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  • Thursday, Apr. 12, 2018
Mariska Hargitay takes her advocacy for abuse victims to HBO
In this May 27, 2017 file photo, actress Mariska Hargitay attends the Hamptons Magazine Memorial Day Soiree in Southampton, N.Y. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP, File)
By John Carucci
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Portraying a heroic sex crimes detective on television has provided Mariska Hargitay with a platform to help sexual assault victims in real life.

Hargitay, who stars as Detective Olivia Benson in the police procedural "Law and Order: SVU," has turned her clout as an advocate for victims into the upcoming HBO documentary, "I Am Evidence," where she also serves as producer.

"I feel like I was given a gift with this role. I was given a platform. It was a way for me to respond. I've had the privilege of having had so many survivors share their stories with me, and I feel a responsibility to that," Hargitay said.

She admits backing the documentary was driven by her "own outrage" of the way victims of sexual assault are treated by the system. "People say, 'why did you make this movie?' I said because I was really mad," Hargitay said.

The film, which premieres Monday on HBO, focuses on four survivors whose rape kits went untested More

  • Thursday, Apr. 12, 2018
Cenac's HBO comedy series aims to inform as well as entertain
In this July 31, 2016 file photo, Wyatt Cenac participates in the "People on Earth" panel during the Turner Networks TV Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. Cenac's "Problem Areas" is a new entry into late-night television, and the former "Daily Show" contributor takes inspiration from John Oliver in his desire to inform along with being entertaining. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
By David Bauder, Media Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Wyatt Cenac, the latest entrant in late-night television comedy with a series that debuts Friday on HBO, took inspiration from John Oliver in his desire to inform along with being entertaining.

Cenac's "Problem Areas" is described as a comedy "docu-series," and resembles Oliver's "Last Week Tonight" in how each episode has a central story approached with journalistic rigor, and quicker comedic bits. Oliver is an executive producer and the show's backstage is populated with people who worked with him and also at their shared alma mater, "The Daily Show."

That's where the similarities end. Cenac's more laid-back style replaces Oliver's hyperactivity. "Problem Areas" has no studio audience, and in each episode, Cenac travels somewhere different in the country to explore aspects of the main story. His entire 10-episode season concentrates on different facets of one story, in this case policing and how it affects different communities.

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  • Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2018
Autism Society's AutFest to honor Sony Pictures Television
Jeff Frost (l) and Chris Parnell of Sony Pictures Television
LOS ANGELES -- 

Sony Pictures Television Studios will receive the Visionary Award at the 2nd Annual AutFest International Film Festival presented by The Autism Society at a VIP Reception on Sunday, April 29 at 7:30pm at the Writers Guild of America Theater in Beverly Hills, Calif. Honorees include Jeff Frost, president of Sony Pictures Television Studios (SPT), and co-presidents of Sony Pictures Television Chris Parnell and Jason Clodfelter. The announcement was made by Matthew Asner, VP of Development for The Autism Society. AutFest is sponsored by Hyundai Motor America and SAG-AFTRA.

Said Scott Badesch, president of Autism Society of America: “To think that one studio can represent almost one full day of programming (Atypical, The Good Doctor and Roman J. Israel ESQ) at AutFest Film Festival is almost unthinkable. Obviously, Sony Pictures understands that autism is a part of all of our lives and we are very proud to honor them with our More

  • Monday, Apr. 9, 2018
Spike Lee's "BlacKkKlansman" to open in August
In this July 18, 2017 file photo, filmmaker Spike Lee attends the premiere of "Dunkirk" in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Spike Lee's "BlacKkKlansman" will open in theaters on the one-year anniversary of the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, where white nationalists marched and a counterprotester was killed.

Focus Features on Monday announced that Lee's newly retitled drama will be released Aug. 10. The film is about the real-life story of Ron Stallworth, a black police officer in Colorado who went undercover in 1978 to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan. John David Washington plays Stallworth in the film and Adam Driver plays his partner, Flip Zimmerman.

Among the film's producers are "Get Out" director Jordan Peele and "Get Out" producer Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions.

  • Monday, Apr. 9, 2018
Apple co-founder protests Facebook by shutting down account
In this July 3, 2017, file photo, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak gestures as he attends a conference titled 'The Innovation Summit' in Milan, Italy. Wozniak is shutting down his Facebook account as the social media giant struggles to cope with the worst privacy crisis in its history. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- 

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is shutting down his Facebook account as the social media giant struggles to cope with the worst privacy crisis in its history.

In an email to USA Today, Wozniak says Facebook makes a lot of advertising money from personal details provided by users. He says the "profits are all based on the user's info, but the users get none of the profits back."

Wozniak says he'd rather pay for Facebook. He says "Apple makes money off of good products, not off of you."

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify on Capitol Hill on Tuesday and Wednesday about the company's ongoing data-privacy scandal and how it failed to guard against other abuses of its service.

Facebook has announced technical changes intended to address privacy issues.

  • Monday, Apr. 9, 2018
Prolific voice actor and comedian Chuck McCann dies at 83
In this Sept. 10, 2010, photo, Chuck McCann is pictured at Motorcycle Charity Associates' 4th annual Leather Meets Lace event benefiting Iraq Star Foundation and Heroes Night Out at the Playboy Mansion Los Angeles. Actor and comedian McCann, who recorded the famous line "I'm cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs!" has died. He was 83. (Rachel Worth/Lozzi Media Services via AP)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

Chuck McCann, the zany comic who hosted a children's television show in the 1960s before branching out as a character actor in films and TV, died Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 83.

McCann died Sunday of congestive heart failure in a Los Angeles hospital, according to his publicist Edward Lozzi.

McCann was born Sept. 2, 1934 in Brooklyn. He became a household name in New York when he took over a variety show, entertaining a generation of children with light-hearted humor and puppets.

In 1968, McCann appeared in his first major film: "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter." He expanded his work into animation acting and created the voice of Sonny the Cuckoo Bird, who cried "I'm cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs!" in commercials for General Mills.

He moved to Los Angeles in the 1970s and made guest appearances on shows including "Little House on the Prairie," ''Bonanza," and "Columbo."

McCann was a prolific voice actor, lending his voice to More

  • Saturday, Apr. 7, 2018
Jared Harris recalls his deaths on "Mad Men" and "The Crown"
In this Jan. 13, 2018 file photo, Jared Harris participates in the "The Terror" panel during the AMC Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif. The series airs on Mondays on AMC. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
By Alicia Rancilio
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Jared Harris says watching his work can be like looking through a yearbook.

"You remember everything that happened while you were doing it," said the actor, who currently appears on AMC's limited series "The Terror."

"The story of the shoot is very much present in your mind as well as the narrative of what you were doing."

Harris says it takes him "maybe a decade" to watch his work "without feeling any kind of connection."

Two of his most recent memorable onscreen moments were when his "Mad Men" character Lane Pryce hanged himself and playing the dying King George VI on Netflix's "The Crown." And, it's not a spoiler alert to say Harris will also meet his demise on "The Terror."He recalls what was really going on while filming the death scenes of the previous two characters:

ON 'MAD MEN':
"On 'Mad Men,' I remember (creator) Matt (Weiner) was always so concerned with anything getting out and where More

  • Friday, Apr. 6, 2018
Star Wars spinoff "Solo" to premiere at Cannes Film Festival
In this April 24, 2017 file photo, filmmaker Ron Howard arrives at the premiere of "Genius", in Los Angeles. Howard is taking command of the "Star Wars" spinoff “Solo: A Star Wars Story.” The French festival announced Friday, April 6, 2018, that the “Star Wars” spinoff will premiere out of competition at this year’s Cannes shortly before opening in French theaters on May 23. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

"Solo: A Star Wars Story" will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, bringing a galaxy far away to the world's most prestigious film festival.

The French festival announced Friday that the "Star Wars" spinoff will premiere out of competition at this year's festival shortly before opening in French theaters on May 23. "Solo" opens in U.S. theaters on May 25.

This isn't the first time "Star Wars" has come to Cannes. "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones" and 2005's "Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith" both played at the French Riviera festival.

Cannes earlier this week announced that Asghar Farhadi's "Everybody Knows," starring Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, will be the opening-night film.

The festival will run May 8-19.

  • Friday, Apr. 6, 2018
Studio Ghibli co-founder, director Isao Takahata dies at 82
In this Feb. 12, 2015 photo, Japanese animated film director Isao Takahata speaks about his film "The Tale of The Princess Kaguya" with its poster during an interview at his office, Studio Ghibli, in suburban Tokyo. Takahata, co-founder of the prestigious Japanese animator Studio Ghibli that stuck to a hand-drawn "manga" look in the face of digital filmmaking, has died. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
By Yuri Kageyama
TOKYO (AP) -- 

Isao Takahata, co-founder of the prestigious Japanese animator Studio Ghibli that stuck to a hand-drawn "manga" look in the face of digital filmmaking, has died. He was 82.

Takahata started Ghibli with Oscar-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki in 1985, hoping to create Japan's Disney. He directed "Grave of the Fireflies," a tragic tale about wartime childhood, and produced some of the studio's films, including Miyazaki's 1984 "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind," which tells the horror of environmental disaster through a story about a princess.

Takahata died Thursday of lung cancer at a Tokyo hospital, according to a studio statement Friday.

He was fully aware how the floating sumie-brush sketches of faint pastel in his works stood as a stylistic challenge to Hollywood's computer-graphics cartoons.

In a 2015 interview with The Associated Press, Takahata talked about how Edo-era woodblock-print artists like Hokusai had the More

  • Thursday, Apr. 5, 2018
Director Asghar Farhadi's "Everybody Knows" To Open Cannes Film Festival
In this Oct. 10, 2016 file photo, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi poses for a photo during the premiere of his film, "The Salesman," in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
PARIS (AP) -- 

The Cannes Film Festival is opening with a Spanish-language film — a psychological thriller starring Penelope Cruz — the first time since 2004 that the star-studded event is kicking off with a movie that's not in English or French.

Organizers announced Thursday that "Everybody Knows," by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, will open the May 8-19 festival.

The film follows family intrigues and the moral dilemmas of a woman whose life is turned upside down when she leaves Argentina for Spain. In addition to Cruz, it stars Spanish actor Javier Bardem and Argentinian actor Ricardo Darin.

Farhadi won best foreign film Oscars for "A Separation" and "The Salesman."

Cate Blanchett is leading the jury of this year's festival, which comes as the industry is under upheaval over revelations of sexual misconduct.

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