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America’s Largest Police Union Warns Quentin Tarantino

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The largest police union in the United States reveals they have a “surprise” for Quentin Tarantino in a statement that sounds more like a threat than a warning.

Jim Pasco, executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police recently spoke with The Hollywood Reporter, about what they have planned for the Pulp Fiction director saying, “We’ll be opportunistic.”Pasco added, “Tarantino has made a good living out of violence and surprise,” says Pasco. “Our offices make a living trying to stop violence, but surprise is not out of the question.”

The Fraternal Order of Police has over 330,000 sworn officers and reportedly, the group has something “in the works”.

“Something is in the works, but the element of surprise is the most important element,” says Pasco. “Something could happen anytime between now and [the premiere]. And a lot of it is going to be driven by Tarantino, who is nothing if not predictable.

Quentin Tarantino released a statement as well addressing the controversy for the first time, telling the Los Angeles Times that he would not be intimidated by police boycotts.

“Instead of dealing with the incidents of police brutality that those people were bringing up, instead of examining the problem of police brutality in this country, better they single me out,” Tarantino said to The Hollywood Reporter.

“And their message is very clear. It’s to shut me down. It’s to discredit me. It is to intimidate me. It is to shut my mouth, and even more important than that, it is to send a message out to any other prominent person that might feel the need to join that side of the argument.”

This news comes as Quentin Tarantino released a new trailer for the upcoming feature film The Hateful Eight. And in less than 24 hours, the trailer has nearly a million views.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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Chicago Commercial Casting Call for REAL Chefs

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Commercial casting call for real chefs in Chicago, Illinois.

Paskal Rudnicke Casting is looking for real chefs to work on a commercial filming in Chicago, Illinois on November 16th through November 18th.

Casting directors are looking for chefs with great knife and whisk skills. Auditions start on Monday, November 9th in Chicago.

To audition for a role on the upcoming commercial, check out the casting call details below:

Chicago Commercial Casting Call

HEY EVERYONE – If you know any real chefs – please send them our way via this flier! We’re casting chefs for a SAG Packaged Goods commercial shooting in the Chicago area 11/16-11/18. All interested chefs must have great knife and whisk skills and be available to audition this upcoming Monday 11/9 at our office!! See below for specific instructions and spread the word!

 

If you are not local and/or do not fit the description, do not apply

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‘Empire’ Season 2 Casting Call for REAL Kid Rappers in Chicago

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Fox’s Empire season 2 is now casting a new speaking role for an upcoming episode filming in Chicago, Illinois.

Simon Casting, the official casting director behind Fox’s Empire, is now looking for 12 year old rappers that have a real street feel to audition for a role on the hit TV show. Casting directors are looking an African American kid rapper to play someone that is supposed to be from the Brownsville projects.

‘Empire’ centers around a hip hop music and entertainment company, Empire Entertainment, and the drama among the members of the founders’ family as they fight for control of the company. The hour-long family drama was created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong, and stars Terrence Howardand Taraji P. Henson.

Auditions start this week. To audition for a role, check out the casting call details below:

Fox ‘Empire’ Season 2 Casting Call

EMPIRE SEARCH ALERT:

Seeking a 12 year old African African boy with a real street feel (supposed to be from the Brownsville projects), and he MUST BE ABLE TO RAP!!!

Seeking submissions ASAP, please email a picture and contact info to [email protected] with the subject line: EMPIRE NEIGHBORHOOD BOY.

Update: Casting directors are also looking for African American girls to audition for a  lead role in the upcoming feature film. Producers are looking for a 10 year old African American girl with a “real street feel”.

For more details check out the casting call details below:

Seeking a 10 year old African American girl with a real street feel.

Please email picture with contact info ASAP to [email protected] with the subject line: EMPIRE YOUNG GIRL.

If you are not local and/or do not fit the description, do not apply

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Atlanta Woman Caring for Bobbi Kristina Brown Impersonated a Nurse at The Time of Brown’s Death

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Woman caring for Bobbi Kristina Brown at the hospice was not a licensed nurse.

According to a police report obtained by the AP, the woman who was in charge of caring for Bobbi Kristina Brown at the hospice where she died was impersonating a nurse and face charges including nursing without a license and identity fraud.

Bobbi Kristina Brown died July 26th at Peachtree Christian Hospice in Duluth, Georgia. Six months after being found unresponsive in a bath tub.

From the AP:

The case involving Sobamowo began in September, when investigators in Forsyth County began looking into her background after they received a tip raising questions about Sobamowo, who had worked at an assisted living facility, sheriff’s Deputy Epifanio Rodriguez said Tuesday.

Sobamowo faces charges of first-degree forgery, identity fraud and practicing nursing without a license in Forsyth County, Rodriguez said.

On Oct. 27, Forsyth County sheriff’s Detective Cpl. Jeffrey Roe contacted Duluth police “in reference to a high-profile case” that Duluth has some jurisdiction over, Duluth police wrote in their report.

Roe said Sobamowo had stolen the state-issued RN number of a real nurse at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.

“We had no reason to believe that she was anything other than a good nurse with proper credentials,” Homestead Hospice CEO Mallie Sharafat said in a statement. “As soon as the credentialing discrepancy was discovered by one of our employees, we immediately took action and notified the appropriate authorities.”

Nothing suggests in the AP report that Sobamowo’s care for Brown may have been affected by being an uncredited nurse. The Fulton County Medical Examiner said in December that the root cause of Brown’s death had not been determined.

Police say the Brown’s death is still under investigation.

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Quentin Tarantino Speaks Out Against the Police Union Boycott: “It is to shut my mouth”

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Quentin Tarantino finally responds to the police boycott against The Hateful Eight. 

After keeping quiet for over a week and several police unions organized a boycott of all Quentin Tarantino movies, The Weinstein Co. is finally opening up on Quentin Tarantino’s comments on police brutality.

According to an exclusive statement to The Hollywood Reporter, The Weinstein company expresses their respect for the filmmaker but, shows that they do not speak for the director.

“The Weinstein Co. has a long-standing relationship and friendship with Quentin and has a tremendous amount of respect for him as a filmmaker,” a Weinstein Co. representative told The Hollywood Reporter in a statement. “We don’t speak for Quentin; he can and should be allowed to speak for himself.”

But, Quentin Tarantino released a statement as well addressing the controversy for the first time, telling the Los Angeles Times that he would not be intimidated by police boycotts.

“Instead of dealing with the incidents of police brutality that those people were bringing up, instead of examining the problem of police brutality in this country, better they single me out,” Tarantino said to The Hollywood Reporter.

“And their message is very clear. It’s to shut me down. It’s to discredit me. It is to intimidate me. It is to shut my mouth, and even more important than that, it is to send a message out to any other prominent person that might feel the need to join that side of the argument.”

It is important to point out that Quentin Tarantino wanted to let the world know that he did not call all cops “murderers”. “All cops are not murderers. I never said that. I never even implied that.”

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Quentin Tarantino revealed that Tarantino was receiving a ton of pressure from the studio.

Behind closed doors, sources say TWC board members have been pressuring co-founder Harvey Weinstein to clean up the mounting mess that has emerged in the wake of Tarantino calling police officers “murderers.” Sources say some on the board are fearful that the company’s upcoming Tarantino film, The Hateful Eight, will take a direct economic hit thanks to a widening police boycott of the director

This controversy all started when Tarantino attended an anti-police brutality rally in New York City on October 24th. He told the crowd, “When I see murders, I do not stand by. … I have to call a murder a murder, and I have to call the murderers the murderers.”

Since then, several police unions have boycotted all future Quentin Tarantino movies.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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6 Movies that Clearly Re-Used Footage from Other Movies

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Here are six movies that blatantly reused clips from other movies.

This is pretty amazing. Everyone knows that making a movie is expensive. You have to pay for catering, background actors, trucks, lighting, and a ton of other production equipment in order to turn an idea into a reality. That is why so many Hollywood producers are rushing to cities like Atlanta, where states provide film and tax incentives.

But, did you know that Hollywood reuses scenes from other movies in order to save money?

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Screen Rant came up with a list of movies that shows how movies have reused and recycled scenes from other movies.

We rare not talking about paying tribute to a particular movie, we are talking about taking footage from one movie and using it again in another movie and hoping no body would notice.

Did you ever notice that Star Wars reused a ton of the same scenes? Or Michael Bay likes to reuse the same explosions?

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MTV ‘Teen Wolf’ Now Hiring Shelley Hennig’s Photo Double in Los Angeles

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MTV Teen Wolf Season 5 is now hiring photo doubles in Los Angeles, California for the actress Shelly Hennig.

MTV’s TEEN WOLF is now casting a photo double for the actress Shelley Hennig in Los Angeles, California. MTV producers are looking for an actress that is between 5’6 to 5’8 and between 115 and 135 pounds to work on a scene filming on November, 4th in Los Angeles, California.

Season 5 of MTV’s Teen Wolf centers around Scott, Stiles, Lydia and Kira return to a new semester of school with more human worries than supernatural, while also trying to help their new friend, Malia, integrate back into society. But Kate Argent’s surprising resurrection brings a new threat to Beacon Hills along with the emergence of another mysterious enemy known simply as The Benefactor. (MTV)

To audition for a role on MTV’s Teen Wolf Season 5, check out the casting call details below:

MTV Teen Wolf Season 5 Casting Call

UNION CASTING NOTICE PHOTO DOUBLE- shoots on MTV show, Wednesday, November 4 in Northridge You must live in Southern California area to submit. RATE UNION 172/8
FEMALE CAUCASIAN, 5’6 to 5’8, 115-135 lbs Must look like actor in photo. Please email a current photo, age, height, measurements, union status and contact info to: [email protected] Subject line should read: MALIA

 

Please do not apply, if you are not local or if you do not fit the description.

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USA Network Casting Call for Kid Soccer Players in NYC

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New USA Network series casting call for kids soccer players in New York City.

Central Casting New York is now casting girl soccer teams to work on a new USA network TV series filming in New York City starting late November.

Filming will take place on November 23rd and casting directors are looking for kids ages 6 to 10 years old to work on the upcoming episode.

To audition for a role on the new USA network series, check out the casting call details below:

USA Network Series Casting Call

LOOKING FOR A GIRLS SOCCER TEAM FOR TELEVISION SHOW!!!

Central Casting is seeking UNION or NON UNION minors (6-10 years old) to portray child female soccer players DIVISION U-10, U-12 OR U-14 for background work on a new USA TV Show filming in late November. Work date is November 23rd.
TO SUBMIT:

-Send a photo of your child and note their soccer experience level to [email protected]

-Note the minor’s age, height, union status, division, years playing soccer, and full contact information.

Please do not apply, if you are not local or if you do not fit the description.

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‘Prison Ramen’: Shia LaBeouf Reveals Jail Stories in New Book

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Actor, Shia LaBeouf, wrote an essay about every time he was arrested.

The first time Shia LaBeouf was arrested he was only nine years old. Apparently, the aspiring actor stole a pair of sneakers.

He was arrested once again when he was eleven years old after stealing a Game Boy from Kmart.

So, Shia LaBeouf’s experience with the law is not an uncommon or new occurrence.

But, his recent public intoxication in Austin, Texas and viral videos saying he wants to kill his now ex-girlfriend, show that not much has changed in the last few years.

But, the actor wants to everyone to know his side of the story, at least his his experiences with getting arrested.

LaBeouf’s new book Prison Ramen, breaks down his recent criminal record.

“The third time I was 20, in Van Nuys, California. I tried to stab my neighbor and spent two days in jail. While I was there, I at least understood that being in jail is not the move. It sucks ass.” (Via E! online)

LaBeouf points out how jail sucks. Especially in Chicago.

“The fourth time I was in Chicago and I wouldn’t leave Walgreen’s, so I was taken to spend the night in jail. For some reason, I had the best sleep ever,” he writes. “The most recent time was 2014, when I was 28 and in New York City. I went to see the play Cabaret. I didn’t behave very well during the performance and ended up spending 25 hours or so behind bars…” (Via E! online)

Shia LaBeouf points out that his recent time behind bars he had an amazing egg sandwhich, and he adds the prison recipe in his new book.

Even though he points out how bad going to jail can be, he realized his past experiences helped make him the man who he is today.

“When I’m nervous in my creativity, I think of my failures in life and in art,” he admits. “Thinking about my screwups loosens the grip of fear. It’s freeing to f–k up and to recover.”

Despite, Shia LaBeouf’s recent hang ups with the law enforcement. Hollywood still regards LaBeouf as one of the best actors in the game. His latest feature film, Man Down, LaBeouf explained his “suicidal” acting technique.

Shia LaBeouf Breaks Down During ‘Man Down’ Press Conference

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Mickey Rourke’s Dog Saved Him From Killing Himself

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Mickey Rourke’s Dog Saved Him From Killing Himself

Mickey Rourke reveals his dog kept him from committing suicide.

When Mickey Rourke was having a drought in his acting career the actor nearly committed suicide. But, luckily his dog was there to save his life.

Years before becoming a breakout hit in The Wrestler, during the mid-1990s, the leading man behind Diner and 9 1/2 Weeks was having a hard time. He was nominated for several Razzie Awards and had a struggling boxing career.

Recently, Rourke told reporters at the premiere of the documentary Eating Happiness, “I was going through a really rough time.” He continued, “I was hurting myself and I was sitting in the closet one day. I couldn’t take it anymore and picked up a gun.”

But, what stopped him from pulling the trigger? It was his dog.

“I was deciding what part of my head to put it on and my dog, Beau Jack, he [cried] and I looked over and he looked up at me like this and… he said [with his eyes], ‘Who’s going to look after me?’ And it made me put the gun down. I was ready to go.” (Via)

This is not the first time Rourke expressed his compassion for dogs. In a 2008 interview with The New York Times, he described his home having photos of “dogs everywhere,” including Beau Jack, the dog Rourke rescuved when he collapsed in 2002.

At the Eating Happiness premiere, the actor said, “I get along better with dogs than I do with people.”

(Source: Page Six)

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Jon Stewart Lands Four Year Deal With HBO for Exclusive Content

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Jon Stewart Lands Four Year Deal With HBO for Exclusive Content

Jon Stewart lands a major deal with HBO.

The Daily Show alumni will now create digital content for the premium cable company, HBO and HBO’s HBO Go, and HBO Now, according to reports.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jon Stewart has signed a four-year production deal with HBO and will start creating new short-form digital content for the network

From THR:

“Jon Stewart led a revolution that changed the face of TV comedy on the Daily Show,” said HBO programming president Michael Lombardo in a release announcing the news Tuesday. “He graced our network nearly 20 years ago, so we’re thrilled to welcome back his immense talents in this next chapter of his career.”

Added Stewart: “Appearing on television 22 minutes a night clearly broke me. I’m pretty sure I can produce a few minutes of content every now and again.”

Jon Stewart has been keeping his career on the down low since he quit The Daily Show after 16 years.

There is no word as to what Jon Stewart plans on releasing. Reports suggest that he is working worth a cloud-graphics company OTOY, Inc to develop short-form digital content.

However, he does have a long history of providing content that reaches a millennial audience.

For example, his comments on the Charleston Shooting and reasoning behind leaving The Daily Show were topics of discussion around every water cooler across America.

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Georgia’s Film Industry Faces Major Film Crew Shortage

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Georgia’s growing film industry is facing a major up hill battle, as new report suggests that there is a major crew shortage.

According to the Wall Street Journal, there is a huge demand for crew workers because of the lack of qualified, trained and skilled workers and the large number of productions filming simultaneously.

According to the report, producers were asked last year about the number and quality of Georgia’s film and TV workers. About 50% of producers were unable to hire all the workers they needed to work on their productions locally.

“Every time there is volume, there is an issue of crew,” said Gideon Amir, a movie and television producer who works in Atlanta on the show “Devious Maids” and other projects. He noted that the quality of available workers doesn’t always meet producers’ standards.

Which leads to constant work for people that are qualified in the film industry, as the WSJ points out.

But, it is important to point why Hollywood is pushing for more local crew members in Atlanta, Georgia. It is all about the money.

CBS Films, hired more than 200 below-the-line workers for “The Duff” shoot. Regional demand is so high that Georgia’s training initiative will be well-received by Hollywood. “If you build it, they will come,” she said.

Union salary for crew workers is a lot higher than non-union workers. And Georgia, a Right to Work State, features hundreds of non-union workers at the producers’ disposal.

The union salary for a “grip” who works with a camera crew can start at nearly $38 an hour in California. The same position, unionized through the local chapter, pays about $26 an hour in Georgia. Taking into account union and pension contributions, labor costs for that position in Georgia are about 25% lower than in California.

But, this should not come as a surprise for those following Georgia’s film industry. Last July, during a meeting between representatives for the film and television industry told state officials that they regularly struggle to find crews in Georgia and have to hire staff from other states.

From WSBTV:

Projects have struggled to find construction crews, grip and electric teams and special effects, especially for television teams facing a deadline of only a few weeks, said Craig McNeil, production executive at NBC’s cable arm Universal Cable Productions.

McNeil is midway through shooting the first season of “Satisfaction” in Georgia and said the number of projects shooting simultaneously in the state can make it difficult to fully staff.

It is important to point out that one of the biggest producers in Georgia has even complained of the lack of qualified crew members.

David Grant, vice president of physical production for Marvel Studios, called the state’s incentive program one of, if not the best, in the U.S.

But Marvel has struggled to find the experienced and trained special effects technicians, specialty costumers and stunt team members especially important to an action hero production, Grant said.

When they can’t hire locally, crew members have to be flown in from California, he said.

“We’ve found because Georgia is so busy, some of the advantages of being here via the incentive are wiped away because of the amount of people we have to bring in,” he said.

But, Georgia reportedly has a plan to solve this issue. Georgia State University is building a new media production center in downtown Atlanta. The Savannah College of Art and Design has expanded the number of film-related courses, and the Atlanta Media Campus Studios is planning on building on-site classrooms to teach people the ins and outs of filmmaking.

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‘House of Cards’ Season 4 is Now Looking for Homeless Types in Baltimore

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Netflix’s hit TV series House of Cards is looking for homeless and drug addict types in Atlanta, Georgia.

Marinella Hume Casting, the extras casting director behind Netflix’s House of Cards season 4, is looking extras to play homeless and drug addicts in an upcoming episode filming in Baltimore, Maryland.

House of Cards producers are looking for men and women that are 18 and older to play these featured roles.

Kevin Spacey plays a Democrat from South Carolina who creates an elaborate plan to get himself into the highest position of power in the country, with the help of his wife, Mrs. Underwood. Season 3 ended with Underwood seeking re-election and it seems that in Season 4 of House of Cards, he had won the election.

To audition for a role on the upcoming season of ‘House of Cards’, check out the casting call details below:

‘House of Cards’ Season 4 Casting Call

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SKETCHY TYPES- dark bags under eyes, homeless and drug using appearance- men and women-
all ages 18 plus character types- : )if this is you and if you take of all your make up ( ladies) and can appear to be this type( remember you are acting ) please apply and send real pics
NO HEADSHOTS I must see you as this character
works tomorrow am – cant ne any type of staff or ant press folks that are established NO clean Cut Folks
Baltimore area..
[email protected]
send selfies showing length and color of hair
name- contact number asap
“sketchie” in subject line

Please do not apply, if you are not local or if you do not fit the description.

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‘Empire’s Co-Creator Reveals His Past Struggle with Crack Cocaine, Skipping Film School

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Lee Daniels is a major hit in Hollywood. Ever since, The Butler, the director has turned the TV industry upside down with Empire. 

Now, in a recent interview with Indiewire.com, Lee Daniels shared details about working in Hollywood. For example, Lee Daniels never went to film school.

“My experience as a filmmaker started on the sets when I was managing actors. Because I hadn’t gone to film school, I had to hustle. I managed actors in theater,” Daniels explained. “I studied ADs and I studied costumers and production designers, so I wasn’t technical with the camera, that seemed like Saturn to me, but I understood the human condition and I understood people. So that was a key. I also understood writing. So I think I learned on the way. My film school was really on the ground, with managing actors, studying great directors and then hiring directors who I was able to tell exactly what I wanted.”

In addition, Daniels reveals that getting cast on a movie or TV show of his is not a walk in the park. In fact, he argues that he pushes his actors extremely hard. “So I’m really hard on my actors, I have a terrible reputation for demanding the best from them. Because I’m hard on myself.”

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But, one of the most surprising parts of the interview was the fact that he was once a crack addict.

His first movie was Monster’s Ball, the same movie that allowed for Halle Berry to win an Academy Award. Instead of attending the Academy Awards, the director was in a “dark place”.

“My first movie was ‘Monster’s Ball’ and Halle Berry won the Academy Award. And because I was still in a darker place, I was at the Chateau Marmont and I was watching her on the TV, I was crying,” Daniels said. “Then she called me and she said, ‘Big daddy, big daddy, are you coming to the Vanity Fair party?’ I said, ‘Yeah, I’ll be there,’ and I picked up my crack pipe, I was there with a prostitute, I think, and I realized I didn’t deserve to be there.”

Whoa.

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Lee Daniels also went on to explain the new series Star, a brand new show about a group of aspiring Atlanta singers interested in joining the music industry.

Daniels starts out by explaining the inspiration behind Star:

“I just wanted to do a musical. I did ‘Empire,’ but then wanted to not repeat myself, so I got this girl, the lead girl who plays Star and she’s white trash and she looks like Anna Nicole Smith and she has a voice like Amy Winehouse,” Daniels explained. “She’s that chick that you can really trust, she’s that bitch.”

Daniels continues by explaining that what he plans to do with the new series, Star.

“So it’s her and her half-sister who is black and they’re in foster care homes, they were ripped apart from their mother. But they sing and they have a dream,” he continued. “They reunite with another black girl who’s this daughter of a billionaire, but she doesn’t want any of his money. Her dad is like Lenny Kravitz had Oprah’s money. But she wants to do it on her own. So these three girls go on a road trip.”

He explains that surviving a heart attack, the HIV crisis, and making it in Hollywood makes him feel as though he is a survivor and keeps him working so hard. “I don’t get it, I really don’t get it.

So much so that I went out and did drugs to figure out why I didn’t get it. And then had a heart attack and kept going because I didn’t understand.”

You can read the full interview with Lee Daniels here.

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Model Reveals the Dark Truth to Being Instagram Famous

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Social media famous model reveals the dark side to being Instagram famous. “Social media allowed me to profit off deluding people”

Essena O’Neill, from Queensland, Australia, had over 500,000 Instagram followers and more than 250,000 YouTube subscribers when she decided to quit being a “social media celebrity”.

Essena O’Neill said she would spend over 50 hours a week answering questions on Tumblr, posting photos on Instagram, creating YouTube videos and sharing workouts. ‘Social media allowed me to profit off deluding people,’ she added.

After years of working on social media constructing a model like lifestyle, Ms. O’Nell, who will turn 19-years-old today, said she grew tired of creating an illusion her online profile.

In reality, the modeling work left her feeling empty and unfulfilled, she said.

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Essena O’Neil (Tumblr.com)

 

‘Without realising, I’ve spent majority of my teenage life being addicted to social media, social approval, social status and my physical appearance. Social media, especially how I used it, isn’t real,’ she wrote.

‘It’s a system based on social approval, likes, validation in views, success in followers. It’s perfectly orchestrated self absorbed judgement.’

The teen has deleted all of her 2,000 photos from her social media account. She has also vowed to “expose the harsh” and the “reality behind the instafamous culture”

She has revealed how much she made for certain instagram photos, how much make up she was wearing during certain photo shoots, and how much she stopped eating.

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Essena O’Neil (Youtube.com)

In addition, she revealed she would often times purchase formal clothing even though she was not going anywhere. “‘I didn’t pay for the dress, took countless photos trying to look hot for Instagram, the formal made me feel incredibly alone”

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Essena O’Neil

It is important to point out that being a instagram celebrity is quite profitable. She explained that she was paid $400to post a dress, $2,000 to support for a certain tea brand.

‘Only reason we went to the beach this morning was to shoot these bikinis because the company paid me and also I looked good to society’s current standards. I was born and won the genetic lottery,’ she wrote on another.

The 18-year-old model revealed that she only posted videos and photos with the ‘sole purpose’ of getting likes and views. And now she decided she didn’t want other young girls from experiencing the same issue.

‘If you find yourself looking at “Instagram girls” and wishing your life was there’s… Realise you only see what they want,’ she wrote.

Essena O’Neil says she hopes to initiaite a movement where an person’s worth is not defined by social media or physical appearance.

H/T: DailyMail.com

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HBO May Postpone Release of ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6

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HBO may have postponed Game of Thrones season 6 to a later release date.

If you were patiently waiting for season 6 of Game of Thrones, you may have to wait a little bit longer.

Instead of the typical late March release date, the season 6 of HBO drama may not be released until late April, according to reports.

However, there is a bright side to this bad news, George R.R. Martin’s next book, The Winds of Winter, may be released before season 6 even premieres on HBO.

Game of Thrones season six began filming in July.

This news of a late release comes as reports surfaced of a possible Game of Thrones movie.

George R.R. Martin told reporters, “There will be a movie but I will not be involved. I have too much to do. That is something HBO and (executive producers) DB (D.B. Weiss) and David (Benioff) are dealing with. I have two more books to finish and I still have so much to do. The pressure is on. I am such a slow writer and the fans get upset that I don’t write faster.”

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‘The Shining’: Grady Sisters Were Rejected from Taking Acting Classes

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The Grady sisters reveal what it was like working on set of The Shining.

The Shining is regarded as one of the scariest movies in recent history.

The Horror movie featured Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall and Danny Lloyd. The feature film helped establish Jack Nicholson and director Stanley Kubrick in Hollywood.

But, in a recent Daily Mail interview with the twins, Lisa and Louise Burns, the actors who played the Grady daughters, revealed that The Shining ruined their acting career in Hollywood.

The Burns sisters revealed that casting as Grady daughters was an accident, as Stanley Kubrick never wanted to use twin sisters. In fact, the sisters were turned down by several acting schools be cause they were in the movie.

The Shining
The Shining

The sisters also revealed what it was like working with Jack Nicholson.

‘Jack was a big film star at the time but he never acted like a big film star and never had any tantrums or said, “I’m too big for this”, he really never ran the fame game at all,’ said Lisa.

‘We’d see Jack acting on set and he wasn’t anything like his character in reality.

‘For Jack, it was like putting on a mask. One minute he would be completely normal and then suddenly he would be Jack Torrance.

‘Jack is a brilliant method actor who is so comfortable with his own identity that he can afford to let it wash away.’

The Grady sisters also debunked rumors about Stanley Kubrick’s treatment towards the actors on set.

In the years since The Shining was released bizarre stories about life on set have fueled rumors claiming actress Duvall was tormented so badly by Kubrick that her hair fell out and she became ill and lost weight, but Lisa and Louise disagree.

‘All those rumors were complete rubbish and totally unfounded. There’s been a theory that violence on screen meant violence on set, but we now know that is not true at all,’ says Lisa.

Today, Lisa is a lawyer and Louise is a published scientist. Since The Shining was released over 30 years ago, it has become one of the most quoted horror movies of all time, with rememberable scenes such as Jack Nicholson’s “Here’s Johnny”.

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Georgia’s Film Industry: Over 200 Productions Filmed in 2015

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Georgia’s film industry is now ranked 3rd in the world.

With over 30 movies and TV shows currently filming in Georgia, it is hard to deny that Georgia has one of the biggest film industries in the world.

On Tuesday, SCAD held a panel discussion on the current state of the film industry in Georgia and many of the panelists agreed that are going well for the Peach State.

“The incentive program started in 2008 and it has been a landslide,” said Craig Miller from the Georgia Production Partnership.

From WSAV:

Miller says it’s resulted in the building of 13 film studios.  He says in 2015, 240 films, television programs and music videos were all produced in Georgia, putting the state behind only New York and Los Angeles in terms of the number of productions.

In comparison, Louisiana’s once thriving film industry is struggling to compete with Georgia. According to Louisiana Film Industry website, LouisianaEntertainment.gov, there are only five movies and TV shows filming in Louisiana.

Meanwhile, North Carolina, a state that used to be Georgia’s biggest competition, only features four TV shows and movies.

But, Georgia’s feature film industry may be in trouble. Recently, Australia granted a 40% tax incentive to feature films that decide to film in Queensland, Australia. Since that announcement, Marvel’s Thor and several other feature films are expected to film on the Gold Coast. It is important to keep in mind that Thor was supposed to film in Georgia.

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Billy Bob Thornton Rushed to Hospital After Car Crash

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Billy Bob Thornton Rushed to Hospital After Car Crash

Actor Billy Bob Thornton (Our Brand is Crisis) was a passenger in a car accident and was taken to the hospital on Friday, October 30th.

Apparently, Billy Bob Thornton was a passenger in a car that crashed into another car in West Hollywood, according to TMZ.

Multiple outlets report that the car accident was only minor. Thornton checked out of the hospital on the same day and resumed working on his latest feature film by noon that same day.

Billy Bob Thornton’s latest movie, Our Brand is Crisis bombed in the box office. It was so bad it is reportedly Sandra Bullock’s worst movie in her acting career.

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Atlanta Cheating Scandal Movie Coming Soon Staring Michael B. Jordan

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Atlanta Cheating Scandal Movie Coming Soon Staring Michael B. Jordan

Hollywood is turning Atlanta’s Public School cheating scandal into a movie.

According to the New York Times, Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler, the team behind Fruitvale Station and Creed are turning the standardized cheating scandal that rattled Atlanta’s education system two years .

The project is still in development so details are not clear, but according to the New York Times, Michael B. Jordan will star in “Wrong Answer.”

Michael B. Jordan is currently playing the real-life lawyer Bryan Stevenson in “Just Mercy” a drama directed by Destin Daniel Cretton from Short Term 12. 

Back in 2013, five teachers a principal and five educators were indicted following years of cheating. The indictment came as Atlanta students drastically improved their scores on the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test, a standardized test administered by the state of Georgia.

Recently, 11 of the 12 educators were convicted of racketeering, a felony that can put these Atlanta educators behind bars for 20 years in prison. Many were convicted of other charges that could even lengthen their sentences.

It all started when the AJC began publishing articles in 2009 about the standardized test scores, which prompted Governonr Sonny Perdue to open an investigation into the matter. Two years later, the investigation found that cheating took place in at least 44 different schools and that one of Georgia’s major school districts had been seriously affected with “organized and systemic misconduct.”

Michael B. Jordan is expected to play an Atlanta schoolteacher caught in the middle of the scandal, according to the New York Times.

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