Rainbow Push Coalition, led by Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., in conjunction with its affiliate nonprofit, Citizenship Education Fund, will hold its “Welcome to Chicago 2020 Benefit” as part of the NBA All-Star Weekend festivities.
The event will be held on Thursday, February 13 at 7:00 p.m. at Soldier Field in the United Club Room. NBA Hall of Famers Dave Bing and Isiah Thomas will serve as co-chairs, and fellow NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal will join the occasion as a special guest.
The event will help raise funds to support Cool Kids Code, a program designed to close the digital divide in inner cities by preparing young people for the technological jobs of tomorrow.
“Welcome to Chicago 2020 Benefit” comes to Chicago for the first time in 32 years, and with it, the eyes of the basketball world," said the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., president and founder of Rainbow Push Coalition.
The event will be held on Thursday, February 13 at 7:00 p.m. at Soldier Field in the United Club Room. NBA Hall of Famers Dave Bing and Isiah Thomas will serve as co-chairs, and fellow NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal will join the occasion as a special guest.
The event will help raise funds to support Cool Kids Code, a program designed to close the digital divide in inner cities by preparing young people for the technological jobs of tomorrow.
“Welcome to Chicago 2020 Benefit” comes to Chicago for the first time in 32 years, and with it, the eyes of the basketball world," said the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., president and founder of Rainbow Push Coalition.
- 1/28/2020
- Look to the Stars
Constant Beta, Creative Control and Abramorama have teamed for a wide release in North American for The First to Do It, a documentary feature about Earl Lloyd, the NBA’s first black player. With exec producers including a number of basketball stars, the film will hit theaters in February. The First to Do It brings together current NBA players including Carmelo Anthony, Kawhi Leonard and Chris Paul as well as Hall of Famers Oscar Robertson, Dave Bing and Bob Lanier to…...
- 10/5/2017
- Deadline
Constant Beta Motion Picture Company, Creative Control and Abramorama will collaborate on the theatrical distribution of “The First to Do It,” a documentary about the life and times of Earl Lloyd, the first Black American to play in the NBA. The film brings together current basketball players including Carmelo Anthony, Kawhi Leonard and Chris Paul, as well as Hall of Famers Oscar Robertson, Dave Bing and Bob Lanier. Dean Cole provides the voice of Lloyd. Abramorama is planning a wide theatrical release in February 2018. “The First to Do It” is produced by Arka Sengupta and executive produced by Michael Finley,...
- 10/5/2017
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
It all began back in 2011, when a RoboCop fan tweeted the mayor of Detroit, insisting that the half-man, half-machine crime fighter is a great ambassador for the city, and implying that a statue should therefore be erected in his honor - there's a Rocky Balboa one in Philadelphia, after all. Though Mayor Dave Bing thanked the fan for the suggestion, he broke the hearts of robo-geeks the world over when he also stated that there are no plans whatsoever to do anything of the sort.
Though the city of Detroit may have no such plans, however, many of its citizens do. After a Facebook page was launched to generate interest for a fan-driven quest to build a RoboCop statue, a Kickstarter campaign followed in its wake, which not only reached but far surpassed its $50,000 goal. Now nearly three years later, the statue is almost complete...
As reported by Gawker, the...
Though the city of Detroit may have no such plans, however, many of its citizens do. After a Facebook page was launched to generate interest for a fan-driven quest to build a RoboCop statue, a Kickstarter campaign followed in its wake, which not only reached but far surpassed its $50,000 goal. Now nearly three years later, the statue is almost complete...
As reported by Gawker, the...
- 1/23/2014
- by John Squires
- FEARnet
A bronze statue of RoboCop is to be erected in Detroit following a successful Kickstarter campaign.
The 10-foot-tall tribute to Peter Weller's cyborg law enforcer will be constructed by Venus Bronze Works in collaboration with Warren Ally Foundry and Edgewise Forge after a crowd-sourcing campaign raised $67,436 in six days to fund the venture.
The concept became a reality after a Twitter user messaged Detroit mayor Dave Bing, demanding that a statue of his favourite movie star be built in the city.
Although Bing initially dismissed the idea, it quickly caught on with other Twitter users and soon spawned a Facebook campaign group and Kickstarter drive.
Graphic designer Pete Hottelet of San Francisco's Omni Consumer Products, a company named after the evil corporation in RoboCop, provided the largest donation of $25,000.
The RoboCop statue is likely to be situated on Wayne State University's TechTown campus.
Directed by Paul Verhoeven, RoboCop was...
The 10-foot-tall tribute to Peter Weller's cyborg law enforcer will be constructed by Venus Bronze Works in collaboration with Warren Ally Foundry and Edgewise Forge after a crowd-sourcing campaign raised $67,436 in six days to fund the venture.
The concept became a reality after a Twitter user messaged Detroit mayor Dave Bing, demanding that a statue of his favourite movie star be built in the city.
Although Bing initially dismissed the idea, it quickly caught on with other Twitter users and soon spawned a Facebook campaign group and Kickstarter drive.
Graphic designer Pete Hottelet of San Francisco's Omni Consumer Products, a company named after the evil corporation in RoboCop, provided the largest donation of $25,000.
The RoboCop statue is likely to be situated on Wayne State University's TechTown campus.
Directed by Paul Verhoeven, RoboCop was...
- 9/26/2013
- Digital Spy
A bronze statue of RoboCop is to be erected in Detroit following a successful Kickstarter campaign.
The 10-foot-tall tribute to Peter Weller's cyborg law enforcer will be constructed by Venus Bronze Works in collaboration with Warren Ally Foundry and Edgewise Forge after a crowd-sourcing campaign raised $67,436 in six days to fund the venture.
The concept became a reality after a Twitter user messaged Detroit mayor Dave Bing, demanding that a statue of his favourite movie star be built in the city.
Although Bing initially dismissed the idea, it quickly caught on with other Twitter users and soon spawned a Facebook campaign group and Kickstarter drive.
Graphic designer Pete Hottelet of San Francisco's Omni Consumer Products, a company named after the evil corporation in RoboCop, provided the largest donation of $25,000.
The RoboCop statue is likely to be situated on Wayne State University's TechTown campus.
Directed by Paul Verhoeven, RoboCop was...
The 10-foot-tall tribute to Peter Weller's cyborg law enforcer will be constructed by Venus Bronze Works in collaboration with Warren Ally Foundry and Edgewise Forge after a crowd-sourcing campaign raised $67,436 in six days to fund the venture.
The concept became a reality after a Twitter user messaged Detroit mayor Dave Bing, demanding that a statue of his favourite movie star be built in the city.
Although Bing initially dismissed the idea, it quickly caught on with other Twitter users and soon spawned a Facebook campaign group and Kickstarter drive.
Graphic designer Pete Hottelet of San Francisco's Omni Consumer Products, a company named after the evil corporation in RoboCop, provided the largest donation of $25,000.
The RoboCop statue is likely to be situated on Wayne State University's TechTown campus.
Directed by Paul Verhoeven, RoboCop was...
- 9/26/2013
- Digital Spy
Crowdfunding site raises money in just six days to build 10ft bronze statue of RoboCop ahead of movie remake with Joel Kinnaman
• Watch the first trailer for the Robocop remake
• Robocop fans' fury over first pictures
A giant bronze statue of RoboCop is to be erected in Detroit after fans of Paul Verhoeven's iconic cyborg crimefighter raised funds for the project via Kickstarter.
The 10ft tall statue will be unveiled next summer after the project, which has the backing of original RoboCop star Peter Weller, raised $67,436 in just six days on the crowdfunding site in 2011, according to the Hollywood Reporter. It all began when a Twitter user publicly messaged Detroit's mayor, Dave Bing, to demand his favourite movie character be celebrated as one of the city's most famous exports. Bing replied: "There are not any plans to erect a statue to RoboCop. Thank you for the suggestion." But the...
• Watch the first trailer for the Robocop remake
• Robocop fans' fury over first pictures
A giant bronze statue of RoboCop is to be erected in Detroit after fans of Paul Verhoeven's iconic cyborg crimefighter raised funds for the project via Kickstarter.
The 10ft tall statue will be unveiled next summer after the project, which has the backing of original RoboCop star Peter Weller, raised $67,436 in just six days on the crowdfunding site in 2011, according to the Hollywood Reporter. It all began when a Twitter user publicly messaged Detroit's mayor, Dave Bing, to demand his favourite movie character be celebrated as one of the city's most famous exports. Bing replied: "There are not any plans to erect a statue to RoboCop. Thank you for the suggestion." But the...
- 9/26/2013
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
The 1987 sci-fi action movie RoboCop may have painted Detroit as a place plagued by crime and corruption, but the movie remains a beloved part of the city's identity anyway. Mayor David Bing discovered this when he blithely replied to a tweet demanding a commemorative statue made of the cyborg police officer, saying there were no plans for such an art installation. But even without the mayor's support, this idea took off online, spurring the creation of a Kickstarter campaign that asked for $50,000 to make a RoboCop statue a reality. In the end, fundraiser starter Imagination Station Detroit pulled in more than 2,700 backers and $67,436, cementing plans for its creation-- while, simultaneously, a remake of the original movie was underway, though shooting in Toronto instead of native Detroit. . Since the campaign kicked off in 2011 Isd has been busy at work getting RoboCop recreated to the finest detail. The Michigan news site MLive...
- 5/14/2013
- cinemablend.com
Former mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick has been convicted of 24 out of 30 federal charges against him, including racketeering conspiracy, bribery, mail and wire fraud, and multiple counts of extortion.
Kilpatrick's alleged co-conspirator, Bobby Ferguson was also found guilty on multiple counts. The ex-mayor's father, Bernard Kilpatrick, was found guilty on one tax-related charge. The case brought by federal prosecutors was the result of a corruption probe of Detroit City Hall that lasted for years.
Prosecutors claim Mayor Kilpatrick, who resigned amidst the probe after holding office from 2002 to 2008, ran a criminal empire out of the mayor's office. To date, the investigation has resulted in convictions of two dozen people, according to CNN.
Kilpatrick faces up to 20 years in prison for the racketeering charges. In 2008 he plead guilty to two felony counts of obstruction of justice, involving attempts to cover up an extramarital affair. The former mayor also plead no contest...
Kilpatrick's alleged co-conspirator, Bobby Ferguson was also found guilty on multiple counts. The ex-mayor's father, Bernard Kilpatrick, was found guilty on one tax-related charge. The case brought by federal prosecutors was the result of a corruption probe of Detroit City Hall that lasted for years.
Prosecutors claim Mayor Kilpatrick, who resigned amidst the probe after holding office from 2002 to 2008, ran a criminal empire out of the mayor's office. To date, the investigation has resulted in convictions of two dozen people, according to CNN.
Kilpatrick faces up to 20 years in prison for the racketeering charges. In 2008 he plead guilty to two felony counts of obstruction of justice, involving attempts to cover up an extramarital affair. The former mayor also plead no contest...
- 3/11/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Got a bright idea for a film, a comic or even a hi-tech watch? For many, Kickstarter could be the answer – and now it's launched in Britain
Time was, in the olden days, that in order to create a video game, or fund a film or album, or make a comic, you needed a generous and deep-pocketed patron, or a corporation behind you which thought there was something – profit, in other words – in it for them. There might have even been a grant from an arts body somewhere. Remember them?
Crowdfunding, where large numbers of people donate small sums of money to a project, has changed that. Kickstarter is not the first online funding site for creative projects – ArtistShare was launched in 2003 to enable musicians to bypass record labels, and was followed by other sites such as IndieGogo – but it has gained the most traction and attention.
Since the site...
Time was, in the olden days, that in order to create a video game, or fund a film or album, or make a comic, you needed a generous and deep-pocketed patron, or a corporation behind you which thought there was something – profit, in other words – in it for them. There might have even been a grant from an arts body somewhere. Remember them?
Crowdfunding, where large numbers of people donate small sums of money to a project, has changed that. Kickstarter is not the first online funding site for creative projects – ArtistShare was launched in 2003 to enable musicians to bypass record labels, and was followed by other sites such as IndieGogo – but it has gained the most traction and attention.
Since the site...
- 11/15/2012
- by Emine Saner
- The Guardian - Film News
Blood Runs Thicker Than Oil In The Motor City
With a resume that includes the Oscar nominated Jesus Camp, and their Emmy nominated debut, The Boys of Baraka, one could rightfully expect Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s latest film to be quite a doozy. Focusing on Detroit, the model city for crumbling American dreams, Detropia finds a metropolitan ghost town struggling to find its place where industry has packed up and left, taking the population with it. The city is in dire economic straights, and the directors, with help from local artists, administrators, bar owners, and bloggers, aim to cover as many issues as humanly possible. Though its examination bares a rich and sprawling birth, the film lays its foundation in the humanity of Motor City and the haunting abandoned architecture that has left it but a shell of its former self.
The sprawling empty factory compounds and thousands...
With a resume that includes the Oscar nominated Jesus Camp, and their Emmy nominated debut, The Boys of Baraka, one could rightfully expect Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s latest film to be quite a doozy. Focusing on Detroit, the model city for crumbling American dreams, Detropia finds a metropolitan ghost town struggling to find its place where industry has packed up and left, taking the population with it. The city is in dire economic straights, and the directors, with help from local artists, administrators, bar owners, and bloggers, aim to cover as many issues as humanly possible. Though its examination bares a rich and sprawling birth, the film lays its foundation in the humanity of Motor City and the haunting abandoned architecture that has left it but a shell of its former self.
The sprawling empty factory compounds and thousands...
- 9/6/2012
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
"Detropia" is more than just a portrait of a city. The latest film from "Jesus Camp" filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady is ultimately a moving and powerful micro-portrait of a hurting nation.
Detroit, a city built on the manufacturing boom, largely of the Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors companies -- hence the nickname of “Motor City" -- is emblematic of both America’s success and the failures that have caused its slow and steady decline. Ewing and Grady harness what is powerful about the documentary film medium what is largely absent from news reports and op-eds -- the ability to create an empathetiic connection. Not that the film is a solution to America’s problems, but it is an eloquent and powerful awareness-builder.
The opening scene, the demolition of an abandoned house covered by a local TV news crew, informs us it's one of many, and it sets the...
Detroit, a city built on the manufacturing boom, largely of the Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors companies -- hence the nickname of “Motor City" -- is emblematic of both America’s success and the failures that have caused its slow and steady decline. Ewing and Grady harness what is powerful about the documentary film medium what is largely absent from news reports and op-eds -- the ability to create an empathetiic connection. Not that the film is a solution to America’s problems, but it is an eloquent and powerful awareness-builder.
The opening scene, the demolition of an abandoned house covered by a local TV news crew, informs us it's one of many, and it sets the...
- 5/8/2012
- by Samantha Chater
- The Playlist
Detroit has fallen on some hard times lately — the struggling economy has earned the Midwest auto capital headlines like “Detroit War Zone” over the past few years. So as a city, it’s pretty deserving of a pick-me-up. And what better way to honor Motor City than with a statue of its iconic hometown character — no, not Eminem or the members of Kiss — but none other than RoboCop. Wednesday, the Detroit News reported that the dream of bringing a Detroit statue of the cyborg played by Peter Weller in Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 futuristic film, is no longer a matter of “if,...
- 4/5/2012
- by Laura Hertzfeld
- EW.com - PopWatch
Detropia opens on an abandoned residence being demolished as a wax-faced local reporter stands by, reporting on what most people in his audience already know – Detroit is an emptying, broken city, and it’s hard to imagine that will change any time soon. Detroit was once America’s most thriving city, a sprawling metropolis that was home to America’s most bankable manufacturing system, automobiles. But these days, the giant city (Detroit itself is a stunning 139 square miles) is home to something very different – a giant unemployment rate, a fractured citizenship, and the very real possibility that it will go bankrupt. Documentary directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (Jesus Camp, The Boys of Baraka) attempt to tackle the many issues facing Detroit in their film, drawing from different perspectives to form a complete and complex picture of why Detroit is, as one of their subjects grimly announces, “never coming back.” With...
- 1/22/2012
- by Kate Erbland
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Dynamite Entertainment's "RoboCop: Road Trip" #1, available December 2011, is written by Rob Williams, with illustrations by Unai and a cover by Fabiano Neves :
"...America has fallen into a landscape of revolution and chaos and 'Ocp' has taken over 'Old Detroit' from the authorities in a political coup. Now it's up to 'RoboCop' and what's left of the Old Detroit Police Department to try and make it out of the state in order to get help from the Us military. But 'Ed-309' robots patrol the streets and Ocp has a new, deadly prototype to send after 'Murphy', while RoboCop's sanity continues to crumble..."
In other "RoboCop" news, director José Padilha who will take on the next "RoboCop" feature film, said he wants actor Michael Fassbender ("X-Men: First Class") to play "Murphy', aka 'RoboCop'.
Padilha said he is currently polishing the screenplay, targeting either a February or March 2012 start,...
"...America has fallen into a landscape of revolution and chaos and 'Ocp' has taken over 'Old Detroit' from the authorities in a political coup. Now it's up to 'RoboCop' and what's left of the Old Detroit Police Department to try and make it out of the state in order to get help from the Us military. But 'Ed-309' robots patrol the streets and Ocp has a new, deadly prototype to send after 'Murphy', while RoboCop's sanity continues to crumble..."
In other "RoboCop" news, director José Padilha who will take on the next "RoboCop" feature film, said he wants actor Michael Fassbender ("X-Men: First Class") to play "Murphy', aka 'RoboCop'.
Padilha said he is currently polishing the screenplay, targeting either a February or March 2012 start,...
- 9/26/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
With plans for a statue of the cyber crimefighter gathering pace in Motor City, should other film characters have places on public pedestals?
Bronze, gleaming and over seven feet tall, RoboCop surveys the city of Detroit beneath his feet, striking terror into residents, tourists and pigeons. This is the dream of Brandon Walley, who will soon see it become a reality after his online campaign to build a statue of the ass-kicking cyber justice raised more than $60,000 (£37,000).
It all started when Walley tweeted mayor Dave Bing after noticing the lack of a certain something: "Philadelphia has a statue of Rocky & RoboCop would kick Rocky's butt. He's a Great ambassador for Detroit." The response was not encouraging. For most people that would have been the end of it. Not for Walley. He galvanised internet interest and set up a Kickstarter page with a $50,000 goal. Within days, half of that had flooded in from residents and fans.
Bronze, gleaming and over seven feet tall, RoboCop surveys the city of Detroit beneath his feet, striking terror into residents, tourists and pigeons. This is the dream of Brandon Walley, who will soon see it become a reality after his online campaign to build a statue of the ass-kicking cyber justice raised more than $60,000 (£37,000).
It all started when Walley tweeted mayor Dave Bing after noticing the lack of a certain something: "Philadelphia has a statue of Rocky & RoboCop would kick Rocky's butt. He's a Great ambassador for Detroit." The response was not encouraging. For most people that would have been the end of it. Not for Walley. He galvanised internet interest and set up a Kickstarter page with a $50,000 goal. Within days, half of that had flooded in from residents and fans.
- 3/29/2011
- by Stephen Kelly
- The Guardian - Film News
While we've already established that a Robocop statue for Detroit isn't really so bizarre in comparison to movie statues that already exist, Detroit's mayor Dave Bing still hasn't come around. Enter the original Robocop, Peter Weller with this compelling, mostly irrefutable video endorsement of the project. Whoever convinced Weller to walk this line between deadpan perfection and goofy idiocy while donning a homemade Robocop mask has my deepest thanks. I would now like to see Weller in a full length summer comedy.
- 3/1/2011
- Movieline
London, Feb 21 – Fans of RoboCop in the Us have raised 50,000 dollars to erect a giant statue in his honour.
The whole idea to have a statue in his image started with a message sent via the social network Twitter to the mayor of the Motor City, Dave Bing.
“Philadelphia has a statue of Rocky, RoboCop would kick Rocky’s butt. He’s a great ambassador for Detroit,” the Daily Mail quoted a Detroit resident called ‘Mt’ as tweeting.
The mayor.
The whole idea to have a statue in his image started with a message sent via the social network Twitter to the mayor of the Motor City, Dave Bing.
“Philadelphia has a statue of Rocky, RoboCop would kick Rocky’s butt. He’s a great ambassador for Detroit,” the Daily Mail quoted a Detroit resident called ‘Mt’ as tweeting.
The mayor.
- 2/21/2011
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Despite objections from Mayor Dave Bing, it looks like artists in Detroit have raised enough money to build the Robocop statue that the city so desperately needs. While Detroit will likely be the first city with an half-robot policeman enshrined for future generations, it isn't the first city to put up a film-inspired statue for all of the public to see. And a Robocop statue may not even be the most ridiculous film tribute ever built. For my money, Scotland will actually hold this honor for years to come.
- 2/18/2011
- Movieline
Fans of Robocop have raised more than $50,000 towards a statue honoring the film franchise in Detroit, Michigan. Film fans on Facebook.com have rallied to raise the cash to pay tribute to the classic sci-fi movie in the city where it was based - but they've yet to convince local politicians to approve the monument.
Project leader Jeff Paffendorf says, "It hit a sweet spot. It's a fun and funny idea to build a statue of RoboCop. There's violence in RoboCop, but through the film RoboCop tries to do the right thing."
Dave Bing, the mayor of Detroit, insists he currently has no intention of approving the figure, because of the high level of violence in RoboCop. His spokeswoman Karen Dumas says, "We know there are a lot of people that care deeply about the issue, and we respect that. But I'm still not sure that RoboCop is the best...
Project leader Jeff Paffendorf says, "It hit a sweet spot. It's a fun and funny idea to build a statue of RoboCop. There's violence in RoboCop, but through the film RoboCop tries to do the right thing."
Dave Bing, the mayor of Detroit, insists he currently has no intention of approving the figure, because of the high level of violence in RoboCop. His spokeswoman Karen Dumas says, "We know there are a lot of people that care deeply about the issue, and we respect that. But I'm still not sure that RoboCop is the best...
- 2/18/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
As you might have already read on this website, a viral Internet movement is underway to provide the citizens of Detroit a RoboCop statue [read Fans Decide Detroit Needs A RoboCop Statue Despite Government Rejection]. What started off as a joke suggestion from a New England man on Twitter has turned into a donation drive to bring an actual statue of the sci-fi hero to the city. The drive has been so successful, the required $50,000 cost has already been raised in less than 10 days. While this grassroots campaign is nothing short of amazing, I can't but feel like this is leaving a sour taste in my mouth.
Face it, there are a million reasons why Detroit's Mayor David Bing rejected this idea of creating a RoboCop statue. The most important reason? Because it is stupid. Why spend the city's dollars on creating a statue to a fictitious crime fighting robot? What will that do for the declining city and its disenfranchised population?...
Face it, there are a million reasons why Detroit's Mayor David Bing rejected this idea of creating a RoboCop statue. The most important reason? Because it is stupid. Why spend the city's dollars on creating a statue to a fictitious crime fighting robot? What will that do for the declining city and its disenfranchised population?...
- 2/18/2011
- by Jack Bauerstein83
- Geeks of Doom
Oh please, let it be true! Part man, part machine, all cop. A campaign started on Twitter for a Robocop statue to be built in Detroit, in honour of their most famous law enforcer. The mayor of Detroit initially rejected the idea, but as is often the case with these things, they gain online traction and before you can say “information superhighway” (not that anyone does these days) funds have been raised to make and place the statue in the increasingly dilapidated Michigan city.
Imagination Station Detroit started the fund-raising campaign and a big contribution came in from Omni Consumer Products, who make various film-related items, such as Sex Panther after shave (care of Anchorman) and a Tru Blood drink(care of HBO’s successful vampire show). Apparently enough money has now been raised and if a more suitable spot cannot be found, Imagination Station have offered a piece of...
Imagination Station Detroit started the fund-raising campaign and a big contribution came in from Omni Consumer Products, who make various film-related items, such as Sex Panther after shave (care of Anchorman) and a Tru Blood drink(care of HBO’s successful vampire show). Apparently enough money has now been raised and if a more suitable spot cannot be found, Imagination Station have offered a piece of...
- 2/17/2011
- by Dave Roper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
It started as something of a joke. A New England man suggested to Detroit Mayor Dave Bing that they should build a statue in honor of RoboCop, the science fiction classic that was set in the city, in an attempt to improve the city's image (and likely bring in a fair share of movie-loving tourists). Bing rejected the suggestion because, well...it'd be a little odd for a mayor to Ok a statue of cyborg crime fighter.
Rejection be damned, fans of RoboCop everywhere started to call for the statue to be built anyway, and a movement began to raise the funds necessary. While some still think it would be wrong to have a figure associated with such a violent franchise displayed publicly, donations started pouring in, including one weighing in at $25,000 -- half of the $50,000 goal that was set.
For those who still want to donate it's not too...
Rejection be damned, fans of RoboCop everywhere started to call for the statue to be built anyway, and a movement began to raise the funds necessary. While some still think it would be wrong to have a figure associated with such a violent franchise displayed publicly, donations started pouring in, including one weighing in at $25,000 -- half of the $50,000 goal that was set.
For those who still want to donate it's not too...
- 2/17/2011
- by The Movie God
- Geeks of Doom
You know that you live in the future when technology is used to raise funds for a metal statue of RoboCop.
On February 7, Detroit mayor Dave Bing was asked on Twitter if he would consider erecting a statue in his city to honor the half-man, half-machine, all cop movie character. Originally played by Peter Weller in the 1987 movie RoboCop, the cyborg was received warmly by movie-goers. Two more RoboCop movies followed as well as a mini-series. A plan to reboot the series under the eye of Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky failed to happen due in part to financial woes experienced by MGM.
Mayor Bing's reply was short and seemingly negative. "There are not any plans to erect a statue to Robocop," Bing replied, thinking that the matter was settled.
It wasn't.
Thanks to a website called Kickstarter that sources fundraising from a large pool of visitors, more than $50,000 was...
On February 7, Detroit mayor Dave Bing was asked on Twitter if he would consider erecting a statue in his city to honor the half-man, half-machine, all cop movie character. Originally played by Peter Weller in the 1987 movie RoboCop, the cyborg was received warmly by movie-goers. Two more RoboCop movies followed as well as a mini-series. A plan to reboot the series under the eye of Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky failed to happen due in part to financial woes experienced by MGM.
Mayor Bing's reply was short and seemingly negative. "There are not any plans to erect a statue to Robocop," Bing replied, thinking that the matter was settled.
It wasn't.
Thanks to a website called Kickstarter that sources fundraising from a large pool of visitors, more than $50,000 was...
- 2/17/2011
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Fans of Robocop have raised more than $50,000 (£33,300) towards a statue honouring the film franchise in Detroit, Michigan.
Film fans on Facebook.com have rallied to raise the cash to pay tribute to the classic sci-fi movie in the city where it was based - but they've yet to convince local politicians to approve the monument.
Project leader Jeff Paffendorf says, "It hit a sweet spot. It's a fun and funny idea to build a statue of RoboCop. There's violence in RoboCop, but through the film RoboCop tries to do the right thing."
Dave Bing, the mayor of Detroit, insists he currently has no intention of approving the figure, because of the high level of violence in RoboCop.
His spokeswoman Karen Dumas says, "We know there are a lot of people that care deeply about the issue, and we respect that. But I'm still not sure that RoboCop is the best message for the city of Detroit."
The 1987 movie, starring Peter Weller as a police officer who is murdered and re-created as a robot, grossed more than $53 million (£35 million) and spawned two sequels.
Film fans on Facebook.com have rallied to raise the cash to pay tribute to the classic sci-fi movie in the city where it was based - but they've yet to convince local politicians to approve the monument.
Project leader Jeff Paffendorf says, "It hit a sweet spot. It's a fun and funny idea to build a statue of RoboCop. There's violence in RoboCop, but through the film RoboCop tries to do the right thing."
Dave Bing, the mayor of Detroit, insists he currently has no intention of approving the figure, because of the high level of violence in RoboCop.
His spokeswoman Karen Dumas says, "We know there are a lot of people that care deeply about the issue, and we respect that. But I'm still not sure that RoboCop is the best message for the city of Detroit."
The 1987 movie, starring Peter Weller as a police officer who is murdered and re-created as a robot, grossed more than $53 million (£35 million) and spawned two sequels.
- 2/17/2011
- WENN
Detroit, Michigan-based artist Jerry Paffendorf who set up a website for donations to get a statue of MGM's movie cyborg 'RoboCop', protector of 'New Detroit', has now raised $50,000 to build a RoboCop statue in Detroit, with fund-raising now extended to March 29, to acquire as much money to get the best statue possible.
The group behind the project is working with Detroit mayor David Bing to find a suitable place for erection of the 'Murphy' statue.
The first "RoboCop" feature, budgeted at $13 million, was released in 1987, directed by Paul Verhoeven ("Basic Instinct"), and written by Edward Neumeier/Michael Miner.
Set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan in the near future, "RoboCop" centers on a police officer who is killed, then resurrected as a super-human cyborg, starring Peter Weller as police officer 'Alex Murphy' aka 'RoboCop', Nancy Allen as 'Officer Anne Lewis', Ronny Cox as 'Omni Consumer products' Vice President 'Richard "Dick" Jones',...
The group behind the project is working with Detroit mayor David Bing to find a suitable place for erection of the 'Murphy' statue.
The first "RoboCop" feature, budgeted at $13 million, was released in 1987, directed by Paul Verhoeven ("Basic Instinct"), and written by Edward Neumeier/Michael Miner.
Set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan in the near future, "RoboCop" centers on a police officer who is killed, then resurrected as a super-human cyborg, starring Peter Weller as police officer 'Alex Murphy' aka 'RoboCop', Nancy Allen as 'Officer Anne Lewis', Ronny Cox as 'Omni Consumer products' Vice President 'Richard "Dick" Jones',...
- 2/17/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Twitter and Facebook have been abuzz lately with the efforts of “RoboCop” fans lobbying to get a statue of the cinematic crimefighter constructed in Detroit. Ok, maybe it was just my feed, because I’ve got too many movie geeks as friends and followers.
But their collective hemming and hawing worked, because the RoboCop statue is going up. Detroit artists and entrepreneurs reportedly raised more than $50,000 via Facebook and other online portals, allowing Detroit city officials to consider greenlighting the project and get RoboCop to the Motor City.
“It hit a sweet spot. It’s a fun and funny idea to build a statue of RoboCop,” said project leader Jeff Paffendorf. “There’s violence in ‘RoboCop,’ but through the film RoboCop tries to do the right thing.”
Now, Detroit’s mayor, Dave Bing, might not be entirely convinced. It was his off-the-cuff-remark denying plans...
Hollywoodnews.com: Twitter and Facebook have been abuzz lately with the efforts of “RoboCop” fans lobbying to get a statue of the cinematic crimefighter constructed in Detroit. Ok, maybe it was just my feed, because I’ve got too many movie geeks as friends and followers.
But their collective hemming and hawing worked, because the RoboCop statue is going up. Detroit artists and entrepreneurs reportedly raised more than $50,000 via Facebook and other online portals, allowing Detroit city officials to consider greenlighting the project and get RoboCop to the Motor City.
“It hit a sweet spot. It’s a fun and funny idea to build a statue of RoboCop,” said project leader Jeff Paffendorf. “There’s violence in ‘RoboCop,’ but through the film RoboCop tries to do the right thing.”
Now, Detroit’s mayor, Dave Bing, might not be entirely convinced. It was his off-the-cuff-remark denying plans...
- 2/17/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
The online Kickstarter.com campaign has worked - $50,000 has been raised to build a big metal statue of Robocop in Detroit reports News.com.au.
Only last week the city's mayor Dave Bing declined a tweeted idea to build the statue after he solicited citizens online for ideas on how to revitalise the city. Yet the idea generated such a response that a campaign was begun to collect donations to cast a weatherized eight-foot tall iron statue.
A big donation from Pete Hottelet at Omni Consumer Products Corporation, along with 1700 other people who pledged cash, has resulted in enough finances being raised in just a week.
Where the statue will be set up, it's not sure yet. Expect more details soon.
Only last week the city's mayor Dave Bing declined a tweeted idea to build the statue after he solicited citizens online for ideas on how to revitalise the city. Yet the idea generated such a response that a campaign was begun to collect donations to cast a weatherized eight-foot tall iron statue.
A big donation from Pete Hottelet at Omni Consumer Products Corporation, along with 1700 other people who pledged cash, has resulted in enough finances being raised in just a week.
Where the statue will be set up, it's not sure yet. Expect more details soon.
- 2/17/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Detroit | Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:13pm Est Detroit (Reuters) - From sci-fi cult film, to Twitter phenomenon to Detroit landmark-in-the-making. Plans for a statue honoring RoboCop, the half-man, half-machine crimefighter of the 1987 movie of the same name, are moving ahead after a group of Detroit artists and entrepreneurs raised more than $50,000 via Facebook and an online fund-raising site. "It hit a sweet spot. It's a fun and funny idea to build a statue of RoboCop," said Jeff Paffendorf, who helped lead the project inspired by a whimsical suggestion sent to Detroit Mayor Dave Bing via Twitter last week. Bing tweeted back at the time that there were no plans for a RoboCop statue, an off-hand remark that bounced around the Internet and generated calls for him to reconsider. "There's violence in 'RoboCop,' but through the film RoboCop tries to do the right thing," Paffendorf said. Bing's office is still not convinced,...
- 2/17/2011
- ComicBookMovie.com
Detroit | Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:13pm Est Detroit (Reuters) - From sci-fi cult film, to Twitter phenomenon to Detroit landmark-in-the-making. Plans for a statue honoring RoboCop, the half-man, half-machine crimefighter of the 1987 movie of the same name, are moving ahead after a group of Detroit artists and entrepreneurs raised more than $50,000 via Facebook and an online fund-raising site. "It hit a sweet spot. It's a fun and funny idea to build a statue of RoboCop," said Jeff Paffendorf, who helped lead the project inspired by a whimsical suggestion sent to Detroit Mayor Dave Bing via Twitter last week. Bing tweeted back at the time that there were no plans for a RoboCop statue, an off-hand remark that bounced around the Internet and generated calls for him to reconsider. "There's violence in 'RoboCop,' but through the film RoboCop tries to do the right thing," Paffendorf said. Bing's office is still not convinced,...
- 2/17/2011
- ComicBookMovie.com
Earlier this month fanboys across the internet sighed when Detroit Mayor David Bing took to his Twitter account to announce that there were no plans to erect a statue of Robocop. A pop culture icon closely associated with the Michigan city, those same fans were not going to take no for an answer. An artist named Jerry Paffendorf decided to set up a website where anybody could donate money to get a statue made. Guess what? They succeeded. The Detroit Free Press is reporting that the goal of $50,000 has been reached to build a Robocop statue in Detroit, though fund-raising will continue through the March 29 deadline so that the builders can make the best statue possible. Once the final number is determined, the sculptors will get to work. The group behind the project is currently working with the mayor to find a suitable place for the statue, but, failing that,...
- 2/16/2011
- cinemablend.com
When it was suggested to Detroit mayor David Bing that the city should build a statue of Robocop to show up the statue of Rocky in Philadelphia, he very politely responded on Twitter that the city had no plans to build a statue of Robocop at this time. Forgive me for getting political on a film site, but it’s idiotic leadership like this that is the reason Detroit’s economy is in the shape that it is. A Robocop statue is the sort of basic human right that every citizen of every city in the world should be able to exercise. To deny it to the citizens of the city in which the film was set is unthinkable. Not content to stand for Bing’s tyranny, a guerrilla group of young activists have taken to social media and have begun a movement to fund the statue themselves. Revolutionaries have started a Facebook Group, a...
- 2/15/2011
- by Nathan Adams
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Once upon a time (earlier this week), a fan asked Detroit mayor Dave Bing on Twitter if the city could honor fictional hero RoboCop for his peace-keeping efforts on behalf of the city in Paul Verhoeven's 1987 film. To his credit, the mayor replied, though the response was less-than-welcome: "There are not any plans to erect a statue to Robocop. Thank you for the suggestion."
That should have been the end of it, right? No way. Super-specific lobby group DetroitNeedsRoboCop is accepting donations for the building of such a statue, a move which the city responded to thusly: "Should the opportunity present itself to receive a donation of this, or any other works of public art, we will consider acceptance and appropriate placement."
Excellent. RoboCop is a hero and he deserves to be honored as such. So what if he's fictional? There's plenty of precedent! Just look at the shiny...
That should have been the end of it, right? No way. Super-specific lobby group DetroitNeedsRoboCop is accepting donations for the building of such a statue, a move which the city responded to thusly: "Should the opportunity present itself to receive a donation of this, or any other works of public art, we will consider acceptance and appropriate placement."
Excellent. RoboCop is a hero and he deserves to be honored as such. So what if he's fictional? There's plenty of precedent! Just look at the shiny...
- 2/11/2011
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Movies Blog
Yesterday we told you [1] that Detriot Mayor Dave Bing responded to a suggestion on Twitter that Detriot has no plans to erect a statue of Robocop. The tweet spread virally around the web, and has now made it into the mainstream media. The Detroit Free Press [2] is now reporting that "a group of sci-fi fans, artists and business leaders have pledged to raise up to $80,000 for a statue of the crime-fighting cyborg." Almost 4,000 people joined a Facebook page, "Build a Statue of Robocop in Detroit [3]." They have launched a website, DetroitNeedsRobocop.com [4], and started a Kickstarter campaign for donations [5]. The hopes are to erect the statue at Imagination Station, an outdoor community media center and a rotating public art spacet on Roosevelt Park facing Michigan Central Station. The idea is that the statue would be created by a local metro Detroit artist. At the time of publishing this blog post,...
- 2/11/2011
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
New images from Fast Five, Captain America, Source Code, Shelter, there's also a Spanish one-sheet for I Am Number Four and an impressive poster for Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.
Time Out has posted a rather spectacular list of the 100 Best British Films as chosen by a panel of 150 film industry experts including the likes of Sam Mendes, Mike Leigh, Ken Loach, Wes Anderson, David Morrissey, Sally Hawkins and Thandie Newton. The top choice is a surprise, but a welcome one. Check out the list here.
"The Coen brothers say they're "working on a couple of scripts now, one of which it would be fair to call a full-on horror movie"…" (full details)
"Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark producer Michael Cohl has defended the Broadway musical following a slew of bad reviews - "Any of the people who review the show and say it has no...
Time Out has posted a rather spectacular list of the 100 Best British Films as chosen by a panel of 150 film industry experts including the likes of Sam Mendes, Mike Leigh, Ken Loach, Wes Anderson, David Morrissey, Sally Hawkins and Thandie Newton. The top choice is a surprise, but a welcome one. Check out the list here.
"The Coen brothers say they're "working on a couple of scripts now, one of which it would be fair to call a full-on horror movie"…" (full details)
"Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark producer Michael Cohl has defended the Broadway musical following a slew of bad reviews - "Any of the people who review the show and say it has no...
- 2/9/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
I'm sure you saw the Chrysler's "Importated From Detroit" Super Bowl commercial featuring Eminem. Detroit has an image problem, and steps have been taken to spin the city's image back in a more positive direction. Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has been soliciting the internet for suggestions on how to clean up the city and its image. One follower suggested that Detroit erect a giant statue of Robocop. Mayor Dave Bing actually responded. I for one actually think it's a great idea. Erecting a Robocop statue in the city would instantly create a new tourism opportunity, and bring a sense of pride back to the city. Pennsylvania has gotten a lot of mileage out of the iconic Rocky statue, and smaller locales like Vulcan , Alberta , Canada have followed suit, erecting a Starship Enterprise Statue. The only problem with having a Robocop statue in Detroit is that the movie wasn't shot in Detroit.
- 2/9/2011
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
He's the greatest icon ever to hail from Detroit -- but RoboCop will never occupy an immortal place in Motor City ... so long as Motown's party-pooper Mayor Dave Bing has anything to say about it. Meanwhile, Philly gets a " Rocky " statue. No fair. Read more...
- 2/8/2011
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Filed under: Cinematical
Warning: The following post will to attempt the break the record for most references to the "I'd buy that for a dollar!" line in 'RoboCop.'
A RoboCop statue in Detroit? I'd buy that for a dollar! However, Dave Bing, Mayor of Detroit, is less receptive to the idea.
Bing recently took to the Internet to solicit ways to clean up his city. Twitter user Mt offered the creative suggestion of erecting a RoboCop statue --- as RoboCop is, in Mt's words, "a Great ambassador for Detroit." Unfortunately, Bing played the part of buzzkill, perhaps after taking a payout from Omni Consumer Products, by replying (via Badass Digest): "There are not any plans to erect a statue to Robocop"
Bing thought the idea was quashed, but MSNBC reports that RoboCop fans are rallying around the suggestion. And now they're begging the mayor to build that statue?...
Warning: The following post will to attempt the break the record for most references to the "I'd buy that for a dollar!" line in 'RoboCop.'
A RoboCop statue in Detroit? I'd buy that for a dollar! However, Dave Bing, Mayor of Detroit, is less receptive to the idea.
Bing recently took to the Internet to solicit ways to clean up his city. Twitter user Mt offered the creative suggestion of erecting a RoboCop statue --- as RoboCop is, in Mt's words, "a Great ambassador for Detroit." Unfortunately, Bing played the part of buzzkill, perhaps after taking a payout from Omni Consumer Products, by replying (via Badass Digest): "There are not any plans to erect a statue to Robocop"
Bing thought the idea was quashed, but MSNBC reports that RoboCop fans are rallying around the suggestion. And now they're begging the mayor to build that statue?...
- 2/8/2011
- by Eric Larnick
- Moviefone
Filed under: Cinematical
Warning: The following post will to attempt the break the record for most references to the "I'd buy that for a dollar!" line in 'RoboCop.'
A RoboCop statue in Detroit? I'd buy that for a dollar! However, Dave Bing, Mayor of Detroit, is less receptive to the idea.
Bing recently took to the Internet to solicit ways to clean up his city. Twitter user Mt offered the creative suggestion of erecting a RoboCop statue --- as RoboCop is, in Mt's words, "a Great ambassador for Detroit." Unfortunately, Bing played the part of buzzkill, perhaps after taking a payout from Omni Consumer Products, by replying (via Badass Digest): "There are not any plans to erect a statue to Robocop"
Bing thought the idea was quashed, but MSNBC reports that RoboCop fans are rallying around the suggestion. And now they're begging the mayor to build that statue?...
Warning: The following post will to attempt the break the record for most references to the "I'd buy that for a dollar!" line in 'RoboCop.'
A RoboCop statue in Detroit? I'd buy that for a dollar! However, Dave Bing, Mayor of Detroit, is less receptive to the idea.
Bing recently took to the Internet to solicit ways to clean up his city. Twitter user Mt offered the creative suggestion of erecting a RoboCop statue --- as RoboCop is, in Mt's words, "a Great ambassador for Detroit." Unfortunately, Bing played the part of buzzkill, perhaps after taking a payout from Omni Consumer Products, by replying (via Badass Digest): "There are not any plans to erect a statue to Robocop"
Bing thought the idea was quashed, but MSNBC reports that RoboCop fans are rallying around the suggestion. And now they're begging the mayor to build that statue?...
- 2/8/2011
- by Eric Larnick
- Cinematical
Detroit's mayor has banned reality TV crews from following its police after a crew filmed a raid that killed a child. Mayor Dave Bing's spokesperson Karen Dumas told the Detroit News that having them there "gives the wrong appearance ... We don't want to convolute the process." However, she said local media will be able to ride along with cops, but "We'll assess that on a case-by-case basis." Bing criticized police chief Warren Evans who...
- 5/25/2010
- by Andy Dehnart
- Reality Blurred
In response to the death of 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones -- who was killed during a police raid with a camera crew for the A&E series The First 48 in tow -- Detroit mayor Dave Bing banned all reality show camera crews from police ride-alongs. Said Bing: "When we found out [that a camera crew was on the scene], I immediately called [Police Chief] Warren Evans and [deputy mayor] Saul Green and [said], 'That's the end of that.'" [The Detroit News]...
- 5/25/2010
- Movieline
Loveland is a real estate program to sell off some of Detroit's 40 square miles of vacant land for $1 per inch.
Detroit is shrinking. Coming in just under a million in the 2000 census (the first time its population had dropped that low since the '20s), Detroit is now down another 150,000 or more. Foreclosed or otherwise abandoned homes are everywhere, some more prominently than others--consider the Ice House, or Detroit Demolition Disneyland. Mayor Dave Bing is shuttering city departments and bulldozing vacant buildings (hopefully not Michigan Central Station, which bravely faces its own uncertain future, an empty shell of its former self). Detroit has 40 square miles of empty land.
What to do? Well, you could farm it, like John Hantz is proposing. But as Greg Lindsay pointed out here, that might not be the best idea: "With 95% of its remaining buildings still inhabitable, inner-city Detroit should at least be an urban Petri dish.
Detroit is shrinking. Coming in just under a million in the 2000 census (the first time its population had dropped that low since the '20s), Detroit is now down another 150,000 or more. Foreclosed or otherwise abandoned homes are everywhere, some more prominently than others--consider the Ice House, or Detroit Demolition Disneyland. Mayor Dave Bing is shuttering city departments and bulldozing vacant buildings (hopefully not Michigan Central Station, which bravely faces its own uncertain future, an empty shell of its former self). Detroit has 40 square miles of empty land.
What to do? Well, you could farm it, like John Hantz is proposing. But as Greg Lindsay pointed out here, that might not be the best idea: "With 95% of its remaining buildings still inhabitable, inner-city Detroit should at least be an urban Petri dish.
- 3/8/2010
- by William Bostwick
- Fast Company
So it's come to this: Unable to provide basic services for all of his constituents, Detroit mayor Dave Bing is drafting plans starve his city down to a manageable size. Using proprietary data and a survey released by Data Driven Detroit, Bing and his staff will pick "winners and losers" amongst the city's neighborhoods and seek to resettle residents from the losers, those deemed most unlivable. With Detroit's tax base withering from the implosion of two-thirds of the Big Three, the housing crisis, and an ongoing exodus, Bing believes he has no other choice.
"If we don't do it, you know this whole city is going to go down," he told a local radio station last month. "I'm hopeful people will understand that. If we can incentivize some of those folks that are in those desolate areas, they can get a better situation" in one of the remaining neighborhoods with schools and buses.
"If we don't do it, you know this whole city is going to go down," he told a local radio station last month. "I'm hopeful people will understand that. If we can incentivize some of those folks that are in those desolate areas, they can get a better situation" in one of the remaining neighborhoods with schools and buses.
- 3/5/2010
- by Greg Lindsay
- Fast Company
The collapse of the auto industry has done a number on Detroit. Laid-off workers seem to continuously multiply. Abandoned houses line many city blocks. But with the destruction of one industry comes the opportunity for another one to grow in its ashes: farming.
Michigan entrepreneur John Hantz invested $30 million in his Hantz Farms project, which takes aim at 5,000 acres of Detroit land for farming everything from organic lettuce to crops for biofuels. There's still a long way to go--Hantz will start working 30 acres next spring, and it is proving difficult to buy big parcels of land for a continuous farm. Instead, Hantz is buying smaller, unconnected parcels that will each grow different crops depending on the soil and surrounding environment.
Of course, turning Detroit into an agricultural haven is far from easy. The city's soil is rife with pollutants, and city zoning laws and property taxes will have to be...
Michigan entrepreneur John Hantz invested $30 million in his Hantz Farms project, which takes aim at 5,000 acres of Detroit land for farming everything from organic lettuce to crops for biofuels. There's still a long way to go--Hantz will start working 30 acres next spring, and it is proving difficult to buy big parcels of land for a continuous farm. Instead, Hantz is buying smaller, unconnected parcels that will each grow different crops depending on the soil and surrounding environment.
Of course, turning Detroit into an agricultural haven is far from easy. The city's soil is rife with pollutants, and city zoning laws and property taxes will have to be...
- 1/4/2010
- by Ariel Schwartz
- Fast Company
Rush Limbaugh irritated the many Democrats at junk-bond billionaire Michael Milken's annual conference in Beverly Hills Tuesday night -- especially John Landis. The "Animal House" director was standing in the back of the Beverly Hilton ballroom, next to Post correspondent David Finnigan, when the bombastic conservative graded President Obama "barely a D." Landis stuck his tongue out and loudly razzed the talkmeister and walked out. Obama got an A and an A- from the Democrats on the panel,...
- 5/1/2009
- NYPost.com
Espn has released their teasers for the upcoming week, beginning Sunday May 2: Dave Bing Running For Mayor Of Detroit Outside the Lines, (Sunday, 9 a.m. Et, Espn; noon Espnews) Dave Bing, who spent the first nine seasons of his Hall-of-Fame career with the Detroit Pistons, is attempting to become mayor of Motown. Despite a resume that includes no political experience, the 65-year-old Bing is running against the interim mayor in a special election Tuesday, May 5. Reporter and Detroit native Jemele Hill joins Bing on what has been a bumpy campaign trail and learns why a successful businessman and former sports hero wants to take on the challenge of leading Detroit out of one of its darkest...
- 5/1/2009
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
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