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“Get Out” Win Top Awards At 2018 Independent Spirit Awards

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By Creative Media Times

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Jordan Peele’s horror film “Get Out” was the big winner at Saturday’s Film Independent Spirit Awards, winning the same award that Moonlight won the same award last year, ahead of Sunday’s Oscar ceremonies. Peele also received the Best Director award earlier in the ceremony for his directorial debut.

“I think it’s clear to everybody in this room and across the country and across the world that we are in the beginning of a renaissance right now where stories from the outsider, stories from the people in this room — the same stories that independent filmmakers have been telling for years, are being honored and recognized and celebrated. I’m so proud to be here with this group of people receiving this.” Peele said during his acceptance speech.

The Independent Spirit Award best film is a strong harbinger for the academy awards, winning best picture for the past four years running.

See the full list of Film Independent Spirit Awards winners below:

Best Feature – Get Out
Best Director – Jordan Peele, Get Out
Best Screenplay – Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Best First Screenplay – Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick
Best Supporting Female – Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Best Supporting Male – Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards
Best Female Lead – Frances McDormand, Three Billboards
Best Male Lead – Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
Robert Altman Award – Mudbound

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David Byrne Releases First Solo Album In 14 Years

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By Armando

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Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne is set to release a new album on March 9, titled ‘American Utopia’ due out through Todomundo / Nonesuch Records.

Featuring songs co-written with English musician Brian Eno and previously released collaborations with composer Oneohtrix Point Never (0PN) and British singer, songwriter and record producer Sampham, as well as songs with Jam City, the full album is available for streaming ahead of the release date via NPR Music’s First Listen series. Head over to npr.og website to listen to the album.

Recorded at various locations such as in Byrne’s own home studio, XL Studios, Oscilloscope, and London’s Livingston Studio 1, ‘American Utopia’ is Byrne’s first solo album in 14 years since 2004’s Grown Backwards. Byrne’s last album was “Love This Giant,” a collaborative effort with St. Vincent (Anne Erin “Annie” Clark) in 2012.

Byrne will head out on a world tour featuring Perfume Genius in support of the album. Perfume Genius’ gorgeous songs are filled with unexpected sounds and deeply personal — and his costumes would have made David Bowie jealous. I am looking forward to sharing the stage with Mike during some #AmericanUtopia dates this Spring!,” Byrne posted on his Twitter account.

Regarding the album title, Byrne stated: “The album title refers not to a specific utopia, but rather to our longing, frustration, aspirations, fears, and hopes regarding what could be possible, what else is possible. The description, the discontent and the desire — I have a feeling that is what these songs touch on.”

Byrne was the founding member of acclaimed ’80s band Talking Heads, which was one of the major acts that helped define the new wave music genre. He won an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy Awards for scoring Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor (1987) with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su.

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“The Crow” Reboot Set For October 2019 Release

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Sony Pictures’ remake of “The Crow” starring Jason Momoa (Aquaman) is now set to hit theaters on October 11, 2019. At the moment, this is the same date occupied by Conrad Vernon’s animated film The Addams Family, and two weeks before Wonder Woman sequel storms theaters.

Momoa is set to play Eric Draven, the iconic character played by Brandon Lee in his final film appearance in the 1994 film of “The Crow”.

That film helmed by Alex Proyas is a cult classic, not only due to the tragic on-set incident during production, but for its intense action scenes and visual style that earned comparisons to another cult classic Blade Runner. The Crow was a box office sleeper hit, eventually earning $50 million but the end of it’s theatrical run in the United States, on a modest budget of $23 million.

The announced release date is a step in the positive direction for fans, as remake has been hit with numerous development setbacks and legal battles over the years since the remake was announced in 2008.

Since then, various actors have been attached to play the eponymous protagonist including Bradley Cooper, Channing Tatum and James McAvoy among others.

The film intends to be faithful adaptation of the 1989 comic book series The Crow by James O’Barr, which tells the story of Eric Draven, a rock musician resurrected from the dead by a crow to avenge the death of his girlfriend as well as his own.

The film will be directed by Corin Hardy (The Hallow) and written by Nick Cave.

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Jackson Robert Scott Joins Nicholas McCarthy’s Untitled Horror Film For Orion Pictures

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Orion Pictures announced today that breakout star Jackson Robert Scott will play the young lead in Nicholas McCarthy’s upcoming untitled horror film, formerly known as Descendant, the announcement was made today by John Hegeman, President, Orion Pictures. Scott, most recently seen as Georgie Denbrough in the blockbuster Stephen King adaptation of It, joins previously announced Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Taylor Schilling (Orange Is the New Black). Nicholas McCarthy (The Pact) will direct from an original screenplay by Jeff Buhler (The Midnight Meat Train).

The film tells the story of a mother who, concerned about her young son’s disturbing behavior, thinks something supernatural may be affecting him. Production is expected to begin this month in Toronto.

The project is produced by Tripp Vinson (The Rite, The Exorcism of Emily Rose). Daniel Bekerman, Lisa Zambri, Nick Spicer and Jeff Buhler will executive produce.

Scott’s portrayal of Georgie in Andy Muschietti’s It helped to propel the film’s tremendous success as the highest grossing horror film of all time bringing in $700 million at the global box office. Scott will soon reunite with Muschietti having earned a lead role in his upcoming one hour horror/fantasy drama adaptation of the IDW comic Locke & Key for Hulu. His other credits include guest spots in Fear the Walking Dead and Criminal Minds.

Orion recently announced the acquisition of John McPhail’s award-winning zombie holiday musical Anna and the Apocalypse, set for release later this year.

Scott is represented by Coast to Coast Talent Group, Artistic Endeavors and Scott Whitehead at McKuin Frankel Whitehead, LLP.
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Marvel Announces THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN MARVEL #1 by Margaret Stohl & Carlos Pacheco

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Featuring an all-new story and all-new direction. New series. New directions. New beginnings. It all kicks off this July with THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN MARVEL #1.

“LIFE presents the origins of Carol Danvers and Captain Marvel in one place, and in a way we haven’t seen before,” said SVP and Executive Editor Tom Brevoort. “Margie’s pulled together all of the strands of Carol’s backstory to craft a tale that will no doubt become a seminal story about the character, and set her in place for her role in AVENGERS and elsewhere throughout the Marvel Universe.”

“It’s nothing you’ll expect and nothing you’ve seen happen but there will be parts of her life that change the context of what you’ve seen before, so it’s telling the other side of the story, of how she came to be,” Stohl said of Carol’s new story.

“We’re excited to welcome comics veteran Carlos Pacheco to Captain Marvel’s legacy,” added series editor Sarah Brunstad. “Carlos draws powerful, expressive figures with incredible depth—he’s going to show us a different Carol Danvers, one who has to grapple with the choices that have brought her to this new point.”

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Lacoste New Collection Replaces Iconic Logo With Endanged Species

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French clothing company Lacoste is temporarily dropping its iconic logo to showcase 10 endangered species in a limited edition line of its polo shirt. “The logo has left the polo! @Lacoste’s famous croc makes way to help save some of the world’s most threatened species,” the company announced on its Twitter account. The polo shirts can be purchased through the company’s website and will retail for $185.

Those endangered animals consist of the Vaquita dolphin, Northern sportive lemur, Burmese roofed turtle, Javan rhino, Cao vit gibbon, California condor, Kakapo parrot, Sumatran tiger, the Saola, and the Anegada ground iguana. The logos will use the same embroidery styling that has been an iconic for the brand’s crocodile.

The effort is the beginning of the Lacoste’s three-year partnership with Paris agency BETC together with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and its Save Our Species (SOS) campaign.

According to the campaign’s website saveourspecies.org and lacoste.com regarding the production of the shirts, the number produced in each series corresponds to the remaining population sizes in the wild as estimated by IUCN species experts. This means only 450 Iguana shirts will be available, 350 featuring the Sumatran tiger, and a measly 40 shirts with the Burmese Roofed Turtle.

Lacoste was founded in 1933 by tennis player French tennis player and André Gillier. The company produced tennis shirts with the now iconic crocodile logo embroidered on the chest, a reference to Lacoste nickname “the Crocodile.”

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Oscar 2018: A Look At The Best Original Song Nominees

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By Armando

Coming into this Sunday’s Academy Awards, there’s an unpredictable category which features a broad selection of nominees from diverse types of films and could yield a surprising result: Best Original Song.

Last year’s winners for best original song, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul for La La Land’s “City of Stars” are up for another Oscar trophy, this time for “This is Me” from The Greatest Showman, a musical currently enjoying some excellent run at the boxoffice.

It will not be a walk in the park for the duo this time, with many expecting “Remember Me” by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez from the animated hit Coco taking home the prize.

Like Pasek and Paul, Kristen and Robert has won before, for Frozen’s “Let It Go” (2013). It certainly helps that Coco is nominated for Best Animated Feature and a global boxoffice hit. And there goes a two-way race begins, or so we thought.

All the other nominees clearly resonated with voters just as strongly, each with a special quality to surprise and take home the big prize.

“Stand Up For Something” from Marshall is a collaboration between Common and musical chameleon Diane Warren, the latter a nine-time nominee but has strangely never won and which many voters may deem overdue for an Oscar.

“Mighty River” from Mudbound is performed by R&B/Hip-Hop superstar Mary J. Blige, who became the first woman to receive multiple Oscar nominations in the same year (she’s also up for Best Supporting Actress).

Then finally, there’s the acoustic song “Mystery of Love” by acclaimed singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens from Call Me By Your Name. The song was featured prominently during the film and in the film’s trailer.

Will the Academy go with the rousing bona fide hits? Or the renowned industry veterans? Or the acclaimed indie?

This year’s nominees are confirmed to perform during the awards ceremony on Sunday, March 4, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood. The show will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, and it will air on ABC.

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Marvel Announces CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 by Ta-Nehisi Coates & Leinil Yu

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Featuring an all-new creative team and all-new direction.

New creative teams. New series. New directions. New beginnings. It all kicks off this July with CAPTAIN AMERICA #1!

“I think it’s a really exciting time to be writing Captain America right now,” said Coates. “The country is in an interesting place, and I look forward to inhabiting Steve Rogers’ character – this guy who has been a sort of awkward fit for the world, out of time as people say. I hope fans are excited to see something different, and I think there are some really compelling villains old school Captain America fans and Marvel fans will be familiar with.”

“Finding the right voice to tell the tales of Marvel’s beloved characters is never an easy task, but when it came time to hire the new hand to guide Captain America, we just knew it had to be Ta-Nehisi Coates!” shared Editor-In-Chief C.B. Cebulski. “After re-inventing the Black Panther for the modern era, Ta-Nehisi now brings his sharp scripting sensibilities to Steve Rogers and his new place in the Marvel Universe. With Leinil Yu and Sunny Gho bringing all the incredible action to life in big, bold visuals, you will not be able to put this book down. And our launch is timed perfectly for release on the Fourth of July!”

Fans will be able to read the first Captain America story from Ta-Nehisi Coates and Leinil Yu in the Avengers/Captain America Free Comic Book Day issue, on sale May 5th – and can view the back cover art of the issue by Leinil Yu for the first time now. For more information on CAPTAIN AMERICA, including an exclusive commentary from Ta-Nehisi Coates, visit The Atlantic.

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M. Night Shyamalan To Produce Original Thriller For Apple

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Apple continues its foray into original television series game with today’s news that filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan is set to produce a new straight-to-series psychological thriller series for Apple, Variety reports.

Shyamalan is set to direct the untitled new series’ first episode as well as executive producing. Tony Basgallop (EastEnders, 24, To The Ends of the Earth) will write and executive produced the series.

Known for plots twists and surprise endings in his films, Shyamalan has written and directed well-received films “The Sixth Sense” (1999) and “Signs” (2002).

Most recently, Shyamalan worked on last year’s boxoffice and critical hit “Split”, a psychological horror-thriller set in the same universe as his 2000 cult classic “Unbreakable”. He is currently filming the third entry of that trilogy “Glass” set for 2019 release.

On television, Shyamalan was one of the executive producers of the Fox mystery science fiction series “Wayward Pines” and directed it’s pilot. The serial run for two seasons in the summer of 2015 and 2016 on Fox.

The report seem to confirm that Apple is forging ahead inn developing a slate of tv series lately which so far includes morning news drama starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon and Steven Spilberg’s Amazing Stories anthology among others.

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Kendrick Lamar’s “Black Panther The Album: Music From and Inspired By” (Review)

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By Niy Birden

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Interscope

Kendrick Lamar is Killmonger. If he hasn’t made it clear before, the album he’s curated definitely puts it into a higher perspective now.

We’ve seen him state that he wanted to be a villain in Black Panther-and for quite obvious reasons. The film version of the Marvel comic book series has created a wave in the film industry with its Afro-futurist, Black diaspora atmosphere that has re-surged discussion of African Americans in cinema.

Released one month after Black Panther’s film debut at the Dolby Theatre, Kendrick Lamar’s curated album is an exploration into the world of Wakanda-or, at least, Killmonger’s world.

With song highlights such as “Paramedic” taking such a strong homage to the narrative of African Americans in urban settings, “Black Panther The Album: Music From and Inspired By” is a very dark, flow-heavy, gritty environment. The artistic, lyrical and even musical content does not do the whole film justice, for many reasons. While the film was heavy on female-empowerment and showing both sides of a common race to liberation for Wakandans, this album only featured 4 females and played on a very rebellious theme catering to the unapologetic Black Panther lover. The kind of fan who would probably agree with the main antagonist, Killmonger’s style of conflict. A bit of backstory:

In the film, Killmonger is a fellow Wakandan whose father is killed by the King T’Chaka because he tried to sell off their most valuable resource-a metal that has kept Wakanda an independent nation with advanced technology unlike any other. Killmonger’s father is betrayed by his aid who works for the King, and Killmonger is left in 1990’s California fatherless, and to experience a Black experience that is now well-documented in American history. He feels abandoned, but seemingly for the cause, and sets out to take over Wakanda, in order to use its resources to liberate fellow Africans all over the world, but mainly for sake of knowing that he was able to take the King’s son- T’Challa, who has now ascended the throne- and replace him.
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