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JASON DAY-FUJIWARA is a Japanese-English actor, visual artist, videographer, businessman, and semi-retired model. Born on January 4th, 1997, Jason began his career as a child actor and model in 2004, and his earliest jobs came in the form of Abercrombie campaigns and print advertisements for Burberry and Chloe. His acting debut didn't come until 2005, in which he had a supporting role in a British soap opera. Prior to his breakthrough, Jason became a prominent young TV actor in England, and his popularity led him to a role in the 2011 Disney film, Lemonade Mouth.

In 2014, Jason was one of two co-stars in the film Sister. The film was an international success, and it won him a Young Hollywood Award, a Saturn Award, and even his first Golden Globe. Sister saw recognition at the Academy Awards, and won the GLAAD Media Award for Best Outstanding Film. The film's success catapulted Jason into semi-stardom in the United States, and he found his way into an Emmy-nominated television film later that year. In 2016, however, he would be transformed into an established actor seemingly overnight.

Jason would secure the role of Jess (later Jax) Takeda in Stranger Things, and his character's subsequent popularity turned him into a beloved actor. As a result, he's since achieved roles in major productions such as Squid Game, The Power of the Dog, Dune, Fast X, the Knives Out trilogy, Scream, Mad Max: Furiosa, Succession, Bridgerton, and Shiai—the latter of which garnered him a Best Actor nomination at the 2024 Academy Awards.

In addition to his booming acting career, Jason also has a booming modeling career. In 2013, he signed a contract with IMG Models, and a year later, he was sent to Paris and London to make his Fashion Week debuts. In between 2014 and 2016, he was seen as a rising star within the modeling world, booking shows and campaigns for the likes of Valentino, Alexander Wang, and Louis Vuitton. Jason's career as a model came to a rather abrupt end in 2016, though, when he announced that he would be taking an indefinite hiatus from modeling. The hiatus would thankfully end six years later, when he returned to the runway for Paris Fashion Week in 2022. Now, he's an ambassador for Celine, Hermès, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, and Saint Laurent's "L'Homme" fragrance, and is the first male ambassador for SK-II. Additionally, Jason also happens to be the founder and CEO of Day Media Corp, a gallery and media company, mainly for photography and videography. Founding the company in 2021, it has gone on to be immensely successful.

In 2018, Jason came out as a demiboy, changing his name from Jocelyn Charlene Day to Jason Day-Fujiwara. In his post, he expressed his feelings of gender dysphoria and confusing attraction to women, which he had been feeling for over two years at that point (which was also one of the reasons he decided to step back from modeling). Three years later, he would publicly come out as a transgender man, citing his then-girlfriend for giving him the courage to do so. Since then, Jason has been a staunch activist for the LGBT community and other marginalized groups, regularly speaking at charity events and making frequent appearances at Pride.

In 2019, Jason met his future wife, Aikawa Chouka (also known as Love). Meeting during the table reading before the production of Stranger Things' third season, the two clicked instantly due to their shared Japanese heritage and similar social standing (as Jason's father—Jonathan Day—is the president of the Day Banking Group, while his mother is a wealthy heiress and cast member of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills). Interestingly enough, they also attended the same Swiss private school at the same time, and their mothers were very familiar with each other. They became immensely close over the next two years, to the point where a relationship between their characters on Stranger Things was written in due to their intense chemistry, and by 2021, the internet was beginning to notice just how close they were. Everyone's suspicions were confirmed on Valentine's Day of that year, when both Jason and Chouka confirmed their relationship on Instagram. The world couldn't have been happier, and they've since gone on to become an iconic couple, even tying the knot in 2024. Their lavish Italian wedding has gone down as the "wedding of the decade."

Now, Jason has cemented himself as a beloved celebrity, becoming known as one of the best and most popular actors of the modern age. With his string of iconic roles, activism, booming business, and aesthetically pleasing Instagram feed, it doesn't look like Jason will be going away anytime soon (especially since he's married to Chouka).

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astoundingbeyondbelief · 2 years

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Kaiju Week in Review (October 23-29, 2022)

Marvel published Ultraman: The Mystery of Ultraseven #3 (of 5) on Wednesday. Kaiju-Ultra combat dominates this one, with Hayata and Ultraman debating how to handle the out-of-control Ultraseven as well. I've fallen off with a lot of Ultra Series stuff, including the post-Z shows (hence Decker's absence from these reviews), but this reimagining of the classics continues to impress. Watch for the Pestar cameo!

Rumble has finally come to Blu-ray and DVD in the U.S. Made for theaters (the first trailer played before Sonic the Hedgehog) but banished to Paramount+ last December, this kaiju wrestling comedy went completely overlooked by genre fans. Maybe now it'll get its due. I quite enjoyed it—as a sports movie, it's pure formula, but as a monster movie it's something new. And yes, the wrestling organization has the same name as the old fanfic series on Godzilla Tower. I actually bought the artbook as prep for a podcast episode I recorded last year that never aired, so expect more posts on this one soon.

By the way, this is actually last week's news—I just didn't know about it until I found the DVD on a cart of new materials at my library.

Godzilla vs. Kong won the Saturn Award for Best Film Visual Effects, beating out a crowded field thanks to an almost two-year eligibility period. This is familiar territory for both monsters: Godzilla (1998) and King Kong (2005) were among the previous victors. Deserved over Top Gun: Maverick? Probably not, but I dunno why Maverick was one of the nominees to begin with. It was also nominated for Best Science Fiction Film, losing to Nope.

Varan won a remarkably intensive Godzilla Store poll earlier this year to become the next Movie Monster Series figure (Super Mechagodzilla placed second again after losing to Gorosaurus last year), and said figure has finally been revealed. It'll go on sale November 3. Other Godzilla Store-exclusive vinyls can be ordered through Buyee, so I expect this one will be too.

The upcoming CG short Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex is also getting MMS figures. No details yet that I could find, but since the film premieres November 3rd, I wouldn't be surprised if they dropped that day too.

Godzilla Battle Line is teasing Evangelion Unit 01 as the next new Battle Piece, a rare EvaGoji collaboration that won't require traveling to or importing from Japan to experience. That would cover three of the four films in the Shin series... can a giant Kamen Rider be far behind?

Godzilla's 68th birthday is next Thursday, and since reporting on all the U.S. tie-in screenings after the fact won't do anyone any good, I'm going to list them all now:

Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla - Limited release nationwide through Fathom Events; check if it's playing near you here

Godzilla (1954) - Alamo Drafthouse locations; will use Toho's 4K restoration

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) - Roxy Cinema in NYC; 35mm print

Godzilla (1954); Rodan; Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster; The War of the Gargantuas - hosted by John Carpenter on various digital channels from November 3 to 6

Licensing International also has a list of all the non-film collaborations planned for that day. Nothing jumps out, to be honest, but I figured I'd include it.

But if you're like me and already have commitments that evening, why not check out @spacehunter-m's reconstruction of the 1956 German theatrical version of Godzilla instead? It premiered in West Germany just a few months after Godzilla, King of the Monsters! opened in the States, but it's actually based on the Japanese cut (just 13 minutes shorter). English subtitles are included.

#ultraman #godzilla #king kong #gigan #gigan rex #godzilla 1954 #rumble #neon genesis evangelion #godzilla vs. gigan rex #godzilla vs. kong #the mystery of ultraseven #home video #toys #kaiju week in review

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Fay Wray - The First Scream Queen

Vina Fay Wray (born in Cardston, Alberta, on September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian-American actress who attained international recognition for her roles in in horror films. Because of this, she has been dubbed as "The First Scream Queen".

After returning to the US, the Wray family relocated to Hollywood, where Wray attended Hollywood High School. In 1923, she appeared in her first film at the age of 16, when she landed a role in a short historical film sponsored by a local newspaper.

After appearing in more minor film roles, Wray gained media attention after being selected as one of the "WAMPAS Baby Stars" in 1926. This led to her being contracted to Paramount Pictures as a teenager, where she made more than a dozen feature films.

After leaving Paramount, she signed deals with various film companies. Under these deals, Wray was cast in several horror films, but her best known films were produced under her deal with RKO Radio Pictures, including The Most Dangerous Game (1932) King Kong (1933).

Wray died in her sleep of natural causes at 96 years of age in her apartment in Manhattan. Two days after her death, the lights of the Empire State Building were dimmed for 15 minutes in her memory.

Legacy:

Named an honorary princess and given the name "Little Beaver," by the Kainai Nation in 1967

Became the namesake of a park and a fountain in Cardston, Alberta, her birthplace, during the town's jubilee in 1967

Presented with the Special Award at the Saturn Awards by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films in 1975

Published an autobiography, On the Other Hand: A Life Story, in 1989

Awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award in 1989

Was the Guest of Honor in 1991, at the 60th birthday of the Empire State Building

Honored with a Legend in Film award at the 2003 Palm Beach International Film Festival

Received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in 2005

Became one of the first four entertainers to be commemorated by Canada Post by being featured on a postage stamp in 2006

Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions in motion pictures at 6349 Hollywood Blvd

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Tobey Maguire Biography

Tobey Maguire is an American film entertainer and filmmaker. Tobey Maguire mainly works in Hollywood movies. Three of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man characters are known as Peter Parker/Spider-Man.

Tobey Maguire Birth and Family

Tobey Maguire was brought into the world on 27 June 1975 in Santa Monica, Solomons, US. He was born in a middle class family.

Maguire’s father’s name is Vincent Maguire, a construction worker, and his mother’s name is Wendy Brown.

Tobey Maguire Education

There is no exact information about Tobey Maguire’s education. But it is known that due to the divorce of your parents, you studied in many cultures in childhood.

Tobey Maguire Girlfriend

Tobey Maguire’s girlfriend’s name is Jennifer Meyer, who is a jewellery designer. The two met in 2003 while he was shooting for Seabiscuit at Universal Studios. After this, they got engaged in April 2006. Both of them got married in 2007.

Tobey Maguire Movie Career

Tobey Maguire made his acting debut as a child actor in the 1990s. Earlier many of his television series and films had appeared.

Tobey Maguire started his career in 1989 with the film “The Wizard“. In the film, Matthews played one of Lucas Barton’s henchmen (one of three instruments in the video game contest).

In 2002, Tobey played the lead role in the film “Spider-Man”. In this movie Tobey played the character of Peter Parker.

In 2004, Tobey played the lead role in the film “Spider-Man 2 “. In this movie Tobey played the character of Peter Parker. The film’s story continues the story of Peter Parker’s life as he struggles to find a balance between himself and his personal life as Spider-Man.

In 2011, Tobey played the lead role in the film “The Details“. In this film, he played the character of Jeff Lang.

In 2014, Tobey played the lead role in the film “Pawn Sacrifice“. Tobey played the role of Bobby Fischer in this film.

Tobey Maguire Awards

Tobey has won the following awards for his films.

1. Won Best Actor – International Competition’s CinEuphoria Awards for the film “Brothers” in 2011.

2. Won the MTV Movie & TV Awards for Best Kiss for the film “Spider-Man” in 2003.

3. For the film “Spider-Man 2″ won the Saturn Awards for Best Actor in 2005.

4. Toronto Film Critics Association Awards for Best Supporting Performance – Male for the film “Wonder Boys” in 2000.

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jocia92 · 2 years

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'I'm Your Man' is nominated for a Saturn Award for best International Film.

#ich bin dein mensch #i'm your man #saturn awards #dan stevens #maria schrader #maren eggert #deadline #article

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On July 26, 1980, the 7th anniversary Saturn awards were issued.

Best Science Fiction Film: Alien

Best Horror Film: Dracula

Best Film Produced for Under $1,000,000: Planet of Dinosaurs

Best Actor: George Hamilton (Love at First Bite)

Best Supporting Actor: Arte Johnson (Love at First Bite)

Best Director: Ridley Scott (Alien)

Best Music: Miklos Rozsa (Time After Time)

Best Make-Up: William J Tuttle (Love at First Bite)

George Pal Memorial Award: John Badham

Hall of Fame: Rocky Horror Picture Show

Life Career Award: Gene Roddenberry & William Shatner

Most Popular International Performer: Roger Moore

Outstanding Achievement to the Academy: Robert V Michelucci

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heavenboy09 · 8 months

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Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 To You

The 1# Sexiest Canadian Actress 🇨🇦 In Major Drama & Horror Movies 🎥 😱 Of All Times

Born On October 3rd, 1973 In Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

Campbell's Dutch mother, Marnie (née Neve), is a yoga instructor and psychologist from Amsterdam. She descends from Sephardic Jews who immigrated to the Netherlands and converted to Catholicism. Her Scottish father, Gerry Campbell, immigrated to Canada from his native Glasgow, and taught high school drama classes in Mississauga, Ontario.

She is a Canadian actress. She is known for her work in the drama and horror genres.

Following a series of minor appearances, Campbell played a starring role in the drama series Catwalk (1992–1994) and the television film The Canterville Ghost (1996), the latter winning her a Family Film Award for Best Actress. She subsequently relocated to the United States to play the role of Julia Salinger in the Fox teen drama series Party of Five (1994–2000), which was her breakthrough role, earning her recognition as a teen idol and a nomination for the Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress. While on the show, she starred in her first American feature film, headlining the supernatural blockbuster The Craft (1996).

Campbell rose to international prominence for starring as Sidney Prescott in Wes Craven's slasher film Scream (1996), which emerged as a critical and commercial success—becoming the highest grossing slasher film for over 20 years—and obtained a cult following. The success of the film spawned the Scream franchise, for which she reprised the role in the series' second (1997), third (2000), fourth (2011) and fifth (2022) installments, playing the role for 25 years. Although critical reception has varied with each film, Campbell has consistently earned praise for her work, and is one of the genre's highest-grossing and acclaimed heroines of all time. Scream has earned her several accolades, including two Blockbuster Entertainment Awards for Best Actress, a Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress, a Saturn Award for Best Actress, and an MTV Award for Best Female Performance, all of which were collectively awarded for the first two installments.

PLEASE WISH THIS VERY ICONIC CANADIAN ACTRESS 🇨🇦 OF THE BEST SLASHER HORROR FILMS OF THE 21ST CENTURY 🔪 😱👻 , A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊

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HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 TO YOU MS. CAMPBELL & HERE'S TO MANY MORE YEARS TO COME

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#Neve Campbell #The Craft #Scream #Sydney Prescott #Spotify

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fridaythe13ththeseries · 10 months

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AWARDS

Friday the 13th: The Series may always be a winner in the hearts of its fans, but I wanted to do a post listing its actual 4 Wins & 16 Nominations (as found on IMDb)

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Primetime Emmy Awards

1989 Nominee Primetime Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Special Visual Effects John Gajdecki (visual effects artist) Gary L. Smith (supervising editor) For episode "13 O'Clock".

1988 Nominee Primetime Emmy Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Title Sequences Paul Boyington

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Chicago International Film Festival

1992 Winner Silver Plaque Best Television Drama David Winning For episode "The Sweetest Sting"

1992 Winner Silver Plaque Best Director David Winning For episode "Scarlet Cinema".

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Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

1990 Nominee Saturn Award Best Genre Television Series

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Gemini Awards

1990 Nominee Gemini Best Direction in a Dramatic or Comedy Series David Winning For episode "Jack In The Box".

1990 Nominee Gemini Best Writing in a Dramatic Series Jim Henshaw

1990 Nominee Gemini Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series Dave Goard For episode "The Prophecies".

1990 Nominee Gemini Best Production Design or Art Direction Stephen Roloff

1989 Nominee Gemini Best Guest Performance in a Series by an Actor or Actress Colm Feore

1989 Nominee Gemini Best Direction in a Dramatic or Comedy Series David Winning For episode "Sweetest Sting".

1989 Nominee Gemini Best Direction in a Dramatic or Comedy Series David Winning For episode "Scarlet Cinema".

1989 Nominee Gemini Best Writing in a Dramatic Series Timothy Bond, Peter Jobin, Roy Sallows

1989 Nominee Gemini Best Writing in a Dramatic Series Bruce Martin

1989 Nominee Gemini Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series Dave Goard

1989 Nominee Gemini Best Original Music Score for a Series Fred Mollin

1989 Nominee Gemini Best Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series Christopher Hutton, Steve Foster, Terry Gordica, Tim Archer, Gary Daprato

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International Monitor Awards

1990 Nominee Monitor Film Originated Television Series - Audio Post Production Frank Morrone (sound re-recording mixer)

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Alberta Film & Television Awards (AMPIA Awards) 1989 Winner Special Jury Award David Winning For directing season two.

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Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA

1989 Winner Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing - Television Episodic - Dialogue & ADR Steve Foster (adr editor)

#awards #emmy awards #nominations #friday the 13th: the series #80s tv #ampia awards #gemini awards #Chicago International Film Festival #academy of science fiction #david winning

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Gladiator - Now we are free (piano solo Noten) Hans Zimmer

Gladiator - Now we are free (piano solo Noten) Hans Zimmer - sheet music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYHCvp7LPQ0 Hans Florian Zimmer (12. September 1957) ist ein deutscher Filmmusikkomponist und Plattenproduzent. Zimmers Werke zeichnen sich durch die Integration elektronischer Musikklänge mit traditionellen Orchesterarrangements aus. Seit den 1980er Jahren hat er Musik für über 150 Filme komponiert. Zu seinen Werken gehören „Der König der Löwen“, für den er 1995 den Oscar für die beste Originalmusik gewann, die „Fluch der Karibik“-Reihe, „Interstellar“, „Gladiator“, „Crimson Tide“, „Inception“, „Dunkirk“ und „The Dark Knight Trilogy“. Er hat vier Grammy Awards, drei Classical BRIT Awards, zwei Golden Globes und einen Academy Award erhalten. Er wurde auch in die Liste der Top 100 lebenden Genies aufgenommen, die vom Daily Telegraph veröffentlicht wurde. Zimmer verbrachte den ersten Teil seiner Karriere im Vereinigten Königreich, bevor er in die Vereinigten Staaten zog. Er ist Leiter der Filmmusikabteilung der DreamWorks Studios und arbeitet über die von ihm gegründete Firma Remote Control Productions, früher bekannt als Media Ventures, mit anderen Komponisten zusammen. Sein Studio in Santa Monica, Kalifornien, verfügt über eine umfangreiche Auswahl an Computergeräten und Tastaturen, sodass Demoversionen von Filmmusiken schnell erstellt werden können. Zimmer hat an mehreren Projekten mit Regisseuren wie Ridley Scott, Ron Howard, Gore Verbinski, Michael Bay, Guy Ritchie und Christopher Nolan zusammengearbeitet.

Zimmer hat über hundert Soundtracks und Filmmusiken komponiert und produziert. Davon wurden etwa 50 Soundtracks und Songs für Preise nominiert. Auf einen Oscar (Der König der Löwen), vier Satellite Awards (The Thin Red Line, Gladiator, The Last Samurai, Inception), zwei Golden Globe Awards (The Lion King, Gladiator), vier Grammy Awards (zwei Preise für The Lion King). , Crimson Tide, The Dark Knight), drei Saturn Awards (The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar), zwei Annie Awards (Kung Fu Panda, Secrets of the Furious Five) und ein WAFCA Award (Inception)). Zimmer hat eine Reihe von Ehrungen und Auszeichnungen erhalten, darunter den Lifetime Achievement Award in Film Composition vom National Board of Review, den Frederick Loewe Award 2003 beim Palm Springs International Film Festival, den Henry Mancini Award for Lifetime Achievement von ASCAP und Richard von BMI Kirk Award für sein Lebenswerk im Jahr 1996. Im Dezember 2010 erhielt Zimmer einen Stern auf dem Hollywood Walk of Fame. Er widmete die Auszeichnung seinem Publizisten und langjährigen Freund Ronni Chasen, der im Vormonat in Beverly Hills erschossen worden war. Im Jahr 2016 war Zimmer einer der ersten Gewinner der Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication. Im November 2017 erhielt ein von den polnischen Astronomen Michal Kusiak und Michal Zolnowski entdeckter Hauptgürtel-Asteroid (495253) 2013 OC8 den Namen Hanszimmer. Seit 2018 erhielt Zimmer elf Oscar-Nominierungen für seine Arbeit, darunter einen Sieg bei der 67. Oscar-Verleihung für den Film „Der König der Löwen“ aus dem Jahr 1994. Am 2. Oktober 2018 erhielt Zimmer das Verdienstkreuz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Im Jahr 2019 wurde Zimmer als Disney-Legende aufgenommen. Gladiator (Film 2000) mit Noten Gladiator ist ein britisch-amerikanisches historisches Drama aus dem Jahr 2000, bei dem Ridley Scott Regie führte und das von David Franzoni, John Logan und William Nicholson geschrieben wurde. Der Film wurde von DreamWorks Pictures und Universal Pictures koproduziert und veröffentlicht. Darin sind Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Ralf Möller, Oliver Reed (in seiner letzten Rolle), Djimon Hounsou, Derek Jacobi, John Shrapnel und Richard Harris zu sehen. Crowe porträtiert den römischen General Maximus Decimus Meridius, der verraten wird, als Commodus, der ehrgeizige Sohn von Kaiser Marcus Aurelius, seinen Vater ermordet und den Thron bestieg. Als Sklave degradiert, wird Maximus zum Gladiator und steigt in der Arena auf, um die Morde an seiner Familie und seinem Kaiser zu rächen. Inspiriert durch Daniel P. Mannix‘ Buch Those About to Die aus dem Jahr 1958 (früher mit dem Titel The Way of the Gladiator betitelt), wurde das ursprünglich von Franzoni geschriebene Drehbuch des Films von DreamWorks erworben und Ridley Scott mit der Regie des Films beauftragt. Die Hauptdreharbeiten begannen im Januar 1999, bevor das Drehbuch fertiggestellt war, und endeten im Mai desselben Jahres mit den Szenen aus dem antiken Rom, die über einen Zeitraum von neunzehn Wochen in Fort Ricasoli, Malta, gedreht wurden. Die computergenerierten Bildeffekte des Films wurden von der britischen Postproduktionsfirma The Mill erstellt, die auch ein digitales Body-Double für die verbleibenden Szenen mit Reeds Charakter Proximo erstellte, da Reed während der Produktion an einem Herzinfarkt starb. Gladiator wurde am 1. Mai 2000 in Los Angeles uraufgeführt und kam am 5. Mai in den Vereinigten Staaten und am 11. Mai im Vereinigten Königreich in die Kinos. Der Film erhielt allgemein positive Kritiken von Kritikern, mit Lob für die Schauspielerei (insbesondere die von Crowe und Phoenix). Aufführungen), Scotts Regie, Visuals, Drehbuch, Actionsequenzen, Musikpartitur und die Produktionswerte. Es war ein Kassenerfolg, der in den Vereinigten Staaten 187,7 Millionen US-Dollar einspielte und weltweit 457 Millionen US-Dollar einspielte, was ihn zum zweithöchsten Einspielergebnis des Jahres 2000 machte. Der Film gewann mehrere Auszeichnungen, darunter fünf Oscars bei der 73. Oscarverleihung: Bester Film, Bester Hauptdarsteller für Crowe, Bestes Kostümdesign, Bester Ton und Beste visuelle Effekte. Außerdem erhielt er bei den 54. British Academy Film Awards vier BAFTA Awards für den besten Film, die beste Kamera, das beste Produktionsdesign und den besten Schnitt. Seit seiner Veröffentlichung wird „Gladiator“ auch dafür verantwortlich gemacht, das Schwert-und-Sandalen-Genre neu erfunden und das Interesse an Unterhaltung rund um die antike griechische und antike römische Kultur wie die Fernsehserie „Rom“ neu entfacht zu haben. Die Oscar-nominierte Partitur wurde von Hans Zimmer und Lisa Gerrard komponiert und von Gavin Greenaway dirigiert. Zimmer hatte ursprünglich geplant, die israelische Sängerin Ofra Haza für die Partitur zu engagieren, nachdem er bereits mit ihr in „Der Prinz von Ägypten“ zusammengearbeitet hatte. Da Haza jedoch Ende Februar 2000 starb, bevor sie überhaupt Aufnahmen machen konnte, wurde stattdessen Gerrard ausgewählt. Lisa Gerrards Gesang ähnelt ihrer eigenen Arbeit an der Partitur von The Insider. Es wurde festgestellt, dass die Musik für viele der Kampfszenen Gustav Holsts „Mars: Der Kriegsbringer“ ähnelt, und im Juni 2006 verklagte die Holst-Stiftung Hans Zimmer wegen angeblicher Kopie des Werks des verstorbenen Holst. Eine weitere große musikalische Ähnlichkeit besteht in der Szene von Commodus‘ triumphalem Einzug in Rom, begleitet von Musik, die deutlich an zwei Abschnitte – das Präludium zum Rheingold und Siegfrieds Trauermarsch aus der Götterdämmerung – aus Richard Wagners Ring des Nibelungen erinnert. Am 27. Februar 2001, fast ein Jahr nach der Veröffentlichung des ersten Soundtracks, produzierte Decca Gladiator: More Music From the Motion Picture. Dann, am 5. September 2005, produzierte Decca Gladiator: Special Anniversary Edition, ein Zwei-CD-Paket, das beide oben genannten Veröffentlichungen enthielt. Ein Teil der Musik aus dem Film wurde in den NFL-Playoffs im Januar 2003 vor Werbeunterbrechungen und vor und nach der Halbzeitpause gespielt. Im Jahr 2003 veröffentlichte Luciano Pavarotti eine Aufnahme von sich selbst, in der er ein Lied aus dem Film sang, und sagte, er bereue es, ein Angebot, für den Soundtrack mitzuwirken, abgelehnt zu haben. Read the full article

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noisemania · 1 year

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Zodiac is a 2007 American mystery thriller film directed by David Fincher from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt, based on the non-fiction books by Robert Graysmith, Zodiac and Zodiac Unmasked, which were published in 1986 and 2002, respectively. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, and Robert Downey Jr. with Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Elias Koteas, Donal Logue, John Carroll Lynch, Chloë Sevigny, Philip Baker Hall and Dermot Mulroney in supporting roles.

The film tells the story of the manhunt for the Zodiac Killer, a serial murderer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area during the late 1960s and early 1970s, taunting police with letters, bloodstained clothing, and ciphers mailed to newspapers. The case remains one of the United States' most infamous unsolved crimes. Fincher, Vanderbilt, and producer Bradley J. Fischer spent 18 months conducting their own investigation and research into the Zodiac murders. Fincher employed the digital Thomson Viper FilmStream Camera to photograph most of the film, with traditional high-speed film cameras used for slow-motion murder sequences.

Zodiac was released by Paramount Pictures in North America and Warner Bros. Pictures in international markets on March 2, 2007, and received largely positive reviews, with praise for its writing, directing, acting, and historical accuracy. The film was nominated for several awards, including the Saturn Award for Best Action, Adventure or Thriller Film. It grossed over $84.7 million worldwide on a production budget of $65 million. In a 2016 critics' poll conducted by the BBC, Zodiac was voted the 12th greatest film of the 21st century.

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awardseasonblog · 2 years

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Sono stati annunciati i vincitori dei Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, i riconoscimenti con cui i critici di Boston scelgono i migliori film e le migliori interpretazioni della stagione cinematografica. Nella storia di questo premio su 41 edizioni il vincitore del #BSFC Award come miglior film ha vinto successivamente l’Oscar nella categoria Best Picture 11 volte (Il silenzio degli innocenti, Gli Spietati, Schindler’s List, The Departed, Non è un paese per vecchi, The Millionaire, The Hurt Locker, The Artist, 12 anni schiavo, Spotlight, Nomadland). Tra i vincitori di quest’anno spicca il riconoscimento per la Miglior Attrice assegnato a #MichelleYeoh per Everything Everywhere All At Once che ha vinto così il suo 7° premio di Stagione dopo aver conquistato l’Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Awards, il Kirk Douglas Award (Santa Barbara International Film Festival), il Saturn Award, l’International Star Award (Palm Springs International Film Award), il NBR Award, il New York Film Critics Online Award (dietro solo alla Blanchett che ne ha 8). Inoltre la Yeoh detiene al momento il record di nomination tra tutti i premi finora annunciati. Ecco la lista di tutti i vincitori dei Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: -Miglior colonna sonora: RRR (by M. M. Keeravani) -Miglior montaggio: Aftersun/La donna del mistero (dopo il 6 rounds di votazioni) -Miglior fotografia: Pearl -Miglior film d’animazione: Turning Red -Miglior documentario: All the Beauty and Bloodshed -Miglior debutto dietro la macchina da presa: Aftersun -Miglior script originale: Gli spiriti dell’isola -Miglior adattamento: After Yang -Miglior attrice non protagonista: Kerry Condon (Gli spiriti dell’isola) -Miglior attore non protagonista: Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once) -Miglior attrice: Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once) -Miglior attore: Colin Farrell (Gli Spiriti dell’isola/After Yang)-Miglior cast: Women Talking/ Jackass Forever -Miglior regia: Todd Field (TAR) -Miglior film internazionale: -Miglior film: Return to Seoul #AwardsSeason #Winners #FilmCriticsAwards #FilmCriticsAssociation#BFCS2022 #BostonSocietyofFilmCritics #BostonCritics #Awards #Movies https://www.instagram.com/p/CmC9vKKIvQQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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SS Rajamouli's RRR wins Best International Film award at 50th Saturn Awards: 'We are super excited'

SS Rajamouli’s RRR wins Best International Film award at 50th Saturn Awards: ‘We are super excited’

SS Rajamouli directorial RRR Won the Best International Film Award at the 50th Saturn Awards. It was nominated in several categories including Best International Film, Best Action Adventure and Best Director. While Rajamouli himself was not there to receive the honours, an AV was played in which he was seen giving the speech of thanks. “I am very happy that our film RRR has won the Saturn Award…

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Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress. She achieved fame for her starring roles in a string of 1970s action and blaxploitation films for American International Pictures and New World Pictures, most notably Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974). Her other major films during this period included The Big Doll House (1971), Women in Cages (1971), The Big Bird Cage (1972), Black Mama, White Mama (1973), Scream Blacula Scream (1973), The Arena (1974), Sheba, Baby (1975), Bucktown (1975), and Friday Foster (1975).

Described by Quentin Tarantino as cinema's first female action star, she starred as the titular character in Tarantino's crime film Jackie Brown (1997), for which she received Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Satellite Award, and Saturn Award nominations for Best Actress. Grier's subsequent films included Jawbreaker (1999), Bones (2001), Just Wright (2010), Larry Crowne (2011), and Poms (2019).

On television, Grier portrayed Eleanor Winthrop in the Showtime comedy-drama series Linc's (1998–2000), Kate "Kit" Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word (2004–2009), and Constance Terry in the ABC sitcom Bless This Mess (2019–2020). She also received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for her work in the animated series Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1999).

Grier was born on May 26, 1949, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the daughter of Gwendolyn Sylvia (née Samuels), a homemaker and nurse, and Clarence Ransom Grier, Jr., who worked as a mechanic and technical sergeant in the United States Air Force. She has one sister and one brother. Grier has stated that she is of mixed ancestry, namely of African-American, Hispanic, Chinese, Filipino, and Cheyenne heritage.

At age 6, Grier was raped by two boys when she was left unattended at her aunt's house. "It took so long to deal with the pain of that," she says, "You try to deal with it, but you never really get over it," she adds. "And not just me; my family endured so much guilt and anger that something like that happened to me." Because of her father's military career, the family moved frequently during her childhood to various places such as England before eventually settling in Denver, Colorado, where she attended East High School. While in Denver, she appeared in a number of stage productions, and participated in beauty contests to raise money for college tuition at Metropolitan State College. While in college, she was date raped.

Grier moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1967, where she was initially hired to work the switchboard at American International Pictures (AIP). She is believed to have been discovered by director Jack Hill, who cast her in his women-in-prison films The Big Doll House (1971) and The Big Bird Cage (1972). While under contract at AIP, she became a staple of early 1970s blaxploitation movies, playing big, bold, assertive women, beginning with Jack Hill's Coffy (1973), in which she plays a nurse who seeks revenge on drug dealers. Her character was advertised in the trailer as the "baddest one-chick hit-squad that ever hit town!" The film, which was filled with sexual and violent elements typical of the genre, was a box-office hit. Grier is considered to be the first African-American female to headline an action film, as protagonists of previous blaxploitation films were males. In his review of Coffy, critic Roger Ebert praised the film for its believable female lead. He noted that Grier was an actress of "beautiful face and astonishing form" and that she possessed a kind of "physical life" missing from many other attractive actresses.

Grier subsequently played similar characters in the AIP films Foxy Brown (1974), Sheba, Baby, and Friday Foster (both 1975). With the demise of blaxploitation later in the 1970s, Grier appeared in smaller roles for many years. She acquired progressively larger character roles in the 1980s, including a druggie prostitute in Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981), a witch in Something Wicked this Way Comes (1983).

In 1985, Grier made her theater debut in Sam Sheppard's Fool for Love at the Los Angeles Theatre Center.

Grier returned to film as Steven Seagal's detective partner in Above the Law (1988). She had a recurring role on Miami Vice from 1985 to 1989 and made guest appearances on Martin, Night Court, and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. She had a recurring role in the TV series Crime Story between 1986 and 1988. Her role in Rocket Gibraltar (1988) was cut due to fears by the film's director, Daniel Petrie, of "repercussions from interracial love scenes." She appeared on Sinbad, Preston Chronicles, The Cosby Show, The Wayans Brothers Show, and Mad TV. In 1994, Grier appeared in Snoop Dogg's video for "Doggy Dogg World".

In the late 1990s Grier was a cast member of the Showtime series Linc's. She appeared in 1996 in John Carpenter's Escape from L.A. and 1997 with the title role in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown, films that partly paid homage to her 1970s blaxploitation movies. She was nominated for numerous awards for her work in the Tarantino film. Grier appeared on Showtime's The L Word, in which she played Kit Porter. The series ran for six seasons and ended in March 2009. Grier occasionally guest-stars in such television series as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (where she is a recurring character).

In 2010 Grier began appearing in a recurring role on the hit science-fiction series Smallville as the villain Amanda Waller, also known as White Queen, head agent of Checkmate, a covert operations agency. She appeared as a friend and colleague to Julia Roberts' college professor in 2011's Larry Crowne.

In 2010, Grier wrote her memoir, Foxy: My Life in Three Acts, with Andrea Cagan.

Grier received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in 2011. That same year, she received an honorary Doctorate of Science from Langston University.

She founded the Pam Grier Community Garden and Education Center with the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum. The purpose is to teach people about organic gardening, health and nutrition among other things. The museum named its first garden in honor of Grier in 2011.

In January 2018, Grier revealed a biopic based on her memoir is in the works, entitled Pam.

Grier lives on a ranch in Colorado.

Grier has never married but has had several high-profile relationships.

She met basketball player Lew Alcindor before he became a Muslim. Soon after they began dating, he converted to Islam and changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Abdul-Jabbar proposed to Grier, but gave her an ultimatum to convert to Islam. He said, "If you don't commit to me today, I'm getting married at 2 this afternoon. She's a converted Muslim, and she's been prepared for me," adding, "once you become Muslim, you might appreciate another wife." Grier declined, so he got married that day.

Grier met comedian Freddie Prinze while promoting her film Coffy in 1973. They began a relationship and considered marriage. Prinze wanted her to have his baby, but she was reluctant due to his history of depression and drug addiction. They remained in touch after she left him. She was one of the last people Prinze spoke to before he fatally shot himself in 1977.

Grier met comedian Richard Pryor through her relationship with Prinze, but they did not begin dating until they were both cast in Greased Lightning. She helped Pryor learn to read and tried to help him with his drug addiction. After six months of sobriety, he relapsed. In her memoir, Grier described how her sexual relationship with Pryor caused cocaine to enter her system. During an appointment, she was informed that she had a "buildup of cocaine residue" around her cervix and vagina that her doctor called an "epidemic" in Beverly Hills. He asked her if Pryor might have put cocaine on his penis to sustain his erection; she was unsure. He then asked if her mouth went numb while performing oral sex on Pryor, and she said it did. The doctor linked it to the Novocaine-like effects of cocaine. Grier confronted Pryor about protecting her health, but he refused to use a condom. Pryor married another woman while dating Grier in 1977.

Grier was formerly romantically linked to Soul Train host Don Cornelius and basketball player Wilt Chamberlain.

In 1998, Grier was engaged to RCA Records executive Kevin Evans, but the engagement ended in 1999.

Grier was diagnosed with stage-four cervical cancer in 1988, and was told she had 18 months to live. Through vigorous treatment she made a recovery and has been in remission.

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Here he comes, one of the planet’s most conspicuous young men, stepping out of the London drizzle and into a dusty suburban pub. If there was an old vinyl record player in the place it would scratch quiet. Instead, the two-dozen punters turn hushed and intent, as if a unicorn has just trotted in off the street, and nobody wants to scare it off. “That’s frickin’ Harry frickin’ Styles,” whispers a young man at the bar, “in this pub.” The pop star is asked what he wants to drink and in a voice already inclined to undertones, quietly orders a cup of tea.

A former teen star who is now 25, a happier and rockier solo artist since his boyband One Direction split a few years ago, Styles has hidden himself inside a large, swamp-green parka. He’s tall, around the 6ft mark, and carries himself with a slight stoop. If Styles could only do something about his appearance from the neck up (elfin brow, wide Joker smile, a face that’s recognisable across multiple continents) you sense he could drink in pubs like this anonymously enough. As it is, cover blown, he removes the parka. A woolly jumper beneath has a picture of the planet Saturn on it. Maybe they’ve heard of Styles there, too.

We take a seat in the corner. On nearby tables, conversations start to sputter as people try to keep their own talk ticking along on autopilot while straining to hear what Styles says. I ask him about the sheer strangeness of this and other aspects of fame. Full stadiums, swooning admirers, an excess of opportunity and cash. Why isn’t Styles an absolute ordeal of a human being by now? Keith Richards, at a comparable stage, imagined himself the pirate leader of a travelling nation-state, unbound by international law. Elton John was on vast amounts of cocaine. Meanwhile, here’s Harry, known in the music industry as a bit of a freak, medically, having maintained abnormally high levels of civility in his system.

Styles tilts his head, flattered. There are others, he promises. “People who are successful, and still nice. It’s when you meet the people who are successful and aren’t nice, you think: What’s yer excuse? Cos I’ve met the other sort.”

Styles read Keith Richards’ autobiography a while back, and he recently finished Elton’s, too. (“Soooo much cocaine,” he marvels.) We talk for a bit about whether extreme dissolute behaviour and artistic greatness go hand in hand. Styles, who has just released his second solo album, Fine Line, the penultimate track of which is called Treat People With Kindness, has to hope not. “I just don’t think you need to be a dick to be a good artist. But, then, there are also a lot of good artists who are dicks. So. Hmm. Maybe I need to start scaring babies in supermarkets?”

A couple of lads hustle over to offer drinks. A photo is requested; they say they’ll wait. I’m weirdly anxious about Styles’s phone, which is slung on the table in front of him. What must be the black-market value of that thing? If fans were to get hold of it, would they want to open Styles’s music app first, to listen to tracks from the new album, or rush to see his messages and calls, to find out who Styles has been flirting with late at night? The interest in his music has always run at a ratio of about 50/50 with the interest in who he is dating.

It’s a ratio Styles tries to adjust in favour of the music by being vague about his ex-partners, real and rumoured (Taylor Swift, Kendall Jenner, Parisian model Camille Rowe), diverting to discuss his songs about failed relationships. A year ago, when Styles was floating around near this pub in north London, where he lives, and California, where he tends to record, looking for inspiration for the new album, his close friend Tom Hull told him: “Just date amazing women, or men, or whatever, who are going to fuck you up… Let it affect you and write songs about it.”

Styles, who writes in collaboration with Hull and producer Tyler Johnson, sounds as if he took the advice. The new album, Fine Line, is at its best when capturing late-hours moments, drunk calls, “wandering hands”, kitchen snogs. A golden-haired lover recurs. There are up tracks, down tracks, some with the trippy delirium of harpsichord-era Stones, others with the angsty Britpop swell of strings. While I listened, I couldn’t help scribbling down names, possible subjects. On the lyric “There’s a piece of you in how I dress” I wrote: maybe Kendall? In a song about a lover “way too bright for me”: surely Taylor.

Styles says he keeps to a general rule: write what comes and don’t think about it too much afterwards. The only time he worries about an individual lyric is if it risks putting an ex in a difficult position. “If a song’s about someone, is that fine? Or is that gonna get annoying for them, if people try to decipher it?” Has he ever got that judgment call wrong and taken a bollocking from an angry ex? Styles raises an eyebrow. “Maybe ask me in a month.”

I quiz him on something I’ve often wondered about. Why are the very famous so inclined to hook up with the very famous? From the outside it looks twice the hassle, with twice the odds of ending badly. “Don’t we all do that, though?” Styles asks. “Go into things that feel relatively doomed from the start?” I ask him why he doesn’t date normals. He seems tickled: “Um. I mean, I do. I have a private life. You just don’t know about it.”

Styles doesn’t particularly like being asked about his love life, but is amused all the same, as he is about most things. When I ask about the logistics of someone as well known as him dating someone anonymous (“Do you need to give them, like, some sort of primer?”), Styles snorts with laughter.

“Uh-h-h. Like any conversation, I guess, it’s easier if you’re honest. But I try to let it come up when it comes up. Cos that’s a weird thing to talk about, y’know? If you’ve just started seeing someone, and you’re, like: [he adopts a throaty, mission-briefing voice] So! This is what’s gonna happen!” Styles holds out his hands: no, ta. “I don’t wanna have that conversation, man. It would be fucking weird.”

And not very sexy, I say.

“Not sexy,” Styles says, “no.”

A quick aside about his accent, which is hard to capture in print. (“Nat sexy, no.”) After a workout in a hotel gym recently, Styles says he was taken aback (“taken abeck”) to be asked by a stranger whether he was speaking in a fake voice. He was appalled. But after so long crossing borders and time zones, living and working between England and the US, the accent has undergone a jazzy remix, and tends to get farthest from its Cheshire roots when he’s around strangers. Once Styles begins to get comfortable in the pub, the flatter, no-nonsense sounds of his youth return. Nowpe he says, for nope. Fook, for fuck.

“What the fook are they?” This was the response of his childhood pals, he remembers, back in the village of Holmes Chapel, when little Harry had the gumption to show up in the playground wearing Chelsea boots instead of the approved chunky trainers. Styles’s parents had separated when he was very young, but there is no origin-story trauma: he has always stayed close to both. His mother, Anne, would praise his singing voice in the car, and when Styles was 16 it was agreed he could audition for a singing contest on TV.

“The craziest part about the whole X Factor thing,” says Styles, who auditioned for the ITV reality show in 2010, “is that it’s so instant. The day before, you’ve never been on telly. Then suddenly…” Suddenly you’re a piece of national property. “You don’t think at the time, ‘Oh, maybe I should keep some of my personal stuff back for myself.’ Partly because, if you’re a 16-year-old who does that, you look like a jumped-up little shit. Can you imagine? ‘Sorry, actually, I’d rather not comment…’ You don’t know what to be protective of.”

By the winter of 2010, Styles was a fan favourite, a key member of One Direction, a five-piece that enjoyed enormous national exposure and gathered millions of fans before any music had been released. Cameras filmed every part of their rise. There wasn’t any time in the dark to practise, test things out, mentally brace. “We didn’t get to dip in a toe,” Styles says. “But, listen, I was a kid, all I knew was: I didn’t have to go to school any more. I thought it was fucking great.” He remembers having a lot of fun, and being well taken care of. He jokes: “Maybe it’s something I’ll have to deal with a bit later. When I wake up in my 40s and think: Arrrggh.”

In February 2012, One Direction were feted at the Brit Awards, hours before they were due to fly to the US for the first time. On TV that night they looked young, silly, chuffed – on the precipice of something huge, and with no clue at all. Their subsequent wonder-run (five platinum albums, four world tours) had its foundations in their ridiculous popularity in the States. Right away, Styles remembers, “We were fuelling a machine. Keeping the fire going.” He remembers it as a stimulating time; maybe overstimulating. “Coming out of it, when the band stopped, I realised that the thing I’d been missing, because it was all so fast paced, was human connection.”

I first met Styles in 2014, around the time the lack of human connection was starting to bite. One Direction were promoting their penultimate album and I’d been commissioned to write about themthe Guardian. Management felt the boys were so exhausted that my minutes in their presence had to be strictly counted. Inside a circle of cripplingly hot lights, while someone ran the stopwatch, we interacted as humanly as we could.

I remember how jaded the best singer in the group, Zayn Malik, seemed. (Malik was weeks away from quitting.) I also remember how flattered and bewildered the others were to be asked a few grownup questions – and not what Louis Tomlinson would later describe to me as “who’s-your-favourite-superhero… all that shit”. Styles was watchful and quiet that day. By total chance, a week later, we were in the same London cafe and he tapped my shoulder. He was having lunch with friends. “Will ya join us?”

t struck me as a quietly classy move. I was fascinated to see him interact with mates he’d chosen for himself. Styles was dry and funny, older than his years. After lunch we said the usual things about keeping in touch, and followed each other on Twitter. I kept an eye on his updates, about leaving One Direction, releasing an impressive, self-titled debut album in 2017, playing for 36,000 people in Madison Square Garden in New York, acting in Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-nominated war movie Dunkirk. Meanwhile, I did my best to manage the mess that had been made of my own account after Styles’s Twitter follow ignited a small explosion of teenage longing in my mentions. For at least a year I received weekly, sometimes daily, pleas from people who wanted messages conveyed to “H”. Still now, every few days, fans in America, Asia and Europe follow me to “see what H sees” in their timeline.

He has around 50 million social media followers, and with that comes the ability to ripple the internet like somebody airing a bedsheet. I’ve noticed, though, how rarely Styles directs people to support specific causes, last doing so in 2018, when he encouraged people to join a march against gun violence. Why don’t you use your influence more, I ask? “Because of dilution. Because I’d prefer, when I say something, for people to think I mean it.” He runs his fingertips across the table. “To be honest, I’m still searching for that one thing, y’know. Something I can really stand up for, and get behind, and be like: This Is My Life Fight. There’s a power to doing the one thing. You want your whole weight behind it.”

It’s one of the things that sets Styles apart, the way he puts his whole weight behind the different aspects of this strange job. If you watch footage of him as a guest host on Saturday Night Live last month, Styles plunges in, fully inhabiting the silliness of every sketch. He has good songs in his repertoire (2017’s ballad Sign Of The Times stands out), and would probably admit to some middling songs that attest to his relative inexperience as a writer. But whichever of his songs Styles performs, he goes all-in, trusting that his zest and energy will hold an audience’s attention. He approaches this interview in roughly the same spirit, not enjoying every question, fidgeting, pleading for clemency once or twice, but giving everything due consideration.

I bring up something Styles joked about earlier: the possibility of waking up in his 40s with deferred mental health problems.

“Mm,” he says

Have you thought about therapy, I ask, to get ahead of that?

“I go,” he says. “Not every week. But whenever I feel I need it. For a really long time I didn’t try therapy, because I wanted to be the guy who could say: ‘I don’t need it.’ Now I realise I was only getting in my own way.” He shrugs. “It helps.”

Lately he’s been reading a lot (Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women stood out). He’s watched a lot of Netflix (crime thrillers and music docs). He recently cried through Slave Play on Broadway. I sense in Styles, at 25, a pent-up undergraduate hunger, maybe a desire to make up for lost time. “I’ve definitely been wanting to learn stuff, try stuff,” he says. “Things I didn’t grow up around. Things I’d always been a little bit sceptical about. Like therapy, like meditation. All I need to hear is someone saying, ‘Apparently, it’s amazing’, and I’ll try it. When I was in Los Angeles once, I heard about juice cleanses. I thought, yeah, I’ll do a juice cleanse.”

How messy were the results?

“You mean…?” Styles raises an eyebrow, recalling the poos. “They were all right. I was just hungry. And bored.”

One notable feature of Styles’s solo career has been his headlong embrace of unconventional clothing. A 2017-18 tour could have been sponsored by the Dulux colour wheel: mustard tones in Sydney, shocking pink in Dallas. In a more serious sense, some of Styles’s choices have fed into an important political discussion about gendered fashion. In May, as a co-host at the Met Gala in New York, he stepped out in a sheer blouse and a pearl earring. One evening’s work challenged a lot of stubborn preconceptions about who gets to wear what.

He says: “What women wear. What men wear. For me it’s not a question of that. If I see a nice shirt and get told, ‘But it’s for ladies.’ I think: ‘Okaaaay? Doesn’t make me want to wear it less though.’ I think the moment you feel more comfortable with yourself, it all becomes a lot easier.”

What do you mean, I ask?

Styles is leaning forward, hands folded around his cup of tea. “A part of it was having, like, a big moment of self-reflection. And self-acceptance.” He has a habit, when he’s made a definitive statement, of raising his chin and nodding a little, as if to decide whether he still agrees with himself. “I think it’s a very free, and freeing, time. I think people are asking, ‘Why not?’ a lot more. Which excites me. It’s not just clothes where lines have been blurred, it’s going across so many things. I think you can relate it to music, and how genres are blurring…”

Sexuality, too, I say.

“Yep,” says Styles. “Yep.”

There’s a popular perception, I say, that you don’t define as straight. The lyrics to your songs, the clothes you choose to wear, even the sleeve of your new record – all of these things get picked apart for clues that you’re bisexual. Has anyone ever asked you though?

“Um. I guess I haaaaave been asked? But, I dunno. Why?”

You mean, why ask the question?

“Yeah, I think I do mean that. It’s not like I’m sitting on an answer, and protecting it, and holding it back. It’s not a case of: I’m not telling you cos I don’t want to tell you. It’s not: ooh this is mine and it’s not yours.”

What is it then?

“It’s: who cares? Does that make sense? It’s just: who cares?”

I suppose my only question, then, is about the stuff that looks like clue dropping. Because if you don’t want people to care, why hint? Take the album sleeve for Fine Line. With its horizontal pink and blue stripes, a splash of magenta, the design seems to gesture at the trans and bisexual pride flags. Which is great – unless the person behind it happens to be a straight dude, sprinkling LGBTQ crumbs that lead nowhere. Does that make sense?

Styles nods. “Am I sprinkling in nuggets of sexual ambiguity to try and be more interesting? No.” As for the rest, he says, “in terms of how I wanna dress, and what the album sleeve’s gonna be, I tend to make decisions in terms of collaborators I want to work with. I want things to look a certain way. Not because it makes me look gay, or it makes me look straight, or it makes me look bisexual, but because I think it looks cool. And more than that, I dunno, I just think sexuality’s something that’s fun. Honestly? I can’t say I’ve given it any more thought than that.”

In our musty corner of the pub we’ve somehow passed a couple of hours in intense discussion. We’ll lighten up, before Styles heads home, with some chat about clever films (Marriage Story), stupider viral videos (the little boy who’s just learned the word “apparently”), that favourite-superhero stuff that, after all, has its place. He talks about the curious double time scheme of a pop star’s life – those crammed 18-hour days and then the sudden empty off-time when Styles might find himself walking miles across London to buy a book, afterwards congratulating himself: “Well, that’s an hour filled.”

Before we stand up I ask if he’s minded any of my questions.

He pushes out his lips, possibly recalling them one by one, then shakes his head. “What I would say, about the whole being-asked-about-my-sexuality thing – this is a job where you might get asked. And to complain about it, to say you hate it, and still do the job, that’s just silly. You respect that someone’s gonna ask. And you hope that they respect they might not get an answer.”

I tell him I do.

“Cool.”

Styles has to find those lads who wanted a photo. He scoops his phone off the table and flicks his thumb around the screen. Lately, he says, when he messes around on his phone in an idle moment, it’s mostly to look at videos – clips that his friends have sent him, in which their kids sing along to music he’s made. “Never gets old,” Styles says, beaming.

A few years ago, when he emerged from the boyband, blinking, shattered, he set himself three tasks: prioritise friends, learn how to be an adult, achieve a proper balance between the big and the small. Full stadiums, provocative outfits – Styles genuinely loves these things. “But I guess I’ve realised, as well,” he says, “that the coolest things are not always the cool things. Do you know what I mean?” He grabs his parka and his phone and, a little stooped, heads for home.

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alchemabotana · 3 years

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Hindsight is 2020

Walk with us through our medicine wheel:

The Eastern Direction:

No one could have been less surprised by the announcement of the Corona virus pandemic than my medicine hoop.

In 2018 a local paper, Yes! Weekly interviewed me on my predictions for 2019, in which I detailed many of the struggles we’d see that year as a sneak-peak on what to expect for 2020: Whaples said 2019 is the preparation and intention-setting year, “for the real show;” she said [2019] is the “dress rehearsal for 2020.”“It is an important year to set up positive energy for what you want to come in the future,” she said.

We saw this come to fruition in the work we do with Kindred Spirits, my shamanic healing store and art gallery located in Winston Salem, NC.

In early 2020, we celebrated my most dedicated Shamanic apprentice, RJ Walker as the Winston Salem Ambassadors awarded him the Everyday Hero Award - an exceptional and much-needed recognition of BIPOC work in the spiritual community.

Having dealt with the emotional and financial hits taken by the closing of the major highway through downtown Winston Salem, we were more than excited to celebrate the re-opening of our roadways and a new lease on business and life. I worked with a local news station to bring awareness to our continued existence in the downtown community, and our work to support and bring together that community. I hope any readers will take the time to watch the linked newsclips in order to gain a deeper understanding of the situation.

Not long after this, one of our hoop members came onto our fb livefeed to announce the pandemic and warn others to be aware of the upcoming energy. You can watch this on facebook!

As soon as the national news hit, our store promptly closed its doors prior to the statewide shutdown. We continued to provide shamanic services and wares through our online portal, and distance work.

The Southern Direction:

RJ and I answered a spiritual call close to our hearts in early June with spiritual warfare and ceremonial ritual work on behalf of national and local protesters in the Black Lives Matter movement. I created a ritual crucifix for our hoop member Camille to carry in the protests. One such protest was held on the very street where our store resides, bringing awareness to the issues of racism on our street. A local business owner who had posted racist material was ousted from our block. We celebrated in solidarity with song, drumming, and our ceremonially summoning. We walked, carried the painting of St. Maya Angelou, and wore our traditional regalia with pride:

Antonina Whaples is a shamanic artist and co-owner of Kindred Spirits, a store and healing arts center on Trade Street. She has been marching in the protests while beating a Siberian goat-skin and birch wood drum.

She made a crucifix for her student Camille Adair to carry in the marches. Instead of the traditional Christ figure, the cross bears an image of a black madonna with a sacred heart.

“I said to her, ‘You are like a daughter to me, and I have no other way to express how I feel,’” Whaples said. “It is a layered piece. It is very personal and emotional to me. I felt like Camille would be protected by it.”

Her friend, Elyse Bottomly, carried another one of Whaples’ art works in the marches, “Her Majesty St. Maya Angelou,” which Whaples had made for Rosa Johnson, Angelou’s niece.

Whaples is doing what artists do: responding to the moment and finding ways to express feelings for which there are no words.

We were able to re-open in early July, seeing a completely new client and customer base supporting the work like never before. Just before re-opening, I was able to completely finish drawing the Minor arcana for the Piczanka Tarot, now available for first edition pre-order on the website. We celebrated this victory by partnering up with an amazing team of entrepreneurs in Winston Salem: PinkTalk Podcast. We truly enjoyed being the guests for Episode 14, hosted by Bobbi Bugatti and produced by Mizz Faith. You can access it on youtube, facebook, instagram, and iHeart Radio!

The Western Direction:

As a traumatic brain injury survivor still in the depths of my healing journey, I have been a high-risk individual for the entirety of the COVID pandemic. Going further inwards, I focused my sorrow, grief, and understanding on the transformative power of art throughout this year. Creating and displaying hundred of pieces of sacred shamanic artwork at my store, Kindred Spirits, became my purpose and grounding act of revolution daily. In a time of destruction there is nothing more revolutionary than to create.

From late September through August I focused my attention solely on my work for Winston Salem Fashion Week’s 6th show, presented at the Southeast Center for Contemporary Art. Although I had participated last year for the 5th anniversary as a model & guest designer with Melissa Coleman from Hanesbrands; this year I designed jewelry and headpieces for Melissa while also designing my own line of jewelry and clothing for Kindred Spirits.

This year we presented the fashion week virtually, filming the showcase at SECCA in late August, and launching the showcase in October. Filming was exciting and different, with our models being able to walk through the open and empty gallery during the shutdown. It was a a beautiful presentation. I worked double-time, modeling for Melissa’s bridal line, and coordinating and preparing my own models at the same time. In fact, I walked with one of my own models for Melissa just prior to my own line’s presentation that day. Talk about being in two places at one time!

My line was sponsored by Goodwill Industries as part of the sustainable fashion initiative of WSFW. I enjoyed painting shoes, purses, and hats - as well as upcycling clothing that represented the designs and colors of our culture lineage systems.

We were happily surprised when Yes! Weekly did a feature-story about WSFW, with our 2019 designs on the front cover, and beautiful large format photographs of additional designs in the inside story. I was especially proud of the front cover, as the make-up design feather, head-pieces, and jewelry thoroughly represented the medicine work we intentionally worked last year. The pre-runway experience was true ceremony.

But that’s not all 2020 had to offer us!

RJ and I also worked on finishing many of our long-term projects already far into the completion phase. We announced many of these upcoming releases with Yes! Weekly when it was announced that I had been voted the “Best Visual Artist in the Triad” by the paper’s readers:

“As an artist, to be named something like that in your hometown feels more special than some of these international awards that I have gotten,” she said. “Especially since people voted for it, it has made me feel more affirmed.”

In addition to being a visual artist, Whaples is the owner of Kindred Spirits on Trade Street, a Shaman, a published author, and a fashion designer. Last year, she gave half of her business to her shamanic apprentice, so that she could focus on creating art to sell at Kindred. The new book she just published is called Stone People: An Introduction to Stone Medicine, which she said is a descriptive book about “all the healing stones organized by the chakra system, and how to use them to heal yourself.” Whaples also finished drawing her own 78-card tarot deck she calls the Piczanka Tarot Deck, which is set to be released this month.

“[Piczanka] was the name of the holocaust camp that my grandmother was interned in,” she said. “So this deck is like a reflection and a message from those of us who have already conquered and lived through tragedy to others who are experiencing displacement in order to help them through their journey spiritually.”

Stone People: An Introduction to Stone Medicine has been a big hit at the store, with only 12 copies currently available of the first edition.

The Piczanka Tarot first edition major/minor arcana has just become available for pre-order this month, and can be purchased on our website.

The North Direction:

As we close the year, we celebrated the Winter Solstice and great conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in Aquarius (my natal sun & moon!). Along with this celebration of the dawn of a new age, we at Kindred Spirits were congratulated by the Innovation Quarter, Chronicle, and Triad Minority and Women’s Business Expo, the Urban League, and more as we were named the “Business of the Month”

I became an official artist with Saatchi Gallery, an international fine arts organization with an online gallery. You can now purchase the originals or prints of many pieces of shamanic fine artwork created exclusively for Kindred Spirits through their gallery online.

RJ and I are still hard at work completing the final touches of a project over 6 years in the making: the launch of the online Introduction to Herbal Medicine program through Piedmont Herb School. Although we had hoped to launch before the new year hit, it looks like the first thing we’ll be doing in 2021 is making sure that this very important information can be accessed ASAP.

We hope our local and extended hoops continue to be blessed by the important recognition of the medicine work we’ve been deeply involved with this year, and in the years leading up to this massive event. I truly believe that the more recognition and normalcy granted to shamans and medicine people practicing in the open, generational and cultural healing will move further and deeper in our shared experience of community and personal well-being, regardless of your place on a chess board of life.

We’ll be in ceremony, of course, celebrating the new year and the beginning of our 27th year in business in Winston Salem, NC in the heart of the downtown arts district.

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