The Daily Populous

Tuesday December 31st, 2019 day edition

image for How we made Candyman: 'I got a $1,000 bonus for every bee sting'

Horror was considered a debased genre in the early 90s and people were looking for a new direction.

After the nightmare he had had on Hellraiser, where it was redubbed into American English, I decided to set the film in the US.

I picked Chicago to set it in quite randomly, simply because it was a place I’d heard of.

I asked the Illinois Film Commission where the worst public housing estate in the city was and they said without pausing, Cabrini-Green.

Tony [Todd] had such a wonderful handle on him as a tragic hero, a character with more in common with Dracula than Freddy Krueger.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘I’ve done 200 movies, this is the one that stays in people’s minds’ … Todd, Madsen and the bees.

They’re planning to shoot entirely in Chicago, where Cabrini-Green has been torn down and gentrified – the new film will explore all that. »

Police officer "fabricated" story about being served McDonald's coffee with "f***ing pig" written on cup

Authored by cbsnews.com

Hornaday said the officer, who no longer works for the department, had originally claimed he had been given a coffee cup on Saturday that had "f***ing pig" written on it.

The officer, who has not been identified, was with the Herington Police Department for only two months, Hornaday said.

A coffee cup with an explicit message a police officer falsely claimed was written by McDonald's employees. »

4 underage men accused of drinking while operating horse and buggy

Authored by wndu.com

Four men age 19 and 20 are facing charges after police allegedly caught them operating a horse and buggy with open containers of alcohol.

Sheriff deputies found the buggy and another motorist identified it as the group he saw.

Police say all four suspects were intoxicated with several opened and unopened containers of alcohol in the buggy. »

AP Exclusive: Trump ally may have broken Venezuela sanctions

Authored by apnews.com

Prince, a major Republican donor and founder of controversial security firm Blackwater, has been referred to the U.S. Treasury Department for possible sanctions violations tied to his recent trip to Venezuela for a meeting with a top aide of President Nicolas Maduro, two senior U.S. officials said.

MIAMI (AP) — Erik Prince, a major Republican donor and founder of controversial security firm Blackwater, has been referred to the U.S. Treasury Department for possible sanctions violations tied to his recent trip to Venezuela for a meeting with a top aide of President Nicolas Maduro, two senior U.S. officials said. »

Learning from the bears

Authored by mdc-berlin.de

Grizzly bears spend many months in hibernation, but their muscles do not suffer from the lack of movement.

The grizzly bears’ strategy could help prevent muscle atrophy in humans as well.

“Obviously, it is important for the muscle to produce these amino acids itself – otherwise the amino acids might not reach the places where they are needed,” speculates the MDC scientist. »