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Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sarah Paulson, Toni Collette, Dianne Wiest & Toby Wallace Leading Cody Fern's ‘Mother Courage'; Mk2 Launching At Cannes Market
EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story) and Toni Collette (Hereditary) are set to star as estranged sisters whose reunion sets off an emotionally volatile chain of events in Mother Courage, the feature directorial debut of American Horror Story and The Assassination of Gianni Versace actor Cody Fern. Two-time Oscar winner Dianne Wiest (Edward Scissorhands) will play their vitriolic mother, while Toby Wallace (The Bikeriders) will also star. More from Deadline 'Snabba Cash' & 'Paradis City' Makers Team For Legal Thriller 'Burden Of Justice' From SVT, Strive Stories & Film i Vast; Scandi Pubcasters & DR Sales Attached Lou Arkoff & Donna Arkoff Roth Team With The Wonder Company To Reimagine AIP Genre Movies Such As 'The Undead', 'Jailbreakers' & More - Cannes Market 'Bono: Stories Of Surrender': On Irish Fathers & Sons, Processing Family Tragedy & How A Need To Be Heard Propelled A Dublin Kid To Become One Of The World's Biggest Rock Stars Anatomy Of A Fall and Worst Person In The World outfit mk2 is launching sales at the Cannes market. Set against the backdrop of a Broadway production of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage, the story follows Sandra Bloom (Paulson), a celebrated actress whose life begins to unravel as she struggles through rehearsals for her starring role. When her sister April (Collette) arrives following a 30-year long estrangement, the stage is set for a tense confrontation. As long buried secrets resurface, the sisters are forced to confront the fractures of their past… and what remains of their future. Wallace plays April's son, Theo. The film is co-written by Cody Fern and Devon Bostick and produced by Nancy Grant (Mommy), who has a long-standing relationship with mk2 Films, having previously collaborated on works by Xavier Dolan and Monia Chokri. André Turpin (Mommy) serves as cinematographer. 'Nancy Grant has an immense skill for developing and nurturing actor-turned-directors, which makes her collaboration with Cody Fern extremely exciting,' said Fionnuala Jamison, Managing Director of mk2 Films. 'Cody and Devon's script is an insightful, dark, funny, and heartfelt exploration of sisterhood, pain, and healing, and we can't wait to see this outstanding cast bring it to life.' Fern is represented by CAA and 3 Arts; Paulson is represented by CAA; Collette is represented by CAA, FINLEY Management, United Management, Jackoway Austen Tyerman; Wiest is represented by CAA; and Wallace is represented by CAA, CP Artist Management, 3 Arts and Sloane, Offer. Best of Deadline Where To Watch All The 'Mission: Impossible' Movies: Streamers With Multiple Films In The Franchise Everything We Know About 'My Life With The Walter Boys' Season 2 So Far 'Bridgerton' Season 4: Everything We Know So Far
USA Today
01-04-2025
- Politics
- USA Today
JFK assassination hearing live updates: Oliver Stone to testify before lawmakers
JFK assassination hearing live updates: Oliver Stone to testify before lawmakers Show Caption Hide Caption Donald Trump releases remainder of JFK assassination files The final batch of files surrounding the assassination of John F Kennedy have been released under an executive order by US President Donald Trump. unbranded - Newsworthy The assassination of former President John F. Kennedy will take center stage at a House hearing on Tuesday, as a panel of witnesses testifies about the documents recently released on one of the most shocking moments in American history. However, multiple people expected to speak on Tuesday, including filmmaker Oliver Stone, have been critical of investigations and long-held findings about the assassination. Stone's 1991 film "JFK" faced harsh pushback from historians for its suggestions that Kennedy's death was the result of high-level conspiracies. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., the chair of the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, said Sunday lawmakers will hear about the value of the flood of documents released by the National Archives earlier this month about the shooting. Renewed attention on the assassination comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order in January aimed at fully releasing government documents related to the assassinations of Kennedy, his brother and presidential candidate Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, D-N.Y., and civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. Nothing in the files has changed the long-held findings that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in fatally shooting Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963 while the then-president rode in a motorcade in Dallas. The other witnesses in Tuesday's hearing include author Jefferson Morley, the vice president of the Mary Ferrell Foundation, a non-profit that promotes access to historical government documents, and James DiEugenio, an author who has targeted investigations into Kennedy's assassination. Stone wrote the foreword to DiEugenio's book "The JFK Assassination." There may be even more information coming, as estimates said a total of 80,000 pages were expected to be published after a review by Justice Department lawyers. The National Archives' release page suggests more may be released as well: "As the records continue to be digitized, they will be posted to this page." But Alice L. George, a historian whose books include "The Assassination of John F. Kennedy," said government records were unlikely to resolve questions some still have. "I think there may continue to be more record releases," she said. "I seriously doubt that any will include great revelations. The Warren Commission report was done well, but it was done when many of the key players were alive. It's much harder to find the truth when most of the people involved are dead." – Reuters A lack of immediate bombshells doesn't surprise some experts. The National Archives collected the documents from other agencies ‒ like the CIA ‒ years ago, according to James Johnston, author of "Murder, Inc.: The CIA under John F. Kennedy." 'If it was going to embarrass the agency or tell a different story, they wouldn't have turned them over to the National Archives in the first place,' Johnston said. Fredrik Logevall, a Harvard history professor whose books include "JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century 1917-56," said in an email the new documents may help historians better understand the circumstances around the assassination. "It's valuable to get all the documentation out, ideally in unredacted form. But I don't expect dramatic new revelations that alters in some fundamental way our grasp of the event," he said. – Joel Shannon and Josh Meyer Looking to read the JFK files released earlier this month yourself? You can find them on the National Archives' website here. Most of the files are scans of documents, and some are blurred or have become faint or difficult to read in the decades since Kennedy's assassination. There are also photographs and sounds recordings, mostly from the 1960s. – Marina Pitofsky While an initial review of the papers didn't contain any shocking revelations, the documents do offer a window into the climate of fear at the time surrounding U.S. relations with the Soviet Union shortly after the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 nearly led to a nuclear war. Many of the documents reflected the work by investigators to learn more about assassin Lee Harvey Oswald's time in the Soviet Union and track his movements in the months leading up to Kennedy's assassination in Dallas. – Josh Meyer Contributing: Reuters
