#wtf academy of television?!

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Oh shit, what?!?!

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ellen pompeo was just announced as a presenter at the emmy’s and i’m fucking pissed.

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Translated interview: ‘The career dream of Nora Dari’

Three years ago she first appeared in the Finnish-Belgian thriller series 'Bullets', in 2019 she walked the red carpet in Cannes, and today your teenager knows her as Yasmina from ‘wtFOCK’. Nora Dari (19) is ready to conquer the world. But first, successfully completing her ‘Marketing and Communication’ bachelor at the University college ‘PXL’.

Three years ago, Nora went to a trial drama class at the Genk academy and that immediately left her wanting more. Her teacher saw potential and about 60 trial lessons later, she was on the film set of ‘Patser’, the third full-length film by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. “I was an extra in 2 short clips, so you see me for about 1.3 milliseconds, which was quite a lot for me at the time. I remember when people looked down on me for becoming an actor, as if I had nothing better to do. I also had nothing better to do in my head than to be on a film set and get a taste of what life on set 'can be'. On set, I met Mathias Sourbron, the casting director at OiMundo. On the ‘Patser’-set, he was coördinator for extras and that's how we got to talking. A month later, I received an email asking if I wanted to audition for the Scandinavian series 'Bullets'. I did that, got the part and I think that from there the ball started rolling.”

A year later, you were on the red carpet in Cannes for the film 'Ghost Tropic' by filmmaker Bart Devos. What kind of feeling does that give you? “I’ll never forget that feeling in my life. That’s something no one can take away from me anymore. Cannes was a far-fetched dream for me at the age of 17, so when I actually experienced it, it still felt like a dream. Until I got back home and thought 'holy shit', I did that. I will always be grateful to Bas de Vos and Maaike Neuville, she treated me like family back then and I will always hold them very close for that.” In the beginning you were not allowed to act by your parents. What made them change their minds? “I'm going to be very honest, when I say that this question really annoys me (laughs)... This is the most frequently asked question I get, since I started acting. Because I immediately have the feeling that I’m seen as 'Nora Dari, Moroccan-Belgian actress' instead of 'Nora Dari, actress'. But I'll answer very nicely, because it's you (laughs). When I said that I got the part in ‘Bullets’, my father was a bit surprised and had the train of thought: 'If they want Nora for an international series, she might be able to do something’. Once they saw the result, they were completely sold. But it was always very clear that school came before film and never the other way around. I had my own doubts about that, I must say. ”

Today you play in the series “WTF - What the fock” on television channel VIJF, which is mainly known among the youth. For those who haven’t seen it, can you explain what it’s about and what your role is? “wtFOCK is an internet drama series, produced by Sputnik Media and broadcasted by VIJF and Telenet. The series consists of individual videos that are broadcast in real time. At the end of the week, the videos will be merged into a full episode. Each season revolves around one character and his or her battles. My character is called Yasmina Ait Omar, a strong, smart and unconventional girl who will face some hot fires ... ” Can you combine it with your studies? “It was much easier in high school. And I just thought it was going to be easier now. Things are going well, I’m doing something that I love dearly, but I’m also certainly aware that I definitely want to obtain my degree in ‘Marketing and Communication’ for the things I want to achieve in the future. At university college PXL, they help me to combine those two worlds. They’re flexible in moving certain assignments depending on my shooting days. The fact that my university of applied sciences is behind me, helps enormously. ”

What’s your ultimate career dream? “This may sound wishy-washy, but my ultimate dream is to be able to participate in projects that help the world. I would also really like to write projects and ultimately also direct them. I think directors have a certain strength and power to bring people together, to sketch the world in a certain way. And in our beautiful Flanders, I think we’re doing better, but still not amazing. Roles for people with a different ethnicity? I find it strange that the same people are being cast again and again, because of their skin color or origin. Why aren’t there any stories being written about Mohammed diving into a toilet and discovering a new world... That's why French films interest me very much, they look beyond that. And the result that you get, is amazing. Being one of the ‘Shooting Stars’ at the ‘Berlinale’ is a goal for me at the moment. Names such as Marwan Kenzari, Matthias Schoenaerts, Alicia Vikander, ... have also been there. But if you ask me this question again in a year, I may suddenly want to become a surgeon.”

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Excerpts from The Money Shot (that’s a tentative title, I’m not married to it), the upcoming chaptered fic about the fictional television limited-series adaptation of The Department:

On Hiddleston:  It's hard to fall in love with a cinched orange hood so I think I'm safe, but Hiddleston's voice did me physical damage and took 2 points off my intelligence stats.  Thank god he couldn't tell who I was inside my closed parka because if he knew he was talking to the writer and head showrunner I think he'd have been calling his union.

On Hozier:  I knew in theory that 6'6 is way the hell up there, but I had no idea having a crush on this guy was gonna put me in the monsterfucker category.  And he's cute.  I know I wrote this role for him specifically but I'm wondering if it's too late to replace him with that other Irish kid, the one from Umbrella Academy.

On Momoa:  Gigantic child.  Doubting the wisdom of having someone like this on set.

On Evans:  Oh shit he’s flirty.  I wonder if he’d get the joke if I threw up on him.  My only defense against his charm is the fact that I saw The Fantastic Four when it first came out and literally fell asleep in the theater.  I’m going to pretend the human torch is the only role I know him from and see what that does to him.

On Hardy:  Low-key terrified of this guy but he’s not much taller than me and he keeps chasing Hiddleston’s dog begging for kisses.  Zipped his beard up in his parka on day 1.  Zero days since our last on-set accident.

On Gleeson:  The real reason I’m here.  Sploosh.  It’s not even a daddy thing, it’s more of a Mad-Eye Moody thing and I won’t be mad if he mistakes me for a runner and asks me to get his coffee.  #1 choice for body warmth partner when this goddamn blizzard goes critical.

On filming in Minnesota:  WTF.  Only writing Bahamas fics from now on.  Screw this.

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2020 TV Show Wrap-Up

(Or wtf even is my taste in television?) 

This is mostly for my own personal record, but I thought it might be fun to share what TV shows I’ve been watching these long months in quarantine (spoiler alert: way too much). This is (hopefully) a complete list. I realize I primarily blog about 2 or 3 in particular, but I’d love to talk about any of these/take recommendations for new shows! 😊 

Shows I Watched in Their Entirety (Or Everything That is Out, at least): 

Over the Garden Wall

Community

Watchmen

Doom Patrol

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Avatar: The Last Airbender (rewatch)

Defending Jacob

The Boys

Julie and the Phantoms

The Dragon Prince

I Am Not Okay With This

Shows I Watched Partially (Complete Seasons):

Arrested Development (seasons 1, 2, & 3)

The Umbrella Academy (season 2)

The Good Place (season 4; rewatch)

The Mandolorian (season 2)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (season 7)

American Horror Story: Asylum

Westworld (season 3)

Shows I Am Still In the Process of Watching:

Veronica Mars (season 1)

Lovecraft Country (season 1)

One Day at a Time (season 2)

A Series of Unfortunate Events (season 1) 

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SYTYCD season 16: the Final Cut - part 1, Ladies

Hello everyone! It feels like forever since I’ve been here. DWTS didn’t have a spring season, WoD hasn’t been doing it for me, and life was rough early this year. But it’s summer now and things have started to cool down (figuratively, I know the weather sucks), and SYTYCD is back for another season.

I figured it would be pointless trying to blog about the earlier episodes because of how haphazard the production is and inconsistent screen time for each dance and contestant. Anyway, here we are. There are 10 guys and 10 gals and half of them must go.

Side note: I’m liking D-trix and Laurieanne as judges, especially the former. Thank god we don’t have Vanessa for another season.

So anyway, the ladies all dance in the style they struggled most in during the Academy, paired with a former contestant in said round. I’m putting each person’s original style in brackets next to their name. Just for fun, I’ll be grading each dance out of 10.

Mariah Russell (contemporary) and Jonathan Platero, Salsa Mariah, I’m not feeling her. I wasn’t convinced by her audition - technique is there, presence and emotional connection is not. And even if she makes the top 10, she doesn’t have a personality for live television. But the judges love her, for whatever reason I don’t understand. Now for her dance - styling team messed up her hair. Obviously the tricks were nice and she can do awesome leg lifts. The actual salsa steps she looked a tad awkward doing - something about her legs didn’t seem right. But I think she brought the fire and energy to this dance and came out of that “small sweet girl” vibe she had been giving up till this point so I think she’s a given for live shows. So yeah I actually liked her performance here. 8/10 from me.

Melany Mercedes (salsa) and Fik-Shun, Hip-hop Pretty good performance. She was right in the groove. I didn’t think she needed more “attitude” - the song said to “get silly” so her more smiley, whimsical approach to the dance I found appropriate. Hip-hop isn’t all getting down and pulling stank faces. Agree with Dominic - just needs to be more grounded. 7/10

Ashley Sanchez (ballroom) and Lex Ishimoto, Contemporary Never seen her until today so just off that I think she’s unlikely to make the live shows. And a not stunning dance just sealed her fate. She has strength, but it’s obvious she isn’t used to contemporary-type movement at all. 5/10

Anna Linstruth (hip-hop) and Marko Germa, Jazz Okay so the thing about Anna is, she’s a hip-hop dancer. And right out the Academy gate she had a less than stellar hip-hop performance. But the judges gave her a chance to perform again?? They made everyone else in her group (who had totally nailed that dance straight away) dance again just to give her a second chance. The inconsistency with which people got chances really bothered me through Academy. And like, it’s f*cking season 16. The standard of this show is insanely high. You can’t even nail your own style? She shouldn’t even have made it past the first round. Okay rant over, let’s talk about her dance here. She started quite strong and I liked her energy, but the dance went downhill as it went on. She bobbled on every turn, didn’t extend her lines completely, and some parts of the choreography looked so awkward and empty it made me think they had to pare down the dance for her (but I’ve also never really been into Ray Leeper’s choreo in general so maybe that’s just me). Judges like her for some reason. 6/10

Madison Jordan (contemporary) and Kiki Nyemchek, Cha-cha Probably my favourite girl left. I wanted more sass from this dance. She was too ‘graceful, pulled-up contemporary’. But she looked good and got every step. 7.5/10

Sofia Ghavami (ballroom) and Marko, Jazz Another one we haven’t seen until now, so there’s the red flag. I didn’t remember this but she was in Marko’s team during s14′s academy and we all knew Koine was going to be it back then. I guess it’s just nice that she got to dance with Marko again. She overdid her face in this dance. Dtrix summed it up perfectly - execution was good but as a performance felt flat. Though I only noticed at the end she was dancing in stiletto boots!!! So I might close an eye for that. That’s tough, props to her. 6/10

Sumi Oshima (popping) and Lex, Contemporary Nice seeing Lex and Talia being supportive. I thought, given a partner she could connect with, plus Talia being smart and creating a piece that highlights her strengths, Sumi could have a breakthrough here. However it did not happen. It was a good dance, but I couldn’t connect to it. I think she tried to show emotion, not sure what the judges were on about. They were harsh. 5/10

Nazz Sldryan (ballroom) and Fik-Shun, Hip-hop Also didn’t see a peep of her until this week. Plus we have a lot of ballroom girls in this round so competition is particularly steep for her. But dang now I want her to go through, because she slayed this number! She and Fik-shun were so tight. She hit every move and every count. Facial expressions were a bit weird sometimes but nothing that looked out of place. 9/10

Sophie Pittman (contemporary) and Kiki, Cha-cha Sophie is another one I don’t get. I remember her production being overrated while I didn’t feel a thing. Then the production seemed to imply she was just getting by in the Academy, and the judges weren’t completely starstruck by her so I was surprised she got this far. I guess I’m really not feeling contemporary girls this year huh? Now, this dance was awkward. She had several missteps, legs also looked weird doing ballroom steps, and unlike Mariah, she didn’t lose her sweet girl vibe here. She was too whimsy and no sass. 5/10

Stephanie Sosa (ballroom) and Robert Roldan, Contemporary Oh boy, this song is overplayed. Some of the choreo looks hella cheesy. Stephanie is very strong and also went through her transitions really well, which I think is important for contemporary. I’m (somewhat pleasantly) surprised the judges didn’t rave over this just for being a Mandy dance ft Robert. But They also said she needed more vulnerability like...I think she had an appropriate amount of emotion??? Contemporary isn’t all about being super angsty. Plus it’s a cheesy dance to a cheesy song, what’s a girl to do? 6.5/10

Based on - “story/drama” potential, - this last round of dances, and - just how much the judges seem to pull for them (whether I agree or not) I think the ladies going through will be Mariah, Madison, Ana, Nazz, and Stephanie.

But instead it’s Mariah, Madison, Sophie, Anna, and Stephanie. Wtf, Sophie?? Even for the other girls that I wasn’t too hyped over, I feel like they did have strong showings at some point, whereas Sophie has been meh all this while.

Well, on to the guys next week. The men are looking really strong this year so that will be exciting.

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✩*ೃ.⋆  Get to know KNK

Nobody asked but here’s my “Get to know KNK” because they deserve more people to know about them.

✩*ೃ.⋆ G E N E R A L I T I E S

. 크나큰 prononced «Keunakeun».

. 5 members boy group under 220ent. Was under YNBent until 2018.

. Debut in 2016 with Knock

. They are all over 1m80, so they are considered like one of the tallest kpop group.

. In 2017 they participated in Mixnine to gain popularity, so they became close to A.C.E members. Also, they are quite close to Astro because they debuted almost at the same time.

. Following a problem with their agency, they are put in hiatus between 2017 and 2018.

. Youjin decides to leave the group due to health problems but the group decides to continue to 4.

. In December 2018, they announce a new member and a comeback for 2019.

✧ F A N D O M ✧

. Name : «Tinkerbell» because : they were watching “Tinkerbell” they thought their fans were like Tinker Bells protecting them, sooooo we’re here

. Colors : 2016 → Rose gold and Twinkle Silver 2018 → Pink Blossom (Pantone 176 U, 183 U, and 192 U)

✩*ೃ.⋆ S O C I A L   M E D I A S :

Twitter | Japanese twitter | Twitter staff | Fancafe | Youtube | Vlive | Instagram | Japanese Instagram

✩*ೃ.⋆ M E M B E R S

✧ Kim Youjin | 김유진 | Feb 10, 1993 | 1,86m | Vocalist, dancer.

. The oldest and the “dad” figure of the group.

. Considered like the “most normal”  

. Was trainee in TSent with B.A.P members.

. He is not very tactile, but the other members (who like skinships a lot) often “attack” him with cuddles...

. Appears in Bestie's Zzang Christmas

. Left the group for health concerns :(

. Tinkerbells miss him a lot

. Still in contact with the others ♡ 

✧ Park Seoham | 박서함 | Oct 28, 1993 | 1,89m | Rap, vocalist, dancer, visual, actor

. Born Park Gyeongbok, but his parents legally changed his name to Seungjun because children were making fun of him. In 2018 he makes a name change request to return to Gyeongbok but his parents refuse… here we are with Seoham.

. Was trainee in BigHit (with BTS members, he’s friend with Seokjin) and JYP (with GOT7 members)

. He's pretty close to Astro, people say he's the 7th member of Astro

. HIS LAUGH !!!! HIS EYE SMILE !!!!

. Considered like a child in the group. He LOVES Digimon, Pokemon and Harry Potter

. Appears in Bestie’s Zzang Christmas and Excuse me

✧ Lee Dongwon | 이동원 | Jan 01, 1994 | 1,85m | Rap, vocals, dancer, actor

. Nicknamed Donggu by the members and the Tinkerbells

. His voice and laugh are loud and deep

. Really care about his members and pays attention to them.

. Loves fishing : he is very serious about fishing, will stay till he catches a fish (played an influence in Inseong's fishing hobby)

. His favorite KNK song is Sun Moon Star

. Was friend with KNK before debut, became a Tinkerbell after debut and in december 2018 became new member of the group

. He’s still learning old KNK choreos.

✧ Jeong Inseong | 정인성 | Jul 01, 1994 | 1,83m | Vocalist, dancer

. Was trainee in FNCEnt and BigHit (with Seoham and BTS)

. LOUD like … REALLY LOUD.

. He's a sunshine

. Eat a lot (he has the best reactions omg)  

. A cute bunny

. Can’t live without his phone ???

. He REALLY loves fishing

. Appears in Bestie’s Excuse me.

✧ Kim Jihun | 김지훈 | Feb 20, 1995 | 1,86m | Leader, vocalist, dancer, choreographer

. Trained at SM academy and was trainne in Nega Network

. Trained for a long time in YNBent, that’s why he was chosen as leader

. He did some choreography for the group and he’s a good dancer.

. Called “Kimchi” by Seoham, because of his name «Kim Ji-hun» which sounds like “Kimchi”

. HIS LAUGH O M G WTF

. He's in relationship with the floor ?

. Can play the harmonica

. He likes to have his back scratched by Seoham

. Appears in Bestie’s Zzang Christmas

✧ Oh Heejun | 오희준 | May 08, 1996 | 1,81m | Maknae, vocals, rap and dance

. Was trainee in FNCEnt (with Inseong).

. Can play the guitar

. Did a lot of covers

. He’s the smallest uwu

. LOVES animals

. Can play soccer

. Doesn’t look at the camera for pictures omg

. Extra and a little bit evil  

. His gummy smile uwu

✩*ೃ.⋆ D I S C O G R A P H Y

Awake, first mini album : Gone, Back Again, I Remember, I’ll Try, Day N Night, Propose, Back Again (Instrumental ver), I Remember (Instrumental ver)

Remain : Stay, U, Beauty, I Know, Goodbye, Tonight

Gravity : Think About You, Love You, Sun.Moon.Star, Sun.Moon.Star (Instrumental ver)

Gravity, Completed : Rain, Good Night, Feel So Good, Think About You, Love You, Sun.Moon.Star

A Small Difference, digital single (Inseong, Jihun, Heejun)

Lonely Night : Lonely Night, What Do You Think, Day by Day

✩*ೃ.⋆ C O V E R S

Inseong & Heejun | Youjin, Inseong, Heejun | Youjin | Heejun : It Will Rain | KNK : Bolero | Heejun : Good Night | Heejun : The Scientist | Jihun : Fall | Youjin | Inseong, Heejun

✩*ೃ.⋆ S H O W S  &  V I D E O S

My KNK Television : Season 1 | Season 2

SAF Countdown | After School Club | The Show | After School Club | Weekly Idol (with Astro & Highlight) | KNK playing games | The Immigration | Soompi Interview | After School Club | Zany TV : Despacito | Amigo TV | Mixnine | After School Club

— welcome in the family ! if you have any questions, don't hesitate to dm me . ˚ ✧

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[ad_1] It seemed, at first, like a bit. Chris Rock made a bad joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head by referencing G.I. Jane. Then her husband Will Smith, the favorite to win the Best Actor Oscar, took the stage and struck Rock. Watching at home, it was hard to tell what happened, but the long stretch of bleeped-out silence that followed made it clear that it wasn’t a bit. Rock had, in Will Smith’s view, crossed a line. Smith responded with violence. After Smith returned to his seat, Rock struggled to regain his composure before carrying on announcing the nominees and winners of the Best Documentary Feature award. This was, by any definition, the sort of moment for which the phrase “What the fuck?” was invented.The fundamental maxim of show business is “the show must go on.” And it did. Rock announced the winner. Planned bits and subsequent awards followed. But the 94th Academy Awards can easily be divided into two halves: before the Rock/Smith incident and after. Even via television you could feel tension mounting as the evening rolled on to what felt like Smith’s long-predicted win for Best Actor, after years of near-misses for stellar work. Following an awkward reunion of Pulp Fiction stars Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, and John Travolta celebrating, for never-explained reasons, the film’s 28th anniversary, the trio joyfully announced Will Smith’s name in unison. Will Smith then kissed Jada Pinkett Smith and took the stage to hugs, applause, and a standing ovation. Once again: WTF?There is some context to consider. Jada Pinkett Smith has spoken publicly about her struggles with alopecia, an autoimmune disorder that causes hair loss, since 2018. Furthermore, the Smiths, like all celebrities of their stature, live under a microscope and their marriage has been the subject of much discussion, particularly after interviews in which they talked about “entanglements” and other unconventional arrangements. Co-host Regina Hall even made a joke about it earlier in the evening that, in the midst of a wretched bit about administering Covid tests to sexy men, landed almost as poorly as Rock’s. For all the upsides of being part of a celebrity power couple with thriving careers and unimaginable wealth, it also probably sucks.But the swiftness with which the Oscars — and those in attendance doing the applauding and hugging — rushed to paper over, even justify, this moment of violence? That sucked too. A tearful Smith delivered a bizarre speech that opened with an indirect reference to the assault by praising Richard Williams, the character he played in King Richard, as “a fierce defender of his family.” Smith roped co-stars Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton into his defense by saying he “got to protect” them and suggested he was “overwhelmed by what God is calling on me to be and do in this world” and that he was being called on to “be a river to my people.” (That line comes from Lawrence of Arabia. It’s spoken by Anthony Quinn in the role of Auda Abu Tayi shortly after he describes all the enemies he’s slain.) Then, after apologizing to the Academy and his fellow nominees (but notably, not Rock), he closed with a joke about hoping the Academy would invite him back. More applause. More hugs. Another standing ovation.But what about the rest of the Oscars? They now feel a bit like that old joke, “Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?” [ad_2] Source link

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Avatar: Casting Netflix's Live-Action New Cast First Look - TOP 10 WTF Breakdown https://youtu.be/bqA8j6xPFmE Avatar: The Last Airbender is obtaining one more chance at a live-action adjustment, with Netflix producing a brand-new TELEVISION program based upon the precious Nickelodeon dream collection. Of the lots of points that M. Night Shyamalan's 2010 movie was slammed for, spreading was high up on the checklist, with white stars cast in the duties of major personalities Aang, Katara, and also Sokka. Built around the imaginary Four Nations - standing for Earth, Wind, Fire, and also Water - Avatar: The Last Airbender's globe is greatly influenced by Asian society and also approach. Aang, the titular Avatar and also last Airbender, techniques Buddhism and also matured in the Air Temples, which are based upon Buddhist abbeys. The overcoming Fire Nation is mainly based upon Imperial Japan, while the unwavering Earth Kingdom attracts a certain impact from China. Meanwhile, the Northern and also Southern Water Tribes are based upon Inuit cultures and also society. SCOOB trailer discloses that Dick Dastardly remains in a brand-new Scooby-Doo flick Avatar: The Last Airbender's spreading will certainlyinclude a variety of obstacles. For instance, there are a great deal of Water Tribes duties to cast and also a minimal variety of Inuit stars in the movie sector. The major personalities are additionally most likely to be matured up from their very early teenagers to late teenagers, to stay clear ofthe restrictions put on kid stars' functioning hrs and also the sensible problem of extremely young stars significantly maturing in between periods. With all that in mind, right here are our ideas for several of the stars that can play the greatest duties in Avatar: The Last Airbender. If any kind of personality is to be maintained to a comparable age as the computer-animated collection, it must most likely be Aang. The young Airbender escaped from the obligations of the Avatar because of his young age, mistakenly leaving the globe susceptible to the occupation of the Air Nation. Aang's childish excitement and also positive outlook is essential to his personality, and also his trip to finish his Avatar training is a quintessential coming-of-age tale. With ABC comedy Fresh Off the Boat just recently having had its collection ending, the timing is ideal for young celebrity Ian Chen to go on to a brand-new collection. Chen played Evan Huang, the "baby" of the Huang family members, as well as additionally showed up in DC motion picture Shazam! as Billy Batson's foster sibling, Eugene Choi. Katara is the only staying waterbender in the Southern Water Tribe, and also leaves the only house she's ever before recognized to take a trip the globe with Aang. Inuk starlet Anna Lambe, that stars in the forthcoming sporting activities dramatization The Grizzlies, can be perfect if Netflix is looking for to cast a newbie in the duty. Auli'i Cravalho, that made her launching as the voice of the titular personality in Disney's Moana, revealed her abilities as a live-action entertainer in the NBC music dramatization Rise. And Isabela Moner, that played Dora the Explorer in the current live-action motion picture and also Izabella in Transformers: The Last Knight, has a tried and tested ability for playing endure women's personalities in action-adventure duties. Sokka is Katara's older sibling: a boomerang-flinging Water Tribe warrior that's usually made use of for comic alleviation, however is additionally endure and also scrappy in a fight - despite his lack of bending abilities. Forrest Goodluck, who played Hawk in the Oscar-winning drama The Revenant could be a good fit for the role. If Netflix looks to cast a little younger with its Avatar: The Last Airbender series, The Letter For The King star Amir Wilson could play the role. Alternatively, an older Sokka could be played by Booboo Stewart, who is known for his roles in the Twilight movies and also for playing Warpath in X-Men: Days of Future Past. Dragon Ball: 10 Facts You Need To Know About The Super Saiyan Blue Evolution There's an opportunity to keep things in the Avatar family with Toph's casting. Ella Jay Basco, that recently played Cassandra Cain in Birds of Prey, is the niece of Dante Basco, who voiced Zuko in Avatar: The Last Airbender. She demonstrated a talent for both comedy and action and can be great in the role of fearless Earthbender Toph. Another possibility is Lana Condor, the star of Netflix's To All The Boys movies, who could have a lot of fun pulling off both Toph's toughness and her "helpless blind girl" act. And Shioli Kutsuna stole audiences' hearts with just a few bubbly greetings of "Hi, Wade!" as Yukio in Deadpool 2, but also demonstrated her darker side in the 2018 yakuza movie The Outsider. Perhaps the most crucial bit of casting in Avatar: The Last Airbender, besides Aang himself, is Aang's nemesis-turned ally - Prince Zuko. This brooding, scar-faced Byronic hero is the son of Fire Lord Ozai, who is determined to capture the Avatar at any cost, and so whoever plays him will need to deliver intensity. Justin H. Min, who recently starred in Netflix series The Umbrella Academy as the ghostly Ben Hargreeves, could be great in the role of the Fire Nation's angry exiled prince.Netflix could also turn to another one of its recent releases, Never Have I Ever, whose romantic lead Darren Barnet stole hearts as school jock Paxton Hall-Yoshida. Another possibility is Ryan Potter, who voiced Hiro Hamada in Big Hero 6 and more recently played Beast Boy in DC Universe's Titans. Zuko's actual father in Avatar: The Last Airbender is pretty terrible, but he does have a close father figure in the form of his Uncle Iroh. Once a general who conquered cities, Iroh was devastated by the loss of his only son and gave up the throne in favor of a quieter life as Zuko's guardian and adviser. Martial arts movie legend Sammo Hung, who helped define Hong Kong cinema in the 1980s and more recently co-starred in the Ip Man movies, would be a great get for this role. Actor and director Jiang Wen, best known to Western audiences for playing Baze Malbus in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, would also be an excellent suitable for wise Uncle Iroh. And while Hiroyuki Sanada typically plays more serious characters, like Lord Shingen in The Wolverine and Musashi in Westworld, it could be interesting to see him taking on a more light-hearted duty

[neonoires]

Stranger Things was fucking robbed.

SHAME ON THE TELEVISION ACADEMY FOR HAVING MY CHILDREN UP LATE ON A SCHOOL NIGHT FOR THIS BULLSHIT SHOW. I'm not saying that the other shows aren't good but the genre shows always have such a hard time at these sort of things. I understand that we are in a political climate so certain things will win to save face but seriously. As a sci-fi/horror fan I'm so upset. I'm pissed for these kids and the Duffer Brothers too. I'm also pissed for Winona Ryder who wasn't even nominated which is a HUGE WTF moment. Ugh I'm just so pissed off because I sat through this whole thing to see Stranger Things win SOMETHING and they got nothing.

[eggogorgon]

Honestly the emmys are just ridiculous now. Now they're just giving awards to whatever show trends on the internet. I mean Stranger Things over The Leftovers, the leftovers has greater reviews than Stranger Things. Millie Bobby Brown over Carrie Coon? And WTF BARB REALLY? Fucking sad and ridiculous, clearly the academy doesn't recognize talent

Funny how you complain about them voting for whatever trends on the internet and yet you’re over here mentioning the reviews. It’s 2017…you can’t avoid the internet. If a show is good enough, then people will talk about it on the internet. It isn’t suddenly invalidated because it has hit the mainstream. Besides, you do realize that the Emmy nominations/winners aren’t voted on by television critics, right? They’re voted on by peer groups from within the television industry. People who actually work on a day to day basis on tv shows and have a strong understanding of what deserves recognition and what doesn’t. Regardless of how widely praised a show is, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s owed an award nomination. There are so many amazing shows on nowadays that it’s impossible for everything to get nominated. There’s going to be snubs. That said, I liked The Leftovers. I think it was great and underappreciated and Carrie Coon should’ve been nominated. But you can get the fuck out of my inbox if you’re going to sit here and talk shit about actors who put in hard work to their roles.

[ifitzpatrick]

Since the new Twin Peaks is out tonight, I thought it would be a cool idea to introduce you guys to some David Lynch films that you may or may not have watched. If you don’t know who David Lynch is, he is basically the embodiment of, what multiple sites have called him, “a renaissance man of modern filmmaking” and does just about everything you can think of a person doing. He is a director, screenwriter, painter, photographer, musician, and producer. He has created a TON of cult classics that have not only blown peoples’ minds, but changed their perspectives on a lot of things, especially living in small town or Los Angeles, but at the end of the day, David Lynch is a surreal and complicated filmmaker at heart.

Now, I’m not saying you should watch these films in order, but I’ll lay out the important ones first and then get into stuff that you can see any ol’ time. So, let’s get started.

1. Eraserhead (1977) This masterpiece was David Lynch’s first feature length movie that combines surrealism and body horror all mashed into one. The plot is pretty damn simply… complicated. Henry Spencer (Jack Nance) is a man who is left with a lizard or serpent like child, born from a one night stand with his then girlfriend Mary X. Henry, however, starts to also have hallucinations and vision of strange things that may or may not be real. The film is known to be a great cult classic and is one of the coolest midnight movies with El Topo (1970), Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Pink Flamingos (1972) to name a few. If you’re gonna start with some David Lynch weirdness, why not try out the best of the best first.

2. The Elephant Man (1980) The Elephant Man is one of the most heartbreaking films on this list. The Elephant Man tells the real life story of Joseph Merrick, a severely deformed man who was exhibited in freak shows before he was taken to a London Hospital. The film takes us into that history with John Hurt, playing John Merrick and Anthony Hopkins, playing the doctor Frederick Treves, who takes him from out of the freakshows. It’s a heartbreaking movie and incredibly acted from start to finish. Fun fact: the Academy created the Best Makeup and Hairstyling because this movie had the best of that year.

3. Twin Peaks (1990) You knew this was coming. Twin Peaks has become a cult classic over the years and for good reasons. It’s one of the most bizarre and brilliant television dramas that have ever been produced. Created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, the show focuses on the death of high school teen and homecoming queen Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee). FBI Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) is sent to Twin Peaks to investigate and teams up with Harry S. Truman (Michael Ontkean) to investigate the case, but it’s not a straight up murder that they’re investigating. It can’t be that simple guys. There’s something deeper, shady, and sinister going down in the town of Twin Peaks and you’ll never see it coming.

4. Blue Velvet (1986) I actually still don’t know how to properly describe Blue Velvet to people, but I will try very hard for you guys. Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) is just a normal guy, but one day he finds a ear in a backyard. (I know, I know, just hold on for me guys.) He goes on a small investigation to find out where it comes from, but takes a very sharp left turn into bigger investigation a nightclub singer Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini) whose being held hostage by some f*cked up group of people, including ether-loving Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper), who tortures her in brutal ways. Jeffrey discovers that there is way more to the surface of the small town and himself as he becomes intertwined with Dorothy’s life. Guys, just watch Blue Velvet. It’s a really great psychology, wtf of a movie. 5. Twin Peak: Fire Walk with Me (1992) I know what you’re thinking Twin Peaks fans. “Why would you even put this anywhere near a list?” Well… because it’s Twin Peaks. No matter how you feel about Fire Walk with Me, it’s still a piece of the Twin Peaks history and dammit, it should be watched at least once! Directed and written by David Lynch and co-written by Robert Engels, the films tells the last seven days of Laura Palmer’s short life while going into the investigation of Teresa Banks. Most of the cast had returned for the movie except for Lara Flynn Boyle, who was replaced by Moira Kelly and Sherilyn Fenn because schedules suck. The film was met with… not so happy people and even though it was met with negative reviews, again, still apart of Twin Peaks. Also, you gotta watch this before you get into the series!

6. Mulholland Drive (2001) Another movie that I can’t properly describe, but goddamnit, I will try! Betty Elms (Naomi Watts) is an actress that wants to make it big in L.A. Fresh into her environment, she meets a amnesiac woman Rita (Laura Elena Harring) and try try to figure out what happened to her and get back her memories. I can’t say much else without giving away most of the plot so I’ll just leave it there. I can tell you that there is a super cool (kinda?!) twist at the end of this psychological mystery film. The fun part about this movie is that it very much lets you come to your own conclusions of what the ending might mean. Nothing is right, nothing is wrong. Mulholland Drive will always be there. Fun fact: Mulholland Drive was inspired by Audrey Horne’s character in Twin Peaks. They meant to send Audrey into a spinoff where she goes to Hollywood, but it didn’t pan out.

7. Inland Empire (2006) Love is apparently a super f*cking dangerous when you’re on the set of a film that is cursed. That’s what Inland Empire presents us and it’s a really well done film by Lynch. Inland Empire follows the story of Nikki Grace, an actress whose perception of reality gets surreal and distorted as she falls head over heels for her co-star Devon Berk (Justin Theroux). She also starts taking on the characteristics of the character that she’s playing in a film that is cursed. Yeah, f*ckin’ bonkers. Laura Dern is outstanding in the lead role, she does a great job in Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart, but this movie, Laura just goes all out!

8. Dune (1984) Dune is a great accomplishment, but I will warn you that when you go into Dune, be prepared to sit for awhile. Based on Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel with the same name, Dune is set in the future where there is a war brewing between families for control of Dune, or Arrakis. They mainly want it because the time travelling drug, “the spice” is vast on the planet and it’s the only place it can be found. I’ve watched this movie a couple of times and I’m still very unsure about it’s meaning, even though I totally should know what it’s about right now. In the scope of things, this was one of David Lynch’s most *raspberry noise* of movies. It was regarded as a flop, but I kinda disagree, for what it was at the time, Dune is an epic movie on a global scale and Kyle MacLachlan sports some pretty hair. OH, ALSO, THERE’S STING, so, yeah…. Watch it.

Honorable Mentions: Lost Highway (1997), The Alphabet (1968), Wild at Heart (1990), The Amputee (1974) and Six Men Getting Sick (1967)

[jozalynsharp]

Jimmy Kimmel's Comedy Club presents Rich Vos featuring Jozalyn Sharp

Rich Vos is an American comedian and actor. He has over 100 television appearances including 4 Comedy Central Specials as well as HBO, Showtime, and Starz appearances. He produced and starred in an award winning comedy movie Women Aren’t Funny alongside Bonnie McFarlane, Chris Rock, Rosie O’Donell and many more. He is a 2 time Academy Awards writer, a regular on Sirius XM radio and the cohost of the hit podcast, My Wife Hates Me that Paste Magazine named one of the best podcasts right now. He has also appeared on WTF with Marc Maron, the Joe Rogan podcast twice, Guys we F@%*@ed. He’s been sober for over 32 years and good at golf for 20.

[celebritylive]

The E! People’s Choice Awards 2019 sees fan favorites across the entertainment and pop-culture spectrum — film, television, music and more — take home awards as voted by the fans.

The show will feature presenters including David Spade, Jenna Dewan, KJ Apa, Sarah Hyland, Joey King, Kelly Rowland, Terry Crews and more, with performances from Alessia Cara and Kelsea Ballerini. Leading the pack of the total 43 categories is Avengers: Endgame for film, while Game of Thrones dominates for TV and BTS leads for music.

Check back throughout the night as the winners are announced!

People’s Champion Award

Pink

Fashion Icon Award

Gwen Stefani

People’s Icon of 2018

Jennifer Aniston

Movie of 2019

Avengers: Endgame Toy Story 4 Captain Marvel Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw The Lion King John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum Us Spider-Man: Far From Home

Comedy Movie of 2019

The Upside Yesterday The Hustle Men in Black: International Long Shot Little Good Boys Murder Mystery

Action Movie of 2019

Avengers: Endgame Spider-Man: Far From Home Captain Marvel John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum Shazam! Godzilla: King of the Monsters Dark Phoenix Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

Drama Movie of 2019

Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood Rocketman Five Feet Apart Glass Us Triple Frontier After Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

Family Movie of 2019

Toy Story 4 The Lion King Aladdin The Secret Life of Pets 2 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Pokémon Detective Pikachu The Angry Birds Movie 2

Male Movie Star of 2019

Robert Downey Jr., Avengers: Endgame Chris Hemsworth, Avengers: Endgame Tom Holland, Spider-Man: Far From Home Will Smith, Aladdin Keanu Reeves, John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum Samuel L. Jackson, Captain Marvel Dwayne Johnson, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw Adam Sandler, Murder Mystery

Female Movie Star of 2019

Millie Bobby Brown, Godzilla: King of the Monsters Scarlett Johansson, Avengers: Endgame Zendaya, Spider-Man: Far From Home Sophie Turner, Dark Phoenix Jennifer Aniston, Murder Mystery Brie Larson, Captain Marvel Lupita Nyong’o, Us Tessa Thompson, Men in Black: International

Drama Movie Star of 2019

Taron Egerton, Rocketman Cole Sprouse, Five Feet Apart Zac Efron, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile Lupita Nyong’o, Us Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood Sarah Paulson, Glass Samuel L. Jackson, Glass

Comedy Movie Star of 2019

Ali Wong, Always Be My Maybe Kevin Hart, The Upside Rebel Wilson, Isn’t It Romantic Adam Sandler, Murder Mystery Liam Hemsworth, Isn’t It Romantic Dwayne Johnson, Fighting With My Family Mindy Kaling, Late Night Noah Centineo, The Perfect Date

Action Movie Star of 2019

Robert Downey Jr., Avengers: Endgame Chris Evans, Avengers: Endgame Tom Holland, Spider-Man: Far From Home Halle Berry, John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum Keanu Reeves, John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum Sophie Turner, Dark Phoenix Brie Larson, Captain Marvel Dwayne Johnson, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

Animated Movie Star of 2019

America Ferrera, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Tom Hanks, Toy Story 4 Kevin Hart, The Secret Life of Pets 2 Beyoncé, The Lion King Ryan Reynolds, Pokémon Detective Pikachu Chris Pratt, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Tiffany Haddish, The Secret Life of Pets 2 Awkwafina, The Angry Birds Movie 2

Show of 2019

Game of Thrones WWE Raw Stranger Things The Walking Dead The Big Bang Theory Riverdale This Is Us Grey’s Anatomy

Drama Show of 2019

Grey’s Anatomy This Is Us Chicago P.D. Game of Thrones Stranger Things Big Little Lies Riverdale The Walking Dead

Comedy Show of 2019

The Big Bang Theory Saturday Night Live Modern Family The Good Place Grown-ish Veep Orange Is the New Black Schitt’s Creek

Reality Show of 2019

Keeping Up with the Kardashians Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Queer Eye Bachelor in Paradise Vanderpump Rules Jersey Shore: Family Vacation

Competition Show of 2019

American Idol RuPaul’s Drag Race America’s Got Talent The Masked Singer The Bachelor The Voice The Bachelorette The Challenge: War of the Worlds

Male TV Star of 2019

Kit Harington, Game of Thrones Cole Sprouse, Riverdale Norman Reedus, The Walking Dead Finn Wolfhard, Stranger Things Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us KJ Apa, Riverdale

Female TV Star of 2019

Mandy Moore, This Is Us Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things Sophie Turner, Game of Thrones Danai Gurira, The Walking Dead Camila Mendes, Riverdale Lili Reinhart, Riverdale Maisie Williams, Game of Thrones Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies

Drama TV Star of 2019

Zendaya, Euphoria Norman Reedus, The Walking Dead Sophie Turner, Game of Thrones Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies Maisie Williams, Game of Thrones Lili Reinhart, Riverdale Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us

Comedy TV Star of 2019

Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live Kristen Bell, The Good Place Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep Tiffany Haddish, The Last O.G. Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish Jameela Jamil, The Good Place Yara Shahidi, grown-ish Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Daytime Talk Show of 2019

The View Red Table Talk The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Wendy Williams Show Live with Kelly and Ryan TODAY Good Morning America The Real

Nighttime Talk Show of 2019

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Jimmy Kimmel Live! The Late Late Show with James Corden Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Competition Contestant of 2019

Buddy Valastro, Buddy Vs. Duff Hannah Brown, The Bachelorette Kodi Lee, America’s Got Talent T-Pain, The Masked Singer Colton Underwood, The Bachelor Tyler Cameron, The Bachelorette Tyler Oakley, The Amazing Race Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, RuPaul’s Drag Race

Reality Star of 2019

Khloé Kardashian, Keeping Up With the Kardashians Kyle Richards, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Lisa Vanderpump, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills NeNe Leakes, The Real Housewives of Atlanta Jonathan Van Ness, Queer Eye Kandi Burruss, The Real Housewives of Atlanta Kylie Jenner, Keeping Up With the Kardashians Antoni Porowski, Queer Eye

Bingeworthy Show of 2019

Game of Thrones Orange Is the New Black Law & Order: Special Victims Unit The Umbrella Academy Queer Eye Outlander 13 Reasons Why Stranger Things

Sci-fi/Fantasy Show of 2019

Stranger Things Shadowhunters Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Supernatural The Flash The Umbrella Academy Arrow The 100

Male Artist of 2019

Shawn Mendes Post Malone Ed Sheeran Drake Travis Scott Khalid Lil Nas X Bad Bunny

Female Artist of 2019

Ariana Grande Taylor Swift Cardi B Halsey Billie Eilish Miley Cyrus Camila Cabello Pink

Group of 2019

Jonas Brothers BTS 5 Seconds Of Summer Panic! At The Disco CNCO Imagine Dragons The Chainsmokers BLACKPINK

Song of 2019

Jonas Brothers, “Sucker” Ariana Grande, “7 Rings” Lil Nas X feat., “Old Town Road” Khalid, “Talk” Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber, “I Don’t Care” Sam Smith, Normani, “Dancing with a Stranger” Billie Eilish, “Bad Guy” Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello, “Señorita”

Album of 2019

Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next Khalid, Free Spirit Billie Eilish, WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? Lizzo, Cuz I Love You Jonas Brothers, Happiness Begins Ed Sheeran, No.6 Collaborations Project Juice Wrld, Death Race for Love Taylor Swift, Lover

Country Artist of 2019

Luke Combs Blake Shelton Carrie Underwood Luke Bryan Thomas Rhett Kane Brown Kelsea Ballerini Maren Morris

Latin Artist of 2019

Daddy Yankee Anuel AA Maluma Karol G Bad Bunny J Balvin Natti Natasha Becky G

Music Video of 2019

Daddy Yankee & Snow, “Con Calma” Taylor Swift feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco, “ME!” BLACKPINK, “Kill This Love” Ariana Grande, “7 Rings” Billie Eilish, “Bad Guy” BTS feat. Halsey, “Boy With Luv” Sam Smith, Normani, “Dancing With a Stranger” Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello, “Señorita”

Concert Tour of 2019

BTS, Love Yourself, Speak Yourself Lady Gaga, Enigma Ariana Grande, Sweetener Pink, Beautiful Trauma Justin Timberlake, Man of the Woods Jennifer Lopez, It’s My Party Cher, Here We Go Again Tour BLACKPINK, BLACKPINK 2019 World

Social Star of 2019

Emma Chamberlain The Dolan Twins David Dobrik Rickey Thompson The Ace Family Shane Dawson Liza Koshy Tana Mongeau

Beauty Influencer of 2019

James Charles Nikita Dragun NikkiTutorials – Nikkie de Jager Jeffree Star RCL Beauty – Rachel Levin Desi Perkins Jackie Aina Bretman Rock

Social Celebrity of 2019

Ariana Grande Taylor Swift Ellen DeGeneres Miley Cyrus Kim Kardashian West Cardi B Shawn Mendes Justin Bieber

Animal Star of 2019

Jiffpom Doug the Pug Nala Cat Tuna The Chiweenie Juniper The Fox Marutaro tecuaniventura Lil BUB

Comedy Act of 2019

Kevin Hart Joe Rogan Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias Trevor Noah Ken Jeong Amy Schumer Colleen Ballinger Wanda Sykes

Style Star of 2019

Kim Kardashian West Rihanna Céline Dion Lady Gaga Gigi Hadid Cardi B Jennifer Lopez Harry Styles

Game Changer of 2019

LeBron James Megan Rapinoe Coco Gauff Drew Brees Alex Morgan Stephen Curry Serena Williams Simone Biles

Pop Podcast of 2019

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness Armchair Expert Podcast with Dax Shepard Off the Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe Whine Down with Jana Kramer Bitch Sesh: A Real Housewives Breakdown with Casey Wilson and Danielle Schneider Scrubbing In with Becca Tilley and Tanya Rad WTF with Marc Maron The Joe Rogan Experience

The People’s Choice Awards 2019, airing from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, will be broadcast live Sunday at 9 p.m. EST on E!

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[mrmichaelchadler]

Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: October 4, 2018

10 NEW TO NETFLIX

"Billy Madison" "Blade II" "Blazing Saddles" "Chappaquiddick" "The Devil's Advocate" "The Green Mile" "Monty Python's Life of Brian" "Mountain" "Mystic River" "The Shining"

7 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD

"Andrei Rublev" (Criterion)

It's funny how classic directors can ebb and flow into the national conversation. I feel like I've heard Andrei Tarkovsky's name more in 2018 than in many recent years. Some years everyone thinks everything is "Hitchockian" or "Kubrickian." Perhaps Film Twitter is expanding its auteur vocabulary because I've seen several recent films, including "Annihilation" and "High Life," compared to Tarkovsky's work. Did Criterion somehow know this was going to happen, thereby timing their HD upgrade of his epic "Andrei Rublev" for late September? Probably not, but you never know. As for the release, it's a beauty, including both versions of the film, a few documentaries, and new interviews. Some of the Criterion upgrades are merely that (imports of special features with an HD transfer) but this is more like a brand new release. After all, Andrei Tarkovsky has never been hotter.

Buy it here 

Special Features New high-definition digital restoration of the director’s preferred 183-minute cut, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray The Passion According to Andrei, the original 205-minute version of the film Steamroller and Violin, Tarkovsky’s 1961 student thesis film The Three Andreis, a 1966 documentary about the writing of the film’s script On the Set of “Andrei Rublev,” a 1966 documentary about the making of the film New interviews with actor Nikolai Burlyaev and cinematographer Vadim Yusov by filmmakers Seán Martin and Louise Milne New interview with film scholar Robert Bird Selected-scene commentary from 1998 featuring film scholar Vlada Petric New video essay by filmmaker Daniel Raim New English subtitle translation PLUS: An essay by critic J. Hoberman

"Leave No Trace"

Debra Granik's first film since "Winter's Bone" remains one of my favorites of 2018 and loses none of its remarkable power on second viewing at home. It's just as phenomenal as I remember when I saw it at Sundance. This is a gentle, truthful tale about a father and daughter growing apart, a division deepened by his severe PTSD. Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie gives one of the most genuine performances of the year, and Ben Foster nearly matches, finding a more subtle register than the one for which he's most well-known. This is a beautiful movie, one that I hope everyone gets a chance to see.

Buy it here 

Special Features Creating Leave No Trace - Featurette Deleted Scenes Behind the Scenes Vignettes Location Scout Photo Gallery

"The Naked Prey" (Criterion)

Academy Award nominee Cornel Wilde stars in this adventure film, which he also directed and produced, reportedly based on the life of John Colter, an explorer chased by Blackfoot warriors in Wyoming. The script for "Naked Prey" was Oscar-nominated but if you're thinking this is a relatively obscure choice for Criterion, especially when compared to the other two films in this column, you're not wrong. The company often includes at least one film a month that you probably haven't heard of or at least haven't seen in a very long time, to go with it's more widely-acknowledged collection of classics. Such is the case with "Naked Prey," a film that reportedly earned mixed reviews on its release but is now considered influential both in its focus and brutality. Roger himself was not a fan.   Buy it here 

Special Features Restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray Audio commentary from 2007 by film scholar Stephen Prince “John Colter’s Escape,” a 1913 record of the trapper’s flight from Blackfoot Indians—which was the inspiration for The Naked Prey—read by actor Paul Giamatti Original soundtrack cues created by director Cornel Wilde and ethnomusicologist Andrew Tracey, along with a written statement by Tracey Trailer PLUS: An essay by film critic Michael Atkinson and a 1970 interview with Wilde

"A Raisin in the Sun" (Criterion)

When Lorraine Hansberry wrote A Raisin in the Sun in the '50s, do you think she had any idea it would become a staple of American theater, and regularly adapted for film and television? The play has really stood the test of time, and it's still produced in near-constant rotation around the country, but Criterion has gone with the original, and still-best, film production of it, starring Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, and Louis Gossett Jr. Regular readers of this column know that I'm always curious about the timing of Criterion releases. So why "Raisin" now? Well, it's clear that the themes of the play still resonate today, and perhaps the company is responding to criticism that their collection is largely full of white filmmakers telling white stories. Whatever the reason, "A Raisin in the Sun" remains essential to the story of American theatre in the '50s and '60s and this is a great way to bring this seminal work to a wider audience.

Buy it here

Special Features New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray Interview from 1961 with playwright/screenwriter Lorraine Hansberry New interview with Imani Perry, author of Looking for Lorraine Episode of Theater Talk from 2002 featuring producer Philip Rose and actors Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis Excerpt from Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement (1978), with a new introduction by director Woodie King Jr. New interview with film scholar Mia Mask, coeditor of Poitier Revisited Interview from 2002 with director Daniel Petrie Trailer PLUS: An essay by scholar Sarita Cannon and author James Baldwin’s 1969 tribute to Hansberry, “Sweet Lorraine”

"Solo: A Star Wars Story"

If you ask a certain sector of the movie-going public, they'll tell you that "Solo: A Star Wars Story" was a massive bomb. They'll claim that negative feelings about "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" caused a backlash against "Solo" and the box office reflected that, leading to the lowest-grossing "Star Wars" film of the modern era (and that includes the prequels). The truth is that "Solo" likely wasn't as impacted by "TLJ" as it was over-saturation. There was a time when a "Star Wars" movie was an event, which is inherently more difficult when one is practically still playing in theaters as a new one comes out. There's also the fact that, sorry, "Solo" isn't very good. One can see the struggle behind the scenes that led to Ron Howard being brought in to helm the pic, and the result is a film that's only sporadically entertaining (and horribly under-lit). The Blu-ray is solid, as they often are for "Star Wars" films, but I think the lesson to take from "Solo" is that any universe loses its luster if we visit it too often and the best thing this franchise could do after "Episode IX" would be to go away for a little while. Absence makes the Wookie heart grow fonder.

Buy it here 

Special Features Solo: The Director & Cast Roundtable Team Chewie  Kasdan on Kasdan  Remaking the Millennium Falcon  Escape from Corellia  The Train Heist  Becoming a Droid: L3-37  Scoundrels, Droids, Creatures and Cards: Welcome to Fort Ypso  Into the Maelstrom: The Kessel Run  Deleted Scenes The Millenium Falcon: From Page to Park

"Three Identical Strangers"

2018 has been an amazing year for documentaries. Films like "RBG," "Won't You Be My Neighbor?," and now "Free Solo" have become surprising arthouse hits, finding devoted fans. I'm hoping that the trend brings people to one of the best docs of the year, a hit at Sundance and the Chicago Critics Film Festival earlier this year, "Three Identical Strangers." This is one of those WTF documentaries that keeps unfolding new secrets and revelations as it progresses. Without spoiling anything, the craziest part of this story is not what you think it is. It's not merely that three identical triplets found each other after years apart. There's more to this tale than any writer could possibly devise. Check it out and see for yourself. 

Buy it here 

Special Features Audio Commentary with Director Tim Wardle and Editor Michael Harte Q&A with David Kellman, Robert Shafran, Brenda Galland, Ellen Cervone, and Director Tom Wardle Photo Gallery Trailer

"X-Men Trilogy"

The MCU may be thriving but the "X-Men" franchise is in a weird phase. The "Dark Phoenix" trailer dropped last week only for the movie's release date to then be pushed back. People just don't seem as excited about "X-Men" as they used to be, but that shouldn't stop superhero fans from going back to the beginning, Bryan Singer's wildly influential first film about Wolverine, Storm, Magneto, and company. Christopher Nolan gets a lot of credit for influencing where the market is now, but Sam Raimi and Bryan Singer deserve just as much, if not more, for creating the templates for the modern superhero movie. The first two films in this trilogy are phenomenal, and they hold up beautifully in these new 4K editions. The third film? It was horrible then and it's horrible now, another film that can be used as a template for what NOT to do in the superhero genre. 

Buy it here

Special Features Audio Commentaries Behind-the-Scenes Footage Deleted/Extended Scenes The Mutant Watch Animatics Character and Production Design Stills

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[nofomoartworld]

Hyperallergic: Required Reading

Photo-realistic renderings of the proposed home by London-based designer James Whitaker is going to be built in the Californian desert out of white cargo containers and the internet is already obsessed with them. More images at Dezeen. (via Dezeen)

A good story about architect Eero Saarinen’s ties to Michigan, a place that allowed him to experiment:

After high school, Saarinen studied sculpture at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris before graduating from the Yale School of Architecture, where he excelled with the traditional Beaux-Arts curriculum. When Saarinen returned to Cranbrook in between school breaks and later in his 20s, he stayed in an upstairs bedroom at the Saarinen House. Even as Eliel Saarinen served as president of the Cranbrook Academy of Art from 1932 to 1946 and was its resident architect, Eero Saarinen began entering into architectural competitions with him in the late 1930s.

As I walked back downstairs, I recalled a framed photo of the Gothic-inpired design that Eliel Saarinen submitted for the Chicago Tribune competition that I had seen in the house earlier. In many ways, the Saarinen House represented the transition from Eliel’s genius to Eero’s distinct design skills. It was almost as if the creative energy in the Cranbrook community catapulted Eero Saarinen to greatness, evidenced by his early influences in the family home.

The Huntington Museum published this video about a very rare Tiffany (only three example are known to survive), which was inspired by a trip to Bermuda:

Banksy’s “Snorting Copper” is back on the street but there are questions about its reappearance, including:

Jet washed, painted over and attacked by thieves, Banksy’s Snorting Copper artwork in London’s Shoreditch had been thought lost forever. So just how has the £1m piece been brought back into public view – and is it still “a Banksy” at all after so much restoration work?

The science behind our experience of architecture, as explained by Paul Goldberger:

This doesn’t mean that Goldhagen is willing to let architects have their way with the world. She comes down as hard as anyone on Zaha Hadid and Daniel Libeskind, for example, much of whose work is known for the same sharp angles and clashing lines that provoked her ire with Nouvel’s pavilion. She is unsparing when it comes to those buildings that she believes cause discomfort because of their neurological effects, stating: “Humans respond to compositions dominated by sharp, irregular, angled forms with discomfort, even fear.” But she looks kindly on the “lilting forms” of Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, a swooping, curving building that she describes as a place in which “the human body’s presence and movement in space [are] the animating features in a design.” She sees, correctly, that Gehry’s unusual forms are driven not by a desire to shock, but by a wish to find new ways to elicit a sense of pleasure.

What’s the biggest question facing artist today? The Guardian asked a number of artists and my favorite reply is by artist Jeremy Deller:

“WTF?” That’s the question facing artists today.

A new online resource maps the LGBTQ history of St. Louis, and it includes a section on the impact of segregation, policing of LGBTQ communities, and the history of political activism.

Even Pokémon Go was used in an “extensive Russian-linked meddling effort“:

To date, Facebook has said that it identified 470 accounts linked to the Internet Research Agency, while Twitter has identified 201 accounts. Google has not released its findings, though CNN has confirmed that the company has identified tens of thousands of dollars spent on ad buys by Russian accounts.

Facebook and Twitter have submitted detailed records of their findings to both Congress and the office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is conducting an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign.

On Friday, Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, made her displeasure with this story clear in a Facebook post written in Russian, calling CNN a “talentless television channel” and saying,”Again the Russians are to blame… and the Pokémons they control.”

Eminem goes after President Trump in his latest rhyme:

Why does this matter? The New York Times explains:

The fact of Eminem’s whiteness, though, also means that he reaches a different listener. A recent Times article that looked at music fandom across the country noted that his base is “strongest in whiter and more rural places: West Virginia; southern Ohio; eastern Kentucky; deep north Maine; the Ozarks in Missouri; across the Great Plains.”

Related:

Not totally sure how rap battles work, but I believe Eminem is now the President of the United States of America.

— andy lassner (@andylassner) October 11, 2017

If you’re old you remember AIM (AOL’s instant messenger service), and — hate to break it to you but … — now it’s dead:

We made our first attempts, on AIM, of transfiguring our mysterious and unpredictable thoughts into lively and personable textual performances. We were witty and dramatic. We invented our online selves—we invented ourselves.

We got bored. Myspace and Xanga helped us set up temporary and ramshackle museums of our tastes. Then Facebook came along, with all the frisson of “only college students use it,” and we drifted there. Its pseudo-maturity and time-delayed interactions allured us. Our AIM status messages went to Facebook instead: It was where we mourned the end of the field-hockey season or the final showing of the winter musical. We posted photos of each other on Facebook and liked them and commented on them—but sometimes still chatted about them on AIM. We asked homework questions via each other’s walls. We wrote subtweety openings as our Facebook status, hoping our crush would comment there instead. Eventually Facebook had its own chat product too, and it made more sense to use that, or Gchat, or to just text.

It’s not every day the world discovers a species thought to be extinct, and this time it’s the “tree lobster” (via Boing Boing):

When black rats were accidentally introduced to the island by a shipwreck in 1918, 600 kilometres (370 miles) off the east coast of Australia, they devastated the population of the phasmid, Dryococelus australis.

The rats were a disaster. They wiped out several native species – five birds, two plants and 13 invertebrates (including D. australis) – not found anywhere else in the world.

But in the 1960s, rock climbers on Ball’s Pyramid, a volcanic stack 20 kilometres (12 miles) southeast of the island, made an exciting discovery: a collection of fresh insect corpses that seemed to be the stick insect.

But they didn’t look like specimens recovered from Lord Howe Island, as seen in the image below (the Ball’s Pyramid insect is on the right), so the species was officially declared extinct in 1986.

Academics are for sale to the CIA, and this article goes into details (and lest we forget art historian Anthony Blunt was a Soviet spy):

More than any other academic arena, conferences lend themselves to espionage. Assisted by globalisation, these social and intellectual rituals have become ubiquitous. Like stops on the world golf or tennis circuits, they sprout up wherever the climate is favourable, and draw a jet-setting crowd. What they lack in prize money, they make up for in prestige. Although researchers chat electronically all the time, virtual meetings are no substitute for getting together with peers, networking for jobs, checking out the latest gadgets and delivering papers that will later be published in volumes of conference proceedings. “The attraction of the conference circuit,” English novelist David Lodge wrote in Small World, his 1984 send-up of academic life, is that “it’s a way of converting work into play, combining professionalism with tourism, and all at someone else’s expense. Write a paper and see the world!”

The importance of a conference may be measured not just by the number of Nobel prize-winners or Oxford dons it attracts, but by the number of spies. US and foreign intelligence officers flock to conferences for the same reason that army recruiters concentrate on low-income neighbourhoods: they make the best hunting grounds. While a university campus might have only one or two professors of interest to an intelligence service, the right conference – on drone technology, perhaps, or Isis – could have dozens.

“Every intelligence service in the world works conferences, sponsors conferences, and looks for ways to get people to conferences,” said one former CIA operative.

Every wonder how tax cuts help the rich? This Vox video tells you:

Some random guy on Facebook tried to mansplain the costumes of Indiana Jones to this woman not realizing she was the movie’s costume designer. Priceless:

HOLY FUCKING SHIT dude online tries to mainsplain the costumes of Indiana Jones to my mom… …the costume designer of Indiana Jones. http://pic.twitter.com/bkYVtsnYPF

— Macks-O-Lantern (@Uptomyknees) October 11, 2017

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