The Anthology

Poetry Behind Bars: The Lines That Save Lives — Sometimes Literally

Edit The Oklahoman 01 May 2016

The way Jimmy Santiago Baca tells it, poetry saved his life — but he's not speaking in hyperbole. Long before the poet won an American Book Award, Baca was in prison on a drug conviction, where he was facing down a prison-yard fight with another inmate ... And it was a thick anthology of Romantic poets ."....

DC Extended Universe Crisis? ‘Aquaman’ Director James Wan Might Quit, Days After Seth Grahame-Smith Departed ...

Edit Inquisitr 01 May 2016

All is not well with the DC Extended Universe ... Let’s start with The Flash and Seth Grahame-Smith’s apparent departure as its director. The Hollywood Reporter have insisted that the Pride And Prejudice And Zombies and Abraham Lincoln ... However, after writing the treatment for The Flash Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were approached to direct the currently untitled Han Solo Star Wars Anthology film, which they agreed to do....

India through the Modi prism

Edit DNA India 01 May 2016

Never since Indira Gandhi has any one leader occupied as much mind-space, says Dhaval Kulkarni as he looks at two new collections on Narendra Modi and his vision of India and the world ... The second book, Modi and the World..., which is an anthology of writings on the Modi government's foreign policy outreach, will be useful for readers, practitioners and students of geopolitics, diplomacy and international relations....

10 Cloverfield Lane Director Taking On Black Mirror

Edit IGN Insider 30 Apr 2016

Deadline reports that Dan Trachtenberg is the latest director to sign on ... Black Mirror is Netflix's reboot of a suspenseful anthology series in the U.K....

The Flash Movie Director Leaves Over 'Creative Differences'

Edit IGN Insider 30 Apr 2016

Warner Bros.' The Flash film is now short a director. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Seth Grahame-Smith has left the project over "creative differences." ... THR reports that The Flash movie will keep the script Grahame-Smith wrote off of a treatment by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. The directing duo were once considering helming The Flash, but have since become attached to Disney's untitled Han Solo anthology film ... ....

The Office's John Krasinski is the new Jack Ryan for an action thriller TV series

Edit Digital Spy 30 Apr 2016

The Office's John Krasinski has officially landed the coveted ... The Michael Bay-produced adaptation of Tom Clancy's spy anthology is now expected to receive a straight-to-series order....

Why the Khans are a secular success in Bollywood

Edit Khaleej Times 30 Apr 2016

Shaaz Ahmed, an adman turned award-winning animator (his short Talking Walls is going to Cannes), the other evening gave me his take on the USP of each of the three Khans who rule "Bollywood", India's film industry. We were talking about the three as they have been in the news lately ... Salman, on the other hand, symbolised conservatism ... The writer is a journalist and author who has contributed to the anthology House Spirit....

Patti LaBelle, Melissa Manchester still strutting their stuff

Edit Naples Daily News 30 Apr 2016

One possesses the delicate voice of a songstress, the other belts out songs with a fierceness few can match. Melissa Manchester and Patti LaBelle scored hits in the 1970s and '80s, and both continue to travel the U.S ... Part of that may be because of appearances on ABC television's "Dancing With The Stars" and in a guest role on the FX horror anthology TV series "American Horror Story."....

the impossible madness of Paul McCartney’s life

Edit New Statesman 30 Apr 2016

“I was on the scrapheap,” the Beatles bassist had thought, aged 27, when the band split up ... Hard though it is to grasp the full extent of Paul McCartney’s wealth, this book showers you with gentle reminders ... If Pete Best, the sacked original Beatles drummer, got “about £8m” for playing on ten tracks on The Beatles Anthology, what sum would the band’s bassist have earned for co-writing most of its output?....

How Colorblind Rhetoric and Multicultural Ideology Made America More Racist

Edit Alternet 30 Apr 2016

... that “race-consciousness policies make for more race-consciousness; they carry American society backward.” “Few whites are now racists,” and what dominates race relations now is “black anger” and “white surrender,” the Thernstroms wrote, echoing the essays in The Race Card, an influential 1997 anthology edited by Peter Collier and David Horowitz....

'Mother's Day' all about the leading ladies for director Garry Marshall

Edit Toronto Sun 29 Apr 2016

Garry Marshall admits he’s on a bit of a roll with these star-studded special-day romantic anthologies ... His anthologies are known for their casts of multiple A-list leading ladies ... The other attraction, he admits, is that the anthology form means the cast are working for days rather than months ... I mention romantic anthologies probably haven’t been a thing since the ‘70s TV series Love, American Style....

Dark Hall Press: A publisher of horror novels and short stories

Edit The Examiner 29 Apr 2016

Horror is one of the most popular genres of books, movies and other media yet it is also a genre that is somewhat ignored by critics and publishing houses. Hence, it is a wonderful treat for fans of horror stories--and authors of such stories--to find a publisher that sees the merit in the genre of horror and understands its broad appeal ... What inspired the creation of Dark Hall Press and why was that specific name chosen?....

Ron Howard and Brian Grazer on board for Nat Geo’s first scripted series, Genius

Edit Digital Trends 29 Apr 2016

There's a first time for everything, including a National Geographic Channel scripted series. An anthology drama, Genius will be executive produced by Brian Grazer, with Ron Howard set to direct the premiere episode. The post Ron Howard and Brian Grazer on board for Nat Geo’s first scripted series, Genius appeared first on Digital Trends ... ....