Monthly Archives: July 2014

Teaser for History Channel’s HOUDINI Miniseries with Adrien Brody

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The History Channel has released the first promo teaser spot for their upcoming new miniseries Houdini, which is based on the life of the legendary magician. Adrien Brody plays the title role, and the spot shows the character in the middle of performing one of his classic suspenseful escape tricks.

The four hour long series will trace the arc of Houdini’s life from his desperate poverty to worldwide fame. The network has created some incredibly well made historical series like this in the past, and I imagine this one will be just as awesome. I love magic and the history behind it, so this is something that I’m extremely exited about. One thing is for sure… Houdini has never looked so muscular.

Here’s a synopsis that was provided:

Before David Blaine and David Copperfield, there was one man whose name was synonymous with being the master of illusion and escape – Harry Houdini. HOUDINI follows the man behind the magic as he finds fame, engages in espionage, battles spiritualists and encounters the greatest names of the era, from U.S. presidents to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Grigori Rasputin. The drama will chronicle the life of a man who can defy death through his stunts, his visions and his mastery of illusion.

The series is set to premiere on September 1st.

SiriusXM fires ‘Opie & Anthony’ shock jock

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Anthony Cumia, one-half of the longtime Opie & Anthony radio duo, isn’t letting up. Even after SiriusXM fired him.

He tweeted Friday morning, “Sirius decided to cave and fire me. Welcome to bizarro world…”

And he said in another tweet, “After the weekend, I’ll have a better idea of things. F— Sirius.”

Cumia went on Twitter earlier this week to tell a story of a run-in he had with a black woman in Times Square. He called her “a pig” and an “animal” after he said she punched him in the face as he was trying to take a photo.

Now, Sirius XM has decided to “terminate its relationship” with Cumia.

The satellite radio company said in a statement:

“SiriusXM has terminated its relationship with Anthony Cumia of the Opie & Anthony channel. The decision was made, and Cumia informed, late Thursday, July 3, after careful consideration of his racially charged and hate-filled remarks on social media. Those remarks and postings are abhorrent to SiriusXM, and his behavior is wholly inconsistent with what SiriusXM represents.”

Stay tuned. It doesn’t seem to be the last we’ll hear of Anthony Cumia.

Sin City’s Devon Aoki Joins Arrow: Season 3 in Recurring Role

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Aoki will play Tatsu Yamashiro in Season 3

By Amy RatcliffeThe CW’s Arrow has added a recurring guest role for Season 3. Deadline reports that Devon Aoki (2 Fast 2 Furious, Sin City) will join the Warner Bros. television show as Tatsu Yamashiro. The character also has another name familiar to DC Comics fans: Katana. She’s described as “a Japanese martial arts expert who wields a deadly sword, a blade from which her codename Katana is derived.”

Devon Aoki in Sin City

 

Devon Aoki in Sin City

Deadline states that Yamashiro will play a role in Oliver Queen’s (Stephen Amell) flashbacks. At the end of Season 2, he left the island and ended up on Hong Kong. Yamashiro will be one of his mentors and a “critical influence on his journey to eventually become The Arrow of present day.”