner is one of sev- McConaughey , the actor of such films as “Dallas thick as her leather pants, this Although there are surprises to rebellious, stargazing teenager. screen via) the mind of “Juno” and eral celebrities to narrate Kevin Morris’ audiobook ver- Buyers Club” and “Interstellar,” said it wasn’t such a doesn’t seem like a woman who come, it’s one of the more precise When her cab pulls up to Pete’s pala- “Young Adult” screenwriter Diablo sion of “White Man’s Problems” from Audible Inc. It’s a stretch to become a narrator. —AP would back down from a challenge. and effective introductions to a char- tial suburban mansion she gets out, Cody, cinema’s songstress of defiant series of short stories centered on men of various ages She hesitates more than once to pick women. Ricki’s arrival is a tumultuous uneasily trying to figure out life’s conundrums. it up - you get the sense that she’s one as she attempts to reintegrate “Kevin’s been a friend and consigliere of mine for either become accustomed to being herself, ever so briefly, in the lives of over 20 years,” McConaughey wrote in an email mes- scolded by the voice on the other the family she left and attempt to sage. “I’ve always enjoyed his outlook and authentici- end of the line, or has just given up restore the broken Julie (Mamie ties of where he’s from and wants to go.” on dealing with that other life com- Gummer, Streep’s real life daughter). McConaughey narrates the first short story, the 18- pletely. It’s a small but telling Everyone has moved on and no one minute “Summer Farmer,” which is about the brief moment in a lovely film laced with is afraid to tell her that. meeting of a wealthy man and an elevator repairman. intensely human details that allow It sounds like the stuff of melodra- It was inspired by John Cheever’s “The Summer the audience the opportunity to ma, but in the hands of director Farmer” and is being released by Audible free on Aug actually know its characters in ways Jonathan Demme, the story chugs 4. The full audiobook is available on Aug. 11. that so many films come up short. along naturally and subtly with the “White Man’s Problems” will also have stories read The voice on the line is her ex- characters - from an awkward show- by “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, husband Pete (Kevin Kline) and down at a fancy restaurant to a nos- John C McGinley, Josh Holloway, Pete Yorn, Minnie father of her three grown children. talgia and marijuana-fueled night of Driver and Sarah Polley. All are either clients or friends He’s asking her to come back to bonding over stories and home of Morris, an entertainment attorney who also co-pro- Indiana. Their daughter’s husband videos. In fact, all of the relationships duced “The Book of Mormon.” Morris narrates the last has left her, she’s a wreck, and Ricki are given an unexpected texture and story “White Man’s Problems,” which features “the needs to help. Only a few minutes depth, from the ex-husband’s new biggest jerk you’ve ever seen. So I knew I’d probably into the movie, we’re well on our way wife and surrogate mother to the save him for me and not make anybody else go This image released by Audible shows the to understanding Ricki. We’ve just This photo provided by courtesy of Sony Pictures shows, Rick children Maureen (Audra McDonald) through it,” he said. cover of “Summer Farmer,” a short story nar- seen her hold the attention of a small Springfield, left, as Greg and Meryl Streep, as Ricki, performing at the to Ricki’s more-than-a-friend band- “It feels like we made an album. It feels like I made rated by Matthew McConaughey from Kevin but enthusiastic audience at a Flash at the Salt Well in TriStar Pictures’ “Ricki and the Flash.” — AP mate Greg (Rick Springfield). —AP an album with my friends. It feels like I made another Morris’ “White Man’s Problems.” — AP