The Real Story Behind RACIST Riley Cooper's Racial Slur

Piture this, Kenny Chesney Concert at the Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia PA. The concert is going along great. Fans are having a blast! Philadelphia Eagles Receiver Riley Cooper is there with some friends tossing back some brews and feeling no pain at all. It's all good, right? Wrong. Since Riley is at the same location where he plays home games he thinks he is special and can go anywhere he wants. So when he is denied access to the back stage area, he gets all mouthy within earshot of an Afro-American security guard who denied him access to the back stage area. Luckily it was caught on tape, so he canno deny saying it. Or put the blame on one of his friends. What did he say? He said, "I will jump that fence and fight every nigger here", he spit it out in a very vile and disgusting tone used by most racists. When the Philadelphia Eagles heard about this incident, Riley was fined an unspecified amount of money. And now he is on a "break" from the team to get some counseling. Riley has apologized to his team, his family and the public. But he has not apologized to the security guard who was just doing his job. What pisses me off the most is that Riley was a role model and now that the video of the incident has gone viral, all of those young kids out there are going to think it's ok to call people bad names when you dont get your way. Alcohol is "truth serum". It lowers your inhibitions and relaxes you and allows you to speak your mind. Riley said just how he was feeling using the language that he really believes in. Riley Cooper is a RACIST at heart!!! He's not mad about what he said, he's mad that he got caught being just who he is; a RACIST! It's so sad, when our heros show that they are not who we perceive them to be.

RIP Michael Ansara

Genre actor and legend Michael Ansara sadly passed away on Wednesday 31 July at the age of 91.

As Elric in Babylon 5.

Ansara will be best-known to SFF fans for his role as Commander Kang in Star Trek. One of the original Klingons, he played the role in the original series episode Day of the Dove. Thirty years later he reprised the same character for the excellent Deep Space Nine episode Blood Oath, and then again in the Voyager episode Flashback, when Kang faced off against Captain Sulu of the USS Excelsior in a special episode made to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the franchise. He also played an unrelated character, Jeyal (husband of Lwaxana Troi!) in another episode of DS9. Towards the end of his career, he voiced the character of Mr. Freeze in Batman: The Animated Series and several of its spin-offs.

Born in Syria, Ansara's family moved to the USA when he was two years old. As a child he was chronically shy and took acting lessons to overcome the problem. He began appearing in minor roles in American film in the late 1940s but achieved a breakthrough when he was cast in the role of Native American chief Cochise in Broken Arrow (1956-58). He went on to play the role of Native American US Marshal Sam Buckhart in two episodes of The Rifleman (ironically, one of the main inspirations for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) and then spun off in his own series, Law of the Plainsman. Later, he played a recurring role on I Dream of Jeannie (he was married to the star of the show, Barbara Eden, for a time).

As Commander Kang in the original Star Trek.

Ansara's height, presence, looks and commanding voice won him numerous roles in film and television from the 1950s right through the 1990s. He played three different roles on Irwin Allen's series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, another on The Fugitive and two on The Time Tunnel. He played the title character in Soldier, an acclaimed episode of The Outer Limits written by Harlan Ellison. In 1979 he had a recurring role as Killer Kane during the first season of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

Ansara also had a memorable appearance on Babylon 5, playing Elric, the leader of the techno-mages in the third episode of the second season, The Geometry of Shadows. The character was a simultaneous homage by writer J. Michael Straczynski to Michael Moorcock's albino hero and also J.R.R. Tolkien (Elric quotes Gandalf at one memorable moment). The character was popular but did not make a return appearance on-screen, instead playing a major role in the spin-off Passing of the Techno-Mages Trilogy of novels.

A great actor who lived a full life and brought to life many memorable roles, both in SFF and outside of it. He will be missed.

RIP Jozef Adamovič

Actor Jozef Adamovič co-founder of the Academy of Arts has died.

 
On Friday August 2, 2013 the well-known Slovak actor Joseph Adamovič died at 74. He was co-founder of the Academy of Arts in Banska Bystrica, with his wife-actress Božidara Turzonovová.
 
Jozef Adamovič was a Slovak theater and film actor, teacher and director He appeared in more than 120 television productions, series and film projects, and was the winner of Slovak Literary Fund .
 
Adamovič played in films during his studies. He graduated in 1956 and then went to Bratislava, where in 1960 he graduated at the Academy of Performing Arts. In the same year he became a member of the Slovak National Theatre, where he worked until 1991. He created 60 theatrical characters (Cornelle: Cid, Gozzi: The King Stag, Goldoni: Dance Teacher, Shakespeare: Midsummer Night's Dream, Richard II., King Lear, Edgar, Rostand: Cyrano de Bergerac). Initially he played the romantic figure, later in his first film role he was a realistic tragic character. Jozef appeared in one Euro-western: "The Sons of Great Bear" (1966) as Tschapa.
 
His wife is actress Božidara Turzonovová. Both were active in Banska Bystrica Academy of Arts, and Joseph was a co-founder of the college and lecturer at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts. He leaves his wife and two children Andrea and Lucia.

James Cameron confirms three AVATAR sequels to be released in 2016-18

James Cameron has confirmed that there will now be three sequels to his 2009 movie Avatar, to form a four-film storyline. These films will be shot back-to-back and released in December 2016, 2017 and 2018 respectively. Cameron has hired new writers to help him get the three scripts ready in time.

Previously, Cameron had suggested there would be two sequels and locations visited would include Pandora's oceans and other moons in the same system. However, his ambitions for the sequels have grown larger, requiring three full movies to explore.

Avatar was released in December 2009 and is the highest-grossing movie of all time, making just under $2.8 billion worldwide. A limited run for the extended edition of the film plus DVD and Blu-Ray sales have extended that to well over $3 billion worldwide.

Spaghetti Western Locations

We continue our search for the film locations for “Death Rides a Horse”. After arriving in Lyndon City, Ryan finds his old friend Walcott giving a speech to the local citizens.

The location for Lyndon City is Fort Bravo/Texas Hollywood located north of Almeria, Spain about 4-5 km from Mini Hollywood in the Tabernas desert. The saloon has changed appearances over the years from film to film but still sits at a prominent position at the intersection of the two main streets and now serves drinks and is used for stuntmen shows.

For a more detailed view of this site and other Spaghetti Western locations please visit my friend Captain Douglas’ excellent website: http://www.western-locations-spain.co              
and Yoshi Yasuda’s location site: http://y-yasuda.net/film-location.htm

Remembering Rafael Hernandez

 

Esteban Rafael Hernández Herrero was born on August 3, 1928 in Madrid, Spain. Before he became an actor he was a bike patrol officer for the Madrid Municipal Police. As Rafael Hernández he debuted in the cinema in 1956 with the film “Manolo”, playing a traffic cop. As a result of this role he was introduced to the world of film. He continued to keep his job with the police department while appearing in small parts, with his peculiar voice, his man-of-the-street appearance and his perennial moustache, he would go on to appear in almost 200 films, mostly in Spanish movies but also in some English language international films, like “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962).

 
Hernández appeared in 21 Euro-westerns from “Relevo para un pistolero” (1964) to “Cut Throats Nine” (1972). In the mid-1980’s Rafael turned to working in television. His last appearance was in the 1994 Spanish TV series “Villarriba y Villabajo”. Rafael died on November 7, 1997 in Madrid, Spain.
 
Today we remember one of the most prolific Spaghetti western actors, Rafael Hernández on what would have been his 85^th birthday.

Philadelphia Eagles Receiver Riley Cooper Let Go on Break From Eagles Over Racial Slur

Yeah! I am so glad that the Philadelphia Eagles have let this racist go, I only wish it were on a permanent basis. Right they claim it is so Riley can get some Therapy. He doesn't need therapy, he needs to flogged! and FIRED! Look, people it is a new world. Gone are the days that you can espouse your racist views and nothing happens to you. Racist Chef Paula Deen lost almost her entire empire over her admission that she has used the N word in her past. That stupid ass racist model on the current season of Big Brother got fired from her Modeling Agency over her racist remarks. Its taken a long time but it looks like the US is making some serious strides toward racial equality and more and more organizations are standing up against racism and racist talk. I am so proud to be an Amerian!