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Book Review: ‘Dead Air’ tells history of night Orson Welles unleashed fake Martian invasion
4 weeks ago

Book Review: ‘Dead Air’ tells history of night Orson Welles unleashed fake Martian invasion

Associated Press  

Long before Donald Trump used the term “fake news” to complain about coverage he didn’t like, Orson Welles mastered the art of actual fake news. Wells’ “The War of the Worlds” is the focus of William Elliott Hazelgrove’s “Dead Air: The Night That Orson Welles Terrified America.” The book serves as an enjoyable history of the radio drama, with a …

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35 best movies to see before you die – from The Shining to Raiders of the Lost Ark
1 month ago

35 best movies to see before you die – from The Shining to Raiders of the Lost Ark

The Independent  

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MAFS UK's Adam Nightingale shows off his incredible 2.5st weight loss in new video with co-star Orson Nurse
2 months ago

MAFS UK's Adam Nightingale shows off his incredible 2.5st weight loss in new video with co-star Orson Nurse

Daily Mail  

Married At First Sight UK's Adam Nightingale showed off his incredible 2.5st weight loss in a new video with his co-star Orson Nurse on Tuesday. Married At First Sight UK star Adam Nightingale, 33, showed off his incredible 2.5st weight loss in a new video with his co-star Orson Nurse on Tuesday The barber is currently starring on the E4 …

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MAFS UK star Holly begs producers to 'get her out of here' as she goes home following explosive argument with husband Alex
2 months ago

MAFS UK star Holly begs producers to 'get her out of here' as she goes home following explosive argument with husband Alex

Daily Mail  

Tuesday's episode of Married At First Sight UK saw Holly Ditchfeld deciding to pack her bags and head home after a huge blow-up with her husband Alex Henry. Tuesday's episode of Married At First Sight UK saw Holly Ditchfeld deciding to pack her bags and head home after a huge blow-up with her husband Alex Henry The couple have had …

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Married At First Sight crackdown as 'cast threatened with huge five-figure fines' after wife swapping and splits leaked online
2 months ago

Married At First Sight crackdown as 'cast threatened with huge five-figure fines' after wife swapping and splits leaked online

Daily Mail  

Married At First Sight stars are reportedly being threatened with a five-figure fine to ensure they don't reveal their relationship status before the show's finale airs - despite a few slip-ups already creeping through. Married At First Sight stars are reportedly being threatened with a five-figure fine to ensure they don't reveal their relationship status before the show's finale airs …

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Married At First Sight UK bride Hannah CHEATS on husband Stephen
2 months, 1 week ago

Married At First Sight UK bride Hannah CHEATS on husband Stephen

Daily Mail  

Married At First Sight UK bride Hannah Norburn cheats on her husband Stephen Nolson with another groom, MailOnline can reveal. Fitness business owner Hannah had confessed her feelings for husband Stephen despite putting his trust at risk on their honeymoon by threatening to reveal information he had told her off camera about his personal life. Married At First Sight UK …

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Why Pauline Kael’s fight over ‘Citizen Kane’ still matters, whichever side you’re on
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Why Pauline Kael’s fight over ‘Citizen Kane’ still matters, whichever side you’re on

LA Times  

Did Orson Welles get too much glory for “Citizen Kane”? Read the full list “Orson Welles wasn’t around when ‘Citizen Kane’ was written,” Kael chided. “Cinema is the work of one single person,” Kael quotes Welles as boasting, adding that he’d also bragged of making an easy transition from theater to film, as “there was nothing about camerawork that any …

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I wanted to take my cat on a hike in L.A. What could possibly go wrong?
1 year, 1 month ago

I wanted to take my cat on a hike in L.A. What could possibly go wrong?

LA Times  

Editor’s note: The Wild is all about featuring a variety of exciting voices from SoCal’s outdoors scene. “It seems … like every other video I see is, ‘I took my cat on a hike to Griffith Park,’ and it just really makes me cringe,” said McCoy, who runs Hannah’s Cat Training. And when he isn’t, Eastham — a former professional …

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'I had no idea I'd become a national event': Orson Welles on the mass hysteria of The War of the Worlds
1 year, 1 month ago

'I had no idea I'd become a national event': Orson Welles on the mass hysteria of The War of the Worlds

BBC  

'I had no idea I'd become a national event': Orson Welles on the mass hysteria of The War of the Worlds On 30 October 85 years ago, the population of the US was – according to Orson Welles – overwhelmed by mass panic, terrified by the all-too-real broadcast of his alien-invasion drama The War of the Worlds. It's an incident …

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Which ‘Macbeth’ is for you? Depends. How sparse or how bloody do you want it?
2 years, 10 months ago

Which ‘Macbeth’ is for you? Depends. How sparse or how bloody do you want it?

LA Times  

Clockwise from top left: Jon Finch and Francesca Annis in “Macbeth” ; Denzel Washington in “Tragedy of Macbeth” ; Orson Welles, in “Macbeth” ; Michael Fassbender in “Macbeth” ; Frances McDormand in “Tragedy of Macbeth” ; Toshiro Mifune in “Throne of Blood”. Joel Coen’s film adaptation of “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, arrives a mere …

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Review: 'Ice Age' franchise tries spin-off with possums bros
2 years, 10 months ago

Review: 'Ice Age' franchise tries spin-off with possums bros

The Independent  

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Mars, as seen from Earth: The red planet in pop culture
3 years, 7 months ago

Mars, as seen from Earth: The red planet in pop culture

Hindustan Times  

On Earth, at the moment, it feels like everything’s falling apart. Mars, as seen from Earth: The red planet in pop culture In Russia, Alexei Tolstoy’s 1923 novel Aelita was made into a film the following year. Mars, as seen from Earth: The red planet in pop culture In Russia, Alexander Bogdanov’s Red Star imagines a communist society on Mars, …

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‘Mank’ brings just the latest in a long line of Orson Welles depictions
3 years, 11 months ago

‘Mank’ brings just the latest in a long line of Orson Welles depictions

LA Times  

“I don’t want any description of me to be accurate,” Orson Welles told critic Kenneth Tynan in 1967. Vincent D’Onofrio plays Welles, and he looks the part; he even played Welles in a later short film, “Five Minutes, Mr. Welles.” In “Ed Wood,” however, D’Onofrio’s voice is dubbed by the sonorous voice actor Maurice LaMarche, who also did Welles duty …

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‘Mank’ movie review: A powerful chapter of a man who refused to budge
4 years ago

‘Mank’ movie review: A powerful chapter of a man who refused to budge

The Hindu  

Herman J Mankiewicz aka Mank’s first encounter with William Randolph Hearst, the business mogul known for running an unprincipled press, pioneering in yellow journalism, and a politician who ran for President of the United States, on whose life Citizen Kane — often regarded by film historians as the greatest American film ever made — was loosely inspired from, says a …

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Mank movie review: David Fincher demolishes Hollywood mythmaking in delicious new Netflix film
4 years ago

Mank movie review: David Fincher demolishes Hollywood mythmaking in delicious new Netflix film

Hindustan Times  

Mank Director - David Fincher Cast - Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Arliss Howard, Tom Pelphrey, Sam Troughton, Tom Burke, Charles Dance Mank movie review: Gary Oldman and Amanda Seyfried in a still from David Fincher’s new Netflix film. But Mank, the movie, suggests that Mankiewicz was Citizen Kane’s sole writer. Tom Burke as Orson Welles in a still …

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Mank, David Fincher’s Netflix biopic on Citizen Kane screenwriter, to release on 4 December
4 years, 2 months ago

Mank, David Fincher’s Netflix biopic on Citizen Kane screenwriter, to release on 4 December

Firstpost  

Mank will follow Henry Mankiewicz and his battles with Citizen Kane director and its star Orson Welles over screenplay credit for the 1941 cinematic masterpiece. Director David Fincher’s upcoming Herman J Mankiewicz biopic Mank will be released on Netflix on 4 December. The film centres around Mankiewicz, the screenwriter of Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, and his battles with director and …

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