Barbara Walters, the legendary Emmy-award winning broadcast journalism pioneer and co-creator of “The View”, has died. She was 93 years old.
ABC News confirmed the news on Friday. No cause of death was given. Disney CEO Bob Iger tweeted that Walters died on Friday evening at her home in New York.
Throughout her more than 50-year career, Walter became a staple in broadcasting, helming the “Today” show ABC News, “20/20”, “The View”, and her annual “Most Fascinating People” special, while simultaneously paving the way for other female journalists.
Making a name in an industry dominated by men became an unspoken routine for Walters who began working for “20/20” in 1978. Joining the news magazine reunited Walters with her former “Today” co-host, Hugh Downs, and solidified what became her legacy.
Walters was born on September 25, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts. She grew up in Boston, Miami and New York, the latter of which is where she launched...
ABC News confirmed the news on Friday. No cause of death was given. Disney CEO Bob Iger tweeted that Walters died on Friday evening at her home in New York.
Throughout her more than 50-year career, Walter became a staple in broadcasting, helming the “Today” show ABC News, “20/20”, “The View”, and her annual “Most Fascinating People” special, while simultaneously paving the way for other female journalists.
Making a name in an industry dominated by men became an unspoken routine for Walters who began working for “20/20” in 1978. Joining the news magazine reunited Walters with her former “Today” co-host, Hugh Downs, and solidified what became her legacy.
Walters was born on September 25, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts. She grew up in Boston, Miami and New York, the latter of which is where she launched...
- 12/31/2022
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Wall Street hasn’t been kind to Hollywood entertainment giants this year — but that may be about to change.
Disney, once thought of as a stock-market pace car setting the tempo for the rest of the industry, has been one of the Dow Jones industrial average’s biggest dogs in 2022, with share prices dropping 28 since the start of the year. (The stock closed at 112.32 on Thursday.)
The overall market has taken a beating this year: The S&P 500 has slumped 20, the tech-laden Nasdaq is down 27, and the Dow has tanked 14. But Hollywood conglomerates have fared even worse: Paramount Global shares have dropped 29, Lionsgate fell 45, while Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix shares have been stunningly sliced by more than half. Fox, which has declined a relatively modest 12, has ironically been the one Hollywood stock to break out from the pack simply because the Murdoch-led media empire has focused on terrestrial and...
Disney, once thought of as a stock-market pace car setting the tempo for the rest of the industry, has been one of the Dow Jones industrial average’s biggest dogs in 2022, with share prices dropping 28 since the start of the year. (The stock closed at 112.32 on Thursday.)
The overall market has taken a beating this year: The S&P 500 has slumped 20, the tech-laden Nasdaq is down 27, and the Dow has tanked 14. But Hollywood conglomerates have fared even worse: Paramount Global shares have dropped 29, Lionsgate fell 45, while Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix shares have been stunningly sliced by more than half. Fox, which has declined a relatively modest 12, has ironically been the one Hollywood stock to break out from the pack simply because the Murdoch-led media empire has focused on terrestrial and...
- 9/9/2022
- by Joe Bel Bruno
- The Wrap
Todd Snider celebrates playing in front of an audience again and pays tribute to dearly departed friends on his new album Live: Return of the Storyteller, a collection of tracks recorded during the singer’s first post-pandemic shows in 2021.
Ahead of the live LP’s Sept. 23 release, Snider has shared the new video for a live rendition of his 2006 fan favorite “Just Like Old Times,” a track that inspired the film Hard Luck Love Song:
“This album is dedicated to all the people who come to these shows whether...
Ahead of the live LP’s Sept. 23 release, Snider has shared the new video for a live rendition of his 2006 fan favorite “Just Like Old Times,” a track that inspired the film Hard Luck Love Song:
“This album is dedicated to all the people who come to these shows whether...
- 7/29/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Hollywood and media industry financing sources have tended to be cyclical, with new money refreshing the old every few years. The current cycle of private equity investment, though, is bucking that history and could extend the M&a wave for years to come, dealmakers say.
Transactions like the $900 million takeover of Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, via a partnership between Blackstone and former Disney execs Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, set tongues wagging. The sky-high valuation (reportedly at more than seven times revenue) for a company with few owned assets prompted speculation about froth in the market. Still, virtually any firm with a claim to any intellectual property is believed to be for sale, either wholesale or in parts. Among the sellers are LeBron James’ SpringHill, Imagine and Legendary. Even though the deal doesn’t rely on private funds, Amazon’s pending $8.45 billion acquisition of MGM shows the nearly insatiable...
Transactions like the $900 million takeover of Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, via a partnership between Blackstone and former Disney execs Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, set tongues wagging. The sky-high valuation (reportedly at more than seven times revenue) for a company with few owned assets prompted speculation about froth in the market. Still, virtually any firm with a claim to any intellectual property is believed to be for sale, either wholesale or in parts. Among the sellers are LeBron James’ SpringHill, Imagine and Legendary. Even though the deal doesn’t rely on private funds, Amazon’s pending $8.45 billion acquisition of MGM shows the nearly insatiable...
- 8/8/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
On Monday, President Biden met with 10 supposedly moderate Republicans in the Oval Office to discuss their scaled-down $618 billion Covid-relief proposal. Even though the economy is still reeling from the pandemic and tens of millions of Americans are struggling to feed their families and put a roof over their heads, they are very concerned about the $1.9 trillion price tag on Biden’s plan. Lately, it seems, Republicans have taken renewed interest in deficits and our growing national debt. That’s because a Democrat is in the White House.
When a Republican is president,...
When a Republican is president,...
- 2/5/2021
- by Al Franken
- Rollingstone.com
Stars And Strife Starz Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: David Smick Screenwriter: David Smick Cast: Alan Greenspan, Alice Rivlin, Amy Chua, Arthur Brooks, Chrissy Houlahan, David Ignatius, Derek Black, others Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 8/17/20 Opens: September 21, 2020 Are we Americans destined to have the […]
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- 9/13/2020
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
The usual gang of idiots at Mad will put Mad Magazine #13 on sale next week and it might be the saddest thing to happen to music since Eminem replaced Marilyn Manson as America’s Worst Nightmare. The issue is called “Mad Mocks Music,” and it is filled with spoofs and comedic cartoons about the esteemed and infallible music industry, bless the very steady rhythms of its heart.
Mad’s had it in, and out, for music since neither of their Musically Mad LP or Mad ‘Twists’ Rock ‘n’ Roll records charted in the late 50s and early 60s. But this isn’t just about moldy oldies, contemporary artists like Billie Eilish are also relegated to scary babysitting duty in the pages of the upcoming issue. Alfred E. Newman’s What Me Worry Band continues to rebuke the Beatles musical progression with a tone-deaf alternative.
Meanwhile, the people at Mad presented...
Mad’s had it in, and out, for music since neither of their Musically Mad LP or Mad ‘Twists’ Rock ‘n’ Roll records charted in the late 50s and early 60s. But this isn’t just about moldy oldies, contemporary artists like Billie Eilish are also relegated to scary babysitting duty in the pages of the upcoming issue. Alfred E. Newman’s What Me Worry Band continues to rebuke the Beatles musical progression with a tone-deaf alternative.
Meanwhile, the people at Mad presented...
- 4/20/2020
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
What was once a necessary novelty of the coronavirus crisis is now the new normal: Across broadcast and cable networks, anchors and reporters appearing on air from their homes in makeshift studios of hastily assembled backdrops and little if any crew. The need for these unusual arrangements was made ever clear on Tuesday, after CNN anchor Chris Cuomo announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus, and would be doing his nightly Cuomo Prime Time from the basement of his home — quarantined even from his family for the foreseeable future. But many more personalities, out of an abundance of caution, have set up shop in home basements, libraries, even hallways — a reality of new mandates among news organizations to separate their on-air talent and crews during the coronavirus pandemic. It’s created some unusual situations among some of the on-air personalities and their families. On Wednesday, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell...
- 4/1/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
“Nightly Business Report,” the PBS program that started in 1979 and became TV’s longest-running business-news broadcast, is set to cease production by the end of the year.
CNBC, which picked up production of the show in 2013, has decided to end its association with the show, according to people familiar with the matter. “Nbr,” originally based in Miami, was carried by 183 public television stations in all 50 states, reaching 96 percent of all U.S. households, according to American Public Television, the series’ distributor. “The ‘Nbr’ co-anchors, executive producer and entire CNBC team have been strong partners in delivering this trusted business news service,” said Cynthia Fenneman, Apt president and CEO, in a prepared statement. “This is smart television which will be deeply missed.”
There was no CNBC – or even its predecessor, Fnn – in 1979, and business-news stars like Maria Bartiromo, Becky Quick and David Faber did not exist. But anchor Paul Kangas, who...
CNBC, which picked up production of the show in 2013, has decided to end its association with the show, according to people familiar with the matter. “Nbr,” originally based in Miami, was carried by 183 public television stations in all 50 states, reaching 96 percent of all U.S. households, according to American Public Television, the series’ distributor. “The ‘Nbr’ co-anchors, executive producer and entire CNBC team have been strong partners in delivering this trusted business news service,” said Cynthia Fenneman, Apt president and CEO, in a prepared statement. “This is smart television which will be deeply missed.”
There was no CNBC – or even its predecessor, Fnn – in 1979, and business-news stars like Maria Bartiromo, Becky Quick and David Faber did not exist. But anchor Paul Kangas, who...
- 11/11/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
President Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen threatened to sue CNBC to get his boss higher placement on the cable network’s list of top business leaders after Cohen’s efforts to rig the polling failed, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Cohen threatened to sue on the dubious legal grounds of “ignoring the will of the people,” WSJ reported, which may explain why the news network did not respond to the threat, and why Trump did not sue, according to the report.
CNBC declined to comment.
The kerfuffle erupted when Trump failed to break into the Top 100 finalists on CNBC’s ranking of people who it determined had the most profound impact on business and finance since 1989, which was the year CNBC went live.
To put this list in perspective, it was curated by a panel CNBC deemed experts on the topic and included an online poll to “guide...
Cohen threatened to sue on the dubious legal grounds of “ignoring the will of the people,” WSJ reported, which may explain why the news network did not respond to the threat, and why Trump did not sue, according to the report.
CNBC declined to comment.
The kerfuffle erupted when Trump failed to break into the Top 100 finalists on CNBC’s ranking of people who it determined had the most profound impact on business and finance since 1989, which was the year CNBC went live.
To put this list in perspective, it was curated by a panel CNBC deemed experts on the topic and included an online poll to “guide...
- 1/21/2019
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
A death hoax about Alan Greenspan made the rounds on Twitter with several tweets stating that the 92-year-old economist is dead. His wife, NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs anchor, Andrea Mitchell responded to the death hoax on Twitter stating that he is alive and well. Mitchell also plugged his upcoming book in the tweet below. By now you know the rumors are a hoax. Alan’s doing great. In fact he has a new book out next week! — Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) October 9, 2018 The origin of the hoax seems to come from a fake account by Tommaso Debenedetti – a notorious hoaxer. According to The […]
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- 10/9/2018
- by Frank Yemi
- Monsters and Critics
Almost two years ago, after New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman used a graph to conquer the space-time continuum in his book Thank You For Being Late, I had to sift through over 3,000 hilarious submissions to name a “Most Meaningless Friedman Graph” contest winner.
It took hours to settle on “Amount of Relish, per ounce, vs. Degree of Nonsense, now and then, relished by the wisest men, vs. Frequency of Relish” as the winner.
Last week, I asked readers to send in entries for another contest, in honor of Friedman...
It took hours to settle on “Amount of Relish, per ounce, vs. Degree of Nonsense, now and then, relished by the wisest men, vs. Frequency of Relish” as the winner.
Last week, I asked readers to send in entries for another contest, in honor of Friedman...
- 9/10/2018
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
Changing the way Americans consume coffee wasn’t how Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz made it out of the Brooklyn projects, but it was the way he achieved the American Dream.
In CNNMoney‘s new documentary series The American Dream: New York, Schultz, who grew up in the Bayview Houses, describes his road to success, specifically how he found opportunities for career advancement through hard work, determination, and initiative.
“There was no way out. My father was uneducated, my mother wasn’t working. It was just a tough time. As I got older, I just felt really bad for them,...
In CNNMoney‘s new documentary series The American Dream: New York, Schultz, who grew up in the Bayview Houses, describes his road to success, specifically how he found opportunities for career advancement through hard work, determination, and initiative.
“There was no way out. My father was uneducated, my mother wasn’t working. It was just a tough time. As I got older, I just felt really bad for them,...
- 2/11/2017
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
Boom Bust Boom Bill and Ben Productions & Brainstorm Media Reviewed by: Harvey Karten for Shockya, d-based on Rotten Tomatoes Grade: B+ Director: Terry Jones, Bill Jones, Ben Timlett Written by: Terry Jones, Theo Kocken Cast: Theo Kocken, John Cusack, Paul Mason, John Cassidy, Andy Haldane, Daniel Kahneman, Robert Shiller, Paul Krugman, Alan Greenspan, Terry Jones, George Magnus, Laurie Santos, Sweder van Wijnbergen, Philip Bulcock, Andre Jacquemin, Zvi Bodie, Dick Bezemer. Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 2/29/16 Opens: March 11, 2016 Can you imagine a serious movie about a serious subject that uses a South Park cartoon to great effect? That results from the genius of Terence Graham Parry Jones, [ Read More ]
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- 4/2/2016
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
From Monty Python’s Terry Jones comes an amusing, informative breakdown of just what the hell is wrong with the economy and a few ideas on how to fix it. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
There have been a lot of documentaries about the 2008 economic collapse, but to my knowledge, there hasn’t been one before in which a puppet of legendary economist John Kenneth Galbraith sings. There hasn’t been one before in which a member of Monty Python uses animation to explain how the 17th-century tulip mania and the 1929 stock market crash are like subprime mortgages. As actor and activist John Cusack says here, “If the 2008 crisis didn’t wake people up, I don’t know what will.” I’ve been saying that about lots of terrible events for years now, and nothing ever seems to change…...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
There have been a lot of documentaries about the 2008 economic collapse, but to my knowledge, there hasn’t been one before in which a puppet of legendary economist John Kenneth Galbraith sings. There hasn’t been one before in which a member of Monty Python uses animation to explain how the 17th-century tulip mania and the 1929 stock market crash are like subprime mortgages. As actor and activist John Cusack says here, “If the 2008 crisis didn’t wake people up, I don’t know what will.” I’ve been saying that about lots of terrible events for years now, and nothing ever seems to change…...
- 3/31/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Danielle Steel, the San Francisco and Paris-based "Queen of Romance" novelist who has sold 600 million books in 70 countries and 45 languages, has been awarded France's highest honor, the Legion d'honneur, say news reports. Steel joins such other non-French culture figures as Walt Disney, Julia Child, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Alan Greenspan, Bob Dylan, Bono and novelist Philip Roth in being recognized for what the Agence France-Presse calls "service to France or work that is deemed to uphold its ideals." Britain's The Telegraph quotes the author, 66, as saying: "I love French literature. Colette is a special favorite of mine." Born Danielle-Fernande Dominique Schulein-Steel in New York,...
- 1/2/2014
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
Chicago – Wealth inequality has never been higher, and much of it has to do with how the Federal Reserve Banks of the United States continues to allow the privatization of financial profits and taxpayer bail-outs (socialism) if these financial industries take a loss. This “too big to fail” equation is a result of policies in “Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve.”
Rating: 3.5/5.0
This is cold slap in the face for anyone believing in the dream of democracy and governmental checks and balances. The collection of countries and city states that make up the world exist mainly to feed the wealth of the upper one percent, and “Money for Nothing” exposes how those policies could lead to another collapse – this one with no bailout circumstances to fall back on, because there will be no monetary worth left. These are hard truths, and it does point towards our own humanity – in...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
This is cold slap in the face for anyone believing in the dream of democracy and governmental checks and balances. The collection of countries and city states that make up the world exist mainly to feed the wealth of the upper one percent, and “Money for Nothing” exposes how those policies could lead to another collapse – this one with no bailout circumstances to fall back on, because there will be no monetary worth left. These are hard truths, and it does point towards our own humanity – in...
- 9/19/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Breaking Bad’s home stretch has a premiere date, and is getting a talk show.
The final eight episodes of AMC’s acclaimed meth-drama will get underway starting Sunday, Aug. 11, the network announced at its upfront presentation to advertisers on Wednesday. The episodes technically represent the second half of the fifth season of the show.
AMC also announced its adding a post-episode chat show, Talking Bad. The network hopes to continue the success that it has enjoyed with its post-Walking Dead talk show, The Talking Dead. No word yet who will host.
The network is also developing a sci-fi drama titled Ballistic City,...
The final eight episodes of AMC’s acclaimed meth-drama will get underway starting Sunday, Aug. 11, the network announced at its upfront presentation to advertisers on Wednesday. The episodes technically represent the second half of the fifth season of the show.
AMC also announced its adding a post-episode chat show, Talking Bad. The network hopes to continue the success that it has enjoyed with its post-Walking Dead talk show, The Talking Dead. No word yet who will host.
The network is also developing a sci-fi drama titled Ballistic City,...
- 4/17/2013
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
Atlas Shrugged: Part I was savaged by critics and ignored by audiences when it opened last year, earning only $4.6 million during its limited run. But perhaps the sequel will have better luck, especially since the new trailer seems to be full of soundbites that could have been overheard at the recent Republican National Convention: “The government takes what they want and taxes what they leave behind!”
Based on Ayn Rand’s extremely influential 1957 novel — Paul Ryan is a proud fan and former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan was a dedicated disciple of Rand’s — the films tell the story of Dagney Taggert,...
Based on Ayn Rand’s extremely influential 1957 novel — Paul Ryan is a proud fan and former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan was a dedicated disciple of Rand’s — the films tell the story of Dagney Taggert,...
- 9/7/2012
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Economix
By Michael Goodwin and Dan E. Burr
304 pages, $19.95, Abrams ComicArts
Having never taken economics in college, I find the world of high finance needlessly complicated and confusing. You spend what you need to make a good; you sell it for a reasonable profit. Repeat. The problem, though, is that the world makes it far more complicated to determine how those goods are made or what a reasonable profit might be. And as globalization has altered the way everyone on Earth lives and works, things have grown ever more complex.
Thankfully Michael Goodwin saw the need for a basic primary on how the economy currently works and how we got here. Better, he decided to really make it easy to follow thanks to using the comic format, hence the graphic novel Economix. Nicely illustrated by Dan E. Burr, best known for Kings in Disguise, the book from Abrams starts off...
By Michael Goodwin and Dan E. Burr
304 pages, $19.95, Abrams ComicArts
Having never taken economics in college, I find the world of high finance needlessly complicated and confusing. You spend what you need to make a good; you sell it for a reasonable profit. Repeat. The problem, though, is that the world makes it far more complicated to determine how those goods are made or what a reasonable profit might be. And as globalization has altered the way everyone on Earth lives and works, things have grown ever more complex.
Thankfully Michael Goodwin saw the need for a basic primary on how the economy currently works and how we got here. Better, he decided to really make it easy to follow thanks to using the comic format, hence the graphic novel Economix. Nicely illustrated by Dan E. Burr, best known for Kings in Disguise, the book from Abrams starts off...
- 8/3/2012
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
The worst thing you can say about Brand X, Russell Brand’s new FX-sponsored experiment in late-night comedy, is that the show has so many clashing tones and underlying concepts that it feels like a mulch of about 50 different ideas mashed into a half hour. The show looks a little bit like a stand-up set filmed at your local high school. Brand moves around on stage, delivering jokes in front of a studio audience. The show’s logo looks like leftover publicity material from the early days of SpikeTV; the set is backdropped by a John Paul Goode map illustrated...
- 6/29/2012
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
Daniel Radcliffe has already defeated Voldemort. Now he's moving on to the tax rates of one percenters like himself.
The actor, best known for his starring role as Harry Potter and worth an estimated $47,448,000, said he's dropping his support for the U.K.'s Liberal Democratic party in large part because of their stance on taxes, according to an interview with Attitude Magazine slated to be published this week, cited by the Guardian.
"I think, if you make a lot more money than most people -- like I do -- you should pay more tax and subsidise people who work just as hard as you, but don't earn as much," Radcliffe said.
Radcliffe joins some of his super-wealthy counterparts in the U.S. who are advocating for a tax boost on the wealthy, an issue that has become central to the presidential campaign. Warren Buffett first highlighted the issue in...
The actor, best known for his starring role as Harry Potter and worth an estimated $47,448,000, said he's dropping his support for the U.K.'s Liberal Democratic party in large part because of their stance on taxes, according to an interview with Attitude Magazine slated to be published this week, cited by the Guardian.
"I think, if you make a lot more money than most people -- like I do -- you should pay more tax and subsidise people who work just as hard as you, but don't earn as much," Radcliffe said.
Radcliffe joins some of his super-wealthy counterparts in the U.S. who are advocating for a tax boost on the wealthy, an issue that has become central to the presidential campaign. Warren Buffett first highlighted the issue in...
- 2/6/2012
- by Jillian Berman
- Huffington Post
What do Chris Rock and Warren Buffett have in common, besides that they both guest-edited that special issue of Vanity Fair?
They both want lawmakers to raise taxes on the rich.
The comedian of Nurse Betty and Dogma fame told the Associated Press Wednesday that he could stand to pay higher taxes.
"I can pay higher taxes and people can have jobs or I can pay lower taxes and I have my kids' teacher asking me for a loan because she's going to lose her house, which is true," said Rock, who is worth an estimated $70 million, according to celebertynetworth.com. "Stuff like that happens, so I'm going to lose the money no matter what."
Rock joins Buffett and other super-wealthy celebrities in calling to raise taxes on himself. Buffett brought the issue into the spotlight when he penned an op-ed in The New York Times in August, arguing that...
They both want lawmakers to raise taxes on the rich.
The comedian of Nurse Betty and Dogma fame told the Associated Press Wednesday that he could stand to pay higher taxes.
"I can pay higher taxes and people can have jobs or I can pay lower taxes and I have my kids' teacher asking me for a loan because she's going to lose her house, which is true," said Rock, who is worth an estimated $70 million, according to celebertynetworth.com. "Stuff like that happens, so I'm going to lose the money no matter what."
Rock joins Buffett and other super-wealthy celebrities in calling to raise taxes on himself. Buffett brought the issue into the spotlight when he penned an op-ed in The New York Times in August, arguing that...
- 2/2/2012
- by Jillian Berman
- Huffington Post
I was a big fan of the premiere of Revenge last week, which found a nice tonal mixture between soap-opera froth and high-melodrama insanity. That’s a difficult tone to hit every week, and I fully expected a drop-off in quality in the second episode. Not so! To my eyes, last night’s episode followed through on creator Mike Kelley’s promise that Revenge will keep things moving lickety-split. In just one hour, the show featured the fall of a Wall Street titan, a post-affair shakedown, a potentially fatal heart attack for a somewhat extraneous character (farewell, lovable poor dad?...
- 9/29/2011
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
Bodybuilder-turned-actor-turned-politician plans to call the book Total Recall
There were so many options for Arnold Schwarzenegger when the former bodybuilder and governor of California was deciding on a title for his just-announced new memoir, from Judgement Day to True Lies via Last Action Hero, but the actor-turned-politician is currently planning to call the autobiography Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story.
Acquired by Simon & Schuster for publication around the world next October, the memoir – which the publisher is calling "one of the most anticipated autobiographies of this generation" – will trace Schwarzenegger's life from his journey to the Us from Austria as a young bodybuilder through his career as an actor to his appointment as California governor. Simon & Schuster promised "a larger-than-life portrait of his illustrious, controversial and ever-entertaining life in and out of the public eye", but did not reveal whether Schwarzenegger's total recall would cover the news earlier this summer that his wife,...
There were so many options for Arnold Schwarzenegger when the former bodybuilder and governor of California was deciding on a title for his just-announced new memoir, from Judgement Day to True Lies via Last Action Hero, but the actor-turned-politician is currently planning to call the autobiography Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story.
Acquired by Simon & Schuster for publication around the world next October, the memoir – which the publisher is calling "one of the most anticipated autobiographies of this generation" – will trace Schwarzenegger's life from his journey to the Us from Austria as a young bodybuilder through his career as an actor to his appointment as California governor. Simon & Schuster promised "a larger-than-life portrait of his illustrious, controversial and ever-entertaining life in and out of the public eye", but did not reveal whether Schwarzenegger's total recall would cover the news earlier this summer that his wife,...
- 9/23/2011
- by Alison Flood
- The Guardian - Film News
By Associated Press
New York (AP) -- Arnold Schwarzenegger has a book deal.
The bodybuilder, actor, former California governor and estranged husband of Maria Shriver has an agreement with Simon & Schuster to publish a memoir in October 2012. According to Simon & Schuster, the book's working title is "Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story." Schwarzenegger is collaborating with Peter Petre, who has worked on best sellers by former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf. Schwarzenegger began the book last year.
Financial terms were not disclosed. The publisher is billing the book as "a larger-than-life portrait of his illustrious, controversial and ever-entertaining life in and out of the public eye."...
New York (AP) -- Arnold Schwarzenegger has a book deal.
The bodybuilder, actor, former California governor and estranged husband of Maria Shriver has an agreement with Simon & Schuster to publish a memoir in October 2012. According to Simon & Schuster, the book's working title is "Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story." Schwarzenegger is collaborating with Peter Petre, who has worked on best sellers by former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf. Schwarzenegger began the book last year.
Financial terms were not disclosed. The publisher is billing the book as "a larger-than-life portrait of his illustrious, controversial and ever-entertaining life in and out of the public eye."...
- 9/22/2011
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Do you have a legal right to a lunch break? How did Libya use technology from the West to spy on its own people? What do most people consider to be their greatest regret? A look at some of the most interesting posts from the Wall Street Journal Blogs.
Food for Litigation: Companies Sued for Failing to Provide Meal Breaks: California has been at the center of a hot issue in employment litigation: the extent to which companies have a...
Food for Litigation: Companies Sued for Failing to Provide Meal Breaks: California has been at the center of a hot issue in employment litigation: the extent to which companies have a...
- 8/31/2011
- by Christopher John Farley
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
A new documentary looks into the global financial meltdown, and also proves to be a good companion piece to Inside Job...
Any mention of the global financial crisis is almost certain to trigger something of an agnostic reaction in most people. We're aware of its existence, aware that something happened involving things called subprime mortgages, aware that a lot of people lost a lot of money and that our tax pounds flooded to the aid of the very institutions that were to blame for the whole sorry affair.
This said, unless you or someone close to you was unfortunate enough to be caught in the fallout, for most people, it still seems to be something abstract that happened to other people somewhere far away, be that in either geographic or socioeconomic terms. The ‘worst economic disaster since The Great Depression' came and went as we were all busy moaning about...
Any mention of the global financial crisis is almost certain to trigger something of an agnostic reaction in most people. We're aware of its existence, aware that something happened involving things called subprime mortgages, aware that a lot of people lost a lot of money and that our tax pounds flooded to the aid of the very institutions that were to blame for the whole sorry affair.
This said, unless you or someone close to you was unfortunate enough to be caught in the fallout, for most people, it still seems to be something abstract that happened to other people somewhere far away, be that in either geographic or socioeconomic terms. The ‘worst economic disaster since The Great Depression' came and went as we were all busy moaning about...
- 6/10/2011
- Den of Geek
Justin Martin
On Justin Martin’s first day in New York City, he was fresh out of college and in the midst of job interviews. He retreated into Central Park and took in the grandeur around him, wondering who was behind it. That sparked an interest, and later an extensive study, into its history. Martin later married in Central Park.
In Martin’s new book, “Genius of Place” (Da Capo), he delves into the life of Frederick Law Olmsted, America...
On Justin Martin’s first day in New York City, he was fresh out of college and in the midst of job interviews. He retreated into Central Park and took in the grandeur around him, wondering who was behind it. That sparked an interest, and later an extensive study, into its history. Martin later married in Central Park.
In Martin’s new book, “Genius of Place” (Da Capo), he delves into the life of Frederick Law Olmsted, America...
- 6/7/2011
- by Barbara Chai
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
The maker of classic documentary series such as The Trap and The Power Of Nightmares believes he is still learning his trade
Adam Curtis insists that he is not a documentary maker, but a journalist who tells stories that "take serious journalism and fine tune it with low-end trash and jokes" and he dismisses anyone who considers his films – with their unique convergence of quick-fire visual images and off-beat music and background noises – to be some kind of modern art form.
In fact, the former academic and producer of classic documentary series such as The Trap and The Power Of Nightmares goes out of his way to be self-effacing about the effect of his films; they may have won him six Baftas, but he believes he is still learning and at the moment his teacher is the internet.
When we meet to talk in a north London restaurant on a Sunday morning,...
Adam Curtis insists that he is not a documentary maker, but a journalist who tells stories that "take serious journalism and fine tune it with low-end trash and jokes" and he dismisses anyone who considers his films – with their unique convergence of quick-fire visual images and off-beat music and background noises – to be some kind of modern art form.
In fact, the former academic and producer of classic documentary series such as The Trap and The Power Of Nightmares goes out of his way to be self-effacing about the effect of his films; they may have won him six Baftas, but he believes he is still learning and at the moment his teacher is the internet.
When we meet to talk in a north London restaurant on a Sunday morning,...
- 6/6/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
This latest lively documentary on the 2008 financial crisis features a former mortgage broker who works as a tourist guide escorting visitors around the ruins of Wall Street, the financial editor of the New York Times explaining how he got into near terminal debt, and the now familiar sight of the Republican representative Henry Waxman skewering the dithering Alan Greenspan in front of a House committee. Unchecked capitalism, the growing inequality of incomes, the gap between the super-rich and the rest of us, simple greed and sheer stupidity are identified and explained as major factors. And the question is raised as to why the perpetrators of the mess are entrusted with the lucrative task of clearing it up.
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- 6/4/2011
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
In the informative The Flaw David Sington takes us through the origins of the 2008 banking fiasco, but the documentary isn't utterly clear on what it understands capitalism's "flaw" to be
British film-maker David Sington has made a pretty good documentary about the banking catastrophe in The Flaw, though it is not nearly as good as Charles Ferguson's Oscar-winning Inside Job: it has less journalistic bite and is more lenient with the white-collar players involved. Sington takes us through the origins of the 2008 fiasco and how the problem was the boom in house mortgages and bank securities based on those mortgages. He does a good job of emphasising that much of this activity was based on refinancing ie borrowing more and more money on an existing mortgaged property, often to cover other debts. So it was not extending the dream of home ownership. The film's title comes from Federal...
British film-maker David Sington has made a pretty good documentary about the banking catastrophe in The Flaw, though it is not nearly as good as Charles Ferguson's Oscar-winning Inside Job: it has less journalistic bite and is more lenient with the white-collar players involved. Sington takes us through the origins of the 2008 fiasco and how the problem was the boom in house mortgages and bank securities based on those mortgages. He does a good job of emphasising that much of this activity was based on refinancing ie borrowing more and more money on an existing mortgaged property, often to cover other debts. So it was not extending the dream of home ownership. The film's title comes from Federal...
- 6/2/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
If you think machines have liberated us, think again, says film-maker Adam Curtis. Instead we have lost our vision
It was amateur footage of an event involving an early video game called Pong that gave Adam Curtis the idea for his new documentary series.
In 1991, a computer engineer from California called Loren Carpenter organised a mass experiment in a huge shed. Hundreds of people were each given a paddle, and told nothing. But on a big screen in front of them was projected a game of Pong – a very basic computer game, where a ball is knocked back and forth on a screen, like table tennis. Each half of the audience jointly controlled the bat on their side of the screen; they had to operate it together and, spontaneously and without discussion, they successfully played a game of Pong, whooping and cheering at their collective collaboration.
"It was like a switch went in my head,...
It was amateur footage of an event involving an early video game called Pong that gave Adam Curtis the idea for his new documentary series.
In 1991, a computer engineer from California called Loren Carpenter organised a mass experiment in a huge shed. Hundreds of people were each given a paddle, and told nothing. But on a big screen in front of them was projected a game of Pong – a very basic computer game, where a ball is knocked back and forth on a screen, like table tennis. Each half of the audience jointly controlled the bat on their side of the screen; they had to operate it together and, spontaneously and without discussion, they successfully played a game of Pong, whooping and cheering at their collective collaboration.
"It was like a switch went in my head,...
- 5/6/2011
- by Katharine Viner
- The Guardian - Film News
There once was a time not so long ago that former Fed Chairman, Alan Greenspan was so revered by both Democrats and Republicans that satirical newspaper The Onion often treated him as though he were a true life rockstar. And while the financial crisis of 2008 might have tarnished his legacy some, his comments still are taken very seriously. So people noticed when he said this weekend during an appearance on Meet the Press that the debt crisis was so significant that we should return to Clinton-era tax rates.
- 4/18/2011
- by Colby Hall
- Mediaite - TV
Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, once said that if he had access to a better understanding of psychology, "I could forecast the economy better than anyone I know." In other words, behind all fancy financial models lies an assumption about how people behave. Humans are not walking calculators, we're often impulsive, lazy, biased, and terrible at math. As such, The New York Times paywall Hail Mary must make it through some key psychological barriers: a territorial grip on once-promised free information, our lazy preference to avoid tough decisions, and flawed memories of how much we actually use a product. The situation isn't entirely bleak: our avoidance of "rejection" decisions may favor the paywall and an elitist class with expendable income might be drawn to the new exclusive site. Whichever way it plays out, here are the psychological factors at work.
Paywall Basics
On March 28th, The New...
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On March 28th, The New...
- 3/18/2011
- by Gregory Ferenstein
- Fast Company
"This has cost the American people trillions of dollars," Ferguson tells Fast Company. If only he were talking about his film and not the deception behind the financial crisis.
Update: Inside Job clenched the Academy Award for best documentary feature on Sunday night.
Charles Ferguson hopes that his movie, Inside Job, will be for the financial industry what An Inconvenient Truth was to global warming: an impassioned call to hold the people who brought the world to the brink of economic collapse responsible for their actions. And, with luck, send them to jail.
Ferguson is no Michael Moore. He’s not a chronic agitator with a megaphone for a mouth. He's a mild-mannered academic, with a PhD in poly sci from MIT. But despite his quiet demeanor, he's mad as hell, and is fearless in calling out bad behavior in the loftiest precincts of power.
Ferguson's natural-born wonkiness is actually his greatest asset.
Update: Inside Job clenched the Academy Award for best documentary feature on Sunday night.
Charles Ferguson hopes that his movie, Inside Job, will be for the financial industry what An Inconvenient Truth was to global warming: an impassioned call to hold the people who brought the world to the brink of economic collapse responsible for their actions. And, with luck, send them to jail.
Ferguson is no Michael Moore. He’s not a chronic agitator with a megaphone for a mouth. He's a mild-mannered academic, with a PhD in poly sci from MIT. But despite his quiet demeanor, he's mad as hell, and is fearless in calling out bad behavior in the loftiest precincts of power.
Ferguson's natural-born wonkiness is actually his greatest asset.
- 2/28/2011
- by Linda Tischler
- Fast Company
How did the financial crash of 2008 happen? This documentary, narrated by Matt Damon, does a good job of explaining a complex story of credit and discredit
"If you're growing, you're not in recession … right?" The speaker is Hank Paulson, the former Us treasury secretary, and, as it happens, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs. In Charles Ferguson's documentary about the great financial crash, Paulson's shrugging remark sums up the attitude of the super-rich banking apparatchiks and their eager political supporters. As long as the bubble's getting bigger, there's no worry about the bubble contracting … right? But that is not what happens to bubbles. In 2008, the pop was heard around the world.
This film is as gripping as any thriller. Aided by some fascinating interviews, Ferguson lays out an awful story. In the 1980s, the markets and financial services were deregulated, and the driving force for this liberalisation was Alan Greenspan,...
"If you're growing, you're not in recession … right?" The speaker is Hank Paulson, the former Us treasury secretary, and, as it happens, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs. In Charles Ferguson's documentary about the great financial crash, Paulson's shrugging remark sums up the attitude of the super-rich banking apparatchiks and their eager political supporters. As long as the bubble's getting bigger, there's no worry about the bubble contracting … right? But that is not what happens to bubbles. In 2008, the pop was heard around the world.
This film is as gripping as any thriller. Aided by some fascinating interviews, Ferguson lays out an awful story. In the 1980s, the markets and financial services were deregulated, and the driving force for this liberalisation was Alan Greenspan,...
- 2/18/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Inside Job ****
Stars: Matt Damon (narrator), Christine Lagarde, Glenn Hubbard, Lee Hsien Loong, William Ackman | Written and Directed by Charles Ferguson
The financial crisis has affected everyone, from middle class home owners to outsourced factory workers in some of the world’s poorest communities. Inside Job lifts the lid on exactly how the catastrophic collapse of the world’s economy was not only perpetrated but in some cases actually pre-meditated.
Narrated by Matt Damon, it traces the root of the problem back to the Reagan administration and its policy of deregulation and shows how through the corruption and greed of banks we came to be in the situation we are today.
It uses clearly laid out and well explained graphics to not only explain technical terms like CDOs (Collateralised Debt Obligations), derivatives, and MBSs (Mortgage Backed Securities) but to show exactly how this large scale fraud was accomplished - a...
Stars: Matt Damon (narrator), Christine Lagarde, Glenn Hubbard, Lee Hsien Loong, William Ackman | Written and Directed by Charles Ferguson
The financial crisis has affected everyone, from middle class home owners to outsourced factory workers in some of the world’s poorest communities. Inside Job lifts the lid on exactly how the catastrophic collapse of the world’s economy was not only perpetrated but in some cases actually pre-meditated.
Narrated by Matt Damon, it traces the root of the problem back to the Reagan administration and its policy of deregulation and shows how through the corruption and greed of banks we came to be in the situation we are today.
It uses clearly laid out and well explained graphics to not only explain technical terms like CDOs (Collateralised Debt Obligations), derivatives, and MBSs (Mortgage Backed Securities) but to show exactly how this large scale fraud was accomplished - a...
- 2/17/2011
- by Jez Sands
- Nerdly
This is the Pure Movies review for Inside Job, directed by Charles Ferguson and narrated by Matt Damon (True Grit). With recent news of 200 Rbs bankers possibly getting £1 million pound bonuses each, surely the last thing you’d want to see is a film about these smug fat cats and the global financial meltdown they helped cause. There will be popcorn directed at the screens for sure. But like a taunt fictional thriller – and Hollywood couldn’t have made this stuff up, if it hadn’t been real, Charles Ferguson's documentary develops into engaging and probing car-crash viewing because it places those responsible on camera, so we see their mug shots, and watch them squirm for our pleasure, much like a public execution. Let’s face it; it’s the closest we will get to one. Sadly, the big fish that need frying escape Ferguson's net, for example, former...
- 2/17/2011
- by Lisa Keddie
- Pure Movies
It would be easy to simply say that reading Being Wrong is a small but powerful life changing experience. It very much is, but just saying that is a bit of a cop-out. The book is a brilliantly written examination of the concept of error from every perspective imaginable. Schulz explores wrongness as an outside observer, a philosopher, a victim, and a compassionate friend. By so fully embracing the idea on every level, she synthesizes a unified thesis from many disparate parts and supports every conclusion she draws with the best in logic and anecdote.
At the core of Being Wrong is a suggestion. Not advice, so much as a recommendation for people interested in living a little better. Embrace your mistakes. It's not about making mistakes and not feeling bad about it. Schulz wants us all to live with our errors a little more and not shove them away...
At the core of Being Wrong is a suggestion. Not advice, so much as a recommendation for people interested in living a little better. Embrace your mistakes. It's not about making mistakes and not feeling bad about it. Schulz wants us all to live with our errors a little more and not shove them away...
- 2/12/2011
- by Tamatha Uhmelmahaye
“Deep Vote,” an Oscar winning screenwriter and a member of the Academy, will write this column — exclusively for ScottFeinberg.com — every week until the Academy Awards in order to help to peel back the curtain on the Oscar voting process. (His identity must be protected in order to spare him from repercussions for disclosing the aforementioned information.)
Thus far, he has shared his thoughts in column one about his general preferences; column two about “Solitary Man” (Anchor Bay Films, 5/21, R, trailer) and “Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions, 6/11, R, trailer); column three about “Alice in Wonderland” (Disney, 3/5, PG, trailer), “Mother and Child” (Sony Pictures Classics, 5/7, R, trailer), and “Toy Story 3” (Disney, 6/18, G, trailer); column four about “Get Low” (Sony Pictures Classics, 7/30, PG-13, trailer), “The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features, 7/9, R, trailer), and “The Social Network” (Columbia, 10/1, PG-13, trailer); column five about “127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight, 11/5, R, trailer), “Biutiful” (Roadside Attractions,...
Thus far, he has shared his thoughts in column one about his general preferences; column two about “Solitary Man” (Anchor Bay Films, 5/21, R, trailer) and “Winter’s Bone” (Roadside Attractions, 6/11, R, trailer); column three about “Alice in Wonderland” (Disney, 3/5, PG, trailer), “Mother and Child” (Sony Pictures Classics, 5/7, R, trailer), and “Toy Story 3” (Disney, 6/18, G, trailer); column four about “Get Low” (Sony Pictures Classics, 7/30, PG-13, trailer), “The Kids Are All Right” (Focus Features, 7/9, R, trailer), and “The Social Network” (Columbia, 10/1, PG-13, trailer); column five about “127 Hours” (Fox Searchlight, 11/5, R, trailer), “Biutiful” (Roadside Attractions,...
- 2/3/2011
- by Deep Vote
- Scott Feinberg
Exclusive: New Video has made the latest Sundance film deal, acquiring the David Sington-directed financial crisis documentary The Flaw. New Video plans a limited theatrical run and then release on DVD, VOD and digital platforms. Sington's documentary tackles the financial meltdown, and gets its title from U.S. Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's acknowledgment that he'd discovered a flaw in his model of how the world worked. Sington, the British filmmaker who previously made In the Shadow of the Moon, breaks down in detail the reasons behind the 2008 crisis, from credit default swaps to greed and avarice. The film was produced by Christopher Hird (The End of the Line), Luke Johnson and Stephen Lambert of Studio Lambert. The film debuted last Friday. "The Flaw delves into one of society's most pressing concerns with precision and intelligence," New Video acquisitions president Mark Kashden said. "We wanted to be sure David's...
- 1/28/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Taking its title from Alan Greenspan's 2008 Congressional testimony in which he confessed to a "flaw" in his free-market ideology, David Sington's new documentary addresses the root causes of the American financial crisis. But unlike Charles Ferguson's microscopic study of the collapse "Inside Job," Sington takes the macro approach, examining historical trends and concepts such as asset bubbles and income distribution throughout the 20th century.
- 1/18/2011
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Illustration by Justin Wood
Jesse Schell: "Advances in technology will soon make all of life a game. Or has it happened already?" | Illustration by Justin Wood
Games are sneaking into every part of our lives -- at home, school, and work. Cisco, Ibm, Microsoft, and even the Army depend on games. and Pretty soon, you'll be a part of one. We guarantee it.
Jane McGonigal: "Games have all these amazing superpowers, blissful productivity, the ability to weave a tight social fabric, this feeling of urgent optimism, and the desire for epic meaning." | Illustration by Justin Wood
Jesse Schell peered out at the 400 or so attendees of last February's Dice (design, innovate, communicate, entertain) Summit, the video-game industry's answer to Ted. Dressed in a crinkly button-down shirt and chinos, the 40-year-old game designer and Carnegie Mellon professor had no idea how his speech would be received. Organizers had invited him to...
Jesse Schell: "Advances in technology will soon make all of life a game. Or has it happened already?" | Illustration by Justin Wood
Games are sneaking into every part of our lives -- at home, school, and work. Cisco, Ibm, Microsoft, and even the Army depend on games. and Pretty soon, you'll be a part of one. We guarantee it.
Jane McGonigal: "Games have all these amazing superpowers, blissful productivity, the ability to weave a tight social fabric, this feeling of urgent optimism, and the desire for epic meaning." | Illustration by Justin Wood
Jesse Schell peered out at the 400 or so attendees of last February's Dice (design, innovate, communicate, entertain) Summit, the video-game industry's answer to Ted. Dressed in a crinkly button-down shirt and chinos, the 40-year-old game designer and Carnegie Mellon professor had no idea how his speech would be received. Organizers had invited him to...
- 12/13/2010
- by Adam L. Penenberg
- Fast Company
How a liberal should read, and even appreciate, the confessions and the revelations of Decision Points.
What, you were still sleeping off Tuesday's elections? Too bad, Democrats. George W. Bush is back, thumbs in belt loops, striding across the literary world with a new memoir. The idea of repressing the aftertaste of Bush's eight years in office is now officially impossible, what with the Decider on with Matt, Oprah, and the apostles of the Fox News network.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The Strange Bush Fetus Secret
So if lefties can no longer avoid Bush, what should they do about him? Engage in a fresh round of Bush-bashing? Ignore him? Or-gasp-even begin to forgive? Our guide below:
So? Pretend you're briefing Bush and give me the short review of Decision Points.
Fascinating. Earthy. Sympathetic at certain turns and wildly unconvincing at others. And-a surprise for me-well-written.
How would you describe Bush's literary style?...
What, you were still sleeping off Tuesday's elections? Too bad, Democrats. George W. Bush is back, thumbs in belt loops, striding across the literary world with a new memoir. The idea of repressing the aftertaste of Bush's eight years in office is now officially impossible, what with the Decider on with Matt, Oprah, and the apostles of the Fox News network.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The Strange Bush Fetus Secret
So if lefties can no longer avoid Bush, what should they do about him? Engage in a fresh round of Bush-bashing? Ignore him? Or-gasp-even begin to forgive? Our guide below:
So? Pretend you're briefing Bush and give me the short review of Decision Points.
Fascinating. Earthy. Sympathetic at certain turns and wildly unconvincing at others. And-a surprise for me-well-written.
How would you describe Bush's literary style?...
- 11/10/2010
- by Bryan Curtis
- The Daily Beast
Many documentaries have a problem in that by the the time they are completed their subject matter is not current. Such is not the case with Charles Ferguson’s look at the banking crisis Inside Job. Just coming off a heated election, bail outs have been in the public eye for some time. The film covers the economic scandals from just a few months ago.
Strangely enough, the film opens with a look at the economy of Iceland in 2000. The problems unleashed there by privatizing the banks were a warning call that the rest of the world seemed to ignore. Like his fellow documentarian Michael Moore, Ferguson believes most of the problems began with the economic policies of the Reagan administration. In the 80′s many restrictions were lifted from banks and soon investment firms were doubling and tripling in size. Several of the investment firm executives went on to work...
Strangely enough, the film opens with a look at the economy of Iceland in 2000. The problems unleashed there by privatizing the banks were a warning call that the rest of the world seemed to ignore. Like his fellow documentarian Michael Moore, Ferguson believes most of the problems began with the economic policies of the Reagan administration. In the 80′s many restrictions were lifted from banks and soon investment firms were doubling and tripling in size. Several of the investment firm executives went on to work...
- 11/5/2010
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Filed under: TV Replay
Jimmy Fallon donned a hoodie and purple sneakers for "Reflections with Justin Bieber" on 'Late Night' (weeknights, 12:37Am Et on NBC). As Bieber, Fallon sat in a park and reflected on his life -- a double-platinum album and now a gig hosting MTV's 'Punk'd' ("Triple dope!"). These thoughts segued into "reflecting on, like, pranks and, like, different kinds of surprises -- like the time that Usher bought me a Range Rover ... Or, like, when the housing bubble burst in 2007."
His smile vanished, and he waxed philosophical on housing prices, SEC reports, inflation and "straight-up recession! Whackattack!" During these thoughts, the camera cut intermittently to the "Bieber" we'd expect -- just dancing, grinning, eating chips and cotton candy. Then Alan Greenspan called.
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Jimmy Fallon donned a hoodie and purple sneakers for "Reflections with Justin Bieber" on 'Late Night' (weeknights, 12:37Am Et on NBC). As Bieber, Fallon sat in a park and reflected on his life -- a double-platinum album and now a gig hosting MTV's 'Punk'd' ("Triple dope!"). These thoughts segued into "reflecting on, like, pranks and, like, different kinds of surprises -- like the time that Usher bought me a Range Rover ... Or, like, when the housing bubble burst in 2007."
His smile vanished, and he waxed philosophical on housing prices, SEC reports, inflation and "straight-up recession! Whackattack!" During these thoughts, the camera cut intermittently to the "Bieber" we'd expect -- just dancing, grinning, eating chips and cotton candy. Then Alan Greenspan called.
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- 10/14/2010
- by Aimee Deeken
- Aol TV.
Indiewire is reporting that Inside Job, Charles Ferguson’s Wall Street expose, and one of the best films of 2010, is already doing well at the box office already, joining the...
- 10/11/2010
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
Reviewed at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival.
Roughly halfway through "Inside Job," Andrew Lo, a professor of finance at MIT, describes an academic study of brain activity that showed that the same part of the brain stimulated by money is the same as cocaine. That this observation is made in the midst of a montage of Wall Street's infatuation with hookers, blow and the black corporate credit cards used to charge the latter two doesn't just imply that the pursuit of cash is a drug, but that as a filmmaker, Charles Ferguson has taken the gloves off.
Since his Oscar-winning 2007 doc "No End in Sight," Ferguson has gone from attacking a war to declaring one on Wall Street with a film that just as easily could've been called "No End in Sight II: Financial Edition." Broken down into four chapters and countless graphs, "Inside Job" is another brilliant, scrupulous breakdown of...
Roughly halfway through "Inside Job," Andrew Lo, a professor of finance at MIT, describes an academic study of brain activity that showed that the same part of the brain stimulated by money is the same as cocaine. That this observation is made in the midst of a montage of Wall Street's infatuation with hookers, blow and the black corporate credit cards used to charge the latter two doesn't just imply that the pursuit of cash is a drug, but that as a filmmaker, Charles Ferguson has taken the gloves off.
Since his Oscar-winning 2007 doc "No End in Sight," Ferguson has gone from attacking a war to declaring one on Wall Street with a film that just as easily could've been called "No End in Sight II: Financial Edition." Broken down into four chapters and countless graphs, "Inside Job" is another brilliant, scrupulous breakdown of...
- 9/8/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Alexa here. When I first heard that Oliver Stone was making Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, I had about as much interest in seeing it as watching an episode of Two and a Half Men. Julien's review from Cannes has convinced me that I should trust my instincts. But if you can't wait for the return of Gordon Gekko, artist Cedric Mnich will happily print some Gekko currency for you.
Cedric, born in France and a former trader, creates art "inspired by the financial markets." He's done portraits of Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke and Bernie Madoff, but has a particular affinity for Gekko.
You can buy your own Gekko $20 bills at his store. Just remember, you can't use them to make a down payment on that home loan.
Cedric, born in France and a former trader, creates art "inspired by the financial markets." He's done portraits of Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke and Bernie Madoff, but has a particular affinity for Gekko.
You can buy your own Gekko $20 bills at his store. Just remember, you can't use them to make a down payment on that home loan.
- 5/18/2010
- by Alexa
- FilmExperience
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