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CBS News
17-02-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
From Sing Sing prison to the Oscars: A Mount Vernon, N.Y. man's unlikely journey
A Mount Vernon man is headed to Hollywood this week to prepare for the Academy Awards. Clarence Maclin is a nominee for Best Adapted Screenplay for his contributions to the screenplay of "Sing Sing," which tells a story that Maclin lived inside the walls of Sing Sing prison. "There's portions of my life that I wouldn't want anyone to follow... . This way of thinking failed me. And how many others did it fail?" Maclin said. "Sing Sing" tells the true story of "Rehabilitation through the Arts," or RTA, a prison program that uses theater to build communication, empathy and compassion. "We can use these same life skills to help rebuild the communities that we damaged. Because, you know, we're responsible for our own behavior, we know that," Maclin said. Maclin co-stars in the film, playing himself, alongside Colman Domingo. "A lot of people tell me this film has caused them to reconnect with loved ones or individuals that they had written off, because of their incarceration." Maclin is using his platform to promote RTA and other rehab programs like "The Last Mile," which teaches computer skills to incarcerated people. "The national recidivism rate is 60 percent. This program and programs like this have a 3 percent, or less than 3 percent recidivism rate," Maclin said. Maclin is heading to Hollywood for the run-up to the Oscars on March 2. It's a cinematic second act his younger self never dreamed of. "I look around like, where am I? It comes to me, Oh, I really am here. It's great," Maclin said.
Yahoo
16-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
BAFTAs: Kieran Culkin named Best Supporting Actor but couldn't attend because of family sickness
Kieran Culkin was named Best Supporting Actor at the EE BAFTAs. The 42-year-old actor had been up against Clarence Maclin ('Sing Sing'), Edward Norton, ('A Complete Unknown') Guy Pearce, ('The Brutalist') Jeremy Strong, ('The Apprentice') Yura Borisov, ('Anora') for his role in 'A Real Pain', but couldn't be present to collect the award, so writer Jesse Eisenberg stepped up instead, just moments after he won for Best Original Screenplay. Speaking live on stage at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday (16.02.25), he said: "I know I just won an award but this is like the fifth award I've accepted on Kieran's behalf, so that has just confirmed that I'd always known - we have a similar life but his about 27 percent better than mine! "He'd love to be here but he is in New York but he is with a family member who is quite sick. "His devotion to his family is beautiful, and I'm so honoured to accept this for him. Just moments before, 'Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl' picked up its second award of the evening, having already been named Best Children's and Family Film, and then the stop-motion fought off competition from 'Flow' 'Inside Out 2' and 'The Wild Robot' to be named Best Animated Film. The animated franchise returned to the screens over Christmas for the first time in over a decade, and was watched by almost 10 million people. Creator Nick Park said: "I didn't actually write a second speech, but well the main thing is that people think that as animators you must need a lot of patience, but the people who really have patience are our loved outs. It takes us 18 months!"
