Published Wednesday, April 17, 2024 | 11:02 p.m.
Updated Thursday, April 18, 2024 | 12:05 a.m.
NEW YORK (AP) — Orlando Bloom says he never feels so alive as when he’s close to death. That’s the point of his new series, “Orlando Bloom: To The Edge.” One of the things he did was wingsuiting, which is skydiving in a special suit that allows him to glide before opening a parachute. Bloom also took a dive in the Bahamas with the goal of going 100 feet in one breath. He then climbed a rock tower in Utah and stood 400 feet up in an area the size of a pizza box. Bloom says he’s hoping to inspire people to try something that scares them, even if it’s as low-risk as public speaking or learning a language. “Orlando Bloom: To The Edge” debuts today on Peacock.
NEW YORK (AP) – Jay Hernandez thought it was so important to tell the true story of Mexican American teens who created their own golf course in the 1950s that he made it without the help of a major studio. Hernandez stars in the movie “The Long Game,” along with Cheech Marin and Dennis Quaid. Hernandez wanted to show that the teens struggled with identity, because they were ostracized in the U.S. and in Mexico. Hernandez says he knows from his own experience that when he goes to Mexico, they don’t see him as one of them. “The Long Game” is in theaters now.
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the producers of the new Broadway show “Suffs” says she hopes the show will fill the gap in public knowledge about the women’s suffrage movement in America. That producer is Hillary Clinton. She says she has loved theater ever since she would travel to New York as a college student, sometimes seeing only the second act because it was free. Another producer is activist Malala Yousafzai, who says being part of the production has informed her own advocacy. “Suffs” portrays such women’s vote activists as Ida B. Wells, Alice Paul, Inez Milholland and Carrie Chapman Catt.
The Sundance Film Festival is exploring holding the event someplace besides Park City, Utah, where it has been held for 40 years. The Sundance Institute says it’s looking into alternate sites as its contract with Park City expires in 2027. The festivals for 2025 and 2026 will still be in Park City. A decision on the location is expected to be announced early next year. Robert Redford, who founded the festival, said in 2016 Sundance may have outgrown Park City. Redford and his daughter Amy, who is on the festival board, are involved in the process of deciding the site of future festivals.
