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Leader Maynard points to three theories commonly used to explain mass killings and war atrocities. But all three can be debunked.

The first explanation is what I call the Broken Brains hypothesis. This is the notion that the sadism of torturing innocents or committing genocide makes sense only if the perpetrators have abnormal brains, or even are psychopaths. Experts turned to the Broken Brains theory when trying to understand the Nazis. An array of psychiatrists closely examined and interviewed the Nuremberg war criminals. After one of the top Nazi perpetrators, Robert Ley, hanged himself while awaiting trial, his brain was preserved, shipped by air mail to the United States, and studied by neuropathologists, who found that he had brain damage, “a longstanding degenerative process of the frontal lobes.”

But as research continued, it became clear that Ley was an outlier, that the architects of the Holocaust likely did not have brain pathologies, and that the Nazis’ genocidal machine had so many people pulling various levers that most of them had to be neurologically normal. This was not a case of a few psychopaths, but rather of millions engaged in what Hannah Arendt famously called “the banality of evil.”

It’s possible that Russia’s Vladimir Putin is an undiagnosed psychopath, but that can’t explain the widespread barbarism throughout the war in Ukraine, especially as the Russian military fills with conscripts, ordinary Russians who have been forced into combat. There might be psychopaths within the world’s military ranks, and psychopaths might be overrepresented in positions of power. But Leader Maynard says researchers agree that those carrying out horrific violence do not, by and large, have different brains from the rest of us.

The second common explanation is what I call the Lord of the Flies hypothesis—the idea that we are all killers by nature, with an innate capacity for cruelty, and that we commit atrocities when we are on war-zone “islands” that are free from constraints and consequences. Once placed into a conflict, any of us could engage in torture.

Yet research from experts such as Rebecca Littman and Elizabeth Levy Paluck shows that most people have a hard time killing other people. Other scholars have argued that in many of the great battles of history, such as Gettysburg, an astonishing number of guns were left loaded and unused—because it’s so psychologically difficult for untrained killers to shoot human beings, even when their own life is at risk. If most people find it difficult to fire a gun at someone else, how could they electrocute them in a hole in the ground, as apparently occurred in the city of Kherson last month?

A third common explanation for mass killings and wartime atrocities is what I call the theory of Coerced Killers—the idea that evil emerges at gunpoint, that we are capable of atrocities when we feel we have no other choice. Some people do engage in horrific violence only in such circumstances, or because they fear retribution against themselves or their families. But the most rigorous analysis of historical mass violence suggests that these cases make up a tiny minority of the overall picture.

If these three explanations don’t explain mass killings generally—or help make sense of what’s happening in Ukraine—then what does? The answer, according to Leader Maynard’s extensive analysis of atrocities, is ideology. By this he does not necessarily mean the grand isms of 20th-century history, but instead simply a set of political beliefs about how the world works, or should work. Mass killings become more likely when a society engaged in warfare produces a coherent narrative about why extreme violence is desirable or at least justified for a grander strategic purpose. Ideology acts as a social glue, ensuring that the architects of the violence, the rank-and-file soldiers who carry it out, and the broader public all tolerate, or even applaud, atrocities.

Crucially, Leader Maynard finds evidence that perpetrators need not be “true believers” or hard-liners who buy into a regime’s ideological mythmaking. Instead, the existence of the ideology and its widespread acceptance in society can provide a sufficient justification for their violence.

  —  Do ‘Ordinary’ People Commit War Crimes?

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Supporters of #NoHostageLeftBehind Open Letter to Joe Biden - Part 2/2

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Gail Berman

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Genevieve Angelson

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Howard Gordon

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Jason Fuchs

Jason Biggs & Jenny Mollen Biggs

Jason Segel

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Jen Joel

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42nd London Film Critics’ Circle Awards — Winners

FILM OF THE YEAR Belfast Drive My Car Dune Licorice Pizza The Lost Daughter Memoria The Power of the Dog — WINNER The Souvenir Part II Titane West Side Story

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter — WINNER Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the World Joanna Scanlan – After Love Kristen Stewart – Spencer

ACTOR OF THE YEAR Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog — WINNER Adam Driver – Annette Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick… Boom! Oscar Isaac – The Card Counter Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter Ariana DeBose – West Side Story Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog Rita Moreno – West Side Story Ruth Negga – Passing — WINNER

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR Richard Ayoade – The Souvenir Part II Ciarán Hinds – Belfast Jesse Plemons – The Power of the Dog Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog — WINNER Jeffrey Wright – The French Dispatch

BRITISH/IRISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR (for body of work) Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter/Mothering Sunday/Ron’s Gone Wrong/The Mitchells vs The Machines/The Electrical Life of Louis Wain Ruth Negga – Passing/Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché Joanna Scanlan – After Love Tilda Swinton – Memoria/The Souvenir Part II/The French Dispatch — WINNER

BRITISH/IRISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR (for body of work) Riz Ahmed – Encounter Adeel Akhtar – Ali & Ava/The Nest/The Electrical Life of Louis Wain/Everybody’s Talking About Jamie Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog/The Electrical Life of Louis Wain/The Courier Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick… Boom!/The Eyes of Tammy Faye/Mainstream — WINNER Stephen Graham – Boiling Point/Venom: Let There Be Carnage

BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR (Attenborough Award) After Love Belfast The Green Knight Limbo The Souvenir Part II — WINNER

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog — WINNER Ryûsuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car Joanna Hogg – The Souvenir Part II Céline Sciamma – Petite Maman Denis Villeneuve – Dune

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza Wes Anderson – The French Dispatch Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe – Drive My Car — WINNER

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR Drive My Car — WINNER The Hand of God Petite Maman Titane The Worst Person in the World

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR Flee Gunda The Most Beautiful Boy in the World Summer of Soul — WINNER The Velvet Underground

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER (Philip French Award) Prano Bailey-Bond – Censor Rebecca Hall – Passing — WINNER Aleem Khan – After Love Marley Morrison – Sweetheart Ben Sharrock – Limbo

YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER Max Harwood – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie Jude Hill – Belfast Emilia Jones – Coda Daniel Lamont – Nowhere Special Woody Norman – C’mon C’mon — WINNER

BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM Diseased and Disorderly – dir. Andrew Kotting Expensive Shit – dir. Adura Onashile Know the Grass – dir. Sophie Littman Play It Safe – dir. Mitch Kalisa — WINNER Precious Hair & Beauty – dir. John Ogunmuyiwa

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Cruella – Jenny Beavan, costumes Dune – Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer, visual effects — WINNER Flee – Kenneth Ladekjær, animation The French Dispatch – Adam Stockhausen, production design The Green Knight – Andrew Droz Palermo, cinematography The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmão – Hélène Louvart, cinematography Martin Eden – Fabrizio Federico and Aline Hervé, film editing No Time to Die – Olivier Schneider, stunts The Power of the Dog – Jonny Greenwood, music West Side Story – Justin Peck, choreography

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In a time of rising levels of anti-democratic attitudes, support for political violence and partisan animosity in the United States, a video project co-produced by University of Illinois Chicago researchers is being recognized for its outstanding ability to reduce toxic polarization.

Through the Strengthening Democracy Challenge, led by Stanford University’s Polarization and Social Change Lab, the video was one of more than 250 entries and among 25 finalists tested in a competitive “intervention tournament” involving more than 31,000 Americans. Leaders of the challenge asked researchers, activists and community workers to design interventions that could bridge the political divide between Americans and promote healthy democracy in the U.S.

In response to this challenge, Michael Pasek, UIC assistant professor of psychology; Rebecca Littman, UIC assistant professor of psychology; and their colleagues created a short film in which several Democrats and Republicans discuss how they feel misperceived by rival partisans.

Following an evaluation by the Stanford-based research team, which gauged the video’s effectiveness on standard outcomes and compared it with the other selected interventions, the UIC researchers’ video intervention was named one of five winning projects based on its leading performance in the tournament.

The film shows clips of interviews conducted with Americans as they learn about — and react to — survey data from past research by the Peace and Conflict Neuroscience Lab. In the film, Democrats and Republicans from across the United States are asked to rate their views on hot-button issues, like immigration. They then are asked to guess what the average member of the other party would assume that they would answer. When the answers are revealed, participants are surprised by how wrong their assumptions were. Read more here. 

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hunger makes me a modern girl by carrie brownstein

musicophilia: tales of music and the brain by oliver sacks

the immortal life of henrietta lacks by rebecca skloot

blitzed by norman ohler

the first collection of criticism by a living female rock critic by jessica hopper

the secret history of the mongol queens: how the daughters of genghis khan rescued his empire by jack weatherford

hit so hard by patty schemel

the secret history of wonder woman by jill lepore

they can’t kill us until they kill us by hanif abdurraqib

soccernomics by simon kuper and stefan syzmanski

the beautiful game: sixteen girls and the soccer season that changed everything by jonathan littman

choose your own disaster by dana schwartz

sex object by jessica valenti

crash override: how gamergate (nearly) destroyed my life and how we can win the fight against online hate by zoe quinn

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‘Hightown’: James Badge Dale To Star In Starz’s Opioid Epidemic Drama Series

EXCLUSIVE: James Badge Dale (13 Hours) is set as the male lead opposite Monica Raymund in Hightown, Starz’s drama series from Rebecca Cutter, Gary Lennon and Jerry Bruckheimer TV.

Written and executive produced by Cutter, Hightown is a crime drama set amid the drug trade on Cape Cod, touched off when a body washes ashore and discovered by an irreverent National Marine Fisheries Service officer, Jackie Quinones (Raymund), who is determined to help solve the murder even if the state cops want her nowhere near the case.

Dale will play Detective Ray Abruzzo, a Massachusetts State Trooper assigned to the Cape Cod Drug Task Force, who questions Quinones as the body she found was his C.I. He is determined to crack the case and wants to avenge the death of his C.I.

Gary Lennon will executive produce with Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman and KristieAnne Reed from JBTV.

In TV, Dale previously played the leads in AMC’s Rubicon and HBO’s The Pacific.He will next be seen in features Little Woods, opposite Lily James and Tessa Thompson, The Kitchen opposite Tiffany Haddish and Melissa McCarthy, Standoff at Sparrow Creek and Donnybrook opposite Frank Grillo. Dale is repped by CAA, MJ Management and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.

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ED BOOKS

I stole this from mpa (because I wanted to save it) but I’m going to highlight those I��VE READ... also I might add some others as time goes... 

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson (it was a good read!)

Solitaire by Aimee Liu * (Considered first anorexia memoir. Thus, there are points when EDs aren't completely understood, but still totally worth the read. Available through KU.)

Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain by Portia de Rossi (it was really good and real tbh)* (One of my faves! A memoir that really captivated me)

Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia * (Really is what it says on the tin and so much more. This memoir captures the darkest parts of EDs and is done very logically, stabilizing itself with facts that are intermixed by the chaos of EDs).

Just Listen by Sarah Dessen (Romance)

Thin by Lauren Greenfield (Nonfiction elements. Like the TV documentary of the same name, but of course, the book has more details.)

The Best Little Girl in the World by Steven Levenkron (NOT like the movie. Based on research of EDs in figure skating and gymnastics.)

Perfect by Natasha Friend

Purge: Rehab Diaries by Nicole J. Johns

Skinny by Ibi Kasliky

Loud Girl in the House of Myself: A Memoir of a Strange Girl by Stacy Pershall

Gaining: The Truth about Life After EDs by Aimee Liu (same author as Solitaire)

Identical by Ellen Hopkins * (Written in same manner as her other books, which is basically more like a poem than traditional novel format. LOVE this book and recommend the authors other, non ED books)

Letting Ana Go by Anonymous

Massive by Julia Bell

Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen (Romance)

Hungry: A Young Model's Story of Appetite Ambition and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves

She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb

Thin by Grace Bowman (memoir)

The Disappearing Girl by Heather Topham Wood (Romance, KU)

After the Strawberry by Adrienne Maria Vrettos

Purge by Sarah Darer Littman

Beautiful Me by Natasha Jennings

Hunger Point by Jillian Medoff (it was okay, the sister of mc has an ed)

Pointe by Brandy Colbert (Very dramatic. Deals with sexual abuse and also kidnapping in addition to an ED. Still not sure how I feel about this book, but a read that is very interesting, especially for those who like reading all things ballet. Also, this is nice because a black girl is not only a ballet dancer, but also has an ED, which is not portrayed enough!)

Looks by Madeleine George

Kessa by Steven Levenkron (I'd say this is probably for younger readers, but hey, you're never too old to read any book in my mind!)

My Sister's Bones by Cathi Hanauer * (Really liked this book and it isn't necessarily because of the ED part of it. I just like the whole feel and author's style)

Parperweight by Meg Haston

You Remind Me of You: A Poetry Memoir by Eireann Corrigan

Chalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics' Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders and Elusive Olympic Dreams by Jennifer Sey (Wow, that's a mouth full!)

Believarexic by J.J. Johnson

Feeling For Bones by Bethany Pierce

More Than You Can Chew by Marnelle Tokio

A Dance of Sisters by Tracey Porter

Gravity Journal by Gail Sobat

Elena Vanishing by Elena Dunkle (A memoir written with her mother)

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver (Haven't read this in a long time, but I remember liking it)

A Trick of the Light by Lois Metzger * (One of my favourites! About a male with an ED.)

Starved by Michael Somers (Another good male ED novel)

Reckoning Daze by Michael Beaulieu (Currently free kindle edition is available)

Thin (Sharing Spaces Book 3) by Alicia Michaels (This is part of a romance series and is the third book. This one focuses on the ED character, but there are hints to the ED in other books. You don't necessarily need to read the other books in the series and can figure things out without reading them first. I actually read this book before the others)

Cake Dreams: A Memoir of Survival by Hoyt Phillips * (Another male ED book. Great multi-faceted portrayal of EDs and general metal illness. Available on KU)

Not My Father's Son: A Memoir by Alan Cumming * (It's been a while since I've read it, but I recall there being an ED. The book does not focus on the ED, but it is thrown in there, adding to an already fascinating, interesting read.)

Nothing by Robin Friedman (Another male ED book)

Lighter and Weightless (books 1 and 2 of Begin Again Duet series) by Gia Riley (Romance and available on KU)

...And All Shall Fade to Black by Layla Dorine (Gay Romance, male with ED, available on KU).

Still Water: A Boys of Bellamy Novel by Ruthie Luhnow (Gay romance, male with ED, available on KU)

Four Weeks, Five people by Jennifer Yu * (A male wannabe rock star with an ED. He is 1/5th of the main characters who all have other mental disorders and have been sent away to camp to help with their various mental illnesses).

Phat (Escape From Reality series) by Taylor Henderson (Part of a series. KU)

Life-size (no, not like the Lindsey Lohan movie) by Jenefer Shute (Available through Kindle unlimited)

Love Struck (Star Struck Series) by Amber Garza (Romance series. KU).

Fake Perfect Me by Cari Kamm (KU)

Out of Breath (Exposed Series) by Hazel Kelly  (KU).

The Kaitlyn Chronicles series by Elaine Babich (Series, for younger readers. KU).

Please Don't Go by Elizabeth Benning (A bulimic sent to a residence to recover and teams up with anorexic former enemy in hopes of escaping)

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen * (very great!! I loved this one, it’s not only about the ed, but human nature and emotions) (A classic novel that everyone interested in metal health should read).

Do or Die (Fight or Flight Series #4) by Jamie Canosa (Romance series. KU).

Hungry: One Woman's Battle and Victory over Anorexia and Bulima by Jessica Skinner (The title pretty much says all you need to know. KU).

My Perfect Little Secret by Rebecca Coppage (KU).

Anorexic: The True Story of An Anorexia Survivor Who Found Love by Anna Paterson (This is romantic, but I wouldn't call it romance. KU).

Balance of Control by Stephanie Nance

Running in Silence: My Drive for Perfection and the Eating Disorder that Fed it by Rachael Rose Steil

My Not-So Secret by B.P. Morrison (KU).

26 Beats per Minute by Dez Wilder (Male with ED. Memoir. KU).

Summer Fades by Amanda Bews (KU).

It's Never Enough (Book 1 in Never Series) by Susan Soares (Series. KU).

Restricted: A Novel of Half-truths by Jennifer Kinsel * (KU).

Chrysalis by L.A. Field, Gary Thaller * (KU).

A Slow Fade by Brooke Melius (KU).

All We Ever Wanted: Unmasking the Silent Battle by Alexandra Wnuk (KU).

Life Hurts: A Doctor's Personal Journey Through Anorexia by Dr. Eliabeth Mcnaught *

A Fork in the Road by Rebekah Wilson (KU).

Skin Deep (Stolen Breaths series) by Pamela Sparkman (Romance Series. KU).

Feeding the Heart (Heart Series) by Marion Myles (Romance Series. KU).

Anorexic Annie by Sarah Burleton * (KU).

The Downside of Being Charlie by Jenny Torres Sanchez * (Male with ED, the ED is not a huge part of the book, but also deals with family dysfunction, which I always find interesting).

The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller * (This is very interesting. Male with ED. Deals with super powers! Though, it could just be the ED causing the protagonist to think he has powers, but I'll let you be the judge!)

Skinny Boy: A Young Man's Battle and Triumph Over Anorexia by Gary A. Grahl

It Was Me All Along: A Memoir by Andie Mitchell * (about binge eater who lost weight)

Safety in Numbers by Brittany Burgunder *

Skinny: She was starving to fit in... (False reflections book 1) by Laura L. Smith (Currently free kindle edition is available).

When You Fall by Alex Karola * (through Wattpad. Not finished yet, but is a great read!)

Inner Hunger: A Young Woman's Struggle Through Anorexia and Bulimia by Marianne Apostolides

Empty: A Story of Anorexia by Christie Pettit

Inside Out: Portrait of an Eating Disorder by Nadia Shivack

Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz *

All Good Things Die in LA by Anhoni Patel *

Jane in Bloom by Deborah A. Lytton (Another one for younger readers. Still, a nice read)

Gravity Journal by Gail Sidonie Sobat

What I Lost by Alexandra Ballard *

This Impossible Light by Lily Myers (told in verse)

Sad Perfect by Stephanie Elliot (the girl has avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder)

Beautiful Bodies by Kimberly Rae Miller * (this is a KU book and is a fairly new release as of 7/28/17. It is about disordered eating and chronic dieting, not a full blown ED; however, I still enjoyed it and recommend it).

Shattered Image: My Triumph over Body Dysmorphic Disorder by Brian Cuban * (KU, male memoir detailing ED struggle and primarily his struggle with BDD)

Sugar by Deirdre Riordan Hall (KU)

Empty Net (Scoring Chances Book 4) by Avon Gale * (gay romance about bulimic hockey player)

Heavyweight by MB Mulhall (Male protagonist)

Just Jack by Shaun Powell (KU, male protagonist)

Don't Call Me Kit Kat by K.J. Farnham (for younger audience definitely)

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxanne Gay (BED)

Skin and Bones by Sherry Shahan (Male protagonist)

Skinny Me by Charlene Carr

Wrists by Jay Broderick (male protagonist)

Unicorns and Rainbow Poop by Sam Kadence (male, gay, romance)

Bare Roots by Molly S. Hillery (KU)

Grip by Adex Garza (KU, male. Deals with morbid obesity)

Rita Just Wants to be Thin by Mary W. Walters (KU)

Taint by Jude Nicholas (KU)

Fasting Girls: The History of Anorexia Nervosa by Joan Jacobs Brumberg

13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad

Hunger Pains: The Modern Woman's tragic Quest  for Thinness by Mary Pipher

The Stone Girl by Alyssa B. Sheinmel

Pretend We are Lovely by Noley Reid

Stick Figure by Lori Gottilieb

Diary of an Exercise Addict by Peach Friedman

The Anorexia Diaries by Linda Rio

Feed Me!: Writers Dish about Food, Eating, Weight, and Body Image by Harriet Brown

Insatiable: A Young Mother's Struggle with Anorexia by Erica Rivera

How I Got Skinny, Famous, and Fell Madly in Love by Ken Baker (about a girl who goes on a reality TV show to lose weight. Fun read)

Inside Out: Portrait of an Eating Disorder by Nadia Shivack

Perfect: Anorexia and Me by Emily Halban

Losing it by Sandy McKay

Fragile by Nikki Grahame

My Big Fat Disaster by Beth Fehlbaum

Thin Ice by Niki Settimo (romance)

Unfiltered by Lily Collins (not solely a book about ED, but the topic is mentioned throughout)

Good Luck with That by Kristan Higgins (coming out on August 7, 2018)

Staving in the Search of Me by Marissa LaRocca

Feast (True Love In and Out of the Kitchen) by Hannah Howard

The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano (the mc is anorexic but it’s not focused on it only. This book is about two outcasts who connect to each other and its effect of it in the course of their lives)

The Vegetarian by Han Kang (it’s very good and wild. It also tackles on feminism and societal issues as well)

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki  and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami (it’s a great book. The ed is not the main point but there is a character suffering from one)

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We Will Rock You @ Dominion Theatre 2008 (#168)

Title: We Will Rock You

Venue: Dominion Theatre

Year: 2008

Condition: Creasing

Author: Music and Lyrics by Queen. Book and Direction Ben Elton

Director: Ben Elton

Choreographer: Arlene Phillips

Cast: Julian Littman, Alex Bourne, Ricardo Alfonso, Sabrian Aloueche, Mazz Murray, Lain Gray, Lucy Sinclair, Jon Boydon, Amanda Coutts, Marianne Benedict, Rachael D Crocker, James Bennett, Luke Zammit, Leanne Pinder, Ian Carlyle, Kelly-Anne Gower, James O'Connell, Jacquie Biggs, Garry Lake, Andrew Edwards, Fay Raye, Lucas Rush, Kelly Ewins, Craig Ryder, David Austen, Sarah French-Ellis, Michael Watson, Danielle York, Ryan Quish, Alicia Peacock, Clare Gladwin, Charles Ruhrmund, Rebecca Howell, Sandy Moffat, Fabian Aloise

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Hightown Season 2: Release Date, Cast, Plot, Trailer, And All Latest Updates😃

Hightown Season 2: Release Date, Cast, Plot, Trailer, And All Latest Updates😃

Hightown is a show about a crime that was created by Rebecca Cutter, Jerry Bruckheimer, Johnathan Littman, and Gary Lennon. It’s more interesting than other shows because it has an extra twist. The first season of the show was a success. It had a lot of viewers who watched it on different screens. The show is about drugs and addiction and solving crimes, all mixed together. The first season…

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HAPPY 100th Birthday “Baron” Yesterday the Mayor of the City of North Miami Beach hosted the 100th Birthday Celebration of Nunzio “Baron” Capizzi, a World War II US Marine, barber by trade, community builder and family patriarch. It was an honor to help the Capizzi Family recognize the achievements of their beloved “Papa” and award him special honors from the Military, US Congress, Florida Senate, City of North Miami Beach and the Chamber of the North Miami Beach. It was so nice to see so many family members, friends, residents and even strangers attend this special event. Big THANK YOU TO Peter Caspari and Rebecca Heinl for planning this with the help of so many others. #marines #army #navy #military #airforce #usmc #coastguard #veterans #marinecorps #usa #veteran #semperfi #usarmy #militarylife #usmarines #marine #specialforces #usnavy #soldier #tactical #freedom #usaf #navyseals #guns #semperfidelis #armedforces (at North Miami Beach Julius Littman Performing Arts Theater) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTK3UzhrdOC/?utm_medium=tumblr

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(Literary License Podcast)

The Day After (1983)

 An American television film that broke viewing figures with more than 100million people (39 million households) watched upon its release.  It is the seventh most highly viewed event for television of all times.  The film stars JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum, Jason Robards and John Lithgow.  The film would explore what would happen if a nuclear war broke out and missiles hit close to two towns in the mid-West

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Testament (1983)

 Directed by Lynne Littman and starring Jane Alexander, Kevin Costner, Lukas Haas, Rebecca De Mornay, and William Devane, the story tells how a small community falls apart after a nuclear explosion in San Francisco.  The film was nominated for an Academy Award and is considered one of the most important American films to come out of the 80’s.

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Rochelle Goldberg at Miguel Abreu Gallery

My thoughts remain with Mary, beaming, alone in the desert.

Is it the symbiotic relationship of the symbol to its witness that enables it to live forever? Where the Witness experiences the symbol as concrete, grounding the symbol’s existence, and conducting its scatter? If scatter poses an obliterating threat to the symbol through its witness, the perceived threat is merely a collapse of understanding, considering they need each other to keep breathing.

Can we then favor a state in which symbols operate allegorically, as interplay? Or mutation? Where obliteration can be seen as pulsing a re-distribution, as divulging streams of associations, so that allegorical insistence develops through the accumulation of objects with purposeful referents. This repetition is a resurrection, wherein the miracle of it all ordains a Witness. There is a Witness to these ‘attractions’ of communication forming between legible juxtapositions, carried by their histories and possibility. (There is a logic of desire motivating these associations, available to any witness.) And what if the Witness is the event itself – her corpse in this desert?

In the desert she digs up roots

silty soil, low drainage, roots emerge shallow

did she survive on love alone?

At least we know she died, in the desert, so that the Intralocutor might host a renewed understanding of an attractive experience – to go to the desert, to find love while living the mutation of bodily and material excess, through its inverse, scarcity. Scarcity becomes the excess, replaces it, so that self-annihilation is an infinite dissolve – through regenerative dying the symbol is liberated from its liturgical source, which is not any reality that may have taken place. Beyond the entropic, is the immense loss, overturned by the immense miracle, where a corpse dies, in order to live, to levitate, to host, to suspend. The body that survives on love alone in the desert is still beaming.

The symbol symbols even if it’s free

The perversity of this love, is that it is attributed to a self-rejection, a starvation as revelation, in a way that our extraction culture has forgotten the ability to consider an extended self, the self that spills with love across a landscape.

While surviving on love alone in the desert:

She is developing life goals and she resents a tiny universe

she needed a new experience, a softer fatality

since she was dead, and she did remember.

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I am happy for her, that she made friends in the desert.

Born in Vancouver, Canada, Rochelle Goldberg earned her MFA from Bard College, and currently lives and works in New York and Berlin. Last spring, Waves and Waves, a two-person exhibition with Rebecca Brewer opened at Oakville Galleries in Ontario, followed by a solo exhibition, gatekeepers, at Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver. Among other group shows in 2019, her work was selected for the first Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center, curated by Brett Littman. In 2018, she was the winner of the Battaglia Foundry Sculpture Prize #03 and Artist-in-Residence at the Chinati Foundation, Marfa. Further, Goldberg was the Artist-in-Residence at the Atelier Calder in the spring of 2017, and the recipient of the 2015 Louis Comfort Tiffany Award. Institutional solo exhibitions include The Plastic Thirsty at SculptureCenter, New York (2016), No Where, Now Here at GAMeC, Bergamo, Italy (2017), born in a beam of light at The Power Station, Dallas (2018) and Casa del sol at Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valderno, Italy (2018). In 2018, she also mounted Pétroleuse with curator Milan Ther at Éclair, Berlin. In 2016, Goldberg contributed a large-scale installation work to Mirror Cells, curated by Christopher Lew and Jane Panetta at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and participated in the Okayama Art Summit, a biennial exhibition organized by Liam Gillick across multiple venues in Okayama, Japan. Intralocutors, her first solo exhibition at Miguel Abreu Gallery, was on view in the spring of 2017. Cannibal Actif, her first monograph designed with Geoff Kaplan, was co-published by Totem and Sequence Press. Her second monograph, born in a beam of light, will be published by The Power Station in Spring 2020.

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Artist: Rochelle Goldberg

Venue: Miguel Abreu, New York

Exhibition Title: Psychomachia

Date: March 6 – April 26, 2020

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Full gallery of images, press release and link available after the jump.

Images:

Images courtesy of Miguel Abreu, New York

Press Release:

Miguel Abreu Gallery is pleased to announce the opening, on Friday, March 6th, of Rochelle Goldberg’s Psychomachia, her second one-person exhibition at the gallery. The show will be held at our 88 Eldridge Street location.

  My thoughts remain with Mary, beaming, alone in the desert.

Is it the symbiotic relationship of the symbol to its witness that enables it to live forever? Where the Witness experiences the symbol as concrete, grounding the symbol’s existence, and conducting its scatter? If scatter poses an obliterating threat to the symbol through its witness, the perceived threat is merely a collapse of understanding, considering they need each other to keep breathing.

Can we then favor a state in which symbols operate allegorically, as interplay? Or mutation? Where obliteration can be seen as pulsing a re-distribution, as divulging streams of associations, so that allegorical insistence develops through the accumulation of objects with purposeful referents. This repetition is a resurrection, wherein the miracle of it all ordains a Witness. There is a Witness to these ‘attractions’ of communication forming between legible juxtapositions, carried by their histories and possibility. (There is a logic of desire motivating these associations, available to any witness.) And what if the Witness is the event itself – her corpse in this desert?

In the desert she digs up roots silty soil, low drainage, roots emerge shallow did she survive on love alone?

At least we know she died, in the desert, so that the Intralocutor might host a renewed understanding of an attractive experience – to go to the desert, to find love while living the mutation of bodily and material excess, through its inverse, scarcity. Scarcity becomes the excess, replaces it, so that self-annihilation is an infinite dissolve – through regenerative dying the symbol is liberated from its liturgical source, which is not any reality that may have taken place. Beyond the entropic, is the immense loss, overturned by the immense miracle, where a corpse dies, in order to live, to levitate, to host, to suspend. The body that survives on love alone in the desert is still beaming.

The symbol symbols even if it’s free

The perversity of this love, is that it is attributed to a self-rejection, a starvation as revelation, in a way that our extraction culture has forgotten the ability to consider an extended self, the self that spills with love across a landscape.

While surviving on love alone in the desert: She is developing life goals and she resents a tiny universe she needed a new experience, a softer fatality since she was dead, and she did remember.

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I am happy for her, that she made friends in the desert.

  Born in Vancouver, Canada, Rochelle Goldberg earned her MFA from Bard College, and currently lives and works in New York and Berlin. Last spring, Waves and Waves, a two-person exhibition with Rebecca Brewer opened at Oakville Galleries in Ontario, followed by a solo exhibition, gatekeepers, at Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver. Among other group shows in 2019, her work was selected for the first Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center, curated by Brett Littman. In 2018, she was the winner of the Battaglia Foundry Sculpture Prize #03 and Artist-in-Residence at the Chinati Foundation, Marfa. Further, Goldberg was the Artist-in-Residence at the Atelier Calder in the spring of 2017, and the recipient of the 2015 Louis Comfort Tiffany Award. Institutional solo exhibitions include The Plastic Thirsty at SculptureCenter, New York (2016), No Where, Now Here at GAMeC, Bergamo, Italy (2017), born in a beam of light at The Power Station, Dallas (2018) and Casa del sol at Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valderno, Italy (2018). In 2018, she also mounted Pétroleuse with curator Milan Ther at Éclair, Berlin. In 2016, Goldberg contributed a large-scale installation work to Mirror Cells, curated by Christopher Lew and Jane Panetta at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and participated in the Okayama Art Summit, a biennial exhibition organized by Liam Gillick across multiple venues in Okayama, Japan. Intralocutors, her first solo exhibition at Miguel Abreu Gallery, was on view in the spring of 2017. Cannibal Actif, her first monograph designed with Geoff Kaplan, was co-published by Totem and Sequence Press. Her second monograph, born in a beam of light, will be published by The Power Station in Spring 2020.

Link: Rochelle Goldberg at Miguel Abreu

from Contemporary Art Daily https://bit.ly/2Km2pCN

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Hightown: Chicago Fire actress stars trailer for new police series

Starzplay, STARZ's premium streaming service, will bring the Hightown series to Brazil, featuring Chicago Fire actress

Fans of Chicago Fire may soon miss actress Monica Raymund, as she is arriving with her new series, Hightown. The series, which is an original attraction of the Star channel, will arrive in Brazil exclusively through Starzplay, Starz's premium stremium service.

Hightown it takes place on the iconic Cape Cod, and shows a woman's journey towards sobriety amid the unfolding of a murder investigation. Jackie Quiñones (Monica Raymund, “Chicago Fire”, “The Good Wife”), an agent for the National Marine Fisheries Service, sees his life change when he finds a body on the beach, a victim of the opium epidemic on Cape Cod. As a result of this trauma, Jackie takes the first steps towards becoming sober – while convincing herself that she needs to solve the murder.

However, in disagreement with Sergeant Ray Abruzzo (James Badge Dale, Only the Brave), an uncompromising but effective member of the Cape Cod Narcotics Unit, Jackie begins to circle. And she is not alone. Ray also went into a whirlwind, getting lost in the middle of the investigation. Everyone's lives, connected to this murderer, collide, reminding us how complicated – and deadly – our addictions can be.

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Check out the video with the trailer below.

Production

Hightown was created and produced by Rebecca Cutter (“Gotham”) with Gary Lennon (“Power”, “Euphoria”) and Jerry Bruckheimer (franchise Pirates of the Caribbean, Top Gun: Maverick, “The Amazing Race”) in executive production, as well as Jonathan Littman (“Lucifer”, “The Amazing Race”, “CSI” franchise) and KristieAnne Reed (“Lucifer”, “L.A.’s Finest”) from Jerry Bruckheimer TV; Ellen H. Schwartz also served as an executive producer.

In addition, the cast also features Riley Voelkel (“Roswell, New Mexico”, “The Originals”), Shane Harper (“Code Black”, “Happyland”), Amaury Nolasco (“Prison Break”, “Deception”), Atkins Estimond (“The Resident”, “Lodge 49”) as well as Dohn Norwood (“Mindhunter”, “The Sinner”).

The premiere will take place simultaneously with the United States, on May 17.

Starzplay

O Starzplay is bringing several original content, in addition to the series starring the actress from Chicago Fire. Titles include “Mr. Mercedes ”and“ Das Boot ”; winning series, such as “The Act”; the Batman prelude series, “Pennyworth”, From DC Comics; and the expected second season of “Castle rock”, Psychological horror series by Stephen King and J.J. Abrams.

The subscription is 14.90 monthly, and there is a free trial period. But right now, there is a promotion charging only R $ 5.00 every month, which will last for three months.

So, let's check it out? I already want!

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Updated May 30 at 1:46 pm PT with “Abby’s,” “The Enemy Within” and “The Village” canceled at NBC.Upfronts have come and gone, and that means broadcast networks have (for the most part) set their 2019-20 slates after ordering new series and winnowing down which current shows will return next season and which will come to an end.Below is every scripted (and a few unscripted) show that ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox and The CW have renewed or canceled so far, along with those still awaiting their fates for the 2019-20 slate. We’ve also included descriptions of the new shows that have been ordered.Check back regularly for updates. Readers can find our pilot guide, which includes all the new projects that were in the running this season, here.Also Read: 21 Lowest-Rated Broadcast TV Shows of 2018-19 Season (Photos)NBC Renewed Series: “The Blacklist,” “Blindspot” (for fifth and final season), “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “Chicago Fire,” “Chicago Med,” “Chicago P.D.,” “Ellen’s Game of Games,” “Good Girls,” “The Good Place,”  “Law & Order: SVU,” “Manifest,” “New Amsterdam,” “Superstore,” “This Is Us” (for Seasons 4, 5 and 6), “Will & Grace”Canceled/Ending Series: “Abby’s,” “A.P. Bio,” “The Enemy Within,” “I Feel Bad,” “Marlon,” “Midnight, Texas,” “Reverie,” “Trial & Error,” “The Village”Series Awaiting Decisions: N/ASeries That Have Yet to Premiere This Season: “The InBetween” (new series)Newly Ordered Series: “Bluff City Law,” “Council of Dads,” “Indebted,” “The Kenan Show,” “Lincoln,” “Perfect Harmony,” “Sunnyside,” “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”Also Read: 14 Highest-Rated Broadcast TV Shows of the 2018-19 Season (Photos)Here are the official descriptions for the new 2019-20 NBC shows:DRAMASBLUFF CITY LAW Coming from a famous Memphis family known for taking on injustice, brilliant lawyer Sydney Strait used to work at her father Elijah’s celebrated law firm until their tumultuous relationship got in the way. After barely speaking to him for years, Sydney is suddenly thrust back into the family fold when her philanthropist mother passes away unexpectedly. In the wake of her loss, hoping to reconnect with the daughter he loves, Elijah asks Sydney to rejoin his firm. She agrees because despite her lingering resentment and distrust, she knows that working alongside her father is her best hope at changing the world … if they can ever get along. Cast: Jimmy Smits, Caitlin McGee, Scott Shepherd, Barry Sloane, Michael Luwoye, MaameYaa Boafo, Stony Blyden and Jayne Atkinson. Writer: Dean Georgaris Producer(s): Dean Georgaris, David Janollari, Michael Aguliar Studio: Universal TelevisionCOUNCIL OF DADS When Scott, a loving father of four, has his entire life’s plan thrown into upheaval by a cancer diagnosis, he calls on a few of his closest allies to step in as back-up dads for every stage of his growing family’s life. Scott assembles a trusted group of role models that includes Anthony, his oldest friend; Larry, his AA sponsor; and Oliver, his surgeon and best friend to his wife, Robin. These men agree to devote themselves to supporting and guiding Scott’s amazing family through all the triumphs and challenges life has to offer – just in case he ever can’t be there to do so himself. Cast: Sarah Wayne Callies, Clive Standen, Tom Everett Scott, J. August Richards, Blue Chapman, Emjay Anthony, Michele Weaver, Thalia Tran, Steven Silver, Michael O’Neill Writers: Tony Phelan & Joan Rater Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed, James Oh, Bruce Feiler Studio: Universal TelevisionLINCOLN Inspired by the best-selling book “The Bone Collector,” former NYPD detective and forensic genius Lincoln Rhyme was at the top of his game until a serious accident at the hands of a notorious serial killer forces him out of the field. When Amelia Sachs, an intuitive young officer who’s got her own gift for profiling finds herself hot on the killer’s trail, Rhyme in turn finds a partner for this new game of cat and mouse. As the unlikely detective duo joins forces to crack the city’s most confounding cases, they must also race to take down the enigmatic “Bone Collector” who brought them together. Cast: Russell Hornsby, Arielle Kebbel, Brían F. O’Byrne, Tate Ellington, Courtney Grosbeck, Ramses Jimenez, Brooke Lyons, Roslyn Ruff and Michael Imperioli Writer(s): VJ Boyd and Mark Bianculli Producer(s): VJ Boyd, Mark Bianculli, Seth Gordon, Avi Nir, Peter Traugott and Rachel Kaplan Director: Seth Gordon (pilot) Studio(s): Universal Television and Sony Pictures Television in association with Keshet StudiosZOEY’S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST In this joyous and celebratory drama, Zoey Clarke is a whip-smart computer coder forging her way in San Francisco. After an unusual event she starts to hear the innermost wants and desires of the people around her through songs. At first, she questions her own sanity but soon realizes this unwanted curse may just be an incredibly wonderful gift. Cast: Jane Levy, Skylar Astin, Peter Gallagher, Alex Newell, John Clarence Stewart, Carmen Cusack and Mary Steenburgen. Writer: Austin Winsberg Producer(s): Richard Shepard, Paul Feig, Jessie Henderson, Kim Tannenbaum, Eric Tannenbaum, David Blackman, Daniel Inkeles Studio: Lionsgate TelevisionCOMEDIESINDEBTED Young parents Dave and Rebecca are ready to reclaim their life after years of diapers and sleepless nights. However, things take an unexpected turn when Dave’s parents show up unannounced and broke, leaving Dave with no choice but to open the door to the people who gave him everything. But these boomerang parents aren’t great with boundaries and the question of who’s parenting who quickly become blurred in this multi-generational comedy starring Fran Drescher and Adam Pally as mother and son. Cast: Adam Pally, Abby Elliott, Steven Weber and Fran Drescher. Writer(s): Dan Levy Producer(s): Dan Levy, Doug Robinson Studio(s): Sony Pictures Television in association with Doug Robinson ProductionsTHE KENAN SHOW In this family comedy, Kenan Thompson strives to be a super dad to his two adorable girls while simultaneously balancing his job and a father-in-law who “helps” in the most inappropriate ways. Cast: Kenan Thompson, Punam Patel, Dani Lockett, Dannah Lockett and Andy Garcia. Writer(s): Jackie Clarke Producer(s): Jackie Clarke, Chris Rock, Kenan Thompson, Lorne Michaels and Andrew Singer Director(s): Chris Rock Studio(s): Universal Television in association with Broadway Video.PERFECT HARMONY Bradley Whitford stars in this comedy about finding inspiration in the most unlikely places. When former Princeton music professor Arthur Cochran unexpectedly stumbles into choir practice at a small-town church, he finds a group of singers that are out of tune in more ways than one. Despite the ultimate clash of sensibilities, Arthur and his newfound cohorts may just be the perfect mix of individuals to help each other reinvent and rediscover a little happiness, just when they all need it most. Cast: Bradley Whitford, Anna Camp, Tymberlee Hill, Rizwan Manji, Will Greenberg, Geno Segers and Spencer Allport. Writer(s): Lesley Wake Webster Producer(s): Lesley Wake Webster, Jason Winer, Bradley Whitford, Adam Anders and Jon Radler Director: Jason Winer (pilot) Studio(s): 20th Century Fox Television and Small Dog Picture CompanySUNNYSIDE Garrett Modi was living the American Dream. As the youngest New York City Councilman ever, he was rubbing elbows with the political elite, attending star-studded parties and was the pride of Queens. But instead of spending his time in office helping the people that got him elected, he lost his way amidst the power and glamour of politics. When his downward spiral got him busted for public intoxication (and downright stupidity), it was all caught on tape and ended his career. Now, Garrett’s crashing with his sister, Mallory, and wondering where it all went wrong. That is, until he’s hired by a diverse group of hopefuls who dream of becoming American citizens and believe he can help – giving him a new sense of purpose and a chance for redemption, as long as he remembers where he came from. (Single camera) Cast: Kal Penn, Kiran Deol, Moses Storm, Diana Maria Riva, Joel Kim Booster, Samba Schutte, Poppy Liu Writer(s): Kal Penn, Matt Murray Producer(s): Kal Penn, Matt Murray, Michael Schur, David Miner, Dan Spilo Studio: Universal TelevisionAlso Read: TV Renewals and Cancellations: 6 Broadcast Shows We're Still Awaiting Decisions on for the 2019-20 SeasonCBS Renewed Series: “Blue Bloods,” “Bull,” “Criminal Minds” (for 15th and final season), “FBI,” “God Friended Me,” “Hawaii Five-0,” “MacGyver,” “Madam Secretary,” “Magnum P.I.,” “Man With a Plan,” “Mom” (for Seasons 7 and 8), “NCIS,” “NCIS: Los Angeles,” “NCIS: New Orleans,” “The Neighborhood,” “SEAL Team,” “S.W.A.T.,” “Young Sheldon” (for Seasons 3 and 4)Canceled/Ending Series: “The Big Bang Theory,” “Elementary,” “Fam,” “Happy Together,” “Life in Pieces,” “Murphy Brown,” “Salvation”Series Awaiting Decisions: “The Code,” “Ransom”Series That Have Yet to Premiere This Season: “Blood & Treasure” (new series), “Instinct” (returning series)Newly Ordered Series: “All Rise,” “Bob Hearts Abishola,” “Broke,” “Carol’s Second Act,” “Evil,” “FBI: Most Wanted,” “Tommy,” “The Unicorn”Here are the official descriptions for the new 2019-20 CBS shows:DRAMASALL RISE A drama that follows the dedicated, chaotic, hopeful, and sometimes absurd lives of judges, prosecutors, and public defenders as they work with bailiffs, clerks and cops to get justice for the people of Los Angeles amidst a flawed legal system. Cast: Simone Missick, Wilson Bethel, Jessica Camacho, Marg Helgenberger, J. Alex Brinson, Lindsay Mendez, Ruthie Ann Miles Writer(s): Greg Spottiswood Producer(s): Greg Spottiswood, Len Goldstein, Mike Robin Director(s): Mike Robin Studio: Warner Bros. Television in association with CBS Television StudiosEVIL A psychological mystery that examines science vs. religion and the origins of evil. The series focuses on a skeptical female forensic psychologist who joins a priest-in-training and a carpenter to investigate and assess the Church’s backlog of supposed miracles, demonic possessions and unexplained phenomena. Cast: Katja Herbers, Mike Colter, Aasif Mandvi, Michael Emerson, Brooklyn Shuck, Skylar Gray, Maddy Crocco, Dalya Knapp Writers(s): Michelle King & Robert King Producer(s): Michelle King, Robert King, Liz Glotzer Director(s): Robert King Studio: CBS Television StudiosFBI: MOST WANTED Series centered on the Fugitive Task Force of the FBI that tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the FBI’s Most Wanted list. Cast: Julian McMahon, Alana de la Garza, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Kellan Lutz, Roxy Sternberg, Nathaniel Arcand Writer(s): Dick Wolf, Rene Balcer Producer(s): Dick Wolf, Rene Balcer, Arthur W. Forney, Peter Jankowski Director(s): Fred Berner Studio(s): Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television in association with CBS Television StudiosTOMMY Writer(s): Paul Attanasio Producer(s): Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey Director(s): Kate Dennis (pilot only) Studio: CBS Television Studios Logline: When a former high-ranking NYPD officer becomes the first female Chief of Police for Los Angeles, she uses her unflinching honesty and hardball tactics to navigate the social, political, and national security issues that converge with enforcing the law. Cast: Edie Falco, Michael Chernus, Adelaide Clemens, Russel G. Jones, Olivia Lucy Phillip, David Fierro, Joseph Lyle TaylorCOMEDIESBOB HEARTS ABISHOLA After having a heart attack, a middle-aged sock businessman from Detroit unexpectedly falls for his cardiac nurse, a Nigerian immigrant, and sets his sights on getting her to give him a chance. (Multi camera) Cast: Billy Gardell, Folake Olowofoyeku, Christine Ebersole, Matt Jones, Maribeth Monroe, Shola Adewusi, Barry Shabaka Henley, Travis Wolfe, Jr. Writer(s): Chuck Lorre, Eddie Gorodetsky, Al Higgins, Gina Yashere Producer(s): Chuck Lorre, Eddie Gorodetsky, Al Higgins, Beth McCarthy Miller Director(s): Beth McCarthy Miller (pilot only) Studio: Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc. in association with Warner Bros. TelevisionBROKE When an outrageously wealthy trust fund baby is cut off by his father, he and his wife move into her estranged sister’s Reseda home, forcing the two siblings to reconnect. (Multi camera) Cast: Jaime Camil, Pauley Perrette, Natasha Leggero, Izzy Diaz, Antonio Corbo Writer(s): Alex Herschlag Producer(s): Alex Herschlag, Jennie Snyder Urman, Joanna Klein, Ben Silverman, Jaime Camil, Guillermo Restrepo, Gonzalo Cilley and Maria Lucia Hernandez (RCN TV and Resonant TV) Director: Victor Gonzalez Studio: CBS Television Studios/Sutton Street Prods./Propagate, with creative partners RCN TV and Resonant TVCAROL’S SECOND ACT After raising her two children and retiring from teaching, Carol Chambers embarks on a unique second act: pursuing her dream of becoming a doctor. (Multi camera) Cast: Patricia Heaton, Kyle MacLachlan, Ito Aghayere, Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Sabrina Jalees Writer(s): Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins Producer(s): Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Patricia Heaton, Adam Griffin, David Hunt and Rebecca Stay (Four Boys Entertainment); Aaron Kaplan and Dana Honor (Kapital Entertainment), Pamela Fryman Director(s): Pamela Fryman (pilot only) Studio: CBS Television StudiosTHE UNICORN A tight-knit group of friends and family help a widower move on following the most difficult year of his life, which includes being an ill-equipped but devoted single parent to his two daughters, and taking the major step of dating where, to his shock, he’s a hot commodity. (Single camera) Cast: Walton Goggins, Rob Corddry, Michaela Watkins, Omar Benson Miller, Maya Lynne Robinson, Ruby Jay, Makenzie Moss Writer(s): Bill Martin, Mike Schiff Producer(s): Bill Martin, Mike Schiff, Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor (Kapital Entertainment), Wendi Trilling, Peyton Reed, John Hamburg Director(s): John Hamburg (pilot only) Studio: CBS Television StudiosABC Renewed Series: “A Million Little Things,” “American Housewife,” “black-ish,” “Bless This Mess,” “The Conners,” “Fresh Off the Boat,” “The Goldbergs,” “The Good Doctor,” “Grey’s Anatomy” (for Seasons 16 and 17), “How to Get Away With Murder,” “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “Modern Family” (for 11th and final season), “The Rookie,” “Schooled,” “Single Parents,” “Station 19”Canceled/Ending Series:  “For the People,” “The Fix,” “The Kids Are Alright,” “Splitting Up Together,” “Speechless,” “Take Two,” “Whiskey Cavalier”Series Awaiting Decisions: N/A Series That Have Yet to Premiere This Season: “Grand Hotel” (new series)Newly Ordered Series: “The Baker & The Beauty,” “Emergence,” “For Life,” “Mixed-ish,” “Stumptown,” “United We Fall”Here are the official descriptions for the new 2019-20 ABC shows:DRAMASTHE BAKER AND THE BEAUTY Daniel Garcia is working in the family bakery and doing everything that his loving Cuban parents and siblings expect him to do. But on a wild Miami night he meets Noa Hamilton, an international superstar and fashion mogul, and his life moves into the spotlight. Will this unlikely couple upend their lives to be together and pull their families into a culture clash? Writer(s): Dean Georgaris Producer(s): Dean Georgaris, Becky Hartman Edwards, David Frankel Director: David Frankel (pilot) Studio(s): Universal Television and ABC Studios in association with Keshet StudiosEMERGENCE A character-driven genre thriller that centers around a police chief who takes in a young child that she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened. The investigation draws her into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the child’s identity is at the center of it all. Cast: Allison Tolman, Alexa Swinton, Owain Yeoman, Ashley Aufderheide, Robert Bailey Jr, Zabryna Guevara, Donald Faison, Clancy Brown Writer(s): Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters Producer(s): Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters, Paul McGuigan Director: Paul McGuigan Studio: ABC StudiosFOR LIFE A fictional serialized legal and family drama inspired by the life of Isaac Wright, Jr. about a prisoner who becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit. His quest for freedom is driven by his desperate desire to get back to the family he loves and reclaim the life that was stolen from him. The show will also, through the window of his ferocious struggle and his complicated relationship with a progressive female prison warden, examine the flaws and challenges in our penal and legal systems. Cast: Nicholas Pinnock, Indira Varma, Joy Bryant, Glenn Fleshler, Dorian Missick, Tyla Harris, Mary Stuart Masterson and Boris McGiver. Producer(s): Hank Steinberg, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Doug Robinson, Alison Greenspan, Isaac Wright, Jr., George Tillman, Jr Director: George Tillman, Jr (pilot) Studio(s): Sony Pictures Television Inc. and ABC StudiosSTUMPTOWN Based on the “Stumptown” graphic novel series, the drama follows Dex Parios (Cobie Smulders) as a strong, assertive, and sharp-witted army veteran with a complicated love life, gambling debt, and a brother to take care of in Portland, Oregon. Her military intelligence skills make her a great P.I., but her unapologetic style puts her in the firing line of hardcore criminals and not quite in alliance with the police. Cast: Cobie Smulders, Tantoo Cardinal, Cole Sibus, Adrian Martinez, Camryn Manheim, Michael Ealy Writer: Jason Richman Producers: Ruben Fleischer, David Bernad, Greg Rucka, Matthew Southworth, Justin Greenwood Director: James Griffiths Studio: ABC StudiosCOMEDIESMIXED-ISH “Black-ish” prequel series “Mixed-ish” is set in the 1980s and stars Arica Himmel as a young version of Rainbow Johnson, the character played by Tracee Ellis Ross in the flagship comedy. The show will see Rainbow Johnson recount “her experience growing up in a mixed-race family in the ’80s and the constant dilemmas they had to face over whether to assimilate or stay true to themselves. Bow’s parents Paul and Alicia decide to move from a hippie commune to the suburbs to better provide for their family. As her parents struggle with the challenges of their new life, Bow and her siblings navigate a mainstream school in which they’re perceived as neither black nor white. This family’s experiences illuminate the challenges of finding one’s own identity when the rest of the world can’t decide where you belong.” (Single camera) Cast: Arica Himmel, Tika Sumpter, Christina Anthony, Mykal-Michelle Harris and Ethan Childress Writer(s): Peter Saji, Kenya Barris Producer(s): Peter Saji, Kenya Barris, Tracee Ellis Ross, Randall Winston, Brian Dobbins, Laurence Fishburne, Helen Sugland and Anthony Anderson. Studio: ABC StudiosUNITED WE FALL A profoundly realistic family sitcom that follows the trials and tribulations of Jo (Christina Vidal) and Bill (Will Sasso), parents of two young kids, as they try to make it day-to-day as a functioning family. Bill’s very judgmental live-in mother (Emmy-winner Jane Curtin) and Jo’s large Latinx Catholic family will never hesitate to let our couple know they’re seemingly screwing up, but Bill and Jo will always have each other’s backs, united against everyone – other parents, teachers, doctors, specialists, coaches, co-workers, and especially their kids. (Multi camera) Cast: Will Sasso, Christina Vidal, Jane Curtin, and Ella Grace Helton. 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Special effects: How a movie could reduce corruption

They don’t give an Academy Award for this, but a Nigerian feature film, “Water of Gold,” made viewers significantly more likely to report corruption, according to a new paper co-authored by an MIT researcher.

That’s the main outcome of an innovative experiment designed to investigate whether media, such as films, can shift social norms and combat corruption. In the case of “Water of Gold,” in Nigeria, the film clearly can change behavior. Or at least one version of the film.

As it happens, “Water of Gold” is a “Nollywood” film (a loose term referring to the Nigerian film industry, the world’s third-largest), commissioned for the purposes of this experiment. The movie, set in the Niger Delta, is a sibling story about two brothers. One brother, Natufe, is a poor fisherman. But Natufe’s brother, Priye, leaves the Niger Delta, gets rich in business, returns home, and becomes a corrupt politician — to the dismay of Natufe, who becomes outspoken about endemic local corruption.

In one version of “Water of Gold,” Natufe and another local activist set up a number for corruption reporting via text message and report instances of it, in scenes lasting five minutes. The other version does not contain those scenes. As the researchers discovered, “Water of Gold” does boost corruption reporting among viewers — but only when it contains the extra 17 minutes showing the movie characters reporting corruption themselves.

“When we added the extra scenes in the film, we found we did get more people reporting,” says Rebecca Littman, now a postdoc at MIT and co-author of a new paper detailing the study’s findings.

Indeed, the movie, and an accompanying mass text message, spurred 240 people in 106 small communities to send in concrete, specific reports of corruption over a seven-month period, a marked improvement compared to two national campaigns that generated 140 reports per year, in a country of 174 million people.

By combining texting with the film, it becomes “less costly, and psychologically easier, to try this new thing,” Littman says about corruption reporting.

The paper summarizing the results, “Motivating the adoption of new community-minded behaviors: An empirical test in Nigeria,” is being published today in Science Advances. The authors are Graeme Blair, of the University of California at Los Angeles; Littman, a researcher at the MIT Sloan School of Management; and Elizabeth Levy Paluck of the department of psychology at the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University. Littman worked on the study as a graduate student at Princeton and is now a researcher in the Human Cooperation Laboratory, run by David Rand, an MIT Sloan professor.

To conduct the study, the researchers both commissioned “Water of Gold” and then rolled it out in careful fashion. Among the 106 places where the film was available, in 2013 and 2014, it was randomly determined whether viewers would see the “treatment” version of the film, with the corruption-reporting scenes, or the “placebo” version, which lacks them.

Both versions of the movie were also accompanied by a new system for reporting corruption via text message, which was displayed on the film’s packaging and at the beginning, middle, and end of the film. Soon after handing out the films, the researchers then sent out a mass text message blast in each community, to all subscribers of the major mobile phone provider, so people simply had to reply in order to report corruption.

In the paper, the researchers term the film a “norms intervention,” designed to shift public opinion about civic standards. The texts are what they term a “nudge intervention,” intended to reduce the perceived logistical difficulties of reporting corruption.

The alteration of norms generated by the film involves making people feel that reporting corruption is a routine part of being a good citizen. In case people have not encountered others in their community who speak out against corruption, the film steps in to provide an example of reporting malfeasance.

“If we can’t show them their neighbor doing it, we can show them these influential, famous people doing it too,” Littman says.

Nigeria would seem to provide a setting where anticorruption campaigns have room to grow. In a public-opinion survey conducted as part of the research project, just under 80 percent of Nigerians said they thought the police, civil servants, and state governments were corrupt. About 83 percent of respondents said they were “angry” about having to pay bribes to conduct business, with 60 percent being “very angry” about it. 

It is also no accident that the study focused on the Niger Delta region, where massive amounts of oil production have not been accompanied by an equivalently substantial investment in services and infrastructure for citizens.

Even so, the number of corruption reports the research experiment generated was significant compared to two four-year campaigns, running from 2011 to 2015, conducted by a pair of organizations, Integrity Nigeria and BribeNigeria.com, which combined to collect 385 reports.

“I think people were surprised that the campaign actually worked,” Littman says.

Funding for the project was received from an anonymous private donor as well as the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.

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