The story shocked the world 10 years ago: the Copenhagen Zoo’s decision to euthanize a healthy two-year-old giraffe named Marius because they considered it a “surplus animal.” CNN reported on it. So did Le Monde in France, the U.K.’s Guardian and The Independent, and the Irish Times.
The New York Times wrote on February 9, 2014: “Marius the reticulated giraffe died at the Copenhagen Zoo on Sunday. He was 2 years old. The cause of death was a shotgun blast, and after a public autopsy, the animal, who was 11 feet 6 inches, was fed to the zoo’s lions and other big cats.”
Marius the giraffe at the Copenhagen Zoo days on February 7, 2014, before he was euthanized.
A decade after the death of Marius, the Cph:dox festival in Copenhagen hosted the world premiere of Life and Other Problems, a documentary that uses the case of Marius to ponder the interconnectivity of species,...
The New York Times wrote on February 9, 2014: “Marius the reticulated giraffe died at the Copenhagen Zoo on Sunday. He was 2 years old. The cause of death was a shotgun blast, and after a public autopsy, the animal, who was 11 feet 6 inches, was fed to the zoo’s lions and other big cats.”
Marius the giraffe at the Copenhagen Zoo days on February 7, 2014, before he was euthanized.
A decade after the death of Marius, the Cph:dox festival in Copenhagen hosted the world premiere of Life and Other Problems, a documentary that uses the case of Marius to ponder the interconnectivity of species,...
- 3/16/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Amber Rose recently interviewed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on her podcast and triggered a hilarious response from the scientist with a pseudoscience question. Rose chose to ask one astrology question to Tyson of all people, who literally lost it at the mention of it. While the scientific community backed Tyson in his funny outburst, the astrology supporters in the comments were pretty disappointed in him.
Neil deGrasse Tyson in a conversation with Bill Moyers on the latter’s show
Amber Rose asked Tyson whether he believed in concepts like Mercury in retrograde, which the astrologers believe influences the moods of people. Tyson was quick to dismiss it, even drawing an analogy that would perfectly explain the pseudoscience behind it.
Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Hilarious Outburst At Amber Rose’s Pseudoscience Question
Neil deGrasse Tyson on his show Cosmos
Neil deGrasse Tyson was one of the recent guests on Amber Rose’s podcast,...
Neil deGrasse Tyson in a conversation with Bill Moyers on the latter’s show
Amber Rose asked Tyson whether he believed in concepts like Mercury in retrograde, which the astrologers believe influences the moods of people. Tyson was quick to dismiss it, even drawing an analogy that would perfectly explain the pseudoscience behind it.
Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Hilarious Outburst At Amber Rose’s Pseudoscience Question
Neil deGrasse Tyson on his show Cosmos
Neil deGrasse Tyson was one of the recent guests on Amber Rose’s podcast,...
- 3/6/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
Richard Marquand's sci-fi blockbuster "Return of the Jedi" was released in theaters on May 25, 1983. It was the third or fourth film in its series, and was a clear sign that Hollywood had officially evolved away from the intense, heady, adult dramas that were in vogue throughout the 1970s. After "Return of the Jedi," high-concept, big-budget, mainstream sci-fi movies became a dominant trend, and kids of the 1980s were so deeply marked by the decade's genre entertainment that it's all still being remade and re-marketed to this day. This was the world "Return of the Jedi" wrought.
There were a few animated shows and two TV movies in 1984 and 1985, but there wouldn't be another "Star Wars" feature film until the release of "Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace" in May of 1999. Readers in their 40s will likely recall the period clearly. It was a time when the VHS market boomed,...
There were a few animated shows and two TV movies in 1984 and 1985, but there wouldn't be another "Star Wars" feature film until the release of "Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace" in May of 1999. Readers in their 40s will likely recall the period clearly. It was a time when the VHS market boomed,...
- 3/19/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
George Lucas' 1977 sci-fi film "Star Wars" was made on a budget of $11 million in 1976, which, in 2023 dollars shake out to about $58 million. That's a sizeable amount of money, of course, but given that the last theatrical "Star Wars" feature film, "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" cost anywhere from $275 to $460 million to make, the original's budget seems like a drop in the bucket. Because Lucas was working with a mere mid-size budget (by today's standards), he was forced to change a great deal of his original "Star Wars" script, removing many fantastical elements and characters for more grounded, human, easier-to-film counterparts. From the looks of the original script, though, "Star Wars" might have come out looking as dense and as odd as Jodorowsky's failed "Dune" adaptation.
In 2020, details of Lucas' first draft were explored in detail on the Biography website. It seems the filmmaker's early visions for "Star Wars" were...
In 2020, details of Lucas' first draft were explored in detail on the Biography website. It seems the filmmaker's early visions for "Star Wars" were...
- 3/18/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
When MTV’s “The Real World” came along in 1992, there were no reality categories at the Emmy Awards, recalls uber-producer Jonathan Murray, who’s now overseeing “The Real World Homecoming” on Paramount+. “So we would be in non-fiction going up against a Bill Moyers news special,” he explains. “It was many years before they got the competition category and then the reality category, which now has been divided into structured and unstructured.” He joins Gold Derby as part of our Meet the Experts: Reality TV panel (watch the exclusive video interview above).
“Before us, this idea of casting people and putting them together to learn something hadn’t been done,” notes Murray. “We had documentaries where we just follow seven people who are already friends, but no one had this idea of putting people together to see what would happen.” The producer is a 15-time Emmy nominee who took home...
“Before us, this idea of casting people and putting them together to learn something hadn’t been done,” notes Murray. “We had documentaries where we just follow seven people who are already friends, but no one had this idea of putting people together to see what would happen.” The producer is a 15-time Emmy nominee who took home...
- 6/1/2022
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Michael Winship, who served as president of the Writers Guild of America East from 2007 to 2017, is set to return to the position after the guild announced on Tuesday that he would run unopposed in its upcoming elections.
The list of candidates released by WGA East also revealed that council members Lisa Takeuchi Cullen and Christopher Kyle would run unopposed for vice president and secretary-treasurer, respectively.
Winship will succeed “House of Cards” showrunner Beau Willimon, who served as WGA East President since 2017 and has decided not to seek reelection. Winship navigated the guild through the 2007-08 writers’ strike and served as president for five consecutive two-year terms. He served as a longtime writer for public TV journalist Bill Moyers, winning an Emmy and three WGA awards for his work on Moyers’ shows.
Cullen is a former Time Magazine foreign correspondent who now serves as a consulting producer for “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
The list of candidates released by WGA East also revealed that council members Lisa Takeuchi Cullen and Christopher Kyle would run unopposed for vice president and secretary-treasurer, respectively.
Winship will succeed “House of Cards” showrunner Beau Willimon, who served as WGA East President since 2017 and has decided not to seek reelection. Winship navigated the guild through the 2007-08 writers’ strike and served as president for five consecutive two-year terms. He served as a longtime writer for public TV journalist Bill Moyers, winning an Emmy and three WGA awards for his work on Moyers’ shows.
Cullen is a former Time Magazine foreign correspondent who now serves as a consulting producer for “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
- 6/22/2021
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Former WGA East president Michael Winship, running unopposed, will be the guild’s next president, succeeding Beau Willimon, who’s not seeking re-election after four years in office. House of Cards creator Willimon led the guild through the WGA’s historic legal battle that reshaped the talent agency business.
Winship, an award-winning news and documentary writer, led the guild during the tumultuous 2007-08 writers strike, serving as president for five consecutive two-year terms – starting just before the strike and ending in 2017. He returned to guild politics in 2018, winning a seat on its Council. He won an Emmy and three WGA Awards writing for three different Bill Moyers shows, as well as the WGA East’s Richard B. Jablow Award for service to the guild.
Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, who has served on the Council since 2016 — and was last year’s recipient of the Richard B. Jablow Award — will be the guild’s next vice president.
Winship, an award-winning news and documentary writer, led the guild during the tumultuous 2007-08 writers strike, serving as president for five consecutive two-year terms – starting just before the strike and ending in 2017. He returned to guild politics in 2018, winning a seat on its Council. He won an Emmy and three WGA Awards writing for three different Bill Moyers shows, as well as the WGA East’s Richard B. Jablow Award for service to the guild.
Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, who has served on the Council since 2016 — and was last year’s recipient of the Richard B. Jablow Award — will be the guild’s next vice president.
- 6/22/2021
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Hollywood history is littered with awkward moments from interviews with Black talent. When race and gender divisions are introduced, some truly uncomfortable scenarios result. Consider Dick Cavett asking an unwitting Eddie Murphy, during a TV interview, if he was offended by the word “nigger” in Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Or when a news anchor confused Samuel L. Jackson with Laurence Fishburne. The “all Black people look alike” motif has, sadly, been a recurring one in Hollywood and beyond.
Black artists are starting to react to the questions coming their way. Assuming that there will be a proliferation of film and television work from Black talent in the years ahead, here are a few handy assists for those who will be covering it, a guide to questions you should not ask and some thoughts about what you should.
“The White Gaze”
Last week, in anticipation of the release...
Black artists are starting to react to the questions coming their way. Assuming that there will be a proliferation of film and television work from Black talent in the years ahead, here are a few handy assists for those who will be covering it, a guide to questions you should not ask and some thoughts about what you should.
“The White Gaze”
Last week, in anticipation of the release...
- 5/20/2021
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
Bill Kobin, a pioneering public television executive who ran Los Angeles pubcaster Kcet for 13 years and helped launch the careers of Bill Moyers, Huell Howser and many others, died Friday at his home in Brentwood, CA. He was 91. No cause of death was given.
Kobin worked as a television journalist in the early days of the medium with the Dumont Broadcasting, ABC and CBS News. He produced The Political Obituary of Richard Nixon, which landed him on Nixon’s famous enemies list. He worked with such famous names as Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite, Harry Reasoner and Andy Rooney but eventually chose to leave the world of the big networks and align with Net in New York, the not-for-profit television startup that was the precursor to the PBS system. His public television career would last for more than 50 years.
In 1967, Kobin launched Black Journal, the first regularly scheduled series on...
Kobin worked as a television journalist in the early days of the medium with the Dumont Broadcasting, ABC and CBS News. He produced The Political Obituary of Richard Nixon, which landed him on Nixon’s famous enemies list. He worked with such famous names as Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite, Harry Reasoner and Andy Rooney but eventually chose to leave the world of the big networks and align with Net in New York, the not-for-profit television startup that was the precursor to the PBS system. His public television career would last for more than 50 years.
In 1967, Kobin launched Black Journal, the first regularly scheduled series on...
- 1/9/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Former Writers Guild of America East president Michael Winship has been re-elected to the guild’s governing council as a freelance rep along with four other incumbents: Monica Lee Bellais, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Kaitlin Fontana and A.M. Homes.
Gina Gionfriddo and Eric Saleh were also elected to open freelance seats. Jason Kim and Benjamin Rosenblum were also seeking freelance seats. Incumbents Gail Lee, Ashley Feinberg and Kelly Stout were re-elected to staff seats of the council.
The seats are for two-year terms. Freelance members work in screen, television and new media, and staff members work in television, radio/audio and digital news shops under the guild’s jurisdiction. New York-based digital news shops have boosted the membership of the WGA East significantly by more than 2,000 with unionization victories in recent years with Vox Media, Onion Inc., HuffPost, Vice, the Intercept, ThinkProgress, MTV News, Salon and Slate.
Votes were cast by 12.09% of the 6,208 eligible voters.
Gina Gionfriddo and Eric Saleh were also elected to open freelance seats. Jason Kim and Benjamin Rosenblum were also seeking freelance seats. Incumbents Gail Lee, Ashley Feinberg and Kelly Stout were re-elected to staff seats of the council.
The seats are for two-year terms. Freelance members work in screen, television and new media, and staff members work in television, radio/audio and digital news shops under the guild’s jurisdiction. New York-based digital news shops have boosted the membership of the WGA East significantly by more than 2,000 with unionization victories in recent years with Vox Media, Onion Inc., HuffPost, Vice, the Intercept, ThinkProgress, MTV News, Salon and Slate.
Votes were cast by 12.09% of the 6,208 eligible voters.
- 9/18/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Veteran news executive Bill Small, who served as the Washington bureau chief of CBS News and president of NBC News, died on Sunday following a brief illness unrelated to the coronavirus, CBS News announced. He was 93.
Small led CBS News’ political coverage from 1962-1974, covering such major events as Watergate, Vietnam and the Civil Rights Movement. He pulled together a team of reporters from within CBS that included Dan Rather, Marvin Kalb, Dan Schorr, Harry Reasoner and Eric Sevareid, and made new hires including Bob Schieffer, Ed Bradley, Bernard Shaw, Bernard Kalb and Bill Moyers.
He also, CBS noted, championed a number of women in his time as Washington bureau chief, hiring Diane Sawyer, Connie Chung, Lesley Stahl, Martha Teichner, Rita Braver and Susan Spencer.
“Bill Small was a hero to journalism,” CBS News president Susan Zirinsky said in a statement. “He hired me as a 20-year-old college student to...
Small led CBS News’ political coverage from 1962-1974, covering such major events as Watergate, Vietnam and the Civil Rights Movement. He pulled together a team of reporters from within CBS that included Dan Rather, Marvin Kalb, Dan Schorr, Harry Reasoner and Eric Sevareid, and made new hires including Bob Schieffer, Ed Bradley, Bernard Shaw, Bernard Kalb and Bill Moyers.
He also, CBS noted, championed a number of women in his time as Washington bureau chief, hiring Diane Sawyer, Connie Chung, Lesley Stahl, Martha Teichner, Rita Braver and Susan Spencer.
“Bill Small was a hero to journalism,” CBS News president Susan Zirinsky said in a statement. “He hired me as a 20-year-old college student to...
- 5/25/2020
- by Alex Stedman
- Variety Film + TV
Veteran news executive Bill Small passed away on Sunday after a brief illness unrelated to the coronavirus. The former CBS News Washington Bureau Chief, NBC News President, United Press International President and Chairman of the News & Documentary Emmy Awards, was 93.
Small served as CBS’ Washington Bureau Chief from 1962 to 1974 and formed a team of journalists that would go on to dominate political coverage throughout the era of the Vietnam War and Watergate. The roster he recruited from within CBS included Marvin Kalb, Dan Rather, Harry Reasoner, Dan Schorr and Eric Sevareid. New hires at the time, CBS said, included Bob Schieffer, Ed Bradley, Bernard Shaw, Bernard Kalb and Bill Moyers. CBS also noted Small championed the hiring of women including Lesley Stahl, Diane Sawyer, Connie Chung, Susan Zirinsky, Martha Teichner, Rita Braver and Susan Spencer.
“Bill Small was a hero to journalism,” said CBS News president Zirinsky in a statement.
Small served as CBS’ Washington Bureau Chief from 1962 to 1974 and formed a team of journalists that would go on to dominate political coverage throughout the era of the Vietnam War and Watergate. The roster he recruited from within CBS included Marvin Kalb, Dan Rather, Harry Reasoner, Dan Schorr and Eric Sevareid. New hires at the time, CBS said, included Bob Schieffer, Ed Bradley, Bernard Shaw, Bernard Kalb and Bill Moyers. CBS also noted Small championed the hiring of women including Lesley Stahl, Diane Sawyer, Connie Chung, Susan Zirinsky, Martha Teichner, Rita Braver and Susan Spencer.
“Bill Small was a hero to journalism,” said CBS News president Zirinsky in a statement.
- 5/25/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Bill Small, the former Washington bureau chief for CBS News and president of NBC News, died Sunday in a New York hospital after a brief illness unrelated to the coronavirus, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced. He was 93.
Small led CBS' news operations in the nation's capital from 1962-74. He recruited Eric Sevareid, Marvin Kalb, Daniel Schorr, Harry Reasoner and Dan Rather from within the division and gave many producers and reporters their first commercial network news positions; those included Bob Schieffer, Ed Bradley, Bernard Shaw, Bill Moyers, Bernard Kalb and Tom Bettag.
Meanwhile, Diane ...
Small led CBS' news operations in the nation's capital from 1962-74. He recruited Eric Sevareid, Marvin Kalb, Daniel Schorr, Harry Reasoner and Dan Rather from within the division and gave many producers and reporters their first commercial network news positions; those included Bob Schieffer, Ed Bradley, Bernard Shaw, Bill Moyers, Bernard Kalb and Tom Bettag.
Meanwhile, Diane ...
- 5/25/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Rachel Brosnahan will try science-fiction, documentaries about Herb Alpert and Sasha Joseph Neulinger find homes, and Cameron Boyce’s “Runt” gets a premiere.
Casting
Rachel Brosnahan will star with Anthony Ramos in Amblin Partners’ upcoming comedic sci-fi film “Distant.”
Will Speck and Josh Gordon will direct from Spenser Cohen’s script about an asteroid miner who crash-lands on an alien planet and must contend with the challenges of his new surroundings while making his way across the harsh terrain to the only other survivor – a woman who is trapped in her escape pod.
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Fred Berger and Anna Halberg will produce. Speck and Gordon will also serve as executive producers, along with Jonathan Rothbart and Matt Hirsch.
Brosnahan has won an Emmy, two Golden Globes and two SAG Awards for her performance as “Miriam ‘Midge’ Maisel” in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” The news...
Casting
Rachel Brosnahan will star with Anthony Ramos in Amblin Partners’ upcoming comedic sci-fi film “Distant.”
Will Speck and Josh Gordon will direct from Spenser Cohen’s script about an asteroid miner who crash-lands on an alien planet and must contend with the challenges of his new surroundings while making his way across the harsh terrain to the only other survivor – a woman who is trapped in her escape pod.
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Fred Berger and Anna Halberg will produce. Speck and Gordon will also serve as executive producers, along with Jonathan Rothbart and Matt Hirsch.
Brosnahan has won an Emmy, two Golden Globes and two SAG Awards for her performance as “Miriam ‘Midge’ Maisel” in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” The news...
- 2/27/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer is following up his gig as a special correspondent for Extra and contestant on Dancing with the Stars with a daily talk show for Newsmax TV.
The cable news show, Spicer & Co., will debut on March 3 — Super Tuesday — at 6 p.m. Et and will run daily. According to Newsmax, the show will broadcast from studios near the White House. In a statement announcing the new show, Spicer said that “we will ask questions and cover the topics that everyone in America is thinking about but no one is asking or talking about.”
In a statement, Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy said that Spicer’s ratings for his press conferences were “off the charts, a phenomena that hasn’t happened before or since.”
They also were contentious, starting with a Jan. 21 briefing in which Spicer insisted that President Donald Trump’s inauguration crowd was “the...
The cable news show, Spicer & Co., will debut on March 3 — Super Tuesday — at 6 p.m. Et and will run daily. According to Newsmax, the show will broadcast from studios near the White House. In a statement announcing the new show, Spicer said that “we will ask questions and cover the topics that everyone in America is thinking about but no one is asking or talking about.”
In a statement, Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy said that Spicer’s ratings for his press conferences were “off the charts, a phenomena that hasn’t happened before or since.”
They also were contentious, starting with a Jan. 21 briefing in which Spicer insisted that President Donald Trump’s inauguration crowd was “the...
- 2/13/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
When the House Intelligence Committee launches its first public hearing of the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, it’s likely that the first hours might matter more than anything else.
Throughout the day, the hearings will draw across-the-board coverage on broadcast networks, streaming platforms and cable news channels, not to mention the river of comments and clips that will proliferate on Twitter and Facebook.
Given the social media quick reaction to recent hearings featuring Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s former campaign manager, and Special Counsel Robert Mueller, initial impressions make a big difference.
When Lewandowski testified in September, pundits quickly focused on the extent of his pugnacity and defiance. When Mueller testified in July, much of the initial attention was on his points of shakiness. It didn’t seem to matter that there were moments of revelatory substance further along in the hearings; Trump and his supporters seized...
Throughout the day, the hearings will draw across-the-board coverage on broadcast networks, streaming platforms and cable news channels, not to mention the river of comments and clips that will proliferate on Twitter and Facebook.
Given the social media quick reaction to recent hearings featuring Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s former campaign manager, and Special Counsel Robert Mueller, initial impressions make a big difference.
When Lewandowski testified in September, pundits quickly focused on the extent of his pugnacity and defiance. When Mueller testified in July, much of the initial attention was on his points of shakiness. It didn’t seem to matter that there were moments of revelatory substance further along in the hearings; Trump and his supporters seized...
- 11/12/2019
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Update, 9:02 Am Pt: PBS will broadcast next week’s impeachment hearings live, and they also will be replayed in primetime on World, the digital channel that is carried on 157 public stations that reach about 2/3 of U.S. households.
On Friday, Bill Moyers and Michael Winship took out a full-page ad in The New York Times, urging PBS to broadcast the hearings live and rerun them in primetime, as was done back in 1973 for the Watergate testimony.
PBS also will provide the hearings on demand on its digital platforms, and provide coverage on PBS Newshour and Amanpour & Company.
A PBS spokesman said, “We live in a vastly different media universe than we did 45+ years ago. In today’s on demand world, we will ensure that Americans have access to the replay of the hearings when and how they want to view them.”
The American Archive of Public Broadcasting has the...
On Friday, Bill Moyers and Michael Winship took out a full-page ad in The New York Times, urging PBS to broadcast the hearings live and rerun them in primetime, as was done back in 1973 for the Watergate testimony.
PBS also will provide the hearings on demand on its digital platforms, and provide coverage on PBS Newshour and Amanpour & Company.
A PBS spokesman said, “We live in a vastly different media universe than we did 45+ years ago. In today’s on demand world, we will ensure that Americans have access to the replay of the hearings when and how they want to view them.”
The American Archive of Public Broadcasting has the...
- 11/8/2019
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
“All right. I am told there is a tie.”
— Presenter N.J. Burkett, president of the New York chapter of NATAS, at the 2014 News & Documentary Emmy Awards
For decades, the biggest names in television news were honored at the annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards through a voting system that was designed to generate a bewildering number of ties.
Since the awards were launched in 1980, more than 280 categories ended in ties, including some crazy ones in the early years. At the inaugural awards in 1980, there were two nine-way ties and an eight-way tie. In 1981, a category ended in a 21-way tie. By 1985, a total of 24 awards – nearly half of all the those presented – ended in ties. During the 1990s, there were 124 ties, averaging more than 12 a year.
Records provided to Deadline by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences reveal that since 1980, only four of 39 shows didn’t include at least one...
— Presenter N.J. Burkett, president of the New York chapter of NATAS, at the 2014 News & Documentary Emmy Awards
For decades, the biggest names in television news were honored at the annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards through a voting system that was designed to generate a bewildering number of ties.
Since the awards were launched in 1980, more than 280 categories ended in ties, including some crazy ones in the early years. At the inaugural awards in 1980, there were two nine-way ties and an eight-way tie. In 1981, a category ended in a 21-way tie. By 1985, a total of 24 awards – nearly half of all the those presented – ended in ties. During the 1990s, there were 124 ties, averaging more than 12 a year.
Records provided to Deadline by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences reveal that since 1980, only four of 39 shows didn’t include at least one...
- 9/25/2019
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Former Writers Guild of America East president Michael Winship has won one of the seven open freelance seats on the WGA East Council.
Others elected as freelance members on the council included newcomers Monica Lee Bellais and Kaitlin Fontana along with incumbents Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, A.M. Homes, Christopher Kyle, and Kyle Bradstreet. Incumbents Gail Lee and Kathy McGee were elected to the staff seats along with newcomer Kelly Stout.
The guild, which represents about 5,000 members, announced the winners Thursday. The terms for the newly elected council members will run for two years beginning Friday.
Freelance members work in screen, television and new media; and Staff members work in television, radio, and digital news shops.
Winship was elected president of the WGA East’s governing council in 2007, less than two months before a 100-day strike that began on Nov. 5, 2007. After serving five consecutive terms — making him the second-longest tenured president in...
Others elected as freelance members on the council included newcomers Monica Lee Bellais and Kaitlin Fontana along with incumbents Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, A.M. Homes, Christopher Kyle, and Kyle Bradstreet. Incumbents Gail Lee and Kathy McGee were elected to the staff seats along with newcomer Kelly Stout.
The guild, which represents about 5,000 members, announced the winners Thursday. The terms for the newly elected council members will run for two years beginning Friday.
Freelance members work in screen, television and new media; and Staff members work in television, radio, and digital news shops.
Winship was elected president of the WGA East’s governing council in 2007, less than two months before a 100-day strike that began on Nov. 5, 2007. After serving five consecutive terms — making him the second-longest tenured president in...
- 9/20/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
WGA East announced the results of its 2018 council election on Thursday, with former president Michael Winship earning a freelance seat.
Joining Winship in the freelance seats are incumbents Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, A.M. Homes, Christopher Kyle, and Kyle Bradstreet; as well as newcomers Monica Lee Bellais and Kaitlin Fontana. Gail Lee and Kathy McGee were re-elected to their staff seats, and will be joined by Kelly Stout.
Also Read: Nearly Two-Thirds of Female Writers Have Been Sexually Harassed, Wgaw Survey Finds
Freelance members work in screen, television and new media, and Staff members work in television, radio and digital news shops under the Guild’s jurisdiction. The new council’s tenure will begin on Friday and continue for two years.
Winship, a longtime writer for Bill Moyers, was president of WGA East from 2007-2017, being elected just two months before the guild initiated a writers’ strike that lasted 100 days. He chose...
Joining Winship in the freelance seats are incumbents Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, A.M. Homes, Christopher Kyle, and Kyle Bradstreet; as well as newcomers Monica Lee Bellais and Kaitlin Fontana. Gail Lee and Kathy McGee were re-elected to their staff seats, and will be joined by Kelly Stout.
Also Read: Nearly Two-Thirds of Female Writers Have Been Sexually Harassed, Wgaw Survey Finds
Freelance members work in screen, television and new media, and Staff members work in television, radio and digital news shops under the Guild’s jurisdiction. The new council’s tenure will begin on Friday and continue for two years.
Winship, a longtime writer for Bill Moyers, was president of WGA East from 2007-2017, being elected just two months before the guild initiated a writers’ strike that lasted 100 days. He chose...
- 9/20/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Joaquin Phoenix stars in his second Specialty release in the last few months with Gus Van Sant’s Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far On Foot, with Jonah Hill and Rooney Mara. Amazon Studios is opening the title in several locations in New York and Los Angeles ahead of a wider roll out. The title will likely headline a fairly busy weekend of Specialty newcomers given the tentpole season. Rob Reiner put up his own money to finance, in part, his latest directorial effort Shock And Awe, a project that was twenty years in the making and takes a look at events precipitating the Iraq Invasion in 2003. PBS Distribution is opening Kimberly Reed’s doc Dark Money in New York ahead of a select national roll out. The feature examines the role of ‘dark money’ in U.S. politics. Among foreign-language titles, Cohen Media Group opened Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti...
- 7/12/2018
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
Former Writers Guild of America East President Michael Winship is one of the 16 candidates for a WGA East Council seat.
The guild, which represents about 5,000 members, announced the candidates Wednesday with 11 seeking seven open freelance seats and five candidates seeking three open staff seats. The terms for newly elected Council members will run for two years beginning Sept. 21, the day after the election. Voting online and by mail will begin on Aug. 23.
In addition to Winship, four incumbents are seeking freelance seats — Kyle Bradstreet, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, A.M. Homes and Chris Kyle. The other six candidates are David Angelo, Monica Lee Bellais, Larry J. Cohen, Kaitlin Fontana, Michael Rauch, and Andy Rheingold.
Three incumbents are seeking re-election to staff seats — Gail Lee, Kathy McGee and Matt Nelko. Kelly Stout and Jeff Young are also running.
Freelance members work in screen, television and new media; and Staff members work in television,...
The guild, which represents about 5,000 members, announced the candidates Wednesday with 11 seeking seven open freelance seats and five candidates seeking three open staff seats. The terms for newly elected Council members will run for two years beginning Sept. 21, the day after the election. Voting online and by mail will begin on Aug. 23.
In addition to Winship, four incumbents are seeking freelance seats — Kyle Bradstreet, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, A.M. Homes and Chris Kyle. The other six candidates are David Angelo, Monica Lee Bellais, Larry J. Cohen, Kaitlin Fontana, Michael Rauch, and Andy Rheingold.
Three incumbents are seeking re-election to staff seats — Gail Lee, Kathy McGee and Matt Nelko. Kelly Stout and Jeff Young are also running.
Freelance members work in screen, television and new media; and Staff members work in television,...
- 6/27/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Joan Konner, an award-winning producer, documentarian and trailblazing dean of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, has died. She was 87. She died April 18 of leukemia in Manhattan.
Konner was known for numerous documentaries and television series. She was born on Feb. 24, 1931, in Paterson, NJ, and started her professional media career after she graduated with a master’s from Columbia’s school of journalism in 1961.
She began writing for New Jersey’s The Bergen Record after she graduated and shifted gears in 1977 when she became the executive producer for national news and public affairs for PBS outlet Wnet/Thirteen in New York. She then became the executive producer of Bill Moyers Journal in the ’80s. It was there when she would become the president and executive producer of Public Affairs Television, Moyers’ production company. While at Bill Moyers she also helped produce the acclaimed six-part docuseries Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth With Bill Moyers.
Konner was known for numerous documentaries and television series. She was born on Feb. 24, 1931, in Paterson, NJ, and started her professional media career after she graduated with a master’s from Columbia’s school of journalism in 1961.
She began writing for New Jersey’s The Bergen Record after she graduated and shifted gears in 1977 when she became the executive producer for national news and public affairs for PBS outlet Wnet/Thirteen in New York. She then became the executive producer of Bill Moyers Journal in the ’80s. It was there when she would become the president and executive producer of Public Affairs Television, Moyers’ production company. While at Bill Moyers she also helped produce the acclaimed six-part docuseries Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth With Bill Moyers.
- 4/23/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Veteran journalist Bill Moyers, who moved between writing and public service in his 50-year career, is retiring from what may be his final media outlet. Moyers is most identified with PBS, where he hosted several news shows before his broadcasting retirement. He also served stints at NBC and CBS, produced numerous documentaries, and served as press secretary in the Lyndon Johnson administration. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1995 and won more than…...
- 12/16/2017
- Deadline TV
Now in its seventh year, the New York City-based and documentary-focused film festival aptly titled Doc NYC has become a mainstay on the documentary festival circuit. Along with series like Hot Docs and the more avant-garde-heavy True/False, Doc NYC is slowly but surely becoming one of the must-attend festivals for cinephiles who have an affinity for the non-fiction side of cinema.
And yet, it’s still a festival on the come up. With only six previous iterations in its history, Doc NYC is one of the hundreds, if not thousands, of festivals or film series that make up a calendar year in New York and the film world in general. Marking this year’s event with 110 features (roughly 44% of which are directed or co-directed by women, I will add) including 18 world premieres and 19 Us premieres and even a small repertory sidebar, this is set to be the biggest and arguably best lineup yet.
And yet, it’s still a festival on the come up. With only six previous iterations in its history, Doc NYC is one of the hundreds, if not thousands, of festivals or film series that make up a calendar year in New York and the film world in general. Marking this year’s event with 110 features (roughly 44% of which are directed or co-directed by women, I will add) including 18 world premieres and 19 Us premieres and even a small repertory sidebar, this is set to be the biggest and arguably best lineup yet.
- 11/8/2016
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
See just how much legendary sitcom writer and producer Norman Lear values creative integrity over monetary gain in this Indiewire exclusive clip. With an $11 million syndication deal with CBS in the balance, Jerry Perenchio, Lear’s former business partner at Tandem Productions and Embassy Television, tells how Lear refused to compromise the integrity of his shows, compared his life’s work to the most famous painting in history: Michelangelo’s “Mona Lisa,” and insisted on consulting his psychiatrist before signing over syndication rights.
The clip is a never-before-seen DVD extra from the first documentary about the 94-year-old television legend, “American Masters — Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You,” which premieres Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 9 pm on PBS. PBS Distribution will release the film, with additional bonus features, on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD the same day.
Read More: Sundance Review: Norman Lear Fans Will Get a Kick Out of ‘Just Another...
The clip is a never-before-seen DVD extra from the first documentary about the 94-year-old television legend, “American Masters — Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You,” which premieres Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 9 pm on PBS. PBS Distribution will release the film, with additional bonus features, on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD the same day.
Read More: Sundance Review: Norman Lear Fans Will Get a Kick Out of ‘Just Another...
- 10/3/2016
- by Alec McPike
- Indiewire
In a repeat of 2015, PBS was the single biggest winner tonight, with CBS right behind in second place, to more than dwarf all other competitors at the 37th News and Documentary Emmy Awards, handed out tonight at the Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City.
Public Broadcasting took home 14 statuettes, the majority for Frontline, which won seven Emmys, with the terrorism focused episodes “Isis in Afghanistan” and “My Brother’s Bomber” taking two apiece. The odds were with PBS of course, as the channel had a sizable 54 nominations total this year.
Similarly, the the odds were with CBS and its 17 nominations. The Eye network led broadcast networks with seven Emmys, the majority for 60 Minutes‘, with terror related “A Crime Against Humanity,” about the deadly sarin nerve gas attack in Syria winning twice, and “The Paris Attacks” winning once.
NBC wasn’t able to replicate its fairly...
Public Broadcasting took home 14 statuettes, the majority for Frontline, which won seven Emmys, with the terrorism focused episodes “Isis in Afghanistan” and “My Brother’s Bomber” taking two apiece. The odds were with PBS of course, as the channel had a sizable 54 nominations total this year.
Similarly, the the odds were with CBS and its 17 nominations. The Eye network led broadcast networks with seven Emmys, the majority for 60 Minutes‘, with terror related “A Crime Against Humanity,” about the deadly sarin nerve gas attack in Syria winning twice, and “The Paris Attacks” winning once.
NBC wasn’t able to replicate its fairly...
- 9/22/2016
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- Deadline Film + TV
We’ve just been handed this bulletin, ladies and gentlemen: The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said today that the News and Documentary Emmy Awards will be livestreamed on Twitter and Periscope for the first time. Viewers can watch and interact live via @newsemmys starting at 7:30 Pm Et
The 37th annual trophy show from the Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P Rose Hall in Manhattan will see hardware doled out in 40 categories, with PBS leading all networks with 54 noms and stalwart CBS newsmag 60 Minutes topping the program field with 26.
The 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award being presented to three-time Primetime Emmy-winning documentarian Stanley Nelson. His credits include the docs Freedom Summer, Freedom Riders, Wounded Knee and The Murder of Emmitt Till.
Presenters for tonight’s News & Doc Emmys include Dana Bash, Lester Holt, Bill Moyers, Jane Pauley, George Stephanopoulos, Maria Elena Salinas, Jake Tapper, Elizabeth Vargas and CBS News president David Rhodes.
The 37th annual trophy show from the Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P Rose Hall in Manhattan will see hardware doled out in 40 categories, with PBS leading all networks with 54 noms and stalwart CBS newsmag 60 Minutes topping the program field with 26.
The 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award being presented to three-time Primetime Emmy-winning documentarian Stanley Nelson. His credits include the docs Freedom Summer, Freedom Riders, Wounded Knee and The Murder of Emmitt Till.
Presenters for tonight’s News & Doc Emmys include Dana Bash, Lester Holt, Bill Moyers, Jane Pauley, George Stephanopoulos, Maria Elena Salinas, Jake Tapper, Elizabeth Vargas and CBS News president David Rhodes.
- 9/21/2016
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
To help sift through the increasing number of new releases (independent or otherwise), the Weekly Film Guide is here! Below you’ll find basic plot, personnel and cinema information for all of this week’s fresh offerings.
Starting this month, we’ve also put together a list for the entire month. We’ve included this week’s list below, complete with information on screening locations for films in limited release.
See More: Here Are All the Upcoming Movies in Theaters for July 2016
Here are the films opening theatrically in the U.S. the week of Friday, July 8. All synopses provided by distributor unless listed otherwise.
Wide
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Director: Jake Szymanski
Cast: Adam DeVine, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Zac Efron
Synopsis: Two brothers place an online ad to find dates for a wedding and the ad goes viral.
The Secret Life of Pets
Director: Chris Renaud,...
Starting this month, we’ve also put together a list for the entire month. We’ve included this week’s list below, complete with information on screening locations for films in limited release.
See More: Here Are All the Upcoming Movies in Theaters for July 2016
Here are the films opening theatrically in the U.S. the week of Friday, July 8. All synopses provided by distributor unless listed otherwise.
Wide
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Director: Jake Szymanski
Cast: Adam DeVine, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Zac Efron
Synopsis: Two brothers place an online ad to find dates for a wedding and the ad goes viral.
The Secret Life of Pets
Director: Chris Renaud,...
- 7/8/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Another Oscar season. Another controversy over accuracy. And all this happening conveniently as Academy Award nominating balloting starts today.
From Hurricane and A Beautiful Mind to Zero Dark Thirty and The Butler, and countless other movies based on actual events and people, these kinds of pics are often plagued with attacks on their credibility. But it should be remembered these movies are not documentaries. Dramatic license is often taken. Sometimes the controversies that rise up can be chalked up to suspicions of dirty campaign tricks by others — as in the case (which Universal overcame) of eventual Best Picture winner A Beautiful Mind. Sometimes though it can be at the hands of politicians as in the case of Zero Dark Thirty, when powerful senators took issue with aspects of the movie.
Now it’s Selma’s turn on the hot seat, a sure-fire Oscar contender set around the 1965 Martin Luther King Jr.
From Hurricane and A Beautiful Mind to Zero Dark Thirty and The Butler, and countless other movies based on actual events and people, these kinds of pics are often plagued with attacks on their credibility. But it should be remembered these movies are not documentaries. Dramatic license is often taken. Sometimes the controversies that rise up can be chalked up to suspicions of dirty campaign tricks by others — as in the case (which Universal overcame) of eventual Best Picture winner A Beautiful Mind. Sometimes though it can be at the hands of politicians as in the case of Zero Dark Thirty, when powerful senators took issue with aspects of the movie.
Now it’s Selma’s turn on the hot seat, a sure-fire Oscar contender set around the 1965 Martin Luther King Jr.
- 12/29/2014
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline
Updated With Full List: PBS and CBS were the big winners tonight as the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences unveiled its 35th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. The pubcaster walked away with a leading 11 trophies, followed by the Eye with 10. ABC picked up three wins, the only other network with more than two. PBS came into the ceremony with a field-leading 43 nominations, one more than CBS.
The Lifetime Achievement Award went to William J. Small, who was CBS News Washington Bureau chief from 1962-74 and later President of NBC News, President of United Press International, and Chairman of News & Documentary at NATAS. “Throughout the ’60s and ’70s and into the 1980s, he was a key figure in the dramatic evolution of network news, NATAS Chairman Chuck Dages said of Small. “Recruiting the likes of Dan Rather, Bob Schieffer, Diane Sawyer, Lesley Stahl, Bill Moyers, and many others, he changed...
The Lifetime Achievement Award went to William J. Small, who was CBS News Washington Bureau chief from 1962-74 and later President of NBC News, President of United Press International, and Chairman of News & Documentary at NATAS. “Throughout the ’60s and ’70s and into the 1980s, he was a key figure in the dramatic evolution of network news, NATAS Chairman Chuck Dages said of Small. “Recruiting the likes of Dan Rather, Bob Schieffer, Diane Sawyer, Lesley Stahl, Bill Moyers, and many others, he changed...
- 10/1/2014
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Remember Big Trouble in Little China?
I do.
It came from a forgotten era in Hollywood, where the average Joe could rise up from obscurity and become the hero. In the latest esoTarik, I discuss the connection between David Simon’s (creator of The Wire and Treme) recent interview with Bill Moyers and John Carpenter’s 1986 classic action comedy, Big Trouble in Little China.
If you haven’t watched the interview with Simon yet, you can view it below:...
I do.
It came from a forgotten era in Hollywood, where the average Joe could rise up from obscurity and become the hero. In the latest esoTarik, I discuss the connection between David Simon’s (creator of The Wire and Treme) recent interview with Bill Moyers and John Carpenter’s 1986 classic action comedy, Big Trouble in Little China.
If you haven’t watched the interview with Simon yet, you can view it below:...
- 2/12/2014
- by Tarik Davis
- BuzzFocus.com
Activist, lawyer and now TV news host, Ronan Farrow is a force to be reckoned with. But what really caught people's attention was his quip following his mother Mia Farrow's revelation that his father might not be Woody Allen but Frank Sinatra. Jesse Lichtenstein meets him in New York
• Dylan Farrow details allegations of child sex abuse against Woody Allen
Ronan Farrow had a cold. "Probably from a source," he joked. It wasn't clear who gave it to him — the big pop star in La or the Minnesotans fighting against terrorist recruitment in their community. Farrow had been out of town reporting pieces on both, and his voice was almost shot.
It was a Monday in December, and as part of the preparations to host his own daily news show on American cable channel MSNBC in January, Farrow was scheduled to do a quick "hit" on one of the...
• Dylan Farrow details allegations of child sex abuse against Woody Allen
Ronan Farrow had a cold. "Probably from a source," he joked. It wasn't clear who gave it to him — the big pop star in La or the Minnesotans fighting against terrorist recruitment in their community. Farrow had been out of town reporting pieces on both, and his voice was almost shot.
It was a Monday in December, and as part of the preparations to host his own daily news show on American cable channel MSNBC in January, Farrow was scheduled to do a quick "hit" on one of the...
- 2/2/2014
- The Guardian - Film News
Less than a month after announcing the end of his 2-year-old weekly PBS program Moyers & Company, Bill Moyers pulled a “not so fast” today. Here’s his announcement that includes a January 10 return date: It’s been only three weeks since I announced that Moyers & Company would end, as originally planned, on January 3. It was time, I said, to turn the corner after all the years of meeting the deadlines and demands so integral to producing television. An hour broadcast every week — virtually handcrafted from many different parts — has been exciting and satisfying, even joyful to produce, but at this age and stage I was prepared to leave the field to the next generation. What I could not anticipate was the response of our viewers…We received thousands of well-written and heartfelt messages. The outpouring is unmistakably about the importance of public broadcasting and the value many people place on...
- 11/15/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Joanna Lumley’s Nile
Kieran Kinsella
The British TV travel show market is as overcrowded as a Cairo bazaar. It is overflowing with cheap frills, dodgy knock-offs and dusty antiques but every now and then you find a real diamond in the rough. Athena Learning have just unearthed one such treasure — Joanna Lumley’s Nile. Some of you may be surprised to see the one-time Bond girl fronting a travel documentary but Joanna has been gradually expanding her horizons with shows about Bhutan and Greece. Those were decent enough but The Nile is the piece de resistance. Simply put, it’s the best travel series I’ve seen since Michael Palin toured the globe in 80 days.
Joanna Lumley grew up on a princely estate in Kashmir and staying true to her roots, she has developed a reputation as a good old fashioned English aristocrat. As such, it is no surprise...
Kieran Kinsella
The British TV travel show market is as overcrowded as a Cairo bazaar. It is overflowing with cheap frills, dodgy knock-offs and dusty antiques but every now and then you find a real diamond in the rough. Athena Learning have just unearthed one such treasure — Joanna Lumley’s Nile. Some of you may be surprised to see the one-time Bond girl fronting a travel documentary but Joanna has been gradually expanding her horizons with shows about Bhutan and Greece. Those were decent enough but The Nile is the piece de resistance. Simply put, it’s the best travel series I’ve seen since Michael Palin toured the globe in 80 days.
Joanna Lumley grew up on a princely estate in Kashmir and staying true to her roots, she has developed a reputation as a good old fashioned English aristocrat. As such, it is no surprise...
- 7/12/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Washington, Jun 25: George Lucas tied the knot with his long-time girlfriend, Mellody Hobson, in an intimate ceremony, on Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, California, on Saturday.
The 'Star Wars' mastermind's wedding was officiated by journalist Bill Moyers, who was a Baptist minister before his illustrious career in the media, the Huffington Post reported.
The couple, who met in 2006, were engaged in January of this year.
The toast from the groom's side was given by Lucas' long-time friend and collaborator, Steven Spielberg, while Hobson's fellow executive at Ariel Investments, spoke on behalf of the bride. (Ani)...
The 'Star Wars' mastermind's wedding was officiated by journalist Bill Moyers, who was a Baptist minister before his illustrious career in the media, the Huffington Post reported.
The couple, who met in 2006, were engaged in January of this year.
The toast from the groom's side was given by Lucas' long-time friend and collaborator, Steven Spielberg, while Hobson's fellow executive at Ariel Investments, spoke on behalf of the bride. (Ani)...
- 6/25/2013
- by Leon David
- RealBollywood.com
George Lucas has written the sequel to his love life. On Saturday, the 69-year-old "Star Wars" writer/director wed 44-year-old Mellody Hobson, his second wife. The affair at Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, Calif. was intimate but star-studded. According to The Huffington Post, journalist Bill Moyers officiated the ceremony, Arianna Huffington was in attendance and Francis Ford Coppola read a Maya Angelou poem. Van Morrison played at the reception and Lucas' longtime friend and production partner Steven Spielberg gave the toast, joking that "The Force" finally had a name: Mellody. Also read: Daytime Emmy Awards...
- 6/25/2013
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Los Angeles, June 25: Filmmaker George Lucas has married his girlfriend of seven years, Mellody Hobson.
They exchanged vows at the Peninsula Hotel in Chicago.
The guest list had fellow movie director Ron Howard and actor Samuel L. Jackson, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
After the wedding, Jackson took to Twitter and posted: "Let's give a Galactic shout out to Master George Lucas & his bride Melody on this their wedding day!! Congrats!."
Even Howard congratulated the newlyweds on his Twitter page.
He tweeted: "George Lucas Melody Hobson wedding was joy to behold Bill Moyers service was beautiful, nothing.
They exchanged vows at the Peninsula Hotel in Chicago.
The guest list had fellow movie director Ron Howard and actor Samuel L. Jackson, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
After the wedding, Jackson took to Twitter and posted: "Let's give a Galactic shout out to Master George Lucas & his bride Melody on this their wedding day!! Congrats!."
Even Howard congratulated the newlyweds on his Twitter page.
He tweeted: "George Lucas Melody Hobson wedding was joy to behold Bill Moyers service was beautiful, nothing.
- 6/25/2013
- by Arun Pandit
- RealBollywood.com
The Force is strong with these two. "Star Wars" creator George Lucas married his longtime girlfriend, ABC News contributor and Dream Works Animation chairwoman Mellody Hobson, Saturday night (June 22), People reports.
The ceremony took place in Marin County, Cal. at Skywalker Ranch, his home. Those in attendance shared the joyful news after the nuptials.
"Let's give a Galactic shout out to Master George Lucas & his bride," Samuel L. Jackson tweeted. Ron Howard said the wedding was "a joy to behold," adding that the service, presented by Bill Moyers, was "beautiful, nothing short of profound."
Lucas began dating Hobson in 2006, before the couple became engaged in January. This is George's second marriage, as we previously wed film editor Marcia Lucas in 1969. They divorced in 1983.
The ceremony took place in Marin County, Cal. at Skywalker Ranch, his home. Those in attendance shared the joyful news after the nuptials.
"Let's give a Galactic shout out to Master George Lucas & his bride," Samuel L. Jackson tweeted. Ron Howard said the wedding was "a joy to behold," adding that the service, presented by Bill Moyers, was "beautiful, nothing short of profound."
Lucas began dating Hobson in 2006, before the couple became engaged in January. This is George's second marriage, as we previously wed film editor Marcia Lucas in 1969. They divorced in 1983.
- 6/24/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
While its not our usual type of news story, we’re just wishing the man who defined generations a huge congratulations! The Star Wars creator got married on Saturday at Skywalker Ranch. Journalist Bill Moyers officiated and according to Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post a number married couples in attendance, were so moved by what Moyers delivered that they felt they’d renewed their Own vows. Obviously a few celebs turned up as well with Steven Spielberg doing the toast and our own Van Morrison flew in to belt out some tunes! Whether or not it ended up like a certain writers wedding night, keeled over a toilet, puking Jack Daniels, we’re not sure. Probably unlikely. In all seriousness though, Congrats to George and his new wife, Mellody. They do look so happy together and George looks like he dropped some serious weight as well! Congrats…I know you’ll read this.
- 6/24/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (Vic Barry)
- www.themoviebit.com
Here's an exclusive photo of newlyweds George Lucas and Mellody Hobson!
The visionary "Star Wars" filmmaker wed the Ariel Investments president before an intimate gathering at Skywalker Ranch, in Marin County, California, at 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 22.
The ceremony was officiated by journalist Bill Moyers, who famously interviewed the writer Joseph Campbell at Skywalker Ranch for a landmark documentary series in 1988, and Lucas' daughters, Katie and Amanda, served as bridesmaids. According to Arianna Huffington, who was in attendance, Moyers spoke so movingly that several married couples said afterward that they felt they'd renewed their own vows.
"It only takes one person to have met the love of your life," Moyers, who was a Baptist minister before launching his illustrious career in journalism, told the bride and groom. Moyers went on to quote the 13th-century Persian poet Rumi: "When I heard my first love story, I was thinking of you.
The visionary "Star Wars" filmmaker wed the Ariel Investments president before an intimate gathering at Skywalker Ranch, in Marin County, California, at 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 22.
The ceremony was officiated by journalist Bill Moyers, who famously interviewed the writer Joseph Campbell at Skywalker Ranch for a landmark documentary series in 1988, and Lucas' daughters, Katie and Amanda, served as bridesmaids. According to Arianna Huffington, who was in attendance, Moyers spoke so movingly that several married couples said afterward that they felt they'd renewed their own vows.
"It only takes one person to have met the love of your life," Moyers, who was a Baptist minister before launching his illustrious career in journalism, told the bride and groom. Moyers went on to quote the 13th-century Persian poet Rumi: "When I heard my first love story, I was thinking of you.
- 6/24/2013
- by Mike Hogan
- Huffington Post
They’ve been together for six years and over the weekend George Lucas and Mellody Hobson officially became husband and wife.
According to a report, the Star Wars mogul and his lovely bride said “I Do” in a wonderful ceremony on the premises of Lucas’ Marin County, California Skywalker Ranch.
Famous friend Ron Howard tweeted, “George Lucas Melody [sic] Hobson wedding was joy to behold Bill Moyers service was beautiful, nothing short of profound. Congrats Mr&Mrs Lucas.”
Not one to be left out, Samuel L. Jackson added, “Let’s give a Galactic shout out to Master George Lucas & his Bride Melodie [sic] on This their Wedding Day!! Congrats!!!!!!”...
According to a report, the Star Wars mogul and his lovely bride said “I Do” in a wonderful ceremony on the premises of Lucas’ Marin County, California Skywalker Ranch.
Famous friend Ron Howard tweeted, “George Lucas Melody [sic] Hobson wedding was joy to behold Bill Moyers service was beautiful, nothing short of profound. Congrats Mr&Mrs Lucas.”
Not one to be left out, Samuel L. Jackson added, “Let’s give a Galactic shout out to Master George Lucas & his Bride Melodie [sic] on This their Wedding Day!! Congrats!!!!!!”...
- 6/24/2013
- GossipCenter
George Lucas and Mellody Hobson said "I do" Saturday with what we can only assume was an out-of-this-world wedding. Yes, the Star Wars creator and his longtime love got married at Lucas's Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, Calif., at, the filmmaker's rep confirmed to People. Samuel L. Jackson, who played Jedi Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequels, was excited about the nuptials. "Let's give a Galactic shout out to Master George Lucas & his Bride Melodie on This their Wedding Day!!" he tweeted. "Congrats!!!!!!" Ron Howard was also happy for the newlyweds, tweeting, "George Lucas Melody Hobson wedding was joy to behold Bill Moyers service was beautiful, nothing short of...
- 6/24/2013
- E! Online
May the Force of wedded bliss be with them. Star Wars creator George Lucas received some earthly love from his Hollywood pals this weekend after tying the knot with fiancée Mellody Hobson on Saturday night, a source confirms to People. Friends at the wedding - which took place in Marin County, Calif., where Lucas's Skywalker Ranch is located - also shared the happy news via Twitter. "Let's give a Galactic shout out to Master George Lucas & his bride Melodie on this, their wedding day," Tweeted Samuel L. Jackson, while Ron Howard Tweeted that their ceremony "was a joy to behold.
- 6/24/2013
- by Andrea Billups
- PEOPLE.com
Sorry, women of this galaxy and beyond -- Star Wars mastermind George Lucas is officially off the market.
Lucas married fiancee, DreamWorks chairman Mellody Hobson, on Saturday night at Skywalker Ranch in California.
Attendees included Samuel L. Jackson and Ron Howard, who both shared their congratulations for the happy couple on Twitter.
Let's give a Galactic shout out to Master George Lucas & his Bride Melodie on This their Wedding Day!! Congrats!!!!!!
- Samuel L. Jackson (@SamuelLJackson) June 22, 2013
George Lucas Melody Hobson wedding was joy to behold Bill Moyers service was beautiful, nothing short of profound. Congrats Mr&Mrs Lucas
- Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) June 24, 2013
Lucas, 69, and Hobson, 44, have been dating since 2006 and got engaged in January of this year. Along with her role at DreamWorks, Hobson also heads investment management firm Ariel Investments, and is a money and personal finance contributor to ABC News.
Congrats, and may the force always be with you both!
Lucas married fiancee, DreamWorks chairman Mellody Hobson, on Saturday night at Skywalker Ranch in California.
Attendees included Samuel L. Jackson and Ron Howard, who both shared their congratulations for the happy couple on Twitter.
Let's give a Galactic shout out to Master George Lucas & his Bride Melodie on This their Wedding Day!! Congrats!!!!!!
- Samuel L. Jackson (@SamuelLJackson) June 22, 2013
George Lucas Melody Hobson wedding was joy to behold Bill Moyers service was beautiful, nothing short of profound. Congrats Mr&Mrs Lucas
- Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) June 24, 2013
Lucas, 69, and Hobson, 44, have been dating since 2006 and got engaged in January of this year. Along with her role at DreamWorks, Hobson also heads investment management firm Ariel Investments, and is a money and personal finance contributor to ABC News.
Congrats, and may the force always be with you both!
- 6/24/2013
- by Dana Taddeo
- Moviefone
George Lucas is a newlywed. The Star Wars mastermind wed his longtime girlfriend, Mellody Hobson, at Skywalker Ranch in Marin County on Saturday afternoon. Former New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley, a longtime friend of Hobson's, gave away the bride. Lucas' son Jett served as best man, while Lucas' daughters Amanda and Katie served as bridesmaids, according to a spokesperson for the director. Ron Howard, who was among the close family and friends who attended, tweeted Sunday night: "George Lucas Melody [sic] Hobson wedding was joy to behold Bill Moyers service was beautiful, nothing short of profound. Congrats Mr&Mrs Lucas." Photos:
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- 6/24/2013
- by THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The L.A. Film Festival is now in full swing, kicking off last night, and continuing our week of exclusives from films playing the fest, we've got cut from score to the Documentary Competition title "American Revolutionary: The Evolution Of Grace Lee Boggs." Directed by Grace Lee (no relation, but they met on the helmer's earlier project "The Grace Lee Story" about the many people who share that name), the film chronciles Boggs' lifetime spent battling for labor and civil rights, while getting involved in Black Power, feminist, Asian American and environmental justice movements and much more. But her role in the African-American movement is one of the most unlikely and powerful, with folks like Angela Davis, Bill Moyers, Bill Ayers, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Danny Glover and more all speaking to her importance. It sounds like a fascinating doc, and helping to texture the film is award-winning composer Vivek Maddala's score.
- 6/14/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Argo continued its domination of award season by claiming one of the last of the pre-Oscar prizes — the Writers Guild Award, where screenwriter Chris Terrio won the honor for adapted screenplay.
Terrio’s competition included Tony Kushner’s Lincoln, David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook, David Magee’s Life of Pi and Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower. All but Chbosky are also up for the Oscar next weekend, with Beasts of the Southern Wild’s Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin taking that slot.
Best original screenplay went to Mark Boal for Zero Dark Thirty, who bested John Gatins’ Flight,...
Terrio’s competition included Tony Kushner’s Lincoln, David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook, David Magee’s Life of Pi and Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower. All but Chbosky are also up for the Oscar next weekend, with Beasts of the Southern Wild’s Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin taking that slot.
Best original screenplay went to Mark Boal for Zero Dark Thirty, who bested John Gatins’ Flight,...
- 2/18/2013
- by Anthony Breznican
- EW - Inside Movies
As we enter the home stretch to the Academy Awards, writers were celebrated Sunday. The 2012 Writers Guild Awards honored the best writing in film, television, radio, new media, and video games. "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Argo" took home the original and adapted screenplay awards, respectively. While "Breaking Bad," and "Louie" took home awards for best drama and comedy series.
Here is the full winners list:
Television
Drama SERIESBreaking Bad (AMC), Written by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett
Comedy SERIESLouie (FX), Written by Pamela Adlon, Vernon Chatman, Louis C.K.
New SERIESGirls (HBO), Written by Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, Lena Dunham, Sarah Heyward, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Jenni Konner, Deborah Schoeneman, Dan Sterling
Episodic DRAMAMad Men (AMC) - "The Other Woman" - Written by Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner
Episodic COMEDYModern Family (ABC) - "Virgin Territory" - Written by Elaine Ko
Long Form -...
Here is the full winners list:
Television
Drama SERIESBreaking Bad (AMC), Written by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett
Comedy SERIESLouie (FX), Written by Pamela Adlon, Vernon Chatman, Louis C.K.
New SERIESGirls (HBO), Written by Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, Lena Dunham, Sarah Heyward, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Jenni Konner, Deborah Schoeneman, Dan Sterling
Episodic DRAMAMad Men (AMC) - "The Other Woman" - Written by Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner
Episodic COMEDYModern Family (ABC) - "Virgin Territory" - Written by Elaine Ko
Long Form -...
- 2/18/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Joseph Campbell
Kieran Kinsella
The late great American writer Joseph Campbell spent the best part of his life studying the origins of myths and religions from various parts of the World. Campbell was fascinated with the “one great story’ of humanity as told through the symbols and traditions of Asians, Europeans, Native Americans and other people from the darkest reaches of the globe. As you might expect, Campbell like any mythologist was a very good story teller. Among other things, he is credited with inspiring George Lucas to write Star Wars.
During the latter part of his life, Campbell toured the U.S. and delivered a series of lectures in which he shared his findings. Athena Learning’s Joseph Campbell: Mythos DVD set includes no less than 15 lovingly remastered lectures. The six disc set includes 14 hours of in-depth analysis and first class story telling. The lectures are broken down into...
Kieran Kinsella
The late great American writer Joseph Campbell spent the best part of his life studying the origins of myths and religions from various parts of the World. Campbell was fascinated with the “one great story’ of humanity as told through the symbols and traditions of Asians, Europeans, Native Americans and other people from the darkest reaches of the globe. As you might expect, Campbell like any mythologist was a very good story teller. Among other things, he is credited with inspiring George Lucas to write Star Wars.
During the latter part of his life, Campbell toured the U.S. and delivered a series of lectures in which he shared his findings. Athena Learning’s Joseph Campbell: Mythos DVD set includes no less than 15 lovingly remastered lectures. The six disc set includes 14 hours of in-depth analysis and first class story telling. The lectures are broken down into...
- 9/18/2012
- by Edited by K Kinsella
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