Riz Ahmed On Discovering The Importance Of Deaf Culture In ‘Sound of Metal’ [Interview]

2020 Santa tracker — a website that keeps tabs on Father Christmas’ present-delivering pilgrimage each year — sporting a mask while rounding the globe with his reindeer. Thankfully, kids need not fret about Santa spreading disease along with holiday cheer as Dr.

made it harder to meet Santa Claus in person. However, that hasn’t stopped North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) from activating its annual Santa tracker, which allows Yuletide yearners to keep tabs on Saint Nick as he delivers presents to children around the world on Christmas Eve.

Robert Smith has taken part in a 24-hour charity livestream, recording new versions of three songs from The Cure’s 1981 album ‘Faith’.The online event raised many for Poverty Alleviation Charities’ Letters To Santa initiative, which fulfils the wishlists of families in need with food, clothes, computers and $10,000 (£7,414).During the livestream, which was broadcast yesterday (December 22), Smith performed new versions of ‘The Holy Hour’, ‘The Funeral Party’ and ‘The Drowning Man’.“Hello, this

Santa Claus should stick with his reindeer and sleigh. A California man who dressed up as jolly old Saint Nick and took to the skies above Sacramento with his paraglider to spread Christmas cheer had to be rescued Sunday after becoming entangled in power lines.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards, Features EditorWhen Eli Goree was cast as Cassius Clay, the boxer who would become Muhammad Ali, in “One Night in Miami,” he was the most prepared actor you could find. That’s because he had begun almost two years prior, when he auditioned for the role of Ali in a different film, to be directed by Ang Lee.“I started preparing by gaining weight, learning the accent, going through the audition process,” Goree says.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentStrand Releasing has acquired North American rights to Bassam Tariq’s “Mogul Mowgli,” co-written, starring and produced by Riz Ahmed. The movie world premiered at the Berlin Film Festival where it won the Fipresci International Critics’ Prize.Produced by Thomas Benski, CEO of Pulse Films, and Ahmed’s Left Handed Films banner, “Mogul Mowgli” recently received seven British Independent Film Award nominations.

Scott Marshall Smith, the screenwriter whose credits included the Robert De Niro films Men of Honor and The Score, has died, his publicist said Tuesday. He was 62.

Dave McNary Film ReporterProducer-writer Scott Marshall Smith, who received his first screenplay credit on “Men of Honor,” died following a stroke, his family said Tuesday. He was 62.Smith was a native of Monterey, Calif., and was raised in the Midwest.

Sean Lowe shared a silly shot of his and Catherine Giudici’s youngest child, Mia, via Instagram on December 14. The 12-month-old sat on a green couch with a frightened look on her face as Saint Nick smiled over her shoulder.“Wait until she learns this terrifying stranger is supposed to sneak into her house while she’s sleeping,” the former Bachelor, 37, joked.

Lewis Hamilton is reminiscing on the time when he was “kidnapped” by Will Smith.

HBO has set three more House of the Dragon leads as Olivia Cooke, Matt Smith and Emma D’Arcy have joined Paddy Considine in the straight-to-series Game of Thrones prequel from George R.R. Martin, Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapochnik.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentAmazon’s “Sound of Metal” is a piece of terrific filmmaking — and its achievements are even more impressive considering Hollywood’s depictions of deafness in the past.“Sound of Metal,” directed by Darius Marder, stars Riz Ahmed as a heavy-metal drummer who begins to lose his hearing.

Two very different Santas sing about their own version of Christmas in a new “Tonight Show” skit.

From Nightcrawler to Rogue One to Venom, Riz Ahmed has given us his talent not through showy pomp and circumstance but through his actual work.

Although she is new to the Yorkshire Dales, Meena Jutla has already made a name for herself causing all sorts of trouble.The sister of Manpreet Sharma, played by Rebecca Sarker, has had a rocky relationship with her sibling since bursting onto our screens on Emmerdale on 24 September. But who is the stunning actress who plays the soap's sassy newcomer? Here is everything you need to know about Paige Sandhu, and her life away from our televisions.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorHow do you create sound design for a film that hinges on silence? That was the challenge for composer-sound designer Nicolas Becker on writer-director Darius Marder’s drama “Sound of Metal,” in which Riz Ahmed plays Ruben, a heavy metal drummer who is slowly losing his hearing. The Amazon Prime release is available Dec.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorIn “Sound of Metal,” Riz Ahmed plays Ruben, a heavy metal musician who gradually loses his hearing.The film, bowing Friday on Amazon Prime, follows Ruben as he copes with his hearing loss. Director Darius Marder relies on sound design to immerse the audience into the film, allowing them to understand what Ruben is going through.