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The Black Keiser Movie Starring Mads Mikkelsen in Pre-Production
The Black Keiser Movie Starring Mads Mikkelsen in Pre-Production. On 22 May 2023, the movie THE BLACK KEISER, based on the graphic novels POLAR, Came in from the Cold by Victor Santos, and being rewritten....
Celebrities Listen to Author and Former CEO Paul Boynton for Inspiration, Courage, and Hope
By B. Roxy Rogers The law of attraction meets the law of action. That's how Paul Boynton, author, trained counselor, and motivational speaker describes the approach that has celebrities enthralled. Author Paul Boynton; Photo courtesy Michael Wynne
Kojima is Taking Death Stranding to the Big Screen
Hideo Kojima, creator of the hit Death Stranding video game is making DS the movie, while also making DS2 for PS5 While the plot is being kept under wraps, it’s not difficult to realize what the essential plot points might entail for a film. The plot is expected to be based on Kojima’s DS video game, and probably the as-yet-unreleased DS2 game. While DS2 is on the way and doesn’t yet have a formal release date, rumors about its appearance on shelves have begun to surface.
DART Impact Made History in 2022 Hitting Dimorphos Dead Center
Journalist & fiction author bit.ly/m/Roxy Massachusetts State 2 followers NASA and Johns Hopkins APL Mission was a success. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was our first attempt at testing the planetary defense idea of using a satellite to crash into an asteroid and deflect its orbit. 26 September 2022 at 07:14:30 p.m. Eastern Time (New York, NY) 19:15:30.
Antisemitism Hits National Politics Hard and Local Families Harder
By B. Roxy Rogers America's peace is threatened by a national rift, but it's being fueled in unexpected ways by antisemitism at local and state levels - impacting children and communities. This is part of a series covering antisemitism and racism in America. This piece addresses antisemitism nationally and locally (Florida, New Jersey)
U.S. Rail Workers Vote to Reject Terms
A 100K-employee railroad strike triggering supply chain and economic meltdown is threatening unless rail companies deal fairly with employees on paid time off. Human Rights vs the Last of the...
A hard shift for the immunocompromised
Are we there yet? It's a common question and one that millions of Americans have been asking since around the end of March 2020. Are we finally done with this awful pandemic? Not yet.
Joker Invites Us to Step Outside Our System More Viscerally than Matrix
The Message Heard in The Matrix Becomes More Urgent and Gritty in The Film Joker. It is implied that growing up we want to be Batman but then we have a false epiphany when we convince ourselves that the Joker was right once we reach adulthood.
Superstar Keanu Reeves Drowned in Social Media Lovefest
By B. Roxy Rogers Reeves Gets Big Publicity Bump as Social Media Fans Rain Love on Actor After TV Sitcom's Perry Takes Potshots You can imagine the backlash that hit the social media oceans this week as TV actor Matthew Perry, whose biggest claim to fame is an old sitcom, , took aim at superstar Keanu Reeves. A Mural of Keanu Reeves in Chile. Photo courtesy of CARLOS TEIXIDOR CADENAS - CCBYSA4
Trump Knew Voter Fraud Claims Were Wrong Says Federal Judge Carter
A federal judge ordered Eastman's emails turned over in the case against Trump in Georgia, saying Trump knew a "Conspiracy to Defraud the U.S." was occurring when he claimed Georgia voter fraud
POTUS to Make Codifying Abortion Rights #1 Priority for Congress
By B. Roxy Rogers Women's Healthcare Becomes Number One Priority - Anticipating a Democratic Congress Post-Midterms. The U.S. Commander-in-Chief, President Joe Biden, is expected to announce at Noon today, Tuesday, 18 October 2022,that women's healthcare, specifically the codification of Roe, is his ...
DART Crash Declared Huge Success
By B. Roxy Rogers NASA and Johns Hopkins APL Mission Officially Declared A Success. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was our first attempt at testing planetary defense using a satellite to alter trajectory by crash-pushing an asteroid. As previously reported the DART satellite crash-push occurred as planned in September.
Tom Cruise-Style Filmmaking
Tom Cruise-Style Filmmaking Sometimes you need to change the rules to manifest a project that has great potential. That was Tom Cruise's impossible mission (pun intended) when producing, starring in, and stunt-driving Ghost Protocol, his 2011 Mission Impossible entry into that Hollywood-blockbuster franchise.
Queen Under Close Watch on 09-08-2022
By B. Roxy Rogers After holding its collective breath the day she fell ill in the UK, the World exhaled in mourning as Queen Elizabeth II died. The Crown passes to her son Charles III, now King. Doctors placed Queen Elizabeth II under medical supervision at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, senior members of the Royal Family rushed to...
Trump's Gilded Manhattan Penthouse the Setting For Satan's Home In the Film Devil's Advocate
A foreshadowing we might have heeded as books by former U.S. Atty Berman (SDNY) and journalist David Enrich release, prompting the Senate, DOJ investigations. Devil's Advocate, filmed at Donald Trump's NYC penthouse as the chosen location for Satan's home on Earth.
Young Guns 3 Alias Billy the Kid in Pre-Production on the 34th Anniversary of the Franchise
YG3 Fans Rejoice! — Emilio Estevez (Billy the Kid), John Fusco (screenwriter), Lou Diamond Phillips (Chavez y Chavez) reviving Young Guns western franchise we first went wild over in 1988 and 1990. Lou Diamond Phillips (Chavez y Chavez) was the first former cast member to be confirmed as going all-in with Emilio, after seeing Estevez’s script in 2021.
Global Educators Create the Future of Learning with Hope & Virtual Classroom Technology
By B. Roxy Rogers Three Change Agents Among a New Wave of Global Educators Deliver Hope to Students Using Open-Source Tools and a Passion for Learning. Afghan Schoolchildren in Kabul, before the ban of girls from schools. Photo courtesy Robert Romano US Army Imagine you are a 12-year-old girl with big hopes - being a doctor and helping your community using medicine and...
Why Shows Like Serial Killer Drama Prodigal Son are Canceled Despite Millions of Viewers - The Bloody Mess that is Network Viewer Ratings
How did a show like Prodigal Son, with millions of weekly viewers, get canceled after two seasons? It’s complicated. It’s all about how viewership is counted by the networks —or not counted properly — and why. We've all had a favorite show canceled. The Prodigal Son fandom has a large crossover fanbase with shows like Hannibal, Lucifer, Dexter and Supernatural.
Maverick Supersonic! Tom Cruise’s Top Gun Sequel Hits $274M in Sales
Tom Cruise’s Top Gun Sequel hits a national box office milestone as talks of possible Oscar nominations tickle the Hollywood scene after only one week. A month after the San Diego Premiere of Top Gun: Maverick, which dropped on 4 May 2022 along with Lady GaGa’s music video Hold My Hand from the movie’s soundtrack, Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick has broken records and Tom's highest-grossing movie for an opening.
Legally Blonde: How Justice Alito’s Argument Against Roe Opens A Dangerous Pandora’s Box
And not in the way you think In the well-known comedy, Legally Blonde, Reese Witherspoon plays Elle Woods, who starts out as a sheltered, California university student, relying more on her sorority life and expectations than on her own mind. However, that’s soon to change when her boyfriend breaks up with her because she’s not “serious enough” as he heads off to Harvard University to study the law.
Appeals Likely After Jury Finds Both Heard, Depp at Fault for Defamation
Amber Heard and Johnny Depp are both liable for defamation according to a jury in Fairfax, Virginia. Heard was ordered to pay Johnny Depp $15 million and Depp was ordered to pay Heard $2 million for defaming her in return, the verdict coming down today in a Virginia courtroom. Depp was suing for $50 Million and Amber Heard countersuing for $100 million.
Mikkelsen Gives Us Sin City Meets John Wick; Writes A Polar2 Reboot
Film Commentary, Polar (2019), Netflix Hr. Mads Mikkelsen(R) takes what could have been just a gorefest gratuitous action film in Polar (2019), based on a graphic novel, and elevates its status to a rollercoaster ride that’s equal parts Sin City and John Wick. Certainly, it’s an ALL-Mads vehicle.
Maverick is Back in the Sky with a Special Early Premiere in San Diego
The San Diego Premiere of Top Gun: Maverick drops today, 4 May 2022, as Lady GaGa drops her music title Hold My Hand from the movie’s soundtrack. Red carpet events take place today aboard the USS Midway in San Diego, while screenings take place at the Gaslamp, with a U.S. Navy screening for the military, as well. Cruise is rumored to be attending some part of the festivities, but this is unconfirmed.
Photo courtesy of Alex Iby, Unsplash It’s 11:30 p.m. and you’ve been staring at a blank page on your notebook screen — or your legal pad or phone — for what feels like an eternity. You’re dying to get that next scene written, but nothing is coming. It’s ironic. After a demanding day of work and family obligations, taxing interruptions, and a flood of email needing your attention, finally, you have that precious block of time to spend with the art you love, the art that drives you: writing.
Miley Cyrus’s Song Mother’s Daughter
Miley Cyrus by RaphPH Primavera19–226 CCBY2 83556743 Miley Cyrus’s 2019 song Mother’s Daughter reminded me how easy it is to feel trapped and helpless inside a culture that was not designed to support you in even existing as a human being — never mind living authentically. It serves as an inspiration to me, and many other women, that it is critical to speak up and — yes — even to exit your culture if it will better serve you and heal your real self.
Depp Says Hollywood Is Boycotting Him. Are They? No. And Yes.
Creative Commons license: CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikimedia Actor Johnny Depp has recently claimed that he’s being boycotted by the Hollywood machine. If true, he wouldn’t be the first actor that the film industry has glanced off of due to bad behavior or worse. Depp’s claim of boycott involves mundane issues like film insurance, the fact that he’s still working in foreign countries (his other filmmaking life), and some essential movie franchise finances that are heftier than the cost of rocket fuel.
“If I Can’t Have Love I Want Power” Halsey’s Music Reflects Our Narrative
Halsey’s artistic journey which led to her newest album, “If I Can’t Have Love I Want Power, reflects the Growing Attitude of American Women: Fed Up Halsey 2019 by Glenn Francis (Altered-Toglenn) CCBYSA4 84487882 I knew the album titled “If I can’t have love, I want power” was approaching along Halsey’s career trajectory as soon as I heard the lyrics in her song “You Should Be Sad” several years ago: You’re not half the man you think that you are And you can’t fill the hole inside of you with...
Don’t Like the Game? Change the Rules! Tom Cruise-Style Filmmaking
Upcoming Mission Impossible: 7 (in the can) MI:7 is set to release in 2023 through Paramount Pictures) and the soon-to-be-completed Mission Impossible: 8, is in production and filming (the latest location being South Africa as of early March). Originally scheduled for a 2021 release, MI: 7 and also Cruise’s Maverick (a revisit to the world of 1986’s Top Gun) were both delayed due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. What wild stunt ride will Cruise boldly go on next in MI?
Mads Mikkelsen plays villain for Hollywood but Oscar-winning good guys in Europe
Updated monthly (filming, Upcoming projects news) Mads Mikkelsen CCSA2 by Gage Skidmore (UPDATED 22 March 2022) FILMING COMPLETED THIS MONTH—Indiana Jones 5 (release date PUSHED to 6/30/23 from the previous date of 07/2022 POST-PRODUCTION — Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore — trailer dropped in December (see YouTube), Film is releasing April 2022 PRE-PRODUCTION — Billion Dollar $py Details on this summary section are located at the END of this article.
How Authors Smash Writer's Block
It's 11:30 p.m. and you've been staring at a blank page on your notebook screen - or your legal pad or phone - for what feels like an eternity. You're dying to get that next scene written, but nothing is coming. It's ironic. After a demanding day of work and family obligations, taxing interruptions, and a flood of email needing your attention, finally, you have that precious block of time to spend with the art you love, the art that drives you: writing. But, disaster strikes.
Depp Says Hollywood Is Boycotting Him. Are They? No. And Yes.
Depp Says Hollywood Is Boycotting Him. Are They? No. And Yes. Actor Johnny Depp has recently claimed that he’s being boycotted by the Hollywood machine. If true, he wouldn’t be the first actor that the film industry has glanced off of due to bad behavior or worse. Depp’s claim of boycott involves mundane issues like film insurance, the fact that he’s still working in foreign countries (his other filmmaking life), and some essential movie…
Typecasting? Mikkelsen plays villain in all the franchises.
Updated monthly (for filming and upcoming projects news) Mads Mikkelsen, Festival de Venise (Mostra) Nicolas Genin CCBY-SA2 (UPDATE 7 Oct 2021) CURRENTLY FILMING—Indiana Jones 5 POST-PRODUCTION — Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore PRE-PRODUCTION — Billion Dollar $py Mads Mikkelsenis back on the set of Indiana Jones 5 as Harrison Ford returns to the production after a shoulder injury postponed filming in June.
Brian Howe: Walking On Holy Water - Bad Company’s former lead singer
Rocker Brian Howe gets the crowd involved in a song while performing for U.S. troops in Baghdad (March 2010) A journalist’s look back at the late Brian Howe, Bad Company’s gold and platinum “Unicorn,” on the first anniversary of his death. The first time I heard Brian Howe’s voice it was like a bolt of velvet lightning to the heart.
Is A Hannibal Series Season 4 Resurrection Finally Happening?
By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.orgwindex.phpcurid=43978595 The two major entertainment powers announced their big move this week: storied and iconic MGM is to be acquired by giant player Amazon, whose PrimeVideo service just celebrated 10 years in a deal that appears to have been in the works for some time.
Why Shows Like Serial Killer Drama Prodigal Son are Canceled Despite Millions of Viewers - The Bloody Mess that is Network Viewer Ratings
Prodigal Son aired on Fox through 5–18–2021 How did a show like Prodigal Son, with millions of weekly viewers, get canceled after two seasons? It’s complicated. It’s all about how viewership is counted by the networks —or not counted properly — and why. We've all had a favorite show canceled. The Prodigal Son fandom has a large crossover fanbase with shows like Hannibal, Lucifer, and Supernatural.
Brian Howe: Walking On Holy Water
Rocker Brian Howe gets the crowd involved in a song while performing for U.S. troops in Baghdad (March 2010) A journalist’s look back at the late Brian Howe, Bad Company’s gold and platinum “Unicorn,” on the first anniversary of his death. The first time I heard Brian Howe’s voice it was like a bolt of velvet lightning to the heart.
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