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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Those sparkling moments at the Golden Globes

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Photo: Paul Drinkwater / Associated PressIn this image released by NBC, Tiny Fey, from left, Margaret Cho, and Amy Poehler speak at the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater)

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BEVERLY HILLS A look at events as they unfolded during Sunday nights Golden Globe Awards:

Taking a chat break: For TV viewers, commercials are a chance to hit the fridge or pay even closer attention to their smartphones.

In the Golden Globes ballroom, theyre schmooze opportunities.

Among those taking impromptu meetings was George Clooney, who with his new wife, Amal, at his side and a Je suis Charlie button prominently on his lapel, chatted up former U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, now head of the Motion Picture Industry Association.

Other confabs: Jane Fonda and Robert Duvall, and the sibling duo Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal.

And lets not overlook the three-way bromance: Jake Gyllenhaal hugging Mark Ruffalo hugging Matthew McConaughey.

Fact-checking movies: Between Selma, Foxcatcher and The Imitation Game, there has been no shortage of criticism over the historical accuracy of fact-based films this awards season.

Jessica Chastain is no stranger to this scrutiny.

The actress, nominated for a Golden Globe for her supporting turn in A Most Violent Year, recalled the intense scrutiny her film Zero Dark Thirty came under a few years ago, specifically over how accurate her portrayal of the woman who tracked down Osama bin Laden was.

To be honest, it makes me really sad, Chastain said on the Globes red carpet. We dont make documentaries. Were supposed to hold a mirror up to society, tell us where weve been in our history, where we are today and where were going in our future. That means we have a take on it, we get to comment on that.

Poehler, Fey take on North Korea: North Korea wasnt spared a lampooning from Golden Globes co-hosts Amy Poehler and Tina Fey in their riotous opening duologue at this years Golden Globes.

Neither was the movie that aroused North Koreas wrath.

Poehler said the countrys demand that The Interview not be shown ended up forcing us to pretend we wanted to see it.

Fey added that North Koreas reaction to The Interview (the country said it considered the movie an act of war) was not the worst review the film got either.

Getting the Entourage back together: Before the other big-name celebrities arrived at the Golden Globes, Jeremy Piven, Adrian Grenier and other stars of the HBO show Entourage put in a little work.

Co-stars Kevin Dillon and Kevin Connolly appeared to be shooting scenes for the upcoming Entourage movie. Between takes, they chatted and joked while other members of the production worked.

Just before their other acting friends and colleagues arrived to walk the red carpet for real, the Entourage group called things a wrap.

Out of the way theres a show to watch: Perennial It Girls Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon crammed in as much catching-up as possible during a Golden Globes commercial break.

But when a loudspeaker announcement boomed over the ballroom that only 30 seconds remained before the show returned live, the guy who plays Iron Man in the movies wasnt shy about telling them to wrap it up.

Sorry, ladies, may I please get to my seat? said Robert Downey Jr.

Witherspoon blushed and stepped aside, then joked to Aniston, So rude, that one. So rude.

All dressed up and time to go: With minutes to go before the Golden Globes got under way, the place to be was the womens restroom line, which snaked out the door.

The queue included Julianna Margulies and Claire Danes, who complimented each others gowns as they waited patiently.

Here we are, all dressed up, Frances McDormand said wryly as she brushed by them on her way to the ceremony.

Quotable: Im not much of a drinker, so Im going to eat seven pounds of pork. Billy Bob Thornton, describing how h**l celebrate his best supporting actor win for Fargo

There are thousands of people I would like to say thank you to. If I took the time to say thank you to everyone that I would honestly like to thank, Richard Linklater would have to make the movie and it would be 12 years long. J.K. Simmons, accepting his Golden Globe for best actor in a supporting role, motion picture, for Whiplash.

Source: http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Those-sparkling-moments-at-the-Golden-Globes-6008826.php

Monday, January 12, 2015

Caribbean Images TV salutes the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Caribbean Images TV is holding its MLK Award Dinner Dance its annual tribute to he Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 18 at the Adria Hotels Conference Center, 220-33 Northern Blvd., in Bayside, Queens, starting at 7 p.m.

Celebrating the life and legacy of late civil rights leader, the 19th annual event will also pay tribute to a number of individuals and institutions.

Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-Queens), Kings County Democratic Club Chairman Frank Seddio, attorney Maiaklovsky Preval, and the Haitian American Nurses Associations Greater N.Y. will receive the 2015 Leadership Awards. And 2015 Outstanding Community Service Awards will go to Monica Sanchez, CEO of the Caricom Corp., presenter of the Miss Caricom (Caribbean Community of Nations) pageant and the Global Network for Progress charity for underprivileged Haitian children.

Performing artists for the affair include Mario De Volcy, Buyu Abroise, the Caribbean Dance Troupe and DJ Esalar. Tickets are $90 per person. For information and tickets, call (718) 525-0114, (917) 468-5219 or email peterpouchon@gmail.com.

CARIB ARTISTS IN '30 PLUS 30' GROUP SHOW

Barbados-born artist Carlton Murrell and Jamaica-born painter Lester Gunter known for their works that capture the beauty of their respective Caribbean homelands are two of 15 artists taking part in the 30 Plus 30 Equals 60 exhibition, coming to the Skylight Gallery at the Center for Art and Culture in Brooklyns Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corp., starting Jan. 17.

The works of Murrell and Gunter will be joined in the exhibition by creations from artists Che Baraka, Tim Davis, Larry Shawn Gray, Jimmy James Greene, Linda Hiwot, Antionette Simmons Hodges, Al Johnson, Ted Lawton, Cheryl Miller, Deborah Shedrick, Deborah Singletary, Brian Williams and Ken Wright.

The 30 Plus 30 Equals 60 exhibition produced by art enthusiast and gallery owner Linda Sutton Jones runs through Feb. 14. For information, send email to lindasartdreams@gmail.com or calling (202) 498-5052.

CARIB FOOD-BEVERAGE BOOST

A new partnership to boost Caribbean economies by increasing agricultural and agri-business exports is placing the Caribbean food and beverage industry in a bright international spotlight.

We believe the Caribbean food industry can become a world leader in promoting innovative business models, said Basil Springer, director of the U.S.-based Global Business Innovation Corp. (GBIC) and spokesman for the initiative, which kicks off with meetings in the region Jan. 12-14.

The Caribbean Food Business Innovation Revolution session will be held in Trinidad and Tobago, presented by GBIC), a firm of Caribbean, American and Brazilian partners, with support from based exporTT the National Export Facilitation Organization of Trinidad and Tobago.

Springer explained that the Caribbean Food Business Innovation Revolution is centered on a three-pronged, coordinated approach governmental investment in manufacturers to boost economic growth, the business communitys investment in manufacturers and the manufacturers support.

The GBIC team includes Guyanese-American Owen Carryl, a product and technology development executive and innovation strategist who previously served in executive leadership positions with Procter & Gamble and PepsiCo.

For more information, contact Springer at basilgf@caribsurf.com, or Crisen Maharaj at cmaharaj@exportt.co.tt.

MARTINICAN AMONG PARIS VICTIMS

While the world mourns victims of last weeks terror attacks at France, residents of Martinique are grieving for Clarissa Jean-Philippe, the unarmed Martinique-born French policewoman who was believed to be killed by terrorists.

Clarissa Jean-Philippe who was new to the police force was shot and killed Jan. 8 in a Paris suburb. Authorities believe Amedy Coulibaly and Hayat Boumeddiene suspects in the hostage-seize in a Jewish grocery in France were connected to the killing of Jean-Philippe, who was attacked while responding to a traffic accident.

Coulibaly was killed at grocery and Boumeddiene is being sought.

The municipal policewoman cut down this morning was a credit to the nation, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said last week of Jean-Philippe.

The Jewish grocery attack took place after two terrorists killed staffers at the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris and fatally shot two police officers. The two Charlie Hebdo shooting suspects Cherif Kouachi and Said Kouachi were later killed in a battle with law enforcement authorities.

jmccallister@nydailynews.com

Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/caribbean-images-tv-salutes-rev-martin-luther-king-jr-article-1.2074687

6th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. commemoration set

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NEWARK The Ohio State University at Newark and Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) invites the public to the sixth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration. The event will be held Jan. 22, from 6 to 7 p.m. in the John Gilbert Reese Centers Alford Performing Arts Hall.

This years theme is The New Civil Rights Movement: A New Consciousness and the keynote speaker is Ohio Civil Rights Commission Executive Director, G. Michael Payton, J.D. The event is free and open to the public.

Payton serves as Executive Director for the Ohio Civil Rights Commission (crc.ohio.gov), the state law enforcement agency that administers the Ohio Civil Rights Act in the areas of employment, public accommodations, housing, credit and disabilities in higher education, while conducting education and outreach.

This event is sponsored by The Freedom School in Licking County and the Multicultural Affairs Office and Student Cultural Council at COTC and Ohio State Newark. For more information, contact Janet Greene with The Freedom School at 740-641-2328 or greenejanet@gmail.com or Vorley Taylor, Program Manager of Multicultural Affairs with COTC and Ohio State Newark at taylor.1051@osu.edu.

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From Singsong to Sondheim: Anna Kendrick and Chris Pine Reveal All/Tell All

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Lead actors give the Daily Nexus the inside scoop on their Christmas feature Into the Woods.

Chris Pine, famous for Star Trek, and Anna Kendrick of Pitch Perfect are adding another notch to their starry belts. The rising stars play Cinderella and her prince alongside Hollywood veterans Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp and Emily Blunt.

Disney presents Stephen Sondheims Broadway hit in a whole new light. We all know how Cinderella meets her dashing prince and overcomes her evil stepsisters, but we never found out what happened after her supposed happily-ever-after.

The musical cleverly merges the stories of Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, Cinderella and a conniving witch portrayed by Streep. These stories belong to the ages. It makes sense that we update them every generation, said Kendrick.

As Cinderella, I had to be an overthinking, over-logical princess. I think modern women have a tendency to overthink everything and not trust their gut. We have to look at everything from every angle, said Kendrick. Cinderella does that [through the whole movie] until something that she really has to reckon with happens. When the community is in crisis, suddenly its very clear to her whats important.

The 29-year-old actress from Maine continues to diversify her acting repertoire. Having played Bella Swans high school friend Jessica in Twilight, an irascible employee in Up in the Air and a pouty college freshman in Pitch Perfect, she now plays the ultimate fairy tale princess.

Kendrick did not think she was worthy of such a role at first. When I found out they were making Into the Woods I was like, Oh great, Ill audition for Little Red, and theyre like No, a real child is going to play that part because its a film, she said in a recent interview with Access Hollywood.

Playing Cinderella was frightening. Its a completely different vocal range than Im used to and really a sensibility Im not used to, which is being open and kind and soft and vulnerable, furthered Kendrick. I usually play kind of funny, hard characters.

For those who missed Ellen DeGeneress newsflash last week, Chris Pine also sings in the movie. While Kendrick adjusted to playing such a legendary role, the Star Trek actor had doubts about finding his perfect pitch.

He auditioned for Into the Woods with Frank Sinatras Fly Me to the Moon. I auditioned for [director] Rob Marshall in his living room. He was very kind, noticed that I was nervous and he and John his partner joined me in singing the song and made me feel more comfortable, he recalled.

Pine discussed the change from performing country songs in Small Town Saturday Night to singing music by Sondheim, the architect of West Side Story and Sweeney Todd. The musical theater genre is very specific and quite different than the country music I had done before. I had fun learning the ins and outs of the genre and I had a lot of incredibly talented people who had worked in this medium before from Anna to Meryl so I had great company.

Kendrick compared filming this movie to singing in her previous musical. It was a lot harder. We are singing pop music in Pitch Perfect and were singing Sondheim here. It was an unbelievable challenge, but singing Sondheim is so rewarding and fulfilling and its just a dream come true.

Despite the actors qualms, director Rob Marshall knew all along that their synergy was special. I think its just a testament to the creativity of Rob Marshall to see somebody like me as a Cinderella figure, said the Pitch Perfect actress.

Pine and Kendrick share fairy-tale-like chemistry, constantly laughing and poking fun at each other. I had a lot of fun making the prince a buffoon, said Pine. I had a lot of fun watching Chris be a buffoon, teased Kendrick. She chided him during the interview for his messy hair.

Be sure to catch these jokesters in action Christmas Day, Dec. 25 in theaters everywhere.

Source: http://dailynexus.com/2015-01-12/from-singsong-to-sondheim-anna-kendrick-and-chris-pine-reveal-alltell-all/

Golden Globes 2015

Dont blame it on losing an award to Maggie Gyllenhaal. Oscar winner Frances McDormand appeared less than thrilled to be at the awards show long before she failed to pick up a Globe for her starring role in Olive Kitteridge.

It all started with Amy Adams speech for best actress in a musical or comedy. To be fair, Adams did seem somewhat unprepared. But we know McDormand could have faked it better. She is, after all, a first-class actress.

In any case, her mood didnt improve during the rest of the ceremony. Her expressions ranged from unamused to annoyed to bored.

Shes even drawing some comparisons to Tommy Lee Jones who was infamously Scrooge-like during last years ceremony.

So whats bothering her?

Well, it could be a mix of pent-up concern and anger. Last October, during a sit-down with the New York Times, McDormand talked about the plastic surgery phenomenon in Hollywood and how much it troubles her.

I have not mutated myself in any way, she told the Times. Joel [Coen, her husband,] and I have this conversation a lot. He literally has to stop me physically from saying something to people to friends whove had work. Im so full of fear and rage about what theyve done.

If thats the case, you can just imagine how many times her husband probably had to stop her along the red carpet and inside the Beverly Hilton. Thats enough to put anyone in a bad mood.

Then again, maybe she was just really hot.

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog-live/liveblog/golden-globes-2015-live-coverage/

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Julian Edelman-Danny Amendola Patriots TD Has Been In Making For Years

FOXBORO, Mass Make no mistake, Julian Edelmans 51-yard touchdown pass wasnt just drawn up on the sideline, playground-style.

The play, in which Edelman hit fellow New England Patriots receiver Danny Amendola in stride for a tying score, has been in the making for years now. The Patriots practiced it over the summer in training camp, though reporters werent allowed to write about it, lest opposing teams know what the Patriots are drawing up.

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady chucked a lateral to Edelman with 4:20 left in the third quarter with the Patriots trailing the Baltimore Ravens 28-21. Amendola faked a block, then kept running down the field and past Ravens defenders. Edelman, who initially thought he overthrew the pass, hit Amendola in stride with a perfect throw, which sparkeda Patriots 35-31 comeback victory, vaulting them into the AFC Championship Game next Sunday.

Edelman, a college quarterback, and Amendola planted the seeds for the play way back when they met during the NFL lockout in 2011.

Me and Julian have been practicing that for about five years, Amendola said in the Patriots locker room after the divisional-round playoff win. It was a play we had in the books for a little while now, but it ended up working out.

Edelman joked that it was he andAmendola, not head coach Bill Belichick or offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, who came up with the trick play.

We would throw to each other on the beach, and we came up with that play over there I think, Edelman said. I was fully joking. I dont know.

Patriots fans have been waiting for Edelman to throw a pass since he was drafted in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL draft. The Patriots slow burn paid off to perfection, and they finally were able to break it out at a key moment, when the Patriots desperately needed a spark.

Edelman has been waiting even longer.

Since I was about 8 years old, Edelman said. Felt pretty good.

One would think that since Edelman was a starting quarterback for three seasons at Kent State, the Patriots would have this play in their arsenal and practice it frequently, but Edelman said the Patriots have only worked on it probably like 12 times.

Of course, when Brady is your quarterback, it takes a lot to let another player throw a pass. Amendola quickly answered that Brady throws a better deep ball than Edelman. Edelman wasnt so quick to concur, however.

He did show me up on that last one, Edelman said about Bradys go-ahead touchdown pass to Brandon LaFell in the fourth quarter. Ill give it to him. Hes all right, I guess.

Brady might disagree, however.

He throws it better than I did, Brady said. He spun it. It was a perfect spiral right in stride. Ive gotta make some rules that he cant throw it better than I can, but he did. It was pretty sweet.

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Inherent Vice � so wrong it's right

Inherent ViceDirected by Paul Thomas Anderson. Stars Joaquin Phoenix, Joanna Newsom, Katherine Waterston, Jordan Christian Hearn, Eric Roberts, Owen Wilson, Martin Short and Benicio del Toro. Now playing at local theaters. Rating: Four out of five stars.Around one hour into Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice, we see a photo of a colorful L.A. party configured into a Last Supper tableau with an Owen Wilson messiah just one of the many visuals that drive home the movie's tacky brilliance.

The psychedelic detective noir caper is set in 1970 L.A., in a cute little oceanfront community called Gordita Beach. Introductions are made by narrator Sortilge (Joanna Newsom), neighbor and confidante of Larry "Doc" Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix).

Doc gets a surprise visit from his long-absent ex-girlfriend, Shasta (Katherine Waterston), who reveals that her new sugar daddy, real estate mogul Mickey Wolfman (Eric Roberts), might be in trouble.

The visit sets off a chain reaction of odd events: A" Black Gorilla" ex-con (Michael Kenneth Williams) tips Doc to one of Wolfmans Aryan Brotherhood security guards and a new real estate development that has has eerily razed an entire neighborhood. Doc seeks out the desolate plot and finds an over-the-top massage parlor. After meandering through a purple plush-carpeted hallway, he is knocked out. He comes to next to the pursued skinhead, who's lying dead in the dirt beside him. (One of the best scenes in the film: Les Baxter exotica lounge music plays as little red advertising flags flap in the wind.) Doc is nearly arrested for the skinhead's murder by his cop nemesis, Detective Christian Bigfoot Bjornsen (Josh Brolin), but it turns out he doesn't really need the assistance of his lawyer buddy, played with deadpan brilliance by Benicio del Toro.

Shasta and her billionaire boyfriend go missing, and Doc also gets a job solving the disappearance of one of Shasta's smack-addict friends, Coy Harlingen (Owen Wilson), who turns out to be an FBI informant working for a Nixon propaganda group.

If youre still with us, more situations unfold involving a boat and crime syndicate called the Golden Fang, a runaway, her corrupt and loaded dad, another evil skinhead, a loan shark on the take and a kooky, coke-addled dentist played by Martin Short.

The story, adapted faithfully from Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel, is hectic, dreamy, panicked and lumbering all at once. You could say it has a stoner sense of timing. Cartoon-like comedy converges with multi-layered historical references, yards of colorful polyester, and sexy-lady eye candy.

Andersons unconventional pacing may put off some moviegoers, but its par for the course considering his increasingly denser and darker filmography. The director of There Will Be Blood and The Masterhas come a long way since his taut disco-p**n epicBoogie Nights andhis last comedic outing Punch-Drunk Love (2002).

No matter, Inherent Vice offers great performances and cameos throughout. Phoenix's Doc is poised to join the court of Hollywood stoner royalty alongside The Big Lebowski's Dude. He's a sweet, bumbling misfit who conjures brilliant cockamamie schemes to solve mysteries. Phoenix's physical comedy is first rate (watch him flail before being clocked on the head with a baseball bat).

Joanna Newsom's narration is nothing short of word p**n. Her Sortilge is the matriarch of the film, a wise, earthy, beautiful woman in a sea of bimbos Reese Witherspoon's FBI agent excepted. (Too bad both aren't in the film longer.) Potential band names from the film include Chick Planet, the name of the aforementioned massage parlor, and Little Kid Blues, a condition poignantly coined by Wilson's Coy, who's separated from his daughter.

Some of the most quotable lines come from Josh Brolins comedically sadistic Bigfoot, who characterizes Shastas disappearance as she went all groovy on us. He's hilarious as the closeted and codependent bully-cop who has a boatload of issues.

Like Doc, Inherent Vice is endearing, flaws and all. Yes, it's excessive and unevenly paced, but Anderson's psychedelic odyssey gives us something more than a series of wacky events. It's mythic and allegorical with musings on greed and fear and, most of all, L.A's history of corruption. Anderson, a Cali native himself, knows his City of Angels all too well. He reminds us that L.A.'s beautiful illusions are propped up and maintained at the cost of human lives and welfare. The anxiety of the time period is resonant; the story takes place when the Manson Family and Vietnam War bludgeoned American innocence.

So if youre able to chuck all your sensible-moviegoer notions out the window, youll find comedy, heart and even some gravitas in Inherent Vice. Best of all, Anderson is still an expert at giving us all-star, Altman-esque ensemble casts with combustible chemistry.

The biggest star of the film, of course, is the multiple-genre soundtrack by Radioheads Jonny Greenwood. Embedded below.

Source: http://cltampa.com/artbreaker/archives/2015/01/10/inherent-vice-so-wrong-its-right