![]() ![]() Laurel Oaks is a thinly disguised version of the legendary Myrtles Plantation in Louisiana, which is on the Smithsonian's list of the ten most haunted places in America. ![]() ![]() Shifting back and forth from Lila's world in the present to Daphne's world in the past, the true story of what really happened that fateful night finally comes to light. Daphne's spirit senses that Lila is the very person she's been waiting for, the one who can prove her innocence so her spirit can rest at long last. One spirit eager to tell her story is Daphne, a slave girl at Laurel Oaks in the 1840s, who was blamed for the poisoning deaths of two girls and their mother. But secretly, Lila suspects there are ghostly presences willing to communicate with her, and her alone. When Lila and her family visit Laurel Oaks Plantation in Louisiana, her parents and brother scoff at the claim that the house is haunted. A haunting historical mystery based on real life events, told in the alternating points of view of a contemporary girl and a 19th century slave accused of a horrible crime. ![]()
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Brandi Carlile was born into a musically gifted, impoverished family on the outskirts of Seattle and grew up in a constant state of change, moving from house to house, trailer to trailer, fourteen times in as many years. ![]() ![]() ![]() “I don’t think this is anything other than a waste of time,” Hammer explained. The details would have to include the extent of the damage, which vehicles were involved and the exact number of wrecks per-movie. 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The play takes place over the course of one day in a Chicago recording studio, in which Ma Rainey and her band are laying tracks for a new album. ![]() Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom takes place in 1927 and fictionalizes the real-life singer Ma Rainey, known as the Mother of the Blues, whose career spanned from 1899 to 1933. ![]() ![]() I'm very grateful, that's so awesome.ĮS: Is there some kind of induction ceremony? And are you planning to attend? MIKE TYSON: That's awesome! I'm getting in all these hall of fames over here. Mike Tyson is an American treasure.ĮRIC SPITZNAGEL: First of all, congratulations on getting inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame. If I didn't believe it already, I believe it now. Like boxer mustaches, Japanese prostitutes, narcissistic agnostics, pet tigers, Brad Pitt's Matrix moves, Evander Holyfield's ear, and why you should always date somebody who doesn't want to throw boiling water and lye in your face. ![]() But we ended up talking about so much more than just his show. I recently called Tyson to talk about his one-man show, Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, directed by Spike Lee, which begins a 10-week, 31-city tour this Wednesday, February 13, in Indianapolis (the same city where he was convicted of rape in 1991) before moving on to Chicago, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Portland, Detroit, Atlanta, Miami, Washington, D.C., Boston, and dozens of cities in between. You come out the other side a changed person. ![]() Where does one begin trying to explain the experience of having a conversation with Mike Tyson? It's like trying to explain an alien abduction. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Since the character in the series loses her eyesight at the age of 6, the director wanted to authentically cast a blind actor for the part. Loberti was selected for the role after Levy opened a worldwide casting call for low-vision actresses. The limited series stars Aria Mia Loberti, a Penn State PhD student who will be acting for the first time as Marie-Laure in the adaptation. If you were riveted by the story of a blind girl trying to reunite with her father through radio signals forging an unlikely friendship with a young Nazi recruit that has expertise in radio technology, then here is everything you need to know about the forthcoming limited series. The WWII Pulitzer-winning novel is set to come out this year, and it includes veteran Hollywood actors, such as Mark Ruffalo and Hugh Laurie. ![]() Stranger Things producer Shawn Levy has taken on the project with a Netflix Original Limited Series. ![]() When Did All the Light We Cannot See Film?Īfter selling more than 15 million copies worldwide, All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr will get an onscreen adaptation.Who's Making All the Light We Cannot See?.What Is the Plot of All the Light We Cannot See?.Who's in the All the Light We Cannot See Cast?.Watch the All the Light We Cannot See Trailer.Where Will You Be Able to Watch All the Light We Cannot See?.When Is All the Light We Cannot See Coming Out?. ![]() |