No, I don’t think they’re talking about John Boehner, although I wouldn’t blame you if you thought this Netflix original was all about the orange Republican.
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The producers of Selma have teamed up with Black business leaders from around the country for an unprecedented initiative to give students free access to the Oscar-nominated film. So far, nearly 100,000 middle schoolers have taken advantage of the program in cities like New York, Atlanta, Miami and New Orleans, BET reports.
Due to popular demand, many more cities have been added to the program and nearly 120,000 tickets made available. To get their free ticket, students in the 7th, 8th or 9th grade can show their student ID or report card at any of the participating theaters. For a complete list of cities and theaters, visit SelmaStudentsTickets.com.
The expansion has been inspired by the overwhelming success of the program in New York City, in which 27 African-American business leaders created a fund for 27,000 of the city’s 7th, 8th and 9th grade students to see the film for free. That effort sold out in the very first weekend.
It is a great movie – Lone Survivor. I sat on the edge of my seat and watched in horror as the events unfold, this Navy Seal fighting for his life against a group of Taliban fighters and the tremendous obstacles he faced trying to stay alive. Out of the four Navy Seals who ventured out on this special mission, only one survived and he survived only because of the help of an Afghan villager.
The movie is based on true events. The lone survivor is a Navy Seal named Marcus Luttrell and the Afghan who helped save his life is Mohammad Gulab.
Mohammad Gulab’s ordeal began in 2005, when Marcus Luttrell and three fellow Navy SEALs were ambushed by Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. A fierce fight left three dead and Luttrell, the only American survivor, with a broken back and several shrapnel wounds. Luttrell credits Gulab with saving his life, as the Afghan brought the wounded soldier into his home and protected him from the Taliban until US reinforcements arrived.
The scene was depicted in the 2013 movie “Lone Survivor.” Luttrell was also a friend of Chris Kyle, the subject of the new record-smashing movie “American Sniper,” and went through sniper training with him.
Yet although Gulab’s heroism has been depicted on the big screen, life has reportedly been hard for him since saving Luttrell. He has had to leave his hometown and hide from the Taliban, and at one point, he was reportedly attacked and shot in the leg.
Now he wants to come to America, where he believes he will be safer, but his lawyer tells FoxNews.com that bureaucracy is making the process difficult and slow. Gulab has said Luttrell offered to help him obtain a green card, but the relationship between the two men appears to have become strained while Gulab was visiting the US last year for the premiere of “Lone Survivor.” When contacted by FoxNews.com, Lutrell declined to comment on Gulab or his bid for asylum.
Yes, we get to watch Sylvester Stallone, who is almost the oldest man on earth, play the baddest man on earth in yet another Rocky movie.
The Rambo star tweeted Dec. 28 that the title of the forthcoming fifth film in the franchise will be Rambo: Last Blood. The title refers to 1982’s First Blood, which launched the character.
“Doing Scarpa based on Gangster Greg Scarpa after LAST BLOOD RAMBO…” Stallone wrote about his upcoming projects.
Stallone, who wrote the script for the new Rambo film and is set to direct, will first film a role in director Ryan Coogler’s upcoming Rocky spinoff Creed, which stars Michael B. Jordan (That Awkward Moment) as Apollo Creed’s grandson Adonis.
YouTube and other online services will carry The Interview, beginning on Thursday.
As first reported by CNN’s Brian Stelter and later confirmed by Sony, viewers are able to rent or buy the film from YouTube Movies, Google Play, Microsoft’s Xbox Video and via SeeTheInterview.com. (The cost is $5.99 to rent, and $14.99 to purchase).
“I was pretty sympathetic to the fact that they have business considerations that they got to make,” the president said. “Had they talked to me directly about this decision, I might have called the movie theater chains and distributors and asked them what the story was.”
Mr. Obama continued saying that Sony’s decision set a dangerous precedent, one that cannot be adhere to.
“If we set a precedent in which a dictator in another country can disrupt through cyber, a company’s distribution chain or its products, and as a consequence we start censoring ourselves, that’s a problem,” Obama said.
“And it’s a problem not just for the entertainment industry, it’s a problem for the news industry,” he said. “CNN has done critical stories about North Korea. What happens if in fact there is a breach in CNN’s cyberspace? Are we going to suddenly say, are we not going to report on North Korea?
“So the key here is not to suggest that Sony was a bad actor. It’s making a broader point that all of us have to adapt to the possibility of cyber attacks, we have to do a lot more to guard against them.”
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North Korea has apparently gone above and beyond to keep “The Interview” from coming to a big screen near you. But the internet is a different story and it was just a matter of time before certain scenes from the movie, and ultimately the whole movie, appear on the WWW!
This is a gif of the death scene from the movie. It shows how the actor playing Kim Jong Un dies.
Michael Lynton, the CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, went on CNN’s Fareed Zakaria to set the record straight, saying that Sony did not cave in their decision to cancel showings of the movie, The Interview – a satirical movie that shows the assassination of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un. Lynton instead said that Sony had no other choice after movie theaters decided not to show the film.
“The movie theaters came to us one by one over the course of a very short time – we were very surprised by it – they announced that they would not carry the movie. At that point in time, we had no alternative to not proceed with a theatrical release on the 25th of December….”
That being said, Lynton affirmed that America and the world will get to see the movie. “We have not caved,” he said. “We have not given in. We have persevered and we have not backed down. We have always had every desire to have the America public see this movie.”
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George Clooney, like most Americans, are upset that North Korea and their leader Kim Jong Un, are dictating what Americans can and cannot see, and in an interview with Deadline, Clooney made his feelings known.
“We should be in the position right now of going on offense with this. Stick it online. Do whatever you can to get this movie out. Not because everybody has to see the movie, but because I’m not going to be told we can’t see the movie.”
The movie Clooney is referring to of course, is “The Interview,” a comedy about the assassination of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un. Because of “September 11th type” threats against movie theaters – threats that are now linked to North Korea – Sony has decided to cancel the movie’s distribution. Clooney and many more Americans are joining the chorus for something to done about this situation.
Clooney added: “That’s the most important part. We cannot be told we can’t see something by Kim Jong Un, of all f***ing people.”
They say less is more, and that is certainly true for this petrifying two-minute horror movie.
The simple story titled Lights Out starts with a girl turning off her light to go to bed – sparking a terrifying stand-off with a demon.
The 120 seconds of classic horror techniques that ensue will leave you never wanting to turn your light off again.
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Mystery: The two-minute movie starts with the girl turning off her hallway light to see a mysterious silhouette
Petrified: She grows increasingly tense, turning the light on and off, but seemingly nobody is there
Directed by award-winning short film maker David F Sandberg, the dialogue-free short caused a flurry when it came out last year.
Having resurfaced, it is stirring viewers all over again.
It starts with a girl, played by actress Lotta Losten, in a pyjama top flicking off the light in her hallway.
With seemingly nobody else in the flat, she freezes at the sight of a silhouette.
The horror movie by award-winning director David F Sandberg has once again caused a flurry on Twitter
Despite having no dialogue, it is packed full of classic horror techniques as the girl tussles with her fears
Still scared, she tapes the light switch to keep it on, which many viewers may well be tempted to do now
She turns the light back on, and the silhouette disappears.
As she continues flicking back and forth, the music intensifies, until she duct tapes the switch to keep it on.
An extreme step? Apparently not, for as she lies in bed, the light goes once more.
Once in bed, she feels no safer, staring at her half-open door as the light flickers then goes out.
Then, it is the bedside lamp that starts going. Burying her head under the covers, she fumbles for the plug.
Using just two rooms, two lights, and one actress, Sandberg has terrified viewers
It is a classic build-up to an ending that has sent Twitter users into some sort of frenzy.
One user shared the video, exclaiming: ‘OMG this is Freaky as hell!!!’
Another said: ‘I love being scared but I have to admit I watched most of this through my fingers!’
While one simply tweeted: ‘TRAUMATIZING!’
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“12 Years a Slave” star Lupita Nyong’o says she repeatedly prayed to God asking for lighter skin during her adolescence … because she thought having dark black skin was a curse.
Nyong’o was honored with an award on Thursday at a luncheon for Essence … and said she was teased growing up for her “night-shaded skin” … so she prayed God would change it.
Lupita says she was so ashamed she couldn’t even look at herself in the mirror … adding, “Every day I experienced the same disappointment of being just as dark as I had been the day before.”
The actress says supermodel Alek Wek — one of the first dark skinned supermodels — helped boost her confidence … because people like Oprah praised her as a beautiful woman.
Nyong’o says she ultimately learned that beauty comes in all shades … and hopes to be an inspiration to other young girls with similar concerns.
“Lee Daniels’ The Butler” is serving up success at the box office.
Starring Forest Whitaker as a longtime White House butler and Oprah Winfrey as his boozy wife, the Weinstein Co. biopic debuted in the top spot with $25 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. But the weekend’s three other major new releases, including the action romp “Kick-Ass 2,” failed to find traction with fans.
“We expected to do well, but we didn’t expect to do this well,” said Erik Lomis, president of distribution and home entertainment for Weinstein Co., adding that “The Butler” is the company’s first No. 1 debut since 2009’s “Inglourious Basterds.”
Even with a full slate of newcomers, last week’s top movies claimed the second and third spots in the box-office race. The Jason Sudeikis-Jennifer Aniston Warner Bros. comedy, “We’re the Millers,” held onto second place in its second week of release with $17.78 million, while last week’s No. 1, Sony’s “Elysium,” dropped to third with $13.6 million.
“It was tough if you were any other film opening other than ‘The Butler,'” said Paul Dergarabedian of box-office tracker Hollywood.com.