Showing posts with label Actors. Show all posts
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May 31, 2016

Turn Toward Camera and Smile (Politicians Instructions at Press Conference)




[From article]
Rahm Emanuel is a close friend of Hillary (and Bill) Clinton, and as obsessed both political power and personal vengeance on his enemies. Having obtained the post of Mayor of Chicago, he is now presiding over an impossible fiscal crisis, required to raise taxes to unrealistic levels in order to pay off the bribes pension obligations exchanged with labor unions in return for voting support.
Like his pal Hillary, Rahm believes in scripting his responses to questions. Mark Konkol of DNAinfo exposes the degree to which this process is carried out, via a public records request that yielded gold:
The “Daily Press Guidance” prepared for Emanuel’s Dec. 30 news conference on a new police “use of force” policy was complete with “Today’s sound bites,” “In The News Today” topics and scripted responses to expected questions that read like a stage play.
For instance, if a reporter were to ask if the new policy is meant to tell police officers to “stand down? Not to do their jobs? Run from trouble?” the script calls for the mayor to say, “Absolutely not.”
Then the mayor’s “press guidance” includes this stage direction: “TURN TO JOHN,” a reference to then-acting police Supt. John Escalante, whose lines are also included in the script.
Half of the projected questions included in the script called for Emanuel to say a line or two and then “TURN TO JOHN.”

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/05/public_records_request_yields_hilarious_level_of_scripting_used_by_rahm_emanuel_for_a_news_conference.html

May 28, 2016
Public records request yields hilarious level of scripting used by Rahm Emanuel for a news conference
By Thomas Lifson

March 30, 2016

Broadway Hit Musical Restricts Auditions To Non White Actors



A scene from the musical "Hamilton."
Photo: AP
[From article]
Open auditions are being held for the hottest show on Broadway — but whites need not apply.
Already the hottest ticket in town, rap-based musical “Hamilton” put out a casting call, seeking “NON-WHITE men and women” to audition for its Broadway run and touring companies.
Producers are also looking for actors “ages 20s to 30s” who can sing and rap — but “no prior theater experience necessary,” the ad says.
The seemingly prejudicial race and age poster flies in the face of the culturally diverse cast that has helped “Hamilton” surge to success and garner stellar reviews.
The modern musical chronicles America’s founding fathers like Aaron Burr and George Washington — played by actors who are black and Latino. The show’s writer Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is Puerto Rican, plays the title role of Alexander Hamilton.
In a statement, “Hamilton” said its producers “regret the confusion that’s arisen from the recent posting” but defended the verbiage.
“It is essential to the storytelling of ‘Hamilton’ that the principal roles — which were written for non-white characters (excepting King George) — be performed by non-white actors,” the statement said.
“This adheres to the accepted practice that certain characteristics in certain roles constitute a ‘bona fide occupational qualification’ that is legal.”
It also noted other shows like “The Color Purple,” “Porgy & Bess” and “Matilda” that call for “race, ethnicity or age specific casting” — but agreed to tweak the ad.
“The casting will be amended to also include language we neglected to add, that is, we welcome people of all ethnicities to audition for ‘Hamilton,’” the statement added.
Asked about the casting call, the city Human Rights Commission reiterated that discrimination based on age, race, gender, disability and “other protected categories in employment advertisements” is prohibited.
“Before determining a violation of the law, the commission would need to investigate the alleged violation, gathering information and testimony from parties involved,” an HRC spokesman said.

http://nypost.com/2016/03/30/whites-need-not-apply-for-hamilton-open-audition/

Whites need not apply for ‘Hamilton’ open audition
By Lia Eustachewich
New York Post
March 30, 2016 | 3:00pm | Updated

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http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/03/30/hit-broadway-show-celebrates-diversity-by-excluding-whites.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fmost-popular+%28Internal+-+Most+Popular+Content%29

Todd's American Dispatch
Hit Broadway show celebrates diversity by excluding whites
By Todd Starnes
Published March 30, 2016
FoxNews.com

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http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/03/29/hamilton-casting-call-non-white/

Broadway Union Takes Issue With ‘Hamilton’ Casting Call For ‘Non-White’ Performers
March 29, 2016 11:18 PM

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http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/theater-arts/hamilton-hiring-practices-fire-due-discrimination-article-1.2582555

'Hamilton' hiring practices under fire due to discrimination
BY JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 11:38 AM


September 23, 2015

Father-in-law and Brother-in-law of Miss USA 1996, Murdered In Mexico



Film director Alejandro Monteverde with his wife, former Miss USA Ali Landry. 
Photo: Europics

[From article]
The father and brother of Mexican film director Alejandro Gomez Monteverde, who is married to former Miss USA Ali Landry, were found dead after being held hostage for 16 days.
Juan Manuel Gomez Fernandez and Juan Manuel Gomez Monteverde were kidnapped in Tampico, a city in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, and were found dead a few weeks later with critical head wounds, Central European News reported.
Despite a ransom being paid to bargain for the father and son’s survival, the pair were murdered in a region known for drug cartel violence between Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel.

http://nypost.com/2015/09/23/film-directors-brother-father-found-dead-after-being-held-hostage/

Ali Landry’s father-in-law, brother-in-law found dead after being held hostage
By Melkorka Licea
New York Post
September 23, 2015 | 9:01am

July 9, 2015

Natalie Portman Tired of Middle East Politics



Natalie Portman in The Professional

[From article]
Based on the autobiographical Amos Oz novel “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” the 34-year-old’s directorial debut is set during the formation of Israel in the years following World War II, the country where Portman was born and her father grew up.
“It’s a very strange place to be from. When you say, ‘I’m from Israel,’ everyone wants to have a 10-hour political conversation. Everyone has a very strong, passionate opinion about it,” the Long Island-raised actress told Harper’s Bazaar. “But I’m grateful for it. I had so many friends who asked when we were younger, ‘Who am I? What’s my identity?’ I never questioned my identity.”
[. . .]
“I get asked so many questions about the Middle East, and I’m like, ‘Can you please just ask me about my dress? Let’s just talk about the dress!'” she jokingly told the interviewer.

http://pagesix.com/2015/07/09/natalie-portman-on-israel-its-a-very-strange-place-to-be-from/?_ga=1.243144455.42989613.1435558448

Natalie Portman on Israel: ‘It’s a very strange place to be from’
By Bryan Hood
New York Post
July 9, 2015 | 2:48pm

June 27, 2015

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with Acrobats in Joan Lorentz Park, Cambridge, MA




BOSTON’S ANTHEM THEATRE COMPANY STAGES
BASEBALL RIVALRY-INSPIRED “ROMEO VS. JULIET” IN CAMBRIDGE PARK

CAMBRIDGE, MA–Just as baseball season gets into full swing, Anthem Theatre Company presents Romeo VS. Juliet, a baseball rivalry-inspired vaudeville comedy version of Shakespeare’s classic, June 2015 at Joan Lorentz Park in Cambridge.

Adapted by Johnny Kinsman, Anthem’s Associate Artistic Director and beloved Boston DUKW-boat personality “Plucky Ruffles,” Romeo VS. Juliet strikes out the tragedy of the famed romance and pitches some olde tyme song and dance. Complete with Coach “Friar” Lawrence caught in a rundown of “Who’s on First” and the bat-crossed title duo falling in love on the pitcher’s mound, this summer romp will please audiences of all ages.

The play, with music sourced from baseball’s golden age, will be performed outdoors and FREE of charge to the public at beautiful Joan Lorentz Park (Broadway & Ellery St., Cambridge, MA 02138) on June 19-21 and June 26-28. Friday performances are at 6:30pm, with Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm. Joan Lorentz Park is located in front of the Cambridge Public Library and is easily accessible via MBTA’s Red Line to Harvard Square Station. More information can be found at

www.anthemtheatre.org

Romeo VS. Juliet is produced in part by a grant from The Hollister-Clagett Family Foundation for the Arts, a champion of new works. Performances are co-sponsored by Cambridge Arts Council.

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The mission of Anthem Theatre Company is to entertain. Anthem produces excellent theatre that draws audiences to seek out more theatrical experiences. Anthem Theatre Company was founded in New York, and relocated to Boston in 2013. Run by actors, directors and producers, Bryn Boice, Johnny Kinsman, Lindsay McConchie and Michael Poignand, their simple goal is to produce engaging and entertaining works that compel audiences to make theatre-going a regular part of their lives.


Our vision: We believe that by delivering on this simple mission, we will enrich our community with thoughtful art; we will connect people to us and to one another through shared emotional experience; we will support the work and talent of local theatre artists; and we will ensure the longevity of this art form and its important place in the cultural landscape of our city.

Contact: Lindsay McConchie
Managing Director, Anthem Theatre Company
(617) 216-2757 or Lindsay (at) anthemtheatre.org
[Images captured on June 26, 2015 by Roy Bercaw]




























Acrobats practiced their moves nearby.














May 21, 2015

Woman Whose Image Appeared in Anti Muslim Film Loses Court Fight To Censor Her Role




[From article]
Weighing in on a global controversy, a federal appeals court on Monday found that YouTube can't be forced to take down an anti-Muslim video that sparked worldwide protests, finding that such an order tramples on free speech rights.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a previous ruling and backed Google-owned YouTube in its legal battle with Cindy Lee Garcia, an actress who received death threats after she was spliced into a 2012 video called "Innocence of Muslims" that cast her as disparaging the prophet Mohammed.
A special 11-judge panel, with only one judge dissenting, backed Google and other Internet companies that howled in protest when the video was originally ordered removed from the Web a year and a half ago. The panel sympathized with Garcia's plight but stressed that the law is not on her side.
[. . .]
Garcia later discovered her scene had instead been used in the anti-Muslim video "Innocence of Muslims."
When released, it sparked protests in the Muslim world and was at one point cited in the debate over the fatal attacks on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya. As it turned out, Garcia's voice was dubbed over with an insult to Mohammed. She has since been inundated with death threats, forcing her to live underground, according to court papers.

http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_28138854/google-youtube-win-heated-legal-fight-over-anti

Google, YouTube win First Amendment fight over anti-Muslim video
By Howard Mintz
hmintz (at) mercurynews.com

May 19, 2015

Popular California Acting Coach Charged With Kidnapping, Sex Offenses



Cameron Thor, Popular Acting Coach

[From article]
At 2 p.m. on June 3, 2014, three months after that Starbucks meeting, detectives from the L.A. County Sheriff's Department arrested Thor at an apartment in Woodland Hills. Soon after Thor's arrest, Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Simone Shay filed 14 felony charges against him, including kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault. Thor was booked and released from jail on $2.6 million bail (later reduced to $1 million). In January of this year, during an emotional preliminary hearing, L.A. Superior Court Judge Alan Schneider threw out one of two aggravated sexual assault charges but ruled that Thor would have to face a jury on the remaining counts, which include kidnapping with the intent to commit other crimes and multiple counts of lewd acts against a child.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/a-beloved-acting-coach-a-789893

A Beloved Acting Coach, a Teen Girl and Sexual Assault Charges: Cameron Thor's Accuser Breaks Silence
by Scott Johnson
4/20/2015 9:00am PDT
In 2009, one of Hollywood's best-known teachers drove a 13-year-old girl into the Malibu hills, where, she says, a horrific sexual assault occurred. Five years later, police recorded their private conversations and made an arrest. Now, on the eve of his criminal trial, the accuser, Jordyn Ladell, tells her story.

October 6, 2014

Fame Confused Famous Actress


[From article]
“And people would say, ‘You just have to be yourself,’ and I was like, ‘But I don’t know who that is yet!’”
[. . .]
“I’ve realized that [I] don’t need validation from anyone. At all,” she said. “I’m not sitting here now worrying, ‘What do you think of me?’ With all due respect, you seem like a lovely lady, but I don’t need you, or anyone else, to like me. And that’s so liberating. It’s a big reveal, man.”

http://pagesix.com/2014/09/30/anne-hathaway-fame-f-ked-me-up/?_ga=1.225250137.212440808.1402078759

Anne Hathaway: ‘Fame f–ked me up’
By Derrick Bryson Taylor
New York Post
September 30, 2014 |

September 16, 2013

Julie Harris, Broadway star, dies at 87




http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/08/24/julie-harris-broadway-star-dies-at-87/2696211/

Julie Harris, Broadway star, dies at 87
AP
10:01 p.m. EDT August 24, 2013

February 22, 2013

Academy Awards Predictions


http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/22/oscar-predictions-election-style/

February 22, 2013, 8:00 am
Oscar Predictions, Election-Style
By NATE SILVER
538 Blog New York Times

January 18, 2013

Black Actor Sees Racism In Second Amendment


http://www.campusreform.org/blog/?ID=4582

[WATCH] Actor Danny Glover tells students 2nd Amendment was created to protect slavery
By Timothy Dionisopoulos
Jan 18, 2013

December 11, 2012

Black Racist Actor Reveals His Hatred For White People

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/12/10/jamie-foxx-jokes-about-killing-all-white-people-his-new-movie

Jamie Foxx Jokes About Killing 'All The White People' In His New Movie
By Noel Sheppard
December 10, 2012 | 10:49

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2247077/Django-Unchained-Dozens-racial-slurs-attack-dogs-murder-cotton-fields-Quentin-Tarantino-film-criticized-excessive.html

'I kill white people': Dozens of racial slurs, attack dogs and murder
in cotton fields in Quentin Tarantino film criticized as excessive
Django Unchained set in pre-Civil War Texas and pits a former slave
against his tormentors when he becomes a bounty hunter
Early reviews of the film claim the n-word is used frequently by black
and white characters, but the level of violence is even more
disturbing
Not the first time that Tarantino has gotten in trouble for use of racial slur
In his 1997 film Jackie Brown, the n-word was used 38 times
By MEGHAN KENEALLY
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 12:15 EST, 12 December 2012 | UPDATED: 12:24 EST, 12 December 2012

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2247077/Django-Unchained-Dozens-racial-slurs-attack-dogs-murder-cotton-fields-Quentin-Tarantino-film-criticized-excessive.html

'I kill white people': Dozens of racial slurs, attack dogs and murder
in cotton fields in Quentin Tarantino film criticized as excessive
Django Unchained set in pre-Civil War Texas and pits a former slave
against his tormentors when he becomes a bounty hunter
Early reviews of the film claim the n-word is used frequently by black
and white characters, but the level of violence is even more
disturbing
Not the first time that Tarantino has gotten in trouble for use of racial slur
In his 1997 film Jackie Brown, the n-word was used 38 times
By MEGHAN KENEALLY
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 12:15 EST, 12 December 2012 | UPDATED: 12:24 EST, 12 December 2012

October 14, 2012

Clooney Laments First Amendment

George Clooney who makes women swoon, like Mila Kunis makes men swoon, says "Freedom of speech means you have to allow idiots to speak, and that’s the unfortunate thing." Oh? You mean like hollywood celebrities? Clooney joins Thomas Friedman of the New York Times and Cass Sunstein of Harvard Law School who think democracy and free speech are quaint ideas, unless it applies to them; all superior omniscient beings. 

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/10/11/clooney-calls-first-amendment-unfortunate

GEORGE CLOONEY CALLS FIRST AMENDMENT 'UNFORTUNATE'
by CHRISTIAN TOTO
11 Oct 2012, 11:45 AM PDT
BigHollywood.com

October 9, 2012

Sexiest Woman May be Dumbest Too





http://twitchy.com/2012/10/08/sexiest-woman-mila-kunis-baffled-by-existence-of-poor-republicans/

‘Sexiest woman’ Mila Kunis baffled by existence of poor Republicans
Posted at 7:00 pm on October 8, 2012

by Twitchy Staff

May 21, 2012

Bikini Model, Film Star Pleads Guilty To Murder

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2147839/Porn-star-Amanda-Logue-pleads-guilty-killing-tattoo-shop-owner-beaten-stabbed-death-sex-party.html

Victim: Dennis Abrahamsen was found stabbed and bludgeoned to death after he hosted a sex party at his home
Victim: Dennis Abrahamsen was found stabbed and bludgeoned to death after he hosted a sex party at his home


Logue


Fatal attraction: Amanda Logue, who did bikini modelling as well as porn, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of second-degree murder
Fatal attraction: Amanda Logue, who did bikini modelling as well as porn, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of second-degree murder

Porn star pleads guilty to killing tattoo shop owner found bludgeoned and stabbed to death after sex party Amanda Logue, 30, to serve about 40 years in prison in plea deal
Accused of killing 41-year-old Dennis Abrahamsen with her boyfriend Jason Andrews in 2010
Logue was hired to attend sex party at Abrahamsen's Florida home
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 18:04 EST, 21 May 2012 | UPDATED: 18:04 EST, 21 May 2012

June 3, 2010

Obama, Bad Actor, Monotone

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/the_not_so_great_pretender.html

June 03, 2010

The (Not So) Great Pretender

American Thinker
By Carol Peracchio

March 17, 2010

Todd Bridges, Crack-Head Author

"He became a crackhead. And a dealer. And a gun-toting meth addict."

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/books/killing_willis_FmboOIRdFJkppgIFYJVYII

Killing Willis


Todd Bridges slept with co-star Dana Plato while on
Todd Bridges slept with co-star Dana Plato while on "Diff'rent Strokes" with Gary Coleman and Conrad Bain

From teen fame to dealing drugs, Todd Bridges tries a diff’rent stroke to stay alive today

New York Post

Last Updated: 1:08 AM, March 14, 2010

Posted: 1:08 AM, March 14, 2010