Last season showed the immediate impact of a strong farm system led by major-league-ready prospects, as the Minnesota Twins got big, essential contributions from rookies Royce Lewis, Matt Wallner, Edouard Julien and Louie Varland — ranked No. Brandon Winokur, SS/CF Born: 2004 | Bats: Right | Acquired: 2023 draft Last year’s third-round pick out of a California high school, Brandon …
A scene from Hulu series, “Welcome to Chippendales,” that depicts actor Kumail Nanjiani portraying Chippendales founder Somen “Steve” Banerjee toasting at his club. Other scripted series released this year based on real-life murders include HBO’s “The Staircase” and Hulu’s “Candy.” “There is a rabid audience on the platform for these stranger-than-fiction, ripped-from-the-headline stories,” said Jordan Helman, head of scripted content …
LONDON — With Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” expected to battle “Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood” and “1917” for the best picture Oscar in February, all eyes are on the special effects team that made the sprawling crime epic possible. The youthful transitions of “The Irishman” are the work of Pablo Helman, visual effects supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic, …
Martin Scorsese needed a favor. “He’s a very curious person, and he said to me, ‘Talk to me about that,’” Helman says, reflecting on that first meeting in one of ILM’s San Francisco offices overlooking the Presidio. “We were shooting the next morning,” Helman recalls, “and I said, ‘I’m in.’” What he was in for was a four-year quest to …
