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A Sixth Sense: M. Night Shyama A Sixth Sense: M. Night Shyamalan

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M. Night Shyamalan was born in Pondicherry, India. His father, Nelliyattu C. Shyamalan, a physician, is a Malayali Indian, and his mother, Jayalakshmi, is a Tamil Indian and an obstetrician and gynecologist by profession. In the 1960s, after medical school (at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research in Pondicherry) and the birth of their first child, Veena, Shyamalan's parents moved to the United States. Shyamalan’s mother returned to India to spend the last five months of her pregnancy with Shyamalan at her parents’ home in Chennai (Madras).
Shyamalan spent his first six weeks in Pondicherry and then was raised in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania, an affluent suburb of Philadelphia. He attended the private Roman Catholic grammar school Waldron Mercy Academy, which his parents chose for its academic discipline,[3] followed by the Episcopal Academy, a private Episcopalian high school located at the time in Merion, Pennsylvania. Shyamalan went on to New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, in Manhattan, graduating in 1992. It was here that he made up his middle name.
Shyamalan had an early desire to be a filmmaker when he was given a Super-8 camera at a young age. Though his father wanted Shyamalan to follow in the family practice of medicine, his mother encouraged Shyamalan to follow his passion. By the time he was 17, Shyamalan, who had been a fan of Steven Spielberg, had made 45 home movies. Beginning with The Sixth Sense, he has included a scene from one of these childhood films on each DVD release of his films, which he feels represents his first attempt at the same kind of film (with the exception of Lady in the Water).
Shyamalan made his first film, the semiautobiographical drama Praying with Anger, while still an NYU student, using money borrowed from family and friends. It was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 1992, and played commercially at one theater for one week. When the film debuted at the Toronto Film Festival, Shyamalan was introduced by David Overbey who predicted that the world would see more of Shyamalan in the years to come. Praying with Anger has also been shown on Canadian television. Filmed in Chennai, it is his only film to be shot outside of Pennsylvania.

Shyamalan wrote and directed his second movie, Wide Awake, in 1995, though it was not released until 1998. His parents were the film's associate producers. The drama dealt with a ten-year-old Catholic schoolboy (Joseph Cross) who, after the death of his grandfather (Robert Loggia), searches for God. The film's supporting cast included Dana Delany and Denis Leary as the boy's parents, as well as Rosie O'Donnell, Julia Stiles, and Camryn Manheim. Wide Awake was filmed in a school Shyamalan attended as a child and earned 1999 Young Artist Award nominations for Best Drama, and, for Cross, Best Performance. Only in limited release, the film grossed $305,704 in theaters. That same year Shyamalan wrote the screenplay for Stuart Little.
Shyamalan gained international recognition when he wrote and directed 1999's The Sixth Sense, which was nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. He followed The Sixth Sense by writing and directing Unbreakable, released in 2000. His 2002 film Signs, where he also played Ray Reddy, gained both critical and financial success. It was followed by The Village (2004), Lady in the Water (2006) and The Happening (2008).
In 1993, Shyamalan married Indian psychologist Bhavna Vaswani, a fellow student whom he met at NYU and with whom he has two daughters. As of early-2008, the family resides in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, near Shyamalan's usual shooting site of Philadelphia. His production company, Blinding Edge Pictures.

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Documentary, "Michael Jackson Documentary, "Michael Jackson The Trial and Triumph of the King of Pop"

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Warnes Bros. picked up our documentary, "Michael Jackson The Trial and Triumph of the King of Pop" up for Video On Demand and is available in 50 million homes on your cable or satellite TV system, amazon.com, itunes, and retailers worldwide!

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DVD-"Michael Jackson The Trial and Triumph of the King of Pop" Documentary (amazon.com)
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Diversity: Going Where Man Ha Diversity: Going Where Man Has Gone Before

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When discussing the issue of ethnic and cultural diversity in the industry, one can’t help to think back to the future. The original, and short-lived (it lasted only 3 seasons), television series “Star Trek” was ahead of the curve in more ways than one. It wasn’t a hit when it aired, in fact, “Star Trek” only became a cultural phenomena during its successful run (to this day) in syndication. What was of significance to many of us watching the show was Roddenberry’s choice to feature a multi-racial crew (IMDB).
For many young “minorities”, growing up seeing the likes of Nichelle Nichols an African-American woman as a communications officer in the future was very significant. And George Takei’s portrayal of Sulu made a lot of Asian-Americans like nationally renowned civil rights leader and Executive Director of the Japanese-American Justice Center, Karen Narasaki “very excited to see him because he looked like one of us” at a time when “you didn’t see yourself on TV” (GIM Interview May 2008). And who can forget “Space Seed”, the episode where Mexican actor Ricardo Montalban played Khan Singh, a eugenic superman, who seizes control of the enterprise, and nearly kills Kirk?
Other shows come to mind that seemed to bend towards Roddenberry’s vision during the early 70s after “Star Trek” went off the air. “Sanford and Son” had a variety of recurring characters that created a multi-racial feel at times on its show, and let’s not forget “Chico and the Man”. “Sanford and Son” dealt with racial stereotypes given the chance, and “Chico” directly addressed those stereotypes. Fans of the show saw the ethnic jabs as a part of the endearing, if acerbic, relationship between "Chico" and "the Man." As Chico once fondly put it, Ed was a minority himself, the barrio's "token white man". (Wikipedia)
But as history moved on, so did television programming. By the 1990’s shows featuring all anglo casts had come to dominate our television sets. Shows like “Seinfeld”, “Friends”, and “Home Improvement” had come to shape our collective pop culture consciousness. Granted there were “ethnic” shows, most of which were relegated to the failed “WB” network, while most other shows which featured non-white characters in principal roles were few and far between. Not until very recently have audiences benefited from the likes of multi-ethnic casting for primary characters.
Fortunately for television audiences, choice rules today’s market. Alleged “ancillary” mediums dominate the old-school format of programming for television. The expansion of cable programming, satellite technology, DVD sales, DVD mail rentals, the Internet, Video on Demand, and DVRs, etc. have expanded the landscape and we are not confined to the choices that were formerly made for us by network executives and programmers. Perhaps these advances in technology have forced the issue?
With the abundance of outlets and content, it seems television has come to (once again?) embrace Roddenberry’s vision for the future. Modern-day television shows have mult-racial casts and are moving past dealing in stereotypes. In this regard, since the days of “Star Trek” the original series, diversity on the small screen has most certainly come full circle. It is our hope that this is not a fad, and that the commitment to represent our multi-colored world soon becomes a mainstay, and that in the future the need to advocate for diversity become a thing of the past…
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Shorts by Robert Rodriguez Shorts by Robert Rodriguez

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Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, Leslie Mann and James Spader have joined the cast of Robert Rodriguez’s new family comedy Shorts – which will be released through Warner Bros. Shorts will also feature Jimmy Bennett, Kat Dennings, Trevor Gagnon, Leo Howard, Devon Gearhart, Rebel Rodriguez, Jake Short and Jolie Vanier.

Variety reports Rodriguez (who brought the family friendly Spy Kids franchise to the screen) penned the screenplay for Shorts and will also serve as a producer on the film with Elizabeth Avellan through their Troublemaker Studios. Executive producing duties are handled by Dan Lin, Hunt Lowry and Stacy Cohen. Shorts is scheduled to start production in Austin, Texas.
Warner Bros, is handling producing duties on the film with Abu Dhabi Media Co. and Media Rights Capital.
For the film, Rodriguez will also work as his own director of photography, editor and visual effects supervisor (which also means the DVD special features should be loaded with the kind of goodies the director is known for).
Shorts is set in a suburb where all the houses look alike and everyone works for the same company, Black Box. The company is the manufacturer of communication devices and gadgets.
The little community is thrown into chaos when an 11-year-old boy gets hit in the head with a rainbow-colored rock – that also grants wishes to anyone who holds it.

Read more: "Robert Rodriguez’s Shorts gets a big cast - Monsters and Critics" - http://www.monstersandcritics.com/movies/news/article_1408427.php#ixzz0GTHjmJUK&A
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Racing Daylight Teaser Racing Daylight Teaser

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A teaser for the award winning RACING DAYLIGHT starring Academy Award nominees MELISSA LEO and DAVID STRATHAIRN, with GIANCARLO ESPOSITO, directed by NICOLE QUINN. The film is on dvd distributed by Vanguard Cinema. A Spiritual Cinema International Selection 2009.
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