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Staten Island

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About Staten Island


Staten Island is the southernmost of New York City's 5 boroughs. It is connected to Lower Manhattan via the Staten Island Ferry, which runs across New York Harbor. Staten Island Zoo is home to kangaroos, birds of prey and snakes. The Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden features flower beds, Greek revival buildings and art galleries. Its grounds also include the Staten Island Children's Museum.

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In pictures: 2023 Sony World Photography Awards

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... " She plays outfield and pitches for the Staten Island Ferryhawks in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball...

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... " In addition to a motion to dismiss, the Trump team has floated the possibility of a motion to transfer venue - moving the trial from Manhattan to nearby Staten Island...

Amazon workers claim robots are treated better

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... More than half of the 8,000 workers at a warehouse on Staten Island, New York, voted to join the Amazon Labor Union which has now been officially certified...

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... Earlier this month, regulators finally certified the victory of the Amazon Labor Union at JFK8, the warehouse on Staten Island that employs roughly 8,000 people...

Amazon workers win battle to form first US union

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... The 2,654 to 2,131 victory gives his group the right to negotiate a contract with Amazon for the roughly 8,000 workers at the Staten Island warehouse...

Amazon union election: Will this former worker make history?

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... " For 11 months, the 33-year-old and his team have staked out a spot opposite his former workplace, the JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island, intercepting staff on their way home to make the case that they need a union to fight for them in negotiations with the e-commerce giant...

King of Staten Island: There is Comedy in the most difficult situations

King of Staten Island: There is Comedy in the most difficult situations
Jun 12,2020 4:04 am

... For his latest project, The king of Staten Island, the Director has in common with the US comedy star Pete Davidson the history of the impact of the personal 9/11 tragedy told...

King of Staten Island: "There is Comedy in the most difficult situations"

Feb 16,2020 5:28 am

Judd Apatow (center) and Pete Davidson (left) first worked together on Trainwreck

filmmaker Judd Apatow has never been afraid to poke fun at serious topics.

In Knocked Up, he found the Humor in an unwanted pregnancy from a one-night stand. In the 40 " he is laughing at us, a couple going through a midlife crisis. And in the 40-year-old virgin, which he addressed. Well , you know.

For his latest project, The King of Staten Island , The Director has in common with the US comedy star Pete Davidson the history of the impact of the personal 9/11 tragedy told.

at the age of seven, Davidson lost his father, Scott , died of help while working as a firefighter, dealing with The Aftermath of the plane attacks on New York City in 2001. His father was one of the 2,977 people to lose their lives.

"I always think that it says comedy in The Most difficult situations," Apatow, about a three-way virtual film sheep's milk.

"That is why we, like Dr. Strangelove [Stanley Kubrick and Peter Sellers Dark Comedy about Nuclear War ]. You can't be a more difficult situation than the. This is the lens that I looked through everything.

"I think, as a child, I felt a lot of hostility, I had the feeling that The World was still beautiful. But I love comedy films and comedians, and I loved that they mocked how The World worked, and you have helped me try to figure it out.

"Well , I don't believe that nothing is taboo, if your heart is in The Right place you can truly explore everything. "

Steve Buscemi (right) plays a fireman that helps, Pete Davidson to learn more about the, what was his deceased father, such as

In The Film , Davidson plays a "75% "true" version of yourself - a directionless grieving 20-something stoner named Scott who has behavioral problems and lives with his mother and sister in the least fashionable of The Five boroughs.

He's right, it's all a rich vein of material.

"I had grown up with similar experiences as Judd, and I think The World was fair and I had people like Adam Sandler and Jim Carey and Eddie Murphy and Bill Burr , to say these things to me and make it humorous," he said.

Burr, as it happens, was played to help in the location of Davidson directly, by playing the new love interest for Scott 's mother, Margie; by Marisa Tomei . As If with a new man in The House that is not problematic enough, Burr's character Ray, who just happens to be a firefighter, and of course, Comedy follows.

What began as "90 pages, toilet Humor," written by Davidson and his writing buddy, Dave Cyrus, was, with Apatow's help, turned into a "beautiful writing", full of "emotion" and range".

" Put this part of My Life behind me,'

As Well as a "Love Letter " to his mom, Davidson, who also has an executive-producer credit, hopes the feature will allow him to draw a conclusion, the Mental Health issues that haunted him stroke among many, quite publicly, for years.

In December 2018, the under -, sometimes controversial SNL breakout stand-up star, after he alerted fans by posting on Social Media that he doesn't want to be "on this earth", not Long After his high-profile separation from ex-fiancé Ariana Grande .

"I had a lot of problems and a lot of stuff that I deal with personally, I wanted to be in the foreground, so that I could grow just A Movie , but also just as a person," says Davidson, who has borderline personality disorder, and Crohn's disease.

"wanted to do something I was, perhaps, after we have done this, I could not forget this part of My Life behind me and it, but the forward and a new view On Life . "

Scott with his longtime friend and secret lover, Kelsey, played by British actress Bel Powley

Apatow is the main character, who daydreams about the One Day a tattoo restaurant, believes is a fair reflection of what Life could be Pete's as it is now, when he found his Comedy calling.

The pair first worked together on another Apatow-movie - 2015 is a Trainwreck, and he describes Davidson as "a funny, amazing, fascinating person."

the special film was another comic actor and writer, Amy Schumer , her big Film break, and other stars such as Steve Carell , Seth Rogen , Jonah Hill , and Kristen Wiig all will benefit from his direction early.

'Something positive'

Now, with no cinematic release, due to the Covid-19 virus off, the theatre, and against the background of the mass of Black matter, protests, Lives,, Davidson admits that it is "a weird time to do something".

"It is beautiful, something positive in The World , so I hope that people enjoy it," he says.

Making Movies , Apatow emphasizes, is "one of The Most difficult professions, make for sure", because you "touch Anything on the proximity to each other, each other, and in very Small Spaces ."

The Director also hopes that the protests, for people who "were ignored for a very long time," ultimately "lead to meaningful changes," and he calls for the people to vote in the US elections in November.

"I only hope that the children of men to each other in The Future ," adds Davidson.

what you are missing both The Most about The Old pre-coronavirus The World The Ability to just hang out With Friends at the comedy club, where Apatow began his career as a stand-up. The 52-kids year old you are! both mark movie online Version by simultaneously pressing play on the iPad from their own beds

Pete Davidson recommends, "a fun trip", on the Staten Island Ferry, from his (and the Wu-Tang Clan) hometown in NYC

The King of Staten Island , a film about trauma, loss and The Healing is open at the end of the qualities you love in your heart and to laugh.

What could Davidson dad have made it?

"I think if my dad was around, he would get a kick out of it," says the leading man. "He'd be like, 'Holy shit, man, this is crazy!'

"My father was a big comedy fan, so I think he would Just Be thrilled".

As Well as in the spiritual world, The Real Scott is the meat on the screen not only his son but also by his own father, Stephen, who makes a scene-stealing cameo as Grandpa .

Apatow says: "The Truth is, Pete, we have never talked about it. your grandfather would actually be called, you can use him as a regular on Seinfeld He could actually have been that guy."

"Oh Yeah , he'll get some work from this," nods to his more famous grandson. For now at least.

The King of Staten Island , now, now

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Source of news: bbc.com

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