NEWS - Abrams li fa e poi li accoppia. Da stasera in Italia "Almost Human" (Premium Action)
Il futuro
immaginato da J.J. Abrams nel nuovo
“Almost Human” (in partenza su Premium Action dal 1 marzo,
ogni sabato in prima serata) è in qualche modo alle porte di una società
che cambia. Nel 2048
la scienza ha permesso di affiancare ai poliziotti di Los Angeles una serie di
androidi del tutto simili agli esseri umani. La decisione è stata presa dopo
che la criminalità ha raggiunto una crescita esponenziale del 400%. John
Kennex (Karl Urban), detective del
dipartimento che si è appena risvegliato da 17 mesi di coma dopo un attentato,
si ritrova a pattugliare la città con il collega androide Dorian (Michael Ealy), dalle inaspettate
reazioni emotive in quanto appartenente alla penultima generazione di robot
(per la cronaca, la DNR rispetto alla vigente MX). A Kennex stesso, dopo
l’attentato, è stata impiantata una gamba cibernetica, mentre la memoria
presenta gap che abbisognano “upload”…Quest’ultimo vanta oltretutto un’avversione
viscerale per gli androidi: dopo l’attentato, uno di loro lo ha abbandonato sul
campo in quanto le probabilità di sopravvivenza erano basse. Fanno
altresì parte del dipartimento: il detective Richard Paul (Michael Irby), in attrito con Kennex; l’intelligente (e sexy) agente
analista Valerie Stahl (Minka Kelly);
Rudy Lom (Mackenzie Crook), il
progettista degli androidi in uso alla polizia; Sandra Maldonado (Lili Taylor), a capo del dipartimento.
Secondo
più di un critico, il fatto che il protagonista-robot sia di colore – in piena
presidenza Obama – rappresenta una sorta di tacito manifesto dell’integrazione
contro il razzismo della diversità. Se Abrams
firma la produzione, l’ideazione che strizza l’occhio a Isaac Asimov e Philip Dick,
oltre che ai film RoboCop (1987) e Alien Nation (1989), appartiene a J.H. Wyman, già esperto di “scienza di
confine” in "Fringe" (2008). Gli altri produttori esecutivi sono: Bryan Burk,
Naren Shankar e lo stesso Wyman. La colonna sonora è affidata a The Crystal
Method. Le riprese sono avvenute nella British Columbia canadese (Vancouver in
testa). Kennex è stato “raccomandato” dallo stesso Abrams a Wyman dopo averlo
avuto nel cast cinematografico di Star
Trek - Il futuro ha inizio (2009).
"Wyman
ha chiosato così la serie: “penso che sia il momento giusto per una storia del
genere, la gente userà la propria immaginazione e la sospensione dell’incredulità
per vedere qualcosa forse non troppo lontana nel futuro. E’ un’incredibile opportunità
per raccontare storie sulla condizione umana. Spiega perchè siamo così
complicati, ma anche talmente eccezionali. E il rischio di perdere questa
caratteristica”.
sabato 1 marzo 2014
venerdì 28 febbraio 2014
NEWS - Clamoroso al CibalHouse (White)! Michelle Obama nell'ultima di "Parks and Rec"
La notizia, dell’ultima ora, è clamorosa: Michelle Obama interpreterà se stessa nell’ultima puntata della sesta stagione della sit-com “Parks and Recreation”, in onda attualmente su Joi (Mediaset Premium) ogni martedì alle ore 21.40. La serie, in onda dal 2009 e già vincitrice di un Golden Globe e 2 Television Critics Awards, ruota attorno al Parks and Recreation Department, il dipartimento che si occupa della manutenzione di parchi e aree pubbliche nella città fittizia di Pawnee, nell’Indiana. La sit-com non è nuova a cameo politici: in passato hanno fatto capolino, nei panni di se stessi: il Vice Presidente degli Stati Uniti Joe Biden, il senatore dell’Arizona John McCain, la senatrice della California Barbara Boxer e la senatrice del Maine Olympia Snowe. La partecipazione di Michelle Obama a “Parks&Recreation” è stata girata qualche giorno fa a Miami, dove la First Lady si trovava per promuovere l’iniziativa “Let’s Move” contro l’obesità.
La notizia, dell’ultima ora, è clamorosa: Michelle Obama interpreterà se stessa nell’ultima puntata della sesta stagione della sit-com “Parks and Recreation”, in onda attualmente su Joi (Mediaset Premium) ogni martedì alle ore 21.40. La serie, in onda dal 2009 e già vincitrice di un Golden Globe e 2 Television Critics Awards, ruota attorno al Parks and Recreation Department, il dipartimento che si occupa della manutenzione di parchi e aree pubbliche nella città fittizia di Pawnee, nell’Indiana. La sit-com non è nuova a cameo politici: in passato hanno fatto capolino, nei panni di se stessi: il Vice Presidente degli Stati Uniti Joe Biden, il senatore dell’Arizona John McCain, la senatrice della California Barbara Boxer e la senatrice del Maine Olympia Snowe. La partecipazione di Michelle Obama a “Parks&Recreation” è stata girata qualche giorno fa a Miami, dove la First Lady si trovava per promuovere l’iniziativa “Let’s Move” contro l’obesità.
giovedì 27 febbraio 2014
L'EDICOLA DI LOU/NEWS - L'uomo del giorno! Su "Esquire" in copertina e al centro di una nuova serie sci-fi: Peter Dinklage über alles!
Peter Dinklage wears his suit well on the cover of Esquire magazine’s March 2014 issue.
Here’s what the 44-year-old Game of Thrones actor had to share with the mag:
On discussing his height: “Um, how tall was Lincoln?…Well, he’s a much more important figure in history and humanity than I am. But we don’t know how tall he was exactly, do we?”
On a horrifying moment: “I was walking down Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. There was this guy on a motorcycle right in front of me—about as far away as that plant, maybe six feet? And he looked at me. He didn’t wave, but he looked at me, and then he pulled out into traffic and this car, like, boom—killed him instantly. This was in L. A., where nobody walks. It was empty. So there was this quiet moment where it was like I was the only person in the world who knew this guy was dead. And I was there looking at him, you know, in those moments of calm after something horrible happens, the calm before the melee starts, before the ambulances and the cops arrive and it becomes a scene. There was that moment when I was with him.”
On an encounter with a fan: “She didn’t seem crazy or anything,” Dinklage said, “so I asked what was the matter. And she was like, ‘I just wanted to tell you, my boyfriend died today. And ‘The Station Agent’ was his favorite movie. This is like a sign that I saw you. I can’t believe this. May I please have a hug because I’m dying right now?’ And, of course, I gave her a hug,It’s like, there are the idiots with cellphones taking your picture all the time and then there’s something like that woman. And it really moved me, because it was honest and so pure and so sad.”
@HBO Is Eying Peter Dinklage For New Sci-Fi Series, ‘Beasts Of Valhalla’ http://t.co/c3b2eW5Z4x via @UPROXX #GOT
— AccademiaTelefilm (@AcademyTelefilm) 26 Febbraio 2014
martedì 25 febbraio 2014
GOSSIP/L'EDICOLA DI LOU - E' uno scandaLea! La Michele di "Glee" ci ricasca (con tutti i tacchi): dopo aver dato scandalo anni fa davanti all'obiettivo di Terry Richardson, si desnuda ancora davanti al fotografo dagli occhiali degni di Lapo Elkann per "V" (solo che allora c'era un Cory che batteva, qui sembra battere lei e basta!)
Article by Mary HK Choi for "V"
The first thing I notice about Lea Michele is that she has perfect
eyebrows. They are strong, angular, and likely shaped for the day, since
we’re meeting on the set of her music video shoot for the first single
“Cannonball,” off her debut album, Louder. The tea-cup petite
singer is taking a lunch break, a delectable-looking mélange of cubed
tofu and tangled kale with a smattering of quinoa set before her. Glee’s
leading glamour gal tells me she’s a vegetarian most of the time (“I
eat fish occasionally”). Her bright eyes and springy skin attest to
it—or maybe she just has dynamite genes.
The 27-year-old was born in the Bronx to a Turkish father, who was famous for bringing heros from his deli to the Spring Awakening set for cast mates when she was on Broadway, and an Italian-American mother. Complementing her Mediterranean good looks today are blunt, shiny bangs, and she is wearing a short, white cotton slip with Uggs, uncomely yet comfortable footwear, perfect for someone in need of an on-set shoe. Lea is kicking them off beneath the coffee table with nonchalance. Not that the star hasn’t earned the right to put her pedicured feet up for a minute.
Michele has been going full throttle for the release of Louder, slated for March fourth (as in, “march forth,” she says). It’s an 11-song distillation of a woman who took the time to find her voice. “I started working with Anne Preven, Felicia Barton, and Bonnie McKee right out of the gate, and we came up with some great, awesome pop songs,” she says. “But closer to the beginning of this year—four or five months into making the album—the label was like, “This is great, but we need more of you in here. You sound like you’re singing awesome songs that are similar to Katy or Kelly. We need more Lea Michele.”
So back to the studio she went, this time with a lot more on her mind. “My album was completed in June. We had 12 songs. And then my boyfriend passed away, in July. [The singer’s Glee costar and long-term boyfriend, Cory Monteith, died from a drug overdose, a passing for which nobody was prepared, least of all Lea Michele.] So I met with Sia [Furler], because she’s a friend and because we were thinking, Do we want to add anything to the record now? And we wrote ‘If You Say So,’ on the same day she played me ‘Cannonball.’”
“If You Say So” is a cathartic tribute to her lost love. “It’s the only song that no one’s heard,” says Michele. “I can’t talk about it until people hear it. I just feel like people should hear it and I don’t know if I’m ever going to talk about it. It’s just one of those things where I understand what it means and you can take it or leave it. That song is for me.”
Alternatively, Furler’s song, “Cannonball,” is an earwormy number that Michele can’t get enough of, and neither can anyone else, apparently. “That’s what everyone tells me,” says Michele with a laugh. “Everybody’s like, Fuck you, I can’t stop singing it! My friends call me just singing ‘Cannonball! Cannonball!’ What’s crazy is that I can’t stop listening to it either. Since the minute Sia played me this song it’s been my personal anthem. It’s helped me so much. I still listen to it. If I’m having a down moment, I will play this song.”
While the lyrics are telling (“I let go of fear and the peace came quickly / Freedom / I was in the dark and then it hit me / I chose suffering and pain in the falling rain / I know, I gotta get out into the world again”), there’s a positive triumph-over-anguish message to be discerned amid the fist-pumping beats. And, with this tune in particular, Michele knows exactly to whom she is singing: girls and gays. “I’ve managed to have a wide range of fans,” she says, “but if ‘Cannonball’ isn’t playing at the Abbey in West Hollywood, I will go there and I will play it. Those are my people.”
Which just goes to show that while she may project a Goody Two-shoes persona, she’s also not afraid to dole out a bit of sass, as further evidenced by the photos seen here. “My friends call me Grandma, but, like, Grandma’s killing it right now,” she says. “I’m pretty sure Grandma nailed it in a half-naked Terry Richardson shoot, okay? So I’m fine with it. I just do my thing. I do what’s best for me. That’s it.”
Article by Mary HK Choi for "V"
The 27-year-old was born in the Bronx to a Turkish father, who was famous for bringing heros from his deli to the Spring Awakening set for cast mates when she was on Broadway, and an Italian-American mother. Complementing her Mediterranean good looks today are blunt, shiny bangs, and she is wearing a short, white cotton slip with Uggs, uncomely yet comfortable footwear, perfect for someone in need of an on-set shoe. Lea is kicking them off beneath the coffee table with nonchalance. Not that the star hasn’t earned the right to put her pedicured feet up for a minute.
Michele has been going full throttle for the release of Louder, slated for March fourth (as in, “march forth,” she says). It’s an 11-song distillation of a woman who took the time to find her voice. “I started working with Anne Preven, Felicia Barton, and Bonnie McKee right out of the gate, and we came up with some great, awesome pop songs,” she says. “But closer to the beginning of this year—four or five months into making the album—the label was like, “This is great, but we need more of you in here. You sound like you’re singing awesome songs that are similar to Katy or Kelly. We need more Lea Michele.”
So back to the studio she went, this time with a lot more on her mind. “My album was completed in June. We had 12 songs. And then my boyfriend passed away, in July. [The singer’s Glee costar and long-term boyfriend, Cory Monteith, died from a drug overdose, a passing for which nobody was prepared, least of all Lea Michele.] So I met with Sia [Furler], because she’s a friend and because we were thinking, Do we want to add anything to the record now? And we wrote ‘If You Say So,’ on the same day she played me ‘Cannonball.’”
“If You Say So” is a cathartic tribute to her lost love. “It’s the only song that no one’s heard,” says Michele. “I can’t talk about it until people hear it. I just feel like people should hear it and I don’t know if I’m ever going to talk about it. It’s just one of those things where I understand what it means and you can take it or leave it. That song is for me.”
Alternatively, Furler’s song, “Cannonball,” is an earwormy number that Michele can’t get enough of, and neither can anyone else, apparently. “That’s what everyone tells me,” says Michele with a laugh. “Everybody’s like, Fuck you, I can’t stop singing it! My friends call me just singing ‘Cannonball! Cannonball!’ What’s crazy is that I can’t stop listening to it either. Since the minute Sia played me this song it’s been my personal anthem. It’s helped me so much. I still listen to it. If I’m having a down moment, I will play this song.”
While the lyrics are telling (“I let go of fear and the peace came quickly / Freedom / I was in the dark and then it hit me / I chose suffering and pain in the falling rain / I know, I gotta get out into the world again”), there’s a positive triumph-over-anguish message to be discerned amid the fist-pumping beats. And, with this tune in particular, Michele knows exactly to whom she is singing: girls and gays. “I’ve managed to have a wide range of fans,” she says, “but if ‘Cannonball’ isn’t playing at the Abbey in West Hollywood, I will go there and I will play it. Those are my people.”
Which just goes to show that while she may project a Goody Two-shoes persona, she’s also not afraid to dole out a bit of sass, as further evidenced by the photos seen here. “My friends call me Grandma, but, like, Grandma’s killing it right now,” she says. “I’m pretty sure Grandma nailed it in a half-naked Terry Richardson shoot, okay? So I’m fine with it. I just do my thing. I do what’s best for me. That’s it.”
PICCOLO GRANDE SCHERMO - Matt da legare! Bomer di "White Collar" è al cinema con "Storia d'inverno"
Matt Bomer di “White Collar” (la 4° stagione in prima tv free su Top Crime dal 3 marzo in prima serata; la 5° inedita su Fox ogni mercoledì in prima serata) è stato paparazzato nei giorni scorsi
all’uscita di un hotel di Soho con il compagno Simon Halls. La coppia era nella
Grande Mela per la prima del film “Winter’s
Tale” (in Italia uscito a San Valentino col titolo “Storia d’inverno”), che vede Bomer protagonista al fianco di Colin
Farrell, Will Smith e Russell Crowe. La storia, ai confini della realtà sulla falsariga
di “Ghost”, racconta la morte di una principessa che ha la possibilità di
tornare in vita tramite reincarnazione. Nel cast anche William Hurt, Jennifer
Connelly, Lucy Griffiths, Scott Grimes e Eva Marie Saint.
lunedì 24 febbraio 2014
Sarah Shahi è il volto da tener d’occhio
della 3° stagione inedita di “Person of
Interest” (Premium Crime ogni
domenica in prima serata), la serie di Abrams-Nolan che ha anticipato il caldo
tema del Datagate. Secondo il “New York Post” la sua (ri)conferma nella nuova
stagione dopo la rapida apparizione nella 2° nei panni della killer governativa
Samantha Shaw si deve all’”impressione
indelebile della sua interpretazione tesa a dar vita a una figura senza pietà,
dal sangue freddo, capace di sbarazzarsi di una mezza dozzina di uomini come se
niente fosse”. “Dominare gli uomini e
sottometterli è divertente”, confessa l’attrice messasi in evidenza in “The L Word” (diventando idolo della
comunità lesbica), “Life” (al fianco
di Damian Lewis) e “Fairly Legal”
(passata su Joi). Gli stessi uomini che Shahi ha intrigato dalle pagine di “Maxim”, rivista specializzata in
fascino femminile che anche nel 2014 ha inserito l’attrice tra le “100 donne più sexy dell’anno”.
In “Person of Interest” la nostra ha
rinunciato alla controfigura – a dimostrazione di essere in perfetta forma
fisica, come hanno potuto ammirare i lettori da lingua in fuori di “Maxim” –
adottando ginocchiere ad hoc nelle scene di combattimento. “Adoro l’azione – confessa Shahi – mi piacciono le armi e sparare. Penso di
essere un uomo in un corpo da donna. Al make-up preferisco il fango! La mia
prima scena in ‘PoI’ è stata girata a gennaio, nel giorno più freddo dell’anno,
sul tetto di un grattacielo!”. Come a dire: per salire ai vertici del
successo c’è bisogno di sacrificio.
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