Author: Michael

At one point in the film “The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd,” a prison official played by Tim Blake Nelson sighs and says, “I will never understand people.” But Nelson is also the writer and director of “Wilson Shedd,” a dark and probing drama that you might consider an attempt to understand people, or at least the stories they tell. A bold indie production that draws from the real-life case that also inspired the 2018 miniseries “Escape at Dannemora,” the film from veteran character actor, playwright and novelist Nelson scrambles chronology, pulls Ernest Hemingway, Flannery O’Connor and even Emily…

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German tennis pro Alexander Zverev poked fun at his rival Ben Shelton’s girlfriend, Trinity Rodman, following his U.S. Open men’s singles win. “Trinity, I thought you had a game today, no?” Zverev, 29, said during his winner’s speech inside New York City’s USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Sunday, September 13, following his 6-3, 7-6, 5-7, 6-2 defeat over Shelton, 23. Shelton and pro soccer player Trinity, 24, began dating in March 2025. “Well done to you as well,” the Grand Slam winner continued to direct at Trinity, whose father is NBA legend Dennis Rodman, as the crowd…

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