British music and film producer Nik Powell, who was among the Virgin Group co-founders with Richard Branson and became an influential force in U.K. cinema, producing more than 60 titles including Neil Jordan’s Oscar-winning “The Crying Game,” died Thursday at age 69.
The cause of death was an unspecified form of cancer, Britain’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) – which Powell headed for more than a decade – said in a statement. He died in Oxford surrounded by his family.
Born on November 4, 1950, in the small village of Great Kingshill, in Buckinghamshire, Powell started out running a record shop and was among the founding partners in 1972 of Virgin Records, which became one of the U.K.’s top recording labels before being sold to Emi 20 years later.
In 1983 Powell co-founded U.K. video label and production outfit Palace Pictures with Stephen Woolley. They produced a string of standout titles such...
The cause of death was an unspecified form of cancer, Britain’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) – which Powell headed for more than a decade – said in a statement. He died in Oxford surrounded by his family.
Born on November 4, 1950, in the small village of Great Kingshill, in Buckinghamshire, Powell started out running a record shop and was among the founding partners in 1972 of Virgin Records, which became one of the U.K.’s top recording labels before being sold to Emi 20 years later.
In 1983 Powell co-founded U.K. video label and production outfit Palace Pictures with Stephen Woolley. They produced a string of standout titles such...
- 11/7/2019
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
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Image Source: Getty / Jason Laveris On Oct. 5, The New York Times published a disturbing report detailing multiple sexual harassment complaints against Harvey Weinstein. After the story broke, The New Yorker published its own investigation, in which multiple women accused the Hollywood producer of rape. One of the women in question is Italian actress Asia Argento, who says she was sexually assaulted by Weinstein 20 years ago. Here's what you need to know about Argento and her allegations against Weinstein. RelatedHow Jennifer Lawrence and More Stars Are Speaking Out Against Harvey Weinstein Who Is Asia Argento Argento is an Italian actress and director and the daughter of Italian film director Dario Argento. She is also the author of the 1999 novel I Love You, Kirk. Argento is currently dating chef Anthony Bourdain and was previously married to filmmaker Michele Civetta. She and Michele are parents to a 9-year-old son, and Argento also has...
- 10/11/2017
- by Monica Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
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A new expose about Harvey Weinstein reveals — among 13 different women’s accounts of alleged sexual harassment and assault or rape the now-disgraced Hollywood producer’s hands — that the mogul allegedly forcibly performed oral sex on Italian actress Asia Argento two decades ago.
In the New Yorker piece by Ronan Farrow, Argento — who now dates Anthony Bourdain — claims the sexual assault occurred when she worked with Weinstein in the late ’90s. At the time, Weinstein was still at Miramax, which was distributing her film, B. Monkey.
The actress and filmmaker claims in the article that in 1997, a producer that worked for...
In the New Yorker piece by Ronan Farrow, Argento — who now dates Anthony Bourdain — claims the sexual assault occurred when she worked with Weinstein in the late ’90s. At the time, Weinstein was still at Miramax, which was distributing her film, B. Monkey.
The actress and filmmaker claims in the article that in 1997, a producer that worked for...
- 10/10/2017
- by Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
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Not even 48 hours after Harvey Weinstein's termination from his own company, The New Yorker has published its full report detailing rape allegations against the mogul by three women.
NBC anchor/reporter Ronan Farrow, in what he says was a 10-month investigation, spoke with three women who claim the movie mogul forcibly performed or received oral sex and forced vaginal sex.
In the story, Asia Argento, an Italian film actress and director who starred in crime drama B. Monkey, distributed by Miramax, spoke out. Argento outlines a 1997 incident, when she was 21, where she was told by one of Weinstein’s...
NBC anchor/reporter Ronan Farrow, in what he says was a 10-month investigation, spoke with three women who claim the movie mogul forcibly performed or received oral sex and forced vaginal sex.
In the story, Asia Argento, an Italian film actress and director who starred in crime drama B. Monkey, distributed by Miramax, spoke out. Argento outlines a 1997 incident, when she was 21, where she was told by one of Weinstein’s...
- 10/10/2017
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The amazingly versatile actor Jared Harris has signed to star in The Quiet Ones, the forthcoming supernatural thriller from famed British horror factory Hammer. Talk about appropriate casting...
Harris, the son of renowned Irish actor Richard Harris, has been quietly building a career as a first-rate character actor since the '80s, disappearing into roles ranging from Henry VIII and Andy Warhol to Professor Moriarty and John Lennon. Though he's received a fair amount of notice for his recent work on AMC's TV juggernaut Mad Men, he'll likely get more attention for his turn as Ulysses S. Grant in Lincoln, Stephen Spielberg's upcoming Abraham Lincoln biopic.
The Quiet Ones, to be directed by John Pogue (Quarantine 2) and written by Pogue and Tom DeVille (Lexx), is supposedly based on true events that occurred in 1974.
According to Hammer, Harris will play Professor Joseph Coupland, "an unorthodox professor who uses controversial methods...
Harris, the son of renowned Irish actor Richard Harris, has been quietly building a career as a first-rate character actor since the '80s, disappearing into roles ranging from Henry VIII and Andy Warhol to Professor Moriarty and John Lennon. Though he's received a fair amount of notice for his recent work on AMC's TV juggernaut Mad Men, he'll likely get more attention for his turn as Ulysses S. Grant in Lincoln, Stephen Spielberg's upcoming Abraham Lincoln biopic.
The Quiet Ones, to be directed by John Pogue (Quarantine 2) and written by Pogue and Tom DeVille (Lexx), is supposedly based on true events that occurred in 1974.
According to Hammer, Harris will play Professor Joseph Coupland, "an unorthodox professor who uses controversial methods...
- 4/17/2012
- by Theron
- Planet Fury
Netflix has revolutionized the home movie experience for fans of film with its instant streaming technology. Netflix Nuggets is my way of spreading the word about independent, classic and foreign films made available by Netflix for instant streaming.
Sorry, folks… there are simply too many great films streaming this week to post an image for them all, but that’s a good thing, eh? You’ve got your movie watching work cut out for you, due in great part to Miramax releasing damn near their entire catalog of films on one day!
B. Monkey (1999)
Streaming Available: 05/01/2011
Director: Michael Radford
Synopsis: Good-hearted schoolteacher Alan Furnace (Jared Harris) desperately wants some excitement in his life — and he may just get some. One lonely night at a London bar, Alan spies the raven-haired beauty Beatrice (Asia Argento) arguing with two friends, Paul (Rupert Everett) and Bruno (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers). Beatrice quickly befriends Alan and...
Sorry, folks… there are simply too many great films streaming this week to post an image for them all, but that’s a good thing, eh? You’ve got your movie watching work cut out for you, due in great part to Miramax releasing damn near their entire catalog of films on one day!
B. Monkey (1999)
Streaming Available: 05/01/2011
Director: Michael Radford
Synopsis: Good-hearted schoolteacher Alan Furnace (Jared Harris) desperately wants some excitement in his life — and he may just get some. One lonely night at a London bar, Alan spies the raven-haired beauty Beatrice (Asia Argento) arguing with two friends, Paul (Rupert Everett) and Bruno (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers). Beatrice quickly befriends Alan and...
- 4/29/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Burbank - Traci Lords was the biggest name in showbiz in 1986, but for all the wrong reasons. She had become a major star in the adult industry. Her run started as Penthouse Pet of the month for the issue that exposed Vanessa Williams in September of 1984. Dozens of video titles appeared as she became the it girl noted for her youthful looks.
There was a reason for her looking so young: she’d used fake IDs to appear 20. She was under 18 in dozens of her adult films. Only one was made after she turned 18. The FBI and other police agencies poured over the valley investigating everyone connected to the industry. In the midst of this ugliness, Traci Lords still dreamed of being an actress. Luckily she found entry into the profession through the gates of Roger Corman’s studio.
She was signed to remake Not of This Earth with Jim Wynorski directing.
There was a reason for her looking so young: she’d used fake IDs to appear 20. She was under 18 in dozens of her adult films. Only one was made after she turned 18. The FBI and other police agencies poured over the valley investigating everyone connected to the industry. In the midst of this ugliness, Traci Lords still dreamed of being an actress. Luckily she found entry into the profession through the gates of Roger Corman’s studio.
She was signed to remake Not of This Earth with Jim Wynorski directing.
- 11/3/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
Debbie Rochon, often described as a scream queen herself, wrote in an article originally published in Gc Magazine that "a true Scream Queen isn't The Perfect Woman. She's sexy, seductive, but most importantly 'attainable' to the average guy. Or so it would seem." Nastassja Kinski Films: To the Devil a Daughter (1976) [1] Cat People (1982) [2] The Day the World Ended (2001) [3] Inland Empire (2006) [4] Kinski will always be remembered for the iconic photograph shot by Richard Avedon (with a snake coiled around her body) and her role in Paul Schrader's (not so good) remake of Cat People. Needless to say, it was a hit at the box office and Kinski deservingly received a Saturn Award for Best Actress. Caroline Munro Films: The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) [5] Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) [6] Dracula A.D. 1972 [7] Maniac (1980) [8] Faceless (1987) [9] Demons 6 (1989) [10] Caroline Munro seduced audiences in her Hammer roles in films like Dracula A.D. 1972, but for gore hounds,...
- 9/1/2009
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
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