"a book about Robin Hood; when Robin competes in Prince John's archery contest, Kevin shows Eva affection for the first time. Franklin gives him a bow and arrow and teaches him archery. Eva and Franklin have a second child, Celia, who is lively and cheerful. However, Kevin is disdainful and jealous. A few years later, Celia's pet guinea pig is killed and she is blinded in one eye by caustic cleaning fluid. Eva is suspicious, but Franklin insists that Kevin is not to blame. Eva's suspicion strains the couple's marriage and they discuss divorce. Eva comes to fear her son,"
"based on Lionel Shriver's novel, is about a mother dealing with the aftermath of a school massacre committed by her son. Budgetary difficulties held the production up, but after several script drafts, the film, which employed a fragmented, elliptical narrative and starred Tilda Swinton as the tormented mother, premiered in 2011 to great acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival. Ramsay went on to receive a BAFTA nomination for Best Director as well as taking the Best Director prize at the British Independent Film Awards, and a win for Best Film Screenplay at the Writer's Guild of Great Britain. In 2013"
"(2009), with Andy García, Julianna Margulies, and Steven Strait, and co-starred in ""Beware the Gonzo"" and ""Every Day"", both of which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Miller next appeared in the BBC Films film ""We Need to Talk About Kevin"" (2011), alongside Tilda Swinton and John C. Reilly, which was adapted and directed by Lynne Ramsay from American author Lionel Shriver's 2003 novel of the same name. The film became a Cannes Film Festival sensation, receiving critical acclaim. Miller played Damien on the Showtime hit comedy series ""Californication"". Miller appeared on ""Royal Pains"" as Tucker Bryant for two seasons."
"The Beaver (film) The Beaver is a 2011 drama film directed by Jodie Foster and written by Kyle Killen. It stars Mel Gibson, Foster, Anton Yelchin, and Jennifer Lawrence. It is Gibson and Foster's first film together since 1994's ""Maverick"" and Summit Entertainment's only film to have Entertainment One not distribute it within the United Kingdom. Walter Black (Mel Gibson) is a depressed CEO of Jerry Co., a toy company nearing bankruptcy. He is kicked out by his wife (Jodie Foster), to the relief of their elder son Porter (Anton Yelchin). Walter moves into a hotel. After several suicide attempts,"
"Lynne Ramsay's adaptation of Lionel Shriver's novel ""We Need to Talk About Kevin"". The project was in development hell since 2007 until Langan realised BBC Films was trying to get too big a budget to make it with. Ramsay rewrote the script in 2010 to allow a lower budget. Christine Langan Christine Langan (born January 1965) is an English film producer who has been Head of BBC Films since April 2009. After graduating from Cambridge University in 1987 and working in advertising for three years, Langan joined Granada Television's drama serials department where she script edited daytime soap operas. From"
"Straus and Giroux (2014). As chairman of Special Olympics, Timothy Shriver has campaigned against mocking of and discrimination against participants in Special Olympics. He has specifically argued against use of what he calls ""the R word,"" meaning ""retarded"", stating that the word, ""retard"", is very offensive and people with intellectual disabilities should be respected and treated like all other people. In 2008, Shriver and supporters called for a boycott of the movie ""Tropic Thunder"", claiming that it mocks people with mental disabilities. The movie is written, produced by and stars Ben Stiller. In a commentary for CNN, Shriver wrote in"
"What We Talk About When We Talk About Love What We Talk About When We Talk About Love is a 1981 collection of short stories by American writer Raymond Carver, as well as the title of one of the stories in the collection. In 1977, Carver submitted a story with this title to ""Esquire"", which Gordon Lish subsequently edited and retitled ""I Am Going to Sit Down"", but no version ever appeared in ""Esquire"". The story was first published in ""Quarterly West"" in Autumn 1978 and later in ""The Paris Review"" in Spring 1981. The ""Quarterly West"" version incorporated many"
"been echoed by several writers and artists, including: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love What We Talk About When We Talk About Love is a 1981 collection of short stories by American writer Raymond Carver, as well as the title of one of the stories in the collection. In 1977, Carver submitted a story with this title to ""Esquire"", which Gordon Lish subsequently edited and retitled ""I Am Going to Sit Down"", but no version ever appeared in ""Esquire"". The story was first published in ""Quarterly West"" in Autumn 1978 and later in ""The Paris Review"" in"
"So Much for That So Much for That is a 2010 novel by Lionel Shriver. The novel was shortlisted for the 2010 National Book Award for Fiction. The novel, a social satire, follows American entrepreneur Shep Knacker, as he is forced to pay for medical care for his wife, preventing him from following his goal of retiring to a third world country. The novel exhaustively critiques the various problems created within society by the expensive nature of the American medical system, and the larger capitalistic economic system. Reception of the novel was mixed. NPR reviewer Maureen Corrigan is much more"
"part, In November 2014, Shriver released a book called ""Fully Alive: Discovering What Matters Most"". Shriver married Linda Potter (born January 13, 1956) on May 31, 1986. They reside in Chevy Chase, Maryland and have five children: Sophia Rose Shriver (born 1987); Timothy Perry Shriver, Jr. (born 1988); Samuel Kennedy Shriver (born 1992); Kathleen Kennedy Shriver (born 1995); Caroline Elizabeth Shriver (born 1997). Siblings of Timothy Shriver: Timothy Shriver Timothy Perry Shriver (born August 29, 1959) is Chairman of Special Olympics. Timothy Shriver was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Sargent Shriver, a former United States Ambassador to France and the"
"1997) and Rosemary Kennedy Shriver (born 2009). In 2007, Shriver received The Advertising Club's ""Silver Medal Award""—also known as the Advertising Person of the Year Award—for his work with (RED). The annual award recognizes those who have made outstanding contributions to the advertising industry, furthering industry standards, demonstrating creative excellence and responsibility in areas of social concern. In February 2008, he was honored with amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS's Award of Courage for his outstanding contribution to HIV/AIDS research and awareness. Bobby Shriver Robert Sargent Shriver III (born April 28, 1954) is an activist, attorney, journalist, and a member of"
"Maria Shriver Maria Owings Shriver (; born November 6, 1955) is an American journalist, author, and former First Lady of California. She is the wife of former Governor of California and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. She has received a Peabody Award and was co-anchor for NBC's Emmy-winning coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics. As executive producer of ""The Alzheimer's Project"", Shriver earned two Emmy Awards and an Academy of Television Arts & Sciences award for developing a ""television show with a conscience"". She is related to the Kennedy family; her mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, was a sister of John F. Kennedy,"
"children in poverty. It is by Maria Shriver, with editors Olivia Morgan, and Karen Skelton, and features, among other things, writings by public figures including Carol Gilligan, Beyoncé, Joan Chittister, Ai-Jen Poo, Eva Longoria, Stephanie Coontz, Jennifer Garner, Kathleen Sebelius, Jada Pinkett Smith, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Tory Burch, Sheryl Sandberg, Kirsten Gillibrand, Barbara Ehrenreich, LeBron James, and Hillary Clinton. On April 30, 2013, NBC announced Shriver would join the network again as a special anchor working on issues surrounding the shifting roles of women in American life. On October 18, 2013, Shriver returned to the anchor desk on Today, filling-in for"
"for compassion, respect and privacy as my children and I try to rebuild our lives and heal."" Shriver filed for divorce on July 1, 2011. citing ""irreconcilable differences"". In 2013, Shriver began dating political consultant Matthew Dowd, the strategist for Arnold Schwarzenegger's 2006 reelection campaign. As executive producer of ""The Alzheimer's Project"", Shriver earned two Emmy Awards and an Academy of Television Arts & Sciences award for developing a ""television show with a conscience"". She has additionally won Peabody awards for her television journalism. In 2009, Shriver was honored with the Shinnyo-en Foundation's 2009 Pathfinders to Peace Award, which is"
"uplifting."" ""The Guardian"" was more mixed, praising the ""fast-paced exchanges"" within the novel, but noting that she has a ""tendency to rely too heavily on dialogue to explain complicated issues such as the workings of the US healthcare system or the intricacies of chemotherapy."" Though favouring the social critiques in the novel, New York Times reviewer Leah Hager Cohen described the novel as ""lack[ing] a fullness of wisdom about its characters’ potential for growth."" So Much for That So Much for That is a 2010 novel by Lionel Shriver. The novel was shortlisted for the 2010 National Book Award for"
"for Legal Services (renamed the National Center on Poverty Law in 1995) was renamed the Shriver Center in 2002 and each year awards a Sargent Shriver Award for Equal Justice. Sargent Shriver Elementary School, located in Silver Spring, Maryland, is named after him. In January 2008, a documentary film about Shriver aired on PBS, titled ""American Idealist: The Story of Sargent Shriver"". Following his death, Daniel Larison wrote: Shriver was an admirable, principled, and conscientious man who respected the dignity and sanctity of human life, and he also happened to be a contemporary and in-law of Kennedy. Not only did"
"named after Shriver in October 2004. The Maria Shriver rose contains starchy-white blooms and a powerful citrus fragrance. Maria Shriver Maria Owings Shriver (; born November 6, 1955) is an American journalist, author, and former First Lady of California. She is the wife of former Governor of California and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. She has received a Peabody Award and was co-anchor for NBC's Emmy-winning coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics. As executive producer of ""The Alzheimer's Project"", Shriver earned two Emmy Awards and an Academy of Television Arts & Sciences award for developing a ""television show with a conscience"". She"
"and released in theaters November 13, 2009. In 2010, Glover participated in a Spanish film called ""I Want to Be a Soldier"". In 2012, he starred in the film ""Donovan's Echo"". Glover co-starred in the science fiction comedy film ""Sorry to Bother You"", which was released in theaters on July 6, 2018. Glover sought to make a film biography of Toussaint Louverture for his directorial debut. In May 2006, the film had included cast members Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Roger Guenveur Smith, Mos Def, Isaach de Bankolé, and Richard Bohringer. Production, estimated to"
"Grandpa?"", to help explain Alzheimer's to children. The book gives suggestions on how to help and to show love to an elderly person with the disease. In July 2007, Shriver's son-in-law, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, speaking in favor of stem-cell research, said that Shriver's Alzheimer's disease had advanced to the point that ""Today, he does not even recognize his wife."" Maria Shriver discusses her father's worsening condition in a segment for the four-part 2009 HBO documentary series ""The Alzheimer's Project"" called ""Grandpa, Do You Know Who I Am?"", including describing a moment when she decided to stop trying to correct"
"The Lie (2011 film) The Lie is a 2011 American drama/comedy film written and directed by Joshua Leonard with additional writing by Jeff Feuerzeig, Mark Webber, and Jess Weixler, based on the short story ""The Lie"" by T. Coraghessan Boyle, printed in ""The New Yorker"". The film stars Joshua Leonard as Lonnie, Jess Weixler as Clover, and Mark Webber as Tank. The film is about how a man's life is altered unexpectedly after telling a lie to get out of work. The original short story was sixteen pages long. The crew spent two and a half weeks shooting the film,"
"We Need to Talk about Dad We Need to Talk about Dad is a 2011 television documentary film concerning mental health and domestic violence. It was aired as part of 's ""Cutting Edge"" series. The documentary was shortlisted for the 2012 British Academy Television Awards and the 2012 Grierson Awards. The film tells of the effects of domestic violence and mental health within a family. It documents a 24-year-old's attempts to comprehend his father's apparently impulsive behaviour in striking his mother over the head with the blunt end of an axe. The incident happened on 27 April 2004, when the"
"Sargent Shriver Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. (; November 9, 1915 – January 18, 2011) was an American diplomat, politician and activist. As the husband of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, he was part of the Kennedy family. Shriver was the driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, and founded the Job Corps, Head Start, and other programs as the ""architect"" of the 1960s ""War on Poverty."" He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President in the 1972 presidential election. Born in Westminster, Maryland, Shriver pursued a legal career after graduating from Yale Law School. An opponent of U.S. entry"
"Maria Shriver, and Olivier Martinez in his 2015 divorce from Halle Berry. On December 16, 2011, TMZ indicated that Wasser filed divorce paperwork for Vanessa Bryant, wife of NBA superstar Kobe Bryant. In August 2015, actress Megan Fox hired Wasser to represent her in her divorce from Brian Austin Green. With her father, lawyer Dennis Wasser, she served as an on-set legal consultant for the movie, ""Liar Liar"". Her book ""It Doesn't Have to Be That Way: How to Divorce Without Destroying Your Family or Bankrupting Yourself"" was published in 2013. Wasser has been named one of ""The Hollywood Reporter""s"
"Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts, Zach Galifianakis, and Andrea Riseborough. ""Birdman"" is about a washed-up actor famed for playing an iconic superhero who tries to revive his career by doing a play based on the Raymond Carver short story ""What We Talk About When We Talk About Love."" The film and Iñárritu won the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, and the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Directing, and Best Original Screenplay. Iñárritu's next film as a director was ""The Revenant"", which he and Mark L. Smith adapted from Michael Punke's novel of the same name. The film"
"film's co-producer) and Darby Long. The Lie (2011 film) The Lie is a 2011 American drama/comedy film written and directed by Joshua Leonard with additional writing by Jeff Feuerzeig, Mark Webber, and Jess Weixler, based on the short story ""The Lie"" by T. Coraghessan Boyle, printed in ""The New Yorker"". The film stars Joshua Leonard as Lonnie, Jess Weixler as Clover, and Mark Webber as Tank. The film is about how a man's life is altered unexpectedly after telling a lie to get out of work. The original short story was sixteen pages long. The crew spent two and a"
"those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Shriver has also been a director of UniCapital Corp. since March 1998. UniCapital Corp. is an investment house. He is currently on the board of directors of Level Brands. Shriver - along with most members of the extended Kennedy family - is a part of the Democratic Party. In 2005, he considered running for Governor of Florida in the 2006 election. He was said to have considered a run for Governor of Florida in the 2010 election. Shriver married Alina Mojica (born January 5, 1965, in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba) on July 2, 1993,"
"US$55 million for the Special Olympics program. He has also produced several films, including ""True Lies"" (1994), which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger – whose ex-wife is Shriver's sister, Maria Shriver. In 2002, Shriver was a co-founder – with U2 lead singer Bono – of DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa), a multinational, non-government organization whose purpose is to obtain social equality and justice for Africa through debt relief; adjust trade rules which burden Africa; eliminate the African AIDS epidemic; and strengthen democracy with more accountability by the wealthiest nations and African leaders with transparency towards the people. With Shriver's involvement, DATA,"
"men like Lewis and Covington, who taught others its value, not only through their words, but also through their lives. Albom has told interviewers that he believes that the reason Lewis asked him to deliver the eulogy may actually have been a way to draw him back to the roots of his own faith, and ""back to God a little bit."" In June 2011, an announcement was made that the book would be filmed as a made-for-television movie, scheduled for release during the 2011 Christmas season. Martin Landau has been cast in the role of Albert Lewis, and Laurence Fishburne"
"two Emmy Awards. It was described by the ""Los Angeles Times"" as ""ambitious, disturbing, emotionally fraught and carefully optimistic"". The series took a close look at cutting-edge research being done in the country's leading Alzheimer's laboratories. The documentary also examined the effects of this disease on patients and families. One of the Emmy Award-winning films, ""Grandpa, Do you Know Who I Am?"" is based on Shriver's best-selling children's book dealing with Alzheimer's. In October 2009, Shriver launched ""The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything,"" a national study and comprehensive report conducted in partnership with the Center for American Progress,"
"Vampire Slayer"". David Lavery David Lavery (August 27, 1949 – August 30, 2016) was a professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University who specialized in studying pop culture, especially television. From 2006 to 2008 he served as Chair in Film & Television at Brunel University in London. He authored or edited over 20 books on popular culture, including ""Conversations with Joss Whedon"". He co-produced (with George Tennyson) ""Owen Barfield: Man and Meaning"" (1994; directed and edited by Ben Levin), a documentary portrait of Owen Barfield. Lavery was considered an expert on several television series, including ""The Sopranos,"" ""Lost"", and"
"subject"". Themes from Raymond Carver's short story ""What We Talk About When We Talk About Love"", which Riggan adapts for stage in the story, also influenced the script. Iñárritu wanted to find the connection between the themes in Riggan's story and those of Carver's. Because of this, it was important to the director that Carver's story be the subject of the play depicted within the film. Therefore, Iñárritu stated that his desire to use Carver's work was ""terrifying"" because the rights to using the Carver material were still subject to the possibility of being rejected during development of the film,"
"in the film on events involving him. Sarver also claimed to have coined the phrase ""the hurt locker"". The producers' spokesperson has reiterated that the screenplay is fictional. Citations for the phrase, ""the hurt locker"", date back to 1966 during the years of the Vietnam War. The phrase has been used among military members for decades. In the December 8, 2011 issue of ""The Hollywood Reporter"", it was reported that Sarver's lawsuit was thrown out by the court, and a federal judge ordered him to pay more than $180,000 in attorney fees. In March 2011, Boal published an article in"
"public figures including Suze Orman, Beyoncé, Tammy Duckworth, Billie Jean King, Heidi Hartmann, Susan J. Douglas, Stephanie Coontz, Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, John Podesta, and Oprah Winfrey. In 2010 ""The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Takes on Alzheimer's"" was published. It is a study by Maria Shriver and the Alzheimer's Association. It features, among other things, writings by public figures including Barbra Streisand, Laura Bush, Patti Davis, Soleil Moon Frye, Rosalynn Carter, Susan Collins, Kathleen Sebelius, Barbara Mikulski, and Joe Biden. In 2014, ""The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Pushes Back from the Brink"" was published; it is about women and their"