At a stage that for most actresses signals the beginning of the end, it’s perhaps no accident that Michelle Yeoh is reaching even higher heights, 40 years into her career. There’s something about Yeoh as Mother that transcends, in every shading and variation: cool and elegant in Crazy Rich Asians, imperious and twisted in Star Trek: Discovery, harried and bewildered in Everything Everywhere All at Once. In every version she is elementally familiar, particularly to my generation. She resembles the mother we have or the one we want, the kind we fear or crave, or both.
Four years ago, after I got engaged initially without my parents’ blessing, I wrote about how Crazy Rich Asians brought painful clarity to my own standoff, caught between romance and family. Much of my epiphany was fueled by Yeoh’s exquisite portrayal of Eleanor Young — her unyieldingly lofty standards for her child’s welfare,...
Four years ago, after I got engaged initially without my parents’ blessing, I wrote about how Crazy Rich Asians brought painful clarity to my own standoff, caught between romance and family. Much of my epiphany was fueled by Yeoh’s exquisite portrayal of Eleanor Young — her unyieldingly lofty standards for her child’s welfare,...
- 3/8/2023
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Anonymous Content has closed a first-look deal with Theresa Park’s film and TV banner Per Capita Productions.
Park’s Per Capita Productions is focused an auteur-driven, independent films, primarily based on literary material.
Most recently, Park produced Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All starring Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell and Mark Rylance. The movie has been nominated for 2023 Independent Spirit Awards for Best Feature Film, Best Lead Performance and Best Supporting Performance; received two acting nominations from the Gotham Awards; and won the Silver Lion at Venice for Best Director; and Best New Talent for Russell. Bones and All was financed by The Apartment Pictures (a Fremantle company) and produced by that studio’s Lorenzo Mieli as well.
Park also produced the film After Yang with Cinereach for A24, starring Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith and Justin Min, adapted by writer-director Kogonada from Alexander Weinstein’s short story Saying Goodbye to Yang.
Park’s Per Capita Productions is focused an auteur-driven, independent films, primarily based on literary material.
Most recently, Park produced Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All starring Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell and Mark Rylance. The movie has been nominated for 2023 Independent Spirit Awards for Best Feature Film, Best Lead Performance and Best Supporting Performance; received two acting nominations from the Gotham Awards; and won the Silver Lion at Venice for Best Director; and Best New Talent for Russell. Bones and All was financed by The Apartment Pictures (a Fremantle company) and produced by that studio’s Lorenzo Mieli as well.
Park also produced the film After Yang with Cinereach for A24, starring Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith and Justin Min, adapted by writer-director Kogonada from Alexander Weinstein’s short story Saying Goodbye to Yang.
- 2/6/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars And Strife Starz Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: David Smick Screenwriter: David Smick Cast: Alan Greenspan, Alice Rivlin, Amy Chua, Arthur Brooks, Chrissy Houlahan, David Ignatius, Derek Black, others Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 8/17/20 Opens: September 21, 2020 Are we Americans destined to have the […]
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- 9/13/2020
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Exclusive: Starz & Strife, a documentary examining what the filmmaker calls the “lost heart of America,” has set an on-demand rental and purchase run via Virgil Films in August before a premiere on Starz.
The film is written and directed by David Smick, an economic strategist and best-selling author of books like The Great Equalizer. Barry Levinson is an executive producer.
On August 11, the film will be available for rent or purchase on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video and other platforms. On September 21, it is slated to start airing on Starz.
The film features activists like Hawk Newsome, past political leaders like James Baker, Leon Panetta and Rahm Emmanuel, academics like Amy Chua and Francis Fukuyama and business figures like Home Depot founder Ken Langone. Current elected officials such as Rep. Chrissy Houlihan of Pennsylvania and Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland also make appearances.
“This film explores the epidemic of hate...
The film is written and directed by David Smick, an economic strategist and best-selling author of books like The Great Equalizer. Barry Levinson is an executive producer.
On August 11, the film will be available for rent or purchase on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video and other platforms. On September 21, it is slated to start airing on Starz.
The film features activists like Hawk Newsome, past political leaders like James Baker, Leon Panetta and Rahm Emmanuel, academics like Amy Chua and Francis Fukuyama and business figures like Home Depot founder Ken Langone. Current elected officials such as Rep. Chrissy Houlihan of Pennsylvania and Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland also make appearances.
“This film explores the epidemic of hate...
- 8/6/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Tonight’s Real Time with Bill Maher will be an emotional one right off the bat. The opening interview is with two of the #NeverAgain student organizers who witnessed the open gunfire massacre at their high school in Parkland, Florida. David Hogg and Cameron Kasky, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are co-founders of the student advocacy group on gun control Never Again Msd. Author Amy Chua is the mid-show interview guest. Chua’s latest book “Political Tribes” is a fascinating read about how the differences between us as a people can be our saving grace and our undoing as Americans. She...read more...
- 3/2/2018
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Lisa Kudrow revealed some juicy Friends tidbits on her Reddit "Ask Me Anything" Q&A on Tuesday, ranging from the origins of "Smelly Cat" to where Phoebe Buffay would be today. In anticipation for The Comeback coming back this Sunday, Kudrow answered a litany of questions that pertained more to her other famous role as Phoebe on Friends. Kudrow confirmed that she came up with the melody with the help of The Pretenders lead singer, Chrissie Hynde. "The writers wrote it, I wrote the tune, and had a little help from Chrissie Hynde. She was amazing," Kudrow said of the now-famous song.
- 11/6/2014
- by Teresa Jue
- EW.com - PopWatch
Kim Kardashian compared bottoms with her pal Blac Chyna and just had to share the moment on Instagram. Downton Abbey returned with its fourth season last night! No spoilers, we promise. Speaking of highly anticipated TV returns, The Bachelor premiered last night with a special two-part episode. Alexa Vega got married to Carlos Pena Jr. in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, after a two-month engagement. Tori Spelling was spotted for the first time since new allegations were brought up that her husband, Dean McDermott, cheated on her. No, Dean was not with her. The perils of courtside Lakers seats: Jessica Alba says she was almost hit with a ball at last night's game in La. Here's what happens with you ask Siri about Her (as in, the movie Her, not about herself): Source: BuzzFeed Pretty much every school in the Midwest is closed today due to freezing temperatures. One person has...
- 1/6/2014
- by Maria Mercedes Lara
- Popsugar.com
If only more writers were like the poet Sharon Olds and realised that discretion is better than endless revelation
The poems in Stag's Leap, the collection that has just won Sharon Olds the Ts Eliot prize, were written years ago, but not published until much later. The delay, Olds has explained, was to protect her family. The poems document the end of her 32-year marriage, when her husband left for another woman, and Olds promised her children not to write about it for "at least 10 years". In the end, it was 15; the collection came out last autumn.
Although the children must be middle aged now and the husband has not, some readers may conclude, done very much to merit such delicacy about his feelings, Olds remains protective. Last week, for instance, she was reluctant to elaborate on her ex's reaction to eventual publication. "It seems to me bad enough to...
The poems in Stag's Leap, the collection that has just won Sharon Olds the Ts Eliot prize, were written years ago, but not published until much later. The delay, Olds has explained, was to protect her family. The poems document the end of her 32-year marriage, when her husband left for another woman, and Olds promised her children not to write about it for "at least 10 years". In the end, it was 15; the collection came out last autumn.
Although the children must be middle aged now and the husband has not, some readers may conclude, done very much to merit such delicacy about his feelings, Olds remains protective. Last week, for instance, she was reluctant to elaborate on her ex's reaction to eventual publication. "It seems to me bad enough to...
- 1/20/2013
- by Catherine Bennett
- The Guardian - Film News
Tina Bennett has joined talent agency Wme’s New York literary division. She specializes in narrative nonfiction, current affairs, cultural history and "idea books." Her non-fiction clients include such well-known authors as Malcolm Gladwell (Tipping Point), Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) and Laura Hillenbrand (Seasbiscuit). She represented the recent surprise hit Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom by Yale law professor Amy Chua. Her fiction clients include James Carroll (Mortal Friends) and Lev Grossman (The Magicians). Bennett comes to Wme from Janklow & Nesbitt Associates, which she joined in 1994. Prior to becoming a literary agent Bennett pursued a
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- 7/23/2012
- by Andy Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Breaking: Tina Bennett, a longtime agent at Janklow & Nesbit, has just joined the New York-based literary division of Wme. Bennett had been with Janklow & Nesbit since 1994 and was most recently a director there. Her clients include Malcolm Gladwell, Laura Hillenbrand, Eric Schlosser, Atul Gawande, Jill Lepore, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, Peter Bergen, Lev Grossman, Tim Snyder, Terry Castle, Amy Chua, Matthew B. Crawford, Sheri Fink, Alex Ross, James Carroll, Eliza Griswold, James Risen, Tom Reiss, Patrick Keefe, Tim Wu, Fareed Zakaria, and many others. She specializes in narrative nonfiction, cultural history, idea books, literary fiction, politics and current affairs, and academic crossover titles. Bennett is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a Fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities, and serves on the board of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.
- 7/23/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Nicolas Héron for The Wall Street Journal
Are American kids really that bad? How can you get your boss to notice you? And what happens when you cross a minivan with a Porsche? A look at the most interesting posts from the Wall Street Journal blogs.
In Defense of the Naughty American Child: First it was Amy Chua’s article on the superiority of Chinese parenting. Now Pamela Druckerman weighs in on the superiority of French parenting. Time to standup for American kids.
Are American kids really that bad? How can you get your boss to notice you? And what happens when you cross a minivan with a Porsche? A look at the most interesting posts from the Wall Street Journal blogs.
In Defense of the Naughty American Child: First it was Amy Chua’s article on the superiority of Chinese parenting. Now Pamela Druckerman weighs in on the superiority of French parenting. Time to standup for American kids.
- 2/10/2012
- by Christopher John Farley
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Has everyone indulged in some Ben & Jerry’s this weekend? I’m still flying high from the deliciousness that was Thursday’s show, and the pure joy generated by Stephen, Jimmy, and Jon. Thank you guys for one of the happiest and funniest episodes ever. You looked like you were having loads of fun, and we did too. You are all definitely my sundae with the hot fudge and cherry on top.
Now let’s see what Stephen has in his ice cream dish for this week….
Monday, 3/7: Joshua Foer
“Memories…in the corner of my mind. Misty watercolor memories….” The name that goes with a face, the place you left your keys, the right question to a Jeopardy answer: all these are things you might forget—but Joshua Foer won’t. Foer has become what is known as a “memory athlete,” someone who tests his skills at total recall in competitions,...
Now let’s see what Stephen has in his ice cream dish for this week….
Monday, 3/7: Joshua Foer
“Memories…in the corner of my mind. Misty watercolor memories….” The name that goes with a face, the place you left your keys, the right question to a Jeopardy answer: all these are things you might forget—but Joshua Foer won’t. Foer has become what is known as a “memory athlete,” someone who tests his skills at total recall in competitions,...
- 3/8/2011
- by Karenatasha
- No Fact Zone
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