#Drew Powell Interview

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DREW STARKEY Interview Magazine (2024) — Photos by Paige Powell

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Drew Starkey via Paige Powell for Interview Magazine

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s.c x d.s.

when scarlett corletta and drew starkey broke up after a year and a half of being with eachother, they both decided to not tell anyone except their close friends and family. but with both being celebrities, word spread pretty quickly.

drew was in venice for the premiere of his new movie, queer, when an interviewer asked him why scarlett hadn't come to the event. he immediately shut the interviewer down. "next question." he cleared his throat. he hadn't noticed his castmates looking at each other in pity for him.

when scarlett was first asked about drew, she was at an interview with buzzfeed for her hit movie with co-star glen powell, twisters. "now scarlett, was it hard to film the romance scenes with your co-star while in a long term relationship?" but glen quickly stood up for her, telling the interviewer that that was enough questions for the day.

when the news began to spread world wide, everyone was in shock. i mean who wouldn't be? it was like scarlett and drew were made for each other.

some say they both needed a break from eachother, because just days after they broke up they showed up to major events looking better than ever.

scarlett had taken off the promise ring drew had given her months before, but he had still worn his. their cast mates from OBX were concerned about the two. they had never thought they would ever break up and neither would tell anyone what happened and why they broke up.

but the two will have to see eachother again, and soon. they will both begin filming season four of obx where their characters are in a relationship.

where will this bring the two?

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Drew Sheneman, Newark Star-Ledger

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Harris continues to take her message directly to the people

October 16, 2024

Robert B. Hubbell

Kamala Harris continued to bring her message directly to voters by bypassing major media. She sat for an hour in an interview with Charlamagne Tha God, whose podcast, “Breakfast Club,” reaches millions daily.  The entire interview is here: We The People: An Audio Town Hall With Kamala Harris & Charlamagne Tha God. But if you don’t have sixty minutes to spare, key moments are here:

Harris responds to MAGA attack ads saying that she “won’t do anything for Black people.” Watch Harris’s answer over five minutes as she corrects the record and attacks the disinformation being peddled by Trump. She challenges Charlamagne, “Ask Donald Trump what his plan is for Black voters. I will tell you what it is. It is Project 2025, which it makes it more difficult for Black Americans to live safely in their communities with full protection of the Constitution.”

Harris responds to question of whether it “smart politics” to campaign for support directly from the Black community? Harris provides a direct, genuine answer about her desire to be the “president for everybody” while also recognizing the disparities facing Black voters.

Kamala pushes back against the false claim that she and Biden “did nothing” about immigration for the first three years of their term. If you watch nothing else, check out this answer.

Kamala answers a question from a listener about Trump's claim that he will use the Alien and Sedition Act of 1798 to deport immigrants. Harris calls out Trump for choosing to run on fear of immigration.

The interview also focused on the threat posed by Donald Trump. As she did on Monday, Kamala Harris sharpened her attacks on Trump, agreeing that he posed a “fascist” threat to the United States. For a summary of Harris’s criticisms of Trump, see NYTimes, Harris Agrees Trump Is a Fascist: 5 Charlamagne Interview Takeaways (Accessible to all.)

There are other notable moments, but here is the point: Kamala Harris sat for sixty minutes and answered serious questions from listeners to a program that reaches millions in the Black community every day. Van Jones of CNN rated the performance by Harris as “an A+++.” See CNN, Video: Van Jones reacts to Harris’ radio town hall with Charlamagne tha God. (See remarks beginning at 1:55).

It is beyond quibble that in agreeing to be interviewed by Charlamagne Tha God, Kamala Harris reached millions of listeners in the Black community who might not have otherwise heard her message. It was a smart move.

Critics of Kamala Harris (read: Fox News) are attempting to dismiss the interview as “friendly” and therefore not worthy of serious consideration. Of course, Trump is imploding in “friendly” interviews by allies like Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Kristy Noem.

When Trump appeared on Tuesday before a “friendly” crowd at the Chicago Economic Club, he melted down when the interviewer challenged him for not answering the questions. See HuffPo, Trump Defends Tariff Plans In Wandering Remarks In Chicago.

Here is HuffPo’s description of the off-the-rails interview:

Appearing before the Economic Club of Chicago in Illinois, the presidential candidate also said he could do a better job on interest rate policy than Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, claimed he had never criticized 81-year-old President Joe Biden over his age, and refused to say whether he had talked with Russian President Vladimir Putin since the end of Trump's 2017-2021 White House term, as journalist Bob Woodward has reported.

And when the interviewer said that experts disagreed with Trump about tariffs, Trump attacked the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and the interviewer:

“You’re wrong. You’ve been wrong, you’ve been wrong all your life on this stuff,” Trump told John Micklethwait, the editor-in-chief of business news giant Bloomberg News, when the pair disagreed about tariffs and their impact on the U.S. dollar. “What does The Wall Street Journal know? They’ve been wrong about everything,” Trump said when Micklethwait mentioned the paper’s editorial page being critical of the bigger budget deficits it says his plans would cause.

Although the Trump campaign praised the interview as the best ever by any presidential candidate, the campaign canceled an interview with the business news program on CNBC: See Forbes, Trump Cancels CNBC Interview—As He Fights With Major Networks Over Interviews With Harris.

Trump will drop all future interviews except those with hosts in his pocket. Meanwhile, an increasingly confident Kamala Harris is reportedly in talks to appear on Joe Rogan’s top-rated podcast, has agreed to a CNN townhall in Philadelphia next week, and will appear on a Fox “News” for an interview this week. See The Philadelphia Inquirer, Kamala Harris is going on Fox News in Philly. Donald Trump isn’t happy.

Does it matter that Kamala Harris is running a disciplined, professional, and confident campaign while Trump's campaign is flailing? Yes. A lot. Just imagine if Kamala Harris was running a poor campaign that stumbled and misfired every day. The media and pundits would be unforgiving, claiming that a weak and disorganized campaign was evidence of unfitness to be president.

And yet, Trump has multiple meltdowns each day and major media looks on with mild bemusement. The NYTimes dismissed Trump's 39-minute interlude of listening to music at a rally on Monday as an “improvisational detour.” Really?! If Harris had done the same thing, the Times would have described the event as “disqualifying.” Perhaps that explains why Kamala Harris would rather be interviewed by Fox News than the NYTimes.

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drew starkey at loewe men’s SS25 photographed by paige powell for interview magazine

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Drew Starkey photographed by Paige Powell for Interview Magazine

2024

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Daniel Craig flick Queer has 'scandalous' gay sex scenes

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Daniel Craig flick Queer has 'scandalous' gay sex scenes

Challengers director Luca Guadagnino has confirmed his new film Queer starring Daniel Craig will have lots of racy gay sex scenes.

The out director, who’s also known for Call Me By Your Name, announced the adaptation of William S Burroughs’ 1985 novel last year.

In Queer, main character Lee – thought to be a stand-in for the author himself – is lost in Mexico City, fighting drug addiction.

While there, he becomes madly infatuated with a discharged American Navy serviceman named Allerton, who’s battling demons of his own.

Allerton toys with Lee, making the gay man even more obsessed with him. The two men later go travelling together.

Daniel Craig is playing Lee. Actor Drew Starkey, known for Netflix’s Outer Banks, will play the younger Navy man.

In a new Italian-language interview with Cinecittà, Luca Guadagnino said the three-hour-long film has some “outrageous” gay sex scenes.

“Queer will be my most personal film. It’s a tribute to Powell and Pressburger,” he revealed.

“I’ve seen The Red Shoes at least 50 times. I think they would appreciate the sex scenes in Queer, which are numerous and quite scandalous.”

The directors he’s name-checking are Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and The Red Shoes is their Oscar-winning romantic musical from 1948.

Queer follows Luca Guadagnino’s tennis drama Challengers. That film was released in Australian cinemas in April.

The buzz around Challengers was all about the film’s bi love triangle, which was ultimately a masterclass in sexual tension.

Luca told Cinecittà of that film, “I’m passionate about observing the bodies in space, the details of a nape of a neck.

“When I choose my actors, I don’t care that they are good at acting. I look for a three-dimensionality that can be captured with the camera.”

Queer to premiere later in the year

In April, Queer‘s screenwriter Justin Kurtizkes – who also worked with Luca on Challengers – talked about adapting the novel.

“Luca gave me the book for Queer while we were on set for Challengers. He said, ‘Read this tonight and tell me if you want to write it,’” Justin told Radio Times.

“I read it that night and told him I wanna write it, and I was really honoured that he asked me,” he said.

But the playwright admitted that William S Burroughs’ book, writing in the 1950s but not published until the 1980s, is a “not a made for the movies” novel, which made the task more challenging.

“I really saw working on that as a sort of… medium between these two brilliant artists – Luca on the one hand and William S Burroughs on the other – and it was my job, really, to bring them together,” he said.

Queer is tipped to premiere at the Venice Film Festival later this year, with a wider release date to come.

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I discovered an illuminating report on how industries deal with the fact that people don’t want them to move in next door. It was written by J. Stephen Powell of the Los Angeles–based consulting firm Cerrell Associates, Inc., and was entitled “Political Difficulties Facing Waste-to-Energy Conversion Plant Siting.” The fifty-seven-page report was proprietary and eventually leaked—by whom, I couldn’t find out. It was produced in a different time (1984) and place (Los Angeles) but is as relevant today as it was then. The California Waste Management Board paid Cerrell Associates $500,000 to define communities that would not resist “locally undesirable land use” (LULU). .... The plant that the Waste Management Board wanted to set up would be hard to live near. The facility being considered would smell and sometimes be noisy. “Waste-to-Energy facilities also pose a potential health risk in terms of air pollution,” Powell wrote. “Emissions from a plant may include varying amounts of nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrocarbons, and particulate matter and other matter for which health standards have not yet been established.” Company trucks could cause traffic congestion. The plant would reduce property values and provide relatively few jobs, he also pointed out. So how can such a company get a community to accept it? The plant manager’s best course of action, Powell concluded, would not be to try to change the minds of residents predisposed to resist. It would be to find a citizenry unlikely to resist. Based on interviews and questionnaires, Powell drew up a list of characteristics of the “least resistant personality profile”:

Longtime residents of small towns in the South or Midwest

High school educated only

Catholic

Uninvolved in social issues, and without a culture of activism

Involved in mining, farming, ranching (what Cerrell called “nature exploitative occupations”)

Conservative

Republican

Advocates of the free market

From Strangers In Their Own Land by Arlie Russell Hochschild

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Andy Anderson Talk Story with Bill Danforth

ANDY ANDERSON INTERVIEW BY BILL DANFORTH Andy’s individuality and unique outlook on skateboarding all around drew George Powell’s attention as someone whose expression needs to be seen and heard. He’s as passionate about freestyle as he is vert and he rips both. Andy knows no bounds in his skateboarding abilities and it seems that he looks for more things that haven’t been done on a skateboard,…

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Oscar Peterson Trio - JAZZ LIVE at the INTERNATIONALES JAZZFESTIVAL BERN (1986) Switzerland

Oscar Peterson Trio - Jazz LIVE at the INTERNATIONALES JAZZFESTIVAL BERN (1986) Switzerland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fFNOl5XVkE

Track List:

1 "Falling in love with love" by Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart 2 Interview 3 "Love Ballade" by Oscar Peterson 4 Interview 5 "But beautiful" by Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen 6 "Soul Petite" by Oscar Peterson 7 "Carnival" by Oscar Peterson 8 "Satin doll" by Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington 9 "Take The "A" Train" by Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington 10 "Lush life" by Billy Strayhorn 11 "Caravan" by Irving Mills, Juan Tizolo, Duke Ellington

Personnel:

The Oscar Peterson Trio: Oscar Peterson, piano; Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, acoustic double bass; Martin Drew, drums. + guest Milt Jackson, vibraphone.

Find and download thousands of piano, guitar and vocal scores in our online Sheet Music Library.

Oscar Peterson (Jazz Live)

Oscar Peterson is something more than a pianist synthesis between Art Tatum and Bud Powell, as many biographies classify him. It is evident that in addition to that, plus the influences of Hank Jones, George Shearing and James P. Johnson, give a pianist with enough personal traits to be considered a separate case. His prodigious instrumental capacity and the extraordinary development of a particular concept of the trio, are enough arguments to verify the capacity and quality of a musician who has achieved with the 88 keys of the piano, an expressive force, a rhythmic power, and a sense of absolutely extraordinary blues. His childhood was surrounded by music: father and his two older brothers played the piano and the organ, and he started playing the trumpet until tuberculosis advised him to give up wind instruments. At fourteen, he won his first amateur piano contest and thereafter he studied the piano of Teddy Wilson, his first major influence. Art Tatum crossed his path and given his musical memory, he was able to retain the complexity of Tatum's pieces and have the ability to reproduce it with absolute and remarkable fidelity. In 1944, he joined the Johnny Holmes band, one of the most famous in Canada. In 1949, while Norman Granz was traveling in a taxi on his way to the Montreal airport, he overheard him and after contacting him, he signed him to a contract for his famous Jazz at the Philharmonic, an itinerant group that counted their Jazz Live performances all over the world. Oscar Peterson made his JATP debut at New York's Carnegie Hall in September 1949 and the audience was mesmerized by his astonishing speed on the piano. There were two very intense years from there, with which he had the opportunity to play in all formats and with all the great jazz musicians of the time. In 1951, he formed his first trio with bassist Ray Brown and guitarist Irving Ashby, soon replaced by Barney Kessel. The trio earned their own space within Norman Granz's organization and a little later, to silence the criticism that Peterson would not be as fast on piano with the rhythmic support of drums instead of a guitar, he hired the drummer , Gene Gammage, later replaced by Ed Thigpen. That change caused the three-voice dialogue of the musicians to become a brilliant but linear monologue. Oscar Peterson signed in 1964 for the MPS label and from the long stays that the pianist spent in the mansion of his new producer, Hans Georg Brunner-Shewer, some memorable sessions emerged that seemed infected with the exuberant serenity of the German Black Forest. , in whose environment they were recorded. The four volumes of the «Exclusively For My Friends» series were especially important, and in particular the album titled: «My Favorite Instrument». In 1973, Peterson returned with Norman Granz with whom he again recorded numerous studio sessions, live concerts, participation in festivals, 'All Stars' meetings, in duets, trios, quartets, etc. His abundant and excellent discography continues to this day, despite the fact that in 1993 he suffered a stroke that paralyzed the right side of his body and made him fear, if not for his life, then for his creative ability in his career, but his moral integrity and his physical strength, although logically with some decline, has brought him back to music for the enjoyment of his many followers. Oscar Peterson passed away on December 23, 2007, at his residence in Mississauga, Ontario (Canada). Read the full article

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Gotham Cast interview Season 4 spoilers with Robin Lord Taylor, Cory Michael Smith, David Mazouz and Drew Powell at HVFF London 2018

NEW INTERVIEW from #HVFF our exclusive interview with #Gotham Cast members Robin Lord Taylor, Cory Michael Smith, David Mazouz and Drew Powell all about Season 4 is out now.

At Heroes and Villains Fan Fest London 2018 we sat down for an EXCLUSIVE Gotham Cast interview with Robin Lord Taylor, David Mazouz, Cory Michael Smith and Drew Powell who play Oswald Cobblepot, Bruce Wayne, Ed Nygma and Butch Gilzean on Gotham. We go into full spoilers for Gotham Season 4 so make sure you’ve watched it all before listening to the interview.

A huge thanks to the team over at…

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In my experience, Gotham is a polarizing TV series. Any superhero-themed program is sure to bring its critics, but Batman is a character near and dear to the American heart—as he is the last universally beloved billionaire—and it was certainly a risk going with a prepubescent Bruce Wayne. I’m a big fan of Gotham, and even I’ll admit that I’m not completely sold on its interpretation of the franchise’s main character. But that’s OK, because Gotham isn’t about Batman. It’s about the villains. And they’re almost all great. This was not an easy list to compile.

Gotham just feels like Batman, and it’s in large part thanks to the carefully crafted, over-the-top performances in some marquee roles, so without further ado, let’s get to the best Gotham villains.

I should also note that it would be impossible to do this properly without some spoilers. I’ll avoid any spoilers from the last few episodes of this season, but if you’re not caught up on this season of the show, some of this will definitely get you up to speed on where everything stands as of the Season Four finale.

15. Captain Nathaniel Barnes Played by: Michael Chiklis Michael Chiklis just looks like a cop, and that alone qualified him for the role of Jim Gordon’s boss. And his evolution from hardened lawman to judge, jury and executioner in the face of the future Commissioner Gordon’s heroics provided this political science major with a stark analogy for the tradeoff between idealism and pragmatism out in the real world. Every conflict of Barnes vs. Gordon centered around the way things should be versus the way things are, and the finale of Chiklis’ arc (for now, no one in this show is ever truly gone) raised good questions about where the line between the vigilante justice of Batman and The Executioner really stands.

14. Ra’s al Ghul Played by: Alexander Siddig The spiritual father of the proceedings carries a heavy burden. Not only must he justify the spiritual aspect of the rise of Batman (and the Joker), but Siddig also has to pull off whatever a 2,000+ year old man looks like. It’s a difficult ask, and he’s not had enough screen time for Ra’s al Ghul to seem like anything more than a narrator guide from a video game, but he’s given plenty of major moments, and he hasn’t come up short yet.

13. Butch Gilzean Played by: Drew Powell What Powell does with a character limited to being the main muscle on the show is the embodiment of the saying “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” He is one of the chief figures of strength on Gotham (and that was before he fell in a swamp filled with goop from Indian Hill), but his moments of vulnerability are what bring life to the character. His romance with a woman farther up on this list than he is reflects Butch’s limits, but perhaps new frontiers will be unlocked with his evolution into the famed Solomon Grundy from the comics.

12. Commissioner Gillian Loeb Played by: Peter Scolari Scolari brought a new face to this eternal foil of Batman and Jim Gordon, as the comics’ brusque blackmailer in the pocket of Carmine Falcone has been replaced with a shadowy figure in the pocket of Carmine Falcone. Scolari’s semi-detached performance is a fitting reflection of where our political reality currently resides, and he is very much a figure emblematic of the times.

11. Ivy Pepper Played by: Clare Foley, Maggie Geha and Peyton List Poison Ivy is still in development on the show—as evidenced by the three actors who’ve played her—but all three did well building a foundation for what should be a future supervillain the likes of which Gotham has never seen before. Both adult actors have provided the sex appeal intrinsic to the character’s strategy to exploit the stupid part of straight men’s brains, but it’s the child-in-an-adult’s-body aspect that makes this version of a hall-of-fame Batman character so compelling. After falling in dirty water (superhero origin stories would lead you to believe that the healthiest thing you can do is shower in uranium), Ivy Pepper’s accelerated womanhood might’ve been a missed opportunity for more comic relief, but her relationship with Selena is always engaging. Without it, neither of these characters would have the humanizing characteristics necessary to make their time on Gotham worthwhile.

10. Theo Galavan Played by: James Frain James Frain’s arc on the show was an original storyline, one that began with a plot to kill Bruce Wayne, then elevated him to Mayor, and culminated with him assuming the character Azrael from the comics. Frain’s smooth performance is underlined by an intense focus on a mission that all just feels Batman-y, even though this arc is not found in the comics.

9. Tabitha Galavan Played by: Jessica Lucas Theo was powerful, but his sister got the larger share of the badass genes in the family. Like her brother, Tabitha is an original creation of the show, and even though we’ve since lost Theo (granted, death is far from final in this universe), it’s difficult to envision Gotham without Tabitha at this point. Her romance with Butch is the only one on the show that’s convincing at all (a major new one is still TBD), and she was clearly placed in this universe to provide a positive role model for Catwoman—who did not make this list because she’s still stuck at the kids table with Bruce Wayne. Of all the major muscle on this show, Tabitha is the muscle-iest.

8. Hugo Strange Played by: BD Wong BD Wong has played so many doctors by now that part of me actually believes he is a doctor. Of all the doctors he’s played, my favorite by far is Strange. The main reason why no one on this show will ever die, Wong does a wonderful job of straddling the line between madman and genius—nailing the image of what Gotham’s mad scientist should look like.

7. Barbara Kean Played by: Erin Richards The NBA has a most-improved player of the year award, and Barbara Kean would have won Gotham’s MIP award the last two years. Initially, I lamented Richards’ on-screen demise as she was cast as the generic wet blanket to Jim Gordon’s hero (Kean was Gordon’s wife in the comics). Gotham almost lost me early on with their romance—as I just cannot take network TV’s portrayal of relationships seriously—but this new “take whatever she wants with a freaking glowing hand” version of Kean has unchained Richards, and her talents shine through in every scene. Gothamis right to structure a central narrative around her.

6. Mayor Aubrey James Played by: Richard Kind I’ll admit I’m biased on this one. I’m a politics writer here at Paste, and Kind’s performance as America’s bumbling mayor is a little too real to consider given the madness that America’s former mayor, Rudy Guiliani, is displaying every day on cable news. His portrayal of the character is the perfect summation of every empty-suit politician who ever lived, and it really resonates in a country overflowing with these vessels for the superrich. The mayor’s cowardice behind the scenes when contrasted to his stern public statements is just…*kisses fingers*

5. Victor Zsasz Played by: Anthony Carrigan The infamous hitman is a perfectly sardonic bit of comic relief, as Carrigan always finds the right kind of oomph behind his “Hey, boss, so when should I kill these guys?” salvos. A hyper-competent, semi-powerful character is a difficult needle to thread, as there must be a reason why Zsasz has yet to rise to the level of other A-list Batman villains, and it’s simply because Zsasz loves his job as an assassin-for-hire. It’s not about the power he could gain through his proclivity for mass murder, but the pure, utter nirvana that he derives from of every shootout.

4. The Penguin Played by: Robin Lord Taylor Oswald Cobblepot is not just an awesome name, but a fitting vessel for a character whose only real lasting public face is Danny de Vito’s snarling performance in Batman Returns. Robin Lord Taylor has brought a more refined air to the ringleader of Gotham’s underworld, and The Penguin serves as the yin to Jim Gordon’s yang. The universe of Batman is based on the premise that crime is a major industry in America—oftentimes involving our political leaders, as Mayor James demonstrates. Cobblepot likes to present himself a pragmatic choice in a chaotic world, and when the Gotham City Police Department finds itself with its back against the wall, some of the moral choices he presents are inescapably compelling. If crime is going to exist, why not try to bring some order to it? The GCPD can’t do that, but The Penguin can.

3. The Riddler Played by: Cory Michael Smith When arguing sports, I typically argue that numerical rankings should be eschewed for tiers. It’s difficult to compare a lot of similar folks, and drawing lines in between good, very good, and great is a far simpler task. I bring this up because this is where the top tier begins. Cory Michael Smith’s depiction of what I have always believed to be an underrated villain belongs in the Batman hall-of-fame—and frankly, it’s better than Jim Carrey’s semi-unhinged version (which I also enjoyed). It’s clear whether Smith is playing Edward Nygma or The Riddler simply from his posture and facial expression, which makes the Jekyll and Hyde-ian battle raging inside of him all the more engrossing. (Photo: Michael Lavine/FOX)

2. The Joker Played by: Cameron Monaghan Technically, we’re not allowed to call this character with a high-pitched laugh, a thirst for chaos and a bizarre love of Bruce Wayne (and now a purple jacket!) “The Joker,” as Monaghan revealed on Twitter. You know, copyrights, branding and all. TV stuff. Monaghan’s portrayal of The Joker would make fans of The Dark Knight proud. The choice to literally sew a new face on to Jerome evokes the same uncomfortable madness as Heath Ledger’s scars, and the amount of emotion that Monaghan is able to communicate through that mess with simply his face deserves some kind of award. “Jerome” is a delightful madman who brings an unbridled sense of joy to his criminality. I’m excited to watch this new, more serious iteration of this classic character, but I will desperately miss his home run performance as Gotham’s signature weirdo.

1. Fish Mooney Played by: Jada Pinkett Smith Stick this character in any gangster TV show or movie, and tweak the surrealism depending on context, and she’ll fit—that’s just how good Jada Pinkett Smith is. Fish Mooney did not originate in the comics, and the creators of Gotham should be universally commended for springing such a Gotham-y character to life out of the ether. Granted, Mooney likely wouldn’t be as engrossing if not for Smith’s electric performance. The woman completely owns every single scene she inhabits. Fish Mooney gives this show a good excuse to ignore the rules of death, because why would anyone want to take that out? Screw death and copyright law. Fish Mooney deserves to live on for eternity.

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So, Drew Powell, what can you tell us about Mr Cyrus now?

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Who were you going to play? I was going to play Talon. The iconic, a defender of The Court of Owls.

Later:

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Drew Starkey photographed by Paige Powell for Interview Magazine

2024