Key members of the UK Screen Alliance fielded questions at yesterday’s UK Parliament’s cross-party inquiry into British film and high-end TV.
The last year or so has seen the UK film industry come under a fair amount of scrutiny from the UK government. After all, it’s an incredibly successful sector and a guaranteed money-spinner so the incumbent administration has been looking at the industry in the wake of a pandemic, Hollywood strikes and a reshaped industry landscape to see what the future holds.
There have been industry-wide surveys, new levels of tax relief announced in the chancellor’s annual budget and now, leading figures from the UK screen sector have been invited to Parliament to discuss the future of the British film and high-end TV industry.
Perhaps the key takeaway from the discussions is that these leading figures feel the UK is well placed to handle the...
The last year or so has seen the UK film industry come under a fair amount of scrutiny from the UK government. After all, it’s an incredibly successful sector and a guaranteed money-spinner so the incumbent administration has been looking at the industry in the wake of a pandemic, Hollywood strikes and a reshaped industry landscape to see what the future holds.
There have been industry-wide surveys, new levels of tax relief announced in the chancellor’s annual budget and now, leading figures from the UK screen sector have been invited to Parliament to discuss the future of the British film and high-end TV industry.
Perhaps the key takeaway from the discussions is that these leading figures feel the UK is well placed to handle the...
- 3/20/2024
- by Dan Cooper
- Film Stories
The UK’s close ties with Hollywood and the impact of the package of measures for the UK film industry unveiled in chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s spring budget were under discussion as Adrian Wootton, chief executive of the British Film Commission (Bfc), Andrew Smith, corporate affairs director at Pinewood and Neil Hatton, chief executive of the UK Screen Alliance faced the UK parliament’s cross-party inquiry into British film and high-end TV today (March 19).
When asked by the committee about the slowdown of inward investment in 2023, in which there was a 39% decline compared to 2022 in the wake of the Hollywood strikes,...
When asked by the committee about the slowdown of inward investment in 2023, in which there was a 39% decline compared to 2022 in the wake of the Hollywood strikes,...
- 3/19/2024
- ScreenDaily
An “eco-system” of finance, lending and talent development is driving the creation of Saudi Arabia’s nascent film industry, key figures in the Middle Eastern kingdom’s cultural sector said this week.
Speaking during the third edition of the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah, Abdullah Alkhaldi, chief investment and credit officer at Saudi Arabia’s Cultural Development Fund, said its aim was to be “the financial enabler in pursuing and achieving a cultural vision.”
The fund, which launched two years ago, has $152 million available for lending to cultural projects along with a $80 million Film Investment Fund, which was announced in Cannes last May.
The Cdf would support the country’s emerging film industry with a focus on both its cultural and economic benefits until it became a “self-sustaining sector,” Alkhaldi added, at a market panel on “Unlocking Co-Production Opportunities With the Arab World.”
The fund was focused on investing in infrastructure,...
Speaking during the third edition of the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah, Abdullah Alkhaldi, chief investment and credit officer at Saudi Arabia’s Cultural Development Fund, said its aim was to be “the financial enabler in pursuing and achieving a cultural vision.”
The fund, which launched two years ago, has $152 million available for lending to cultural projects along with a $80 million Film Investment Fund, which was announced in Cannes last May.
The Cdf would support the country’s emerging film industry with a focus on both its cultural and economic benefits until it became a “self-sustaining sector,” Alkhaldi added, at a market panel on “Unlocking Co-Production Opportunities With the Arab World.”
The fund was focused on investing in infrastructure,...
- 12/8/2023
- by Nick Holdsworth
- Variety Film + TV
For Andrea Smith, not having her deployed Marine sergeant husband home gets a bit harder around the holidays.
“Not having him home with us in general is hard, but around the holidays I find myself missing him so much more,” she tells People.
Andrea’s husband, Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith, will be on duty overseas during the holidays, while Andrea and their 3-year-old daughter celebrate Christmas with one another at home. So, she decided to include her husband in the family’s Christmas card — as if he were there in the flesh.
“We decided to come up with something that...
“Not having him home with us in general is hard, but around the holidays I find myself missing him so much more,” she tells People.
Andrea’s husband, Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith, will be on duty overseas during the holidays, while Andrea and their 3-year-old daughter celebrate Christmas with one another at home. So, she decided to include her husband in the family’s Christmas card — as if he were there in the flesh.
“We decided to come up with something that...
- 12/14/2017
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
The world was shocked when actress and singer Brittany Murphy suddenly died at age 32, right before Christmas in 2009. She would have turned 40 on Friday, Nov. 10.
The Atlanta-born talent remains best-known for Clueless (1995) and 8 Mile (2002) with Eminem, but also costarred in Girl, Interrupted (1999) with Angelina Jolie, and led the romantic comedies Little Black Book (2004) and Just Married (2003), in which she starred alongside her real-life boyfriend at the time, Ashton Kutcher.
Murphy also made a splash on the music scene with DJ Paul Oakenfold via their single Faster Kill Pussycat, which became a club hit and reached No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot...
The Atlanta-born talent remains best-known for Clueless (1995) and 8 Mile (2002) with Eminem, but also costarred in Girl, Interrupted (1999) with Angelina Jolie, and led the romantic comedies Little Black Book (2004) and Just Married (2003), in which she starred alongside her real-life boyfriend at the time, Ashton Kutcher.
Murphy also made a splash on the music scene with DJ Paul Oakenfold via their single Faster Kill Pussycat, which became a club hit and reached No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot...
- 11/10/2017
- by People Staff
- PEOPLE.com
So deeply rooted in metaphor and allegory that it might as well be called “father!,” Alex and Andrew Smith’s “Walking Out” is a strong coming-of-age adventure that buries its vaguely biblical underpinnings beneath the heavy snows of a Jack London epic. Updated from a short story by naturalist David Quammen, it begins as a movie about the circle of life, and then thaws into a movie about survival. But while that might seem like a counterintuitive transition or even a contradiction in terms, this ruggedly elemental journey subsists on the raw knowledge that can be found in the space between the virtues we decide and the values we inherit. Many viewers could be left cold — especially as the Smith men track their characters with a hunter’s patience, and wait until the last possible moment to pull the trigger on the tragedy that defines them — but those interested in...
- 10/6/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
“Walking Out” is a tense survival thriller that offers much more than nail-biting adventure. Sure, it has plenty of edge-of-the seat suspense, but, as written and directed by Alex and Andrew Smith (“The Slaughter Rule”), it is just as noteworthy for its terrific, spare dialogue, stunning cinematography, stirring musical score and poignant narrative arc. Based on a short story by David Quammen, it’s a tale of a father and son who must battle the elements in the Montana mountains, but it’s also a relatable rumination on the complexity of parent-child relationships and their continuing sway over us into adulthood.
- 10/5/2017
- by Claudia Puig
- The Wrap
If one wants to experience the best independent cinema the year has to offer this summer, one of your best bets is the well-curated line-up at Brooklyn’s BAMcinémaFest. They’ve now unveiled this year’s slate for the festival running from June 14-25, including some of of my favorite films of the year thus far (A Ghost Story, Golden Exits, Columbus, Marjorie Prime, and Landline) as well as highly-anticipated others (the SXSW hit Gemini and Stephen Cone‘s Princess Cyd come to mind).
“I’m incredibly proud of the program our team has put together,” says Gina Duncan, Associate Vice President, Cinema. “From the endearing comedy The Big Sick to the micro-budget Princess Cyd and Lemon, the audacious first feature from Janicza Bravo, the line-up truly reflects the breadth of American independent cinema today. Other highlights include the world premiere of Jim McKay’s, En el Séptimo Día an...
“I’m incredibly proud of the program our team has put together,” says Gina Duncan, Associate Vice President, Cinema. “From the endearing comedy The Big Sick to the micro-budget Princess Cyd and Lemon, the audacious first feature from Janicza Bravo, the line-up truly reflects the breadth of American independent cinema today. Other highlights include the world premiere of Jim McKay’s, En el Séptimo Día an...
- 5/4/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Good news for Tampa Bay Buccaneers Wr Josh Huff -- he just struck a deal with prosecutors in his gun case and will stay out of jail .... if he keeps his nose clean. As we previously reported, the 25-year-old ex-Oregon star was pulled over in NJ back in Nov. for speeding -- but during the stop, cops say they found an unloaded gun, hollow point bullets and weed. He was charged with unlawful possession of...
- 4/18/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The San Francisco Film Society has announced today that the 60th San Francisco International Film Festival’s anticipated Centerpiece event will be “Patti Cake$,” from first-time feature director Geremy Jasper. The film bowed at Sundance in January, featuring a star-making turn from Danielle Macdonald as the eponymous rapper Patricia “Patti Cake$” Dombrowski.
The film was purchased at the festival by Fox Searchlight, who paid a healthy $9.5 million for the feature. “Patti Cake$” was a Spring 2014 Sf Film Society / Krf Filmmaking Grant winner.
“We are thrilled that Patti Cake$,’ a film we supported in partnership with Kenneth Rainin Foundation, will be the Festival’s Centerpiece,” said Noah Cowan, Executive Director of the San Francisco Film Society. “The film is not only hugely entertaining, with great music and spectacular performances, but also deftly addresses issues of great importance in our current political climate, from the harsh social conditions faced by working-class families...
The film was purchased at the festival by Fox Searchlight, who paid a healthy $9.5 million for the feature. “Patti Cake$” was a Spring 2014 Sf Film Society / Krf Filmmaking Grant winner.
“We are thrilled that Patti Cake$,’ a film we supported in partnership with Kenneth Rainin Foundation, will be the Festival’s Centerpiece,” said Noah Cowan, Executive Director of the San Francisco Film Society. “The film is not only hugely entertaining, with great music and spectacular performances, but also deftly addresses issues of great importance in our current political climate, from the harsh social conditions faced by working-class families...
- 3/1/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Writers/directors Alex and Andrew Smith, who found some fans at Sundance 15 years ago with The Slaughter Rule, return with an old-fashioned man-versus-nature tale, Walking Out, in which the roles of father and son are reversed. Playing a son who must take the lead when a mishap strands him and his father (Matt Bomer) in the wintry wilds of Montana, Josh Wiggins makes an excellent and restrained stand-in for moviegoers who, more than likely, will have no idea what they'd do in his shoes. The fest circuit should respond warmly, though a lack of strong hooks may make it hard...
- 1/31/2017
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Walking Out” is a tense survival thriller that offers much more than nail-biting adventure. While it has plenty of edge-of-your-seat suspense, the film written and directed by Alex and Andrew Smith (“The Slaughter Rule”) is just as noteworthy for its terrific, spare dialogue, stunning cinematography, stirring musical score and poignant narrative arc. Also Read: 'Walking Out' Sundance Review: Matt Bomer Anchors Powerful Father-Son Drama Based on a short story by David Quammen, “Walking Out” is a tale of a father and son who must battle the elements in the Montana mountains. But it’s also a relatable rumination...
- 1/26/2017
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
“Walking Out” is a tense survival thriller that offers much more than nail-biting adventure. Sure, it has plenty of edge-of-the seat suspense, but, as written and directed by Alex and Andrew Smith (“The Slaughter Rule”), it is just as noteworthy for its terrific, spare dialogue, stunning cinematography, stirring musical score and poignant narrative arc. Based on a short story by David Quammen, it’s a tale of a father and son who must battle the elements in the Montana mountains, but it’s also a relatable rumination on the complexity of parent-child relationships and their continuing sway over us into adulthood.
- 1/22/2017
- by Claudia Puig
- The Wrap
Alex Neustaedter, the 17-year-old actor currently playing Josh Holloway’s son on USA Network show Colony, has been given the huge compliment of being cast as a young Matt Bomer. HitFix can exclusively report that Neustaedter is playing the part of young Cal in survival drama Walking Out. The film centers on Cal (Matt Bomer) and son David (Josh Wiggins). David travels to Montana to go hunting with his estranged father, only for the already strained trip to become a battle of survival. During the trip, Cal begins to revisit his own past, comparing his time with David to his own childhood with his father. Neustaedter plays the young Cal in the flashback scenes opposite Bill Pullman as Cal’s father. Let’s take a look at Neustaedter side-by-side with the American Horror Story: Hotel actor: Photo credits: Marc Cartwright; Christopher Smith/Fox Those blue eyes. Those jawlines. Good work,...
- 2/16/2016
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
Exclusive: Matt Bomer, Bill Pullman, Josh Wiggins star in Walking Out; Salt boards international sales.
Production has wrapped in Montana on father-son survival drama Walking Out, starring Matt Bomer (Magic Mike Xxl), Bill Pullman (Independence Day) and Josh Wiggins (Max).
Written and directed by Alex and Andrew Smith, who teamed on Ryan Gosling sports drama The Slaughter Rule (2002) and Winter In The Blood (2010), in Walking Out Wiggins plays a city teen who travels to Montana to go hunting with his estranged father only for the strained trip to become a battle for survival when they encounter a grizzly bear.
Producers are Brunson Green of Harbinger Pictures and Laura Ivey of Co-Op Entertainment, with cooperation from the State of Montana’s Big Sky Film Grant. The Salt Company is handling international sales and will introduce the project at the upcoming Efm.
Director of photography is Todd McMullen (The Leftovers, Friday Night Lights), editor is Michael Taylor (Elvis & Nixon...
Production has wrapped in Montana on father-son survival drama Walking Out, starring Matt Bomer (Magic Mike Xxl), Bill Pullman (Independence Day) and Josh Wiggins (Max).
Written and directed by Alex and Andrew Smith, who teamed on Ryan Gosling sports drama The Slaughter Rule (2002) and Winter In The Blood (2010), in Walking Out Wiggins plays a city teen who travels to Montana to go hunting with his estranged father only for the strained trip to become a battle for survival when they encounter a grizzly bear.
Producers are Brunson Green of Harbinger Pictures and Laura Ivey of Co-Op Entertainment, with cooperation from the State of Montana’s Big Sky Film Grant. The Salt Company is handling international sales and will introduce the project at the upcoming Efm.
Director of photography is Todd McMullen (The Leftovers, Friday Night Lights), editor is Michael Taylor (Elvis & Nixon...
- 2/2/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
A tourist was stabbed Wednesday at Los Angeles’ famous Hollywood and Highland shopping and entertainment center, close to the Oscars venue. The male victim was standing on the sidewalk at around 1:10 p.m. Pt when “suddenly, for no reason,” a man approached and began stabbing him with a large kitchen knife, Lapd Cmdr. Andrew Smith said, according to the Los Angeles Times. The suspect was arrested by two off-duty New York Police Department officers who witnessed the attack, and then pulled out their weapons to subdue the assailant. He was taken into custody for booking. Also Read: New Isis Propaganda Video Threatens NYC Attack.
- 11/19/2015
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
[Editor's Note: This article is presented in partnership with the Montana Film Office, a central information source for on-location filmmakers. Click here to learn more.] Read More: Where I Shot It: Alex and Andrew Smith on How Setting Can Be Its Own Character "The Revenant," the upcoming Alejandro González Iñárritu film starring Leonardo DiCaprio as American frontiersman Hugh Glass, needed to find the right location for the wilderness drama set in the 1800s. After being brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by his team, DiCaprio's Glass endures a harsh winter in the pursuit of vengeance and redemption. The setting literally sets the stage for the drama that unfolds. Though the majority of the film was shot by Academy Award-winning Dp Emmanuel Lubezki in Canada last winter, the filmmakers had to find the right location to film a complicated river sequence. "We were tasked with matching the...
- 11/4/2015
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
[Editor's Note: This article is presented in partnership with the Montana Film Office, a central information source for on-location filmmakers. Click here to learn more.] Read More: Indiewire Brings Montana and Headframe Spirits to Sunset Strip Alex and Andrew Smith made their debut with "The Slaughter Rule," a football drama starring Ryan Gosling which premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. For both that feature and their second film, "Winter in the Blood," which premiered at the 2013 La Film Festival, the twin brothers chose to shoot in their home state of Montana. Adapted from the novel of the same name by award-winning Native American author James Welch, "Winter in the Blood" tells the story of Virgil First Raise, an alcoholic Blackfoot Indian man who returns home after a bender and finds that his wife has left him. The novel was set in Montana and the Smiths wanted the setting to feel authentic. "We are very...
- 10/28/2015
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
Read More: In Their Own Words: Indie Directors Share Essential Filmmaking Tips Held in the historic West Hollywood venue Pearl's Sunset Strip, the evening kicked off with a panel discussion featuring filmmakers Julian Higgins (winner, Ron Howard Canon Competition; AFI alumnus), Nate Kelly (Upm on Untitled Kelly Reichardt Project) and Andrew Smith (filmmaker, "The Slaughter Rule," "Winter In The Blood") with Montana Film Commissioner Deny Staggs about the production opportunities available to filmmakers. All three filmmakers drew from their experiences shooting in Montana over the course of what turned out to be a very lively discussion moderated by Indiewire Editor-in-Chief and General Manager Dana Harris -- a discussion that explored the topic of shooting on location from both a budgetary and creative standpoint. For more panel specifics, you can click here to read our coverage. Read More: David Lowery's Production...
- 6/17/2015
- by Shipra Harbola Gupta
- Indiewire
Read More: 7 Best Apps for Filmmakers: Pre-Production Location scouting is perhaps the most crucial step when it comes to preparing to shoot a film, but it rarely achieves the same degree of visibility enjoyed by some of its more "glamorous" counterparts — cinematography, editing and sound design, to name a few. Locations and incentives were the main topics discussed during a lively discussion at Pearl’s Sunset Strip on Monday night. Co-hosted by Indiewire, the Montana Film Office, Headframe Spirits and the Audience Awards, the discussion featured Montana film commissioner Deny Staggs in conversation with filmmakers Julian Higgins (winner, Ron Howard Canon Competition; AFI Alumnus), Nate Kelly (Upm on Untitled Kelly Reichardt Project) and Andrew Smith (filmmaker, "The Slaughter Rule," "Winter in the Blood"), all of whom have experience shooting in the state. Indiewire Editor-in-Chief and General Manager Dana Harris served as moderator for the discussion,...
- 6/17/2015
- by Conor Soules
- Indiewire
The family that once held the largest private fortune in America has suffered yet another bizarre and tragic misfortune with the death of Andrew Rork Getty, 47, who was found dead at his Los Angeles home on Tuesday. The grandson of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty was discovered "halfway in the bathroom in the hallway," L.A. coroner Ed Winter tells People. "He was partially clothed and it looked like he was trying to get to the bathroom." Winter says Andrew had told his assistant he was feeling ill several days earlier, and believes the cause of death was "probably gastrointestinal bleeding inside.
- 4/2/2015
- by Michael Miller, @write_miller
- PEOPLE.com
The family that once held the largest private fortune in America has suffered yet another bizarre and tragic misfortune with the death of Andrew Rork Getty, 47, who was found dead at his Los Angeles home on Tuesday. The grandson of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty was discovered "halfway in the bathroom in the hallway," L.A. coroner Ed Winter tells People. "He was partially clothed and it looked like he was trying to get to the bathroom." Winter says Andrew had told his assistant he was feeling ill several days earlier, and believes the cause of death was "probably gastrointestinal bleeding inside.
- 4/2/2015
- by Michael Miller, @write_miller
- PEOPLE.com
Los Angeles police arrested 10 boys between the ages of 14 to 17 on Friday in connection with a series of sex crimes that began more than a year ago at a California high school and involve at least two underage girls. Investigators say that a total of 14 students at Venice High School are wanted for sex crimes against the two females, who also attend the school, CNN reports. Eight of the 10 boys were arrested on the school's campus Friday. A ninth was arrested off campus, and a tenth turned himself in to police. The alleged sex crimes began in 2013 and include sexual...
- 3/16/2015
- by Tara Fowler, @waterfowlerta
- PEOPLE.com
Los Angeles police arrested 10 boys between the ages of 14 to 17 on Friday in connection with a series of sex crimes that began more than a year ago at a California high school and involve at least two underage girls. Investigators say that a total of 14 students at Venice High School are wanted for sex crimes against the two females, who also attend the school, CNN reports. Eight of the 10 boys were arrested on the school's campus Friday. A ninth was arrested off campus, and a tenth turned himself in to police. The alleged sex crimes began in 2013 and include sexual...
- 3/16/2015
- by Tara Fowler, @waterfowlerta
- PEOPLE.com
Exclusive: As Glee winds down, Chris Colfer is creating more opportunities for himself by going deeper into the Land Of Stories. The Golden Globe-winning actor and NY Times bestselling author has inked a new five-book deal with publisher Little, Brown to expand the popular children’s fiction franchise he launched with 2012’s The Land Of Stories: The Wishing Spell.
That title exploded onto the bestseller list and spawned three sequels, with the fourth Land Of Stories title set to hit shelves next year. Colfer’s new pact includes the fifth and final book in the Land Of Stories series and a boxed set with new companion volumes Queen Red Riding Hood’s Guide To Royalty and The Mother Goose Diaries, to be released in fall 2015. Colfer is also penning a pair of spin-off picture books inspired by Land lore and aimed at younger readers: The Curvy Tree, illustrated by Brandon Dorman for release next fall,...
That title exploded onto the bestseller list and spawned three sequels, with the fourth Land Of Stories title set to hit shelves next year. Colfer’s new pact includes the fifth and final book in the Land Of Stories series and a boxed set with new companion volumes Queen Red Riding Hood’s Guide To Royalty and The Mother Goose Diaries, to be released in fall 2015. Colfer is also penning a pair of spin-off picture books inspired by Land lore and aimed at younger readers: The Curvy Tree, illustrated by Brandon Dorman for release next fall,...
- 11/25/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
With the Austin Film Festival now in our collective rearview mirrors, the local film calendar is going to start turning more actively towards some of the biggest films of the year. Most of them will not be blockbusters (although Interstellar certainly is), but many titles will be hopefuls for awards season. As far as Christopher Nolan's new film goes, we are very fortunate to live in a market where it's playing in all available formats. While you can see it in 4K digital or even digital IMAX, the preferred format for this one is actual film and you can catch local screenings in 35mm, 70mm (at the Ritz) and even a proper 15-perf 70mm IMAX print at the Bob Bullock (where the screen towers six stories above you). Sadly, this will be the final movie screened on film at the museum before they convert to digital projection, so I'd...
- 11/7/2014
- by Matt Shiverdecker
- Slackerwood
Blood Simple: The Smith’s Sophomore Effort a Lyrical, Uneven Production
It’s been well over a decade now since their first film, 2002’s The Slaughter Rule, which starred both Ryan Gosling and Amy Adams in early film roles, but Alex and Andrew Smith, twin brothers, are back with their sophomore effort, Winter in the Blood. An adaptation of a 1974 novel by James Welch, the Smiths have created an evocative character study that often feels like a period piece, so specifically is it rendered inside the head of its troubled protagonist. Idiosyncratic and offbeat, it’s reminiscent of early, understated Coen Bros. films, a beautiful, troubled nightmare like Barton Fink, for instance. Though the narrative meanders and often feels too elliptical for its own good, the film is a character piece delivered as a languid tone poem, life as a bramble weed drifting simultaneously to freedom and trouble.
Waking up in a ditch,...
It’s been well over a decade now since their first film, 2002’s The Slaughter Rule, which starred both Ryan Gosling and Amy Adams in early film roles, but Alex and Andrew Smith, twin brothers, are back with their sophomore effort, Winter in the Blood. An adaptation of a 1974 novel by James Welch, the Smiths have created an evocative character study that often feels like a period piece, so specifically is it rendered inside the head of its troubled protagonist. Idiosyncratic and offbeat, it’s reminiscent of early, understated Coen Bros. films, a beautiful, troubled nightmare like Barton Fink, for instance. Though the narrative meanders and often feels too elliptical for its own good, the film is a character piece delivered as a languid tone poem, life as a bramble weed drifting simultaneously to freedom and trouble.
Waking up in a ditch,...
- 10/31/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
There was a time when two veteran straight actors such as John Lithgow and Alfred Molina, taking on the roles of a gay couple and their subsequent travails at married life would have been the tabloid equivalent of shock and awe. It still might raise some eyebrows, but Ira Sachs’ Love Is Strange is a testimony to societal progress in terms of storytelling. Now it will face the box office as the Specialty title platforms this weekend via Sony Classics. A real-life gay marriage takes the spotlight this weekend courtesy of Starz Digital doc To Be Takei about the multi-faceted actor/activist and social media talent who is best known for playing Hikaru Sulu in TV’s original Star Trek. It will be joined by Millennium Entertainment’s Are You Here with Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis and Amy Poehler which will open day and date by Mad Men writer Matthew Weiner.
- 8/22/2014
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline
It’s been over a decade since twin brothers Alex and Andrew Smith’s film “The Slaughter Rule,” starring Ryan Gosling, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2002. Their followup film “Winter in the Blood,” adapts a novel by Native American Montana author James Welch and is set in their home state of Montana, focusing on a young and troubled Blackfoot Indian, Virgil First Raise (Chaske Spencer). Things aren’t going so well for Virgil— he’s developed a hell of a drinking habit (he wakes up in a ditch) and his wife Agnes (Julia Jones) has left him and taken his rifle and electric razor (probably to pawn for a drink). He lives on a ranch with his mother and grandmother, but he’s wayward, aimless, motivated only by where he might find his next drink and how he might get his father’s rifle back. “Winter in the...
- 8/20/2014
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
The distributor has acquired all Us rights to Vanessa Lapa’s documentary on the secret personal writings and photographs of Heinrich Himmler as well as mystery Winter In The Blood.
The Decent One asks how the man who led the SS and who claimed to revere German virtues of order, decency and goodness could remain a hero in the eyes of his family and play a key role in the Holocaust.
The film won best documentary at the recent Jerusalem Film Festival and opens on October 1 at New York’s Film Forum prior to expansion across the Us art house circuit.
Kino Lorber CEO Richard Lorber negotiated the deal with Cinephil MD Philippa Kowarsky.
Kino Lorber has also picked up North American rights to Ranchwater Films’ mystery Winter In The Blood starring Chaske Spencer, David Morse and Julia Jones. Alex Smith and Andrew Smith directed the film from James Welch’s novel. Kino Lorber has set...
The Decent One asks how the man who led the SS and who claimed to revere German virtues of order, decency and goodness could remain a hero in the eyes of his family and play a key role in the Holocaust.
The film won best documentary at the recent Jerusalem Film Festival and opens on October 1 at New York’s Film Forum prior to expansion across the Us art house circuit.
Kino Lorber CEO Richard Lorber negotiated the deal with Cinephil MD Philippa Kowarsky.
Kino Lorber has also picked up North American rights to Ranchwater Films’ mystery Winter In The Blood starring Chaske Spencer, David Morse and Julia Jones. Alex Smith and Andrew Smith directed the film from James Welch’s novel. Kino Lorber has set...
- 7/29/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The distributor has acquired all Us rights to Vanessa Lapa’s documentary on the secret personal writings and photographs of Heinrich Himmler as well as mystery Winter In The Blood.
The Decent One asks how the man who led the SS and who claimed to revere German virtues of order, decency and goodness could remain a hero in the eyes of his family and play a key role in the Holocaust.
The film won best documentary at the recent Jerusalem Film Festival and opens on October 1 at New York’s Film Forum prior to expansion across the Us art house circuit.
Kino Lorber CEO Richard Lorber negotiated the deal with Cinephil MD Philippa Kowarsky.
Kino Lorber has also picked up North American rights to Ranchwater Films’ mystery Winter In The Blood starring Chaske Spencer, David Morse and Julia Jones. Alex Smith and Andrew Smith directed the film from James Welch’s novel. Kino Lorber has set...
The Decent One asks how the man who led the SS and who claimed to revere German virtues of order, decency and goodness could remain a hero in the eyes of his family and play a key role in the Holocaust.
The film won best documentary at the recent Jerusalem Film Festival and opens on October 1 at New York’s Film Forum prior to expansion across the Us art house circuit.
Kino Lorber CEO Richard Lorber negotiated the deal with Cinephil MD Philippa Kowarsky.
Kino Lorber has also picked up North American rights to Ranchwater Films’ mystery Winter In The Blood starring Chaske Spencer, David Morse and Julia Jones. Alex Smith and Andrew Smith directed the film from James Welch’s novel. Kino Lorber has set...
- 7/29/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Los Angeles (AP) — A man who claims he was sexually abused by "X-Men" franchise director Bryan Singer said Thursday that he reported the molestation to authorities at the time, and does not know why charges were never pursued. With his voice occasionally wavering, Michael Egan III described abuse he said he endured beginning when he 15 year old was at that hands of Singer and others. He described being plied with drugs and promises of Hollywood fame while also enduring threats and sexual abuse in Hawaii and Los Angeles over several years. "You were a piece of meat," Egan said of how he and other teenage boys were viewed at the home where he claims Singer abused him. Egan sued Singer in Hawaii on Wednesday and is seeking more than $75,000 on each of four accusations: intentional infliction of emotional distress, battery, assault and invasion of privacy. Los Angeles Police Commander Andrew Smith...
- 4/18/2014
- by Anthony McCartney, Oskar Garcia (AP)
- Hitfix
My only real recollection of Mickey Rooney is him as the highly offensive neighbor Mr. Yunioshi in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Today, following the actor's death on Sunday at the age of 93, many are remembering roles of his from the '50s, '60s and even earlier. Rooney was the recipient of two Honorary Oscars in 1939 and again in 1983 and starred in films including The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), The Black Stallion (1979) and National Velvet (1944) and it wasn't as if he hadn't been working recently, though the roles weren't starring roles. He had a small role in 2011's The Muppets, played one of the security guards opposite Bill Cobbs in Night at the Museum and, according to IMDb, he was at work on a couple films up to his passing. There's no immediate information on the cause of death, but it seems as if Rooney died of natural causes.
- 4/7/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Los Angeles (AP) — Mickey Rooney, the pint-size, precocious actor and all-around talent whose more than 80-year career spanned silent comedies, Shakespeare, Judy Garland musicals, Andy Hardy stardom, television and the Broadway theater, died Sunday at age 93. Los Angeles Police Commander Andrew Smith said that Rooney was with his family when he died at his North Hollywood home. Smith said police took a death report but indicated that there was nothing suspicious and it was not a police case. He said he had no additional details on the circumstances of his passing. Rooney started his career in his parents' vaudeville act while still a toddler, and broke into movies before age 10. He was still racking up film and TV credits more than 80 years later — a tenure likely unmatched in the history of show business. "I always say, 'Don't retire — inspire,'" he told The Associated Press in March 2008. "There's a lot to be done.
- 4/7/2014
- by Anthony McCartney (AP)
- Hitfix
Anthony McCartney, AP Entertainment Writer
Los Angeles (AP) - Mickey Rooney, the pint-size, precocious actor and all-around talent whose more than 80-year career spanned silent comedies, Shakespeare, Judy Garland musicals, Andy Hardy stardom, television and the Broadway theater, died Sunday at age 93.
Los Angeles Police Commander Andrew Smith said that Rooney was with his family when he died at his North Hollywood home.
Smith said police took a death report but indicated that there was nothing suspicious and he had no additional details on the circumstances of his passing. The Los Angeles County Coroner's office said it was not their case because Rooney died a natural death.
There were no further immediate details on the cause of death, but Rooney did attend an Oscar party last month.
Rooney started his career in his parents' vaudeville act while still a toddler, and broke into movies before age 10. He was still racking...
Los Angeles (AP) - Mickey Rooney, the pint-size, precocious actor and all-around talent whose more than 80-year career spanned silent comedies, Shakespeare, Judy Garland musicals, Andy Hardy stardom, television and the Broadway theater, died Sunday at age 93.
Los Angeles Police Commander Andrew Smith said that Rooney was with his family when he died at his North Hollywood home.
Smith said police took a death report but indicated that there was nothing suspicious and he had no additional details on the circumstances of his passing. The Los Angeles County Coroner's office said it was not their case because Rooney died a natural death.
There were no further immediate details on the cause of death, but Rooney did attend an Oscar party last month.
Rooney started his career in his parents' vaudeville act while still a toddler, and broke into movies before age 10. He was still racking...
- 4/7/2014
- by The Associated Press
- Moviefone
Grasshopper Jungle
Scott Rosenberg ("Con Air," "High Fidelity") is in talks to adapt Andrew Smith's young adult novel "Grasshopper Jungle" which Sony Pictures has just acquired. Matt Tolmach will produce.
The story follows an Iowa teen trying to come to grips with his own sexuality as he and his friends cause a deadly genetically engineered plague that unleashes an army of six-foot-tall praying mantises with an insatiable appetite for fighting, food, and fornicating. [Source: Deadline]
Fire Sermon
"Guardians of the Galaxy" co-scribe Nicole Perlman has been hired to adapt the first book of Francesca Haig's young adult sci-fi novel trilogy "The Fire Sermon" for Dreamworks.
The story is set centuries into a post-apocalyptic future in which humans are born in sets of twins, one perfect, the other with mutations. The mutations are segregated into separate settlements. This follows a brother-sister pair and what happens when he becomes the leader of one side.
Scott Rosenberg ("Con Air," "High Fidelity") is in talks to adapt Andrew Smith's young adult novel "Grasshopper Jungle" which Sony Pictures has just acquired. Matt Tolmach will produce.
The story follows an Iowa teen trying to come to grips with his own sexuality as he and his friends cause a deadly genetically engineered plague that unleashes an army of six-foot-tall praying mantises with an insatiable appetite for fighting, food, and fornicating. [Source: Deadline]
Fire Sermon
"Guardians of the Galaxy" co-scribe Nicole Perlman has been hired to adapt the first book of Francesca Haig's young adult sci-fi novel trilogy "The Fire Sermon" for Dreamworks.
The story is set centuries into a post-apocalyptic future in which humans are born in sets of twins, one perfect, the other with mutations. The mutations are segregated into separate settlements. This follows a brother-sister pair and what happens when he becomes the leader of one side.
- 3/8/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Giant sex-crazed mutant grasshoppers are on their way to Hollywood, as Sony Pictures has acquired rights to Andrew Smith's "Grasshopper Jungle." A report from Deadline confirms that the recently released Ya novel is set to be adapted for film. The book, which has earned accolades for its inventive apocalypse scenario and unique portrait of teenage angst, centers on the romantic entanglements and bizarre adventures of protagonist Austin Szerba. Austin is a typically sex-obsessed 16 year-old ...
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- 3/7/2014
- MTV Movie News
Exclusive: Sony Pictures just closed a deal for Grasshopper Jungle, the just-published Dutton Ya novel by Andrew Smith. Scott Rosenberg brought in the project and is negotiating to adapt it for producer Matt Tolmach. It’s perhaps best described as Stand By Me meets Attack The Block, a coming-of-age yarn revolving around a teenager in Iowa trying to come to grips with his own sexual feelings as he and his cohorts cause a deadly genetically engineered plague that unleashes an army of 6-foot-tall praying mantises with an insatiable appetite for fighting, food, and fornicating. Michael De Luca and Elizabeth Cantillon steered the deal for Sony. De Luca just started at the studio but he also brought in the $1 million spec Winter’s Knight last weekend. Rosenberg is best known for scripting such films as Beautiful Girls, Con Air and High Fidelity and who most recently rewrote Heist for Steve Zaillian...
- 3/7/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Sony Pictures has acquired the big screen rights to the recently-released Andrew Smith novel, Grasshopper Jungle . Published just last month, the book is officially described as follows: In the small town of Ealing, Iowa, Austin and his best friend Robby have accidentally unleashed an unstoppable army. An army of horny, hungry, six-foot-tall praying mantises that only want to do two things. This is the truth. This is history. It.s the end of the world. And nobody knows anything about it. You know what I mean. Funny, intense, complex, and brave, Grasshopper Jungle brilliantly weaves together everything from testicle-dissolving genetically modified corn to the struggles of recession-era, small-town America in this groundbreaking coming-of-age stunner. Scott...
- 3/6/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Los Angeles police are investigating death threats made against 5-year-old Good Luck Charlie star Mia Talerico, authorities confirm to People.
Talerico, who plays Charlie on the Disney Channel show, initially received frightening messages on her Instagram page in January, according to TMZ, which first reported the story.
Law-enforcement officials did not elaborate on the contents of the death threats.
"Our threat analysis unit always keeps our threat investigations findings and recommendations confidential because often the people who make threats read the media coverage they receive," Lapd Cmdr. Andrew Smith confirmed to People.
TMZ reportedly obtained police documents of the disturbing messages,...
Talerico, who plays Charlie on the Disney Channel show, initially received frightening messages on her Instagram page in January, according to TMZ, which first reported the story.
Law-enforcement officials did not elaborate on the contents of the death threats.
"Our threat analysis unit always keeps our threat investigations findings and recommendations confidential because often the people who make threats read the media coverage they receive," Lapd Cmdr. Andrew Smith confirmed to People.
TMZ reportedly obtained police documents of the disturbing messages,...
- 2/6/2014
- by Michele Corriston
- People.com - TV Watch
We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s massive feature includes a review for Nobody Can Cool, first details on The Night Crew, Heir, and a Doctor Who documentary called Who’s Changing: An Adventure In Time With Fans, a new clip from Muck, trailers for Blood Shed, NightBeasts, and Virginia Obscura, and much more:
[Editor's Note: We want to give a big thanks to our Indie Spotlight manager, Tamika Jones, for her constant work on this weekly feature and putting together our largest Indie Spotlight to date this weekend!]
Indie Spotlight Review: Nobody Can Cool
by Heather Wixson
Nobody Can Cool is the rather impressive directorial debut from up-and-coming filmmaking duo Dpyx, Marcy Boyle and Rachel Holzman, who crafted a blisteringly taut and thoughtful indie crime thriller with a palpable sense of tension from start to finish. A gritty and engaging tale of deceit, violence and desperation, Nobody Can Cool is anchored by a breakout performance by Nick Principe (best known from his work in the Laid to Rest series, Madison County and...
[Editor's Note: We want to give a big thanks to our Indie Spotlight manager, Tamika Jones, for her constant work on this weekly feature and putting together our largest Indie Spotlight to date this weekend!]
Indie Spotlight Review: Nobody Can Cool
by Heather Wixson
Nobody Can Cool is the rather impressive directorial debut from up-and-coming filmmaking duo Dpyx, Marcy Boyle and Rachel Holzman, who crafted a blisteringly taut and thoughtful indie crime thriller with a palpable sense of tension from start to finish. A gritty and engaging tale of deceit, violence and desperation, Nobody Can Cool is anchored by a breakout performance by Nick Principe (best known from his work in the Laid to Rest series, Madison County and...
- 1/19/2014
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Pinewood Studios has officially opened its new Q Stage.
Ben Whishaw, the latest actor to play ‘Q’ in the Bond franchise, formally opened the facility today. Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson were also in attendance.
The development comprises a 30,000 sq ft stage and 15,000 sq ft of production accommodation and workshops.
The first production to move into the stage is described only as a “large inward investment film.”
Pinewood’s Andrew Smith said: “We are thrilled that Ben took time out of his busy schedule to formally open ‘Q’ Stage. Pinewood continues to invest in its infrastructure to ensure it offers all types of production the most state of the art, secure and flexible stages possible. It is even more special to have Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson here to help celebrate and it underlines the very special relationship Pinewood and Eon Productions enjoy.”...
Ben Whishaw, the latest actor to play ‘Q’ in the Bond franchise, formally opened the facility today. Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson were also in attendance.
The development comprises a 30,000 sq ft stage and 15,000 sq ft of production accommodation and workshops.
The first production to move into the stage is described only as a “large inward investment film.”
Pinewood’s Andrew Smith said: “We are thrilled that Ben took time out of his busy schedule to formally open ‘Q’ Stage. Pinewood continues to invest in its infrastructure to ensure it offers all types of production the most state of the art, secure and flexible stages possible. It is even more special to have Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson here to help celebrate and it underlines the very special relationship Pinewood and Eon Productions enjoy.”...
- 12/4/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Curzon Cinemas is to programme the new cinema at Pinewood Studios.
“Pinewood Cinema” will feature weekend screenings, with family, independent and blockbuster features on the schedule.
The cinema launched last weekend. This weekend’s films include Frances Ha, What Maisie Knew, Epic and Plein Soleil.
Andrew Smith, director of strategy and communications for Pinewood, said: “We are delighted to launch this new cinema in partnership with Curzon for the benefit of everyone who works at Pinewood Studios and who lives in the area.”...
“Pinewood Cinema” will feature weekend screenings, with family, independent and blockbuster features on the schedule.
The cinema launched last weekend. This weekend’s films include Frances Ha, What Maisie Knew, Epic and Plein Soleil.
Andrew Smith, director of strategy and communications for Pinewood, said: “We are delighted to launch this new cinema in partnership with Curzon for the benefit of everyone who works at Pinewood Studios and who lives in the area.”...
- 9/25/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
After eight weeks of chills, thrills and endless theories, the first series of The Returned bowed out in style on Channel 4 tonight (July 28).
The French supernatural thriller's first run ended on a cliffhanger that has left fans scratching their heads and counting down the days until the second series hits UK screens next year.
Digital Spy's very own Alex Fletcher described the finale as "astounding", adding that the series has offered "a beautiful and original take on the zombie/supernatural genre".
However, like The Fall before it, the show's cliffhanger conclusion couldn't please everybody and has divided fans, with some going so far as to label it "the most unsatisfying end to a TV show ever".
Take a look at just a few of the responses to the finale on Twitter below:
Some, including The Xtra Factor's Matt Edmondson, were left satisfied...
It's been a great year for telly.
The French supernatural thriller's first run ended on a cliffhanger that has left fans scratching their heads and counting down the days until the second series hits UK screens next year.
Digital Spy's very own Alex Fletcher described the finale as "astounding", adding that the series has offered "a beautiful and original take on the zombie/supernatural genre".
However, like The Fall before it, the show's cliffhanger conclusion couldn't please everybody and has divided fans, with some going so far as to label it "the most unsatisfying end to a TV show ever".
Take a look at just a few of the responses to the finale on Twitter below:
Some, including The Xtra Factor's Matt Edmondson, were left satisfied...
It's been a great year for telly.
- 7/28/2013
- Digital Spy
It’s been over a decade since twin brothers Alex and Andrew Smith’s film “The Slaughter Rule,” starring Ryan Gosling, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2002, and their follow up film, “Winter in the Blood” returns them to their home state of Montana, this time focusing on a young and troubled Blackfoot Indian, Virgil First Raise (Chaske Spencer). Things aren’t going so well for Virgil— he’s developed a hell of a drinking habit (he wakes up in a ditch) and his wife Agnes (Julia Jones) has left him and taken his rifle and electric razor (probably to pawn for a drink). He lives on a ranch with his mother and grandmother, but he’s wayward, aimless, motivated only by where he might find his next drink and how he might get his father’s rifle back. “Winter in the Blood” aligns the audience heavily with Virgil’s troubled mind,...
- 6/17/2013
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
The Los Angeles Film Festival starts this week, and earlier, we brought you an exclusive teaser from one of the docs, "Levitated Mass," and now we have another exclusive clip from a film playing in the narrative competition, "Winter in the Blood." Directed by twin brothers Alex and Andrew Smith ("The Slaughter Rule"), the film is an adaptation of a 1974 James Welch novel, which tells the story of a young and troubled Blackfoot Indian in Montana, struggling with alcoholism and inner demons. In this clip, our protagonist Virgil First Raise, played by Chaske Spencer, and his estranged wife Agnes (Julia Jones, both actors have paid their dues in the "Twilight" franchise), share an intimate moment marred by a sense of surreality, blending present time and memory within Virgil's alcohol-wracked mind. To top it off, the clip is set to a Robert Plant cover of the song "Nothing Takes the Place of You,...
- 6/11/2013
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
This Teen Reads Tuesday, there are more than a half dozen new Young Adult fiction titles hitting shelves! Alex Flinn, who’s known for her “Beastly” adaptation of “Beauty & the Beast” has done it again with “Towering,” a reinterpretation of “Rapunzel.” Meanwhile, debut author Lauren Miller has been getting some attention for her new release, “Parallel,” the book trailer for which is pretty vexing indeed, and there are several others hitting shelves as well. Attached are the cover images and plot descriptors for “Parallel” by Lauren Miller, “Winger” by Andrew Smith, “Towering” by Alex Finn, “The Year of Luminous Love” by Lurlene McDaniel, “The Cydonian Pyramid” (“Klaatu Diskos Series #2”) by Pete Hautman, “The Beautiful and the ...
- 5/14/2013
- by thetwilightexaminer
- Twilight Examiner
Here's hoping this helps. After a rash of swatting incidents aimed at celebrities, the Los Angeles Police Department has decided to stop issuing press releases as well as confirming if and when such pranks occur, the Los Angeles Times reports. "It's our belief that the perpetrators of these false police reports are motivated entirely by the publicity these calls receive," Cmdr. Andrew Smith, who oversees the Lapd Media Relations Section, told the Times. "We intend to reduce or eliminate that motivation.' Within the last few months, several famous faces have been targeted including Miley Cyrus, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Justin Bieber, Ashton Kutcher, Russell Brand, Selena Gomez,...
- 4/12/2013
- E! Online
A slew of celebrities have been the victims of a hacker who has posted an alarming amount of personal and financial information online.
Now the website, which we will not link to here, has disclosed financial information of First Lady Michelle Obama, including her credit report, social security number, phone number and banking and credit card information.
The First Lady is the just the latest hacking victim. The website has also obtained and posted financial records for Beyonce, Jay-z, Britney Spears, Donald Trump, Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton, Vice President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
When Michelle Obama's name is clicked on the site, a comment reads, "Blame your husband, we still love you, Michelle." So perhaps the hacker is specifically targeting President Obama's friends and family, in addition to celebrities.
TMZ is reporting that the FBI is "aggressively investigating" the hackers, who are reportedly...
Now the website, which we will not link to here, has disclosed financial information of First Lady Michelle Obama, including her credit report, social security number, phone number and banking and credit card information.
The First Lady is the just the latest hacking victim. The website has also obtained and posted financial records for Beyonce, Jay-z, Britney Spears, Donald Trump, Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton, Vice President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
When Michelle Obama's name is clicked on the site, a comment reads, "Blame your husband, we still love you, Michelle." So perhaps the hacker is specifically targeting President Obama's friends and family, in addition to celebrities.
TMZ is reporting that the FBI is "aggressively investigating" the hackers, who are reportedly...
- 3/12/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Los Angeles — Authorities and celebrities were grappling Monday with how to respond to a website that posted what appears to be private financial information about top government officials and stars such as Jay-z and Mel Gibson.
Los Angeles police said they were investigating how the Social Security number, address and a credit report of the police chief ended up on the site. The site also posted the same information about FBI Director Robert Mueller; the bureau said it was aware of the site but declined to say whether it was investigating.
The site also targeted stars such as Beyonce, Ashton Kutcher, Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton. Info posted about Vice President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did not include credit reports but included addresses and other sensitive information.
Social Security numbers posted on Gibson, Jay-z and others matched records in public databases.
The site, which bears...
Los Angeles police said they were investigating how the Social Security number, address and a credit report of the police chief ended up on the site. The site also posted the same information about FBI Director Robert Mueller; the bureau said it was aware of the site but declined to say whether it was investigating.
The site also targeted stars such as Beyonce, Ashton Kutcher, Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton. Info posted about Vice President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did not include credit reports but included addresses and other sensitive information.
Social Security numbers posted on Gibson, Jay-z and others matched records in public databases.
The site, which bears...
- 3/12/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
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