It looks like Padma Lakshmi and Terrance Hayes might be giving their romance a second chance!
The 53-year-old former Top Chef host and the 52-year-old poet were all smiles as they held hands during a walk around New York City on Monday afternoon (April 29).
For their outing, Padma looked pretty in a pink and red floral-print dress while Terrance sported an all black outfit.
If you didn’t know, Padma and Terrance dated in 2021 before splitting in November of that year.
Padma was most recently linked to black-ish creator Kenya Barris when they were spotted holding hands in late 2023.
Padma was previously married to author Salman Rushdie from 2004 to 2007 and shares daughter Krishna, 14, with venture capitalist Adam Dell.
In a recent interview with The New Yorker, Padma admitted that the “demands of two shows plus motherhood” made romantic relationships difficult to last for her.
See who recently replaced Padma as the host of Top Chef.
The 53-year-old former Top Chef host and the 52-year-old poet were all smiles as they held hands during a walk around New York City on Monday afternoon (April 29).
For their outing, Padma looked pretty in a pink and red floral-print dress while Terrance sported an all black outfit.
If you didn’t know, Padma and Terrance dated in 2021 before splitting in November of that year.
Padma was most recently linked to black-ish creator Kenya Barris when they were spotted holding hands in late 2023.
Padma was previously married to author Salman Rushdie from 2004 to 2007 and shares daughter Krishna, 14, with venture capitalist Adam Dell.
In a recent interview with The New Yorker, Padma admitted that the “demands of two shows plus motherhood” made romantic relationships difficult to last for her.
See who recently replaced Padma as the host of Top Chef.
- 4/29/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Prominent literary organization Pen America has canceled its annual awards ceremony, which was due to be held next week, after 28 authors chose to withdraw their books from consideration. The group has faced increasing backlash over its response to the Israel-Hamas War. Among those dropping out was debut novel finalist Rachel Eliza Griffiths, wife of former Pen president Salman Rushdie, according to the Associated Press.
Of those withdrawing are also nine out of the 10 authors nominated for the Pen/Jean Stein Book Award. The Literary Estate of Jean Stein has directed Pen America to donate the $75,000 award to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, representatives said on Monday.
The decision to cancel the awards comes in the wake of escalating upset against Pen America. A series of open letters signed by Pen nominees in recent weeks have criticized the group for allegedly choosing sides against Gaza in the war that started...
Of those withdrawing are also nine out of the 10 authors nominated for the Pen/Jean Stein Book Award. The Literary Estate of Jean Stein has directed Pen America to donate the $75,000 award to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, representatives said on Monday.
The decision to cancel the awards comes in the wake of escalating upset against Pen America. A series of open letters signed by Pen nominees in recent weeks have criticized the group for allegedly choosing sides against Gaza in the war that started...
- 4/23/2024
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
One of the hallmarks of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” was its slew of A-list celebrity guest stars, who often appeared as themselves and lampooned their public personas through grating social interactions with Larry David. The show’s guest star pedigree remained strong until the very end, with the likes of Bruce Springsteen and Salman Rushdie making self-deprecating appearances in the last few seasons.
Given the busy schedules of celebrities, fans would be forgiven for assuming the show had multiple people in mind for each appearance. But at this week’s PaleyFest LA panel celebrating the show’s final season, David and his collaborators revealed that they often wrote scripts for specific people without backup plans in mind.
While reflecting on the show’s many legendary guest stars, series director and executive producer Jeff Schaffer reminisced about a Season 10 storyline in which the fictionalized Larry David writes a Broadway musical about Salman...
Given the busy schedules of celebrities, fans would be forgiven for assuming the show had multiple people in mind for each appearance. But at this week’s PaleyFest LA panel celebrating the show’s final season, David and his collaborators revealed that they often wrote scripts for specific people without backup plans in mind.
While reflecting on the show’s many legendary guest stars, series director and executive producer Jeff Schaffer reminisced about a Season 10 storyline in which the fictionalized Larry David writes a Broadway musical about Salman...
- 4/21/2024
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Parodying one’s self on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” is a celebrity rite of passage, with everyone from Martin Scorsese and Bruce Springsteen to Salman Rushdie and Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman stopping by Larry David’s HBO sitcom to celebrate their own neuroses over the past quarter century. But now that the show has finally wrapped after a 12-season run, the cast can admit that some cameos tower above the competition in the pantheon of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” history.
During a panel discussion about the show’s 12th season moderated by Judd Apatow at PaleyFest LA 2024, longtime series regular J.B. Smoove reflected on his favorite celebrity appearances on the show. He singled out Michael J. Fox’s two episodes in Seasons 8 and 9 (which aired six years apart due to the show’s hiatus), as a high point in the series.
“Oh man, I think, I think one of the greatest people...
During a panel discussion about the show’s 12th season moderated by Judd Apatow at PaleyFest LA 2024, longtime series regular J.B. Smoove reflected on his favorite celebrity appearances on the show. He singled out Michael J. Fox’s two episodes in Seasons 8 and 9 (which aired six years apart due to the show’s hiatus), as a high point in the series.
“Oh man, I think, I think one of the greatest people...
- 4/19/2024
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Hermann Vaske with 99 Records founder Ed Bahlman and Anne-Katrin Titze on the journey to interview Cate Blanchett for Can Creativity Save the World?: “It started when Cate was shooting The Monuments Men [in 2013] in Berlin with George Clooney. And the Dp was a friend of mine, Phedon Papamichael who works with James Mangold.”
Hermann Vaske’s evermore timely Can Creativity Save The World? (with a lively score by Mark Reeder and Micha Adam) features on-camera interviews with Cate Blanchett, Golshifteh Farahani, Isabella Rossellini, Angelina Jolie, Willem Dafoe, Umberto Eco, Shirin Neshat, Garry Kasparov, Marina Abramović, John Cleese, Salman Rushdie, Luisa Neubauer (of Pussy Riot), Bono (of U2), Oscar Niemeyer, David Bowie, Marlene Knobloch, Sean Penn, Radu Jude, Amos Oz, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Oliviero Toscani, Björk, Campino (of Die Toten Hosen fame), Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Lakshmi Thevasagayam, and Lia Mizrahi Goldfarb (co-editor and production designer of the documentary).
Hermann...
Hermann Vaske’s evermore timely Can Creativity Save The World? (with a lively score by Mark Reeder and Micha Adam) features on-camera interviews with Cate Blanchett, Golshifteh Farahani, Isabella Rossellini, Angelina Jolie, Willem Dafoe, Umberto Eco, Shirin Neshat, Garry Kasparov, Marina Abramović, John Cleese, Salman Rushdie, Luisa Neubauer (of Pussy Riot), Bono (of U2), Oscar Niemeyer, David Bowie, Marlene Knobloch, Sean Penn, Radu Jude, Amos Oz, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Oliviero Toscani, Björk, Campino (of Die Toten Hosen fame), Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Lakshmi Thevasagayam, and Lia Mizrahi Goldfarb (co-editor and production designer of the documentary).
Hermann...
- 4/17/2024
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Note: LateNighter generally posts late night daily ratings on a two (business) day delay, which is how they are released by Nielsen.
NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers are both dark this week, giving their timeslot competition the opportunity to gain viewers; at least temporarily.
CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert kicked off the week of April 15, 2024 by earning first place in the late night ratings race, and delivered week-to-week audience growth in the process.
According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, The Late Show averaged 2,117,000 total viewers and 255,000 P18-49 viewers this past Monday. That’s+9 % and +31%, respectively, from the previous Monday episode. Salman Rushdie, Anna Sawai, and Terence Blanchard were Colbert’s Late Show guests this past Monday.
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! took second place at 11:35 p.m. this past Monday, both in total viewers and in P18-...
NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers are both dark this week, giving their timeslot competition the opportunity to gain viewers; at least temporarily.
CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert kicked off the week of April 15, 2024 by earning first place in the late night ratings race, and delivered week-to-week audience growth in the process.
According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, The Late Show averaged 2,117,000 total viewers and 255,000 P18-49 viewers this past Monday. That’s+9 % and +31%, respectively, from the previous Monday episode. Salman Rushdie, Anna Sawai, and Terence Blanchard were Colbert’s Late Show guests this past Monday.
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! took second place at 11:35 p.m. this past Monday, both in total viewers and in P18-...
- 4/17/2024
- by A.J. Katz
- LateNighter
This Sunday, April 14, 2024, buckle up for an all-new episode of “60 Minutes” airing on the CBS Television Network from 7:00-8:00 Pm, Et/Pt, following The Masters Golf Tournament.
Scattered Spider
First up on the lineup is “Scattered Spider,” a gripping report by correspondent Bill Whitaker. Dive into the chilling world of cybercrime as Whitaker delves into the shocking attack that paralyzed some of Las Vegas’ biggest hotels and casinos last fall. Learn about the group behind the chaos, known as “Scattered Spider,” and their collaboration with a notorious Russian ransomware gang. Producer Graham Messick brings this eye-opening investigation to life.
Knife
Next, prepare for an exclusive interview with renowned author Salman Rushdie in “Knife.” Correspondent Anderson Cooper sits down with Rushdie as he opens up about the harrowing attack he endured at a literary festival in Chautauqua, New York. Discover Rushdie’s journey from the threat of a...
Scattered Spider
First up on the lineup is “Scattered Spider,” a gripping report by correspondent Bill Whitaker. Dive into the chilling world of cybercrime as Whitaker delves into the shocking attack that paralyzed some of Las Vegas’ biggest hotels and casinos last fall. Learn about the group behind the chaos, known as “Scattered Spider,” and their collaboration with a notorious Russian ransomware gang. Producer Graham Messick brings this eye-opening investigation to life.
Knife
Next, prepare for an exclusive interview with renowned author Salman Rushdie in “Knife.” Correspondent Anderson Cooper sits down with Rushdie as he opens up about the harrowing attack he endured at a literary festival in Chautauqua, New York. Discover Rushdie’s journey from the threat of a...
- 4/11/2024
- by Alex Matthews
- TV Regular
Feisty, topical and nakedly political speeches dominated the opening ceremony on Thursday at the Berlinale.
They followed a red carpet that mixed demonstrations and high style over a more than two-hour stretch.
Festival co-chief Mariëtte Rissenbeek felt it necessary to address head on the festival’s recent controversy over invitations to five far-right (AfD) members of the German parliament. The invitations were subsequently canceled, but the backlash has scarcely subsided.
“The Berlinale has a lot of space for dialog. Between people and for art, but it has no space for hatred. Hatred is not on our guest list. It won’t be invited,” Rissenbeek said.
“Many people in the Berlinale team, many of our friends or acquaintances are affected by the intentions of the right wing AfD their intention to deport people with a migrant background from the country. They want to throw them out. And that is something that...
They followed a red carpet that mixed demonstrations and high style over a more than two-hour stretch.
Festival co-chief Mariëtte Rissenbeek felt it necessary to address head on the festival’s recent controversy over invitations to five far-right (AfD) members of the German parliament. The invitations were subsequently canceled, but the backlash has scarcely subsided.
“The Berlinale has a lot of space for dialog. Between people and for art, but it has no space for hatred. Hatred is not on our guest list. It won’t be invited,” Rissenbeek said.
“Many people in the Berlinale team, many of our friends or acquaintances are affected by the intentions of the right wing AfD their intention to deport people with a migrant background from the country. They want to throw them out. And that is something that...
- 2/15/2024
- by Patrick Frater and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Deepa Mehta is set to direct “Troilokya,” a thriller about an Indian woman known to be a serial killer. Production is through pan-Asian film company Through the Lens Entertainment and India’s Open Air Films.
The story, set in 19th century Calcutta during British rule, sees a female prostitute embark on an unheard of killing spree. For more than a decade, she is hunted down by detective Priyonath Mukhopadhyay. The screenplay, written by Juhi Chaturvedi (“Piku”), navigates through eccentric relationships fraught with lust, obsession, revenge and hatred.
Production is set for August and September with locations including India and Thailand. Though the Lens Entertainment is looking to appoint a distributor and aims for a theatrical release in India, with digital distribution in international territories.
“The challenge of depicting a serial murderess as a heroine is what intrigues me most about ‘Troilokya.’ ‘Is it possible to muster empathy for this child bride turned prostitute turned killer?...
The story, set in 19th century Calcutta during British rule, sees a female prostitute embark on an unheard of killing spree. For more than a decade, she is hunted down by detective Priyonath Mukhopadhyay. The screenplay, written by Juhi Chaturvedi (“Piku”), navigates through eccentric relationships fraught with lust, obsession, revenge and hatred.
Production is set for August and September with locations including India and Thailand. Though the Lens Entertainment is looking to appoint a distributor and aims for a theatrical release in India, with digital distribution in international territories.
“The challenge of depicting a serial murderess as a heroine is what intrigues me most about ‘Troilokya.’ ‘Is it possible to muster empathy for this child bride turned prostitute turned killer?...
- 2/2/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Padma Lakshmi has a new man in her life!
The 53-year-old former Top Chef host is dating Kenya Barris, best known for being the creator of the ABC series black-ish.
Padma and Kenya, 49, were seen holding hands while walking through New York City over the weekend and now an insider is speaking out to explain their relationship.
Keep reading to find out more…
“They met through work. They are developing something together and are getting to know each other,” a source told People. “It’s very new.”
Padma was previously married to author Salman Rushdie from 2004 to 2007 and they share 13-year-old daughter Krishna. She was most recently linked to poet Terrance Hayes.
Kenya filed for divorce from his wife of 20 years, Dr. Rania Barris, in 2002. They share six children together.
See who recently replaced Padma as the host of Top Chef.
The 53-year-old former Top Chef host is dating Kenya Barris, best known for being the creator of the ABC series black-ish.
Padma and Kenya, 49, were seen holding hands while walking through New York City over the weekend and now an insider is speaking out to explain their relationship.
Keep reading to find out more…
“They met through work. They are developing something together and are getting to know each other,” a source told People. “It’s very new.”
Padma was previously married to author Salman Rushdie from 2004 to 2007 and they share 13-year-old daughter Krishna. She was most recently linked to poet Terrance Hayes.
Kenya filed for divorce from his wife of 20 years, Dr. Rania Barris, in 2002. They share six children together.
See who recently replaced Padma as the host of Top Chef.
- 11/20/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Cuba is roughly 1,300 miles away, but in a rehearsal space in downtown Manhattan, it doesn’t feel all that far. Cradling their percussion instruments, horns, and guitars, a ten-piece band of musicians, some from Latin America, preparing to play a sinuous piece of son Cubano, as a theater crew — director, writer, actors and choreographers — hover around.
“Nothing like this has been attempted before,” says music supervisor Dean Sharenow. “It’s important that this is the real thing, not a Broadway musical production.”
Welcome to the next iteration of the enduring...
“Nothing like this has been attempted before,” says music supervisor Dean Sharenow. “It’s important that this is the real thing, not a Broadway musical production.”
Welcome to the next iteration of the enduring...
- 11/20/2023
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Salman Rushdie hinted in February that he was working on a memoir about the stabbing attack last year that nearly killed him and left him blind in one eye. Now, the Booker Prize winner has announced that book will be called Knife and will be published by Penguin Random House on April 16, 2024.
Rushdie is best-known for novels such as Midnight’s Children and The Satanic Verses, some of which have been adapted for the screen. The author told the New Yorker earlier this year that the new book, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder, was conceived as a sort-of sequel to his 2012 memoir, Joseph Anton.
At first, Rushdie resisted the idea, “because it felt almost like it was being forced on me—the attack demanded that I should write about the attack.” But, he said, he found a “microscopic” look at the event engrossing.
However, unlike the third-person voice he used in Joseph Anton,...
Rushdie is best-known for novels such as Midnight’s Children and The Satanic Verses, some of which have been adapted for the screen. The author told the New Yorker earlier this year that the new book, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder, was conceived as a sort-of sequel to his 2012 memoir, Joseph Anton.
At first, Rushdie resisted the idea, “because it felt almost like it was being forced on me—the attack demanded that I should write about the attack.” But, he said, he found a “microscopic” look at the event engrossing.
However, unlike the third-person voice he used in Joseph Anton,...
- 10/11/2023
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
“All his major works feel as fresh and relevant as when they were made.”
Leading festival heads and UK industry figures have been paying fulsome tribute to Terence Davies, one of the titans of UK cinema who died at the weekend aged 77.
British Film Institute (BFI) chief executive Ben Roberts said that Davies was an inspirational figure to him. He discovered Davies’ work when he was 17 years old and saw a clip of The Long Day Closes on the BBC Film show presented by Barry Norman.
“I was just immediately mesmerised by it. There was something about how his films...
Leading festival heads and UK industry figures have been paying fulsome tribute to Terence Davies, one of the titans of UK cinema who died at the weekend aged 77.
British Film Institute (BFI) chief executive Ben Roberts said that Davies was an inspirational figure to him. He discovered Davies’ work when he was 17 years old and saw a clip of The Long Day Closes on the BBC Film show presented by Barry Norman.
“I was just immediately mesmerised by it. There was something about how his films...
- 10/9/2023
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
BFI’s Ben Roberts and Cannes head Thierry Fremaux among those to praise Davies, who died aged 77 this weekend.
Leading festival heads and UK industry figures have been paying fulsome tribute to Terence Davies, one of the titans of UK cinema who died at the weekend aged 77.
British Film Institute (BFI) chief executive Ben Roberts said that Davies was an inspirational figure to him. He discovered Davies’ work when he was 17 years old and saw a clip of The Long Day Closes on the BBC Film show presented by Barry Norman.
“I was just immediately mesmerised by it. There was...
Leading festival heads and UK industry figures have been paying fulsome tribute to Terence Davies, one of the titans of UK cinema who died at the weekend aged 77.
British Film Institute (BFI) chief executive Ben Roberts said that Davies was an inspirational figure to him. He discovered Davies’ work when he was 17 years old and saw a clip of The Long Day Closes on the BBC Film show presented by Barry Norman.
“I was just immediately mesmerised by it. There was...
- 10/9/2023
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
A few years ago, producer Michael Cash had an idea he thought could be big. Cash is based in New York’s Hudson Valley, a region rich in Bob Dylan history. Early in the pandemic, he got to thinking about a relatively obscure Dylan-related project from the mid-2010s: Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes, in which artists like Elvis Costello, Marcus Mumford, and Rhiannon Giddens recorded songs based on newly uncovered Dylan lyrics.
Cash, whose background is largely in hip-hop, was friendly with the album’s producer,...
Cash, whose background is largely in hip-hop, was friendly with the album’s producer,...
- 8/29/2023
- by Christian Hoard
- Rollingstone.com
The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre has condemned the late author’s antisemitic remarks in a new statement, saying that his “racism is undeniable and indelible.”
In a post on its website, the U.K. museum said it supports “the apology made in 2020 by the Dahl family and Roald Dahl Story Company for Dahl’s antisemitic views about Jewish people.” The statement will also be displayed on a panel outside the museum’s entrance in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire.
“We do not repeat Dahl’s antisemitic statements publicly, but we do keep a record of what he wrote and said in the Museum’s collection, so it is not forgotten,” the statement reads.
Since 2021, the museum said it has worked with the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the Jewish Leadership Council, the Community Security Trust and the Antisemitism Policy Trust to provide information and training for its staff.
“We want...
In a post on its website, the U.K. museum said it supports “the apology made in 2020 by the Dahl family and Roald Dahl Story Company for Dahl’s antisemitic views about Jewish people.” The statement will also be displayed on a panel outside the museum’s entrance in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire.
“We do not repeat Dahl’s antisemitic statements publicly, but we do keep a record of what he wrote and said in the Museum’s collection, so it is not forgotten,” the statement reads.
Since 2021, the museum said it has worked with the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the Jewish Leadership Council, the Community Security Trust and the Antisemitism Policy Trust to provide information and training for its staff.
“We want...
- 7/20/2023
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Lav Diaz is “concerned” about the situation in his native Philippines. But it doesn’t mean he will stop making films.
“If you do any kind of cultural work, you can be branded as a ‘communist’ and it’s a reason for them to kill you,” he says.
“There aren’t many venues to show my films, so we basically give them away for free. Listen, I am aware of the danger. But you have to accept the reality, confront these issues and continue to make things. And be careful, because we know what happened to Salman Rushdie.”
Diaz, speaking to Variety at Armenia’s Golden Apricot festival, where he headed the jury, also opened up about his upcoming Locarno world premiere “Essential Truths of the Lake.”
The film, which contends in main competition for the Golden Leopard, sees him returning to investigator Hermes Papauran from “When the Waves Are Gone,...
“If you do any kind of cultural work, you can be branded as a ‘communist’ and it’s a reason for them to kill you,” he says.
“There aren’t many venues to show my films, so we basically give them away for free. Listen, I am aware of the danger. But you have to accept the reality, confront these issues and continue to make things. And be careful, because we know what happened to Salman Rushdie.”
Diaz, speaking to Variety at Armenia’s Golden Apricot festival, where he headed the jury, also opened up about his upcoming Locarno world premiere “Essential Truths of the Lake.”
The film, which contends in main competition for the Golden Leopard, sees him returning to investigator Hermes Papauran from “When the Waves Are Gone,...
- 7/19/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Biopics are at times really difficult to make with all the clichés that come with. But there are some who seem to evade all of these pitfalls and create some great moving images. One of those directors is the painter Julian Schnabel. He is a man who seems to create such poetic images on celluloid few can dispute his visions. His most recent work in the French The Diving Bell and The Butterfly was by far one of the greatest Biopics ever made. His idea of mixing poetic prose into the cinematic language has made a darling of the critics.
This film seems to me more like an ode a to the great man Reinaldo Arenas. He believes that beauty in the form of writing always needed to be preserved. But the people were mainly the causes of decay in the Cuban Communist movements. He was hounded all his life for his writings.
This film seems to me more like an ode a to the great man Reinaldo Arenas. He believes that beauty in the form of writing always needed to be preserved. But the people were mainly the causes of decay in the Cuban Communist movements. He was hounded all his life for his writings.
- 7/15/2023
- by Prem
- Talking Films
This is going to sound like a backhanded compliment, but I mean it: One of Padma Lakshmi’s most valuable skills as the host of “Top Chef” — a major part of what will be missed when Lakshmi departs the show after the June 8 finale — is product placement.
In the crowded, sometimes tawdry world of reality competitions, “Top Chef” is unique in its credibility. The show is effective entertainment, but over 20 seasons in 17 years, the Bravo mainstay has also established itself as an arbiter of taste on par with the Michelin guide. Some of that authority comes from longevity; some from Lakshmi’s fellow judges, chef Tom Colicchio and editor Gail Simmons; some from casting, which has generated a talent pool so formidable that the show frequently circles back to its own alumni, including for this season’s London-set World All Stars. But a great deal of it comes from Lakshmi,...
In the crowded, sometimes tawdry world of reality competitions, “Top Chef” is unique in its credibility. The show is effective entertainment, but over 20 seasons in 17 years, the Bravo mainstay has also established itself as an arbiter of taste on par with the Michelin guide. Some of that authority comes from longevity; some from Lakshmi’s fellow judges, chef Tom Colicchio and editor Gail Simmons; some from casting, which has generated a talent pool so formidable that the show frequently circles back to its own alumni, including for this season’s London-set World All Stars. But a great deal of it comes from Lakshmi,...
- 6/8/2023
- by Alison Herman
- Variety Film + TV
New Delhi, May 21 (Ians) A day after ‘The Zone of Interest’, the Jonathan Glazer film based on the novel of the same by Martin Amis received a rapturous ovation at the Cannes Film Festival, the celebrated British writer passed on at the age of 73.
Famous for his caricatures of what he perceived as the absurdities of “late capitalist” Western society, Martin Amis succumbed to oesophagal cancer at his Florida home, reports BBC, quoting ‘The New York Times’.
Coming from literary nobility — his father was the famous novelist, Sir Kingsley ‘Lucky Jim’ Amis, and Elizabeth Jane Howard was his stepmother — Amis was hailed by ‘TheTimes’ as one of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945 and he’s best known for his novels Money (1984) and London Fields (1989), and for his memoir, ‘Experience’ (2000).
‘The Guardian’ has called Amis “an influential author of era-defining novels” and noted that he was “among the celebrated group of novelists,...
Famous for his caricatures of what he perceived as the absurdities of “late capitalist” Western society, Martin Amis succumbed to oesophagal cancer at his Florida home, reports BBC, quoting ‘The New York Times’.
Coming from literary nobility — his father was the famous novelist, Sir Kingsley ‘Lucky Jim’ Amis, and Elizabeth Jane Howard was his stepmother — Amis was hailed by ‘TheTimes’ as one of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945 and he’s best known for his novels Money (1984) and London Fields (1989), and for his memoir, ‘Experience’ (2000).
‘The Guardian’ has called Amis “an influential author of era-defining novels” and noted that he was “among the celebrated group of novelists,...
- 5/21/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Martin Amis, the British author of 15 novels including “Money: A Suicide Note” and “The Zone of Interest,” has died on May 19 of esophageal cancer at the age of 73, according to his publishing house Alfred A. Knopf.
His death comes just days after Jonathan Glazer’s film adaptation of his 2014 novel “The Zone of Interest” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Amis’ satirical novel follows a Nazi officer who falls in love with the wife of his camp commandant at Auschwitz, with the love triangle playing out as the trio reacts to the genocide happening around them with varying levels of apathy.
Amis is best known for his “London Trilogy,” three novels released between 1985 and 1995 that sharply satirized late-stage capitalism and its impact on London society.
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The first of those novels was “Money: A Suicide Note,...
His death comes just days after Jonathan Glazer’s film adaptation of his 2014 novel “The Zone of Interest” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Amis’ satirical novel follows a Nazi officer who falls in love with the wife of his camp commandant at Auschwitz, with the love triangle playing out as the trio reacts to the genocide happening around them with varying levels of apathy.
Amis is best known for his “London Trilogy,” three novels released between 1985 and 1995 that sharply satirized late-stage capitalism and its impact on London society.
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- 5/20/2023
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Salman Rushdie stopped by the Pen America Gala in New York City on Thursday for his first in-person appearance after the August stabbing attack in western New York.
The author of The Satanic Verses and former president of the organization took to the stage at the American Museum of Natural History to accept the Pen Centenary Courage Award, just nine months after he was severely wounded in a knife attack at the Chautauqua Institute. His injuries included three stab wounds to the front of his neck, four stab wounds to his stomach, a puncture wound to his chest, a laceration on his right thigh and a puncture wound to his right eye, which eventually led to him losing sight in that eye.
In his speech, Rushdie explained that Pen America and its mission to protect free expression has never been “more important” at a time when book bans and censorship are at a high.
The author of The Satanic Verses and former president of the organization took to the stage at the American Museum of Natural History to accept the Pen Centenary Courage Award, just nine months after he was severely wounded in a knife attack at the Chautauqua Institute. His injuries included three stab wounds to the front of his neck, four stab wounds to his stomach, a puncture wound to his chest, a laceration on his right thigh and a puncture wound to his right eye, which eventually led to him losing sight in that eye.
In his speech, Rushdie explained that Pen America and its mission to protect free expression has never been “more important” at a time when book bans and censorship are at a high.
- 5/20/2023
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Nine months after his near-death experience, Salman Rushdie, 75, is back in public attending the Pen American gala Thursday night.
He received the Pen Centenary Courage Award at the American Museum of National History and was glad to be back, he remarked.
“Terror must not terrorize us. Violence must not deter us. La lutte continue. La lutta continua. The struggle goes on,” the novelist said in his acceptance speech.
Right before he was about to give a speech at the Chautauqua Institution last summer, Rushdie was attacked by 24-year-old Hadi Matar. He was stabbed and punched 15 times causing neck and abdomen wounds, eventually losing sight in his right eye and suffering from nerve damage in one of his hands.
Rushdie was issued a fatwa by Iran’s previous supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, after publishing his book The Satanic Verses in 1988. Some Muslims said that it was blasphemous. Rushdie’s book...
He received the Pen Centenary Courage Award at the American Museum of National History and was glad to be back, he remarked.
“Terror must not terrorize us. Violence must not deter us. La lutte continue. La lutta continua. The struggle goes on,” the novelist said in his acceptance speech.
Right before he was about to give a speech at the Chautauqua Institution last summer, Rushdie was attacked by 24-year-old Hadi Matar. He was stabbed and punched 15 times causing neck and abdomen wounds, eventually losing sight in his right eye and suffering from nerve damage in one of his hands.
Rushdie was issued a fatwa by Iran’s previous supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, after publishing his book The Satanic Verses in 1988. Some Muslims said that it was blasphemous. Rushdie’s book...
- 5/19/2023
- by Rose Anne Cox-Peralta
- Uinterview
Salman Rushdie made a surprise appearance — his first since a man attacked him last August — on Thursday night at the Pen America gala in Manhattan, where he accepted the organization’s Centenary Courage Award.
“I wanted to say hi, everybody,” he said during his nine-minute speech. “It’s nice to be back. It’s nice to be back as opposed to not being back, which was also an option. And I’m pretty glad the dice rolled this way.” The author, who released a new book, Victory City, earlier this year,...
“I wanted to say hi, everybody,” he said during his nine-minute speech. “It’s nice to be back. It’s nice to be back as opposed to not being back, which was also an option. And I’m pretty glad the dice rolled this way.” The author, who released a new book, Victory City, earlier this year,...
- 5/19/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Colin Jost opened the Pen America Gala under the iconic model of a blue whale at the Museum of Natural History calling himself “a writer and a friend of writers” and “extremely fortunate to be here tonight surrounded by two things that might not be around much longer — writers and ocean life. This is the first time that a whale is not the most endangered thing in the room.”
“Television writers, as you may know, are on strike right now,” he added, to applause by the 700 guests at the literary org’s annual dinner honoring, among other, Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels, and The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.
“I have to say, it’s very disorienting to spend the afternoon on the picket line and then show up for a museum cocktail hour in a tuxedo. I don’t think that happens at a lot of other labor movements,...
“Television writers, as you may know, are on strike right now,” he added, to applause by the 700 guests at the literary org’s annual dinner honoring, among other, Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels, and The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.
“I have to say, it’s very disorienting to spend the afternoon on the picket line and then show up for a museum cocktail hour in a tuxedo. I don’t think that happens at a lot of other labor movements,...
- 5/19/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Salman Rushdie Gives Passionate Speech At First Public Appearance Since Brutal Stabbing 9 Months Ago
Salman Rushdie made his return to the spotlight on Thursday, nine months after being the victim of a brutal stabbing that left him temporarily on a ventilator and unable to speak.
The 75-year-old author attended 2023 Pen America Literary Gala at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City where he was joined on the red carpet by his wife, Rachel Eliza Griffiths.
Rushdie, who was stabbed in multiple places, including his eye at a speaking event back in August 2022, wore glasses with a shade over the affected eye.
Rushdie spoke at the event where he was honored with the Centenary Courage Award.
“Terrorism must not terrorize us. Violence must not deter us. La lutte continue. La lutta continua. The struggle goes on,” Rushdie said in his speech.
Rushdie accepted the award on behalf of the “heroes” who tackled his assailant after he was repeatedly stabbed last year.
“If...
The 75-year-old author attended 2023 Pen America Literary Gala at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City where he was joined on the red carpet by his wife, Rachel Eliza Griffiths.
Rushdie, who was stabbed in multiple places, including his eye at a speaking event back in August 2022, wore glasses with a shade over the affected eye.
Rushdie spoke at the event where he was honored with the Centenary Courage Award.
“Terrorism must not terrorize us. Violence must not deter us. La lutte continue. La lutta continua. The struggle goes on,” Rushdie said in his speech.
Rushdie accepted the award on behalf of the “heroes” who tackled his assailant after he was repeatedly stabbed last year.
“If...
- 5/19/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
New York, May 19 (Ians) Nine months after a near-lethal attack that left him debilitated and without vision in one eye, Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie made his first appearance at the Pen Americas annual gala in New York City.
His appearance at the 2023 Literary Gala at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan on Thursday night came as a surprise as it had not been earlier announced.
Pen America honored the India-born author with the Pen Centenary Courage Award.
“Rushdie accepted the award in person, in his first public appearance since he was severely wounded in a knife attack nine months ago,” said the nonprofit organization that works to defend and celebrate free expression in the US and worldwide through the advancement of literature and human rights.
As the crowd greeted him with cheers and a standing ovation, the 75-year-old noted author said: “Well, hi everybody… It’s nice...
His appearance at the 2023 Literary Gala at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan on Thursday night came as a surprise as it had not been earlier announced.
Pen America honored the India-born author with the Pen Centenary Courage Award.
“Rushdie accepted the award in person, in his first public appearance since he was severely wounded in a knife attack nine months ago,” said the nonprofit organization that works to defend and celebrate free expression in the US and worldwide through the advancement of literature and human rights.
As the crowd greeted him with cheers and a standing ovation, the 75-year-old noted author said: “Well, hi everybody… It’s nice...
- 5/19/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
The Fund was founded in 2004, after a teacher noticed a group of students who had no food sitting where they didn’t have to watch the other students eat.
Since then the organization has helped to provide food to disadvantaged children in order to help them grow and achieve their goals.
Salman Rushdie and June Sarpong sit on the Advisory Board, while Mario Batali and Joaquin Phoenix sit on the Board of Directors.
Celebrity supporters
The Lunchbox Fund has 37 known supporters, including Elton John, Bill Clinton, and Sting
Areas of work PovertyAt-Risk/Disadvantaged YouthsHunger Read more about The Lunchbox Fund's work and celebrity supporters. Related articles Lunchbox Auction Will Help Feed Hungry ChildrenHave Lunch In Style With New Celebrity AuctionSalman Rushdie And Michael Stipe To Host Charity Book FairUnique Books By Sting, Tutu, Chopra And Others Up For Auction
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Since then the organization has helped to provide food to disadvantaged children in order to help them grow and achieve their goals.
Salman Rushdie and June Sarpong sit on the Advisory Board, while Mario Batali and Joaquin Phoenix sit on the Board of Directors.
Celebrity supporters
The Lunchbox Fund has 37 known supporters, including Elton John, Bill Clinton, and Sting
Areas of work PovertyAt-Risk/Disadvantaged YouthsHunger Read more about The Lunchbox Fund's work and celebrity supporters. Related articles Lunchbox Auction Will Help Feed Hungry ChildrenHave Lunch In Style With New Celebrity AuctionSalman Rushdie And Michael Stipe To Host Charity Book FairUnique Books By Sting, Tutu, Chopra And Others Up For Auction
Explore celebrities by social reach, cause, location, field and more with...
- 5/17/2023
- Look to the Stars
Writer Salman Rushdie has made a public speech, nine months after being stabbed and seriously injured onstage, warning that freedom of expression in the West is under its most severe threat in his lifetime.
Rushdie delivered a video message to the British Book Awards, where he was awarded the Freedom to Publish award on Monday evening. Organizers said the honour “acknowledges the determination of authors, publishers and booksellers who take a stand against intolerance, despite the ongoing threats they face.”
Rushdie, 75, looked thinner than before the attack and wore glasses with one tinted lens. He was blinded in his right eye and suffered nerve damage to his hand when he was attacked at a literary festival in New York state in August.
Read More: Author Salman Rushdie Attacked Before Lecture On New York Stage
His alleged assailant, Hadi Matar, has pleaded not guilty to charges of assault and attempted murder.
Rushdie delivered a video message to the British Book Awards, where he was awarded the Freedom to Publish award on Monday evening. Organizers said the honour “acknowledges the determination of authors, publishers and booksellers who take a stand against intolerance, despite the ongoing threats they face.”
Rushdie, 75, looked thinner than before the attack and wore glasses with one tinted lens. He was blinded in his right eye and suffered nerve damage to his hand when he was attacked at a literary festival in New York state in August.
Read More: Author Salman Rushdie Attacked Before Lecture On New York Stage
His alleged assailant, Hadi Matar, has pleaded not guilty to charges of assault and attempted murder.
- 5/17/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Donald Trump for months has been telling people close to him that he plans to bring back his infamous “Muslim ban” if he’s reelected in 2024, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter.
“Gotta bring it back,” Trump has said of the policy, according to the two sources, who added he regularly calls the idea “beautiful.”
Banning Muslims from entering the United States is a longstanding obsession of Trump’s. In December 2015, during the GOP presidential primary, he called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.
“Gotta bring it back,” Trump has said of the policy, according to the two sources, who added he regularly calls the idea “beautiful.”
Banning Muslims from entering the United States is a longstanding obsession of Trump’s. In December 2015, during the GOP presidential primary, he called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.
- 5/5/2023
- by Asawin Suebsaeng and Adam Rawnsley
- Rollingstone.com
Steven Spielberg is looking back on removing guns from “E.T.”
The Oscar-winning director revealed during a master class at the Time 100 Summit that he regrets editing out guns from the 20th anniversary re-release of the coming-of-age film. The 1982 theatrical cut includes a scene of police officers chasing the lead children with firearms; the re-release replaces the weapons with walkie talkies.
“That was a mistake. I never should have done that,” Spielberg said (via Variety). “‘E.T.’ is a product of its era. No film should be revised based on the lenses we now are, either voluntarily, or being forced to peer through.”
The “Fabelmans” director continued, “‘E.T.’ was a film that I was sensitive to the fact that the federal agents were approaching kids with firearms exposed and I thought I would change the guns into walkie talkies. Years went by and I changed my own views. I should have never...
The Oscar-winning director revealed during a master class at the Time 100 Summit that he regrets editing out guns from the 20th anniversary re-release of the coming-of-age film. The 1982 theatrical cut includes a scene of police officers chasing the lead children with firearms; the re-release replaces the weapons with walkie talkies.
“That was a mistake. I never should have done that,” Spielberg said (via Variety). “‘E.T.’ is a product of its era. No film should be revised based on the lenses we now are, either voluntarily, or being forced to peer through.”
The “Fabelmans” director continued, “‘E.T.’ was a film that I was sensitive to the fact that the federal agents were approaching kids with firearms exposed and I thought I would change the guns into walkie talkies. Years went by and I changed my own views. I should have never...
- 4/26/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
This past week, veteran filmmakers and industry insiders gathered at the Paris Theatre in New York to bid adieu to Tom Luddy, the Telluride Film Festival co-founder and longtime producer who influenced virtually every facet of the global film community. Luddy’s death earlier this year was a shock not only because he was a beloved figure, but also because of what he represented: the role of the curatorial influencer, who could galvanize filmmakers and impact the state of the art form in ways not so easily quantified.
So who will take the baton now?
Anne Thompson was in town for the Luddy memorial, and on this week’s episode of Screen Talk, she shares some of her takeaways from the memorial with co-host Eric Kohn. In her report from the memorial, Thompson wrote:
Tom Luddy wasn’t famous exactly. But he had a huge impact on film culture via...
So who will take the baton now?
Anne Thompson was in town for the Luddy memorial, and on this week’s episode of Screen Talk, she shares some of her takeaways from the memorial with co-host Eric Kohn. In her report from the memorial, Thompson wrote:
Tom Luddy wasn’t famous exactly. But he had a huge impact on film culture via...
- 4/21/2023
- by Eric Kohn and Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: There’s some seriously scary stuff going on at London’s National Theatre as the venue prepares for a musical version of Roald Dahl’s The Witches that will feature book and lyrics by playwright Lucy Kirkwood, who’s also an executive consultant on Succession.
Music and lyrics are by Dave Malloy, who won acclaim for the book and score he wrote for Broadway show Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812.
The show is a co-production between the National and the Roald Dahl Story Company.
Katherine Kingsley (The Larkins) will play the Grand High Witch, whose only objective is to eliminate all children from the planet and turn them into mice. “She’s a tyrannical narcissist, truly she’s really evil. There’s no escaping the fact that she’s a bad person,” Kingsley told us.
“It’s a great role,” she laughed. “There’s a lot of fun to be had with her,...
Music and lyrics are by Dave Malloy, who won acclaim for the book and score he wrote for Broadway show Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812.
The show is a co-production between the National and the Roald Dahl Story Company.
Katherine Kingsley (The Larkins) will play the Grand High Witch, whose only objective is to eliminate all children from the planet and turn them into mice. “She’s a tyrannical narcissist, truly she’s really evil. There’s no escaping the fact that she’s a bad person,” Kingsley told us.
“It’s a great role,” she laughed. “There’s a lot of fun to be had with her,...
- 4/19/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Tom Luddy wasn’t famous exactly. But he had a huge impact on film culture via Uc Berkeley’s Pacific Film Archive in the ’60s and the Telluride Film Festival in the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, and up to his death in February at age 79. And while he was based in the Bay Area, a theater full of Luddy-philes from both coasts turned up for his tribute at New York’s packed Paris Theater on April 15. They represented the cross-cultural network that Luddy created over decades of introducing people, sharing his favorite film gems, and luring folks to Telluride by inviting their films or bringing them in as guest directors (like Stephen Sondheim or Salman Rushdie) or tributees (like Athol Fugard or Michael Powell). Once they came, they usually came back.
Five of the stalwarts in the Luddy family, who have supported the festival on the Telluride board of directors and in other ways,...
Five of the stalwarts in the Luddy family, who have supported the festival on the Telluride board of directors and in other ways,...
- 4/16/2023
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
EntertainmentWhile Shah Rukh Khan was listed in the ‘Icons’ category, Rajamouli was featured in the ‘Pioneers’ category. Novelist Salman Rushdie also found a spot in the 2023 list of icons.Two loved and celebrated personalities from Indian cinema –Actor Shah Rukh Khan and Director SS Rajamouli– each grabbed a spot in Time magazine’s 2023 list of 100 influential people in the world. While Shah Rukh Khan was listed in the ‘Icons’ category, Rajamouli of Rrr fame was featured in the ‘Pioneers’ category. Booker prize-winning Indian-born British-American novelist Salman Rushdie was also featured in the Icons category. Rushie recently survived a brutal attack in August 2022, when he was stabbed more than 10 times, damaging the optic nerve, and resulting in loss of sight in the right eye. In his interview with Time, speaking about his health, the author said, “...The eye is lost. The hand which was badly damaged is recovering quite well with a lot of therapy.
- 4/14/2023
- by Balakrishna
- The News Minute
Angela Bassett, Austin Butler, Doja Cat, and King Charles III are on the list.
Time’s “100 Most Influential People in the World” list was announced today. Each year, the media outlet honors 100 individuals that it perceives as holding sway, pairing the list with praiseful blurbs from contemporaries. The logrolling list contains comedians, sports stars, authors and other influential figures.
The list was first published in 1999. Nominations are secured from Time 100 alumni and the international writing staff. The final list is exclusively chosen by Time editors. There is also a commemorative gala held to celebrate the list winners.
Unlike the Time Person of the Year, which has selected Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Nikita Khrushchev among its honorees, the Time 100 is far less controversial.
Among those on this year’s Time 100 list from entertainment:
Salma Hayek (tribute written by Penélope Cruz) Rian Johnson (tribute written by Jamie Lee Curtis) Ali Wong...
Time’s “100 Most Influential People in the World” list was announced today. Each year, the media outlet honors 100 individuals that it perceives as holding sway, pairing the list with praiseful blurbs from contemporaries. The logrolling list contains comedians, sports stars, authors and other influential figures.
The list was first published in 1999. Nominations are secured from Time 100 alumni and the international writing staff. The final list is exclusively chosen by Time editors. There is also a commemorative gala held to celebrate the list winners.
Unlike the Time Person of the Year, which has selected Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Nikita Khrushchev among its honorees, the Time 100 is far less controversial.
Among those on this year’s Time 100 list from entertainment:
Salma Hayek (tribute written by Penélope Cruz) Rian Johnson (tribute written by Jamie Lee Curtis) Ali Wong...
- 4/13/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Padma Lakshmi is back and will again make you “Taste the Nation.”
Read More: Padma Lakshmi Is ‘Relieved’ That Ex-Husband Salman Rushdie Is Recovering After Stabbing Attack
The acclaimed cuisine and travel documentary series will be back this spring on Hulu. In season 2, Lakshmi continues her quest to take viewers on a tour of the United States while examining the various groups that have influenced modern American cuisine.
Padma Lakshmi Gives a First Look at Season 2 of Her Travel Show 'Taste the Nation' https://t.co/onTuh4ey11
— People (@people) March 2, 2023
The host and executive producer are seen in photos from the series passing past a Ukrainian eatery in New York City. The additional first-look photos depict Lakshmi receiving a close-up view of Cambodian cuisine and festivities in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Padma Lakshmi — Photo: Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu Padma Lakshmi — Photo: Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu
“Taste the Nation: Holiday Edition,” a four-part holiday special,...
Read More: Padma Lakshmi Is ‘Relieved’ That Ex-Husband Salman Rushdie Is Recovering After Stabbing Attack
The acclaimed cuisine and travel documentary series will be back this spring on Hulu. In season 2, Lakshmi continues her quest to take viewers on a tour of the United States while examining the various groups that have influenced modern American cuisine.
Padma Lakshmi Gives a First Look at Season 2 of Her Travel Show 'Taste the Nation' https://t.co/onTuh4ey11
— People (@people) March 2, 2023
The host and executive producer are seen in photos from the series passing past a Ukrainian eatery in New York City. The additional first-look photos depict Lakshmi receiving a close-up view of Cambodian cuisine and festivities in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Padma Lakshmi — Photo: Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu Padma Lakshmi — Photo: Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu
“Taste the Nation: Holiday Edition,” a four-part holiday special,...
- 3/2/2023
- by Aashna Shah
- ET Canada
From The Video Archives Podcast, writer/director Roger Avary and writer/producer Gala Avary discuss a few of their favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Taxi Driver (1976)
Star Wars (1977)
Matinee (1993)
Dune (1984)
Terror On A Train a.k.a. Time Bomb (1953)
Licorice Pizza (2021)
Batman (1989)
Yentl (1983)
Nuts (1987)
Spaceballs (1987)
Die Hard (1988)
Top Gun (1986)
Cocksucker Blues (1972)
Mijn nachten met Susan, Olga, Albert, Julie, Piet & Sandra (1975)
Straw Dogs (1971)
The Godfather (1972)
A History Of Violence (2005)
Day Of The Dolphin (1973)
Babylon (2022)
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (2022)
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979)
Carrie (1976)
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)
Blow Out (1981)
The Matrix (1999)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Killing Zoe (1993)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Tenant (1976)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Bugsy Malone (1976)
Phantom Of The Paradise (1974)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
The Rules Of Attraction (2002)
The Sound Of Music (1965)
Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (1971)
Giant (1956)
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Babe (1995)
Time Bandits...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Taxi Driver (1976)
Star Wars (1977)
Matinee (1993)
Dune (1984)
Terror On A Train a.k.a. Time Bomb (1953)
Licorice Pizza (2021)
Batman (1989)
Yentl (1983)
Nuts (1987)
Spaceballs (1987)
Die Hard (1988)
Top Gun (1986)
Cocksucker Blues (1972)
Mijn nachten met Susan, Olga, Albert, Julie, Piet & Sandra (1975)
Straw Dogs (1971)
The Godfather (1972)
A History Of Violence (2005)
Day Of The Dolphin (1973)
Babylon (2022)
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (2022)
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979)
Carrie (1976)
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)
Blow Out (1981)
The Matrix (1999)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Killing Zoe (1993)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Tenant (1976)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Bugsy Malone (1976)
Phantom Of The Paradise (1974)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
The Rules Of Attraction (2002)
The Sound Of Music (1965)
Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (1971)
Giant (1956)
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Babe (1995)
Time Bandits...
- 2/28/2023
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
The Roald Dahl purists have won.
After a week of controversy and outrage over imposed sensitivity changes to the words of the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory author, publisher Puffin has announced that a collection of 17 Dahl works will be re-released untouched as part of the Roald Dahl Classic Collection.
Netflix, which purchased the Roald Dahl Story Company in 2021 in a rumored $1 billion deal, had no comment on the development.
“We’ve listened to the debate over the past week, which has reaffirmed the extraordinary power of Roald Dahl’s books and the very real questions around how stories from another era can be kept relevant for each new generation,” says Francesca Dow, managing director of Penguin Random House Children’s.
“As a children’s publisher, our role is to share the magic of stories with children with the greatest thought and care,” Dow continues.
“Roald Dahl’s fantastic books...
After a week of controversy and outrage over imposed sensitivity changes to the words of the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory author, publisher Puffin has announced that a collection of 17 Dahl works will be re-released untouched as part of the Roald Dahl Classic Collection.
Netflix, which purchased the Roald Dahl Story Company in 2021 in a rumored $1 billion deal, had no comment on the development.
“We’ve listened to the debate over the past week, which has reaffirmed the extraordinary power of Roald Dahl’s books and the very real questions around how stories from another era can be kept relevant for each new generation,” says Francesca Dow, managing director of Penguin Random House Children’s.
“As a children’s publisher, our role is to share the magic of stories with children with the greatest thought and care,” Dow continues.
“Roald Dahl’s fantastic books...
- 2/24/2023
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Following the uproar and “debate” over the decision to republish Roald Dahl’s children’s books with less offensive language, the author’s estate and publisher have announced that they would re-release those same books with the original text intact.
Earlier this month, the Roald Dahl Story Company and publishers Puffin announced that “sensitivity readers” had recommended hundreds of edits to Dahl’s books, ranging from minor changes — like altering the description of Augustus Gloop in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory from “fat” to “enormous,” and replacing the word “female...
Earlier this month, the Roald Dahl Story Company and publishers Puffin announced that “sensitivity readers” had recommended hundreds of edits to Dahl’s books, ranging from minor changes — like altering the description of Augustus Gloop in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory from “fat” to “enormous,” and replacing the word “female...
- 2/24/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Publisher Puffin U.K. will release “The Roald Dahl Classic Collection,” which will have the author’s original texts.
“The Roald Dahl Classic Collection” will be available alongside the newly released Puffin Roald Dahl books for young readers, “which are designed for children who may be navigating written content independently for the first time,” Puffin said. “Readers will be free to choose which version of Dahl’s stories they prefer.”
Last week, Puffin was in the eye of a storm when it emerged that the works of Dahl, who died in 1990, had been rewritten, with the phrase “enormously fat” edited to just “enormous” and “most formidable female” to “most formidable woman” among numerous other examples from his most famous books. People who opposed the edits include author Salman Rushdie, who described it as “absurd censorship,” and U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
The original versions will be released under the Penguin...
“The Roald Dahl Classic Collection” will be available alongside the newly released Puffin Roald Dahl books for young readers, “which are designed for children who may be navigating written content independently for the first time,” Puffin said. “Readers will be free to choose which version of Dahl’s stories they prefer.”
Last week, Puffin was in the eye of a storm when it emerged that the works of Dahl, who died in 1990, had been rewritten, with the phrase “enormously fat” edited to just “enormous” and “most formidable female” to “most formidable woman” among numerous other examples from his most famous books. People who opposed the edits include author Salman Rushdie, who described it as “absurd censorship,” and U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
The original versions will be released under the Penguin...
- 2/24/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
This past weekend, anti-“cancel culture” activists got new ammunition after British newspaper The Telegraph reported that new editions of British children’s writer (and notorious antisemite) Roald Dahl have edited and changed the author’s original text to remove objectionable elements and make the books more inclusive.
Changes include removing the word “fat” from descriptions of characters like Augustus Gloop in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” making language in “The Twits” and “Matilda” more gender neutral, and adding lines like “There are plenty of other reasons why women might wear wigs and there is certainly nothing wrong with that” to “The Witches.” Although Dahl is notorious for his racist, sexist, and antisemitic writing over the course of his life, the alterations to his work rubbed many the wrong way, with authors like Salman Rushdie calling it “censorship.”
Since the changes made to the new editions were reported, some commentators...
Changes include removing the word “fat” from descriptions of characters like Augustus Gloop in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” making language in “The Twits” and “Matilda” more gender neutral, and adding lines like “There are plenty of other reasons why women might wear wigs and there is certainly nothing wrong with that” to “The Witches.” Although Dahl is notorious for his racist, sexist, and antisemitic writing over the course of his life, the alterations to his work rubbed many the wrong way, with authors like Salman Rushdie calling it “censorship.”
Since the changes made to the new editions were reported, some commentators...
- 2/23/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has joined in the criticism of changes made to classic works by Roald Dahl which came to light over the weekend. Titles like James and the Giant Peach, The Bfg, Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory have been altered by modifying words that are now deemed offensive.
Publisher Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Books, said edits were made so the stories “can continue to be enjoyed by all today.”
Sunak’s official spokesperson told local media, “When it comes to our rich and varied literary heritage, the prime minister agrees with the Bfg that we shouldn’t gobblefunk around with words. I think it’s important that works of literature and works of fiction are preserved and not airbrushed. We have always defended the right to free speech and expression.”
Also speaking out against the changes is author Salman Rushdie. “Roald Dahl was...
Publisher Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Books, said edits were made so the stories “can continue to be enjoyed by all today.”
Sunak’s official spokesperson told local media, “When it comes to our rich and varied literary heritage, the prime minister agrees with the Bfg that we shouldn’t gobblefunk around with words. I think it’s important that works of literature and works of fiction are preserved and not airbrushed. We have always defended the right to free speech and expression.”
Also speaking out against the changes is author Salman Rushdie. “Roald Dahl was...
- 2/21/2023
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Salman Rushdie is speaking out for the first time after being hospitalized last year following a stabbing attack during a speaking engagement at the Chautauqua Institution in Western New York.
In an interview with the New Yorker published Monday, Rushdie gave an update on his health, saying, “Well, you know, I’ve been better. But, considering what happened, I’m not so bad.”
After a suspect armed with a knife rushed the stage and stabbed the author multiple times at the speaking engagement, Rushdie’s agent shared that the author has lost sight in one eye, with his left hand badly damaged. The author also suffered from serious wounds to his neck and 15 more wounds to his chest and torso in the attack.
“As you can see, the big injuries are healed, essentially. I have feeling in my thumb and index finger and in the bottom half of the palm,...
In an interview with the New Yorker published Monday, Rushdie gave an update on his health, saying, “Well, you know, I’ve been better. But, considering what happened, I’m not so bad.”
After a suspect armed with a knife rushed the stage and stabbed the author multiple times at the speaking engagement, Rushdie’s agent shared that the author has lost sight in one eye, with his left hand badly damaged. The author also suffered from serious wounds to his neck and 15 more wounds to his chest and torso in the attack.
“As you can see, the big injuries are healed, essentially. I have feeling in my thumb and index finger and in the bottom half of the palm,...
- 2/7/2023
- by Lexy Perez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London, Feb 6 (Ians) Months after a near-lethal attack that left him debilitated and without vision in one eye, Sir Salman Rushdie says that he is “lucky” and has been told that he is “doing very well”. But he still finds it difficult to type or write.
I was “lucky … my main overwhelming feeling is gratitude. I’ve been better. But, considering what happened, I’m not so bad,” he said in an interview with journalist-author David Remnick in ‘The New Yorker’, the BBC reported.
The award-winning novelist was attacked on stage at an event in New York state last August and spent many weeks. He subsequently lost vision in one eye.
“The big injuries are healed, essentially. I have feeling in my thumb and index finger and in the bottom half of the palm. I’m doing a lot of hand therapy, and I’m told that I’m doing very well,...
I was “lucky … my main overwhelming feeling is gratitude. I’ve been better. But, considering what happened, I’m not so bad,” he said in an interview with journalist-author David Remnick in ‘The New Yorker’, the BBC reported.
The award-winning novelist was attacked on stage at an event in New York state last August and spent many weeks. He subsequently lost vision in one eye.
“The big injuries are healed, essentially. I have feeling in my thumb and index finger and in the bottom half of the palm. I’m doing a lot of hand therapy, and I’m told that I’m doing very well,...
- 2/6/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Kazuo Ishiguro, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is one of the world’s greatest living novelists — and a newly Oscar-nominated screenwriter, as well, for his adaptation of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 film Ikiru into the script for Oliver Hermanus’ 2022 film Living.
A Japanese-born Brit, Ishiguro has written eight novels over the last 41 years which have collectively sold more than 2.5 million copies in the U.S alone, most notably 1989’s The Remains of the Day, which was awarded the prestigious Booker Prize, and 2005’s Never Let Me Go, which Time chose as one of the 100 greatest English-language novels since 1923 and the Los Angeles Times described as “probably, thus far, the most important English-language novel of the new century.” (Both were adapted, by others, into highly acclaimed films.)
In recognition of Ishiguro’s collective body of work, he was chosen as the recipient of the...
A Japanese-born Brit, Ishiguro has written eight novels over the last 41 years which have collectively sold more than 2.5 million copies in the U.S alone, most notably 1989’s The Remains of the Day, which was awarded the prestigious Booker Prize, and 2005’s Never Let Me Go, which Time chose as one of the 100 greatest English-language novels since 1923 and the Los Angeles Times described as “probably, thus far, the most important English-language novel of the new century.” (Both were adapted, by others, into highly acclaimed films.)
In recognition of Ishiguro’s collective body of work, he was chosen as the recipient of the...
- 1/26/2023
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Range Media Partners has signed director Julie Taymor, who has worked across multiple mediums including film, television, theater, and opera throughout her esteemed career. Best known for directing the 2002 film Frida starring Salma Hayek, which won two Academy Awards and was nominated for an additional four, including a nomination for Taymor for penning the lyrics to the film’s original song, Burn It Blue” She was also the first woman in theatrical history to win Best Direction of a Musical at The Tony Awards for her adaption of The Lion King in 1998.
Taymor is currently developing an epic original screenplay titled. White Tiger, and is attached to direct Marissa Kate Goodhill’s cinematic adaptation of the bestselling novel Gun Love, entitled Mercury, with Evan Rachel Wood and Salma Hayek attached to star. For television, she is developing an adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s novel, The Ground Beneath Her Feetwhich...
Taymor is currently developing an epic original screenplay titled. White Tiger, and is attached to direct Marissa Kate Goodhill’s cinematic adaptation of the bestselling novel Gun Love, entitled Mercury, with Evan Rachel Wood and Salma Hayek attached to star. For television, she is developing an adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s novel, The Ground Beneath Her Feetwhich...
- 12/15/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
This interview with “Holy Spider” director Ali Abbasi originally appeared in the International Film issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
Ali Abbasi would like to make something clear: “Holy Spider” is not a true-crime film. Though the story is based on the horrifying real case of Saeed Hanaei, who murdered 16 sex workers in the Iranian city of Mashhad in 2000-2001, claiming he was doing God’s work to eradicate sinful women, Abbasi was not interested in making a serial killer movie. He wanted to make a noir that explored a “serial killer society” in which a devoutly religious man living in one of the holiest cities in Iran could admit to atrocious crimes and be hailed by a sizable portion of the population as a hero. When we spoke to Abbasid, who was born in Iran but now lives in Denmark, the protests for women’s rights that exploded in...
Ali Abbasi would like to make something clear: “Holy Spider” is not a true-crime film. Though the story is based on the horrifying real case of Saeed Hanaei, who murdered 16 sex workers in the Iranian city of Mashhad in 2000-2001, claiming he was doing God’s work to eradicate sinful women, Abbasi was not interested in making a serial killer movie. He wanted to make a noir that explored a “serial killer society” in which a devoutly religious man living in one of the holiest cities in Iran could admit to atrocious crimes and be hailed by a sizable portion of the population as a hero. When we spoke to Abbasid, who was born in Iran but now lives in Denmark, the protests for women’s rights that exploded in...
- 12/5/2022
- by Missy Schwartz
- The Wrap
How should we balance a movie’s aims and execution, when the two very evidently diverge? In dramatizing the true story of early-aughts serial killer Saeed Hanaei (Mehdi Bajestani), who murdered 16 sex workers, director Ali Abbasi (“Border”) claims that his intention “was not to make a serial killer movie.” As he says in the film’s press notes, “I wanted to make a movie about a serial-killer society. Misogyny everywhere breeds through the habits of people.”
Among these habits, alas, is the knee-jerk objectification and exploitation of women, a practice in which “Holy Spider” repeatedly engages. Within minutes, Saeed’s first victim is shot gratuitously nude; her murder and the subsequent ones that follow are so explicitly violent that Abbasi’s nobly stated goals start to reflect the depressing hypocrisy of his subject.
What’s equally dispiriting is that there were so many other ways to make the very cultural critique to which Abbasi,...
Among these habits, alas, is the knee-jerk objectification and exploitation of women, a practice in which “Holy Spider” repeatedly engages. Within minutes, Saeed’s first victim is shot gratuitously nude; her murder and the subsequent ones that follow are so explicitly violent that Abbasi’s nobly stated goals start to reflect the depressing hypocrisy of his subject.
What’s equally dispiriting is that there were so many other ways to make the very cultural critique to which Abbasi,...
- 11/3/2022
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
Madrid, Oct 23 (Ians) Salman Rushdie has lost his sight in one eye and the use of one hand after the attack he suffered while preparing to deliver a lecture in the US’ New York state two months ago, his agent has confirmed, the media reported.
The 75-year-old author, whose received death threats from Iran in the 1980s after his novel ‘The Satanic Verses’ was published, was stabbed in the neck and torso as he came on stage to give a talk on artistic freedom at the Chautauqua Institution on August 12, The Guardian reported.
Until now, the full extent of Rushdie’s injuries had been unclear. But in an interview with Spain’s El Pais, Andrew Wylie explained how serious and life-changing the attack had been.
“(His wounds) were profound, but he’s (also) lost the sight of one eye,” said Wylie. “He had three serious wounds in his neck. One...
The 75-year-old author, whose received death threats from Iran in the 1980s after his novel ‘The Satanic Verses’ was published, was stabbed in the neck and torso as he came on stage to give a talk on artistic freedom at the Chautauqua Institution on August 12, The Guardian reported.
Until now, the full extent of Rushdie’s injuries had been unclear. But in an interview with Spain’s El Pais, Andrew Wylie explained how serious and life-changing the attack had been.
“(His wounds) were profound, but he’s (also) lost the sight of one eye,” said Wylie. “He had three serious wounds in his neck. One...
- 11/1/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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