Page 31 - Aruba Today
P. 31
PEOPLE & ARTS A31
Friday 1 April 2016
Kevin Hart to ID network doing docu-
pose as Lyft driver
in online series series based on Ohio case
DAVID BAUDER
AP Television Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Con-
scious of the success of
long-form crime mysteries
like “Serial” on NPR and
HBO’s “The Jinx,” the Inves-
tigation Discovery network
says it will air its first-ever
serialized drama later this
spring.
In this March 16, 2015 file photo, Kevin Hart arrives for the world The six-part docu-series, In this June 24, 2015, file photo, Yvonne Boggs holds a flier seek-
premiere of “Get Hard” during the South by Southwest Film Fes- “The Vanishing Women,” ing information on her daughter, Charlotte Trego, who has been
tival in Austin, Texas. will focus on six women who missing for more than a year, in Chillicothe, Ohio.
have gone missing or have
Associated Press been found dead in Chilli- Associated Press
cothe, Ohio, over the past
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jerry available online through a few years. It will debut June this business.” The two missing women
Seinfeld pioneered being video on demand service 6, ID announced Thursday. ID shows are traditionally — Charlotte Trego and
funny in cars with “Come- called “Laugh Out Loud.” ID’s focus on crime and closed-ended — the mys- Wanda Lemons — haven’t
dians in Cars Getting Cof- The online channel will host mystery stories made the teries are solved at the end been seen by loved ones
fee.” James Corden took it all the content Hart makes network a nearly instant — so “The Vanishing Wom- since 2014. Schleiff said he
to another level with “Car- outside movies and live success upon its launch in en” will be something new. hoped the attention cre-
pool Karaoke.” Now, Kevin tours. 2008, particularly among “We don’t know where the ated by the series helps
Hart is going to go under- It’s the third online chan- older women. Lately the story ends,” he said. to solve their cases. ID has
cover as a Lyft driver. nel being developed by HBO and NPR projects, as The six women died or teamed with the families
That’s the premise of an Lionsgate, following movie well as Netflix’s “Making a went missing in the city of and law enforcement to
original series being made service Tribeca ShortList, Murderer,” have attracted about 22,000 people an bring the individual stories
by Hart’s production com- which debuted last fall for followers to the genre with hour south of Columbus, to life.
pany and studio Lionsgate $5 a month, and fan con- innovative storytelling tech- where heroin use has been In a similar vein, Schlei-
that was announced Thurs- tent-focused Comic-Con niques. a problem. Some residents ff said ID’s series about
day. HQ, which kicks off this have worried about a serial missing persons, “Disap-
The show will be made summer.q “All of this has shone a klieg killer, although police sug- peared,” will be back for
light on the world of mystery gest the women’s troubled a new season on April
and suspense and true sto- histories played a role in 11. The series has been
ries and crime,” said Henry their fates. on hiatus for two years.q
Schleiff, network president.
“There’s never been a bet-
ter time to be a leader of
Canadian artist transforms into comic characters online
The Associated Press looks like she could have In this March 19, 2016 photo, Kay Pike transforms herself using from her fashion line, which
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — been ripped from a comic body paint and latex into Superman while live streaming at her she sells at comic conven-
Kay Pike stands in front of a book panel. home in Calgary, Alberta. The Canadian artist turns her body tions, as well as appear-
giant mirror, dabs her brush Pike is a fan of cosplay, in into different characters for an Internet audience. ance fees.
into paint and touches it to which participants wear Superman is a favorite of
her skin. costumes to represent a Associated Press her husband, Moose, who
She’ll repeat the motion character from anime, narrates, reads posts from
thousands of times over the comic books, cartoons, She receives a little ad- viewers and from Patreon. her followers and runs
next 12 hours as she trans- video games or movies. vertising money but relies com, a crowdfunding site things behind the scenes.
forms from a willowy blond After sitting as a body paint more on donations from for artists. There is also cash In between singing along to
artist to dark-haired Super- model for a friend, Pike re- pop music and answering
man for viewers follow- alized she could still dress questions from her follow-
ing along online. Twice a up without having to make ers, Pike gives step-by-step
week, the 28-year-old turns a costume. She posted a details on how she creates
her body into a different video of her first solo effort the character.
character for an Internet on Reddit and it caught She was led to painting
audience. the attention of Twitch.tv, a characters for cosplay “to
“We don’t talk about gen- live-streaming company in get out of some mega-
der roles on my channel. San Francisco. social anxiety. Having the
In fact, when people say, “One week later, I was live fashion line, we’re going to
‘You should paint yourself streaming body paint on the shows, right? I totally,
as Superwoman,’ I’m like, Twitch.” 100 percent could not talk
‘No. I want to paint myself Pike started in December to anyone on the other side
as Superman,’” says Pike, and already has 163,000 of the camera.” q
who, when she’s done, followers on Instagram.
