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Marvel’s Eternals Trailer Breakdown: Who Are The New Characters of the MCU?

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Marvel’s Eternals trailer is here, and with an all-star cast and an Oscar-winning director (in the form of Chloe Zhao) it looks like an ambitious, surprisingly cerebral new addition to Marvel Cinematic Universe lore. It doesn’t reveal much, but what it does is more than enough to make us hopeful for all the cosmic surprises that MCU Phase 4 has in store for us.

Watch the Eternals trailer here if you haven’t already…then we’ll get to talking about who all these cool new characters are!

And here’s the official synopsis, courtesy of Marvel Studios:

“Marvel Studios’ Eternals welcomes an exciting new team of Super Heroes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The epic story, spanning thousands of years, features a group of immortal heroes forced out of the shadows to reunite against mankind’s oldest enemy, The Deviants. The outstanding ensemble cast includes Richard Madden as the all-powerful Ikaris, Gemma Chan as humankind-loving Sersi, Kumail Nanjiani as cosmic-powered Kingo, Lauren Ridloff as the super-fast Makkari, Brian Tyree Henry as the intelligent inventor Phastos, Salma Hayek as the wise and spiritual leader Ajak, Lia McHugh as the eternally young, old-soul Sprite, Don Lee as the powerful Gilgamesh, Barry Keoghan as aloof loner Druig, and Angelina Jolie as the fierce warrior Thena. Kit Harington plays Dane Whitman.”

So who are all these cool new characters joining the MCU? We’ve got a breakdown for you here.

Richard Madden as Ikaris

Eternals is going to give us a veritable Game of Thrones reunion with Richard Madden as Ikaris, the most famous member of the Eternals. Of course “most famous” is relative when dealing with Marvel creations this relatively obscure, but hey, it worked for Guardians of the Galaxy, it’ll work here.

It’s not yet clear exactly what everyone’s power sets will be like in this movie, but in the comics, Ikkaris had the powers of flight, energy projection, super strength, and limited teleportation. Like most of the characters in this trailer, Ikaris was created by Jack Kirby in 1976.

With him in the above photo is…

Gemma Chan as Sersi

Sersi is a powerful sorceress, and the member of the Eternals with perhaps the most love for humanity, and the trailer hints at that by seeing her walking among regular folks in different time periods. We’re also willing to bet that she’s the Eternal most likely to pop up in other MCU movies, as the character has been a card-carrying member of the Avengers in the comics.

Kumail Nanjiani as Kingo

Another Jack Kirby creation (albeit one who didn’t make his way into the pages of The Eternals comics until 1977), Kingo has a power set similar to Ikaris. In the comics, he became an action movie star, although based on the brief glimpse we get of him in this trailer, he may have opted to become a Bollywood actor instead. Check out Nanjiani’s badass Marvel-ready physique!

Lauren Ridloff as Makkari

Every good super team needs a speedster, and what’s better than a speedster? A nigh-immortal one! Like Quicksilver, Makkari (note the similarity in name to “Mercury”) has been known to be a little bit impatient thanks to the gift of speed. Fans of comics to screen adaptations will recognize Lauren as Connie from The Walking Dead.

Anyone spot any MCU Easter eggs in this reading room? One thing is for sure, that isn’t Dane Whitman’s Black Knight armor…because we saw that in a museum in Spider-Man: Far From Home!

Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos

Phastos is a relatively recent addition to Eternals lore, first appearing in 1985 where he was created by Peter Gillis and Sal Buscema. Phastos is an engineer, inventor, and weapons master…all useful skills when you’re practically immortal. Here he seems to be using his innate cosmic abilities to create something wondrous and beautiful.

Fans of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (and really, who ISN’T) will know this isn’t his first trip to the Marvel Universe, having voiced Jefferson Davis in that film.

Salma Hayek as Ajak

The voice you hear in the trailer is that of Salma Hayek as Ajak. The original comics lineup of the Eternals was pretty male-heavy, and Ajak was portrayed as a man on the page. One of the key figures of the early Kirby comics, Ajak has been worshipped as a god at various points in history.

Lia McHugh as Sprite

Sprite may look young, but they’re as ancient, wise, and wily as the rest of the team. Think of Sprite as the trickster of the team (at least if the comics are anything to go by), and their antics could cause havoc for the Eternals’ place in the MCU.

Don Lee as Gilgamesh

You’ll note the similarities of many of the Eternals’ names to mythological gods and warriors. That’s no accident, as it’s generally accepted that these characters’ adventures were interpreted into folklore and mythology over the centuries. Here, one of the oldest recorded stories in human history now has a place of sorts in the MCU. Here he’s played by Don Lee, and if you haven’t seen Train to Busan yet, you should just go ahead and fix that immediately. Thank us later…it’s one of the best horror movies of the century.

In Eternals comics, Gilgamesh was known as “The Forgotten One” for some time, but it was ultimately Sprite who convinced him to return to the fold. He adopted the name of Gilgamesh “officially” when he joined the Avengers for a time. Perhaps it’s no accident that our best look at him in this trailer comes when the team is having a discussion about who will lead Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in the wake of Tony Stark and Steve Rogers.

This version of Gilgamesh was created by (wait for it), Jack Kirby, and first appeared in the comics in 1977.

Barry Keoghan as Druig

Another Kirby creation, Druig is Ikaris’ cousin. Described as an “aloof loner” in the film’s synopsis, Druig has a checkered past in the comics, and could cause some trouble at some point.

This isn’t Barry’s first brush with a comic book-related project. At one point he was set to star in the long in-development and troubled TV adaptation of Y the Last Man, and also has a role in the upcoming The Batman.

Angelina Jolie as Thena

Warrior, scholar, and all-around badass Thena is another potential leader of the Eternals, although in the comics that has brought her into some conflict with Ikaris from time to time.

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Kit Harrington as Dane Whitman

Remember that Game of Thrones reunion we promised? Well, it’s here in the form of Kit Harrington’s Dane Whitman. But Marvel fans may recognize the name of Dane Whitman as belonging to the heroic Black Knight (another occasional member of the Avengers…hmmmm…there’s a lot of those in this trailer). We wrote more about the history of Marvel’s Black Knight here.

What else is hiding in this trailer? Well…

Is That a Celestial?

If you look very closely in the fiery part of that volcanic eruption, it seems there’s a giant figure there. Could this be one of the Celestials, one of the giant beings who travel the cosmos conducting experiments on the inhabitants of various planets? And speaking of which…

What are these two up to?

That sure appears to be a partially formed human body in the background there. Is this a hint that the existence of super powers in the MCU is a result of cosmic intervention by the Celestials?

We’ll find out when Marvel’s Eternals opens on Nov. 5.

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Quentin Jerome Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Jerome Tarantino; es un director, escritor, productor y actor cinematográfico. Nació el veintisiete de marzo de mil novecientos sesenta y tres (1963), en Knoxville, Tennessee.

Es hijo de Tony Tarantino; actor y músico amateur y Connie McHugh; una enfermera.

Su padre es de ascendencia italiana y su madre es de ascendencia inglesa, irlandesa y alemana.

Fue criado por su madre, ya que sus padres se separaron antes de nacer.

Cuando tenía dos años, se trasladaron a Torrance, al sur de Los Ángeles y más tarde al barrio de Harbor City, donde tomó clases de Teatro.

En su barrio había una mezcla de gentes de diferentes procedencias, por lo que tuvo expuesto a una gran variedad de influencias cinematográficas y de culturas populares, origen del peculiar estilo de sus películas.

Asistió al Insitituto de Narbonne durante un año, pero la abandonó para dedicarse tiempo completo a tomar clases de interpretación.

Se puso a trabajar en un videoclub en Manhattan Beach, junto a otros entusiastas del cine, entre ellos Roger Avary. Allí discutían de cine y daban recomendaciones a los clientes.

Prestó mucha atención a los tipos de películas que le gustaba alquilar a la gente y ha citado la experiencia como fuente de inspiración para su carrera como director.

En mil novecientos noventa y uno (1991), escribió el guion de la que sería su primera película; Reservoir Dogs. Su objetivo era rodar la película de forma casera y con amigos. Al final, el famoso productor Lawrence Bender se interesó por el proyecto y en un mes lo convirtió en una película seria, consiguiendo un reparto excepcional.

Reservoir Dogs; fue un éxito a nivel mundial y el nombre de Tarantino empezó a sonar entre la gente de la industria.

Con su segunda película; Pulp Fiction, se consagró definitivamente como cineasta, ganando el Oscar al mejor guion original en mil novecientos noventa y cuatro (1994).

Tras esto, dirigió el cuarto episodio de Four Rooms, The Man From Hollywood, un homenaje a Alfred Hitchcock.

Su tercera película fue Jackie Brwon, en mil novecientos noventa y siete (1997), protagonizada por Pam Grier, un icono de los años setenta.

Había planeado hacer a continuación una película bélica provisionalmente titulada Inglorious Basterds, pero lo pospuso para escribir y dirigir Kill Bill, una película de venganza que tomaba elementos del cine de artes marciales y del spaghetti western. La película se basó en el personaje de la novia y en una trama que Uma Thurman y él habían desarrollado durante el rodaje de Pulp Fiction.

Su siguiente proyecto fue GrindHouse, codirigida junto a su amigo Robert Rodríguez y estrenada en dos mil siete (2007).

Tarantino dirigió el segmento titulado Death Proof. Aunque se considera una obra menor del director, tuvo muy buena acogida.

A continuación, llegó la película Malditos Bastardos; una historia sobre un grupo de soldados en la Francia ocupada por los Nazis durante la segunda guerra mundial. La película se estrenó en dos mil nueve (2009), cosechando críticas muy positivas y llegando al primer puesto de recaudación mundial. Es la película de Tarantino que mayor recaudación ha conseguido, tanto en los Estados Unidos, como en el resto del mundo.

En dos mil once (2011) comenzó la producción de Django Unchained (Django desencadenado). La película surgió del deseo de Tarantino de hacer un spaghetti western en el sur profundo de Estados Unidos. Para el papel protagonista se rumorearon Will Smith (Willard Carroll Smith, Jr.) e Idris Elba (Idrissa Akuna Elba), pero finalmente fue Jamie Foxx (Eric Marlon Bishop) quien la interpretó.

Con esta película de Django desencadenado, Tarantino consiguió su segundo Oscar, repitiendo el premio de mejor guion original.

Quentin Tarantino.

En noviembre de dos mil trece (2013), Quentin comentó que estaba trabajando en un nuevo western. Se reveló que su título sería The Hateful Eight. La producción debió haber empezado en verano de dos mil catorce (2014). Pero tras filtrarse el guion, Tarantino barajó la posibilidad de no hacer la película y publicar una novela en su lugar.

Al final el proyecto siguió adelante, y los odiosos ocho (The Hateful Eight) se estrenó en en dos mil quince (2015). Fue un éxito y la primera película de Tarantino que tiene una banda sonora original, compuesta por Ennio Morricone, que logró ganar el Oscar.

Después de los odiosos ocho, Tarantino presentó al mundo su siguiente proyecto, produciendo esta vez una película mezclada entre comedia y drama, escrita y dirigida totalmente por él. En mayo de dos mil diecinueve (2019) se estrenó la película Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Había una vez en Hollywood para México), protagonizada por Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio y Margot Robbie, entre otros.

Con esta película; Había una vez en Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino se ganó otro Oscar, entre otros premios más, como el BAFTA y el Globo de Oro.

Como guionista, Tarantino escribió varias películas conocidas, como Ases Calientes, Abierto hasta el amanecer o Natural Born Killers, aparte de las suyas propias.

También hace cameos en todos sus proyectos y sale como actor en varias películas de Robert Rodríguez. Nunca ha estado casado, ni ha tenido hijos, aunque mucha gente lo ha juntado con la actriz Uma Thurman. Siempre negaron los rumores, pero la verdad es que no dejan de aparecer.

Sus proyectos se caracterizan por una narración desordenada, una violencia estética y una banda sonora compuesta por canciones que elige él mismo.

Según sus propias declaraciones, cuando acabe su décima película, se retirará definitivamente del mundo del cine.

Con rumores de una posible tercera parte de Kill Bill y si cumple su palabra, a Tarantino le queda solamente una película que aportar a la historia del cine. La esperamos impacientemente.

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“Marginali Attivi / 70 Ryosuke Cohen”

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“Marginali Attivi / 70 Ryosuke Cohen”

a cura di Sandro Bongiani

Dal 31 luglio al 1 dicembre 2018

Inaugurazione: martedì 31 luglio 2018, ore 18.00

S’inaugura martedi 31 luglio 2018, alle ore 18.00, la mostra collettiva internazionale a cura di Sandro Bongiani dal titolo: “Marginali Attivi / 70 Ryosuke Cohen” che lo Spazio Ophen Virtual Art Gallery di Salerno dedica all’artista giapponese, uno dei più longevi e interessanti artisti contemporanei nati negli anni quaranta. Una interessante mostra collettiva in concomitanza anche della speciale ricorrenza del suo settantesimo compleanno, presentando 164 opere su un totale corpus grafico di ben 281 opere arrivate da ogni parte del mondo da importanti artisti internazionali che periodicamente si sono avvicendati a collaborare con impegno e assiduità con Cohen.

Ryosuke Cohen, nato nel 1948, Osaka, in Giappone, è un Mail Artista. Il nome della famiglia è Kouen ma su consiglio di Byron Black, ha adottato il nome inglese 'Cohen' come in ebraico. Cohen scoprì la mail art in Canadà. Ryosuke è il figlio di un noto scrittore di haiku in Giappone, Jyunichi Koen. I primi lavori di Cohen sono il risultato di un misto di tradizione e immaginario giapponese, numeri e icone contemporanee così com’è la sua firma, la lettera "C". L’artista giapponese per lungo tempo è stato interessato al movimento Dada e Fluxus, in contatto con Shozo Shimamoto e i membri del gruppo Gutai condividendo in modo spontaneo e naturale un nuovo modo di fare arte contemporanea. Ryosuke non è il primo artista postale e marginale giapponese, ma sicuramente è l’autore giapponese più longevo nel network internazionale Dopo Ray Johnson e Guglielmo Achille Cavellini, anche Ryosuke Cohen rimette ancora una volta in gioco le carte della sperimentazione in un sistema culturale antiquato che preferisce l’opera creata appositamente per essere commercializzata. Lo fa proponendo un particolare suo progetto “Brain Cell” (Cellula celebrale), iniziato nel giugno 1985 con migliaia di membri sparsi in oltre 80 paesi. Un lavoro che raccoglie ogni 7-10 giorni circa le immagini di tanti artisti su un'unica pagina allegando un elenco di indirizzi di collaboratori, 55 in media per opera, che lo ha visto coinvolto per oltre 30 lunghi anni, rifiutando l’opera unica e concetti consueti come l’originalità e quindi, preferendo maggiormente il gioco, la ricerca e la libertà concreta dell’artista volutamente collocato ai margini dell’attuale sistema culturale. Per questo modo di fare, egli è forse il più interessante e attivo artista nella rete di chiunque altro per la capacità organizzativa del progetto e per diffusione capillare dell’arte marginale. Nell'agosto 2001 ha iniziato in Italia il progetto “Fractal Portrait”, facendo ritratti e silhouette del corpo ai suoi amici artisti in occasione dei vari Meeting svolti in diverse parti del mondo; Stati Uniti, Canada, Inghilterra, Irlanda del Nord, Spagna, Jugoslavia, Germania, Olanda, Corea, Italia e Francia. Cohen è l’artista contemporaneo che non rappresenta più colui che produce un’opera d’arte secondo le vecchie idee classiciste della tradizione, ma ricopre il ruolo di mediatore e di intermediario tra la realizzazione di un’idea progettuale (la sua) e coloro che partecipano al progetto. Praticamente, egli si fa promotore di un “fare” diventando regista di un intervento provvisorio, che nasce dal contributo degli altri e si materializza insieme nella collaborazione collettiva in cui tutti possono partecipare ed essere positivamente e appassionatamente coinvolti nella creazione dell’opera. In oltre trent’anni di lavoro ha esposto con mostre e svolto performance e incontri in diverse aree geografiche del mondo. Attualmente vive a Ashiya-City Hyogo in Giappone.

Artisti presenti: Ryosuke Cohen, Giappone I John Held, Usa I Nicolas de la Casininière, Francia I Jan Theuninck, Belgio I Josè Luis Alcalde Soberanes, Messico I Horst Tress, Germania I Pedro Bericat, Spagna I Mauro Molinari, Italia I John M. Bennett, Usa I Rémy Pénard, Francia I Virginia Milici, Italia I Lamberto Caravita, Italia I Renata e Giovanni Stradada, Italia I Rosalie Gancie, Usa I Michel Della Vedova, Francia I Vittore Baroni, Italia I Bruno Cassaglia, Italia I Tommaso Cascella, Italia I Giovanni Fontana, Italia I Antonio Sassu, Italia I Lancillotto Bellini, Italia I Mariano Filippetta, Italia I Emilio Morandi, Italia I Marina Salmaso, Danimarca I Luisa Bergamini, Italia I Guido Capuano, Italia I Dmitry Babenko, Russia I Cinzia Farina, Italia I Umberto Basso, Italia I Cesar Reglero, Spagna I Marcello Diotallevi, Italia I Fernando Andolcetti, Italia I Alfonso Caccavale, Italia I Leonor Arnao, Argentina I I Santini del Prete, Italia I Pascal Lenoir, Francia I Monica Michelotti, Italia I Matthew Rose, Francia I Alberto Sordi, Italia I Guy Bleus, Belgio I Claudio Grandinetti, Italia I C. Mehrl Bennett, Usa I Alessandra Borsetti Venier, Italia I Lars Schumacher, Germania I Ernesto Terlizzi, Italia I Jacob de Chirico, Italia I Susanne Schumacher, Germania I Ruggero Maggi, Italia I Maria Credidio, Italia I Maya Lopez Muro, Argentina I Antonio Gomez Garcia, Spagna I Michel Della Vedova, Francia I Fernanda Fedi, Italia I Fernando Aquiar, Portogallo I Gino Gini, Italia I Anna Boschi, Italia I Luc Fierens, Belgio I Gyorgy Galantai, Ungheria I Alessandro Ceccotto, Italia I Giovanni Bonanno, Italia I Pier Roberto Bassi, Italia I Seiei Jack, Giappone I Ko De Jonge, Olanda I Keiichi Nakamura, Giappone I Calogero Barba, Italia I Katerina Nikoltsou, Grecia I Carlo Iacomucci, Italia I Kiki Franceschi, Italia I Antonio Baglivo, Italia I Tomaso Binga, Italia I Matthew Rose, Francia I Anna Banana, Canada I Noriko Shimizu, Giappone I Miguel Jimenez, Spagna I Rosa Gravino, Argentina I Giancarlo Pucci, Italia I Rolando Zucchini, Italia I Alessandra Angelini, Italia I Domenico Ferrara Foria, Italia I Aarol Flores, Messico I Gabi Minedi, Italia I Laura Agostini, Italia I Maribel Martinez, Argentina I Alexander Limarev, Russia I BuZ Blurr, Usa I Patrizio Maria, Italia I Franco Altobelli, Italia I Daniele Virgilio, Italia I Aleksandar Jovanovic, Serbia I Roberto Keppler, Brasile I Oronzo Liuzzi, Italia I Francesco Aprile, Italia I Osvaldo Cibils, Italia I Domenico Severino, Italia I Lucia Spagnuolo, Italia I Linda Paoli, Italia I Elena Marini, Italia I Francesco Cornello, Italia I Juan Lopez de Ael, Spagna I Mabi Col, Italia I Mzia Valerian, Belgio I Rafael Gonzales, Spagna I Miray Birce Gur, Turchia I Jaromir Svozilik, Norvegia I Fulgor C. Silvi, Italia I Stefan Reinhard, Germania I Lia Franzia, Italia I Pierpaolo Limongelli, Italia I Turkan Elci, Turchia I Claudio Romeo, Italia I Michelle, Usa I The Wasted Angel, Belgium I Angela Caporaso, Italia I Eni Ilis, Brasile I Beatriz Albuquerque, Portogallo I Anna Karina Fries, Germania I Derya Auci, Turchia I Stiliachus, Germania I Anna Miller, Oba Mail Art Group, Germania I Maria Teresa Cazzaro, Italia I Horvath Piroska, Austria I Bruno Chiarlone Debenedetti, Italia I Cecilia Bossi, Italia I Mustafa Cevat Atalay, Turchia I Vero Rigole, Belgio I Adriano Bonari, Italia I Teri Anderson, Inghilterra I Maurizio Follin, Italia I Afrodite Karamanli, Grecia I Sigrid Sack, Germania I Rossana Bucci, Italia I Roberto Scala, Italia I Cobàs (Mario Carchini), Italia I Amadeu Escorcio, Portogallo I Piero Barducci, Italia I Bayron Dede, Turchia I John Gayer, Finlandia I Nicolas Malevitsis, Grecia I Antonia Mayol Castellò, Spagna I Silvano Pertone, Italia I Francesco Mandrino, Italia I Francine Fox, Usa I Adriana Lucaciu, Romania I Kathleen McHugh, Usa I Sophia Martinon, Grecia I Janys Oliveira Fortaleza, Brasile I Marie-Christine De Grave, Belgio I Heloisa Sonaglio, Brasile. I Connie Jean, Usa I Meral Agar, Turchia I Raz Mail Art, Australia I Claire Dinsmore, Usa I Oznur Kepce, Turchia I Francisco Sanchez Gil, Spagna I Hilar Tursoluk, Turchia I Annie Label, Australia I Marysia Raposo, Brasile I Turkan Elci, Turchia I Maria Josè Silva - Mizé, Portogallo I Sharon Silverman, Usa.

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Amidst the glamour of the Poisoned Cocktail Party, the Granite Noir programme was launched this evening.

And what a line up it is! Writers, panel discussions, masterclasses, exhibitions and screenings not to mention the inimitable Noir at the Bar, combine to produce a festival that is bigger and sparkles more brightly than ever before.

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Ann Cleeves, Chris Brookmyre, Val McDermid, Hugh Fraser and Robert Daws feature in Most Wanted – a series of headline events.

Ann Cleeves, who is the only living crime writer to have two different adaptations on television at the same time – the hugely successful Shetland and Vera, will be joined by Dr James Grieve, Emeritus Professor of Forensic pathology at The University of Aberdeen. A frequent consultant to crime writers, Dr Grieves also appears as himself in Ann’s Shetland novels. The event will be chaired by BBC Radio Scotland presenter Fiona Stalker.

One of the biggest and best-loved names in crime writing, Val McDermid’s novels have been translated into 30 languages and more than 10 million copies have been sold worldwide. Her work was adapted for the highly popular Wire in the Blood, starring Robson Green. Among her many awards are the Portico Prize for Fiction, the LA Times Book Prize and the Cartier Diamond Dagger. The award-winning writer has appeared at two of APA’s Culture Café events in previous years.

2018 will be Christopher Brookmyre’s second appearance at Granite Noir. One of Scotland’s finest, and funniest writers, his headline gig at the inaugural Granite Noir sold out quickly and tickets are expected to fly for February’s event, which will see him share his gift for storytelling as he talks about two of his recent works, Want You Gone and Places in the Darkness.

Hugh Fraser and Robert Daws complete the headliners lineup. The pair will appear together in an event chaired by Fiona Stalker, where they will share their experiences of acting and writing. Known for playing Poirot’s sidekick, Captain Hastings, as well as the Duke of Wellington in Sharpe, Hugh Fraser’s written work includes the latest in his Rina Walker series, Threat. Robert Daws has appeared in Midsomer Murders, New Tricks, Death in Paradise and Father Brown, to give just a few of his screen credits. He co-created and wrote the long running BBC Radio detective series, Trueman and Riley, and writes the Sullivan and Brock novels, set in Gibraltar.

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Granite Noir will open with an In Conversation event: The Truth is Out There – Or Is It? with authors Matt Wesolowski and Michael J Malone. This will be followed by Breathtaking Thrillers, with Icelandic and Irish writers Lilja Sigurdarottir and Catherine Ryan Howard. May The (Police) Force Be With You welcomes back author, reviewer, blogger and Scandi crime aficionado Sarah Ward, talking about her new DC Connie Childs novel, A Patient Fury. For this event Sarah will be joined by probation officer-turned crime writer Mari Hannah, whose award-winning novels are now in development with Stephen Fry’s production company. Jorn Lier Horst completes the trio and brings insight into his successful William Wisting series, which follows Wisting’s police career.

Saturday’s schedule kicks off with a Granite Noir Workshop – How to Get Ahead in Publishing, delivered by powerhouse publisher Karen Sullivan, founder of Orenda Books. Karen will give a masterclass for aspiring writers about how the publishing industry works, how to pitch, what to expect if a publisher asks to see your work, whether you need an agent, and what happens after a book is accepted for publication.

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Publish and Perish brings together three authors whose stories are set in the cut-throat world of books. Louise Hutcheson, Lucy Atkins and Sarah Stovell will speak about their work and inspirations in this event chaired by festival author Sarah Ward.

Three authors will again take to the stage for Here’s Looking at You, Kids. Melanie McGrath, Colette McBeth and Sanjida Kay will talk about their novels, where children at the heart of the crime.

Next up, discover how two authors juggle work as novelists and screenwriters, and how those disciplines compare and contrast. MJ Aldridge, who writes the bestselling DI Helen Grace thrillers, and Sweden’s Stefan Ahnhem are our authors for Page and Screen on Saturday afternoon.

The second Granite Noir Workshop – How To Plan Your Novel, will take place on Saturday afternoon, with author and former BBC TV news correspondent Colette McBeth. This class demystifies the process of novel writing, helping writers break their story down into manageable chunks. Storyboarding techniques, outlining, character arcs and how to weave suspense into the tale will all be covered.

Granite Noir’s Most Wanted for the Saturday afternoon are Hugh Fraser and Robert Daws, followed by Chris Brookmyre’s headline appearance in the evening.

Saturday will be wrapped up with Late Night Noir in the form of Folk – a new musical play which unites multi-disciplined artists Annie Grace, Alan McHugh and Morna Young with director Dougie Irvine. Co-written, composed and performed by the artists, this is a contemporary folktale – a story of faith and love – exploring human existence in our modern world.

The final day of the festival begins bright and early with Petrifying Psychological Noir. Torkil Damhaug, author of the bestselling Oslo Crime Files series, was a psychiatrist and brings specialist knowledge to his taut thrillers. He is joined by Louise Voss, who has been writing psychological thrillers, police procedurals and contemporary fiction for 18 years.

What follows is two Granite Noir Workshops – Crafting Compelling Characters in the city’s Central Library and Crime in Medieval Aberdeen, in the Town House. Learn how to develop convincing characters and how to avoid the most common character pitfalls with bestselling author and cofounder of Killer Women, Melanie McGrath. Meanwhile at the Town House, William Hepburn will lead a workshop on historic crimes in the city, including how crime was tried in Aberdeen’s courts 500 years ago, and what kind of punishment people faced if found guilty.

Sunday’s headline event comes from the creator of Shetland and Vera, Ann Cleeves, followed by When Bygones Aren’t Bygones – a panel discussion delivered by Johana Gustawsson and Clare Carson. French native Johana co-authored the bestelling On se retrouva, which drew more than 7 million viewers when it was adapted for television in 2015. Clare, an anthropologist and international development specialist working in human rights, is the daughter of an undercover policeman which brings a special insight to her latest novel The Dark Isle.

And what could be more inviting on a chilly Sunday afternoon than a plate piled high with scones, pastries and dainty sandwiches… but beware! Poisoned High Tea is an event with a twist. Dr Kathryn Harkup, author of A is for Arsenic, will be there to remind us that in the hands of queen of crime Dame Agatha Christie, everything on the menu could become a lethal weapon.

For The Write Investigator, audiences will meet two authors putting fellow writers front and centre to solve crimes. Will Dean, who has lived in Sweden for the past five years, offers a unique take on Scandi noir in his acclaimed debut, Dark Pines. Eva Dolan’s newest book, This is How it Ends, is a gritty standalone thriller that places an idealistic blogger and a seasoned campaigner at the heart of the action.

Who Do You Think You Are? Features two of the most talked-about recent debuts which feature protagonists with unstable identities. Stuart Turton’s The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, has been called “Gosford Park meets Inception, by way of Agatha Christie”, while Felicia Yap has been named one of The Observer’s Rising Stars of 2017.

Rounding off the festival are four brilliant Late Night Noir events and a Poisoned Cocktail Party, where guests can enjoy specially concocted cocktails, all made using ingredients inspired by Agatha Christie’s penchant for poison. Dr Kathryn Harkup, who is also hosting the Poisoned High Tea, will be on hand to divulge expert guidance on the ingredients and how things could go awry should they get into the wrong hands in a Christie novel.

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A Criminal Mastermind Pub Quiz gives people the chance to pit their wits against some of Granite Noir’s authors, while Words and Music Scandi Style will be a unique evening hosted by Norwegian bestseller Thomas Enger, (be still my beating heart) who will play some of his original piano compositions, as well as talking about his writing.

Finally, it’s Noir at the Bar, an informal gathering of festival and local talent for a night of reading and hijinks.

Also throughout the festival is an expertly guided Granite Noir Walking Tour through Aberdeen’s dark underbelly, an exhibition of Crime Scene Photographs and an Exhibition of Police Wanted Posters.

There are four Young Criminals events for young people and their families: a Writing Workshop with award-winning children’s author Elen Caldecott; Steve and Frandan Take on the World with poet, playwright, novelist and former Edinburgh Makar Ron Butlin and Magic, Mystery and Mayhem with Meg McLaren. There is even a SFX Make-Up Workshop with theatre make-up artist specialist and teacher Raymond Wood, for ages 16+

There are three Crimewatch Film Screenings at Belmont Filmhouse: Double Indemnity, The Big Clock and The Big Easy, as well as Locals in the Limelight which offers a stage to North-east writers for the second Granite Noir. Five of the region’s most talented authors will read extracts from their noir fiction in front of audiences at The Lemon Tree, and there will be pop-up readings by these authors in the Central Library café throughout the weekend.

All week at HMT (until Saturday) will be Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic thriller starring Phil Daniels.

For those who can’t be there in person, this year Granite Noir has launched a live streaming and pay-per-view service for selected talks, along with exclusive content and interviews.

Aberdeen Performing Arts chief executive Jane Spiers said: “Aberdeen will be in the grip of Granite Noir in February as we bring our crime fiction festival to venues across the city. Our inaugural event earlier this year was a huge success, with multiple sell out events. This year we’re bringing more authors and more variety, with something for people of all passions and ages.

“Brilliant writers from far and wide will share insights into their work in our author talks and panels, while aspiring authors can hone their craft at special writing workshops. We are providing a platform for local authors to share their work with our spotlight readings at The Lemon Tree, and we are holding classic Noir film screenings, a Granite Noir guided walk, our popular Poisoned High Tea and a brand new Poisoned Cocktail Party, as well as crime scene exhibition and a unique words-and-music book launch.”

I think you will agree this is a pretty stunning programme featuring some great masterclasses and fascinating opportunities to delve deeper into the world of crime. I wouldn’t miss it for the world.

Granite Noir is produced by Aberdeen Performing Arts in partnership with Aberdeen City Library and Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives and Belmont Filmhouse, with support from Aberdeen City Council and Waterstones. Freelance writer and interviewer Lee Randall has programmed the author conversation strand of the festival for the second time. Lee regularly appears at book festivals throughout the UK, and has twice been a judge Bloody Scotland’s McIlvanney Prize.

Events are individually priced and tickets go on sale on the evening of Sunday, November 26. Tickets are available from aberdeenperformingarts.com or by phone on 01224 641122. From Monday (November 27), tickets will also be available in person at the Box Office at HMT and The Lemon Tree. Discounts apply for certain group purchases and festival passes are available (excludes some events). Please check the programme or website for more information.

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HottyToddy.com provides readers a roundup of the commentary and information about the Ole Miss Rebels from various publications around the Web.

Readers can check out the latest information in a single post each day throughout the year. Here at HottyToddy.com, we are doing all the leg work to find the information that people want about Ole Miss sports.

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Lee Shines as Rebels Win Series Over No. 16 Kentucky

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For the second time this weekend, junior Kaitlin Lee dominated in a complete game effort, leading No. 24 Ole Miss to a 4-0 shutout over No. 16 Kentucky Sunday afternoon claiming the series.

In her third appearance against the Wildcats (24-8, 5-4 SEC), the JUCO transfer was lights out, allowing only five hits with no walks and a pair of strikeouts. It marked her second complete game of the series, as she improves to 8-4. Behind her, the Rebels’ (24-11, 2-7 SEC) defense was just as efficient, helping turn a double play in the fourth in a key moment in the game.

Offensively, Ole Miss took an early 1-0 lead in the first, and used a big 3-run sixth to add a trio of insurance runs. Sarah Van Schaik, who powered two home runs in Friday’s 7-1 win, picked up an RBI in the first. Kaylee Horton and Elantra Cox added the other RBI in the sixth, while the Rebels tallied nine total hits against UK’s Shannon Smith and Meagan Prince.

Ole Miss kicked its offense into motion early on when Cox reached on a leadoff walk and Kylan Becker singled sharply to left. After a fielders’ choice for the first out, Van Schaik singled to center scoring Becker, putting the Rebels on top 1-0.

Kentucky threatened in the third after a leadoff bunt single, then sacrifice bunt allowed the runner to advance all the way to third. But, Lee worked a big strikeout and a groundout stranding the runner there, keeping the Rebels on top 1-0.

The Wildcats had their biggest chance of the afternoon in the fourth when Alex Martens reached after being hit by a pitch, and Jenny Schaper dropped a bloop single to center putting two on with no outs. But, in the very next at-bat, Breanne Ray lined out to Paige McKinney at short and she turned the double play thwarting any threat from UK.

Kentucky again put pressure on in the fifth after a 1-out double from Bailey Vick and she moved to third on a groundout, but Lee again got Erin Rethlake on a strikeout to strand another runner in scoring position. From there, Lee was in cruise control as she retired the final six Wildcats in order.

The Rebels scored three more in the sixth when Dylinn Stancil got the frame started with a pinch hit single back up the middle, and Courtney Syrett also singled through the left side. Alyssa Gonzalez then delivered a pinch hit single, before Horton reached on a fielders’ choice to second, when everybody was safe scoring Grayce Majam for a 2-0 lead. After a double play to third scored McKinney, Cox singled back up the middle scoring Horton, capping the scoring at four runs for Ole Miss.

Cox finished the game going 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk, while Kylan Becker again had a solid day at the plate with a 3-for-4 performance and a run scored.

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Ole Miss Men’s Tennis Drops Heartbreaker to LSU

The Ole Miss men’s tennis team built a 3-0 lead behind the doubles point and singles wins on courts one and four, but LSU saved match points on court six and rallied for a 4-3 win Sunday at the LSU Tennis Complex.

The match came down to some third sets on several courts. LSU pulled to within 3-2 by winning three-setters on courts five and two, before tying it up on court three by taking a third set tiebreaker. The match hinged on court six, where Grey Hamilton had three match points in the second tiebreaker go away. He led 3-1 in the third set and had game points for 4-1, but LSU rallied and ended up winning the match 4-6, 7-6(8), 6-4 to clinch.

The Rebels started the day winning a close doubles point. Tim Sandkaulen and Filip Kraljevic won 6-3 on court three and then Zvonimir Babic and Ricardo Jorge took court two 7-5 to give Ole Miss the early 1-0 lead.

Things seemed to be going the Rebels’ way when they took five first sets including a dominating 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 1 singles from 38th-ranked Gustav Hansson against 56th-ranked Justin Butsch. Fabian Fallert added a 6-3, 6-2 win on court four against Agie Moreno to push the lead to 3-0.

In the one match where LSU won the first set, Kraljevic battled back to get the second, but then LSU’s Julian Saborio won a close third to put the Tigers on the board.

Sandkaulen won a first set tiebreaker, but LSU’s Gabor Csonka came back to take the second 6-3 and then dominated the third 6-0 to make it 3-2 with both remaining matches in the third set.

Jorge won his first 6-4 against Nikola Samardzic at No. 3 singles, but Tiger won the second 6-4. The third would go to a tiebreaker, which Samardzic edged 7-5 to tie the overall score.

Hamilton led 3-1 in the third, when Samuelsson won three straight games to go up 4-3. Hamilton tied it at 4-4, before Samulesson won the final two games to clinch.

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School Records, Big Marks Highlight Ole Miss Track & Field Weekend

In what has already been a banner 2017 for the Ole Miss track & field program, the nationally ranked Rebels turned it up another notch at the Pepsi Florida Relays over the weekend.

Competing against a loaded field of the nation’s top college teams and a slew of the world’s top professional athletes, Ole Miss athletes broke two more school records, set 19 outdoor personal bests and recorded some of the nation’s best times and marks this season.

“A lot of good things happened over the three very long days,” head coach Connie Price-Smith said. “We had a lot of season bests, personal bests and got some regional qualifying marks out of the way. It’s good to have a solid second meet with everything going in the right direction.”

The 13th-ranked Rebel men enjoyed especially superb performances from veteran throwers Brian Williams and Dempsey McGuigan and mid-distance standout Craig Engels.

Williams won the discus invite in Gainesville with a spin of 60.95m/200-0, breaking his own school record from last weekend. He ranks No. 2 in the nation in his signature throwing event. The transfer from Iowa Central Community College also had a strong shot put, throwing an outdoor personal-best 18.30m/60-0.5 to place sixth in the invite section with a mark that ranks him among the NCAA’s top 20 this year.

In the hammer throw, McGuigan tossed a season-best 69.45m/227-10 to finish fourth overall and second among collegians in the competition. He ranks third in the NCAA this year.

Engels opened his outdoor season with an 800-meter run of 1:46.96 that ranks him fourth in the NCAA this year. It was just off the 1:46.03 that he ran for a fourth-place finish at last year’s U.S. Olympic Trials.

Other men with standout performances included Derek Gutierrez in the 800 meters (personal-best 3:44.39, No. 6 in school history) and Kevin Conway in the discus (personal-best 53.99m/177-1, No. 4 in school history).

The No. 23 Ole Miss women had a huge weekend, led by the amazing exploits of junior thrower Janeah Stewart.

For the second straight weekend, the junior college transfer from Iowa Central Community College set personal bests in all three of her events with some impressive distances. She broke her own school record in the hammer throw (64.69m/212-3) and had PRs in the discus (56.39m/185-0) and shot put (16.90m/55-5) that both rank No. 2 in school history. She is top 10 in the NCAA in all three events.

“Janeah had an exceptional meet,” Price-Smith said. “Her events were spread out all over the place. She really competed tough and always finds a way to rise to the occasion. It’s nice to see her break the school record and be able to do it when it counts.”

Sophomore Maddie McHugh carried her momentum from a strong indoor season by running an outdoor personal best of 2:07.99 to move up to No. 7 in school history and top 25 in the NCAA this year.

Junior Jolie Carbo ran a speedy 53.44 in the 400 meters to move up to No. 6 in school history and among the top 25 in the NCAA this year.

Carbo also helped the 4×400-meter relay (Jasmin Allen, Carbo, Aisha Newsome, Mercedes Mattix) to a nice showing by qualifying for Saturday’s final and running a season-best time of 3:38.31 that is No. 10 in school history.

“Jolie ran a great 400 and came back and ran a nice relay leg yesterday to qualify and a great one today,” Price-Smith said. “Running the splits she’s running now, she should drop her best time even more.”

Speaking of relays, the Rebels’ 4×100-meter squad of Nicole Henderson, Shannon Ray, Deanna Tate and Breanna Tate clocked a season-best time of 44.80 that ranks them No. 8 in school history.

Junior Shelby Brown made her debut in the 3000-meter steeplechase and ran an impressive time of 10:30.61 that ranks her No. 4 in school history.

Other personal bests in Gainesville included Jeanette Paul in the 100-meter hurdles (13.92, No. 9 in school history) and Annika Larsson in the hammer throw (57.14m/187-6, No. 4 in school history).

“A lot of girls had PRs or very close to PRs. It was a really good all-around meet,” Price-Smith said.

Ole Miss sent five runners to run the 10,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational on Friday.

Coming out on top for the women was junior Anna Braswell, whose personal-best time of 33:47.22 in her first 10K on the track ranks her No. 2 in school history and just eight seconds off the school record.

The only man at Stanford was senior Wesley Gallagher, who ran a time of 29:33.81.

“Our athletes were competing against some of the very best this weekend,” Price-Smith said. “National champions, runners-up and professionals. They have a great outlook though. Their times got better from last week and they’re going in the right direction. I think they have a good sense of reality that they’re getting better regardless of who they’re going against.”

Ole Miss returns to action next weekend at the Tennessee Relays in Knoxville.

For more information on Ole Miss Track & Field, follow the Rebels on Twitter (@OleMissTrack), Facebook and Instagram.

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9-1-1 Season 4 Release Date, Cast, Trailer, Episodes, and Story Details

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It’s never a bad time to dramatize the very busy and dangerous world of 911 first responders. This year, however, Fox’s long-running drama 9-1-1 will prove particularly resonant. Fox announced that it had renewed 9-1-1 for season 4 back in April of 2020, which was right near the beginning of the United States’ struggle with COVID-19.

The show’s production experienced some delays before launching in October of 2020. Now, 9-1-1 season 4 is set to arrive soon, and will have plenty of dramatic ground to cover. This is all to say that yes: coronavirus will play a factor in season 4’s scripts, according to showrunner Tim Minear.

“The characters on the screen will have gone through what the audience has gone through,” Minear told TVLine. “There may be flashbacks that will show what our people went through at the height of the (pandemic), but by the time we resume physical production, that means the world will have figured out how to start opening for business again.”

Here is everything we know about 9-1-1 season 4, including a release date, cast, and details on the announced crossover with 9-1-1: Lone Star.

9-1-1 Season 4 Release Date

Despite some inevitable coronavirus delays, 9-1-1 season 4 was able to achieve a pretty ambitious release date. The first episode of this season, “The New Abnormal”, premieres on Monday, Jan. 18 at 8 p.m. ET on Fox. The description for the first episode reads:

“When the Hollywood Reservoir dam breaks, Bobby and the 118 race into action to save passengers on a city bus that has crashed into a building several stories in the air. Maddie must first locate, and then rescue, a trapped cyclist, and Athena helps an agoraphobic woman evacuate her home.”

The show’s sister series, 9-1-1: Lone Star, will premiere its second season the same night at 9 p.m. ET.

9-1-1 Season 4 Cast

9-1-1 had one notable cast defection following its first season when Connie Britton left the show. For season 4, however, 9-1-1 brings back the entirety of its season 3 cast. This includes: Angela Bassett as Athena Grant, Peter Krause as Robert Nash, Jennifer Love Hewitt as Maddie Buckley, Oliver Stark as Evan Buckley, Aisha Hinds as Henrietta Wilson, Kenneth Choi as Howard Han, Ryan Guzman as Edmundo Diaz, Rockmond Dunbar as Michael Grant, Corinne Massiah as May Grant, Marcanthonee Jon Reis as Harry Grant, and Gavin McHugh as Christopher Diaz. Additionally John Harlan Kim’s Albert has been promoted to a series regular.

9-1-1 has also been known for many notable guest stars with Ronda Roussey turning up last season. This year, the first confirmed guest star is Nikki DeLoach (Awkward). Per TVLine, DeLoach will be portraying a cyclist who gets caught in a dam break.

9-1-1 Season 4 Trailer

The latest trailer for 9-1-1 season 4 offers up some more action from episode 1’s dam break.

The first trailer for 9-1-1 season 4 features a dam breaking and taking out the Hollywood sign…because that’s just how this show rolls.

9-1-1 Season 4 Story Details

In the same interview with TVLine in which he revealed that 9-1-1 season 4 would address the coronavirus, showrunner Tim Minear mentioned that it wouldn’t be a main feature of the show this year, “Maybe our role is to demonstrate through our little fantasy show that life will go on. So, yes, it will exist in our universe — and life will continue.”

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In an interview with The Wrap, Minear said that season 4 would focus more on the inner lives of its characters. This includes the reveal of a secret that Maddie has been keeping about her and Buck’s childhood to be revealed in the episode titled “Buck Begins.”

Of course, the big event this time around will be the crossover between the main flagship series and its spinoff 9-1-1: Lone Star. According to The Wrap, episode 3 of each show will feature the crossover and it will involve 9-1-1’s characters traveling to Austin, Texas to assist in stopping a massive wildfire. The crossover will air on Feb. 1.

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