The FBI is investigating the stabbing death this weekend of a black college student — and deciding whether the 23-year-old’s killing was a hate crime.
Richard Collins III was scheduled to graduate from Maryland’s Bowie State University, and he had been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
According to police, Collins was visiting two other students on the University of Maryland’s campus and was stabbed about 3 a.m. Saturday while they were waiting for an Uber outside a dorm.
Cops say that his attack was unprovoked and captured by surveillance camera.
Authorities arrested Sean Christoper Urbanski,...
Richard Collins III was scheduled to graduate from Maryland’s Bowie State University, and he had been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
According to police, Collins was visiting two other students on the University of Maryland’s campus and was stabbed about 3 a.m. Saturday while they were waiting for an Uber outside a dorm.
Cops say that his attack was unprovoked and captured by surveillance camera.
Authorities arrested Sean Christoper Urbanski,...
- 5/22/2017
- by Steve Helling
- PEOPLE.com
Ace director Donald Siegel uses superior direction to transform a so-so who-dunnit into a thrilling big screen spectacle, using the Grand Canyon as a backdrop for A multiple murder set in an Arizona mining town in decline. The cameraman focusing on the scenery and the hair-raising stuntwork — everything we see is real — is the great Burnett Guffey.
Edge of Eternity
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1959 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 80 min. / Street Date February 15, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store / 29.95
Starring: Cornel Wilde, Victoria Shaw, Mickey Shaughnessy, Edgar Buchanan, Rian Garrick, Jack Elam, Dabbs Greer.
Cinematography: Burnett Guffey
Original Music: Daniele Amfitheatrof
Written by Knut Swenson, Richard Collins
Produced by Kendrick Sweet
Directed by Donald Siegel
A look at Donald Siegel’s filmography shows that between his standout ‘fifties titles — Riot in Cell Block 11, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Crime in the Streets, The Lineup, he suffered through his share of unrewarding cheapies,...
Edge of Eternity
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1959 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 80 min. / Street Date February 15, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store / 29.95
Starring: Cornel Wilde, Victoria Shaw, Mickey Shaughnessy, Edgar Buchanan, Rian Garrick, Jack Elam, Dabbs Greer.
Cinematography: Burnett Guffey
Original Music: Daniele Amfitheatrof
Written by Knut Swenson, Richard Collins
Produced by Kendrick Sweet
Directed by Donald Siegel
A look at Donald Siegel’s filmography shows that between his standout ‘fifties titles — Riot in Cell Block 11, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Crime in the Streets, The Lineup, he suffered through his share of unrewarding cheapies,...
- 2/25/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Amy Winehouse's father, Mitch Winehouse, is paying tribute to his late daughter for receiving a Brit Award nomination four years after her death - but not for Oscar nomination that was nabbed by a documentary about her life. Mitch took to Twitter on Tuesday to praise Amy for the musical legacy she's left behind. "Just heard Amy nominated for Brit for best British female singer. We are so proud of you baby," he wrote. The Brit award nomination - in which she will go up against Adele in the British solo female artist category - comes on Thursday, the...
- 1/14/2016
- by Jodi Guglielmi, @JodiGug3
- PEOPLE.com
Amy Winehouse's father, Mitch Winehouse, is paying tribute to his late daughter for receiving a Brit Award nomination four years after her death - but not for Oscar nomination that was nabbed by a documentary about her life. Mitch took to Twitter on Tuesday to praise Amy for the musical legacy she's left behind. "Just heard Amy nominated for Brit for best British female singer. We are so proud of you baby," he wrote. The Brit award nomination - in which she will go up against Adele in the British solo female artist category - comes on Thursday, the...
- 1/14/2016
- by Jodi Guglielmi, @JodiGug3
- PEOPLE.com
Just like everyone, Amy Winehouse's mom is likely to hear "Black to Black" or "Rehab" played wherever she goes. But for Janis Winehouse, the songs are like a greeting from the daughter she lost in 2011. "Hearing her songs played, I always say "Hello, Amy”, says Janis, 60, "That’s what’s lovely. She's here all the time." Since Amy's death, her family has marked some happy milestones that help ease the unending anguish of their loss. Janis remarried old friend Richard Collins, 64, in September 2011. And in September 2014, the singer's older brother Alex celebrated the birth of a baby boy with his wife Riva.
- 1/7/2016
- by Sara Nathan
- PEOPLE.com
Amy Winehouse's mom has revealed how she watched her adoring daughter turn into a "stranger" as she descended into drink and drug addiction. Janis Winehouse-Collins, 60, writes in her new memoir, Loving Amy: A Mother's Story, about the agony of seeing the "Rehab" singer, strained by the rigors of fame, change from a chatty little girl, with a "wonderful sense of humor" into a shadow of her former self. But speaking to People, Janis says that more than three years after Amy's death at age 27 on July 23, 2011, she has no regrets. "There was nothing I could have done that was different,...
- 1/6/2016
- by Sara Nathan
- PEOPLE.com
Riot in Cell Block 11
Written by Richard Collins
Directed by Don Siegel
U.S.A., 1954
It is the dawn of great social change in the United States, a time when the public consciousness is about to reckon with real, humanity-based issues that plague the country underneath the veneer of perfection. A wave of riots have exploded in prisons across the country, alerting the media, politicians and ordinary citizens that the penitentiary system is deeply flawed. The prisoners are guilty of crimes, yes, but their confinement conditions go beyond the sort of punishment they should serve. Filmed on location at Folsom State Prison in California, Riot in Cell Block 11 concerns the inmate uprising led by James Dunn (Neville Brand), supported closely by a man nicknamed The Colonel (Robert Osterloh) and dangerous felon Mike Carnie (Leo Gordon) among others. The Warden, Reynolds (Emile Meyer), and Commissioner Haskell (Frank Faylen) have...
Written by Richard Collins
Directed by Don Siegel
U.S.A., 1954
It is the dawn of great social change in the United States, a time when the public consciousness is about to reckon with real, humanity-based issues that plague the country underneath the veneer of perfection. A wave of riots have exploded in prisons across the country, alerting the media, politicians and ordinary citizens that the penitentiary system is deeply flawed. The prisoners are guilty of crimes, yes, but their confinement conditions go beyond the sort of punishment they should serve. Filmed on location at Folsom State Prison in California, Riot in Cell Block 11 concerns the inmate uprising led by James Dunn (Neville Brand), supported closely by a man nicknamed The Colonel (Robert Osterloh) and dangerous felon Mike Carnie (Leo Gordon) among others. The Warden, Reynolds (Emile Meyer), and Commissioner Haskell (Frank Faylen) have...
- 11/6/2015
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
Leave it to Ashley Greene to rock a red carpet hairstyle that's perfect for summer—and a cinch to copy. The brunette beauty, 27, rocked a sleek lob with an Akris dress for the Wish I Was Here premiere in West Hollywood on June 23. "For her hairstyles, we always talk about the look we want to go for. We'll look at the dress and think of what the dress needs, what the dress wants, and what we can get away with," celeb hairstylist Richard Collins, who regularly [...]...
- 6/24/2014
- Us Weekly
Chicago – The Criterion Collection has added “Riot in Cell Block 11” (1954) to their stellar Blu-ray family, and the transfer is absolutely gorgeous, especially if you’re an admirer of the stark cinematography of the late black & white film era. Although dated, it still packs a gritty wallop.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Directed by Don Siegel – best known for “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (1956) and “Dirty Harry” (1971) – this prison riot film is framed as a cautionary tale regarding the conditions of prisons in the mid-1950s. Packed with noir beauty, the tick-tick-tick of the tensions in the film underscore the use of shadow and light. Shot in Folsom Prison in California, Siegel makes great use of the weird perspectives of long hallways and old timey prison walls. Some of the corny dialogue and hey-you-mugs interplay is silly in the modern era, but I’m sure the adventurous folks who saw this at the time were transfixed.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Directed by Don Siegel – best known for “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (1956) and “Dirty Harry” (1971) – this prison riot film is framed as a cautionary tale regarding the conditions of prisons in the mid-1950s. Packed with noir beauty, the tick-tick-tick of the tensions in the film underscore the use of shadow and light. Shot in Folsom Prison in California, Siegel makes great use of the weird perspectives of long hallways and old timey prison walls. Some of the corny dialogue and hey-you-mugs interplay is silly in the modern era, but I’m sure the adventurous folks who saw this at the time were transfixed.
- 6/2/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Today on Trailers from Hell, director Joe Dante talks up 1954's prison-based drama "Riot in Cell Block 11," starring Neville Brand and Frank Faylen. An intelligent, well-acted “message” melodrama hides behind that hard-nosed title. Directed by Don Siegel at his most primal, the film’s violence erupts in compelling contrast to the quiet intelligence of the screenplay by Richard Collins ("My Gun is Quick"). Its empathetic attitude is due in some part to veteran producer Walter Wanger whose recent stint in the slammer moved him to advocate for improved prison conditions. Starring Neville Brand as the firebrand who instigates the protests and, as “Crazy Mike Carnie”, real-life ex-con Leo Gordon, who Siegel described as “the scariest man I have ever met ” but went on to a long career as a dependable character actor. This was the beginning of Siegel’s longtime friendship with Sam Peckinpah who served as dialog director...
- 4/30/2014
- by Trailers From Hell
- Thompson on Hollywood
An intelligent, well-acted “message” melodrama hides behind that hard-nosed title. Directed by Don Siegel at his most primal, the film’s violence erupts in compelling contrast to the quiet intelligence of the screenplay by Richard Collins (My Gun is Quick). Its empathetic attitude is due in some part to veteran producer Walter Wanger whose recent stint in the slammer moved him to advocate for improved prison conditions. Starring Neville Brand as the firebrand who instigates the protests and, as “Crazy Mike Carnie”, real-life ex-con Leo Gordon, who Siegel described as “the scariest man I have ever met ” but went on to a long career as a dependable character actor. This was the beginning of Siegel’s longtime friendship with Sam Peckinpah who served as dialog director on this and several other Siegel films including Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
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- 4/30/2014
- by TFH Team
- Trailers from Hell
Screenwriter for Don Siegel and writer/producer of classic TV series, he named many of his colleagues as communists
In 1951, when the screenwriter Richard Collins, who has died aged 98, testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (Huac), he named more than 20 colleagues and friends in the film industry as belonging to or sympathising with the Communist party. Although by so doing he saved his Hollywood career, it was an action that cast a shadow over the rest of his life, regardless of his success in film and television as a writer and producer.
According to many, it was a cowardly act, which Collins later tried to justify, as did directors Elia Kazan and Edward Dmytryk, by saying that it was his patriotic duty, and that Huac knew the names anyway. However, in an interview in Victor Navasky's book Naming Names (1980), Collins called himself "a son of a bitch, a miserable little bastard.
In 1951, when the screenwriter Richard Collins, who has died aged 98, testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (Huac), he named more than 20 colleagues and friends in the film industry as belonging to or sympathising with the Communist party. Although by so doing he saved his Hollywood career, it was an action that cast a shadow over the rest of his life, regardless of his success in film and television as a writer and producer.
According to many, it was a cowardly act, which Collins later tried to justify, as did directors Elia Kazan and Edward Dmytryk, by saying that it was his patriotic duty, and that Huac knew the names anyway. However, in an interview in Victor Navasky's book Naming Names (1980), Collins called himself "a son of a bitch, a miserable little bastard.
- 2/20/2013
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Screenwriter and producer Richard Collins has died at the age of 98. Collins, who started out working at Columbia Pictures as a script reader, was the last surviving member of the “Hollywood 19,” the nickname given to the “unfriendly witnesses” who were called before the House Un-American Activities Committee during its investigation of Communism's infiltration of the movie industry, which ended in 10 of them being sent to prison for refusing to “name names.” Collins had been an active member of the Communist Party in the 1930s, though he later said he became disillusioned with the ideological restrictions it ...
- 2/15/2013
- avclub.com
A blacklisted screenwriter who later named names to Communist hunters during the McCarthy era has died in California. Richard Collins was 98.
His son, Michael Collins, tells the Los Angeles Times that Collins died Thursday of pneumonia in Ventura.
Collins was one of 19 writers and directors called by the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947 in a probe of supposed Communist subversion in Hollywood. He wasn’t asked to testify but 10 who refused to answer questions about their beliefs were jailed in what has widely been called a witch hunt.
Collins was subpoenaed again in 1951 and identified more than 20 colleagues as Communist sympathizers.
His son, Michael Collins, tells the Los Angeles Times that Collins died Thursday of pneumonia in Ventura.
Collins was one of 19 writers and directors called by the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947 in a probe of supposed Communist subversion in Hollywood. He wasn’t asked to testify but 10 who refused to answer questions about their beliefs were jailed in what has widely been called a witch hunt.
Collins was subpoenaed again in 1951 and identified more than 20 colleagues as Communist sympathizers.
- 2/15/2013
- by Associated Press
- EW - Inside Movies
Los Angeles -- A blacklisted screenwriter who later named names to Communist hunters during the McCarthy era has died in California. Richard Collins was 98.
His son, Michael Collins, tells the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/Z1nT8s) that Collins died Thursday of pneumonia in Ventura.
Collins was one of 19 writers and directors called by the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947 in a probe of supposed Communist subversion in Hollywood. He wasn't asked to testify but 10 who refused to answer questions about their beliefs were jailed in what has widely been called a witch hunt.
Collins was subpoenaed again in 1951 and identified more than 20 colleagues as Communist sympathizers. He later expressed regrets.
He went on to have a three-decade career in TV writer and producer on shows including "Bonanza" and "Matlock."
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His son, Michael Collins, tells the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/Z1nT8s) that Collins died Thursday of pneumonia in Ventura.
Collins was one of 19 writers and directors called by the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947 in a probe of supposed Communist subversion in Hollywood. He wasn't asked to testify but 10 who refused to answer questions about their beliefs were jailed in what has widely been called a witch hunt.
Collins was subpoenaed again in 1951 and identified more than 20 colleagues as Communist sympathizers. He later expressed regrets.
He went on to have a three-decade career in TV writer and producer on shows including "Bonanza" and "Matlock."
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Information from: Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com...
- 2/15/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Whether you measure your movies by box office, reviews, or popular appeal, Sony’s $125 million remake of the 1990 Ah-nuld Schwarzenegger interplanetary action fest Total Recall looks like a strike-out. The movie opened with a lethal softness; a $25.7 million first weekend meaning Recall won’t even come close to making back its budget during its domestic theatrical run. In fact, despite 22 years of ticket price increases, it’s doubtful the movie will even match the original’s $119.3 million haul.
And for those of you who think maybe the problem is Total Recall was outgunned opening while The Dark Knight Rises was still sucking up box office coin, entertain, at least for a moment if you will, the possibility the movie just plain sucks. According to Rotten Tomatoes’ canvas, almost 70% of reviewers – and over three-quarters of “top critics” – gave Total Recall a thumbs-down. Those who went to see the movie didn’t...
And for those of you who think maybe the problem is Total Recall was outgunned opening while The Dark Knight Rises was still sucking up box office coin, entertain, at least for a moment if you will, the possibility the movie just plain sucks. According to Rotten Tomatoes’ canvas, almost 70% of reviewers – and over three-quarters of “top critics” – gave Total Recall a thumbs-down. Those who went to see the movie didn’t...
- 8/15/2012
- by Bill Mesce
- SoundOnSight
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