Search: Director
next page »
Russian Director Alexei Balabanov Dies at 54
He was considered one of his generation’s most talented directors.
hollywoodreporter.com (22 minutes ago)
Portion of Mariners Trail closing Monday
The city of Manitowoc on Monday will close a portion of the Mariners Trail at the wayside parking lot south of Waldo Boulevard and north of the Little Manitowoc River, according to Gregory Minikel, interim director of public infrastructure.
htrnews.com (26 minutes ago)
Town hosts fruitful Strawberry Festival
The town of Unicoi’s annual Wayne Scott Strawberry Festival was held just as Scott Strawberry Farm berries were ripening up this year. “We’re really just now getting started,” said Becky Scott Cable, who was selling buckets of some of the season’s first strawberries at the Scott Strawberry booth. Cable said the...
johnsoncitypress.com (50 minutes ago)
Bayern Munich: Wayne Rooney of no interest to Bavarians
Wayne Rooney may have been rumored to be headed to Bayern Munich, but the Bavarian club’s Sporting Director, Matthias Samme crushed any hope of that happening with a blunt push back at Rooney according to comments in the...
examiner.com (1 hour ago)
What Did Obama Know About The IRS (And When)?
Amid the sound and fury of yesterday's IRS hearing were a few small tidbits which raise significant questions about who knew what and when within the Obama administration. While getting the answer (the real honest truth) is highly unlikely, as the Wall Street Journal notes, the IRS's watchdog told top Treasury...
zerohedge.com (1 hour ago)
Teens Among 3 Killed, 8 Hurt In Overnight Gun Violence Citywide
At least 11 people were wounded in overnight gun violence in Chicago -- and three of the victims died. The first fatal shooting happened around 7:25 p.m. Friday in the 7700 block of South Langley Avenue in the city's Grand Crossing neighborhood. According to DNAinfo Chicago, 17-year-old Clifton Barney was shot...
huffingtonpost.com (1 hour ago)
Gregory G. Allen: Broadway Producer/Writer Brings Classic Film to Stage
Sometimes there is that movie that reaches out and grabs us and we may be ashamed when someone asks about your favorite movie. For me, that is the 1980 film Somewhere in Time starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour: a romantic tale of time-crossed lovers. Now Ken Davenport is bringing that story to the stage as...
huffingtonpost.com (1 hour ago)
Bad News For Beachgoers
LOS ANGELES — Sunbathers flocking to Southern California beaches are used to feeding the meter or paying a parking attendant. Not so along the less developed north coast where it's customary to ditch cars on the shoulder of Highway 1 to surf, swim or picnic. That sandy line that long defined the state's disparate...
huffingtonpost.com (1 hour ago)
Los Angeles mayoral race narrows, latest opinion poll shows
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - City Councilman Eric Garcetti leads City Controller Wendy Greuel by 7 percentage points in a tightening race for mayor of Los Angeles, according to the latest opinion poll, but the survey's director said Greuel could still stage an upset in Tuesday's election.
reuters.com (1 hour ago)
Los Angeles mayoral race narrows, latest opinion poll shows
By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - City Councilman Eric Garcetti leads City Controller Wendy Greuel by 7 percentage points in a tightening race for mayor of Los Angeles, according to the latest opinion poll, but the survey's director said Greuel could still stage an upset in Tuesday's election. The poll...
yahoo.com (1 hour ago)
Local briefs — May 19
AKRON Kammer meeting AKRON: Donnie Kammer, the Ward 7 councilman, will have a ward meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Firestone Park Community Center, 1480 Girard St. Speakers will be Ione McIntosh, principal of Voris Community Learning Center, and a community policing officer, who will discuss crime prevention and...
ohio.com (1 hour ago)
Johnson & Wales awards 1,893 diplomas to graduates
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Johnson & Wales held commencement exercises for 1,893 undergraduates during morning and afternoon sessions Saturday at the Dunkin' Donuts Center. At the afternoon session, 722 diplomas were conferred upon students in the College of Business, the School of Technology and the John Hazen White...
providencejournal.com (2 hours ago)
Public Enemy; These Shining Lives; The Hothouse – review
In the past year the Young Vic has staged a whirling Doll's House and a Three Sisters that danced to Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. Now Richard Jones, a director who likes a dare, has taken Ibsen's ambiguous 1882 play Public Enemy (better known as An Enemy of the People) and plunged it into the 1970s. No button...
guardian.co.uk (2 hours ago)
New director hired for UNL veterinary center
A longtime faculty member at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has been chosen as director of the Great Plains Veterinary Education Center in Clay Center.
journalstar.com (2 hours ago)
Trainee lawyer was denied permanent contract when she became pregnant
A trainee lawyer is in line for compensation from a top City law firm after winning her case for discrimination after she missed out on a job because she was pregnant. An employment tribunal found that law firm Travers Smith denied Katie Tantum, 33, a permanent job because she became pregnant in the final stages of...
guardian.co.uk (2 hours ago)
Should John Humphrys have won an award for savaging his own boss?
John Humphrys wins the "radio journalism of the year" prize for, inter alia, his masterly dismemberment of George Entwistle on the morning before poor George and his director generalship disappeared into the long night of trust disavowal. Admirable, eh? No BBC mandarin too mighty to escape a Humphing good towsing....
guardian.co.uk (2 hours ago)
Russian cult film director dies
Alexei Balabanov, the Russian director whose cult films caught the wildness of Russia's early post-Soviet years, dies at the age of 54.
bbci.co.uk (3 hours ago)
Twain author will appear in Larkin Square writers series
Thomas J. Reigstad, author of “Scribblin’ for a Livin’: Mark Twain’s Pivotal Period in Buffalo,” will talk about his book and Twain from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Monday in the latest event of the Larkin Square Author Series.Leslie Zemsky, who describes herself as “director of fun” at Larkin Square, calls the event “a fun...
buffalonews.com (3 hours ago)
On TV
A sampling of fine arts on television for the week of May 19-25 Sunday, May 19 Smithsonian Channel, 7-8 a.m. “Smithsonian Spotlight: 100 years of Natural History” looks at the fine art, dinosaurs and millions of specimens housed at the museum over its lifetime. MPT2, 11-11:30 a.m. “Invitation to World Literature”...
washingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)
Remember Ex-Public Safety Director Frank Straub? His house in Spokane was burglarized
Former Indianapolis Public Safety Director and current Spokane Police Chief Frank Straub's home was burglarized and a bicycle was stolen, the Spokesman-Review reported today.
indystar.com (4 hours ago)
Former FBI head tells St. Anselm graduates it is important to give back
With former FBI Director Louis Freeh delivering the commencement address, St. Anslem College's 120th commencement Saturday honored members of the FBI and Boston police in attendance along with the 426 graduating students.
unionleader.com (4 hours ago)
Not Dean 'n' Dusted: Newcastle director Dean Richards focused on Championship decider against...
'I am sure they will try to pull a few rabbits out of the hat at some stage,' Richards warns ahead of crucial play-off
mirror.co.uk (4 hours ago)
Targets have to be met as Abu Dhabi build a new Manchester City | David Conn
In Roberto Mancini's Guardian interview with Daniel Taylor in February, the Manchester City manager was comfortable enough to wave away speculation he would be replaced, to criticise his players and emphasise his direct line to the club's owner in Abu Dhabi. "Txiki and Ferran? They are not above me," he said of...
guardian.co.uk (4 hours ago)
Paolo Di Canio says his arrival saved Sunderland from going down
Paolo Di Canio is convinced Sunderland would have been relegated if he had not replaced Martin O'Neill at the end of March and believes his disciplinarian approach to management can bring success to Wearside next season. "I have to be honest, yes I think we would have gone down," said Sunderland's ever-candid...
guardian.co.uk (4 hours ago)
Akron trying to rejuvenate Neighbors Day; city sponsoring events with help from local organizations
If you’re going to the Neighbors Day event at Celebration Church, you might want to come hungry. The Forest Hill neighborhood church is hosting a pig roast in honor of Akron’s seventh annual Neighbors Day on Saturday, and is asking residents to bring a covered dish - and their appetites. “I wanted to do something...
ohio.com (4 hours ago)
Up to 60 injured after car drives into Va. parade
DAMASCUS, Va. - An emergency official says about 50 to 60 people were injured after car drove into a group of hikers at a parade in a small Virginia town. Washington County director of emergency management Pokey Harris said Saturday that no fatalities have been reported. The injuries ranged from critical to...
bostonherald.com (4 hours ago)
Up to 60 injured after car drives into Virginia parade
Damascus, Va. - An emergency official says about 50 to 60 people were injured after car drove into a group of hikers at a parade in a small Virginia town. Washington County director of emergency management Pokey Harris said Saturday that no fatalities have been reported. The injuries ranged from critical to...
sltrib.com (4 hours ago)
Emma Watson feels like 'Harry Potter' was long, long ago (Photos)
Emma Watson enjoyed her first trip to the Cannes Film Festival this week for Sofia Coppola's "The Bling Ring" debut and looked quite beautiful as she walked the red carpet with her director and co-stars...
examiner.com (5 hours ago)
UK funds poll in Pakistan on US drone attacks
Britain has been forced to admit that it has been funding surveys in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas that reveal US drone strikes in the region are causing deep resentment among the local population. In an answer to a parliamentary question, the foreign minister, Alistair Burt, confirmed that the...
guardian.co.uk (5 hours ago)
PHOTOS: Amy Adams Shows SERIOUS Skin For Latest Flick
Like the best dramatic actresses, Amy Adams knows how to really commit to a role. The four-time Oscar nominee's lastest project is no exception, as Adams is showing off a dramatic amount of skin for director David O. Russell's "American Hustle." While shooting the 1970s-set film in New York City on Friday, the...
huffingtonpost.com (6 hours ago)
