Sound of Metal (Top inset: Darius Marder; bottom inset: Abraham Marder.)
Brothers Darius and Abraham Marder share how real-life hardships breathed life into Riz Ahmed s Ruben, Olivia Cooke s Lou and Paul Raci s Joe: It was always important that this story is universal. … It s really about something that is pervasively human.
The journey to write Amazon s Sound of Metaltook well over a decade. But for writer-director Darius Marder and his writing partner and brother, Abraham Marder, that length of time was necessary to tell a universal story that explores something that is pervasively human.
The film follows Ruben (Riz Ahmed) and his girlfriend, Lou (Olivia Cooke), who perform as the heavy-metal duo Blackgammon. Their hopes of making it big are sideswiped when Ruben begins to lose his hearing. Urged by his girlfriend to do so, Ruben enters rehab in a rural deaf community led by Vietnam War veteran and addict Joe (Paul Raci). The drummer struggles between accepting his h
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by Tatiana Siegel
January 19, 2021, 6:00am PST
With his buzzy performance in Sound of Metal which required him to learn sign language and drumming plus a new wife and a booming company, the soft-spoken actor and rapper is having his loudest year yet.
Back in summer 2018, Riz Ahmed was preparing for a classroom scene for his latest film,
Sound of Metal, and his American Sign Language coach, Jeremy Lee Stone, was becoming increasingly annoyed. Stone had worked with the actor for the better part of a year, teaching him ASL for the role of Ruben, a rock drummer whose life begins to spiral out of control when he loses his hearing. This, however, was his first day on the Massachusetts set, and he hadn t seen his star pupil in months. Stone made a voices off sign, and Ahmed was expected to reciprocate with an identical sign. But Ahmed sat defiantly, refusing to sign, and it boiled my blood, Stone recalls. After all, the actor was well beyon
Holiday Retirement celebrates Best of 2021 Awards for 70 of its senior living communities
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WINTER PARK, Fla., Jan. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Holiday Retirement is pleased to announce that SeniorAdvisor.com has recognized more than a quarter of its senior living communities across 29 states, making them the senior living operator with the highest number of communities earning the award.
The annual Best of Awards are presented by SeniorAdvisor.com, the largest ratings and reviews site for senior care and services in North America, which provides easily accessible resources and information to help families educate themselves about senior living options and make informed decisions about senior care.
Volusia retirement community, staff get COVID-19 vaccination Share Updated: 5:55 PM EST Jan 13, 2021 Share Updated: 5:55 PM EST Jan 13, 2021
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Show Transcript MEMBERS SAY THE VACCINATIONS OFFER THEM A CHANCE TO GET BACK TO NORMAL. CLAIRE: ORMOND IN THE PINES’ PARENT COMPANY CREATED A RELATIONSHIP WITH CVS TO GET THE PFIZER VACCINE IN HERE, OVER 300 DOSES FOR RESIDENTS AND STAFF. I BELIEVE WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS THE RIGHT THING FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE. CLAIRE: 90-YEAR-OLD RUTH COHEN COULDN’T WAIT TO ROLL UP HER SLEEVE, GET PROTECTION AGAINST CORONAVIRUS. ALL 165 ORMOND IN THE PINE RESIDENTS SIGNED UP TO BE VACCINATED BECAUSE COHEN SAYS, LIKE HER, THESE SENIORS ARE TIRED OF LIVING IN FEAR. I WANT TO GO ON WITH MY LIF I HAVE LOTS OF FRIENDS I CAN’T SEE MY FAMILY. CLAIRE: SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN DRAMATICALLY IMPACTED BY COVID. COMMUNITY LIVING LEADING TO GREATER SPREAD IN ALREADY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS FLOR
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January 12, 2021
2020 was a challenging and somber year for the music industry, but Cincinnati artists are looking ahead to bigger and better things in 2021. Several local acts ranging from a husband-and-wife hip-hop duo to a rock quintet kicked off the new year with new releases. Get to know these five up-and-coming artists and what they have in store for listeners.
Adalia Powell-Boehne of KNOTTS
On New Year’s Day, KNOTTS released their new EP,
Good Glasses. Frontwoman Adalia Powell-Boehne says the acoustic guitar-laced project was conceived during the lonely months of lockdown, while she was missing her friends and family.