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British Filmmaker Ken Loach Won’t Say the Holocaust Happened, Calls Founding of State of Israel “Based on Ethnic Cleansing”

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British Filmmaker Ken Loach Won’t Say the Holocaust Happened, Calls Founding of State of Israel “Based on Ethnic Cleansing”

British filmmaker Ken Loach is in hot water this afternoon. He told the BBC’s Daily Politics presenter Jo Coburn that: “All history is our common heritage to discuss and analyse. The founding of the state of Israel, for example, based on ethnic cleansing is there for us all to discuss.”

This was a response to Coburn’s waffling on whether the Holocaust happened or not. Really. Loach recently signed a letter against Israel, joining a fringe group of celebrities like Roger Waters.

I’m not surprised about Loach. I’ve never liked his films. They are a total bore. But he’s a regular at Cannes no matter what he delivers. His films are like dead noise from a radio that’s lost the station’s signal. Perfect for inducing sleep.

Loach’s hidden anti-Semitism shouldn’t be a shock to anyone. He’s a huge supporter of British Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn, and even made a film about him.

Ryan Reynolds, Ariana Grande Win Early Streamy Awards, More Tonight At 9:30 Eastern

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Ryan Reynolds, Ariana Grande Win Early Streamy Awards, More Tonight At 9:30 Eastern

Want to know what young people are watching tonight? The Streamy Awards, where their heroes of the internet– people you and I do not kn0w– are in the spotlight. These are the “influencers” you keep hearing about.

The 7th Annual Streamy Awards will air tonight on Twitter at 9:30pm Eastern. On Sunday some early winners were announced including Ryan Reynolds for his “Deadpool” spot and Ariana Grande for singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”

Again, this is the link.

 

OVERALL

 

Action or Sci-Fi

**Crypt TV

Dimension 404

Rush: Inspired by Battlefield

Skinford

The Thinning

 

Animated                                                     

Casually Explained

Domics

itsAlexClark

**RWBY (Volume 4)

Simon’s Cat

                                               

Documentary

60 Second Docs

Endangered

Great Big Story

**Psycho Family

This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous

 

Immersive

360 Wizard Battle (Corridor)

**BlackBoxTV (BlackBoxTV)

Eleven Little Roosters (Rooster Teeth)

The Global Gamer (The Game Theorists)

Last Moments of Relationships (FBE)

 

International

Fernanfloo

**Juanpa Zurita

Lisa and Lena

Sebastián Villalobos

Wengie

 

 

SERIES

 

Comedy Series

Drive Share

Magic Funhouse

Mr. Student Body President

**Rhett & Link’s Buddy System

You Suck At Everything

                                                           

Drama Series

Brown Girls

Carmilla (Season 3)                                                                      

Caught

**Cold

Single By 30

 

Indie Series

**Brown Girls

Doomsday

Edgar Allen Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party

Everything’s OK

Graves

 

Non-Fiction Series

Getting Doug With High

**Ladylike

Logan Paul Vs…

Murder with Friends

REACT

 

SUBJECT

 

Fashion

Amanda Steele

FENTY PUMA by Rihanna

Kelsey Simone

Sneaker Shopping

**Tess Christine

                                                           

Gaming

Achievement Hunter

iHasCupquake

JuegaGerman

Markiplier

**Smosh Games

 

Kids and Family

Annie LeBlanc

**Brooklyn & Bailey

Guava Juice

Roman Atwood Vlogs

What’s Inside?

                                   

News and Culture

Cheddar

Complex News

NowThis

The Philip DeFranco Show

**The Young Turks

                                   

Science or Education

How To Make Everything

The King of Random

Marques Brownlee

Mind Field

**Veritasium

                                   

Sports and Wellness

30 for 30 Shorts

**blogilates

Kevin Durant

QB1: Beyond the Lights

Tanner Fox

 

PERFORMANCE

                                   

Collaboration

Casey Neistat and Jesse Wellens (“Human Flying Drone”)

**Honest Trailers and Ryan Reynolds (“Logan Feat. Deadpool”)

Jon Cozart and Thomas Sanders (“RIP Vine: A Song”)

Kate Albrecht and Joey Zehr (“Omg We’re Coming Over!”)

The Rock, Lilly Singh, Markiplier, Grace Helbig, Roman Atwood, Gigi Gorgeous, Alex Wassabi, LaurDIY, King Bach, Flula, and Brittney Smith (“The YouTube Factory”)

 

MUSIC

                                               

Cover Song

Alex Aiono ft. Ar’mon and Trey, “I Spy, T Shirt, Isn’t She Lovely, & Swang Mashup” (Various Artists)

**Ariana Grande, “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” (Judy Garland)

Ashley Tisdale ft. Vanessa Hudgens, “Ex’s & Oh’s” (Elle King)

Boyce Avenue ft. Sarah Hyland, “Closer” (The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey)

Walk Off The Earth, “Shape Of You” (Ed Sheeran)

                                   

CRAFT

 

Cinematography

**Casey Neistat (Casey Neistat)

Devin Graham (devinsupertramp)

Gavin Free and Daniel Gruchy (The Slow Mo Guys)

Jon Keng (“Pineapple”)

Sawyer Hartman (sawyerhartman)

                                                                       

Costume Design

Ann Foley (“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot”)

Autumn Steed (“Dimension 404”)

**Brandon Rogers, Kimberly Rice, and Jonathan Hinman (“Magic Funhouse”)

Michelle Miller (Lindsey Stirling)

Sarah Grace Hart, Sinead Persaud, and Mary Kate Wiles (“Edgar Allen Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party”)

 

Directing

**Jack Ferry and Ryan Hunter (“Mr. Student Body President”)

Jesse Wellens (Jesse)

John Fortenberry (“Rhett & Link’s Buddy System”)

Steven Suptic (“Sugar Pine 7”)

Wesley Chan and Philip Wang (“Single By 30”)                                               

 

Editing

Bad Lip Reading

Casey Neistat                                                         

**The Game Theorists (Edward Newton, Thomas Torbergsen, Alex Sedgewick, Ronnie Edwards, Daniel Seibert, Lee Black, and Ryder Burgin)

Liza Koshy

Sugar Pine 7 (Steven Suptic)

                                               

Visual and Special Effects                                                          

Dimension 404 (Playfight and RocketJump)

Gary Scullion (Sneaky Zebra)

Jungle of Sharks and Blood Brothers (Skal)

Nikolay Zamkovoy (Super Power Beat Down)

**Sam Gorski and Niko Pueringer (Corridor)

                                   

Writing

Casually Explained

**DeStorm Power (“Caught”)                                                     

Josh Gal, Amanda Brooke-Perrin, Jill Goslicky, Aaron Krebs, Zach Sherwin, Drennon Davis & EpicLLOYD (“Epic Studios”)        

Shaun Diston, Ryan Hunter and Jack Ferry (“Mr. Student Body President”)                                   

Spencer Gilbert, Joe Starr, Dan Murrell, and Andy Signore (“Honest Trailers”)

                       

BRAND

                                               

Influencer Campaign

Amazon Fire Tablets (Peter Heacock, Zach King, Chad Suter)                                                        

DiGiorno (Redfoo, Devvon Terrell, Diamond White, Madilyn Bailey, Marcus Perez, O-Fresh)    

Fergie / aaro Entertainment (Various Musical.ly Artists)

Power Rangers Movie (Lilly Singh, Dude Perfect)

**Samsung (Casey Neistat)

 

Additionally, fan voting for the two Audience Choice categories – Creator of the Year and Show of the Year – is still open. Fans can vote once per day per category by tweeting out a nominee’s specific hashtag. Voting for both categories will close at 7PM PT on Tuesday, September 26, which is 30 minutes into the live stream of the 7thAnnual Streamy Awards. Fans should be sure to only include one of the below hashtags per voting tweet!

 

Creator of the Year:

 

Cameron Dallas – #CameronForStreamys

Casey Neistat – #CaseyForStreamys

David Dobrik – #DavidForStreamys

Dolan Twins – #DolanForStreamys

Jake Paul – #JakeForStreamys

Jenna Marbles – #JennaForStreamys

Lilly Singh – #LillyForStreamys

Liza Koshy – #LizaForStreamys

Logan Paul – #LoganForStreamys

Shane Dawson – #ShaneForStreamys

 

 

 Show of the Year:

 

Good Mythical Morning – #GMMForStreamys

Kian & JC – #KianJCForStreamys

The King of Random – #TKORForStreamys

The Philip DeFranco Show – #DeFrancoShowForStreamys

REACT – #REACTForStreamys

Rooster Teeth – #RoosterTeethForStreamys

Sugar Pine 7 – #SP7ForStreamys

The Try Guys – #TryGuysForStreamys

UNHhhh – #UNHhhhForStreamys

The Young Turks – #TYTForStreamys

The 7th Annual Streamy Awards is Executive Produced by dick clark productions’ Allen Shapiro, Mike Mahan and Ariel Elazar, as well as Streamy Awards founders Drew Baldwin and Joshua Cohen. Producers include dick clark productions’ Rika Camizianos, Alexi Mazareas and Michael Nieporent.

Broadway: “Pretty Woman” with Songs from Bryan Adams, Sets Openings for Chicago, New York

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Broadway: “Pretty Woman” with Songs from Bryan Adams, Sets Openings for Chicago, New York

“Pretty Woman” is finally in place to be a Broadway musical.

The Garry Marshall-directed hit film starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere is in place for 2018 with a Chicago tryout and a New York opening.

All of this will happen in 2018, with Chicago checked for a March 13, 2018 opening and Broadway set for one year from now.

Samantha Barks, who was so great in “Les Miserables” on stage and in the film, will play Vivian, the happy hooker. Tony winner Steve Kazee will take the Richard Gere role of Edward, the multi millionaire (by now a billionaire) who offers Vivian $3,000 to be his girlfriend for the weekend.

In the movie, SPOILER ALERT, they get together and marry. A better musical would have been called “What We Told the Kids.”

Anyway, Canadian songster and 80s rock star Bryan Adams has written the songs with long time collaborator Jim Vallance. Paula Wagner produces, Jerry Mitchell directs, and David Rockwell is designing the sets.

Review: Tom Cruise Scores a Hit with “American Made,” But There’s a Reason it May Not Fly

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Review: Tom Cruise Scores a Hit with “American Made,” But There’s a Reason it May Not Fly

Good news and bad news for Tom Cruise. Doug Liman’s second film with him, “American Made,” which opens Friday, is a hit. Despite Scientology and all the other mishegos, Cruise rises to the occasion of playing real life adventurer Barry Seal, a TWA pilot who went to work for the CIA in the 1980s and had his life turned upside down in the South American drug wars.

“American Made” is a descendant of a long line of films from the mother ship, Martin Scorsese’s “GoodFellas.” It falls in line with recent films like “The Big Short,” “American Hustle,” and even Scorsese’s “Wolf of Wall Street.” Basically, a good guy is corrupted and narrates his own downfall. But most of the films of this type work, and I’m happy to say “American Made” does, too.

Will it sell to audiences, though? Even with an 88 on Rotten Tomatoes, “American Made” may have trouble. Around the world, the audience reaction seems mixed. I’m not going to tell you why now, but if “American Made” stumbles out of the box there’s a reason. I’m not saying it’s a good reason, but one you’ll understand in time.

Nevertheless, Liman has a way of working with Cruise that brings out the best in him. There’s some terrific filmmaking here. Cruise seems relaxed and relate-able, not at all as phony as he often comes through. He has a nice rapport with all the other actors, too, including Sarah Wright as his put upon gorgeous wife, and Domhnall Gleeson as his CIA contact. Caleb Landry Jones is on a roll with this latest part (see him in “The Florida Project” and “Three Billboards”).

Barry Seal has become almost a mythic figure in books and TV shows regarding the Medellin drug cartel and Pablo Escobar. Cruise and Liman ran the risk of re-stating the obvious with “American Made.” But instead they made something surprisingly fresh and resonant. And for Tom Cruise– everything else notwithstanding– it’s a little bit of a Renaissance.

Howard Stern Releases Searchable Archive of Donald Trump Interviews, 15 Hours’ Worth

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Howard Stern Releases Searchable Archive of Donald Trump Interviews, 15 Hours’ Worth

What will we find in 15 hours of interviews with Howard Stern and Donald Trump? Click here: https://factba.se/topic/howard-stern-interviews

We’re going to be pouring through these tapes with more interest than Nixon’s White House recordings, that’s for sure.

Fifteen hours of Stern talking to this loudmouth. Mind boggling.

Oprah Didn’t Bring New Viewers to “60 Minutes” Premiere, Same Number as Last Year

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Oprah Didn’t Bring New Viewers to “60 Minutes” Premiere, Same Number as Last Year

CBS really promoted the heck out of Oprah Winfrey joining “60 Minutes.” She was touted as a special correspondent by everyone on the show. They almost played a fan fare

But in the end, Oprah’s debut scored the same ratings as last year’s season opener– around 13.5 million. It seems the people who watch “60 Minutes” are the same year to year. But at least Oprah’s segment was pretty interesting. She talked to people in Michigan about Trump, and they pretty much seemed to like him. I’ll bet that shocks people (like me) on both coasts. They didn’t care about Russia. They just think Trump is a big F-U to all of us. One woman predicted Civil War.

“Star Trek: Discovery” played its first and last time on the network before heading off to CBS All Access on line. They drew around 8.5 million people. Frankly, I didn’t even know it was coming. It was just…there. But it seemed pretty interesting. Michelle Yeoh is terrific. Once “Discovery” heads to All Access we’ll never know what the ratings are.

Civil War at amFAR as Controversial Organization Turns Against Supporters in Power Grab

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Civil War at amFAR as Controversial Organization Turns Against Supporters in Power Grab

For years I’ve written about how crazy amFAR is. The organization started by Dr. Mathilde Krim and people like Elizabeth Taylor to raise research funds for AIDS was once all about saving people. Then it became about parties, celebrities, and exclusivity.

Now amFAR is having an open civil war and I’m not surprised. The crazy bunch who’ve slowly taken the group over is now attacking the two people who’ve kept the place going all these years– movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and retailer Kenneth Cole. Before this, the same people chucked out Sharon Stone, who’d literally put them on the map brandwise.

According to the New York Times, four board members are now battling Weinstein and Cole: Vincent Roberti, Mervyn Silverman, Arlen Andelson and Jonathan Canno. Their leader is said to be Roberti, a Connecticut developer and lobbyist who was acquitted in 1992 of burning down one his buildings. A 2012 Connecticut Post editorial described him as “a former Connecticut state representative, turned failed Bridgeport mayoral candidate, turned bankrupt developer, turned exonerated arson-for-insurance-scam suspect, turned big-time Washington, D.C., lobbyist and movie producer.” (His most recent entry on the imdb is a 2009 short film called “Asshole.”)

Add to that list Kevin Frost, the president of amFAR. You may remember Frost. He banned me from all amFAR events after I revealed that the organization paid Madonna’s charity, Raising Malawi, $1 million for her appearance at in 2010. (Madonna had never given a penny to amFAR previously and hasn’t since then either.) Frost didn’t like it either when I exposed his poor treatment of Stone, who’d valiantly led their annual auctions in Cannes to millions of dollars. She was ousted unceremoniously.

This gang had better be careful. They are not the simple but organized Elton John AIDS Foundation. (It should be noted that both Sir Elton and the late Elizabeth Taylor broke away from amFAR years ago and started their own foundations after amFAR was taken over by the current regime.) Weinstein and Cole are amFAR’s two most prominent goodwill ambassadors in the celebrity world Frost, et al. covet. So was Stone. Without them, amFAR as it works now would have a very empty tent come the annual Cannes fundraiser.

 

Sketchy Global Citizen Says It’s Sponsored by Gucci Foundation, But How? They Exist on Paper Only

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Sketchy Global Citizen Says It’s Sponsored by Gucci Foundation, But How? They Exist on Paper Only

The very sketchy Global Citizen Festival– a rock concert for people to feel good about themselves– is on the air right now on MSNBC. The great Stevie Wonder is performing.

But Stevie doesn’t know about Global Citizen, which spends millions on rock concerts and celebrities but gives no money to actual people for poverty, hunger or AIDS.

Curious: Global Citizen says it’s sponsored by Gucci and a Gucci program called Chime for Change. Maybe they are, but not by the Gucci Foundation.

Federal tax filings for the Gucci Foundation from 2013, 2014, and 2015 show that the 501 c3 just has enough money its coffers for administrative purposes– around $7,000. There’s no sign of any donations to anything, no money in or out. And no mention of Chime for Change.

There is some remnant of Chime for Change on the internet. In 2014 they sold cheap headphones with their logo. They’re still floating around ebay for between $20 and $40.

In fact, Chime for Change seems to be a branding name for a campaign by UNICEF.

Gucci never was particularly charitable. A decade ago they invented the Gucci Foundation to collect money for Madonna’s first Raising Malawi foundation concert. No one ever has accounted for that money and didn’t go to Malawi. The money may have gone to the Kabbalah Center.

There is no record of a Gucci Foundation in the UK, by the way. And nothing for Chime for Change.

Meantime, MSNBC– Global Citizen’s broadcast partner– has cut into Stevie Wonder’s live show twice with long sets of commercials. Chris Martin of Coldplay, named a Global Citizen ambassador, played the I Heart Radio show in Vegas. And President Barack Obama declined an invitation to Global Citizen.

Basketball Great Steph Curry Disinvited by Trump to White House After Trump Calls NFL Players “Sons of Bitches” in Speech

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Basketball Great Steph Curry Disinvited by Trump to White House After Trump Calls NFL Players “Sons of Bitches” in Speech

Donald Trump– president at the moment of the US– has disinvited basketball great from a White House visit with his team, the Golden State Warriors.

The result is a Twitter storm. Just prior to this, Trump attacked exiled NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick in what many consider a racist speech in Alabama last night.

“Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, you’d say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now. Out! He’s fired,” Trump said to loud applause.

Trump added: “You know what’s hurting the game?” he asked. “When people like yourselves turn on television and you see those people taking the knee when they’re playing our great national anthem.”

On Twitter and among people with an IQ over 3, “those people” is clearly directed at black players who are taking the knee, and not standing for The Star Spangled Banner. Kaepernick and Curry are both African Americans.

Curry had stated earlier on Friday that he would decline the invite from the White House. “My views haven’t changed at all. I don’t know if anybody’s changed. But that’s where I stand right now,” Curry said on Friday during the Warriors’ press day. “I don’t want to go. That’s my nucleus of my belief.”

Trump is really taking some major risks now. Sports is bigger than politics, and he’s gambling on creating twin controversies in basketball and football. Second, as with President Obama, the people he’s attacking are black. As with John McCain– who he called a loser for being captured in the Vietnam War– Trump is creating enemies with long memories.

Bradley Cooper-Lady Gaga “Star is Born” Will Likely Open Very Early Cannes 2018 Film Festival

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Bradley Cooper-Lady Gaga “Star is Born” Will Likely Open Very Early Cannes 2018 Film Festival

Warner Bros. has announced it’s moving Bradley Cooper’s take on “A Star is Born” up to May 18th, 2018 release.

My sources say that indicates a definite premiere in Cannes, and probably the opening night film. What glamour on the Croisette!

But listen: Cannes is moving up a whole week next year and will begin on Wednesday, May 9th! Sacre bleu! The festival should be starting on the 16th. not the 9th. Festival goers will be bringing rain coats, umbrellas, and sweaters. Talk about a cool film festival!

This past year, Cannes moved to the end of May, where it’s supposed to be. When it’s opened on days like the 12th, 13th, or 14th I can remember some pretty torrential rains. I have photos from recent years of Nicole Kidman amid seas of umbrellas!

Well, Lady Gaga will like arrive on the red carpet at the Palais des Festivals self enclosed in a rain proof outfit. Either way, Cannes 2018 is already guaranteed quite a celeb kick off!

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