In what is possibly one of the most elaborate anti-jokes in recent memory, a remake of Tommy Wiseau's "The Room" starring Bob Odenkirk will take the entire thing dead seriously. The volunteer organization Acting for a Cause has produced and staged the charity project for amFAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, with company creator Brando Crawford acting as director. Those who worked on the project have promised to not treat Wiseau's shining beacon of unintentional hilarity for laughs, including longtime comedian Bob Odenkirk, who tweeted out how excited he was about participating in this momentous occasion.
Created during the 2020 pandemic lockdown, Acting for a Cause usually stages script readings of plays and films over laptop video conference meetings. However, "The Room" will be more elaborate than the average table read, incorporating green screens to replicate scenes in the original film. The lack of location changes allowed the entire production...
Created during the 2020 pandemic lockdown, Acting for a Cause usually stages script readings of plays and films over laptop video conference meetings. However, "The Room" will be more elaborate than the average table read, incorporating green screens to replicate scenes in the original film. The lack of location changes allowed the entire production...
- 4/12/2023
- by Andrew Housman
- Slash Film
Bob Odenkirk’s dream is for cult hit “The Room” to be considered, in the immortal words of Harry Styles, a real film movie.
The “Better Call Saul” alum is set to take on the role of Johnny, as originated by writer-director Tommy Wiseau, for a remake of the 2003 film. The remake will benefit amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, with Mike Flanagan, Kate Siegel, Justin Decloux, Brando Crawford, Cameron Kasky, Arturo Castro, and Bella Heathcote rounding out the cast.
“The Room” follows San Francisco resident Johnny as he grapples with his fiancée cheating on him with his best friend. A first look at the philanthropic remake showed original cast member Greg Sestero on set.
Yet the outrageous script cemented the would-be Shakespearean tragedy “The Room” into cult B-movie status — something that Odenkirk singlehandedly wants to undo.
“I don’t change the lines, but I do them my own way,...
The “Better Call Saul” alum is set to take on the role of Johnny, as originated by writer-director Tommy Wiseau, for a remake of the 2003 film. The remake will benefit amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, with Mike Flanagan, Kate Siegel, Justin Decloux, Brando Crawford, Cameron Kasky, Arturo Castro, and Bella Heathcote rounding out the cast.
“The Room” follows San Francisco resident Johnny as he grapples with his fiancée cheating on him with his best friend. A first look at the philanthropic remake showed original cast member Greg Sestero on set.
Yet the outrageous script cemented the would-be Shakespearean tragedy “The Room” into cult B-movie status — something that Odenkirk singlehandedly wants to undo.
“I don’t change the lines, but I do them my own way,...
- 3/11/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Oh, hi Bob.
Better Call Saul‘s Bob Odenkirk will star in a video re-creation of The Room, one of cinema’s strangest films – some say the worst, others know the naysayers just don’t get it.
Performed against a green screen that displays locations used in the original movie, The Room remake is the latest endeavor from Acting For a Cause, an all-volunteer organization that produces and stages Zoom-style table readings of classic plays and movies for charity. Produced, directed and hosted by the organization’s Brando Crawford, The Room will benefit amfAR.
“This is real,” Odenkirk tweeted last night. “This is true. And let me tell you, I tried my best to Sell every line, as honestly as I could…and I had a Blast.’
Typically, the Acting For A Cause productions are announced just days before they appear on the group’s website, with pre-show information dripped out on its Instagram page.
Better Call Saul‘s Bob Odenkirk will star in a video re-creation of The Room, one of cinema’s strangest films – some say the worst, others know the naysayers just don’t get it.
Performed against a green screen that displays locations used in the original movie, The Room remake is the latest endeavor from Acting For a Cause, an all-volunteer organization that produces and stages Zoom-style table readings of classic plays and movies for charity. Produced, directed and hosted by the organization’s Brando Crawford, The Room will benefit amfAR.
“This is real,” Odenkirk tweeted last night. “This is true. And let me tell you, I tried my best to Sell every line, as honestly as I could…and I had a Blast.’
Typically, the Acting For A Cause productions are announced just days before they appear on the group’s website, with pre-show information dripped out on its Instagram page.
- 3/9/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Better call “The Room” fans because Bob Odenkirk is set to take over Tommy Wiseau’s role for a remake.
The “Better Call Saul” star confirmed that a reimagining of Wiseau’s 2003 movie “The Room” will benefit amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, in honor of the film’s 20th anniversary. Odenkirk will play Johnny, the role writer-director Wiseau infamously played in the cult classic.
“This is real. This is true. And let me tell you, I tried my best to Sell every line, as honestly as I could,” Odenkirk tweeted. “And I had a Blast.”
“The Room” follows San Francisco resident Johnny as he grapples with his fiancée cheating on him with his best friend. A first look at the philanthropic remake showed original cast member Greg Sestero on set.
Brando Crawford, the founder of Acting For a Cause, is slated to direct and star in the film, along with actors Cameron Kasky,...
The “Better Call Saul” star confirmed that a reimagining of Wiseau’s 2003 movie “The Room” will benefit amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, in honor of the film’s 20th anniversary. Odenkirk will play Johnny, the role writer-director Wiseau infamously played in the cult classic.
“This is real. This is true. And let me tell you, I tried my best to Sell every line, as honestly as I could,” Odenkirk tweeted. “And I had a Blast.”
“The Room” follows San Francisco resident Johnny as he grapples with his fiancée cheating on him with his best friend. A first look at the philanthropic remake showed original cast member Greg Sestero on set.
Brando Crawford, the founder of Acting For a Cause, is slated to direct and star in the film, along with actors Cameron Kasky,...
- 3/9/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Bob Odenkirk will have a large padded shoulder jacket to fill when he plays Tommy Wiseau’s iconic role of Johnny in an upcoming remake of the campy cult classic The Room.
“I am very excited for the feature-length The Room remake (Shot mostly on greenscreen) in which the Tommy Wiseau role is taken over by Bob Odenkirk — and it’s not played as a joke,” announced podcaster Justin Decloux on Twitter earlier this week.
“This is real. This is true,” Odenkirk added a day later. “And let me tell you, I tried my best to Sell every line, as honestly as I could… and I had a Blast.”
The project is being made with the involvement of the organization Acting for a Cause and it will benefit the AIDS research charity amfAR. Not much else is confirmed about The Room remake except for a series of social media posts...
“I am very excited for the feature-length The Room remake (Shot mostly on greenscreen) in which the Tommy Wiseau role is taken over by Bob Odenkirk — and it’s not played as a joke,” announced podcaster Justin Decloux on Twitter earlier this week.
“This is real. This is true,” Odenkirk added a day later. “And let me tell you, I tried my best to Sell every line, as honestly as I could… and I had a Blast.”
The project is being made with the involvement of the organization Acting for a Cause and it will benefit the AIDS research charity amfAR. Not much else is confirmed about The Room remake except for a series of social media posts...
- 3/9/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Film News
Bob Odenkirk has shared that he’s starring in a remake of the 2003 cult film “The Room,” taking on the lead role of Johnny, originated by the film’s writer and director Tommy Wiseau.
Slashfilm first reported on the project Wednesday morning, with the “Better Call Saul” star corroborating the contained details through a post on his Twitter account.
“This is real. This is true,” Odenkirk wrote Wednesday evening. “And let me tell you, I tried my best to Sell every line, as honestly as I could…and I had a Blast.”
This is real. This is true. And let me tell you, I tried my best to Sell every line, as honestly as I could…and I had a Blast https://t.co/v261E1DKnG
— Mr. Bob Odenkirk (@mrbobodenkirk) March 9, 2023
Before Odenkirk commented on the project, buzz around the remake of “The Room” had already emerged on social media in recent weeks.
Slashfilm first reported on the project Wednesday morning, with the “Better Call Saul” star corroborating the contained details through a post on his Twitter account.
“This is real. This is true,” Odenkirk wrote Wednesday evening. “And let me tell you, I tried my best to Sell every line, as honestly as I could…and I had a Blast.”
This is real. This is true. And let me tell you, I tried my best to Sell every line, as honestly as I could…and I had a Blast https://t.co/v261E1DKnG
— Mr. Bob Odenkirk (@mrbobodenkirk) March 9, 2023
Before Odenkirk commented on the project, buzz around the remake of “The Room” had already emerged on social media in recent weeks.
- 3/9/2023
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
"The Room" has certainly earned its place in cinematic history, albeit as one of the most notoriously bad films ever made that managed to gain mainstream notoriety. Made by the elusive and strange Tommy Wiseau, the film celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. And it sounds like we will be getting a pretty bizarre treat to help commemorate that anniversary in the form of a remake starring none other than Bob Odenkirk of "Better Call Saul" and "Mr. Show" fame. Yes, you heard that right.
Buzz around this remake of "The Room" kicked up on social media, with podcaster Justin Decloux taking to Twitter to say, "I am very excited for the feature-length 'The Room' remake (Shot mostly on greenscreen) in which the Tommy Wiseau role is taken over by Bob Odenkirk -- and it's not played as a joke." We at /Film can confirm the legitimacy of this project,...
Buzz around this remake of "The Room" kicked up on social media, with podcaster Justin Decloux taking to Twitter to say, "I am very excited for the feature-length 'The Room' remake (Shot mostly on greenscreen) in which the Tommy Wiseau role is taken over by Bob Odenkirk -- and it's not played as a joke." We at /Film can confirm the legitimacy of this project,...
- 3/8/2023
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Haven Entertainment has brought on Eric Schulman as a manager. He brings with him clients including Oscar nominee Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips), Cameron Dallas (Chasing Cameron), Sebastiano Pigazzi (We Are Who We Are), Sophie Lane Curtis (On Our Way), Radek Lord (The Resident), Cameron Kasky and Audrey McGraw.
Schulman is currently producing Motherland Bounce, a half-hour comedy based on the life of Hasidic hip-hop star Nissim Black, which is being developed at HBO Max.
After graduating from Vanderbilt University, Schulman worked at APA and Media Talent Group, before moving to More-Medavoy where he was promoted to manager.
“I couldn’t be more excited to join the Haven Family. What the team here has built is a testament to what is possible when you combine great taste, integrity, and an entrepreneurial spirit. They are the perfect place for me and my clients to grow,” said Schulman.
“Eric has a deep passion...
Schulman is currently producing Motherland Bounce, a half-hour comedy based on the life of Hasidic hip-hop star Nissim Black, which is being developed at HBO Max.
After graduating from Vanderbilt University, Schulman worked at APA and Media Talent Group, before moving to More-Medavoy where he was promoted to manager.
“I couldn’t be more excited to join the Haven Family. What the team here has built is a testament to what is possible when you combine great taste, integrity, and an entrepreneurial spirit. They are the perfect place for me and my clients to grow,” said Schulman.
“Eric has a deep passion...
- 2/7/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
A bipartisan group of senators have reach an agreement on a framework for a series of new gun safety measures on Sunday, but they fall short of banning the purchase of assault weapons for those under 21.
Specifically, the agreement would expand background checks for those under 21 who purchase guns; grants for states to implement “red flag” laws, which allows law enforcement to temporarily take away guns who pose a danger to themselves or others; an expansion of mental health programs; improving the background check system overall, with a focus on preventing domestic abusers from buying guns; and increasing funding for school security. It also includes the first federal law against gun trafficking and straw purchasing.
Such an announcement would reflect a breakthrough in a long stalemate over any new gun legislation, even though it does not include measures that have widespread public support, like universal background checks, a ban on...
Specifically, the agreement would expand background checks for those under 21 who purchase guns; grants for states to implement “red flag” laws, which allows law enforcement to temporarily take away guns who pose a danger to themselves or others; an expansion of mental health programs; improving the background check system overall, with a focus on preventing domestic abusers from buying guns; and increasing funding for school security. It also includes the first federal law against gun trafficking and straw purchasing.
Such an announcement would reflect a breakthrough in a long stalemate over any new gun legislation, even though it does not include measures that have widespread public support, like universal background checks, a ban on...
- 6/12/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
While acting on four seasons of FX’s “American Horror Story,” Leslie Grossman estimates she’s been called upon to shoot a gun “several times.”
“They’re never real guns,” she says. “Nine times out of 10, I’m using a rubber gun.” When the scene does call for a more dramatic close-up of a gun firing with a physical recoil, Grossman says she usually shoots an air gun instead, with effects added in post-production to enhance authenticity. On the most recent season, “American Horror Story: Double Feature,” Grossman recalls only using rubber guns, even while shooting them.
“I even said, ‘Wait, is this gonna look super fake?’ And they’re like, ‘Oh, we can fix anything later to make it look super real.’ And they did, and it looked really real,” she said.
The deadly shooting on the set of the independent film “Rust” that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and...
“They’re never real guns,” she says. “Nine times out of 10, I’m using a rubber gun.” When the scene does call for a more dramatic close-up of a gun firing with a physical recoil, Grossman says she usually shoots an air gun instead, with effects added in post-production to enhance authenticity. On the most recent season, “American Horror Story: Double Feature,” Grossman recalls only using rubber guns, even while shooting them.
“I even said, ‘Wait, is this gonna look super fake?’ And they’re like, ‘Oh, we can fix anything later to make it look super real.’ And they did, and it looked really real,” she said.
The deadly shooting on the set of the independent film “Rust” that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and...
- 10/27/2021
- by Adam B. Vary and Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Cameron Kasky revealed that he faced “an unmitigated mental health disaster,” while working with the March For Our Lives following the mass shooting at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School in 2018, in his new uInterview. “When you put a bipolar, cishet, white dude at the head of a multi-million dollar non-profit that has the entire […]
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- 5/27/2021
- by Marie Fiero
- Uinterview
Anti-gun violence advocate Cameron Kasky called out the Biden administration’s action on gun control as “absolute b——t.” Kasky, a survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School mass shooting in 2018, was a co-organizer of the March For Our Lives, which attracted more than 1.2 million protestors at rallies across the country in 2018. The events […]
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- 5/11/2021
- by Marie Fiero
- Uinterview
Exclusive: Greenwich Entertainment has secured the North American distribution rights to Us Kids, the Kim A. Snyder-directed documentary, which chronicles the March For Our Lives student-led movement that was sparked by the plague of gun violence ravaging their schools. It premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and will be released in theaters and on digital platforms on April 9, shortly after the three-year anniversary of March For Our Lives.
The documentary follows Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg, Cameron Kasky, Samantha Fuentes, gun violence survivors and teenage activists, as they pull together the largest youth protest in American history. Their movement went global with rallies on 6 continents and in over 700 cities in every state across the nation, expanding to address racial injustice, a growing public health crisis, and shocking a political system into change. The movement was instrumental in the record youth voter turnout in 2018 and 2020.
“You have got to watch this film.
The documentary follows Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg, Cameron Kasky, Samantha Fuentes, gun violence survivors and teenage activists, as they pull together the largest youth protest in American history. Their movement went global with rallies on 6 continents and in over 700 cities in every state across the nation, expanding to address racial injustice, a growing public health crisis, and shocking a political system into change. The movement was instrumental in the record youth voter turnout in 2018 and 2020.
“You have got to watch this film.
- 2/4/2021
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
After tragedy struck Parkland, Fla., in early 2018, the young survivors of the mass shooting felt they had no other choice but to stand up and fight for their rights. They were just kids, but the students banded together and fell into an unexpected calling as youth activists.
A month after 17 lives were lost at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, they pulled off the largest youth protest in American history with March for Our Lives, a student-led demonstration in support of legislation to prevent gun violence, which captured the attention of Hollywood A-listers and millions of people around the world. That summer, the activists embarked on a tour around the country, as their movement grew to tackle much more than gun reform.
The documentary, “Us Kids” — from filmmaker Kim A. Snyder, who directed the Peabody Award-winning doc “Newtown” in 2016 — follows the young activists, as they spread their movement across the country,...
A month after 17 lives were lost at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, they pulled off the largest youth protest in American history with March for Our Lives, a student-led demonstration in support of legislation to prevent gun violence, which captured the attention of Hollywood A-listers and millions of people around the world. That summer, the activists embarked on a tour around the country, as their movement grew to tackle much more than gun reform.
The documentary, “Us Kids” — from filmmaker Kim A. Snyder, who directed the Peabody Award-winning doc “Newtown” in 2016 — follows the young activists, as they spread their movement across the country,...
- 10/30/2020
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
Director Kim A. Snyder, who last helmed the harrowing documentary Newtown, continues to capture the fight against gun violence with her next film. Us Kids, a selection at Sundance and SXSW, exploring the March For Our Lives movement with Emma González, David Hogg, Samantha Fuentes, and more. Set for a theatrical and virtual cinema release next week, the first trailer has now arrived along with special sneak preview news.
Us Kids will kick off its launch with the Vote With Us Virtual Rally, a national Gotv campaign with the focus to educate, motivate, and mobilize young people and communities of color to vote early. The event will take place this Saturday, October 24, at 3 p.m. Et/Noon Pt, streaming at www.votewith.us and simulcast across YouTube and more. Immediately following the rally, as a special sneak preview, the film will be made available for free over the weekend, October 24-25 on YouTube,...
Us Kids will kick off its launch with the Vote With Us Virtual Rally, a national Gotv campaign with the focus to educate, motivate, and mobilize young people and communities of color to vote early. The event will take place this Saturday, October 24, at 3 p.m. Et/Noon Pt, streaming at www.votewith.us and simulcast across YouTube and more. Immediately following the rally, as a special sneak preview, the film will be made available for free over the weekend, October 24-25 on YouTube,...
- 10/23/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Film Life Foundation’s inaugural Social Justice Now Film Festival (Sjnff) has unveiled its robust program including its spotlight screenings including the documentaries 40 Years A Prisoner from HBO, Us Kids, and Sncc executive produced by Pharell Williams as well as I Am Other. and the narrative feature Reefa. The fest will also feature the Destin Daniel Cretton-directed Just Mercy and Ryan Coogler’s award-winning Fruitvale Station as opening night films which will screen at Paramount’s Drive-In Theater on Wednesday, October 21. Both films star Michael B. Jordan, who was previously announced as Co-Ambassador alongside Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Opal Tometi. All official selections and spotlight screenings will be available to stream for free on abffplay.com, a new digital platform, powered by Endeavor Streaming from October 21-25.
“Through these films, we hope to advance the dialogue and help to reshape the narrative of racial and social justice in this country.
“Through these films, we hope to advance the dialogue and help to reshape the narrative of racial and social justice in this country.
- 10/12/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
The Bentonville Film Festival set the lineup for its sixth edition Tuesday, with the festival co-founded by Geena Davis unveiling its spotlight and competition program of indie feature films, shorts and episodic titles.
The fest is set to run August 10-16 in the Arkansas city and is being engineered as a hybrid event because of coronavirus concerns, with digital screenings, panels and events to run alongside some on-the-ground premieres and conversations.
This year’s lineup includes four Spotlight pics including the U.S. premiere of Misbehaviour, starring Keira Knightley and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, which tells the true story of protest and controversy at 1970 Miss World contest, and Parkland Rising, a documentary that looks at the students of Parkland, Fl, who started an international movement to call attention to the need for better gun laws.
As per usual, this year’s lineup focuses on underrepresented voices in film. Of the 68 titles, more...
The fest is set to run August 10-16 in the Arkansas city and is being engineered as a hybrid event because of coronavirus concerns, with digital screenings, panels and events to run alongside some on-the-ground premieres and conversations.
This year’s lineup includes four Spotlight pics including the U.S. premiere of Misbehaviour, starring Keira Knightley and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, which tells the true story of protest and controversy at 1970 Miss World contest, and Parkland Rising, a documentary that looks at the students of Parkland, Fl, who started an international movement to call attention to the need for better gun laws.
As per usual, this year’s lineup focuses on underrepresented voices in film. Of the 68 titles, more...
- 7/22/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
We’ve seen Elisabeth Moss take on corporate male toxicity in Mad Men, a ghost of a man in The Invisible Man, Gilead in The Handmaid’s Tale and punk rock in Her Smell. This weekend we’ll see her as a horror author who tries not to unravel as she goes through her creative process in the Josephine Decker-directed Shirley.
The film, which is adapted from Susan Scarf Merrell’s 2014 novel of the same name, bowed at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and is based on the real-life horror author Shirley Jackson and her husband Stanley Hyman.
“We were not making a film that we ever thought, ‘Oh, we’re making a film about the real Shirley Jackson’,” Decker told Deadline at Sundance. “In fact, the script really meshed up a bunch of timelines in the real Shirley Jackson’s life, so it absolutely was a fiction.
The film, which is adapted from Susan Scarf Merrell’s 2014 novel of the same name, bowed at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and is based on the real-life horror author Shirley Jackson and her husband Stanley Hyman.
“We were not making a film that we ever thought, ‘Oh, we’re making a film about the real Shirley Jackson’,” Decker told Deadline at Sundance. “In fact, the script really meshed up a bunch of timelines in the real Shirley Jackson’s life, so it absolutely was a fiction.
- 6/5/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Emotionally affecting if somewhat unfocused at times, Kim A. Snyder’s Us Kids is an often inspirational documentary capturing the energy and personalities behind the March for Our Lives and Vote For Our Lives moment that sprung out of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The film is most effective at chronicling the work and friendships of those in spotlight, including Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg, Cameron Kasky, and shooting survivor Sam Fuentes, all of which have become reluctant advocates in accelerating the conversation.
A broad and sweeping look at the movement, what the film lacks in focus it makes up for in passion as a grassroots movement springs up, led in part by Hogg and Gonzalez. Kasky, who digs in and organizes events like rallies and negotiates for permits on conference calls with municipalities, starts to take a backseat while Fuentes finds the strength...
A broad and sweeping look at the movement, what the film lacks in focus it makes up for in passion as a grassroots movement springs up, led in part by Hogg and Gonzalez. Kasky, who digs in and organizes events like rallies and negotiates for permits on conference calls with municipalities, starts to take a backseat while Fuentes finds the strength...
- 3/15/2020
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
How do you make a movie about the gun crisis in America? How do you document a plague in a country that has become so desensitized to the pain it causes? How — at a time of such rampant inhumanity that millions of people seem resigned to even the most preventable horrors — do you possibly make a film that resonates with this amnesiac nation in a way that regular images of murdered club-goers, concert attendees, religious worshippers, multiplex patrons, Walmart shoppers, children, children, children, and always more children, have not?
If these aren’t rhetorical questions, that’s only because well-intentioned filmmakers like Kim A. Snyder will be reckoning with them for a long time to come. We’re lucky for their resolve; they accomplish more by failing to find the right answers than our entire political establishment does by settling for the wrong ones. In 2016’s “Newtown,” Snyder vivisected the...
If these aren’t rhetorical questions, that’s only because well-intentioned filmmakers like Kim A. Snyder will be reckoning with them for a long time to come. We’re lucky for their resolve; they accomplish more by failing to find the right answers than our entire political establishment does by settling for the wrong ones. In 2016’s “Newtown,” Snyder vivisected the...
- 1/25/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Documentarian Kim A. Snyder had been down this road before, talking to grieving parents and families about children felled by gun violence, three years ago with 2016’s shocking “Newtown.” “I thought, ‘That was it, I was done,'” she told me on the phone. “Since that time, there have been many hundreds of thousands of mass shootings; people are numb. That’s a movie I couldn’t or wouldn’t make today, it was a different moment and motivation.”
But in February 2018, Snyder found herself in Tallahassee, Florida, watching a fiery protest on the steps of the Capitol in the wake of the deadliest high-school shooting spree in U.S. history: At Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, a 19-year-old gunman with an Ar-15 automatic rifle killed 17 people and injured 17 more. “The kids arrived demanding change in the state of Florida,” she said. “They were enraged, pissed, and traumatized.
But in February 2018, Snyder found herself in Tallahassee, Florida, watching a fiery protest on the steps of the Capitol in the wake of the deadliest high-school shooting spree in U.S. history: At Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, a 19-year-old gunman with an Ar-15 automatic rifle killed 17 people and injured 17 more. “The kids arrived demanding change in the state of Florida,” she said. “They were enraged, pissed, and traumatized.
- 1/25/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Documentarian Kim A. Snyder had been down this road before, talking to grieving parents and families about children felled by gun violence, three years ago with 2016’s shocking “Newtown.” “I thought, ‘That was it, I was done,'” she told me on the phone. “Since that time, there have been many hundreds of thousands of mass shootings; people are numb. That’s a movie I couldn’t or wouldn’t make today, it was a different moment and motivation.”
But in February 2018, Snyder found herself in Tallahassee, Florida, watching a fiery protest on the steps of the Capitol in the wake of the deadliest high-school shooting spree in U.S. history: At Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, a 19-year-old gunman with an Ar-15 automatic rifle killed 17 people and injured 17 more. “The kids arrived demanding change in the state of Florida,” she said. “They were enraged, pissed, and traumatized.
But in February 2018, Snyder found herself in Tallahassee, Florida, watching a fiery protest on the steps of the Capitol in the wake of the deadliest high-school shooting spree in U.S. history: At Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, a 19-year-old gunman with an Ar-15 automatic rifle killed 17 people and injured 17 more. “The kids arrived demanding change in the state of Florida,” she said. “They were enraged, pissed, and traumatized.
- 1/25/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
At this year’s Sundance Film Festival four documentaries spotlight adolescents who inspire change while also holding a mirror up to a society that provoked their pain and path to resistance.
In Kim Snyder’s “Us Kids” the director focuses her lens on a handful of teenagers who survived the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting in Parkland, Fla. which claimed 17 lives. The docu examines the lasting trauma of gun violence while also chronicling determined young survivors who speak out against the national gun-violence epidemic and develop the March For Our Lives movement.
Snyder, who directed the 2016 doc “Newtown” about Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, as well as the 2018 nonfiction short “Notes from Dunblane: Lesson from a School Shooting,” had no intention of making another film about gun violence.
“I was very weirdly and karmically in Florida the week of the (Parkland) shooting,” recalls Snyder. “Within days...
In Kim Snyder’s “Us Kids” the director focuses her lens on a handful of teenagers who survived the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting in Parkland, Fla. which claimed 17 lives. The docu examines the lasting trauma of gun violence while also chronicling determined young survivors who speak out against the national gun-violence epidemic and develop the March For Our Lives movement.
Snyder, who directed the 2016 doc “Newtown” about Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, as well as the 2018 nonfiction short “Notes from Dunblane: Lesson from a School Shooting,” had no intention of making another film about gun violence.
“I was very weirdly and karmically in Florida the week of the (Parkland) shooting,” recalls Snyder. “Within days...
- 1/24/2020
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-ca) announced on Monday’s Late Show that he is running for president in 2020, joining an already-crowded Democratic field. The show tweeted a preview clip of Monday’s episode, allowing the 38-year-old to outline his campaign focus on gun control.
“I see a country in quicksand — unable to solve problems and threats from abroad, unable to make life better for people here at home,” said the four-term congressman, a member of both the House Intelligence and Judiciary committees. “Nothing gets done. I talk to teachers and truckers and nurses,...
“I see a country in quicksand — unable to solve problems and threats from abroad, unable to make life better for people here at home,” said the four-term congressman, a member of both the House Intelligence and Judiciary committees. “Nothing gets done. I talk to teachers and truckers and nurses,...
- 4/9/2019
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
In the one year since Parkland high school shooting survivor David Hogg launched an advertiser boycott against Laura Ingraham, the Fox News primetime host has gained 100,000 more nightly viewers, a 4 percent increase. But despite the many efforts of both the network and it star, she has recovered only about 60 percent of the number of advertisers she lost.
Over the last year, “The Ingraham Angle” has averaged 2.565 million viewers overall, according to Nielsen data, an increase from the 2.456 million viewers she averaged from her show’s debut in October 2017 until April 1, 2018. Her performance in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 year-old demographic remained virtually static, declining slightly from 493,000 average nightly viewers to 488,000.
Ingraham has consistently maintained her spot atop cable news ratings, with her most recent numbers only widening her lead over her timeslot rivals, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell and CNN’s Don Lemon — who placed in a distant third both overall and in the key news demo.
Over the last year, “The Ingraham Angle” has averaged 2.565 million viewers overall, according to Nielsen data, an increase from the 2.456 million viewers she averaged from her show’s debut in October 2017 until April 1, 2018. Her performance in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 year-old demographic remained virtually static, declining slightly from 493,000 average nightly viewers to 488,000.
Ingraham has consistently maintained her spot atop cable news ratings, with her most recent numbers only widening her lead over her timeslot rivals, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell and CNN’s Don Lemon — who placed in a distant third both overall and in the key news demo.
- 3/28/2019
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
A security guard for Joe Vazquez, a reporter for CBS affiliate Kpix 5 in the San Francisco Bay Area, was shot in the leg and hospitalized while Vazquez and his crew were covering the Oakland teachers’ strike on Sunday night.
The crew also had their camera and tripod stolen by the armed robber, according to Kpix 5. Security guard Matt Meredith is in “stable” condition, according to Kpix 5 assignment editor Maya Castro. Vazquez later tweeted “we believe his wounds are not life threatening, thank God.” Vazquez included a 40-second video of the scene on Sunday night, showing Meredith being helped off the ground and taken away in a stretcher.
Thank you, friends, for your well wishes. Our guard was shot today in Oakland while we were on assignment covering the Oakland teachers strike. We believe his wounds are not life threatening, thank God. Photographer John Anglin was robbed at gunpoint. 1/3 pic.twitter.
The crew also had their camera and tripod stolen by the armed robber, according to Kpix 5. Security guard Matt Meredith is in “stable” condition, according to Kpix 5 assignment editor Maya Castro. Vazquez later tweeted “we believe his wounds are not life threatening, thank God.” Vazquez included a 40-second video of the scene on Sunday night, showing Meredith being helped off the ground and taken away in a stretcher.
Thank you, friends, for your well wishes. Our guard was shot today in Oakland while we were on assignment covering the Oakland teachers strike. We believe his wounds are not life threatening, thank God. Photographer John Anglin was robbed at gunpoint. 1/3 pic.twitter.
- 2/25/2019
- by Sean Burch
- The Wrap
Pete Davidson jumped back on stage on New Year’s Eve, when the “SNL” cast member got out some gripes about fellow headline-making comic Louis Ck.
Davidson told the Chevalier Theatre crowd in Medford, Massachusetts, on Monday that when Ck hosted “Saturday Night Live” in April 2017, which was Pete’s freshman season on the sketch-comedy show, the “Louie” star “told all the producers in front of me that all this kid does is smoke weed and he’s gonna smoke his career away,” according to an Us Weekly recap of the set.
The spring performance was Ck’s fourth turn hosting the long-running NBC show — and his tattling didn’t stop there, per Davidson.
Also Read: Parkland Survivor Offers to Talk to Louis Ck: 'Just Try to Keep It in Your Pants'
Ck then told “SNL” executive producer Lorne Michaels “that Pete smokes so much weed that it makes people uncomfortable,...
Davidson told the Chevalier Theatre crowd in Medford, Massachusetts, on Monday that when Ck hosted “Saturday Night Live” in April 2017, which was Pete’s freshman season on the sketch-comedy show, the “Louie” star “told all the producers in front of me that all this kid does is smoke weed and he’s gonna smoke his career away,” according to an Us Weekly recap of the set.
The spring performance was Ck’s fourth turn hosting the long-running NBC show — and his tattling didn’t stop there, per Davidson.
Also Read: Parkland Survivor Offers to Talk to Louis Ck: 'Just Try to Keep It in Your Pants'
Ck then told “SNL” executive producer Lorne Michaels “that Pete smokes so much weed that it makes people uncomfortable,...
- 1/2/2019
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Louis C.K. is getting way too comfortable at the bottom of the comedy barrel ... so says Parkland Shooting survivor Cameron Kasky. But, it's not Louis' latest lowbrow comedy routine attacking victims of the Parkland massacre that has Cameron upset ... the student activist is taking issue with Louis appealing to crowds who find jokes about transgender people and school shootings funny. We got Cameron on Monday, after the father of one of his dead peers ripped...
- 1/1/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Updated with reactions from Parkland students, parent: In a stand-up set that leaked online, disgraced comedian Louie C.K. delivered an extended riff about 20-somethings that included jabs at the survivors of the Parkland High School shooting and those who identify as gender non-binary.
The comedian, who left the scene a year ago after admitting to masturbating in front of several female comedians without their consent, was quickly torched on Twitter for what was perceived as a sharp turn toward a right-wing world view.
The performance, which also included a long complaint about the word “retarded” and a smattering of punchlines about Jews, makes the controversy over C.K.’s appearances at New York’s Comedy Cellar earlier this year seem almost quaint. It is coming to light just a week...
The comedian, who left the scene a year ago after admitting to masturbating in front of several female comedians without their consent, was quickly torched on Twitter for what was perceived as a sharp turn toward a right-wing world view.
The performance, which also included a long complaint about the word “retarded” and a smattering of punchlines about Jews, makes the controversy over C.K.’s appearances at New York’s Comedy Cellar earlier this year seem almost quaint. It is coming to light just a week...
- 12/31/2018
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Cameron Kasky, a survivor of this year’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, defended Louis C.K. on Monday, telling TheWrap that it is not his place to say what comedians can and cannot joke about.
“It’s not my job to tell a comedian they’re being offensive. I believe comedy exists to be offensive,” Kasky told TheWrap. “I don’t particularly like that Louis C.K. went after the idea of the movement we started, but comedy is comedy and I don’t think me being offended by it should dictate whether or not it should be allowed to exist.”
In follow-up tweets shortly after speaking with TheWrap, Kasky added that his response still doesn’t make him a huge fan of Louis C.K.’s work today, and called the comedian an “ass” and a “professional jerk.”
Also Read: Old N-Word Joke Between Chris Rock,...
“It’s not my job to tell a comedian they’re being offensive. I believe comedy exists to be offensive,” Kasky told TheWrap. “I don’t particularly like that Louis C.K. went after the idea of the movement we started, but comedy is comedy and I don’t think me being offended by it should dictate whether or not it should be allowed to exist.”
In follow-up tweets shortly after speaking with TheWrap, Kasky added that his response still doesn’t make him a huge fan of Louis C.K.’s work today, and called the comedian an “ass” and a “professional jerk.”
Also Read: Old N-Word Joke Between Chris Rock,...
- 12/31/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Some of your favorite Broadway stars are getting out the vote Join Pennsylvanians Leslie Odom Jr. Hamilton and Benj Pasek La La Land, Greatest Showman, Dear Evan Hansen, along with Rachel Bay Jones Dear Evan Hansen, Andrew Keenan Bolger Newsies, and Cameron Kasky March for our Lives, Brian Sims and more for a day of knocking on doors and supporting progressive candidates with the Broadway community...
- 10/31/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
For the 11th year in a row on Thursday more than 6,000 Endeavor employees across dozens of offices around the world engaged in the annual Walk the Walk, the agency’s annual day of service.
All companies within the Endeavor network participated, including Wme, Img, Ufc, Pbr and Miss Universe.
This year, employees supported projects focused on four core issue areas: Equity, Democracy, Inclusion and Sustainability, including The Ronald McDonald House (La); Southern Poverty Law Center (La and NY); Food Angel (Hong Kong); Harmony House (India); National Animal Welfare Trust (London); and Azraq (UAE).
Also Read: Endeavor Content Opens Nashville Film Unit With Agent William Lowery
There was also programming throughout the week, including: a Next Gen Activists panel in New York centered around voter registration, comprised of digital influencer and activist Lilly Singh, Never Again and March for Our Lives co-founder, Cameron Kasky, journalist Noor Tagouri and former chief content officer of Teen Vogue,...
All companies within the Endeavor network participated, including Wme, Img, Ufc, Pbr and Miss Universe.
This year, employees supported projects focused on four core issue areas: Equity, Democracy, Inclusion and Sustainability, including The Ronald McDonald House (La); Southern Poverty Law Center (La and NY); Food Angel (Hong Kong); Harmony House (India); National Animal Welfare Trust (London); and Azraq (UAE).
Also Read: Endeavor Content Opens Nashville Film Unit With Agent William Lowery
There was also programming throughout the week, including: a Next Gen Activists panel in New York centered around voter registration, comprised of digital influencer and activist Lilly Singh, Never Again and March for Our Lives co-founder, Cameron Kasky, journalist Noor Tagouri and former chief content officer of Teen Vogue,...
- 9/28/2018
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Student activist Cameron Kasky -- one of the survivors of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas -- appreciates "South Park" ... even when it satirizes the tragedies he and way too many other kids have gone through. We got the Parkland leader in NYC Thursday and asked about Wednesday night's episode -- titled "Dead Kids" -- in which South Park Elementary is ravaged with multiple school shootings ... but nobody seems to care (other than Stan's...
- 9/28/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Parkland Students Call Out Florida Politicians, NRA After Jacksonville Shooting: ‘Enough of Your Bs’
Parkland students David Hogg and Delaney Tarr were among those who reacted to the Jacksonville, Fla. shooting on Sunday. According to the Jacksonville police department, there were “multiple fatalities” after a gunman opened fire at a “Madden NFL 19” livestream competition.
Many survivors of the Parkland shooting, including Hogg and Tarr, became activists against gun violence after former student Nikolas Cruz killed 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018. Parkland is roughly 300 miles from Jacksonville.
Using the hashtag #AnotherFLShooting, Hogg said change will not come unless people vote in November. He directed a question to Florida Senator Marco Rubio, asking, “How many mass shootings in your state will it take for you to do something?”
While @50milesmore , @MFOLBoston and I were marching against gun violence in front of Smith and Wesson another shooting occurred in Jacksonville, Fl in yet #AnotherFLshooting . We know change will not come until...
Many survivors of the Parkland shooting, including Hogg and Tarr, became activists against gun violence after former student Nikolas Cruz killed 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018. Parkland is roughly 300 miles from Jacksonville.
Using the hashtag #AnotherFLShooting, Hogg said change will not come unless people vote in November. He directed a question to Florida Senator Marco Rubio, asking, “How many mass shootings in your state will it take for you to do something?”
While @50milesmore , @MFOLBoston and I were marching against gun violence in front of Smith and Wesson another shooting occurred in Jacksonville, Fl in yet #AnotherFLshooting . We know change will not come until...
- 8/26/2018
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
We, an organization that makes doing good doable, invites Americans to tune in to the fourth annual We Day Special on August 17, 2018 at 8 p.m. Et/7 p.m. Ct on ABC.
Video: 2018 We Day Special Trailer
The We Day Special is a celebration of doing good, honoring youth and families across the country who prove that when they harness their belief, their passion and their energy, they are an unstoppable force for good.
Join host John Stamos for an unforgettable We Day Special featuring young world-changers, A-list celebrities, and global thought leaders, including Jennifer Aniston, Dierks Bentley, The Chainsmokers, Will Ferrell, Whoopi Goldberg, Selena Gomez, Cyndi Lauper, Jd McCrary, Dr. Phil McGraw, Martin Sheen, Lilly Singh, Founders of the #NeverAgain movement and organizers of The March for our Lives Jaclyn Corin and Cameron Kasky, and more. Together with social entrepreneurs and We co-founders Marc and Craig Kielburger, the We Day...
Video: 2018 We Day Special Trailer
The We Day Special is a celebration of doing good, honoring youth and families across the country who prove that when they harness their belief, their passion and their energy, they are an unstoppable force for good.
Join host John Stamos for an unforgettable We Day Special featuring young world-changers, A-list celebrities, and global thought leaders, including Jennifer Aniston, Dierks Bentley, The Chainsmokers, Will Ferrell, Whoopi Goldberg, Selena Gomez, Cyndi Lauper, Jd McCrary, Dr. Phil McGraw, Martin Sheen, Lilly Singh, Founders of the #NeverAgain movement and organizers of The March for our Lives Jaclyn Corin and Cameron Kasky, and more. Together with social entrepreneurs and We co-founders Marc and Craig Kielburger, the We Day...
- 7/27/2018
- Look to the Stars
In today’s roundup, the Paley Center for Media announced its PaleyFest Fall TV Preview lineup, and Hulu launched a teaser for “The First.”
Casting
Former secretaries of state Hillary Clinton, Madeleine Albright, and General Colin Powell will guest star in the Season 5 premiere of CBS‘s “Madam Secretary,” which airs Oct. 7. The political figures will join regular cast members Tea Leoni, Tim Daly, and Sara Ramirez for the episode, which sees Leoni’s title character asking the past secretaries for advice.
Dates
The Paley Center for Media will host its 2018 PaleyFest Fall TV Previews Sept. 6 through Sept. 16 in Beverly Hills. Screenings and panels with casts and creatives from upcoming fall programming will kick off on the 6th with Netflix’s “Atypical” and “BoJack Horseman” and be followed by Hulu’s “I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman” and “Castle Rock” on Sept. 7; ABC’s “The Kids Are Alright” and “The Rookie,...
Casting
Former secretaries of state Hillary Clinton, Madeleine Albright, and General Colin Powell will guest star in the Season 5 premiere of CBS‘s “Madam Secretary,” which airs Oct. 7. The political figures will join regular cast members Tea Leoni, Tim Daly, and Sara Ramirez for the episode, which sees Leoni’s title character asking the past secretaries for advice.
Dates
The Paley Center for Media will host its 2018 PaleyFest Fall TV Previews Sept. 6 through Sept. 16 in Beverly Hills. Screenings and panels with casts and creatives from upcoming fall programming will kick off on the 6th with Netflix’s “Atypical” and “BoJack Horseman” and be followed by Hulu’s “I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman” and “Castle Rock” on Sept. 7; ABC’s “The Kids Are Alright” and “The Rookie,...
- 7/24/2018
- by Christi Carras
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: “A part of me, like, wants to go back to being a normal teenager again, but I just feel like how can you go back when all of this is happening?” wonders 16 year-old Sawyer Garrity who is one of the students featured on the short documentary Awakening: After Parkland. The play, and the doc, follows young actors — which includes students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — as they stage a play through Barclay’s Performing Arts to try to bring a semblance of normalcy back to their lives and the surrounding community. The 20-minute short was directed by Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster whose Science Fair won the Audience Award at Sundance.
Three students in the featured play are from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and are guided by a dedicated Boca Raton-based theater director, Christine Barclay. The two leads of the play are Garrity and Cameron Kasky.
Three students in the featured play are from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and are guided by a dedicated Boca Raton-based theater director, Christine Barclay. The two leads of the play are Garrity and Cameron Kasky.
- 6/20/2018
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
Washington — Groups of young activists involved in gun control, immigration, the environment, and race relations were honored at the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Awards in a ceremony that took place on the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s final campaign victory and tragic death.
Those recognized included students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for demanding action on gun violence and for their work in organizing March for Our Lives.
Cameron Kasky, an organizer of the march, told the crowd that his generation was “often shrugged off as selfish, image-obsessed, and ignorant people.” He said, “our generation has inspired each other by standing up, to keep moving forward, to keep bolstering the voices of others our age, and to work with people from other generations.”
“Bobby was tough. He was relentless. He looked at the world and saw something that could be so much better,” Kasky said, surrounded by other...
Those recognized included students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for demanding action on gun violence and for their work in organizing March for Our Lives.
Cameron Kasky, an organizer of the march, told the crowd that his generation was “often shrugged off as selfish, image-obsessed, and ignorant people.” He said, “our generation has inspired each other by standing up, to keep moving forward, to keep bolstering the voices of others our age, and to work with people from other generations.”
“Bobby was tough. He was relentless. He looked at the world and saw something that could be so much better,” Kasky said, surrounded by other...
- 6/5/2018
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety Film + TV
12:30 Pm Pt -- Texas Governor Greg Abbott has confirmed at least 10 dead and 10 more wounded in this morning's attack. In addition to the two guns the shooter brought with him -- which were owned by the suspect's father -- he had also planted multiple explosive devices in his home, vehicle, and at the school. The suspect has been identified as 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis. The Governor claimed the student had admitted to initially intending to take his own life,...
- 5/18/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Hollywood, the Beltway and gun reform activists – including the Parkland, Florida students who have taken an impressive lead on the topic – responded quickly to today’s shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas. The shooting left 10 dead, including nine students and a teacher. A 17-year-old suspect is in custody, along with a second person, possibly an accomplice.
“Prepare to watch the NRA boast about getting higher donations,” tweeted Parkland survivor Cameron Kasky. “Prepare to see students rise up and be called ‘civil terrorists’ and crisis actors. Prepare for the right-wing media to attack the survivors.”
Kasky’s schoolmate and fellow activist David Hogg wrote, “Get ready for two weeks of media coverage of politicians acting like they give a shit when in reality they just want to boost their approval ratings before midterms.”
See all tweets below.
“We can do better than this,” tweeted Ellen DeGeneres. “We must do better than this.
“Prepare to watch the NRA boast about getting higher donations,” tweeted Parkland survivor Cameron Kasky. “Prepare to see students rise up and be called ‘civil terrorists’ and crisis actors. Prepare for the right-wing media to attack the survivors.”
Kasky’s schoolmate and fellow activist David Hogg wrote, “Get ready for two weeks of media coverage of politicians acting like they give a shit when in reality they just want to boost their approval ratings before midterms.”
See all tweets below.
“We can do better than this,” tweeted Ellen DeGeneres. “We must do better than this.
- 5/18/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The world’s largest youth empowerment event, We Day, returned to The “Fabulous” Forum for the third year in celebration of young people committed to making a difference.
Paula Abdul at We Day California 2018
Credit/Copyright: Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for We
Over 16,000 students and educators from across the state attended for a powerful, life-changing experience featuring renowned speakers, innovative thought leaders and celebrity performers including Anthony Anderson, Jennifer Aniston, Dierks Bentley, The Chainsmokers, The March for Our Lives co-founders Jaclyn Corin and Cameron Kasky, Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman, Selena Gomez, Dr. Phil McGraw, Martin Sheen, Lilly Singh, John Stamos and more. Joined by international activists and We Day co-founders, Craig and Marc Kielburger, the exciting lineup shared their passion for change, energized the crowd and motivated young people to continue to take action on pressing issues to affect positive change in their communities and around the world.
A few...
Paula Abdul at We Day California 2018
Credit/Copyright: Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for We
Over 16,000 students and educators from across the state attended for a powerful, life-changing experience featuring renowned speakers, innovative thought leaders and celebrity performers including Anthony Anderson, Jennifer Aniston, Dierks Bentley, The Chainsmokers, The March for Our Lives co-founders Jaclyn Corin and Cameron Kasky, Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman, Selena Gomez, Dr. Phil McGraw, Martin Sheen, Lilly Singh, John Stamos and more. Joined by international activists and We Day co-founders, Craig and Marc Kielburger, the exciting lineup shared their passion for change, energized the crowd and motivated young people to continue to take action on pressing issues to affect positive change in their communities and around the world.
A few...
- 4/26/2018
- Look to the Stars
If there’s one person who can make an entrance in a room packed with VIPs, it’s Jennifer Lopez, who arrived at the Time 100 with her boyfriend Alex Rodriguez and a parade of backup dancers. Decked out in a sequined gown, she had politicians, authors, actors and activists on their feet at the gala, as she sang and danced (in stilettos) to a medley of her greatest hits, including “On The Floor,” “If You Had My Love” and “Jenny From the Block.”
“I love coming back to New York,” said Lopez, adding that her mom from Queens was in the house. “It’s my hometown.” Later in her set, after a costume change, she put on a fur coat. “This works really well in Vegas,” she said, about an outfit that featured a glimmering thong. “In this room, I feel naked in your bedroom.”
The Time 100 at Jazz at...
“I love coming back to New York,” said Lopez, adding that her mom from Queens was in the house. “It’s my hometown.” Later in her set, after a costume change, she put on a fur coat. “This works really well in Vegas,” she said, about an outfit that featured a glimmering thong. “In this room, I feel naked in your bedroom.”
The Time 100 at Jazz at...
- 4/25/2018
- by Ramin Setoodeh
- Variety Film + TV
Parkland student leaders David Hogg and Cameron Kasky have nothing but love for one another, but they're not actually going to prom together ... TMZ has learned. Cameron's tweet Monday of this photo with the caption "Prom 2018" led many to believe the 2 were announcing their prom plans ... but their parents tell us it's not true. David's mom, Rebecca Boldrick, tells us David has another date for the prom, and the photo with Cameron was taken during...
- 4/24/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Activists and members of Hollywood launched a coalition Friday against the NRA and its elected official beneficiaries on the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting.
Jimmy Kimmel, Alyssa Milano, Amy Schumer, Marjory Stoneman Douglas student David Hogg, and more than 130 others have pledged their support to the No Rifle Association, or NoRA. The organization plans to undercut the NRA’s influence through national art campaigns, protests, and voter registration drives.
“Charmed” alumna Milano tweeted a copy of a letter the NoRA addressed to the NRA’s executive vice president Wayne Lapierre on Friday. “On the anniversary of Columbine and in support of the #NationalSchoolWalkout — our open letter to the NRA and Wayne Lapierre,” the actress wrote. “Please share. #NoRA.”
On the anniversary of Columbine and in support of the #NationalSchoolWalkout—
Our open letter to the @NRA and @waynelapierrejr.
Please share. #NoRA pic.twitter.com/fB6AHhnKkd
— Alyssa Milano...
Jimmy Kimmel, Alyssa Milano, Amy Schumer, Marjory Stoneman Douglas student David Hogg, and more than 130 others have pledged their support to the No Rifle Association, or NoRA. The organization plans to undercut the NRA’s influence through national art campaigns, protests, and voter registration drives.
“Charmed” alumna Milano tweeted a copy of a letter the NoRA addressed to the NRA’s executive vice president Wayne Lapierre on Friday. “On the anniversary of Columbine and in support of the #NationalSchoolWalkout — our open letter to the NRA and Wayne Lapierre,” the actress wrote. “Please share. #NoRA.”
On the anniversary of Columbine and in support of the #NationalSchoolWalkout—
Our open letter to the @NRA and @waynelapierrejr.
Please share. #NoRA pic.twitter.com/fB6AHhnKkd
— Alyssa Milano...
- 4/20/2018
- by Christi Carras
- Variety Film + TV
Jennifer Aniston was all smiles at We Day California despite a necessary accessory: a black wrist brace on her left arm.
In her first public appearance since announcing her split from actor Justin Theroux in February, the 49-year-old actress donned jeans and a We Day t-shirt under a blaze blazer. The jacket’s sleeves were rolled up to accommodate her brace, which she also wore to Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk’s engagement party in Los Angeles.
An observer tells People that Aniston happily greeted fans and signed autographs as she made her way down in the carpet at The Forum in Inglewood.
In her first public appearance since announcing her split from actor Justin Theroux in February, the 49-year-old actress donned jeans and a We Day t-shirt under a blaze blazer. The jacket’s sleeves were rolled up to accommodate her brace, which she also wore to Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk’s engagement party in Los Angeles.
An observer tells People that Aniston happily greeted fans and signed autographs as she made her way down in the carpet at The Forum in Inglewood.
- 4/19/2018
- by Stephanie Petit, Mariah Haas
- PEOPLE.com
Two familiar faces from March For Our Lives and the #NeverAgain movement need to start #NeverSleepingAgain 'cause juggling gun control rallies with high school ain't easy. We got Marjory Stoneman Douglas High juniors Cameron Kasky and Jaclyn Corin Wednesday at Lax ... and it was clear life hasn't slowed down for them, nearly a month after the march in D.C. For starters ... they're in L.A. to participate in the ABC special "We Day California...
- 4/18/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The world’s largest youth empowerment event, We Day, is returning to southern California on April 19, 2018 at The “Fabulous” Forum.
An unparalleled celebration of young people committed to making a difference, We Day California will bring together over 16,000 students and educators from across the state for a powerful, life-changing experience featuring renowned speakers, innovative thought leaders and celebrity performers. We Day California will be filmed for a one-hour national televised broadcast special airing on ABC on August 17, 2018 at 8P Et/7P Ct.
Released today, the initial lineup for We Day California includes host John Stamos, with speakers, presenters and performers Paula Abdul, Jennifer Aniston alongside March for Our Lives Organizers Jackie Corin and Cameron Kasky, Dierks Bentley, Sofia Carson, The Chainsmokers, Lonnie Chavis, Monique Coleman, Lily Collins, Dvsn, Will Ferrell, Jordan Fisher, Connor Franta, Morgan Freeman, Selena Gomez, Lizzy Greene, Winnie Harlow, Laurie Hernandez, Olivia Holt, Jenna Ortega, Lele Pons,...
An unparalleled celebration of young people committed to making a difference, We Day California will bring together over 16,000 students and educators from across the state for a powerful, life-changing experience featuring renowned speakers, innovative thought leaders and celebrity performers. We Day California will be filmed for a one-hour national televised broadcast special airing on ABC on August 17, 2018 at 8P Et/7P Ct.
Released today, the initial lineup for We Day California includes host John Stamos, with speakers, presenters and performers Paula Abdul, Jennifer Aniston alongside March for Our Lives Organizers Jackie Corin and Cameron Kasky, Dierks Bentley, Sofia Carson, The Chainsmokers, Lonnie Chavis, Monique Coleman, Lily Collins, Dvsn, Will Ferrell, Jordan Fisher, Connor Franta, Morgan Freeman, Selena Gomez, Lizzy Greene, Winnie Harlow, Laurie Hernandez, Olivia Holt, Jenna Ortega, Lele Pons,...
- 4/2/2018
- Look to the Stars
Jennifer Aniston has recently returned from a trip to Tahiti where the newly single star spent some quality time with her famous friends.
A source tells People that the 49-year-old actress just vacationed on the French Polynesian island alongside pals Courteney Cox, Jimmy Kimmel, and his wife Molly McNearney. The trip was in honor of McNearney’s recent birthday, the insider says.
Last month, Aniston also stepped out for McNearney’s 40th birthday bash, where she posed alongside her friends — including the birthday girl, Tobey Maguire‘s estranged wife Jen Meyer, Jason Bateman‘s wife Amanda Aanka and her manager...
A source tells People that the 49-year-old actress just vacationed on the French Polynesian island alongside pals Courteney Cox, Jimmy Kimmel, and his wife Molly McNearney. The trip was in honor of McNearney’s recent birthday, the insider says.
Last month, Aniston also stepped out for McNearney’s 40th birthday bash, where she posed alongside her friends — including the birthday girl, Tobey Maguire‘s estranged wife Jen Meyer, Jason Bateman‘s wife Amanda Aanka and her manager...
- 4/1/2018
- by Maria Pasquini
- PEOPLE.com
The lineup for the upcoming We Day California event has been revealed. Jennifer Aniston and Selena Gomez are among the stars set to appear alongside March for Our Lives organizers and Parkland students Jaclyn Corin and Cameron Kasky at the event on April 19. We Day, the world's largest youth empowerment event, is returning to Southern California next month and will be filmed for a national televised broadcast special airing on ABC on August 17. John Stamos has been announced as the host of the event, with stars Dierks Bentley, Dvsn, Celebrity Marauders, Jessie Reyez, Jordan Fisher and The Chainsmokers set to perform. Jenna Ortega will also speak onstage. "I'm constantly inspired by the...
- 3/28/2018
- E! Online
The latest “Hamildrop” is more than just a theater lover’s dream come true — it’s a Broadway mashup with a powerful message and a plan to make change.
Lin-Manuel Miranda teamed up with Tony winner Ben Platt for a collaboration of songs from both of their hit musicals, Hamilton’s “The Story of Tonight” and “You Will Be Found” from Dear Evan Hansen. The result, “Found/Tonight,” was released on Monday at midnight.
Platt and Miranda start out by swapping parts, with the 24-year-old Pitch Perfect actor singing the lyrics from “The Story of Tonight” before Miranda, 38, takes on...
Lin-Manuel Miranda teamed up with Tony winner Ben Platt for a collaboration of songs from both of their hit musicals, Hamilton’s “The Story of Tonight” and “You Will Be Found” from Dear Evan Hansen. The result, “Found/Tonight,” was released on Monday at midnight.
Platt and Miranda start out by swapping parts, with the 24-year-old Pitch Perfect actor singing the lyrics from “The Story of Tonight” before Miranda, 38, takes on...
- 3/19/2018
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
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