You may have heard that Back to the Future villain Biff Tannen was based on Donald Trump - but did you know that the billionaire businessman was also the "real-life inspiration" for Marvel superhero Iron Man? So said Trump's "publicist," Joey Pepperoni, anyway, in Saturday's SNL spoof poking fun of the presumptive Gop nominee for masquerading as his own spokesperson in 1991 to boast about himself to then-people reporter Sue Carswell. Stephen Colbert got in on the Trump bashing, too, hopping on a call with "Barron McJohnington" (a play on John Miller and John Barron, the two names Trump reportedly used...
- 5/17/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
You may have heard that Back to the Future villain Biff Tannen was based on Donald Trump - but did you know that the billionaire businessman was also the "real-life inspiration" for Marvel superhero Iron Man? So said Trump's "publicist," Joey Pepperoni, anyway, in Saturday's SNL spoof poking fun of the presumptive Gop nominee for masquerading as his own spokesperson in 1991 to boast about himself to then-people reporter Sue Carswell. Stephen Colbert got in on the Trump bashing, too, hopping on a call with "Barron McJohnington" (a play on John Miller and John Barron, the two names Trump reportedly used...
- 5/17/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
Boom Bust Boom Bill and Ben Productions & Brainstorm Media Reviewed by: Harvey Karten for Shockya, d-based on Rotten Tomatoes Grade: B+ Director: Terry Jones, Bill Jones, Ben Timlett Written by: Terry Jones, Theo Kocken Cast: Theo Kocken, John Cusack, Paul Mason, John Cassidy, Andy Haldane, Daniel Kahneman, Robert Shiller, Paul Krugman, Alan Greenspan, Terry Jones, George Magnus, Laurie Santos, Sweder van Wijnbergen, Philip Bulcock, Andre Jacquemin, Zvi Bodie, Dick Bezemer. Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 2/29/16 Opens: March 11, 2016 Can you imagine a serious movie about a serious subject that uses a South Park cartoon to great effect? That results from the genius of Terence Graham Parry Jones, [ Read More ]
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- 4/2/2016
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
People.com is reporting that actor Rod Taylor died Wednesday at the age of 84 of natural causes.
His daughter Felicia Taylor, a former CNN correspondent, confirmed the news Thursday.
“My dad loved his work. Being an actor was his passion – calling it an honorable art and something he couldn’t live without,” she said in a statement.
“He once said, ‘I am a poor student sitting at the feet of giants, yearning for their wisdom and begging for lessons that might one day make me a complete artist,” she continued, “ ‘so that if all goes well, I may one day sit beside them.”
Born on Jan 11, 1930 in Sydney, Australia, Rod Taylor is best remembered for his starring roles in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963) and George Pal’s The Time Machine (1960). He also provided the voice of Pongo in Disney’s 101 Dalmatians (1961). Taylor also starred in TV’s “The Twilight Zone...
His daughter Felicia Taylor, a former CNN correspondent, confirmed the news Thursday.
“My dad loved his work. Being an actor was his passion – calling it an honorable art and something he couldn’t live without,” she said in a statement.
“He once said, ‘I am a poor student sitting at the feet of giants, yearning for their wisdom and begging for lessons that might one day make me a complete artist,” she continued, “ ‘so that if all goes well, I may one day sit beside them.”
Born on Jan 11, 1930 in Sydney, Australia, Rod Taylor is best remembered for his starring roles in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963) and George Pal’s The Time Machine (1960). He also provided the voice of Pongo in Disney’s 101 Dalmatians (1961). Taylor also starred in TV’s “The Twilight Zone...
- 1/9/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
New films on Screenbase this week include the directorial debuts of Michael Lennox and Rachel Tunnard, Terry Jones’ economics doc and Chris Crow’s The Lighthouse.
Boardwalk Empire star Stephen Graham leads the cast of Michael Lennox’s feature debut A Patch of Fog, beginning principal photography in Northern Ireland next week.
The Fyzz Facility production follows a celebrated novelist and TV personality who finds his reputation on the line when his life invaded by a lonely security guard who catches him shoplifting.
Graham will star alongside Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones), Arsher Ali (Four Lions) and Ian McElhinney (Game of Thrones).
Producers are Robert Jones (The Usual Suspects), Wayne Marc Godfrey (Cake) and David Gilbery (Bone Tomahawk) for The Fyzz Facility with backing from The Fyzz Facility, Northern Ireland Screen and the BFI.
Tunnard’s feature debut
Principal photography has wrapped on UK comedy How To Live Yours starring Jodie Whittaker.
The film, about...
Boardwalk Empire star Stephen Graham leads the cast of Michael Lennox’s feature debut A Patch of Fog, beginning principal photography in Northern Ireland next week.
The Fyzz Facility production follows a celebrated novelist and TV personality who finds his reputation on the line when his life invaded by a lonely security guard who catches him shoplifting.
Graham will star alongside Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones), Arsher Ali (Four Lions) and Ian McElhinney (Game of Thrones).
Producers are Robert Jones (The Usual Suspects), Wayne Marc Godfrey (Cake) and David Gilbery (Bone Tomahawk) for The Fyzz Facility with backing from The Fyzz Facility, Northern Ireland Screen and the BFI.
Tunnard’s feature debut
Principal photography has wrapped on UK comedy How To Live Yours starring Jodie Whittaker.
The film, about...
- 11/21/2014
- ScreenDaily
Monty Python star co-directed feature; contributors include John Cusack.
Monty Python actor and director Terry Jones has completed filming on Boom Bust Boom, a feature documentary designed to explain economics.
The film, completed in October, covers the history of financial crashes and comprises a combination of live action, animation, puppetry and songs.
Contributors include Us actor John Cusack, journalists Paul Mason and John Cassidy, and experts such as Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane and Nobel Prize winners Daniel Kahneman, Robert J Shiller and Paul Krugman.
The film is co-written by Jones and economics professor Theo Kocken. The Python star also co-directs with son Bill Jones and Ben Timlett of Bill & Ben Productions.
Terry Jones said of the film: “I wanted to be part of this project as soon as I discovered economics students are taught crashes just don’t happen.”
Kocken added: “The people in the street are the ones who directly or indirectly pay for...
Monty Python actor and director Terry Jones has completed filming on Boom Bust Boom, a feature documentary designed to explain economics.
The film, completed in October, covers the history of financial crashes and comprises a combination of live action, animation, puppetry and songs.
Contributors include Us actor John Cusack, journalists Paul Mason and John Cassidy, and experts such as Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane and Nobel Prize winners Daniel Kahneman, Robert J Shiller and Paul Krugman.
The film is co-written by Jones and economics professor Theo Kocken. The Python star also co-directs with son Bill Jones and Ben Timlett of Bill & Ben Productions.
Terry Jones said of the film: “I wanted to be part of this project as soon as I discovered economics students are taught crashes just don’t happen.”
Kocken added: “The people in the street are the ones who directly or indirectly pay for...
- 11/17/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Terry Jones has served as co-director on the documentary Boom Bust Boom.
John Cusack features in the film about the financial crash.
Journalists Paul Mason and John Cassidy, the Bank of England's Andy Haldane and Nobel Prize winners Daniel Kahneman, Robert J Shiller and Paul Krugman also appear in the movie, which promises an accessible account of the economic downturn.
Boom Bust Boom consists of a mix of live-action, animation, puppetry and song.
Bill Jones and Ben Timlett were co-directors on the project, which was written by Terry Jones and economics professor and entrepreneur Theo Kocken.
"I wanted to be part of this project as soon as I discovered economics students are taught crashes just don't happen," said the Monty Python star.
"The people in the street are the ones who directly or indirectly pay for and suffer from financial follies," added Kocken.
"It is crucial the public as a...
John Cusack features in the film about the financial crash.
Journalists Paul Mason and John Cassidy, the Bank of England's Andy Haldane and Nobel Prize winners Daniel Kahneman, Robert J Shiller and Paul Krugman also appear in the movie, which promises an accessible account of the economic downturn.
Boom Bust Boom consists of a mix of live-action, animation, puppetry and song.
Bill Jones and Ben Timlett were co-directors on the project, which was written by Terry Jones and economics professor and entrepreneur Theo Kocken.
"I wanted to be part of this project as soon as I discovered economics students are taught crashes just don't happen," said the Monty Python star.
"The people in the street are the ones who directly or indirectly pay for and suffer from financial follies," added Kocken.
"It is crucial the public as a...
- 11/17/2014
- Digital Spy
Terry Jones has finished work on the documentary Boom Bust Boom, directed together with his son Bill Jones and Ben Timlett. A unique, accessible and less dry take on the economics doc, the film looks to explain the concept of financial crashes through the means of live-action, animation, puppetry and song. Among the contributors are John Cusack, journalists Paul Mason and John Cassidy, the Bank of England’s Andy Haldane and Nobel Prize winners Daniel Kahneman, Robert J Shiller and Paul Krugman. "I wanted to be a part of this project as soon as I discovered economics students are taught
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- 11/17/2014
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jonathan Franzen's family epic, a new collection from Seamus Heaney, Philip Larkin's love letters, a memoir centred on tiny Japanese sculptures ... which books most excited our writers this year?
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
In Red Dust Road (Picador) Jackie Kay writes lucidly and honestly about being the adopted black daughter of white parents, about searching for her white birth mother and Nigerian birth father, and about the many layers of identity. She has a rare ability to portray sentiment with absolutely no sentimentality. Isabel Wilkerson's The Warmth of Other Suns (Random House) is a fresh and wonderful history of African-American migration. Chang-rae Lee's The Surrendered (Little, Brown) is a grave, beautiful novel about people who experienced the Korean war and the war's legacy. And David Remnick's The Bridge (Picador) is a thorough and well-written biography of Barack Obama. The many Americans who believe invented biographical details about Obama would do well to read it.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
In Red Dust Road (Picador) Jackie Kay writes lucidly and honestly about being the adopted black daughter of white parents, about searching for her white birth mother and Nigerian birth father, and about the many layers of identity. She has a rare ability to portray sentiment with absolutely no sentimentality. Isabel Wilkerson's The Warmth of Other Suns (Random House) is a fresh and wonderful history of African-American migration. Chang-rae Lee's The Surrendered (Little, Brown) is a grave, beautiful novel about people who experienced the Korean war and the war's legacy. And David Remnick's The Bridge (Picador) is a thorough and well-written biography of Barack Obama. The many Americans who believe invented biographical details about Obama would do well to read it.
- 11/27/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
Continuing our peek inside the d.school's new building, a class that uses their classroom to build water filter concepts for rural Cambodia.
Our non-standard classroom lends to the creation and presentation of non-standard deliverables. This picture was taken after our first presentation of "rough prototypes" for the class Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability. Each team has to design comprehensive solutions for problems for the world's poor. Our team is designing a water filter for schools in rural Cambodia. We traveled to Cambodia over spring break to observe the kids in their schools and understand their needs around water use.
We found that some of the primary challenges they face include lifting and transporting the water, understanding microbe transmission, and enjoying using a filter compared to the stream or a hand pump for water. We also wanted to find ways to transport and lift water in ways that are social and/or engaging,...
Our non-standard classroom lends to the creation and presentation of non-standard deliverables. This picture was taken after our first presentation of "rough prototypes" for the class Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability. Each team has to design comprehensive solutions for problems for the world's poor. Our team is designing a water filter for schools in rural Cambodia. We traveled to Cambodia over spring break to observe the kids in their schools and understand their needs around water use.
We found that some of the primary challenges they face include lifting and transporting the water, understanding microbe transmission, and enjoying using a filter compared to the stream or a hand pump for water. We also wanted to find ways to transport and lift water in ways that are social and/or engaging,...
- 5/7/2010
- by the d.school
- Fast Company
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