As part of Variety‘s Global Conversations Summit at the Cannes 2024 Film Festival, Variety executive editor Tatiana Siegel sat down with New Zealand Film Commission CEO Annie Murray and Philippa Mossman, head of International Screen Attraction at New Zealand Film Commission, to talk about the country’s thriving film industry.
Murray’s most recent project with the New Zealand Film Commission is a pop-up intensive film school by writer and director Jane Campion. Campion has hand-picked a class of ten filmmakers from 300 applicants and is taking them through a two-year program where they will develop and shoot original short films.
“What’s really important to [Campion] is that all the participants are paid to attend,” Murray explained. “So that removes barriers. It’s a super diverse group and they have spent a year with Dame Jane, who is not taking a fee and so very generously giving her time. And now...
Murray’s most recent project with the New Zealand Film Commission is a pop-up intensive film school by writer and director Jane Campion. Campion has hand-picked a class of ten filmmakers from 300 applicants and is taking them through a two-year program where they will develop and shoot original short films.
“What’s really important to [Campion] is that all the participants are paid to attend,” Murray explained. “So that removes barriers. It’s a super diverse group and they have spent a year with Dame Jane, who is not taking a fee and so very generously giving her time. And now...
- 5/21/2024
- by Jack Dunn
- Variety Film + TV
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is hitting back following the premiere of the controversial film “The Apprentice,” which chronicles the 2024 presidential candidate’s early years as a real estate developer.
“We will be filing a lawsuit to address the blatantly false assertions from these pretend filmmakers,” the Trump campaign’s chief spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement to Variety. “This garbage is pure fiction which sensationalizes lies that have been long debunked. As with the illegal Biden Trials, this is election interference by Hollywood elites, who know that President Trump will retake the White House and beat their candidate of choice because nothing they have done has worked.”
Cheung’s statement continues, “This ‘film’ is pure malicious defamation, should not see the light of day, and doesn’t even deserve a place in the straight-to-dvd section of a bargain bin at a soon-to-be-closed discount movie store, it belongs in a dumpster fire.
“We will be filing a lawsuit to address the blatantly false assertions from these pretend filmmakers,” the Trump campaign’s chief spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement to Variety. “This garbage is pure fiction which sensationalizes lies that have been long debunked. As with the illegal Biden Trials, this is election interference by Hollywood elites, who know that President Trump will retake the White House and beat their candidate of choice because nothing they have done has worked.”
Cheung’s statement continues, “This ‘film’ is pure malicious defamation, should not see the light of day, and doesn’t even deserve a place in the straight-to-dvd section of a bargain bin at a soon-to-be-closed discount movie store, it belongs in a dumpster fire.
- 5/20/2024
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
Who let the dog out?
The Cannes Film Festival red carpet is notoriously strict about its black-tie dress code (one man in a blue tuxedo who committed the fashion travesty of wearing white socks was almost turned away). But on Tuesday night, France welcomed a national hero to the opening night of the 77th edition — Messi, the four-legged scene-stealer from last year’s Palme d’Or winner “Anatomy of a Fall.”
The canine phenom helped brighten things up even as dark clouds gathered over the Palais des Festivals, site of Cannes’ biggest premieres. Despite the foreboding weather and light drizzle, Lily Gladstone, Greta Gerwig, Omar Sy, Jane Fonda, Juliette Binoche and other stars added some glamour and sparkle to the evening.
Photos: See the best red carpet looks.
But the gloomy skies mirrored the film business’s state of mind as the most famous celebration of cinema begins its 11-day marathon of premieres,...
The Cannes Film Festival red carpet is notoriously strict about its black-tie dress code (one man in a blue tuxedo who committed the fashion travesty of wearing white socks was almost turned away). But on Tuesday night, France welcomed a national hero to the opening night of the 77th edition — Messi, the four-legged scene-stealer from last year’s Palme d’Or winner “Anatomy of a Fall.”
The canine phenom helped brighten things up even as dark clouds gathered over the Palais des Festivals, site of Cannes’ biggest premieres. Despite the foreboding weather and light drizzle, Lily Gladstone, Greta Gerwig, Omar Sy, Jane Fonda, Juliette Binoche and other stars added some glamour and sparkle to the evening.
Photos: See the best red carpet looks.
But the gloomy skies mirrored the film business’s state of mind as the most famous celebration of cinema begins its 11-day marathon of premieres,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Brent Lang and Ramin Setoodeh
- Variety Film + TV
After producing the upcoming documentary “The Blue Angels,” J.J. Abrams and Glen Powell are in early talks to team up for a new movie, with Abrams eyeing Powell to star in his next directorial effort.
Deals have yet to close, but in the aftermath of “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Anyone but You,” no one’s career has been hotter than Powell’s, who continues to garner interest from big-name filmmakers and studios.
There’s no telling when this project would fit into Powell’s jam-packed production schedule. He’ll next be seen starring in Netflix’s “Hit Man,” which he also co-wrote with director Richard Linklater, but he’s also set to star in Edgar Wright’s “The Running Man” reboot for Paramount. That news was revealed at CinemaCon, where the actor also promoted Universal’s “Twisters” as a prospective summer blockbuster. Also in the works is “Chad Powers,” a...
Deals have yet to close, but in the aftermath of “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Anyone but You,” no one’s career has been hotter than Powell’s, who continues to garner interest from big-name filmmakers and studios.
There’s no telling when this project would fit into Powell’s jam-packed production schedule. He’ll next be seen starring in Netflix’s “Hit Man,” which he also co-wrote with director Richard Linklater, but he’s also set to star in Edgar Wright’s “The Running Man” reboot for Paramount. That news was revealed at CinemaCon, where the actor also promoted Universal’s “Twisters” as a prospective summer blockbuster. Also in the works is “Chad Powers,” a...
- 5/9/2024
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Kal Penn admits he didn’t know much about Anna Nicole Smith’s physician, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, before he was approached to star as the doctor in the indie adaptation of his memoir, “Trust Me, I’m a Doctor.”
“But then I read the doctor’s autobiography and found it interesting and compelling,” Penn told me Monday night at the South Asians at the Oscars party on the Paramount lot.
Variety’s Tatiana Siegel exclusively reported Feb. 23 that Penn is set to portray Sandeep in “Trust Me, I’m a Doctor,” which chronicles Smith’s final days before dying of an accidental overdose in 2007 at the age of 39. Kapoor became entangled in Smith’s death when reports surfaced that he wrote her prescriptions to addictive drugs.
Written and directed by Thane Economou (“The Wedding Party”), the movie is a “drama,” Penn said, but it will be “equal parts ridiculous” because of some...
“But then I read the doctor’s autobiography and found it interesting and compelling,” Penn told me Monday night at the South Asians at the Oscars party on the Paramount lot.
Variety’s Tatiana Siegel exclusively reported Feb. 23 that Penn is set to portray Sandeep in “Trust Me, I’m a Doctor,” which chronicles Smith’s final days before dying of an accidental overdose in 2007 at the age of 39. Kapoor became entangled in Smith’s death when reports surfaced that he wrote her prescriptions to addictive drugs.
Written and directed by Thane Economou (“The Wedding Party”), the movie is a “drama,” Penn said, but it will be “equal parts ridiculous” because of some...
- 3/5/2024
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Noah Shachtman, the editor of Rolling Stone, appears in an undated image.
Condé Nast’s technology publication Wired has hired Rolling Stone’s former editor-in-chief who helped conceal serious criminal charges against a colleague two years ago.
On Tuesday, Wired’s Global Editor Katie Drumm said the publication is bringing back Noah Shachtman as a contributing editor, reprising the role he held from 2006 to 2013.
Drumm said Shachtman’s time at Rolling Stone saw him “[lean] hard into scoops and investigations across the entertainment industry, politics, technology and beyond.”
Shachtman earned headlines of his own last year after NPR revealed he interfered with an article that would have revealed serious child sex abuse allegations against his friend, former ABC News producer James Gordon Meek.
Rolling Stone was the first to report a federal law enforcement raid on Meek’s home in April 2022. Government sources told reporter Tatiana Siegel that the raid was...
Condé Nast’s technology publication Wired has hired Rolling Stone’s former editor-in-chief who helped conceal serious criminal charges against a colleague two years ago.
On Tuesday, Wired’s Global Editor Katie Drumm said the publication is bringing back Noah Shachtman as a contributing editor, reprising the role he held from 2006 to 2013.
Drumm said Shachtman’s time at Rolling Stone saw him “[lean] hard into scoops and investigations across the entertainment industry, politics, technology and beyond.”
Shachtman earned headlines of his own last year after NPR revealed he interfered with an article that would have revealed serious child sex abuse allegations against his friend, former ABC News producer James Gordon Meek.
Rolling Stone was the first to report a federal law enforcement raid on Meek’s home in April 2022. Government sources told reporter Tatiana Siegel that the raid was...
- 3/5/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
Indian filmmaker and TV personality Karan Johar has become the first Indian director to receive the Variety Vanguard Award, presented by the Red Sea International Film Festival, recognizing industry leaders who have significantly contributed to the global entertainment business. On Saturday, Variety’s executive editor of film and media, Tatiana Siegel, handed Johar his award at the third edition of the film festival, followed by a career-spanning conversation.
The director-producer-tv host came out of a seven-year directing hiatus with the highly successful “Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani.” The pause, the filmmaker says, was due to his busy schedule as head of the production company Dharma Productions and the host of “Koffee With Karan,” one of India’s longest-running and most popular talk shows.
“Being a studio head, you have many responsibilities and I wanted to direct more often. My primary passion is being a director,” he said. “When I sleep at night,...
The director-producer-tv host came out of a seven-year directing hiatus with the highly successful “Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani.” The pause, the filmmaker says, was due to his busy schedule as head of the production company Dharma Productions and the host of “Koffee With Karan,” one of India’s longest-running and most popular talk shows.
“Being a studio head, you have many responsibilities and I wanted to direct more often. My primary passion is being a director,” he said. “When I sleep at night,...
- 12/4/2023
- by Rafa Sales Ross
- Variety Film + TV
Variety won top honors Sunday at the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, taking the trophy for best entertainment publication along with 11 other first-place wins.
The May 3 cover package “No Words: What the Writers Strike Means for Hollywood” was recognized in the category of best entertainment publication during the ceremony held at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. The kudo extends to Variety’s entire editorial staff for creating the issue on deadline, publishing barely 48 hours after the Writers Guild of America called its first strike in 15 years.
“Receiving the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award that recognizes the entirety of our staff is particularly meaningful to us after such a challenging year for the industry we cover,” said Cynthia Littleton and Ramin Setoodeh, Variety‘s co-editors in chief. “Hollywood’s season of strikes was an all-encompassing, labor-intensive story to capture. It’s gratifying to receive this recognition as well many other first,...
The May 3 cover package “No Words: What the Writers Strike Means for Hollywood” was recognized in the category of best entertainment publication during the ceremony held at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. The kudo extends to Variety’s entire editorial staff for creating the issue on deadline, publishing barely 48 hours after the Writers Guild of America called its first strike in 15 years.
“Receiving the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award that recognizes the entirety of our staff is particularly meaningful to us after such a challenging year for the industry we cover,” said Cynthia Littleton and Ramin Setoodeh, Variety‘s co-editors in chief. “Hollywood’s season of strikes was an all-encompassing, labor-intensive story to capture. It’s gratifying to receive this recognition as well many other first,...
- 12/4/2023
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Fifty years ago, the release of two movies — “Jaws” in 1975, and “Star Wars” in 1977 — changed movies, America, and the world, not just by giving rise to “the blockbuster mentality” but by ushering in the cinematic age of all-popcorn-all-the-time. There had been antecedents, of course. In hindsight, much of our fantasy culture sprung from the loins of J.R.R. Tolkien. And there was a film that preceded “Jaws” and “Star Wars” that I think had just about as great an influence on movie culture: “The Exorcist.” That said, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas are inarguably the transcendant game-changers of the second half of the Hollywood century. That’s a fact that justifiably became a mythology.
In many ways, the Age of Marvel is also a mythology, one that has often been thought of as a ramped-up sequel to the Lucas/Spielberg revolution. Not that the rise of comic-book-movie culture took place overnight.
In many ways, the Age of Marvel is also a mythology, one that has often been thought of as a ramped-up sequel to the Lucas/Spielberg revolution. Not that the rise of comic-book-movie culture took place overnight.
- 11/5/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
The road to rebooting Marvel’s iconic “Blade” hasn’t been smooth. What we know now paints a complex picture of a film caught in the whirlwind of changes.
Mahershala Ali, a two-time Oscar winner, was tapped to breathe life into the title character. A lot was riding on him, especially with the success he’s enjoyed. But, according to Variety, the original plan for the movie took a surprising turn. At one stage, instead of Blade leading the story, he was pushed to a secondary role.
Variety’s Tatiana Siegel reported that the story once became women-centric, full of life lessons. It was quite the departure from what fans expected.
Marvel’s new comic series, ‘Bloodline: Daughter of Blade,’ added fuel to the fire. Fans began to speculate that maybe the movie would focus on this new character. But the twists and turns didn’t end there.
Related: Marvel...
Mahershala Ali, a two-time Oscar winner, was tapped to breathe life into the title character. A lot was riding on him, especially with the success he’s enjoyed. But, according to Variety, the original plan for the movie took a surprising turn. At one stage, instead of Blade leading the story, he was pushed to a secondary role.
Variety’s Tatiana Siegel reported that the story once became women-centric, full of life lessons. It was quite the departure from what fans expected.
Marvel’s new comic series, ‘Bloodline: Daughter of Blade,’ added fuel to the fire. Fans began to speculate that maybe the movie would focus on this new character. But the twists and turns didn’t end there.
Related: Marvel...
- 11/2/2023
- by Hrvoje Milakovic
- Fiction Horizon
A group of A-list actors is adding pressure on SAG-AFTRA leadership to find a way to resolve the actors strike, which has now lasted 97 days.
George Clooney, Tyler Perry, Scarlett Johansson, and others held a Zoom meeting on Tuesday afternoon with Fran Drescher, the president of SAG-AFTRA, and Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the union’s executive director.
Though the tone has been described as “supportive,” the actors did not call the meeting merely to express support. According to several sources, the A-listers represent significant discontent within the guild that talks have broken down, and are looking for a path to restart negotiations and end the strike.
Perry employs hundreds of people at his studio in Atlanta, and has been concerned for weeks that he cannot resume production.
The group, which also includes Emma Stone and Ben Affleck, was said by one source to have given a “presentation” to Drescher and Crabtree-Ireland.
George Clooney, Tyler Perry, Scarlett Johansson, and others held a Zoom meeting on Tuesday afternoon with Fran Drescher, the president of SAG-AFTRA, and Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the union’s executive director.
Though the tone has been described as “supportive,” the actors did not call the meeting merely to express support. According to several sources, the A-listers represent significant discontent within the guild that talks have broken down, and are looking for a path to restart negotiations and end the strike.
Perry employs hundreds of people at his studio in Atlanta, and has been concerned for weeks that he cannot resume production.
The group, which also includes Emma Stone and Ben Affleck, was said by one source to have given a “presentation” to Drescher and Crabtree-Ireland.
- 10/18/2023
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
A flattering profile of tech grifter Elizabeth Holmes in the New York Times. The messy exit of Jeff Shell from NBCUniversal. And a standoff with Variety over a story about a supposedly globetrotting Jeff Zucker purportedly hell-bent on buying CNN.
Hollywood and media was buzzing about all those stories and the person they all have in common is crisis public relations expert Risa Heller, who represented the principal in all of them.
That’s all the more impressive for someone who lives on the opposite side of the country. But with her rising West Coast profile, Heller, CEO of an eponymous New York-based crisis communications firm, has tongues wagging about what appears to be a growing role in the Hollywood crisis P.R. machine.
Heller’s name has been front and center all year in the entertainment industry. That came into particular focus last month when she stepped up to...
Hollywood and media was buzzing about all those stories and the person they all have in common is crisis public relations expert Risa Heller, who represented the principal in all of them.
That’s all the more impressive for someone who lives on the opposite side of the country. But with her rising West Coast profile, Heller, CEO of an eponymous New York-based crisis communications firm, has tongues wagging about what appears to be a growing role in the Hollywood crisis P.R. machine.
Heller’s name has been front and center all year in the entertainment industry. That came into particular focus last month when she stepped up to...
- 8/14/2023
- by Diane Haithman
- The Wrap
The fallout from Tatiana Siegel’s Variety article that has captivated the media industry continues, as Variety quietly added updates to the piece on Friday.
The article received backlash from many, with some calling for Variety to retract the story that claims former CNN CEO Jeff Zucker has spent the last year courting billionaires to secure funding in an effort to purchase CNN, including The Atlantic’s Tim Alberta, Puck News co-founder John Kelley and Zucker himself.
On Friday afternoon, Variety added updates to the story in order to “reflect new statements from Kelly and Alberta,” a note at the bottom of the page now reads.
“After this article was published, Alberta responded on social media that he met with Licht on seven different days and used ‘zero off-record details or quotes,'” the story says in an updated paragraph.
The update adds that Alberta “also pushed back on suggestions...
The article received backlash from many, with some calling for Variety to retract the story that claims former CNN CEO Jeff Zucker has spent the last year courting billionaires to secure funding in an effort to purchase CNN, including The Atlantic’s Tim Alberta, Puck News co-founder John Kelley and Zucker himself.
On Friday afternoon, Variety added updates to the story in order to “reflect new statements from Kelly and Alberta,” a note at the bottom of the page now reads.
“After this article was published, Alberta responded on social media that he met with Licht on seven different days and used ‘zero off-record details or quotes,'” the story says in an updated paragraph.
The update adds that Alberta “also pushed back on suggestions...
- 7/28/2023
- by Natalie Korach
- The Wrap
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Former CNN president Jeff Zucker has requested a retraction for a Variety report that characterized him as desperate to acquire the network, an individual close to Zucker told TheWrap.
Variety is facing intense backlash in response to a report published Tuesday by executive editor Tatiana Siegel that claimed Zucker has spent the last year courting billionaires to secure funding in an effort to purchase CNN.
A Zucker confidant noted that the former CNN chief is “more baffled than angry” with the claims made in the report.
Throughout the story, Siegel characterizes Zucker as deeply bitter about his departure from CNN in 2022 and hell-bent on finding a way back to the network. The piece alleges that Zucker intended to court billionaires at a Formula One race in Abu Dhabi...
Former CNN president Jeff Zucker has requested a retraction for a Variety report that characterized him as desperate to acquire the network, an individual close to Zucker told TheWrap.
Variety is facing intense backlash in response to a report published Tuesday by executive editor Tatiana Siegel that claimed Zucker has spent the last year courting billionaires to secure funding in an effort to purchase CNN.
A Zucker confidant noted that the former CNN chief is “more baffled than angry” with the claims made in the report.
Throughout the story, Siegel characterizes Zucker as deeply bitter about his departure from CNN in 2022 and hell-bent on finding a way back to the network. The piece alleges that Zucker intended to court billionaires at a Formula One race in Abu Dhabi...
- 7/27/2023
- by Natalie Korach
- The Wrap
A Variety report suggesting that former CNN chief Jeff Zucker has spent the past year seeking to buy the network from Warner Bros Discovery was criticized as a “total joke” by Zucker’s representative on Tuesday, while other leading journalists criticized the investigative article for weak reporting.
Zucker’s spokeswoman Risa Heller denounced Tatiana Siegel’s 4,000 word piece on Zucker in a scathing statement to CNN’s Oliver Darcy for his “Reliable Sources” newsletter:
“There used to be a time when Variety held its content and its reporters to a high standard of truth and facts in journalism, but those days are clearly over. It is stunning to read a piece that is so patently and aggressively false,” Heller said on Tuesday night. “On numerous occasions, we made it clear to the reporter and her editors that they were planning to publish countless anecdotes and alleged incidents that never happened.
Zucker’s spokeswoman Risa Heller denounced Tatiana Siegel’s 4,000 word piece on Zucker in a scathing statement to CNN’s Oliver Darcy for his “Reliable Sources” newsletter:
“There used to be a time when Variety held its content and its reporters to a high standard of truth and facts in journalism, but those days are clearly over. It is stunning to read a piece that is so patently and aggressively false,” Heller said on Tuesday night. “On numerous occasions, we made it clear to the reporter and her editors that they were planning to publish countless anecdotes and alleged incidents that never happened.
- 7/26/2023
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
“The Idol” — HBO’s new series starring Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye as a Svengali-like guru who takes a pop star (Lily Rose-Depp) under his wing — premieres on June 4 after a full year of making headlines for its reportedly “chaotic” production, “toxic” set and, according to some, “sexual torture porn” content.
Here’s a timeline of all “The Idol” controversies that have beset the series, from the replacing of original director Amy Seimetz to reports from traumatized crew members to reception by critics, who, to date, have given it a dismal 25% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Amy Seimetz is out, Sam Levinson is in as director (April 2022) Amy Seimetz, Sam Levinson (Getty Images)
In April 2022, HBO said that the show, which began filming in November 2021, would be undergoing a massive rehaul with significant reshoots and several new cast members. Then came reports that director Amy Seimetz, who’d co-created the “The Girlfriend Experience,...
Here’s a timeline of all “The Idol” controversies that have beset the series, from the replacing of original director Amy Seimetz to reports from traumatized crew members to reception by critics, who, to date, have given it a dismal 25% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Amy Seimetz is out, Sam Levinson is in as director (April 2022) Amy Seimetz, Sam Levinson (Getty Images)
In April 2022, HBO said that the show, which began filming in November 2021, would be undergoing a massive rehaul with significant reshoots and several new cast members. Then came reports that director Amy Seimetz, who’d co-created the “The Girlfriend Experience,...
- 6/3/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
One of the biggest premieres at this year’s Cannes Film Festival wasn’t for a movie but rather a TV show as audience members geared up to witness the first two episodes of what appears to be HBO’s next big event show, “The Idol.”
First reactions for the Sam Levinson-produced melodrama, which follows a young pop star (Lily-Rose Depp) who falls under the sway of a potentially dangerous nightclub promoter (Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye) are in, and they range anywhere from “a Pornhub-homepage odyssey starring Lily Rose Depp’s areolas and The Weeknd’s greasy rat tail” to “it’s really more like somebody put ‘Black Swan,’ ‘Succession’ and ‘Secretary’ in a blender and let it rip.”
One thing is clear, however, “Sam Levinson fans won’t be disappointed.”
Also Read:
The Weeknd’s HBO Series ‘The Idol’ Gets Summer Premiere Date, New Teaser Channels Britney Spears (Video)
The series,...
First reactions for the Sam Levinson-produced melodrama, which follows a young pop star (Lily-Rose Depp) who falls under the sway of a potentially dangerous nightclub promoter (Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye) are in, and they range anywhere from “a Pornhub-homepage odyssey starring Lily Rose Depp’s areolas and The Weeknd’s greasy rat tail” to “it’s really more like somebody put ‘Black Swan,’ ‘Succession’ and ‘Secretary’ in a blender and let it rip.”
One thing is clear, however, “Sam Levinson fans won’t be disappointed.”
Also Read:
The Weeknd’s HBO Series ‘The Idol’ Gets Summer Premiere Date, New Teaser Channels Britney Spears (Video)
The series,...
- 5/22/2023
- by Scott Mendelson and Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
‘The Idol’ First Reactions: A ‘Pornhub-Homepage Odyssey,’ ‘Prepare Yourself for Quite the Discourse’
Few new TV shows in recent memory have generated more mystique than “The Idol.” The music industry drama from Sam Levinson and The Weeknd (working under his real name Abel Tesfaye) attracted plenty of attention for its expensive reshoots and reported creative clashes, but its creators have always stood by their vision and insisted that the extra work was worth it.
The series stars Lily Rose-Depp as the world’s biggest pop star whose relationship with a sleazy guru (Tesfaye) leads her down a dark, cult-like path. In a recent interview, Levinson and Tesfaye explained that the show was inspired by the dark side of celebrity that Tesfaye had experienced when he rose to prominence as The Weeknd.
“Abel came to us with a pitch,” Levinson said. “He said something that I’ll always remember: ‘If I wanted to start a cult, I could.’ What he meant is that his...
The series stars Lily Rose-Depp as the world’s biggest pop star whose relationship with a sleazy guru (Tesfaye) leads her down a dark, cult-like path. In a recent interview, Levinson and Tesfaye explained that the show was inspired by the dark side of celebrity that Tesfaye had experienced when he rose to prominence as The Weeknd.
“Abel came to us with a pitch,” Levinson said. “He said something that I’ll always remember: ‘If I wanted to start a cult, I could.’ What he meant is that his...
- 5/22/2023
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Harrison Ford looked emotional as he received a five-minute standing ovation at this year’s Cannes Film Festival on Thursday.
The actor, 80, was seen on camera appearing teary-eyed as he responded to everyone clapping and standing up around him.
Read More: ‘Indiana Jones’ Swings Into Cannes Film Festival; Harrison Ford Honoured Before Joyous Festivalgoers
Ford is bidding farewell to his iconic character in the movie “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”, which had its world premiere at the French Riviera festival.
Harrison Ford and #indianajones cast getting a standing O before movie. Spot Bob Iger. pic.twitter.com/4VUQmNpHON
— Tatiana Siegel (@TatianaSiegel27) May 18, 2023
Seeing a teary eyed Harrison Ford during the #IndianaJones standing O at Cannes is oh so sweet. I love how Cannes truly celebrates cinema. pic.twitter.com/jmWR3Ka1IQ
— Reza Sixo Safai (@rezawrecktion) May 18, 2023
The star — who also received an honorary Palme d’Or — first...
The actor, 80, was seen on camera appearing teary-eyed as he responded to everyone clapping and standing up around him.
Read More: ‘Indiana Jones’ Swings Into Cannes Film Festival; Harrison Ford Honoured Before Joyous Festivalgoers
Ford is bidding farewell to his iconic character in the movie “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”, which had its world premiere at the French Riviera festival.
Harrison Ford and #indianajones cast getting a standing O before movie. Spot Bob Iger. pic.twitter.com/4VUQmNpHON
— Tatiana Siegel (@TatianaSiegel27) May 18, 2023
Seeing a teary eyed Harrison Ford during the #IndianaJones standing O at Cannes is oh so sweet. I love how Cannes truly celebrates cinema. pic.twitter.com/jmWR3Ka1IQ
— Reza Sixo Safai (@rezawrecktion) May 18, 2023
The star — who also received an honorary Palme d’Or — first...
- 5/19/2023
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
Two-time Oscar-winner Sean Penn was at the Cannes Film Festival this week for the debut of “Black Flies,” in which he and Tye Sheridan star as Fdny first responders. (Word is that it’s pretty gross.) While there, Penn, always one to speak his mind, gave full-throated support of Hollywood’s striking writers.
“The industry has been upending the writers and directors for a long time,” Penn said. “I fully support the situation with the writers, of course.”
On the specific issue of incorporating A.I. as a tool while developing projects, Penn said, “It strikes me as a human obscenity for a pushback on that from producers.” Then he added a final zing: “The first thing we should do in these conversations is change the Producers Guild and title them how they behave, which is the Bankers Guild,” he said.
In a statement released on Friday morning, Penn clarified...
“The industry has been upending the writers and directors for a long time,” Penn said. “I fully support the situation with the writers, of course.”
On the specific issue of incorporating A.I. as a tool while developing projects, Penn said, “It strikes me as a human obscenity for a pushback on that from producers.” Then he added a final zing: “The first thing we should do in these conversations is change the Producers Guild and title them how they behave, which is the Bankers Guild,” he said.
In a statement released on Friday morning, Penn clarified...
- 5/19/2023
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
Variety has hired award-winning journalist Tatiana Siegel as executive editor, film & media. In her new post, Siegel will help guide Variety’s coverage of the film and media business, as well as write covers, features, analysis pieces and investigative stories.
Siegel, who most recently worked as a senior writer for Rolling Stone and previously served as executive film editor at The Hollywood Reporter, is best known for her hard-hitting examinations of the entertainment business. In recent years, she produced several industry-shaking exposés, one that resulted in the ouster of Warner Bros. chairman and CEO Kevin Tsujihara, and another that revealed decades of bullying by film and theater producer Scott Rudin.
Siegel had a five-year stint at Variety between 2007-2012. She re-joins the magazine on Jan. 1.
“We are beyond excited to welcome Tatiana Siegel back to Variety where she belongs,” said Ramin Setoodeh and Cynthia Littleton, Variety’s co-editors-in-chief. “As one...
Siegel, who most recently worked as a senior writer for Rolling Stone and previously served as executive film editor at The Hollywood Reporter, is best known for her hard-hitting examinations of the entertainment business. In recent years, she produced several industry-shaking exposés, one that resulted in the ouster of Warner Bros. chairman and CEO Kevin Tsujihara, and another that revealed decades of bullying by film and theater producer Scott Rudin.
Siegel had a five-year stint at Variety between 2007-2012. She re-joins the magazine on Jan. 1.
“We are beyond excited to welcome Tatiana Siegel back to Variety where she belongs,” said Ramin Setoodeh and Cynthia Littleton, Variety’s co-editors-in-chief. “As one...
- 12/21/2022
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
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The Hollywood Reporter was named best entertainment publication at the 15th annual National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, which were handed out at a gala Sunday night at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City.
THR landed several other big wins during the night, including best columnist for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, best anchor/host for Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg, and best multimedia package for its Sustainability Issue.
Also at the ceremony, the Los Angeles Press Club handed out several honorary awards. Byron Allen received the Impact Award for contributions to culture and society, Ryan Seacrest accepted the Luminary Award for career achievement, and Marla Gibbs was honored with the Legend Award for lifetime achievement and contributions to society. The Distinguished Storyteller Awards, for excellence in storytelling outside of journalism, were presented to Walt Disney Animation Studios chief creative officer Jennifer Lee (film) and Tanya Tucker (music).
In addition,...
The Hollywood Reporter was named best entertainment publication at the 15th annual National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, which were handed out at a gala Sunday night at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City.
THR landed several other big wins during the night, including best columnist for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, best anchor/host for Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg, and best multimedia package for its Sustainability Issue.
Also at the ceremony, the Los Angeles Press Club handed out several honorary awards. Byron Allen received the Impact Award for contributions to culture and society, Ryan Seacrest accepted the Luminary Award for career achievement, and Marla Gibbs was honored with the Legend Award for lifetime achievement and contributions to society. The Distinguished Storyteller Awards, for excellence in storytelling outside of journalism, were presented to Walt Disney Animation Studios chief creative officer Jennifer Lee (film) and Tanya Tucker (music).
In addition,...
- 12/5/2022
- by THR staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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The Hollywood Reporter has landed 32 nominations for the 15th National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, including best entertainment publication and best website.
In addition, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was nominated for best columnist, David Rooney is up for best critic and Lesley Goldberg and Dan Fienberg are named among the finalists for best arts or entertainment podcast and best podcast anchor/host. THR‘s art and photo teams were also recognized for cover art, portrait photo, page layout and moving graphic.
Two THR blogs are up for best entertainment blog by an individual or group, tied to an organization: The Live Feed (by Goldberg, Rick Porter, James Hibberd and Jackie Strause) and Scott Feinberg’s The Race. Ryan Fish and Christy Piña were nominated for best journalistic use of social media to tell or enhance a story for THR‘s Michelle Yeoh cover feature.
THR landed nominations in various other categories,...
The Hollywood Reporter has landed 32 nominations for the 15th National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards, including best entertainment publication and best website.
In addition, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was nominated for best columnist, David Rooney is up for best critic and Lesley Goldberg and Dan Fienberg are named among the finalists for best arts or entertainment podcast and best podcast anchor/host. THR‘s art and photo teams were also recognized for cover art, portrait photo, page layout and moving graphic.
Two THR blogs are up for best entertainment blog by an individual or group, tied to an organization: The Live Feed (by Goldberg, Rick Porter, James Hibberd and Jackie Strause) and Scott Feinberg’s The Race. Ryan Fish and Christy Piña were nominated for best journalistic use of social media to tell or enhance a story for THR‘s Michelle Yeoh cover feature.
THR landed nominations in various other categories,...
- 11/4/2022
- by THR staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie was attacked on Friday as he prepared to give a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution. According to a statement from the New York State Police, at about 11 a.m., a man rushed the stage and attacked Rushdie and an interviewer.
“Rushdie suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck, and was transported by helicopter to an area hospital,” the statement read. “His condition is not yet known.” The interviewer suffered a minor head injury, and a state trooper assigned to the event took the suspect into custody.
“Rushdie suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck, and was transported by helicopter to an area hospital,” the statement read. “His condition is not yet known.” The interviewer suffered a minor head injury, and a state trooper assigned to the event took the suspect into custody.
- 8/12/2022
- by Andrea Marks
- Rollingstone.com
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSHead."A man for all seasons" is how Bruce Dern once described Bob Rafelson, who passed away this week at age 89. Josh Karp's 2019 Esquire profile captures the New Hollywood iconoclast at his intense best. This week, we're also remembering William Richert, writer/director of Winter Kills and A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon, and the legendary actor Paul Sorvino, an unforgettable presence across five decades of film roles.Steven Spielberg's next film, The Fabelmans, will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. A semi-autobiography based on Spielberg's own childhood growing up in postwar Arizona, the film will star Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, plus Gabriel Labelle as Spielberg's stand-in. Nicolas Winding Refn has made a new six-part TV series. Copenhagen Cowboy will be the first production the...
- 7/27/2022
- MUBI
Production on the film Being Mortal has reportedly been suspended following a complaint of “inappropriate behavior” against Bill Murray, one of the movie’s stars.
Variety reports that just weeks after the film went into production on March 28, a letter went out to cast and crew notifying them that work on Being Mortal would be halted for an indefinite period.
“Late last week, we were made aware of a complaint, and we immediately looked into it,” Searchlight Pictures wrote in an email to the production crew earlier this week. “After reviewing the circumstances,...
Variety reports that just weeks after the film went into production on March 28, a letter went out to cast and crew notifying them that work on Being Mortal would be halted for an indefinite period.
“Late last week, we were made aware of a complaint, and we immediately looked into it,” Searchlight Pictures wrote in an email to the production crew earlier this week. “After reviewing the circumstances,...
- 4/21/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
In what may be the most shocking moment in the history of the Academy Awards, Will Smith jumped onstage and smacked Chris Rock while the comedian was presenting the Best Documentary award at the 2022 Oscars.
The unscripted moment arrived after the comedian joked about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair loss, a symptom of alopecia. “Jada, love you, G.I. Jane 2, can’t wait to see it,” Rock said, before the actress rolled her eyes. Will appeared to laugh at the joke at first but then walked up onstage. After Rock said “Uh oh,...
The unscripted moment arrived after the comedian joked about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair loss, a symptom of alopecia. “Jada, love you, G.I. Jane 2, can’t wait to see it,” Rock said, before the actress rolled her eyes. Will appeared to laugh at the joke at first but then walked up onstage. After Rock said “Uh oh,...
- 3/28/2022
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Prime Video has announced “Voices: Women Innovating Hollywood,” a special virtual event celebrating Women’s History Month.
The conference will feature panels and programming centering women in the entertainment industry, from prominent actors to behind-the-scenes talent. The event will open with a special introduction from Jerrie Johnson and Shoniqua Shandai, who star in the Prime Video comedy series “Harlem.”
Events that take place throughout the day will include a discussion with “One Day at a Time” and “With Love” showrunner Gloria Calderón Kellett, a panel with prominent casting directors Angelique Midthunder and Carla Hool and a talk from Dr. Katherine Pieper and Al-Baab Khan from University of Southern California. The event will close with a special recap of Lizzo’s recent performance at the South by Southwest festival, featuring her backup dancers the Big Grrrls.
“We’re excited to bring these women together, from various parts of the entertainment industry,...
The conference will feature panels and programming centering women in the entertainment industry, from prominent actors to behind-the-scenes talent. The event will open with a special introduction from Jerrie Johnson and Shoniqua Shandai, who star in the Prime Video comedy series “Harlem.”
Events that take place throughout the day will include a discussion with “One Day at a Time” and “With Love” showrunner Gloria Calderón Kellett, a panel with prominent casting directors Angelique Midthunder and Carla Hool and a talk from Dr. Katherine Pieper and Al-Baab Khan from University of Southern California. The event will close with a special recap of Lizzo’s recent performance at the South by Southwest festival, featuring her backup dancers the Big Grrrls.
“We’re excited to bring these women together, from various parts of the entertainment industry,...
- 3/23/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
The Sundance Film Festival announced Wednesday that, due to the surge of the Omicron variant, the 2022 event will be online-only.
The Park City, Utah festival was scheduled to kick off Jan. 20 with in-person screenings. However, “we do not believe it is safe nor feasible to gather thousands of artists, audiences, employees, volunteers, and partners from around the world, for an eleven-day festival while overwhelmed communities are already struggling to provide essential services,” organizers said in a statement Wednesday.
“We have been looking forward to our first fully hybrid Sundance Film...
The Park City, Utah festival was scheduled to kick off Jan. 20 with in-person screenings. However, “we do not believe it is safe nor feasible to gather thousands of artists, audiences, employees, volunteers, and partners from around the world, for an eleven-day festival while overwhelmed communities are already struggling to provide essential services,” organizers said in a statement Wednesday.
“We have been looking forward to our first fully hybrid Sundance Film...
- 1/5/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Janice Min’s first hire in her new role as editor in chief of the Ankler newsletter will not be joining the Hollywood news startup and is headed to Rolling Stone, Variety has learned.
Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that Min — the editor who led the Hollywood Reporter into revived visibility but big financial losses as a glossy magazine — is moving to The Ankler, a Substack newsletter launched in 2017 by entertainment journalist Richard Rushfield. She will be a co-owner and also serve as CEO of the newly formed Ankler Media.
Min told the New York Times and said in a tweet that Tatiana Siegel, executive film editor of the Hollywood Reporter, would be joining Ankler. But Variety has confirmed that Siegel instead has plans to join Rolling Stone as a Senior Reporter. (Both Rolling Stone and THR are also owned by Variety parent company Pmc.)
Variety also...
Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that Min — the editor who led the Hollywood Reporter into revived visibility but big financial losses as a glossy magazine — is moving to The Ankler, a Substack newsletter launched in 2017 by entertainment journalist Richard Rushfield. She will be a co-owner and also serve as CEO of the newly formed Ankler Media.
Min told the New York Times and said in a tweet that Tatiana Siegel, executive film editor of the Hollywood Reporter, would be joining Ankler. But Variety has confirmed that Siegel instead has plans to join Rolling Stone as a Senior Reporter. (Both Rolling Stone and THR are also owned by Variety parent company Pmc.)
Variety also...
- 12/17/2021
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
Profiles written by J. Clara Chan, Kirsten Chuba, Ashley Cullins, Mia Galuppo, Carolyn Giardina, Lesley Goldberg, Rebecca Keegan, Borys Kit, Pamela McClintock, Mikey O’Connell, Lacey Rose, Tatiana Siegel and Rebecca Sun
Pamela Abdy Emily Malan Pamela Abdy
President, MGM Motion Picture Group
On a hot streak with both Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci and Paul Thomas Anderson’s art house hit Licorice Pizza as early awards contenders, Abdy also saw Daniel Craig’s final Bond entry, No Time to Die, roll out (finally!) to solid numbers. More than a year into the job, and ahead of a pending Amazon acquisition, Abdy has helped fortify the studio with a slate ...
Pamela Abdy Emily Malan Pamela Abdy
President, MGM Motion Picture Group
On a hot streak with both Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci and Paul Thomas Anderson’s art house hit Licorice Pizza as early awards contenders, Abdy also saw Daniel Craig’s final Bond entry, No Time to Die, roll out (finally!) to solid numbers. More than a year into the job, and ahead of a pending Amazon acquisition, Abdy has helped fortify the studio with a slate ...
- 12/8/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Profiles written by J. Clara Chan, Kirsten Chuba, Ashley Cullins, Mia Galuppo, Carolyn Giardina, Lesley Goldberg, Rebecca Keegan, Borys Kit, Pamela McClintock, Mikey O’Connell, Lacey Rose, Tatiana Siegel and Rebecca Sun
Pamela Abdy Emily Malan Pamela Abdy
President, MGM Motion Picture Group
On a hot streak with both Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci and Paul Thomas Anderson’s art house hit Licorice Pizza as early awards contenders, Abdy also saw Daniel Craig’s final Bond entry, No Time to Die, roll out (finally!) to solid numbers. More than a year into the job, and ahead of a pending Amazon acquisition, Abdy has helped fortify the studio with a slate ...
Pamela Abdy Emily Malan Pamela Abdy
President, MGM Motion Picture Group
On a hot streak with both Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci and Paul Thomas Anderson’s art house hit Licorice Pizza as early awards contenders, Abdy also saw Daniel Craig’s final Bond entry, No Time to Die, roll out (finally!) to solid numbers. More than a year into the job, and ahead of a pending Amazon acquisition, Abdy has helped fortify the studio with a slate ...
- 12/8/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Not long after Scott Rudin issued a statement he will step back from film and TV projects, to go with the voluntary exit from theater projects he announced days ago, sources said that Rudin has stepped away from the five projects he had with A24, this following a THR expose by Tatiana Siegel on Rudin’s recidivist bullying of assistants and others who were powerless to do anything about it. There is no official comment, nor a confirmation that Rudin’s name not appearing in the credits of these films. Here are the pictures Rudin is no longer producing for A24:
The Tragedy of MacBeth, the Joel Coen-directed film that stars Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Ineson. Coen is now sole producer.
The Humans, the Stephen Karam scripted and directed film that stars Steven Yeun, Beanie Feldstein, Amy Schumer, June Squibb, Richard Jenkins, Jayne Houdyshell. Eli Bush is now sole producer.
The Tragedy of MacBeth, the Joel Coen-directed film that stars Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Ineson. Coen is now sole producer.
The Humans, the Stephen Karam scripted and directed film that stars Steven Yeun, Beanie Feldstein, Amy Schumer, June Squibb, Richard Jenkins, Jayne Houdyshell. Eli Bush is now sole producer.
- 4/20/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Sound of Metal director Darius Marder and its stars Riz Ahmed and Paul Raci sat down with Tatiana Siegel of The Hollywood Reporter to discuss their acclaimed film in a THR Presents Q&a powered by Vision Media.
Golden Globe nominee Ahmed stars in the film as Ruben, the drummer of a heavy metal duo known as Blackgammon fronted by Ruben’s girlfriend Lou (Olivia Cooke). While the pair tours the country in the Rv they call home, Ruben suddenly begins to experience hearing loss as a result of the piercing volume of their music. With his creative pursuit — and his sobriety ...
Golden Globe nominee Ahmed stars in the film as Ruben, the drummer of a heavy metal duo known as Blackgammon fronted by Ruben’s girlfriend Lou (Olivia Cooke). While the pair tours the country in the Rv they call home, Ruben suddenly begins to experience hearing loss as a result of the piercing volume of their music. With his creative pursuit — and his sobriety ...
- 2/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Sound of Metal director Darius Marder and its stars Riz Ahmed and Paul Raci sat down with Tatiana Siegel of The Hollywood Reporter to discuss their acclaimed film in a THR Presents Q&a powered by Vision Media.
Golden Globe nominee Ahmed stars in the film as Ruben, the drummer of a heavy metal duo known as Blackgammon fronted by Ruben’s girlfriend Lou (Olivia Cooke). While the pair tours the country in the Rv they call home, Ruben suddenly begins to experience hearing loss as a result of the piercing volume of their music. With his creative pursuit — and his sobriety ...
Golden Globe nominee Ahmed stars in the film as Ruben, the drummer of a heavy metal duo known as Blackgammon fronted by Ruben’s girlfriend Lou (Olivia Cooke). While the pair tours the country in the Rv they call home, Ruben suddenly begins to experience hearing loss as a result of the piercing volume of their music. With his creative pursuit — and his sobriety ...
- 2/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Hollywood Reporter’s Tatiana Siegel sat down with director Bryan Fogel to discuss his new documentary The Dissident in a THR Presents Q&a powered by Vision Media.
Fogel, whose 2017 film Icarus won the Oscar for best documentary feature, has delivered another shocking exposé into the murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi.
“I had not known who Jamal Khashoggi was prior to his disappearance,” Fogel admits. But when he first heard of the reports of Khashoggi’s murder in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, he says it triggered “a light-bulb moment.” While reports out of the Middle East initially labeled Khashoggi ...
Fogel, whose 2017 film Icarus won the Oscar for best documentary feature, has delivered another shocking exposé into the murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi.
“I had not known who Jamal Khashoggi was prior to his disappearance,” Fogel admits. But when he first heard of the reports of Khashoggi’s murder in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, he says it triggered “a light-bulb moment.” While reports out of the Middle East initially labeled Khashoggi ...
The Hollywood Reporter’s Tatiana Siegel sat down with director Bryan Fogel to discuss his new documentary The Dissident in a THR Presents Q&a powered by Vision Media.
Fogel, whose 2017 film Icarus won the Oscar for best documentary feature, has delivered another shocking exposé into the murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi.
“I had not known who Jamal Khashoggi was prior to his disappearance,” Fogel admits. But when he first heard of the reports of Khashoggi’s murder in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, he says it triggered “a light-bulb moment.” While reports out of the Middle East initially labeled Khashoggi ...
Fogel, whose 2017 film Icarus won the Oscar for best documentary feature, has delivered another shocking exposé into the murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi.
“I had not known who Jamal Khashoggi was prior to his disappearance,” Fogel admits. But when he first heard of the reports of Khashoggi’s murder in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, he says it triggered “a light-bulb moment.” While reports out of the Middle East initially labeled Khashoggi ...
Last year at this time, there was some speculation in the entertainment press that a number of unsuspecting attendees at the Sundance Film Festival who had fallen ill with severe flu-like symptoms may in fact have been exposed to Covid-19 without knowing it. The annual Park City festival began its 11-day run — from Jan. 23-Feb. 2 — just days after the first known case of the highly contagious coronavirus was confirmed in Washington state.
The Hollywood Reporter, now our sister publication, posted a story on May 6 with the headline “Was Sundance a ‘First Petri Dish’ of Coronavirus in the States?” The writer of the piece, Tatiana Siegel, had interviewed more than a dozen festivalgoers who spoke of symptoms, including violent coughing and breathing problems, that were more acute than those associated with a bad flu.
“A swath of attendees, including festival regulars and at least one high-profile actor, became sicker than ever before,...
The Hollywood Reporter, now our sister publication, posted a story on May 6 with the headline “Was Sundance a ‘First Petri Dish’ of Coronavirus in the States?” The writer of the piece, Tatiana Siegel, had interviewed more than a dozen festivalgoers who spoke of symptoms, including violent coughing and breathing problems, that were more acute than those associated with a bad flu.
“A swath of attendees, including festival regulars and at least one high-profile actor, became sicker than ever before,...
- 1/27/2021
- by Claudia Eller
- Variety Film + TV
Sure, Ted Hope sees downside in today’s indie film business amid fast-expanding streaming giants. But it was ever thus, the legendary producer told a master class at the Toronto Film Festival on Friday.
“It’s been a non-stop onslaught of transformative change since I arrived in New York City. Yes, we’re no longer a single-title, revenue based, studio-driven ecosystem. Now we’re in a streaming dominant, portfolio-based, attention-driven, global economy, and that’s changed everything,” Hope, who ran Amazon Studios at one point, said during a virtual conversation moderated by THR executive film editor Tatiana Siegel....
“It’s been a non-stop onslaught of transformative change since I arrived in New York City. Yes, we’re no longer a single-title, revenue based, studio-driven ecosystem. Now we’re in a streaming dominant, portfolio-based, attention-driven, global economy, and that’s changed everything,” Hope, who ran Amazon Studios at one point, said during a virtual conversation moderated by THR executive film editor Tatiana Siegel....
- 9/11/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Sure, Ted Hope sees downside in today’s indie film business amid fast-expanding streaming giants. But it was ever thus, the legendary producer told a master class at the Toronto Film Festival on Friday.
“It’s been a non-stop onslaught of transformative change since I arrived in New York City. Yes, we’re no longer a single-title, revenue based, studio-driven ecosystem. Now we’re in a streaming dominant, portfolio-based, attention-driven, global economy, and that’s changed everything,” Hope, who ran Amazon Studios at one point, said during a virtual conversation moderated by THR executive film editor Tatiana Siegel....
“It’s been a non-stop onslaught of transformative change since I arrived in New York City. Yes, we’re no longer a single-title, revenue based, studio-driven ecosystem. Now we’re in a streaming dominant, portfolio-based, attention-driven, global economy, and that’s changed everything,” Hope, who ran Amazon Studios at one point, said during a virtual conversation moderated by THR executive film editor Tatiana Siegel....
- 9/11/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
One day after Valence Media purged staffers at The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Vibe, Dick Clark Productions and Knives Out producers Media Rights Capital, the axe came down hard this afternoon on some top editorial employees at the Tinseltown trade.
As well as now former chief film critic Todd McCarthy (who penned a guest column about his departure for Deadline on Thursday), THR will be losing senior reporter Rebecca Sun, and Senior Film Editor Piya Sinha-Roy, who joined just last September. Additionally, Real Estate and City Editor Peter Kiefer, senior events editor Ramona Saviss, art production manager Michelle Mondragon, senior production manager Maya Eslam, photo editor Lisa Dragani, video producers Marya Gullo and Natalie Heltzel have also been handed their pink slips today by the Modi Wiczyk and Asif Satchu run Valence.
We hear that the core THR film team of Borys Kitt, Pam McClintock, Chris Gardner, Executive Film Editor Tatiana Siegel and Editor at Large Kim Masters are among those who are safe, for now. But sources tell us the internal expectation is more cuts are coming soon as ad revenue dries up for the trade.
Already in choppy financial waters before the coronavirus pandemic shut down Hollywood and most of the world, THR saw editorial director Matt Belloni suddenly exit the publication on April 6. In a goodbye memo to his team, the successor to Janice Min played the diplomatic card and said “well-meaning, diligent, ambitious people can disagree about fundamental priorities and strategies.”
The fact is things were so bad that right in the middle of an economic downturn, once legal beagle Belloni took a walk after refusing to submit to repeated pressure from above to play nice with parties that Valence considered pals or business associates.
Valence did not respond to request for comment on Thursday’s layoffs. If they do, we will update with their statement.
As well as now former chief film critic Todd McCarthy (who penned a guest column about his departure for Deadline on Thursday), THR will be losing senior reporter Rebecca Sun, and Senior Film Editor Piya Sinha-Roy, who joined just last September. Additionally, Real Estate and City Editor Peter Kiefer, senior events editor Ramona Saviss, art production manager Michelle Mondragon, senior production manager Maya Eslam, photo editor Lisa Dragani, video producers Marya Gullo and Natalie Heltzel have also been handed their pink slips today by the Modi Wiczyk and Asif Satchu run Valence.
We hear that the core THR film team of Borys Kitt, Pam McClintock, Chris Gardner, Executive Film Editor Tatiana Siegel and Editor at Large Kim Masters are among those who are safe, for now. But sources tell us the internal expectation is more cuts are coming soon as ad revenue dries up for the trade.
Already in choppy financial waters before the coronavirus pandemic shut down Hollywood and most of the world, THR saw editorial director Matt Belloni suddenly exit the publication on April 6. In a goodbye memo to his team, the successor to Janice Min played the diplomatic card and said “well-meaning, diligent, ambitious people can disagree about fundamental priorities and strategies.”
The fact is things were so bad that right in the middle of an economic downturn, once legal beagle Belloni took a walk after refusing to submit to repeated pressure from above to play nice with parties that Valence considered pals or business associates.
Valence did not respond to request for comment on Thursday’s layoffs. If they do, we will update with their statement.
- 4/16/2020
- by Dominic Patten and Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The film Fast & Furious 9 has also been pushed back for an entire year due to concerns about the coronavirus. Mulan, Fast And Furious 9 and No Time To Die all ran Super Bowl ads. That’s about $15M combined out the window. — Tatiana Siegel (@TatianaSiegel27) March 12, 2020 The franchise, that’s made Vin […]
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- 3/17/2020
- by Joseph Russo
- Uinterview
The lawsuits over the massive hack of Sony last year may be almost settled but now it seems lawsuits over the coverage have started – at least one. Nicole Basile has slapped The Hollywood Reporter’s parent company Prometheus Global Media and two of the publication’s writers with a defamation suit over a December 2014 article that she claims falsely branded her as one of the hackers.
“This Article has destroyed Ms. Basile’s reputation, rendering her an untouchable within the industry, and destroying her career,” says the complaint from the Chicago-based freelance production accountant (read it here). In her jury trial seeking filing, Basile, who denies having anything to do with the hacking, is seeking a minimum of $75,000 in damages as well as “other and further relief as this Court deems just and appropriate” on what her lawyers estimate to be over $1.4 million in lost earnings since the article came out.
“This Article has destroyed Ms. Basile’s reputation, rendering her an untouchable within the industry, and destroying her career,” says the complaint from the Chicago-based freelance production accountant (read it here). In her jury trial seeking filing, Basile, who denies having anything to do with the hacking, is seeking a minimum of $75,000 in damages as well as “other and further relief as this Court deems just and appropriate” on what her lawyers estimate to be over $1.4 million in lost earnings since the article came out.
- 11/8/2015
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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