Sunday, August 18, 2019
‘Balloon,’ ‘The Orphan’ and ‘Sister’ Win Oscar-Qualifying Awards at HollyShorts Film Festival
Jeremy Merrifield’s “Balloon,” Carolina Markowicz’s “The Orphan” and Siqi Song’s “Sister” have won the top awards at the 2019 HollyShorts Film Festival, which handed out its awards on Saturday Night at the Harmony Gold in Hollywood. Those three films won in categories that automatically qualify a short for the Best Animated Short or Best Live-Action Short categories at this year’s Academy Awards. “Balloon” stars Jonah Beres and Paul Scheer in the story of a high schooler who discovers he has super powers. The film, made at the American Film Institute, is also a finalist at the 2019 Student Academy Awards….
Saturday, August 17, 2019
Lil Yachty Weighs In on Boosie Badazz's Felony Charges Over Weed
Lil Yachty is looking at Boosie Badazz’s weed case in Georgia with a glass-half-full type of mentality — and doesn’t seem to think he’ll do jail time if convicted. We got the rapper Saturday cruising around in Atlanta in a red Ferrari with a… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Saturday, August 17, 2019
Ezekiel Elliott Won't Be Charged In Las Vegas Battery Case
Ezekiel Elliott will NOT face criminal charges over his Las Vegas altercation with a security guard, TMZ Sports has learned. According to police documents … the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department met with prosecutors late last month — and… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Saturday, August 17, 2019
‘9 1/2 Weeks’ Screenwriter Patricia Louisianna Knop Dies at 78
Patricia Louisianna Knop, a television and film screenwriter best known for co-writing the 1986 drama “9 1/2 Weeks,” died Aug. 7 from undisclosed causes. She was 78. Knop’s daughter, artist Gillian Lefkowitz, announced the news last week. “RIP to my incredible mother magical thinker, treasure seeker, writer, painter, sculpture, dreamer, builder, creator of so many things, lover of life,” Lefkowtiz wrote on Instagram. “You will be missed and beyond. It’s an end of an incredible era.” Knop’s first credited screenplay was for the 1976 adaptation of “The Passover Plot,” followed by “Lady Oscar,” from director Jacques Demy in 1979. But…
Friday, August 16, 2019
Woman Who Tossed 7 Newborn Puppies In Coachella Trash Gets Year In Jail
“There’s no excuse for dumping puppies,” said a Riverside County animal services officer after the crime was captured by a surveillance camera. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Friday, August 16, 2019
R. Kelly Struggling to Find Money to Hire Michael Jackson's Attorney
R. Kelly believes Michael Jackson’s attorney is just the guy he needs to help set him free — but if that happens, it’s gonna come at a steep cost. TMZ broke the story … Kelly met with famed lawyer Tom Mesereau — who beat the rap for Michael… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Thursday, August 15, 2019
'Hollywood Ripper' Found Guilty Of Murdering 2 Women
Michael Garguilo was found guilty on Thursday of knifing to death two women, including a woman who was supposed to be actor Ashton Kutcher’s date on the night of her death. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Thursday, August 15, 2019
‘End of the Century’ Film Review: Lush Gay Romance Explores Paths Not Taken
Evocative purple skies bear witness to a tantalizing and determining fling in Lucio Castro’s structurally audacious debut “End of the Century,” the gay equivalent of Richard Linklater’s “Before” trilogy, distilled into a single film that’s constructed of buoyant encounters separated by two decades, conversational walks through a European city, and the illusion of a married-with-children future. “KISS!” yells Ocho (Juan Barberini), an Argentine poet visiting Barcelona in 2019, from a balcony in reference to a T-shirt that Javi (Ramón Pujol), an ex-local now residing in Berlin who is in town to see family, wears as he walks by Ocho’s Airbnb-rented…
Thursday, August 15, 2019
Todd Chrisley Accused of Extorting Daughter with Sex Tape
Todd Chrisley has more drama on his plate — his daughter ran to cops a month before he was indicted on tax fraud charges, claiming he tried extorting her with a sex tape to get her to lie … but Todd claims BS. Here’s the situation … Todd’s… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Thursday, August 15, 2019
Bones in Jeffrey Epstein’s Neck Broken, Autopsy Finds (Report)
The autopsy performed on Jeffrey Epstein over the weekend found that several bones in his neck were broken, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. Citing unnamed individuals it says were familiar with the autopsy results, the Post reported that among the broken bones was the hyoid bone, which is near the Adam’s apple in men. Citing forensic experts, the Post reported also that while the bone is known to break during hangings, breaks are more common in deaths by strangulation. However, the Post also noted that the bone is more prone to break in older men during a hanging; Epstein was…
