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PEOPLE & ARTS Wednesday 10 OctOber 2018
'This Is Us' creator Dan Fogelman on 'Life Itself'

NEW YORK (AP) — As in his mob movies, or a horror
TV series "This Is Us," jubilant movie, even though I love
and catastrophic events horror movies. For me, the
tend to cluster for Dan Fo- kind of stuff that turns me
gelman. Days before his on is really about people
latest and most ambitious and often about families.
movie, "Life Itself," opens in AP: Some of the comfort
theaters, and the third sea- viewers seem to get from
son of his hit NBC show pre- "This Is Us" is that it suggests
mieres, Fogelman's house everyone's life is part of a
was robbed. The thieves re- bigger picture.
turned later the same eve- Fogelman: My mother
ning, smashing through a passed away ten years ago
glass plate door. Fogelman and it was the kind of body
says he had to chase them blow of my life, the kind
away. that I wondered if I could
"There's been a lot of life get up from. It was very
— really intense life — hap- complicated, she died very
pening in the last 24 hours," unexpectedly and very
Fogelman said in a re- suddenly. And a year after
cent telephone interview. that, almost to the day, I
"There's a movie in there met the woman who would
somewhere, I'm sure." become my wife. My life is
In Fogelman's world, on In this Sept. 13, 2018 file photo, Dan Fogelman arrives at the premiere of "Life Itself" in Los Angeles. now constantly filled with
screen and off, every dra- Associated Press these beautiful, important
matic low has its silver lin- moments that a key figure
ings. In "Life Itself," which and Mandy Patinkin. premiere drew more than and multiple generations? in my life is no longer here
Amazon Studios will release "Life Itself" is Fogelman's sec- 10 million viewers; season Fogelman: Whether it's to share. That feels giant in
Friday, the story spirals out, ond feature as writer-direc- three begins Tuesday.) Crit- "Crazy, Stupid, Love" or my basically normal life. But
across generations, from a tor following 2015's "Danny ics haven't been kind to the "This Is Us" or this film, you when you expand that and
fatal accident on a New Collins." (He also penned boldly titled "Life Itself." (The have multiple stories and think about the people that
York street. Like the tear- 2011's Crazy, Stupid, Love" New York Times called it "ut- characters kind of ping- came together to bring my
inducing "This Is Us," it's a and co-wrote Disney's ter balderdash.") But, then pong off of each other. It's mother into life and to lead
glossy, cross-generational "Tangled.") The film will test again, every down has its definitely something I enjoy to me, and the people that
tale of destiny and chance whether the 39-year-old up for Fogelman. doing. But I've never really came together to bring my
encounters with an A-list writer can find the same re- ___ thought of it that way. I was wife into the world to lead
cast. Its starry ensemble in- sponse on the big screen as AP: What for you is the ap- never really interested in to her, I think the most or-
cludes Oscar Isaac, Olivia he has on the highly rated peal of looking at love setting out to write a mob dinary lives become really
Wilde, Antonio Banderas "This Is Us." (The season two through the prism of family movie, even though I love big and cinematic.q

Taylor Swift, Cardi B set for American Music Awards

By MESFIN FEKADU Dragons, Post Malone and inations. Other performers
Associated Press Drake, who ties with Cardi include Shawn Mendes
Taylor Swift is having a big B for most nominations with with Zedd, Camila Cabello,
week: She first broke her eight. Ciara with Missy Elliott, Ella
long-standing refusal to Due to their success on the Mai, Panic! at the Disco,
discuss politics Sunday and pop and rap charts, Drake Dua Lipa and Benny Blan-
now she's going to give her and Cardi B earned nomi- co with Halsey and Khalid.
first awards show perfor- nations in both the pop/ The Queen of Soul will be
mance in three years at the rock and rap/hip-hop cat- remembered with a perfor-
American Music Awards. egories. In the rap/hip-hop mance by Gladys Knight,
The pop star will open Tues- and pop/rock categories, Ledisi, Mary Mary, Don-
day night's show at the Mi- Drake is up for favorite male nie McClurkin and CeCe
crosoft Theater in Los Ange- artist, favorite album and Winans. The musicians will
les, which airs live on ABC favorite song with "God's pay tribute to her gospel
at 8 p.m. Eastern. Other Plan." He has the year's top- roots and her iconic album,
performers include Cardi B selling album with "Scorpi- In this June 22, 2018, file photo, singer Taylor Swift performs on "Amazing Grace."
with Bad Bunny and J Bal- on" and also scored three stage in concert at Wembley Stadium in London. Golden Globe-winning
vin, Mariah Carey, Carrie No. 1 hits on the Billboard Associated Press "black-ish" actress Tracee
Underwood, twenty one pi- Hot 100 chart. Ellis Ross will host the fan-
lots and Jennifer Lopez. The Cardi B's collaboration vacy," was surprisingly shut new artist of the year and voted show. Presenters in-
show will also pay tribute to with Bruno Mars, the remix of the favorite rap/hip-hop favorite soul/R&B album for clude Tyra Banks, Chloe
Aretha Franklin, who died in of "Finesse," earned two album category. his 2017 debut, "17." He won x Halle, Macaulay Culkin,
August. nominations and she also Rapper-singer XXXTen- best new artist at the BET Sara Gilbert, Heidi Klum,
Swift is nominated for the earned nods for favorite so- tacion, a streaming jug- Hip-Hop Awards this month. Lenny Kravitz, John Stamos,
top prize — artist of the year cial artist and favorite mu- gernaut before his death Sheeran and Malone, who Amandla Stenberg, The
— where she will compete sic video, among others. in June and afterward, will perform with Ty Dolla Chainsmokers and Rami
with Ed Sheeran, Imagine Her album, "Invasion of Pri- earned nominations for $ign, each earned six nom- Malek.q