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David Heuring When the American Society of Cinematographers hosts its 37th annual awards bash on March 5 at the Beverly Hilton hotel, the lucky people in the room will rub shoulders with an astonishing assemblage of motion imaging artists. Hanging over the proceedings will be the ghost of the generation that invented visual storytelling. Although they’re gone, they’ve left a legacy to their descendants: continue to extend the craft and push the liveliest art into the future while adapting tools and techniques that evolve from year to year. Directors of photography will heed that advice. For them, reaching an audience emotionally has always been the result of intuitive manipulation of tone aided by the skillful application of optical and photographic tools – all in concert with other film arts such as direction, acting and editing. Trends have evolved year to year, culminating lately in large-format cinematography, with its fresh image architecture and distinctive depth of field.

WARNING – This post contains very strong language and the use of racial slurs used on-stage: “Anybody that says words hurt has never been punched in the face,” Chris Rock said with a well-timed figurative wink tonight right at the start of his live Netflix special Selective Outrage.

Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.com Almost a year after the infamous Oscars slap, comedian Chris Rock is finally addressing what happened in his live Netflix special, “Selective Outrage.” After an hour of new material, the comedian dove into what thousands of audience members had been waiting to hear, breaking down the aftermath of the on-stage smack between him and Oscar-winner Will Smith. “You all know what happened to me, getting smacked by Suge Smith, everybody knows, everybody fucking knows,” Rock said. “I got smacked like a year ago… and people are like, ‘Did it hurt?’ It still hurts. I got ‘Summertime’ ringing in my ears.”

Police have called off a search for a missing man after his true identity as a serial love rat conman was revealed. Officers launched a bid to trace 51-year-old David McGinn, from Cardonald, Glasgow, who was last seen on January 15 at Central Station.

READ MORE: 'I left school in Salford at 16 - now I'm a millionaire with a Lamborghini and a Cheshire mansion'Andrew stepped down from public life after the furore over his friendship with paedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein and paid millions to settle a civil sexual assault case to a woman he claimed never to have met. The duke was cast out of the working monarchy and no longer uses his HRH style after Ms Giuffre, who was trafficked by Epstein, accused him of sexually assaulting her when she was 17. The duke denied the claims.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Glen Lockett, better known professionally as Spot, a producer and engineer of some of the most crucial crucial punk and post-punk records of the early 1980s, has died at 72, friends have confirmed. Spot was behind the boards for most of the essential SST Records releases that put that L.A.-based independent label on the map between 1980-85, including such scene-changing recordings as Husker Du’s “Zen Arcade” and “New Day Rising,” Black Flag’s “Damaged” and “Jealous Again,” and albums by the Minutemen, the Meat Puppets, the Descendents, Saccharine Trust and the Misfits. Joe Carducci, a co-owner of the SST label during the period when Spot was the imprint’s unofficial house producer, announced the death in a Facebook post, saying Spot had been found dead shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday at a health care facility in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. According to Carducci, Spot had suffered from fibrosis and was on oxygen for impaired lung function, and “was hoping for a lung transplant” prior to his condition worsening when he was hospitalized after a stroke three months ago.

Lil Nas X was asked which of his four biggest hits he’d remove from his discography given the chance, and he made what some fans viewed as a controversial decision.

K.J. Yossman Ryan Reynolds cast doubt on the long-hoped for “Free Guy” sequel during an appearance in the U.K. on Saturday evening. Headlining the four-day Just For Laughs comedy festival at the O2 Arena in London, Reynolds appeared in conversation with his “Deadpool 2” co-star Rob Delaney who asked whether he was planning a sequel to any of the films he has produced, which include “Free Guy.” “There is the potential to do a sequel to ‘Free Guy,’ which would be fun,” Reynolds replied. “I would love it. But also like, does everything fucking have to be a sequel? I don’t know. Sometimes it’s OK to just do a movie and have it kick ass and then everyone go home.”

Ginger Zee has reassured fans she is not leaving Good Morning America after she introduced her followers to new meteorologist Somara Theodore.Longtime host Ginger announced on Thursday that the weather team – which she has led for several years as chief meteorologist – has been joined by Somara who made her debut on Saturday March 4. But many fans were left concerned it meant the mom-of-two would be leaving TV screens, forcing Ginger to confirm that Somara's addition to the team is simply so thatthe 42-year-old "can do more!" Ginger is planning to "do more" now that Somara has joined the teamOver the last ten years, Ginger has become the face of environmentalism as ABC News' Chief Meteorologist and Climate Unit Managing Editor, using her passion and knowledge to encourage the more than eight million viewers to think differently about their relationship with everything from food to fashion.She is also now hosting various TV shows, including National Geographic's, Branching Out: A Nat Geo Earth Day Adventure, which saw her taking her husband Ben Aaron and their sons on the road across America in search of greener solutions that ensure a better future."Can't tell you how elated I am to introduce you to the newest member of our ABC weather team," Ginger announced in her caption on Thursday, alongside a series of pictures of the pair posing next to each other at a restaurant."I'm forecasting sunshine, rainbows and all the blizzards & hurricanes in between," she quipped.A post shared by ginger_zee (@ginger_zee)Somara was welcomed to the team by GingerSomara previously served D.C.'s NBC station Storm Team 4 for six years, and additionally covered Hurricane Ian for WNBC last fall.

After doing minimal press for his explosive tell-all "Spare," Prince Harry is now acknowledging the backlash he has received to his book as he aims to reset the conversation. "I certainly don’t see myself as a victim," the Duke of Sussex told psychotherapist Dr. Gabor Maté in a discussion for Random House.

Jonathan Majors isn’t letting the negative “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” reviews get to him.

It was a highlight of the last series of Saturday Night Takeaway and hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly issued a warning as one of their popular segments made a comeback. Last year Ant and Dec took a moment out to 'apologise' for the chaos caused by their new game Ring My Bell.

Lisandro Martinez has told Spain to “forget about” trying to convince Alejandro Garnacho to switch his international allegiance from Argentina.

Beauty fans are rushing to Boots to buy an 'unbelievable' £30 Beauty Box that contains more than £122.50-worth of premium anti-ageing skin and beauty products. The high street giant has blown shoppers away with how many full-sized premium anti ageing creams, eye creams and balms are in the £30 box for such a budget price.

Greater Manchester, along with the rest of the UK, will see temperatures plummet over the coming week with snow readily on the horizon, the Met Office has said.

“It’s not what you think it is. It’s a cage; it does everything it can to break you.” So speaketh Kang the Conqueror in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.

Kate Garraway issues health update on sick husband Derek DraperSpencer Matthews discusses his brother on GMBKate Garraway says Derek's recovery is a 'long onslaught'Whitney and Zack name their baby Peach on EastEndersOK! reveal how to get access to celebrity exclusives and moreKing and Queen Consort visit Bolton Town HallStacey Solomon gushes as Rose meets newborn baby BelleLove Island: Olivia and Maxwell choose to dump Keanan and ClaudiaEmmerdale: Chas drives past PaddyAbbey Clancy discusses her 'love' for her vacuum cleanerQueen Consort talks reading with Children's Laureate for World Book DayJeremy Clarkson announces second series of 'Clarkson's Farm'US actor Tom Sizemore, known for roles in films including Point Break and Natural Born Killers, has died at the age of 61. Sizemore had been placed into a coma in intensive care since suffering a brain aneurysm and collapsing at his Los Angeles home on February 18.

according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.The “Rocky” spinoff, which The Post said keeps audiences “under its spell right until the end,” marks the ninth installment in the franchise. The action flick, which is the directorial debut of its leading man Michael B.

A young Scots man and woman were subjected to a vicious unprovoked attack on a night out.