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Darius Marder ’s Sound of Metal went into 2019’s Toronto International Film Festival without a distributor. Now, a year-and-a-half on, it’s a six-time Oscar nominee and perhaps the most hard-fought of all of this year’s crop of Best Picture candidates. Joe Utichi meets Marder and stars Riz Ahmed and Paul Raci to take stock of a film that transformed its key players in ways they hadn’t expected. They say Oscar loves a narrative, and they don’t come much more inspiring than Sound of Metal ’s. Even before he got his debut feature to set, Darius Marder spent more than a decade honing his tale about a heavy metal drummer and recovering addict who loses his hearing, butting up against the many hard realities of filmmaking that told him a movie like this could not work. As he did it, he learned more and more about deaf culture, and heard moving stories about people pursuing recovery in dedicated deaf sober houses. In Riz Ahmed, he found an actor willing to immerse so fully … [Read more...] about How ‘Sound Of Metal’ Changed Everything For Riz Ahmed, Darius Marder & Paul Raci, Even Before It Earned Six Oscar Nominations

Veteran actress Neelima Azeem who prefers to keep her personal life under wraps, recently opened up about her broken marriages with Pankaj Kapur and Rajesh Khattar in an interview with an entertainment portal. Neelima recalled her first marriage with Pankaj Kapur with whom she has a son, actor Shahid Kapoor and said that she was married to her best friend but wasn't aware that one could experience such a fall in life. Speaking about how her separation from Pankaj Kapur affected her, the actress told Bollywood Bubble, "It was the first time when I actually experienced grief, sorrow, rejection, anxiety, pain and fear of the unknown. And a whole lot of insecurity. And also a sense of feeling claustrophobic that I have to stay with my parents now and raise the child on my own and how I am going to be moving towards being the independent girl that I always wanted to be and in many ways was." Neelima said that it took her a year and a half to put herself … [Read more...] about Neelima Azeem On Failed Marriages With Pankaj Kapur & Rajesh Khattar: My Sons Were A Great Inspiration

Music videos are the current trend! We have seen many celebrities, especially former Bigg Boss contestants and popular jodis featuring in Hindi music videos. Now, Punjabi entertainment industry seems to be catching up on the trend. Recently, Shivangi Joshi and Jasmin Bhasin featured in Punjabi music videos. Also, Bigg Boss 14 winner Rubina Dilaik featured along with ex- Bigg Boss contestant Paras Chhabra in 'Galat'. All of which were huge hits and also trending on YouTube. Now, Bigg Boss 14 fame Arshi Khan is all set to make her debut in Punjabi entertainment industry through a music video. While talking to Filmibeat, Arshi Khan revealed that she is excited about her first Punjabi music video. A source close to the project informed Filmibeat, "Arshi was approached many times before for featuring in Punjabi music and films. But looking to her other work commitments the deal couldn't materialise. Here in Punjab, people are crazy about Arshi and … [Read more...] about Exclusive! Arshi Khan Is Excited About Her First Punjabi Music Video

This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. The Earth’s climate has always been a work in progress. In the 4.5 billion years the planet has been spinning around the sun, ice ages have come and gone, interrupted by epochs of intense heat. The highest mountain range in Texas was once an underwater reef. Camels wandered in evergreen forests in the Arctic. Then a few million years later, 400 feet of ice formed over what is now New York City. But amid this geologic mayhem, humans have gotten lucky. For the past 10,000 years, virtually the entire stretch of human civilization, people have lived in what scientists call “a Goldilocks climate” — not too hot, not too cold, just right. Related Stories Why Obama's Climate Plan Failed. And How Biden's Could Succeed For These Young Evangelical Activists, Facing the Climate Crisis Is an Act of Faith Related Stories The 10 Most Bizarre … [Read more...] about Now Is Our Last Best Chance to Confront the Climate Crisis

YouTube in 2007 was the Wild West of freak comedy. Offbeat humor, celebrated through cheaply produced and easily distributed clips, dominated the young video-hosting platform, founded two years prior. Catchy songs about shoe shopping and trippy animations starring sleepy unicorns were elevated to the “Featured Videos” section of the site, the breeding ground for niche humor hits like “ Chocolate Rain ” and “ Charlie Bit My Finger .” At that point, 19-year-old Chris Crocker was living with his grandparents in Tennessee, a difficult existence for a gay teen who started getting home-schooled after eighth grade because of incessant bullying. On MySpace and YouTube, Crocker (real name Chris Cunningham) posted confessional videos that provided commentary on sexuality and “realness.” He sometimes assumed over-the-top Southern characters like Earl Annie Edna , a talk show host and vocal Crocker hater. On both platforms, Crocker gained a following for his videos. Related … [Read more...] about ‘Leave Britney Alone’: Chris Crocker on the Viral YouTube Clip