~ Guy Davenport, “That Faire Field of Enna” (courtesy of Anecdotal Evidence)...[read more]
“Own less stuff. Find more purpose.” Minimalism is a banal, saccharine exercise in faux epiphany... MEDia Dragons 🐉
A century from now, what will historians remember about the 2010s? “Populist threats.” “Irony abounded.” “A period of paralysis"... Hung by Parliamentary inaction on inequality
As 77th Golden Globe fever hits the streets in. 2020, We Saw at the Palace Kino: Little Women is still relevant ...
Golden Globes: 1917 and Fleabag lead British invasion with major wins ... Gervais ending the night with a call to “get drunk, take your drugs, and also: donate to Australia.”
“Own less stuff. Find more purpose.” Minimalism is a banal, saccharine exercise in faux epiphany... MEDia Dragons 🐉
A century from now, what will historians remember about the 2010s? “Populist threats.” “Irony abounded.” “A period of paralysis"... Hung by Parliamentary inaction on inequality
As 77th Golden Globe fever hits the streets in. 2020, We Saw at the Palace Kino: Little Women is still relevant ...
Awkwafina Is First Asian American Woman To Win Best Actress At Golden Globes
She won forThe Farewell, the film’s only win of the night. She thanked director Lulu Wang – who was not nominated, one of several snubs to women from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association – and to the woman who plays her character’s grandmother in the film. Part of her speech: “I’d like to dedicate this to my dad, Wally. I told you I’d get a job, Dad.” – The New York Times
Little Women capped a year in which female-driven and directed movies topped the box office, and yet...
“I’m a multifaceted man,” Roger Ailes declares in an early episode of The Loudest Voice, the new series about the man who founded Fox News.
Ailes (Russell Crowe in heavy prosthetics) is the media whiz who launched Fox News* in 1996 from nothing and took it to become the most watched cable news channel in the world, a mighty influence in US politics and beyond.
For a lot of people, that makes Ailes one of the great villains of our modern times, and ripe for the miniseries treatment: the rise and eventual fall of a huge personality whose power had real effect on most people’s lives around the world.
For better or worse, that’s not hyperbolic.
But is the Ailes as presented by The Loudest Voice actually multifaceted? Or is he a one-note TV monster?
As the American film and television industry gathered to celebrate the Golden Globe awards, it was Australia's bushfire crisis that took centre stage.
At the awards ceremony on Monday morning, Australian actor Russell Crowe won best actor in a limited series or TV movie for The Loudest Voice. But instead of being present to collect his award Crowe was at home protecting his property on NSW's Mid North Coast, and his absence resonated with the audience.
Fellow actor Jennifer Aniston read out an acceptance speech on Crowe's behalf, and it didn't mince words.
"Make no mistake: the tragedy unfolding in Australia is climate-change based," read Aniston. "We need to act based on science, move our global workforce to renewable energy and respect our planet for the unique and amazing place it is. That way, we all have a future."
The HBO series about awful rich people seems like it’s about wealth. It’s really about abuse.
The HBO series about awful rich people seems like it’s about wealth. It’s really about abuse.
