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Naman Ramachandran Superindie Argonon is boosting its U.S. growth plans with a new hire and a promotion at Rose Rock Entertainment. Spoke Studios director of development Darryl Cordova has been appointed senior director of development at Rose Rock replacing Travis Schoen who has been promoted to VP, production and development.

Sex and the City‘s Cynthia Nixon has started a hunger strike in hopes that President Biden will call for a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza strip.

Robert De Niro led an eventful Killers Of The Flower Moon tribute at the Gotham Awards tonight, seeming to struggle with the teleprompter but then circling back after a bit to say that his speech had been edited without his knowledge, thus the confusion. The star of the Martin Scorsese film then went on to blast alternate facts, the state of the nation, and Donald Trump’s “lies” — and the fact that the former president used ‘Pocahontas” as a slur.

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Martin Scorsese has revealed that Robert De Niro wanted the whole of Killers of the Flower Moon to be filmed in the Osage language.Scorsese revealed the news during a Q&A session with fellow filmmaking legend Steven Spielberg after a screening of the film last week (November 14) at the DGA Theatre in Los Angeles.The recently released film – which is led by Leonardo DiCaprio, De Niro and Lily Gladstone – is based on a non-fiction book of the same name published in 2017. It tells the true story of a series of murders of Osage Native Americans over the rights for the oil under their land in Oklahoma.The film includes several scenes in which the Osage language is spoken, and De Niro in particular enjoyed learning it so much that he asked the director whether the whole film could be made in that dialect.Scorsese said: “By the way, a lot of the Osage language is lost, but they’re putting it back together, so to speak.

Killers of the Flower Moon,” an exhibit featuring artifacts from the Apple Original film and celebrating the artisans who contributed to its making, is open to the public this weekend from Nov. 17-19, and will reopen following the Thanksgiving holiday. Among the many notable items from the film on display at Apple’s Los Angeles headquarters in Culver City are the wedding outfits worn by Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone; an immersive Osage roundhouse; collections of handmade Pendleton blankets; Stetson hats; a 1928 Chevy Coupe; and select props from the Billiard parlor set.

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officially disclosed the sale in a news release last week.Nestled about an hour north of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, the ranch stands proudly across the Red River, in Thackerville, Oklahoma. Initially listed at a substantial $22.5 million, the final sale price was not disclosed.The four-time Super Bowl winner, 75, took the decisive step to list the property in September 2022, a period coinciding with his quiet battles against bladder and skin cancer.“People are saying that I’m sick and I’m dying, okay, so let’s put that rumor to rest.

barring a transgender student from playing a male role in his high school’s production of Oklahoma! has reversed course, allowing the original casting decisions to stand.On November 13, the Sherman Independent School District board voted to reinstate the original script and cast for the musical after local community members flooded the board’s regularly scheduled meeting to defend the casting of Max Hightower, a transgender male, as the peddler Ali Hakim.According to Dallas-area ABC affiliate WFAA, more than 60 people spoke in support of Hightower and slammed the board’s decision to prohibit not only Hightower but all students from playing roles that don’t match their assigned sex at birth.Administrators had interceded after several students were cast in cross-gender roles, citing a nonexistent district policy as justification for recasting the musical.Sherman High School administrators also insisted that the musical contained “mature adult themes, profane language, and sexual content,” and the production would have to be postponed for a month while the musical was rewritten to create a more “age-appropriate version.”But local community members weren’t buying the administrators’ explanation, with speaker after speaker denouncing the recasting decision and the decision to rewrite the musical.Speakers criticized the board for caving to perceived political and social pressure to enforce rigid gender roles in school productions.“I’ve played male roles in the past and it was no big deal — and guess what, that’s theater!” one actress told the board.“Reinstate the real version of Oklahoma! and let the students sing!” said another commenter.Following the public comment section of the meeting, the board went into a private,

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The Eagles have extended their ‘Long Goodbye’ farewell tour into 2024 with special guests Steely Dan. You can see the full list of new dates below.‘The Long Goodbye’ will see the Eagles – comprising Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B.

The late Queen Elizabeth was known for her witty sense of humour and iconic one-liners which helped her connect with members of the public throughout her historical 70 year reign.

Travis Scott has extended dates for his current Circus Maximus tour.The rapper announced his first headline tour back in August since the Astroworld tragedy. All new shows announced will take place in January 2024.

Killers of the Flower Moon star Lily Gladstone is encouraging Indigenous viewers to watch the Martin Scorsese film “when and only if you feel ready.”

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Oklahoma!But soon after, the school’s principal called Hightower’s father to inform him of a new district policy.“He said we’re instituting a new policy where only males can play males, and only females can play females,” Phillip Hightower told Dallas-Fort Worth NBC affiliate KXAS-TV.The elder Hightower was “devastated” by the decision, noting that Max has never been treated differently because of his gender identity — until now.Aside from being absurd — cross-gender casting has been a reality in the theater world dating back centuries — the school district’s purported policy will likely prove logistically difficult if it tries to avoid cross-gender casting, in part because there’s frequently a dearth of males in high school production casting pools.Illustrating that point, the sudden policy change also reportedly cost several other cast members their roles, according to the New York Post.Max Hightower’s adult sister, Gracie, recounted the events involving her brother, writing that some female students cast as “cowboys” were told they could not participate in the play due to the school district’s decision to intervene in casting.“Many opportunities were ripped away from kids not for bad grades, not for bad behavior, not for attendance, but for something that has absolutely nothing to do with the production whatsoever,” she wrote.A group of parents, including Phillip Hightower, plan to appeal the decision to the school board. “I’m not an activist.

Julia MacCary editor Cue the theme song, the Ghostbusters are back! Sony has dropped the trailer for “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire,” the sequel to 2021’s “Ghostbusters: Afterlife.” “Afterlife” took the ghostbusting to rural Oklahoma, but the franchise’s upcoming fifth film returns to its roots in New York City. In the trailer for “Frozen Empire,” an idyllic NYC summer turns icy when a mysterious “death chill” takes over the city. Paul Rudd leads a ragtag group of Ghostbusters to fight the frozen foe.

Netflix has dropped a video preview of the upcoming stage play “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” which begins performances this month in London.“We were in the middle of breaking Season 4 with our writers, and we started going, ‘OK, well, there’s definitely more story to tell here,’” says Ross Duffer, who co-created the sci-fi series with his brother, Matt, in the featurette. “We wanted to tell an original story set in the ‘Stranger Things’ universe.”The all-new tale, written by series writer Kate Trefry, will be a prequel — so don’t come looking for Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas or Eleven — partly about young Hopper and Joyce, played on the streaming show by David Harbour and Winona Ryder, respectively.Those roles will be taken on at the Phoenix Theatre by Oscar Lloyd and Isabella Pappas.

letter demanding that the NCAA ban transgender female athletes from competing in women’s sports.The letter’s signatories are Governors Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas, Tate Reeves of Mississippi, Mike Parson of Missouri, Greg Gianforte of Montana, Joe Lombardo of Nevada, Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, Kristi Noem of South Dakota, Greg Abbott of Texas, and Mark Gordon of Wyoming.All except Lombardo — who is saddled with a Democratic-led state legislature — represent states that have passed laws banning transgender participation on female-designated sports teams.The governors decry the NCAA’s current policy on transgender athletes, which allows the individual national governing body of each sport to determine criteria for eligibility.Some of those sporting bodies, including track and field and swimming, have barred transgender competitors from female events.Both bodies have also suggested holding a third “open” category in which transgender swimmers could compete at the elite or post-collegiate levels.“The NCAA has the chance to guarantee an environment where female college athletes can thrive without the concern of inequities,” the letter reads. “We trust that you also want to guarantee just such an environment.

When Echo hits Disney+ on Jan. 10, 2024 it will premiere under the new Marvel Spotlight banner complete with a new intro-logo, scored by Oscar winning composer Michael Giacchino. Essentially, the new sub-category of Marvel is a branding for standalone fare, versus series and movies that connect to the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Sleater-Kinney have announced that they will perform an intimate album launch show in London next week.The Washington, US-formed indie rockers are set to release their 11th album ‘Little Rope’ on January 19 via Loma Vista Recordings and you can pre-order it here.The duo, comprising Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein, will launch the album at a small club show with Rough Trade downstairs at The Dome on November 8. Fans can buy tickets for the event here.Check out the band’s announcement here:A post shared by Sleater-Kinney (@sleater_kinney)Tickets for the band’s 2024 North American are also on sale now here and you can visit Sleater-Kinney’s website for more information.The band also play London’s Pitchfork festival and perform in Mexico City this month.Sleater-Kinney tour dates:NOVEMBER 2023 8 – London, UK, downstairs at The Dome 10 – London, UK, Pitchfork London Roundhouse19 – Mexico City, MX, Corona CapitalFEBRUARY 202428 – San Diego, CA., The Observatory North Park29 – Las Vegas, NV, Brooklyn BowlMARCH 202401 – Tempe, AZ, Marquee Theatre02 – Albuquerque, NM, El Rey Theater04 – Tulsa, OK, Cain’s Ballroom05 – Dallas, TX, Studio at the Factory06 – Austin, TX, ACL Live at the Moody Theater08 – New Orleans, LA, Joy Theater09 – Atlanta, GA, The Eastern11 – Norfolk, VA, The NorVa12 – Washington, DC, The Anthem13 – Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn Steel14 – Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn Steel16 – New York, NY, Racket17 – Boston, MA, Paradise Rock Club18 – Philadelphia, PA, Theatre of Living Arts20 – Columbus, OH, Newport Music Hall21 – Chicago, IL, Riviera Theatre22 – Madison, WI, The Sylvee23 – St. Paul, MN, Palace Theatre25 – Kansas City, MO, The Truman26 – Denver, CO, Mission Ballroom28 – Los Angeles, CA, The Wiltern29 – Los Angeles, CA,

the movie – which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Lily Gladstone – is a Western crime drama based on real events, set in 1920s Oklahoma, about the murders of a series of Osage Nation members after oil was produced on tribal land. Fraser plays attorney W. S.

Martin Scorsese has heaped praise on Brendan Fraser following heavy online criticism of his performance in Killers Of The Flower Moon.The recently released film – which is led by Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone – is based on a non-fiction book of the same name published in 2017. It tells the true story a series of murders of Osage Native Americans over the rights for the oil under their land in Oklahoma.Fraser, who plays lawyer W.S.

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Killers of the Flower Moon with an intermission are “in violation” and argued that it “is not right”.The three-times Oscar winner is concerned by reports that several cinemas have decided to break up Martin Scorsese’s latest with an intermission, cutting up the film’s three and a half hour-long run time.Killers of the Flower Moon is based on the true story of the murder of more than 60 Native Americans in 1920s Oklahoma and stars Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio as an uncle and nephew plotting to steal the oil underneath the tribe’s land. Previously, Scorsese has defended the film’s lengthy runtime.Speaking to The Standard, Schoonmaker, who has worked on every Scorsese film since 1980’s Raging Bull, voiced her concern at the news.Schoonmaker said: “I understand that somebody’s running it with an intermission which is not right.

A handful of theaters across the globe have imposed their own intermission on Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, Deadline has confirmed, leading to intervention on the part of the Apple pic’s theatrical distributor, Paramount.

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moon was fully protected.Leonardo DiCaprio took extra precautions for his spanking scene with Robert De Niro in “Killers of the Flower Moon” by wearing butt padding.“I do remember doing them quite a few times and thinking, ‘Oh, that must hurt,’ cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto said in an interview with Insider published on Tuesday, of the scene between DiCaprio, 48, and De Niro, 80. “There was some padding on [DiCaprio’s] butt.

Leonardo DiCaprio has some very memorable scenes in his new movie with co-star Robert De Niro.

Leonardo DiCaprio wore “butt-padding” in a scene where he is spanked by Robert De Niro in Killers Of The Flower Moon, according to the film’s cinematographer.Rodrigo Prieto opened up to Insider in a new interview about the scene, which occurs half-way into Martin Scorsese’s new epic.DiCaprio’s character, Ernest Burkhart, has messed up a plan to steal the Osage of its wealth. De Niro’s character, William Hale, plays Ernest’s uncle and decides to punish his nephew by spanking him.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Costume designer Jacqueline West, a four-time Academy Award nominee, had several directors on her wish list. She had already worked alongside Denis Ville- neuve, Ben Affleck, Terrence Malick and Alejandro González Iñárritu. This year, she finally crossed Martin Scorsese’s name off the list.

Devery Jacobs is sharing her thoughts on Martin Scorsese‘s new movie Killers of the Flower Moon, which recounts the murders of indigenous Osage tribe members in 1920s Oklahoma.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Devery Jacobs, the Indigenous actor best known for playing Elora on three seasons of FX and Hulu’s “Reservation Dogs,” took to X (formerly Twitter) to share the “strong feelings” she had about Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon.” She called out the $200 million Western crime epic for not portraying its Osage characters with “honor or dignity” and for further dehumanizing them by depicting their deaths. The film is based on a true story and centers around the Reign of Terror, a term given to the murders of at least 60 members of the Osage nation in the late 1920s.

What does it take to heal when surrounded by descendants of those who committed the ultimate betrayal 100 years ago? The vibrant, thriving Greenwood section of Tulsa, Oklahoma had set up an economy so strong and affluent that it was called Black Wall Street. That was until it posed a threat to the White status quo, who in an act of racialized vengeance almost a century ago left the streets strewn with charred rubble and the bodies of its African American residents.