On Tuesday, footage of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke fatally shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in October 2014 was released to the public just hours after Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder. That night, hundreds of people marched in downtown Chicago to protest the murder of the black teen. One of those protesters included Vic Mensa, the Chicago rapper signed to Jay Z's label, Roc Nation. In a video from the march, Mensa says he "just got hands put on me by police" and "we want justice for Laquan and we want justice for our people."In another video, captured by CBS News, Mensa is seen getting caught in a physical confrontation between Chicago police and a group of protesters: Later in the night, Mensa's friend and fellow Chicago rapper Chance the Rapper (who was recently named Chicagoan of the Year) voiced support for his city: Elsewhere in the march,...
- 11/25/2015
- by Dee Lockett
- Vulture
The Lumineers, the band that broke out with the song "Ho Hey," is facing a lawsuit from ex-member Jason Van Dyke. In a complaint filed on May 22 in New Jersey federal court, the plaintiff says his contributions have been minimized. Van Dyke was invited into the band by Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites, was allegedly told he would be an equal partner and promised co-authorship on songs. Photos: Billboard Music Awards: Lorde, Kesha, Carrie Underwood and More Stars Strike a Pose Starting in 2008, Van Dyke says he participated in performances, recordings and songwriting until Schultz and
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- 5/29/2014
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With the fall TV schedule now complete (below), we get to step back and take a look at the hellish battleground that broadcast hath wrought. There’s some very tough-to-predict match-ups this fall:*
Tim Allen vs. Whitney Cummings (Fridays, 8-9): “No, my show’s lamer!” ABC and NBC have their low-expectations comedies airing on Fridays this fall, and they might run head-to-head depending on when NBC launches (ABC’s comedies premiere in November). NBC has Whitney and Community and ABC has Last Man Standing and new comedy Malibu Country. (Community fans, if your ass beat by Reba McEntire and Lily Tomlin,...
Tim Allen vs. Whitney Cummings (Fridays, 8-9): “No, my show’s lamer!” ABC and NBC have their low-expectations comedies airing on Fridays this fall, and they might run head-to-head depending on when NBC launches (ABC’s comedies premiere in November). NBC has Whitney and Community and ABC has Last Man Standing and new comedy Malibu Country. (Community fans, if your ass beat by Reba McEntire and Lily Tomlin,...
- 5/17/2012
- by Lynette Rice and James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
Alethea Jones won Tropfest.s 20th birthday competition last night, where heavy rain and intermittent lightning failed to dampen the spirits at the country.s biggest short film festival.
Jones' film Lemonade Stand was awarded first prize by a judging panel of Oscar Winners . Geoffrey Rush, Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett and acclaimed actresses Toni Collette and Asher Keddie.
Tropfest founder and director, John Polson said: .Lemonade Stand is an incredibly well made film and a favourite amongst the judges. There was intense discussion in the judging room, and some really interesting debates. Alethea should be very proud to have been selected by some of the industry.s greatest talent..
The winning film, a comedy about a man and his grandfather whose efforts to sell lemonade bring a clash with an officious neighbour, has changed everything for Jones, who revealed she had signed up to the dole only two weeks ago...
Jones' film Lemonade Stand was awarded first prize by a judging panel of Oscar Winners . Geoffrey Rush, Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett and acclaimed actresses Toni Collette and Asher Keddie.
Tropfest founder and director, John Polson said: .Lemonade Stand is an incredibly well made film and a favourite amongst the judges. There was intense discussion in the judging room, and some really interesting debates. Alethea should be very proud to have been selected by some of the industry.s greatest talent..
The winning film, a comedy about a man and his grandfather whose efforts to sell lemonade bring a clash with an officious neighbour, has changed everything for Jones, who revealed she had signed up to the dole only two weeks ago...
- 2/20/2012
- by Aleksandra Popovic
- IF.com.au
Dammit! Just when you think you're out, they drag you back in! You know, the funny thing about Jack Bauer is that even when he steps way over the line and seems to be irredeemable, he can show his soft underbelly and make us feel compassion and understanding. I really thought he had gone too far; he did go too far. But I saw that underneath it all, beyond his misplaced grief over Renee, Jack wanted to expose a great injustice. Thanks to a great bit of acting by Kiefer Sutherland, I felt Jack's internal agony and his aloneness. I understood his emptiness and how much he felt like giving up everything, even his life, if he could just expose this one last conspiracy. After an extremely ludicrous middle of the season and especially after the arrival of Gregory Itzin's Charles Logan, the level of acting seemed to rise all around.
- 5/27/2010
- by Cindy Davis
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