#How I trapped my alleged childhood abuser

#How I trapped my alleged childhood abuser

“#How I trapped my alleged childhood abuser” At 17, around 2002, Gwen van de Pas started having night terrors. She dreamed of being followed by a man into a shower — and blood spattering onto the tiles. With the help of her therapist, the schoolgirl discovered the disturbing dreams were actually repressed memories: She alleges…

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#Dr. Seuss media empire stretches far beyond six shelved books

#Dr. Seuss media empire stretches far beyond six shelved books

“#Dr. Seuss media empire stretches far beyond six shelved books” Dr. Seuss’ publisher’s decision to stop selling some of his beloved books appears unlikely to put a dent in his estate’s bottom line. The beloved children’s author born Theodor Seuss Geisel raked in $33 million last year, making him the world’s second-highest-paid dead celebrity behind…

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#Living Dead Museum rises again to salute classic horror film

#Living Dead Museum rises again to salute classic horror film

“#Living Dead Museum rises again to salute classic horror film” MONROEVILLE, Pennsylvania — It’s no surprise that a museum dedicated to zombies couldn’t stay in its grave for long. The Living Dead Museum, an institution dedicated to honoring the seminal 1968 zombie film “Night of the Living Dead” and its auteur, George Romero, had been…

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#Martin Scorsese trash talks streaming services

#Martin Scorsese trash talks streaming services

“#Martin Scorsese trash talks streaming services” Don’t bite the hand that streams you? Following in the footsteps of other auteur filmmakers who engage in Netflix-bashing, iconic director Martin Scorsese has eviscerated streaming platforms for supposedly devaluing the “art of cinema” due to a lack of “curation.” The legendary “Goodfellas” director — already a noted non-fan…

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#Liam Neeson announces retirement from action movies

#Liam Neeson announces retirement from action movies

“#Liam Neeson announces retirement from action movies” Liam Neeson is “Taken” a permanent break from kicking bad guy butt.  Putting his menacing “I will find you and I will kill you” threats to bed, Neeson, 68, announced Thursday that he is taking his very particular set of skills and retiring from the action movie genre.  “I’m 68½ —…

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#Michael Apted, director of ‘Up’ documentaries, dead at 79

#Michael Apted, director of ‘Up’ documentaries, dead at 79

“#Michael Apted, director of ‘Up’ documentaries, dead at 79” Michael Apted, the acclaimed British director of the “Up” documentaries series and films as diverse as the Loretta Lynn biopic “Coal Miner’s Daughter” and the James Bond film “The World Is Not Enough,” has died. He was 79. A representative for the Directors Guild of America…

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