The sci-fi classic Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Veronica Cartwright and Jeff Goldblum) is out now on 4K Uhd (Blu-ray) and Limited Edition Blu-ray from Arrow Video.
Remakes of great films are usually on a hiding to nothing, but Philip Kaufman’s brilliant update of the 1956 classic Invasion Of The Body Snatchers is a rare and memorable exception. Transposing the action to the heart of San Francisco allows Kaufman to retain all the suspense of Jack Finney’s original story while adding caustic social commentary about the selfishness of the 1970s “me generation” that remains all too relevant today.
But it’s a paranoid thriller first and foremost, based on one of the most psychologically terrifying of all premises – what happens when you can no longer trust not just the authorities but even your nearest and dearest?
Synopsis:
When health official Elizabeth Driscoll (Brooke Adams...
Remakes of great films are usually on a hiding to nothing, but Philip Kaufman’s brilliant update of the 1956 classic Invasion Of The Body Snatchers is a rare and memorable exception. Transposing the action to the heart of San Francisco allows Kaufman to retain all the suspense of Jack Finney’s original story while adding caustic social commentary about the selfishness of the 1970s “me generation” that remains all too relevant today.
But it’s a paranoid thriller first and foremost, based on one of the most psychologically terrifying of all premises – what happens when you can no longer trust not just the authorities but even your nearest and dearest?
Synopsis:
When health official Elizabeth Driscoll (Brooke Adams...
- 4/3/2024
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
Hard Faith and Magic Bean Entertainment have revealed the first look teaser for the Christmas themed ‘Saint Nick Of Bethlehem’, written and directed by Spencer Folmar and Daniel Roebuck.
The Saint Nick Of Bethlehem cast includes Daniel Roebuck (The Munsters), Cathy Moriarty (Raging Bull), Marsha Dietlin Bennett, Duane Whitaker, Stelio Savante, Elias Kemuel, Bradford Haynes, Timothy E. Goodwin, Jennifer Porrata, & Kathy Patterson.
Filmed in Bethlehem Pennsylvania, Saint Nick is based on the true story of Allen Smith, a man distraught over losing his son. He finds closure and discovers a new purpose when he takes on the role of Santa Claus in Bethlehem Pennsylvania.
Saint Nick is produced by Spencer Folmar, Ben Daniele, Tammy Roebuck, Danny Roebuck, Doug Tschirhart, & Isaac March.
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The Saint Nick Of Bethlehem cast includes Daniel Roebuck (The Munsters), Cathy Moriarty (Raging Bull), Marsha Dietlin Bennett, Duane Whitaker, Stelio Savante, Elias Kemuel, Bradford Haynes, Timothy E. Goodwin, Jennifer Porrata, & Kathy Patterson.
Filmed in Bethlehem Pennsylvania, Saint Nick is based on the true story of Allen Smith, a man distraught over losing his son. He finds closure and discovers a new purpose when he takes on the role of Santa Claus in Bethlehem Pennsylvania.
Saint Nick is produced by Spencer Folmar, Ben Daniele, Tammy Roebuck, Danny Roebuck, Doug Tschirhart, & Isaac March.
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- 3/18/2024
- by Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
The Oscar Awards is almost here, and what better way to get ready for it than to reminisce about the most outrageous and shocking winning moments that happened in the past years.
While some names and titles are already taking up space and garnering unanimous votes, there will be controversial results that will go down in history, just like these Academy Award winners.
Will Smith
Will Smith in King Richard
The comedian-actor has always been a crowd favorite, and his Best Actor win for the biographical sports drama King Richard at the 94th Academy Awards in 2022 was supposed to be a glorious moment. But, just before he was announced as the winner, the infamous Oscar slap shocked the entire world.
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While some names and titles are already taking up space and garnering unanimous votes, there will be controversial results that will go down in history, just like these Academy Award winners.
Will Smith
Will Smith in King Richard
The comedian-actor has always been a crowd favorite, and his Best Actor win for the biographical sports drama King Richard at the 94th Academy Awards in 2022 was supposed to be a glorious moment. But, just before he was announced as the winner, the infamous Oscar slap shocked the entire world.
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- 3/10/2024
- by Ariane Cruz
- FandomWire
It’s not often that a doc about the transformative power of cinema will deliberately use bad clips of the movies it’s talking about, but that’s part of the point of this insightful, sprawling film, corralled by director David Hinton. Though the masterpieces made by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger at the height of their big-screen, Technicolor powers were visually impeccable, their subversive emotional power could still pack a punch through a 16-inch TV screen, even from the most scratched, butchered, and washed-out black-and-white prints.
This is, famously, how the young Martin Scorsese discovered The Archers (as the pairing styled themselves), and in this lengthy discourse he gets to position them both as an influence on his own movies and as unsung heroes in the history of world cinema. Now, there are plenty of people who will immediately say that Powell and Pressburger have actually been sung quite a bit,...
This is, famously, how the young Martin Scorsese discovered The Archers (as the pairing styled themselves), and in this lengthy discourse he gets to position them both as an influence on his own movies and as unsung heroes in the history of world cinema. Now, there are plenty of people who will immediately say that Powell and Pressburger have actually been sung quite a bit,...
- 2/21/2024
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild on Tuesday revealed nominations for the 11th annual Muahs Awards, featuring 23 categories honoring outstanding achievements in make-up and hair styling artistry in motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and live theater.
Disney/Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 scored a leading four nominations on the movie side, landing noms in four of the five competitive categories. Netflix’s Maestro also showed well with three noms. On the TV side, ABC’s Dancing With the Stars leads all titles with five nominations, while Prime Video’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has three.
See the full list of nominees below.
Winners will be announced February 18 at the 2024 Muahs Awards ceremony, where Rocky, Star Trek, Mask and Raging Bull make-up artist Michael Westmore will receive the Vanguard Award. In addition, Driving Miss Daisy and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 make-up artist Kevin Haney and...
Disney/Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 scored a leading four nominations on the movie side, landing noms in four of the five competitive categories. Netflix’s Maestro also showed well with three noms. On the TV side, ABC’s Dancing With the Stars leads all titles with five nominations, while Prime Video’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has three.
See the full list of nominees below.
Winners will be announced February 18 at the 2024 Muahs Awards ceremony, where Rocky, Star Trek, Mask and Raging Bull make-up artist Michael Westmore will receive the Vanguard Award. In addition, Driving Miss Daisy and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 make-up artist Kevin Haney and...
- 1/2/2024
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The first look poster and a full cast list for the upcoming Christmas film Saint Nick Of Bethlehem has finally been revealed. Written and Directed by Spencer Folmar and Daniel Roebuck, the Christmas film is scheduled to start filming later this year.
Saint Nick is based on the true story of Allen Smith, a man distraught over losing his son. He finds closure and discovers a new purpose when he takes on the role of Santa Claus in Bethlehem Pennsylvania, Christmas City, USA
Daniel Roebuck (The Munsters), Cathy Moriarty (Raging Bull), Marsha Dietlin Bennett (Learning Curve), Duane Whitaker (Getting Grace), Stelio Savante (Pursuit of Freedom), Elias Kemuel (Pursuit of Freedom), and Bradford Haynes have joined the previously announced cast including Timothy E. Goodwin (The Follower), Jennifer Porrata, and Kathy Patterson (Miracle at Manchester).
Saint Nick Of Bethlehem is being produced by Spencer Folmar, Ben Daniele, Tammy Roebuck, Danny Roebuck, Doug Tschirhart,...
Saint Nick is based on the true story of Allen Smith, a man distraught over losing his son. He finds closure and discovers a new purpose when he takes on the role of Santa Claus in Bethlehem Pennsylvania, Christmas City, USA
Daniel Roebuck (The Munsters), Cathy Moriarty (Raging Bull), Marsha Dietlin Bennett (Learning Curve), Duane Whitaker (Getting Grace), Stelio Savante (Pursuit of Freedom), Elias Kemuel (Pursuit of Freedom), and Bradford Haynes have joined the previously announced cast including Timothy E. Goodwin (The Follower), Jennifer Porrata, and Kathy Patterson (Miracle at Manchester).
Saint Nick Of Bethlehem is being produced by Spencer Folmar, Ben Daniele, Tammy Roebuck, Danny Roebuck, Doug Tschirhart,...
- 11/20/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Matt Damon was one of many actors who admired Taxi Driver star Robert De Niro. But he once joked that Raging Bull made him question his admiration for the actor for a funny reason.
Why Matt Damon once joked he hated seeing Robert De Niro gain weight in ‘Raging Bull’ Robert De Niro and Matt Damon | George Pimentel/WireImage
Damon knows what it’s like to change his physique for a film role. He’s been experimenting with his body for movies since before hitting his stride with Good Will Hunting. He famously jeopardized his health after losing 50 pounds for Courage Under Fire. But for his 2009 feature The Informant, Damon was required to take the opposite approach to his body. Instead of losing weight, he gained weight to fit the large physique of his character. It was also a much more enjoyable process, as he was able to eat whatever he wanted.
Why Matt Damon once joked he hated seeing Robert De Niro gain weight in ‘Raging Bull’ Robert De Niro and Matt Damon | George Pimentel/WireImage
Damon knows what it’s like to change his physique for a film role. He’s been experimenting with his body for movies since before hitting his stride with Good Will Hunting. He famously jeopardized his health after losing 50 pounds for Courage Under Fire. But for his 2009 feature The Informant, Damon was required to take the opposite approach to his body. Instead of losing weight, he gained weight to fit the large physique of his character. It was also a much more enjoyable process, as he was able to eat whatever he wanted.
- 11/18/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
“Back home, they would have put me in jail for what I’m doing. But out here? They’re giving me awards” – Robert De Niro’s Sam Rothstein, Casino.
Martin Scorsese reminds me a lot of the late Wes Craven. Both of them with such kind demeanors that are in paradox to the horrors of the art they create. Now, in no way am I so naïve as to think people who make horror films are anything like their creations. I’m not one of those Church Moms on the local news suggesting Satan is entering our homes via Hocus Pocus on Disney Plus. Still yet, these are the last two men I’d ever pick out of a line up as the creators of their own work.
The two are seen oppositely based on the genres they work in but Scorsese is a horror director in his own right.
Martin Scorsese reminds me a lot of the late Wes Craven. Both of them with such kind demeanors that are in paradox to the horrors of the art they create. Now, in no way am I so naïve as to think people who make horror films are anything like their creations. I’m not one of those Church Moms on the local news suggesting Satan is entering our homes via Hocus Pocus on Disney Plus. Still yet, these are the last two men I’d ever pick out of a line up as the creators of their own work.
The two are seen oppositely based on the genres they work in but Scorsese is a horror director in his own right.
- 10/20/2023
- by Mike Holtz
- bloody-disgusting.com
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour is back to eat the weekend box office with a fork and knife as the concert film grooves to $5.9M as an estimated Thursday total. The Sam Wrench-directed movie gives Swifties a front-row seat to one of the most in-demand tours in decades, pulling $98.7M at 3,855 theaters overall. These numbers are all the more impressive, considering the Eras Tour exits theaters Monday through Wednesday, building hype for a weekend-centric theatrical event.
Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon also screened in cinemas on Thursday, blooming with $2.6M in previews. Showings for Scorsese’s latest epic – which we loved – began at 2 p.m. due to the film’s 3 hours and 26 minutes runtime. No one knows if Flower Moon can defeat The Eras Tour at the box office this weekend. However, analysts predict another impressive weekend for the blonde bombshell from West Reading, Pennsylvania.
Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon also screened in cinemas on Thursday, blooming with $2.6M in previews. Showings for Scorsese’s latest epic – which we loved – began at 2 p.m. due to the film’s 3 hours and 26 minutes runtime. No one knows if Flower Moon can defeat The Eras Tour at the box office this weekend. However, analysts predict another impressive weekend for the blonde bombshell from West Reading, Pennsylvania.
- 10/20/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Taylor Swift, the pop icon who’s untouchable and burns brighter than the sun, has no plans to let go of her stranglehold on the box office when Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon takes the stage. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour banked $92.3M in its first weekend, with theaters pausing showtimes between Monday and Thursday. While the concert film could take a 60%-70% dip in its second weekend with $27M-$37M, it could be enough to walk all over Scorsese’s latest epic at the box office.
Analysts watching Killers of the Flower Moon predict a $20M-$25M opening for Scorsese’s gripping drama. Considering the film’s 3-hour, 26-minute runtime, that’s an impressive take for a theater experience that should come with complimentary adult diapers. While some of the year’s most significant films have been victims of the SAG-AFTRA strike and an inability to promote new projects,...
Analysts watching Killers of the Flower Moon predict a $20M-$25M opening for Scorsese’s gripping drama. Considering the film’s 3-hour, 26-minute runtime, that’s an impressive take for a theater experience that should come with complimentary adult diapers. While some of the year’s most significant films have been victims of the SAG-AFTRA strike and an inability to promote new projects,...
- 10/18/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Martin Scorsese’s newly anticipated film Killers of the Flower Moon is only weeks away from seeing its theatrical release and then making its way onto AppleTV+. The adaptation of David Grann’s book of the same name is already gaining praise for the performances of the lead actors. Many are saying that this film features a career-defining performance for frequent Scorsese collaborator Leonardo DiCaprio. However, the buzz around the film is that his co-star Lily Gladstone steals the show and shines through in a breakout performance.
Variety has the exclusive on Lily Gladstone being put on the path to make history as the first Native American indigenous actress to be nominated for Best Actress at the Academy Awards. With the accolades that the film is already collecting, Gladstone will be campaigning alongside her co-star DiCaprio for the top acting awards. When the film premiered at Cannes earlier this summer,...
Variety has the exclusive on Lily Gladstone being put on the path to make history as the first Native American indigenous actress to be nominated for Best Actress at the Academy Awards. With the accolades that the film is already collecting, Gladstone will be campaigning alongside her co-star DiCaprio for the top acting awards. When the film premiered at Cannes earlier this summer,...
- 9/20/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Museum of Modern Art
Films by Olivier Assayas, Jacques Rivette, Park Chan-wook, and Bong Joon-ho screen on 35mm as part of “Views from the Vault.”
IFC Center
A series on sex scenes brings Crash, Cruising, Don’t Look Now, Persona and more; Twilight and A Nightmare on Elm Street have late showings, while The Wicker Man plays in a new restoration.
Anthology Film Archives
Films by Nagisa Ōshima, including the David Bowie-led Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, are subject of a retrospective that has its final weekend.
Roxy Cinema
35mm prints of Jackass Number Two, Go, and Tokyo Drift screen, while the restoration of Raging Bull and Juliet Berto’s Neige plays.
Film at Lincoln Center
The Mother and the Whore continues in a 4K restoration.
Film Forum
A massive Billy Wilder retrospective is underway; Godard’s Contempt and Midnight Cowboy play in 4K restorations.
Museum of Modern Art
Films by Olivier Assayas, Jacques Rivette, Park Chan-wook, and Bong Joon-ho screen on 35mm as part of “Views from the Vault.”
IFC Center
A series on sex scenes brings Crash, Cruising, Don’t Look Now, Persona and more; Twilight and A Nightmare on Elm Street have late showings, while The Wicker Man plays in a new restoration.
Anthology Film Archives
Films by Nagisa Ōshima, including the David Bowie-led Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, are subject of a retrospective that has its final weekend.
Roxy Cinema
35mm prints of Jackass Number Two, Go, and Tokyo Drift screen, while the restoration of Raging Bull and Juliet Berto’s Neige plays.
Film at Lincoln Center
The Mother and the Whore continues in a 4K restoration.
Film Forum
A massive Billy Wilder retrospective is underway; Godard’s Contempt and Midnight Cowboy play in 4K restorations.
- 7/21/2023
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
With 1993’s A Bronx Tale celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, two things are for sure. One, not every beloved movie does well at the box office. Two, if she doesn’t lean over and lift the car lock, dump her. But Robert De Niro has more to say on the former, as A Bronx Tale almost cost him his future as a director.
Speaking at the Tribeca Festival – which Robert De Niro co-founded as the Tribeca Film Festival as a way to bring prosperity back to New York after 9/11 – the actor/director recalled A Bronx Tale peaking at #7 and only grossing around $17 million at the box office. “How could you not be disappointed? You do all this work for it. At the same time, I was lucky to be able to make the movie I made.” He added, “I never got asked to do movies after that,” although, more accurately,...
Speaking at the Tribeca Festival – which Robert De Niro co-founded as the Tribeca Film Festival as a way to bring prosperity back to New York after 9/11 – the actor/director recalled A Bronx Tale peaking at #7 and only grossing around $17 million at the box office. “How could you not be disappointed? You do all this work for it. At the same time, I was lucky to be able to make the movie I made.” He added, “I never got asked to do movies after that,” although, more accurately,...
- 6/19/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Updated June 28: Max says the rollout of the updated credits will begin rolling out the week of June 28.
Previous: Max has responded to the controversy with the following statement: “We agree that the talent behind the content on Max deserve their work to be properly recognized. We will correct the credits, which were altered due to an oversight in the technical transition from HBO Max to Max and we apologize for this mistake.”
The decision to fix the credits comes as the writers and directors guild took a hard line against the Max grouping:
“For almost 90 years, the Directors Guild has fought fiercely to protect the credit and recognition deserved by Directors for the work they create. Warner Bros. Discovery’s unilateral move, without notice or consultation, to collapse directors, writers, producers and others into a generic category of ‘creators’ in their new Max rollout while we are in...
Previous: Max has responded to the controversy with the following statement: “We agree that the talent behind the content on Max deserve their work to be properly recognized. We will correct the credits, which were altered due to an oversight in the technical transition from HBO Max to Max and we apologize for this mistake.”
The decision to fix the credits comes as the writers and directors guild took a hard line against the Max grouping:
“For almost 90 years, the Directors Guild has fought fiercely to protect the credit and recognition deserved by Directors for the work they create. Warner Bros. Discovery’s unilateral move, without notice or consultation, to collapse directors, writers, producers and others into a generic category of ‘creators’ in their new Max rollout while we are in...
- 5/24/2023
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Big George ForemanPhoto: Sony
For historical context (and for fans of boxing when boxing mattered), in 1968, 19-year-old George Edward Foreman of Marshall, Texas, represented the United States in the heavyweight division of the Mexico City Olympic Games. He won a gold medal and then turned professional. Meanwhile, in the stateside boxing world,...
For historical context (and for fans of boxing when boxing mattered), in 1968, 19-year-old George Edward Foreman of Marshall, Texas, represented the United States in the heavyweight division of the Mexico City Olympic Games. He won a gold medal and then turned professional. Meanwhile, in the stateside boxing world,...
- 4/27/2023
- by Timothy Cogshell
- avclub.com
The full title of the George Foreman biopic provides a not-so-subtle clue as to the film’s prosaicness. The movie about Jake Lamotta vividly signaled the personality of its lead character with Raging Bull. The one about Rocky Graziano jauntily indicated its upbeat nature with Somebody Up There Likes Me. So what does Foreman merit? Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World. It sounds like the title of a biography for young readers, and that’s pretty much how the by-the-numbers film plays.
It’s not surprising that Affirm Films is one of the film’s producers, since Foreman famously underwent a religious epiphany and became a born-again Christian. He retired from boxing for many years and became a minister, preaching first on street corners before becoming working at a Houston church. He also opened a youth community center, and, as the film portrays it,...
It’s not surprising that Affirm Films is one of the film’s producers, since Foreman famously underwent a religious epiphany and became a born-again Christian. He retired from boxing for many years and became a minister, preaching first on street corners before becoming working at a Houston church. He also opened a youth community center, and, as the film portrays it,...
- 4/27/2023
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Goodfellas is right up there with one of the greatest mob stories ever told. But many people hold it to an even higher degree as one of the greatest movies ever made. Recently, Steven Spielberg wrote a short guest essay for Variety on why the movie, made by his peer, Martin Scorsese, is not only one of his favorite movies but he also feels it’s a masterclass in filmmaking.
Spielberg mentions that all you need to do is mention the name of one of the characters from the film and that puts him in the mood to watch the gangster epic. He elaborates, “It’s no longer a guilty pleasure to sit for 2 hours and 26 minutes, but rather a master class for any aspiring filmmaker who wants to see a breathtaking balancing act of multiple storylines, timelines, shocking violence and violent humor. The film has an intoxicating energy expressed not only through masterful editing,...
Spielberg mentions that all you need to do is mention the name of one of the characters from the film and that puts him in the mood to watch the gangster epic. He elaborates, “It’s no longer a guilty pleasure to sit for 2 hours and 26 minutes, but rather a master class for any aspiring filmmaker who wants to see a breathtaking balancing act of multiple storylines, timelines, shocking violence and violent humor. The film has an intoxicating energy expressed not only through masterful editing,...
- 12/29/2022
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Ever since there have been movies, there have been movie stars – and becoming one of the world’s greatest actors involves being able to be many things at once. For one, you have to be able to act – to really inhabit a character’s deepest emotions, to step into their skin so that the words on the page come across as lived and felt. Plus, you have to be able to take that technical mastery and apply it across multiple genres, from quiet character dramas to epic action-packed blockbusters. And on top of that, you have to have that thing that can’t really be learned, or taught – a charisma, a command of the camera, an energy that enlivens even the most stellar script, and makes audiences flock to the multiplex in their droves.
For Empire’s February 2023 issue, we asked readers to vote for the best actors of all...
For Empire’s February 2023 issue, we asked readers to vote for the best actors of all...
- 12/20/2022
- by Ben Travis, Sophie Butcher, Nick de Semlyen, James Dyer, John Nugent, Alex Godfrey, Helen O’Hara
- Empire - Movies
It’s the list that keeps on giving. Yesterday, Sight and Sound announced their once-in-a-decade critic and filmmaker polls of the greatest films of all-time and while we debate what was added and dropped, specific ballots are starting to roll out. You can find most critics (including our own Nick Newman’s list) on their respective social media channels, and ahead of the full ballots being unveiled next month, the publication is starting to share a few.
First up, we have lists from Martin Scorsese and Bong Joon Ho. As usual, with his breadth of cinema appreciation, the former couldn’t stick to just ten movies, and it’s most interesting to compare what has changed since his 2012 list. In 2022, Diary of a Country Priest, Ikiru, and Ordet were all added, while none dropped off. In terms of Scorsese’s own films on the overall list, Raging Bull was dropped,...
First up, we have lists from Martin Scorsese and Bong Joon Ho. As usual, with his breadth of cinema appreciation, the former couldn’t stick to just ten movies, and it’s most interesting to compare what has changed since his 2012 list. In 2022, Diary of a Country Priest, Ikiru, and Ordet were all added, while none dropped off. In terms of Scorsese’s own films on the overall list, Raging Bull was dropped,...
- 12/2/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Plot: Mike is an unauthorized and no-holds-barred look at the life of Mike Tyson – and it is one wild ride. The 8-episode limited series explores the tumultuous ups and downs of Tyson’s boxing career and personal life – from being a beloved global athlete to a pariah and back again. Focusing the lens on Mike Tyson, the series examines class in America, race in America, fame and the power of media, misogyny, the wealth divide, the promise of the American Dream and ultimately our own role in shaping Mike’s story.
Review: Mike Tyson is a divisive and controversial figure in pop culture. For sports fans, he remains one of the most exciting and talented boxers to ever wear the heavyweight championship belt. For some, he is the hilarious cameo that made The Hangover one of the biggest hits of 2009. For still others, he is a convicted rapist with a...
Review: Mike Tyson is a divisive and controversial figure in pop culture. For sports fans, he remains one of the most exciting and talented boxers to ever wear the heavyweight championship belt. For some, he is the hilarious cameo that made The Hangover one of the biggest hits of 2009. For still others, he is a convicted rapist with a...
- 8/25/2022
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
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“It’s patience, it’s empathy, it’s trying to really listen to someone and their concerns, both in an interview and also in conversations about whether they’re going to give an interview, and also it’s bringing yourself,” says Ronan Farrow, one of the most consequential investigative journalists of our time, when asked during a recent recording of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast how he makes subjects comfortable enough to open up to him about their deepest and darkest secrets. The 34-year-old son of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen continues, “I have a double-edged sword: It’s a painful thing that people know a lot more about me than I know about them, generally, in any interaction, and it’s not all great stuff — but I can’t change that. All I can do is be open and vulnerable about that.
“It’s patience, it’s empathy, it’s trying to really listen to someone and their concerns, both in an interview and also in conversations about whether they’re going to give an interview, and also it’s bringing yourself,” says Ronan Farrow, one of the most consequential investigative journalists of our time, when asked during a recent recording of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast how he makes subjects comfortable enough to open up to him about their deepest and darkest secrets. The 34-year-old son of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen continues, “I have a double-edged sword: It’s a painful thing that people know a lot more about me than I know about them, generally, in any interaction, and it’s not all great stuff — but I can’t change that. All I can do is be open and vulnerable about that.
- 6/20/2022
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
John Oliver spent the bulk of this week’s episode of “Last Week Tonight” discussing America’s disastrous pullout from Afghanistan. The 20-minute discussion very broadly went through the big picture of the war from beginning to end — and Oliver had plenty of words for how President Joe Biden has handled his part of it.
Late in the segment, which you can watch in the embed above, Oliver was discussing Tucker Carlson’s and Laura Ingraham’s preemptive whining about refugees. But he he quickly pivoted to Biden.
“They are not the only ones who’ve been blithe about the fate of the Afghans. Biden’s failure to plan here is astonishing. But his continued indifference to the lives of anyone who’s not American isn’t really surprising. He’s felt this way for years,” Oliver said, citing an account from a biography of the late diplomat Richard Holbrooke.
Late in the segment, which you can watch in the embed above, Oliver was discussing Tucker Carlson’s and Laura Ingraham’s preemptive whining about refugees. But he he quickly pivoted to Biden.
“They are not the only ones who’ve been blithe about the fate of the Afghans. Biden’s failure to plan here is astonishing. But his continued indifference to the lives of anyone who’s not American isn’t really surprising. He’s felt this way for years,” Oliver said, citing an account from a biography of the late diplomat Richard Holbrooke.
- 8/23/2021
- by Phil Owen
- The Wrap
Newly announced strands include 1995-2015 Dealing With The Past.Scroll down for line-up
The Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug 14-22) has unveiled the full line-up for its 21st edition, including new strand 1995-2015 Dealing With The Past.
The strand includes three documentaries that tackle Bosnia’s war-torn past: The Voices of Srebrenica; The Dvor Massacre; and The Diplomat.
The first two titles will be screened together. Nedim Lončarević’s The Voices of Srebrenica is the tale of survivors of the genocide that claimed the lives of more than 8,000 people in July 1995 during the Bosnian War.
The Dvor Massacre, directed by Kasper Vedsmand and Georg Larsen, centres on a Danish officer haunted by a decision not to intervene in a situation that ultimately saw nine people executed.
David Holbrooke’s The Diplomat, first shown at Tribeca in April, tells the story of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, whose career spanned 50 years of Us foreign policy - from Vietnam and Afghanistan to Bosnia...
The Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug 14-22) has unveiled the full line-up for its 21st edition, including new strand 1995-2015 Dealing With The Past.
The strand includes three documentaries that tackle Bosnia’s war-torn past: The Voices of Srebrenica; The Dvor Massacre; and The Diplomat.
The first two titles will be screened together. Nedim Lončarević’s The Voices of Srebrenica is the tale of survivors of the genocide that claimed the lives of more than 8,000 people in July 1995 during the Bosnian War.
The Dvor Massacre, directed by Kasper Vedsmand and Georg Larsen, centres on a Danish officer haunted by a decision not to intervene in a situation that ultimately saw nine people executed.
David Holbrooke’s The Diplomat, first shown at Tribeca in April, tells the story of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, whose career spanned 50 years of Us foreign policy - from Vietnam and Afghanistan to Bosnia...
- 7/31/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
HBO confirmed its documentaries for the second half of 2015, including a look at the Bolshoi, a view of foreign-policy pundit Richard Holbrooke, and a racially charged fight for justice that won a Sundance Award. From HBO’s announcement of upcoming documentaries, in chronological order: Toe Tag Parole: To Live And Die On Yard A (debuting Aug. 3) explores the reality of "the other death penalty." The film visits Yard A at California State Prison, a dedicated yard for men…...
- 7/30/2015
- Deadline TV
Read More: Meet the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival Filmmakers In "The Diplomat," David Holbrooke attempts the seemingly insurmountable: capturing the legacy of his father, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, for a revealing inside view of Us foreign policy from Vietnam to Afghanistan.[Synopsis Courtesy of Tribeca] Read More: Tribeca 2015 Unveils Innovation Programming Lineup, Featuring Talks From Top CEOs and Scientists What's your film about in 140 characters or less? The late diplomat Richard Holbrooke who ended the Bosnian war in 1995 and worked on Afghanistan for President Obama before collapsing in Hillary Clinton's office. Now what's it Really about? It's about understanding my father's life and legacy after he died, far too early. It's about a man who committed himself to a public career where impact mattered. That that came with a real cost to him and his family. I felt that was a story worth telling. Tell us briefly about yourself. I grew up in Washington DC and was.
- 4/19/2015
- by Jena Keahon
- Indiewire
San Francisco-based ro*co films has secured international rights to a slate of films including three Sundance selections that will launch at Mipdoc/Miptv.
“We’re bringing a collection of films that are very timely and entertaining stories, they either reveal a new voice or remind us of a powerful voice from the past,” said ro*co films ro*co films international managing director Cristine Platt Dewey.
The Park City trio are: Kirby Dick’s The Hunting Ground (pictured) about rape culture on Us college campuses; Turner Ross and Bill Ross IV’s Mexican drug cartel story Western; and Lyric R Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe’s Us counterterrorism film (T)Error.
David Holbrooke’s The Diplomat chronicles the work of the director’s father Us Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and his work on the Dayton Peace Accords that ended conflict in Bosnia 20 years ago.
Paula Fouce’s No Asylum uncovers a new chapter in the Anne Frank...
“We’re bringing a collection of films that are very timely and entertaining stories, they either reveal a new voice or remind us of a powerful voice from the past,” said ro*co films ro*co films international managing director Cristine Platt Dewey.
The Park City trio are: Kirby Dick’s The Hunting Ground (pictured) about rape culture on Us college campuses; Turner Ross and Bill Ross IV’s Mexican drug cartel story Western; and Lyric R Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe’s Us counterterrorism film (T)Error.
David Holbrooke’s The Diplomat chronicles the work of the director’s father Us Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and his work on the Dayton Peace Accords that ended conflict in Bosnia 20 years ago.
Paula Fouce’s No Asylum uncovers a new chapter in the Anne Frank...
- 4/15/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck has been added to the programme. Photo: Anton Corbijn/Courtesy Sundance Institute Tribeca Film Festival has announced this year’s Tribeca Talks series.
Its Director Series will feature Interstellar director Chistopher Nolan with Bennett Miller, Star Wars creator George Lucas with Stephen Colbert, Sin Nombre's Cary Fukunaga with James Schamus and The Incredibles director Brad Bird with Janeane Garofalo.
The festival's After The Movie series - which included the announcement about four additional documentaries to be screened - was also detailed. It will include talks with David Holbrooke, after the world premiere of his documentary The Diplomat - a look at the legacy left by Ambassador Richard Holbrooke - and director Leah Wolchok and cartoon editor of the New Yorker Bob Mankoff, who will talk about her film Very Semi-Serious.
The world premiere of Robin Hauser Reynolds’ Code: Debugging the Gender Gap and the...
Its Director Series will feature Interstellar director Chistopher Nolan with Bennett Miller, Star Wars creator George Lucas with Stephen Colbert, Sin Nombre's Cary Fukunaga with James Schamus and The Incredibles director Brad Bird with Janeane Garofalo.
The festival's After The Movie series - which included the announcement about four additional documentaries to be screened - was also detailed. It will include talks with David Holbrooke, after the world premiere of his documentary The Diplomat - a look at the legacy left by Ambassador Richard Holbrooke - and director Leah Wolchok and cartoon editor of the New Yorker Bob Mankoff, who will talk about her film Very Semi-Serious.
The world premiere of Robin Hauser Reynolds’ Code: Debugging the Gender Gap and the...
- 3/16/2015
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Activist, lawyer and now TV news host, Ronan Farrow is a force to be reckoned with. But what really caught people's attention was his quip following his mother Mia Farrow's revelation that his father might not be Woody Allen but Frank Sinatra. Jesse Lichtenstein meets him in New York
• Dylan Farrow details allegations of child sex abuse against Woody Allen
Ronan Farrow had a cold. "Probably from a source," he joked. It wasn't clear who gave it to him — the big pop star in La or the Minnesotans fighting against terrorist recruitment in their community. Farrow had been out of town reporting pieces on both, and his voice was almost shot.
It was a Monday in December, and as part of the preparations to host his own daily news show on American cable channel MSNBC in January, Farrow was scheduled to do a quick "hit" on one of the...
• Dylan Farrow details allegations of child sex abuse against Woody Allen
Ronan Farrow had a cold. "Probably from a source," he joked. It wasn't clear who gave it to him — the big pop star in La or the Minnesotans fighting against terrorist recruitment in their community. Farrow had been out of town reporting pieces on both, and his voice was almost shot.
It was a Monday in December, and as part of the preparations to host his own daily news show on American cable channel MSNBC in January, Farrow was scheduled to do a quick "hit" on one of the...
- 2/2/2014
- The Guardian - Film News
Mia Farrow's wunderkind now arrives with piquant speculation about Frank Sinatra's paternity. So why are we being played?
For the inordinately ambitious, helping to build your offspring's resume is as pressing and critical as arranging a propitious marriage has been in certain societies (today's ideal resume also includes strategic romantic relationships).
We now have an ultimate aspirational resume, truly surpassing all before it, well beyond mere yuppie ambition and into an undreamed of sort of pre-career virtuosity: that of 25-year-old Ronan Farrow, who, without ever hardly having had a paying job, has gone from faceless celebrity-family member to historical entity in the period of a few weeks.
Farrow is, of course, the son of Mia Farrow and, until his public debut suggested possibly otherwise, Woody Allen. The deus ex machina (otherwise known as a publicity stunt) of his overnight rise was his mother's coy suggestion that his father might not be Allen,...
For the inordinately ambitious, helping to build your offspring's resume is as pressing and critical as arranging a propitious marriage has been in certain societies (today's ideal resume also includes strategic romantic relationships).
We now have an ultimate aspirational resume, truly surpassing all before it, well beyond mere yuppie ambition and into an undreamed of sort of pre-career virtuosity: that of 25-year-old Ronan Farrow, who, without ever hardly having had a paying job, has gone from faceless celebrity-family member to historical entity in the period of a few weeks.
Farrow is, of course, the son of Mia Farrow and, until his public debut suggested possibly otherwise, Woody Allen. The deus ex machina (otherwise known as a publicity stunt) of his overnight rise was his mother's coy suggestion that his father might not be Allen,...
- 10/28/2013
- by Michael Wolff
- The Guardian - Film News
Wondering just who that new guy Selena was cuddling up to is? Read on to find out all about Ronan! After a photo surfaced of Selena Gomez getting up close and personal with a sexy man who definitely wasn't Justin Bieber, it left a lot of people wondering: Just who is this Ronan Farrow guy our Sel's so cozy with? It turns out he's a young prodigy from a very famous and legendary family! Ronan's Famous Family & Childhood Ronan, 25, is the sole biological child of famed director Woody Allen and actress Mia Farrow. When his parents split, he became the subject of a well-publicized custody battle in 1992. As a noted child prodigy, Ronan became the youngest student to attend Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts -- at age 11! After receiving his AA degree there, he transferred to Bard College in Annandale-on Hudson, New York, where he became...
- 12/19/2012
- by Billy Nilles
- HollywoodLife
When his beloved daughter shot herself with his favorite gun, Serbian General Ratko Mladic lost his mind, drenching the Balkans in blood. His capture last week may finally bring justice for his victims. In this week's Newsweek, veteran war reporter Janine di Giovanni dissects the man behind the genocide and marks the importance of his arrest.
For years, during the grim and seemingly endless Balkan wars of the 1990s, Ratko Mladic appeared a mysterious, almost mythic figure, a stout and red-faced general in combat fatigues, who was rarely seen by anyone but his most trusted men. To many Serbs, he was a hero, a defender of national pride and values. To the families of his victims, he was a coldblooded killer who led his soldiers not into battle, but into a state of carnage during the disintegration of Yugoslavia. While all sides-Muslim, Croats, and Serbs-were guilty of heinous crimes, it...
For years, during the grim and seemingly endless Balkan wars of the 1990s, Ratko Mladic appeared a mysterious, almost mythic figure, a stout and red-faced general in combat fatigues, who was rarely seen by anyone but his most trusted men. To many Serbs, he was a hero, a defender of national pride and values. To the families of his victims, he was a coldblooded killer who led his soldiers not into battle, but into a state of carnage during the disintegration of Yugoslavia. While all sides-Muslim, Croats, and Serbs-were guilty of heinous crimes, it...
- 5/30/2011
- by Janine di Giovanni
- The Daily Beast
Richard Holbrooke's successor as special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan takes office when a jihadist takeover in Pakistan is a possibility for the first time. Bruce Riedel on America's challenges in that nightmare scenario.
Marc Grossman, a veteran American diplomat called out of retirement, is about to take over one of toughest jobs in U.S. foreign policy-special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Grossman's challenge will be particularly difficult on Pakistan, where a dispute over the diplomatic status of Raymond Davis, an American official accused of two murders by the Pakistani police, threatens to undo two years of patient efforts by the Obama team to build a strategic relationship with the most dangerous country in the world. High-level talks have been suspended and President Obama's planned visit to Pakistan is in jeopardy. The Hill is calling for aid cuts. Unless Grossman can get the bilateral engagement back on track,...
Marc Grossman, a veteran American diplomat called out of retirement, is about to take over one of toughest jobs in U.S. foreign policy-special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Grossman's challenge will be particularly difficult on Pakistan, where a dispute over the diplomatic status of Raymond Davis, an American official accused of two murders by the Pakistani police, threatens to undo two years of patient efforts by the Obama team to build a strategic relationship with the most dangerous country in the world. High-level talks have been suspended and President Obama's planned visit to Pakistan is in jeopardy. The Hill is calling for aid cuts. Unless Grossman can get the bilateral engagement back on track,...
- 2/16/2011
- by Bruce Riedel
- The Daily Beast
• Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has reportedly chosen Marc Grossman, a former diplomat, to replace Richard Holbrooke as the administration’s envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan. [The Washington Post] • On last night’s episode of Jeopardy, a bot, engineered by Ibm and named Watson, tied with a human, a Jeopardy champion named Brad Rutter. The computer will compete for two more days. [The New York Times] • News Corp., via a leaked memo/scavenger hunt written by The Daily editor Jesse Angelo, has requested that “the oldest dog in America” be identified and mined for news value. [Gawker] • Internet meme Stephen Baldwin is suing actor Kevin Costner because Baldwin sold his shares of an oil-removal company, for which Coster was a spokesman, in the wake of the Gulf Spill. [Politico] • Russian model Irina Shayk graces the cover of this year’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition. [The Huffington Post]...
- 2/15/2011
- Vanity Fair
Hillary Clinton called him "my biggest headache" but also an "inspiration," President Obama said Holbrooke "made a difference"-Howard Kurtz reports from a sparkling, humor-filled tribute that somehow matched the spirit of the man. Plus, Newsweek's report on Holbrooke's war with the White House.
It was somehow fitting that it took two presidents, a vice president, a secretary of State, a Joint Chiefs chairman, two heads of state, and 20 foreign ministers to pay tribute today to Richard Holbrooke, a man of boundless energy, unbridled ambition, and maddening contradictions.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Nice Rhetoric, but Need Real Results
Amid the splendor of the Kennedy Center, the bull-headed diplomat who tried most recently to solve the puzzle of Afghanistan and Pakistan was remembered as an indomitable force who often had little time or patience for niceties of domestic life.
The two-hour service had an upbeat, gently humorous tone sprinkled with superlatives,...
It was somehow fitting that it took two presidents, a vice president, a secretary of State, a Joint Chiefs chairman, two heads of state, and 20 foreign ministers to pay tribute today to Richard Holbrooke, a man of boundless energy, unbridled ambition, and maddening contradictions.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Nice Rhetoric, but Need Real Results
Amid the splendor of the Kennedy Center, the bull-headed diplomat who tried most recently to solve the puzzle of Afghanistan and Pakistan was remembered as an indomitable force who often had little time or patience for niceties of domestic life.
The two-hour service had an upbeat, gently humorous tone sprinkled with superlatives,...
- 1/14/2011
- by Howard Kurtz
- The Daily Beast
Alec Baldwin has always been politically outspoken -- and now, he's talking about taking action and running for office.
The '30 Rock' star and noted liberal sat down with Eliot Spitzer of CNN's 'Parker Spitzer' on Tuesday to discuss his future in politics, and said that after many approaches, he is very interested in running. Part of the reason he'd make the "difficult" decision to leaving acting, he said, is because the leading elite haven't solved the myriad problems of the middle class.
"I don't want to say this in an anti-elitist way, but we've had men who are Ivy League groomed running this country since 1988," Baldwin said. "We've had 22 years of Yale and Harvard running this country right now, and the problems aren't getting solved."
Of course, some may question Baldwin's connecting with today's middle class, given his fame and fortune as a prominent, award-winning actor. All that,...
The '30 Rock' star and noted liberal sat down with Eliot Spitzer of CNN's 'Parker Spitzer' on Tuesday to discuss his future in politics, and said that after many approaches, he is very interested in running. Part of the reason he'd make the "difficult" decision to leaving acting, he said, is because the leading elite haven't solved the myriad problems of the middle class.
"I don't want to say this in an anti-elitist way, but we've had men who are Ivy League groomed running this country since 1988," Baldwin said. "We've had 22 years of Yale and Harvard running this country right now, and the problems aren't getting solved."
Of course, some may question Baldwin's connecting with today's middle class, given his fame and fortune as a prominent, award-winning actor. All that,...
- 1/4/2011
- by Jordan Zakarin
- Huffington Post
Welcome to the No Fact Zone’s new column on musical performances on the Colbert report. Stephen is quite the entertainer, and also has fantastic musical guests from a variety of genres and backgrounds on the Report. Check back at the end of each week for a round-up of music in the show!
Hey Zoners! I am home in the snowy north for the holidays, trapped with a computer from 1999 and a dial-up speed internet connection. Oh the horror. The horror. Here is part of last week’s write-up! And happy holidays to those of you celebrating this week!
Monday
Blitzkrieg on Grinchitude
Stephen’s annual “Blitzkrieg on Grinchitude” features a festive animation with some great Christmasy music. It opens with sleigh bells, alluding to the 8000 holiday tunes that use sleigh bells. That stemming from, naturally, the bells hanging from the reindeer on Santa’s sleigh. Once Jesus saves Santa...
Hey Zoners! I am home in the snowy north for the holidays, trapped with a computer from 1999 and a dial-up speed internet connection. Oh the horror. The horror. Here is part of last week’s write-up! And happy holidays to those of you celebrating this week!
Monday
Blitzkrieg on Grinchitude
Stephen’s annual “Blitzkrieg on Grinchitude” features a festive animation with some great Christmasy music. It opens with sleigh bells, alluding to the 8000 holiday tunes that use sleigh bells. That stemming from, naturally, the bells hanging from the reindeer on Santa’s sleigh. Once Jesus saves Santa...
- 12/24/2010
- by emilyooo
- No Fact Zone
Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, who died earlier this week, met with President Obama and Vice President Biden in the Oval Office on May 6, 2009. Official White House photo by Pete Souza. “You’ve got to stop this war in Afghanistan.” —Richard Holbrooke (1941–2010) A few days ago, I read that a suicide bombing in front of a Nato base in Zhari, Afghanistan—a district in Kandahar, in the southeast of the country—killed six Nato soldiers and two Afghan soldiers. I also read that more than 670 international soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan this year. Sec. Def. Robert Gates says that the environment in Afghanistan is improving and he hopes to realize the goal of pulling American forces out of major combat there by 2014. What exactly does that mean?...
- 12/15/2010
- Vanity Fair
We asked last week what we should look for among the leaked Us embassy cables. Following last night's story on the Madeleine McCann investigation, here is a further instalment of user-suggested research – on the 2012 Olympics, Roman Polanski and the Dutch far right
• @AuMoulinVert asked for Olympics 2012
French presidential hopeful, Ségolène Royal, told Us diplomats French arrogance was partly to blame for Paris's lost bid to host the 2012 Olympic games. The games were awarded to London after a closely contested vote that saw both Tony Blair then French president Jacques Chirac fly to Singapore in July 2005 to make their case to delegates.
A confidential cable dated 17 February 2006 from the Us ambassador to Paris concerning a recent meeting with Royal said she had suggested, he wrote, a need "to find France's place in the world" with the French government showing less arrogance in how it speaks to the world. The latter factor,...
• @AuMoulinVert asked for Olympics 2012
French presidential hopeful, Ségolène Royal, told Us diplomats French arrogance was partly to blame for Paris's lost bid to host the 2012 Olympic games. The games were awarded to London after a closely contested vote that saw both Tony Blair then French president Jacques Chirac fly to Singapore in July 2005 to make their case to delegates.
A confidential cable dated 17 February 2006 from the Us ambassador to Paris concerning a recent meeting with Royal said she had suggested, he wrote, a need "to find France's place in the world" with the French government showing less arrogance in how it speaks to the world. The latter factor,...
- 12/15/2010
- by Simon Jeffery, Ben Quinn, Patrick Kingsley, Jason Rodrigues
- The Guardian - Film News
Episode Number: 6158 (December 13, 2010)
Guests: Patti Smith
Segments: Found Goldman Sachs MasterCard, The WØRD: Swift Payment, Blitzkrieg on Grinchitude
Videos: Monday, December 13, 2010
Hey, kids! I’m the designated hitter for today’s episode guide, and what promises to be a great week got off to a strong start with last night’s show. I’m not surprised that Stephen is having a hard time finding a Wall Street banker who’s willing to appear on the Report. They probably have a pretty good idea what they’d be in for if they did appear. But I have to think that Buckley T. Ratchford is taking a fair amount of ribbing from friends and colleagues today after Stephen tried to blackmail him into coming on the show by threatening to reveal his credit card number. It’s going to be hard to live that one down. We’ll have to see how effective this “threat” is,...
Guests: Patti Smith
Segments: Found Goldman Sachs MasterCard, The WØRD: Swift Payment, Blitzkrieg on Grinchitude
Videos: Monday, December 13, 2010
Hey, kids! I’m the designated hitter for today’s episode guide, and what promises to be a great week got off to a strong start with last night’s show. I’m not surprised that Stephen is having a hard time finding a Wall Street banker who’s willing to appear on the Report. They probably have a pretty good idea what they’d be in for if they did appear. But I have to think that Buckley T. Ratchford is taking a fair amount of ribbing from friends and colleagues today after Stephen tried to blackmail him into coming on the show by threatening to reveal his credit card number. It’s going to be hard to live that one down. We’ll have to see how effective this “threat” is,...
- 12/15/2010
- by Ann G
- No Fact Zone
Friday, 26 February 2010, 05:19
C O N F I D E N T I A L Section 01 Of 03 Astana 000267
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State For Sca/Cen, S/Srap
Eo 12958 Decl: 03/06/2059
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Subject: Kazakhstan: Special Representative Holbrooke
Discusses Afghanistan, Zhovtis, Osce Summit With Foreign Minister
Classified By: Ambassador Richard E. Hoagland, 1.4 (b), (d)
1. (C) Summary: Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (Srap) Ambassador Richard Holbrooke met State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev on February 21 to discuss Kazakhstan's support for operations in Afghanistan, including North-South polar-route overflights, the ground transit of wheeled and armored but not weaponized non-lethal military vehicles, Afghan police training, and other bilateral assistance. Holbrooke also strongly urged the government to consider a presidential pardon for imprisoned human rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis, discussed Kazakhstan's request for a bilateral meeting with the President in April, and said the United States was seriously considering Kazakhstan's initiative to organize a summit...
C O N F I D E N T I A L Section 01 Of 03 Astana 000267
Sipdis
State For Sca/Cen, S/Srap
Eo 12958 Decl: 03/06/2059
Tags Pgov, Prel, Marr, Af, Kz
Subject: Kazakhstan: Special Representative Holbrooke
Discusses Afghanistan, Zhovtis, Osce Summit With Foreign Minister
Classified By: Ambassador Richard E. Hoagland, 1.4 (b), (d)
1. (C) Summary: Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (Srap) Ambassador Richard Holbrooke met State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev on February 21 to discuss Kazakhstan's support for operations in Afghanistan, including North-South polar-route overflights, the ground transit of wheeled and armored but not weaponized non-lethal military vehicles, Afghan police training, and other bilateral assistance. Holbrooke also strongly urged the government to consider a presidential pardon for imprisoned human rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis, discussed Kazakhstan's request for a bilateral meeting with the President in April, and said the United States was seriously considering Kazakhstan's initiative to organize a summit...
- 12/14/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
U.S. special envoy Richard Holbrooke was a team player with a strong moral compass. Wesley Clark, Paul Begala, David Axelrod and more remember his astounding career.
David Gergen
Related story on The Daily Beast: An American in Full
"He was a sort of force of nature. He was to diplomacy what Lyndon Johnson was to politics. And you had this sense of, ‘We're just not going to meet this kind of guy again. And I just, I just thought he was indestructible.
"He was a man that if you were president and you had to face somebody who was a criminal or one of the really bad guys out there, you called Dick Holbrooke." -On Parker Spitzer
Paul Begala
"What I think was unique about Holbrooke was this: A lot of people in diplomacy at his level are very bright. And a few people are very tough. But it's never the same person.
David Gergen
Related story on The Daily Beast: An American in Full
"He was a sort of force of nature. He was to diplomacy what Lyndon Johnson was to politics. And you had this sense of, ‘We're just not going to meet this kind of guy again. And I just, I just thought he was indestructible.
"He was a man that if you were president and you had to face somebody who was a criminal or one of the really bad guys out there, you called Dick Holbrooke." -On Parker Spitzer
Paul Begala
"What I think was unique about Holbrooke was this: A lot of people in diplomacy at his level are very bright. And a few people are very tough. But it's never the same person.
- 12/14/2010
- by The Daily Beast
- The Daily Beast
The towering figure of U.S. foreign policy died yesterday at the age of 69. Jonathan Alter, Peter Beinart, and Sir Harold Evans remember the top diplomat's brilliant drive and contributions all over the world.
An American in FullBy Jonathan Alter
Related story on The Daily Beast: Egypt's Church Bombing: Was Al Qaeda Responsible?
Richard Holbrooke was a larger-than-life figure on the U.S. political landscape who shaped his times as much as any secretary of state. Jonathan Alter reflects on his impact on Bosnia, Afghanistan and Foggy Bottom.
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A Dominant Diplomatic ForceBy Peter Beinart
Richard Holbrooke pushed harder and cared more than other American foreign policy players. Peter Beinart on Holbrooke's special blend of superpower swagger and moral passion.
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Richard Holbrooke's Brilliant DriveBy Harold Evans
The gifted diplomat dedicated his life to making the world a more just and peaceful place-typical of the dedicated diplomats now vilified by the anarchists at WikiLeaks,...
An American in FullBy Jonathan Alter
Related story on The Daily Beast: Egypt's Church Bombing: Was Al Qaeda Responsible?
Richard Holbrooke was a larger-than-life figure on the U.S. political landscape who shaped his times as much as any secretary of state. Jonathan Alter reflects on his impact on Bosnia, Afghanistan and Foggy Bottom.
More >>
A Dominant Diplomatic ForceBy Peter Beinart
Richard Holbrooke pushed harder and cared more than other American foreign policy players. Peter Beinart on Holbrooke's special blend of superpower swagger and moral passion.
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Richard Holbrooke's Brilliant DriveBy Harold Evans
The gifted diplomat dedicated his life to making the world a more just and peaceful place-typical of the dedicated diplomats now vilified by the anarchists at WikiLeaks,...
- 12/14/2010
- by The Daily Beast
- The Daily Beast
Richard Holbrooke was a larger-than-life figure on the U.S. political landscape who shaped his times. Jonathan Alter reflects on his impact on Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Foggy Bottom.
The tributes to Richard Holbrooke now pouring in are out of proportion to the various positions he held over the years as an assistant secretary and ambassador. They are more befitting a head of state than a "special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan," arguably the most grueling and thankless job in the whole government.
And yet Holbrooke belongs to a tiny group of diplomats-men like George Kennan and Chip Bohlen-who shaped their times as much as any secretary of state.
With the WikiLeaks revelations casting a harsh light on the work of diplomats, Holbrooke's career is a useful reminder that we depend on indefatigable men and women working killer hours with killer travel to keep us all from getting killed by war or terrorism.
The tributes to Richard Holbrooke now pouring in are out of proportion to the various positions he held over the years as an assistant secretary and ambassador. They are more befitting a head of state than a "special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan," arguably the most grueling and thankless job in the whole government.
And yet Holbrooke belongs to a tiny group of diplomats-men like George Kennan and Chip Bohlen-who shaped their times as much as any secretary of state.
With the WikiLeaks revelations casting a harsh light on the work of diplomats, Holbrooke's career is a useful reminder that we depend on indefatigable men and women working killer hours with killer travel to keep us all from getting killed by war or terrorism.
- 12/14/2010
- by Jonathan Alter
- The Daily Beast
Richard Holbrooke pushed harder and cared more than other American foreign-policy players. Peter Beinart on Holbrooke's special blend of superpower swagger and moral passion.
There will probably never be another American diplomat like Richard Holbrooke. The reason is partly personal. Most diplomats are careful, reserved, discreet... diplomatic. Holbrooke was the opposite. He didn't merely court reporters; he stalked them. And when they didn't write enough about him, he wrote about himself. He did not do subtle. When he bore down on people, he had about as much respect for personal space as Lyndon Johnson in a men's room. As Democratic doyenne Pamela Harriman once put it, "he's not entirely housebroken."
Related story on The Daily Beast: An American in Full
In all these ways, Holbrooke was part of the sociology of 20th-century American Jewry. He entered the Foreign Service in the 1960s, when it was still something of a Wasp club.
There will probably never be another American diplomat like Richard Holbrooke. The reason is partly personal. Most diplomats are careful, reserved, discreet... diplomatic. Holbrooke was the opposite. He didn't merely court reporters; he stalked them. And when they didn't write enough about him, he wrote about himself. He did not do subtle. When he bore down on people, he had about as much respect for personal space as Lyndon Johnson in a men's room. As Democratic doyenne Pamela Harriman once put it, "he's not entirely housebroken."
Related story on The Daily Beast: An American in Full
In all these ways, Holbrooke was part of the sociology of 20th-century American Jewry. He entered the Foreign Service in the 1960s, when it was still something of a Wasp club.
- 12/14/2010
- by Peter Beinart
- The Daily Beast
The storied diplomat was 69 and had one of the world's most stressful jobs: two risk factors for aortic dissection, a tear to the body's largest artery. Casey Schwartz on how to spot signs of a tear to the aorta.
U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke, who died Monday night, two days after doctors performed surgery to repair a tear in his aorta, was in the highest risk population for aortic dissection-men between the ages of 50 to 70. High blood pressure, which is linked to stress, is also a prominent risk factor. Holbrooke, 69, a storied diplomat and the special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, no doubt had one of the most stressful jobs on the planet, managing America's strategy in the region and most recently dealing with the WikiLeaks mess, which exposed many of his private diplomatic cables.
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On Friday, Holbrooke fell ill...
U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke, who died Monday night, two days after doctors performed surgery to repair a tear in his aorta, was in the highest risk population for aortic dissection-men between the ages of 50 to 70. High blood pressure, which is linked to stress, is also a prominent risk factor. Holbrooke, 69, a storied diplomat and the special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, no doubt had one of the most stressful jobs on the planet, managing America's strategy in the region and most recently dealing with the WikiLeaks mess, which exposed many of his private diplomatic cables.
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On Friday, Holbrooke fell ill...
- 12/14/2010
- by Casey Schwartz
- The Daily Beast
Richard Holbrooke, President Obama’s special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, died this evening after complications from a torn aorta. Holbrooke had undergone heart surgery on Sunday. He was 69. Holbrooke, a venerable diplomat, previously served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Yesterday, Obama released a statement in which he called Holbrooke “a towering figure in American foreign policy, a critical member of my Afghanistan and Pakistan team, and a tireless public servant who has won the admiration of the American people and people around the world.” See also: David Friend nominates Richard Holbrooke to the Hall of Fame.
- 12/14/2010
- Vanity Fair
Everyone’s talking about “The Runaway General,” Michael Hastings’s blockbuster profile of General Stanley McChrystal in the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone. In a shocking breach of military decorum, the general and his aides, who refer to themselves as Team America (yes, it’s a South Park reference), trash the president, the vice president, the special envoy to the region (Richard Holbrooke), the ambassador to Afghanistan (Karl Eikenberry), and damn near everyone else in the Obama administration who isn’t named Hillary Clinton or Robert Gates. McChrystal is known for being a master strategist, which only makes it more necessary to ask: What the hell was he thinking? He made plenty of major errors on the road to this fiasco, but here are the three biggest:...
- 6/22/2010
- Vanity Fair
• Obama has requested that General Stanley McChrystal return to Washington to explain why the commander was so derisive of the president’s administration in an interview with Rolling Stone. In the piece, out Friday, McChrystal criticizes Vice President Biden, Richard Holbrooke, and others. McChrystal has already apologized for the remarks. (Anyway, a tip of the hat to you, Rolling Stone’s P.R. department!) [The New York Times] • Peter Orszag, White House budget director and unlikely dreamboat, will leave Obama’s administration next month to join a think tank. [Politico] • Tomorrow, Obama is expected to announce that gay federal employees are now entitled to take three months of unpaid leave in order to care for their children or a sick same-sex spouse. (It’s a reinterpretation of the Family and Medical Leave Act.) [The Washington Post] • Sixty-four-year-old Helen Mirren posed topless in a bathtub for New York magazine. [New York] • Companies who provide boats to oil companies are petitioning a...
- 6/22/2010
- Vanity Fair
Mia Farrow and Woody Allen's son has sparked a political controversy after the 21-year-old was appointed a liaison to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working in Pakistan.
Ronan Farrow has followed in his actress mother's footsteps and become a human rights activist, but his appointment to the U.S. State Department has outraged humanitarian groups, whose members claim he is far too young to work on behalf of the war-torn country.
A former the child prodigy, Ronan has three years experience working as a Special Assistant to former United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Richard Holbrooke - but that's not enough to appease critics.
One activist against Farrow's appointment says, "You have seasoned, experienced Ngo officials dealing with some very sensitive foreign policy and humanitarian aid issues, whose main contact in Holbrooke's office is a 21 year old whose experience has been travelling to southern Sudan with his mom."
However, State Department officials insist young Farrow is well-qualified.
A spokesperson says, "He's very qualified for the job, and has already helped explain the current situation (regarding) Pakistani procurements to key NGOs."...
Ronan Farrow has followed in his actress mother's footsteps and become a human rights activist, but his appointment to the U.S. State Department has outraged humanitarian groups, whose members claim he is far too young to work on behalf of the war-torn country.
A former the child prodigy, Ronan has three years experience working as a Special Assistant to former United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Richard Holbrooke - but that's not enough to appease critics.
One activist against Farrow's appointment says, "You have seasoned, experienced Ngo officials dealing with some very sensitive foreign policy and humanitarian aid issues, whose main contact in Holbrooke's office is a 21 year old whose experience has been travelling to southern Sudan with his mom."
However, State Department officials insist young Farrow is well-qualified.
A spokesperson says, "He's very qualified for the job, and has already helped explain the current situation (regarding) Pakistani procurements to key NGOs."...
- 10/23/2009
- WENN
Pundits and politicians are furiously debating the merits of President Barack Obama’s having being named the fourth U.S. president to receive a Nobel Peace Prize. Supporters agree with the Stockholm committee’s assertions that he has actually tamped down tensions across the globe through his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” through his commitment to nuclear arms reduction, through his exceptional oratory—his “race” speech in Philadelphia; his Inaugural Address (“we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist”), his “outreach” speech in Cairo. Detractors (and even White House aides) are, in the words of ABC News, utterly nonplussed. Fellow Nobel laureate Lech Walesa, the former Solidarity leader, who became the president of Poland, might have said it best, when told of Obama’s milestone: “Who? What? So fast?... There hasn't been any contribution to peace yet. He's proposing things,...
- 10/9/2009
- Vanity Fair
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