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  • Emmy Awards: Full list of winners

    Emmy Awards: Full list of winners

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    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 76th annual Emmy Awards were handed out Sunday at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles.

    “Shogun” set a single season record for most wins with 18. “Shogun” won best drama series, and Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai won acting awards for their roles.

    “Hacks’’ won the award for best comedy series. ”Baby Reindeer” and “The Bear’’ won four awards apiece.

    Early winners included Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Jeremy Allen White and Liza Colón-Zayas, who won awards for their work in the comedy series “The Bear.”

    Stars presenting Emmys to their peers included: Billy Crystal, Viola Davis, Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, Maya Rudolph and Martin Sheen.

    Several actors and shows, including Rudolph, won last week. Rudolph won her sixth Emmy Award at last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys for her voice work on “Big Mouth.” Jamie Lee Curtis also picked up a supporting actress Emmy last weekend for her appearance on “The Bear.”

    Here’s a list of winners at Sunday’s Emmys:

    Drama series

    “Shogun”

    Comedy series

    “Hacks”

    Limited, anthology series, movie

    “Baby Reindeer”

    Actor in a drama series

    Hiroyuki Sanada, “Shogun”

    Actress in a drama series

    Anna Sawai, “Shogun”

    Supporting actor in a drama series

    Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show”

    Supporting actress in a drama series

    Elizabeth Debicki, “The Crown”

    Actor in a comedy series

    Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”

    Actress in a comedy series

    Jean Smart, “Hacks”

    Supporting actress in a comedy series

    Liza Colón-Zayas, “The Bear”

    Supporting actor in a comedy series

    Ebon Moss-Bachrach, “The Bear”

    Actor in a limited, anthology series or movie

    Richard Gadd, “Baby Reindeer”

    Actress in a limited, anthology series or movie

    Jodie Foster, “True Detective: Night Country”

    Supporting actress limited, anthology series or movie

    Jessica Gunning, “Baby Reindeer”

    Supporting actor in a limited, anthology series or movie

    Lamorne Morris, “Fargo”

    Reality competition program

    “The Traitors,” Peacock

    Scripted variety series

    “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”

    Talk series

    “The Daily Show”

    Writing for a variety special

    Alex Edelman, “Just for Us”

    Writing for a comedy series

    Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky, “Hacks”

    Writing for a drama series

    Will Smith, “Slow Horses”

    Writing for a limited series, anthology or movie

    Richard Gadd, “Baby Reindeer”

    Directing for a limited or anthology series

    Steven Zaillian, “Ripley”

    Directing for a comedy series

    Christopher Storer, “The Bear”

    Directing for a drama series

    Frederick E.O. Toye, “Shogun”

    Governors award

    Greg Berlanti

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  • 10 Unforgettable Cult Movies You Can Watch On Netflix Today

    10 Unforgettable Cult Movies You Can Watch On Netflix Today

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    STARSHIP TROOPERS [1997]– Official Trailer (HD) | Get the 25th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD SteelBook Now

    Released in 1997 but somehow as timeless as ever, Paul Verhoeven’s sci-fi satire draws from the Robert Heinlein novel but adds its own slick, glossy blend of soap-opera drama, stylized storytelling, and buggy gore. Would you like to know more? Watch on Netflix.

    (This post originally appeared on Gizmodo.)

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  • Texas man who long claimed innocence is executed for the slayings of 2, including cousin

    Texas man who long claimed innocence is executed for the slayings of 2, including cousin

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    HOUSTON – A Texas man who had long claimed his conviction more than 20 years ago was based on false testimony and questionable evidence was executed Wednesday for fatally shooting two people, including his cousin.

    Ivan Cantu received a lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 6:47 p.m. at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the November 2000 fatal shooting of his cousin, James Mosqueda, 27, and his cousin’s girlfriend, Amy Kitchen, 22. In final words from the execution chamber, the 50-year-old inmate said several times that he was innocent.

    “I want you to know that I never killed James and Amy,” he told relatives and a friend of Kitchen who stood feet away from him while watching through a window. “And if I did, if I knew who did, you would’ve been the first to know any information.”

    He said he wanted them to know he didn’t think his death “will bring you closure. If it does, if this is what it takes or have any reservations off in your mind, then so be it.”

    Prosecutors had said Cantu killed Mosqueda, who dealt illegal drugs, and Kitchen as he tried to steal cocaine, marijuana and cash from his cousin’s north Dallas home. The inmate, who was convicted in 2001, had long claimed a rival drug dealer killed his cousin in a dispute over money.

    Before his statement, his spiritual adviser, Helen Prejean, held in her hand his right hand that was strapped to the death chamber gurney and prayed quielty over him. He thanked friends and supporters and urged that his case continue to be investigated to prove, “I don’t belong on this gurney.”

    As a lethal dose of the sedative pentobarbital began flowing, he began snoring. After the eighth snore, which was accompanied by a gasp, he stopped all movement. Twenty-one minutes after the drugs started, he was pronounced dead.

    Cantu’s was the first execution in Texas this year and one of two scheduled Wednesday in the U.S. Hours earlier, Idaho authorities halted the execution of serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech after a medical team repeatedly failed to find a vein to insert an IV line needed to administer a lethal injection. Creech was condemned for killing a fellow prisoner with a battery-filled sock in 1981.

    The Texas execution proceeded hours after Cantu’s attorney, Gena Bunn, said she would not make a final appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court for lack of “a viable path” for the high court’s consideration of the case.

    Two lower courts on Tuesday denied Cantu’s request to intervene. And on Monday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted 7-0 against commuting Cantu’s death sentence to a lesser penalty. Efforts to delay Cantu’s execution had received the support of faith leaders, celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and actor Martin Sheen, and U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, and his brother, former U.S. Housing Secretary Julian Castro.

    Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis, whose office convicted Cantu, said that evidence presented at trial proved Cantu committed the killings. “I remain fully convinced that Ivan Cantu brutally murdered two innocent victims in 2000,” Willis said in a recent statement.

    But Bunn had written in Cantu’s clemency application that new evidence “impugns the integrity of the State’s case for guilt and raises the specter that the State of Texas could execute an innocent man.”

    In Cantu’s apartment, police found bloody jeans with the victims’ DNA and a key to the victims’ home. Police found Cantu’s gun at his ex-girlfriend’s home. Mosqueda’s blood was found on the gun’s barrel while Cantu’s fingerprints were found on the gun’s magazine.

    In a 2005 affidavit, Matthew Goeller, one of Cantu’s trial attorneys, said Cantu admitted to him “he had indeed killed Mosqueda for ‘ripping him off’ on a drug deal” and that Kitchen was killed because she was a witness.

    Cantu’s then-girlfriend, Amy Boettcher, was the prosecution’s main witness. Boettcher, who died in 2021, testified that Cantu told her he was going to kill Mosqueda and Kitchen and later took her back to the crime scene after the killings.

    But Bunn alleged that Boettcher’s testimony was riddled with false statements.

    The defense attorney also said new witness statements also helped confirm Cantu’s claim that a man who had supplied drugs to Mosqueda had threatened the cousin days before the killings.

    Bunn credited an independent probe by Matt Duff, a private investigator, with uncovering much of the new evidence. Duff has chronicled his findings in a podcast called “Cousins By Blood.”

    Of the new evidence presented by Cantu, Willis’ office had said “none of it destroys the cornerstones of the State’s case.”

    The next execution in Texas, which has been the nation’s busiest capital punishment state, is not scheduled until June 26. Inmate James Harris Jr. had been scheduled for execution on March 13 until an appeals court issued a stay in his case last week.

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    Juan Lozano reported from Houston.

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    Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press

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  • ‘West Wing’ cast urges struggling Americans to seek help

    ‘West Wing’ cast urges struggling Americans to seek help

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — As more Americans struggle with depression and anxiety, the cast of “The West Wing” teamed up with the Biden administration on Thursday to share a simple message: you are not alone.

    The star-studded cast of the drama series that, even years after being off air maintains a strong fan base, participated in a roundtable discussion with the White House to share their own stories of childhood abuse, isolation during the COVID-19 and struggles to help their children navigate the anxiety-inducing world of social media.

    Through it all, five members of “The West Wing” cast said that talking with friends, family and even each other got them through darkest moments.

    “Community is the key to all of this,” said actor Martin Sheen, who served as the U.S. president on the drama series.

    Actor Bradley Whitford, who played the role of the president’s deputy chief of staff on the TV show, opened up publicly about a female teacher who he said was “physically, extensively inappropriate” with him decades ago when he was in sixth grade.

    “I knew it had happened, but I didn’t know how to talk about it,” Whitford said. “I was able to find a very, very safe space where I could talk about it. I’ll never get rid of the fact that this thing happened to me, but giving it a name, giving it perspective, has allowed to me to not still be captive to it.”

    Whitford and his castmates urged other Americans who are struggling with their mental health to lean on those closest about their tough times, too. About 4 out of every 10 U.S. adults have reported symptoms of anxiety or depression last year, a trend that took a turn for the worse during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Zooming in from the set of “The Wonder Years” reboot, actor Dulé Hill said he struggled with isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    “It’s important we all just continue to engage each other, to see each other and our humanity,” Hill said. “I can still feel isolated and alone. But I want you to know you are not alone. I am not alone, and together, we will make our way to our brighter tomorrow.”

    Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra reminded those tuning into the talk that they can also call the newly launched 988 hotline to talk to someone when they are struggling with thoughts of suicide, a crisis or depression.

    The three-digit 988 line connects callers with trained mental health counselors. The federal government has provided over $280 million to help states create the system.

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  • In Response to American Veteran Suicides, Director Scott McCullough Creates “The Other Note” PSA Featuring Martin Sheen for the National Veterans Foundation

    In Response to American Veteran Suicides, Director Scott McCullough Creates “The Other Note” PSA Featuring Martin Sheen for the National Veterans Foundation

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    Press Release
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    updated: Nov 9, 2016


    Los Angeles, CA, November 9, 2016 (Newswire.com)
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    Over 20 American veterans commit suicide every day in what’s being referred to as a “suicide epidemic” in the United States. That’s why award-winning Director Scott McCullough of Edge of Reason, LLC, an independent production company, created “The Other
    Note” featuring Martin Sheen. McCullough enlisted freelance producer Windy Buhler to produce the dramatic :60 public service announcement on behalf of the National Veterans Foundation (NVF), the first 501(c) (3) non-profit organization to form a vet-to-vet
    hotline, the Lifeline for Vets, providing highly successful transition and suicide prevention services for all veterans and their families.

    Since 1970, NVF Founder Shad Meshad, who served as a Medical Service Officer in Vietnam, has worked to help veterans and their families. Regarding “The Other Note” PSA and the veteran suicide epidemic, Meshad says, “This is probably the most important
    public service announcement ever produced that addresses one of the most serious epidemics our nation has ever faced, regarding our decorated and proven heroes, who represent what America stands for, protecting our country, giving their lives – bodies
    and souls. The PSA’s artistic depiction is stunning, and focuses on the veteran suicide problem from our viewpoint.”

    During development of “The Other Note,” McCullough researched military suicides and decided to take a different approach to the typical public service announcement. Rather than just shooting “talking heads” to ask for help, McCullough incorporated visual
    story elements interwoven with performers reading a poignant letter that appears to be a suicide note, but is actually a thank you note. Among the candid performances, notable activist and celebrity actor, Martin Sheen, who is an honorary NVF Board
    Member committed to helping veterans, challenges us with a stirring closing statement.

    Regarding the PSA’s concept, McCullough states, “I wanted to present an optimistic viewpoint and a story that celebrates what happens when someone reaches out to talk, to ask, or to call a veteran that may be struggling, and to let our veterans know they
    have a place to call, a place that can help. This one simple action could make all the difference in a veteran’s life. Conceptually, we focused on the ‘thank you for the help’ as a message of hope, and to express what it means to a vet to have someone
    to talk to in their darkest hour.”

    McCullough and his team are proud to present the PSA to the public. According to Buhler, “When Scott approached me to produce “The Other Note” I knew we had a powerful concept and hope this vital message will have a tangible social impact. It’s a labor
    of love and a call to service to help our vets and the NVF. We’re grateful to our funding partners, Kip Azzoni of Global Compassion in Action and Tim Wolf of The Wolf Foundation, our talented production teams: casting, wardrobe, props and set design,
    our production services company – namely Rekon Studios, our wonderful crew, composer, editor and post production partners, everyone worked hard and gave so much to help make this a reality.”

    Azzoni and Wolf reiterated the team’s goal, saying, “We’re happy to support this critical work and hope the PSA raises awareness that will effect real change and real action to end this terrible veteran suicide epidemic,” while McCullough notes that Meshad
    and the National Veterans Foundation has devoted decades to serving veterans with one of the highest Charity Navigator ratings. In McCullough’s words, “This PSA shines a much-deserved spotlight on this great foundation.”

    Meshad goes on to say, “Talk is cheap, but almost everyone is moved by visuals, and this PSA has academy-award winning visuals. The point goes right through you and you don’t forget it, whether you’re someone connected to suicide, someone contemplating
    suicide or someone unaware of this tragic epidemic. Nothing is more powerful than the message created by Scott McCullough and his team. Now, we must get the message out, so more people know who we are and the NVF will get more support to help veterans
    in crisis.”

    To view the PSA go to the Vimeo site: The National Veterans Foundation “The Other Note”

    Since 1985, the National Veterans Foundation has helped over 400,000 veterans and their families with crisis and information services through the nation’s first toll-free, vet-to-vet hotline for all U.S. veterans and their families. NVF veteran counselors
    provide veterans and their families with information, counseling and service referrals for issues around suicide, VA benefits, mental health counseling, housing, medical services, education benefits, financial issues and more.

    For Broadcast elements or Press inquiries: Contact Edge of Reason, LLC. Scott McCullough, director.scott@gmail.com

    Main Production Credits (full list available by request):

    • Agency / Production Company: Edge of Reason, L.L.C.
    • CD / Writer / Director: Scott McCullough
    • Producer: Windy Buhler
    • Director of Photography: Scott McCullough
    • Casting Director: Michael Sanford, Sanford Casting
    • Executive Production Partners: Kip Azzoni, Global Compassion in Action, Inc.
    • Tim Wolf, The Wolf Family Foundation
    • Lighting Director / Gaffer: Craig Burns
    • Production Services: Rekon Studios, Jon Kondrath, Producer / LP
    • Production Coordinator: Leslie Lopez
    • Property Master/Set Design: Kirk de Musiak
    • Composer/Sound Designer: Omar Fadel
    • Editor: Lucid Editorial, Mike Hackett, Editor
    • EFX Team: J.S. Effects
    • Post Production/Editorial: Crash + Sues / Minneapolis
    • Creative Consultants: Debbie Karnowsky, Grayson Brooke

    CONTACT:

    Bill Morgan
    Director of Development
    National Veterans Foundation
    888-777-4443
    bill@nvf.org

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    Source: Edge of Reason, LLC and The National Veterans Foundation

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