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Epoch Times
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Epoch Times
‘Frantz': Between Truth and Lies
In the quiet aftermath of carnage, grief doesn't simply fade; it simmers beneath the surface. The broody 2016 drama 'Frantz' begins not with the roar of battle but with the fragile silence left behind, a space where secrets, sorrow, and guilt swirl like smoke. The story is set in a battered post-World War I Europe struggling to recover. French director François Ozon's take on Maurice Rostand's 1925 play, 'The Man I Killed' ('L'homme que j'ai tue,') brings more than lost souls back to life. Instead, it exposes the deep emotional scars war leaves on people, not just countries.
Metro
02-07-2025
- Metro
Mystery over how 5-year-old girl plunged 50ft from Disney cruise ship
Questions have been raised about how a five-year-old girl plunged from a Disney Cruise ship as it was sailing from Florida to the Bahamas. Dramatic footage of the young girl and her father being rescued has been widely circulated, but the circumstances around the fall are still unclear. Around 11 am on Sunday, the young girl fell from the fourth deck of the Disney Dream Cruise Ship, as shocked passengers watched on. The girl's father dove in after her, keeping her afloat until rescuers were able to pull the two back to the boat. There have been claims that the father lifted his daughter onto the railing for a photo, before she fell backwards in the high winds – but this isn't confirmed. Others have said the youngster was climbing the railing before the high winds pushed her off the boat. Now, passengers have spoken about the ordeal and what they saw unfold on deck. Passenger Gar Frantz told the Daily Mail: 'They said the dad lifted his daughter onto the railing and she fell off, then he jumped in straight after her. 'People were screaming, 'the baby's in the water, the baby's in the water', and then they said, 'and the dad jumped in'.' I could see the fear in their eyes, and they went to the edge of the boat, and I saw anything that floats get thrown off the side.' Mr Frantz said it was hard to see the pair, so he thought they were dying. Another passenger, Monica Shannon, claimed a crew member told her the girl climbed on the railings while her parents were playing shuffleboard, before the winds made her lose her balance. Broward County Sheriff's Office said they are looking into the matter, but there doesn't appear to be anything suspicious. A rescue boat was quickly deployed to find the father and his daughter, who were discovered treading water together. More Trending First-time cruise passenger Nikki Samsill Jackson told the Mail: 'When they were rescued, dad had his arms around his child and he was treading water. 'Everybody was cheering because you could see them lift them into the boat, and they had the baby in their arms.' In a statement, Disney Cruise Lines said: 'The crew aboard the Disney Dream swiftly rescued two guests from the water. We commend our crew members for their exceptional skills and prompt actions, which ensured the safe return of both guests to the ship within minutes. 'We are committed to the safety and well-being of our guests, and this incident highlights the effectiveness of our safety protocols. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Inside 'Alligator Alcatraz', the abandoned airport turned Trump's migrant detention facility MORE: The best Marvel superhero video games you can play right now MORE: Father jumps into sea to save daughter who fell from Disney cruise ship
7NEWS
30-06-2025
- General
- 7NEWS
‘Horrific': Little girl and father fall off cruise ship from fourth floor deck
A father and child were rescued from the water after going overboard a Disney Cruise Line ship on Sunday afternoon. The child sat on the rail of the Disney Dream cruise ship while the father was taking a picture on Sunday, according to passenger Gar Frantz, who said he was on the fourth floor deck at the time of the incident. Then the child fell overboard, Frantz said. 'We watched it, you could see two little things ... it was crazy, it was horrific,' Frantz said about seeing the father and child in the water. Passenger Gail Merrick said she was playing bingo aboard the cruise ship, which was travelling from Florida to the Bahamas and back, when she noticed a commotion on the deck. Merrick said she saw a yellow boat with crew members on it attempting what she was told was a rescue. 'We came to find out that it was a child and then the father had gone in after the child, so we were watching with bated breath basically waiting for what would happen,' Merrick told NBC News. Merrick said the ship turned around following the incident and the crew seemed to quickly find the father and child, prompting an announcement of the rescue. In a statement, Disney said the crew aboard the Disney Dream 'swiftly rescued two guests from the water'. 'We commend our Crew Members for their exceptional skills and prompt actions, which ensured the safe return of both guests to the ship within minutes,' Disney said. 'We are committed to the safety and wellbeing of our guests, and this incident highlights the effectiveness of our safety protocols. Disney did not share any details about the incident or identifying information about the two people who went overboard. It is not clear where the ship was when the father and child went overboard, or how many days the cruise had been travelling. The US Coast Guard did not respond to a request for comment. James Tackett said he felt the ship make a really sharp turn and was told by someone that a little girl fell off the boat and her father jumped in to save her. 'When they did officially get the people, everyone cheered,' Tackett said. 'It was a good moment.' Brenda Tackett, James' mother, said when she heard that two people had fallen overboard, she texted her two children who were on the cruise to get in touch with her. The ship's crew handled the incident really well, she said. 'The Disney Cruise Line staff were phenomenal, the crew, everybody was on it,' Brenda Tackett said. 'You could tell they've practiced this, hopefully have never used it before but they were great. The whole thing was maybe 10, 15 minutes and they safely got back on board. According to Merrick, after the rescue, the cruise continued. 'Thankfully it turned out positive and we were able to enjoy the rest of the cruise,' Merrick said.
NBC News
30-06-2025
- General
- NBC News
Father and child rescued after going overboard Disney cruise ship
A father and child were rescued from the water after going overboard a Disney Cruise Line ship on Sunday afternoon. The child sat on the rail of the Disney Dream cruise ship while the father was taking a picture on Sunday, according to passenger Gar Frantz, who said he was on the fourth floor deck at the time of the incident. Then the child fell overboard, Frantz said. 'We watched it, you could see two little was crazy, it was horrific,' Frantz said about seeing the father and child in the water. Passenger Gail Merrick said she was playing bingo aboard the cruise ship, which was traveling from Florida to the Bahamas and back,when she noticed a commotion on the deck. Merrick said she saw a yellow boat with crew members on it attempting what she was told was a rescue. "We came to find out that it was a child and then the father had gone in after the child, so we were watching with bated breath basically waiting for what would happen," Merrick told NBC News. Merrick said the ship turned around following the incident and the crew seemed to quickly find the father and child, prompting an announcement of the rescue. In a statement, Disney said the crew aboard the Disney Dream "swiftly rescued two guests from the water." "We commend our Crew Members for their exceptional skills and prompt actions, which ensured the safe return of both guests to the ship within minutes," Disney said. "We are committed to the safety and well-being of our guests, and this incident highlights the effectiveness of our safety protocols. Disney did not share any details about the incident or identifying information about the two people who went overboard. It is not clear where the ship was when the father and child went overboard, or how many days the cruise had been traveling. The U.S. Coast Guard did not respond to a request for comment. James Tackett said he felt the ship make a really sharp turn and was told by someone that a little girl fell off the boat and her father jumped in to save her. "When they did officially get the people, everyone cheered," Tackett said. "It was a good moment." Brenda Tackett, James' mother, said when she heard that two people had fallen overboard, she texted her two children who were on the cruise to get in touch with her. The ship's crew handled the incident really well, she said. "The Disney Cruise Line staff were phenomenal, the crew, everybody was on it," Brenda Tackett said. "You could tell they've practiced this, hopefully have never used it before but they were great. The whole thing was maybe 10, 15 minutes and they safely got back on board." According to Merrick, after the rescue, the cruise continued.
Los Angeles Times
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Talking Heads — and ‘70s N.Y. music scene — deserve better than ‘Burning Down the House'
When an author decides to tackle the story of a popular and important band like Talking Heads, the contours of which are familiar to many of its fans, the remit should be to illuminate the unexplored corners, the hidden details and anecdotes that provide a more full-bodied narrative and ultimately bring the band into sharper relief than ever before. Unfortunately, Jonathan Gould has almost completely ignored this directive in 'Burning Down the House,' his new Talking Heads biography. This lumpy book, full of redundant stories and unnecessary detours that provide little illumination but plenty of needless bulk, lacks participation by the group's members and is not the biography that this great and important band deserves. As fans of the Heads already know, three of the four members met as students at the Rhode Island School of Design in the mid-'70s, children of privilege with artsy aspirations and not much direction. David Byrne came from Baltimore by way of Scotland, a socially awkward dabbler in conceptualist experiments with photography and a veteran of various mediocre cover bands. It was drummer Chris Frantz who enlisted Byrne to join one such band; bassist Tina Weymouth, Frantz's girlfriend and the daughter of a decorated Navy vice admiral, played bass. They were an anti-jam band and pro-avant; the first decent song they came up with was a shambolic version of what became 'Psycho Killer,' with Weymouth contributing the French recitatif in the song's bridge. For the emergent Heads, timing was everything. When Frantz signed the lease on a spacious loft on Chrystie Street in East Village in October 1974, he had unwittingly found the practice space where the three musicians would hone their craft. The loft was also a short walk to CBGB, soon to become the proving ground of New York's punk revolution and the Heads' primary live performance venue at the start of their career. In March 1975, Byrne, Weymouth and Frantz attended a gig by Boston's Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers at the Kitchen, an arts collective space in Soho, and it showed them a new way to approach their music. Richman, 'who dressed like a kid that everyone laughed at in high school,' influenced the band's preppy visual template and Byrne's clenched singing voice. Within a year of moving to the city, Talking Heads had found its look, sound and favored club. When Frantz bumped into Modern Lovers bassist Ernie Brooks in a West Village Cafe, Frantz inquired about keyboardist Jerry Harrison; Brooks gave him Harrison's number, Harrison joined the band and the classic Talking Heads lineup was complete. What followed was a contract with Seymour Stein's label Sire and the band's collaboration with producer Brian Eno, beginning with its second album, 'More Songs About Buildings and Food.' By the time the band released 1980's groundbreaking 'Remain in Light,' Eno's role had expanded beyond his production duties. He was now writing songs with Byrne, which created friction within the band. When Byrne allegedly reneged on songwriting credits (the album listed 'David Byrne, Brian Eno and Talking Heads,' rather than the individual band members), it created a rift that never healed, even as the band was selling millions of copies of its follow-up 'Speaking in Tongues' and the soundtrack to the Jonathan Demme concert film 'Stop Making Sense.' The final act was recriminatory, as Byrne commanded an ever greater share of the spotlight while the other members quietly seethed. The band's final album, 'Naked,' was its weakest, and Talking Heads dissolved in 1991, after Byrne removed himself from the lineup to explore outside projects. Gould does a serviceable job of telling the Heads' story in a book that arrives 50 years after the band's first gig at CBGB. Curiously, for someone who has tasked himself with explaining Manhattan's late '70s downtown renaissance, Gould regards many of the key players in that scene with derision bordering on contempt. Gould refers to Richard Hell, a prime architect of New York punk, as a mediocrity whose 'singing, songwriting and bass playing remained as pedestrian as his poetry.' Patti Smith's music 'verged on a parody of beat poetry,' while the vastly influential Velvet Underground, a band that made New York punk possible, is hobbled by its 'pretensions to hipness, irony and amorality.' Even Chris Frantz's drumming is 'exceptionally unimaginative.' Gould is also careless with his descriptors. Jonathan Richman's band displays a 'willful lack' of commercial instinct, the Heads assert a 'willful conventionality' to their stage appearance, Johnny Ramone is a 'willfully obnoxious' guitarist and so on. It's hard to fathom how a biographer intent on cracking the code of one of rock's seminal bands can do so with so much contempt for the culture that spawned it. An inquiring fan might want to go to Will Hermes' 2011 book 'Love Goes to Buildings on Fire' for a more nuanced and knowledgeable portrait of the creative ferment that made the Heads possible. As for a biography of Talking Heads, we are still left with a lacuna that Gould has unfortunately not filled. Weingarten is the author of 'Thirsty: William Mulholland, California Water, and the Real Chinatown.'
