Sarah Hedgecock · 04/11/14 10:30AM

A worker attaches the name tag of a Buddhist who made donation to a lantern for an upcoming celebration of Buddha's birthday at the Jogye temple in Seoul on Thursday. Image via Lee Jin-man/AP.

The Tragedy of Gary Poulter, Nic Cage's Homeless Co-Star

Rich Juzwiak · 04/11/14 10:21AM

Last year, Gary Poulter, one of the stars of David Gordon Green's new movie Joe, died in a homeless encampment in Austin. For Joe, Green had mixed non-professional actors with stars like Nicolas Cage (as Joe, a hero in his rural community who's this close to snapping) and up-and-comers like Tye Sheridan, as Gary, the 15-year-old boy that Joe takes under his wing. In that sense, the casting was along the lines of other modern poorsploitation cinema like Winter's Bone and Gummo. Poulter plays Wade (aka G-Daawg), Gary's abusive father, a drunk who is as limber, and coherent, as Charles Manson. Gary and Wade join Joe's crew of tree-killing manual laborers, who prep forests to be cleared for the planting of valuable pine trees. Only the kid can hold onto the job.

God's Not Dead Is a Vapid Pat on the Back for Christians

Sarah Hedgecock · 04/11/14 09:00AM

Before I went to see the recent Christian movie God's Not Dead, I thought its surprising success could be attributed mostly to youth group sales, and not to people who actually like this movie. In most of the discussions I'd seen, viewers both Christian and not found it boring and offensive, and I can't say I disagree.

Hamilton Nolan · 04/11/14 08:41AM

JPMorgan's profit fell by 19% in the first quarter of this year, despite the fact that they just gave their CEO a raise, which should have fixed everything.

Taylor Berman · 04/10/14 04:39PM

A woman was taken into custody this afternoon after throwing an object, described by the woman as a shoe, at Hillary Clinton during a speech in Las Vegas. Clinton wasn't hit—she ducked—and later joked about the incident.