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The Asbury Park Music in Film Festival has an-nounced its first film and its a biggie with a big star.

The Miles Davis biopic Miles Ahead from SonyPictures Classics will make its New Jersey debutApril 8 at the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, andstar and director Don Cheadle will be on hand to par-ticipate in a film discussion.

The film focuses on the Davis of the late 70s.He was standing on that knifes edge at that point,

and I dont think he even knew which way it was goingto go, Cheadle said to Entertainment Weekly. Musi-cally and what he did with his art form was amazing tome all the time, for the most part. But for me, as a hu-man and an artist and someone whos a creative per-son, what happens when you just stop for five years?

Ewan McGregor plays a journalist trying to inter-view the elusive jazz icon and Emayatzy Corinealdiplays Davis love interest in the film.

Last years inaugural festival presented films, mu-sic documentaries and videos along with live musical

The Miles Davis biopic Miles Ahead willmake its New Jersey debut April 8 at theParamount Theatre in Asbury Park, and starand director Don Cheadle (left) will be onhand for a discussion.

APMFF announces

Miles Davis biopic

from Don Cheadle

WHEN: April 8 to 10WHAT: Miles Davis biopic MilesAhead to debut April 8WHERE: Paramount Theatre in AsburyParkTICKETS: On sale Friday throughAPMFF.com

CHRIS JORDAN@CHRISFHJORDAN

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TRENTON - When New Jersey Gov. Chris Christiewas a candidate for president, he spent weeks at a timein other states, where his stump speech frequently in-cluded stories about his mothers battle with lung can-cer following decades of cigarette smoking that start-ed in her teens.

Yet back home, Christie has dug in against legisla-

tion to institute a statewide ban on smoking at publicbeaches and parks. He vetoed such a bill in 2014. Law-makers began advancing a reintroduced bill this weekbut there are few signs that Christie is ready to changehis position.

There are a handful of smoke-free beaches andboardwalks in New Jersey. Jeff Tittel of the state Sier-ra Club says there should be more, citing impacts fromsecond-hand smoke and litter.

Our volunteers last year picked up over 7,000 ciga-rette butts just on the beaches in Ocean County, Titteltold lawmakers at a public hearing Monday, before anAssembly panel voting unanimously to advance BillA-893.

The measure would extend to parks and beachesprovisions of the New Jersey Smoke Free Air Actprohibiting smoking in indoor public places and work-places. The Senate is expected to introduce a counter-part measure soon.

On the Asbury Park Press Facebook page earlier

this week, beach-goers were split on the issue.

BUTTINGHEADS

ASBURY PARK PRESS FILE PHOTO

Gov. Chris Christie has dug in against legislation to institute a statewide ban on smoking at public beaches and parks.

N.J. Legislature takes up banning

smoking at public beaches and parks

BOB JORDAN@BOBJORDANAPP

ASBURY PARK PRESS FILE PHOTO

Lawmakers have started a new push to ban beach smoking,but there are few signs that Christie will change his position.

Unfortunately we did a get a veto last timearound. When we talk about the harmful effects ofsmoking and second-hand smoke, were alsotalking about keeping our pristine beaches andparks clean and litter-free.

BILL SPONSOR VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE

A DEMOCRAT FROM BERGEN COUNTY

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Smoke-free beaches in New Jersey

Avon-by-the-Sea

Long Beach Twp. (from May 20 - Oct 1)

Long BranchOcean Grove

Sea Girt

Smoke-free beaches and boardwalks

Belmar

Seaside Park

Spring Lake

SOURCE: NEW JERSEY GLOBAL ADVISORS ON SMOKEFREE POLICY

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FREEHOLD A former Little Silver police officer

serving a five-year prison term is asking the state Su-preme Court to overturn his misconduct convictionfor beating a handcuffed prisoner.

Defense attorney Edward C. Bertucio said he fileda petition on Tuesday with the states highest court,asking the panel to hear an appeal in the case of hisclient, Steven Solari.

Solari, 42, was convicted at a trial in 2013 of fourcounts of official misconduct and simple assault foran on-duty incident in 2009 involving Sean Casey, whoprosecutors say was punched repeatedly by Solariwhile handcuffed.

The jury that convicted Solari of those crimes ac-quitted him of aggravated assault on Casey.

Now, Bertucio, in his petition filed with the stateSupreme Court, said Solaris constitutional rightswere violated at the trial because the jury convictedhim of official misconduct based on the commission of

Cop serving5 years in jailappeals caseto high court

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KATHLEEN HOPKINS @KHOPKINSAPP