Bosses at Dundee Rep have revealed their pride in the selection of the new Doctor Who.
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Billed as “a guide to incorporating climate into any storyline or genre,” the Playbook for Screenwriting in the Age of Climate Change is meant to “provide screenwriters, industry executives, actors, and creatives with a groundbreaking and robust resource to help illustrate ways in which climate can be weaved into TV and movies.”
Among those are resources on climate psychology, potential solutions and the latest science as well as “fascinating profiles of characters on the frontline of the climate crisis” and unique climate impact examples “like scorpion attacks and blood snow.
“There’s nothing more dramatic and important than the climate crisis. Yet, we hardly ever see it on screen,” said Anna Jane Joyner, Founder & Director of Good Energy in a statement.
The effort is meant to “communicate the urgency of climate action and inspire courage in the face of this crisis,” according to Antha Williams, who leads Climate and Environment Programs at Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Adam McKay’s Oscar-nominated Don’t Look Up was a touchstone for the effort, and the director said it was climate data that inspired the film.
“Climate change is the biggest story in 66 million years. After reading the 2018 IPCC Report, I couldn’t sleep for two nights. I had the sickening realization that we have to take care of this, that it is happening right now, not in 80 years,” said McKay. “Climate change is terrifying and sad and absurd. And it’s okay to have all these complicated feelings. That’s where my drive came from to make Don’t Look Up. We’ve seen how the film has created more conversation and protests to demand that governments look up. Nonetheless, that is just one movie and we have so much more to do.”
The creation of The Playbook involved
Bosses at Dundee Rep have revealed their pride in the selection of the new Doctor Who.
confirmed Sunday. The 29-year-old “Sex Education” actor will succeed Jodie Whittaker, the first female Doctor in the series.
BBC comedy Motherland has won its first BAFTA for its final series in the Best Scripted Comedy category as the award was presented by new Doctor Who Ncuti Gatwa.
Billie Eilish has announced a climate change conference, called Overheated, which is basically a series of events that will take place at the O2 Arena in London in June to coincide with her tour dates at the venue.While specific sessions will vary across the dates, all will include screenings of a new documentary, also called ‘Overheated’, in which Eilish, Vivienne Westwood, Emily Eavis, Girl In Red, Yungblud and others feature.The first day, billed as ‘Overheated Live’, will take place on 10 Jun, kicking off with an introduction from Eilish and her brother Finneas. There will then be a keynote from a yet-to-be-announced speaker, plus other talks from Earthrise, Isaias Hernandez, Tori Tsui, Vanessa Nakate and more.After that, 16 Jun has been billed the ‘Music Climate Session’, featuring talks from Earth/Percent, Chiara Badiali and Dominique Palmer, among others, as well as performances by Sigrid and Love Ssega.There will also be other smaller events on 10-12, 16 and 26 Jun.
Our Father is the latest most anticipated true crime documentary coming to Netflix. The documentary follows several people in Indianapolis who discover they have over 50 half-siblings through DNA testing, they all share the same father Dr Donald Cline, a fertility doctor who secretly inseminated his patients with his own sperm.
), “BARDO” will enjoy a theatrical release on a global scale later this year including in Mexico, its country of origin, as well as the US, Canada, UK, Italy, Spain, Germany, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Japan and Korea, among many more before debuting on Netflix.Iñàrritu previously worked with cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki on his last two films to Oscar-winning effect.“BARDO” stars Daniel Giménez Cacho and Griselda Siciliani. In addition to Khondji, the film features a below-the-line team that includes production design by the Oscar-winning Mexican designer Eugenio Caballero (“Pan’s Labyrinth”) and costume design by Anna Terrazas (“ROMA”).Netflix previously released noteworthy titles like Alfonso Cuaron’s “ROMA,” Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” and Adam McKay’s “Don’t Look Up” in theaters before the films were available to stream on Netflix, and for Iñárritu’s first Netflix feature it appears he’s being given a similar rollout strategy – although it’s unclear if “BARDO” will have an exclusive theatrical window or if the film will release on streaming and in theaters on the same day.This is Iñárritu’s first film since 2015’s “The Revenant,” which earned him a Best Director Oscar on the heels of 2014’s “Birdman” which won Best Director, Picture and Original Screenplay.
reported by AP and other news sources, Twitter said: “Ads shouldn’t detract from important conversations about the climate crisis.” In 2021, Twitter began featuring a dedicated Climate Topic on its site and offered what it called “pre-bunks” during last year’s United Nations COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, to counter a predicted avalanche of misinformation expected to arise on social media surrounding the conference. The new policy follows a similar ban announced in October by Google, which said in a statement that it would no longer display advertisements on YouTube videos and other content that promote information “contradicts well-established scientific consensus around the existence and causes of climate change.” The statement did not contain any information suggesting that the new policy would effect what Twitter users are allowed to post on the site.
Ashley Hume Lyn Lear, Gloria Calderón Kellett and Bill Nye were among the over 300 guests who attended the launch event for Good Energy’s playbook for screenwriters at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles on Tuesday night.The nonprofit organization’s new playbook titled “Good Energy: A Playbook for Screenwriting in the Age of Climate Change,” is a resource guide aimed at helping industry professionals integrate climate in the storylines of film and television projects.Hosted by Good Energy and Bloomberg Philanthropies, the event took place at the museum’s fifth-floor Tea Room and Wilshire Terrance, where attendees enjoyed cocktails as the sun was setting over the L.A. skyline.
Jason Isaacs) completes his proctorship and prepares to make his official return to surgery, hospital board chairwoman Tina Kingsley (Victoria Rowell) makes a stunning announcement that threatens the future of Lakeshore Sentinel. Meanwhile, Lex (Skye P.
Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterNonprofit Good Energy has published a resource guide to assist the TV and film industry in their coverage of climate change in projects.Titled “Good Energy: A Playbook for Screenwriting in the Age of Climate Change,” the document is described by the organization as “a guide to incorporating climate into any storyline or genre, was brought to life to provide screenwriters, industry executives, actors, and creatives with a groundbreaking and robust resource to help illustrate ways in which climate can be weaved into TV and movies.”Per the nonprofit, “To establish a baseline for climate change representation in TV and film, Good Energy partnered with USC’s Media Impact Lab at the Norman Lear Center to commission a first-ever research landscape of climate stories in TV and film over the past five years, as well as an audience survey, to gauge popular interest in climate stories and characters. USC analyzed 37,453 scripts from 2016-2020 and found that only 1,046 (2.8%) of the scripts included any climate change keywords – and within those scripts, there were only 1,772 mentions of those climate change keywords.
LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood's response to climate change includes donations, protests and other activism. but it's apparently missing out on an approach close to home.Only a sliver of screen fiction, 2.8%, refers to climate change-related words, according to a new study of 37,453 film and TV scripts from 2016-20.
Zack Sharf “Don’t Look Up” is back in the news after an April 12 interview on “Good Morning Britain” between anchor Richard Madeley and climate activist Miranda Whelehan left many viewers cringing and drawing connections to Adam McKay’s star-studded Netflix satire. Whelehan appeared on the morning news show on behalf of the Just Stop Oil activist group, but Madeley undermined her during the interview in a way many social media users found “patronizing” and “misogynistic.”Whelehan demanded the U.K.
K.J. Yossman Prince Harry isn’t the only British royal getting into podcasting. His older brother Prince William has recorded an episode of Cate Blanchett‘s environmental podcast “Climate of Change.” “Nightmare Alley” star Blanchett hosts the series alongside environmental advocate Danny Kennedy.Prince William appears in the second episode of the six-part series, which is out Thursday, to talk about his awards program the Earthshot Prize, which encourages innovate ideas to tackle climate change and sustainability.
The Los Angeles Police Department’s Juvenile Division, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force has announced the arrest of actor Joseph Gatt on an outstanding felony warrant for Contact with a Minor for Sexual Offense under the California Penal Code.
Actor Joseph Gatt, best known for his roles in “Game of Thrones” and “Banshee”, has been arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of “sexually explicit communication with a minor across state lines” via the internet.
Prince William is “really optimistic” that we can make an impact on climate change.
Joseph Gatt, an actor with roles on “Game of Thrones” and “Star Trek Into Darkness,” has been arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of engaging in “online sexually explicit communication with a minor.”Los Angeles police announced details of Gatt’s arrest in a news release Tuesday and issued an urgent plea for other potential victims to contact authorities.Gatt, 50, was taken into custody at his home in the Beverly Grove neighborhood on April 6, by detectives from the department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, the LAPD said. However, police did not release the information until this week.The LAPD said the arrest came after they received information that Gatt had allegedly communicated with a minor across state lines.