Patients at a nursing home in Galveston, Texas, were airlifted to safety in a dramatic helicopter rescue on Sunday after harrowing images of the senior citizens sitting a flooded room surfaced on Twitter.
The severe flooding, caused by Hurricane Harvey, turned the La Vita Bella nursing home into a dangerous situation for the residents — many of whom depend on wheelchairs and oxygen tanks for survival, The New York Daily News reported.
The photo went viral when Timothy J. McIntosh shared it on Twitter and urged people to retweet and spread the word to hopefully get help for the residents. His...
The severe flooding, caused by Hurricane Harvey, turned the La Vita Bella nursing home into a dangerous situation for the residents — many of whom depend on wheelchairs and oxygen tanks for survival, The New York Daily News reported.
The photo went viral when Timothy J. McIntosh shared it on Twitter and urged people to retweet and spread the word to hopefully get help for the residents. His...
- 8/27/2017
- by Yvonne Juris
- PEOPLE.com
The second annual Chicago Underground Film Festival was held in 1995, at multiple locations in the city, from Thursday, July 20 to Sunday, July 23.
The festival opened on July 20th at the International Cinema Museum with the film What About Me?, directed by Rachel Amodeo. Other highlights included a retrospective of the work of Kenneth Anger, who attended the fest and screened Fireworks (1947), Scorpio Rising (1963) and Kkk (Kustom Kar Kommandos) (1965) at the Congress Hotel, 520 S. Michigan, on Friday, July 21. Winnipeg filmmaker Guy Maddin also attended and screened films on July 23; while the Reverend Ivan Stang of the Church of Subgenius screened films on July 22.
Also, Charles Pinion screened the world premiere of his feature film Red Spirit Lake, which was preceded by the short film The Operation, directed by Jacob Pander and Marne Lucas. Other short films that screened were Desktop and a preview of Monday 9:02 am, both directed by Tyler Hubby.
The festival opened on July 20th at the International Cinema Museum with the film What About Me?, directed by Rachel Amodeo. Other highlights included a retrospective of the work of Kenneth Anger, who attended the fest and screened Fireworks (1947), Scorpio Rising (1963) and Kkk (Kustom Kar Kommandos) (1965) at the Congress Hotel, 520 S. Michigan, on Friday, July 21. Winnipeg filmmaker Guy Maddin also attended and screened films on July 23; while the Reverend Ivan Stang of the Church of Subgenius screened films on July 22.
Also, Charles Pinion screened the world premiere of his feature film Red Spirit Lake, which was preceded by the short film The Operation, directed by Jacob Pander and Marne Lucas. Other short films that screened were Desktop and a preview of Monday 9:02 am, both directed by Tyler Hubby.
- 7/23/2017
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
An Ohio mother and father have been charged with child endangerment after authorities allege their unresponsive 8-year-old son was found in January with heroin in his system.
The boy survived the incident at the family’s home in the Cleveland suburb of Berea, Ohio, and is now living with his grandparents, reports Wkyc.Parents Charles Dowdy and Danielle Simko, both 31, are scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday after a grand jury indicted them on charges of child endangerment and drug possession.
Their attorneys — Timothy J. Riley, who is representing Dowdy, and Gary Seewald, who is representing Simko — did not...
The boy survived the incident at the family’s home in the Cleveland suburb of Berea, Ohio, and is now living with his grandparents, reports Wkyc.Parents Charles Dowdy and Danielle Simko, both 31, are scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday after a grand jury indicted them on charges of child endangerment and drug possession.
Their attorneys — Timothy J. Riley, who is representing Dowdy, and Gary Seewald, who is representing Simko — did not...
- 2/21/2017
- by Jeff Truesdell
- PEOPLE.com
An Ohio man pleaded guilty on Monday to kidnapping his son away from his mother in 2002 and living with him for 13 years under false identities, according to a statement from the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty. Bobby Hernandez, 53, pleaded guilty to two counts of kidnapping, 10 counts of tampering with records, two counts of interference with custody and one count of forgery. All except forgery are felony counts. Hernandez faces up to 54 years in prison when he is sentenced on April 13. "This conviction is meant to send a message to anyone else who might seek to punish the other parent...
- 3/15/2016
- by Greg Hanlon, @GregHanlon
- PEOPLE.com
An Ohio man pleaded guilty on Monday to kidnapping his son away from his mother in 2002 and living with him for 13 years under false identities, according to a statement from the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty. Bobby Hernandez, 53, pleaded guilty to two counts of kidnapping, 10 counts of tampering with records, two counts of interference with custody and one count of forgery. All except forgery are felony counts. Hernandez faces up to 54 years in prison when he is sentenced on April 13. "This conviction is meant to send a message to anyone else who might seek to punish the other parent...
- 3/15/2016
- by Greg Hanlon, @GregHanlon
- PEOPLE.com
An author is alleging that Fox, Lee Daniels, Danny Strong and others involved in the hit series “Empire” infringed his copyright, and he is suing for $1.5 billion in damages. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Virginia, Timothy J. Levi alleges that the show borrowed heavily from his book “Unity Incorporated: The Mastermind,” which was published in 2007. Fox did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment. Levi alleges he gave a copy of his manuscript to Virginia lawyer Robert Walker, who made a copy of it and handed it over to Strong and Daniels at some point before.
- 3/4/2016
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
Producers Theresa Wozunk The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess and Timothy J. Harper announced today that 14 year-old actress, Abigail Shapiro How the Grinch Stole Christmas will play the title role in Liberty A Monumental New Musical. Directed by Evan Pappas, the new musical will play a limited seven-week engagement at Theatre 80 80 St. Marks Place Tuesday, October 14 through Tuesday, November 25, 2014. Tickets are now on sale.
- 10/13/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The man accused of holding three Cleveland women hostage in his basement for over a decade has been indicted on over 300 counts, including rape, kidnapping and aggravated murder.
After being help captive for ten years, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight were freed after Amanda miraculously escaped their captor’s home on May 6. Their accused kidnapper and sexual abuser, Ariel Castro, has been indicted by a grand jury for his horrific crimes.
Ariel Castro Indicted By Grand Jury On 329 Counts
A Cuyahoga County Grand Jury has indicted Ariel on 329 counts, according to Wkyc. The accused kidnapper was indicted for one count of aggravated murder for beating Michelle to purposely cause her to miscarry.
Ariel was also indicted on 139 counts of rape, 177 counts of kidnapping, seven counts of gross sexual imposition, three counts of felonious assault, and one count of possession of criminal tools.
“Today’s indictments represent a first...
After being help captive for ten years, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight were freed after Amanda miraculously escaped their captor’s home on May 6. Their accused kidnapper and sexual abuser, Ariel Castro, has been indicted by a grand jury for his horrific crimes.
Ariel Castro Indicted By Grand Jury On 329 Counts
A Cuyahoga County Grand Jury has indicted Ariel on 329 counts, according to Wkyc. The accused kidnapper was indicted for one count of aggravated murder for beating Michelle to purposely cause her to miscarry.
Ariel was also indicted on 139 counts of rape, 177 counts of kidnapping, seven counts of gross sexual imposition, three counts of felonious assault, and one count of possession of criminal tools.
“Today’s indictments represent a first...
- 6/7/2013
- by HL Intern
- HollywoodLife
A man accused of holding three women captive in his home for a decade has been indicted on 329 charges including kidnapping, rape and murder for allegedly causing an abortion. A Cuyahoga County, Ohio, grand jury returned the indictment Friday against Ariel Castro, a former school bus driver fired last fall. "Today’s indictments represent a first major step in the criminal justice process," said County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty. "Our investigation continues, and we will present our findings to the grand jury."The grand jury charged Castro with one count of aggravated murder, saying he purposely caused the unlawful termination of a pregnancy.
- 6/7/2013
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director Bj Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, continues its 2012-2013 season with the world premiere of Stella amp Lou, featuring Emmy Award-winner Rhea Perlman, Francis Guinan and Ed Flynn. Bruce Graham, the Jeff Award-winning playwright of The Outgoing Tide, returns to Northlight with his latest play, to be directed by Bj Jones. Stella amp Lou will run at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd in Skokie, May 3 - June 9, 2013. BroadwayWorld has a first look at highlights of the show below...
- 5/15/2013
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
Actor Sir Ian McKellen, who will appear in the upcoming movie "The Hobbit," has announced that he has been battling prostate cancer for the past "six or seven years," according to news reports.
However, he isn't actually being treated for the cancer right now, and is instead employing the "active surveillance" approach, the Daily Mirror reported.
"When you have got [cancer] you monitor it and you have to be careful it doesn't spread. But if it is contained in the prostate it’s no big deal," McKellen, who is 73, told the Daily Mirror. "Many, many men die from it but it's one of the cancers that is totally treatable so I have 'waitful watching.' I am examined regularly and it's just contained, it's not spreading. I’ve not had any treatment."
Prostate cancer -- which is cancer that forms in the prostate -- is different from some other cancers because...
However, he isn't actually being treated for the cancer right now, and is instead employing the "active surveillance" approach, the Daily Mirror reported.
"When you have got [cancer] you monitor it and you have to be careful it doesn't spread. But if it is contained in the prostate it’s no big deal," McKellen, who is 73, told the Daily Mirror. "Many, many men die from it but it's one of the cancers that is totally treatable so I have 'waitful watching.' I am examined regularly and it's just contained, it's not spreading. I’ve not had any treatment."
Prostate cancer -- which is cancer that forms in the prostate -- is different from some other cancers because...
- 12/11/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
The blood thickens: Lance Armstrong "participated in a sophisticated scheme and conspiracy to dope, encourage and assist others to dope and cover up rule violations," according to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency in a summary released Wednesday (Oct. 10) of its investigation of the cycling champion.
(You can read the entire report here. You're welcome!)
In August, Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and slapped with a lifetime ban from professional cycling after he dropped his fight against the Usada's doping allegations.
The Usada's 202-page report includes sworn testimony from 11 of Armstrong's former teammates -- most notably George Hincapie, who also released a statement Oct. 10 admitting for the first time publicly that he too cheated.
"Because of my love for the sport, the contributions I feel I have made to it, and the amount the sport of cycling has given to me over the years, it is...
(You can read the entire report here. You're welcome!)
In August, Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and slapped with a lifetime ban from professional cycling after he dropped his fight against the Usada's doping allegations.
The Usada's 202-page report includes sworn testimony from 11 of Armstrong's former teammates -- most notably George Hincapie, who also released a statement Oct. 10 admitting for the first time publicly that he too cheated.
"Because of my love for the sport, the contributions I feel I have made to it, and the amount the sport of cycling has given to me over the years, it is...
- 10/10/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
It's not easy to spot an arsonist in a crowd. Or, rather, it hasn't historically been easy for crime fighters. But if you have a "Questionable Observer Detector," or QuOD, on hand, it may not be that hard.
Currently under development by researchers at Notre Dame University, this advanced crime-fighting tool can pull out the faces of possible suspects when presented with multiple videos of lingering crowds at related crime scenes.
The idea here is that the criminal may be hanging out in the crowd that gathers after the event. In fact, arsonists are known to lurk within the crowd at the scene of a burning building; they are, in effect, watching their work in progress. Kevin W. Bowyer, a computer vision expert at Notre Dame, hit upon the idea of creating a practical tool to process all the available video clips of similar events, to see if it might...
Currently under development by researchers at Notre Dame University, this advanced crime-fighting tool can pull out the faces of possible suspects when presented with multiple videos of lingering crowds at related crime scenes.
The idea here is that the criminal may be hanging out in the crowd that gathers after the event. In fact, arsonists are known to lurk within the crowd at the scene of a burning building; they are, in effect, watching their work in progress. Kevin W. Bowyer, a computer vision expert at Notre Dame, hit upon the idea of creating a practical tool to process all the available video clips of similar events, to see if it might...
- 1/24/2011
- by Lakshmi Sandhana
- Fast Company
This week's independent film focus is Roadside Attractions drama "Hemingway's Garden of Eden." The John Irvin-directed film is currently showing in limited venues and includes Mena Suvari, Jack Huston, Caterina Murino, Carmen Maura, Richard E. Grant and Matthew Modine "Hemingway's Garden Of Eden" was adapted from the Ernest Hemingway book by former Paris Review editor James Scott Linville. The book was published posthumously and, when it finally hit the bookstores in 1986, it was an immediate success. It remains one of Hemingway's most debated novels. Lorne Thyssen and Timothy J. Lewiston produce for Tranquil Seas...
- 12/27/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
This week's independent film focus is Roadside Attractions drama "Hemingway's Garden of Eden." The John Irvin-directed film is currently showing in limited venues and includes Mena Suvari, Jack Huston, Caterina Murino, Carmen Maura, Richard E. Grant and Matthew Modine "Hemingway's Garden Of Eden" was adapted from the Ernest Hemingway book by former Paris Review editor James Scott Linville. The book was published posthumously and, when it finally hit the bookstores in 1986, it was an immediate success. It remains one of Hemingway's most debated novels. Lorne Thyssen and Timothy J. Lewiston produce for Tranquil Seas...
- 12/27/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Ricky James Brascom, a friend of Justin Timberlake and P Diddy, allegedly used chartered jets to smuggle hundreds of pounds of cocaine and millions of dollars in drug money. Christine Pelisek talks to investigators.
Ricky James Brascom was living the high life. As the CEO of Behind da Scenes Entertainment, he was well-known in the rap industry, and regularly hobnobbed with celebrities. He had recently shot a video with P Diddy and was a guest at Justin Timberlake's birthday party in Las Vegas.
Related story on The Daily Beast: L.A.'s Cultural Ambush
In October, the 28-year-old music executive, who went by the nickname Dp, bought a beautiful home in a gated community in L.A.'s Woodland Hills. One of his neighbors was Dr. Dre. He drove around in a $250,000 2010 Aston Martin Rapides and a 2009 BMW 750 Li.
He bought his girlfriend a 2008 Mercedes CL63 Amg. His MySpace...
Ricky James Brascom was living the high life. As the CEO of Behind da Scenes Entertainment, he was well-known in the rap industry, and regularly hobnobbed with celebrities. He had recently shot a video with P Diddy and was a guest at Justin Timberlake's birthday party in Las Vegas.
Related story on The Daily Beast: L.A.'s Cultural Ambush
In October, the 28-year-old music executive, who went by the nickname Dp, bought a beautiful home in a gated community in L.A.'s Woodland Hills. One of his neighbors was Dr. Dre. He drove around in a $250,000 2010 Aston Martin Rapides and a 2009 BMW 750 Li.
He bought his girlfriend a 2008 Mercedes CL63 Amg. His MySpace...
- 11/17/2010
- by Christine Pelisek
- The Daily Beast
Roadside Attractions has acquired U.S. rights to Hemingway’s Garden of Eden, directed by John Irvin and starring Mena Suvari, Jack Huston, Caterina Murino, Richard E. Grant, Matthew Modine and Carmen Maura. The screenplay was adapted from the Ernest Hemingway book by former Paris Review editor James Scott Linville, and is based on Hemingway’s final novel, a jazz-age set, erotically-charged romance that was published posthumously in 1986. Hemingway’s Garden of Eden was produced for Tranquil Seas by Lorne Thyssen and Timothy J. Lewiston. The acquisition was announced by Roadside Attractions co-presidents Howard Cohen and Eric d’Arbeloff and Ian Jessel, president of Tranquil Seas, USA.
“Ernest Hemingway is one of a handful of genius writers whose work leaps from the page to the screen brilliantly,” said Cohen, “and his Garden of Eden is lush and vibrant, in the tradition of other great Hemingway adaptations like The Sun Also Rises.
“Ernest Hemingway is one of a handful of genius writers whose work leaps from the page to the screen brilliantly,” said Cohen, “and his Garden of Eden is lush and vibrant, in the tradition of other great Hemingway adaptations like The Sun Also Rises.
- 10/20/2010
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Roadside Attractions has acquired U.S. rights to Hemingway's Garden of Eden , directed by John Irvin and starring Mena Suvari, Jack Huston, Caterina Murino, Richard E. Grant, Matthew Modine and Carmen Maura. The screenplay was adapted from the Ernest Hemingway book by former Paris Review editor James Scott Linville, and is based on Hemingway's final novel, a jazz-age set, erotically-charged romance that was published posthumously in 1986. Hemingway's Garden of Eden was produced for Tranquil Seas by Lorne Thyssen and Timothy J. Lewiston. The acquisition was announced by Roadside Attractions co-presidents Howard Cohen and Eric d.Arbeloff and Ian Jessel, president of Tranquil Seas, USA. "Ernest Hemingway is one of a handful of genius writers whose work leaps from the page to...
- 10/19/2010
- Comingsoon.net
The Earth Institute's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory reveals how many millions of barrels of oil were released into the Gulf of Mexico.
Researchers at Columbia University today revealed the results of the first peer-reviewed study of the quantities of oil released from the Bp oil spill disaster. Until now, the government has only hinted at these figures, but never fully disclosed them.
The Earth Institute is now resolutely referring to the Bp oil spill as "the largest marine oil accident ever." The authors, Timothy J. Crone and Maya Tolstoy of the Earth institute's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, used a new technique involving high resolution underwater video cameras. They found that 56,000 to 68,000 barrels of oil were being released per day between April and July, a total equaling 4.4 million barrels of oil.
The government's official tally started at 12,000 to 19,000 barrels a day. Then in June, that number was revised upward to between 35,000 to 60,000 barrels per day.
Researchers at Columbia University today revealed the results of the first peer-reviewed study of the quantities of oil released from the Bp oil spill disaster. Until now, the government has only hinted at these figures, but never fully disclosed them.
The Earth Institute is now resolutely referring to the Bp oil spill as "the largest marine oil accident ever." The authors, Timothy J. Crone and Maya Tolstoy of the Earth institute's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, used a new technique involving high resolution underwater video cameras. They found that 56,000 to 68,000 barrels of oil were being released per day between April and July, a total equaling 4.4 million barrels of oil.
The government's official tally started at 12,000 to 19,000 barrels a day. Then in June, that number was revised upward to between 35,000 to 60,000 barrels per day.
- 9/23/2010
- by Jenara Nerenberg
- Fast Company
Today's top gamekeeper-turned-poacher news is that former FTC chair Timothy J. Muris is to join Facebook as a lobbyist in Washington. Muris, who served between 2000 and 2004, is a bit of a consumer hero, seeing as he set up the National Do Not Call Registry in 2003. The sense of irony is palpable, don't you think?
Although the Financial Times claims that Muris is there to "defend [Facebook]'s privacy practices, it is probably more likely to be lobbying by any other name. Unlike Google, which is beginning to shovel serious shekels Washington's way, Facebook has only just started spending on friending influential people in the capital--$200K last year, $40K in the first quarter of 2010. Although, according to its manager of public policy communications, it's not lobbying, it's "basic education."
Whatever his salary, you can bet that Muris is going to earn it. Not a day goes by at the moment without...
Although the Financial Times claims that Muris is there to "defend [Facebook]'s privacy practices, it is probably more likely to be lobbying by any other name. Unlike Google, which is beginning to shovel serious shekels Washington's way, Facebook has only just started spending on friending influential people in the capital--$200K last year, $40K in the first quarter of 2010. Although, according to its manager of public policy communications, it's not lobbying, it's "basic education."
Whatever his salary, you can bet that Muris is going to earn it. Not a day goes by at the moment without...
- 5/10/2010
- by Addy Dugdale
- Fast Company
The Us Embassy and the Motion Picture Dist. Association (India) (Mpda), the Indian arm of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), will collaborate to screen 6-12 new American movies each year.The partnership was announced at a reception hosted by Us Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer for MPAA CEO and chairman Dan Glickman at his Roosevelt House residence.In an effort to promote the best of American cinema, MPAA's studio members will provide the films in digital format to the American Center, located at 24 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi. MPAA ...
- 9/11/2009
- BusinessofCinema
The plans were set. Sunday morning, Father's Day, Tim Russert would finish taping his NBC show Meet the Press and fly from Washington, D.C., to his hometown of Buffalo, N.Y. His sister Kathy Russert-Hughes, 52, would pick Tim up and the pair would spend the day with their dad, Timothy J. Russert, Sr., fondly known as Big Russ. "We were going to take him out to eat, drive around, whatever he wanted to do," Kathy tells People. "We were going to spend the time with my dad." Timmy, as she called him (and he called her Kiki), always spent Father's Day with Big Russ,...
- 6/15/2008
- by Diane Herbst
- PEOPLE.com
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