CNBC's Jim Cramer reported Friday morning on Squawk on the Street that he's hearing from business leaders off-camera that Obama is hated by business leaders. "The disdain is off the charts! This guy, he is hated like Jimmy Carter!" Cramer's candid insight came after news from anchor Melissa Lee that there was a sadness about the economy from many traders and about how The Conference Board said there was a 45% chance of the Us going into recession.
- 9/16/2011
- by James Crugnale
- Mediaite - TV
The Sundance Creative Producing Lab just wrapped, and here, with an account of her days there, is producer Melissa Lee (Dear Lemon Lima, Circumstance).
Last week I had the honor of being one of six Fellows at the Sundance Institute Creative Producing Lab. Over the course of five days, the intimate group of Fellows and Advisors – about 15 in all — dissected, scrutinized, and re-energized not only the five projects selected for the Lab, but also each of the Fellows behind them. I’d heard the experience compared to rehab, group therapy, and King Arthur’s Court. It turned out to be a bit of all three.
I almost didn’t apply to the Lab this year. After two consecutive rejections, I wasn’t sure my bruised pride was up for a third. ut the same pride also told me that was a pathetic excuse. Now, I’m really glad I listened.
Last week I had the honor of being one of six Fellows at the Sundance Institute Creative Producing Lab. Over the course of five days, the intimate group of Fellows and Advisors – about 15 in all — dissected, scrutinized, and re-energized not only the five projects selected for the Lab, but also each of the Fellows behind them. I’d heard the experience compared to rehab, group therapy, and King Arthur’s Court. It turned out to be a bit of all three.
I almost didn’t apply to the Lab this year. After two consecutive rejections, I wasn’t sure my bruised pride was up for a third. ut the same pride also told me that was a pathetic excuse. Now, I’m really glad I listened.
- 8/2/2011
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Usually when a business news network busts out the six-box, that means a lot of analysts on the screen at once, talking about some super scary financial news. Today, well, it was about Carl Quintanilla's dreamy haircut--and his new job. Starting today, Quintanilla and Melissa Lee take over hosting duties on the network's Squawk on the Street, filling chairs left empty by the death of Mark Haines and departure of Erin Burnett, whose new CNN show is slated to debut in late September.
- 7/11/2011
- by Mark Joyella
- Mediaite - TV
Billy Bob Thornton 's long-estranged daughter was found guilty of manslaughter in a Florida courtroom Friday in the death of a one-year-old girl who died in her care. 32-year-old Amanda Brumfield was convicted of aggravated manslaughter stemming from the death of her best friend's daughter ... who she was babysitting in October 2008. Brumfield was acquitted on charges of first degree murder and child-abuse. Brumfield -- Thornton’s child from his first marriage to Melissa Lee Gatlin...
- 6/2/2011
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
It's a sad story with a Hollywood connection. Amanda Brumfield (pictured above, in her 2008 mugshot and in 2011 at the trial), the 32-year-old estranged daughter of actor Billy Bob Thornton, has been found guilty of aggravated manslaughter in the 2008 death of 1-year-old Olivia Madison Garcia, the daughter of Amanda's best friend, who died while spending the night at Amanda's house, reports the Orlando Sentinel.
Amanda maintained Olivia's death was accidental. She claimed Olivia died while trying to climb out of her playpen and fell, while the prosecution argued that it was impossible that a fall from that small height could have caused the 3.5-inch fracture on Olivia's skull and the bleeding/swelling that was found in her brain. Brumfield was acquitted of first-degree murder.
Amanda is Billy Bob Thornton's child from the first of his five marriages. Amanda was born in 1979, during Thornton's marriage to Melissa Lee Gatlin.
In a weird coincidence,...
Amanda maintained Olivia's death was accidental. She claimed Olivia died while trying to climb out of her playpen and fell, while the prosecution argued that it was impossible that a fall from that small height could have caused the 3.5-inch fracture on Olivia's skull and the bleeding/swelling that was found in her brain. Brumfield was acquitted of first-degree murder.
Amanda is Billy Bob Thornton's child from the first of his five marriages. Amanda was born in 1979, during Thornton's marriage to Melissa Lee Gatlin.
In a weird coincidence,...
- 6/2/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Writer/director Suzi Yoonessi discusses her film Dear Lemon Lima, with Film Independent
The story of an awkward teenager trying to win back her true love, Dear Lemon Lima, is the heart-warming debut feature by writer/director Suzi Yoonessi. Developed in Film Independent's Screenwriters, Directors, and Producers Labs, Dear Lemon Lima, has come a long way since it's inception in the pages of Yoonessi's own childhood diary. The film made it's world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival where it took home the Audience Award for Outstanding Performance. It has since gone on to win awards at numerous other festivals both national and international.
By Josh Welsh
First off, congratulations on your theatrical release. The film comes out on March 4, both theatrically and VOD, what cities will you be in?
Thanks. It will be released in La starting March 4th and in NY one week later - March 11th.
The story of an awkward teenager trying to win back her true love, Dear Lemon Lima, is the heart-warming debut feature by writer/director Suzi Yoonessi. Developed in Film Independent's Screenwriters, Directors, and Producers Labs, Dear Lemon Lima, has come a long way since it's inception in the pages of Yoonessi's own childhood diary. The film made it's world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival where it took home the Audience Award for Outstanding Performance. It has since gone on to win awards at numerous other festivals both national and international.
By Josh Welsh
First off, congratulations on your theatrical release. The film comes out on March 4, both theatrically and VOD, what cities will you be in?
Thanks. It will be released in La starting March 4th and in NY one week later - March 11th.
- 2/24/2011
- by maint
- Film Independent
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