Tad Cummins, the former Tennessee teacher at the center a multi-state Amber Alert after he allegedly “groomed” and kidnapped one of his teenage students, frequently thought he’d be a great educator.
“I have often thought that I would love to be a teacher, and just might excel at it, but it never seemed to be my destiny,” the 50-year-old wrote in his 2011 employment application to the Culleoka Unit School in Maury County, Tennessee.
The application, which was obtained by People, details Cummins’ long work history — starting in 1985 as a technician at a medical equipment center. According to Cummins’ letter,...
“I have often thought that I would love to be a teacher, and just might excel at it, but it never seemed to be my destiny,” the 50-year-old wrote in his 2011 employment application to the Culleoka Unit School in Maury County, Tennessee.
The application, which was obtained by People, details Cummins’ long work history — starting in 1985 as a technician at a medical equipment center. According to Cummins’ letter,...
- 3/24/2017
- by Harriet Sokmensuer
- PEOPLE.com
Al Roker took a moment to address his co-host Tamron Hall‘s departure on Thursday’s Today show.
At the beginning of the third hour, which was co-hosted by Roker and Hall until Wednesday’s announcement, Roker made a short statement.
“As some of you may have heard by now, our good friend Tamron Hall has decided to leave NBC News,” he said, joined by weekend co-host and correspondent Sheinelle Jones and actor Dean Cain.
“Personally, Tamron has been not just a co-host here on Today’s Take for the past three years but a good friend — and not just to me,...
At the beginning of the third hour, which was co-hosted by Roker and Hall until Wednesday’s announcement, Roker made a short statement.
“As some of you may have heard by now, our good friend Tamron Hall has decided to leave NBC News,” he said, joined by weekend co-host and correspondent Sheinelle Jones and actor Dean Cain.
“Personally, Tamron has been not just a co-host here on Today’s Take for the past three years but a good friend — and not just to me,...
- 2/2/2017
- by Aurelie Corinthios
- PEOPLE.com
Since its inception in 2012, Comedy Bang! Bang! has become that bonkers staple in our late-night television watching we never knew we needed – and sadly, after five outlandish seasons, it’s coming to a close.
Before the final episodes begin airing on Oct. 28, creator and sweater-wearing host Scott Aukerman is giving Et a glimpse of CBB’s finale.
“The final episode is something that I'd been thinking about for the past few years,” Aukerman tells Et. “A lot of shows go really big for their final episodes and they try to bowl you over with guest stars. I decided to go really small and do more of a thematic ending. I really wanted to make it one of the funnier episodes we've ever done.”
While we won’t be bombarded with guest stars, we will be treated to a (hopefully) joyous reunion between Aukerman and Ob (original bandleader) Reggie Watts – but this time, as a guest...
Before the final episodes begin airing on Oct. 28, creator and sweater-wearing host Scott Aukerman is giving Et a glimpse of CBB’s finale.
“The final episode is something that I'd been thinking about for the past few years,” Aukerman tells Et. “A lot of shows go really big for their final episodes and they try to bowl you over with guest stars. I decided to go really small and do more of a thematic ending. I really wanted to make it one of the funnier episodes we've ever done.”
While we won’t be bombarded with guest stars, we will be treated to a (hopefully) joyous reunion between Aukerman and Ob (original bandleader) Reggie Watts – but this time, as a guest...
- 10/28/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan ("Once Upon a Time in Anatolia," "Winter Sleep") and Russian filmmaker Alexsandr Sokurov ("Faust," Russian Ark") have been confirmed as Masters for the Doha Film Institute’s second edition of Qumra, set to take place from March 4-9, 2016.
Following the huge success of its inaugural edition, the two acclaimed filmmakers join previously announced Qumra Masters Naomi Kawase and Lucrecia Martel for the second edition of the new initiative, which debuted in March 2015 to support the development of emerging filmmakers from Qatar, the region and around the world
Ceylan and Sokurov are both masters in world cinema whose work has received the highest accolades at the world’s most prestigious film festivals including the Berlin Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival.
Fatma Al Remaihi, CEO of Doha Film Institute said: “We are proud to welcome Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Alexsandr Sokurov to Qumra. They have each created a distinctive body of work and a cinematic legacy for generations to come. They are an inspiration, not only to the emerging filmmakers whose work will be mentored through Qumra, but to us all.”
In their role as Qumra Masters, Ceylan and Sokurov will participate in a series of masterclasses, and one-on-one advisory sessions with participating Qumra projects and industry professionals from around the world, with a selection of the Masters’ films being screened for Doha audiences during the event. Qumra is presented by the Doha Film Institute and was developed with the guidance of Artistic Advisor, Elia Suleiman who participated as a Master in the inaugural edition.
In addition to representatives from the 30 projects from Qatar, the Mena region and around the world whose projects are mentored through the initiative, members of the local and regional creative industries are also invited to participate in Qumra, where they will have the opportunity to attend a series of networking events, Qumra Master Classes, and daily screenings of films by the Qumra Masters and recipients of funding from the Institute, followed by question-and-answer sessions.
Online accreditation is now open for local film industry delegates to register for Qumra 2016. Film and media industry professionals can visit www.dohafilminstitute.com to register their interest and and will receive a confirmation of accreditation after February 21, 2016. Capacity is limited and applications will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Nuri Bilge Ceylan was born in Istanbul and after graduating from the Department of Electrical Engineering at Istanbul's Boğaziçi University, he studied cinema at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University for two years.
After making the short film "Cocoon" (1995), his first two feature-length films, "Small Town" (1997) and "Clouds of May" (1999) were screened at the Berlin International Film Festival.
His subsequent films 'Distant' (2002), won the Grand Jury and Best Actor Prizes at the Cannes Film Festival; "Climates" (2006) which took the Fipresci Prize at Cannes; "Three Monkeys" (2008), for which he was named Best Director at Cannes; and "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia" (2011), which gave him his second Cannes Grand Jury Prize.
"'Winter Sleep" (2014), his most recent film, received the Palme d’Or, the most prestigious award of the Cannes Film Festival.
Alexander Sokurov was born in 1951 in the former Ussr. While a student of history at Gorky University, he began working in television and, at the age of 19, he produced several films and live television programmes. In 1975, he began studies at Vgik in Moscow and at the time of his graduation, Andrei Tarkovsky, impressed by Sokurov’s first feature, ‘The Lonely Voice of a Man’ (1977; released 1987) lent the younger director his support and the two went on to become lifelong friends.
In 1980 Sokurov went to work at Lenfilm, while at the same time working at the Leningrad Studio for Documentary Films. He has won numerous awards over the course of his career and in 1995, the European Film Academy listed Sokurov as one of the best 100 directors of world cinema.
He found international acclaim in 1997, with the release of "Mother and Son," which received the Silver St. George award at the Moscow International Film Festival and six years later ‘Father and Son’ (2003), took the Fipresci Prize at the Festival de Cannes. His "Russian Ark" (2002), remarkable for being composed of a single shot taken in the Winter Palace of the Russian State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, won the Visions Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.
His extensive filmography also includes numerous documentaries, and a tetralogy of films that are a meditation on power. ‘Moloch’ (1999), won the Best Screenplay Award at Cannes; "Taurus" (2001); "The Sun" (2004) and "Faust" (2011) which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion, the festival’s most prestigious prize.
Most recently, "Francofonia" (2015), Sokurov’s consideration of the Louvre Museum, premiered in Venice, where it won the Mimmo Rotella Award. Currently, he is in the process of founding Bereg, a film studio for non-commercial films.
Previous Qumra Masters include Mexican actor, director and producer Gael Garcia Bernal ("Amores Perros;""No;" "Deficit"), Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako ("Timbuktu" - nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2015 Academy Awards); Romanian auteur and Palme d’Or winner Cristian Mungiu ("4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days;" "Beyond the Hills"); and Bosnian writer/director Danis Tanović ("An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker;" "Tigers," "No Man’s Land" - winner of Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2001).
Following the huge success of its inaugural edition, the two acclaimed filmmakers join previously announced Qumra Masters Naomi Kawase and Lucrecia Martel for the second edition of the new initiative, which debuted in March 2015 to support the development of emerging filmmakers from Qatar, the region and around the world
Ceylan and Sokurov are both masters in world cinema whose work has received the highest accolades at the world’s most prestigious film festivals including the Berlin Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival.
Fatma Al Remaihi, CEO of Doha Film Institute said: “We are proud to welcome Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Alexsandr Sokurov to Qumra. They have each created a distinctive body of work and a cinematic legacy for generations to come. They are an inspiration, not only to the emerging filmmakers whose work will be mentored through Qumra, but to us all.”
In their role as Qumra Masters, Ceylan and Sokurov will participate in a series of masterclasses, and one-on-one advisory sessions with participating Qumra projects and industry professionals from around the world, with a selection of the Masters’ films being screened for Doha audiences during the event. Qumra is presented by the Doha Film Institute and was developed with the guidance of Artistic Advisor, Elia Suleiman who participated as a Master in the inaugural edition.
In addition to representatives from the 30 projects from Qatar, the Mena region and around the world whose projects are mentored through the initiative, members of the local and regional creative industries are also invited to participate in Qumra, where they will have the opportunity to attend a series of networking events, Qumra Master Classes, and daily screenings of films by the Qumra Masters and recipients of funding from the Institute, followed by question-and-answer sessions.
Online accreditation is now open for local film industry delegates to register for Qumra 2016. Film and media industry professionals can visit www.dohafilminstitute.com to register their interest and and will receive a confirmation of accreditation after February 21, 2016. Capacity is limited and applications will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Nuri Bilge Ceylan was born in Istanbul and after graduating from the Department of Electrical Engineering at Istanbul's Boğaziçi University, he studied cinema at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University for two years.
After making the short film "Cocoon" (1995), his first two feature-length films, "Small Town" (1997) and "Clouds of May" (1999) were screened at the Berlin International Film Festival.
His subsequent films 'Distant' (2002), won the Grand Jury and Best Actor Prizes at the Cannes Film Festival; "Climates" (2006) which took the Fipresci Prize at Cannes; "Three Monkeys" (2008), for which he was named Best Director at Cannes; and "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia" (2011), which gave him his second Cannes Grand Jury Prize.
"'Winter Sleep" (2014), his most recent film, received the Palme d’Or, the most prestigious award of the Cannes Film Festival.
Alexander Sokurov was born in 1951 in the former Ussr. While a student of history at Gorky University, he began working in television and, at the age of 19, he produced several films and live television programmes. In 1975, he began studies at Vgik in Moscow and at the time of his graduation, Andrei Tarkovsky, impressed by Sokurov’s first feature, ‘The Lonely Voice of a Man’ (1977; released 1987) lent the younger director his support and the two went on to become lifelong friends.
In 1980 Sokurov went to work at Lenfilm, while at the same time working at the Leningrad Studio for Documentary Films. He has won numerous awards over the course of his career and in 1995, the European Film Academy listed Sokurov as one of the best 100 directors of world cinema.
He found international acclaim in 1997, with the release of "Mother and Son," which received the Silver St. George award at the Moscow International Film Festival and six years later ‘Father and Son’ (2003), took the Fipresci Prize at the Festival de Cannes. His "Russian Ark" (2002), remarkable for being composed of a single shot taken in the Winter Palace of the Russian State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, won the Visions Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.
His extensive filmography also includes numerous documentaries, and a tetralogy of films that are a meditation on power. ‘Moloch’ (1999), won the Best Screenplay Award at Cannes; "Taurus" (2001); "The Sun" (2004) and "Faust" (2011) which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion, the festival’s most prestigious prize.
Most recently, "Francofonia" (2015), Sokurov’s consideration of the Louvre Museum, premiered in Venice, where it won the Mimmo Rotella Award. Currently, he is in the process of founding Bereg, a film studio for non-commercial films.
Previous Qumra Masters include Mexican actor, director and producer Gael Garcia Bernal ("Amores Perros;""No;" "Deficit"), Mauritanian director Abderrahmane Sissako ("Timbuktu" - nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2015 Academy Awards); Romanian auteur and Palme d’Or winner Cristian Mungiu ("4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days;" "Beyond the Hills"); and Bosnian writer/director Danis Tanović ("An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker;" "Tigers," "No Man’s Land" - winner of Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2001).
- 1/26/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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Jokers, circus masters and demonic dolls. Which TV characters terrify you? Den Of Geek asked its writers that very question…
The subconscious is a terrible place; dark, mysterious and peopled by spectres from the past. As a bit of a laugh then, we sent our writers journeying into theirs and asked them to drag out any TV terrors they found lurking in the shadows.
Some television fears had been ensconced there since childhood, others were more recent tenants. Some were morally terrifying; human beings with icy hearts capable of atrocities, others were simply… atrocities.
Join us as we count down in order of terror from the sort-of-creepy to the downright terrifying, the 50 TV characters that, for whatever reason, give our writers chills. It’s by no means an exhaustive list, so feel free to fill in gaps by adding your own peculiar television nightmares below…
50. Charn -...
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Jokers, circus masters and demonic dolls. Which TV characters terrify you? Den Of Geek asked its writers that very question…
The subconscious is a terrible place; dark, mysterious and peopled by spectres from the past. As a bit of a laugh then, we sent our writers journeying into theirs and asked them to drag out any TV terrors they found lurking in the shadows.
Some television fears had been ensconced there since childhood, others were more recent tenants. Some were morally terrifying; human beings with icy hearts capable of atrocities, others were simply… atrocities.
Join us as we count down in order of terror from the sort-of-creepy to the downright terrifying, the 50 TV characters that, for whatever reason, give our writers chills. It’s by no means an exhaustive list, so feel free to fill in gaps by adding your own peculiar television nightmares below…
50. Charn -...
- 10/29/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Vicky Pattison might have left Geordie Shore, but thank goodness she hasn't left TV entirely! Nope, she's back this week with her brand new show Judge Geordie, which sees her travelling the country with her sidekick Alex Cannon to solve the nation's relationship problems.
After the duo subjected Digital Spy to a lie detector test - which we can smugly confirm we passed with flying colours - we settled in for a natter about what we can expect from the show, including surprise drag queens, their one big argument and lots and lots of tears...
1. The weirdest case involved a secret drag queen.
And we mean that the person involved had no idea about their two different personalities. "The sign of a good drag queen is that you meet them during the day when they're being Derek and they're just Derek, they're fine, you'd never assume," Vicky said. "And then...
After the duo subjected Digital Spy to a lie detector test - which we can smugly confirm we passed with flying colours - we settled in for a natter about what we can expect from the show, including surprise drag queens, their one big argument and lots and lots of tears...
1. The weirdest case involved a secret drag queen.
And we mean that the person involved had no idea about their two different personalities. "The sign of a good drag queen is that you meet them during the day when they're being Derek and they're just Derek, they're fine, you'd never assume," Vicky said. "And then...
- 6/1/2015
- Digital Spy
Recently, ABC released the new, official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Marvel's Agents Of Shield" episode 17 of season 2. The episode is entitled, "Melinda," and it turns out that we're going to see some very interesting stuff as Skye learns more about her heritage. We finally get a glimpse at Melinda May's backstory, and more. In the new, 17th episode press release: The Secret Origin Of Melinda May Is Revealed. Press release number 2: The story of Melinda May's transformation into "The Cavalry" will get revealed as she finds herself at a crossroads in the war between Coulson and Gonzales. As Skye learns more about her true heritage from Lincoln, the truth about the Inhumans is going to send her in a new direction. Guest stars feature: Henry Simmons as Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie, Ruth Negga as Raina, Kyle MacLachlan as Cal, Jamie Harris as Gordon, Christine Adams as Weaver, Blair Underwood as Andrew Garner,...
- 4/7/2015
- by Eric
- OnTheFlix
Following last night's episode "Nanda Parbat" which saw the second time that Oliver Queen and Ra's Al Ghul came face to face, The CW's "Arrow" goes on a break for a few weeks ahead of its final run of season three episodes starting March 18th.
Spoilers Ahead For "Arrow"
In an interview with Collider, executive producers Andrew Kreisberg and Marc Guggenheim have spoken about the fall-out from the events of the episode and what comes after. It seems the next episode will pick up directly from the end of this week - with Ra's offering Oliver the chance to become the new Demon's Head.
Kreisberg says: "The next episode is actually called 'The Offer,' and what Oliver's reaction to Ra's offer is, what Nyssa's reaction to it is, and what everyone's reaction to it is, makes up the bulk of the next run of episodes, as far as what...
Spoilers Ahead For "Arrow"
In an interview with Collider, executive producers Andrew Kreisberg and Marc Guggenheim have spoken about the fall-out from the events of the episode and what comes after. It seems the next episode will pick up directly from the end of this week - with Ra's offering Oliver the chance to become the new Demon's Head.
Kreisberg says: "The next episode is actually called 'The Offer,' and what Oliver's reaction to Ra's offer is, what Nyssa's reaction to it is, and what everyone's reaction to it is, makes up the bulk of the next run of episodes, as far as what...
- 2/26/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
2014 has been one wonderful year in Bollywood and our Bollywood stars had shared many things with their fans on Twitter. Let’s take a look at the best tweets of the year!
Anushka Sharma’s open letter
Anushka Sharma decided to use the social network site Twitter to share her open letter about a rumour which was continually circling the web: has Anushka gone under the knife? The answer is clearly no.
This open letter got published just after the actor’s appearance on Koffee With Karan. Many people started tweeting jokes and memes about her lips. The actor explained that the only reason for this was the make-up she’d been using to shoot one of her upcoming movies Bombay Velvet.
We think that the idea of sharing this open letter is pretty courageous for Anushka who could have stayed silent all the way.
Hellooooo everyone !! Today I am...
Anushka Sharma’s open letter
Anushka Sharma decided to use the social network site Twitter to share her open letter about a rumour which was continually circling the web: has Anushka gone under the knife? The answer is clearly no.
This open letter got published just after the actor’s appearance on Koffee With Karan. Many people started tweeting jokes and memes about her lips. The actor explained that the only reason for this was the make-up she’d been using to shoot one of her upcoming movies Bombay Velvet.
We think that the idea of sharing this open letter is pretty courageous for Anushka who could have stayed silent all the way.
Hellooooo everyone !! Today I am...
- 1/9/2015
- by Dana
- Bollyspice
Vancouver, BC. A familiar face and a familiar name will arrive in Starling City on Wednesday (October 29) night's episode of "Arrow." As The CW has been heavily promoting, Katrina Law will be back as Nyssa Al Ghul, League of Assassins veteran and daughter to the famous Ra's Al Ghul. As we learned last season, Nyssa had a rather close relationship with the late Sara Lance, so her return is likely to be intense. "She's a ticking time bomb," Star Stephen Amell told reporters on the Vancouver set of "Arrow" two weeks ago. "She leaves [Episode] 4 as a ticking time bomb and Oliver leaves with a whole host of new enemies. But it's very much... He feels very much as though it's his responsibility to bring whoever did this to justice. And I will say that of all of the convoluted, devious plans that we've ever had on the show, the 'Who killed Canary?...
- 10/29/2014
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
Fox’s new show Gotham takes place in a miserable world where no one has ever heard of Batman, which makes Gotham somewhat less realistic than Game of Thrones. Two years after the final film in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trifecta, Bruce Wayne’s alter ego is everywhere. In video games, there’s the upcoming Batman: Arkham Knight, the final act of an acclaimed trilogy. In comic books, DC has eight monthly series with the word Batman in the title, and that doesn’t include sundry spinoff titles like Batwoman and Batgirl and Nightwing and Batwing. Hell, even the...
- 10/2/2014
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
Adff to present 197 films from 61 countries.
The 2014 Abu Dhabi Film Festival (Adff), backed by twofour54, will present nine feature world premieres, eight of them from the Arab world. The short film sections will host 48 world premieres.
The festival will open with Ali Mostafa’s From A to B [pictured], and festival director Ali Al-Jabri said: “It is the first time in the festival’s history that we opening with an Emirati film and we ares very proud about this landmark event.”
The festival runs October 23 to November 1 and presents 197 films from 61 countries.
For the second year, the festival host the Child Protection Award organised with the Child Protection Centre of the Ministry of Interior, to spotlight films that raise awareness about abused or neglected children. Films competing for that prize include Zerensenay Mehari’s Difret, Albert Shin’s In Her Place, and Cyprien Vial’s Young Tiger.
The Showcase section includes films such as ‘71, A Pigeon Sat on...
The 2014 Abu Dhabi Film Festival (Adff), backed by twofour54, will present nine feature world premieres, eight of them from the Arab world. The short film sections will host 48 world premieres.
The festival will open with Ali Mostafa’s From A to B [pictured], and festival director Ali Al-Jabri said: “It is the first time in the festival’s history that we opening with an Emirati film and we ares very proud about this landmark event.”
The festival runs October 23 to November 1 and presents 197 films from 61 countries.
For the second year, the festival host the Child Protection Award organised with the Child Protection Centre of the Ministry of Interior, to spotlight films that raise awareness about abused or neglected children. Films competing for that prize include Zerensenay Mehari’s Difret, Albert Shin’s In Her Place, and Cyprien Vial’s Young Tiger.
The Showcase section includes films such as ‘71, A Pigeon Sat on...
- 9/29/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
BAFTA is partnering for the second year with specialist distributor The Independent Cinema Office (Ico) to bring film fans the BAFTA Shorts Tour 2014, the theatrical release of BAFTA’s 2014 animated and live short nominees. Ranging from the weird to the wonderful, this year’s nominees showcase up and coming British talent, showing what they can do when time is not on their side.
Orbit Ever After (2013)
Directed by Jamie Stone
This is a sci-fi comedic short starring Thomas Sangster, known for his roles in Love Actually and Nanny McPhee, as youngster Nigel. Having spent his life in space under the watchful eye of his cautious parents (Mackenzie Crook and Bronaugh Gallagher), he finds himself falling in love with a girl orbiting Earth the wrong way. Regardless of his overprotective parents, Nigel soon decides to sacrifice everything to be with the one he loves. Sweet and amusing, its bittersweet ending does little to diminish its charm.
Orbit Ever After (2013)
Directed by Jamie Stone
This is a sci-fi comedic short starring Thomas Sangster, known for his roles in Love Actually and Nanny McPhee, as youngster Nigel. Having spent his life in space under the watchful eye of his cautious parents (Mackenzie Crook and Bronaugh Gallagher), he finds himself falling in love with a girl orbiting Earth the wrong way. Regardless of his overprotective parents, Nigel soon decides to sacrifice everything to be with the one he loves. Sweet and amusing, its bittersweet ending does little to diminish its charm.
- 3/2/2014
- by Katie Wong
- SoundOnSight
Each month will focus on a different theme, genre or region.
The BFI Southbank is launching a year-long monthly programme dedicated to Arab cinema from the region and its diaspora.
Discover Arab Cinema kicks off in November and will show contemporary and classic Arab films, including shorts and features.
Each month’s programme will be organised by a different theme, genre or region, with the first three months (November 2013 – January 2014) dedicated to Egyptian cinema, the Family in Middle Eastern societies and Algerian cinema.
Mona Deeley programmes in association with the Zenith Foundation.
Films to be shown include Tawfik Abu Wael’s Thirst; Yahia Al Abdallah’s The Last Friday; Mohamad Lakhdar Hamina’s Chronicle of the Years of Fire; Mohamed Hamidi’s Homeland; Ibrahim El Batout’s Eye of the Sun; and Ahmad Abdallah’s Microphone.
The BFI Southbank is launching a year-long monthly programme dedicated to Arab cinema from the region and its diaspora.
Discover Arab Cinema kicks off in November and will show contemporary and classic Arab films, including shorts and features.
Each month’s programme will be organised by a different theme, genre or region, with the first three months (November 2013 – January 2014) dedicated to Egyptian cinema, the Family in Middle Eastern societies and Algerian cinema.
Mona Deeley programmes in association with the Zenith Foundation.
Films to be shown include Tawfik Abu Wael’s Thirst; Yahia Al Abdallah’s The Last Friday; Mohamad Lakhdar Hamina’s Chronicle of the Years of Fire; Mohamed Hamidi’s Homeland; Ibrahim El Batout’s Eye of the Sun; and Ahmad Abdallah’s Microphone.
- 10/4/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
On TV this Sunday: Boardwalk Empire is back for another round, Unforgettable engages in a memorable treasure hunt, pain is beauty on Total Divas and Sunday Night Football has its Sunday kick-off. Here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.
8 pm Big Brother (CBS) | Two of the final five contestants are nominated for eviction. (Plus, will the underdog Exterminators continue their winning streak?)
8:30 pm Sunday Night Football (NBC) | The Dallas Cowboys host the New York Giants.
Related | Fall TV 2013: Your Handy Calendar of 100+ Season and Series Premiere Dates
9 pm Boardwalk Empire (HBO) | Season 4 premiere: Nucky makes a peace...
8 pm Big Brother (CBS) | Two of the final five contestants are nominated for eviction. (Plus, will the underdog Exterminators continue their winning streak?)
8:30 pm Sunday Night Football (NBC) | The Dallas Cowboys host the New York Giants.
Related | Fall TV 2013: Your Handy Calendar of 100+ Season and Series Premiere Dates
9 pm Boardwalk Empire (HBO) | Season 4 premiere: Nucky makes a peace...
- 9/8/2013
- by Rebecca Iannucci
- TVLine.com
In a video that many may find difficult to watch, actor and rapper Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) attempts to undergo a force-feeding procedure that has been used on hunger strike participants at the Guantanamo Bay prison. The demonstration, which Bey abruptly stops due to apparent discomfort, is part of a campaign protesting the force-feedings.
Bey, 39, agreed to the procedure as part of the Stand for Justice campaign, timed to coincide with the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, which begins Monday. The footage was released to The Guardian by British human rights group Reprieve.
Warning: Graphic Video Below
At more than 4 minutes long, the clip shows the "Italian Job" star -- dressed in a bright orange jumpsuit -- being restrained in a chair as anonymous medical personnel in scrubs attempt to force a plastic tube into his nostril. Bey is brought to tears during the procedure,...
Bey, 39, agreed to the procedure as part of the Stand for Justice campaign, timed to coincide with the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, which begins Monday. The footage was released to The Guardian by British human rights group Reprieve.
Warning: Graphic Video Below
At more than 4 minutes long, the clip shows the "Italian Job" star -- dressed in a bright orange jumpsuit -- being restrained in a chair as anonymous medical personnel in scrubs attempt to force a plastic tube into his nostril. Bey is brought to tears during the procedure,...
- 7/8/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
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