Joining Peter Nicks’ “The Force” in the emerging sub-genre of “documentaries about police reform that illustrate the utter futility of reforming the police,” Deirdre Fishel’s “Women in Blue” takes viewers deep inside the Minneapolis Police Department during the tumultuous years leading up to the murder of George Floyd. Like Nicks, Fishel was drawn to her subject because of the hope represented by a progressive chief of police; in this case Janée Harteau, the first woman to head the Mpd in its long history (and an openly gay Native American woman at that).
Unlike Nicks, however, Fishel embeds herself behind the blue wall of silence with a particular hypothesis — female leadership might help detoxify the culture of violence that churns inside America’s police departments — and the sheer whiteness of that approach blinds her to a fact that would’ve become even more obvious had she just kept filming for...
Unlike Nicks, however, Fishel embeds herself behind the blue wall of silence with a particular hypothesis — female leadership might help detoxify the culture of violence that churns inside America’s police departments — and the sheer whiteness of that approach blinds her to a fact that would’ve become even more obvious had she just kept filming for...
- 6/17/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Joining Peter Nicks’ “The Force” in the emerging sub-genre of “documentaries about police reform that illustrate the utter futility of reforming the police,” Deirdre Fishel’s “Women in Blue” takes viewers deep inside the Minneapolis Police Department during the tumultuous years leading up to the murder of George Floyd. Like Nicks, Fishel was drawn to her subject because of the hope represented by a progressive chief of police; in this case Janée Harteau, the first woman to head the Mpd in its long history (and an openly gay Native American woman at that).
Unlike Nicks, however, Fishel embeds herself behind the blue wall of silence with a particular hypothesis — female leadership might help detoxify the culture of violence that churns inside America’s police departments — and the sheer whiteness of that approach blinds her to a fact that would’ve become even more obvious had she just kept filming for...
Unlike Nicks, however, Fishel embeds herself behind the blue wall of silence with a particular hypothesis — female leadership might help detoxify the culture of violence that churns inside America’s police departments — and the sheer whiteness of that approach blinds her to a fact that would’ve become even more obvious had she just kept filming for...
- 6/17/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Thompson on Hollywood
Joan Crawford Movie Star Joan Crawford movies on TCM: Underrated actress, top star in several of her greatest roles If there was ever a professional who was utterly, completely, wholeheartedly dedicated to her work, Joan Crawford was it. Ambitious, driven, talented, smart, obsessive, calculating, she had whatever it took – and more – to reach the top and stay there. Nearly four decades after her death, Crawford, the star to end all stars, remains one of the iconic performers of the 20th century. Deservedly so, once you choose to bypass the Mommie Dearest inanity and focus on her film work. From the get-go, she was a capable actress; look for the hard-to-find silents The Understanding Heart (1927) and The Taxi Dancer (1927), and check her out in the more easily accessible The Unknown (1927) and Our Dancing Daughters (1928). By the early '30s, Joan Crawford had become a first-rate film actress, far more naturalistic than...
- 8/10/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Loretta Young films as TCM celebrates her 102nd birthday (photo: Loretta Young ca. 1935) Loretta Young would have turned 102 years old today. Turner Classic Movies is celebrating the birthday of the Salt Lake City-born, Academy Award-winning actress today, January 6, 2015, with no less than ten Loretta Young films, most of them released by Warner Bros. in the early '30s. Young, who began her film career in a bit part in the 1927 Colleen Moore star vehicle Her Wild Oat, remained a Warners contract player from the late '20s up until 1933. (See also: "Loretta Young Movies.") Now, ten Loretta Young films on one day may sound like a lot, but one should remember that most Warner Bros. -- in fact, most Hollywood -- releases of the late '20s and early '30s were either B Movies or programmers. The latter were relatively short (usually 60 to 75 minutes) feature films starring A (or B+) performers,...
- 1/6/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Myrna Loy Movies Turner Classic Movies, Thursday, August 2 6:00 Am The Great Divide (1929) A businessman masquerades as a bandit to kidnap a flapper and end her reckless days. Dir: Reginald Barker. Cast: Dorothy Mackaill, Ian Keith, Myrna Loy. Black and White-73 minutes. 7:15 Am The Naughty Flirt (1931) A flighty heiress goes to work as a secretary to win the straitlaced man she loves. Dir: Edward Cline. Cast: Alice White, Paul Page, Myrna Loy. Black and White-56 minutes. 8:15 Am The Barbarian (1933) An Arab prince masquerades as a tour guide to court a beautiful American. Dir: Sam Wood. Cast: Ramon Novarro, [...]...
- 8/1/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The September 2011 issue of the Brooklyn Rail is up, featuring Rachael Rakes and Leo Goldsmith's interview with Light Industry's Ed Halter, Anastasiya Osipova on Esfir Shub, "colleague and sometime mentor" of Dziga Vertov and Sergei Eisenstein (for more, see Josh Malitsky in Screening the Past), Polly Bresnick on Eugenio Polgovsky's The Inheritors and Leo Goldsmith's report from Locarno … Mike Everleth dedicates this week's roundup of "Underground Film Links" to George Kuchar … Recently in The Chiseler, an outstanding publication devoted primarily to Depression-era cinema and culture: Imogen Smith on Ann Dvorak, David Cairns on Clarence Wilson and Alice White, and Ken Jacobs on Janet Gaynor … Cliff Robertson was 88.
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- 9/11/2011
- MUBI
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Want to know what's going on with your favorite TV stars when the cameras aren't rolling? Check out the latest celebrity news from our friends at PopEater.com.
o. Paula Deen's former housekeeper, Mary Alice White, has pleaded guilty to stealing and pawning $27,500 worth of jewelry from the couple.
o. In the latest issues of Health Magazine, 'Big Love' actress Ginnifer Goodwin tells the mag she's been a member of Weight Watchers for 23 years. Goodwin is currently 32 years old making her just 9 when she began the weight loss program.
o. Lisa Robin Kelly, who played Laurie, Eric Foreman's sister, on 'That '70s Show,' has been charged with drunk driving in North Carolina.
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Want to know what's going on with your favorite TV stars when the cameras aren't rolling? Check out the latest celebrity news from our friends at PopEater.com.
o. Paula Deen's former housekeeper, Mary Alice White, has pleaded guilty to stealing and pawning $27,500 worth of jewelry from the couple.
o. In the latest issues of Health Magazine, 'Big Love' actress Ginnifer Goodwin tells the mag she's been a member of Weight Watchers for 23 years. Goodwin is currently 32 years old making her just 9 when she began the weight loss program.
o. Lisa Robin Kelly, who played Laurie, Eric Foreman's sister, on 'That '70s Show,' has been charged with drunk driving in North Carolina.
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- 12/22/2010
- by Elena Cox
- Aol TV.
Paula Deen isn't letting $100,000 worth of stolen jewelry sour her holiday season. As y'all may have heard by now, Deen's former housekeeper Mary Alice White was sentenced to 18 months in prison after admitting to stealing jewelry from Deen and her husband Michael Groover. However, it's buttery goodness as usual at Deen's Savannah-area home... "She's not letting this bother her," a source tells me. "She'll be at home for Christmas doing all the cooking. All the family will be there. Her son Jamie and his wife Brooke are having their second baby and Michael's daughter is having a baby, too." Deen told police earlier this year that more than...
- 12/21/2010
- E! Online
An unsavory chapter in Paula Deen's life has come to a close, as a former housekeeper has been sentenced to jail for stealing jewelry from the Food Network chef. Mary Alice White of Savannah, Ga., received 18 months in prison followed by six years of probation after pleading guilty in the case, the Savannah Morning News reports. "The scars she left behind emotionally can't begin to be measured. Our hearts are sad," Deen, 63, told the judge. She added: "Mary White is the most feared and destroying kind of thief you may ever run up against. Mary was a master at...
- 12/21/2010
- by Tim Nudd
- PEOPLE.com
Paula Deen's housekeeper stole more than a pie off the window sill. Mary Alice White was sentenced to 18 months in prison after admitting to swiping jewelry from the bubbly Food Network star during the nine months she worked for Deen and her husband Michael Groover. Bet that left a bad aftertaste. Deen alerted police earlier this year that more than $100,000 worth of men's and women's jewelry had gone missing from her Wilmington Island home. The shiitake hit the fan for White when she was arrested May 5 after trying to pawn an $18,000 pair of earrings. She was released from custody, but promptly picked up a week later after attempting to unload a $7,000 Rolex and a $2,500 bracelet at...
- 12/20/2010
- E! Online
Here we are, Leverage fans! It’s the episode TNT keeps calling the “season finale” – but which we know better as “the last episode before the hiatus after which there are three more.” Go figure. Oh, and Parker’s dead…but obviously, not really.
Our heroes have caught a break in tracking down Damien Moreau, linking him to a financier with a violent streak. In order to crack him, they decide to stage a murder – with Parker playing the part of the victim. The big bad is Mark Vector, an ex-hockey player turned supposed stock expert who isn’t afraid to beat a guy up in his own office (also played by Spencer Garrett, who was last seen getting tased by Bradley Whitford on The Good Guys‘ summer finale), and the guy turns to Nate for help in exposing the bad guy and his dastardly ways. If that’s not bad enough,...
Our heroes have caught a break in tracking down Damien Moreau, linking him to a financier with a violent streak. In order to crack him, they decide to stage a murder – with Parker playing the part of the victim. The big bad is Mark Vector, an ex-hockey player turned supposed stock expert who isn’t afraid to beat a guy up in his own office (also played by Spencer Garrett, who was last seen getting tased by Bradley Whitford on The Good Guys‘ summer finale), and the guy turns to Nate for help in exposing the bad guy and his dastardly ways. If that’s not bad enough,...
- 9/6/2010
- by Brittany Frederick
- TVovermind.com
Paula Deen has compared the theft of over $$100,000 (£67,606) worth of jewellery by her housekeeper to "a death in the family". Mary Alice White was accused of stealing from Deen's Savannah, Ga home after the pieces began disappearing in August 2009. A police report stated that White was "recently found to be in possession of a portion of said jewellery". "I was so sad and upset because I loved this person and told them every day that I loved them," Deen told People. "So it's always sad when someone disappoints you." However, (more)...
- 6/15/2010
- by By Jennifer Still
- Digital Spy
Food Network chef Paula Deen says she is "disappointed" in a former housekeeper, who is charged with stealing more than $100,000 in jewelry from Deen's Savannah home - but she still tries to see the best in people. "It was kind of like a death in the family," Deen tells People. "I was so sad and upset because I loved this person and told them every day that I loved them. So it's always sad when someone disappoints you." According to a police report filed with the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police, Deen's husband Michael Groover said that the men's and women's jewelry started vanishing last August.
- 6/15/2010
- by Steve Helling and Eileen Finan
- PEOPLE.com
Food Network chef Paula Deen says her maid cleaned her out of more than $10,000 in jewelry and other expensive stuff before she fired her and had her arrested. According to a police report filed by Paula's husband, Michael Groover , and obtained by TMZ, Mary Alice White stole jewelry and other precious metals during a fairly long period of time -- August, 2009 to May, 2010. Groover claims the maid did not have a sex bias ... she stole...
- 6/7/2010
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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