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CONTACT US AT: 8351-9186, [email protected] Monday October 16, 2017 16 ENtertainment Academy expels Harvey Weinstein THE Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has expelled disgraced mogul Harvey Wein- stein from its ranks. The Academy’s 54-member board of governors — which includes such Hollywood luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Whoopi Goldberg and Kathleen Kennedy — held an emergency meeting at the organization’s Beverly Hills headquarters Saturday and voted to strip away Weinstein’s lifetime membership. Following the meeting, the Academy issued a statement saying the board had voted to immediately expel him from the Academy. “We do so not simply to sepa- rate ourselves from someone who does not merit the respect of his colleagues but also to send a message that the era of willful ignorance and shameful complicity in sexually predatory behavior and workplace harass- ment in our industry is over,” the statement said. The Academy’s action, which comes in response to the dozens of allegations that have surfaced accusing Wein- stein of an ongoing pattern of predatory behavior in which he sexually harassed, assaulted and even raped women, is virtually unprecedented. The Academy’s bylaws state that, with a two-thirds vote, the board of governors can eject a member “for cause.” Only one other member has ever been expelled in the 90- year history of the Academy: Carmine Caridi, an actor who was found to have violated the Academy’s policy against loan- ing awards season screeners when films he had been sent turned up online. In Weinstein’s case, the deci- sion was all the more dramatic given how assiduously he had courted the Academy’s approval over the years. A past master of awards season campaigning, he saw the two companies he ran during the course of his career, Miramax and The Weinstein Company, collect more than 300 Oscar nominations and score five best picture wins. Weinstein himself was personally called up to the stage in 1999 as a producer of “Shakespeare in Love” when it was named best picture. Ahead of the meeting, some Academy members did express concerns that such an action would establish a precedent that would require the orga- nization, which also includes such controversial figures as Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski, to begin policing the behavior of its members. But amid the near-universal condemnation of Weinstein, the board moved ahead to reject him. Now a Hollywood pariah, Weinstein is also facing expul- sion from the Producers Guild of America, whose own board is meeting today to vote on Weinstein’s status in that organization. Earlier last week, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts suspended Weinstein from its ranks. (SD-Agencies) “LOVELESS,” Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev’s tragedy that first bowed in Cannes, has won the best film award in the BFI London Film Festival’s offi- cial competition. The announcement was made Saturday night at a special cer- emony at the United Kingdom’s capital Banqueting House, three years after Zvyagintsev’s previous film, the Golden Globe-winning and Oscar-nominated “Leviathan,” won the same award in 2014. “Loveless,” Russia’s submis- sion for the foreign-language film Academy Award, will be distributed in the United States by Sony Pictures Classics in early 2018. The event — hosted by James Nesbitt with guests including Andrea Arnold, Hayley Atwell, Eric Bana, Jason Isaacs, Anya Taylor Joy and Lily Cole — also saw Palestinian film “Wajib” from Annemarie Jacir com- mended by the main jury, headed by Arnold. Elsewhere, John Trengove’s South African LGBT coming- of-age story “The Wound” won the Sutherland Award for first feature, with a special mention given to Carla Simon’s dream- like Spanish drama “Summer 1993.” “Kingdom of Us” from British director Lucy Cohen took home the documentary competition award, commenda- tions also going to “Makala” and “Before Summer Ends.” In the short film competition, the best film award went to Patrick Bresnan’s “The Rabbit Hunt.” (SD-Agencies) ‘Loveless’ wins top prize at London fest Black Eyed Peas to perform cosplay ball concert LOS ANGELES is in for a musi- cal treat this Halloween. On Oct. 29, Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic Con will host the Black Eyed Peas for an outdoor concert downtown that is free to three-day badge holders at the convention. The musicians will be at the convention promoting their alien zombie invasion graphic novel “Masters of the Sun,” as well as signing autographs and showing off VR components that tie in to the property. It will culminate with Cosplay Ball at Club Novo, where The Black Eyed Peas and unannounced guests will perform. “They are a perfect fit for the show in that they are nerds, they are talent doing some amazing storytelling in the comic book world, and they are from L.A.,” says Keith Tralins, CEO at Comi- kaze Entertainment Inc. “This is a great chance for us to promote local, homegrown artists who are changing the world and for them to give a little something to the hometown crowd.” “Black Eyed Peas Present: Masters of the Sun — The Zombie Chronicles” debuted in July and was created by will.i.am in collaboration with Benjamin Jackendoff and Damion Scott. It centers on a character called Zulu-X in a future Los Angeles that’s both under alien attack and plagued by a virus that turns people into zombies. Other recently announced highlights from the L.A Comic Con include Dwayne Johnson speaking about his upcoming movie “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,” the cast of CW’s “iZombie” and appearances by Katee Sackhoff, Paul Reu- bens and Melissa Joan Hart of “Battlestar Galactica,” Chloe Bennet (“Agents of SHIELD”), also Harry Goaz and Kimmy Robertson (“Twin Peaks”). (SD-Agencies) COMEDY superstars Mike Epps and Katt Williams are teaming up to star in the urban comedy “The House Next Door,” a sequel to the 2016 indie horror comedy “Meet the Blacks.” Deon Taylor, who directed “Blacks,” is directing and pro- ducing with partners Roxanne Avent and Robert F. Smith. Epps is also producing via his Naptown Productions shingle. Epps starred in “Blacks” and is reprising his role as Carl Black, who, in the original film, moved his family from Chicago to Bev- erly Hills only to find out it was the city’s annual 12-hour purge, a timeframe where all crime is legal. In the new movie, which begins shooting this week in Atlanta, Black is now an over-stressed but best-selling author who moves his family to his child- hood home so he can find peace to write his new book. But when an extravagant pimp (Williams) moves into the neighborhood, Black becomes convinced that the man is actually a vampire bent on stealing his family. Original castmembers return- ing for the sequel include Bresha Webb, Zulay Henao, social media star Andrew Bachelor (aka King Bach), and comedians Lil Duval, Michael Blackson and Tyrin Turner. The pairing of Epps and Wil- liams marks a reunion for the two comedians who last starred together in New Line’s 2002 “Friday After Next.” Epps recently wrapped “The Trap,” a comedy he wrote and stars in with Queen Latifah and Tip Harris. Williams’ next big-screen appearance will be in “Father Figures,” an Owen Wilson and Ed Helms comedy that opens in December. Taylor is a prolific filmmaker who has several movies in post, including the thriller “Traffik,” which stars Paula Patton and Missi Pyle, and “Motivated Seller,” starring Dennis Quaid. He also produced the comedy “All-Star Weekend,” which stars Jamie Foxx. (SD-Agencies) Mike Epps, Katt Williams team for horror comedy Mike Epps Mike Epps Katt Williams Katt Williams Black Eyed Peas Black Eyed Peas Harvey Weinstein Harvey Weinstein
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Monday October 16, 2017 16 ENtertainment
Academy expels Harvey WeinsteinTHE Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has expelled disgraced mogul Harvey Wein-stein from its ranks.
The Academy’s 54-member board of governors — which includes such Hollywood luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Whoopi Goldberg and Kathleen Kennedy — held an emergency meeting at the organization’s Beverly Hills headquarters Saturday and voted to strip away Weinstein’s lifetime membership.
Following the meeting, the Academy issued a statement saying the board had voted to immediately expel him from the Academy.
“We do so not simply to sepa-rate ourselves from someone who does not merit the respect of his colleagues but also to send a message that the era of willful ignorance and shameful complicity in sexually predatory behavior and workplace harass-ment in our industry is over,” the statement said.
The Academy’s action, which comes in response to the dozens of allegations that
have surfaced accusing Wein-stein of an ongoing pattern of predatory behavior in which he sexually harassed, assaulted and even raped women, is virtually unprecedented.
The Academy’s bylaws state that, with a two-thirds vote, the board of governors can eject a member “for cause.”
Only one other member has ever been expelled in the 90-year history of the Academy: Carmine Caridi, an actor who was found to have violated the Academy’s policy against loan-ing awards season screeners when fi lms he had been sent turned up online.
In Weinstein’s case, the deci-sion was all the more dramatic given how assiduously he had courted the Academy’s approval over the years. A past master of awards season campaigning, he saw the two companies he ran during the course of his career, Miramax and The Weinstein Company, collect more than 300 Oscar nominations and score fi ve best picture wins. Weinstein himself was personally called up to the stage in 1999 as a producer
of “Shakespeare in Love” when it was named best picture.
Ahead of the meeting, some Academy members did express concerns that such an action would establish a precedent that would require the orga-nization, which also includes such controversial fi gures as Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski, to begin policing the behavior of its members. But amid the near-universal condemnation
of Weinstein, the board moved ahead to reject him.
Now a Hollywood pariah, Weinstein is also facing expul-sion from the Producers Guild of America, whose own board is meeting today to vote on Weinstein’s status in that organization. Earlier last week, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts suspended Weinstein from its ranks.
(SD-Agencies)
“LOVELESS,” Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev’s tragedy that fi rst bowed in Cannes, has won the best fi lm award in the BFI London Film Festival’s offi -cial competition.
The announcement was made Saturday night at a special cer-emony at the United Kingdom’s capital Banqueting House, three years after Zvyagintsev’s previous fi lm, the Golden Globe-winning and Oscar-nominated “Leviathan,” won the same award in 2014.
“Loveless,” Russia’s submis-sion for the foreign-language fi lm Academy Award, will be distributed in the United States by Sony Pictures Classics in early 2018.
The event — hosted by James Nesbitt with guests including Andrea Arnold, Hayley Atwell, Eric Bana, Jason Isaacs, Anya Taylor Joy and Lily Cole — also saw Palestinian fi lm “Wajib” from Annemarie Jacir com-mended by the main jury, headed by Arnold.
Elsewhere, John Trengove’s South African LGBT coming-of-age story “The Wound” won the Sutherland Award for fi rst feature, with a special mention given to Carla Simon’s dream-like Spanish drama “Summer 1993.” “Kingdom of Us” from British director Lucy Cohen took home the documentary competition award, commenda-tions also going to “Makala” and “Before Summer Ends.”
In the short fi lm competition, the best fi lm award went to Patrick Bresnan’s “The Rabbit Hunt.” (SD-Agencies)
‘Loveless’ wins top prize at London fest
Black Eyed Peas to perform cosplay ball concert LOS ANGELES is in for a musi-cal treat this Halloween.
On Oct. 29, Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic Con will host the Black Eyed Peas for an outdoor concert downtown that is free to three-day badge holders at the convention.
The musicians will be at the convention promoting their alien zombie invasion graphic novel “Masters of the Sun,” as well as signing autographs and showing off VR components that tie in to the property. It will culminate with Cosplay Ball at Club Novo, where The Black Eyed Peas and unannounced guests will perform.
“They are a perfect fi t for the show in that they are nerds, they are talent doing some amazing storytelling in the comic book world, and they are from L.A.,” says Keith Tralins, CEO at Comi-kaze Entertainment Inc. “This is a great chance for us to promote local, homegrown artists who
are changing the world and for them to give a little something to the hometown crowd.”
“Black Eyed Peas Present: Masters of the Sun — The Zombie Chronicles” debuted in July and was created by will.i.am in collaboration with Benjamin Jackendoff and Damion Scott. It centers on a character called Zulu-X in a future Los Angeles that’s both under alien attack and plagued by a virus that turns people into zombies.
Other recently announced highlights from the L.A Comic Con include Dwayne Johnson speaking about his upcoming movie “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,” the cast of CW’s “iZombie” and appearances by Katee Sackhoff, Paul Reu-bens and Melissa Joan Hart of “Battlestar Galactica,” Chloe Bennet (“Agents of SHIELD”), also Harry Goaz and Kimmy Robertson (“Twin Peaks”).
(SD-Agencies)
COMEDY superstars Mike Epps and Katt Williams are teaming up to star in the urban comedy “The House Next Door,” a sequel to the 2016 indie horror comedy “Meet the Blacks.”
Deon Taylor, who directed “Blacks,” is directing and pro-ducing with partners Roxanne Avent and Robert F. Smith. Epps is also producing via his Naptown Productions shingle.
Epps starred in “Blacks” and is reprising his role as Carl Black, who, in the original fi lm, moved his family from Chicago to Bev-erly Hills only to fi nd out it was the city’s annual 12-hour purge, a timeframe where all crime is legal.
In the new movie, which begins shooting this week in Atlanta, Black is now an over-stressed but best-selling author who moves his family to his child-hood home so he can fi nd peace to write his new book. But when an extravagant pimp (Williams) moves into the neighborhood, Black becomes convinced that the man is actually a vampire bent on stealing his family.
Original castmembers return-ing for the sequel include Bresha Webb, Zulay Henao, social media star Andrew Bachelor (aka King Bach), and comedians Lil Duval, Michael Blackson and Tyrin Turner.
The pairing of Epps and Wil-liams marks a reunion for the two comedians who last starred together in New Line’s 2002 “Friday After Next.”
Epps recently wrapped “The Trap,” a comedy he wrote and stars in with Queen Latifah and Tip Harris.
Williams’ next big-screen appearance will be in “Father Figures,” an Owen Wilson and Ed Helms comedy that opens in December.
Taylor is a prolifi c fi lmmaker who has several movies in post, including the thriller “Traffi k,” which stars Paula Patton and Missi Pyle, and “Motivated Seller,” starring Dennis Quaid. He also produced the comedy “All-Star Weekend,” which stars Jamie Foxx. (SD-Agencies)
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