Ramo Law has appointed Nicole Compas as partner and Elliot Hill as senior associate. Compas leads the firm’s New York office, where she has represented numerous clients in projects with Netflix and HBO such as Imagine Documentaries and Push It Productions.
ShortcutsSocial mediaSo much of what we share online is fantasy, but posting pictures from a hospital bed helps people feel less isolated and can demystify disability and illness
Social media is often accused of presenting an airbrushed fantasy rather than a slice of realism, so it is refreshing to see the likes of Kate Beckinsale and Nicky Campbell embrace the “hospital selfie”, which involves tweeting photos from their hospital beds. (Alas, the Daily Mail’s Sarah Vine isn’t a fan, writing in her latest column: “Why the rest of us have to suffer I don’t know.
Who Is Seth Meyers' Brother? All About Actor and Podcast Co-Host Josh Meyers Skip to content ncG1vNJzZmiolaS9rbGNnKamZ6edvG610mahqKuYYrqmxcSrqmarlam1brnEspyrq12Xv7DAx56pZm9maX9zfo8%3D
The new two-part documentary Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, which will air on Disney+ on 4 April, is hard to watch.
At the New York City premiere, the audience collectively gasped at footage of 11-year-old Brooke (and 15-year-old Brooke, and 18-year-old Brooke) fielding blunt and often offensive questions from grown men during televised interviews. Behind me in the theatre, one woman audibly yelped as a male interviewer read aloud to Brooke and her mother, Teri Shields, a description of Teri from a magazine profile which noted the physical effects of her drinking habits– bags under her eyes and “dry skin” – followed by, “Do you love your mother?
If you don't recognize Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage in his new movie, Dream Scenario, that's by design: "A lot of thought went into trying to create a character that was as far away from my own presentation as I could get," he says.
In the film, Cage plays Paul Matthews, a college professor who finds himself suddenly appearing as a bystander in the dreams of his friends, family, students and, eventually, millions of strangers.