Leading talent agency CAA has announced the formation of a startup studio called Creative Labs that will incubate new consumer tech and media companies.
Based in Vancouver and headed up by chairman and co-founder Leonard Brody and CEO Mike Edwards, a team of engineers, designers, and developers will tap CAA’s resources, relationships, and talent to develop new businesses in the Ott, Vr/Ar, gaming, and AI/messaging spaces, Deadline reports -- as well as digital consumer brands in ecommerce, mobile, social media, and publishing.
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Based in Vancouver and headed up by chairman and co-founder Leonard Brody and CEO Mike Edwards, a team of engineers, designers, and developers will tap CAA’s resources, relationships, and talent to develop new businesses in the Ott, Vr/Ar, gaming, and AI/messaging spaces, Deadline reports -- as well as digital consumer brands in ecommerce, mobile, social media, and publishing.
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- 10/31/2017
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
In a house in Seattle’s Meridian neighborhood, three reclusive brothers lived together for more than 50 years. Neighbors rarely saw the men — and authorities now suspect that their small yellow residence was a house of horrors.
The three siblings who lived inside — Charles Emery, 82; Thomas Emery, 80; and 78-year-old Edwin Emery — allegedly amassed a “staggering amount” of child pornography and other depictions of the abuse of children, according to charging documents obtained by People.
Police said the brothers were arrested on Monday: Edwin and Thomas in their home and Charles in a nursing-care facility, where he was being treated for dementia.
The three siblings who lived inside — Charles Emery, 82; Thomas Emery, 80; and 78-year-old Edwin Emery — allegedly amassed a “staggering amount” of child pornography and other depictions of the abuse of children, according to charging documents obtained by People.
Police said the brothers were arrested on Monday: Edwin and Thomas in their home and Charles in a nursing-care facility, where he was being treated for dementia.
- 8/25/2017
- by Steve Helling
- PEOPLE.com
A Tacoma, Washington, couple has been arrested after a passenger aboard a Southwest Airlines flight on Monday allegedly caught the man sitting in front of her texting his girlfriend about sexually abusing children, People confirms.
Authorities suspect Michael Kellar, 56, was using an oversized smartphone with an enlarged font on the early morning flight from Seattle to San Jose, California, when the other passenger — who snapped images as proof — saw his sexually explicit text exchange with 50-year-old Gail Burnworth.
“The passenger was sitting on the plane and happened to notice this very large phone and very large text and glanced over...
Authorities suspect Michael Kellar, 56, was using an oversized smartphone with an enlarged font on the early morning flight from Seattle to San Jose, California, when the other passenger — who snapped images as proof — saw his sexually explicit text exchange with 50-year-old Gail Burnworth.
“The passenger was sitting on the plane and happened to notice this very large phone and very large text and glanced over...
- 8/4/2017
- by Christine Pelisek
- PEOPLE.com
Keith Alan Mitchell’s voice is layered and beautiful. His album, This Clumsy World has some genuine moments of brilliance, but if you’re looking for a super-complicated and multi-instrumental affair, look elsewhere. Mitchell’s a dude with a guitar. That’s really all you need to know.
Compared to The Head The Heart as well as Tom Petty, Mitchell is in good company. While I totally get the comparisons, I found Mitchell more closely connected to Mike Edwards of Jesus Jones. I know that might be a random reference, but while listening to Mitchell, that was the first thing that popped in my head. The music is, of course, wildly different, but vocally, Mitchell and Edwards have a similar tone. It’s remarkable.
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Compared to The Head The Heart as well as Tom Petty, Mitchell is in good company. While I totally get the comparisons, I found Mitchell more closely connected to Mike Edwards of Jesus Jones. I know that might be a random reference, but while listening to Mitchell, that was the first thing that popped in my head. The music is, of course, wildly different, but vocally, Mitchell and Edwards have a similar tone. It’s remarkable.
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- 6/16/2014
- by Robert Ottone
- JustPressPlay.net
Elo cellist Mike Edwards's death was "easily preventable", a court has been told. The late musician died instantly when a 600kg bale rolled down a steep field and crushed his vehicle back in September 2010. Framer Brian Burden and agricultural contractor Russell Williams deny two health and safety charges, but are in court over the way they carried out their work, prosecutor Rupert Lowe told Plymouth Crown Court. "They are both decent, hard-working men who you would never expect to be in a court like this," Lowe said, reports BBC News. After describing how the cylindrical bale rolled down a steep hill onto the A381 (more)...
- 11/9/2012
- by By Lewis Corner
- Digital Spy
June 17: Actor Peter Lupus (TV's "Mission: Impossible") is 80. Singer Barry Manilow is 69. Comedian Joe Piscopo is 61. Actor Mark Linn-Baker ("Perfect Strangers") is 58. Director Bobby Farrelly ("There's Something About Mary") is 54. Actor Thomas Haden Church ("Sideways," "Wings," "Ned and Stacy") is 51. Actor Greg Kinnear is 49. Actress Kami Cotler ("The Waltons") is 47. Actor Jason Patric is 46. Singer Kevin Thornton of Color Me Badd is 43. Actor-comedian Will Forte ("Saturday Night Live") is 42. Actor-rapper Herculeez of Herculeez and Big Tyme is 29.
June 18: Musician Paul McCartney is 70. Movie critic Roger Ebert is 70. Actress Constance McCashin ("Knots Landing") is 65. Actress Linda Thorson ("The Avengers") is 65. Keyboardist John Evans of The Box Tops is 64. Actress Isabella Rossellini is 60. Actress Carol Kane is 60. Actor Brian Benben ("Private Practice") is 56. Actress Andrea Evans ("The Bold and the Beautiful") is 55. Singer Alison Moyet is 51. Keyboardist Dizzy Reed (Guns N' Roses) is 49. Country singer-guitarist Tim Hunt (Yankee Grey) is...
June 18: Musician Paul McCartney is 70. Movie critic Roger Ebert is 70. Actress Constance McCashin ("Knots Landing") is 65. Actress Linda Thorson ("The Avengers") is 65. Keyboardist John Evans of The Box Tops is 64. Actress Isabella Rossellini is 60. Actress Carol Kane is 60. Actor Brian Benben ("Private Practice") is 56. Actress Andrea Evans ("The Bold and the Beautiful") is 55. Singer Alison Moyet is 51. Keyboardist Dizzy Reed (Guns N' Roses) is 49. Country singer-guitarist Tim Hunt (Yankee Grey) is...
- 6/14/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Reviewing a film like Machine Gun Preacher becomes a very complicated exercise for me. Religion is a huge hot button issue for me, and much like Mike Edwards had in his now legendary review of The Blind Side, I have an issue about the overly Christian nature of Machine Gun Preacher. What I am about to say here is incredibly politically incorrect. I really don’t want to incite any sort of hatred or religious debate, I’m merely stating my own point of view so that people can see where I’m coming from in this review.
I am a vehemently anti-religious person. I believe it to be a suppression of everything that makes us human; our individuality and ability to think freely and a crutch for people who are afraid that there is no purpose to life other than to live. People who do...
Reviewing a film like Machine Gun Preacher becomes a very complicated exercise for me. Religion is a huge hot button issue for me, and much like Mike Edwards had in his now legendary review of The Blind Side, I have an issue about the overly Christian nature of Machine Gun Preacher. What I am about to say here is incredibly politically incorrect. I really don’t want to incite any sort of hatred or religious debate, I’m merely stating my own point of view so that people can see where I’m coming from in this review.
I am a vehemently anti-religious person. I believe it to be a suppression of everything that makes us human; our individuality and ability to think freely and a crutch for people who are afraid that there is no purpose to life other than to live. People who do...
- 9/13/2011
- by Quigs
- Obsessed with Film
What’s really going on while Mom and Dad are at work? What is it with Southwest Airlines, celebrities and Twitter? And is it possible to become a great writer by following three steps? A look at the most interesting stories from the Wall Street Journal blogs.
What’s Going On While Mom and Dad Are At Work?: What’s going on with your kids during the day? If you’re a parent who works in the office, you...
What’s Going On While Mom and Dad Are At Work?: What’s going on with your kids during the day? If you’re a parent who works in the office, you...
- 9/7/2011
- by Christopher John Farley
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
It's lights out time at nearly 400 Borders stores nationwide. After failing to generate interest in an auction Monday, the bankrupt book chain announced that it would liquidate. Borders will lay off 10,700 employees as part of the closures. “Following the best efforts of all parties, we are saddened by this development,” Borders Group President Mike Edwards, said in a statement. “We were all working hard towards a different outcome, but the headwinds we have been facing for quite some time including the rapidly changing book industry, eReader revolution and turbulent economy...
- 7/19/2011
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
Obsessed With Film’s Mike Edwards sat down for a chat with director Francois Ozon recently to talk all things Potiche, his French-language comedy about the unexpected rise of a trophy wife (‘potiche’ in French) against the backdrop of 1970s political and social unrest in a small French village that is lighting up UK cinema’s right now. In our review we called the film “accessible, fun, and a nice change from the norm” and it features wonderfully funny performances, particularly from Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu.
Ozon was grateful enough to give us a fair bit of his time at a recent UK press junket. Watch our chat below;
Potiche is in U.K. cinema’s now.
Ozon was grateful enough to give us a fair bit of his time at a recent UK press junket. Watch our chat below;
Potiche is in U.K. cinema’s now.
- 6/22/2011
- by Michael Edwards
- Obsessed with Film
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group announced this morning that they had bought Flixster, the social media movie ranking website who intriguingly themselves bought the leading critics review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes in January of last year. Rt of course now also changes hands to WB as part of the deal.
So a little incidentally, a major movie studio now owns Rotten Tomatoes! Though we are told there won’t be a conflict of interest as WB won’t change the way Rotten Tomatoes operates or Flixster for that matter as they will continue to be run independently – though we imagine over time subtle and maybe not so subtle changes will be brought in. Whether they will include WB sending £300 to the Owf approved Rt critics Mike Edwards or Shaun Munro to turn in positive reviews of the studio’s output is impossible to predict!
We imagine it will be Flixster which receives the most obvious upgrades.
So a little incidentally, a major movie studio now owns Rotten Tomatoes! Though we are told there won’t be a conflict of interest as WB won’t change the way Rotten Tomatoes operates or Flixster for that matter as they will continue to be run independently – though we imagine over time subtle and maybe not so subtle changes will be brought in. Whether they will include WB sending £300 to the Owf approved Rt critics Mike Edwards or Shaun Munro to turn in positive reviews of the studio’s output is impossible to predict!
We imagine it will be Flixster which receives the most obvious upgrades.
- 5/4/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Russell Crowe wants to make James Ellroy’s first original screenplay, ’77,’ his directorial debut, Slashfilm is reporting. While the film was put on hiatus by Paramount 10 years ago, and the David Matthews has been brought in to work on re-writes for the screenplay, Crowe is still interested in bringing Ellroy’s story to the big screen. While no official details about Matthews’ re-writes have been released, when Ellroy was working on ’77,’ the story followed two events from May 1974. One event is the unsolved murder of Los Angeles police officer Mike Edwards. The other event is the televised shootout between the Lapd and the Symbionese Liberation Army. The movie...
- 4/26/2011
- by karen
- ShockYa
It’s been languishing in development hell for a decade, but Russell Crowe could revive 77, a project originally scripted by crime novelist James Ellroy, as a directing and starring vehicle. /Film]
77 came into being as an original script by Ellroy, part of a development deal with Paramount. Now, Crowe is reportedly waiting on a new draft of the script by David Matthews, and is tentatively attaching himself not only to star but for the first time, direct.
Here’s an intriguing synopsis:
”two events from May 1974: the unsolved murder of Los Angeles police officer Mike Edwards and the nationally televised shootout in South Central Los Angeles between the Lapd and the Symbionese Liberation Army, as they exchanged more than 50,000 rounds of gunfire. The story will unfold through the eyes of a pair of police partners, one black and one white.”
The /Film article referred to “the only unsolved murder of a police officer in La,...
77 came into being as an original script by Ellroy, part of a development deal with Paramount. Now, Crowe is reportedly waiting on a new draft of the script by David Matthews, and is tentatively attaching himself not only to star but for the first time, direct.
Here’s an intriguing synopsis:
”two events from May 1974: the unsolved murder of Los Angeles police officer Mike Edwards and the nationally televised shootout in South Central Los Angeles between the Lapd and the Symbionese Liberation Army, as they exchanged more than 50,000 rounds of gunfire. The story will unfold through the eyes of a pair of police partners, one black and one white.”
The /Film article referred to “the only unsolved murder of a police officer in La,...
- 4/26/2011
- by Anthony Vieira
- The Film Stage
Ten years ago, iconic La crime novelist James Ellroy was signed with Paramount to write his first original screenplay, called 77. That script was eventually completed by someone else, but it has been kicking around for some time. And now Russell Crowe -- who made the leap to leading man status in part thanks to his role in the James Ellroy adaptation L.A. Confidential -- is looking to star in the film. He also reportedly wants to make it his directorial debut. As it stood in 2001, 77 followed ""two events from May 1974: the unsolved murder of Los Angeles police officer Mike Edwards and the nationally televised shootout in South Central Los Angeles between the Lapd and the Symbionese Liberation Army, as they exchanged more than 50,000 rounds of gunfire. The story will unfold through the eyes of a pair of police partners, one black and one white." Sounds like great stuff,...
- 4/26/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Another bumper edition- I hereby pledge never to write several 2000 word reviews a week while neglecting this beautiful little column- with three weeks worth of viewing listed below.
An added element to the Film Diary this time around is the sub-challenge A Disney A Day, instigated at the behest of my girlfriend, who discovered that between us we now own every Disney home release- except the somewhat controversial Song of the South (which, despite featuring one of Disney’s most released soundtrack songs, is yet to see a DVD release)- and has decided that it would be a missed opportunity not to watch all of them as quickly as possible. Seems my spirit may have rubbed off there a little…
The count so far: 101 Films
Anyway, into three figures now, and catching up to the 1 film a day rate (though that’s slow for me). Read on, lovely Diary...
An added element to the Film Diary this time around is the sub-challenge A Disney A Day, instigated at the behest of my girlfriend, who discovered that between us we now own every Disney home release- except the somewhat controversial Song of the South (which, despite featuring one of Disney’s most released soundtrack songs, is yet to see a DVD release)- and has decided that it would be a missed opportunity not to watch all of them as quickly as possible. Seems my spirit may have rubbed off there a little…
The count so far: 101 Films
Anyway, into three figures now, and catching up to the 1 film a day rate (though that’s slow for me). Read on, lovely Diary...
- 4/17/2011
- by Simon Gallagher
- Obsessed with Film
Obsessed With Film’s roving reporter Adam Rayner worked the red carpet at the Empire Awards ceremony on Sunday night and managed to grab precious time with several recognisable and notable faces.
Watch Loki himself, Tom Hiddleston, re-tell a funny story how he loved The Fighter so much that he went to see it twice in the same day (and by the way, when the inevitable Prince William/Kate Middleton movie is made… wouldn’t he make a great William?), newly crowned “Empire Icon” winner Gary Oldman staying tight-lipped on The Dark Knight Rises but does excitedly reveal that he is working on a new project to direct, The Inbetweeners boys tells us which actors they hope will portray them in MTV’s U.S. remake of the show – and the real highlight – Jonathan Ross’ rant on modern cinema, why X-Men: First Class is going to blow us away, and...
Watch Loki himself, Tom Hiddleston, re-tell a funny story how he loved The Fighter so much that he went to see it twice in the same day (and by the way, when the inevitable Prince William/Kate Middleton movie is made… wouldn’t he make a great William?), newly crowned “Empire Icon” winner Gary Oldman staying tight-lipped on The Dark Knight Rises but does excitedly reveal that he is working on a new project to direct, The Inbetweeners boys tells us which actors they hope will portray them in MTV’s U.S. remake of the show – and the real highlight – Jonathan Ross’ rant on modern cinema, why X-Men: First Class is going to blow us away, and...
- 4/1/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Here’s some news that will delight Cannes Film Festival chief Terry Fremaux, who must have been freaking out since Tuesday’s totally head-scratching announcement that Icon Entertainment were attempting to sneak the big 2011 showpiece, Terrence Malick’s drama The Tree of Life into U.K. theatres on May 4th, a week before the festivities kick off in the South of France.
Jeff Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere has just posted snippets from a statement he has received from Summit Entertainment’s Senior VP of International Marketing & Publicity, Jill Jones, who denies the story;
“The information regarding the May 4th UK release [of The Tree of Life] is incorrect. Icon Film Distribution Ltd. does not have the right to distribute The Tree of Life in the UK, as it is in default of its agreement. The matter is pending before an arbitration tribunal in Los Angeles.”
So once again The Tree of Life is to unspool...
Jeff Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere has just posted snippets from a statement he has received from Summit Entertainment’s Senior VP of International Marketing & Publicity, Jill Jones, who denies the story;
“The information regarding the May 4th UK release [of The Tree of Life] is incorrect. Icon Film Distribution Ltd. does not have the right to distribute The Tree of Life in the UK, as it is in default of its agreement. The matter is pending before an arbitration tribunal in Los Angeles.”
So once again The Tree of Life is to unspool...
- 3/31/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
As Zack Snyder’s newly released in the U.S. (and hitting our screens next week) wet dream fantasy movie Sucker Punch is probably going to be the equilivant of cinematic marmite (our NY guy Mark Zhuravsky loved it… I still think it looks garbage) we are going to do something we don’t do very often around here at Owf and that’s publish multiple reviews of one film… no less than three in fact over the following week.
Alongside Mark’s review, Owf’s Adam Rayner and Mike Edwards are seeing the movie tonight in London and will give their two cents shortly. But in the mean time, take a gander at this…
Those cool cats at Mondo have announced that Zack Snyder is the latest filmmaker to be joining their ‘Director’s series’ of limited edition, collectible art prints. EW have premiered Sucker Punch as the first...
Alongside Mark’s review, Owf’s Adam Rayner and Mike Edwards are seeing the movie tonight in London and will give their two cents shortly. But in the mean time, take a gander at this…
Those cool cats at Mondo have announced that Zack Snyder is the latest filmmaker to be joining their ‘Director’s series’ of limited edition, collectible art prints. EW have premiered Sucker Punch as the first...
- 3/25/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Kevin MacDonald’s Roman actioner The Eagle is finally released in the U.K. today and looks to be the top choice of the week’s new releases. The movie tells the story of a young Roman officer (Channing Tatum) who alongside a slave he has freed (Jamie Bell), seeks out to recover the lost Roman eagle standard of his father’s legion in Northern Britain. The Eagle is the second high profile release in a year centered around the infamous Ninth Roman legion after Neil Marshall’s Centurion but this one is adapted from Rosemary Sutcliff’s excellent adventure novel The Eagle of the Ninth, a tale I’ve loved ever since I covered it in school.
Obsessed With Film’s Mike Edwards recently sat down with the film’s Oscar nominated producer Duncan Kenworthy, best known for bringing the Richard Curtis rom-coms Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill...
Obsessed With Film’s Mike Edwards recently sat down with the film’s Oscar nominated producer Duncan Kenworthy, best known for bringing the Richard Curtis rom-coms Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill...
- 3/23/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Editor’s note: Problem has now been fixed, video is below.
It seems like forever we have been waiting for the release of The Adjustment Bureau, the trailer of which we first got a peak at last May but the Phillip K. Dick adapted sci-fi thriller finally opened this past Friday in both the U.K. and the U.S. and in it’s own way, kicked off the summer blockbuster season.
The Adjustment Bureau deals with Matrix-style questions of fate and stars Matt Damon as a prosperous politician who must choose between his career or the newly found love of his life (Emily Blunt) when a higher force of cloak-claded and powerful figures (including wonderful character actors Terrence Stamp and John Slattery) warns him that they can’t be together.
Our review of the film went up yesterday which you can read Here, and last week Owf’s Mike Edwards...
It seems like forever we have been waiting for the release of The Adjustment Bureau, the trailer of which we first got a peak at last May but the Phillip K. Dick adapted sci-fi thriller finally opened this past Friday in both the U.K. and the U.S. and in it’s own way, kicked off the summer blockbuster season.
The Adjustment Bureau deals with Matrix-style questions of fate and stars Matt Damon as a prosperous politician who must choose between his career or the newly found love of his life (Emily Blunt) when a higher force of cloak-claded and powerful figures (including wonderful character actors Terrence Stamp and John Slattery) warns him that they can’t be together.
Our review of the film went up yesterday which you can read Here, and last week Owf’s Mike Edwards...
- 3/8/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Borders, the nation's second largest book chain, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York on Wednesday, and said it will close as many as a third of its U.S. stores. "It has become increasingly clear that in light of the environment of curtailed customer spending, our ongoing discussions with publishers and other vendor related parties, and the company's lack of liquidity, Borders Group does not have the capital resources it needs to be a viable competitor," Borders Group president Mike Edwards said in a statement. Borders said it had "identified...
- 2/16/2011
- The Wrap
New York – Another retail store chain selling DVDs, CDs, books and other media and entertainment product is in financial straits as Borders Group on Wednesday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
In recent years, the likes of Tower Records and the Virgin Megastore chain saw their store business end up in liquidation amid declines in physical sales due to growth of online alternatives. Late last year, video rental firm Blockbuster also went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
"It has become increasingly clear that in light of the environment of curtailed customer spending, our ongoing discussions with publishers and other vendor related parties, and the company's lack of liquidity, Borders Group does not have the capital resources it needs to be a viable competitor," president Mike Edwards said. “We have the ability, based on our brick and mortar presence nationally; the on-line capabilities we have in place; the loyalty of, and access to, our...
In recent years, the likes of Tower Records and the Virgin Megastore chain saw their store business end up in liquidation amid declines in physical sales due to growth of online alternatives. Late last year, video rental firm Blockbuster also went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
"It has become increasingly clear that in light of the environment of curtailed customer spending, our ongoing discussions with publishers and other vendor related parties, and the company's lack of liquidity, Borders Group does not have the capital resources it needs to be a viable competitor," president Mike Edwards said. “We have the ability, based on our brick and mortar presence nationally; the on-line capabilities we have in place; the loyalty of, and access to, our...
- 2/16/2011
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
I hadn’t planned on seeing The Green Hornet this weekend in all honesty. There’s just nothing good I can say about what director Michel Gondry, co-screenwriter & actor Seth Rogen or the Sony marketing machine have presented me that has had any effect on my senses to make me wanna drop down my £’s. Especially when there’s one of 2010′s best in Blue Valentine and the well-acted Conviction also out in U.K. cinema’s today, I would suggest my money was better off spent elsewhere.
The whole marketing of The Green Hornet was aimed at ‘What would happen if a rich Seth Rogen became a superhero’ and if you read Roger Ebert’s pan today, that sounds about right. But then, it is The Green Hornet, the title Should be enough to get me into theatres and then there’s our very own reviewer Mike Edwards who...
The whole marketing of The Green Hornet was aimed at ‘What would happen if a rich Seth Rogen became a superhero’ and if you read Roger Ebert’s pan today, that sounds about right. But then, it is The Green Hornet, the title Should be enough to get me into theatres and then there’s our very own reviewer Mike Edwards who...
- 1/15/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Disney spent somewhere in the region of $150 million in marketing Tron Legacy and well over another $150 million in actually making the damn thing… so an opening weekend of $43.5 million is weak, and, well it ain’t gonna cut it.
We’ve been expecting this for a few weeks now. We first mentioned that Tron Legacy was tracking badly on 1st Dec, and although it’s made slightly more than the $35 million estimated then, it’s still way short of where it needed to be. Unless there’s immense staying power in this thing over the festive period, then some heads are going to have to roll. They must.
Just how you have the arrogance (or plain stupidity) to greenlight a 28 years on sequel to an obscure, experimental film and spend $300 million on making it happen when the original was remembered for just two things,
1) Dodgy, outdated almost upon release special...
We’ve been expecting this for a few weeks now. We first mentioned that Tron Legacy was tracking badly on 1st Dec, and although it’s made slightly more than the $35 million estimated then, it’s still way short of where it needed to be. Unless there’s immense staying power in this thing over the festive period, then some heads are going to have to roll. They must.
Just how you have the arrogance (or plain stupidity) to greenlight a 28 years on sequel to an obscure, experimental film and spend $300 million on making it happen when the original was remembered for just two things,
1) Dodgy, outdated almost upon release special...
- 12/20/2010
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Plus Cassidy Haley puts Posh Spice's heels to shame, Ms. Betty Bowers and the Christian Sex Tape, and new Glee footage.
Out director Lee Daniels still hasn’t settled on which project is next for him, but in the meantime, he’s “presenting” Prince of Broadway for Nyu grad Sean Baker. In a new interview he talks about discovering racism, and the two (or is it three?) Americas. “I’m gay, I have a white partner, I live in New York but I think the world is different from Los Angeles and New York City and that we’re cities of our own. We’re countries of our own, actually.”
I find The Good Men Project to be a hit-or-miss affair. I’ve found pieces there about identity that made me bawl my eyes out. But looking at it last night, I found it has a very schizophrenic relationship with...
Out director Lee Daniels still hasn’t settled on which project is next for him, but in the meantime, he’s “presenting” Prince of Broadway for Nyu grad Sean Baker. In a new interview he talks about discovering racism, and the two (or is it three?) Americas. “I’m gay, I have a white partner, I live in New York but I think the world is different from Los Angeles and New York City and that we’re cities of our own. We’re countries of our own, actually.”
I find The Good Men Project to be a hit-or-miss affair. I’ve found pieces there about identity that made me bawl my eyes out. But looking at it last night, I found it has a very schizophrenic relationship with...
- 9/8/2010
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
Tragic Electric Light Orchestra star Mike Edwards had recently triumphed over cancer before he was killed in a freak accident with a bale of hay on Friday, September 3. The 62-year-old cellist died instantly after a 1,320-pound (600-kilogram) bale fell onto his van as he was driving through Devon, England.
And friends insist the accident was particularly heartbreaking because the star had recently overcome a bout of depression and undergone treatment for melanoma on his temple. Pal Jasper Solomon says, "He was delightful. He had a bad period with depression but he had treatment which was a success and he was happy about it."
The musician quit the band at the height of its fame in 1975 to become a Buddhist.
And friends insist the accident was particularly heartbreaking because the star had recently overcome a bout of depression and undergone treatment for melanoma on his temple. Pal Jasper Solomon says, "He was delightful. He had a bad period with depression but he had treatment which was a success and he was happy about it."
The musician quit the band at the height of its fame in 1975 to become a Buddhist.
- 9/8/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Electric Light Orchestra's cellist Mike Edwards has died at age 62 after sustaining injuries in what is being described as a freak accident. Police sources tell The Daily Telegraph that the musician was killed instantly on Friday while driving in Devon when his van was struck by a 315kg bale of hay that had somehow rolled down a sloping hill. Steve Walker of the Devon police office stated at the weekend that he was still trying to contact Edward's family and has called on the public to help authorities (more)...
- 9/7/2010
- by By Justin Harp
- Digital Spy
A founding member of rock band Electric Light Orchestra was killed on Friday, September 3 in a freak accident with a giant runaway bale of hay. Cellist Mike Edwards died instantly after the 1,320-pound bale came tumbling down a steep hill and onto the van he was driving through Devon, England. The bale is believed to have fallen from a tractor working nearby.
Edwards swerved into another vehicle as he was struck but the other driver was uninjured in the crash. Now authorities are reaching out to the 62 year old's relatives to help with their investigation and formally identify the musician.
Sergeant Steve Walker of the Devon and Cornwall police says, "This was a tragic accident and we have now identified the victim as Michael Edwards, a founder member of Elo. We have used photographs and YouTube footage to identify him but we now need help contacting his family for formal identification.
Edwards swerved into another vehicle as he was struck but the other driver was uninjured in the crash. Now authorities are reaching out to the 62 year old's relatives to help with their investigation and formally identify the musician.
Sergeant Steve Walker of the Devon and Cornwall police says, "This was a tragic accident and we have now identified the victim as Michael Edwards, a founder member of Elo. We have used photographs and YouTube footage to identify him but we now need help contacting his family for formal identification.
- 9/6/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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