Cutca Fires up North of Palomar Mountain !

an unknown wild fire have spread over the in the Palomar mountain area and burned about 75-100 acres the authorities said.
 the blaze broke out off Palomar dicide road in Cleveland national forest shortly after 4 pm according to is fores service. 
air tankers , firefighting helicopters worked to repress the flames which posed without immediate threats , Olivia walker the spokeswoman usfs.
 ground crews were unable to reach the site due to the ruggedness of the area , they were brought in by helicopters , the Cleveland forest officials said. 
 the night crew was coming from LA bu the officials said but they were not from the LA city or county fire departments according to officials at those agencies. .

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president obama dines with Kenyan family after arriving in father is homeland

the us president Barack obama dined with his family and step grandmother , also join them his sister and other family members after arriving in his first presidential visit to his father homeland. 

the president plane "air force one" landed in the evening in Kenyan capital where he will host a conference on entrepreneurs in africa before travel to Ethiopia.

 after greeted by president uhuru kenyatta Obama was whisked through the capital.

 hours before the us president arrival , the police have blocked major roads and emptied the streets of traffic in order to of huge security operation. 

 when it gets dark the Kenyans lined parts of the route to his hotel cheering as Obama motorcade passed by. the president meet in the hotel the women who helped raise him called "mama Sarah".

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3 dead and at least 6 injured in louisiana movie theater shoting !

the officials said that a gunman shoot movie theater in Louisiana on thursday night and killed at least two innocent people and injured at least six others before kill himself. clay henry , vice president of operations for acadian ambulance said eight people were brought to the hospital , with the two include the gunman ,were dead on arrival. the police station said that the gunman who shoot the theater was 58-years old white male but untill now they didn't identity him, they said that he died from shooting himself. henry said emergency workers got the call to go to the theater on 7:30 pm.

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Miley cyrus "naked" after hang out with Cody Simpson !

no one surprising this , after she get naked first time !

 the 22 -year pop start ,who is not stranger to post nude pictures of here in the internet had hangout out with cody simpson while she gone wild and took a picture of here naked body , putting stickers on her lady parts in order to not get over the instagram TOS. 

Miley was seemed to enjoying the beach view with Katy weaver .

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Alex Rocco "Moe Greene" from "The Godfather" dead at 79

alex rocco the winner of Emmy award "1990" ,and the actor who played moe Greene in "the Godfather" has died (79).  

his family announced his death saturday,so his death were not available immediately.  

he is career spanned for 50 years and still active untill he died. 

 he played his most famous role in "the Godfather" 1972 . also he play more role like :  

the tough-talking - 

 -itchy and scratchy on the Simpsons - 

he also played Charlie poliaczek "the facts of life" in the 1980 . 

 Rocco has left his wife Shannon wicox , a daughter "jennifer , a son "lucien" and grandson. 

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The Walking Dead Season 6 Preview: be ready to love ? or fight ?

we all watched the last actIons In the last season .. so emotion huh? rick became a lover again :) the kids find a place to grow up in. a community !so what's will happen this season ? 

-rick relationship 

its Obviously that rick is fall in love again ,but is it the right time to ? or is he will be focus enogh to protect all the community ? 

well from my pont of view ,i think all the sitution will change !  i mean it is the point from making zombie series ! right ?  

but in first will be some argument between rick and Jessie  then I think some love will show up  

the rest between them ,I think they not be so long together  

 -the apocalypse again ! 

as we seen , the place is spotted by the bad guys ! again !! 

as we all saw on the trailer the community have been break down by the Wolve Back ! they wage a war on them while they were busy with how to deal with rick. 

so ,they will be on streets again , fighting for living and survive . 

as we all seen and know from the past seasons .. walk on the road mean new character and places  , even new opportunities to find new safe place ! 

a lot of men , walking between the zombies .. I thinks a lot of good men will die ! 

-where to stay safe ? 

there a lot place to be .. but some of them are away one .. you remember the prison ? or the hotel that Eugene was talking about ?  or the hospital that beth were in ?too many, but the new place should fit the story . 

untill now there is no guess . 

-how they will defeat the "Wolf pack" ? 

the important question is they will defeat them without anyone one get killed ?because the wolf pack guys seems professional and angry. 

so I think they have been break down the Alexandria , and not some psycho idiots ! 

Morgan will afford a lot of help because he have deal with them and stay alive !  

at the end , we all will be a witness of what will happen on Sunday, October 11th 

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Probe of "Chattanooga shooting" suspect focuses on Mideast travel

U.S. authorities are investigating travel to the Middle East by the suspect in the fatal 

shootings on four Marines in Tennessee.. including one trip to Jordan and Yemen.

Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez (24) who the FBI identified as the shooter .. was shot to death in a rampage on Thursday at two military facilities in Chattanooga.

The suspect, seen driving an open-top Ford Mustang, sprayed gunfire at a joint military recruiting center in a strip mall, riddling the glass facade with bullet holes, then drove to a Naval Reserve Center about 6 miles (10 km) away, where he killed the four Marines before he died in a firefight with police.

The shooting, which comes at a time when U.S. military and law enforcement authorities are increasingly concerned about the threat 'lone wolves' pose to domestic targets, also injured three people, including a sailor who was critically wounded.

Investigators are trying to determine whether the suspect had any contact with militants or militant groups but have no evidence so far that he did, the U.S. government source told Reuters.

U.S. law enforcement officials said they were investigating whether he was inspired by Islamic State or similar extremists.

Islamic State had threatened to step up violence in the holy fasting month of Ramadan, which ends on Friday evening.

The group, also known as ISIS and ISIL, claimed responsibility after a gunman killed 37 tourists in Tunisia in June, the same day as an attack in France and a suicide bombing in Kuwait.

The SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks extremist groups, said Abdulazeez blogged on Monday "life is short and bitter" and that Muslims should not miss an opportunity to "submit to Allah." Reuters could not independently verify the postings.

While investigators still have no specific evidence of what might have prompted the suspect to carry out the shooting, they believe family or psychological issues may have contributed, according to the source, who was not authorized to speak on the record.

His father, Youssuf Abdulazeez, who attended Texas A&M University, according to his Facebook page, appears to be a high achiever. He works for Chattanooga's Department of Public Works as a soil engineering expert, according to local media reports citing city records.

The suspect appears to have followed in his father's footsteps. According to a resume believed to have been posted online by Abdulazeez, he attended high school in a Chattanooga suburb and graduated from the University of Tennessee in 2012 with an engineering degree. His work experience includes an internship with the Tennessee Valley Authority, a regional power utility.

Years ago, the father came under investigation by a Joint Terrorism Task Force for possible connections to a militant group, the source said, but he was cleared of any association with terrorism or wrongdoing. It is possible but not certain that the probe resulted in the father's name being placed on a terrorist watch list, according to the source.

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Gia Allemand's Boyfriend Calls Her Suicide 'The Most Painful Experience of My Life'

It's been over a year since The Bachelor's Gia Allemand committed suicide at age 29 and her boyfriend, Ryan Anderson is still reeling from the loss.

In the Nov. 17 issue of Sports Illustrated (a sister publication to PEOPLE), the basketball player speaks out about the importance of suicide prevention and calls Allemand's suicide "the most painful experience of my life."

"I've been given a platform in the NBA," Anderson, 26, a forward for the New Orleans Pelicans, tells SI. "I know when I'm done playing, people aren't going to really care about me, the way I shot three-pointers. But during this time when I have a voice, I think it's really important for me to talk about it. People need to put a face to [suicide prevention and survival], and I'm O.K. being that face."

As the article points out, people who die of cancer are praised for their bravery in battle while suicides are portrayed as selfish acts.

"Anyone who knows Gia knows that selfish was the last thing she was," Anderson said. "She would never want to cause anyone suffering. She just wanted to escape the pain."

Anderson found Allemand on Aug. 12, 2013, after an attempted hanging in the New Orleans apartment they shared. She was rushed into emergency care, but it was too late; life support was withdrawn due to a loss of brain function and Allemand passed away on Aug. 14.

To remember her, Anderson often wears the key-shaped necklace she gave him; Allemand wore the heart.

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Al Roker Forgot To Turn Off His Mic, Broadcast Himself Going To The Bathroom

If you're looking for a zany update on Al Roker's ongoing attempt to set a record for the longest weather report, then urine for a treat.

On Wednesday night, more than six hours into the 34-hour attempt, the caffeine-fueled "Today" show host took his first bathroom break, but forgot to turn off his microphone while he did so.

We imagine he had a similar expression to this shortly after realizing his mic was on:

This is hour 5 of #rokerthon pic.twitter.com/cMkScwnsyw
— Al Roker (@alroker) November 13, 2014

"On my break, I went to heed nature's call, and uh ... we forgot that my mic was on," a slightly embarrassed Roker acknowledged to viewers afterward. "We gave new meaning to the phrase 'live-stream,'" he joked.

Judging by reactions on Twitter, his audience was similarly amused.

The rules of the broadcast grant Roker a 5-minute bathroom break once an hour. He cannot sleep during the 34-hour attempt.

We're rooting for you, Roker.

H/T Washington Post

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Memorial Planned for SoCal Mother, Infant After Heartbreaking YouTube Video Shows Grieving Husband

Ashley Picco was a mother for only a few short hours before she died November 8. She left behind “harmonies that will continue to resonate in our hearts and memories,” her family and friends posted online.

 

 

 

She also left behind her newborn son, Lennon, and her husband, Chris.

In August, Ashley and Chris Picco celebrated their seventh wedding anniversary by posting a photo to Facebook. In the image, a tiny pair of fur-lined baby booties stands empty between the Southern California couple. “Coming Soon” is inscribed above. It is still Ashley’s cover photo.

Lennon James was born by emergency C-section three months early, “fighting for his life,” Chris posted. Although Chris was grieving Ashley’s loss, he thanked those who had reached out in several online postings.

“It’s impossible to sum up what has happened in the past couple of days,” he said. “My wife, best friend and mother of my child passed away. I have a lifetime to grieve this unspeakable

loss, but I know that right now she would want me to focus completely on baby Lennon James Picco…”

On Wednesday, a friend posted a video of Chris in the hospital at Loma Linda University Medical Center, singing to his newborn son. The video shows Chris seated next to a whirring, clicking incubator, baby Lennon swaddled in blankets and surrounded by tubes. The video was recorded Tuesday, when Chris had posted, “Ashley would often feel Lennon moving to music, so I brought my guitar today and gave him a little concert.”

 

The song Chris chose, “Blackbird,” was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney during their time with the Beatles.

The song begins:

“Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise.”

Little Lennon James Pico died a day later in his father’s arms.

Later Wednesday, Chris posted this update to a fundraising page:

“Dear friends, family, and supporters; it is with an unbelievably heavy heart that I write this.

Chris Picco holds his son’s tiny feet in a photo posted to youcaring.com.

My little fighter, Lennon James Picco went to sleep in his daddy’s arms late last night. He was surrounded by family, friends, and the best doctors, nurses and hospital staff in the world. He was dressed in an outfit that Ashley bought for him, with little guitars on it, and wrapped in a blanket made by a dear friend. I am so thankful for the four unforgettable days I got to spend with him. His mommy would have been so beyond joy to see him and to hold him, touch him, bathe him, sing to him – as I have had the privilege of doing. I have been so blessed and honored to love him before he was formed, to cherish him while mommy carried him, meet him face to precious face, and hold his perfect little body while we said ‘goodbye for now’. There are no words, but I wanted to keep you updated, as your love and support has meant more than anything in the world. All you need is love.”

A spokesman for Chris said he wants to tell his story but needed time with family and friends for now. A memorial is planned for Saturday at the Piccos’ church, Loma Linda University Church in Loma Linda, California.

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Steve Carell and Channing Tatum in ‘Foxcatcher’

In “Foxcatcher,” an eerie horror story about one American have and one have-not, a startlingly transformed Steve Carell plays John Eleuthère du Pont, the chemical company heir. A dabbler extraordinaire and apparent fantasist whose family fortune was partly created on battlefields across the world — as a producer of gun powder, dynamite and plutonium — the real du Pont collected monumental amounts of shells, birds and stamps as well as guns and, as the wealthy can do, other human beings. Among the most remarkable of these was an Olympic wrestler, Mark Schultz, who, as embodied by Channing Tatum, is the latest in a seemingly never-ending line of poetic male primitives.

Much of what’s publicly known about the relationship between the real figures in this strange tale comes from news reports that broke after a catastrophically violent episode upended both their lives. Directed by Bennett Miller from a screenplay by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, “Foxcatcher” is prefaced by the common assurance that it’s based on a true story, although all the usual caveats apply, with changes, elisions and so forth. This is familiar ground for Mr. Miller, whose films include two fictions rooted in history, “Capote” and “Moneyball,” which, along with being just really good stories, take diagnostic pokes at the national character and its swamp of confusing, contradictory ideas about material success, hard work, self-invention and, inevitably, what it is to be a man.

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 Steve Carell in "Foxcatcher." Credit Scott Garfield/Sony Pictures Classics

“Foxcatcher” has another good story, though it’s a slippery one. Beautifully acted and impeccably mounted, it is light on historical details and heavy on atmosphere, character and chintz. The first time you see Mark he’s alone in a gym wrestling with a grappling dummy, an apparatus that looks like an anthropomorphized boxing bag, complete with head and stubby arms. It’s a crude pas de deux, somewhat like watching Gene Kelly get frisky with a beanbag, and hypnotic because of its exotic choreography. It’s also off-putting because there’s something slightly comic and borderline pathetic about a man who is, for all intents and purposes, wrestling with himself. Soon after, Mark delivers a speech to some school kids — he wants to tell them about America — for which he earns a princely $20.

You don’t hear much of what Mark, who’s most expressive when he’s grunting and grappling on a mat, says other than in 1984 he was a champion, winning the gold medal hanging from his neck. The scene cuts away before he’s finished his speech, but like his solitary wrestling, it helps establish the narrowness of his world and the movie’s thematic terrain. By the time a school official is writing Mark his $20 check, Mr. Miller has announced at least some of what he wants to tell us about America. Mark is so isolated visually and narratively that even when he eats — he scarfs fast food alone in his car, and slurps instant noodles in his grim apartment — there’s no question that you’re watching the emergence of a character’s existential condition rather than some guy chow down.

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The checks have many more zeros after Mark is summoned to the du Pont estate, a vast swath of prime real estate in Newtown Square, Pa. There, John has created a wrestling facility that he’s baptized Foxcatcher Farm, and which, through his patronage, he hopes or more rightly expects will lead to Olympic glory. Mark accepts the offer to live and train at Foxcatcher, dazzled by John’s wealth and quasi-religious pitch — a hash of patriotism, paternalism, entrepreneurialism and old-fashioned hucksterism. Despite Mark’s appeals, though, his older brother, Dave (Mark Ruffalo), himself a gifted wrestler who doesn’t want to uproot his family, declines to join the crusade. When John learns that he’s been turned down he pauses so long that it’s clear the word no is foreign to him.

Much of “Foxcatcher” takes place at this increasingly unfunny funny farm, with its rolling hills, patrician veneer, expensive kitsch, tiptoeing servants, stable of horses and a wizened, wagging finger in the form of John’s disapproving mother (Vanessa Redgrave). Mr. Miller’s handling of the earlier stages in John and Mark’s relationship is impeccable and sometimes lightly, uneasily comic. Mr. Carell’s physical transformation is perverse, hypnotic and a touch distracting, and you may find yourself searching for the familiar face behind the pasty skin and large prosthetic nose that juts from John’s face like a cruel joke. Little by little, with long stares, an old man’s shuffle and strange phrasing, Mr. Carell transforms the character from a figure of ridicule into something truly grotesque.

Mr. Miller, however, wants more than just an ordinary American sideshow, and he unwisely tries to expand the story when just telling it would have been enough. At times he seems to be trying to resurrect the idea of two Americas that’s crucial to “Capote,” which tracks Truman Capote’s investigation into the murder of an ordinary family by a pair of killers. But there’s no one here like Capote to guide you through the murk and no one who gives the spectacle of human struggle its spark, as the baseball savant Billy Beane does in “Moneyball.” Mark and John make a fine odd couple in “Foxcatcher” (things get seriously weird at the farm), but they never evolve into the kind of deep, meaningful figures who can carry the weight of Mr. Miller’s symbolism and all those American flags.

Mr. Miller does his finest work with his three superb leads, though I wish he had made more room for Mr. Ruffalo, who enters and exits as Dave flashes in and out of Mark’s life. Some of the best scenes in the movie are of the brothers, including an early one in which they train in their old gym, hitting and grasping in a pantomime of aggression and affection, the crowns of their heads touching like the antlers of young stags testing each other. It’s rare to see such physical male intimacy on screen, especially among men not bonded by war. And it’s in the depictions of this intimacy, in its tangle of bodies and desires — the images of John squirming on top of and below other men say more than any of his pitiful speeches — that “Foxcatcher” rises to the occasion of real tragedy.

“Foxcatcher” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). Gun violence and language.

Foxcatcher
Opens on Friday
Directed by Bennett Miller; written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman; director of photography, Greig Fraser; edited by Stuart Levy, Conor O’Neill and Jay Cassidy; music by Rob Simonsen; production design by Jess Gonchor; costumes by Kasia Walicka-Maimone; produced by Megan Ellison, Mr. Miller, Jon Kilik and Anthony Bregman; released by Sony Pictures Classics. Running time: 2 hours 14 minutes.
WITH: Steve Carell (John du Pont), Channing Tatum (Mark Schultz), Mark Ruffalo (Dave Schultz), Vanessa Redgrave (Jean du Pont), Sienna Miller (Nancy Schultz), Anthony Michael Hall (Jack), Guy Boyd (Henry Beck) and Dave Bennett (Documentary Filmmaker).

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Time for risks with comet lander

 BBC :

Scientists working on Philae comet lander say it is time to take more risks with the probe, amid fears its battery might die in hours.

There is an expectation that the robot may be entering its last day of useable power on the ice object 67P.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is due to upload commands to tell Philae to deploy its drill.

The hope is that it can pull up some samples to analyse in the robot's onboard laboratories.

It is a high risk activity, however, because the torque could destabilise the delicately placed lander.

Last contact

Philae is sitting in the shadow of a cliff, and will not get enough sunlight to work beyond Saturday.

Friday night's radio contact with the orbiting Rosetta satellite will be the last that engineers have a reasonable confidence will work.

The team is still not sure where on the surface the probe came to rest after bouncing upon landing on Wednesday.

Scientists have been examining radio transmissions between the orbiter and the lander to see if they can triangulate a position.

This work has now produced a "circle of uncertainty" within which Philae almost certainly lies.

Follow-up imagery by Rosetta should now find the little craft, says Paolo Ferri, the head of mission operations at the European Space Agency.

He said Friday's activities would be critical.

"We're coming to the end so we're taking more risks. But we're super happy with what we've done up until now. I can't tell you exactly how much this lander has achieved but it is close to 100%.

"What's missing is the drilling. But with time running out, we're taking risks."

Dr Ferri refuses to give up hope that some last minute solution can be found to solve the power situation: "I am sure our colleagues at the main lander control centre in Cologne will come up with creative ways to collect this energy."

One solution that will be tried on Friday is to turn the main body of the robot to show the largest of its solar panels to the Sun.

The idea is that this could eke out some more life for the lander.

One remarkable image taken by the "mothership" Rosetta shows Philae as a tiny speck, headed for history

Launched in 2004, the European Space Agency (Esa) mission hopes to learn about the origins of our Solar System.

It has already sent back the first images ever taken from the crumbling, fractured terrain of a comet.

Philae got to the icy 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on the back of Esa's Rosetta satellite after a 10-year, 6.4 billion-km (4bn-mile) journey, which reached its climax on Wednesday with a seven-hour drop to the surface.

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First take: Is Kim Kardashian baring all news ؟؟

Kim Kardashian's full-frontal and booty photos in Paper magazine have stirred debates in newsrooms over how organizations should cover celebrity journalism and pop culture. Is it news that a member of reality TV royalty decided to get undressed for a magazine no one had ever heard of before?

Tom Rosenstiel, executive director of the American Press Institute, says that the news media are often used by celebrities and publicity agents to attract more attention.

"This is just a celebrity who took her clothes off," he says. "The fact that it is popular online, I don't know if that tells us something about ourselves as a society that we didn't know already. If it does, I don't think it tells us very much."

USA TODAY decided to post stories on Kardashian prominently, but did not show her fully naked self on the website.

USA TODAY Life Editor Alison Maxwell says it's the news outlet's job to report on what people are talking about and acknowledge what's buzzing in the world of celebrities. "There was nothing bigger than this yesterday or really in the last month or so," she says. "We were doing a service to our readers on reporting on what happened and then taking it to the next level and also having a little fun with it."

For example, USA TODAY ran a story digitally and in print questioning whether a person's butt could look like that without surgical enhancements or Photoshopping. The answer: Doubtful.

Some editors questioned how much time and resources should be devoted to such a tawdry topic as opposed to more substantive journalism.

USA TODAY

Kardashian photo plays off controversial black imagery

"For good or bad, Kim Kardashian is too big a celebrity to ignore, and this magazine spread is news," says David Colton, an executive editor of USA TODAY. "However, I worry that running bare-naked ladies, no matter how newsy, chips away at journalistic standards. Any topic can be covered. It depends on how you cover it. In this case, I think we could have conveyed what happened without showing the photos."

The goal for Paper magazine was to "break the Internet."

"For our winter issue, we gave ourselves one assignment: Break the Internet. There is no other person that we can think of who is up to the task than one Kim Kardashian West. A pop culture fascination able to generate headlines just by leaving her house, Kim is what makes the web tick," Paper's intro to the photos reads.

Emily Yahr, a pop-culture reporter for The Washington Post, wrote a piece on how "Breaking the Internet" was a ridiculous concept.

"Kim Kardashian's butt won't be the thing to break the Internet because it's one of the those things that makes the Internet," Yahr wrote on Wednesday.

ENTERTAIN THIS!

Art or not? Kim Kardashian bares her nude booty for 'Paper' mag

The Post did not highlight the article on its homepage, according to Yahr, and it did not appear in the newspaper. It was featured in the news organization's pop-culture blog.

"It wasn't the most important story of the day," she said a in a telephone interview. "It was trending online so I think it was worth covering but not worth highlighting significantly."

The New York Times has not covered Kardashian's photos, according to Eileen M. Murphy, vp of communications. "We don't cover everything. So far, this story just falls into the category of things we've passed on," Murphy says.

Those who cover news and culture are torn because many became journalists to write about weightier matters than a celebrity socialite who gained fame thanks to a leaked sex tape and reality TV. But the truth is, she is part of the culture. She's been embraced by the fashion industry, she is the wife of a Grammy-winning rapper. We're curious to know what she will do next. So are our readers.

A decade ago, before Facebook and Twitter, these photos would have been noticed but would never have received the massive, instant exposure. .

Ostensibly, Kardashian got exactly what she wanted from those photos -- more Twitter followers (reinforced by multiple promotional tweets), more controversy and another news cycle that spotlights her multi-million dollar franchise.

She's beautiful -- mysterious and yet relatable. And completely unremarkable beyond her looks.

Paper magazine explained in the article that Kardashian spends two hours each morning on her hair and makeup. She digitally categorizes her selfies, which will be turned into a book. And those who bothered to read the interview know she answers like a pro, giving coy, vague responses and vanilla quotes.

"In a few years, people will be talking about how we don't hear about her anymore," Rosenstiel says. "She's famous for being famous. And being outrageous, and being a type. At any given time, there is somebody like her in our culture. She's Pamela Anderson in a different era."

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Sons of Anarchy producer "Paris Barclay" on filming that Venus/Tig scene

 

If you’re a Sons of Anarchy fan who can’t stop talking about the performances Walton Goggins and Kim Coates delivered in that beautiful bedroom conversation between Venus and Tig in the Nov. 11 episode, you are not alone. Executive producer Paris Barclay, who directed “Faith and Despondency,” phoned EW Radio from Wales on Wednesday to rave about what he considers to be possibly the best performance by any two actors in the FX drama’s seven seasons. Listen to the clip below.

“There was really true love there, and when it was done, the crew just stopped and applauded them,” Barclay says. “The camera assistants were crying. People were just clapping because they brought something new to them, a new feeling: People hadn’t really experienced Tig in that way, as deeply serious and as honest and as direct as he was, and Venus really telling you how she became this way and what it’s like for her.” Sons is the fourth project Barclay has done with Goggins. They first met when Barclay directed him in the 1996 HBO movie The Cherokee Kid starring Sinbad. “To see him from that movie,” Barclay says, “where he was a comic Western guy, to the depth that he was able to bring, even to the last moments when he was trying to get back his Venus voice. [Tig] says, ‘You put on that dress, and I want to go anywhere with you, just the way you are,’ and he lifts his spirits up and he sits up a little taller and he tries to get Venus’ voice back but it’s difficult—he’s just genius.”
As a director, Barclay had to know to just sit back and let it happen. “I can’t say anything. I can’t tell them, ‘This is great,’ because I don’t want them to be self-conscious about it. I can’t tell them, ‘Let’s do it again and make it…’ I just don’t wan’t to give them a note. It is beautiful as it is. If I can just keep filming and then cut, and then let them know when it’s all done how brilliant it is, that’s the way I want to roll,” he says. “By staying out of the way of those two actors, they just really, really delivered.”
FX Networks CEO John Landgraf agreed: He sent Barclay, Goggins, and Coates an email after he first saw a cut of the episode. “It was just gushing about that scene,” Barclay says. “Just saying how proud he was to be on a network that can put something like that on, in the midst of all the mayhem that is Sons of Anarchy to actually go deeper and to find a way to talk about these characters.” Credit Kurt Sutter. “God bless him, a lot of people think he’s some sort of savage brut who uses the C-word on Twitter,” Barclay says. “And then he writes a scene like that, that is so deep and complex, and as I say in my acting class, has a great beginning, middle, and end that actors can play—it’s just awesome. This is why I love being involved with the show, because sometimes you just get things like this that are just incredible.”

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Speaking to EW about the episode, Goggins said that while rehearsing that scene, he turned to Barclay as Venus and asked if he could shoot both actors at the same time. He also explained that he kept referring to Tig and Venus in the third person during our interview because he didn’t believe he and Coates were in that room—it was them. “I hadn’t thought of it that way, but it’s really true,” Barclay says. “They never really broke character. And we don’t like to shoot the actors at the same time, but they were so simpatico, we didn’t want to lose the moment. And so we did what we used to do [when I directed] In Treatment, which is we kept the cameras rolling on both of them at the same time. And there are fewer shots than normal in that, but it’s just fine because the performances are so, so delicious.”
The conversation turns to Venus and Tig at 2:00 in the clip below. But first, we get some fun behind-the-scenes scoop on that close-up of Jax (Charlie Hunnam) coming out of the storm cellar during SAMCRO’s ambush of Moses and his men at the Aryan Brotherhood compound.

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‘American Horror Story’ Season 4 Spoilers: Episode 7 Synopsis Released Online; What Will Happen In ‘Test Of Strength’?

The freak show is falling apart on Season 4 of “American Horror Story.” From the start of the FX miniseries, Elsa’s troupe was a safe haven for “monsters.” As each episode passes, however, inner demons have turned their home into a place of terror. That trend will continue into episode 7, “Test of Strength.”

According to the synopsis for the Nov. 19 episode, the “women of the freak show rally against Dell (Michael Chiklis) after his latest act of violence.” While the synopsis doesn’t say who was the victim of the violent attack, it’s pretty safe for viewers to assume that it was probably Desiree (Angela Bassett) or Ethel (Kathy Bates).

“American Horror Story” fans will remember that Desiree decided to leave Dell after she discovered that she was all woman. She was tired of Dell’s behavior and the way he treated her. Desiree left their trailer with the promise that she’d get surgery and live the life that she deserved. Needless to say, Dell was not happy with Desiree’s choice -- or the fact that she moved into his ex-wife Ethel’s trailer. While he didn’t take his anger out on the two women, he went to the doctor that treated them and broke his hands, threatening to kill his family if he performed surgery on Desiree.

Although the latest episode of “American Horror Story” has yet to touch on that, it’s possible that Desiree or Ethel could find out about the doctor’s injuries and confront Dell. Since Dell has a history with rage, he could potentially hurt either woman when they approach him.

Dell Toledo’s anger management issues won’t be the only drama to plague episode 7. Following his encounter with Dandy (Finn Wittrock) in episode 6, Jimmy (Evan Peters) will grow suspicious “about the clown murders.” Could Jimmy just tell that something was off with Dandy? Or did Dot and Bette (Sarah Paulson) tell Jimmy that Dandy was taking the credit for saving everyone from the clown?

The promo video for episode 7 teases the return of Dot and Bette to the freak show, so it’s safe to assume that the trouble within the tents is only beginning for Elsa Mars (Jessica Lange).

“American Horror Story” Season 4 episode 7 will air on FX on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 10 p.m. EST. What do you think will happen in the next episode of “Freak Show”? Watch the trailer for “Test of Strength” below:

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