Tweet Sundance Film Festival regulars who complained (regularly) about the overall chaos and hassles of squeezing into intimate Park City, Utah every January celebrated the news of a London edition of the independent film fest. Sundance founder Robert Redford told…
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Steve Ramos is a national, award-winning journalist whose advocacy of independent and art cinema has made him one of America's leading critical voices. His work has appeared in numerous publications including Boxoffice, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Movie Jungle.com, New York Magazine.com, Screen Daily and indieWire among others. In 2001, Ramos broke the story of a Cincinnati art-house theater snipping a sex scene from director Wayne Wang's "The Center of the World," which led the theater owner to ban him indefinitely from the theater. Ramos has programmed for film non-profits like 92Y Tribeca in order to bring independent film to larger audiences. He earned a BA in Philosophy from Xavier University and makes his home in Cincinnati, Ohio with his wife and son.
The Morning Feed: Comic Gilbert Gottfried Fired as Aflac Duck for Japanese Disaster Jokes
Tweet Veteran comic Gilbert Gottfried reminded everyone just how hard comedy can be when recent tweets poking fun at the Japanese earthquake and tsunami cost him his voice-over job as the Aflac duck. According to the New York Daily News,…
The Morning Feed: Sundance Filmmaker Elgin James Sent To Prison On 2006 Extortion Charges
Tweet After experiencing critical acclaim at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival for his debut drama Little Birds and gaining his first studio scriptwriting job, former gang leader and rising indie filmmaker Elgin James (left) was sentenced in Chicago to a…
The Morning Feed: Julie Taymor Exiting Broadway’s ‘Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark’
Tweet Director and co-author Julie Taymor became the latest departure from the troubled Broadway show Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark following injured actors Natalie Mendoza (concussion) and Christopher Tierney (cracked vertebrae and skull fracture) through the exit doors. According to…
The Morning Feed: 007 Daniel Craig Goes Drag For International Women’s Day
Tweet Plenty of bizarre celebrity behavior this week (yes, I’m taking to you Charlie Sheen) but James Bond star Daniel Craig went drag for the best of reasons. In support of the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day, Craig dressed…
The Morning Feed: Robert De Niro Back With Martin Scorsese for ‘The Irishman’
Tweet Film buffs jumped for joy at the news that Robert De Niro agreed to re-team with his Taxi Driver and Raging Bull director Martin Scorsese for The Irishman, a drama about a union leader who becomes a hit man.…
Get Me Ron Perlman! Alec Baldwin Joins Tom Cruise on ‘Rock of Ages’
Tweet Highlights of this week’s casting news included Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor, winner of a Best Original Score Oscar along with co-composer Atticus Ross for their music on The Social Network. Reznor and Ross signed on to…
The Morning Feed: Sean Penn Shouts Out Support To Charlie Sheen!
Tweet Embattled Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen wrapped up his headline-making week in grand fashion with news of a possible TV show on Mark Cuban’s HDNet cable channel. Sheen also explained on Philadelphia’s Wired 96.5 The Chio…
The Morning Feed: New Titles Revealed for Peter Jackson’s ‘Hobbit’ Movies
Tweet Down New Zealand way, director Peter Jackson (pictured left) continued to prepare for the start of production later this month on The Hobbit, his two 3D movies telling the story of Bilbo Baggins fighting a dragon named Smaug and…
The Morning Feed: Charlie Sheen Ends Media Blitz, Surrenders Twins to Police
Tweet Some tabloid editors cried, others breathed a sigh of relief, after Two and Half Men star Charlie Sheen called an end to his recent media blitz that included last night’s hour-long interview on ABC’s 20/20 and a story in…