Former President Donald Trump has claimed that he recently passed a cognitive test that was designed to test for intelligence.
“I don’t know if you saw, but a few months ago, I took a cognitive test my doctor gave me,” Trump told his supporters during a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, on January 20. “I said, ‘give me a cognitive test,’ just so we can – you know – because – you know what the standards were. And I aced it.”
“But I also took one when I was in the White House,” he confessed. “I’ll let you know when I go bad. I really think I’ll be able to tell you, because some day, we go bad.”
“[Nikki Haley] talks about, ‘Yeah, we don’t need 80-year-old,’ Well I don’t mind being 80 but I’m 77,” he then stated mockingly. “That’s a big difference.”
The comments were made in...
“I don’t know if you saw, but a few months ago, I took a cognitive test my doctor gave me,” Trump told his supporters during a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, on January 20. “I said, ‘give me a cognitive test,’ just so we can – you know – because – you know what the standards were. And I aced it.”
“But I also took one when I was in the White House,” he confessed. “I’ll let you know when I go bad. I really think I’ll be able to tell you, because some day, we go bad.”
“[Nikki Haley] talks about, ‘Yeah, we don’t need 80-year-old,’ Well I don’t mind being 80 but I’m 77,” he then stated mockingly. “That’s a big difference.”
The comments were made in...
- 1/23/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
In a surprising turn of events in the 2024 presidential race, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has decided to drop out and throw his support behind former President Trump. The unexpected move has sent shockwaves through the political landscape, leaving many wondering about the implications for the upcoming GOP primaries. Breaking: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis drops […]
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- 1/21/2024
- by Grady Owen
- ShockYa
A meeting where high-level strategists for Florida Governor and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis were supposed to discuss strategy against his rival Nikki Haley almost descended into a melee, according to a report from NBC News.
Sources who spoke to NBC revealed that the near-brawl, which took place last Tuesday, reflected growing tensions within the board of Desantis’ main Pac, Never Back Down. According to one source who was in the room, Jeff Roe, a consultant for Never Back Down, nearly came to blows with Desantis’ advisor and Pac board member Scott Wagner.
Sources who spoke to NBC revealed that the near-brawl, which took place last Tuesday, reflected growing tensions within the board of Desantis’ main Pac, Never Back Down. According to one source who was in the room, Jeff Roe, a consultant for Never Back Down, nearly came to blows with Desantis’ advisor and Pac board member Scott Wagner.
- 11/21/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Ron DeSantis’ odds at dethroning Donald Trump atop the GOP primaries have plummeted in New Hampshire, as some of his rivals’ numbers have moved to challenge him for second place in the key state.
A new CNN/University of New Hampshire poll published Wednesday revealed that the Florida Gov. holds 10 percent of the state’s likely GOP primary voters — a drop of 13 points since the last Unh survey in July, which poised DeSantis as Trump’s chief rival.
While the former president continues to hold a wide lead at 39 percent,...
A new CNN/University of New Hampshire poll published Wednesday revealed that the Florida Gov. holds 10 percent of the state’s likely GOP primary voters — a drop of 13 points since the last Unh survey in July, which poised DeSantis as Trump’s chief rival.
While the former president continues to hold a wide lead at 39 percent,...
- 9/20/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Kourtney Kardashian appears unfazed by photos recently released of her ex-boyfriend and father of her three children, Scott Disick, packing on the Pda with a pretty brunette.
Just days after vacationing with Kourtney and the Kardashian-Jenner family in Costa Rica, the Daily Mail released images of the 33-year-old reality star getting straddled by a woman wearing a nude thong swimsuit, while in a hotel pool in Miami, Florida. In the images, the two are seen laughing, smoking and sipping what looks to be cocktails while hugging up on one another.
A source confirms to Et that the woman is 20-something model, J Lynne, whose real name is Jessica Harris. On Monday, she captioned a photo from a sunny location, with the caption: "And in the midst of the crazy, I am still at peace."
"Kourtney could not care less that Scott hooks up with other girls. They are broken up," a source...
Just days after vacationing with Kourtney and the Kardashian-Jenner family in Costa Rica, the Daily Mail released images of the 33-year-old reality star getting straddled by a woman wearing a nude thong swimsuit, while in a hotel pool in Miami, Florida. In the images, the two are seen laughing, smoking and sipping what looks to be cocktails while hugging up on one another.
A source confirms to Et that the woman is 20-something model, J Lynne, whose real name is Jessica Harris. On Monday, she captioned a photo from a sunny location, with the caption: "And in the midst of the crazy, I am still at peace."
"Kourtney could not care less that Scott hooks up with other girls. They are broken up," a source...
- 1/31/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
WWE.com
Every fan’s favorite rattlesnake returned to the WWE Network once again to host an exclusive version of his wildly popular podcast. This time the guests were WWE Hall of Famer Edge and his kayfabe brother and real-life best friend, Christian.
The Canadian duo are responsible for some of WWE’s most hilarious moments of the early 2000s and out-of-this-world tag team matches, characterized by their trademark zaniness and risk-taking ring style. Eventually they went their separate ways, carving out impressive careers as solo acts.
We kick things off with Christian thanking Steve for having them on, saying that he had a tough choice between them and Mantaur, and Austin replied that Mantaur got held up at the border due to his head.
This should be fun, so let’s get to it…
23. What They’ve Been Up To Haven
Austin tries to remember how long it’s...
Every fan’s favorite rattlesnake returned to the WWE Network once again to host an exclusive version of his wildly popular podcast. This time the guests were WWE Hall of Famer Edge and his kayfabe brother and real-life best friend, Christian.
The Canadian duo are responsible for some of WWE’s most hilarious moments of the early 2000s and out-of-this-world tag team matches, characterized by their trademark zaniness and risk-taking ring style. Eventually they went their separate ways, carving out impressive careers as solo acts.
We kick things off with Christian thanking Steve for having them on, saying that he had a tough choice between them and Mantaur, and Austin replied that Mantaur got held up at the border due to his head.
This should be fun, so let’s get to it…
23. What They’ve Been Up To Haven
Austin tries to remember how long it’s...
- 9/8/2015
- by Brad Hamilton
- Obsessed with Film
Sony Pictures has confirmed that starting at 10am Pacific time today, you will be able to rent James Franco and Seth Rogen's comedy The Interview on YouTube, Google Play, and Xbox for only $5.99. You will also have the option to buy it for $14.99 which is pretty much the cost of admission for seeing a movie here in Los Angeles. There's also an official website that has been set up for anyone who may not have access to those services. There have been talks of the film being made available on Netflix in the next few days as well, but there's no confirmation of that yet. It's good to see that Sony didn't let the hackers win. Enjoy the movie! Hopefully it was worth all the insanity.
If you would rather watch the movie in theaters, below you'll find a full list of where the movie will be playing on...
If you would rather watch the movie in theaters, below you'll find a full list of where the movie will be playing on...
- 12/24/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Thank you, James Flacco!
In a change of heart, Sony Pictures will allow any movie theater to show “The Interview” on Christmas Day. So far, nearly 100 indie theaters will immediately jump on board for the showings. Sony will also play on VOD, but major distributors are balking at this time.
Here’s the release:
“We have never given up on releasing The Interview and we’re excited our movie will be in a number of theaters on Christmas Day,” said Michael Lynton, Chairman and CEO of Sony Entertainment. “At the same time, we are continuing our efforts to secure more platforms and more theaters so that this movie reaches the largest possible audience.”
“I want to thank our talent on The Interview and our employees, who have worked tirelessly through the many challenges we have all faced over the last month. While we hope this is only the first step of the film’s release,...
In a change of heart, Sony Pictures will allow any movie theater to show “The Interview” on Christmas Day. So far, nearly 100 indie theaters will immediately jump on board for the showings. Sony will also play on VOD, but major distributors are balking at this time.
Here’s the release:
“We have never given up on releasing The Interview and we’re excited our movie will be in a number of theaters on Christmas Day,” said Michael Lynton, Chairman and CEO of Sony Entertainment. “At the same time, we are continuing our efforts to secure more platforms and more theaters so that this movie reaches the largest possible audience.”
“I want to thank our talent on The Interview and our employees, who have worked tirelessly through the many challenges we have all faced over the last month. While we hope this is only the first step of the film’s release,...
- 12/24/2014
- by Gig Patta
- LRMonline.com
Refresh for latest… Here’s a list of theaters confirmed to be showing Sony’s The Interview on Christmas Day after the studio worked with indie chains on a release plan finalized this morning. The venues have a deadline of 6 Pm Pt today to decide whether to run the movie on December 25, as Sony must send theaters the movie hard drives in time to make Christmas Day screenings. Some theaters are booking the film for later in the month or into January, so that deadline isn’t looming as large. As of 4 Pm, more than 200 theaters had signed on.
This is all happening fast so this list will continue to grow. We’re hearing that there are still internal discussions among art houses about whether to add the pic to their schedules, with security and previous commitments among the concerns. Some of the theaters had planned to be dark on Christmas Day,...
This is all happening fast so this list will continue to grow. We’re hearing that there are still internal discussions among art houses about whether to add the pic to their schedules, with security and previous commitments among the concerns. Some of the theaters had planned to be dark on Christmas Day,...
- 12/23/2014
- by Nellie Andreeva and Patrick Hipes
- Deadline
New films from Nicole Kidman, Michael Fassbender, Louie Psihoyos and Sebastian Silva are featured in the festival’s line-up of Us and world competition strands and the Next programme.
Sundance Film Festival director John Cooper and head of programming Trevor Groth have unleashed their first volley of films in what will be a 118-strong line-up overall culled from 12,166 submissions. Of these, 103 features are world premieres. The festival will run January 22 to February 1.
Us Dramatic Competition includes Craig Zobel’s post-apocalytpic tale Z For Zachariah starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Chris Pine; Jack Black in comedy The D Train; and Kristen Wiig in the 1970s San Francisco-set coming-of-age story The Diary Of A Teenage Girl.
Other likely highlights are Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s The Stanford Prison Experiment starring Billy Crudup and Ezra Miller; and Saoirse Ronan in Stockholm, Pennsylvania, about a young woman who returns to live with her parents after she is freed from her abductor of 17 years...
Sundance Film Festival director John Cooper and head of programming Trevor Groth have unleashed their first volley of films in what will be a 118-strong line-up overall culled from 12,166 submissions. Of these, 103 features are world premieres. The festival will run January 22 to February 1.
Us Dramatic Competition includes Craig Zobel’s post-apocalytpic tale Z For Zachariah starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Chris Pine; Jack Black in comedy The D Train; and Kristen Wiig in the 1970s San Francisco-set coming-of-age story The Diary Of A Teenage Girl.
Other likely highlights are Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s The Stanford Prison Experiment starring Billy Crudup and Ezra Miller; and Saoirse Ronan in Stockholm, Pennsylvania, about a young woman who returns to live with her parents after she is freed from her abductor of 17 years...
- 12/3/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
As Halloween approaches, we were swapping ghost stories around the ol' People offices. Though we're based in New York, staffers here come from all over, and so it got us thinking about what we like to call the Haunted States of America: What "ghost story" defines your state? This infographic is assembled from a variety of sources - in some cases, it's the "most famous" ghost in each state, in others, it's the one we found the most interesting. Enjoy, and add your own in the comments! AlabamaBear Creek Swamp in Prattville is home to floating lights, phantom cars, the ghosts of Creek Indians,...
- 10/30/2014
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
As Halloween approaches, we were swapping ghost stories around the ol' People offices. Though we're based in New York, staffers here come from all over, and so it got us thinking about what we like to call the Haunted States of America: What "ghost story" defines your state?
This infographic is assembled from a variety of sources – in some cases, it's the "most famous" ghost in each state, in others, it's the one we found the most interesting. Enjoy, and add your own in the comments!
AlabamaBear Creek Swamp in Prattville is home to floating lights, phantom cars, the ghosts of Creek Indians,...
This infographic is assembled from a variety of sources – in some cases, it's the "most famous" ghost in each state, in others, it's the one we found the most interesting. Enjoy, and add your own in the comments!
AlabamaBear Creek Swamp in Prattville is home to floating lights, phantom cars, the ghosts of Creek Indians,...
- 10/13/2014
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- People.com - TV Watch
50th Anniversary Release of “The Beatles: A Hard Day’s Night”
Dir. Richard Lester • U.K. 1964 • Black & White • 1.75:1 • 87 minutes
New 4K Restoration from the Original Camera Negative
New 5.1 Surround Mix Produced by Giles Martin
Opening in theaters on July 4, 2014 in almost 100 cities
(Scroll to the end of the article for the locations and theaters).
Courtesy of Janus Films
This is a Cheeky, Raucous, Irreverent film that will make most warm-blooded mammals laugh from the first scene, until the last! It is brilliant for a summer night out!
If you are a film or music fan, you most likely have already seen “A Hard Day’s Night” before, however, make a summertime date with the famous Fab Four, and see it again on the big screen, with the new restoration, at an art house cinema, and you really can’t go wrong.
It is necessary to give accolades to the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, because, “if it weren’t for Elvis, there would never have been any Beatles.” John Lennon had admitted, that from the moment he first learned about Elvis and saw all the attention that he was receiving, he wanted to be just like him.
So although, there is no denying that the Beatles changed music forever, it was really Elvis who was the King of their inspiration.
For those who have not seen “A Hard Day’s Night” before, the Beatles had already been a popular recording act, with several Top 20 hits in the U.K., when they arrived in NYC to perform on the Ed Sullivan show on February 7, 1964. A record breaking 73 million viewers tuned in, and the British invasion began.
One month later, across the pond, the film was in the works. The music lover and film producer, Walter Shenson, was brought on by United Artists. Shenson, who had previously worked with Director, Richard Lester, on “The Mouse on the Moon,” mentioned the gist of the project, and Richard jumped at the opportunity.
However, to receive the final green light, the film had to be true to the way the Beatles actually lived, and scriptwriter, Alun Owen, who wrote the television play, “No Trams to Lime Street,” which depicted Liverpool, was chosen.
The film begins with the song “A Hard Day’s Night” playing while the Fab Four are running through town trying to make it to the train station on time before their train departs. Once on board, they start a conversation with an older gentleman, who Paul comments, is his grandfather. John is cheekily trying to snort a Coke (Coca-Cola) bottle up his nose in the background, and a business man wants the train car his way demanding that the windows be closed shut. The laughs just continue from there on out, when the boys are flirting with girls, and the grandfather cunningly tells the young women that the boys are really prisoners. An acoustic version of “I Should Have Known Better” is being played on the train.
Film director, Richard Lester, “relied on improvisation rather than rehearsal, creating a freshness that was clear on-screen.” “Before we started, we knew that it would be unlikely that they could (a) learn, (b) remember, or (c) deliver with any accuracy a long speech. So the structure of the script had to be a series of one-liners,” Lester later stated, “This enabled me, in many of the scenes, to turn a camera on them and say a line to them, and they would say it back to me.”
The result, the bandmates play brilliant, clever, crafty, and smart-alicky versions of themselves.
Lester’s visual style mixed techniques from narrative films, documentary, the French New Wave, and live television to create something that felt, and was, spontaneous. “I have seen directors who write down a list of scenes for the day, and then sit back in a chair while everything is filmed according to plan. I can’t do that. I know that good films can be made this way, but it’s not for me. I have to react on the spot. There was very little structure that was planned except that we knew that we had to punctuate the film with a certain number of songs.”
Recorded at Emi Studios in Abbey Road, London, they cut “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “And I Love Her,” “I Should Have Known Better,” “Tell Me Why,” “If I Fell,” and “I’m Happy Just to Dance with You,” in only three days.
Must See!
Summer Screenings
Alabama
Montgomery – Capri Theatre
Alaska
Anchorage – Bear Tooth Cinema
Arizona
Tucson – The Loft Cinema
Arkansas
Little Rock – Colonel Glenn 18
British Columbia
Vancouver – Pacific Cinematheque
California
Bakersfield – Valley Plaza
Berkeley – Rialto Elmwood
Eureka – Eureka Theater
La Mesa – Grossmont Center
Los Angeles – Cinefamily
Malibu – The Malibu Film Society
Modesto – State Theater
Monterey – Osio Cinemas
Mountain View – Century Cinemas 16
Murrieta – Reading Cinemas Cal Oaks
Oxnard – Century RiverPark
Palm Springs – Camelot Theatres
Pasadena – Laemmle Playhouse 7
Sacramento – Tower Theater
San Diego – Gaslamp
San Francisco – Castro Theatre
San Luis Obispo – Palm Theatre
San Rafael – Smith Rafael Film Center
Santa Cruz – Del Mar Theatre
Colorado
Fort Collins – Lyric Cinema Cafe
Littleton – Alamo Drafthouse
Connecticut
Hartford – Cinestudio
Milford – Connecticut Post 14
Delaware
Wilmington – Theatre N
Florida
Coral Gables – Coral Gables Art Cinema
Jacksonville – Sun-Ray Cinema
Key West – Tropic Cinema
Maitland – Enzian Theatre
Tallahassee – Tallahassee Film Festival
Georgia
Athens – Ciné
Atlanta – Plaza Theater
Sandy Springs – LeFont Theaters
Hawaii
Honolulu – Kahala 8
Maui – Kaahumanu 6
Illinois
Champaign – The Art Theater
Chicago – Music Box Theater
Downer’s Grove – Tivoli at Downer’s Grove
Normal – Normal Theater
Peoria – Landmark Cinemas
Indiana
Fort Wayne – Cinema Center
Iowa
Des Moines – Fleur Cinema
Iowa City – FilmScene
Kansas
Lawrence – Liberty Hall
Kentucky
Lexington – Kentucky Theater
Louisville – Baxter 8
Louisiana
Baton Rouge – Cinemark Perkins Rowe
New Orleans – The Prytania Theatre
Maine
Waterville – Maine Film Festival
Maryland
Baltimore – The Senator
Hanover – Cinemark Egyptian 24
Massachusetts
Amherst – Amherst Cinema
Brookline – Coolidge Corner Theatre
Cape Cod – Cape Cinema
Danvers – Hollywood Hits
Gloucester – Cape Ann Community Cinema
Martha’s Vineyard – Martha’s Vineyard Film Center
Williamstown – Images Cinema
Michigan
Ann Arbor – Michigan Theater
City of Detroit Outdoor Screenings
Detroit – Cinema Detroit
Kalamazoo – Alamo Drafthouse
Manistee – The Vogue Theatre
Traverse City – State Theatre
Minnesota
Duluth – Zinema 2
Minneapolis – St. Anthony Main Theatre
Missouri
Columbia – Ragtag Cinema
Kansas City – Tivoli Cinemas
Springfield – Moxie Cinema
St. Louis – Chase Park Plaza
Montana
Missoula – The Roxy Theater
Nebraska
Kearney – The World Theatre
Lincoln – Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
Omaha – Film Streams
Wayne – The Majestic
Nevada
Sparks – Century Sparks
New Hampshire
Concord – Red River Theatre
Wilton – Town Hall Theatre
New Jersey
Asbury Park – The ShowRoom
Manville – Reading Cinemas Manville
New Mexico
Albuquerque – The Guild Cinema
New York
Amherst – Screening Room Cinemas
Binghamton – The Art Mission & Theater
New York City – Film Forum
Pelham – The Picture House
Pleasantville – Jacob Burns Film Center
Rochester – George Eastman House
Rosendale – Rosendale Theatre
West Hampton – Performing Arts Center
North Carolina
Asheville – Carolina Cinemas
Cornelius – Studio C Cinema
Raleigh – Raleigh Grande
Winston-Salem – A/perture Cinema
Ohio
Akron – The Nightlight Cinema
Cleveland – Cleveland Museum of Art
Columbus – Wexner Center for the Arts
Dayton – The Neon
Toledo – Franklin Park 16
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City – Museum of Art
Tulsa – Circle Cinema
Ontario
Kingston – The Screening Room
Toronto – Cineplex Cinemas Yonge & Dundas
Waterloo – Princess Cinemas
Oregon
Portland – Hollywood Theater
Pennsylvania
Bethlehem – ArtsQuest
Bryn Mawr – Bryn Mawr Film Institute
Erie – Film at the Erie Art Museum
Lewisburg – Campus Theatre
Milford – Black Bear Film Festival
Philadelphia – International House
Phoenixville – The Colonial Theatre
Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh Filmmakers
Quebec
Montreal – Cinema Cineplex Forum
Rhode Island
Newport – Jane Pickens
Providence – Cable Car Cinema
South Carolina
Charleston – Terrace Theater
South Dakota
Sioux Falls – Century East at Dawley Farm
Tennessee
Memphis – indieMemphis
Nashville – Belcourt Theatre
Texas
Austin – Alamo Drafthouse
Dallas – Angelika Film Center
El Paso – Plaza Classic Film Festival
Fort Worth – Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Houston – Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
New Braunfels – Alamo Marketplace
Plano – Angelika Plano
San Antonio – Alamo Westlake
Utah
Salt Lake City – Tower Cinema
Virginia
Ashburn – Alamo One Loudoun
Fairfax – Angelika Mosaic
Norfolk – Naro Cinema
Williamsburg – Kimball Theatre
Winchester – Alamo Drafthouse
Washington
Bellevue – Lincoln Square Cinemas
Bellingham – Pickford Film Center
Camas – Liberty Theater
Langley – The Clyde Theatre
Olympia – Capitol Theater
Port Townsend – Rose Theatre
Seattle – Siff Cinema
Tacoma – Grand Cinema
Spokane – Bing Crosby Cinema>
Vancouver – Kiggins Theatre
Washington, D.C.
West End Cinema...
Dir. Richard Lester • U.K. 1964 • Black & White • 1.75:1 • 87 minutes
New 4K Restoration from the Original Camera Negative
New 5.1 Surround Mix Produced by Giles Martin
Opening in theaters on July 4, 2014 in almost 100 cities
(Scroll to the end of the article for the locations and theaters).
Courtesy of Janus Films
This is a Cheeky, Raucous, Irreverent film that will make most warm-blooded mammals laugh from the first scene, until the last! It is brilliant for a summer night out!
If you are a film or music fan, you most likely have already seen “A Hard Day’s Night” before, however, make a summertime date with the famous Fab Four, and see it again on the big screen, with the new restoration, at an art house cinema, and you really can’t go wrong.
It is necessary to give accolades to the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, because, “if it weren’t for Elvis, there would never have been any Beatles.” John Lennon had admitted, that from the moment he first learned about Elvis and saw all the attention that he was receiving, he wanted to be just like him.
So although, there is no denying that the Beatles changed music forever, it was really Elvis who was the King of their inspiration.
For those who have not seen “A Hard Day’s Night” before, the Beatles had already been a popular recording act, with several Top 20 hits in the U.K., when they arrived in NYC to perform on the Ed Sullivan show on February 7, 1964. A record breaking 73 million viewers tuned in, and the British invasion began.
One month later, across the pond, the film was in the works. The music lover and film producer, Walter Shenson, was brought on by United Artists. Shenson, who had previously worked with Director, Richard Lester, on “The Mouse on the Moon,” mentioned the gist of the project, and Richard jumped at the opportunity.
However, to receive the final green light, the film had to be true to the way the Beatles actually lived, and scriptwriter, Alun Owen, who wrote the television play, “No Trams to Lime Street,” which depicted Liverpool, was chosen.
The film begins with the song “A Hard Day’s Night” playing while the Fab Four are running through town trying to make it to the train station on time before their train departs. Once on board, they start a conversation with an older gentleman, who Paul comments, is his grandfather. John is cheekily trying to snort a Coke (Coca-Cola) bottle up his nose in the background, and a business man wants the train car his way demanding that the windows be closed shut. The laughs just continue from there on out, when the boys are flirting with girls, and the grandfather cunningly tells the young women that the boys are really prisoners. An acoustic version of “I Should Have Known Better” is being played on the train.
Film director, Richard Lester, “relied on improvisation rather than rehearsal, creating a freshness that was clear on-screen.” “Before we started, we knew that it would be unlikely that they could (a) learn, (b) remember, or (c) deliver with any accuracy a long speech. So the structure of the script had to be a series of one-liners,” Lester later stated, “This enabled me, in many of the scenes, to turn a camera on them and say a line to them, and they would say it back to me.”
The result, the bandmates play brilliant, clever, crafty, and smart-alicky versions of themselves.
Lester’s visual style mixed techniques from narrative films, documentary, the French New Wave, and live television to create something that felt, and was, spontaneous. “I have seen directors who write down a list of scenes for the day, and then sit back in a chair while everything is filmed according to plan. I can’t do that. I know that good films can be made this way, but it’s not for me. I have to react on the spot. There was very little structure that was planned except that we knew that we had to punctuate the film with a certain number of songs.”
Recorded at Emi Studios in Abbey Road, London, they cut “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “And I Love Her,” “I Should Have Known Better,” “Tell Me Why,” “If I Fell,” and “I’m Happy Just to Dance with You,” in only three days.
Must See!
Summer Screenings
Alabama
Montgomery – Capri Theatre
Alaska
Anchorage – Bear Tooth Cinema
Arizona
Tucson – The Loft Cinema
Arkansas
Little Rock – Colonel Glenn 18
British Columbia
Vancouver – Pacific Cinematheque
California
Bakersfield – Valley Plaza
Berkeley – Rialto Elmwood
Eureka – Eureka Theater
La Mesa – Grossmont Center
Los Angeles – Cinefamily
Malibu – The Malibu Film Society
Modesto – State Theater
Monterey – Osio Cinemas
Mountain View – Century Cinemas 16
Murrieta – Reading Cinemas Cal Oaks
Oxnard – Century RiverPark
Palm Springs – Camelot Theatres
Pasadena – Laemmle Playhouse 7
Sacramento – Tower Theater
San Diego – Gaslamp
San Francisco – Castro Theatre
San Luis Obispo – Palm Theatre
San Rafael – Smith Rafael Film Center
Santa Cruz – Del Mar Theatre
Colorado
Fort Collins – Lyric Cinema Cafe
Littleton – Alamo Drafthouse
Connecticut
Hartford – Cinestudio
Milford – Connecticut Post 14
Delaware
Wilmington – Theatre N
Florida
Coral Gables – Coral Gables Art Cinema
Jacksonville – Sun-Ray Cinema
Key West – Tropic Cinema
Maitland – Enzian Theatre
Tallahassee – Tallahassee Film Festival
Georgia
Athens – Ciné
Atlanta – Plaza Theater
Sandy Springs – LeFont Theaters
Hawaii
Honolulu – Kahala 8
Maui – Kaahumanu 6
Illinois
Champaign – The Art Theater
Chicago – Music Box Theater
Downer’s Grove – Tivoli at Downer’s Grove
Normal – Normal Theater
Peoria – Landmark Cinemas
Indiana
Fort Wayne – Cinema Center
Iowa
Des Moines – Fleur Cinema
Iowa City – FilmScene
Kansas
Lawrence – Liberty Hall
Kentucky
Lexington – Kentucky Theater
Louisville – Baxter 8
Louisiana
Baton Rouge – Cinemark Perkins Rowe
New Orleans – The Prytania Theatre
Maine
Waterville – Maine Film Festival
Maryland
Baltimore – The Senator
Hanover – Cinemark Egyptian 24
Massachusetts
Amherst – Amherst Cinema
Brookline – Coolidge Corner Theatre
Cape Cod – Cape Cinema
Danvers – Hollywood Hits
Gloucester – Cape Ann Community Cinema
Martha’s Vineyard – Martha’s Vineyard Film Center
Williamstown – Images Cinema
Michigan
Ann Arbor – Michigan Theater
City of Detroit Outdoor Screenings
Detroit – Cinema Detroit
Kalamazoo – Alamo Drafthouse
Manistee – The Vogue Theatre
Traverse City – State Theatre
Minnesota
Duluth – Zinema 2
Minneapolis – St. Anthony Main Theatre
Missouri
Columbia – Ragtag Cinema
Kansas City – Tivoli Cinemas
Springfield – Moxie Cinema
St. Louis – Chase Park Plaza
Montana
Missoula – The Roxy Theater
Nebraska
Kearney – The World Theatre
Lincoln – Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
Omaha – Film Streams
Wayne – The Majestic
Nevada
Sparks – Century Sparks
New Hampshire
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- 7/1/2014
- by Sharon Abella
- Sydney's Buzz
Members of the Actors’ Equity Association who live outside of the New York, Los Angeles, or Chicago areas can still actively participate in their union at upcoming annual membership meetings this month, to be held in various regions across the country.Meetings will be held Monday, Jan. 14, for South Florida members at the Plaza Theatre in Manalapan, Fla.; Monday, Jan. 21, at the Lyric Stage Company in Boston, Mass.; Saturday, Jan. 26 at Old Pecan Street Café in Austin, Texas; and Monday, Jan. 28 in the ABC meeting rooms at the Irving Arts Center in Irving, Texas.Equity’s Eastern Regional Director/Assistant Executive Director Tom Carpenter, National Director of Organizing and Special Projects Flora Stamatiades, and President Nick Wyman are scheduled to attend the Jan. 14 meeting in Manapalan, where they will discuss the focus and direction of the union and participate in a town hall forum with members. Carpenter and Stamatiades have...
- 1/11/2013
- backstage.com
Wednesday, July 18, is the 20th anniversary of our marriage. How can I begin to tell you about Chaz? She fills my horizon, she is the great fact of my life, she has my love, she saved me from the fate of living out my life alone, which is where I seemed to be heading. If my cancer had come, and it would have, and Chaz had not been there with me, I can imagine a descent into lonely decrepitude. I was very sick. I might have vegetated in hopelessness. This woman never lost her love, and when it was necessary she forced me to want to live. She was always there believing I could do it, and her love was like a wind forcing me back from the grave. Does that sound too dramatic? You were not there. She was there every day, visiting me in the hospital whether I knew it or not,...
- 7/18/2012
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
For the first time since cops reopened the Natalie Wood case as a homicide investigation -- the dead actress' former husband Robert Wagner showed his face in public.Wagner remained tight-lipped on his way into the Lyric Theater in Florida moments ago -- where the actor is set to give a Q&A on his life tonight.Wagner's not officially a suspect in the investigation -- but there's been widespread speculation that investigators are looking...
- 12/13/2011
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
'They're like the king and queen of hipster music,' upstart Atlanta Mc says of hitting the road with dance/punk duo for a few October dates.
By Jayson Rodriguez
Donnis
Photo: MTV News
Donnis is a busy man these days, he recently put out two mixtapes: The Invitation, hosted by DJ Holiday and Infamous, and Fashionably Late helmed by Clinton Sparks, DJ Ill Will and Rockstar. Now the Atlanta rapper has just put the finishing touches on his first Ep, also titled Fashionably Late and due September 28.
Donnis shot a video with BBGun (the Roots, J.Cole) for "Tonight," the first offering from the Ep, in Tokyo. The location is significant because Donnis was once stationed in the region while serving in the military.
And now the upstart is gearing up to head out on tour with dance/punk duo Matt & Kim.
"We're about to do the East Coast and the whole southern region,...
By Jayson Rodriguez
Donnis
Photo: MTV News
Donnis is a busy man these days, he recently put out two mixtapes: The Invitation, hosted by DJ Holiday and Infamous, and Fashionably Late helmed by Clinton Sparks, DJ Ill Will and Rockstar. Now the Atlanta rapper has just put the finishing touches on his first Ep, also titled Fashionably Late and due September 28.
Donnis shot a video with BBGun (the Roots, J.Cole) for "Tonight," the first offering from the Ep, in Tokyo. The location is significant because Donnis was once stationed in the region while serving in the military.
And now the upstart is gearing up to head out on tour with dance/punk duo Matt & Kim.
"We're about to do the East Coast and the whole southern region,...
- 9/17/2010
- MTV Music News
I met John McHugh in the autumn of 1966, when I was a cub reporter on the Sun-Times and he was a rewrite man, two years my senior, on the Chicago Daily News. We are still best friends. He worked the overnight shift, and among his duties was taking calls from readers. After midnight, they wanted to settle bets. "And what do you say?" McHugh would ask. He would listen, and then reply, "You're 100% correct. Put the other guy on." Pause. "And what do you say?" Pause. "You're 100% correct." If he was asked for his name, he said, "John T. Greatest, spelled with three Ts."
One night in autumn 1969 we found ourselves in the Old Town Gate, three blocks from our customary posts at O'Rourke's Pub. "I had my first job in Chicago here," he reminisced. "I invented the Roquefort Burger. Somebody ordered a cheeseburger and I, being a dumb Mick,...
One night in autumn 1969 we found ourselves in the Old Town Gate, three blocks from our customary posts at O'Rourke's Pub. "I had my first job in Chicago here," he reminisced. "I invented the Roquefort Burger. Somebody ordered a cheeseburger and I, being a dumb Mick,...
- 6/6/2009
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
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