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According to The Gazette, a black man from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was taken into custody and arrested for kidnapping a woman and making her watch the Alex Haley miniseries, Roots.
Robert Lee Noye was arrested and charged with first-degree harassment and false imprisonment for the act. Noye has been accused of abducting a woman and then holding her captive at a residence in the 700 Block of Second Avenue SW. She was allegedly forced to watch the nine-hour ABC miniseries “so she could better understand her racism,” based on what is stated in the criminal complaint.
In the complaint, the victim said when she tried to move, Noye ordered her to “remain seated and watch the movie with him or he would kill her and spread her body parts across Interstate 380 on the way to Chicago.”
The 1977 nine-hour miniseries was based on Haley’s 1976 novel, Roots: The Saga of an American Family. It starred John Amos as the older Kunta Kinte, Louis Gossett Jr., as Fiddler, Olivia Cole as Matilda, Ben Vereen as Chicken George, Leslie Uggams as Izzy and LeVar Burton. The film chronicles the capture and enslavement of Kunta Kinte, a young Gambian warrior in the 1700s who was kidnapped and sold into enslavement and the subsequent liberation of his decedents.
The book would eventually spend more than four months on The New York Times best-seller list, selling more than 6 million copies. It was also translated into more than 35 languages and earned Haley a National Book Award as well as a Pulitzer Prize.
According to The Washington Post, Roots, won top honors at the 29th annual TV Emmy Awards, taking a total of six prizes for its production, acting, writing, and direction. The series won best “limited series” of the year and the actors who won for Roots were Edward Asner, Louis Gossett Jr., and Olivia Cole. Roots received 37 primetime Emmy nominations while winning a Golden Globe and Peabody Award. The mini-series still holds the record as the third highest episode for a TV series despite having aired 43 years ago in 1977.
According to The Gazette, a black man from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was taken into custody and arrested for kidnapping a woman and making her watch the Alex Haley miniseries, Roots.
Robert Lee Noye was arrested and charged with first-degree harassment and false imprisonment for the act. Noye has been accused of abducting a woman and then holding her captive at a residence in the 700 Block of Second Avenue SW. She was allegedly forced to watch the nine-hour ABC miniseries “so she could better understand her racism,” based on what is stated in the criminal complaint.
In the complaint, the victim said when she tried to move, Noye ordered her to “remain seated and watch the movie with him or he would kill her and spread her body parts across Interstate 380 on the way to Chicago.”
The 1977 nine-hour miniseries was based on Haley’s 1976 novel, Roots: The Saga of an American Family. It starred John Amos as the older Kunta Kinte, Louis Gossett Jr., as Fiddler, Olivia Cole as Matilda, Ben Vereen as Chicken George, Leslie Uggams as Izzy and LeVar Burton. The film chronicles the capture and enslavement of Kunta Kinte, a young Gambian warrior in the 1700s who was kidnapped and sold into enslavement and the subsequent liberation of his decedents.
The book would eventually spend more than four months on The New York Times best-seller list, selling more than 6 million copies. It was also translated into more than 35 languages and earned Haley a National Book Award as well as a Pulitzer Prize.
According to The Washington Post, Roots, won top honors at the 29th annual TV Emmy Awards, taking a total of six prizes for its production, acting, writing, and direction. The series won best “limited series” of the year and the actors who won for Roots were Edward Asner, Louis Gossett Jr., and Olivia Cole. Roots received 37 primetime Emmy nominations while winning a Golden Globe and Peabody Award. The mini-series still holds the record as the third highest episode for a TV series despite having aired 43 years ago in 1977.
It’s a good time to be Taika Waititi. The New Zealand filmmaker just won his first Oscar for his lovable satire Jojo Rabbit, and will soon direct the third Thor film for Marvel. This comes after several impressive years of writing, directing, and acting work that cemented him as a bankable international star. We love ourselves some Taika and are always excited to see what we does next, and luckily, his next non-Thor project sounds like exactly our cup of tea.
According to Deadline, Waititi is set to write and direct The Auteur for Showtime. The description for the half-hour series is a “gonzo horror-comedy, a twisted romance and a glamorous, high wire act of biting satire.” Co-written by Peter Warren, the series follows a film producer desperate to make a great horror movie on the heels of a massive bomb, but accidentally traps his production on a backlot with a serial killer. Waititi will direct the pilot and potentially more episodes, schedule permitting. Jude Law will reportedly star as the eponymous filmmaker, and will executive produce along with Waititi, Warren, Eric Gitter, Rick Spears, James Callahan and Dan Halsted.
“The Auteur unites the wildly imaginative filmmaker Taika Waititi and the barbed wit of Peter Warren with the undeniable Jude Law in a bloody love letter to the movies that will make you simultaneously die laughing and want to run for your life,” said Amy Israel, Executive Vice President of Scripted Programming at Showtime in a press release for the series.
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Deadline reports that multiple episode scripts for the series were ordered, which means a series pickup is highly likely. No other information about casting or behind-the-scenes talent has been announced at this time.
This is an exciting project for Waititi, who is no stranger to the horror-comedy genre. He co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in the 2014 mockumentary What We Do In the Shadows, about a group of vampire roommates living in Wellington. The movie, made with Flight of the Concords‘ Jemaine Clement, later became a TV series for FX, which Waititi executive produced. His other filmmaking credits include the films Eagle vs. Shark, Boy, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and Thor: Ragnarok. His next film, Next Goal Wins, stars Michael Fassbender and Elisabeth Moss, and recently wrapped production.
The Auteur will be Waititi’s first collaboration with Jude Law, known for roles in movies like A.I. Artificial Intelligence, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain, and, recently, Captain Marvel. His recent TV work includes HBO’s The Young Pope and The New Pope.
It’s an exciting collaboration between two of the internet’s boyfriends, so what’s not to be excited about? We’re hoping Waititi also stars in the show in some capacity, although his schedule may not allow it. He’s one of the busiest and most in-demand guys in Hollywood right now, so we hope he doesn’t spread himself too thin. After the critical success of Jojo Rabbit and that Oscar win, he deserves a break–but it looks like he’s just getting started, and that’s thrilling, too.
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The body of missing Georgia college student Anitra Gunn was found on Tuesday after the young woman went missing on Valentine’s Day. According to WGXA, the Georgia Bureau of Investigations confirmed the development.
Gunn was a student at Fort Valley State University. Over the weekend, family and friends of the young woman notified police that they had not heard from her for an “unusual amount of time.” By Saturday Georgia police had begun a search for Gunn, and on Monday they escalated the case, dedicating a task force to finding her. They also offered a $5,00 reward for anybody with information.
According to CNN, who spoke with Fort Valley Chief Lawrence Spurgeon, Gunn’s car was found damaged with a torn bumper near her apartment. On Saturday, Spurgeon also noted that Gunn was last seen at the home of a family member on Valentine’s Day morning.
Anitra Gunn was a 23-year-old college student at Fort Valley State University studying agriculture. School officials cooperated with sheriffs to investigate her disappearance. (Photo: Facebook)Providing a different account, Peach County Sheriff Terry Deese told reporters with WGXA that Gunn was last seen with her boyfriend at his home on Friday. An anonymous tipster suggested that authorities search the area in Taylor County, Georgia where her boyfriend’s family owned land as he was seen in the area following Gunn’s disappearance. The search, which took place on Tuesday afternoon, turned up with no new clues.
By Tuesday evening, GBI Special Agent JT Rickets confirmed that Gunn’s body was located in Crawford County near the Peach-Crawford County line. In a news conference, Deese added that Gunn’s remains were partially covered “as if someone tried to hide it.” Deese confirmed that Gunn’s boyfriend is a person of interest and has been taken in for questioning, but has not been arrested.
According to WRBL, Anitra Gunn was born in Camp Hill, Alabama and attended school in Dadeville, Alabama. WMAZ reports that she is a 2016 graduate of West Lake High School in Atlanta and was a senior agriculture major at Fort Valley State University.
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