Chicago – The opportunity for a new film to also take up a cause is one of the advantages of the movies as mass art. “Gimme Shelter” is the based-on-truth story of a runaway pregnant teen named Apple (Vanessa Hudgens) who needs the titular sanctuary to give birth. Director Ron Krauss leads an all-star cast, including Ann Dowd (“Compliance”), who portrayed the real-life facilitator of the shelter for single mothers, Kathy Difiore.
Vanessa Hudgens as Apple in ‘Gimme Shelter,’ from Writer/Director Ron Krauss
Photo credit: Roadside Attractions
Ron Krauss is directing his first major feature, after winning festival acclaim for his previous films “Amexica” and “Rave.” He began his career writing, producing and directing the TV series, “Chicken Soup for the Soul,” which featured Martin Sheen, Ed Asner and Charles Durning. Kathy Difiore is the founder of Several Sources Shelter, the sanctuary for single mothers featured in the film. She...
Vanessa Hudgens as Apple in ‘Gimme Shelter,’ from Writer/Director Ron Krauss
Photo credit: Roadside Attractions
Ron Krauss is directing his first major feature, after winning festival acclaim for his previous films “Amexica” and “Rave.” He began his career writing, producing and directing the TV series, “Chicken Soup for the Soul,” which featured Martin Sheen, Ed Asner and Charles Durning. Kathy Difiore is the founder of Several Sources Shelter, the sanctuary for single mothers featured in the film. She...
- 1/22/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chris Brown has been on PETA’s bad side as recently as last year for wearing fur; now he’s is in trouble for selling adorable puppies! Aw! Now what could be wrong with some wholesome baby pit bull distribution? According to PETA, everything. Early this week Brown’s mom Joyce Hawkins tweeted “Chris Brown Puppies For Sale” and a link to Cb Breeds, a site featuring some Chris Brown glamor shots. Oh, and seven pit bull puppies for sale for $1,000 a pup. “There is no such thing as a responsible breeder while wonderful dogs are being put down in animal shelters across the country for lack of a good home,” PETA told E! when they found out about Brown’s side gig. “This is a moneymaking scheme, and Brown will count the suckers who fall for it as he counts the money on the way to the bank.” Well,...
- 4/27/2012
- by Halle Kiefer
- TheFabLife - Movies
Chris Brown's career is going to the dogs—pit bulls, actually. The "Look at Me Now" singer is stirring controversy for breeding the canines and selling them for profit, drawing heat from animal-rights activists who want him to promote pound puppy adoptions instead. The brouhaha got started on Monday after the 22-year-old Brown's manager-mother, Joyce Hawkins, posted a link on her Twitter page to Cb Breeds, a website featuring a cutesy photo of her son holding up an adorable newborn pup and offering seven fullly vaccinated American pit bull terrier pups for $1,000 a pop. "Chris Brown Puppies For Sale," she tweeted. Needless to say, the R&B star's puppy mill drew...
- 4/27/2012
- E! Online
R&B singer Chris Brown is selling pit bull puppies for $1,000 a pop on a new site called Cb Breeds, and shelter advocates are none too pleased about his new hobby.
A release from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles (spcaLA) called Brown a "backyard breeder" and encouraged the singer to use his celebrity to encourage shelter adoptions.
"There is no reason to breed and produce more Pit Bull puppies when there are Pit puppies waiting for homes in every shelter in America,” said spcaLA President, Madeline Bernstein in the statement. "The $1000 price tag for a Chris Brown puppy could be better spent money saving the lives of shelter animals."
Brown's reps told the Associated Press that the site wasn't a new side-business for the singer. Instead, Brown is simply trying to sell a litter of puppies that his family's dog had given birth to two months ago.
A release from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles (spcaLA) called Brown a "backyard breeder" and encouraged the singer to use his celebrity to encourage shelter adoptions.
"There is no reason to breed and produce more Pit Bull puppies when there are Pit puppies waiting for homes in every shelter in America,” said spcaLA President, Madeline Bernstein in the statement. "The $1000 price tag for a Chris Brown puppy could be better spent money saving the lives of shelter animals."
Brown's reps told the Associated Press that the site wasn't a new side-business for the singer. Instead, Brown is simply trying to sell a litter of puppies that his family's dog had given birth to two months ago.
- 4/26/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Chris Brown's mom and manager Joyce Hawkins just tweeted that her son is selling puppies. She says, "Chris Brown Puppies For Sale. Go To http://www.cbbreeds.webs.com" Yes, because that's what you think of when you think of Chris Brown. Fuzzy little puppies for sale.
The pups for sale on his website are American Pit Bull Terriers and are just the cutest things on the planet. They're selling for $1000 each and you can purchase them online with any number of credit cards. They've got names like Princess, Freedom and Precious.
Okay, Chris. Are we not making enough money? Will cute little puppies improve our image? Ahem. He seems to be taking this seriously. The site says that the dogs have a four generation performance pedigree. The site, CBBreeds has a picture of each of the dogs and one of Chris holding one. Aw. Check out one of the furry guys below.
The pups for sale on his website are American Pit Bull Terriers and are just the cutest things on the planet. They're selling for $1000 each and you can purchase them online with any number of credit cards. They've got names like Princess, Freedom and Precious.
Okay, Chris. Are we not making enough money? Will cute little puppies improve our image? Ahem. He seems to be taking this seriously. The site says that the dogs have a four generation performance pedigree. The site, CBBreeds has a picture of each of the dogs and one of Chris holding one. Aw. Check out one of the furry guys below.
- 4/26/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
In surprising celebrity business ventures news, it appears Chris Brown is putting his assets into a little bit of adorableness.
The entertainer's mother, Joyce Hawkins, tweeted an announcement of the new business on Sunday night, along with a link to the new "Cb Breeds" web site:
Chris Brown Puppies For Sale. Go To cbbreeds.webs.com
— Joyce Hawkins (@mombreezy) April 22, 2012
On the site, Brown is seen posing with a puppy above a list of named, adoptable pets, all of which are priced at "$1,000 each."
Look:
If this is some sort of ploy to get us to associate Chris Brown with cute puppies, we're just not going to fall for ... -- oh gawwwwd look at 'Freedom's' little wrinkles!
Perhaps this is some sort of effort on Brown's part to rehabilitate his image amidst rumors of his and singer Rihanna's romantic reconciliation.
But are puppies enough?...
The entertainer's mother, Joyce Hawkins, tweeted an announcement of the new business on Sunday night, along with a link to the new "Cb Breeds" web site:
Chris Brown Puppies For Sale. Go To cbbreeds.webs.com
— Joyce Hawkins (@mombreezy) April 22, 2012
On the site, Brown is seen posing with a puppy above a list of named, adoptable pets, all of which are priced at "$1,000 each."
Look:
If this is some sort of ploy to get us to associate Chris Brown with cute puppies, we're just not going to fall for ... -- oh gawwwwd look at 'Freedom's' little wrinkles!
Perhaps this is some sort of effort on Brown's part to rehabilitate his image amidst rumors of his and singer Rihanna's romantic reconciliation.
But are puppies enough?...
- 4/23/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
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