Jean-Marc Vallee has been chosen to direct a big-screen adaptation of Beatle John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s tragic love story.
The director, who’s worked on “Dallas Buyers Club” “Wild” and the first season of “Big Little Lies” has been in negotiations with Universal Pictures to work behind the camera on the film, and it looks like negotiations have been finalized. The script is written by screenwriter Anthony McCarten, who wrote “The Theory of Everything” “Darkest Hour” and the upcoming Freddie Mercury biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody.” While I have yet to see “Bohemian Rhapsody” (it’s not out yet) it seems like McCarten is good at writing biopics, so this might be the perfect project for him.
Lennon and Ono were vocally anti-war. Photo courtesy of vulture.com
I’m curious to see how they play the Lennon-Ono story. Yoko is loved by some Beatles fans, but many blame her, at least in part, for the band’s ultimate demise. She’s been referred to as “The Woman who Broke Up the Beatles” for decades. Judging by McCarten’s previous work, I’m expecting a balanced look into their love life, but it will certainly be interesting to see how fans react.
Also, in 2007 an independent film “Chapter 27” focused on Lennon’s demise in New York City, with Jared Leto playing his killer, Mark David Chapman. That movie, which costarred Lindsay Lohan, didn’t make much of an impression on audiences. I expect that this upcoming Lennon biopic will have considerably more mainstream appeal than that movie. A film about one of the world’s most beloved entertainers will surely do better than a film examining the mind of his killer.
Yoko Ono and John Lennon posing with flowers. Photo courtesy of aksam.com.tr
There is no title or release date for the Lennon Ono film, so be sure to keep an eye out for updates.
How do you feel about a movie recounting the love story between John Lennon and Yoko Ono? Are you a Yoko fan, or do you blame her for breaking up the Beatles? Let me know in the comments below!
Even though Lady Gaga gave an amazing performance in “A Star is Born” I don’t think she’s going to win Best Actress in a Leading Role, and I think it’s Emma Stone’s fault.
Just two years ago, Emma Stone won Best Actress for her role in “La La Land” a musical about Hollywood stardom. She gave a strong performance as the lovestruck barista with dreams of making it on the big screen, complete with live musical numbers and a toe-tapping score. Since Stone got the statue so recently, I can’t see the Academy awarding another young female’s performance in a musical again.
Not to discount Emma Stone’s performance or her win, but I think that Lady Gaga gave a better performance. Her vocals were ridiculously powerful and her acting, which she’s previously displayed in “American Horror Story: Hotel” as well as her music videos, was really strong. The story to “La La Land” was more original than the fourth big-screen iteration of “A Star is Born”(which is not to say either film had especially original storylines; the rise to fame has been explored countless times in cinema).
Lady Gaga stars as Ally in “A Star is Born.” Photo courtesy of news.com.au
This doesn’t mean that Gaga isn’t one step closer to EGOT-ing though. I’m fairly confident that she and Bradley Cooper are a lock for Best Original Song. “Shallow” is, without a doubt, the best song in “A Star is Born” and I’m sure Cooper and Gaga will give an amazing live performance at the awards show. I’m sure that “Shallow” will win Best Original Song, putting the superstar one step closer to joining the EGOT club.
Bradley Cooper, however, may very well find himself winning either Best Director or Best Actor in a Leading Role for his work on “A Star is Born.” It really is well directed, especially considering this was Cooper’s first directorial effort. He also gives a very strong, emotional performance. I’d say he may have a better shot at a statue for Directing that Acting just because, again, different versions of the character he plays have been in every “A Star is Born” movie, dating back to the 1930’s.
What do you think about the Oscar chances of “A Star is Born?” Do you think Lady Gaga still has a shot at Best Actress, despite Emma Stone’s win? Do you think Bradley Cooper’s chances are better in the Directing category or Best Lead Actor? Let me know in the comments below.
Her new single “Money” marks the first new solo track from Cardi B since the release of her debut album Invasion of Privacy earlier this year.
With her husband Offset making it at No. 2 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100, thanks to his feature on Kodak Black‘s “Zeze,” Cardi decided to celebrate the pair hitting top spots on the charts. In an Instagram post on Monday (Oct. 22), the “I like It” rapper flexed that her new single is coming later this week and her husband’s album is coming soon.
MOMMY SHARK & DADDY SHARK #1 #2. My single coming this week, Set album coming soon,” she wrote.
Which Quarterbacks Are Getting High Marks or Flunking?
How important is the quarterback position in the NFL? You may notice a trend from this week’s power rankings that give you the answer to that.
A team will only go so far if their starting quarterback is handicapping the team in anyway.
With the NFL reaching the halfway point in Week 8, today’s power rankings will focus on each team’s starting quarterback and their performance to this point.
No, there’s a good chance you may not agree with all 32 grades listed below.
And no, I didn’t factor in Bortles Facts twitter account when coming up for a definitive grade for Blake Bortles.
Here are my power rankings for Week 8 of the NFL Season.
1. Los Angeles Rams (7-0)
Jared Goff has not had to put the ball in the air as much with the big play ability of the Rams passing offense (Goff leads NFL in yards per completion at 9.8) coupled with Todd Gurley, but Goff has been strong with a 2,130 passing yards, 14 touchdowns and five interceptions to go along with a 112.7 Passer Rating.
Grade: A-
2. New England Patriots (5-2)
Tom Brady may be 41-years-old, but that has not stopped the NFL icon from putting up his usual statistical numbers. Considering the situation through the first four weeks of the season, his 16 touchdowns to this point are quite remarkable.
Grade: A-
3. Kansas City Chiefs (6-1)
Patrick Mahomes is the front runner for NFL MVP. The electric second-year quarterback leads the NFL in passing yards (2,223), touchdowns (22) and pass plays of 20+ yards (42).
Grade: A+
4. New Orleans Saints (5-1)
Through six games now Drew Brees has thrown zero interceptions. He’s also thrown 13 touchdowns and is completing 77.3 percent of his passes.
Not bad.
Grade: A+
5. Los Angeles Chargers (5-2)
Philip Rivers is enjoying throwing to his many weapons in Los Angeles as he has 17 touchdowns to only three interceptions.
Grade: A+
6. Baltimore Ravens (4-3)
Joe Flacco is not putting up eye-popping touchdown numbers, but he’s been solid for Baltimore. Flacco is second in the NFL with 303 passing attempts.
Grade: B
7. Carolina Panthers (4-2)
The Panthers offense on a week-to-week basis may change, but Cam Newton has remained consistent. He’s on pace to complete a career-high 65.6 percent of his passes.
Grade: B+
8. Minnesota Vikings (3-2-1)
Kirk Cousins has been as advertised. The Vikings signal caller is completing 70 percent of his passes to go along with 14 touchdowns and three interceptions.
Grade: A
9. Chicago Bears (3-3)
Mitchell Trubisky has 11 touchdowns over the past three games, the problem is the first three games existed too.
Grade: B-
10. Philadelphia Eagles (3-4)
Carson Wentz has started the Eagles last five games, and he’s mostly looked strong. Wentz is completing 70.8 percent of his passes with 10 touchdowns to one interception.
Grade: B+
11. Pittsburgh Steelers (3-2-1)
Ben Roethlisberger has been solid with his numbers being inflated some facing some of the worst defenses in the NFL. Roethlisberger is averaging 338 passing yards per game, 1st in the NFL.
Grade: B-
12. Green Bay Packers (3-2-1)
Aaron Rodgers is on pace to set a new career-high in passing attempts, but it’s not happening because of their success through the air but because of their defense and inability to run the ball consistently. Still, Rodgers with a bad leg has 12 touchdowns to one interception.
Grade: B
13. Washington Redskins (4-2)
Alex Smith is not lighting it up like he did through the first seven games last season, but he’s been just what the Redskins have needed. Smith has seven touchdowns to two interceptions.
Grade: B-
14. Cincinnati Bengals (4-3)
Outside of a four interception game vs the Panthers back in Week 3, there’s been little to criticize Andy Dalton about this season. Dalton is on pace to break his own career-high of touchdowns passes this season.
Grade: B-
15. Houston Texans (4-3)
After a slow start, Deshaun Watson has put things together for the Texans. Even behind a porous o-line, Watson is averaging 8.04 yards per pass attempt, 7th in the NFL.
Grade: B-
16. Jacksonville Jaguars (3-4)
Blake Bortles over the last three weeks has reverted back to being the quarterback who Jacksonville seemed close to getting rid of before the beginning of last season. Benched in Week 7, Bortles has committed 11 turnovers, tied for worst in the NFL.
Grade: C-
17. Detroit Lions (3-3)
The road to recovery after four picks in Week 1 vs the Jets has been a good one as Matthew Stafford has 11 touchdown passes to one interception since.
Grade: B-
18. Miami Dolphins (4-3)
Ryan Tannehill has given the Dolphins an OK start to the season, the question is will he be replaced by backup quarterback Brock Osweiler? Osweiler has started in place of an injured Tannehill the last two weeks, throwing five touchdowns in the process.
Grade: C+
19. Seattle Seahawks (3-3)
Considering the parts around Russell Wilson (spare parts at that) it is remarkable to seen him with a 104.8 Passer Rating through six games.
Grade: A-
20. Atlanta Falcons (3-4)
It’s been a return to MVP form for Matt Ryan, who leads the NFL in passing yards (2,335) and has completed 71.1 percent of his passes with a 114.2 Passer Rating.
Grade: A
21. Dallas Cowboys (3-4)
Not really to a fault of his, Dak Prescott has been mostly mediocre to start the season. His 6.88 yards per completion is 27th in the NFL among starting quarterbacks.
Grade: C+
22. Tennessee Titans (3-4)
The Tennessee Titans offense is one of the worst in the NFL and fair or unfair, Marcus Mariota is a big reason why. Mariota has only three touchdown passes to five interceptions this season.
Grade: C-
23. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-3)
Jameis Winston has only started two games for the Buccaneers and has looked OK in both of those games, minus the interceptions. We’ll just say Ryan Fitzpatrick having three consecutive 400-yard games to begin the year factors into the grade here.
Grade: B-
24. Cleveland Browns (2-4-1)
Baker Mayfield can make all the throws, but at this point in time he’s still learning. His 78.5 Passer Rating is among the worst in the NFL.
Grade: C
25. New York Jets (3-4)
Much like his draft classmate listed above, Darnold is still learning but is making great strides. Darnold leads the NFL in interceptions with 10.
Grade: C
26. Denver Broncos (3-4)
Case Keenum has thrown the second most interceptions in the NFL this season and went three games without throwing a touchdown pass.
Grade: C-
27. Indianapolis Colts (2-5)
Andrew Luck has done what he can for the Colts, but even he has struggled. His 6.2 yards per completion is ranked 30th in the NFL but is second in the NFL with 20 touchdown passes.
Grade: B-
28. Buffalo Bills (2-5)
Josh Allen is the starting quarterback and has played well, but you also have to factor in the other two stooges who started a game this season in Nathan Peterman and Derek Anderson. Peterman didn’t need a full game to throw two more interceptions for the Bills this season.
Grade: D-
29. San Francisco 49ers (1-6)
C.J. Beathard is the 49ers starting quarterback the rest of the way with Garoppolo’s injury, and that’s a tough reality. Beathard has committed 10 turnovers in just four starts this season.
Grade: F
30. New York Giants (1-6)
Don’t be fooled by Eli Manning’s completion percentage and passing yards, he’s been one of the NFL’s worst quarterbacks this season. His seven touchdown passes are ranked 25th in the NFL.
Grade: D
31. Oakland Raiders (1-5)
Same for Derek Carr, except there’s no reason you would be fooled by a quarterback who’s on pace to throw over 20 interceptions. Carr has eight of them in six games.
Grade: D
32. Arizona Cardinals (1-6)
Josh Rosen has started each of the last four games, and well, it hasn’t been pretty. Rosen is averaging only 164 passing yards per game while completing only 55 percent of his passes.
Grade: D-
What are your thoughts on this week’s power rankings? Leave your comments below!
The New York Knicks are hoping to one day have the building blocks and talent development like the Milwaukee Bucks.
The Milwaukee Bucks gave the Knicks a taste of that talent on Monday night when they welcomed New York to Fiserv Forum for the very first time.
The New York Knicks dropped their third consecutive game following a 124-113 to the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night.
Milwaukee, who have now win their third straight game to begin the season, buried 17 three-pointers to bury the skidding Knicks, who haven’t won a game since last Wednesday night in their season opener.
The Knicks trailed by as many as 19 points in the first half as they went into the half trailing 71-52.
A wild third quarter rally sparked by Knicks guards Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr. helped the Knicks narrow Milwaukee’s once huge lead to one point heading into the fourth quarter.
New York took their first lead of the game at the 9:28 mark following a basket by Knicks forward Noah Vonleh.
The two teams would trade haymakers over the final nine minutes of play as Mike Budenholzer’s team held a slight advantage over New York.
With the game knotted at 110-110 with three minutes remaining, Milwaukee used a 14-3 run to thwart New York’s comeback bid.
Tim Hardaway Jr. led the Knicks with 24 points (10-for-23 FG, 3-for-9 3PT) and three assists.
Knicks reserve guard Mario Hezonja led the bench unit with 18 points (8-for-16 FG, 2-for-5 3PT)
The New York Knicks shot 45 percent from the field and hit 34 percent from three-point range. The Milwaukee Bucks would shoot 47 percent from the field while shooting 42 percent from three-point range.
The Milwaukee Bucks dominated the glass vs the New York Knicks on the glass as they won the rebounding battle 55-43, grabbing 19 offensive rebounds on the night.
The New York Knicks, who were seeking their first road victory, did well to limit Bucks star Giannis Antetkounmpo’s effectiveness as a scorer.
The “Greek Freak” led the way with 31 points, 15 rebounds and four assists to go along with two blocks. While the stat-line shows monster numbers, New York held the freakish athlete to 43 percent shooting.
It was New York’s inability to guard the three-point line and players such as Khris Middleton (30 points, 7-for-8 3PT) who had a big game at the Knicks expense.
David Fizdale will love the way his team fought back to get into the game in the second half, but these common practices to begin the season will not be sustainable if New York wants to avoid losses.
The New York Knicks will host the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden looking to snap their three-game losing streak.
What are your thoughts on the Knicks latest defeat? Leave your comments below!
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