BBC What’s New? visits the Chineke! Orchestra and speaks to to two members of their youth orchestra, Betania Johnny and Didier Osindero. (video)
Tag: 11.10.18
The Woolsey Fire In California Has Destroyed The Paradise Ranch, The Set Of ‘Westworld’ And Decades Of Other Shows
The “town” on the ranch was likely completely destroyed. “The ranch, which until Friday resembled a town straight out of a western, was originally developed in 1927, when Paramount Pictures purchased the lot in the old Rancho Las Virgenes and used it for various films, including The Maid of Salem (1937) and The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938). In the 1950s, Paramount sold the lot to William Hertz, who built the permanent western town that would serve many shoots and as a tourist destination.”
Horror Classic ‘Halloween’ At 40: An Oral History
Director John Carpenter, star Jamie Lee Curtis — who says the film was “the greatest experience I’ve ever had professionally” — and several co-stars talk about the making of the movie the effects the franchise (ten sequels and remakes) has had on the culture. (Curtis: “No one involved with the movie anticipated it would grow its own industry.”)