Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Moonrise Kingdom’: Sweet Nostalgia for American Innocence
PG-13 | 1h 34min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 29 June 2012 (USA) World-renowned acting coach Michael Chekhov (nephew of playwright Anton Chekhov) said that the main thing missing from most modern theater productions is “atmosphere.” By “atmosphere,” he meant that rare, mystical feeling generated by all great works of art. A work with atmosphere becomes a world unto itself and creates a longing in the soul, as well as a desire to revisit. It’s as if a living being with personality inhabits or overshadows that statue, play, book, painting, and so on. Director Wes Anderson created a bit of this type of atmosphere in 2012’s “Moonrise Kingdom.” Sam (Jared Gilman) is a gifted young draftsman in “Moonrise Kingdom.” (Focus Features)The time is 1965, and the location is mostly Rhode…
WASHINGTON鈥擶hite House adviser Jared Kushner on Thursday confirmed that he had met recently with entertainer Kanye West, who is seeking to get his name on ballots for the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election.
West is a supporter of Republican President Donald Trump, and some view his bid to run for president himself as intended to have a spoiling effect that would help Trump and hurt Democrat Joe Biden.
Asked whether he had discussed the campaign with West, Kushner told reporters at the White House, “We had a general discussion, more about policy.”
Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and an influential political adviser to the president, said he and West had known each other for some time and met when they both were in Colorado.
West posted a tweet late Tuesday night saying they discussed a book on empowering black Americans.
Biden served as vice president under President Barack Obama, the country’s first black president. Biden announced this week that Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) would be his running mate. Harris is the first black woman and the first Indian American to be part of a major-party presidential ticket.
Biden has benefited from strong support from black voters in his quest to become the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee.
A West run for office could be seen as a maneuver to siphon some black supporters away from Biden in the general election.
By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason
Focus News: White House’s Kushner Confirms He Met With Entertainer Kanye West
Trini Lopez, 1960s-Era Singer Mentored by Sinatra, Dies
RIO RANCHO, N.M.—Trini Lopez, a singer and guitarist who gained fame for his versions of “Lemon Tree” and “If I Had a Hammer” in the 1960s and took his talents to Hollywood, died Tuesday. He was 83. Filmmaker P. David Ebersole, who just finished shooting a documentary on Lopez with Todd Hughes, confirmed that Lopez died from complications of COVID-19 at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California. Business partner and musician Joe Chavira said he and Lopez just finished recording a song “If By Now,” a tune meant to raise money for food banks during COVID-19. “And here he is dying of something he was trying to fight,” Chavira said. Lopez crossed over into acting, appearing in the World War II drama “The Dirty Dozen,” the comedy “The…
