We look at famous actors as role models, tending to see their personal lives as soap opera, as projection, as aspiration. But the story of Christopher Reeve is different. His life became a parable. It began with the fact that he was Superman — and I don’t just mean that he played Superman. For millions, he fused with that role in a special way. After nearly five decades of comic-book movies, Reeve’s Man of Steel — the chiseled handsome-hawk profile, the fleet muscularity, the helmet of black hair with its forehead curl just so, the true-blue nobility of his eyes — made him the only actor I’ve ever seen play a superhero who truly seemed like a pop god who’d just stepped out of the comic books. He was so perfect that he could have been drawn by Roy Lichtenstein.
It was, in part, because Reeve’s Superman was so indelible,...
It was, in part, because Reeve’s Superman was so indelible,...
- 1/23/2024
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Documentary about George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s meteoric rise is a fun and moving watch that misses the chance to delve deeper
”Wise guys realise / There’s danger in emotional ties …” Here was one of the most artlessly, chillingly brilliant pop lyrics of the 80s, from Wham!’s Young Guns (Go For It), something to compare with the triumph of Madonna being a material girl in a material world. You can’t help thinking again about its relevance to Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael’s emotional ties to each other as you watch this entertaining but weirdly incurious documentary, composed of existing footage and voiceover commentary.
Wham! was a pop band which lasted for four years, from 1982 to 1986, a meteoric fame ride which saw them devastate the music scene like Roy Lichtenstein’s fighter plane, clocking up a string of hits and getting canonised as pop A-listers alongside David Bowie,...
”Wise guys realise / There’s danger in emotional ties …” Here was one of the most artlessly, chillingly brilliant pop lyrics of the 80s, from Wham!’s Young Guns (Go For It), something to compare with the triumph of Madonna being a material girl in a material world. You can’t help thinking again about its relevance to Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael’s emotional ties to each other as you watch this entertaining but weirdly incurious documentary, composed of existing footage and voiceover commentary.
Wham! was a pop band which lasted for four years, from 1982 to 1986, a meteoric fame ride which saw them devastate the music scene like Roy Lichtenstein’s fighter plane, clocking up a string of hits and getting canonised as pop A-listers alongside David Bowie,...
- 6/17/2023
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Like the early works of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Rudolf Thome’s films owe a significant debt to the French New Wave, particularly Jean-Luc Godard’s penchant for irreverent genre deconstruction. In that vein, Thome’s Red Sun is an exercise in keeping things “medium cool,” holding both its erratic narrative and characters’ motivations at a Brechtian distance. The violence, when it comes, is perfunctory and decidedly nondramatic, paving the way for The American Friend, Wim Wenders’s abstract and stylized adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley’s Game.
After drifting into Munich, Thomas (Marquard Bohm) heads straight for the Take Five nightclub, where he renews his relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Peggy (Uschi Obermaier). Little does this rambling man realize that, by crashing at her pad, he’s stumbled into a truly bizarre living arrangement. Peggy and her three roommates—statuesque Christine (Diana Körner), redheaded Sylvie (Sylvia Kekulé), and sprightly Isolde (Gaby Go...
After drifting into Munich, Thomas (Marquard Bohm) heads straight for the Take Five nightclub, where he renews his relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Peggy (Uschi Obermaier). Little does this rambling man realize that, by crashing at her pad, he’s stumbled into a truly bizarre living arrangement. Peggy and her three roommates—statuesque Christine (Diana Körner), redheaded Sylvie (Sylvia Kekulé), and sprightly Isolde (Gaby Go...
- 6/10/2023
- by Budd Wilkins
- Slant Magazine
Paul McCartney calls one of his songs his “nod to comic books being high art.” The former Beatle loved reading comics and thought writing a song about them would be cool. Like other art, he felt comic book art deserved to be in galleries worldwide.
Paul McCartney | Evening Standard/Getty Images Paul McCartney said comic books were real art
In his book, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that he read many comic books around 1975. As far as he was concerned, they were real art. He appreciated the skill – not to mention the perspective and imagination – it took to make the illustrations.
Paul has always thought pop art and comic book art are “near to madness.” He studied John Dryden in school and has always been struck by his lines: “Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide.”
Pop art reached its peak in the 1960s.
Paul McCartney | Evening Standard/Getty Images Paul McCartney said comic books were real art
In his book, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that he read many comic books around 1975. As far as he was concerned, they were real art. He appreciated the skill – not to mention the perspective and imagination – it took to make the illustrations.
Paul has always thought pop art and comic book art are “near to madness.” He studied John Dryden in school and has always been struck by his lines: “Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide.”
Pop art reached its peak in the 1960s.
- 3/19/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
To tamp down any speculation right away, this post will not be of a lascivious nature, and should not be confused with the rumors — started by Adam West himself in his 1994 autobiography — that he and his "Batman" co-star Frank Gorshin were once kicked out of an orgy because they wouldn't stop acting like their "Batman" characters. This is a story sans orgies.
It is a story about how William Dozier, the creator of the 1966 "Batman" TV series, became interested in the character after a TV executive went to a party at the Playboy Mansion in Chicago, and dipped into the mansion's screening room (!) to watch some of the "Batman" theatrical serials from the 1940s. This is a story chronicled by author Les Daniels in the 1999 book "Batman: The Complete History."
The conception of the 1966 "Batman" TV series was a strange convergence of trends and events that, perhaps dismaying to fans of DC Comics,...
It is a story about how William Dozier, the creator of the 1966 "Batman" TV series, became interested in the character after a TV executive went to a party at the Playboy Mansion in Chicago, and dipped into the mansion's screening room (!) to watch some of the "Batman" theatrical serials from the 1940s. This is a story chronicled by author Les Daniels in the 1999 book "Batman: The Complete History."
The conception of the 1966 "Batman" TV series was a strange convergence of trends and events that, perhaps dismaying to fans of DC Comics,...
- 3/16/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
New light has been shed on Leonardo DiCaprio’s relationship with a fugitive Malaysian businessman who’s wanted by international authorities in connection with a multibillion-dollar fraud scheme.
Bloomberg Businessweek reviewed previously undisclosed FBI documents detailing its grilling of the actor as the agency sought to understand the nature of his personal and professional partnership with Jho Low, the accused mastermind of a colossal scheme to fleece a sovereign wealth fund known as the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal, which has led to the conviction of the country’s former prime minister for money laundering and abuse of power. Low was charged by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2021 for pursuing a “back channel lobbying campaign” to drop the government’s 1Mdb investigation. A fugitive for roughly eight years, Low is believed to be residing in China. An Interpol Red Notice was issued for his arrest in 2016.
An FBI special agent,...
Bloomberg Businessweek reviewed previously undisclosed FBI documents detailing its grilling of the actor as the agency sought to understand the nature of his personal and professional partnership with Jho Low, the accused mastermind of a colossal scheme to fleece a sovereign wealth fund known as the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal, which has led to the conviction of the country’s former prime minister for money laundering and abuse of power. Low was charged by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2021 for pursuing a “back channel lobbying campaign” to drop the government’s 1Mdb investigation. A fugitive for roughly eight years, Low is believed to be residing in China. An Interpol Red Notice was issued for his arrest in 2016.
An FBI special agent,...
- 3/2/2023
- by Gary Baum
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Jason Blum is…M3GAN.
At least he was Thursday night. The super-producer took to Twitter to share a Halloween-ready makeover that saw the 53-year-old Blumhouse founder transformed into the title character from the company’s upcoming horror entry M3GAN.
And for those of you who want a closer look. Those bags are a little scary. I’m kind of like a #M3GAN 2.0. (40 years later) pic.twitter.com/13D1IfQhln
— Jason Blum (@jason_blum) October 28, 2022
With more than 200 credits on his résumé, the prolific Blum had plenty of big-screen characters to pick from for this year’s costume, but he went with the one that recently went viral after the trailer dropped earlier this month.
The Universal Pictures film, directed by Gerard Johnstone from a script by Akela Cooper, centers on a robotic doll that is described as a “marvel of artificial intelligence.
Jason Blum is…M3GAN.
At least he was Thursday night. The super-producer took to Twitter to share a Halloween-ready makeover that saw the 53-year-old Blumhouse founder transformed into the title character from the company’s upcoming horror entry M3GAN.
And for those of you who want a closer look. Those bags are a little scary. I’m kind of like a #M3GAN 2.0. (40 years later) pic.twitter.com/13D1IfQhln
— Jason Blum (@jason_blum) October 28, 2022
With more than 200 credits on his résumé, the prolific Blum had plenty of big-screen characters to pick from for this year’s costume, but he went with the one that recently went viral after the trailer dropped earlier this month.
The Universal Pictures film, directed by Gerard Johnstone from a script by Akela Cooper, centers on a robotic doll that is described as a “marvel of artificial intelligence.
- 10/28/2022
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Nightclubbing,” the first-ever documentary about the legendary New York City nightclub Max’s Kansas City, which from 1965 through 1981 was a hotbed for the city’s rock, glam, punk and new wave scenes, has announced a series of screenings across the globe in July and August.
The film — the full title of which is “Nightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC” — will screen along with another doc from Chip Baker Films, “Sid: The Final Curtain,” which is a brief documentary about the late Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious’ final concert, which took place at Max’s.
“Nightclubbing” is the sixth music documentary from Spanish filmmaker Danny Garcia (others include “The Rise and Fall of The Clash” and “Rolling Stone: The Life and Death of Brian Jones” about the group’s founder and original leader). It premiered at the Dock of the Bay Film Festival in San Sebastián, Spain last month...
The film — the full title of which is “Nightclubbing: The Birth of Punk Rock in NYC” — will screen along with another doc from Chip Baker Films, “Sid: The Final Curtain,” which is a brief documentary about the late Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious’ final concert, which took place at Max’s.
“Nightclubbing” is the sixth music documentary from Spanish filmmaker Danny Garcia (others include “The Rise and Fall of The Clash” and “Rolling Stone: The Life and Death of Brian Jones” about the group’s founder and original leader). It premiered at the Dock of the Bay Film Festival in San Sebastián, Spain last month...
- 6/22/2022
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
Filmmaker and Baltimore’s favorite son John Waters has never had a movie of his shown at the New York Film Festival, but his non-film contribution to this year’s fest might just outshine some of the actual entrants: The Hairspray creator designed the official poster for the 58th annual event. (See it below.)
Paying tribute to Baltimore’s iconic, instantly recognizable Globe Posters that advertised rock & roll and R&b concerts, drag races, circuses, carnivals and other 20th Century entertainments, Waters’ brightly colored poster is, like so many of his films, both affectionate embrace and sidelong satire. An inset photo of Martin Scorsese is captioned “You Know Who He Is!”, while Agnès Varda is accompanied by “We’ve Got Women Too!”
“Since none of my films were ever chosen to be in the New York Film Festival, I was thrilled to be asked to design this year’s poster,...
Paying tribute to Baltimore’s iconic, instantly recognizable Globe Posters that advertised rock & roll and R&b concerts, drag races, circuses, carnivals and other 20th Century entertainments, Waters’ brightly colored poster is, like so many of his films, both affectionate embrace and sidelong satire. An inset photo of Martin Scorsese is captioned “You Know Who He Is!”, while Agnès Varda is accompanied by “We’ve Got Women Too!”
“Since none of my films were ever chosen to be in the New York Film Festival, I was thrilled to be asked to design this year’s poster,...
- 9/3/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
"Aggie understands that art makes it possible for us to have empathy." Strand Releasing has debuted an official trailer for the acclaimed biopic documentary Aggie, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. An exploration of the nexus of art, race and justice through the story of art collector Agnes Gund who sold Roy Lichtenstein's painting "Masterpiece" for $165 million to start the Art for Justice Fund to end mass incarceration (after she saw Ava DuVernary's film 13th which opened her eyes). Better known as "Aggie", Gund is a world famous art collector and philanthropist and the doc is made by her daughter, Catherine. "The film captures Aggie as a true maverick who demonstrates the unique role and potential of collectors and benefactors to use art to fight justice. This is untapped terrain, and we see Aggie leading the way." You may think, why watch a film about this woman?...
- 8/16/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
It was not DC’s Stargirl in and of itself but series boss Geoff Johns that sold film vet/onetime Roadies manager Luke Wilson on the superhero series.
Speaking with TVLine in the Q&a below, Wilson shares how a terrific first meeting with Johns (who based the Courtney Whitmore comic book character on his late sister) — coupled with Pat Dugan’s role as the hapless “equipment manager” for a team of Golden Age heroes — drew him to the freshman series, which recently got renewed for Season 2.
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Speaking with TVLine in the Q&a below, Wilson shares how a terrific first meeting with Johns (who based the Courtney Whitmore comic book character on his late sister) — coupled with Pat Dugan’s role as the hapless “equipment manager” for a team of Golden Age heroes — drew him to the freshman series, which recently got renewed for Season 2.
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- 7/26/2020
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Strand Releasing has acquired North American rights to Catherine Gund’s documentary “Aggie,” about her mother Agnes “Aggie” Gund, the high-profile art collector and philanthropist.
“Aggie,” which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, explores the issues of art, race and justice. The elder Gund sold Roy Lichtenstein’s “Masterpiece” in 2017 to launch the $100 million Art for Justice Fund to end mass incarceration. Strand plans for a fall release starting with a launch at Film Forum in New York, followed by a nationwide opening.
The film features “Aggie” in conversation with artists, family and friends including Glenn Ligon, Darren Walker, Teresita Fernandez, Abigail Disney, Rajendra Roy, John Waters and Thelma Golden surrounded by art in her home by artists such as Jasper Johns, Louise Bourgeois, Julie Mehretu, Mark Rothko, Ellsworth Kelly and Kara Walker. The film attempts to focus on the power of art to transform consciousness and inspire social change.
“Aggie,” which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, explores the issues of art, race and justice. The elder Gund sold Roy Lichtenstein’s “Masterpiece” in 2017 to launch the $100 million Art for Justice Fund to end mass incarceration. Strand plans for a fall release starting with a launch at Film Forum in New York, followed by a nationwide opening.
The film features “Aggie” in conversation with artists, family and friends including Glenn Ligon, Darren Walker, Teresita Fernandez, Abigail Disney, Rajendra Roy, John Waters and Thelma Golden surrounded by art in her home by artists such as Jasper Johns, Louise Bourgeois, Julie Mehretu, Mark Rothko, Ellsworth Kelly and Kara Walker. The film attempts to focus on the power of art to transform consciousness and inspire social change.
- 5/14/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Philanthropist and art-world denizen Agnes Gund said she was inspired by Ava DuVernay’s award-winning documentary about mass incarceration, “13,” and took a rather dramatic action as a result: Three years ago, Gund sold the 1962 Roy Lichtenstein painting “Masterpiece” and donated $100 million of the proceeds to start a fund to support criminal justice reform. “She saw that film and was so moved by it, and she said, ‘I am not doing enough,'” said her daughter Catherine Gund, whose documentary feature about her mother, “Aggie,” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday. “And she literally went home and chose this painting and said, ‘I am going to turn this painting into money for criminal justice reform.'” In an interview at TheWrap’s Sundance Studio, Agnes Gund explained that she had had the painting for 40 years and had been friends with both Roy Lichtenstein and his wife for decades. She...
- 2/5/2020
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Philanthropist and art-world denizen Agnes Gund said she was inspired by Ava DuVernay’s award-winning documentary about mass incarceration, “13,” and took a rather dramatic action as a result: Three years ago, Gund sold the 1962 Roy Lichtenstein painting “Masterpiece” and donated $100 million of the proceeds to start a fund to support criminal justice reform.
“She saw that film and was so moved by it, and she said, ‘I am not doing enough,'” said her daughter Catherine Gund, whose documentary feature about her mother, “Aggie,” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday. “And she literally went home and chose this painting and said, ‘I am going to turn this painting into money for criminal justice reform.'”
In an interview at TheWrap’s Sundance Studio, Agnes Gund explained that she had had the painting for 40 years and had been friends with both Roy Lichtenstein and his wife for decades.
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“She saw that film and was so moved by it, and she said, ‘I am not doing enough,'” said her daughter Catherine Gund, whose documentary feature about her mother, “Aggie,” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday. “And she literally went home and chose this painting and said, ‘I am going to turn this painting into money for criminal justice reform.'”
In an interview at TheWrap’s Sundance Studio, Agnes Gund explained that she had had the painting for 40 years and had been friends with both Roy Lichtenstein and his wife for decades.
Also...
- 1/25/2020
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Whether capturing or creating a world, the objects onscreen tell as much of a story as the people within it. Whether sourced or accidental, insert shot or background detail, what prop or piece of set decoration do you find particularly integral to your film? What story does it tell? One object dominates the narrative of my documentary film Aggie: a four-and-a-half foot square canvas painted by Roy Lichtenstein in 1962 called Masterpiece. Who knows exactly what this piece meant to my mother, Agnes Gund, when she bought it in 1976, but like thousands of other contemporary artworks she has collected […]...
- 1/24/2020
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Whether capturing or creating a world, the objects onscreen tell as much of a story as the people within it. Whether sourced or accidental, insert shot or background detail, what prop or piece of set decoration do you find particularly integral to your film? What story does it tell? One object dominates the narrative of my documentary film Aggie: a four-and-a-half foot square canvas painted by Roy Lichtenstein in 1962 called Masterpiece. Who knows exactly what this piece meant to my mother, Agnes Gund, when she bought it in 1976, but like thousands of other contemporary artworks she has collected […]...
- 1/24/2020
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Exclusive: Film critics have hailed the animation in Sony’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as unique, innovative and undeniably inventive. Now the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office will judge whether they agree with those reviews.
Deadline has learned that Sony has applied for patent protection for the animation process and technologies used to produce Spider-Verse, the Columbia Pictures release that reaches theaters Thursday. The film has been winning strong reviews for its distinctive visual achievements, which evoke the storytelling in vintage Marvel Comics by incorporating hallmarks of the publishing medium in a manner that recalls Pop Art icon Roy Lichtenstein’s 1960s effort to import them to gallery canvases.
As a result, Spider-Verse is a state-of-the-art film with retro accents such as Ben-Day dots, thought balloons, panels, written sound effects and even the illusion of alignment flaws in color separation (which are as familiar to readers of four-color comics as...
Deadline has learned that Sony has applied for patent protection for the animation process and technologies used to produce Spider-Verse, the Columbia Pictures release that reaches theaters Thursday. The film has been winning strong reviews for its distinctive visual achievements, which evoke the storytelling in vintage Marvel Comics by incorporating hallmarks of the publishing medium in a manner that recalls Pop Art icon Roy Lichtenstein’s 1960s effort to import them to gallery canvases.
As a result, Spider-Verse is a state-of-the-art film with retro accents such as Ben-Day dots, thought balloons, panels, written sound effects and even the illusion of alignment flaws in color separation (which are as familiar to readers of four-color comics as...
- 12/12/2018
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
Just when you thought you couldn’t take another Spider-Man reboot, along comes the movie to put them all in perspective. Or maybe you can’t get enough of Marvel’s friendly neighborhood web-slinger and are already beside yourself in anticipation of a project loaded with half a dozen parallel-universe Spideys. Either way, the brilliance of Sony’s snappy new animated “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” shows itself in the project’s uncanny ability to simultaneously reset and expand all that has come before, creating an inclusive world where pretty much anybody can be the superhero … even you!
In what amounts to yet another high-concept, heavy-meta home run from “The Lego Movie” mavens Phil Lord and Christopher Miller — serving as producers, while directing duties fall to Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman at Sony Pictures Animation — “Spider-Verse” applies the retro look of four-color process printing to its 3D computer-animated characters.
In what amounts to yet another high-concept, heavy-meta home run from “The Lego Movie” mavens Phil Lord and Christopher Miller — serving as producers, while directing duties fall to Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman at Sony Pictures Animation — “Spider-Verse” applies the retro look of four-color process printing to its 3D computer-animated characters.
- 11/28/2018
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
A Study in Terror
Blu ray
Mill Creek Entertainment
1966 /1:85 / Street Date April 3, 2018
Starring John Neville, Donald Houston, Anthony Quayle
Cinematography by Desmond Dickinson
Written by Donald Ford, Derek Ford
Directed by James Hill
From master criminals like Professor Moriarty to Sebastian Moran, Sherlock Holmes faced his fair share of danger – but his greatest nemesis may have been the man who created him, Arthur Conan Doyle. Exasperated by his brainchild’s overwhelming popularity, the weary scribe groused, ”I think of slaying Holmes… and winding him up for good and all. He takes my mind from better things.”
Doyle tried to kill off his cash-cow on at least one occasion but the great detective had the last word, maintaining a firm grip on our imagination decades after other seemingly invincible literary characters dropped down the memory hole – perhaps because Holmes is far more mysterious than any mystery he himself might have...
Blu ray
Mill Creek Entertainment
1966 /1:85 / Street Date April 3, 2018
Starring John Neville, Donald Houston, Anthony Quayle
Cinematography by Desmond Dickinson
Written by Donald Ford, Derek Ford
Directed by James Hill
From master criminals like Professor Moriarty to Sebastian Moran, Sherlock Holmes faced his fair share of danger – but his greatest nemesis may have been the man who created him, Arthur Conan Doyle. Exasperated by his brainchild’s overwhelming popularity, the weary scribe groused, ”I think of slaying Holmes… and winding him up for good and all. He takes my mind from better things.”
Doyle tried to kill off his cash-cow on at least one occasion but the great detective had the last word, maintaining a firm grip on our imagination decades after other seemingly invincible literary characters dropped down the memory hole – perhaps because Holmes is far more mysterious than any mystery he himself might have...
- 5/12/2018
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Documentarian Alison Chernick has made a career of profiling artists from Jeff Koons and Matthew Barney in features to Roy Lichtenstein and Rick Rubin in shorts. Her latest subject is renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman — a victim of polio as a child in Israel who found himself at Julliard before earning Grammys, Emmys, and countless international awards. He overcame a disability (walking on crutches when not in his wheelchair) that never impaired his playing, but constantly hung over his head as a psychological hindrance in the minds of those with the opportunity to help his education. It took Ed Sullivan and an assumed desire to showcase a teenaged Itzhak’s skill despite his handicap rather than removed from it to bring him to New York and carve his path forward.
Itzhak is a hybrid of sorts that doesn’t merely draw his linear trajectory from birth to the present or focus...
Itzhak is a hybrid of sorts that doesn’t merely draw his linear trajectory from birth to the present or focus...
- 4/18/2018
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Nearly 700 guests gathered on Wednesday evening at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers to honor one of America’s most dedicated and energetic art and education benefactors, Dorothy Lichtenstein, at the annual Stars of Stony Brook Gala.
The philanthropist and wife of the late artist Roy Lichtenstein was recognized for her long-running support of a host of arts, cultural and science initiatives at the University, including the Stony Brook Southampton creative writing and film program, one that provides a vital incubator for students and established writers and filmmakers at campuses on Long Island’s East End and in Manhattan.
Since its inception in 2000, the Stony Brook Foundation’s Stars of Stony Brook Gala had raised $50 million to support student scholarships and a featured academic program of excellence. This year’s Gala adds a new record with over $7.1 million raised, including a $5 million donation from Lichtenstein earmarked to support Stony Brook Southampton...
The philanthropist and wife of the late artist Roy Lichtenstein was recognized for her long-running support of a host of arts, cultural and science initiatives at the University, including the Stony Brook Southampton creative writing and film program, one that provides a vital incubator for students and established writers and filmmakers at campuses on Long Island’s East End and in Manhattan.
Since its inception in 2000, the Stony Brook Foundation’s Stars of Stony Brook Gala had raised $50 million to support student scholarships and a featured academic program of excellence. This year’s Gala adds a new record with over $7.1 million raised, including a $5 million donation from Lichtenstein earmarked to support Stony Brook Southampton...
- 4/17/2018
- Look to the Stars
Martha Stewart is getting ready for Halloween! In October's Martha Stewart Living, the 76-year-old lifestyle guru is dressing up and showing off some of her favorite Halloween costumes! "Hit your stride this Halloween with a host of great ideas from the October issue of Living!" Stewart recently posted on Instagram along with a preview of one of her outfits. Photos in the magazine include throwback pics of Stewart's costumes over the years as well as a new costume this year that was inspired by Roy Lichtenstein's artwork. Take a look at the pictures below to see Stewart's Halloween costumes!
- 10/3/2017
- E! Online
“Nothing in the world is irreversible, not even capitalism.”—Fidel CastroTen years in the making, almost forty in clandestine obscurity, Fernando Birri's Org (1967-1978) had almost disappeared after its premiere at the Venice Film Festival and resurfaced for the first time, in its legitimate and restored form, at this year's Berlinale where it was screened in Forum. A hallucinatory deluge of colors, sounds and syncopated reveries, Org is an onomatopoeic film where the aesthetic and political tensions of a decade coalesce into an unresolved crucible of psychedelic militancy. The cinema of Dziga Vertov and Guy Debord is projected through the canvases of Roy Lichtenstein, social realism is supplanted by a third worldly modernism. Of the many semiotic victims strewn along the film's path is the convulsive plot which remains illegible throughout and yet alludes to an archetypal structure that is undermined at its very basis. The festival helpfully described...
- 3/6/2017
- MUBI
“I make movies that make no sense,” Seijun Suzuki would often say, and he wasn’t being modest. The prolific director, who died earlier this month at the age of 93, was the Jackson Pollock of Japanese cinema, an irrepressibly creative artist who painted with gobs of color and geysers of fake blood in order to defy the strictures of narrative and remind viewers that movies are more than the stories they tell.
His hyper-stylized gangster sagas, which had a way of turning the most basic B-picture plots into unfettered symphonies for the senses, were born out of a rabid intolerance for boredom; audiences never knew what was going to happen next, and sometimes it’s tempting to suspect that Suzuki didn’t either. Few directors ever did more to fundamentally demolish our understanding of what film could be, and even fewer did so while working under the auspices of a major production studio.
His hyper-stylized gangster sagas, which had a way of turning the most basic B-picture plots into unfettered symphonies for the senses, were born out of a rabid intolerance for boredom; audiences never knew what was going to happen next, and sometimes it’s tempting to suspect that Suzuki didn’t either. Few directors ever did more to fundamentally demolish our understanding of what film could be, and even fewer did so while working under the auspices of a major production studio.
- 2/22/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
He uses a walker, and a stroke has affected his speech, but the old charm is still there as the actor recalls his old Hollywood friends Burt Lancaster and John Wayne – and how he was never really a tough guy
Both the house and the man are smaller than you would expect, a result of the diminishing effects of old age that come to us all, if we are lucky enough to live that long. Kirk Douglas, now 100 years old, and Anne, his wife of 62 years, moved into the small bungalow in Beverly Hills about 30 years ago when they downsized from the multiple mansions where they had entertained friends such as Fred Astaire, Lauren Bacall and Ronald Reagan while Frank Sinatra knocked up Italian meals in their kitchen. But if their current home looks unprepossessing from the outside, there are extraordinary treasures within: a Roy Lichtenstein, personally inscribed to Douglas,...
Both the house and the man are smaller than you would expect, a result of the diminishing effects of old age that come to us all, if we are lucky enough to live that long. Kirk Douglas, now 100 years old, and Anne, his wife of 62 years, moved into the small bungalow in Beverly Hills about 30 years ago when they downsized from the multiple mansions where they had entertained friends such as Fred Astaire, Lauren Bacall and Ronald Reagan while Frank Sinatra knocked up Italian meals in their kitchen. But if their current home looks unprepossessing from the outside, there are extraordinary treasures within: a Roy Lichtenstein, personally inscribed to Douglas,...
- 2/12/2017
- by Hadley Freeman
- The Guardian - Film News
PBS is hittin' the road once again. Recently, the network announced season 21 of Antiques Roadshow will debut in January.The long-running series features ordinary citizens bringing in found antiques to be appraised by experts. The new season will feature treasures like an Auguste Rodin bronze found in Texas, a rare 1966 Roy Lichtenstein screenprint, and a peach can containing a letter from a Wwi soldier.Read More…...
- 12/15/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
When you’re hosting the whole Kardashian-Jenner clan, you better have a decked out dining room.
Kourtney Kardashian is up for the challenge thanks to a newly redesigned space that features a huge table with seating for 12. “My dining room is one of my favorite rooms in my house,” she writes in a new post on her app. “I use the space to entertain — it’s perfect for when I have the whole family over.” She decorated the impressive area with her go-to design guru Martyn Lawrence Bullard, who she says, “helped me find all the special pieces.”
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Kourtney Kardashian is up for the challenge thanks to a newly redesigned space that features a huge table with seating for 12. “My dining room is one of my favorite rooms in my house,” she writes in a new post on her app. “I use the space to entertain — it’s perfect for when I have the whole family over.” She decorated the impressive area with her go-to design guru Martyn Lawrence Bullard, who she says, “helped me find all the special pieces.”
Bullard designed...
- 12/7/2016
- by Mackenzie Schmidt
- PEOPLE.com
Passionate and principled capitalists believe in the rights of workers, investors and creative people to reap the rewards of their efforts. If you start a business, invent a new product, or plant in your own field, you should get to keep the profits… after paying your workers fairly, of course. We’re talking about capitalists with principles.
In an ideal world, this can be a good system. I’m motivated to work hard because I get paid in a manner that is equal to my effort and my risk. Because I live in a world in which I, personally, cannot do everything myself, I rely on other people to work hard and get paid so that there are goods and services for me to purchase.
In an ideal world, everyone benefits.
We do not live in an ideal world.
In the entertainment industry, it is more than a little common...
In an ideal world, this can be a good system. I’m motivated to work hard because I get paid in a manner that is equal to my effort and my risk. Because I live in a world in which I, personally, cannot do everything myself, I rely on other people to work hard and get paid so that there are goods and services for me to purchase.
In an ideal world, everyone benefits.
We do not live in an ideal world.
In the entertainment industry, it is more than a little common...
- 10/21/2016
- by Martha Thomases
- Comicmix.com
Philadephia-born actor Tom Wilson grew up surrounded by pop art, a movement spearheaded by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein that drew on images from mass media and advertising and used bold, bright colors to catch people’s attention. After attending the American Academy Of Dramatic Arts in New York City, Wilson found himself part of the blockbuster Back To The Future franchise, embodying the role of bully Biff Tannen at various ages as well as such Biff-derived characters as Griff Tannen and Buford Tannen. Because of Future’s enduring success, Wilson saw his own image, his own face, being replicated in a thousand different ways for decades. He had become a commodity, a piece of merchandise. In other words, Wilson was living pop art, and this inspired him to create pop art paintings of his own. It seems like a classic case of “if you can’t beat ’em, join...
- 8/24/2016
- by Joe Blevins
- avclub.com
It's that time of year again, already. The fall festivals are gearing up for their season, and one of the big ones is the New York Film Festival - about to celebrate its 53rd year. The festival has revealed their official poster for the NYFF53, designed by artist Laurie Anderson. The design features a striking piece of art contained within red borders, along with all the other text and info for this year's fest. Anderson joins a long list of prestigious Nyff poster artists including the likes of Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney, Julian Schnabel, Cindy Sherman, and, last year's artist, Laurie Simmons. Take a closer look in full below. Here's the poster for the 53rd New York Film Festival, hosted by the Film Society of Lincoln Center this fall: "We are thrilled to welcome Laurie Anderson to the Nyff family, and to have an artist of her caliber carry on this 53-year tradition,...
- 8/4/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The BBC is celebrating the work of Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and other pop art pioneers with a new week-long series of programming in August.
BBC Four, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 and BBC 6 Music will air special documentaries and programmes looking back at one of the most influential art movements of the 20th century.
BBC Four documentary Soup Cans & Superstars: How Pop Art Changed The World will see writer and art critic Alastair Sooke take a closer look at the work of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.
Stephen Smith's film A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol, A Brief History of Graffiti and What Do Artists Do All Day? will also air on BBC Four over the course of the season.
Pop artists Peter Blake, Derek Boshier and Peter Phillips are also creating three new channel idents for BBC Four.
Content across 6 Music and BBC online will also celebrate the art movement.
BBC Four, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 and BBC 6 Music will air special documentaries and programmes looking back at one of the most influential art movements of the 20th century.
BBC Four documentary Soup Cans & Superstars: How Pop Art Changed The World will see writer and art critic Alastair Sooke take a closer look at the work of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.
Stephen Smith's film A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol, A Brief History of Graffiti and What Do Artists Do All Day? will also air on BBC Four over the course of the season.
Pop artists Peter Blake, Derek Boshier and Peter Phillips are also creating three new channel idents for BBC Four.
Content across 6 Music and BBC online will also celebrate the art movement.
- 7/15/2015
- Digital Spy
Once upon a time, heaving bosoms were just as important as caped crusaders in the comics industry. Romance comics thrived in the middle of the 20th century, with top writers and artists penning tales of star-crossed teens and lovesick grown-ups. But it's been decades since series like Young Romance and Sweethearts flew off the shelves, leaving the genre a historical curio mostly known to comics historians and Roy Lichtenstein enthusiasts. But if Janelle Asselin has her way, comics readers will soon swoon again. Asselin has worn many hats in the comics world over the years, from editing various Batman series at DC Comics to her current gig as senior editor for primo comics-news site Comics Alliance. Along the way, she's become an articulate voice for gender inclusivity in the comics world. And this morning, she launched an ambitious Kickstarter campaign to publish a new ongoing romance-comic anthology series called Fresh...
- 3/23/2015
- by Abraham Riesman
- Vulture
This story first appeared in the Feb. 27 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Sony Music is moving onto the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City during the next two years, sources tell THR. Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton aspires to synergize the company's properties within one complex, a la Disney's Burbank headquarters. Read More Sony’s Executive Upheaval: More to Follow? (Analysis) Currently, Sony Music is based in CAA's former home at 9830 Wilshire Blvd. in Beverly Hills. The 75,000-square-foot, three-story space, designed by I.M. Pei and featuring a wall-sized Roy Lichtenstein painting,
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- 2/19/2015
- by Shirley Halperin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Opening Batman: The Complete Series, I said, “This is my childhood in a box.” When the ABC series debuted in January 1966, I was seven, the exact perfect age to be utterly captivated by seeing a comic book faithfully adapted to the small screen. Without fail, I was glued to the television set on Wednesday and Thursday evenings right until the final episode aired in March 1968, leaving indelible images in my mind. These were reinforced just a few years later when local syndicated reruns burned the stories, sounds, and characters deeper into my psyche.
I was too young to understand the context of the show and its impact on popular culture, DC Comics, or the world of licensing. I didn’t get the wry jokes, it’s knowing pop camp approach to storytelling, or how it cleverly worked on multiple levels (a rare occurrence on prime time back then). Instead,...
I was too young to understand the context of the show and its impact on popular culture, DC Comics, or the world of licensing. I didn’t get the wry jokes, it’s knowing pop camp approach to storytelling, or how it cleverly worked on multiple levels (a rare occurrence on prime time back then). Instead,...
- 11/15/2014
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
When artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger teamed up to create Batman in the late 1930’s, they faced the task of creating a character who could capitalize on the pandemonium surrounding Superman, but who would nevertheless have a look and personality all his own. Kane and Finger came up with a hero who was vulnerable and relatable in a way that Superman could never be. Superman only had one real weakness, and that was kryptonite. Batman was far more complicated, and he only became more complicated over time.
Batman and his alter ego, millionaire Bruce Wayne, fought to keep the fictional city of Gotham safe. Batman didn’t have “super powers,” per se. He relied on his wits, his keen strength, and a variety of gadgets and tools that he designed for himself. The character had always been used, in one fashion or another, to comment on societal issues.
Batman and his alter ego, millionaire Bruce Wayne, fought to keep the fictional city of Gotham safe. Batman didn’t have “super powers,” per se. He relied on his wits, his keen strength, and a variety of gadgets and tools that he designed for himself. The character had always been used, in one fashion or another, to comment on societal issues.
- 8/3/2014
- by Brandon Engel
- SoundOnSight
It's not even officially summer, but the poster for this fall's New York Film Festival has already arrived. The poster was designed by artist Laurie Simmons, also known as Lena Dunham's mother, who stages photographs and films with paper dolls, finger puppets, ventriloquist dummies and costumed dancers. She joins an illustrious group of artists who've commissioned work for the festival including Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney, Julian Schnabel, Cindy Sherman and Saul Bass, whose 1964 Nyff poster has been featured prominently on Mad Men. Photos: 13 Movies to Know From the 2013 Nyff Simmons' poster, shown here, features a
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- 5/28/2014
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Earlier today, The Film Society of Lincoln Center shared their poster for their 52nd New York Film Festival. Designed by renowned artist and photographer Laurie Simmons (who also happens to be the mother of a Ms. Lena Dunham), the surreal poster depicts a staircase with human legs. Simmons, most known for staging photographs with paper dolls, finger puppets and dummies joins a long list of acclaimed artists who have worked on designs for the festival. Former poster designers include Roy Lichtenstein, Saul Bass (whose 1964 poster is featured in "Mad Men") and Andy Warhol. The posters will be available to buy for $25 during the upcoming New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center. The 52nd festival will take place from Sept. 26-Oct. 12.
- 5/28/2014
- by Eric Eidelstein
- Indiewire
Each year, a contemporary artist commissions a poster for the New York Film Festival, which celebrates its 52nd birthday this September. Here's the elegant 2014 edition from artist Laurie Simmons (that's Lena Dunham's mom). Past contributors include Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney, Julian Schnabel, Cindy Sherman, and last year's artist, Tacita Dean.The poster will be available for purchase during the fest from the Film Society at Lincoln Center. It runs September 26 to October 12. Deadline for film submissions is June 1.
- 5/28/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
The X-Men have been around for more than 50 years. They multiply: rapidly, frequently, endlessly. They aren’t really a superteam like the Justice League or the Avengers, those all-star crews built out of solo-series stars (Superman, Captain America) mixed together with B-list glue characters (Martian Manhunter, Wonder Man). With one very obvious exception and a few other arguable exceptions, the X-Men aren’t Solo-Star people. They are a team.
Or rather, teams. Chris Claremont’s iconic decade-and-a-half run on Uncanny X-Men cemented the idea that the X-lineup was eternally fluid: Characters died, left on sabbatical, joined the Avengers, got replaced...
Or rather, teams. Chris Claremont’s iconic decade-and-a-half run on Uncanny X-Men cemented the idea that the X-lineup was eternally fluid: Characters died, left on sabbatical, joined the Avengers, got replaced...
- 5/21/2014
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
At 87, Mel Brooks has lost none of his edge.
The legendary comic provocateur has phoned me from his Los Angeles office to promote the just-released 40th anniversary Blu-ray of his magnum opus, "Blazing Saddles," but before he submits to an interview, he quizzes me about Moviefone's unique pageviews and other Web traffic statistics, about which he knows more than I do. Having concluded that Moviefone is well-trafficked enough for him to talk to, he says, "Ask away, Susman!"
"Blazing Saddles," which made serious satirical points about racism while also making cinema safe for fart jokes, is certainly one of the most influential comedies ever made. Brooks believes it's the funniest film of all time (followed closely by his own "Young Frankenstein"), and he's still upset with the American Film Institute for disagreeing with him. He's making his case for the film with the Blu-ray (which contains a new making-of documentary,...
The legendary comic provocateur has phoned me from his Los Angeles office to promote the just-released 40th anniversary Blu-ray of his magnum opus, "Blazing Saddles," but before he submits to an interview, he quizzes me about Moviefone's unique pageviews and other Web traffic statistics, about which he knows more than I do. Having concluded that Moviefone is well-trafficked enough for him to talk to, he says, "Ask away, Susman!"
"Blazing Saddles," which made serious satirical points about racism while also making cinema safe for fart jokes, is certainly one of the most influential comedies ever made. Brooks believes it's the funniest film of all time (followed closely by his own "Young Frankenstein"), and he's still upset with the American Film Institute for disagreeing with him. He's making his case for the film with the Blu-ray (which contains a new making-of documentary,...
- 5/20/2014
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
So the phone rings, and I answer it, and it's Mel Brooks. That's an actual thing that happened. That's now something I can say. And even better, the 40 minute conversation that followed me answering the phone is one of my favorites in recent memory. How often do you get to talk to a comedy legend about one of the pinnacle moments of not only their career, but of film comedy in general? I was told I'd have about 15 minutes originally. Time was tight. And if you get offered 15 minutes to talk to Mel Brooks about "Blazing Saddles," you take it, right? We ended up having a really fun back and forth about that film, about films he's produced, about his partnership with Gene Wilder, and about the ways Hollywood failed the great Richard Pryor. The only reason we wrapped it up is because we had to, and it would have...
- 5/12/2014
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Batman ’66 Vol 1
Written by Jeff Parker
Drawn by Jonathan Case, Ty Templeton, Joe Quinones, Sandy Jarrell, Ruben Procopio and Colleen Coover
Published by DC Comics
Is there another fictional character who has so many clearly identifiable and distinct incarnations as Batman does? There’s the original, Silver Age Batman, Neal Adams’ Batman, Frank Miller, Tim Burton, Bruce Timm, Christopher Nolan and so many other clear and different visual and narrative approaches to the character, each one signifying a distinct vision to the character. It’s all Batman, from the Dark Knight to the urban vigilante to the sleek animated hero. But then there’s the version that embarrassed comic fans for years, the Adam West version from the 1966 Batman television show. Growing up, we called it campy and silly. We called it a humiliation of a comic character that was maybe taken a bit too seriously for a bit too long.
Written by Jeff Parker
Drawn by Jonathan Case, Ty Templeton, Joe Quinones, Sandy Jarrell, Ruben Procopio and Colleen Coover
Published by DC Comics
Is there another fictional character who has so many clearly identifiable and distinct incarnations as Batman does? There’s the original, Silver Age Batman, Neal Adams’ Batman, Frank Miller, Tim Burton, Bruce Timm, Christopher Nolan and so many other clear and different visual and narrative approaches to the character, each one signifying a distinct vision to the character. It’s all Batman, from the Dark Knight to the urban vigilante to the sleek animated hero. But then there’s the version that embarrassed comic fans for years, the Adam West version from the 1966 Batman television show. Growing up, we called it campy and silly. We called it a humiliation of a comic character that was maybe taken a bit too seriously for a bit too long.
- 4/9/2014
- by Scott Cederlund
- SoundOnSight
Feature Rob Leane 26 Feb 2014 - 07:19
How do capes, cowls and cultural context intertwine in some of history’s more troublesome Batman movies?
Once upon a time on this site, we looked at Batman’s ability to offer social commentary to different cultural contexts; you can find that piece here. Through analysing the 1943 Batman serial, the 1960s Adam West TV show and Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, we saw how the caped crusader had repeatedly held a mirror to his surrounding contextual issues.
In the 40s, the Bat was a government agent enlisted to bring down a newly-made Japanese villain. In the 60s, inspired by Warhol and Lichtenstein, he became a Pop Art icon, actually superseding the popularity of the comics and securing the character’s future. In The Dark Knight Christian Bale’s incarnation went to questionable lengths to bring down an unstoppable terrorist, reflecting the political scandals of the modern age.
How do capes, cowls and cultural context intertwine in some of history’s more troublesome Batman movies?
Once upon a time on this site, we looked at Batman’s ability to offer social commentary to different cultural contexts; you can find that piece here. Through analysing the 1943 Batman serial, the 1960s Adam West TV show and Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, we saw how the caped crusader had repeatedly held a mirror to his surrounding contextual issues.
In the 40s, the Bat was a government agent enlisted to bring down a newly-made Japanese villain. In the 60s, inspired by Warhol and Lichtenstein, he became a Pop Art icon, actually superseding the popularity of the comics and securing the character’s future. In The Dark Knight Christian Bale’s incarnation went to questionable lengths to bring down an unstoppable terrorist, reflecting the political scandals of the modern age.
- 2/25/2014
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
Irving Blum was one of L.A.’s first successful contemporary art dealers. In 1962, Blum’s Ferus Gallery was the first commercial gallery to show Andy Warhol and went on to promote Ed Ruscha, Robert Irwin, Craig Kauffman, Larry Bell, Ed Moses -- all from La -- as well as New York artists Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, Ellsworth Kelly, Dan Flavin and Donald Judd. No gallery or art dealer was more influential in bridging the work of East and West coast pop artists. In this exclusive interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Blum talks about the vibrant art scene in 1960s L.
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- 11/4/2013
- by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Another day, another boner from Jeff Koons. This familiar-looking one is the cover "art" for Lady Gaga's upcoming album Artpop by the art- world's own private Teletubby, Jeff Koons. Gaga says this is " ... a real depiction of my mind through his." Which makes sense when you notice that both of their minds are between their legs. The image looks like a crappy version of a Roy Lichtenstein sculpture or a cheesecake blow-up doll from an old 42nd Street porno shop, or a misogynist Barbara Kruger poster. It features a realistic cast of Gaga, seated, offering us her tits with her legs wide open. One of Koons's shiny blue balls is between her thighs. The ball isn't Koons's actual ball, of course, but a reflective glass one like those ornamenting his recent plaster sculptures of classical figures. Gaga sits on a pedestal thing in the middle of a shattered-mirror sort...
- 10/7/2013
- by Jerry Saltz
- Vulture
Now you make your house pop with—what else?—Pop Art. Barneys New York has just launched a home collection of punchy pieces inspired by one of the popular art movement's most beloved artists, Roy Lichtenstein. The best part? At $28 to $295 the arty decor won't set you back as much as a Lichtenstein painting, but still offers you the opportunity to display the artist's prints in quirky cute ways. Take his classic Drawing for Kiss II decorating a massive beach blanket or his iconic Baked Potato print found on playful place mats. And for those who can't commit to Lichstenstein decor, a handy tote bag and water bottle emblazoned with his artwork offer the perfect alternative for...
- 4/30/2013
- E! Online
Real Racing 3, Marvel Unlimited, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Toy Story: Smash It, Year Walk, Comics In The Classroom, Temple Run: Oz and more
It's time for our weekly roundup of brand new and notable apps for iPhone and iPad. Except this time, it's Best Apps This Fortnight, since this post took a week off for Mobile World Congress.
Read on, then, for a hand-picked selection of the 30 most interesting new (as in brand new, not updates) iOS apps from late February and early March. There's a separate 30 best Android apps this week roundup too.
Real Racing 3 (Free)
Its freemium timers may have proved controversial, but Real Racing 3 is still an excellent driving game, not least because the more you play and the more cars you own, the timer element stops being an issue. Anyway, the game sees you racing more than 45 cars over 900 events, upgrading as you go.
It's time for our weekly roundup of brand new and notable apps for iPhone and iPad. Except this time, it's Best Apps This Fortnight, since this post took a week off for Mobile World Congress.
Read on, then, for a hand-picked selection of the 30 most interesting new (as in brand new, not updates) iOS apps from late February and early March. There's a separate 30 best Android apps this week roundup too.
Real Racing 3 (Free)
Its freemium timers may have proved controversial, but Real Racing 3 is still an excellent driving game, not least because the more you play and the more cars you own, the timer element stops being an issue. Anyway, the game sees you racing more than 45 cars over 900 events, upgrading as you go.
- 3/8/2013
- by Stuart Dredge
- The Guardian - Film News
Flagship BBC2 arts and culture show loses its weekly status but retains presenters Martha Kearney and Kirsty Wark
For nearly 20 years it has brought BBC2 viewers the latest developments in the world of arts and culture, in various incarnations and featuring bickering panellists including Tom Paulin, Allison Pearson and Tony Parsons.
But now The Review Show, one of the BBC's flagship arts programmes, is to be moved from BBC2 to BBC4 and cut from a weekly to monthly slot – as new director general Lord Hall prepares to join the BBC on 2 April from one of the UK's leading arts institutions, the Royal Opera House.
Arts coverage on BBC1 and BBC2 is being cut as a result of the BBC's £700m cost-cutting measures, Delivering Quality First.
The BBC's arts commissioning editor, Mark Bell, said the reduction in arts coverage was minimal across BBC1 and BBC2, amounting to a "couple of hours" a year.
For nearly 20 years it has brought BBC2 viewers the latest developments in the world of arts and culture, in various incarnations and featuring bickering panellists including Tom Paulin, Allison Pearson and Tony Parsons.
But now The Review Show, one of the BBC's flagship arts programmes, is to be moved from BBC2 to BBC4 and cut from a weekly to monthly slot – as new director general Lord Hall prepares to join the BBC on 2 April from one of the UK's leading arts institutions, the Royal Opera House.
Arts coverage on BBC1 and BBC2 is being cut as a result of the BBC's £700m cost-cutting measures, Delivering Quality First.
The BBC's arts commissioning editor, Mark Bell, said the reduction in arts coverage was minimal across BBC1 and BBC2, amounting to a "couple of hours" a year.
- 2/27/2013
- by John Plunkett
- The Guardian - Film News
He talked a big game ... but Arnie Klein folded like a cheap suit when authorities came banging on his door this morning ready to arrest him unless he told officials where to find his expensive (missing) art collection ... TMZ has learned. We broke the story ... a warrant was issued for Klein's arrest after he allegedly failed to turn over more than 100 pieces of wildly expensive artwork as well as a 2001 Ferrari Spider to the bankruptcy...
- 2/26/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Dr. Arnold Klein, the dermatologist to the stars who was best friends with Michael Jackson and injected him with powerful drugs, has a warrant out for his arrest.As you know, Klein has plummeted from grace after Mj's death. TMZ broke a number of stories, revealing that the Doc injected Mj with Demerol scores of times in the months leading to his death. He also used multiple aliases for Mj in prescribing meds.Klein --...
- 2/21/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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