A man was diagnosed with a concussion after a loose iPhone hit him in the head while riding the Maverick roller coaster at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Ohio last week.
David Carter, a paramedic in his 20s, said that the phone flew out of the pocket of a boy riding the roller coaster in front of him. The boy’s mother also dropped her phone into the water below her while on the ride.
Carter was treated by a first-aid team at the park and then was released. Park officials say he did not request any additional assistance at that time.
“I had blood dripping down my face, and I felt a bit dizzy,” told Carter to the Detroit Free Press.
A former Cedar Point employee, Carter said he was disappointed with how the park handled the incident. Staff reimbursed him for his Fast Pass and offered him free...
David Carter, a paramedic in his 20s, said that the phone flew out of the pocket of a boy riding the roller coaster in front of him. The boy’s mother also dropped her phone into the water below her while on the ride.
Carter was treated by a first-aid team at the park and then was released. Park officials say he did not request any additional assistance at that time.
“I had blood dripping down my face, and I felt a bit dizzy,” told Carter to the Detroit Free Press.
A former Cedar Point employee, Carter said he was disappointed with how the park handled the incident. Staff reimbursed him for his Fast Pass and offered him free...
- 8/6/2023
- by Ava Lombardi
- Uinterview
BMW Films has released a new trailer for the short film “The Escape,” starring Clive Owen, Dakota Fanning and Vera Farmiga, Coming Soon reports. Directed by Academy Award-nominated director Neill Blomkamp (“District 9,” “Elysium”) the short features Owen reprising his role as The Driver, which he first played as a rising star in a series of eight short films between 2001 and 2002.
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The new short pays homage to the original as part of the 15th anniversary of the critically-acclaimed BMW Films series, entitled “The Hire.” The shorts starred Owen as a mysterious Driver completing a series of missions, and were directed by filmmakers including Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Ang Lee, Joe Carnahan, Wong Kar-wai, Guy Ritchie, John Woo, John Frankenheimer and Tony Scott.
“The Hire” also starred Hollywood talent including Gary Oldman,...
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The new short pays homage to the original as part of the 15th anniversary of the critically-acclaimed BMW Films series, entitled “The Hire.” The shorts starred Owen as a mysterious Driver completing a series of missions, and were directed by filmmakers including Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Ang Lee, Joe Carnahan, Wong Kar-wai, Guy Ritchie, John Woo, John Frankenheimer and Tony Scott.
“The Hire” also starred Hollywood talent including Gary Oldman,...
- 10/14/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Let me begin this recap with a bold prediction: Season 7 of The Voice, despite being the weakest in the history of NBC’s singing competition, will be the first to launch a chart-topping, stadium-filling superstar.
I will stop short, however, of predicting which contestant gets the job done for the only reality franchise where the slightest hint of negativity is greeted by producers in Hazmat suits, sealed in plastic biohazard bins and shipped to landfills in deepest New Jersey. (I live in the Garden State, so that joke is officially not offensive.)
I mean, let’s face it: At noon today,...
I will stop short, however, of predicting which contestant gets the job done for the only reality franchise where the slightest hint of negativity is greeted by producers in Hazmat suits, sealed in plastic biohazard bins and shipped to landfills in deepest New Jersey. (I live in the Garden State, so that joke is officially not offensive.)
I mean, let’s face it: At noon today,...
- 12/17/2014
- TVLine.com
It was a night of triumph and heartbreak on The Voice Wednesday, as 12 artists moved ahead and eight artists said goodbye during the first live elimination show of the seventh season. America's votes saved the two top vote-getters on each team of five singers, which forced each of the four coaches to save just one of their three remaining artists. The hour-long show moved along briskly and put Team Blake Shelton in the hot seat first.Team BlakeAs Shelton's singers stood nervously onstage, host Carson Daly revealed that America first saved 15-year-old Reagan James - a Texas native with a...
- 11/13/2014
- by Kathy Ehrich Dowd, @kathyehrichdowd
- PEOPLE.com
In one massive execution, "The Voice" sent eight artists home on Wednesday night. The home audience and four coaches selected a dozen contenders that will move on to more live shows next Monday. And there were definitely some shockers among a few people eliminated. -Break- Blake Shelton has coached the winning artist in three of the previous six seasons. His five remaining contestants opened the live results show by performing the Dream Academy song "Life in a Northern Town." The public voted Reagan James and Craig Wayne Boyd to remain on the show. Shelton then selected Jessie Pitts to be saved. That means James David Carter and Taylor Brashears were eliminated. Based on your predictions over this past week (see chart at left), Carter was the biggest surprise since he was the least likely to go home. Brashears was one of the two you had predicted. Which two Blake Shelton...
- 11/13/2014
- Gold Derby
The Voice, despite its rep as a feel-good, even-the-losers-win kinda party, is essentially the slasher film of the reality singing-competition genre.
Indeed, you don’t want to get too attached too quickly to any of the young pretties who make their way to the red-chair zone. After all, in the last month alone, Season 7′s Top 48 has been sliced, hacked, garotted and bludgeoned down to a lean, mean dozen finalists.
Oh sure, Gwen Stefani had a point tonight when she insisted — in a moment of startling candor — that “it doesn’t even matter who the winner is: They still have...
Indeed, you don’t want to get too attached too quickly to any of the young pretties who make their way to the red-chair zone. After all, in the last month alone, Season 7′s Top 48 has been sliced, hacked, garotted and bludgeoned down to a lean, mean dozen finalists.
Oh sure, Gwen Stefani had a point tonight when she insisted — in a moment of startling candor — that “it doesn’t even matter who the winner is: They still have...
- 11/13/2014
- TVLine.com
When Taylor Swift tells you to put down the guitar, you put down the guitar.
Dallas father Taylor Phelan did just that on Monday as season 7's knockout rounds began on The Voice – heeding the pop star's call to ditch his ever-present stage crutch and let his personality shine through.
"When I started, I had the exact same comfort object," Swift – who was helping Pharrell Williams out as a mentor – candidly shared during rehearsal. And by the time Phelan hit the stage, minus the acoustic, his edgy, '80s-inspired stage moves changed his whole dynamic on Clean Bandits' "Rather Be,...
Dallas father Taylor Phelan did just that on Monday as season 7's knockout rounds began on The Voice – heeding the pop star's call to ditch his ever-present stage crutch and let his personality shine through.
"When I started, I had the exact same comfort object," Swift – who was helping Pharrell Williams out as a mentor – candidly shared during rehearsal. And by the time Phelan hit the stage, minus the acoustic, his edgy, '80s-inspired stage moves changed his whole dynamic on Clean Bandits' "Rather Be,...
- 10/28/2014
- by Andrea Billups
- People.com - TV Watch
When Taylor Swift tells you to put down the guitar, you put down the guitar. Dallas father Taylor Phelan did just that on Monday as season 7's knockout rounds began on The Voice - heeding the pop star's call to ditch his ever-present stage crutch and let his personality shine through. "When I started, I had the exact same comfort object," Swift - who was helping Pharrell Williams out as a mentor - candidly shared during rehearsal. And by the time Phelan hit the stage, minus the acoustic, his edgy, '80s-inspired stage moves changed his whole dynamic on Clean Bandits' "Rather Be,...
- 10/28/2014
- by Andrea Billups
- PEOPLE.com
Taylor Swift stepped in as advisor for the knockout rounds and Pharrell Williams and Adam Levine used up their steals on Monday night's episode of The Voice.
In the knockouts, contestants face off against another member of their team. Each performs a short solo, one after another, and then the coach declares a winner. Unlike the battles, these are not duets, and each coach only has one steal left.
Team Gwen: Sugar Joans vs. Bryana Salaz
Sugar Joans and Bryana Salaz of Team Gwen were the first knockout pair. Bryana chose to sing Demi Lovato’s “Heart Attack,” and Taylor and Gwen advised her to connect emotionally to the song.
Sugar decided to do Beyoncé’s “Love On Top,” and had some trouble in rehearsals over-doing her signature growl.
Pharrell told Bryana that if she stays true to herself, she could have a career for “twenty plus years.” That said,...
In the knockouts, contestants face off against another member of their team. Each performs a short solo, one after another, and then the coach declares a winner. Unlike the battles, these are not duets, and each coach only has one steal left.
Team Gwen: Sugar Joans vs. Bryana Salaz
Sugar Joans and Bryana Salaz of Team Gwen were the first knockout pair. Bryana chose to sing Demi Lovato’s “Heart Attack,” and Taylor and Gwen advised her to connect emotionally to the song.
Sugar decided to do Beyoncé’s “Love On Top,” and had some trouble in rehearsals over-doing her signature growl.
Pharrell told Bryana that if she stays true to herself, she could have a career for “twenty plus years.” That said,...
- 10/28/2014
- Uinterview
The current, ubiquitous single by Taylor Swift, international music superstar and the best guest coach in The Voice‘s seven season history — gay blasphemy coming atcha in 5, 4, 3, 2… — by just a nose over Cher, champions the concept of “shaking it off.”
Heart-breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break/ And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake/ Baby, I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake/ I shake it off, I shake it off
It’s an excellent, albeit simplistically worded, life philosophy, and yet at this moment in my relationship with NBC’s reality singing competition, I just cahhhhhhn’t.
Heart-breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break/ And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake/ Baby, I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake/ I shake it off, I shake it off
It’s an excellent, albeit simplistically worded, life philosophy, and yet at this moment in my relationship with NBC’s reality singing competition, I just cahhhhhhn’t.
- 10/28/2014
- TVLine.com
Gwen Stefani was the only coach left with a steal on Tuesday night’s The Voice final battle rounds, using it to snatch up Team Adam's Beth Spangler.
Team Pharrell: Brittany Butler vs. Ricky Manning
Pharrell Williams paired Brittany Butler and Ricky Manning with a jazzy take on “On Broadway,” and, while they did put a jazz spin on the song, neither Brittany nor Ricky were particularly at ease with the song. In rehearsals, Pharrell advised both Brittany and Ricky to try to find a way to be themselves with the song. “You’re, like, trying out for the X-men. There’s no reason to hold back,” Pharrell said.
Gwen loved both Brittany and Ricky, commending them for their stage presence, but Adam Levine gave the battle to Ricky because of his improvement from the blind auditions. Pharrell was torn, but in the end he declared Ricky the winner.
Team Pharrell: Brittany Butler vs. Ricky Manning
Pharrell Williams paired Brittany Butler and Ricky Manning with a jazzy take on “On Broadway,” and, while they did put a jazz spin on the song, neither Brittany nor Ricky were particularly at ease with the song. In rehearsals, Pharrell advised both Brittany and Ricky to try to find a way to be themselves with the song. “You’re, like, trying out for the X-men. There’s no reason to hold back,” Pharrell said.
Gwen loved both Brittany and Ricky, commending them for their stage presence, but Adam Levine gave the battle to Ricky because of his improvement from the blind auditions. Pharrell was torn, but in the end he declared Ricky the winner.
- 10/22/2014
- Uinterview
[Youtube "jc6oqtcOi_E"] At first, Texas singer Luke Wade and his duet partner, known simply as Griffin, from Nashville, were having an awkward time rehearsing the Paul McCartney and Wings hit "Maybe I'm Amazed." But then their coach Pharrell Williams, with guidance from his team mentor Alicia Keys, lit an Aretha-inspired soul fire under the rock song, leading to an epic, competitive moment on The Voice as the Season 7 battle rounds kicked off Monday. With each singer taking a verse, Wade went raw and bluesy, and then Griffin, a Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra fan, smoothed it on out. Their harmonies took on...
- 10/14/2014
- by Andrea Billups, @princessmouse
- PEOPLE.com
At first, Texas singer Luke Wade and his duet partner, known simply as Griffin, from Nashville, were having an awkward time rehearsing the Paul McCartney and Wings hit "Maybe I'm Amazed."
But then their coach Pharrell Williams, with guidance from his team mentor Alicia Keys, lit an Aretha-inspired soul fire under the rock song, leading to an epic, competitive moment on The Voice as the Season 7 battle rounds kicked off Monday.
With each singer taking a verse, Wade went raw and bluesy, and then Griffin, a Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra fan, smoothed it on out. Their harmonies took on...
But then their coach Pharrell Williams, with guidance from his team mentor Alicia Keys, lit an Aretha-inspired soul fire under the rock song, leading to an epic, competitive moment on The Voice as the Season 7 battle rounds kicked off Monday.
With each singer taking a verse, Wade went raw and bluesy, and then Griffin, a Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra fan, smoothed it on out. Their harmonies took on...
- 10/14/2014
- by Andrea Billups, @princessmouse
- People.com - TV Watch
Like those old episodes of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom where the straggler impala gets picked off by the hungry lioness, The Voice‘s Battle Rounds are compelling (though not necessarily comforting) viewing.
Only the strongest voices — or at least those attached to the youngest, doe-eyed-iest, most social-media-approved bodies — survive the two-person, one-song contests.
And while I understand those who wince at the inherent cruelty of whittling a pool of 48 singers down to 32 (eight Battle “losers” get second chances via The Steal), it’s nevertheless a necessary evil. I mean, let’s be honest: After three consecutive weeks of Blind Auditions,...
Only the strongest voices — or at least those attached to the youngest, doe-eyed-iest, most social-media-approved bodies — survive the two-person, one-song contests.
And while I understand those who wince at the inherent cruelty of whittling a pool of 48 singers down to 32 (eight Battle “losers” get second chances via The Steal), it’s nevertheless a necessary evil. I mean, let’s be honest: After three consecutive weeks of Blind Auditions,...
- 10/14/2014
- TVLine.com
Now that we've gotten the formality of the blind auditions out of the way, we're finally getting to the good part of The Voice: The oft-bloody battle rounds. As fans of the NBC reality singing competition know, in the Battle Rounds in which coaches divide their teams of 12 into six pairs, who are tasked with performing the same song. Then, it's up to the coaches to choose: Who stays, and who goes? In other words, it's about to get brutal. So who will be the facing off when Battle Rounds kick off on Monday night? We've got an exclusive first look at the lineup,...
- 10/10/2014
- by Emily Blake
- EW - Inside TV
Pharrell got down on his knees to win over Katriz Trinidad in the third round of blind auditions on The Voice, beating out Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton while Adam Levine looked on.
Blind Auditions Part 4
Katriz Trinidad, 15, the daughter of immigrant parents, had her entire family backstage cheering her on for her audition – Etta James’ “At Last.” Katriz’s control and tone got Gwen, Pharrell and Blake to turn around before she got through with the first verse. At the end of her first run, Pharrell stood up for her, and he was clearly in love.
“I never thought that I would ever find something that I usually look for my own label. Like, I’ve been dreaming for an artist like you all my career,” Pharrell said. “I want you on my team, so bad, and I’ve never done this,” he said, getting on his knees. Pharrell’s pleading worked,...
Blind Auditions Part 4
Katriz Trinidad, 15, the daughter of immigrant parents, had her entire family backstage cheering her on for her audition – Etta James’ “At Last.” Katriz’s control and tone got Gwen, Pharrell and Blake to turn around before she got through with the first verse. At the end of her first run, Pharrell stood up for her, and he was clearly in love.
“I never thought that I would ever find something that I usually look for my own label. Like, I’ve been dreaming for an artist like you all my career,” Pharrell said. “I want you on my team, so bad, and I’ve never done this,” he said, getting on his knees. Pharrell’s pleading worked,...
- 10/1/2014
- Uinterview
The Voice Blind Auditions continued with coaches Pharrell Williams and Gwen Stefani rounding out powerful teams, and Blake Shelton and Adam Levine stepping up their competition.
I can't Believe you @blakeshelton. Gloves are coming off, cowboy.
— Adam Levine (@adamlevine) September 24, 2014
Blind Auditions Part 2
Danica Shirey, 25, an R&B soul singer, auditioned with Jessie J’s “Big White Room,” nailed the first riff and got Adam to press his button. Gwen and Pharrell followed, giving Danica a standing ovation. Adam tried to win Danica over with his charm, but Pharrell ended up winning Danica over with his sweet, nice-guy routine. “With Gwen, you’ll get female report, with Adam you’ll get incredible technique. I’m just asking you to be on my team, will you please be on my team?” Pharrell told her. Blake threw his weight behind Pharrell, and Danica listened. Danica: Team Pharrell.
Up next, Joe Kirk, 17, got...
I can't Believe you @blakeshelton. Gloves are coming off, cowboy.
— Adam Levine (@adamlevine) September 24, 2014
Blind Auditions Part 2
Danica Shirey, 25, an R&B soul singer, auditioned with Jessie J’s “Big White Room,” nailed the first riff and got Adam to press his button. Gwen and Pharrell followed, giving Danica a standing ovation. Adam tried to win Danica over with his charm, but Pharrell ended up winning Danica over with his sweet, nice-guy routine. “With Gwen, you’ll get female report, with Adam you’ll get incredible technique. I’m just asking you to be on my team, will you please be on my team?” Pharrell told her. Blake threw his weight behind Pharrell, and Danica listened. Danica: Team Pharrell.
Up next, Joe Kirk, 17, got...
- 9/24/2014
- Uinterview
Today’s film is the 2002 short Hostage. The film is written by David Carter, Greg Hahn, and Vincent Ngo, and directed by John Woo. It also stars Maury Chaykin, Kathryn Morris, and Clive Owen, and is part of BMW’s series of The Hire short films. BMW recently announced that they would be making a new series of short films, with Gus Van Sant already signed on to do one of the shorts. Clive Owen will soon be seen on the Steven Soderbergh tv series The Knick.
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- 2/23/2014
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
Today’s film is the 2001 short Chosen. The film stars Clive Owen, who reprises his role from the Tony Scott short Beat The Devil, and is directed by Ang Lee and written by David Carter. Ang Lee has found critical and commercial success both on the Hollywood and international stage, and received the award for Best Director at the 85th Academy Awards for 2012′s Life of Pi.
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- 3/3/2013
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
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