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La estrella revelación de “Sinners” comenzó su recorrido con una lista de reproducción de blues de Ryan Coogler

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Por Omar Jimenez, CNN

Miles Caton se estaba preparando para su primer papel cinematográfico cuando el director de la película, Ryan Coogler, le envió una lista de reproducción de blues esencial.

“Estaban los grandes —Charley Patton, Buddy Guy, B.B. King—, así que empecé a escucharla durante las primeras dos semanas”, dijo Caton a CNN.

Pronto, Caton estaba en camino de convertirse en Sammie Moore, también conocido como Preacher Boy, un personaje central de la nominada a mejor película “Sinners”.

Caton tenía 18 años cuando empezó a conversar sobre participar en la película, en la que interpreta al hijo de un predicador que se resiste a seguir el camino de su padre y, en cambio, se inclina por una vida dedicada al blues (y a sus primos, Smoke y Stack, ambos interpretados por Michael B. Jordan). El oriundo de Brooklyn tiene ahora 21 años, con una voz sorprendentemente grave, una sonrisa fácil y una ambición clara de construir sobre su papel en la cinta con más nominaciones en la historia de los Oscar.

“Nunca podría haber anticipado la reacción y la respuesta que tendría la película”, aseguró Caton a CNN.

Además de sus 16 nominaciones a los premios de la Academia, incluidas mejor película y mejor banda sonora original, el largometraje ha ganado dos premios Globo de Oro, tres BAFTA (no sin controversia), 13 premios NAACP Image y dos Actor Awards.

La película es producida y distribuida por Warner Bros. Pictures, que pertenece a la empresa matriz de CNN, Warner Bros. Discovery.

La música está en el centro de “Sinners”, ambientada en una versión ficticia de la real Clarksdale, Mississippi, una zona de Estados Unidos considerada la cuna del blues.

Desde la inspiración de la lista de reproducción que Coogler le envió hasta el trabajo de hacer la película realidad, Caton se zambulló de lleno.

“Empecé a aprender a tocar la guitarra, la guitarra resonadora, que es específica de la película y de Mississippi”, dijo Caton. La banda sonora de la cinta está producida por Ludwig Göransson, un músico ganador de múltiples premios Grammy y de un Oscar que ha colaborado a menudo con Coogler.

“Cuando conecté con Ludwig, él me enseñó ‘I Lied To You’ en la guitarra; en ese momento no teníamos letra”, ni ningún tipo de pista, explicó Caton.

“I Lied To You” se convirtió en la canción central de la película y en el ancla de una de sus escenas más icónicas: una secuencia onírica en la que el personaje de Caton demuestra “el don de hacer música tan verdadera que puede atravesar el velo entre la vida y la muerte, convocando espíritus del pasado y del futuro”, como expone la narración del largometraje al comienzo.

Caton recordó que Göransson lo llevó al estudio una o dos semanas antes de filmar la escena. “Me puso la canción y pensé: esto está buenísimo”, dijo Caton con una sonrisa. “Encarnaba todo lo que Sammie estaba tratando de decir en la película”.

Pero ni siquiera él podía imaginar cómo se vería al final, incluso después de ver un video animado que lo trazaba, lo que normalmente se describe como una “previsualización”.

“Por la manera en que estaba escrito”, dijo Caton, pensó que la escena sería “tal vez como fantasmas volando o algo así”.

“Ver eso cobrar vida en pantalla fue alucinante”, dijo.

Otro momento musical emotivo llega en una escena a mitad de créditos de la película.

La canción que suena fue escrita e interpretada por Caton y Alice Smith, una artista nominada al Grammy que ha publicado varios álbumes y cuya música ha aparecido en películas como “The Harder They Fall” y “Lovecraft Country” de HBO.

Smith aseguró a CNN que a ella y a Caton les tomó “un par de horas” escribir “Last Time (I Seen the Sun)”, después de que les mostraran algunas escenas de la película para captar

Hiker airlifted after injury on Cold Springs Trail

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MONTECITO, Calif. (KEYT) – An injured hiker was airlifted from the Cold Springs Trail, north of Montecito Friday after injuring his knee.

According to the Montecito Fire Protection District, the man was on his way down from Tangerine Falls when he injured his knee.

First responders located him on the West Fork trail near the creek at 1:12 p.m. and he was airlifted using Santa Barbara County Air Support Unit Helicopter 3 from the scene and taken the hospital for further medical treatment.

Montecito Fire was joined by members of the County's Search and Rescue team in the response.

This is an evolving emergency response and more information will be added to this article as it is received.

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Hiker airlifted after injury on Cold Springs Trail

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MONTECITO, Calif. (KEYT) – An injured hiker was airlifted from the Cold Springs Trail, north of Montecito Friday after injuring his knee.

According to the Montecito Fire Protection District, the man was on his way down from Tangerine Falls when he injured his knee and crews received the call to respond to the scene just after 12:30 p.m. Friday.

First responders located him on the West Fork trail near the creek at 1:12 p.m. and he was airlifted using Santa Barbara County Air Support Unit Helicopter 3 from the scene and taken the hospital for further medical treatment.

Montecito Fire was joined by members of the County's Search and Rescue team in the response.

This is an evolving emergency response and more information will be added to this article as it is received.

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Federal judge quashes Justice Department subpoenas of Fed Chair Jerome Powell

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Major construction work continues at the U.S. Federal Reserve building in Washington


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By Tierney Sneed, Jake Tapper, Bryan Mena, CNN

(CNN) — A federal judge has quashed subpoenas the Justice Department had issued against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, according to court documents unsealed Friday.

The ruling is a major blow to President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly criticized Powell for not lowering interest rates, and an embarrassing setback for the DC US attorney, Jeanine Pirro, who launched the probe. Pirro slammed the opinion in a hastily scheduled news conference Friday, saying she plans to appeal.

US District Judge James “Jeb” Boasberg wrote in the new opinion that a “mountain of evidence suggests that the Government served these subpoenas on the Board to pressure its Chair into voting for lower interest rates or resigning.”

“On the other side of the scale, the Government has produced essentially zero evidence to suspect Chair Powell of a crime; indeed, its justifications are so thin and unsubstantiated that the Court can only conclude that they are pretextual,” Boasberg said.

The federal probe underscores the Trump administration’s intense pressure campaign against Powell and the Fed in a bid to get the politically independent central bank to lower interest rates.

Trump continues to insult Powell on social media and his administration is currently trying to push out Fed Governor Lisa Cook, appointed by then-President Joe Biden, in a landmark case at the US Supreme Court.

Powell had stayed mostly mum in the face of Trump’s attacks, but just a few days after he was served with a subpoena in early January, the Fed chief released a remarkable video calling out the investigation as an affront to the Fed’s independence.

Powell’s term as chair expires in May, and Trump in January nominated former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh to run the central bank. But Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, a key vote on the Senate Banking Committee that would confirm the nomination, has said the committee should not consider a vote until the criminal probe of Powell is resolved.

With Republicans having a slim majority in the Senate Banking Committee, which approves Fed chair nominations, Republicans need Tillis on board with confirming Warsh. In a statement Friday, Tillis described the probe as “nothing more than a failed attack on Fed independence.”

“Appealing the ruling will only delay the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed Chair,” he wrote.

Remarkable news conference

Friday afternoon, Pirro said the Justice Department will appeal the judge’s ruling and denied claims the investigation is politically motivated.

“Politics is not the lane I’m in right now,” Pirro told reporters during a remarkable news conference protesting Boasberg’s ruling. “We are focused on the law. We’re focused on the people of the District. We are not focused on politics.”

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