One of the top contenders for Best Documentary at the Oscars this year ranges from the skies above Delhi, India to a basement below the city’s north end.
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Forget P. T. Barnum, Roy Jones Jr was The Greatest Showman during his prime. Whether it be Superman, RJ or Captain Hook, Junior went by many different names throughout his career.
But if there’s one thing for sure, he always knew how to put on a show for the fans. The American competed from 1989 to 2018 and was a multiple world champion in four weight divisions: middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight. READ MORE: Jake Paul receives ringing endorsement from Roy Jones Jr ahead of Hasim Rahman Jr fightStanding 5ft 11in tall, Jones, 53, was famed for his exceptional hand-speed, timing, accuracy, creativity, athleticism, dazzling footwork, razor-sharp reflexes and punch-power.
After grabbing the IBF middleweight title against Bernard Hopkins, he added the scalps of Thulani Malinga, Fermin Chirino, and Danny Garcia. But it was against Thomas Tate where he really decided to showboat during his sole defence of the belt at 160lbs. It’s worth noting that Tate, a former two-time world title challenger, was highly respected by his peers at the time.
But he simply had no answer for Jones’ speed and power as he spent most of the fight chasing shadows as his opponent ran rings around him. And he struggled to get back to his feet a few seconds into the second round forcing the referee to wave it off after being folded like a sack of potatoes by a leaping left hook. Top Rank’s official Twitter account posted archive footage of the highlight reel KO, sharing the video to their 500,000-strong followers.
One of the top contenders for Best Documentary at the Oscars this year ranges from the skies above Delhi, India to a basement below the city’s north end.
EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video Nordics is pushing heavily into the Scandinavian unscripted originals market, unveiling a handful of reality shows at a splashy event in Sweden today. The streamer has also struck a multi-territory movie output deal with Nordisk Film for the likes of John Wick: Chapter 4 and The Hunger Games prequel, we can reveal.
EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+ has rounded out the ensemble cast for Sunny (fka Dark Manual), a half-hour darkly comedic drama, starring and executive produced by Rashida Jones. Joanna Sotomura (Barry) stars in the titular role, along with annie the clumsy (Miss Osaka), YOU (Nobody Knows), Judy Ongg and Jun Kunimura (Kill Bill) join Jones in the series from Katie Robbins (The Affair, The Last Tycoon) and A24. Lucy Tcherniak (Station Eleven, The End of the F***ing World) is attached to direct.
EXCLUSIVE: Emilia Jones (CODA) is set to lead director Susanna Fogel’s darkly comedic biopic Winner, which has started principal photography.
A gay teenager has posted video footage of bullying in a viral TikTok, after finally being sick of staying ‘silent’ about the harassment he’s received at school. Trigger Warning: This story discusses bullying, which might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.California high school student Landon Jones described his experiences of being bullied in a video that was posted to TikTok last month which included footage that was captured by him being targeted by bullies on two different occasions. “This is a little example of what’s going on in my life, and what’s been going on in my life.
Strictly Come Dancing's Tony Adams has revealed that he had a backstage "row" with his professional dance partner Katya Jones just hours before his performance on Saturday night. Speaking on Strictly spin-off show It Takes Two, the former professional footballer, 56, explained that he had become overwhelmed with fear during rehearsal, leading to Katya deliver some home truths.Tony told host Rylan Clark: "I was full of fear beforehand. We had a team talk.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions nabbed “Somewhere in Queens,” a heartfelt comedy from writer-director Ray Romano. Romano, who stars in the movie as a working-class dad, also directed, co-wrote and produced “Somewhere in Queens” in his feature filmmaking debut. The film will be released theatrically by Roadside Attractions in 2023. “I am so excited to know that Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions will be bringing this movie to theaters everywhere,” Romano said. “I lived with every facet of this production for years, as a director, co-writer, actor and producer. It’s such a personal story for me, and it’s inspiring to see these two companies step up because they believe in the movie as much as I do.”
Eve Best (House of the Dragon, Nurse Jackie) and Stockard Channing (The Good Wife, The West Wing) are adding more star quality to the cast of Suranne Jones’ upcoming three-part ITVX drama Maryland.
Meet any high-profile Indian director or producer these days, and the talk is all about bibles, writers rooms and showrunners, rather than making films. Driving down Mumbai’s main artery, the Western Express Highway, most of the billboards are promoting new premium drama series from Prime Video, Netflix and Disney+ Hotstar, rather than the latest Bollywood release.
Jon Burlingame editor The centennial of Henry Mancini, composer of “The Pink Panther,” “Moon River” and other movie songs, isn’t until 2024. But the celebration began on Thursday when an all-star parade of Oscar, Emmy and Grammy-winning musicians got together to re-record one of his most famous works: “Peter Gunn.” With legendary composers John Williams and Herbie Hancock on keyboards, jazz great Arturo Sandoval on trumpet and music mogul Quincy Jones conducting an 18-piece band of L.A. session players, Mancini’s 1958 TV theme rocked the Warner Bros. scoring stage all afternoon. It was old home week for many, who seemingly spent half the three-hour session embracing, laughing and snapping photos. Williams and Jones called each other “Q” and “John T.,” the nicknames they had when the two were toiling side-by-side at Universal Television in the 1960s, before each started collecting Oscars and Grammys for their work in films and records.
The home of former Atlanta Falcons football player Julio Jones was burglarized Tuesday while he was in Florida playing in his first season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In a news release, Atlanta police said officers responded to reports of a burglary at a residence in Buckhead. Upon arriving at the home, the officers were told the property belonged to Jones.
The hosts of “The View” went off on InfoWars host Alex Jones on Thursday morning’s show, calling him “demonic” and “a vile scumbag” for his claims about the Sandy Hook massacre. Host Sara Haines even went so far as to say that, beyond monetary punishment, Jones deserves to feel “even a fraction of the pain” endured by the parents of those kids.The discussion came following the latest decision in the ongoing litigation against Jones, in which he was ordered to pay almost $1 billion in damages to the families of Sandy Hook victims, for his repeated claims that the deadly shooting was a hoax.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Right-wing conspiracy figure Alex Jones’ company has already filed for bankruptcy protection, and it’s not clear how much of the staggering $965 million verdict reached Tuesday he’ll actually wind up paying to the 15 plaintiffs in the defamation case about his lies about the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting. Jones plans to appeal the massive monetary damages that a Connecticut jury ordered him to pay, which comes after a judgment against him in August awarding $49.3 million to the family of a Sandy Hook victim in a separate case in Texas. But legal experts say Jones, founder of Infowars — which has been banned by all major internet services — is almost certainly ruined financially.