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Lafayette shooting sets off a familiar chain reaction across political spectrum

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The response is now routine in a nation beleaguered by gun violence, and as with past tragedies, there’s little indication Lafayette will be a catalyst for gun reform

A mass shooting at a movie theater in Louisiana on Thursday set off a familiar chain reaction across the American political spectrum: the state’s Republican governor, Bobby Jindal, requested prayers for the victims and their families, gun control advocates renewed their calls for stricter gun laws, and gun rights supporters condemned what they viewed as the immediate politicization of a tragedy.The response has become almost routine in a nation beleaguered by gun violence, but where political forces have stymied measures at both the federal and state level aimed at reining in firearm-related deaths and injuries. And as the dust settled in Louisiana on Friday morning, there was little indication the Lafayette shooting – almost three years to the date after the 2012 movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado – would be a catalyst for reform.

Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 17 hours ago.

Studios Mull Box Office Impact of Lafayette Shooting

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Hollywood studios will be keeping a close eye on how the tragic shooting in Lafayette, Louisiana, will affect the domestic box office this weekend, which brings three new wide releases in the form of Sony’s “Pixels,” Fox’s “Paper Towns” and the Weinstein Company’s “Southpaw.”

“While this tragedy strikes home [for] everyone in the entertainment industry, it doesn’t appear that it will have an effect on box office,” one insider at a studio releasing a new movie told TheWrap.

Another studio veteran with a stake in this weekend’s new releases noted that audiences flocked to theaters on Thursday night — though the news was still spreading during the evening. “We’re always worried, but it did not impact business last night [as] best I can tell,” the executive said, adding, “It doesn’t seem like it was a terrorist act.”

*Also Read:* Lafayette Theater Shooting Prompts Hollywood Calls for Stricter Gun Control

20th Century Fox domestic distribution chief Chris Aronson was one of the few Hollywood executives willing to speak on the record about the tragedy — in which gunman John Russell Houser opened fire during a screening of Universal’s “Trainwreck,” killing two people and injuring nine others before turning the gun on himself.

“This is a tragic situation that happens in a number of places, not just movie theaters. It’s too early to know whether it will have an impact, as the consumer will ultimately decide whether they will go out to a movie,” said Aronson.

“Although this is a terrible thing, I am hoping we will go about like we usually would, enjoying our freedoms, and not let a person with mental illness affect people’s behavioral patterns,” he added. “We are cautiously optimistic, but we always are when we open movies.”

That pro-theater sentiment was echoed by many people on social media, where movie fans defiantly said they would not be discouraged from going to the movies this weekend.

*Also Read:* Lafayette Shooter Warned of 'Mad Max' Chaos, Invoked Timothy McVeigh in 2013 Online Post

Warner Bros. faced similar anxieties in 2012, when James Holmes committed a mass shooting at a midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” on opening weekend. “There’s no question about it,” the studio said at the time as to whether or not the tragedy would impact box office receipts.

Indeed, a poll released by the Nordic Research Group following the shooting purported that 20-25 percent of American moviegoers were hesitant to see the film in light of the incident.

The second weekend of wide release for “Dark Knight Rises” underperformed its predecessor “The Dark Knight,” though many viewed its box office through the positive lens of the public supporting Hollywood in wake of the tragedy.

Jeff Bock of Exhibitor Relations sees the two tragedies as quite different. “There’s something we saw with ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ where locally, within the city [Aurora] that it happened in, you saw attendance fall a little bit,” Bock told TheWrap. “As far as ‘Trainwreck’ goes, I don’t think we’re going to see a drop. It’s incomprehensible why [Houser] chose this film in particular. It’s so random that I think it’s an isolated incident that could’ve happened anywhere people gather.”

*Also Read:* Theater Owners' Association Remains Silent on Security in Wake of Lafayette Shooting

Paul Dergarabedian of Rentrak dismissed the notion that the tragedy would impact this weekend’s ticket sales. “‘The Dark Knight Rises’ had a $75 million opening the day after Aurora happened,” he said. “Moviegoers are very resilient today in a world where you have to be vigilant about your personal safety and aware of your surroundings.”

He added, “If a teenage girl planned to see ‘Paper Towns,’ she’s going. This is not going to stop people from going, and it hasn’t in the past.”

[Matt Donnelly contributed to this report]

  Reported by The Wrap 15 hours ago.

Louisiana theater shooting: Will it have a chilling effect on moviegoing?

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The deadly shooting at a "Trainwreck" screening Thursday night in Lafayette, La., sadly called to mind another mass shooting in a U.S. movie theater: the killing of 12 people at a showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, Col. three years ago. Reported by L.A. Times 16 hours ago.

Witness describes Aurora theater gunman as "a model child"

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The defense attorney pointed to where her client sat and then turned to the witness with a simple question: Do you recognize this man? Reported by Denver Post 15 hours ago.

Movie Theaters Stay Busy Despite Shooting

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BOSTON (AP) — A day after the country's second major theater shooting in recent history, some rattled observers shunned future movie outings, but others on Friday kept lining up at box offices around the country and vowed not to be kept away by fear.

"You can't live your life like it's always going to happen," said Aaron Dicks, 31, who was at an AMC theater in Roseville, Minnesota, to see "Pixels." ''I'm not changing my routine because of a couple of crazy people."

Most moviegoers interviewed Friday had heard of the latest shooting, in which a gunman opened fire on a theater audience in Lafayette, Louisiana, on Thursday. Police said that John Houser killed two people and wounded nine others before killing himself during a showing of "Trainwreck." 

The shooting evoked memories of the 2012 shooting at a theater in Aurora, Colorado, in which 12 people were killed and scores of others wounded.

 On social media Friday, some people lamented that they no longer felt safe at movie theaters, saying they would stay away and wait to catch new releases when they're available at home. And several theater employees across the U.S. said they were shaken up, wondering if their theater would be next.

 But crowds kept coming, unfazed by the news.

 Tracy Haasz said she had a long conversation about the Lafayette shooting in the morning, but said she didn't even think of it hours later as she went to a Dallas theater with her 9-year-old son.

"It didn't factor as we were making the decision just 15 minutes ago," said Haasz, 52.

 Outside a Boston ticket office, Richard Force considered that among thousands of U.S. movie theaters, two shootings represented only a tiny fraction.

"It's an unacceptable percentage, but it's very small," said Force, 57, who was visiting from Houston with his wife, Angela. "It hasn't changed our movie-going habits."

Richard Hillelson, a retiree from Annandale, Virginia, traveled to downtown Washington to see the documentary "Do I Sound Gay?" at the Landmark E Street Cinema.

"I could have engaged in a lot more dangerous activity," he said. "I could have taken a shower. I could have crossed the street against a red light. Going to a movie is just not inherently dangerous."

Even among those who said they felt safe, though, some said that metal detectors or added guards would reassure them.

Many theaters showed no signs of beefed-up security, but police in Los Angeles added extra patrols, including the possibility of some undercover officers roaming theaters.

"There's no direct threat to Los Angeles. But there's always a concern," said police Cmdr. Andrew Smith. 

Major theater chains provided no response on Friday. Representatives from AMC, Regal Entertainment Group, Cinemark and Carmike Cinemas didn't return calls. 

After the Aurora shooting, the National Association of Theater Owners said it would work with law-enforcement authorities to review security procedures, but an association spokesman didn't immediately comment Friday. 

In response to that shooting, several people wounded or whose family members were killed have filed a federal lawsuit against Cinemark Holdings Inc. alleging that the company should have stepped up security for the premier showing of "Batman: A Dark Knight Rises." 

"If you think about a theater, you're sitting in a box with a bunch of people we don't know, in the dark," said Christina Habas, an attorney representing victims and their families. Habas added that theater businesses "are beholden to think about those people." 

At least one industry expert said he didn't expect the shooting to provoke a wide chilling effect among audiences. 

"This was clearly an isolated incident. It was a random act of violence," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak. 

"This makes everyone pause and think," he added, "but I've never seen it in a negative way profoundly affect movie-going or even affect a specific title." 

 

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Today’s Bay Area arts and entertainment picks, July 27

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Jamie xx: The studio mastermind behind moody British electronic band the xx, out in support of his solo release, “In Colour.” 9 p.m. Bimbo’s 365 Club. www.bimbos365club.com. Emilie: La Marquise du Chatalet Defends Her Life Tonight: Symmetry Theatre stages a reading of its well-received production of Lauren Gunderson’s play about the 18th century French mathematician. 7 p.m. Aurora Theatre, Berkeley. www.symmetrytheatre.com. Reported by SFGate 14 hours ago.

Theaters Need Night-Vision Cameras, Metal Detectors, Experts Say in Wake of Louisiana Shooting

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The Lafayette, Louisiana, shooting on Thursday that left three dead and several more wounded won’t change movie theater security dramatically, experts say.

“There are just as many ways to get in without a ticket as there are to get in with a gun,” security expert and retired New Orleans Police Department SWAT commander Mike Cahn told TheWrap. “So, no matter what you do, unless you make it a military state, you’ll always be able to find a way around.”

After the 2012 massacre in Aurora, Colorado, the National Association of Theater Owners worked with Homeland Security to try and fix some of the security problems. But for the most part, not much has changed.

*Also Read:* Studios Mull Box Office Impact of Lafayette Shooting

“It’s not that easy to secure a theater,” security expert Howard Levinson told TheWrap. “The most secure places we have right now are airports, and people still manage to get through security.”

Levinson, who consulted with a large New England-based theater chain for years, says the first thing theaters should do is hire and train more people, especially considering many theater employees are teenagers who get minimal training, if any.

“Training is really important,” Levinson said. “It’s not anywhere near to the extent where people could spot or recognize unusual activity.”

*Also Read:* Lafayette Shooter a Likely Copycat of Colorado Theater Mass Killer, Veteran FBI Profiler Says

Another problem is that modern movie theaters don’t have projectionists, who, aside from dealing with the projectors, were charged with looking through their window to make sure everything was running smoothly.

“Now everything is digital. It’s all automatic and there’s a lot less staffing,” Levinson said.

Movie theaters have been slow to respond to the shooting. Many are still freewheeling places, where moviegoers can wander in and out. Metal detectors and bag scanning, a staple in countries like Israel where security is paramount, are not a common sight on this side of the globe.

Multiple lawsuits against the Aurora movie theater owner Cinemark are now wind through the courts that claim Cinemark had inadequate security. But security experts say there is not a lot that can be done to stop the problem.

*Also Read:* Theater Owners' Association Remains Silent on Security in Wake of Lafayette Shooting

“How many tens of thousands of movie theaters do we have in this country?” asked former FBI profiler Clint Van Zandt. “There are about 315 million people in this country, and we have about 300 million guns. If you want to get a gun in America, you can get a gun.”

Still there are some things that experts say can be done — if the movie theaters are inclined.

Levinson, who has designed security for more than 100 theaters, says installing night-vision cameras and building a control room where one person can monitor what’s going on at any given time, is a good start.

Other simple changes include installing sensors on securing employee-only doors and back exits inside theaters, which might have helped avoid the Aurora massacre.

*Also Read:* Lafayette Shooter Warned of 'Mad Max' Chaos, Invoked Timothy McVeigh in 2013 Online Post

Hand-held metal detectors are also an option, but, experts say, they can often be unreliable.

“Metal detectors are only as good as the people who use them,” Cahn said. “You have to find the right balance. Having too much control and putting up huge metal detectors is just not appropriate.” Reported by The Wrap 12 hours ago.

Obama’s Evolving Outrage on Guns

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Brand diversification is part of the American Way—and so now we can add, to all our other smaller-portion spinoffs, a new American phenomenon: the mini-massacre, a gun killing that is horrific in its shock and numerous in its casualties but not sufficiently large enough in the number of dead to really register as a major event in the way that Newtown and Charleston, and, oh yes, Fort Hood, and, right, Aurora and Virginia Tech all did. These mini-massacres, which now occur regularly, are, indeed, perhaps more like what’s called, in branding, a line extension—the same product in a slightly different form. The gun massacre in Louisiana yesterday was one of those; a man with a handgun that was designed only to kill, killing helpless people in a movie theatre. Once again, it seems essential to give the young victims faces—Mayci Breaux, who was just twenty-one, and Jillian Johnson, who was thirty-three. Once more, one has the heart-breaking duty of imagining them dead on a night when they thought only of a small and silly pleasure. Reported by The New Yorker 14 hours ago.

Aurora shooting: What drives a 'perfect' boy to kill?

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Reported by CNN.com 11 hours ago.

'Real Murders' review: Aurora Teagarden's a Hallmark natural

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The likeable Bure holds it all together nicely, with just a touch of a young Angela Lansbury in her manner. Reported by NY Daily News 7 hours ago.

Waco, Columbine, Aurora and Newtown: 20 years of mass shootings that changed (and didn't change) America

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Mass shootings remain an almost exclusively American phenomenon among advanced countries. These 10 rocked the country and galvanized many in favor of gun control – so why has so little of it followed?

*When: *April 19, 1993

Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 2 hours ago.

Spotlight in Aurora theater shooting trial shifts to jury (+video)

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Jurors typically remain out of the limelight for the duration of even the most high profile trials. This week, however, the identity of one juror was revealed by Newsweek and another drew attention for inappropriate attire. Reported by Christian Science Monitor 43 minutes ago.

Waco, Columbine, Aurora and Newtown: 20 years and 10 mass shootings that didn’t change America

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Mass shootings remain an almost exclusively American phenomenon among advanced countries. These 10 rocked the country and galvanized many in favor of gun control – so why has so little changed? ... Reported by Raw Story 33 minutes ago.

How Colorado's gun laws have changed since the Aurora shooting

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The state has made notable changes following the movie theater attack, despite continuing opposition in a state that would seem unfriendly to gun control

After the jury handed down a guilty verdict in the James Holmes trial, family members of the victims drew parallels to the shooting in Chattanooga that killed five others and wounded two that same day. “Today we’ve got someone in Tennessee,” said Tom Sullivan, whose son Alex was killed in the theater. “This continues to go on! This should be the last one.”

A week later, a gunman opened fire in a Louisiana theater, killing two others in a scene uncomfortably reminiscent of Aurora. Sandy Phillips, whose daughter Jessica Ghawi was gunned down in the theater, described her frustration on Twitter: “Theater shooting in Louisiana. Numbers of injured unknown. Here we go again America. THIS is freedom?”

Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 9 minutes ago.

A 'Failed Star' With A Gigantic Aurora

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For the first time ever, an aurora has been discovered on an object -- a brown dwarf star -- beyond our solar system. Reported by IBTimes 2 days ago.

Aurora Theater Shooting: James Holmes' Mother Says She Was Shocked Her Son Knew How to Use a Gun

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"I still love my son," Arlene Holmes told the defense Reported by People Magazine 2 days ago.

Daily Digest: Aurora theater shooter's silence was his cry for help, and 9 other stories

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Your daily resource for late-breaking news, upcoming events, the Denver weather forecast, Denver traffic information, and the stories that will be talked about on Thursday, July 30, 2015. Reported by Denver Post 2 days ago.

These same-sex Disney couples show us a whole new world

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Ever wish your favorite Disney movies were a little more LGBT-friendly? You're in luck.

Tumblr user Dopey Beauty has gifted the Internet what she calls "the Disney movies no one asked for." Well, we may not have asked for these glorious Disney edits, but we certainly needed them.

You may know Dopey Beauty from her other Disney GIF projects, including these princesses browsing Tumblr and various iterations of a Princess Aurora, who is Mean Girls-level nasty.

See also: 8 Moments of Cultural Confusion on Tumblr

But her latest project really takes the crown. Dopey Beauty has merged frames and clips from several Disney movies to create hypothetical same sex romantic pairings — with magical results. Read more...

More about Tumblr, Disney, Film, Social Good, and Gifs Reported by Mashable 2 days ago.

Aurora theater shooting trial, the latest from Day 60

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ARAPAHOE COUNTY — — Denver Post reporter Jordan Steffen's updates from Day 60 of the Aurora theater shooting trial at the Arapahoe County Justice Center in Centennial, Colorado. Reported by Denver Post 2 days ago.

Effect of Dual-Career Couples on Global Relocation Examined by Graebel Relocation

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New white paper, “The Challenges of Dual-Career Couples,” examines why dual careerism is not a cultural trend and its effect on companies’ global expansions and initiatives.

Aurora, CO USA (PRWEB) July 30, 2015

This week, Graebel Relocation has released a white paper, “The Challenges of Dual-Career Couples,” that examines why dual careerism is not a cultural trend and its effect on companies’ global expansions and initiatives. 78-Percent of the millennial population is part of a dual-career couple, and the percentage of U.S. women in dual-earner marriages who out-earn their spouses has increased to almost 30-percent are among the statistics and corresponding challenges revealed. Additionally, a survey about the future of virtual offices found 82-percent of millennials are confident that the workforce within ten years would be online, virtual workers, thus reducing a physical relocation for career growth. Worldwide, dual career families are on the rise. In an already tight global talent market, dual careers may restrict mobility, especially internationally.

This Graebel white paper is the latest document in the ongoing market intelligence research reports and trend studies on a wide variety of topics that the global relocation management firm prepares to help equip companies with information that could potentially affect global relocation programs and their employees’ experiences. Materials are provided by business development and client development Graebel representatives to multinational companies of all sizes across all sectors of the global economy. To download the complimentary white paper, “The Challenges of Dual-Career Couples,” visit on graebel.com.

About Graebel Companies, Inc.
Founded in 1950, Graebel Companies is a privately-held global organization that administers the full suite of employee and commercial office relocation, mobility management, workplace and consultative services for the Global 100, Fortune 500 and mid-sized companies. On-the-ground services are managed in 165 countries on six continents. The world headquarters is located in Aurora, Colorado USA with in-region centers throughout the Americas, APAC and EMEA regions. Known for its industry-first innovations, Graebel holds numerous quality and security credentials, and has earned accolades from clients and from within its industry for its best-in-practice performance, market intelligence research and corporate social responsibility initiatives across the globe. Visit: http://www.graebel.com

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