The Daily Populous

Saturday November 25th, 2017 morning edition

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When Arrival made the awards-season rounds last year, director Denis Villeneuve was already eyebrows-deep into making Blade Runner 2049, the Ryan Gosling-led sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 cult favorite, Blade Runner.

To do a movie like Blade Runner requires a lot of energy and a lot of stamina, and I have it right now.

That’s the big difference from smaller movies, when you move from chamber orchestra to symphonic orchestra and have everyone play the same tune.

With Blade Runner, you inherited a pre-existing visual world.

The most difficult thing I’ve ever done was to take someone else’s dream and make it my own.

Surely, they are my movies; I consider Blade Runner to be as close to me as Incendies.

“You walk nine steps this way, five steps this way, now stop—or else you will fall in the water.”. »

If Trump’s FCC Repeals Net Neutrality, Elites Will Rule the Internet—and the Future

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Law & Order: SVU to tackle Harvey Weinstein scandal

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit will continue its tradition of ripped-from-the-headlines storytelling with a take on the Harvey Weinstein scandal.

“We are hitting Harvey Weinstein head-on, but it’s not in the realm of the entertainment business,” executive producer Michael Chernuchin tells EW exclusively.

In early October, the New York Times published an exposé on major Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, detailing decades of alleged sexual harassment. »

Homeless man in New Haven who returned $10,000 check rewarded in a big way

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"He has absolutely no idea what's about to happen," said Dr. Roberta Hoskie, who was about the change the homeless man's life.

Hoskie took to Facebook Live as she met up with the homeless man who returned the hefty check that was made out to her.

The homeless man, Elmer Alvarez, was surprised to see the TV cameras filling the Chamber of Commerce conference room Wednesday. »

Trump’s name appears in Panama Papers for the first time

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The deal involved a mysterious Panamanian company called Process Consultants, Inc., which bought a 16th floor condo at the Trump skyscraper in 1991.

Process Consultants was owned through so-called bearer shares, which can be used to transfer assets with complete anonymity.

As has been the case with most Panama Papers revelations, there's no indication of who is actually behind Process Consultants or where that person's money came from. »