The annual National Memorial Day Concert airs this Sunday at 8 p.m. on PBS.
It will include a 20th anniversary remembrance of 9/11 presented by Steve Buscemi.
“I went to D.C. almost 20 years ago the year after 9/11; I was asked to do the 9/11 tribute then because they knew I’m a former firefighter with Engine 55 in Manhattan,” Buscemi said. “Here we are 20 years later. I’m actually not coming to D.C. I’ve pretaped my tribute at Ground Zero in front of the Freedom Tower and 9/11 museum, so I’m very honored.”
He’ll never forget the heartbreak of watching the Twin Towers fall.
For years, actor
Jamie Foxx has expressed his desire to portray one of the greatest and most feared boxers ever to step into the ring:
Now, with a limited series titled “Tyson” greenlit, Foxx can hardly contain his excitement about bringing the former heavyweight champion’s life story to a worldwide audience. “I’ve been waiting, chomping at the bit for a long time,” Foxx told USA Today. “This man’s life has been epic. Epic failures. Epic success. The quintessential American story.”
Jamie Foxx (L) and Mike Tyson (R) (Photo: @iamjamiefoxx/Instagram)
The first real rumblings of a Foxx-Tyson project being in the works gained traction in 2015. At the time, Terry Winter, who wrote HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire,” along with Martin Scorsese, one of Hollywood’s most influential directors, both were attached to the project.
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World Screen @ 35: HBO After The Sopranos
As
World Screen celebrates its 35th anniversary, we want to present a series of articles that recap and highlight the best of the interviews we have conducted. We are focusing on the evolution of scripted TV series.
In our last article, we heard from showrunners with significantly different backgrounds and creative sensibilities talk about shows they created for FX: Joe Weissberg and Joel Fields with
The Americans and Carlton Cuse with
The Strain. Today, we look at HBO after
The Sopranos and how the premium pay service found new shows that met the high standards set by the seminal drama.
A CALDICOT resident couldn’t believe his luck this week when he came across one of the rarer bird species to visit the region. A resident, who asked not to be named, said he became very inquisitive on Monday when a bird he’d never seen before landed in his garden. After posting photos on social media he was reliably informed by other residents of the town that the colourful and striking bird pecking around in his garden was a hoopoe – and he was correct to be confused by its visit. Hoopoes are usually found across Africa, Asia and Europe, and around this time of year would be expected in Spain or northern parts of Africa.