Sony Music Entertainment and Campside Media today announced the new season premiere of Cover Up: Body Brokers, an investigative podcast detailing how a small-town funeral homeowner and her elderly mother forged their way into the shadowy world of body dealing. Body Brokers is the third season of the Cover Up series, which tells stories about powerful people who pull off shocking cons. The first episode is available today, and subscribers to The Binge can listen to all episodes now.
Hosted by investigative reporter Ashley Fantz, Body Brokers brings you inside an economy where bodies are bought and sold for big bucks. This season takes place in tiny Montrose, Colorado, where we meet Megan Hess and her mother Shirley Koch, who run Sunset Mesa Funeral Home. In Body Brokers, host Fantz unveils their depraved shocking scheme: they offered steep discounts on cremation and gave families bogus ashes while they secretly dismembered...
Hosted by investigative reporter Ashley Fantz, Body Brokers brings you inside an economy where bodies are bought and sold for big bucks. This season takes place in tiny Montrose, Colorado, where we meet Megan Hess and her mother Shirley Koch, who run Sunset Mesa Funeral Home. In Body Brokers, host Fantz unveils their depraved shocking scheme: they offered steep discounts on cremation and gave families bogus ashes while they secretly dismembered...
- 1/2/2024
- Podnews.net
Exclusive: Pacesetter Productions, the company established by Station Eleven and Black Mirror exec producer Jessica Rhoades, has teamed up with Campside Media, the company behind the Chameleon podcast franchise, to launch a new audio series.
The two companies are launching Kelly and the Satanic Panic.
The series will explore one of the most controversial cases of the 1980s that saw Kelly Michaels, a 23-year-old college student accused of Satanically abusing dozens of children in 1985 before being exonerated.
The podcast, which will launch on December 7, will feature access to Michaels. It will be hosted by Vanessa Grigoriadis, one of the co-founders of Campside, and Natalie Robehmed, who wrote the Wondery podcast WeCrashed that was later adapted for an Apple series.
Considered the Monster of Maplewood, Michaels’ case was the longest and most expensive in New Jersey history at the time, and she was convicted and sentenced to 47 years in prison. The accusations,...
The two companies are launching Kelly and the Satanic Panic.
The series will explore one of the most controversial cases of the 1980s that saw Kelly Michaels, a 23-year-old college student accused of Satanically abusing dozens of children in 1985 before being exonerated.
The podcast, which will launch on December 7, will feature access to Michaels. It will be hosted by Vanessa Grigoriadis, one of the co-founders of Campside, and Natalie Robehmed, who wrote the Wondery podcast WeCrashed that was later adapted for an Apple series.
Considered the Monster of Maplewood, Michaels’ case was the longest and most expensive in New Jersey history at the time, and she was convicted and sentenced to 47 years in prison. The accusations,...
- 11/13/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
One royal expert claims Meghan Markle is intent on supporting the truth — but only if it serves her. The expert explained, she “wants truth to be something which makes her look good.”
Meghan Markle | Chris Jackson/Getty Images Writer claims Meghan Markle has a ‘warped reality’
Vanity Fair writer Vanessa Grigoriadis commented about Meghan’s desire to tell her truth during an appearance on Andrew Gold’s podcast On the Edge.
“She has this warped reality and then she marshals evidence underneath it to support a thesis that may not be the case,” Grigoriadis said.
The writer said Meghan is a “striver” who wanted to be a “household name” to rise above her family’s “shaggy-dog-tale.”
Grigoriadis also said she spoke with Meghan’s acquaintances who said she is friendly but not “someone you can be friends with.”
The writer added, “She was desperate for the press to be interested in her.
Meghan Markle | Chris Jackson/Getty Images Writer claims Meghan Markle has a ‘warped reality’
Vanity Fair writer Vanessa Grigoriadis commented about Meghan’s desire to tell her truth during an appearance on Andrew Gold’s podcast On the Edge.
“She has this warped reality and then she marshals evidence underneath it to support a thesis that may not be the case,” Grigoriadis said.
The writer said Meghan is a “striver” who wanted to be a “household name” to rise above her family’s “shaggy-dog-tale.”
Grigoriadis also said she spoke with Meghan’s acquaintances who said she is friendly but not “someone you can be friends with.”
The writer added, “She was desperate for the press to be interested in her.
- 4/8/2023
- by Wendy Michaels
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Meghan Markle finds herself on the receiving end of criticism after a reporter claimed the Duchess of Sussex lives in a “warped reality.” This bold statement reflects their belief of how Meghan has historically spoken of the intrusive behavior of the press while, at the same time, seemingly embracing them.
Meghan Markle lives in a ‘warped reality’ claims a Vanity Fair reporter who profiled the Duchess of Sussex in 2018 | Samir Hussein/WireImage Meghan Markle is lying low, but royalists are still discussing her
Since the premiere of Netflix’s Harry & Meghan, the former Suits star has been lying low. She remained out of the public eye during Prince Harry’s promotional tour for his memoir Spare.
Meghan has reportedly been working at home on projects related to the couple’s Archewell production company. The mother of two, Archie, 3, and Lilibet, 19 months, may return to the public eye for King Charles III’s coronation ceremony.
Meghan Markle lives in a ‘warped reality’ claims a Vanity Fair reporter who profiled the Duchess of Sussex in 2018 | Samir Hussein/WireImage Meghan Markle is lying low, but royalists are still discussing her
Since the premiere of Netflix’s Harry & Meghan, the former Suits star has been lying low. She remained out of the public eye during Prince Harry’s promotional tour for his memoir Spare.
Meghan has reportedly been working at home on projects related to the couple’s Archewell production company. The mother of two, Archie, 3, and Lilibet, 19 months, may return to the public eye for King Charles III’s coronation ceremony.
- 3/31/2023
- by Lucille Barilla
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Exclusive: The first-look deal is a commonplace occurrence in the world of television and film.
Such agreements are now coming to the podcasting business as Campside Media, the company behind the successful Chameleon franchise, has struck a trio of deals.
The business has closed deals with Believe Her creator Justine van der Leun, Sam Mullins, who is behind Wild Boys and Dr. Dante, and Sean Flynn, the man behing The Bering.
It marks a shift in direction for the relatively nascent audio medium, giving a podcast studio such as Campside a first look at projects that may have previously been shopped around, and giving creators an element of stability that hasn’t traditionally been present in podcasting.
Campside, which was established by long-form journalists Josh Dean, Vanessa Grigoriadias, Matt Shaer, and screenwriter/producer Adam Hoff in partnership with Chernobyl producer Sister, has produced nearly 30 shows over the last couple of...
Such agreements are now coming to the podcasting business as Campside Media, the company behind the successful Chameleon franchise, has struck a trio of deals.
The business has closed deals with Believe Her creator Justine van der Leun, Sam Mullins, who is behind Wild Boys and Dr. Dante, and Sean Flynn, the man behing The Bering.
It marks a shift in direction for the relatively nascent audio medium, giving a podcast studio such as Campside a first look at projects that may have previously been shopped around, and giving creators an element of stability that hasn’t traditionally been present in podcasting.
Campside, which was established by long-form journalists Josh Dean, Vanessa Grigoriadias, Matt Shaer, and screenwriter/producer Adam Hoff in partnership with Chernobyl producer Sister, has produced nearly 30 shows over the last couple of...
- 2/9/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
On Sunday night, Madonna appeared at the Grammy Awards wearing an outsized black tuxedo, her eyebrows bleached platinum blonde and her cheeks plumped and smooth. Everyone lost it. Here’s a sampling of responses from Twitter: “Looks like she had a face transplant”; “Madonna received the ‘New Face’ award at the 2023 Grammy Awards!”; “Not the Madonna I remember.” By Monday morning, numerous news outlets had dubbed Madonna “unrecognisable” and were busy ringing up plastic surgeons to ask their opinions on a woman they’d never actually treated.
That the reaction has been entirely critical of the 64-year-old pop icon is unsurprising – Madonna has long been a punching bag for the apparent crimes of not being young, publicly expressing her sexuality and not looking the same as she did half a century ago when she first became famous. This is no exaggeration. In 1993, a Smash Hits magazine spread printed the words “Calm down Grandma!
That the reaction has been entirely critical of the 64-year-old pop icon is unsurprising – Madonna has long been a punching bag for the apparent crimes of not being young, publicly expressing her sexuality and not looking the same as she did half a century ago when she first became famous. This is no exaggeration. In 1993, a Smash Hits magazine spread printed the words “Calm down Grandma!
- 2/8/2023
- by Ellie Muir
- The Independent - Music
‘Infamous’ Podcast Featuring Stories Of Girls Gone Wild & Nxivm Set From Campside Media & Sony Music
Exclusive: The stories of Girls Gone Wild and Nxivm are to be told in a new podcast series from Campside Media, producers of the Chameleon: The Hollywood Con Queen podcast, and Sony Music Entertainment.
Campside co-founder Vanessa Grigoriadis and Gabriel Sherman, special correspondent to Vanity Fair and author of The Loudest Voice in the Room are hosting Infamous – a series that dives into the most explosive scandals of this century.
The show’s premiere episodes – Boy Gone Wild – explore and expose the incredible story behind Joe Francis’s rise and fall as the creator of Girls Gone Wild and tells the saga of a volatile founder watching his empire crumble while going toe to toe with an old school Florida mayor, a kinky blackmailer, and his own ruinous egomania.
Launching tomorrow via Sony’s The Binge subscriber podcast channel, the series also features never before heard archival compiled during high-profile...
Campside co-founder Vanessa Grigoriadis and Gabriel Sherman, special correspondent to Vanity Fair and author of The Loudest Voice in the Room are hosting Infamous – a series that dives into the most explosive scandals of this century.
The show’s premiere episodes – Boy Gone Wild – explore and expose the incredible story behind Joe Francis’s rise and fall as the creator of Girls Gone Wild and tells the saga of a volatile founder watching his empire crumble while going toe to toe with an old school Florida mayor, a kinky blackmailer, and his own ruinous egomania.
Launching tomorrow via Sony’s The Binge subscriber podcast channel, the series also features never before heard archival compiled during high-profile...
- 11/9/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple is taking a further step into ordering original audio series with a new podcast about opioids and bank robbery.
The tech giant has launched Hooked from Campside Media, the Sister-backed company behind Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen series.
The series explores the true story of Tony Hathaway, whose addiction to legally prescribed opioids led him to spiral from a top engineer to becoming one of the most prolific bank robbers in American history.
It is hosted by journalist and Campside Media co-founder Josh Dean and features three years worth of interviews with Hathaway, his family, law enforcement and others involved in the story. Dean exec produces alongside Vanessa Grigoriadis, Adam Hoff, Matt Shaer, and Mark McAdam.
Hooked is an adaptation of Dean’s story Hooked: America’s Busiest Bank Robber for Bloomberg Businessweek.
A television adaptation was in development by John Ridley for ABC Signature.
It marks only the second...
The tech giant has launched Hooked from Campside Media, the Sister-backed company behind Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen series.
The series explores the true story of Tony Hathaway, whose addiction to legally prescribed opioids led him to spiral from a top engineer to becoming one of the most prolific bank robbers in American history.
It is hosted by journalist and Campside Media co-founder Josh Dean and features three years worth of interviews with Hathaway, his family, law enforcement and others involved in the story. Dean exec produces alongside Vanessa Grigoriadis, Adam Hoff, Matt Shaer, and Mark McAdam.
Hooked is an adaptation of Dean’s story Hooked: America’s Busiest Bank Robber for Bloomberg Businessweek.
A television adaptation was in development by John Ridley for ABC Signature.
It marks only the second...
- 11/3/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The team behind Chameleon: The Hollywood Con Queen, the breakout podcast series that unmasked the man behind one of the strangest entertainment-related grifts, has set its second season.
Campside Media, the Sister-backed company that produces the show in partnership with Sony Music Entertainment, is making Chameleon: High Rollers with new host Trevor Aaronson.
You can listen to the trailer below.
The second season, which has been described as American Hustler-esque, will follow the FBI as they investigate a money laundering conspiracy in Vegas — or track a conspiracy that never existed at all.
The series will investigate the stranger-than-fiction tale using more than 20 hours of FBI recordings, taking listeners into a sordid, neon-lit world of diet clinics, fitness models, high-end restaurants, strip clubs, lascivious men, arms dealers, secret scams, and lawsuits.
Hollywood Con Queen Subject Of eOne Will Gluck-Noah Pink Scripted Series & Unscripted Docuseries Based On ‘Chameleon’ Podcast That Unmasked...
Campside Media, the Sister-backed company that produces the show in partnership with Sony Music Entertainment, is making Chameleon: High Rollers with new host Trevor Aaronson.
You can listen to the trailer below.
The second season, which has been described as American Hustler-esque, will follow the FBI as they investigate a money laundering conspiracy in Vegas — or track a conspiracy that never existed at all.
The series will investigate the stranger-than-fiction tale using more than 20 hours of FBI recordings, taking listeners into a sordid, neon-lit world of diet clinics, fitness models, high-end restaurants, strip clubs, lascivious men, arms dealers, secret scams, and lawsuits.
Hollywood Con Queen Subject Of eOne Will Gluck-Noah Pink Scripted Series & Unscripted Docuseries Based On ‘Chameleon’ Podcast That Unmasked...
- 5/13/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Con Queen has gone from Hollywood horror to series subject. Entertainment One, Olive Bridge Entertainment, Atlas Entertainment, Campside Media and Circle of Confusion are developing two series projects based on Campside’s podcast Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen. A scripted television series created and written by Will Gluck (Peter Rabbit) and Noah Pink (Genius: Picasso) is in the works with Gluck directing. There is also an unscripted docuseries by the same group, detailing the investigation.
Executive producers are Pink, Gluck and Richard Schwartz of Olive Bridge; Andy Horwitz, Richard Suckle and Curt Kanemoto of Atlas; Josh Dean, Adam Hoff, Matthew Shaer and Vanessa Grigoriadis of Campside Media; and Charles Mastropietro, Frank Frattaroli and Brad Mendelsohn of Circle of Confusion.
eOne will serve as the studio and distribute the projects worldwide.
This is quite a turnabout in one of the oddest sagas to hit Hollywood in years. Deadline was the...
Executive producers are Pink, Gluck and Richard Schwartz of Olive Bridge; Andy Horwitz, Richard Suckle and Curt Kanemoto of Atlas; Josh Dean, Adam Hoff, Matthew Shaer and Vanessa Grigoriadis of Campside Media; and Charles Mastropietro, Frank Frattaroli and Brad Mendelsohn of Circle of Confusion.
eOne will serve as the studio and distribute the projects worldwide.
This is quite a turnabout in one of the oddest sagas to hit Hollywood in years. Deadline was the...
- 5/10/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Podcasting is so hot right now. Top tier talent both in front of and behind the camera are rapidly moving into the medium, buoyed by the opportunities to tell different types of stories.
Deadline has been increasing its coverage of podcasting over the last 12 months, breaking stories about the likes of Demi Moore making QCode’s Dirty Diana and Elle Fanning narrating a non-fiction series about a deadly internet diet drug that cooks people alive. We’ve covered the likes of Shonda Rhimes, Jordan Peele and Will Ferrell moving into the medium as well as the plethora of TV and film projects that are now in development based on podcast IP.
This move has undoubtedly sped up since the pandemic hit – it’s easier to produce a podcast under lockdown than film or TV – and many of the major Hollywood studios are increasingly entering the arena with the likes of...
Deadline has been increasing its coverage of podcasting over the last 12 months, breaking stories about the likes of Demi Moore making QCode’s Dirty Diana and Elle Fanning narrating a non-fiction series about a deadly internet diet drug that cooks people alive. We’ve covered the likes of Shonda Rhimes, Jordan Peele and Will Ferrell moving into the medium as well as the plethora of TV and film projects that are now in development based on podcast IP.
This move has undoubtedly sped up since the pandemic hit – it’s easier to produce a podcast under lockdown than film or TV – and many of the major Hollywood studios are increasingly entering the arena with the likes of...
- 12/26/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Like so many other parts of our lives, podcasts were different this year. For people suddenly working remotely, there were no more commutes. Instead, podcasts soundtracked evenings making dinner, weekends doing chores, long walks to stretch our legs, or drives to clear our heads. For those still working outside of home, distraction and comfort in trusty listening material may have been more sought-after than ever. The pandemic produced new types of audio series, too, offering tips to help us cope or cook our way through the dark days of isolation,...
- 12/18/2020
- by Andrea Marks, Elisabeth Garber-Paul and Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
‘Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen’ Podcast Fingers Suspect In Long Running Scam — Shocker — She’s A He
The notorious scam artist known as the Hollywood Con Queen has preyed upon aspiring members of the Hollywood community who’ve been drawn to Jakarta where they are separated from their savings. The scammer who has used the identities of respected Hollywood executives might not be able to operate under the cloak of deception much longer. Tonight in its ninth and next to last episode, the podcast Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen divulges the identity of a person the makers call a prime suspect.
We’ll leave it to the podcast to divulge the identity of the alleged perpetrator, but it’s not too much of a spoiler alert to disclose that the alleged culprit, the “Queen,” is actually a man who is of Indonesian descent, living in the UK. A master of accents with an ability to disguise his voice to sound male or female, the person has so far...
We’ll leave it to the podcast to divulge the identity of the alleged perpetrator, but it’s not too much of a spoiler alert to disclose that the alleged culprit, the “Queen,” is actually a man who is of Indonesian descent, living in the UK. A master of accents with an ability to disguise his voice to sound male or female, the person has so far...
- 11/19/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
The hunt for a notorious scam artist is chronicled in Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen, a new investigative podcast out Thursday. The series is a collaboration between Campside Media and Sony Music Entertainment.
Hosted by journalists Josh Dean and Vanessa Grigoriadis, the podcast follows the trail of a con artist who impersonates powerful female producers, looking to scam photographers, make-up artists, actors, screenwriters and more in the industry — starting with a simple phone call. Dean and Grigoriadis aim to untangle the mysterious web, interviewing victims along the way.
The first two...
Hosted by journalists Josh Dean and Vanessa Grigoriadis, the podcast follows the trail of a con artist who impersonates powerful female producers, looking to scam photographers, make-up artists, actors, screenwriters and more in the industry — starting with a simple phone call. Dean and Grigoriadis aim to untangle the mysterious web, interviewing victims along the way.
The first two...
- 9/30/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Sister is teaming with New York Times bestselling author and journalist Taffy Brodesser-Akner to develop and produce the feature film The Get, based on Matt Shaer’s GQ article “The Orthodox Hit Squad.” Brodesser-Akner will write the feature.
Carolyn Strauss and Kate Fenske are producing for Sister alongside Shaer.
The Get follows how communities take care of each other in the name of what’s right, and how “right” can be a moving target. In New York and New Jersey’s ultra-orthodox communities, one notorious rabbi, Mendel Epstein, was sought for help in managing the worst divorce cases, where husbands exploited Jewish law to deny their wives freedom from miserable marriages. This help included beatings, open graves and cattle prods to the testicles, and it worked, but it also showed how a noble goal can sometimes only be accomplished by the most unconscionable of methods. The Get asks whether those...
Carolyn Strauss and Kate Fenske are producing for Sister alongside Shaer.
The Get follows how communities take care of each other in the name of what’s right, and how “right” can be a moving target. In New York and New Jersey’s ultra-orthodox communities, one notorious rabbi, Mendel Epstein, was sought for help in managing the worst divorce cases, where husbands exploited Jewish law to deny their wives freedom from miserable marriages. This help included beatings, open graves and cattle prods to the testicles, and it worked, but it also showed how a noble goal can sometimes only be accomplished by the most unconscionable of methods. The Get asks whether those...
- 9/17/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Sister will partner with Taffy Brodesser-Akner on “The Get,” a feature film based on Matt Shaer’s GQ piece “The Orthodox Hit Squad.”
Brodesser-Akner, best known for her New York Times Magazine profiles of the likes of Val Kilmer to Bradley Cooper along with her best-seller “Fleishman Is in Trouble,” will write the screenplay.
“The Get” unfolds in New York and New Jersey’s ultra-orthodox communities. It follows one notorious rabbi, Mendel Epstein, who was sought for help in managing the worst divorce cases, where husbands exploited Jewish law to deny their wives freedom from miserable marriages. The help he provided included beatings, open graves and cattle prods to the testicles — and it worked, but it also showed how a noble goal can sometimes only be accomplished by the most unconscionable of methods.
Sister is a new entertainment company founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, along with Sister Global CEO and head of Sister LA,...
Brodesser-Akner, best known for her New York Times Magazine profiles of the likes of Val Kilmer to Bradley Cooper along with her best-seller “Fleishman Is in Trouble,” will write the screenplay.
“The Get” unfolds in New York and New Jersey’s ultra-orthodox communities. It follows one notorious rabbi, Mendel Epstein, who was sought for help in managing the worst divorce cases, where husbands exploited Jewish law to deny their wives freedom from miserable marriages. The help he provided included beatings, open graves and cattle prods to the testicles — and it worked, but it also showed how a noble goal can sometimes only be accomplished by the most unconscionable of methods.
Sister is a new entertainment company founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, along with Sister Global CEO and head of Sister LA,...
- 9/17/2020
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: A podcast that documents the Hollywood con queen scam, which has seen hundreds of people in town taken in by a person impersonating the likes of Amy Pascal and Kathleen Kennedy, is leading a deal between producer Campside and Sony Music Entertainment.
Campside, which struck an investment deal with Stacey Snider, Lis Murdoch and Jane Featherstone’s Chernobyl producer Sister earlier this year, has closed a slate deal with the record label for a number of podcasts.
The show, known as Chameleon, will launch in October and will undoubtedly be required listening in Hollywood and is expected to push the explosive case, which has so far not announced any arrests, forward.
The story follows studio executives, actors, makeup artists, photographers and screenwriters who have been tormented by a scammer.
Campside co-founder Josh Dean told Deadline that they are 90% finished with the reporting and 80% through with production. “We are pretty close to the finish line.
Campside, which struck an investment deal with Stacey Snider, Lis Murdoch and Jane Featherstone’s Chernobyl producer Sister earlier this year, has closed a slate deal with the record label for a number of podcasts.
The show, known as Chameleon, will launch in October and will undoubtedly be required listening in Hollywood and is expected to push the explosive case, which has so far not announced any arrests, forward.
The story follows studio executives, actors, makeup artists, photographers and screenwriters who have been tormented by a scammer.
Campside co-founder Josh Dean told Deadline that they are 90% finished with the reporting and 80% through with production. “We are pretty close to the finish line.
- 9/17/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
A group of leading long-form journalists have launched a podcast studio backed by Sister, the production group run by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone and behind hit HBO/Sky drama Chernobyl.
Josh Dean, Vanessa Grigoriadis and Matthew Shaer as well as screenwriter and producer Adam Hoff have formed Campside, which will focus on premium narrative non-fiction storytelling.
Campside has formed with a “significant” start-up investment from Sister. The company has a slate of around 11 non-fiction podcasts in production or development spanning the true crime, scandal, and adventure genres.
Stacey Snider, Global Chief Executive of Sister, and the Campside quartet told Deadline how the deal came about and what they hope to achieve.
Campside’s first podcast will be a 10-part series on the Hollywood Con Queen scam, which has seen hundreds of people in town taken in by a person impersonating the likes of Amy Pascal and Kathleen Kennedy.
Josh Dean, Vanessa Grigoriadis and Matthew Shaer as well as screenwriter and producer Adam Hoff have formed Campside, which will focus on premium narrative non-fiction storytelling.
Campside has formed with a “significant” start-up investment from Sister. The company has a slate of around 11 non-fiction podcasts in production or development spanning the true crime, scandal, and adventure genres.
Stacey Snider, Global Chief Executive of Sister, and the Campside quartet told Deadline how the deal came about and what they hope to achieve.
Campside’s first podcast will be a 10-part series on the Hollywood Con Queen scam, which has seen hundreds of people in town taken in by a person impersonating the likes of Amy Pascal and Kathleen Kennedy.
- 4/28/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Sister, the global media company founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone, has invested in newly launched nonfiction podcast studio Campside.
The deal builds on Sister’s growing portfolio of creator-first businesses after its March investment in comic book publisher Awa Studios.
Campside was founded by journalists Josh Dean, Vanessa Grigoriadis and Matthew Shaer alongside screenwriter and producer Adam Hoff. The studio will focus on narrative nonfiction storytelling in the fast-growing audio segment, developing projects that span the true crime, scandal and adventure genres. It is also working on global projects in Japan, Brazil and India.
Campside currently ...
The deal builds on Sister’s growing portfolio of creator-first businesses after its March investment in comic book publisher Awa Studios.
Campside was founded by journalists Josh Dean, Vanessa Grigoriadis and Matthew Shaer alongside screenwriter and producer Adam Hoff. The studio will focus on narrative nonfiction storytelling in the fast-growing audio segment, developing projects that span the true crime, scandal and adventure genres. It is also working on global projects in Japan, Brazil and India.
Campside currently ...
- 4/28/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
For those who were a part of New York City’s social scene and tabloid culture of the 1980s and 1990s, the Trump family’s personal affairs were common knowledge. For those who weren’t (or could use a refresher), there’s Tabloid: The Making of Ivanka Trump, a new podcast from New York Magazine. The season’s focus is the making of Ivanka Trump, but you can’t tell that story without recapping Trump family drama.
Rolling Stone contributor Vanessa Grigoriadis is the perfect host for the job; she...
Rolling Stone contributor Vanessa Grigoriadis is the perfect host for the job; she...
- 9/11/2019
- by Andrea Marks
- Rollingstone.com
This whole thing regarding Smallville star Allison Mack being associated with the alleged sex cult Nxivm, has been crazy! She was apparently second in command and was arrested by the FBI in Brooklyn for her connection to the controversial group that was started by Keith Raniere. They reportedly lured in and brainwashed several young girls and there were accusations of branding them with a symbol on their skin that contained the initials: K, R, A M. Turns out those are the initials of Keith Raniere (Kr) and Allison Mack (Am).
The New York Times did an extensive recount of this Nxivm sex cult and in it, journalist Vanessa Grigoriadis reveals that Mack is the one who actually came up with the decision to brand these women that they recruited! Here's what Grigoriadis wrote.
In her apartment, I was surprised to hear [Allison] Mack take full responsibility for coming up with the Dos cauterized brand.
The New York Times did an extensive recount of this Nxivm sex cult and in it, journalist Vanessa Grigoriadis reveals that Mack is the one who actually came up with the decision to brand these women that they recruited! Here's what Grigoriadis wrote.
In her apartment, I was surprised to hear [Allison] Mack take full responsibility for coming up with the Dos cauterized brand.
- 6/1/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen has been accused of regularly using a high-profile escort service.
The Platoon star reportedly answered a newspaper advertisement for Nici's Girls which charges customers $25,000 (GBP12,500) per night - and placed an order for four escorts.
The 42-year-old - who was accused by ex-wife Denise Richards of having an unhealthy love for prostitutes and Internet porn - reportedly paid agency owner Nici $20,000 (GBP10,000) for their services.
Nici made the revelations to Rolling Stone magazine journalist Vanessa Grigoriadis.
The reporter tells New York Post's PageSix.com, "When Nici dropped four girls off at his penthouse, she found the actor in silk pyjamas with 'C. MaSheen' embroidered over the pocket.
"Sheen gave her a $20,000 check for the girls, and she picked them up several hours later."
Despite entering court-ordered rehab for substance abuse, Nici "continued to book girls for him, furtively sending them to a doctor's office in Los Angeles owned by a friend of Sheen's.
"The orderlies at the rehab centre would let him out for his frequent medical appointments."
Nici told Grigoriadis she continued to send girls for Sheen at a hotel in Santa Monica, California until last year. Sheen became engaged to fiancee Brooke Mueller in July.
In response to the allegations, Sheen's publicist Stan Rosenfield tells PageSix.som, "This is an old, old, old story. But, if you're looking for a really good story, I heard that Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe are getting a divorce."...
The Platoon star reportedly answered a newspaper advertisement for Nici's Girls which charges customers $25,000 (GBP12,500) per night - and placed an order for four escorts.
The 42-year-old - who was accused by ex-wife Denise Richards of having an unhealthy love for prostitutes and Internet porn - reportedly paid agency owner Nici $20,000 (GBP10,000) for their services.
Nici made the revelations to Rolling Stone magazine journalist Vanessa Grigoriadis.
The reporter tells New York Post's PageSix.com, "When Nici dropped four girls off at his penthouse, she found the actor in silk pyjamas with 'C. MaSheen' embroidered over the pocket.
"Sheen gave her a $20,000 check for the girls, and she picked them up several hours later."
Despite entering court-ordered rehab for substance abuse, Nici "continued to book girls for him, furtively sending them to a doctor's office in Los Angeles owned by a friend of Sheen's.
"The orderlies at the rehab centre would let him out for his frequent medical appointments."
Nici told Grigoriadis she continued to send girls for Sheen at a hotel in Santa Monica, California until last year. Sheen became engaged to fiancee Brooke Mueller in July.
In response to the allegations, Sheen's publicist Stan Rosenfield tells PageSix.som, "This is an old, old, old story. But, if you're looking for a really good story, I heard that Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe are getting a divorce."...
- 4/30/2008
- WENN
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