You see “Iran” and think certain things. You go to Iran and see the people, the shops, street activity, the environment, its museums and you forget the two things about it which shape your emotional reaction to it: politics and history. Being one of two Americans attending the Fajr International Film Festival makes me feel responsible for sharing my best moments with a broader public.
The Fajr International Film Festival is a gala affair, small enough to meet and share time with the many participants, both filmmakers and invitees from countries as diverse as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Armenia, Turkey, Japan, Mongolia and Korea (and more!). I can only think of one other film event which offered such a luxurious array of experiences to go along with film watching (when Rosskino of Russia invited 25 U.S.distributors and us to Moscow and St. Petersburg and then repeated the event for Brics countries...
The Fajr International Film Festival is a gala affair, small enough to meet and share time with the many participants, both filmmakers and invitees from countries as diverse as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Armenia, Turkey, Japan, Mongolia and Korea (and more!). I can only think of one other film event which offered such a luxurious array of experiences to go along with film watching (when Rosskino of Russia invited 25 U.S.distributors and us to Moscow and St. Petersburg and then repeated the event for Brics countries...
- 5/1/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Drew Barrymore is loving everything about being in her 40s! What's so great about it? "You just get better, calmer, smarter, wiser, and also with the life span now, 40 is the new 30, 50 is the new 40," Barrymore, 41, said as she hosted the Pokémon Afternoon Soiree at on Saturday in West Hollywood. "You have to really work hard at like being someone who has inner piece and real educated about your own life decisions. And that just takes time." Along with getting calmer, smarter and wiser, Barrymore also loves the way her style has evolved in her fourth decade. "I'm not a skin-tight girl.
- 2/28/2016
- by Danielle Anderson, @dak5000
- PEOPLE.com
Drew Barrymore is loving everything about being in her 40s! What's so great about it? "You just get better, calmer, smarter, wiser, and also with the life span now, 40 is the new 30, 50 is the new 40," Barrymore, 41, said as she hosted the Pokémon Afternoon Soiree at on Saturday in West Hollywood. "You have to really work hard at like being someone who has inner piece and real educated about your own life decisions. And that just takes time." Along with getting calmer, smarter and wiser, Barrymore also loves the way her style has evolved in her fourth decade. "I'm not a skin-tight girl.
- 2/28/2016
- by Danielle Anderson, @dak5000
- PEOPLE.com
Over the last century, each generation of technology revolutionized filmmaking. But with the smartphone filmmaking, the barrier to entry drops to something close to zero. It's an ultra low-cost medium. It's easy to use. It also offers a sense of immediacy -- you can do away with crew or shoot surreptitiously. It turns anyone into an amateur filmmaker -- but as the smartphone is being adopted by professional filmmakers, it's fostering a new aesthetic. Filmmakers first started using the smartphone to film in 2005; the following year Italian directors, Marcello Mencarini and Barbara Seghezzi released a feature-length doc, "New Love Meetings (Comizi d'Amore)," shot in Mpeg-4 with a mobile phone. In 2007, South African director Aryan Kaganof released "SMS Sugar Man," a feature-length narrative shot using the Sony Ericsson W900i. In 2011, directors Hooman Khalili and Pat Gilles released the feature, "Olive," shot on a Nokia N8, and Korean director Chan-Wook Park released.
- 1/29/2014
- by David Rosen
- Indiewire
• Two-time Oscar winner Jessica Lange will join Mark Wahlberg and Brie Larson in Paramount’s remake of The Gambler. The American Horror Story star will play the wealthy mother of Wahlberg’s character, who is struggling with debt. The 64-year-old actress can be seen next in the thriller In Secret, with Oscar Isaac and Elizabeth Olsen (out Feb. 21). [Deadline]
• Helena Bonham Carter is in talks to star alongside Carey Mulligan (Inside Llewyn Davis) in Suffragette, about the early days of grassroots campaigning for women’s civic rights. Sarah Gavron (Brick Lane) is set to direct. [Variety]
• Rodrigo Santoro (Love Actually) will co-star in The 33,...
• Helena Bonham Carter is in talks to star alongside Carey Mulligan (Inside Llewyn Davis) in Suffragette, about the early days of grassroots campaigning for women’s civic rights. Sarah Gavron (Brick Lane) is set to direct. [Variety]
• Rodrigo Santoro (Love Actually) will co-star in The 33,...
- 12/21/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
The troubled ‘Teen Mom 2′ star’s drug addiction was was graphically featured during the season four finale of the show on April 29, but an insider reveals the MTV crew doesn’t want Jenelle doing drugs — and has come up with a way to help her stop. Read on to find out what it is.
Jenelle Evans‘ alleged hardcore addiction came to a head on April 23 when she was arrested for possession of heroin — her ninth arrest in three years — and allegedly assaulting her husband Courtland Rogers. But her struggle with drugs has been ongoing for years, and the crew on her MTV show Teen Mom 2 wanted to make sure she wasn’t spending her money on illegal substances.
Jenelle Evans Drug Use — How MTV Steps In
Jenelle’s main source of income is from her Teen Mom 2 paycheck, and the show reportedly gives cash incentives to the...
Jenelle Evans‘ alleged hardcore addiction came to a head on April 23 when she was arrested for possession of heroin — her ninth arrest in three years — and allegedly assaulting her husband Courtland Rogers. But her struggle with drugs has been ongoing for years, and the crew on her MTV show Teen Mom 2 wanted to make sure she wasn’t spending her money on illegal substances.
Jenelle Evans Drug Use — How MTV Steps In
Jenelle’s main source of income is from her Teen Mom 2 paycheck, and the show reportedly gives cash incentives to the...
- 5/1/2013
- by Christina Stiehl
- HollywoodLife
Just four months after welcoming her first baby Olive, the new mom and actress opened up to ‘Good Housekeeping’ about her life as a mom — and why she doesn’t care about getting back into a bikini! Read on to find out what she said.
Drew Barrymore had quite a year in 2012 — she married art consultant Will Kopelman in June, and gave birth to their first child on Sept. 26 — but the Charlie’s Angels actress revealed to Good Housekeeping magazine that she is more concerned about being a healthy mom than getting back in beach-ready shape!
Even though Drew showed up to fiend Kimberley Snyder‘s Glow juice bar opening in Los Angeles on Nov. 14 looking amazing less than two months after welcoming daughter Olive Kopelman, the actress and producer said losing the baby weight is still a work in progress.
“I’m still working on it, but I’m not worrying about it.
Drew Barrymore had quite a year in 2012 — she married art consultant Will Kopelman in June, and gave birth to their first child on Sept. 26 — but the Charlie’s Angels actress revealed to Good Housekeeping magazine that she is more concerned about being a healthy mom than getting back in beach-ready shape!
Even though Drew showed up to fiend Kimberley Snyder‘s Glow juice bar opening in Los Angeles on Nov. 14 looking amazing less than two months after welcoming daughter Olive Kopelman, the actress and producer said losing the baby weight is still a work in progress.
“I’m still working on it, but I’m not worrying about it.
- 1/19/2013
- by Christina Stiehl
- HollywoodLife
The 'Wonder Years' star is now the proud dad of three! He welcomed a baby boy with his wife Jennifer -- congrats to the happy family! Fred Savage is the dad to another healthy baby boy! The actor, 36, tweeted the good news on Nov. 26 with the picture of his son's tiny hand. "He's here," is the short and sweet message he wrote along with the photo. The baby boy is the third for Fred and his wife Jennifer, who are also the parents to son Oliver Philip, 6, and daughter Lily Aerin, 4½. The former Wonder Years star is keeping further details on his new boy a secret -- including the name and birth date. Congrats to the happy couple! Are You excited for Fred HollyMoms? People➚ -- Christina Stiehl More recent celebrity births: Backstreet Boy A.J. McLean Welcomes Baby Girl Ava Jaymes — Congrats Jake Owen Welcomes Daughter Olive Pearl — Congrats Elizabeth Banks...
- 11/29/2012
- by Christina Stiehl
- HollywoodLife
The country crooner welcomed his first child on Nov. 22 with his wife Lacey -- congrats to the happy couple! Jake Owen sure has a lot to sing about these days! The Alone With You singer's wife Lacey gave birth to a healthy baby girl on Nov. 22 in Nashville -- Olive Pearl Owen! “Lacey and I are so excited to start our own family,” Owen, 31, told People. “We are looking forward to teaching Pearl everything we learned from our parents and also learning from her.” It's been an exciting year for the couple. They got engaged on stage in April, wed in May, and announced their pregnancy in July! Congrats to the happy couple! Are You excited for Jake and Lacey HollyMoms? People➚ -- Christina Stiehl More Jake Owen news: Jake Owen’s Wife Lacey Buchanan Shows Off Baby Bump At CMAs Jake Owen Is Engaged — Proposed To Girlfriend On Stage...
- 11/25/2012
- by Christina Stiehl
- HollywoodLife
Hot mama! Drew hit the red carpet for the first time since welcoming daughter Olive in September -- and she looks amazing! First-time mom Drew Barrymore gave birth to daughter Olive on Sept. 26, but you would never know it by looking at her! The actress and director made her first official red carpet appearance on Nov. 14 for the launch of her friend Kimberley Snyder's Glow juice bar in Los Angeles. Drew, who was looking noticeably slim and glowing, raved about her nutritionist friend, and her new establishment. "I wanted to come here and support Kim," she said to reporters. "I love her, and as a new mom, I live and worship her program. She is such an amazing woman and I’m so happy to have a place like this I can come to." The juices seem to be working -- Drew looks incredible! Don't you agree HollyMoms? Us Weekly...
- 11/15/2012
- by Christina Stiehl
- HollywoodLife
The 'Charlie's Angels' actress gave birth to her first baby with husband Will Kopelman! Congrats to the happy couple! Drew Barrymore can now add "mom" to her impressive resume! The actress and producer welcomed her first baby on Sept, 26, a girl named Olive Barrymore Kopelman. She and husband Will Kopelman, who began dating in 2010 and married on June 2, are beyond thrilled. "We are proud to announce the birth of our daughter, Olive Barrymore Kopelman, born September 26th, healthy, happy and welcomed by the whole family," the couple said in a statement to Us Weekly. "Thank you for respecting our privacy during this most special time in our lives." The actress told Jay Leno on the Tonight Show taping in February that she can't wait to have a family with Will. "We'll start with one," she said. "See how it goes and if we could be so blessed . . . that would be wonderful.
- 10/1/2012
- by Christina Stiehl
- HollywoodLife
The 'Wedding Crashers' star was spotted leaving a ballet class with her two daughters! How precious! Isla Fisher's daughters, Olive Cohen, 4, and Eula Cohen, 2, are on their way to be performers too! The adorable Cohen clan left a ballet class in Los Angeles on Aug. 29. Both girls sported fancy ballet leotards, and little Olive even topped her outfit off with a frilly pink headband! The Confessions of a Shopaholic actress married longtime boyfriend and Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen in 2010. Aren't they adorable HollyMoms? -- Christina Stiehl More Isla Fisher: Liev Schreiber & Naomi Watts Hang With Their Playground Pals On Father's Day! New Moms Isla Fisher And Amy Poehler Are Writing A Movie Together! First Look At Isla Fisher's New Baby Girl — And Her Name Is Finally Revealed!
- 8/29/2012
- by Christina Stiehl
- HollywoodLife
No traditional film cameras -- only a smartphone. No studio. No distributor. No previous experience making movies. How did "Olive" co-directors and co-writers Hooman Khalili (left) and Pat Gilles make a feature film under these circumstances? Moreover, how did they rope in Gena Rowlands, raise thousands of dollars in funding thanks in part to a former Facebook executive -- and get Oscar to take notice of the film? "Olive," the first feature film to be shot entirely with a smartphone, has already had two limited runs in L.A.-area arthouse theaters; a song from the movie is...
- 1/5/2012
- by Kurt Orzeck
- The Wrap
Nokia-shot feature film about little girl who won't talk will get a theatrical release in time for Oscars race
The first feature film shot entirely on a smartphone will have its theatrical premiere in Los Angeles on 16 December.
Olive, billed as a film about "a little girl who transforms the lives of three people without speaking one word", was filmed on a Nokia N8, which was double-taped to a set of traditional film-camera lenses.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, director Hooman Khalili described how he had to hack the phone to turn off its auto-zoom and auto-focus features in order to get the technology to behave as he wanted. "The camera thinks it knows what you want to focus on," he said. "But it doesn't know."
The rest of the film's production was more conventional. Khalili hired a casting director, location scouts, make-up artists and a Hollywood...
The first feature film shot entirely on a smartphone will have its theatrical premiere in Los Angeles on 16 December.
Olive, billed as a film about "a little girl who transforms the lives of three people without speaking one word", was filmed on a Nokia N8, which was double-taped to a set of traditional film-camera lenses.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, director Hooman Khalili described how he had to hack the phone to turn off its auto-zoom and auto-focus features in order to get the technology to behave as he wanted. "The camera thinks it knows what you want to focus on," he said. "But it doesn't know."
The rest of the film's production was more conventional. Khalili hired a casting director, location scouts, make-up artists and a Hollywood...
- 12/2/2011
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
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