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PEOPLE & ARTS Saturday 1 april 2017

Anthony Perkins’ son follows in father’s

horror footsteps

BROOKE LEFFERTS that was going to be sort of Boynton said. “I scare really
Associated Press a sad movie disguised as a easily and can’t stand all
NEW YORK (AP) — Some horror movie,” he said. the violence and gore. So
might say the horror genre Perkins also wrote the film, it was so exciting reading a
is in Oz Perkins’ genes. which stars Lucy Boynton, script that had all of those
The actor, whose father Emma Roberts and Kier- horrific elements to it, but
Anthony Perkins starred in nan Shipka, of “Mad Men.” was so much more about
“Psycho,” is making his di- Shipka said she jumped at the characters’ experi-
rectorial debut this spring the chance to be a part of ence. So it’s much more a
with the psychological the female-led project. film that’s about grief and
thriller “The Blackcoat’s “I think I’ve been super loss that uses horror as a
Daughter.” He said he was lucky to fall into projects kind a vehicle to drive that. Director Osgood Perkins attends a special screening of “The
inspired by the classic film even like this that have re- So you kind of get the best Blackcoat’s Daughter”, hosted by A24 and DirecTV, at Land-
“Rosemary’s Baby.” ally strong, interesting, cool, of both worlds, mark Sunshine Cinema on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, in New
“That’s a very glamorous and creepy female leads,” doing a really beautiful film York.
movie where a lot of the she said. while also having all the Associated Press
tension is paid to silence “The Blackcoat’s Daugh- blood and guts that you
and color and texture and ter “ follows two teens who need.” “There’s a knot there which gone.’ That’s when finding
glamour, look, beauty, are terrorized by dark, su- Perkins said he’s often work- I think is obviously com- out about them starts,” he
frailty. And so keeping with pernatural forces during ing through his relationship mon for a lot of people, said.
those sort of concepts and winter break at their board- with his famous father. An- especially people whose “The Blackcoat’s Daugh-
those feelings, those vibes, ing school. thony Perkins died in 1992 parents die when they’re ter” opens in U.S. the-
I set out to just sort of to “I’ve always been really when his son was not yet young. There’s a quality aters and On Demand on
make something like that terrible with horror films,” 20. of like, ‘Oh the person is Friday.q

Tom Hanks mixes laughs, gravity for ACLU online fundraiser

LYNN ELBER “I’m an immigrant,” said pants recounted success-
AP Television Writer author and TV host Padma ful ACLU efforts in support
Tom Hanks, Alec Baldwin Lakshmi. of school desegregation,
and other stars joined in “What I always loved marriage equality and
an online fundraiser for the about this country is that abortion rights.
American Civil Liberties anyone could come here” Some mentioned Trump’s
Union, urging the public without regard to race or actions as the impetus for
to help protect rights they religion. their show of support. He
warned are in jeopardy. “If you’re like me, you prob- and his administration’s
Hanks said actions such as ably can’t believe what’s policies have drawn sharp
President Donald Trump’s happening right now. ... opposition from many in
attempted travel ban rep- We’re going to stand for the entertainment industry
resent a “brand of trag- rights, we’re going to stand “Travel bans.
edy” and not the America for freedom,” she said. Executive orders. Unintel-
the actor learned about as Seth Meyers and Chelsea ligible tweets at 2 a.m.,”
a youngster. Clinton separately tackled said Baldwin, who has re-
The fundraiser, live- the issue of voting rights, peatedly satirized Trump
streamed Friday from New with the former first daugh- on “Saturday Night Live.”
York City, included studio ter saying that some state “The ACLU is on it,” said
and videotaped appear- laws are making it harder Holly Hunter.
ances by Tracy Morgan, to cast ballots. “The ACLU has had your
Jon Hamm, Meyers took a lighter ap- back for almost 100 years,”
Steve Buscemi and Ster- proach. said Oscar-winning “Moon-
ling K. Brown. Norah Jones, “Voting lines should not be light” star Mahershala Ali.
Usher and The Roots were as long as the Porta Potty “Make it rain,” said “Ham-
among the musical per- lines at Coachella. That’s in ilton” creator Lin-Manuel
formers. the Constitution,” he said. Miranda, urging viewers to
Laughs were mixed with In a clip released ahead donate.
gravity throughout. Hanks, of “Stand for Rights: A Ben- The event was carried live
who conducted a les- efit for the ACLU,” partici- on the Facebook pages of
son on the U.S. Constitu- Stand for Rights 2017, Fun-
tion, also chatted with two In this Oct. 25, 2016, file ny or Die and The Huffing-
ACLU lawyers he teasingly photo, Tom Hanks arrives at ton Post.
nicknamed for action stars a special screening of “In- Friend of a Friend Produc-
Bruce Willis and Sandra ferno” at the Directors Guild tions produced the fund-
Bullock. of America Theatre in Los raiser in conjunction with
Some celebrities made Angeles. Huffington, Funny or Die
their pleas for donations Associated Press and Maggie Vision.q
personal.