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Chicago Tribune
6 days ago
- Chicago Tribune
Man already in jail ordered held for Douglas shooting that injured 8-year-old girl
A South Side man was ordered to be held in jail Wednesday for charges related to a late June Douglas shooting in which an 8-year-old girl was injured. Kenneth J. Williams, 23, who was already in jail custody on a separate gun charge, was ordered detained by Cook County Judge John Hock at the Leighton Criminal Court Building Wednesday afternoon after authorities charged Williams with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery. The shooting was a result of a verbal altercation between people in two vehicles around 9:45 p.m. on June 24 in the Douglas neighborhood, according to the prosecution's proffer, which states the allegations. A Nissan was parked at a gas station, with the child sitting in the car's trunk, when a white Chevrolet pulled up, according to prosecutors. A woman got out of the arriving Chevrolet and accused the Nissan's driver of striking her daughter as a pedestrian, according to the proffer. The witnesses in the Nissan tried telling the woman they had not struck her daughter and eventually left the gas station, but the woman in the Chevrolet trailed them and continued to follow as they tried to get away from her, according to the proffer. The Nissan eventually pulled over at 3047 S. State St., near a group of people on the sidewalk that included Williams, who knew the woman in Chevrolet, who also pulled over, authorities said. After more quarreling between the vehicles and the people on the sidewalk, authorities said Williams pulled out a gun from his waistband and fired four shots at the back of the Nissan, striking the girl, according to the proffer. The Nissan's driver fled and found an ambulance nearby, which transported the girl to Comer Children's Hospital, from where she was released the same night with no major complications due to a gunshot wound to her left thigh. At the time of his arrest, Williams was already in jail after he was charged with felony possession of a weapon and possession of a firearm by a felon charge, for which he appeared in court and was detained on July 18, court records showed. He had other felony convictions and charges over the last several years. Williams was also on pretrial release at the time of his detention for a charge of criminal trespass to vehicles out of Will County, according to court records. Witnesses identified Williams as the shooter, and charged him. Assistant State's Attorney Joseph Sorrentino said the shooting was 'as dangerous as it gets.' 'Luckily, no one died, but easily this could have been a lot worse,' Sorrentino said. 'There could have been multiple people struck because there were several shots.' Assistant public defender Zoe Gatzimos argued that the witnesses in the Nissan were facing away from Williams and the rest of the group of people, making it difficult to identify the shooter. There was city POD footage of the entire shooting, but Sorrentino said it was grainy and doesn't show anyone's face. William's next court date is July 28 in Skokie. Judge Hock also ordered Williams to have no contact with the victim or any of the witnesses.
Chicago Tribune
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Relic of first millennial saint Carlo Acutis venerated in Hegewisch
Back in 2009, Italian Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino, bishop of Assisi, saw that the pastor of the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore had put up a picture of Carlo Acutis, a late devout Catholic and internet expert. Acutis, a British-born teen who became known in Assisi and beyond for his devotion to the Eucharist, had died in 2006 at age 15. But he had an outsized spiritual impact during his short life, using his computer programming skills to establish popular religious websites in Italy, including one devoted to documenting Eucharistic miracles. 'I didn't know him when I arrived in Assisi,' Sorrentino told people gathered at a church last week in Hegewisch. 'I saw many young people come. I saw Carlo had a power of collecting young people.' Acutis is set to be canonized as the Catholic Church's first millennial saint on Sept. 7. Sorrentino, who is the curator of Acutis' tomb and relic in Assisi, delivered a message of hope and rebirth July 16 at Christ Our Light Parish — St. Florian Church in Chicago's Hegewisch neighborhood while leading a veneration of a relic of Acutis, a muscle from his heart. People began showing up at St. Florian more than an hour before the service was set to start, filling the pews by the time the service started. 'This is amazing to have a soon-to-be canonized saint like Carlo so close to our home,' said Karina Bermejo, who was accompanied by several family members. 'To have the archbishop of Assisi is also remarkable.' Fellow parishioner Adriana Rodriguez came with her father, Jose, who was also in awe. 'The significance of being able to see in real life a piece of somebody who is going to be canonized a saint,' said Rodriguez. 'Sometimes when we think about saints, we think about the old or in the past. To be able to witness this in our time is incredible,' she said. Bringing the relic here, Rodriguez said, would enable her to more fully participate in Acutis' canonization in Italy. 'Some people can't go to Italy to be present,' she said. 'Because of this event, we're going to be present in spirit.' Sorrentino also visited other parishes with the relic, including St. Hedwig Church in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood, part of Blessed Carlo Acutis Parish, the first parish in North America named for the soon-to-be saint. The Rev. David Simonetti, pastor of St. Florian Church, had the opportunity to invite Sorrentino by chance, and was thrilled that he came. 'Archbishop Sorrentino was in Seattle and my classmate is in a parish there,' Simonetti said. 'My friend called me and said Sorrentino had a free day, would you like him to come to your parish? I said I certainly would.' Mark Martich, a St. Florian member who was greeting visitors as they came in, said he hadn't heard much about Acutis prior to the relic service. 'It really piqued my curiosity about what he accomplished,' Martich said, adding Acutis' canonization might be a good way to 'get the young ones involved in the church.' Sorrentino agreed, saying Acutis has become a symbol of hope as well as a bridge between generations in the internet age. 'My friends, don't worry, don't be afraid, it is the little boys who teach their grandfathers about computers,' he said. '(Acutis) will teach you the language of this world.' That youthful aspect, he said, could create waves throughout the world. 'Can the church be young again after 2,000 years?' Sorrentino asked. 'Can the church say something very interesting that touches and moves many? 'Carlo would say the Eucharist is my highway to heaven. … It's time to be young again.'
Gulf Today
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Gulf Today
Paolo Sorrentino's 'La Grazia' to open Venice Film Festival
Oscar-winning Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino will open this year's Venice Film Festival with his new movie "La Grazia", organisers said on Friday. Sorrentino, 55, is known for films such as "Il Divo", "The Great Beauty" and "The Hand of God", a deeply personal movie about losing his parents as a teenager, which took the runner-up Grand Jury Prize at the 2021 festival. "La Grazia" ("Grace"), which Sorrentino also wrote, will screen in competition at this year's event, which kicks off on August 27 and takes place on the Venice Lido, a thin barrier island in the Venetian Lagoon. It stars his longtime collaborator Toni Servillo and actress Anna Ferzetti. Little is known about the film. Sorrentino has previously been quoted as saying he and Servillo wanted to make a Francois Truffaut-style love story. "Paolo Sorrentino's return in competition comes with a film destined to leave its mark for its great originality and powerful relevance to the present time," the festival's artistic director Alberto Barbera said in a statement. The Naples-born Sorrentino debuted his first feature film, "One Man Up", in Venice in 2001. He has also previously presented the first episodes of his television series "The Young Pope" at the festival. "The Great Beauty", about an ageing writer's reflections on life and his search for meaning among Rome's idle rich, won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2014. Sorrentino picked up his second Oscar nomination for "The Hand of God". The 82nd Venice Film Festival will run from August 27 to September 6. Reuters
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Paolo Sorrentino to Receive Sarajevo Film Festival Honor and Retrospective
Italian auteur Paolo Sorrentino is this year's recipient of the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo award to be bestowed upon him during the 31st edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival, which will also feature a retrospective of his films that will be screened as part of the fest's 'tribute to' program. The honor and tribute will be 'in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the art of cinema,' Sarajevo fest organizers said on Tuesday. Sorrentino will also hold a masterclass and 'share his thoughts on contemporary art in a conversation with the audience,' they noted. More from The Hollywood Reporter Disney+ Europe Exec on Why Free-to-Air Partners Are "Incredibly Important for Our Business" 'Lost in Starlight' Director Han Ji-won on Blending Romance and Sci-Fi for Netflix's Breakthrough Korean Animated Feature BBC Boss Says "We Need to Protect Our National IP" and Need "Muscular Partnerships With Big U.S. Tech" 'I am deeply honored to receive this prestigious recognition and grateful for the attention given to my filmography,' said Sorrentino. 'I look forward to being with you in Sarajevo. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.' The fest highlighted the effect the Italian director and screenwriter's oeuvre has had on audiences. 'Paolo Sorrentino [has] managed to do what every filmmaker dreams of – he left a global impact through local, personal stories,' said Jovan Marjanović, director of the Sarajevo Film Festival. 'With visually luxurious, emotionally filled, and intellectually insightful style, he won the hearts of audiences around the world who saw his characters, no matter how eccentric or withdrawn, as a mirror of our world, often absurd, sometimes cruel, but always deeply human. The Honorary Heart of Sarajevo is a recognition of the great beauty that he gave us with his films.' Born in Naples in 1970, Sorrentino's first full-length feature film, One Man Up, came out in 2001 and was selected for the Venice Film Festival. His next two films, The Consequences of Love (2004) and The Family Friend (2006) were in competition for the Palme d'Or in Cannes, as was Il Divo, which won the jury prize in 2008. Sorrentino also returned to the Cannes competition in 2011 with This Must Be the Place and in 2013 with The Great Beauty, which won the Academy Award, the Golden Globe, and the BAFTA Award for the best foreign-language Film. After another Cannes competition appearance in 2016 with Youth, he created and directed the TV series The Young Pope in 2016, followed by the movie Loro in 2018 and the series The New Pope in 2019. In 2021, Sorrentino wrote and directed The Hand of God, which won the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the Venice International Film Festival and five David di Donatello awards, followed by Parthenope in 2024. Previous recipients of the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo include Meg Ryan (2024), Alexander Payne (2024), John Turturro (2024), Mark Cousins (2023), Lynne Ramsay (2023), Charlie Kaufman (2023), Jesse Eisenberg (2022), Ruben Östlund (2022), Sergei Loznitsa (2022), Paul Joseph Schrader (2022), Wim Wenders (2021), Michel Franco (2020), Mads Mikkelsen (2020), Tim Roth (2019), Isabelle Huppert (2019), Alejandro González Iñárritu (2019), Paweł Pawlikowski (2019), Oliver Stone (2017), John Cleese (2017), Stephen Frears (2016), Robert De Niro (2016), Benicio Del Toro (2015), Danis Tanović (2014), Gael García Bernal (2014), Béla Tarr (2013), Branko Lustig (2012), Jafar Panahi (2011), Angelina Jolie (2011), Steve Buscemi (2007), Mike Leigh (2006), and Gavrilo Grahovac (2006). Previous filmmakers in the spotlight in a Sarajevo Film Festival 'tribute to' program includeElia Suleiman (2024), Jessica Hausner (2023), Sergei Loznitsa (2022), Wim Wenders (2021), Michel Franco (2020), Paweł Pawlikowski (2019), Nuri Bilge Ceylan (2018), Joshua Oppenheimer and Oliver Stone (2017), Michael Winterbottom (2014), Cristi Puiu (2013), Todd Solondz (2012), Jia Zhang-ke (2009), Todd Haynes (2008), Tsai Ming-Liang and Ulrich Seidl (2007), Abel Ferrara and Béla Tarr (2006), Alexander Payne (2005), Stephen Frears (2002), Mike Leigh (2001), and Steve Buscemi (2000). Best of The Hollywood Reporter 13 of Tom Cruise's Most Jaw-Dropping Stunts Hollywood Stars Who Are One Award Away From an EGOT 'The Goonies' Cast, Then and Now
Newsweek
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Why Mike 'The Situation' Was Insecure About 'Jersey Shore: Family Vacation'
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Jersey Shore, a reality television show that sparked backlash from politicians when it first aired, is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a new season of Jersey Shore: Family Vacation. And while Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino is a fan favorite, after a six-year hiatus from reality television, he wasn't sure people would like the person he had become. "I was definitely a little bit insecure because the fans had grown to love 'The Situation' and he had abs and was single and ready to mingle," Sorrentino told Newsweek. "And at this time in my life, I wasn't single. I was going through this giant court case...I didn't have a six pack." "I was America going to love me again?" When Jersey Shore premiered in 2009, the cast became overnight celebrities, drawing both massive fan followings and sharp criticism. The New Jersey Italian American Legislative Caucus called on Viacom, MTV's parent company, to pull the show off the air for perpetuating negative stereotypes of Italian Americans. Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie stated that the cast misrepresented the state and went so far as to block a $420,000 tax credit for the show. Despite the strong backlash, the show's support was even stronger. Premiering the same year that Twitter exploded in popularity, actor Ashton Kutcher actually created some of the cast's social media handles, Sorrentino said, and they quickly gained millions of followers. "It was definitely gasoline to the fire," Sorrentino said. "I was the GQ sensation of the year. I was on Dancing With the Stars, so to say my stock was soaring." But, as "The Situation" gained fans for his partying and pot-stirring, what the cameras didn't pick up was his serious problem with drugs and alcohol. Mike Sorrentino attends the People's Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California, on February 18, 2024. Mike Sorrentino attends the People's Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California, on February 18, 2024. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic In the years since the original Jersey Show wrapped, Sorrentino has opened up about his addiction and his road to recovery. He entered rehab in 2015 and has been sober ever since. At the same time, he was in the midst of a court case that would ultimately result in an eight-month jail sentence for tax evasion. So, when Jersey Shore: Family Vacation premiered in 2018, Sorrentino wasn't the same guy viewers knew when the show left the air in 2012. It forced Sorrentino to think about what actually made him a successful reality television personality, and he realized it wasn't his drinking or partying. It was his authenticity. "That's where I rebranded myself into Big Daddy Sitch and this person trying to find himself again and my love of food and my sobriety journey and all of those new things for me worked better than before," Sorrentino said. "It was more relatable to the viewer to be someone trying to grow up." Part of his sobriety journey has been helping to open the Archangel Centers in New Jersey, dedicated to helping people overcome their addiction. Launching this summer, Sorrentino views these centers as his legacy, and what once started as something to potentially save one person's life has transformed into something "really, really big." When the Jersey Shore cast returns to television for Season 8 of Family Vacation, viewers will see them travel to South Jersey and adopt a DTF lifestyle—although DTF now stands for "down to farm," as the cast will explore whether they can handle farm life. Sorrentino didn't reveal too many details about the new season, but he seemed confident that he does well on the farm because he actually has eight chickens at his house that provide him with fresh eggs every day. "Long story short, I think the producers got that creative and they were like let's throw these guidos and guidettes in that particular scenario," Sorrentino said. "And then a ton of comedy ensues from there." From the farm, the cast travels to Jamaica for their first international trip since visiting Italy, as Sorrentino has only recently gotten his passport back as part of his plea agreement. And while a lot has changed for the whole cast over the years, Family Vacation still features the stars drinking, partying, and being thrown back into that lifestyle, leaving Sorrentino feeling a bit nervous. "I remember thinking to myself, listen, I gotta do this for myself, I gotta do this for my future family. I gotta stay in my own lane and I gotta run my own race," Sorrentino said. "To be honest with you, I go to bars and clubs and I'm happier and dancing more than the people that are drinking." Part of still having fun in those environments and maintaining his sobriety was finding the new version of himself. He likened it to getting a new haircut. There could be an awkward period with the transition, but he urged people who are trying to socialize while staying sober to "stick with it, you're gonna find it." "I'm proof that you can rebrand yourself and be better than you were before," Sorrentino said. "You gotta believe in yourself that you can do this."
