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The film does severely stretch your belief in how accommodating you are of reposing trust in the incredible intelligence of its protagonist who doesnât take a long time to trip market tastemakers at their own game.
He said he was looking forward to getting back on the campaign trail next week to challenge the Republicanâs claims, âwhile making the case for my own record and the vision that I have for America: one where we save our democracy, protect our rights and freedoms, and create opportunity for everyone.â
Cheng Pei-pei, the pioneering Chinese actress dubbed the âQueen of Swordsâ and considered among the first female action stars who made her name in the Shaw Brothers classic Come Drink With Me and later had a memorable turn as the villain Jade Fox in Ang Leeâs Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, has died.
That logline nonetheless fails to encapsulate a stuffed roster of racers, gladiators, slaves, bettors, patricians, clerics and royalty, all vying to gain or retain status in a brutally violent, hierarchical society.
John Schlesingerâs âThe Day of the Locustâ is one such Tinseltown fable, set in the 1930s and following an aspiring actressâs love life caught between two men â her next-door neighbor, an earnest upstart art director, played by William Atherton, or Homer (Sutherland), the more mature and settled option with whom she has a chance encounter.
The iconic comedy brand, headquartered on L.A.âs Sunset Strip and owned by Jamie Masada, has hired two senior leaders in a push toward major growth that includes the establishment of Laugh Factory Entertainment, a new division that will spearhead development of television shows, films, streaming content, social media initiatives, podcasts, web series and live events.
He remembered Jackman showing him how an actor could be successful, content and good at what they do without being âsome tortured schmuck whoâs willfully hurting themselves to find some kind of vaporous artistic truth.â
In a world where commercial cinema is either superheroes saving the day or the tenth remake of a 1980s genre classic, the sheer scale and intent of Ridley Scottâs âGladiator,â to tell a most conventional revenge tragedy elevated to a mythical status should alone be a reason for revering it with childlike wonder.
Thereâs plenty of ear candy for indie-rock fans, from the aforementioned âClams Casinoâ to the single âPetco,â a musing on humanityâs increasing distance from nature as she looks in a pet-store window at âtwo doves wrapped up in filthy and true loveâ and the âsideways gaze of a lizardâ as the electric guitars build the songâs intensity on each verse (and even slip in a very âOK Computerâ solo toward the end).
In a separate memo obtained by The Associated Press, Trumpâs campaign advisers thanked the Secret Service and all first responders for their efforts, and also told staff in Washington and West Palm Beach, Florida to stay away from the office as they assess those locations.
Biden took to the stage decorated with signs reading, âMotown is Joe Town,â around 4:20 p.m. PT with the crowd chanting, âDonât you quit!â and âWeâve got your back!â He began by thanking labor unions that were present and quickly stumped on key issues like restoring reproductive rights, lowering drug prices and expanding health care before strongly reaffirming his commitment to his presidential bid.
That doesnât stunt his lively confidence that his friends and familiar faces in the industry would unanimously turn up to prop him up with abundant support and encouragement and dole out all sorts of free opportunities.